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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

J

B CARLETON. KENDRAKE

sald that the symptoms were similar torms of the settlement. I may assure you, however, that they wors 10..."

in every way satisfactory to Mr. tho settlement Cathay. However, came to late."

DECIN HERE TO-DAY When DAN BLEEKER, Junior publisher of The Iliade, learns that CHARLES MORDEN, pollów reporter, hai béin mysterkmaly killed

Charlos Fisher clamped his lips he determines to employ BIDNEY GRIFF together and shook his head. He famous criminologies, to solve the murder,

smiled tolerantly at the criminologist, Mardon had been marigned to learn all be "I'm afraid, Mr. Grift," he said, could about FRANK G, CATHAY, Mealthy #gou'll be drawing me out before trated Cathay. He was a very sick and prominent, who had threatened to avai

Cathing had been kremlad. Later 51 proven that the men arveted, #lelog" the *Kame of Cathay and areompanled” by in girl

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that the shock had pros-

WILE

The Iliade because the newspaper reported know it, I think, perhaps, you're man from the moment the slender

ous attack upon his charactor wrather an adroit cross-examiner."

Grif laughed. "Well," he said, "I talked with Dr. Cooper this morning, but I couldn't draw him out any."

Salied MARY BRIGOS was an imposio

The Blade pobilabed a retraction,

Then Morden la found dead and a few havn later remen news that powibly poisoned;

Ruiner Griff undertakes the case. Ils call at Cathay's physicians and then woes to CHARLES PISHER, Cathay's friend and Tawyer, Fisher asks Griff who he employing

·lm..

made

the newspaper." "When was the settlement made?" Griff asked.

"On Thursday afternoon." "Dr. Cooper," said Fisher grimly, "Why was it made?" Grit asked. Cathay La Bondwill probably find himself called he

fore the medical board to explain his "Because," Fisher said with feeling, rather strange statements. Par "I could see that my client was on ticularly in view of the fact that he the verge of a complete collapse. I

We went made those statements in the presence; took Imm. Cathay with mo, of a newspaper reportor."

to the Palace Hotel in the city and got Grit seemed completely uninter- in touch with the paper's publisher, ested in the future of Dr. Cooper, We ranched an amicable settlement "I would," he said, "like to see Mrs. of the entire matter upon terms which alt. con- Cathay."

were quite satisfactory to cerned. I returned to make a ro port to Mr. Cathay. It was too inte. He was unconscious, Ho nover 10- gained consciousness until he died. la diod without knowing that his good name had been vindicated and the newspaper had published a re- traction."

CHAPTER XII

Griff did not answer the lawyer but continued smiling smile that told nothing.

"Was it perhaps," Fisher asked, "that, is, if it's a fait question, the district attorney of the county or someone connected with the police force who employed you.!"

"The question," said Griff, "is fair orough."

There was a moment of silence. "The answer?" Fisher purred in his

most suave valce,

"It's Impossible, Fisher Bald. "Sho's prostrated. She isn't seeing anyone. She talked with me over the telephono and her voice was so choked and broken I could hardly understand what she said.”

"He was then," said Griff, "sick when you left for the city 7"

"Certainly. That's what I am tell- ing_you.”

"That," asked GrifT, "is the only way you know she was prostrated?" "

Fisher's oyes grew Lard. He said, "Don't misunderstand me. I'm hor attorney. I'm also her friend. I was her husband's friend. Her husband's

"And that was one of the reasons' generosity was responsible for my "Oh, the answer," Griff sold. "That success. I worked for Frank Cathay you made such a hurried trip?"

when he was in South Africa. Then "Yes," Flattor said, “I don't mind would be manifestly unfair. It's per-ho sold out his interests and camo admitting that was one of the reasons fectly fair for you, representing your here. He sent for me to join him for rushing the matter to a con- clients to ask a question, but you le put up the money which put meclusion, rather than going through the understand we all of us have our pro through law school. He leaned me formality of filing suit and negotiat fessional obligations, counsellor." .." Bec, I net," Fisher remarked, taw practice. I would cheerfully have

the money which exinblished me in my Ing a compromiss afterwards."

"Was there any other reason for toying with a pencil on his desk not died for him. Fd do anything for his expediting matters!" Griff asked. vously. "That Dr. Cooper, should be widow. I say she's prostrated and I Fisher toyed with the lead pencil prosecuted for criminal malfeasance know what I'm talking about. His eyes turned away from the Ife disregarded his professional duties Cathay's death was entirely due to criminologist's face and sought the and obligations and made an errone-natural causes. Those CGUSES were sun-swept ous diagnosis, which was subsequent ly made publle."

Griff asked

"What was the diagnosis he made?"

+

"I would prefer not to discuss it in view of my connections with tha family." Fisher sald firmly..

"I ne," Griff told him. "There

"Indeed,” said Griff. "How is Birs, Cathay affected by it?"

brought about by dastardly libel which was perpetrated by a metro- politan newspaper,"

"The newspaper published traction," Griff said.

ם

"In a way it was retraction," Fisher

street, which appeared through the open window.

"I don't know," he said slowly, "as there is any reason why I should tell you. I taka. It that you might, how- ever, get the information from the newspaper if I didn't give it to you." "I don't want you to betray any Griff said. professional confidence,"

Isn't any chance that his diagnosis admitted. "It was akilfully worded,

Fisher whirled to face him. was right, is there?"

It wasn't an apology-not by a long

"That damnable newspaper," he "Not one chance in a million. Not ways. The newspaper admitted the one chance in ten million," Fisher mistake of the previous story, how said, "as soon as it learned that its said emphatically. "His diagnosis is ever, but it did it under the guise of slanderous attack upon my client shining example of just how much publishing an additional item of news, would probably furnish the basis for a harm, a doctor can do when he shoots Whatever retraction thero was, was bol auit, sent a reporter to this city. off his face. It's an insult to Mrs. merely Incidental and by way of back- A reporter who made no secret of the fact that he was about to engage in a Cathay."

ground for a new story."

"Will you," asked the criminologist, most extended investigation to nacer- his eyes fastoned intently upon the tain facts which would be embarras "Well," Fisher aald, "I'm not going lawyer'a lips, claim that it did not ing to my ellent. Farts which would be sufficiently embarrassing to blacken- to discuss it, but you can use your constitute a retraction?"

"Mr. Cathay's reputation if they were Imagination, Mr. Griff. Naturally, if "Certainly not," Fisher said. a man is poisoned, one naturally the first place, I believe that the, brought out in court and skilfully suspects the young widow who will be netion died when Cathay died, which, beneficiary under the catate, to the of course, was a break for the news tune of several million dollars. paper. However, the matter had been That is, you understand, I'm simply amicably adjusted prior to Cathay's Ihandled the adjustment, commenting now upon the popular death. trend of thought, the idle streat cat personally,"

Griff raised his eyebrows in inter- gossip, the wide-spread comments of

rogation. newing circles."

"And Dr. Cooper has now aban Can you tell me about that?" 20" doned that diagnosis?" Griff asked. asked.

"Oh, certainly. In fact, he never "Unfortunately," said Fisher. "I am!

presented with all of the inuendo and scoring insinuations which could be commanded by some clever attorney." "Did that fact have a tendency to expedite the settlement?" Griff naked. "It had a tendency to put my client an his death bed,". Fisher snapped.

(To Be Continued.)

Detective Racine appears on the

made any such diagnosis. He simply, not in a position to disclose the exact scene in the next ̄Instalment

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