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By ISABEL OSTRANDER
Author of "The Island of Intrigue," "Suapmae," "Aahca to Ashes," etc.
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A uohH be thief enteif the pala-
Hal rtiidcnen 0 nugene inrtsiopncr
A.....i,i. He tuns out aaahx In-
ilsnttv end Into the hnnd of a rfefce
'A.. it rtiiblv perturbed and
troteiti "he hnd nothing to do iclth
that's in dere."
I- ihr door of a room lien n matt
in atninff clothes, the front of whose
ihirt it red irith blood and iclthln
touch of hh hand is a huge army
...urr. The table ii laid for ttco
tedh champagne on lee, still in
wetted. The house is empty of human
JeiflOt. .' iiri-wnut-r, inriricr in
Utineis " the dead man, and uncle
io hit trlc, appears saying he has
Uen summonca og iriepnonr. .urn.
r..,,V,A(i nnneari alto, Neither then
nor the itrtnnta, irho later assemble,
can throiK light on the affair. Ju.
Crcvttlng tuststi on engaging the be.it
tdfctiiT lenlcc.
fjirrr had been a quarrel bettrcen
flouolai W'avrrlu and the dead man.
iv.. rh, hnd left the heutc in a raoe.
ttarui. trith a lint of the moil
intimate of the Crevellngi' associate,
iMfisff he had "eomc ftom police
Xcadouorters."
AND HKHE IT CHMINUES
imOLIPK-?" A little frown hurt
1 gathered between her narraw
,trlht brows. "Oh, I pfesume It is
n connection with the midden death of
,ur frlrnd Mr. (.'reveling.'
McCsrty bowed again.
"You have beard from Mrs. Cretcl-
Iwl '
"s Ht mnld wns sent to tne with
message not an hour ngo. But
fime In: I eu M"11" J0" a fpw n,ln-
Mti, of course, mil i nm nirnm mm j
till he at little assistance to von. You
ire a detective?"
sh added Hip nuestlon as Blic turncn
Ind led him past the round-cjed foot-
uan Into a cool, mm arawing room,
notioning for him to take n scat.
MrCnrtv regarded the fragile chnlr
r,ih nm misgiving and settled IiIh
ittlk glngerlj upon it before he re-
ilicd :
"Retired, ma'am, and it 8 only-fair
o tell you that I'm not here officially,
o to speak. I'm on old friend of the
nfpector In charge of the .race nnd he
iften cam on me to ncip nun oui oy
atlierlnfr general inionauuon ior nvn
hcn he s too busy to go alter the Ride
mum himself." McCarty beamed ills-
ntenuousl? upon her. "I'm aorry to
bothering you, oui uic inspector
unh me to sec as many of the
'rftcllnzR' close friends as I can locate
nd find out if they hnve any ldcn wn
ie would take his own lite."
Mm. O'Hourke drew a deen breath
nd her starry eyci widened.
1 "I thought tlmt Is, Mrs. Crcvcling's
Letuge ab to the effect that he had
leen ihot: iier tones viDraicu tnroiiRii
he itlllness of the room. "I did not
Inow that it was suicide. We mv
lusbind and I fancied that it was nn
Iccident of fcome kind. It did not oe
ur to u
Her voire trailed oh into silence nnd
i faint wild -rose color appeared in the
teamy vhitencss of her dcllcntc face.
"The medical examiner snjs thnt
Ir. irevclioe killed hlmielt. but ns n
hitter of form the inspector has Io loon
bto eTcry iHisslbllity, ma'am, CRpeciallv
Is up to now they've found no motive
jr sulfide and Mrs. Crcveling won't
rllete he did it himself," McCarty ex
lained. ".Might I nik you whnt mes
ige she sent you?"
It did not ionic directly from her,
ut from n mutual friend of ours who
Ian ffltne to toun to stay with her ilur-
pg ner trouble." Mrs. O'Hourke hesi-
"To man it ma Koiinri Imrrlhlr
rholous at Midi a time, but n nnmnn
huld understand thnt the lonvcntlons
pust De obierel This friend merely
Mlfd the fact of Mr. Crerollnir'u miiI.
Ion death and renucsted that I nrmnw
bout mourning for Mrs. Crcvollng. I
pas nariing ror tne modiste s when
lou came.
"ll0 h tliM tniltlinl friend?" Mr.
fart) added as n quick thought Hashed
crqunisniimi: ".Mrs. IJouglas Waver-
The lnd nodded.1
i "My husbind bus cone to tli Ihiuhp
low to offer his services and I would
Invo accompanied him, of couise, but
ps. navirij said that Mrs. Crcveling
la utterh piostrntcd nnd could not
ft me until later. It it must be ter
hblc for hcriy
.uv.any rogorilcd the exquisite, flow-
r-llKe face Ominaltn ill lnnramJn(Un
lienee for n moment. There hud been
I "ugjostlon of horror in her hushed
pnes When She snoke of Hip trmrirll-
lit only in thnt quick almost Involun-
Pry eiClamntlnil linil ronl foAllMr. ,,!
Iclf manifest, nnd her softly curving
IPs trembled for the flrt time. It wns
jmtni mat hor sympnthv went out
l generous nhunrtunrn tn tlm linan.,n,l
if", but what of her nttltudc toward
it dead man whom she hud i-nllcd their
lend? Ileyond n well-bred nlr .if nl.
ioit perfun tory regret 1 ould ilis-
"" no trn-e of unv emotion othw thun
sort of shocked reiiuirnnnpi. m Hit.
""in.or of M" niR ""f.
'Mr Crfvcliiig was nn intimate
lend of jours, niu'iim''" M('urt
Of InV )lllRh.1nit: ah,. innllii.l
uiekli "Of (ourse. uc uorc nil In
w same set nnd met constnnth ut so-
f m ,"' '"" T ,lntlllall f "ion1
1 nls wife, Mr ("reveling wns essen
all) n -a man'H mnn- 1 mmin tl.nt i,u
ii fnimls would know more of his
I,1 ,1""'" ,llan "" "f the women
"nls ife H immediate circle"
J.ikiaru, 'd h,'r gorily Was it
"'Mole that tberp wns n uiiiin..n.,.-
lltr Words (itlmr tlinn ll.nl lI, 1. ...1
Uendeil to t-onpjV Shi- hnd spoken of
If Wlillliiii 111,., l,...lf ,i .' i.. i.i.
He S ( llii ( linf iu.nl .( ,.,!... .. j
., - - ......i ... ..mi.-, ituiiii'ii;
, "Y " I'p thnt unsnvorj rumors con-
". nn- mnn now nind hud lualnd
ten In r eirs?
i fumb p wit , u, . ,,i i, ..,,..... i
hut 1 , V '' Mini ,,- uuill'l'll
pailier hands erp little larger than
'Me of ..hii,! H(W Ml(, wnHi
'"ill) nun lAirdl how prettv!
'finnnth his thouchtN flnOi,.,! i,n..i.
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her htisbniiil'" cried Mrs. O'ltnurke in
shocked nmnzcniPnt. "Hhc must be hys-j
terlcnK the Mow has come so suddenly
McCaity shook his 'icad.
"Ivc seen many n h) clerical woman
when I wns connected with the force
inn nm, and she was fnr from it. I'd
say Mrs. Crevellng was the most level
bended one in the whole business and
she look the news without the, flicker
of an cjelath, From the minute he
heard lip hnd been shot she set her mind
on finding his possible murderer nnd
she wns so determined nbout it that
(dies called In the biggest man in his
linn in the country, the criminologist,
Wnilo Tprhutic." ,
"Terhune! I'vc&henrd of him, of
course," Mrs. O'ltnurke obsencd.
After n pause she added: "No one can
blame her for wanttne to be sure, to
l know beyond a shadow of a doubt thnt
her husband was responsible for his
own death when it occurred In such n
dreadful, mysterious way, but if the
medical examiner, ns jou say, has
proved that it wiib n case of suicide
she Is only harrowing herself needless
ly. Why should Rhe think thnt any one
would want to take Mr. Crcvcilng's
"For the same lenson that ton snv
the Idea of his killing himself is al
most Incredible, ns far ns I can make
out. ma'am; that he hnd no cause,"
McCarty responded. "My experience
before I retired, though, taught me tlmt
there n manj n trouble in n mnn's life
that no ono knows nnj thing about.
However. lnre this is n case of suicide
the sooner the Inspector cstnbllflhes a
mot vp for it the quicker the thought of
its being mi) thing else will die out of
Mrs. Crcvcilng's mind and the more
ready she'll bo to drop nn Investiga
tion that h bound to bring announce to
a lot of Innocent people. Your nnmc
and Mr. O'Rourke's being mentioned
ns ifmong their best friends, the inspec
)?T ""it me to ask jou In confidence
if Mr. Crcveling had seemed to be
troubled about nnj thing lately and If
bed mnjbe dropped a hint ns to what
might have been inn hlR mind."
"No, I couldn't say that Mr. Crcvel
ing betrayed any sign that would lend
one to think he wns worried much
less thnt he contemplated suicide," Mrs.
Oltoiirke said slowly. "If anything,
lie hns seemed to be In more than his
usual spirits, but I have Rccn little of
mm ouring me latter part of the sea
son. Mrs. Crevcllne linn hum .
you know. My husband ran Into him
ircquentiy nbout town, I believe; he
WOllId be better nbte tn nnuunr innr
question. Oh, here he is now!"
The front door rlnsnl ltl. n rr.nm.vi
jnr nnd strong but springy footsteps
crossed the hull. The next instant the
curtains nt the cntrnnce to the drawing
room wcrc-thrust aside nnd a tall young
mnn tood looking in upon them.
McCnrty caught his breath. If the
chubby little Lady 1'eggy bad changed
almost beyond recognition,. Tobn Cava
nnugh O'Hourke had not. The samp
clean-cut, freckled, sensitive face, the
same thatch of brick -red hair still irrc
presslbly curly, the same clear gray
eyes with the boyish twinkle barelv sub
dued in them! McCnrty could with dif
ficulty restrain the pxclniimtion which
leaped to his lips.
"Come in, John." Mrs. O'ltourkc
rose from her chnlr. "This mnn has
been sent here by some official of the
police department -to make inquiries
nbout Eugene to learn if v,e know of
nnj- reason why he killed 'himself. 1
told him that jou would be able to
mi ' Muestinns better than 1 "
"There's no answer!" Mr. O'ltnurke
i atne forward frankly. "There docMi't
seem to be a reason in the world why
he old bo should have done himself
In. Jillt Whv IlnVP mil nnmii t.. ..
H'" tn"e wns friendly nnd McCartj
HnUed broadly in response.
"Well, sir, jour name was given to
the Inspector together with the
NnverljH and Fords and several more
as being among Mr. Crevellng's closest
friends and those most likely to know
if he wns in nnj- trouble. rm not
properly connected v with the force,
though I was once, and the inspector,
calls me in now nnd then to help him
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"inucs home one nvtuully killed
out with detuils he hnsn't time for.
I ve alreadj seen Mr. Wavcrly. but 1
thought I d come to jou before nnj one
tnc,
"If jou've seen Mrs. Crcveling vou'll
know what attitude she's tnken In the
"""" "'"' i spue of tlio medical ex
aminer h report she insists it couldn't
hnve been suicide "
"I know." 'Mr. O'Rourke nodded
w ith a quick jerk of the head, and
added: Look here, haven't I seen jou
before.' our fato Is familiar, some
how.und jour voice, but I cun't place
!'V.,U ,1"lvc' 8ir- und m ll. too,
but tls long years gone. Thai's whv I
came to jou first. All Mr. Orpwlin'g's
fiiends ore llkelj to be dragged in if
Mrs. Crcveling persists in disrcgaiding
the medical report nnd I wanted to
uhia flin rl,. i..1, .
n,c .. wi.wuinr irum Hunt annoj
nnce I could.
" "The" O'nourke!' " The voting
mans voIcp was suddenly liuslh. "X,,
one in America has ever i ailed me
that!"
"Von were not 'the' O'Kmukp when
I left tin- old i mi n 1 1), nIi-," Mi('nrt)
lesponded qttietl) "Your fntlier was
nllve then, find lest his soul You
wi'ie jusl a bit of n lnd with u thatch
of halt like it shanty nfire who hunted
and fished with me mniij's the time,
and I.ndy Peggj , saving her preseni p.
wns nil pettii tints nnd tnln. mni tn
ever tumbling down "'
"Oh, and jou didn't tell me! ' A
warm, soft light glowed in Mrs
O'ltourke's pjps nnd slip lipid her tlti)
glovi'd hand out impulsip) "Who
nrp jou? I ought to leinember "
"Mj name's MiCurty, ina'nm, though
'twill minn iiotlilng to jou, jou were
that young "
"Hut it menus something to me'"
O'lniuke clnppul him hcnrtllj on the
shoulder "Timothy McCartj , bj nil
the powers' Tliumio McCartj, who
knew nil the dtepest pools und the thick
est coverts, and where the Little Peo
ple clam i'l at the tin n of tin- moon!
You came to New York to seek jour
fortune "
"And landnl in the police, foicp "
.Mi'C'urtj's fuic gipw sii(ldPiil) grme.
"I'm rctlreil now, nnd u landed pro
prletor with tenants of m own, bu!
now and ngnln when iii old chief
calls mr me I take n hniijl In the gnmp
iimo more in mi iinofhcinl wnj, of
coiiisc. I happened along the luenuc
lust night wIipii thp liolli'pmnn on the
beat illscowrcd the body of Mr. Crcvp
ling 'tis too long n stmy to go Into
now, but 'twill Iip nil nut in the after
noon papers and when the inspertm
got tliPrp he kept mp on. If thp motiw
for suicide enn lip estalillsliPil well inn!
good Mr. Terhuiip run potter around
with his niicioM'opp nnd his litt'c sclen
title iiinchlnps ns long us It iiIpiisps him
and Mrs. Creplng will uiithorirp him,
but thp innttpr will lip dropprd from
tho records of the ilppartment If,
liowewr, no ii'iihtin for Air ('leveling
killing himself i an be found und ii,i ni
tunl proof that he did do it liejiiud tin
opinion of the mctlieiil pxamini r, tliui
the inspeitot-'ll linvc Io hnw pw'rjbiidi
(hat knpw him up on dip enrppt 'Tlmt
menus notorict) fu all his friends und
I thought if jou wiiild glp imp piivntPl)
n tip on why ho miijlip put hlmsplf ou't
of tln wnj I totild scp tlmt jou nnil
inj ladj wotiltl both be Ipft out of it '
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THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED MR. BANG
The joung ludy ncioss the way
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