Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1923, Page 28

ABOVE SUSPICION By Robert Orr Chipperfield. " Author of “The Second Bulles,” “Unseen Hands,”\ “The Trigger of Conscience,” Etc. Copyright, 1023, by Robert M. McBride & Co. (Continued frof Yesterday's Star.) but he doctor a study, at, and the Geoff's face . w: made no comm “AT . wanted to ask you about it, but when he ouldn’t find you we de< cided that w would hear that will vead if 1 had to show my hand by going over the district attorney’s au- thority and getting an_order straight from headquarters in New York; but it wasn't necess: . You know how hot it was today ems to me 1 took notice sponded dryly, as he pendulous bu. of it fondled 1. Newbury called them to- gether in the library and they left all the windows open, so Allen and I stood on the lawn close to the house just .ut of sight. Dunn.-the was sitting out on the ter- I don't know where the were, or Sergt. Eliot—he iadn’'t shown up all day—but Lane was there besides Mrs. and, her_daught “Whe Sherwe Cayley ady visitor, Miss 1d 7" asked Geoff. had taken a book and gone to the boathouse just after lunch. I can't repeat all the legal language that lawyer had wrapped around Benkard's last wishes, but ot the hang of it clear enough. Mrs. « is left an income of fifty thou- to start on the marriage to J down 1 year for life, { her daughter's if th 1t Newbury liam Dunn, office amount beques s _whose names To Henry Carp thousand ‘for valuable services' remembered nd the rest If any given fifty and faithful | his share reverts to the estate. What do you think of f the hound | hed at his feet. | < one question that " myself most the ; slowly. I guess talk about it now, ! i1 only muddle things | | out where Lane was | i i nesday night. How did the rest| That s why T been waitin’ here for The doctor paused impressive- 1+, “Geoff. two things happened that | beat anything | ever heard of! New bury made a litte speech as if he had | learned it beforehund, saving how gratifie s, and Lane pretended ¢ overcome with surprise that s ‘friend’ should have-left the bull >y said over a word, but T heard her give a | f a little gasp, and then Miss I ¢ u them in. *Mr. Newbur: have no intention of t my unele’s will and T w ble efforts of an: 1 Stoneham Lar » my_uncle's memory for all } he done for me even though I am fully aware of his real motive, but I would not have accepted a cent of his money had it been left uncondi- tionally to me: there would be a curse upon it!" “Mildred, eried. ‘Mr. } her, she do be silent! her mother ewbury, do not listen to not know what she is saving! The shock of this frightful | tragedy must have temporarily un- hinged her mind! She is still under o that,’ Mildred in- I must ask moment, and was neyer more ane now. 1 shall not be for seven months, which rd to my mar- perate, carried d a hint just s may be if I when my own mother as- t my mind was unbalanced. v, my dear chili— New. that pulpit voice of his ane growled something under s breath that sounded mighty like a cuss word to us, while Mrs. Cayley cat. The differ- ifty thousand Dissolves Teeth Stains | Whitens Dull Yellowish Teeth in 3 Minutes Entirely Safe ¢ has it bacn so easy to wiite teeth! - For ew harm. Which dissolves feeth giving even the dullest new whiteness and | treatment stains instantly, arming h gently removes and if used daily. mel it ark, staiued or Ading on will be astonished t t t r agic. 1€ you want sparkling, pearly feeth—the kind eversone admiree_get Bleachodent Combinatio to- ed it not delighted. t al Il ores. gett's Drug Stores, = Adsertisement Gilmag l L TO~NIGHT Tomorrow Alright KEEPING WELL — An 'NR Tablet (a vegetable aperient) taken st night will help keep you well, by toning and strengthening your “di- gestion and elimination. a year was commencing to sink in, and 1 shouldn’t be surprised if that spunky little girl had called the turn. Anyway, she wouldn't let Newbury finish. “'I know I must have a legal guar- dian_in my unele’s place' she went to have him appointed when my father's old friend, back where we camo from, died. My mother has al- ways been one of the guardians, of course, but I want to know if I can- not have you, Mr. Newbury, appoint- ed as the other. I have three hun- dred dollars saved up out of my al- lowance and some personal property —jewelry given to me from time to time by my uncle—which I shall be glad to put inte your hands as.a re- tuiner if you will represent me. My mother can hardly object to having you, my uncle’s attorney and her, ap- pointed to serve with her in this capacity, and you are the only person I know whom I can trust.’” “Land o’ Liberty!” ejaculated Geoff. “I didn't s'pose the little gal had it in 1 ! She done it to prevent havin' it fixed up by her ma to git Lane made guardeen, o' course! But what's there to be took care o' ‘cept her own self? She ain't got nothin'.” “That's what Mrs. Cayley pointed out, and right there's where we got another surprise,” the doctor chuck- led. e's either a sight smarter than she looks or somebody’s been giving her mighty good advice. It seems her father left her some shares of stock that this friend of his had kept locked up in his bank and that were transferred to her unele's care when he got himself appointed her suardi That st wasn't posed to be worth anything much, but it's turned out to be pretty valuable and she wan books produced in cou: ' That was a bombshell that burst right under Lane and her mother, toc, I can tell you! There was a high o1a’ row, with” the calm cverybody down {ley denying there was any head completely. through, he was s . too: you could ve told that from his voice! The girl had him buffaloed! New 1 realized it the same time I did, listening from outslde, and 1 guess he saw there was something back of it he hadn't known and that Miss Mil- dred meant business. He'd drawn the will. he'd been closely assoclated with Benkard and he was to settle the estate. Can vou see the fix he was in if he wanted to keep his own sup- | but, | skirts clean, as they al¥ays’ had been?” —= Geoff nodded. - ;Reckon I kin" he replind refused to do what Miss Mi and couldn't make her ma consent o it, the little gal would find another, ldwyer who'd be glad ‘mough to git his‘name in the papers by fightin’ for her and rakin' up the Lord knows what ‘bout Benkard's business that had better be hid for the sake o' all consarned.” “Exactly. He managed; to make himself heard at last, and he said he'd be delighted to act as co-guar- dian with her mother, provided Mrs. Cayley had no objection; that noth- “If he asked, ing was so distressing as family liti- | gation and he was sure-the matter of the stocks could be proved and ad- justed. Before Mrs, Cayley could speak he asked Lane point-blank why jon. ‘You yourself arranged the matter [he had adopted this attitude, since | he was neither a member of the fam- ily nor an acknowledged partner of the late Mr. Benkard. That guieted Lane like a shot, and Mrs. Kayley must_have seen that for once she'd met her match and figured quickly that it wéuld be better to have Miss Mildred get the value of that stock out of the estate, whether she mar- ricd Lane or not, then to have more notorfety and mebbe dirty business, especially as it wouldn't make any difference in what she herself would have, one way or the other. She spoke up and said that she would be only too glad to have Mr. Newbury act {with her, and had only hesitated to jask him of her own accard because she didn't want to burden him with petty formalities at this time.” “How did Lane take this change o' the wind?’ Geoff regarded his old friend with mild Inquiry. “Sailed right along with i The doctor took off his spectacles and began to polish them vigorously with his handkerchief. “He apologized to everybody, and said his disappoint- ment in regard to the dearest wish of his heart together with his astotnish- ment and pain at the doubt cast on the memory of his friend had caused him to forget himself, and he would ask leave to withdraw. I could hear his footsteps golng across the room jand the door open and close, and then | Miss Mildred commenced to laugh as {if she was in hysterics ‘and her mother told her to go to her room. Miss Mildred made Newbury repeat his promise, and then the door shut behind her. too. Mrs. Cayley started to stammer and try to smooth over the rumpus, but she wasn't making very good going of it, and Newbury cut it short by asking her to ring and have William Dunn sent for so that he could be told of his Inherit- She did, and that's when I got my second surprise.” “Wasn't Dunn satisfled?’ Geoft wriggled his stockinged feet in vast comfort Satisfied? * eoff, that creature is a w was Something the doctor echoed. poor, broken-spirited n, after all, and there behind his relations with Benkard that we haven't any notion of! He refused to take it! He sald that he had been fully paid for his services to his late employer and he could accept nothing more. His volce wasn't shaking and dased ke |as the: and and marched straight out You could have heard a pin drop in that room for a minuteand then Newbury sald he would to be getting back.to town, that there woéuld be much to attend to, but Mrs. Cayley ‘would hear from him in the course of a day or two, and mean- while, the manager of the Broad street office would keep in touch with rattled off down the road. “Sim Perkins ran a nail in his foot some days.ago and he's got a pretty bad case of blood poisoning.” “Thrut onery cuss' bload.?l 21lus been p'isened,” comment: Geoft. “Didn't he turn that mare out to die ter overworkin' her for nigh onto sixteen year, when I found her floun derin’ 'round in that first big snow- storm last winter and took her home? It's funny he ain't sent for them both., That was the end of it.|” . He meant that Mahoney, of course: Allen told me of your taik with him. He's gone away, trailing Lane, who left before dinner. I'm to meet Lyons again tonight at the picnic grove and 1 want you to come along, though I don’t believe from his tone over the phone that he's found out much about Lane's actions last Wednesday night” “Reckon I'll come,” Geoft respSnded as the doctor rose. “You didn't hear mention o' the name o' that stock Miss Millle claims her pa left: her, aid_you, Doc?” i¥es, though It diant mesn any: thing to me. I was lead—Consoli- dated Lead.” CHAPTER' XIL Geoff Offers a Suggestion. Consolidated Lead! The name rang in Geof's ears while he fed the dogs and the mare, performed his ablu- tions and prepared a supper, for which he all at once discovered that he had no appetite. It held no sig- nificance for Dr. Hood, but hé had not heard Robbins' story that day of the pitiful suicide of the young em- bezzler, Lawrence Shirley, or about the curious coincidence of its, date and that of the financial crash which had preceded it with the dates of the anonymous letters. Geoft sat down with his pipe on the porch steps to await the honk of the doctor’s car from the road, thank- ful for the respite afforded him to ponder over what he had learned that day and make up his mind how much he would disclose. If he were mixed up in the investigation willy-nilly and couldn't quit, as Doec Hood him- self had insisted, then there were some points in it he meant to work out in his own fashion. His thoughts wandered, however, to William Dunn's inexplicable re- fusal of Benkard's bequest to him. The man was broken In health and it was easy to see that his days of use- fulness to any employer would be numbered even if he could succeed in obtaining a new position. Twenty- five thousand would have meant se- curity for a future that appeared none too bright. That was a problem., however, which must be left to the future. 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