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j . When ESTE- _______.â€"â€" '1' E II A- you will realize the difference between “Salada”and “just tea.‘ H473 Tangled Trails .â€"BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAIN. (Copyright Thomas Allen). CHAPTER XXXVII. ON THE GRILL. In spite of the fact that his mind had at times moved toward his cousm James as the murderer, Kirby exper- ienced a shock at this accusation. He happened to glance at Olson, perhaps to see the effect of it upon him. The effect was slight, but it startled Kirby. For just an instant the Dry Valley farmer’s eyes told the truthâ€"â€" shouted it as plainly as words could have done. He had expected that ans- wer from Hull. He had expected it because he, too, had reason to believe it the truth. Then the lids narrowed, and the man’s lip lifted in a sneer of rejection. He was covering up. “Pretty near up to you to find some one else to pass the buck to, ain’t it?” he taunted. “Suppose you tell us the whole story, Hull,” the Wyoming man said. The fat man had one last flare of resistance. “Olson here says he seen me crack Cunningham with the butt of my gun. How did he see me? Where does he claim he was when he seen it?” “I was standin’ on the fire escape of the Wyndham across the alleyâ€" about ten or fifteen feet away. I heard ' every word that was said by Cunning- ' ham an’ yore wife. good.” Hull threw up the sponge. He was . caught and realized it. His only chance now was to make a clean breast of what he knew. “Where shall I begin?” he asked weakly, his voice quavering. “At the beginning. We’ve got plenty of time," Kirby replied. “Well, you know how yore uncle Oh, I’ve got you beat me in that Dry Valley scheme of his. First place, I didn’t know he couldn’t get water enough. If he give the farmers a crooked deal, I hadn’tf a thing to do with that. When I talk- ed up the idea to them I was actin’ in good faith." “Lie number one," interrupted Olâ€" son bitterly. “Hadn’t we better let him tell his story in his own way?” Kirby sug- gested. “If a e don’t start any argu- ments he ain’t so liable to get mixed up in his facts." “By my way of figurin’ he owed me about four to six thousand dollars he wouldn’t pay," Hull went on. “I tried to get him to see it right, thinkin’ at been expectin’ trouble would I have let Mrs. Hull go up to his rooms with ' me?” Kirby had his own view on that point, but he did not press it. He rather- thought that Mrs. Hull had 1driven her husband upstairs and had, gone along to see that he stood to his ,guns. Once in the presence of Cun- lningham, she had taken the bit in her own teeth, driven to it by temper. This was his guess. He knew he might be wrong. “But I knew how violent he was,” i-the fat man went on. “So I slipped my six-gun into my pocket before we started.” “What kind of r. gun?” Kirby asked. 1 “A sawed-off .38." “Do you own an automatic?" “No, sir. Wouldn’t know how to 'work one. Never had one in my! hands.” “You’ll get a chance to prove that," Olson jeered. , “He doesn’t have to prove it. His ‘statement is assumed to be true until .it is proved false,” Kirby answered. Hull’s eyes signaled gratitude. He was where he needed a friend badly. {He would be willing to pay almost any price for Lane’s help. I “Cunningham had left the door! open, I reckon because it was hot. I started to push the bell, but Mrs. Hull |she walked right in an’ of course then I followed. He wasn’t in the sittin’- 'room, but we seen him smokin’ in the {small room off’n the parlor. So we ljust went in on him. ‘ “He acted mean right from the startâ€"hollered at Mrs. Hull what was We doin’ there. She up an’ told him, .rcal civil, that we wanted to talk the .business over an’ see if we couldn’t come to some agreement about it. He kep’ right on insultin’ her, an’ one thing led to another. Mrs. Hull she didn’t get mad, but she told him where .he’d have to head in at. Fact is, we’d about made up our minds to sue him. Well, he went clean off the handle then, an’ said he wouldn’t do a thing for us, an’ how we was to get right out." I Hull paused to wi e the small sweat beads from his fore end. He was not enjoying himself. A cold terror con- stricted his heart. Was he slipping a noose over his own head? Was he Itelling.r more than he should? Heg .wished his wife were here to give him! ‘a hint. She had the brains as well as r l 4 “Has he bothered you since?” 'W’hlle toiling here I must go on i . cut our stick.” . “Did anybody see you go?” “The Jap janitor was in the hall fixin’ one of the windows that was stuck." l “Did he say anything?" ' “Not then.” “Afterward?” ! “lie come to me after the murder was discoveredâ€"next day, I reckon [it was in the afternoon, just beforei lthe inquestâ€"and said could I lend him 3 five hundred dollars. Well, I knewi right away it ‘73s a hold-up, but Ii couldn’t do a thing. I dug up the money an’ let him have it.” Hull hesitated. “Wellâ€"ho.” “Meanin' that he has?" Hull flew the usual flag of distress, a red bandanna mopping a perspiring, apoplectic face. “He kinda hinted he wanted more mom-y.” “Did you give it to him?” , “I didn’t ave it right handy. I ’stalled." i “That's the trouble with a black- Imailer. GiVe way to him once an' he’s got you in his power,” Kirby said. "‘The thing to do is to tell him right of!. the reel to go to Halifax.” "‘If a fellow can afford to,” Olson put in significantly. “When you’ve just got through a little private murâ€" der of yore own, you ain't exactly free to tell one of the witnesses against' you to go very far.” “Tell you I didn’t kill Cunningham,” Hull retorted sullenly. “Some one else must 'a’ come in an’ did that after I left.” “Sounds reasonable," Olson mur- mured with heavy sarcasm. “Was the hall lit when you came out of my uncle’s rooms?” Kirby asked suddenly. “Yes. I told you Shibo was workin’ at one of the windows.” “So Shibo saw you and Mrs. Hull. plainly?” “I ain’t denyin’ he saw us,” Hull replied testily. “No, you don’t deny anything we can prove on you,” the Dry Valley man jeered. “And Shibo didn’t let up on you. He kept annoyin’ you afterward," the cattleman persisted. . “Well, heâ€"I reckon he aims to be reasonable now," Hull said uneasily. “Why now? What’s changed his views?” The fat man looked again at this brown-faced youngster with the single-track mind who never quit till he got what he wanted. Why was he shaking the bones of Shibo’s black- mailin . Did he know more than he had to d? It was on the tip of Hull’s tongue to tell something more, a damnatory fact against himself. But he stopped in time. He was in deep enough water already. He could not afford to tell the dynamic cattleman anything that would make an enemy of him. “Well, I reckon he can’t get blood from a turnip, as thc 01d sayin’ is,” the land agent returned. (To be continued.) , » â€".._â€"â€".o___ Hull nodded. “We got panicky an’} i Number D2â€"1002 A Good "a" Battery 3 I. 39 EATON ZZX-Volt Radio B. Battery with binding post connections, tapped at 18 and 22%, volts. Size n 255m ins. A well-made battery which will give good service. MARCH PRICE ONLY $1.39 ’T. EATON (39...... TORONTO CANADA m London Traflic Weakens St. Paul’s Cathedral. St. Paul's Cathedral, which for sev- eral centuries has lorded it over all London from the peak of Ludgate Hill, is showing signs of fatigue. Its stones, blackened by the fog and soot of by- gone ages, are getttng weary from the constant vibrations caused by the roaring traffic that swirls all around the structure, and the unrelenting pull of the Thames upon its foundations. The south transept has begun to lean toward the river and the south- west tower has dropped several inches from the perpendicular. Something must be done soon to preserve this crowning achievement of Sir Christo- pher Wren. Mervyn McCartney, archi- tectural adviser in the dean, says a large sum of money will have to be spent on the Cathedral before very long, and the Board of Commissioners at present is considering several pro- posals for its preservation. An American firm which underpin- ned some of New York‘s great sky- scrapers has examined St. Paul’s and recommended underpinning as a cure for its architectural maladies, bur. the commissioners are set against such a method. In the eighteenth century iron straps were put around the cornices of the transepts to hold the building together and since then it has been necessary to make other repairs to the oral-align- ments caused by the movement of the Cathedral. Twenty years ago it was discovered that the roof under the western pediment had dropped a few inches, and within the present decade it has been neceSsary to repair two of the piers. It is expected that repairs to the other six piers, some of the masonry of which has rotted" will re quire 30 years to complete. Meanwhile, the stream of bus'sas and motor lorries which flows past the building becomes larger and larger, The Captive. 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I wasn’t; lookin' for trouble, though ” ' “Not even after he threw you downstairs?” “No, sir. me down. He didn’t exactly throw I kinda slipped. If I’d RIGIEYS T .flfter every meal/ A pleasant andsgreeable sweet and a I-a-s-l-I-n-n benel“ as well. G o o d S o r teeth. breath _ and digestion. 5 Makes the " next cigar .g taste better. [lammed him one over the head with > some folks." .kiicw. Hull went on presently. “A man’s got no call to stand by an’ see his wife shot down. Cunningham reached for a drawer an’ started to pull out an automatic gun. Knowin’ him, I was scared. I beat him to it an’: my gun. My idea was to head him ofi“ from drawin’ on Mrs. Hull, but I reckon I hit him harder than I'd aim-, ed to. It knocked him senseless.” ‘ “And then?" Kirby said, when he. paused. “I was struck all of a heap, but. Mrs. Hull she didn’t lose her presence of mind. She went to the window an’l pulled down the curtain. 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