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MAY 14, 1935.

The DARK BLOND

DEGIN HERE TO-DAY

CARLETON Kendrake

Rechtlary GRAVES, MILLICENT GEORGE DRINGOLD, finds her employer in hiere dead. Millernt had noteloek in which Delmgold had begun, to letale a un

famian.

In paul she ruchem away, Irgisters at a hatel under an aimed RIDE.

JARVIS HAPP, stranger, offers to help her. ile sands her to beauty parkur whe

he is transformal into a brunet, then take her hat and Introduces her u lila nocrvinzy, Bhe meele myp's son,, HURMAN, his impa BON, ROBERT CARE, and MRS. HAPP.

Millicent falls saleep and wake to find nots under her door reading, "The woman Sund acre the woman in

"I just wanted to tell you, ll- licent," he said, using her first amo with what seemed to Millicent to bo a teniler note in his voice, "thnt this man encountered Bob Calso in the corridor. He asked Rob Calso bring him to his father's secretary. That's the reason Bob brought the officer here."

"Oh," Milleent said.

The officer frowned, and stared at young Inpp. "What tho dovil has that got to do with it?" he asked.

"I simply wanted her to know," in black ermine la bereiken Norman Happ said, "why it happeneit that Cuise seemed to have brought you to her."-

follows in jubert Caine's car, frut rune ous of w. She goes to the chauffeur's quarter and And him dead.

"He brought me here because I told

Next morning Robert Calne eumen to MLN. cent's room and slitestens ber. Norman Inhim I wanted to be brought here."*

with ན tariate. Catur kaven and return detective.

CHAPTER XVII

The allicer nodded to Norman Happ and said, "All right, you can get out.

Happ said. "This is my father's

house.

The officer turned to Caise. "You too," he anid.

"But," Caine protested, I—"

The officer arowled, strode to the contre of the roure and said, "Listen, both of you guys, this in no place for you to pull your heroics. Get started, and give us a chance to get this thing cleaned up."

"Exactly." Happ said. "Look here," the officer told him, "you two get out of here, I'm dos ing this questioning, and I'm thor oughly capable of doing it."

Happ bowed, moved toward the door, turned and smiled at Millicont. Then he and Cairo left the room, closing the door behind them.

or five o'clock this morning."

"Oh," she said.

was waiting for "Someone who him inside the room where he sleepa. Bob Felding had been out. He'd taken ono of thu care probably

ile'd run out of gasa. Caino's ear. line and come back to the houno. Apparently, he'd walked back. Wo found Calie's car down the street. It was out of gas. Harry Folding opened the door of 1s room, and someone popped him with a pistol."

Ile stared at her frowningly and said, "It was one of those little toy vest-pocket pistols."

"Atos'?"

"I'd call it a toy. It was one of those little automaties that's made to fit into a lady's handbag, but it did the job all light and shot- right snack through the heart."

on

And

She shook her head slowly said, "I didn't hear any shot."

"Okay," he told her. "I'm sorry I bothered you, but I'm just making a everyone, It doesn't check-up look like an inside job. You don't his who know лnything about The offer alared in frowning con-

that centration at the doorway for a mo-enemies were, or anything of meat, said, "That was a funny way sort?" for him to act. Ile acted almost as Nomo giving you though he message.

was

"Oh, did you think so?" Millicent asked innneently.

"Yes," he said, "I thought so." "But you heard just what he told I didn't nee anything strange about that."

Norman Hopp stepped phat Mil licent toward Caine.#P've got some-me. thing to any to you, Bob," he said.

"Aw, forget it," Bob Calze said. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"That," Happ told him, "remains to be seen."

"It was the way ho said it. "How do you mean?"

"I don't know exactly. He said it as though it was very significant."

"Did he

"Yes, he did, and he acted as though hehe might be in love with you. He seemed to sort of purr that namo "Millicent."

The officer jerked his head toward Millicent. "Come over here," nald. "I want to talk with you.” .

She followed him to the window, Young Happ and Robert Catsy #lood belligerently by the doorway, talking iz low undertones. The ofBeer glanced at them, frowned, shrugged his shoulders, turned to Millicent, and said, "What's your name?"

"Millcent."

"Millicent

"Grabes."

what?"

"How long you been here?"

got Bellled yet."

"You're working for Happ?" "Yes."

"In he," asked the officer, "in love with you?"

"Why, the iden," she gasped, I've only been here for a day I've talked with him only once or twice.

"Who'd been beating up on young Caine

"Ind someone?"

She said slowly, "I've been hero much a short time, you know."

"Yes, I know," he rail, and turned toward the door. In the doorway, he turned and said, "Looks like a stick-up of nume sort. You didn't know whether he was carrying any money with hin, did you?"

"Mr. Happ would be the only one who would know that-that is. Mr. Jarvis Happ, Norman's father."

"Okny." he said, and left the

room.

*

She waited ti she heard his steps diminishing down the corridor, then ran to the closet and groped around until she found the leather key container.

She knew that she must get rid of this tell-tale bit of evidence.

She hold it in her hand, stared to helplessly about her. The door

be more the corridor seemed source of danger than of safety, Should she leave the room carrying this key container, she might run in to Bob Cnise,

"The side of his face looked as though he'd been slapped, and he'd

She turned toward the window, "Just a day or two. I haven't even either stopped a punch on his jaw,

or else I don't know a sucked jaw looked down into the yard, with its walk, its ornamental shrubbers, and when i see one.”

"Certainly. Milleent said, its wrought-iron fence separating the house nrl- didn't sock his daw, as you call it."the yard from that

joining. There wha A Autiner house, a fountain and a pond of He let his eyes soften slightly with water at the base of the fountain, a humour, and said, "How about his pond in which there were water face? Did you sing his face?"

She took a deep breath, then fared him and raid, “Really, I'm very much upset. All of these things can't make a great deal of difference. Mr. Happ knows all about me. Won't you please get your information from iim?"

"Well, why don't you tell it 7" "Beenuse I can't see that it's any of your Rinesa, und, there are cer- Lain reasons why I don't care to go into all of those details about my prì» vate affairs."

"Oh, all right," the officer said. "What time did you go to bed last night"

"Really," she told him, "I don't know, I was very tired, but I had some things to do after I entered my rooni, I sat down in the chair and fell sound asleep. I woke up later-1a don't know how much Jater. I was! enld and cramped."

*

Narman Happ, standing by the duor, turned and cane striding over toward them, "Miss Grabes," he

snil.

She turned to face him. The officer frowned. Norman Happ, disregarding the officer's frown, stared steadily at Mlicent. Something in bis eyes seemed to give her new strength, brought up a wild surge of hope in her bosom, a lape that, in some way, a solution would be found for her pro-¦ blems.

•

"Yes," Meent and deßtantly.

"1 slapped his face if you want to

know.

"Why?"

"It was a personal matter."

low personal,"

"Very personal."

He stared at hur for A minute am then said, "You don't know what time you went to bed?"

"N6,"

"Did you hear anything unusual afterwards?"

"Just how do you mean?" "Hennoything that sounded like pistol shot, or anything like that?"

"This is your room?"

"Yes."

iles and fix.

MilBrent stared stendily at the pond. She believed it was possiblo in toss the key container out of the window so that it would hit tha pond.

She rained the window, estimated the distance carefully, held the key container balanced in her band so as to determine its weight.

corridor.

She heard steps in the Someone was approaching her door. She gave one frantic glance back at. the door, then turned to the window and tossed the key container out toward the pond,"

Sho stood watching it with fas- cinated-eyca—It...mailed - In_a_Jong. are. For a moment she thought it was going too far. Then it dropped "You couldn't hear a small en)-rapidly, and she henved a sigh of re- bre gun fixed back in the chauffeur's lief as she saw It splash into the

pund, room, anyway the ch

small calibre gun?" She echoed She stood there in the window. questioningly, trying to avoid the watching the splash subside into appearance of spurring with him. eddying waves which rippled the yet seeking to draw him out and sides of the pond. Suddenly save herself as much questioning as felt her eyes compelled downward, possible.

and to one side.

"Yes, a small calibre gun. Some- one shot. Harry Felding with a small eslibre gun."

"When?" she asked. "Probably around half-past fouri

There, standing beneath the win- dow, watching her with a peculiar cynient smile twisting the Corners fof her mouth, was Gynthin Happ.

(To Be Continued).

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