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The DARK BLOND

BEGIN BEER TO-DAT

CARLETON KENDRAKE

MILLIQENT GILAVES, ROCTOLATY to GEORGE BRINGOLD, Ande her employer in his often dead. Millicent has a noteleink in which Drimæold had begun to dictate a con- fcamion.

In pants he rubeo away, registory at hotel under an assumed naNIV.

JARVIS HAPP, a wieanger, offeri ́to help her. Ha enda her to a beauty sinskeur where abe la Uransformed into a brunel, then takes hee home and fatrutace her an ble senFACULTY, The meets Happ's son, NOIEMAN; his stepson, ROBERT CA98, and Mity, HÄFT,

MJHces fall sleep and wakes, la find a nolo under her dour reating. The woman In black ermite la here,” Millieant drenazwę sees the women in black drive away and follows Robert Caise's car but runs out of gee. She gone to the chauffeur's quarters and finds him dead.

Nexi morning Meent mecta VERA mir. Milleent DUCHENE, Me.

Ko to Vera's mom and sees her with some thing that looks like a black ertulze cunt.

CHAPTER XIX

Vera, Duchene, whirled, regarding Millicent with eyes that were suddenly cold, hard and viciously vengeful.

"What are you doing, snooping around here?" she asked.

Bleent said, "I wasn't anooping, I came to warn you of something."

"Well, what was it?"

186't going to be an ordinary investigation Millicent said. "There are elements involved which are going to cause trouble. If you didn't get in until a late hour this morning, an you started to say, you'd better tell the police so now, because otherwise they'll check up on you.”

"And what makes you think: I didn't got in until this morning?"

"Bernuse you started to say so down there at the table."

"And you came all the way up here just to tell me that?"

"Yes!

"Baloney!"

"All right. Why did come up bere?" Millicent demanded angrily. "You came up here to moop Invause Jarvis upp has been suspicious of ma ever since I started to work for his wife, Go back and wil him that his spring didn't work."

"Don't be too certain it didn't work," Millicent raid. "I saw what you threw in the closet."

And with this, she turned around And banged the door angrily behind

ker.

She ran down the corridor and sought her own room, trying to analyze her

emations. } Condieting Had she really gone to the room to spy on Vera Ducheng?

Suddenly she realized that she had. She won suspicious of Vera Duchene, had een from the moment she had sren her. There was about Vera Duchene a suggestion of that power that some women wield over men, applied selfishly and consciously to nilvance their own ends.

Vera Duchenu had been out the night before. She knd returned early in the morning, Shy, then, must have been the one who had driven the sedan Millicent had encountered when leav ing Felding's room. Ind she also been the one who led Harry Felding on the chase which ended in Eis death? Was Vera Duchene the woman in the black ermine cont?

Millicent could nol, of course, be certain, but she did know that the form and figure of Vera Duchene were similar to the form and figure of the woman-who-had-worn-the-Linck ermine, and the single swift glimpse Millicent had had of the woman in the ten room had shown her a cold, gray eyscheming, hard, wary and watch-

Iul.

Vera Duchenu's eye could well have taken on auch an expression. Milli- cent, herself, had seen those eyes

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alluring invitation when they rested upon the officer, Then, Inter, when Millicent had entered her toont and hud glimpsed what apparently wan black ermine coat Vern Duchene was dinging in the closet, the cys had be came end, hard, glittering and venge. ful,

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And where would Vera Duchene, n Indy maid, have secured wherewithal to get an ermine coal? Or, rulber, having interested someone suiciently to secure an ermine coat, why would she continue to work as a anuid ?

Millicent Jetermined that she would keep Vera Duchene in mind. and would pay closer attention to her comings and goings.

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There was a discreet knock at the <loor.

"Who is it?" Millicent asked. "Winton, the botter," said a mourn- ful voice.

She opened the door.

The butler stood in wooden-faco dignity upon the threshold.

The master would like to have you report to him in his study," he said. "And did you hear about the murder?" She smiled up into.his profession- ally lugubrious countenance and said, "I understand that the chauffeur was killed by bandits."

"He might have been killed by bandita," the butler said, "and then again he might not. You see, ha must have borrowed Master Robert's car, run out of gaselins and walked toma, but the police can't find the keys to the car.

"Master Robert is careless about his keys at times. He left all of his keys in the cannot only the keys to the sar, but the keys he carries to the house and the garage."

“Well?" asked Millicent

"I Harry Felding had left the cari and locked it, where the polles found: it, he'd naturally have left the" koye in his pocket."

"Perhaps he put them some place when he got to his room," Millicent' sald.

I beg your pardon, but that's Impossible." the butler said with mournful. cadence. "He was killed Just he entered the roum. Some. one aither had been lying in wait for him of had been robbing the place and was surprised."

"Why should anyone try to rob -a chauffeur?" Millicent asked.

"That's the question-why should they? That's what the police want to know,"

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"Well," Millicent said, "you'll have excuse me. It's nothing I can apkculate about. If Mr. Happ wants me, I must go at once."

Reluctantly the butler turned away. After he had gone a few stops, he paused and said, "Did the police ques- ülen you 7"

"They wanted to know where I was last night," she said.

He nodded,

Moved by nome sudden inspiration, Millicent went on rapidly. "Were there visitors in the house last night, Win- ton 7"

"Viailors?"

"Yes, you know-anyone other than the family and the servante?"

He heaitatod a moment, then stopped nearer, lowered his voice, end almost whispered, "Mrs. Happ had a woman visitor inst night.“

"Did you nee how she was dressed 7" "I'm sure I couldn't tell you that. She wore a black fur cont. That was all any."

"An ermine coat?”

"I don't know just what you'd call it. I happened to be passing Mrs. Happ's suite and I heard voicon. thought she'd called to me, so I knock- ed on the door and opened it a crack. A woman was standing there, wearing a black coat. The collar was turned up about her ears. I didn't see muy more. Mrs. Happ called to me in a sharp voice to close the door and get Away from there."

"Does Mrs. Happ have a black fur evat?"

"No, man. Her for cont is a brown, mink I believe. And then whe han a white fur coat-It's Russin ermine I think,"

Millicent made a mental note that the butler knew More about this woman the black ermine coat than he had told her. Undoubtedly he knew that the woman had called upon Mrs. Hap before, but Millicent had no time to follow up the subject.

She walked rapidly down the bull to Mr. Happ's study, knocked at the door and in response to his "Come in." opened the floor and entered the

room,

Jarvis Happ, looking very grave, was seated at his desk. He nodded nid anid, "Sit down, Millicent I want to ask you some questions."

She dropped into the chair, suddenly, feeling that peculiar psychic commu tion which darvis Happ's magnetic. personally and keen, peering" eyos: always caused,

"Dirk Gentry was in your room tast night," be snki,

She flushed and started to mako an indignant denini.

"No, no." he said, "don't misunder- stand me. mean he accompanied you to your door with the suitcase."

"Oh, yen

"What did he say at that time?" "How do you mean?".

"You know what I mean,” he told her, with gentle but firm inalatence. "I told you something, he didn't want me to hear."

"What makes you think that?" "Because of the look on his face

when he left this room. Because of the look on his face when he emerged from your room,"-

"Perhaps," she said, "it was con. fidential.

"You shouldn't keep secrets from your employer."

"Perhaps it was one of those pro- positions a man, sometimes makes to woman, a proposition he doesn't mean exactly, but which ho holds out a a glittering,promiso for the pur

of securing some temporary poke advantage."

"Such as?" Hopp asked. "Need you ask?'

"Yes," he said, "because I think this was an advantage that had 'some- thing to do with me personally."

“I gathered," she said slowly, "that there was something in the books ho -wan afraid of. After all, Mr. Happ, I'm working for you and I should be loyal to you. I didn't want to make tho accusation directly, but inco you've asked me I've told you."

He got to his feet, nodded, and sald, "Come on, we're going down and take a look at those books right now. They're in your room?"

Ho

Fortunately she did not have to answer the question. Haps acted on the assumption that they were. led the way down the corridor.

She opened the door of her room. "In the closet?" he asked her. She nodded dumbly.

Happ opened the door of the cinsot, stood there looking about him in frowning conceatrailon.

"I don't see any suiteare here," ho Fail.

She peered over his shoulder.

The dummy suitcase had disap- peared.

(To Be Continued.)

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