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HOW MANY CARDS?
"By ISABEL OSTRAJVDER
Author 0 "Tht I'land o) Intrigue," "Sutpenae," "Athtt to Auhti," ste.
A" Conrioht, .lf. h Kobtrt M, UeBrU 4 Oa.
iwpnTlr dm 4rt YnanMtnr
Druet, who rut gravely, and an he
..... ii!l tlm argument died down
",.u, .. l hid arlncn. M
Suftatd suddenly " ?
ETwross t lir. followed her
Mm. Kin
glanc
asc to
?..V .. It UmA arUrtl
u wnw "A,:-" , ::,
M if.thln lnv In folds over his col
!! in aft Vide. Water n head
Kl "ffij , ffrVrard on his tlflck neck
nd M mn '"' "
"''''tyour cards, Mr. Waverly." Tor.
BttUanh? SS mumbled, jerk-
, M Iffl head back. ''Confoundedly hot
Pfctrel Cutter, old man, you needn't
fc afraid of a ray of light or ft breath of
Vplnned lonsldedly u at Inspcc
... Dniet as McCarty picked up lili
&J hand scrutinised t. He held the
LVin elht, nine and ten of clubs and
5i iiM - )$"
"Sr by." O'Houilto regarded his
.,. crUlcally and Dupnls reluctantly
& down his cards.
Wll oner. It." Cutter pushed three
WSLZEUKU Terhune fol-
Wnverly drew a ster-
umI wit
"Bam here.
WNothlnit stirring." Inspector Drue!
..Hnnnlshcd his hand and sat back.
H'UUe you live, Mr. Cutter," Mo
W.w wlin I've had enough."
O'llourke dropped his cards upon the
''"fault, action at last, eh?" Cutter
...lint and ahoved ten chips forward.
ffiLl.Vnt tou. Mr. McCarty!"
.if .III dron." aald Terhune. "The
MTchology of success in cards as In all
"f'HT'stayin.' r'Kbt with you
Mh " Waverly brentnea rupiaiy.
?$y wcthrec-ln It?"
McCirtr nodded.
nuu miinv cards? he asked.
Before Cutter could reply Waverly's
i. .j .n forward atctn and his treat
fcodr imed to slump in his chair, He
iid thrown one card aside and the
Sudry aand holding the remaining four
Lopped inertly on the table.
"Not any, thanks; I'll play these."
Cslttr poo wlth A annoyance and
kin MM turned once more to waverly,
wfce, he was now convinced, had been
isdulfing too copiously in stimulants,
fort ai the latter crumpled forward In
In chtir and bis head, with the flabby,
IwUttd face turned sidewlse townrd the
Inspector and McCarty, and rested upon
tit (able.
For an instant they all sat spell
bound and McCarty darted a swift,
en glance ut too strangely relaxed
form and the unclouded surface of the
mirror-lined tray which those cross,
kilf.ptrted lips all but touched.
No breath issued from them: Mc
Carty held his own at) the startling
(tct urged through his consclouuneJi,
lid watched the surfaco of the tro
with rtralnlng eyes. It remained un
claimed, and there was no slightest stir
of that bulky mound of inert flesh,
Great Rod in Heaven I A reverential
iwe went up wltli that silent rry from
McCarty's heart and a rean of thank -falnun
and swift-riding exultation.
That which but a moment before had
txtn a man was now but a thing, an
iaanlmate substance incapable forevci
taort at betrayal, fo'r out of his body
with the passing of life had gone the
went uhlch would always have im
periled McCarty's plan1 It had not
tan accident, not the normal result of
Ilia own evil passions and dissipation
which had stilled the heart in that gross
body, but the hand of God Himself that
hid hten laid upon lu .ind miraculously
grateful glance at him and Mien squared
his lirnml l.nnl.lora. "Wn mn Drove
lhat Douglas Waverly had a (juarref with
the way lay cliar before McCarty to
a roilltlon of which he hnri not .wn
ilrcnmrd,
. Alive, M'nvorly had been n menace,
hut uend ho wan nrlrclpm! Tim !.
did not yet realise the situation and
McCarty gathered his forces for tlm
greatft coup of his career.
. "One rani, Mr. Waverly I" he cried,
and nt the ringing quality of his tone
n electrified start ran around the table.
'There is your card, your lucky card,
but you lose with it now I It is stained
with the blood of the man you killed!
I Hrrest jou, In the name of the law,
for the murder of Kugcne Orcvellng!"
as iiq thundered the accusation to
dead ears, to clay, he had slipped
quickly from the bottom of the deck the
nlno of diamonds which, torn und
blood-stalnell, he had found beneath the
ntrlp of tapestry on tli'i tailo beMdc the
body .if reveling, and now he flung It
down before that which had been Doug
Ins Wnverly.
A moment of silence followed his de
nunclutlon and then a stifled shriek
from .Mrs. Kip broke the hideous ten
Mon nud O'ltoijrke leaped to his feet,
"Waverly!" he cried. "For (Jod's
sake. Waverly J"
"Bo thnt was tie game, the real
game!" Cutter kicked his chair aside.
Doug, do you henr this maniac? Hit
up nud answer him, or by Heaven
!" .
"Wait!" Terhune had bent forward
even as Inspector Druet placed his
handx upon the shoulders of that inert
liguro, and together they raised it once
more to nn erect position.
The head fell back revealing a face
suffused with purplish blue, the close-set
eyes hnlf-opcn and glazing in a fixed
stare, the chin dropped hideously. Mrs.
Kip shrieked again and covered her own
eyes, and Terhune exclaimed:
'The man ia dead 1"
The others crowded about and In
spector Druet pressed his car for a
moment against the wide expanse of
shirt bosom. When be raised his head
they read confirmation in his eyes even
before he spoke.
"Mr. Tcrhuno is right," he said sol
emnly. "Wo were Just a little too
later
Mr, Kip dropped her hands and her
eves, dark and wide, gazed straight into
those of McCarty. The next moment
she fell back limply in her chair.
"I've just one tiling to say to you
gentlemen, and a decision I'm going,
with the permission of the Inspector, to
leave to you." McCarty stood on the
hearth-rug in the sumptuous llbrary
where ho had been received on his first
vistl to tho housa and surveyed Cutter
and O'llourke, who, with Terhune. In
spector Druet and thp still dazed Den
nls, were grouped before him.
It was an hour later. Mrs. Kip, hys
terical and fainting, had been sent to
her home in the capable care of Cutter's
buxom housekeeper, and back in that
dark, Bilcnt room where the last game
had been played to a tragic finish an
Immovable figure lay stretched upon a
fautcull beneath n pagan prnyer rug.
"A decision?" Cutter raised his eye
brows. ""It looks very much ns though
you had taken things into your own
hnnds. Waverly was my friend. He's
gone and he cannot answer your charges,
but in his place I should like to know
what grnunns you have for them. That,
at least, you owe me shire you chose
to stage your farce in my house!"
"It was hardly straight cricket, you
know, Timmlel" O'llourke spoke in a
shocked, strained tone, "I don't be
lieve, though, that you're the sort of
man to make un accusation like that
unless you thought you could substan
tiate it.
"Thank you. sir." MeCartv shot n
Kugcne Crcvcllng In that gentleman's
own house at n late little supper about
a fortnight ago, and we have a wjtncss
woo imicnea to it. The two 01 inenj
are dead now, but you both know them
of old) do I need to say what that
quarrel waa about in n general way,
though no names were mentioned? Wav
erly threatened Crevellng then and
they've not spoken to each other since.
If you'll look back, you'll both recall
what happened In this very house a
week ago tonight; how Crevellng threw
down his cards and left the game when
uavcriy cnine. Can cither of you re
hunting mnro of his to death with nn
Iron trace chain! It would be like lilm,
granted Mifllclent real or fancied justi
nitlon, to go about revenge in a bull-
ftod, it's horrible! llut you said k de-
headed rage without counting the coat
rested with us? What deel
member one ocrnaton vhen they hnve
talked friendly together In the last fort
night?" There was silence while Cotter and
O'llourke looked at each other and tben
f McCarty resumed:
"I can trn back further than thnt if
it'a necessary I can show you the
root of thnt quarrcd months ago, nnd
tbe Jealousy and all that branched out
of It, but 'tis best burled with the
two of tbem. Last Thursday something
happened between them that brought
things to a crisis. We'll never know
what It was, .perhaps, but we can guess,
Crevellng invited Wnverly to come to
his house that night and have it out and
Waverly nccepted."
"Hut look Hero!" O'llourke inter
rupted. "Crevellng went down tnllroad
mead, to Waverly's country place over
the week-end ten days ago; he wouldn't
have dono thnt unless they were on
speaking terms, at least."
"Hut Waverly himself wasn't there,"
McCarty replied. "Ask Mrs. Waverly
if you like; I did, over the' telephone
thU afternoon, nnd fiho said business
had kept her husband In town. Wav
erly must have thought for noma
reason that Crevellng had given him
the slip, early on Thursday evening,
for he toro Into the Cosmopolitan Club
like a mud bull looking for him, but
Crcvcllng phoned to him not to be late,
that ho was expecting him nt linlf-pnst
VI. Waverly must hnve had it all
planned out what he meant to do, but
lie s'nt for his car then nnd drove all
around town, waiting for the time to
roine. Have either of vou noticed lu
the last few days the fresh -scarred
curbstone in front of the Crevellng
hoiiso? Waverly bent his mud-guard
and twisted his ankle scraping against
it wh?n he finnlly drew up at the place.
"There's no use going into what
happened between them then, for we'll
never know that, either, but they made
n farco of eatini; supper together and
then tlm quarrel was renewed in tho
library. For Mime reason Waverly
flaunted thut card In front of Grevelimr
the nine of diamonds that I handed
him Imi'lc an .iour ago and then tho
end -;uiiic.
"Wnverly must have left the house
as If the fiends were after hlni then
and driven around like mad until nearly
morning. We've n witness who can
tevtlfv to his distraught condition when
lie brought his car back to tho garage,
nnd thut there was blood on him. When
I questioned him later at the Ilelterre
Hotel whero he tried nt first to saj
he'd been nil night, though I'd seen
him go in myself not half an hour be
fore lip gave me another alibi nnd the
name of a man who could prove It, and
It was only lute Inst nigiit I found out
from n third nnrty that the man had
llrd nn.l he admitted it, I needn't go
any further, gentlemen ; that's our cas
and wc can prove every jitep of the
way."
For a nnmont after he had finished
there wik silence and tben O'llourke
passed a slinking hand across his brow.
"fireat fiod!" he groaned. "It
seems incredible! I can't believe it of
Wnverly. and yet ! What do you
cay, Nick?"
"I don't know what to sny!" the
ether responded. "I never thought It
would conio f that between them, but
we nil know Waverly's violent, uncon
trollable temper; how he bent that
cislon
lion?'
"Just this, sir. I told Mr. O'llourke
bver the plioni today that we'd got
wind of certain things down nt head
quarters; wn hnd, but not what he
thought. I told him tonight that I
wnuted to scare Mr. Wnverly Into tell
ing mo what he know of the motive for
the ntprdcr of Mr. Crevellng." Mc
Carty smiled to himself us he added:
"1 didn't tell, though, thnt I intended
to let Wnvcrlv see thnt we know the
truth and make him confess! I said
thnt I was here to do whatever .was in
my power to keep trouble from coming
to all of you nnd I'm still here for that
purpose, but we've others, to consider
now two women."
"Mrs. Kip ?" O'llourke asked in
n low voice.
(CONTIXriCD TOMOIIIIOW)
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