9 If'- iMabLv' 11J"I JM 2: 'C . A' v I V l r v ' ' rji-'ir . .rn,f j'fjjf i- -; i --,- '-w.i "imr JS, JSiSING' PUBMP DyaEKHJiapEIBMlA, TANGLED TRAILS Bu WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE Auther of "A Man Four 'Square," "Gunsight Pass," etc. CopiHenf. tti. hi WttUam Mnctifeit Ttntnir THIS 1IE0INS TIIK 8T0KY f Jama Cunnlnirham In rich and ruth- . mm. lis lurni down tne pirn or a gin f W71U viniill I'll mill linn bum i'ui ft tnan who mv rtinnlnxham ewen him ft ahara en a bualneaa dal. Hh- In the titer of Wild Hene, a rlillnr iclrl. who , tall her alater'a trouble te Klrby Lane, an upstanding and ehlvalreua cowboy. KeMi hearing Cunnlnaham la lila ancle. ayi ahe'll have nothing te de with the famlljr. Klrby then taken up the mat tar with hla two cousins, favored tretega of Janv Cunnlnuham. whp de mand te knew the rmme of the irtrl. When he ireta te hla uncle'a apartment ka Tnda the man rhlorefornied, lviuml and dead. On a table la a Kline, one he had aeen en Wild Hee. Me Ink's It and makes hln escape by the tire-escape, but Is observed by a reporter, ''of; ''ef; Vwa. Cunnlnirham'a Japanese valet, tllaappaari. adding- a rev sensation, lleth line and Wild Hese are at the n BUeat, also a woman wheee Jihoto Jiheto Jihote sjriph signed 'Thyllsn.- was In the dead Ditn'i room. Lane la arrested for the murder, nose gees te a hJ " ,1ns. and reveals she also had Wn '" Cunningham's apartment the n grit of the murder. Jack and James Cunning hi .. nephews of the murdered man. .end Lane te Dry Valley te took up a AND HKUE IT CONTINUES ,"W ITIIOI'T Niiceting en body?" who it was you Teil, don't knew Btruclt?" "Unless it was Klrby." 'Jove I That explains the bruise en lis chin," Jack cried out. "Why didn't ha tell us thnt?" Tim color flushed Urn young woman'- rneeks. "We're friends, he and I. If kec street lie s-uessed I was the one that struck him ha wouldn't tell." "Hew would lie supss ltV nl;e.l James. "He knew I meant te ec your uncle meant te make hi m de justice te Ksther. 1 mipikmc I'd made wild i.n.nt4 IIpsIiIeh. I left m.v clove then' -i-ort the table, 1 think Ills left arm hunjr limn Klrby's qulclt eye noticed that told her he would be right out te Glicre f with some notion of writing a note .iitnn. rnnr unrip I had been there ' end that he had te wc me next day. f "The police didn't find vemn"'', pleve in the room, did they? .Tain linked his brother. "Didn't hear of it if they did. Jack ''That's it. ou see." explained lee. "Klrby would' knew my sleve. It -ti small rltllns gauntlet with n rr.j ,-mbreidered en It. "; lirolreb y te. It ,lth hint when he left. He kept still Pbeut the whole thins becalm I wit; .the wemnn and he was afraid of setiin ' me lnt trouble." I "Sounds rcasennble." nsreed .Tuine. ' "That's hew it was. Klrbj u poed friend. He'd never .ell en me if they linnc?d him for :t." ., "They won't de that. MLs McLean, ihe elder brother nssurcd her. J:,c,n' coins te And who did this thin. Kirby nnd I have shaken hands en that. But ..bout your -iMrjr. 1 don't lJe "' hew we're seine te use it. c m-wl KOtect your ulfctcr, tee. as well as re, veur evidence, and ask them te re'ease Klrby. they'll want te arrest you. "I krlew." she nodded wisely, "and of couwe they'd tind out about Esther then and the papers would get It and fccatte:- the story everywhere. "Exactlv. We must protect her first. Klrby wouldn't want any turns done that would hurt her. fcuppes. we put it up te him and see whut he wants "But we can't have him kept in jail." she protested. "I'll get him out en bend: if net to day, tomorrow." .. "Well," she agreed reluctantly. If that's the best we can de " Hese weuiu nave iwtu i i----bkclc Klrby's generosity in kind. If her sister had net been a factor of the equation she would have gene straight te the uellce with her story and suffered arrest gladly te help her friend. Hut the circumstances did net permit ft heroic gesture. She had te take and net give. CHAPTER XVI The Lady With the Violet I'erfume "I won't have it," Klrby said flatly. "If Miss McLean tells her story te the District Attorney he'll probably ar rest her. It'll come out about her sister nn' the papers will run scare-heads. e need of It n-tall. Won't hurt me te stay here a few days if I have te. Jack, dapper and trim. leaned en his cane and watched his cousin. He felt a reluctant admiration for this virile cousin se picturesquely competent, se rlcan-cut and four-square of mind. Was he In love with the Wild Rese from Wyoming, whose spirit also was like a , breath from the sweet hill pines? Or was his decision only the expression of a native chivalry that went out te all his friends and perhaps te all women? "They'd certainly arrest her," Jack commented. "Frem a lawyer's point of Tlew. there's everv reason why they should. Motive for the crime, sufficient : , intention te force the victim te make reparation or punish him, declared epenly: opportunity te commit It, con fessed ; presence en scene nnd eagerness te ewnne being seen there, admitted. , The case against her is stronger than the one ngnlnt you." He offered this last with a smile de corously but net wholly concealed. "Yet she couldn't possibly have done it!" the cattlemun replied. "Couldn't she? I wonder." The Beau Brunimell stroked his bit of mus tache, with the hint of Indolence his manner often suggested. "Net possible," said Lane forcefully. "Uncle James was a big, two-fisted fighter. Ne slip of n girl could have overpowered him an' tied him. It's net , within rcaen." He spoke urgently, though still in the low murmur both tha ceusliw were using In order net te be overheard. Jack put a neat, highly polished beet I en the desk of the sergeant of police. "Ever hear of a lady called Delilah?" hq asked lirhtly. "What about her?" In Klrby's quiet co there was a warning. The nmn-about-tewn shrugged his well-tailored shoulder. "They have n way, the ladles, (lulle, my son, Is mere potent than force." "Meaning?" "Delilah chloroformed Samson's mis mis piciens before she shcrircd his locks," Kirby repressed an anger that he knew was worse than futile. "If you knew Miss McLean you couldn't mis judge her se. She thinks mi' iicth as straight as a man." "I don't say she did it, old top. I'm merely pointing out that it's possible Mie did. Point of fact, your friend made n lilt with me I'd say she's a game Httle, thoroughbred." "Yeu an' Jumes will regard what i-he told you as ceutideiitial, of course." "Of ceirse. We're of your mind, tee, though I put Iter preposition te you. Can't s-e anything te be gained by air "ing her story unless it's absolutely necessary en your account. By the way. James wunts me te tell you that he thinks you won't have te spend an other night nt this delightful hotel the city keeps for its guests. Bend has been virtually agreed en." "Fine. Your brother's a brick. We're coin' te run down this business. ,lie rti' I. un' drag the truth te light." A glitter of sardonic mockery shone uit of the dark eyes of Cunningham. "You'll work together Hue. and Sherlock i lielmes this thing till it's us clvur us lUUd," he predicted. By the middle of the afternoon Klrby WM free, After he hud talked ever "vyltb. James a, plan of campaign, ha She came te meet him In the stuffy parlor of the bearding heuc with hand outstretched. "Oh, Kirby. I'm ve glad te .c you and mi sorry I wai ueh n horrid little bcaxtla.st time we met. "I'm ashamed of myself. My temper e.pledes se and after you came te Denver te help mi- nnd gnc up mi much for me. ieu'Il forgive me, won't I'd taken it I 01.'. ou knew it, Hese," he said, smiling. "Yea, I de knew It." she quickly. "That makes It were for me te impose en you. New you're in trouble because of me. I should think you'd pretty near hate me." "We're in trouble together." he cor rected. "I thought that wus supposed I te bring friends closer en' net te drive tlirin iiimrt." She llashed n quick leek nt him and changed the subject of conversation. Just new she could net afford te be emotional. , "Are jeu going back te Twin ButtesV" "'Ne. I'm geln' te find out who killed Jnmcs Cunningham nn' bring the mini te justice. That's the only way te clear us both before the world." "Yes!" she cried eagerly. "Let me help you. Let's be partners in it, Klrby." He nlreudy had one partner, but he threw him overboard Instantly. James Cunningham was rellred te the posi tion of un ndviser. "Bully! We'll start this very min ute. Tell me nil you knew about what happened the evenln' of the murder." Khe told ngnln the story she had con fessed te hi cousins. He asked ques tiens. pulicd home inquiries. hen sue mentioned the woman who had passed her en the stairs he showed a keen In terest. "ou say you knew It wns n woman with the man by the perfume. What kind of perfume was It?" "Violet." "Did you notice n violet perfume any ether place that night?" "In your uncle's living room." "Sure?" "Yes." "Se did I." "The woman I met en the stairs, then, had just come from your uncle's rooms." "Leeks like It." he nodded in agree ment. "Then we've get te find her. She niut have been in his apartment when he wns killed." The thought cninc te Jlose us n revelnt'en. "Or right nfter." "All we've get te de is te find her and the man with her. and we've solved the mystery," the giri cried eagerly. "That's net quite all." said Kirby. smiling nt the way her mind leaped rn,i 'n.-., ,-iif in tndllf.il ll.i.n, n I .'(."I'1. .,- v- &'. ' ...... ..Ill 11 11 cried tnlk. an' it's net certain tliey knew anv mere than we de. "Her bklrts rustled like silk and the perfume wasn't cheap. I couldn't really see her. but I knew she wns well dressed." itese told him. "Well, that's seinetliln'," he said wllh the whlmslcnl quirk te his mouth she knew of old. "We'll ndverllse for n well-dressed lady who uses violet perfume. Supposed te be connected with the murder, at the Paradox Apartments, (onerous reward an' many questions asked." His badinage was of the surface only. The Mibconscleus mind of the rough rider wns preoccupied with a sense of it vague groping. The thought of violet perfume usseclnted Itself with some thing else In addition te the darkness of his uncle's living room, but he did net find himself ifble te locallze the nebulous memory. Where was It his nostrils had whiffed the scent mere re cently? "Don't you think we might te see nil the tcnuntH at the Paradox and talk with them? Seme of them may have seen people going In or out. Or they may hnve-henrd voices." alie said. . "That's n geed Idea. We'll make n canvass of the house." , Htr eyes sparkled. "We'll find who did It! When two people leek for the truth intelligently they're bound te find it. Don't you think se?" "I think we'll sure round up the wolf that did this klllln'," he drawled. "Anyhow, we'll sleep en IiIb trail for n moon or two." They shook hands en It. CHAPTER XVII In Dry Valley If Klrby hnd been a properly au thenticated detective of fiction, h"e would have gene te his uncle's apartment, locked the deer, measured the rooms with a tape line, found Imprints of lingers en n deer panel nnd carefully' gathered into nn envelope the nshes from the cigar his uncle had been smok smek ng. The data obtained would have proved conclusively thnt Cunulnghnm bad come te his death at the hands of a Brahmin of high caste en account of priceless gems stolen from n temple In. India. An nnnlysls of the cigar ashes would have shown that a subtle poison, unknown te the Western world, had caused the victim's heart te step beat ing exactly two minutes nnd twelve seconds nfter taking the first puff nt the cigar. Thus the fictional ethics of the situation would have been correctly met. But Klrby wns only n plnln, out- '&,.- rf ' 'it- .i h M - doers Wcstermr. He did net VnoW'ihe conventional method of procedure. It old net even occur te him nt first that Apartment 12 might still have secret", te tell him after the police and, the reporters hail pawed ever it for several days. But his steps turned back ,ecv eral times te the Paradox as the center from which" all clues must emanate. He found nlmsclf wandering around In thnt vicinity trying te pick tin some of the plcccfl of the Chinese inurle thnt mnde up the mystery of his uncle's denth. It was en one of these occasions that he nnd Hese met his cousin James com ing out of the apartment home. Cun ningham wns a man of ndmlrnblc self control, but he looked sunken this morn ing. His hand trembled ns It met that of his cousin. In his eyes wns the leek of a man who has suffered a shock. "I've been sitting alone for an hour In the room where Uncle James met his death been arranging his papers," he explained. "It began te get my nerve. I couldn't stand it any longer. The horrible thing kept jumping te my mind." He drew his right hnnd heav ily across his eyes, ns though te shut out nnd brush nway the Bight his Imagina tion conjured. His left arm hung limp. Klrby's quick eyes noticed It. "You've hurt yourself," Lane said. "Yes," ndmlttcd James. "My heel caught en the top step ns I started te walk down. I've wrenched my arm badly. Maybe I've broken It." "Oh, I hope net," Hese said quickly, n warm sympathy In her vibrant young voice. "A broken arm's no fun. I find It an awful nulsnnce." The janitor of the Paradox came out nnd jejned them. He wns a little Jap anese well ou toward middle life, a mnnll-fentured man with tmall, neat feet. "Yeu feelttm nil right yes new?" he asked, directing his slant, oval eyes to ward Cunningham. "Yes, I've get ever the unusen, thanks, Shlbe." James turned te the ethers. "Slilbe was nt the feet of the stairs when I caught my heel. He gathered up the pieces. I guess I wus nil In. wasn't I. Slilbe?" The Japanese nodded agreement. "Yeu heap sick for minute." "I'vnhfien.M-nrrl'Int- ri feut ,tuJf ituAtir this business of Ulicle Jtjmcs, I sup pose Anyhow, I've had two or three tllwy srfclla lately. Nothing ecrletis, though." "I don't wonder. Yeu Bit at n desk tee much, James. What you need Is cxcrelsu. If you'd get in the Raddle a ceuple e hours n day nn' de boiiie stiff rldln' you'd quit hftvin' dlzzv spells. Serry rou're hurt, old mnn. "I'll trail along with you te a doctor's." ".Net'nccdWrttry. I'll be ifll tigMf ir? enlj' n fev blocks te his office act Is, I'm feeling tulte mywlf rlgaln.' 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