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SERIAL STORY-

The DARK BLOND

CARLETON KENDRAKE

Do

usually make a cry.baly of myself." cipate what it was.

you remember the brand of She could see his resentment of this criticism of herself. He paid whisky ?" he asked.

"Why, yes," ale said. "That was impatiently, "You're not a cry-baby and you're not to call yourself one, one of the things Detective Buchanna You've been through things few girls and Sergeant Mnhancy were talking could hava endured. You've been able about. They said it was rather ex- to do it because you're such a clean, pensive and that it was

peculiar type of whisky for a chauffeur weet, aquare-shooting kid,"

to be drinking."

CHAPTER XXX Millicent piloted Norman Happ down the corridor to her rocin, closed d locked the door. She turned to Thee him, wondering where she should begin, and as she stared into his eyes knew that it was going to be in creasingly difficult to go through with the plan she had decided on.

For a moment she saw the glenm She realized that she valued the of affection in his eyes. She found good opinion of this man very much, herself hoping he was going to take realized also that it was her in his arms again. But intend and she almost

impossible for her to make an there came over his face a look of explanation which would be credible, grim determination.

in The words of Robert Caise rang

"Look here." he said, "we have to

it." best everyone to hor mind. She could explain away the facts connected with one murder, but how could she explain away fnets con. nected with two 1

Norman Happ saw something of what was going on in her mind. "I it going to be fined to tell?" he asked, And, with his question, she realized Auddenly that she was going to tell him everything, that the was in nuch n hurry to know his reactions that she could

hardly wait for the words to formulate themselves.

look-

what do you incun?"

"I ineus we have to solve both of these murdera before the police find out about you."

"Oh, but they've already found out about me or they will."

"What makes you say that?" "Bob Caise knows."

⭑

didn't 10. I

rather a

"What was the brand?" he askel

her,

"Buchanan wrote it on a plece of paper and handed it to Sergeant Maloney. I have the paper here in

። the drawer."

She opened the drawer and handed him the folded piece of paper. He unfolded it and stared thoughtfully at it for a few moments.

you got heck?" he asked. why you know what time it was "No. I'm not certain. It wasn't very long before daylight."

"And the books Dad gave you in were stolen while you the sult

Bultense were gone?"

"Yes. You new," she said, "when that typewritten message was slipped under my door I you were You see, the one who land thought we'd been talking about this woman in the black ermine cont, and

his

She saw kwift Jealousy on his face and made haste to interrupt his thoughts."

tell him. I "I am the girl the police are ing for the Dringold murder."

For a moment the full significance haven't admitted it even yet, but he knows. Was Aspicious of me of her statement didn't dawn on him. from the first. He wondered why Then, as he grasped what she was your father brought me here and 1 telling

him, his eyes showed in-think in some way he knew that your the Drimgold father was interested "can't be," he told her. The murder. I don't know whether he

her. She's knew describes

father being in the newspapers

was com blond. She's

building when the murder was "No, 10,

mitted or not. At any rate he was hunt clues." suspicious and he took a photograph

about.

your

He thrust the folded paper pocket.

"Come on," he said. "You and 1 are going out and hunt clues,"

"What do you mean?" "Just what I said. We're going to

"But

she said, "I am the girl. Your father knows. He took ne to a friend of his who changed that had been published in a new-hunt 26 what clues are we going to my appearance and made me a brunet blond. I tell you I'm instead of the

worked for George Drim- girl. I gold and

Her voler trailed away into silence. It was going to be harder than she thought

We're going to find out about that paper and darkened the hair. The result looked enough like me to con- woman in the black vrmine cont. vince him that I'm the girl they're We're going to find out about the car of which you have the licence nun- looking for."

ber.. But Arat we're going to find out about that whisky;"

"If he tells the price I'll kill him," Norman app said.

think he's already told them. He and Vern Duchene are working together. They wanted me to swear

"Whing that was false."

for Norman It took moment Happ's mind to adjust itself to the situation, just as it had taken a to moment to appreciate the significance of what, she was telling him.

They

wanted me to give Vera Duchene an alibi."

"Then she's the one who murdered

father's

"What about it

?" she asked. "Simply this: larry Fckling was at one time a heavy drinker. When he started working as a chauffeur ho made up his mind he was going to cut out booze entirely. He never took

a

drink all the time he was working Millicent saw his jaw set, saw his eyes take on a look of grim determina-

for Dad. What's more, he never allowed any whisky in his pince. tion. For a moment it seemed as Felding" he exclaimed.

"If that's the ease how did it hap- though her life force was congealing

I don't think she is. She al inside of her like mercury dropping into the picture some way, but I don't pen that

cense! ሰይ Millicent's voice

the in tube on a very cold i

night. Then, know just were, I have an idlen with the sound of his voice, she felt Bob may think that she was the one suddenly became aware of the full a surge of happiness, fle nid dog who murdered Felding. You see, import of what she was trying to gedly I don't care what the facts my thetective Buchanan locked up that whisky was brought into his

fingerprints were on that whisky sny,

""Exactly,"· Norman Happ said. are. Whatever you did, you and seme reason for doing it. I'm going to the whisky ask in your

study

unt place after he left, doubtless by the and stand back of you."

reported to Sergeant Boh Caise thought the person who committed the murder. carnets must be those of Veral It's an unusual brand. The pro- Duchene, so he slipped into the study abilities are it was purchased some

where in the neighbourhood. We're and

smashed the flask."

unrrowed.going to find out who purchased it Norman Happ' eyes

(To Be Continued). "We've got to get to the bottom of this thing," he said, and the only way we can do it is by finding out just where Dobs and Vera Bt into the SUBMARINES ĈOMING picture. Someone murdered Drim- gold. Someone murdered Harry Fell- ing. We have to find out who that someone war,

That made it vonderfully ensy. She poured forth her story in quick, disjointed sentences, not puring her self for what she called her stupidity in running away from the scene of the crime. Then she went on, telling him exactly what had happened that night when she had gone to the garage, taken Bob Caise's car and gone for the wild ride which terminated when she ran out of gas.

When she

had finished Norman He said, "You Happ moved bearer. poor kaf

Before she realized what had hap- pened his arms were around her and to drain worry and unguish front her system, mental

Ilis hami patted her shoulder, his check was against her hair. She could feel the roughness of his cont sleeve circled the back of her neck. Yet he made no attempt to hold her in a closer embrace. It was as though he realized the necessity for her to relax

she was

which seeme, his shoulder, sofe

where

one upletely, to feel that some-

all her troubles,

"You spenk," she said, "as though it might be the same person."

He blinked his eyes thoughtfully and nodded slowly.

"It isn't at all impossible." he observed. On the other hand we mustn't make the mistake of jumping at conclusions before we have enough facts to warrant them."

They were silent for n moment. Then Norman Happ went on with slow deliberation, "The man was dead when you entered the room?"

"Yes,"

"You're certain?" "Yes. I felt his wrist."

Slowly her sobs censed. She drew "And you went to the bathroom back so that she could look up into and got a drink out of his whisky his face. She smiled at him with flask 7" eyes that were dimmed by tears, but which nevertheless sparkled with a new-found happiness.

"Poor kid," he said again, and pat- ted her shoulder. "You've had a tough Ume,"

"I guess," she said, "it was more

"Yes,"

"How much whisky was there in the fosk 7"

"I don't know. It was a little over half full, I gucas."

She could see that he was driving

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