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JamMCunnlnhm In rhh and ruth. who i!.VVin.1!,0WI,t.,.h" H " Bin Wm i?c,B'm 5n hm ""! kick out , 2 Kn1?. ."V" .Cunningham owei i him ftslw V&iVtl.slneM d0A'- Br... la tha W.WJ"e nd ciifvffrw'.JewSSv: JV.,.?f.,"5" un ins matter with hit t6 'i ine ffiri when ha na. n Kf nnuia By WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINS Auther of "A Men Feur-Squtxn "Gunsiaht Pass," etc. CfvrteM, Itl. hv WlUUitn MneLtea tfnlnt ni.? tftrWf; " 'WAT- '" in i H ii i tiium iiii if 'nil. ii . ' .t A '& . V & mM r ' J T - yi"'r'.'hTli 'AZ -.-.! kA."J J ii-.iE" uu,"' PDMrvea by u reporter, d SSfc?; Cunnlmhanf. Jajan,vnlet I SSr225"'t.,y,n,!r R new sensation, ileth ill".8."!"1 w,,1 'J1"9 r at the Inquest, "rhv?iir?'TSS.pi0,2BrnDn- 'linVa TiSi"!!' .' IP the dd man a room. IjiL mm Apyw t m jTMwt Ml HM1i. Mantell A Ilaslera, Enatern Hep, JOE MORRIS 6 N. 13th St. Everything in Music -Open Kreninirs - iin." : .;;..". .v y U.'J, ?.". "?n, ! en bail.; KeVB.."?5"S. K?r two ceiuitiK, niiri rovea h Atn h,i in (.tinnlnffham'H nuftrtmnt fh It th tnunlnr. Jack anrl .Tatn IP It fl -.Jl.. rivtis tllnrai ! flrnritrlaa III bWUtui i ..-. w. .-.. - Kllm Feed lau Products Ce. Rcadlnc QOO Terminal Market aWO thn tnunlnr, vuiuiinKiinin. nrnnew Se arlnS1 Vft!"J? " Valley, te leek '"'.thtt"deil rancher, who hart a bitter murd,R?, rft1 "Id VunnlnSfmmT ThJ rViKir i!?'1 n"n remmlttPd hv a lift" rVli ,bS- .UaS'S.m "nvr? with 1-55 J.nhern, a Wlew eewpMtielicr, th5 muJdcr. l0 " ap"tmen' h. nlaht ut AMO HEItE IT COXTIUES CHAPTER XX The Brass Bed tTHIB rough riders gravitated back te thn fire.cscnpe. Klrby had studied the relation of his uncle's apartment te the btilldlng opposite. He had net Tet examined it with reference te the ad joining rooms. "Wllile wn'rn lltln, tmtt ,ii,i well be thoreugli," he said te his friend. llie miscreant that did this killin might V walked out the deer or he might a ceme thretich the window i t L rl . II : LiiHI' LwVIJ I HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBllaaaV iaM laaaaaaaaaaaaaVVV - I J mmfi , lslllfci?Lx On the bed was the missing man, Herihawa of !t,(! ,DT- Cunningham's enemies ceiildn t. be his enemies, tee, de you here. If he did that last, which fork i,,',Ieri 1,kP,y n knew tee much an' of. the read did he take? He could go !Ul" 5' 0,lt "' read." down the ladder or swine across te the t :',' ""vTT". Sanborn stepped, GENUINE TYPEWRITTEN LETTERS IN QUANTITY Hileit Cttii Mercuindiiinf Sctvict The LETTER lias no de sire for a commission, but, for increased SALES. HOOVEN SALES CO. 1037 WALNUT A.LOWER PRICE THIS YEAR The Finest Hcrrinybenc, Tweed and Spert Cleth Tailleur Suits A (! II I v"! I 1 1 QrVrfri- JJ TO OKDEK t a julce that feenn almost un. "Ilovahle conililer cenililer Inu duality, t yle and werlsmanshly. $ 35 or a choice of COAT, fl-A SKIRT & "'Ml BREECHES COAT. SKIRT & KNICKERS CAPE SKIRT & COAT Final Clearance e Midwinttr Topceatingi end Wrapt at $50 $55 lA ff.Seitlieb Tailor Drcssmnkcr Furrier 122 Seuth 13th St. t9 1 a . '"O '- . ".TDutiam an' slip Inte the corridor. Let s make sure we're get YU1 the pros pects figured out at that." Pcfore he had finished the Fentenee, Lane saw another way of ilight. The apartment in front of Cunningham's was out of reach of the fire-escape. Utit the nearest window of the one te the rear was closer. Beneath it ran n stone ledge. An active man could swing him self from the railing of the platform te the coping and ferce an entrance into that apartment through the window. Klrby glanced up nnd down the alley. A department store delivery nute was moving out of sight. Nobody was In the line of vision except an occasional pedestrian passing en the sidewalk at the entrance' te the nllcy. "I'm genn.i take n whirl at it," Lane said, nodding toward the wludew. "Hew much de they glve for burglary in this State?" asked Sanborn, his eyes dancing. "I'd klnda hate te sce you de twenty years." "They have te catch the rabbit be re they cook it. old-timer. Here gees. Keep an eye peeled an' glmme the office If any cop shows up." "Mcbbe the lndv' nt hemn. T ilnn't .allow te rescue you none if she mas- sacrers ynu," the world 8 champion iiiineiinced, grlnnlnc. "Wrong guess, Cele. The boss of this hacienda is a man, nn' he's in Chicago right new."' "You're the daw-genedest go-getter I ever threw in with," Sanborn admitted. All right. (Je te it. If I getta go te me caiaboese t gettn go, that s all frOWnlniT. Whlln ha t-t-1s.1 nut uha, he had te say. "He wasn't killed right after, yore uncle. Where was he while the police were hunting' for him every wiiere? If he knew semethin' why ditln t. he ceme te bat with tt? What was he waltln' for? An' if the folks that finally bumped him off knew he didii t nlm te tell what he knew, whyfer did they figure they had te get rid of 'I can't answer your questions right (lln root fl t.UL't .. ." . v-uiK. .uruue X CUUIU KUBBS off the reel nt one or two answers, but they likely Wouldn't 1)6 rlirlit. F'r lnsenp. I renW guess that he was here in this room take twice. irem u e unin my uncle was killed till uc met ins own death." "In this room?" In these apartments. Never left em, most likely. What s mere, some ene knew he was here an' kept him supplied with the daily papers." "Who?" "If I could tell you that I could tell you who killed him," answered Klrby vrnii ii grim, nuriuiers smile. "Hew de you knew all that?" Lam told him of the mute testimony of the newspapers in the living-room. "Seme one brought these papers te him every day," he added. ."And thru killed him. Dees that leek reasonable te you?" "We don't knew the circumstance. Say, te make a long shot, that the Jap had been hired te kill my uncle by thi ether man. mid uny he was beginnlu' te get ugly nn make threats. Or say Ileriknwn knew about the killin of mv uncle an' was hired by the ether man te Keep away. Then hr learns from the "Oh, it'll you," he eaJd suspiciously. Klrby Bmlled. "That'n right, offi cer. Wo've met before, haven't we?" r They had. The sergeant was the man who had arrested him at the Corener's Inquest. It. had annoyed him that the authorities had .later released the pris oner en bend. "Have you touched the body or moved anything since you came'" the sergeant demanded. "Ne, sir, te both questions, ex cept the telephone when I used It te reach headquarters," The officer made no answer, lie and the detectives went Inte the bedroom. examined the dead valet's position and clothes, made a tour of tbe rooms, and came back te Lane. Who's your friend?" asked tbe aer- eeant aunercllleuslr. "His name is Cele Sanborn." "The champion brence buster??" "Yes." The sergeant looked at Sanborn with increased respect. Ills eyes went back te Kirhy sullenly. "What you doing here?" .. "We were Iri my uncle's apartment loekln' thlnca ever. We etenDcd out en the fire-csenpe an' happened te no tice this window here was open a little. It Just came ever me that mebbe no might discover some evidence here. H I get in by the window, saw the body of the Jap, an' called my friend." "Seme one hlre you te hunt up evi dence?" the officer wanted te knew with heavy sarcasm. "I hired myself. My goed.nirae is Involved. I'm join' te see the rauidcrcr is brought te justice." "Yeu are. eh?" "Yes." "Well, I'll say you could find hlra if anybody Could." "You're entitled te your opinion, sergeant, just as I am te mlne. but be fore we're through with this case you'll have te admit you've been wrong." Lane turned te his friend. "We'll go new, Cele, If yeu're ready." The sergeant clarcd at this cool cus temer who refused te be appalled at the posttten in winch he steed, lie nati half a mind te nrrpst Min man ncain en the spot, but he was net sure enough of his ground. Net very long since he had missed n urometion bv belli? overzcnletitt He did net want te make the same mis- wasting nerve energy In useless fretting. tie recrettcu naving left the pane with James, for he felt that In the ittMi Twelve big fresh eggs in every carton Kirby stepped lizhtlv te the mlllnir. i tianerH tli.nt'lin's Miunnplnil nn' 1,.. .. dgi'il far out with his weight en the ' anxious te go te llin police with 'what ledge, and swung te the window-sill, he knows. Wouldn't there be reason Tin; sash jlcldcd te the pressure of his , enough then lu kill him? The ether man linnds nnd moved up. A moment later i would have te de it te save himself." he disappeared from Sanborn's view I "I reckon." Cole harked back te a into the room. preceding suggestion. "The revenge It was the living room of the apart- theory won't held water. If some friend mciit Inte which Lane had stepped. The i of yore uncle knew the Jnp had killed walls were papered with blue and the him he'd sick the law en him. He nig was n figured yellow npd blue. The wouldn't pull off any private execution furniture was of fumed oak, the chairs like this' icaincr-patiiicd. ivlrby accepted this. "That's true The self-invited truest met hid first There's nuether nn.s.lhllire wv. surprise en the table. It was littered been fergettin' the two thousand dollars two or three newspapers. The i my uncle drew from the bank the rf.iv The Wvemlntr men walked ncresa te Seventeenth street und down it te the Equitable Dulldlng. James Cunuing hnm was In his office. He looked up ns they entered, a cold smile en his lips. "Ah. my energetic cousin," he said, with his habitual touch of irony. "What's In the wind new?" Kirby told him. Instantly James be came grave. His irony vanished. In his face was a flicker almost of conster nation ut this fellow-up murder. He might have been nsklng himself hew much mere trouble was coming. "We'll get the writing translated. Yeu have it with you?" he said. Tit vl t Oil rnn nvns 4 lw tinund T n nn hniwl.xl hint T lnn, n in.. . ,. i 'Unstable KtniW hv nnn nf flm vnv r.. get te read it for us. a roliable man, one. hand ,'.' !,,tter18 1('.ft in 'hat district who wne Aven l tn U it we nsu n m net te." I ' ""- iu un The broker's desk buzzer rang. He tallied for a moment ever the telephone, papcri IV 1 111 uaillin, iui uu icil iuni III uivin might be the key te the mystery of the Cunningham case. But he had no doubt tli at his cousin was mere dis tressed about tbe less than he was. ,IIc comforted himself with the reflection that a thorough search would prob ably restore them, anyhow. He asked Hudsen a few question and bad the muu show them exactly where he had picked up the papers he took te the lawyer. Jainea listened, his anger still simmering. Klrby took his cousin by the arm and led him Inte the Inner office. "Frankly, James, I think you were partly te blame," he said. "Yeu must nave laid the writing very close In the safe te the ether papers. Hadn't you better glve Hudsen another chance be be be fere you fire him?" Ills disarming smile robbed bpth the criticism and the suggestion of any offense they might otherwise have had. I In the end he persuaded Cunnlnghan. te withdraw his discharge of the clerk 'ttA ilnMrn' .Iaciatc. te ' T.v.a crumbled. "He's maybe anelled out chance of laying hands en the man who killed uncle. I can't get ever my dis appointment." "Don't worry, old man," Lane said quietly. "We're gein' te rope an hog heg hog tle that wolf even If Herlkawa can't point him out te us with his dead hand." Cunningham looked at him. and again the faint, irenic smile of admiration was in evidence. "You're confident, Klrby." "Why wouldn't I be? With you an' Rese McLean an' Cole Sanborn an' I all follewln the fellow's trail, he can't double an' twist enough te make a get away. We'll ride him down sure." "Maybe we will and maybe we won't," the old broker replied. "I'd give odds that he gees rcet free." Then you'd lese," Kirby answered, smiling eusily. Te be continued tomorrow DEc6RATINGMARrsl0ME Great Ballroom Being Regllded for Princess and Viscount Londen, Feb. 2. (By A. P.) dies, terfield Heuse, the future Londen home of I'rlnrcsH Alary and Viscount Las relles, is new In the hands of ttphol ttphel slercrs. The Interior Is being entlrel redecorated and the great ballroom re gilded. Beth the princess and her fiance are keen dancers nnd after the honeymoon a beries of private danees is te be given at the Chesterfield Heuse. Princess .Mary's boudoir will be partly furnished with her own art treas ures from Buckingham Palace. Her wedding ring will be made In Londen of geld obtained from a small mine in nles, which also produced the geld for Queen Mary's wedding ring. The bridu's "going away" hat i" being made nt Luten, from the iinesi 75 & m The Delaware River Bridge Commission jrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,m i is new gelnjr ahead with Ita demolition lur IIU IIVfT lumnuiu v.-t ..uBu. We thank them for their Indulgence. We arc settled in our new warcheuae A Six-Story Building con taining 70,00(f square feet, with 2 railroad sidings Oar Inerrnaeil farllllle. plus our increased aalra. itlre tia sreater purchasing power, which we ahull pnaa nlenic te yen. Onrleail ablpmcntN auve im hauling that will mean your tower coat. Fer the pat thrfe weeks wi find plnceil our warehouse stock In enr 75 atercs. aclllng nt special price, rather than pny the cost of mnvlnc. That this hus It-en appreciated la proved by our eaten. "What would you be paying for feeds today if it were net for Almar Stores?' will have. greater significance'. Loek for the splc-nnd-Rpan green Almar Stere In your neighborhood, where Quality, Service, Cheerful Courtesy and Lewer Prices will always invite your considcrntien. Specials for Thursday, Friday and Saturday V ? 'T??iE- 5.?i? SOUND MEALY WHITE Potatoes 1 An actual saving of 2c ever lowest market price 1 1C .r 75 'ROGERS!Tn Evaporate J, Bat MsTYV VJT frWfii te Freth IVI 1 1 K VMilfc ever canned 9 BIG Mether Cook's JELLIES "Nearest te heme-rnadc" Oc Giass ALMAR HAND TrklVT A TTsC C V PACKED Large 20c Medium Can Ik CALIFORNIA ASPARAGUS 17 sm sV Very Tender All Orldnal TIutet TALL CAN with Eggs I ffla, 50c I H I dnte of the uppennest eaucht his eve It was a copy of the Pest of the 2,"t,li. He looked at the ether papers. One was the Times and another the News, dated reipcetlvely the 2-lth nnd the 2(lth. There was nn Express of the 2Sth. Each contained IetijJ accounts of the developments in the Cunningham mur der mystery. Hew did these papers come here? The apartment wns cle-cd. its tenant in Chicago. The only ether persons, who had n key and the right of entry were Huriknwa and the Paradox janitor, and the house servant had lied te parts unknown. Who, then, had brought these papers here? And why? Seme one. Lane guessed, who was vltallv in terested In the murder. He based his presumption en one elreiimst.nnee. Tim Sections of the newspapers which made no reference te the Cunningham affair had been jammed into the waste paper uuMvui. riusu te un adjoining eesK. The npartiucnt held two rooms, a buffet kitchen and n bathroom. Kirby opened the deer into the bedroom. Un steed paralyzed en the threshold. I On llie bed, fully dressed, his legs stretched in front of him nnd his feet I crossed, was the missing man Horl Herl 1 kawa. His terse was prepped up uiiuiiisi. me erass peBts or the bedstead. A handkerchief encircled each arm and bound It te the brans upright behind. In the ferehend, just above the slant oval eyes, wns a bullet hole. The man had probably been dead for a day, at least for n geed many hours. The cattleman had no doubt that it "lls along with me un was iieriKnwn. tils picture, n geed latcti, coie." miijiMiui, miten ny 1, 1. !!... 1 T .. " iviuvu. ii neriKawa an some one else are guilty of the murder an' the theft, they might have quarreled later ever the money. Perhaps the ac ac eempliep saw a chance te get nwnv with the whole of it by gettin' rid of'llori ef'llori of'lleri kawa." 'Mebbe se. By what you tell me yore unele was a big, two-fisted scrapper. It . r ... V -""'""" j" i" nullum iiiiu, j nis UT Jnp never in the world did it ulenc. hiit it gets back te Is that he was preb ly in en it nn' later for some rea son his pardner gunned him." "Well, we'd better telephone for the police an let them de some of the werryin'." Klrby stepped into the living room, followed by his friend. He was about te reach for the receiver when nn ex ex clninatien Mopped him. Sanborn was standing before a small writing desk i, niiifii lie llllll jiiai ice iiewn the top. He hail lifted idly a picee of blotting paper and was gazing down at n sheet of paper with writing en it. "Looky here, Kirby," he called. In three strides Lane was belde him. IJis eyes, tee, fastened en the sheet and found there the netlmnka . i,.... lenrned te associate with Chlnese and Japanese chirography. "Shows he'd been'mnkln' himself nt home, the champion rough rider said. Lane picked up the paper. There were two or three fhcets of the writing. Might be a letter te his folks or it might be" His sentence flickered out. He was thinking. "I reckon I'll take have it trans- then luiii" up ncain "Serry," Cunningham said, "I'm going te be busy for nn hour or two. Going te lunch with Miss Phyllis Ilar rimnn. She was Unde Jnme.V fiancee, perhaps ,ou knew. There nrc some af fairs of the estate te be arranged. I wonder if you could come back later this afternoon. Sey about 4 o'clock. We'll take up then the business of the trans lation. I'll get in touch with a Jupa Jupa nese in the meantime." "Suits me. Shall I leavn tha trrlt. ing here?" lcs. if you will. Doesn't mntter. of course, but since we have it I'll put ii in me saie. "Hew's the arm?" Tvlrhv nVe,V glnnclng nt the sling his cousin were, i "Only sprained. The doctor thinks I i must have twisted it badly as I fell. , I couldn't sleep a wink all night. The ' damned thing pained se." ' James looked as though he had net slept well. His eyes were .shadowed ! und careworn. i They walked tecethcr as far nn the , outer office. A slender, ilnrl.- v.iiin woman, beautifully gewnpd. was wait ing there. James introduced her te his cousin nnd Sanborn as Miss Harriman. She was. Kirby knew at once, the orig inal of the photograph he had seen iii lis uncle's rooms. Miss Harriman was a vision of sheathed loveliness. The dark, long lashed eyes looked out at Klrby with appealing wilfulness. When she moved, tlm soft lines of her body took nn n sinuous grace. Frem her personality there seemed te emanate an enticing nurn of hex mvstcrv. She gave Kirby her little gloved hand. IC Im Elad te meet rnn Mr r ., I , -- --- - " . .., piie sum, sinning nt mm. "I've heard all sorts of trend tiling nlm.it ,..,.. ...,... James and Jack." She did net eflW Imr Imn.i f .-. . , - - ........ ... .j,,,.- nern, perhaps because she was busy buttoning one of the long gloves, in. stead, she gave him a Hash of her ees and n nod of the carefully ceiffu'red head. Kirby paid he proper things, but hn said them with a mind divided. Fer his nostrils were inhaling ngain the vie let perfume that associated itself with ii .7. ,HU l" ",i ,lt",les apartment, lie did net start. 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" mn t'Vs. n u L. unrr I ---. ... t m , lwiii iiii i iie ii i- i b i Se'rved'the lu heeVhTr, ?''. ."-l with racing i'T . . - ' ! .-.. wv nit A JllikllL II N 1VPII If rtrtrr" ivhni 1. 1.. 111 I. llaTUI 1. tlflll I'lir Id lln.l.u.u 1 W SL.MBH . xm M Sutbva"l?wV'unln0B,Ln,B,,TrU """ s thinkin' about" Hrst'ert I woman Ue had' met en stair V tlLA JWP loot'" chaff ed Cele P J B " iSVlSr t?01"' i t "P0' ""'' the janitor "" are forever n -- "-T - i ' ' ! l.ii..i '..,.'. ..i-i::. ,. ... . ief the Paradox atoed in tin. lnniMi-nt. mystery te men. Whnf ,r,. tt... m " I :- . tttuiuiiH: uiihiiiusN. ein man." ivihv ,,iii.-. ., . .... . : '. "J i.i.,...i .. . . .--"-..'. niu , ti b CAFELAIGLOM- I "Back te Pre-War Prices" L'AIGLON Full Course Dinner (CH.WOE 01 UEU DAILY) $2.50 ...fiEflvED .V AHJ ItnSTAUnA.VT j j uuji si. ry biuht 'T Dinner Danren, r w Ne Cever Cli Big Meaty EGGS &S 37 WILBUR'S COCOA Evmry can contain a Cash Redemption Coupon worth 5c if applied en the purchase of one l -lb. 'S.cche of WILBURS BAKING CHOCOLATE. Sanborn swung across te the window , , ai5I?,'n through the window." nd came through. explained Kirby. "Thought mebbe the Shave With Cuticura Seap The healthv .... j... n...i ruh.7.lp,bru8h ,n het water and U,L0" "lcur Soep. Then make mer en face ami ;i. i I Sthlnl!h f!TBfr8' MaUe a Bece"d 'nerlnE and shav.. ai. i. hnr,ltutl"r0'nn-'tnuhen" I JfniiTi- i. v wun cuticura Seap. I.netnlnir better for ..n.i,i i.i . ... vv.aaai.ve BK1UB, mgBzz. "v' ' , ;un- "AVhnt is it?" he nsked quickly. "I've found Herlkawa." "Sound him where?" The eyes of the men met and Cole gueuscd that grim tragedy was In the air. He followed Kiiby te the bedroom. "Oed!" he exclaimed. Ills gaze was riveted te the bloodless, ! yellow fare of the Oriental. Presently "The same crowd that killed C uingnnm must 'a- Uone this, tee." "Preb'ly." "bure they must. Same way ex actly." "Unless tyin' him up here was an afterthought te make it leek like the ether," suggested Lane. He added, after a moment. "Or for revenge, be cause Herlkawa killed my ancle. If he did, fate couldn't have sent a retri bution mere exactly just." "She, that's a heap unlikely. You'd have te figure there were two men that are Apache killers, both connected with this case, both with minds just alike, ene of 'em n Jnp an' the ether preb'ly a white man. A hundred te one shot, I'd call It. Ne, sir. Chances arc the same man honed both jobs," "es," agreed Kirhy. "The odds are all that way." He stepped c.leFer and looked nt the greenish-yellow flesh. "May have been dead n ceuple b1 days," he continued. ' trri 7uV,,Vi,"0,.,Sn.8" 4n ",,,,n him? the elevator. The sergeant, heading What for? Hew dlif tin muu inf im it, .,., .f..i . f l ,' """""I 'fW.i liailih .TiSw ii" "' in I'.HLrnTi, ." lue. Mverway. et i.i r iipj Tr ...1 (u,ict- me Biiaruiicui, una m n nam, nesu plexttr. 'lt don't .mokie. bead or tail eye travel Up sad down Lane's H ui'. n.n.i ll.nl llll.w .. f, .. . ,.U1. umi, iv.iiuu my uncia cupped in here." "I hear you talk. I ceme in. Yeu no business here." "True, enough, Shlbe. But we're net burglar an' we're here. Lucky we are, .oe. -Wo've found eemcthin'." "Mr. Jennings he in Chicago. He no like you here." "I want te show you Bemethln', Shi be. Come." Kirby led thn wnv Intn h K,u.. Khihe looked at his countryman with out a muscie or his impainive face tv.itcliing. "Some one killum plenty dead," he tnld evenly. "Quite plenty," Klrby agreed, watching his Imperturbable Oriental face. The cattleman admitted te himself that what he did net knew about Jnpa Jnpa nese habits of mind would fill a great many books. CHAPTER XXI James Leses Ills Temper Cela grinned whimsically at his friend. ' "De wn light out new or wait for the cops.'" he asked. "WV wnlt. They'd probably find out. anyhow, that we'd been here." rnu iiiiiiuuiti micr n patrol wagon clanged up te tbe Paradox. A sergeant of police and two plain-clothes men took inserutihle nlinrtt.m.. .. i. nf !. C.,Q ' """I. "1J3IS vi. It I 1,11.11 f I Lane carried this preoccupation with him throughout the afternoon. It was still in the hinterland of his thoughts I when lie returned te his cousin's office. I ills entrance was tiien a scene of I agitated storm. His cousin wa in the j ..w i uiutu lui-ing n cierK. in his eyes there was a cold fury of anger thnt siir- iniseii nirny. im had known James t ulwajs ns self. restrained te the pein of chilliness. New his anger seemet te leap out nnd strilte pavncelv. "Oress incompetence and negligence, Hudsen, leu are dlschurgcd, sir. I'll tint hnvft i'mi t. ..... i ' . . my emnlev nn Imnr 1 "have trusted nml net have you in longer. A nmn found wholly unworthy." i m sorry, Mr. Cunningham," the clerk said humbly. "I don't see howl lest the paper, if I did. sir. I 8k very careful when I took the deeds and Iff.01" '.th0 safe- " cmB hardly "But you lest It. Nobody else could have dene it. I don't want excuses. ou can go. sir." Cunningham turned abruptly te his cousin. "The sheets of been lest. This man, by eeme plece of lllRXCtlsabln earelpRvneu t,M. .1 with a bundle of ether documents te' tnv lnwvep'a nme. 11., ... 1 VT, ... 1 them. They were lying with the ethers. New I hey cun't be found any when'." 'Have you phoned te your lawyer?" asked .Kirby. ' "Phoned and been in person. Thev are nowhere te be found. They ought t0 .t,!rn yP newhere. This clerk probably dropped them. I!ve sent an advertisement te the afternoon paper. " Klrby waa taken shark at fli. .. Pcted-mlschnce, but (here, was no use AlMAfl COFFEE v. FRESH ROASTED 40 Cups te the pound 25 01S5 c IK zri s MWt.lfJBSJ AlfA A India Ceylon Old Country Orange Pekoe Black-Mixed lb. 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