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fl TUB cbs( of "Through Deuble 1 Then come the prosecution's turn ler
ri t it Y....i- t-ti rrhiittnl. Tim tntiltnr nf thfl DcrWTU
; "ran, iiiirvry minis miner " ,, ii it i , ,' ,. j, i "i ri
In Grant V.Sweycr'B leather 6tipcn,leri1,",11,,"f- ' "' cl "V". .kii 'V ?
the method by which the stolen geld juices. ns called. He testified tlmt
trs were taken out of the subtrcasu- " ,,""'r") "u " " "
urj, mreujfn mc minding m u n. in. uiui
: It will be remembered that none of nl nc ln """p. '"."'""VT .
xne etner cmplejcs were leather sus
jendfr.
i A bar of geld Is net bulk.r. Nut It Ib
cry heavy. That wn why the deer
cunrd had stepped einnleves with henrv
packages a they were leaing the build-
j leather suspenders have no elasticity,
"jrhlch Is the reason they are net com cem com
imenly worn. Alie they are exception
Sally uncomfortable en het days. But
jthey would be Just the thing for n
vnian who wanted te conceal an unusual-
fJ MIB'J UIULIC ,n u iftCl 111 1111
the morning of April 21. Following
this, Harvcj Hunt took the stand.
"Mr. Hunt," said the prosecutor,
after the crime Investigator had been
sworn, "will jeu tell us please what ou
found out In the Dcrwyn Iliilldlng."
"I found tlmt en the lloer where
Sklddere bad hit offices that the steam
pipe ruus behind the mall chute n couple
of Inches below the slot through which
the letters are mailed, and thut it heats
up the metal sides of the chute until
they are painful te the touch. I also
found some cummv substance adhering
trousers without causing them te sag te the inside of the chute at Uiis point,
f roeked damsels with the Intriguing bass
voices were masculine had she net
leaned a riding costume and evening
cape for their adornment? Hut, deep In
her henrt nhe felt that If Link would
only wee her with the ardent gestures,
glances and speeches he put forth In this
ntie of lady-killer, she would capltulate
utterly and be his ferccr. Yet Instinct
whispered that with the fall of the cur
Fountain saCa man and n girl engrossed
In conversation. Aroud the evening
cloaked shoulders of the girl, whose face
was hidden against her companion s
coat, rested th man's arm and the
man was Link I , .
Ha Lincoln Howe was continuing hie
part of lady-killer' Unresponsive te
l'red'n snicker, she passed en. her head
held hlifti, yet managing, In the way
tain the fiery ltomee would, llke a be- I that women have, te take In ever vlsl
UIO UCIRll OI 1-iinK B HKlinUIlllll.
Arrived at home, she dismissed 1 red
somewhat peremptorily nnd wandered
Inte the library, where a glowing flre
still burned In the grate
Suddenly sne bofiune aware et voices
wltrhed Cinderella en the stroke of 12,
become again the bashful Link with
whom she was familiar.
It was en the way home after the
dance whlcn iraumenauy followed me
sireuea
Teggy
through the
,.1 n v a
campus with Kred, who had been her i nnd footsteps en the veranda nnd I)lll's
ccert, that a sight met her eyes which whistle. Perfunctorily, she responded
made her all but pause aghast. Seated "Pegg." nnd Lincoln's volce was
en the marble bench by the Memerial most disconsolate, "I made your brother
frnf mA thu ttin In nlnln before I
leave town. He nnd I cooked up that
llttle scene jeu saw, te te mane ou
I mean er It was only Billy and I
en the bench I" .
"Oh." said Peggy thoughtfully. "Oh.'
Then she grinned a fetching little grin.
"Who did eU think I thought It was,
wearing my marabou trimmed ceiling
cloak nnd number eight shoes!"
At that moment, "I'm cold I" called n
plaintive voice from the sidewalk. "Cut
It short, you two!" It proved the Bpur
that Link needed.
"I'm leaving town because I love
jeu!" paid Link desperately.
"Don't go I" whispered Peggy.
And he didn't.
Next
Complete Novelette Seuth Seus
nnd the nsrkers
wand betray the fact
Nene of the empleyes thought any-
fthlnff of Hweypt's leather nitanm1ra
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and scrnned some of It away
"la this it?" asked the prosecutor,
holding up n piece of paper containing
because, like a wise man. he were them some Kern pin trs. Hunt answered affirm-
an me time ana uiu net cennne his use ativcly and it was passcti ever te tuc
ei inem te luese occasional days en Jury,
which he walked out with a bar of geld
uut tne eve or iiarvev num. sr..
trained te observe the sllshte.st iinei-
frplaincd trifle, spotted them at once.
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j Can you solve this problem
i.ef-
J THE GREEN ENVELOPE
rpHE attorney for the defense wared
C-- the green envelope dramatically. In
fct, he rested Jiis case en the green
o-tnvclepe.
y 4 He recalled te the jury the testimony
of the postman. This postman rcmcra-
fbcred taking the green envelope out of
jthe mall box In the Derwjn Building in
Jthe first collection of the morning en
April 21. He couldn't forget that green
envelope. This was at 7 a. m the
.same hour at which Samuel Sklddere
ihad registered at the hotel in New
tTerlc.
The postman was also certain that the
fletter had net been In the box when
the made his last collection en April
v,20, nt 8 :30 p. m. He hed felt around
Inside the box very carefully. If the
letter had been there he would have
'taken it.
"New," sRld the atternev for the de
fense, pausing triumphantly, "while
"we uilrnit that it would have been pos
sible for Samuel Sklddere te have mur
dered Byren Burdin in Centeriille nt
0:15 p. m. en April 20, and te have
been at his hotel in New Yerk by 7
a. ni. the next morning, you, gentlemen
t of 'the Jury, knew that it is n physical
Nntr." rent nucd the prosecutor.
"gentlemen of the jury, jeu hnve the
green envelope. Will you examine it te
see if there is any similar gummy sub
stance en it?" A surprised murmur of
I assent came from the jurymen
1 "And what conclusion would you
draw from that, Mr. Hunt?" demanded
, the proecuter, as the ntterney for the
defense leaped wildly te his feet, splut-
tcring objections.
I "irAat eonnrch'e'i cn you ice fccficcen
the green envelope, the gummy tub
stance and the steam pipe which heated
the mal chutef
I The anstrer iril appear tomorrow,
' THE DAILY NOVELETTE
Trimmed With Marabou
rij- cLUiNen t. srintnv
Tes. Billy I'm dewrhearted"
impossibility te leave this city any time
iter s:ie p. m. and get te Centcrville
"In one hour, even by airplane. And the
prosecution itself has established 0:15
kp. m. as the exact time at which Burdin
"was murdered.
"Therefore, I submit te you, gentlc-
tmen of the jury, that my client could
net have mailed his letter here after
J8:30 p. m. nnd we knew that It could
tnet have been dropped ii the office
bulldlnc chute hrfnrt that time nml
becn in Centerv!ll in time te murder , nll''- adhered te hlu mind
JBurdin at 0 :15. Therefern It mitsf hnve making her Jeale j
;been Bomebedj else who committed this
Jfeul crime. As reasonable men you can
Ide nothing ether than bring In an 1m 1m
?xedlatc verdict of acquittal."
f The attorney for the defend ended
ziis plea dramatically, standing motion
Uess with his jaw thrust forward, bmil
''ing in the assumption that he and the
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Veils are being worn en all sorts of
Bats and for all oecaslons. Te wear wlui
. a .'!lm,pIe 'urba". make an embroidered
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iell serves as the foundation With flne
worsted of jour faterlte color, make
three rows of running stitches In and out
.the mesh, te form the border Just
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H careful net te pull the worsted tee
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FLORA.
Lin
celn Itbwe tapped out the contents of
Ills pipe en tne asn tray nnu sai glower
ing Inte the fireplace "Your sister will
have none of me. and I'm thinking I'll
make a brcuk. Staying en won't help
matters and It's tee tantalizing, seeing
her almost dallj"."
Billy was sjmpathetlcally silent for
a moment Then he exploded "Girls are
the devil. Link! What Teggj can sce In
that long, lean, lanky grastnepper of a
Fred Kerbes gets me' Loek here, Link
Peggy knows your sun ries and sets In
her and all the rest of that slob stuff
Did you ever try making her jealous.
boy?"
Lincoln shook his hesd "I'm nfrald
that kind of a game Isn't In me That s
mero Ferbscj's stjl"
"Exactly '" cried Blllj ' And see hew
the girls fall for It Vella' But getting
down te brass tack" old man ou won't
pull out before the big show "'
"yes," be premised Ulllj , "I 11 staj en
for that. And then no mere college In
mine' More than college careers ha
been nncrlflced for women," he added
sententteuslj'
A few moments later be mse te go
And as he took his waj- down the path
from the home of Prof Manning, the
father of Billy nnd the unattainable
Pcggj', his thoughts reverted te the re
cent conersatien One phrase wilh-
Ler trj
New nni'bedy knewlntr Lirk Itowe
ought te have been well aware of the
fact that he had been- born girl-shy.
On the ether hand Link sldem cniiw
away from her prcence without cursing
himself lnwardlj for the brilliant things
he had net said, for the little conrsa cenrsa conrsa
tlenal eperlngs te further intlmacj N-
nau missea jjut l'eggj-, wise te tne
avs of college euths of eerv kind I
knew te a cresed ' t and a dotted "1"
the place she held In his eung affee-1
tlens, jet withheld cruellj ecr bit of
encouragement
"I'eggj-" burst forth her brother with
the tactlessness of combined jeuth and
mascullnltj-. 'I wish jeud cut out gad
ding around with Fred Ferbes' Dad
wouldn't let jeu marry him snd be.
sides, why can't jeu take up with a de.
cent chap like llke Lincoln Howe f r
example"
Peggj- steed Angering her furs and
regarding her brother with scornful
amusement "De jeu suppose my dear,
Blllv 1 am looking for a man who Is
scared te death of women she de-
manded, Ignoring the tlrst part of her I
brother's tirade
Strange It was that se reticent a eeul
as Lincoln Rewe could act let suili'
na the case On the night of Ncer
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footlights m stifled nnd enthralled '
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