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Jack cut in. Excitement had ban- ished his usual almost insolent indo- lence. His dark eyes burned with a consuming fire. “Let’s put our cards on the table. We think you’re the man the police are looking forâ€"the one de- scribed in the papers.” “What makes you think that?” “You told us you were going to see him as soon as he got back from the Springs. The description fits you to a T. You can’t get away with an alibi so far as I’m concerned." 1 “All right," said the rough rider,| a second’s hesitatiofi h-e spoke. “If? did I wouldn’t be going to lunch with yog.n His eyes met those of his cousin. They were cold and bleak. “Do you think I did it?” asked Kirby quietly. - The directness of the question took James 23193ng Afterithe fraction of “No,” agreed James. “Murder’s one thing. Such coldblooded deviltry is quite another. There may be insanity connected with it. But one thing is sure. I’ll not rest till the villain’s run to'evgrth and punished.” James sfaoke quickly, to bridge any embarrassment. “This is a dreadful thing about Uncle James. I’ve never been so shocked before in my life. The crime was absolutely fiendish.” Kirby nodded. “(5r else the deed of some insane person. Men in their right senses dgn’t do such things.” Entering the office of the oil broker, where the two brothers were waiting for him, Kirby had a sense of an in- terrupted conversation. They had been talking about him, he guessed. The atmosphere was electric. As Kirby walked to the Equitable Building to keep his appointment with his cousins, it would not have sur- prised him if at any moment an offi- cer had touched him on the shoulder and~ told him he was under arrest. KIRBY ASKS A DIRECT QUESTION. The story of the Cunningham mys- tery, as it was already being called, filled the early editions of the after- noon papersF’r'Ehe “Times” had the scoop of the day. It was a story sign- ed by Chuck Ellis, who had seen the alleged murderer climb down by a fire escape from the window of Cunning- ham’s bedroom and had actually talk- ed with the man as he emerged from the alley. His description of the sus- ct tallied fairly closely with that of rs. Hull, but it corrected errors in regard to weight, age, and color of‘ clothes. It insures is fresh, fragrant m Try it. Year Guammee Tangfied Traifis CHAPTER X (Copyright. Thomas is the name James gave the tion, then spoke , leave her out of it. Uncle’s reputatior lutely necessary. There ‘ we Jack’s black *his brother. Reluctantly Kirby broached one angle of the subject that must be faced. “What about this girl in Uncle's officeâ€"tlxe. on? in trouble? A _A ____ __,:, “I think you’re wrong, Jack," the ‘older brother said. “Kirby had no more to do with this than I had.” “Thanks,” Kirby nodded. “Let’s investigate this man Hull. What Kirby says fits in with what you saw a couple of evenings ago, Jack. I’m assuming he’s the same man Uncle flung downstairs. Uncle told you he was a blackmailer. There’s one lea_d._ Let’s follow it.” ‘ U vV‘ "-5" iman on that evidence. Damn it =a bad bruise on your chin was} when we saw you yesterday. \I know he may have done it be: ?put him out.” I “I struck against a corner darkness,” Kirby said. “That's What you say. You’v :explain it somehow. I thir [storgr's fishy, if you ask me ” ,,,~ '.-» AAA hAUuU‘ Are we goin’ to bring her into this mL-, _-- n.“ «pm 3‘ James looked at his cou Lane was strong. You cou his strength, audacious y He was a forty-horsepowei the smile of a boy. Mo face was a certificate of m was a recommendation mo than words. g--- story's nshy, if you ask me.” “Then you'd better call up the po- lice,” suggested Lane. “I didn't say I was going to call the cops,” retorted Jack sulkily. James looked at his cousin. Kirby Lane was strong. You could not deny his strength, audacious yet patient. A Yivne n £n_L_. L, ; “It wouldn’t go far in a court- p‘oom,” Jack said. i “Not far,” admitted Kirby. “By the way, you haven’t expressed an opinion, ‘Jack. Do you think I shot Uncle James?” Jack looked at him, almost sullenly, and looked away. He poked at the corner of the desk with the ferrule of hIS cane. “I don’t know'who shot him. You had quarreled with him, and you Went to have another row with him. A cop told me that some one who knew how to tie ropes fastened the knots around his arms and throat. You beat it from the room by the fire escape. A Jury would hang you high as Haâ€" man on that evidence. Damn it, there’s a bad bruise on your chin wasn’t there when we saw you yesterday. For all I know he may have done it before you nut Ll“- . “cull. saim wuen ne looked at this wan-faced woman who came late and slipped inconspicuously into a back seat, whose eyes avoided his, who was so plainly keyed up to a tremendously high pitch. She was dressed in a dark-blue tailored serge and a black sailor hat, benath the rim of which the shadows on her face were dark. The room was jammed with people. Every aisle was packed and hundreds were turned away. In the audience was a scattering of fashionably dress- ed women, for it was possible the in- quest might develop a sensation. The coroner was a short, fat, little man with a highly developed sense of his importance. It was his hour, and he made the most of it. His methods were him own. The young assistant district attorney lounging by the table played second fiddle. surveying and Mapping by Aerial Photography. A further step in co-ordination of effort between the Air Board of Cana- da and the different Government de- partments in the development of fly- ing for peace time uses has been the institution by the Topographical Sur- veys Branch, Department of the In- terior, ot a section devoted to aerial photography. The progress made in the development of practical methods of applying the information obtainable by aerial photography for mapping and surveys is full of promise, and with the formation of a section for its study and development, progress should be rapid. In the past the work has been large- l After he had finished, James made ihis comment. “You’ve been very ifrank, Kirby. I accept your story. A Eguilty man would have denied being Iin the apartment, or he would have Ileft town and disappeared.” ‘ The range rider smiled ejardonically. “I’m not so sure of that. You’ve got the goods on me. I can’t deny I’m the ;man the police are lookin’ for. Mrs. {Hull would identify me. So would 'this reporter Ellis. All you would have to do wouldbbe to hand my name to the nearest officer. An’ I can’t run away without confessin’ guilt. Even if I had killed Uncle'James, I couldn’t do much except tell some story like the one I've told you." KirBy fold the story of his night’s =adventu1~e, omitting any reference iwhatever to Wild Rose or to anybody 'else in the apartment when he .entered. [his low, even voice unruffied by ex- :citement. “If I can’t, I can’t. Wé’ll !say I‘m the man who came down the fin; escape. What then?” James was watching his cousin steadily. The pupils of his eyes nar- rowed. He took the answer out of his brother’s mouth. “Then we think you probably know something about this mystery that you’ll want to tell us. You must have been on the spot very soon after the murderer escaped. Perhaps you saw him.” WILLIAM MA CLEOD RA [NE was Allen.) fOTtY-horsefiaver m 4‘... say. You’ve got to ' ‘ I think your 'manhood. more effective ny 11101‘8 an with H413 in the The increased cost of fine teas has tempted some to try cheap. inferior teas to their sorrow. It is real econo- my to use "SALADA" since It yields to the pound more cups of a satisfying infusion and besides has such a fresh, delicious flavor. ' tie Here he thought his prize was safe, for surely no seal wofild venture there, and the ship was docked. Suddenly the mother gave a cry close -to the ship, and the little one, as if obeying instructions, struggled, still in'the sack, tovthe edge of the deck, and rolled itself overboard. The mother was seen to seize the sack rip it open with her sharp teeth, and joyfully claim her baby. She had swum after it for eighty miles. A seaâ€"captain not long ago captured a young seal, hoping to tame and rear it on board his ship. He placed it in a seek to secure it, but fide as the ocean was, and swiftly as the ship sped on, the mother was as swift, and followed in search of her young. When it was first caught, the mother howled piteously, and the “baby” barked ba'ck its grief, but the man was relentless, and coolly watched the agonized mother follow him till.the shin reach- ed the wharf at Santa‘Barbam. were him own dox Apartments by the fire escape. But he could not do this without run- ning the risk of implicating Wild Rose. Awkward questions would be fired at him that he could not answer. He decided not to run away from ar- rest, but not to surrender himself. If - the police rounded him up, he could not help it; if they did not, so much the better. He made two more attempts to see Wild Rose during the day, but he - could not find her at home. When he at last did see her it was at the in- : quest, where he had gone to learn all : that he could of the circumstances . surrounding the murder. ' There was a risk in attending. He recognized that. But he was moved by an imperative urge to find out all that was possible of the affair. The3 force that drove him was the need in his heart to exonerate his friend. Though he recognized the weight of evidence against her, he could not be- lieve her guilty. Under tremendous provocation it might be in character for her to have shot his uncle in self- defense or while in extreme anger. But all his knowledge of her cried out that she could never have chloroform- ed him, tied him up, then taken his life while he was helpless. She was too fine and loyal to her code, too good a sportsman, far too tender- hearted, for such a thing. Yet the evidence assaulted this con- viction of his soul. If the Wild Rose in the dingy court-room had been his ‘24,“; it A uu UCCII IUD friend of the outdoor spaces, he would have rejected as absurd the possibility that she had killed his uncle. But his heart sank when he looked at this As the three cousins stepped out of the Equitable Building to Stout Street a newsboy was calling an extra. “A-l-l 'bout Cunn’n’ham myst’ry. Huxtryl Huxtryl" Kirby bought a paper. A streamer headline in red flashed at him. HORXKAWA, VALET OF CUNNINGHAM, DISAPPEARS. The lead to the story below was to the effect that Cunningham had drawn two thousand dollars in large bills from the bank the day of his death. Horikawa could not be found, and the police had a theory that he had killed and robbed his master for this money. THE CORONER'S INQUEST. If Kirby had been playing his own hand only he would have gone to the police and told them he was the man who had been seen leaving the Para- dox Apartments by the fire escanp. The cattleman breathed freer. had an odd feeling that Jack, 1200 relieved. Had the young man, all, a warmer feeling for his uncle’s reputation than he had 1 him credit for? Faithful Mother Seal ISSUE No. 38â€"23] The Penitent Bull an nt CHAPTER XI Heals Cuts 1; man, after for his dead he had given .ver He x, was “I've lost the quarter the teacher gave for the best boy in the 019.35!" walled Willie between his sobs. "VV-ell, never mind,” said Uncle John. “Here's anotheu' quarter. But how did you manage to lose it?" Willieâ€"“Because I w boy, uncle.” The Reason. Little Wi1=11e came home from school looking very tearful. “What's the matter." inquired his Uncle John. 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