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CHAPTER XXIV.
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"Della, the upstairs maid, had it all Authorised Capital ... Guder 150,000,000.- the time. She gave it to me not. Capital "Whew! I thought those re more than 10 minutes ago, right poiters would tear my uniform after the reporter asked us what Bare Fund uff me!" Captain Strawn grunted we knew about the lady's maid disgustedly, as he let himself into murder,' he quoted bitterly.
the library, where Dundee and Arnold, the chauffeur, were await-
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ing him. "Seemed to think I Strawn snatched at the note, but
"She says she came down the
could pull a murderer out of my before he opened the envelope he sleeve, like a magician's rabbit. I asked: "How did Della get hold told 'em just enough to keep 'em of it?" from blackjacking me, and they're hot-footing it for their city rooms back stairs at 11 last night to get a now. Well, what have you got on your chest, Arnold? You've been giving a lot of trouble, my boys tell me."
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in this dump--and as she passed London Bankers:-National Frovincial Bank, through the back hall she saw my The red-headed young chauffeur, note addressed to Doris lying on the She took it up to Doris's who had been a huddled heap of table. misery, sprang from his chair and room, but Doris wasn't in, and turned wild, tear-reddened eyes on instead of leaving it there for her, Della kept the note curiosity, I the chief of the homigide squad.
"Why didn't you tell me my poor guess, to see what kind of love let girl was dead-murdered?" he deer I write. I could strangle her!"
he added violently.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE "God knows I manded hoarsely.
"One murder's enough for to- had a right to be told first, not kept day," Strawn assured him cruelly. Captial (fully paki up)
BANK, LIMITED. stewing in agony in that damned "Now, we'll have a look at this Reserve Fund sitting room backstairs, wondering etter! what had happened, believing terriHere, Dundee!" and he tossed the
Hmm. Hmm. ble things against her!"
letter to his subordinate.
"Well, you know now!" Strawn "What jerked him up roughly. have you got to tell us?"
"That I saw her murderer, sneak- ing out of these grounds last night!" Arnold shouted, his whole body quivering.
"Wait-a-minute!" Strawn or- dered stornly. "How do you know he was her murderer? If it was
a ho."
"It was a man, all right!" Or a beast wearing trousers!" Arnold in- terrupted violently,
"Keep your shirt on!...New be- gin at the beginning and tell actly what you know."
ex-
The younger detective read it quickly, for it was not long.
"My lovely little darling," it be- gan. "Just a line to tell you I can't keep our date to-night. Have to drive the Smiths home to Westview, damn 'em! Wickett has told me the latest about D. B. For God's sake, and mine, sweetheart, keep house to-night on the chance of sec- out of his way. Don't leave the ing me when I return from West- view. Go straight to bed, darling, and dream of the red-headed boy who loves you so much he goes crazy sometimes. Gene."
"1 had a date to meet Doris the summerhouse last night," Arnold," Strawn commanded curtly. nold began jerkily. "We were en- "You drove the Smiths to gaged to be married. Wickett, the view. When did you get' back!".
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view," Arnold corrected him. When we were passing the Riverside Country Club Mrs. Smith recogTM| Bubscribed Capita nized a car that was turning into Pald-Up Capital the club, and hailed it. The folks Reserve Funds in the car urged her and Mr. Smith to join them for an hour's dancing, home saying they'd drive them afterwards. So I let them out--" "The Riverside Country Club?" Strawn repeated, startled, his eyes "While we--all the servants. I suddenly narrowing to slits. mean were eating our dinner in That's only about eight miles from our own sitting room," Arnold ex- here, isn't it? If I'd known this, plained impatiently. "Our dinner young man, you'd have been on the is from six to half-past, an hour be-carpet long ago!" fre the family dines."
"When
was this date made?" Dundee interrupted the chauffeur and his own rapid notes.
"Then all of the servants beard you make the date?"
"Sure! They all knew we were engaged. We asked Wickett then and there, and he said it would be all right, but he cautioned Doris to put the chain on the back door lock when she came in."
to
"But I didn't come straight home, see" Arnold retorted angrily. " drove out the Hamilton Pike Sheridan road, parked the cur und at there for half an hour or more." "Expect me to swallow that?" Strawn grinned. "Twiddling your thumbs and dreaming about getting married, eh?"
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Doris, and gave her his key."
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Д a Sunday afternoon and on wouldn't be needed during the even-week day around six o'clock, but I ing, but at about a quarter to 11 still wasn't satisfied, and wanted to the phone in my room rang. It's ace how heavy night traffic was, be- an extension of the house phone. fore I ventured my money. Doris It was Wickett, saying that the and I had made up our minds not Benjamin Smiths wanted me to to work for anybody, man or wo drive them home to Westview, I man, when we got married, but was pretty sore-they're always now and he groaned, hiding his mooching our car, to save gasoline eyes behind a crooked arm.
And when Wickett told me that
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Doris into saying she'd meet him; "Anybody to corroborate this -well, I was ready to throw up my neat little alibi?" Strawn asked. job right then, but I thought I'd "I suppose my car was noticed | better stick around as long as Doris by at least a hundred people, but I was here, to protect her." And he don't know who any of them were. But dropped his head on his arm and I didn't speak to anyone. abbed.
that's the truth-take it or leave "So Wickett told you did he?" it." Strawn repeated thoughtfully. "And what time do you say you "Well, pull yourself together, boy. got back here, after using your cm- ployer's car on private business?"
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"Big and tall-ran like an ath- to do that, sir, for fear that Berke "What did he look like? What lete, ch?" Strawn repeated thought- ley puppy would be laying for her." was he doing?" Strawn demanded fully. He reached for the tele-
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"Why did you kill their rental of from $5 to‘SED.. tween the gates he was running snapped.
LOOK POONG SHAN, - "Here it is," Arnold answered, away from them up the road. My girl and let Dick Berkeley get off
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