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Carroll, with his assistant, Jim Sullivap, immediately rushed to 1 Karnak, South Carolina, where For- rest was in jail, where they interview the latter. ‘They are informed that shortly before she was murdered, Mr. Forrest had received a letter from Bennet Hemingway, an unscrupulous bucketshop operator and former ad- mirer. The letter contained a sarcastic reference to the character of Mrs. Forrest, but never had been shown to her. Forre.: tzlls the detectives that he came home early on the evening of the third day after the wedding and found his bride had been stabbed to death‘by an ice pick. Sullivan’ feels the same as the na- tives, that Forrest is guilty of the crime, which theory is not sustained by Carroll. Later developments show that Hemingway was in the cabin used by the Forrests after it had been leased from Franklin Furness, an ar- tist. Unknown to Carroll and Forrest, a man giving his name as Heston, had been in Karnak for three months prior to the crime, claiming to have bought the Furness lodge but failing to have the deed recorded. Carroll sent a telegram to Furness, who was in Denver, asking if the lodge had been sold or leased to Hes- ton. A reply from Furness said the lodge had not been sold. Thg detectives then turn their at- tenti to Conrad Hestop. to whom suspicion seems to point. A conver- sation with Mart Farnham, a local character, who does odd jobs about the town and who hates Heston be- cause the latter cut him out with his girl, brings out'the fact that Heston was in the woods near the Furness 10dgo the cvening of the tragedy. In- vestigation reveals foot prints about the cabin which show that someone had walked to the cabin and ran away from it. The girl, Esther De- varney, has been _ characterized as “the woman in the case.” Following the footprint clues the detectives discover . evidence which points so unmistakably to Heston that upon learning his cabin has been locked up, they ask a warrant for his arrest. The actions of Heston and the girl are under investigation and the detectives suspect that Miss De- varney knows more than she is will- ing to tell concerning what happened tha night of tha murdez. This feeling is strengthened by the discovery of a diamond ring at the Furness lodge, which the detectives feel is a valuable clue to the murder- er. Miss Devarney claims the ring, although the initials inside aro not her initials. Heston is arrested by Sheriff Potter. Later he is interview- eé@ by Carroll but denies knowing any- thing about the ring. Still feeling that Hemingway had something to do with the crime, Car- roll proceeds to look him up. Ha found by hotel records in Charleston that Hemingway apparently was not in Karnak the night of the murder. Later while walking through the ‘woods near Heston's lodge, Carroll is startled by a bullet- which whistles within an inch of his head. He finds a boy shooting squirrels, who tells him the rifle he is usthg was pre- sented to him by Heston. “A fine weapon,” he commended. “Your Mr. Heston has a good eye for rifles. Here’s the trouble,” and he deftly realigned the rear sight, an ad- justed affair which nad been jarred trom position. The boy flushed slight- ly and then looked gratefully at Car- roll. “Say, Mister, youw're a regular fel- ler—just like Mr. Heston,” tened to add loyally, as though by comparison he was conferring upon his new-found friend the compliment. “Thank you, son. I ask your name?”’ “Sure. Porter Devarney. yourn?” \“Mine’s David—David Carroll. Seth Devarney your father?” “Ypp.n “n folks?” “They ain’t none but me an’ Marm an’ Pop an’ Sis, an we're all well, ’ceptin’ Sis, an’ she ain’t eatin’ nothin’ in the'last couple of days.” “I'm sorry to hear that. seems; to be troubling her?” fellow. How are all ‘What “Mést everything, I guess, though she says it ain’t nothin’ but head- on over Mister Heston gettin’ arrested— he broke off suddenly and rose at “You ain't the feller that ache. Marm says she’s takin’ Say!" to Lis fee, Carroll. arrested Mr. Hes: glaring belligerently m, are you?”’ Carroll skirted the truth for diplo- “No—Sheriff Potter ma reasons. did that.” “You don’t think he’s guilty?” “Huh! He wouldn’t unhook a fish, he’s that soft hearted. &» it. Besides, at afternoon?” “You were with Heston, when?” “The afternoon that lady got killed over to th’' lodge.” “What were you doing?” “Fishin’.” “What time?” “«Oh!” flectively at the dial. casually. when you left?” “Down to the landin'.” “For what?” “Said he was goin’ out on the river in his bateau boat.” “Did you see him start out on the river?” “No, he sent me off.” “Where’d he send you?” “To see Sis an’ tell her he wanted to see her.” “Where?"” “At his place; where y’ s'pose?” Carroll laughed. “I'm right silly; there, of course. “Sure. She was walkin’ road t'ward his place.” up “What did you do after you left her, Porter?"” “Sort of went into the woods. I some wanted to see if I could kill sparrows with my rifle.” “You didn’t see anybody else before you got home?” “Nobody but Sandy Hawkins his ox-cart an’ Mart Farnam.” “Where were they going?” “Sandy was goin’ home, nack d’rection. drinker, is Mart.” “And after you passed Farnam and “did you Hawkins,” pursued Carroll, see any one else?” “Not ’tel I.got to the village, an’ Tea is so delicious and refreshing— i must it. H214 he has- ultimate And now, since we're friends, and I':1 all here, might What's Is your Say, he’'s a friend of mine, an’ I know he didn’t wasn’t I with him he boy ostentatiously pro- duced a dollar watch and glanced re- “Seems like I reckon ’twas up to about half-past 5 I was with him—or tharabouts?” “Half-past 5, eh?” cchoed Carroll, “And where did you go Did you find her?” the in I guess; an’ Mart was headed t'wards the Kar- He’s a pow’ful heavy NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, then I seen all the folks. Say, what are yqu askin’ me all these questions for?” “Just interest. Say, how’d you like to walk over to the lodge with me and ride home in my automobile?” “Golly! Wouldn't I?” They were fast friends by the time they reached the lodge and the boy luxuriated in the deep-cushioned up- holstery during the short drive to the village. He took Carroll proudly in tow, and, rifle over his shoulder, led the way to his crude home. Seth Devarney sat hunched on his doorstep. “Glad to see you, Mr. Carroll. My darter, Essie, has only jes’ come back from Karnak an’ she’s pow'ful mad they wouldn't let her see Heston. She sorter lays it to you, too.” The girl appeared in the doorway as he finished speaking. Her eyes were red—it was plain that she had been weeping; but her manner was militant. “By what right have you forbidden company to Mr. Heston?” she asked. He bowed slightly. “I haven’t done that, Miss Esther. I have no such power.” - “Let’s ‘don’t quibble!” she flashed. “I realize that Sheriff Potter is the man who gave the order; but it was you who manufactured it. Besides, the thing is illegal and you know it.”” “I don’t think it's illegal, Miss Es- ther. He has the privilege of seeinc a lawyer if he cares to. “Or some member of his family.” She looked at him peculiarly: “Some member of his family?” ‘Certainly!” ‘Would you classify a—a—flancee as—family ?”" “You mean—?" “That I have pledged myself to marry Conrad Heston, and ir he will have me I will marry him tomorrow.” Seth Devarney put out a restrain- ing hand. There was a catch in his voice: ‘Darter—Essie, gal; be keerful. It's pow'ful easy to git married, ye know; an’ ye’ve got a long time to be sorry for it arterwards.” “I know, father. I understand that. But you wouldn’'t have your own daughter desert the man she loves because he happened to be unjustly under arrest; you wouldn't have me do that, would you?” She touched his shoulder lightly and turned triumphantly to Carroll. “You see the stuff we're made of, Mr. Carroll!” He inclined his head. ‘“You win, Miss Esther. I shall see to it that from tomorrow morning on you are allowed to.see Heston. Let me com- pliment you on your loyalty.” e CHAPTER VI. Early the following morning Car- roll was driven into Karnak. He found a telegram awaiting him in Potter’s office. It was from Jim Sullivan, was brief and decidedly to the point: Meet 11 o’clock train Karnak. Coming chockful of good dope. At 10 minutes after 11 o’clock a shrill whistle cut through the still October air. The sherift straightened. That’s your train, son. She's blow- ing for the Santee trestle now. Bet- ter trot over to the depot if you want to make sure of getting him while he’s hot.” The heavy train of solid ‘Pullmans slowed up briefly at the ramshackle depot and Jim Sullivan swung down from the end one. At sight of his superior he broke into a broad grin; a smile of frank, boyish pride at his achievement. Carroll pumped his hand and steered him to the sheriff’s office. “I reckon we can let the sheriff in our little secrets, Jim. He's been so all-fired decent to us—" “I'd rather have him know it smiled Sullivan. “What I know will do nothing but help Forrest.” “And Heston?” “It explains. You can judge for yourself whether it helps or hurts.” “Well—begin—at the beginning. You found Miss Katherine Carr.” “I did. And she's a ~pippin’; a lulu-bird, right. It seems that the G. R. A. on the ring stands for George Ransom Averyt, of Mt. Prospect ave- nue, Newark, N. J. He and she grew up together and were puppy love sweethearts, so when he graduated from Princcton and went into the stock broking business they just nat- urally became engaged. She’s a Bar- nard girl. “That engagement lasted for a year and then they had a serious talk and decided they'd made a mistake. She gave him back his ring and the engagement was off, but they con- tinued to be mighty good pals. And then, he, poor sucker, tried to get rich quick. . . and they stung him good and proper. “A bunch of capitalistic crooks used him as a come-on. When the big bust came they went to him and showed their hands. I understand that he messed up that directors’ room considerably with one or two of them, but it was no go. They had him dead to rights and he was wise enough to know it. But even”then he didn’t stop being a fool. One of those whiskered Jesse James offered to finance his get away and he fell for it. Of course that was the last straw and when the bulls fell on the crowd the evidence all pointed to poor Averyt—or Heston—with the arch crook and the others as innocent in- vestors. “He got away. The girl says that they both knew Franklin Furness and that Furness had often described to them Furness lodge. So there he hiked. He took the name of Heston arbitrarily. “Then he got wind of some one coming down to the lodge and cleared out. According to the girl neither of them have ever heard of Stanford Forrest and have only seen Mary Carmody on the vaudeville stage.” - Carroll nodded his appreciation. “Dandy work, Jim. And, of course, you've handled everything just right. It just about removed every sem- blance of motive from Heston—or Averyt. However,” he rose, “let’s toddle in and have a chat with Hes- ton.” Heston—or Averyt—rose as they entered his cell. “Both you and Miss Devarney have accused m2 of working solely to trick you into admission, Averyt,” he fin- ished. “That is of course ridigulous —although I'd rather see Forrest cleared than almost anything in the world. “But we've got enough of your per- sonal history to remove a motive for vour crime—that is, unless something cropped uy at the last minute. you politely Stwing MACHINE 'BIG REDUCTION SALE $15 FCR YOUR OLD: JULY 27, 1921, mes~ THIS IS WEDNESDAY - Predominates—It Doesn’t Take Long to Sell 50 of “THE FREE” at our reduction prices SEWING MACHINE IN EXCHANGE. Positively only 5% machines to be sold. They will Come in and look them over. New PBritain and vicinity. de chinc—same tension. SEW')‘.G} MACHINE # 3 132 MAIN STREET N. B.—ALL SMILES in e — not going to cross-question you; you can talk or not ‘as you wish. About this stock-jobbing proposition, Sulli- van assures me that you've been the fall guy and that they can clear your skirts entirely—save insofar as you’ll be laughed at for being a simpleton in the business world.” Averyt rose. “I'll tell you the straight, unvarnished truth,” he an- nounced. “You can believe it or not, as you choose.” “Good.” “I had been safe at the lodge for two or three months; I knew that had apparently no reason for killing Mrs. Forrest. Therefore I'd like to beg of you to be honest with us. I'm Franklin Furness was hopelessly ma- rooned in Denver and barring only a possible sale of the place, I felt that I was pretty safe from detec- tion. “In anticipation of just such a pos- sibility as this, I had never put ail of my things in the lodge, but kept my trunk and most of my stuff at the cabin I had bought down near the bend. Also I;had told Miss Devarney —to whom I have the honor to be engaged—that if ever she heard 1 had left the lodge she would find me at the cabin.” » “She knew your real name and your past!” interrupted Carroll. ] “Certainly,” answered Averyt with quiet dignity. “She wore that ring, by the way, on a ribbon around her neck, and several days before she had lost it at the lodge where I presume you found it.” “Yn the dining-room.” “On the evening of the eighth I walked to the village where Esther lives and discovered that she was in Charleston doing some shopping and was not due to return until the fol- lowing afternoon. I left word with her folks that I wished to see her at the cabin. I learned later by the way, that they merely told her I wished to see her without saying ‘at the cabin’ Our relations were open and above-board and her parents knew all along she visited me. More- over, her brother, Porter, a 12-year- old, came with her most of the time. ““At noon or a little while after that, on the ninth, I was watching at the cabin and this strange couple . later, when I learned that the bride was Mary Carmody the erst- while vaudeville actress, I remem- bered having seen her . . . appeared. I went back to my cabin and found Porter Devarney there. He and I fished for awhile and later, when I knew that the train from Charleston was in and that Esther would have had time to ride out from Karnak, I sent Porter to ask her to come and see me. He, toc, delivered the mes- sage literally, I was at the cabin; a perfectly nat- ural oversight. “When he had gone I went out on the river for awhile in my bateau and lay there thinking. Then I saw her coming from the direction of the lodge alonz a little path that skirts the river; the road. “She said that shc had thought I was at the lodge and that no one mentioned to her that there were people there. She had not known for herself, as shc had been in Charleston. I told her about the folks and then we walked toward the road together. And, whether or not you believe it; that is the truth.” He gazed squarely into Carroll's eyes and to the detective came the belief that the man was speaking truly. Orrin Kinney, the jaller, walked up the stairs, rattling his <ig bunch of iron keys. ‘“‘Sheriff,” he said, “there’s some folks would like to see you.” “Who?"” “The Devarneys—all of them.” Then, he added, in explanation: “Seth I she had not come along Devarney’s crowd Averyt's face flushed. He glanced beseechingly at the sheriff, and Pot- ter nodded. “‘Send ’em up, Orrin. And up they came, in the wake of Peter Royce, clerk of the court, and the skinny little probate judge. Pot- ter opened the cell door, and quite frankly and without the slightest; trace of embarrassment the girl went to Averyt and put up ber lips to him. He touched them reverently with his own. 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