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MAY

24, 1995.

The DARK BLOND

CAIPTER XXVI.

CARLETON KENDRAKE

Detectivo Buchanan, observing what had happened, stepped forward and and, "Make her roll her fingers over the pad."

shoh his head, Sergeant Maloney stared at the ink

inprints on the pad

he said, "ar of paper. These,

print sufficient. That's the type of you'd find on n'flask. You wouldn't And a relled print on a glass bottle." Millicent, having jerked her hand free, regarded Inked tips of her Then Bitc fingers glanced, with

on

inding of panic in

of

a few moments, then raised his eyes into position. The key was in my

pocket." to stare steadily at Millicent.

the

"I don't think you did it." he told her, "I wish you'd come clean with ine. It would simplify things enor mously. If you don't tell me

going to go whole truth, things hard with you. If you do, there's chance I eat save you."

"I am telling you nothing." Millicent

"Who was

were said

the person you following?

She ignored his question. "Was it a man or woman?" Once more she sat perfectly silent. Sergeant Mahoney took a notebook. from his pocket,

"Well, anyway," he said, "we'll get the license nutaber of that automobile

her eyes, over to the pad of white paper which Sergeant bio or helding. She saw that the tips her fingers had left very legible the specially prepared prints

you were following. What did you She started to currert him and give Would you," asked Sergeant Ma. say it wo¬-DJ{901 honey, "mind giving us your rolled him the right tumber, then changed That her mind and clamped her lips tightly fingerprinta, Miss Grabes? take your fingers une at a time, roll together. them over the inked pad, and then roll them over the paper.””

"We're investigating 21 crime," Sergeant Mahoney told her, "and we'd like to have the fingerprints of everyone on the premises,”

We

་་་་་་

he God,"

"That Ark." Buchanan sold. "It's been amnabed into a million pieces. Someone ground it into powder with

bronze book-end.

·

"Did you try the door to make certain it was locked?"

"Of course." "Keys to that study," Sergeant Mahoney said slowly, are in the of virtually everyone in a house, with the exception of Miss this Grahes. That is, almost every one of the servants can get into the study if they want to badly enough. A key is accessible to them."

"If we'll hurry," Detective Buchan- an said, "we can make inquiries immediately."

Mahoney walked slowly Sergeant toward

ward the door, opened it, stood at one side for Buchanan to leave the room, then turned and stared steadily at Milleent

"You understand, Miss Grabes," he sald, "that you're under a grave cloud of suspicion. Under no circumstances are you to attempt to leave this house without my permission."

He pulled the door shut behind him with the ominous finality of one who clangs the door of a cell upon an un- fortunate prisoner.

Millicent got to her feet, her heart

Suddenly she realized that if she told Mr. Happ frankly that she had tried to follow the woman in the black ermine cont he would understund. In

ehair, on

the

Sergeant Mahoney started to say else, but was interrunted, "I most certainly will not give as running feel sounded in the cor- "You ridor. The door of Mlient's room thom to you!" Millicent said. tricked me. You've got no right to banget open without a preliminary take my fingerprints, as though I knock, and Detective Buchanan, his

face flushed with a ger and mortillen. pounding She stared at the door were some common criminal."

through which the man had gone. stood in the doorway. "MY

"that nid.

So someone had smashed that well- tale whisky flask! Her fingerprints flask

£ quick

were stamped on it. Now they could Sergeant Mahoney made

her don't care what you're doing." motion. He raised his hand, palm never be identifier. If he kept she said. "I won't give you

but Detective Buchanan hendi, it could never be proven that 13 | outward,

she had been in Harry Felding's room failed to interpret the gesture. Angerprints."

to nodded meaningly Mahoney

except for that handkerchief, Detective Buchanan. "We could hold

She must do something about that her on suspicion and take them when

handkerchier.

No Sergent Mahoney inter- rupted.

"I think you'B find we've gol

Sergeant Mahoney sighed, shrugge sufficient for what we need. Take his shoulders, und said very softly, these prints with ott, Ruchanan. Go When you get to ce a better detec-faet. Millicent realized that she only into the study and check the finger-tive, Buchanan, you will known better needed to tell the entire truth, up to prints with the ones on the bottle. than to leave valuable bits of evidence the time she returned to the house think probably you'll find you won't

around where suspects can get hold of and sat in that wicker have to search any further."

thom.

You'll also know better than front porch. She could tell Jarvis Buchanan nodded, took the sheet of i $12 tell other suspects when that flapp that she had used the borrowed paper containing Millicent's finger-evidence has been destroyed, If you'd front door key just as soon as she prints, and almost can through the find sense enough to tell Miss Grabes returned to the house. Slapp would

ber Angerprints checked identically believe her.

She regarded, ner Ink-stuined fin- with the fingerprints on that flask 1 think she'd have onde a statement. gers, stepped into her bathroom to As it is, she'll take advantage of the wash the ink status from her hands. situation by keeping

The Ink came off readily enough with quiet." Buchanan stared at Sergeant Ma- the aid of scap and a scrubbing brush.

She dried her hands, surveyed

eyed herself honey with a crestfallen expression.

I'm sorry," he blurted. "I didn't in the mirror, made up her mind that think, I was so interested in letting she would go directly to Mr. Hopp you know what had happened and explain to him just why she had

shout

oncentrate every borrowed Bob Chie's automobile.

from her bathroom, effort on finding out who smashed

the door to her 100m. and that whisky flask.

recoiled. Sergeant Mahoney got to his feet, suddenly

A masked man, wearing an over- holded slowly. "Did you say that Jarvis Happ gave you his key to thejeant with the collar turned up around his neck, was ransacking the drawers study ?" he asked.

of her dresser. He heard the sound of the door from the bathroom opening and swang around to face Millicent. She could see his eyes glearning through the holes the mask,

door.

*

Sergeant Mahoney stared peroas al Millicent and said accusingly, "Why didn't you tell me you were in Harry Felding's room?” Millicent sat

silent Mahoney went on, thoughtfully, "You

were trying shadow someone last night. That means, of course. that someone else was out. That link we someone might have been the one who committed the murder, were it not for the Incriminating evidence which now indientes that you wont to Harry Felding's room."

"Ho

yes.

Millicent continued to say nothing. "Was Harry Felling there when

Kurrendered i temporarily, you entered his room?"

"You have tricked me," Millicent You expinized to him why you said, fighting bark a desire to hurst wanted him to do so?"

I am not going to answer! "Yes, I told him I had to have into tears.

un absolutely safe place in which I another one of your questions."

valuable piece of Ser-could leave a "Because you're afraid ta?"

¡ evidence."

Kennt Ma

Mahoney inquired.

"Because

I don't have 10, and be I don't choose to."

Huds

She stop

stepped

Millirent gave a half-stilled sercont The masked Agure extended his hands though about to throttle ber teeth bared. and slowly advanced, eyes glittering, nostrils distended.

"If you scream," be announced in If you a horse voice, "I'll kill yon.

"You didn't leave him in the study cause

with the lask?" "You'll have to sooner or Inter. "Certainly not. I put the flask in You'll be eniled before the coroner's the where it would be available

don't i for the fingerprint specialist. Then jury and perhaps the grand jury."

"I'H have an attorney to represent left the study myself and saw that me, then," Millicent said with a show Mr. Happ left it. I locked the door ingly. uf courage she did not feel.

and put the key in my pocket-that

Sergeant Mahoney lit a cigarette, smoked it in contemplative silence for

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He broke off and chuckled

That chuckle told Millicent more

is, there's a spring lock on the door. than words

palled it shut and the lock clicked

(To Be Continued).

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