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CHAPTER XXVIII.

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had a'sudden inspiration to read to her. I believed then, as I have be- "Well, what have you got to say lieved until today, that her hysteria now. Crosby?" Captain Strawn was the result of her condition, and Reserve Fund snapped, when Seymour Crosby that the poetry she loved would had silently read Doris Matthews' soothe her nerves and-and-" letter to her sister and was re- "And convince your heiress-wife turning it with u trembling hand. that it was she you loved, not the woman she was jealous of?" Strawa insinuated.

"All I can say is, that I wish to God Doris were still alive to tell me what she knew or sus- pected, so that I could avenge my wife's death," Crosby answered, "As it is, I don't know what she meant-"

"For God's sake, stick to the facts!" Crosby groaned. "There was no other woman-"

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But it's too late now. My darling a volume of poetry in the pocket lady is in her grave, the "case" is of your dinner coat when your closed forever, and maybe I did wife's body was found, and that you what she would have wished me walked up two flights of stairs to to do. But I should die happy if the roof, instead of taking the ele I could live to see the one who vator. Consequently, no employee of broke her heart and killed her-how long you had been on the roof the apartment hotel could any just yes, actually killed her!-suffer as when your wife was killed. Right?" she suffered. I know the law is

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE powerless in a case like this, but slow in coming, I ran up the stairs, "I rang for the lift, but as it was

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when you got to the roof you saw "I repeat: I don't know what your wife standing at the low rail- Doris meant!"

ing which encloses the roof. You "Then let me tell you, Crosby!" called to her, she raised her right Buenos Ayres London Strawn commanded sternly: "For hand to wave at you, then quickly more than two weeks, according to climbed to the top of the railing your own admission at the inquest and-jumped to her death to the and according to the testimony of court below!" Mrs. Lambert, your wife had not Only an agonized groan from the

Feartien been herself. She wept frequent- bowed head answered him.

(Mukdea) ly, refused to see any of ber "Now for Doris Matthews' story! Hambur › Flankow friends except Mrs. Lambert, and at the inquest," Strawn went on im-Harbin

"She testified that she Hongkong even wrote to her father in New | placably. York that she had made a terrible rang for the elevator, which opened Vladivostock (Temporarily closed) mistake in marrying. In that let. for her almost immediately ter she asked him to cable her "A point in Mr. Crosby's favour, $25,000, and begged him to allow Captain Strawn," Dundee inter-to be obtained an application. her to return to his home. Herrupted quietly. "The elevator oper- father refused the first request, in answer to a

ator testified that he was ascending by cable, but told her to

previous ring, re- come corded when his home immediately. That's right, first for."

car was on the isn't it, Crosby?"

"Yeah?" Strawn grinned, in no- "Those facts came out at the in-wise nonplused. "You didn't think quest, yes," Crosby admitted in a Doris and her master forgot to fix Hat voice. "I was the first Iup that little point between them, knew of her letter to her father did you? Well, let's see what I had no idea she-wished to leave Doris testified now. She said she me, and until this day I haven't emerged from the lift at the top the remotest idea why she wrote floor, walked up the very short. as she did. I repeat: I loved my flight of stairs leading to the roof, wife with all my heart, and she and was just stepping foot upon the loved me. During those two roof when she heard a shrill scream,

4. Quren's Road Central.

DELHI weeks you speak of she told me re- followed by the sound of a man's and large connections in the important com

Owick to our numerous branches, in Chian | HAIPHONG

HAMBURG peatedly that she loved me, but ice calling, Phyllia! Phyllis! Oh, mercial centres of the world, we are able to HANKOW Would give no explanation of her my God! And, most providentially extend to cur ellents special facilities for fits of weeping."

for Mr. Seymour Crosby, Doris tes- tified that she saw him running other Publie Funds of the Chinese Cavern across the roof to the spot from "Yeah?" Strawn sneered, "Can't which the scream had come, the you guess? By that time Phyllis place from which his wife leaped to Crosby knew beyond the shadow her death. According to her story, of a doubt that you had married you were fully 50 feet from the her for her money"

railing when she heard the scream. "That's a foul lie!" Crosby flung and caught a glimpse of fluttering at him furiously.

white, as the woman leaped, Mr. "Yeah? Well, lie or not, that's Crosby."

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Phyllis Crosby must have "Yes," Crosby groaned. "That is to believe; other-all the exact truth. Doris reached wise, why should she have written the railing almost as soon as I did, her father as she did?" Strawn and restrained me from leaping Batavia Kibed. "I believe, further, that after my wife." your wife found that you were' un-"Now, let me tell you what really, Haiphong "So she said!" Strawn nodded. Calcutta faithful to her, that you

were happened, as I reconstruct that Hesolulu keeping another woman on her tragedy. You were lying when you father's money-".

said you stopped for a book. It was "Strawn, I'll be damned if I let already in your pocket. You went you--"

to the roof Immediately, by the you going to help stairs, just as you said, because yourself?" Strawn grinned. "even then you were planning an admit that's supposition on my alibi in case it because necessary to Bosinca razsected. Loara granted on ap part. But how else could you kill your wife. Yet met your wife, prored securities.

KAN TONG Po break your wife's heart, as Doris she charged you with having mar Matthews charges you did?” ried her for her money, with having "Those words do not refer to been unfaithful to her, or with me Crosby denied passionately, some more serious crime, the ex-Jily deranged. But Doris Matthews DOMINCAN

"Who did she mean then?posure of which would have ruined had a conscience, and she loved her Strawn demanded reasonably. you socially! A crime, possibly, of dead mistress very dearly. She con. INDIA "I don't know," Crosby ad-which only Phyllis Crosby knew fided to her sister, as this letter ITALY mitted. "I wish to God I did!” and for which she could have had very clearly indicates, and Kathryn JAPAN

"Well, let's get along with the you arrested!"

Matthews advised Doris, for her Commercial and Travellers' Let- story. The climax came shortly

"That's a foul lie, too!?!

own sake, not to try to reopen the ters of Credit, Travellers' Cheques, after dinner on the night of Sun- "Yeah? Well, you became case, lest Doria be convicted of per Bills of Exchange and Cable day, May 6. Your wife ate nothing, violently angry with her, and injury. As Doris "writes Kathryn: Transfers bought and sold. Cur burst into tears at table, and fled your rage you lifted her and hurled, 'The case 's closed forever, and rent accounts and Savings Bank. to her room in hysterics. You ol her over the railing. And you were maybe I did then what she would accounts opened and Fixed De lowed her and she refused to admit caught in the act by Doris Mat- have wished me to do,”

pasits in local and foreign curren you. About 10 s'clock that evening, thewa!"

"But she hated you, Crosby!cles taken at rates that may be as- Mrs. Lambert, who had been a guest "You deserve to be killed, Cap-Doris wanted to make you suffer certained on application to the in your home since the previous lain Strawn," Crosby told him, in as Phyllis Crosby had suffered. And Bank, Sunday summoned by you from a dead, toneless voice,

as she says here, 'there are other We are also able to offer our Biarritz to cheer your wife up-dis- "Yeah?" Strawn grinned, and lit ways. One way was to expose you Customers the services of the covered that Mrs. Crosby had left his pipe again, striking the match to the Berkeleya as a fortune Branches of her bedroom. She traced her to the upon the sole of his big shoe. "The hunter, and, in strict confidence, Banking Corporation in San Fran- roof of the apartment hotel, found unexpected appearance of the maid, as a wife-killer." her weeping inconsolably, tried with your wife's wrap-you didn't "No, I tell you! No!" Crosby de again to learn what was wrong, and know, of course, that Mrs. Lambert nied passionately. finally, at your wife's request, re- had sent her, after speaking with,; "You came here yesterday, not

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turned to the apartment to tell you you threw you into a blue funk. knowing that Doris Matthews was that Mrs. Crosby wished to see you. Perhaps you did try to leap after now Mrs. Berkeley's maid—”

"You left the drawing room in your wife, and the girl restrained "That's not true!" Crosby inter- stantly, and Mrs. Lambert sum- you. God knows what you said to rupted. "Mrs. Lambert had written mored Mrs. Crosby's maid, Doris, her. I don't say you offered her me that she had hired Doris for the asking her to take an evening wrap hush money then. 1 rather think job": to the roof for your wife, since the you appealed to her love for hor It was Dundee who spoke now, night had turned cool and Mrs: mistress, urging her to believe that with curious reluctance: "Pardon Crosby was wearing a thin evening Phyllis Crosby would rather be me, Captain Strawn... Mr. Cros- dress. Still correct, Crosby?" listed as a suicide than that herby, it is my duty to remind you'

"Yes," the tortured man ad- husband should hang for her mur- that when Mrs. Berkeley mentioned Authorised Capital mitted, and bowed his head upon der. At any rate,, it is my firm con- Doris last night, you appeared sur-aid-Up Tand Barve Fund his trembling hands.."

viction that you and. Doris Mat-prised, even startled. You eald, "Now, according to your testi-thews concocted your alibi between Surely you don't mean little Doris RANCHES

Gaston, Bhanghai, Hańkow, Beview, POOR BIDDING FOR tion rooms yesterday afternoon, only natural that he should refusemony at the inquest, you did not you, then and there. She had rung Matthews?' and Mrs. Lambert then.

PLAY COSTUMES..

proved a disappointment, the sale to allow them to be given away.

proceed, immediately to the roof. twice for the elevator. You made told you she was quite sure she had having to be brought to a close after King Charles's cloak brought a Instead, you took time to go to the her agree to say that she had rung written you of Doris's being here." RELUCTANCE DISPLAYED AT LE. Lammert, owing to the refusal and. dresses

ten lots had been put up by Mr. bid of only $11, and the costumes library to get a volume of poetry, only once, so that your own stery "But Mrs. Lambert just thought AUCTION SALE.

worn by Felling, from which you say you. Intended of having just come to the roof she had written you," Strawn inter-world, of the public present to bid auf- Ceasar, Pepys, Mrs. Knight and

to read to your wife.”.

could be partially substantiated.rupted. "The truth is, you were in The auctioning of the coa- ficlent for them.

Pelham Humphrey could not de- "And that, too, is the ·exact· "Well, Crosby, it all worked out a panic. You know you would have tumes used by the Hongkong A.D.C. Mr. Lammert was asked the mand more than ten dollars; several truth!" Crosby asserted passion- as you planned. The girl stood by to see Doris Matthews immediately, in their production of "And So to ridiculous price of $5 and $10 for being below that figure.ately, raising reddened eyes to glare you at the inquest, and you were and insure her continued silence by Bed", which was arranged to take costumes which were worth nearly The costumes will be auctioned at his tormentor. "Phyills was un-exonerated. Phyllis Crosby was bribery or by murdering her!", place at Mesars. Lammert's auc- ten times that in value, and it was again at a later date.

usually fond of Swinburne, and I listed as a suicide while temporar

(To be Continued.

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