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wearer Mistake when I first ,took . you
Into my service. You have proven al
together too Inquisitive. Nov I will be
plain with you. Whatever need .I once
supposed I had for your services ended
with the explanation I received in that
Arch street cottage, I told you so very
distinctly after our return home. You
recall that interview, no doubt?"
Ile bowed, waiting far her to go on.
"Yon were then and there dismissed
from my service, That should hove
been sufficient. I knew nothing of your
silly feeling of personal interest in
me; nor old I realize any occasion for
discussing with you the reasons esus
Ing me to
L change rnnemv plans. You fit v
p tveae
my employee, and I dlseha:ged you;
that was all. It is true Percival
Coolidge took me to that collage to
have certain mysterious things ex,
pl fined, and they were explained to
my cohtplete satisfaction,"
Ily Hobart?"
"Yes"
"You knew the fellow before?"
She hesitated slightly, although
there teas no perceptible change in the
answering voce.
"For several years; he was In
m1 father's employ; the ---the whole
tronhle originated In a joke, and—and
was unite amusing, (fire I understood,
Of a mise, after tltnt, 1 had no further
need for you. Why did you persist in
annoying Ole?"
\\'est I:esltntc-d an instant, his 011011
strncgling with the situation. Was she
it(ncs1, truthful, inthis statement?
Could he say anything widen w•pnld
clumae her view•i.oint? She must have
been (teetered by these wen, yet how
could he expose them so she wnnld
crani [•,•bend? Int' w118 SO 1.11111 certain
of 11, noes Ithn•,t'l1, that he bud noth
iwz bat snspieiun to offer.
"Why do you 001 answer, Captain
West?" •
The girl's "'yes were (gear, Insistent,
a little (un i ' I ; they somehow aroused
his determination.
I trill nob evor to make you muter-
st:I0d Miss Natalie.' he explained
sit hely. 'I would not lance you feel that
! dedbcratety pus'e1 uty:clf Into this
n.""ir When I left rairinw•n after
your elisnmissal. I had us thought of
e'rer seeing you again, 1 hove already
told PM the interest 1 had felt in you
up to that time, hut your abruptness
clueing tar lest Interview lett rue
angry, and with no inclination to seek
yotn• presence agabl. You con scarcely:
blame me for such a feeling?"
"No," she confessed. "1—I was S0
excited and nervous I was nm very
nice,"
"You certainly hurt me. 1 dep0rte,l
with a sense of wrong rani:dug, an 1 no
desire to conte back. Rut fate int,r.
vened, You know, perhaps, that I over.
heard the shot which ended the life of
Percival 1 o'lidge, and I was the first to
discover ills dead body. I suppoo•"d it a
case of sulrlde, and NO bore illness lit
the Inquest. 'rhe whole :natter 41(1(111
have ended there; but the next day
34)0 discharged Sexton also, end the
num sought ole can at the cldh."
'10 h'nned tornarrl, her lips
parted, u new light in her eyes.
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ALFRED AMOK file
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stand Il o put this and that
- together ed. tut some investlga.
tions q t/,l, orrlved at a deliolte
eOalCln t,"
"\v 1S."„. saIle?"
"In the field where the body was
found first," West went on steadily,
batrno Inger looking at her, "tracing
the different tracks through the clover:
Then I looked up that cottage In Arch
street, and thus leaenetl about Hobart.
Somehow he seemed to et into the plc•
tore, and your mysterious visit there'
made me anxious to interview the man.
fie had left no address, however, just
faded out of sight suddenly, which In-
creased
suspicion.
Then, when we
Were completely baffled, Sexton learned
about your conversation over the tele-
phone."
"How? Wes be at the house?"
"Yes; he went out 8t my suggestion."
"And heard me repeat this number?"
"It makes no difference how he got
the Information; we Jknew you were
coming here this afternoon, rind
jumped at the conclusion that you
were going to meet Hobart for some
reason.e
"Very bright, I am sure," and there
was n tone of relief In her voice. "And
that Is your whole story, I suppose?
What does it amount to?"
"Not very much, perhaps."
"And the two of you came out here
seeking to tenth my business, to pry
into my pereonal affairs. That was
not a very gentlemanly act, Captain
West, and I hardly see how you can
Justify yourself."
"I had two purposes," be Insisted,
"either of which justify. I felt it a
duly to locate this man Behest; and
also to warn you of the danger you
were in."
Warn met" she laughed scornfully,
"That • Is ridiculous enough surely. I
hate n perfectly good reason for being
here, but I ala not nceountable to you
in any way for my movements. A duty
you say—a duty to locate this man? A
duty to w•1Om?"
"To the state, If no one else," he an-
swered gravely. "Percival Coolidge did
not commit suicide; he was murdered."
"Murdered:" she came to her feet
with utterance of the word: "You can-
not think ,that!"
"1 1(nnw 11, hiss Natalie; the evl-
denre is neyond question; he was mur-
dered In cold blood."
"But by whom? For what purpose?"
"These points are not yet deter-
mined; I an only sure of the crime."
"Yes, but—hut you suspect Jim Ho-
bert. Isn't (list true? You came here
seeking him --yes, and me. Yon even
think I know how this death occurred.
You—you connect it with my fortune."
"No, Miss Natalie," he protested
stoutly, rnoved by her agitation. "The
cause is a mystery, and who did 'It
equally mysterious, The evidence thug
far unearthed is all circumstantial."
"Then why dbl you come out here
searching for Hobart?"
"Because of his strange meeting with
Perc vel Coolidge the very day of his
death; because his sudden disappear-
ainee furnished the only clue."
"And that is all the knowledge you
possess, alwoiutely all?"
es; I am no more than groping In'
The dark. My main Object in coming
W08 to put you on your guard:'
"Yon have repented these suspicions
to n' one else? The pollee?" •
"To no one, Only Sexton end I have
even talked the matter over. We are
both too loyal to you to ever say a
wend which Wright he to your Injury."
She suddenly held out her hanri,, end
he tool: it. (nnsdons of the tli'in clasp
of her !Angers, 4
"I thank you, Captain \Vest," she
said sincerely, "end bellere your puns
pose (('as honorable. You have told me
frankly all you suape('t, and doubtless
you have reasons. You have simply
orale a mistake, that is all. Percival
Cnoiklge was not murdered; he kilted
himself because he 1ta(1 muddled toy
anise,' and knew he was about to be
diraovered. You have got upon n
wising trail, Will you accept my word
for this, and drop the whole matter
here?"
West w almost c 1
1 rrt ns n s roman et butnot
t r r
,
(lithe ; the explanation had n t
1 1 of been
sufHcientiy explicit.
"This man llohat•t—who is he? What
connection (toes he hate with your af-
fairs?"
She hesitated slightly, yet her eyes
did not fall, or her apparent cOr-
(11011dy change. 1
"Mr, Ilobart," she explained, "I 1
linve known for years, 2 told you be-
fore Ile was once 1n tan father's em- I
ploy. Now he Is a private detective, 1
and was enlpley ed on my case, before
2 athwelised for yon. 1 thought then
he was not nucmnplishing anything,
but fit our interview Stmday, all was 11
('10010 up." a
"In the presence of Percival Cool- 't
Inge?" -
"Yes; he was given a week 1n which
t0 straighten matters. That Is wiry 0
he kilted himself."
"He told you something? 11e 1110(10
u suspicious?" she asked Llrenthlees-
"Iie caused me to see the Oren' from.
somewhat different point ,1 View' -1l
lot Of view which, I confess, revirod
y interest in you. i began to !wheys
u hail been deceived, and your tre11•
ant of me arose through a tnlsuadei•
ending; I thought you a victim, tut 1
at I would be a end if 1° failed to
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Yhy to it necessary ror you
to meet (Hobert In a 'place Mice Wa—
ss veritable thieves den?"
She Shrugged her alloUl(el'q, releas-
ing hls hand.
"Ile hes not completed his work,
and does not think It best for u$ to
be Seen together. I know him so well
I am not et all afraid, even here, Is
that all, Captain West?"
"It seems to explain everything," he
admitted, yet far from satisfied.
'hind you will drop the whole et
talc?" she asked anxiously,
"If I say yes—what?"
"You will he released from here, or
course,. and the whole mlaunderstand-
lag forgotten,"
"And otherwise?"
"I have no means of knowing what
the then intend to do. They will ee-
sept your pledge, I ant stn"
"Possibly, but I am not so sure I
will consent to give such a pledge."
"Then you do not aeeept my word;
do not believe what I have tolyl you?'
"Not that exactly, Miss Natalie:
I could have filth In year word, ex.
cept that I believe you to he mistaken,
deceived, Hobart Is not square; he is
using you for his own ends. Under
these conditions, I wouldbe a coward
to give such a promise, and leave you
helpless In this man's power,"
"You Intend then to refuse?"
"I do; I'll fight It out"
She .stared act Mm, scarcely believ-
ing
ellesing her own ears, her lips parted, e
look of angry fright in her eyes.
"You are a fool, Captain West," site
burst forth at last, unable to hold
hto
"Now Look Out."
back the words. "1 have done my best
for you, and you spurn that. Now look
out"
She stepped backward, still front-
ing ltlm, and, with hand behind her,
rapped sharply on the panel of the
door.
The change in the girl was so pro-
nounced, her fiction so Impetuous, as
to leave West startled and silent. The
thought came to hint instantly that
she was not the innocent victim he
had supposed. tIer words and tnoco-
me0ts expressed disappointment, rath-
er that regret. She was angry at his
choice, ready to withdraw from him
all sympathy, all assistance. Het pros
had fabled, and the woman had be-
come a tigress. Then she must have
been endeavoring to deceive him; as
deeply Interested as these Others—in
getting him safely ori the trail of this
crime, It was a hard lesson, one tint
Instantly turned all his theories up-
side down, but the truth came to hint
with bitudtng, sickening force—she
was as guilty as Hobart; they were
both working to the same end, en-
dearoring to get hilt safely out of the
Way. They would accomplish this
with Iles If possible, If not then with
force. It was for no other purpose he
had been granted this interview alone
—In the holm that he might thus be
deceived by her. Now he saw tl;rough.
the trick,
These thoughts swept West's brain
in a sudden Hash of r,reintion, int he
had no chance to net, to denounce
her, to reahe n single movement, be-
fore the boor opened swiftly, and Ho-
bart slipped eagerly into the room.
The first glance the fellow hall of the
prism:es, standing elect nnd unbound,
must have deceived hint Mtn believing
the girl had sneccmeil In her quest.
"So ,you've set him free," he ex-
claimed.
x
claimed. "The fellow has conte to his
senses, has he?"
"No, he has not," she snapped with
temper darkening her eyes. "I was
not afraid of 11lm, so I let 111tH loose,
but he's made me no promise. Now It
Is up to you; I'm done."
She slipped out through the open-
ing, end Hobart leaned against the
1 ensiling t
;loot', z s r 11 shut behind 1 ge nrl iter, his
scowling eyes watching West In-
tently.
"So, that !s how It stands, Is it my
man?" he growled threateningly. "Ton
even refuse to accept the word of the
lady. do you?"
Those are very nearly the facta."
West l''pbbml steadily. '"Then 1 told
tet' 1 th(nl,lit she must be m1sta1:en;
101• I believe she was sent here for
no other purpose but to devolve me.
f I ever had any doubt of a ('rine,
t has vanished sense this interview."
"',Vhat (Chile?"
"Murder; the killing of Percival
C0n11dge, Is that Drain enough, Ho.
nen? 1 want you to understand. 1
nl 11ghtlnfi tits case from now on In
he open; it Is going to be men to
man."
"What the h--1 do you mean, you
ur?"
"I'll tell yeti," went On West Coldly,
WEDNESDAY, NOV, 27th, Ifl29.
00'lentln041 now fe s0 anger (00 renew -. .,. .....
X char a 0U with murder. matter 10' a .
ilrmaa*,gre3kless of the cu,asequenees,
as to bring the whole ma
•
t, I haven't
the proof, but I'll et It; I do not
know the object, but I'll find cut,"
"You feoll You'll never get away
from iters"
"I am a soldier, and am taking a
e':"dier's chance, Now listen. I feel
1?) pnr1leniar interest 111 the death of
Percival Coolidge, In nay judgment'
the world is Just as well of with him
dead a8 ante. ,But what this means
to Natalie Coolidge 1s another matter
entirety."
"She told you—"
"Yes, she told 015-9 lie. That Is
what harts; what makes me ready to
take any ebaoce to put you where you
belong. You have lied to her, deceived
her, made her your accomplice 1p
crime. l'm fighting for a unman, be-
cause she has got no one else to light
for her,"
"011. I see; in love, bey—with her,
or her money?"
"With neither, s0 far as i know,"
frankly. "She is a woman (helpless In
your hands; that is sufficient."
"But, h--1, she hasn't any use for
you—didn't She tell you so?"
"Quite plainly—yes, But that Is no
excuse fir any man to play the
coward, I ant not afraid of you, Ho-
bart, or your gang. You got me be-
fore by treachery; I was not looking
for trouble. But now I am, I am go.
ing through that door, and If you try
to stop lne you are going to get hurt."
Theelle
f w grinned, onebond
tbrust
Into the outer pocket of his coin, hie
eyes narrowed Into ugly slits..
"You think sol YOU haven't a
weapon on you, West, and if yon take
a step, I'll put you out of commission.
I know how to handle your kind, yon
big bluffer. What I want to know Is
what you have got tnyour heard, for,
believe me, I don't take any sto,•k in
this woman stuff. Are you anter a
slice of old Coolidge's boodle? There's
enough of it for all hands to have e
dip. (Tow does that hit you?"
"Sounds interesting, at least," ad-
mitted West, so earnestly as to at.
tract the other's attention. "But let's
talk It. ever among ourselves—who In
listening there?"
Hobart glanced behind at the oearty
closed door. It was for only a second
he was off guard, yet that was enough.
With one leap forward, (Vest struck,
hls clenched fist smashing against the
side of the fellow's jaw. It was a
wicked, vicious blow, with all the pro-
pelling force of the body behind it,
and Hobart went down stunned,
crashing the door tightly shut as he
fell. Once he strove blindly to reach
his feet, tugging madly at the weapon
In its pocket, but West, feeling no
mercy, and wide awake to the fact
that any shooting would mean a call
for help, struck again, sending his
groggy opponent fiat, and unconacloua
It was all the sw•Ift work of a min-
ute, and there had been no noise to
arouse alarm. Hobart had not even
cried out; the only audible 801)0110
being the sharp ellen of the door, and
the dull thud of a falling body.
West emptied the man's packets,
slipping two revolvers Into his omit
West Emptied the Man's Pockets.
then stood for an instant motinnless,
sharing down Into tate white upturned
face. He had followed the Impulse of
the moment; had struck savagely;
knowing It was his only chance. Time
far he bad done well; but what next?
Tie was conscious of, but 0110 thought,
one purpose—to escape from this
house, unpledgecl end 81111 free to act.
Tet how could this be accomplished?
He 11811 no pian, no knowledge even
of his surroundings, of what lay be•
onl the walls n !s of this tonin FI14 eyes
swept the hare Interior, -
,ees l.
ng n th n -
tt
lfi to inspire hope. PlObnrt had said
this room was practically a prison,
anti tt looked It -the walls bare, and
unbroken, and a rough Bingle cot, A11
possibility of egress lay In the closed
door, anti a narrow window high up
In the apposite (va11, nlsn tightly shut,
and shaded by a heavy curtain.
Ills band tried the door caltinusly;
the 101011 turned easily enough, but
there wits 110 yielding CO 11i8 pressure.
The lock was evidently on the nut -
side, end he could discover no key-
hole, no possibility of operating it
from within. Then besides in at
prohnbility, 8 guard would he nested
mltatde in the halt. waiting for 90(1:6
sigitnl from Hobert. West glanced
eg8111 at the recanhent figure, 'bend.
ing over to make sure of Itis condi.-
non, then, gripping n chair, silently
crossed the teem.
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