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tarr JUDY turned 10 none, ene loeitea, at
JJV. James Cunningham and he might
T,bee'n the dirt under her feet. , "I
i.rt, nothing whatever te nay, Klrbr.
ttn espress my scnthncnts exactly."
I "Very well. Then we might open
f'a-doer' and invite In Mtes Harrlman.
Eflwre arc emc .. - -
fneh ht have n claim also te be pres
jrlifphflt ethers?" ncked Jack Cun-
Falnfnam. , .
1 urfhi, nther suspects In the case. I
lwtg have them nil here."
r idpi.. nhlef of Police."
F ' James looked at him hard. "This Is
IVMta pnvnic wm
K "Ik"" 8 mntter 0: ocnnuienii. 1
MTe JnVIieU UIlljT l" """ ""
'T. .. 1.. nraianf." KlrKv answered.
K mv office I think."
V' .... '.. ..... 4t.a nlilaf'a nfflpa rrn'11
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"adjenrn an' go there,"
n The broker snruggca. -en, very
j xruhv iinne(l te the deer connecting
j'Uh an outer office and threw It open.
i Mr. and Mrs. jiuu, ihbeh uuu me ,um
'lit Police followed Phyllis Harrlman
ijfcjate the room. Mere chairs were
, Iteufht m. ' '
- iimtct. is there anything you want
ii. "fm.r-jr . . .-
V mt? Kirev nuKcu.
""et a wer-rd. I'm alttln In a
, . .. . Tt'a A11t ttlinW WHI."
Kifhu's disarming smlle wen the
Mfl'n heart. "I want te say. new
ffi. t n1kil with the chief scv-
...i MmM. Hc'h Riven me a let of
"a fl... a.H.a.lsJt.1 nnrlAH 111 tl
tips an x ve uru unuv-i ...
of,lnjery. What happened then nobody
clseivaw." 1 a , t
He stepped a second time te And the
logical way of proceeding with his story.
The silence in the room was tense. 'The
proverbial plu could have been heard.
"I've been leaving Heriknwn out of
the story," the cattleman went en.
"I've get te bring him in new. He's
the hinge en which It nil swings. .The
nien or woman that killed my, uncle
killed Horikawa tee."
Tames Cunningham, sitting opposite
Kirby with his cold eyes steadily fixed
en him, for the first time gave vlslble
sign of Ills anxiety. It cume in the
farm of a llttle gulping sound in blh
threat.
"Cole Sanborn and I found Horikawa
in the room where he bad been killed.
The doctors thought he must have been
the man he solved It would 'have te
work out pretty closely the time ele
ment, Inside of an lieur ten people be
sides Uncle Jamea were In his room.
They ,muit 'a' trod en each, ether's
heels right fast, I figured. Se I checked
up the time as carefully as I could.
Here's the schedule I made out. Mebbe
you'd llke'te see it." He handed the
envelope tft James. ,
Jack rose and looked, ever his broth
er's shoulder. His quick eye ran down
the list. . "I get the rest of it," he
aid. "But what does X mean?''
"X is the ten minutes of uncle's time
I rnp't account for. , Berne of us were
with him practically ever ether min
ute. X If) the whele unknown quan
tity. It is the time in which he was
preb'ly actually killed. It is the man
who may, by some thausandth chance,
if
-Jiwctien
.!. mi.. h,Yit,i nt ilie nellce force grinned.
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4, "Outside 01 the cniei every one ncre
w tt connected cieneiy wiiii uiw til "
- MlnVOIVfU 111 II. It uuihichb w iw.j
nn an' woman of us were In my
uncle's apartments either at the tlme of
ieii. 4. nth nr -fust before or after.
. Klrbv raised a hand te meet Olsen's
, ----
t'iiirii." T lnn Vnn wprpn't In the
reerni, but you were en the fire-escape,
1 outside. Frem the angle of the police
you may have been in. All you nau
-in An was te pass through an open
" window.'.'
"Suspicion rcu urst en me nn' en
Hull." Klrby went en. ."You've seen
it all thrashed, out in the pnpers. I
kid been unfriendly te' my uncle for
years, an' I vn seen geln' te his rooms
5- in' leavin' them tnnt evening, aiy
jfle especially when he an' Mrs. Hull nt
..? ,L. PMnA'. trimmer nlinntrnfl ilin ttme
h . .. 4 .a !..,. .. utifiln'. nnntt
IP IS 10 till iiiv imu " uiinv e "ii.il-
Btnt half an hour earlier than I had
ten there. I'd caught them in a panic
' of terror when I knocked en their deer.
" They'd lied te get me into trouble.
Hull had quarreled witu uncle .mmes
in' had threatened te go after him
with a gun in two days after that
tlme ami it was just forty-eight hours
liter he was killed. It looked a let like
Bull te me.
"I had one big advantage, chief, n
" tat of inside facts net open te you,"
the cattleman explained. "I knew, for
instance, that Jtiiw McLean here had
been in the rooms just before me. She
vat the young woman my undo hnd
tht appointment te mect there before
10 o'clock. Yeu will remember Mr.
,,t Winten's testimony. Miss McLean an'
1 1 cemmirea neics. se we were ante 10
alive down the time during which the'
, araraer must nave taKcn place, ve
, worked together. She gave me ether
k important data. Perhaps she had
better tell In her own words nbeut the
due she found that we followed."
'Rese turned te the chief. Her young
hee flew a charming flag of color.
"I told 5011 about hew I found Mr.
,Cunnlm,.inm tied te his chair, chief. I
forget te sny that In the living room
there was a faint odor of perfume. On
lay nay upstairs I passed in the dark
a nan and n woman. I hnd get n whiff
ef the same perfume then. It was
Welet. Se I knew they had been in the
, apartment jiiht before me. Mr. Lane
discovered later that Miss Harriinan
ttttd that scent."
"Which opened up .1 new field of
peculation," Klrby -ent en. "We
lejan te run down factH nn' learned
that my cousin James had Recretly mar
ried Misn Harrlman nt Oeldcn n month
Mferc. My uncle hnd just leerncd the
nem. He had n new will made by hW
iiwyer, eue that cut James oft without
a cent nn' IcTt his property te Jack
Cunningham."
''That will was never signed," Jack
Weke In quickly.
t Klrby looked nt Jack and smiled cyn
ally. 'Ne, It was never signed. Your
..Nther discovered that when he looked
will eyer at uncle's desk a few min
tea after his death."
? "Cumulative evidence pointed , te
Dies Cunningham," continued Klrby.
He tried te destroy the proof of bis
carriage te Miss Harrlman. He Inter
pretended te lese nn impertnnt paper
Mat might have cleared up the case. He
tried te get me te drop the matter nn'
p back te Wyoming. Tbe cell wound
closer round him.
'About this tlme another factor nt
pacted my nttentien. I had the geed
Pick te unearth at Dry Valley the man
who had written threetcnin' letters te
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"And this paper which you allege you found In my safe does It con
vict me of the murder of my uncle?"
dead about a day. Just a day before
this time Miss McLean an' I met James
Cunningham cemlnr out of the Para
gon. He was white an' shaking. He
was sufferln' from nausea, an' his arm
wus badly strained. He explained it
by tsayln' he hnd fallen downstairs.
Lnter, I wondered about that fall. I'm
fcllll wendcrin'.' Had he juBt ceme out
of the apartment where Horikawa was
hiding Had tbc tendons of that arm
been strained by n jujutsu twist? And
had he left Horikawa behind him dead
en the bed?"
James, white te the lips, looked
steadily nt his cousin. "A very in
genious theory. I've always compli
mented you en your imnglnatlen," he
sold, a little hoarsely, as though from
a parched threat.
"Yeu de net desire te make any ex
planation?" Klrby asked.
"Thftntra nn T'm tint nn ttn1 a
my life here, urn I?" answered the oil
uieKcr quiciiy. wun odvieus irony.
Frem bis pocket Kirby drew the en
velope upon which he had a few hours
edrllcr psncllcd the time schedule re
lating te his uncle's death.
"Oiia nf thft nnlnta flint- Blmnb m.
earliest abeflt this mystery was that
have stepped into the room an' killed
him while none of us were present,"
explained Kirby.
"If there is such an unknown man
you can cut the time dewp te five min
utes instead of ten, providing; your
schedule is correct," James cut In.
"Fer neeerdina te it I was there part
of the tlme and Mrs. Hull part of the
rest of it."
"Yes," agreed his cousin.
"But you inny have decided that Mrs.
Hull Is X or that I am," jeered James.
"If se. of course that ends it. Ne need
for n judge or jury."
Klrby turned te the man by the deer.
"Chief, one of the queer things about
tils mystery I? that all the witnesses
had -semethin' te conceal. Ge right
through the list, nn it's true of every
one of us. I'm' talkln' about the im im
eortnnt witnesses, of course. Well,
Cele an I found a raper In the living
room of the apartment where Herlkawn
wan killed. It was In Japanese. I
ought te have turned it ever te you.
but I didn't. I was klnda playln' a
lone hand. At that tlme I didn't sus
pect my cousin James nt nil. We were
werkln' together en this thins. At
least I thought se. I found out better
nter. I took the paper te him te get it
translated, thinkln' maybe Horikawa
might have written some kind of a con
fession. James lest that paper." Any
how, he claimed he did. Mr theory-is
that Horikawa had some evldence
against him. He was afraid of what
that paper would tell."
"Unfortunately for your theory, It
was a clerk of mine who lest the paper.
I had nothing te de with it,'K James
retorted coldly. "Ne doubt the paper
hns been destroyed, but net by me.
Quite by, accident, I judge."
Ills cousin let off a bomb beneath
the broker's feet. "You'll be glad te
knew that the paper wasn't destroyed,"
he said. "I have it, with a translation.
In my pocket At the present moment."
James clutched the arms 6f his chair.
Ills knuckles grew whlte with the strain.
"Where where did you find it?" he
managed te say.
"In the most private drawer of your
nffe, wHere you hid It," Kirby replied
Cunningham visibly fought for his
f
composure. He did net speak until he
had perfect self-control. Then it was
with a sneer.
"And this paper which you allege
you found In my safe after a, bur
glary, which, no doubt, you knew is Very
much against the law docs it convict
me of the murder of my uncle?"
The tension in the room was nerve
shattering. Men and women suspended
breathing while they waited for an an-
"On the contrary, It acquits you of
any guilt whatever in tiie matter."
Phyllis Cunningham gave a broken
little sob and collapsed Inte her bus
band's arms. Jack rose, his face work
ing, and caught his brother by the sheul
Apt. These two hnd suffered neatly.
net only because of their fear for him,
but because of the fear of Ms guilt that
had poisoned their peace,
James, tee, was moved, as much by
their love for him as by the sudden
relief that had lifted from his heart.
But his Vide held htm outwardly cold.
"Rlnce voti've decided I didn't de it.
Mr. Lane, perhaps you'll tell' us then
tthn Hid h siivrested nresentlr.
"Why, yes, that seems fair enough."
ha answered. "He's kneckln' at the
deer new. Enter X."
Te B Concluded Tomorrow
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toy uncle nn' te discover that he was
Jtayln neit deer te the Paradox the
t iry Pi et t,m murder. Mere, my
vuu uiiiiutirii nil' i niincciwi im im.i
v tually been en the tire oscnpe of the
Wyndhnm nn'-scen bemethln' of impor
ts tance through the window. Lnter I
:iu n statement from Olsen. He told
''jehad been that night."
v.ii y tur,ne(1 te tne rancher from Dry
valley nnd hed him tell his story. When
J nad finished the cattleman made
comment. ,
"?a the face of it Olsen's story leaves
Ini ibt the nuesHen of who -actually
SlUeU tnV llliela I l. ...no lll..l .1,.
1 J?!0 t,r,u,,1., 1,ls evidence points cither
, Tlne Hulls or mv pnimln .Tampa, llnf
jt,was quite posslble no hnd seen my
, jnele tied up nn' helpless, nn' had
m . jrv1' "eppetl through the window an'
m '" J1: . A,n 1 rignt, unieir'
3 Chkt nod(led srlmly. "Right,
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me you didn't think I did
rst out bitterly.
Iftll vnn tin uirnln " Tlrliw
'.fninerPll klnlllni. (IT n.Vt n..nlUnliil
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r..mucs. un your evidence it lies
tcen my cousin .Tnmes an' the Hulls.
was the Hulls that had tied him up
er Cass Hull knocked him scm-cless.
V os Hull who had given him two
jys mere te live. And that's net nil.
.?. "", ll0,,r nn' n half age I had a
with Sirs, Hull. She admitted,
UQUer DrcKSIire that .he ntiii.iin.l In mv
n unciftV ,;;.:'..;:... v' 'i: i.; '
M frftt I ujiuiu lu rtrit-'UDO min
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nn ln ... ...i.-.,.. ... t ....
bu ', " "v who wiiuiij in uer iuwcr.
one is a woman with n nnKiIeiintn sense
Pawned People
Yeu have heard of pawned Ihingf.
frank L, Packard, author of "The
Jlirocte Man" and "Frem Xew
Vn, has paieud people the
Maractcrs in his veto novel, which
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