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SERIAL STORY-

The DARK BLOND

CAHPTER XXVI

CARLETON KENDRAKE

Detective Buchanan, observing what had happened, stepped forward and naid, "Mako her roll her fingers over the pad."

Sergeant Mahoney shook his head, stared at the ink imprints on the pad of paper. "These," he said, "aro suficient. That's the type of print you'd find on a Rask. You wouldn't find a rolled print on a glass bottle." Millicent, having jerked her hand free, regarded the Inked tips of her Then sho indignantly, fingers glanced, with something of panic in her eyes, over to the pad of white which Sergeant Mahoney was holding. She saw that the tips of her fingers had left very legible prints the specially

QIL paper.

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

pocket." to stare steadily at Millicent.

"I don't think you did it." he told "Did you try the door to make her. "I wish you'd come clean with certain it was locked?"

"Of course." me. It would simplify things enar-

"Keys to that study," Sergeant "are tr the mously. If you don't tell me the whole truth, things are going to go Mahoney anid slowly hard with you. If you do, there's a posscasion of virtually everyone in this house, with the exception of Miss chance I can save you."

Grabes. That is, almost every one of the servants can get into the study if they want to badly enough. A key

accessible to them."

"I am telling you nothing." Millicent Enid,

Who was the person you were following"

llowing?"

มย

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

"Well, anyway," he said, "we'll get the license number of that automobile prepared you were following. What did you "Would you," asked Sergeant Ma-say it was-J43017"

She started to correct him and give honey, "mind giving us your railed him the right number, then changed fingerprints, Miss Grabes? That is, her mind and clamped her lips tightly

take your fingere eng at a time, roll farthest Mahoney started to any

them over the Inked pad, and then call them over the paper."

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God."

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"If we'll hurry," Detective Buchan- Mwe can make Inquiries caid, Sergeant Mahoney walked slowly toward the door, opened it, stood at one side for Buchanan to leave the room, then turned and stared steadily at Millleent.

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

Millicent got to her feet, her heart pounding. She stared at the door through which the man had gone. So someone had smashed that tell tale whisky finsk! Her fingerprints were stamped on it. Now they could never be identified. If she kept her head, it could never be proven that she had been in Harry Felding's room

except for that handkerchief, She must do something about that handkerchief.

Suddenly the enlized that if she told Mr. Happ frankly that she had tried to follow the woman in the black ermine coat he would understand. In

something else, but was interrunted,

He pulled the door shut behind him "I most certainly will not give na running feet sounded in the car- them to you" Millicent said. "You rider. The door of Millicent's room with the ominous finality of one who tricked me.

fortunate prisoner. You've got no right to hanged open without a preliminary Claus the door of a rell upon an un- take my fingerprints, na though I knock, and Detective Buchanan, were some common criminal."

face flushed with a ger and mortifien- "We're Investigating

crime,"

stood In

In the doorway.

he Sergeant Mahoney told her, "and

*'t#at sait. we'd like to have the fingerprints of overyone ou the premisea."

Sergeant Mahoney made n quick "I don't care what you're doing." motion. He raised his hand, palm ahd anid. won't give you my outward, but Detective Buchanan Augerprints."

failed to interpret the gesture. Mahoney nodded meaningly to "That fork," Buchanan said. "It's Detective Buchanan. "We could hold been smashed into a million pieces. her on suspicion and take them when Someone ground it into powder with

a bronze book-end." "No," Sergeant Mahoney inter- rupted. "I think you'll find we've got Sergeant Mahoney sighed, shrugged sufficient for what we need. Take his shoulders, and sald very softly, these prints with you, Buchanan. Go"When you get to be a better detec-fact, Millicent realized that she only into the study and check the finger-tive, Buchanan, you will known better neuled to tell the entire truth, up to prints with the ones on the bottle.

thun 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 chair,

on the have to search any farther."

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

her fingerprints checked Identically believe her. with the fingerprints on that, Bask I She regarded her ink-stained · fin- think she'd have made a statement. gers, stepped into her bathroom to As it is, she'll take advantage of the wash the ink stains from her hands. situation by keeping quiet

The ink came off readily enough with Buchanan stared at Se

Sergeant Ma- the aid of soap and a scrubbing brush. honey with 1

expression. She dried her hands, surveyed herself crestinilen Mahoney went on, thoughtfully, "You were trying to shadow someone think,orry," he blurted, "I didn't in the mirror, made up her mind that I was so interested in letting she would go directly to Mr. Happ last night. That means, of course, you know what had happened. ad explain to him just why she had that someone else was out. That think we should oncentiate every borrowed Bob Caise's automobile. someone might have been the one who effort on finding out who smashed

She stepped from her bathroom, committed the murder, were it not that whisky finsk."

opened the for the Incriminating evidence which wow indicates that you went to Harry Felding's room.

Sergeant Mahoney stared across at Millicent and said Lecusingly, "Why | didn't you tell me you were in Harry

Felding's room?"

Millicent at silent

*

Millicent continued to say nothing, "Was Barry Folding there when you entered his room?"

"

Sergeant Mahoney got to his feet, suddenly or to her room, and

nodded slowly, "Did you say that Jarvis Happ gave you his key to the study?" he asked.

"Ife surrendered it temporarily, Yes." Millicent "You explained. To him why you

wanted him to do so?"

"Yes. I told him I had to have as absolutely safe place in which 1 could leave £ valuable piece ofį evidence."

"You didn't leave him in the study with the flask ?"

A masked man, wearing an over- cont with the collar turned up around his neck, was ransacking the drawers of her dresser. He heard the sound af the door from the bathroom opening and swung around to face Millicent. She could see his eyes gleaming through the holes in the mask,

Millicent gave a half-stified scream. The masked figure extended his hands as though about to throttle hor and slowly advanced, teeth bared, glittering, nostrils distended.

"You have tricked me," said, fighting back a desire to burst into tears. "I am not going to answer another one of your questions."

"Because you're afraid to?" Ser-¦ grant Mahoney inquired.

"Because I don't have to, and ho- cause I don't choone

"You'll have to sooner or later. You'll be called before the coroner's the study where it would be available a hoarse voice, "I'll kill you.. If you jury and perhaps the grand jury." for the fingerprint specialist. Then 1 don't

"I'll an

have an attorney to represent left the study myself and saw that

He broke off and chuckled mean- me, then," Millicent said with a show Mr. Happ left it. I locked the door ingly. of courage she did not feel.

and put the key in my pocket-that That chuckle told Millicent more Sergeant Mahoney lit a cigarette, is, there's a spring lock on the door. than words. smoked it in contemplative silence for I pulled it shut and the lock clicked

(To Be Continued).

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