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= i entree sab er RO PE BORETE trates s office of the C The Evening World’s ddie Klub Korner Capra, 1001, Citow Tort Brentng Werk) ty Poem Pubtioning On Conducted by Eleanor Schorer Woodland Wonder Tales By Cousin Eleanor MOOWEEN THE BIG BROWN BEAR WAKES UP. HERE was a moving and « cr 1 ching D \ in the undergrowth and «a heavy 1 tread that sounded on the floor of the woodland. Billy Brighteyes saw ft Bobbily Bobtail heard it and Perky the Long-Tailed-Jumping-Mouse telt it, They all knew that Moowern, the Big Brown Bear and abroad Verky'e sensitive Tittle legs felt th earth shake with his tread, Bobbity Bobtail with his long teft ear to the ground heard the thump-thump of his heavy feet; while Kena, M Mina and Mo the four Brighteyes children saw the Big Brown Bear for the first time in their little Hives. And when they did, their big bright exes grew bigger and brighter, if that were pos- sible was awake; awit > They were on their way to play in the open space in fr of Willy Weasel's home when @they spied Mooween thrashing about among the young grove trees, Billy Brighteyes, their daddy, told Eeha, Meena, Mina and Mo that Mooween, the Big Brown loved to eat the new buds and the tender bark of the young trees. a he love to eat young squirrels too?” they wanted to know Mooween the Big Brown Bear Was Abroad Bear, dy did not think he cared much about young squirrels * and Mo, the saw the Big their Was daddy sure? "Yes," daddy wi had been a young Daddy himself quite sure squirrel four Brighteyes children, Brown Bear for the once and Mooween, the Big Brown) second time in their little lives. And Bear, had never said so much 48]when they did, their big bright eyes boo" to him. | grew bigger and brighter. If that were Can the Big Brown Bear talk? | poesinie he say ‘boo'?" they questioned Mooween saw them too. He saw Yes, he can talk. He can 8aY¥/the trembling Long-Tailed-Jumping- ‘boo’ and several similar things," |aouse: the four Brighteyes children their daddy told them. *AWIIL_he gay ‘boo’ to us?" “No, I do not think he will.’ . Eena, Meena, Mina and Mo needed all this assurance before they would pass by where the Big Brown Bear was feeding. And it Was necessary to pass there to get to the open field in front of Willy Weasel's home. When they neared the field their Daddy, Billy Brighteyes, went a little ahead to be sure that Prickly Porcu- pine was still stationed at the door of and their daddy; the nine long-ca rabbits, and he saw the Prickly Por- supine in front of Willy Weasel’s door. His small keen eyes and kee sense of humor took in the situation at once. And then he did something amused him immensely. Because he guessed that the Long- ‘Tailéd-Jumping-Mouse, the —long- eated Bobtails and the brighteyed squirrels would scatter and scamper for their lives; because he wanted to that ment, and tie placing of windows should be indicated. been subjected to severe criticism by thousands of women who have found it uncomfortable THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, t9727" “If Women Could Design Their Own Apartments!”’ what she would like to have Wish of Thousands to Plan for Greater Comfort and Con venience Realized in The Evening World's Competition. IMAN'S ‘tuni he W: S opportunity 10 say 12'0 3 noon apartment if she had the planning of it has been brought to her through The Bvening World's Apartment Plan Competition, CHAPTER XXXIV. FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE. HE woman—what was she like?” “She was tall an’ thin an’ flat chested, 1 didn't know her at the time, but it must ‘a’ been Hull's wife.” “You said you didn't time this was,” Kirby said No. My old watch had quit doin’ business an’ 1 hated to spend the money to get it fixed.” “Who spoke first after they came into the room?'' “Yore uncle. He Inid down on the stand them what they wanted, It was the woman who answered. ‘We've come for a settlement,’ she said. ‘An’ we're goin’ to have it right now.’ He stiffened up at that, He came back at her with, ‘You can't get no chot. gun settlement outa me.’ Words just poured from that woman's mouth, She roasted him to a turn, told how he was crooked as a dog's hind leg an’ every deal he touched was dirty. Said he couldn't even be square with hig own pardners, that he couldn't get fa man, woman or child in Colorado to say he'd ever done a good act “Well, sir, that old reprobate uncle of yours never batted an eye, He slid down in his chair a little so’s he of his uncle, JAMES CUN 66 tonne 15 ESTHER M'L WILD ROSE by her employer. | ane has told of his JAMES CUNNINGHAM, an oil stock know what CASS HULL and his w the cigar an’ asked WS AW Smoanins ——— SHOWN ON THIS WAL! cousins, ham. 316 PHYLLIS HARRIMAN, his ut ited the’ apartme James Cunningham. TW sa so NvoHS > +7 WINDOWS MAX BE JACK CUNNINGHAM, bond salesman, heirs to the uncle’s estate discovers his uncle's body in his apartment and there finds Rose McLean's glove and a note from Horikawa, the dead man's valet, saying that fe were to call al the apartment. of Cunningham in a questionable irrigation enterprise. floor below Cunningham's Lane has stopped to ask the way to his uncle's rooms. The Hulls are much excited. At the inquest they lie about the time Lane ap peared. Lane, on discovering the body, has left the apartment by the fire escape. Rose McLean and Lane set out to solve the mystery. They are backed by his COLE SANBORN, another rough rider, Joins the group. the dead body of the Japanese valet in the apartment adjoining that of Cuaning~ Lane traces a threatening letter to Dry Valley and calls « OSCAR OLSON, a farmer, to explain it. who killed Cunningham but refuges further information. cle’s fiancee, and thereby displeases his two cousins, who appear to conceal the identity of two men and a woman who vis- t the night of the murder. a) By William Macleod Raine @utnor ef “THe Yunon Trait’ “THe Bia Town Rounp-Ue” ere. * @ WILLIAM MACLEOD RAIN DEVELOPMENTS. IN THE STORY. KIRBY LANE, Wyoming rough rider, is under bond charged with the murder INGHAM, a wealthy Denfer promoter. Lane has denounced his uncle and come to Denver to demand that he do justice to AN, his voung stenographer, whom Lane and M'LEAN, her sister, also a rider, believ to have been wronged intended visit to his cousins, broker, and Lane Hull was a partner At his apartment on the Me and Lane find Olson accuses Hull, says he knows Lane aiso questions sther McLean is spirited away by ry discovers that Phyllis Harriman was married secretly to his cousin James and that his uncle knew of the marriage. a note from an unknown source, keeps an appointment and is shot after he has failed to get information from Mrs, Hull or from SHIRBO, janitor of the Paradox Apartments. and writes that he and she are to he married Ret in a fistefight over Kirby's activities, and it makes them better friends Olson tells seeing the Hulls and the Cunninghams in James Cunningham s rooms just before the murder. and of hearing a shot Lane answers at—this Cole Sanborn finds Fs Lane and Jack Cunninghany could be comfortable while he listenbd. He grinned up at her, That didn't calm her down none, She rip-r'ared right along, with a steady flow of words, mostly adjectives. Finally she quit, an she was plumb white with anger, ‘Quite through?’ yore uncle asked with that ice-cold voice of his. She asked him what he intended to do about a settlement ‘Not a thing,” he told her, ‘I did aim to give Hull two thousand dollars to get rid of him. But I've changed my mind, ma‘am. You can go whistle for it. wo thousand! Did he say two thousand?” . the clothes line which stretched across the Wyndham roof from one corner to another He went straight to one of the posts which supported the rope and examined the knots which held the line fast here. I'm some good little guesser."" he murmured to himself as he turned back to the ladder and descended to the floor below. He moved quietly along the corri- dor to the fire escape and stepped out upon it. Then, very quickly and ex- pertly, he coiled a rope which he took from a paper parcel that had been under his arm. At one end of the ee "3° ' 26'S ————— IS blank may be @ time saver, You do.s't have to use it. It ts an outline of a typicat four-room apartment floor plan. Its use may make tt casier to.lay out @ design for the arranyement of @ similar apart- Whether this blank or some other paper is used dimensions of roums 1 The man-designed apartment has] and widths of doors and windows ; and thetr locations. Each plan ig to be for @ four room apartment, the total floor space utilized to be not less than and inconvenient , r i 7 > > Kirby leaned forward eager! coil was a loop. He swung this light- Willy Weasel's home. Luckily he}tease the Prickly Porcupine and be-] A] these may now show what they| 330 square fect, the tegat mini- “That's what he sald, ly round his head once or twice to feel was. ~-And Bobbity oe Sy cause he knew th . he would enioy al would do to make it better mum plan area for a four-room nil atawerad ioleur., the weight of it. . The rope snaked Bobtail and the seven little Bobtails} hearty laugh on all the tot of them, 2 apartments : ind, ‘on, i a : an e were already enjoying the safety that] Mooween, the Big Brown Bear, care-~ Only women may enter the compe- No architector builder and no Then that explains why he drew cigs ey BB. pre nad aren bed Prickly Porcupine's presence gave.{fuly slipped his Rig Brown Paw] titlon, and a committee of three prac- | emprovee of architectural or °°, much from the bank that d upon the stone abutm: ne had no- ‘The Brigheyes:family joined them an& they all had a jolly, laugh over how hungry Willy Weasel must be getting. ‘This surely was a joke on him, “And to think,” said Billy Brighteyes, “how many times he had sent us scurrying to homes and kept us from feed- ing from morning to night." Recall- ing their own hungry, aching, stom- achs they felt a bit sorry for him, but underneath the Prickly Porcupine and flipped him inte the Babbling Brook In a moment the field was clear of mouse, squirrels, rabbits and the Prickly Porcupine. It was clear for Mooween, ths Big Brown Bear, to roll on his back, hold his sides and laugh and laugh and laugh Next Story: Eena, M Mo Enjoy a Treat. na, Mina and they laughed just the same. Nine —— frisky Bobtails, five Brighteyes and My Baby. one Long - Tailed - Jumping - Mouse This poom is dedicated to my litte nephew, Jack M. Rogers He's my boy, yes my baby boy, He came not long ago, ® Oh, how he filled my heart with joy, And I do love him so. lsughed and romped and played. Suddenly Perky stood still and trembled. ‘The Brighteyes family set up, and looked about wistfilly and the nine Bobtails laid nine long left ears fo the ground. Mooween, the Big Brown Bear, was coming! Perky's sensitive little legs felt the earth shake with his tread; the Bob- tails with their long left ears to the ground heard the thump-thump of his heaty feet; while Heena, Meena, Mina ———_—__ He's fat and chubby too, you s¢e And heavy for his age, And when this baby came to me; Hight and one-half pounds ighed. he He cries sometimes to break his heart, Until you pet him so, And when you gay him down, he'll start, . Ask nurse, I bet she'll know. PUBLIC NOTICES. 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Tel Barclay S000 EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES, Inc. tical women will pass upon the plans and make the a life, animal life, races und people,| ‘That's all you s nature, science, invention, the Eng- Again the almost imperceptible hest Make bright and gay all that is gray|jish language, wireless, ‘steam en-{tation, Then, ‘That's all," the Dry and old wines, geography, the World War.| Valley rancher said sullenty. When wicked magicians on princesses| 8nd your questions to Cousin swhat kind of a gun was it?) Very, very wicked spells lay To compel the magician to withdraw teed when he had been e: the exteriors of the building: mining with €ole “Still without rising from the chair, Cunningham ordered them to get out. Hull was standin’ kinda close to him. The fat man took a step forward. 1 building firms may submit ,plans in the competition, No employee of any edition of The New York World and no member of any em- rds. To the woman who sends the best floor plan for a four-room apartment to The Evening World ployee's family may submit a [could see his gun flash in the light. fon or before March 31 The Eve- Age tai He swung it down on yore uncle's ning World is going to pay an Th head an’ the old man crumpled up." © hat will pa award of $80. | F ths ans ineacs Mane DESH on o ft was Hull killed him, after For the second best plan.....$28 tka a ea i all,’ Kirby said, drawing a long Elisha beetinlan sic. os Miss Marcia Mead, architect, s breath of relief. “That's what I'm teflin’ Hull. I stood there an’ I've been givin’ you.’ “What did they do then hat's where I drop out. Mrs. Hull stepped straight to the window. 1 crouched down back of the ratlin’, No, 248 East 34th Street. Miss Martha C. Sanford, how hold editor of the Woman's Home Companion. Mrs, Christine Frederick, hou: hold efficiency expert. The outline printed on this page is for use by those competitors who do For the fourth best plan.. For the ten next best pla each : 25 you, It saw just 10 CONDITIONS. AU the plans must be mailed or delivered to the Apartment Plan Bditor, The Evening World, on or before March St, 1922 not desire to make complete drawings, | She pulled the blind down. 1 waited Plans may be drawn to*any | ‘They may indicate walls, windows, |there for a while an’ afterward there scale, but the maker should indi- | closets and arrangement of fixtures} was the sound of a shot,” cate her plan the and uses of each room and closet on dimensions [on th blank, optional, Use of the blank is] *What did you do?” i “1 didn’t know what to do. If 1]? . went to the police with my story lke { y'd light on me as the the contestant must not accept help] enough they'd CEA CEA Pal dts lad tromictier cept help] tier I milied the whole thing over. | Wt Beginnin . A note from the parents or teacher} After a while T t into a public] [3 g of the sender saying the essay isjbooth downstairs an’ ‘phoned to the} }:3 original must accompany each con-| Police." m tribution “You didn’t actually see Hull fire Gor, Evening World Kit Write ISS the shot that killed my uncle, then?" die" Club, No. 63 7 oy f and wes b Ror York out || CERTIFICAT: UMBER distinctly,| Olson hesitated, a fraction of a In which Address Cousin Eleanor, New York]second. *'No,"" ADDRESS.” Please be « o ‘mention || Evening World, No. 3 Park Row,] ‘You don't know that It was he bot only the city ip which you live but the bos 80. ‘All chil up to sizteen years of may become members. Each member (p Presented with @ silver Klub Pla and membership cert COUPON NO. 919. New York City. Contest closes March that fired it “No, it might ‘a’ been the woman. For that matter J don’t know that th crack over the head didn’t kill Cun- ningham, be it did." £9; QUESTIONS ANSWERED about the heavens, the earth, plant nor and look for the answers in the Kiddie Klub Korner for ‘Thursday, March 30. Kirby asked “Too far away. Couldn't be sure “The evidence was that the wound in the head probably made by a ye " |“KIRBY CLIMBED OVER THE RAILING AND SWUNG HIMSELF LIGHTLY INTO SPACE." end @ peasant or iw prince so bold, ———— rope of a different kind “How do you know that’s been done since?" the detective asked. “A fair question,” Kirby nodded. “I don't. I'll find out about that, when T talk with the landlady of the Wynd ham “If you can show me her rope was cut that night, TH say you're right the detective admitted. “And if you are right, then the Swede must ‘a’ been right here when your tncle was killed.” "May have been,” Kirby corrected. “We haven't any authentic evidence yet as to exactly when my uncle was killed, We're gettin’ the time rowed down. It was between 9 9.50. We know that.” “How do you know that?” the pro- fessional’ sleuth asked Tho eyes of Kirby and Rose met The cattleman corrected his stute- his hold, POLICE NAB UNLUCKY 13 |obuitet from an automatic. We're talkin’ now about a blow on the Or save from witches wrinkled a CHINESE STOWAWAYS head,”” Sanborn. ‘It tightened wheg he save old Ore Ship Decking at Roosevelt,| ‘What are you drivin’ at?’ thea jerk. ‘ By thy goodness manifold N. J. Had Unlisted Cargo. rancher ked. — seowling “Hel Kirby climbed over the railing and is Little children changed into stone. | cpwenty-three Chinamen were locked | wouldn't bring two different skinds of | swung himself lightly out into space Leaving father and mother sad and] uy to await action by the immigration| gun with him. ‘That's a cinch,” A moment.and he was swaying beside J janes authorities when the steamship South} ‘No; yen’ P rape of the Paradox ¢ S| lo 8 and uM nd he ster No: but we haven't proved yet he]the fire escap ¢ : a ) and sisters to search and) America with a cargo of copper ore| fired the shot you feard later.” taught the iron rail and pulled him-|ment. “Ail right, say between 8.30 sigh, a 7 rf i e for and 10.05. During ‘that time Hull ‘ from Havana to the U.S. Motals Re-| ss a jury would be satisfied! self to the platform. B on you do all rely S. Motals Re 1 gue in e ‘i as 3a0 ay : son Wie bene ew Aa ia ige twelve, {2MNE Company reached Roosevelt, N.Jhe fired |t all right By chance the blind w 2 own mas have shot mosuntie, Or Olen New Dorp, Staten Island. ‘Tt, last night. Immigration authoric| “Probably. It looks ‘had for Hull.| There was no light within, but after} may have opened the window while ey POMP ties at Havana notified Chief of Police] Don't you think! you ought to go to[his exes had become rived | oN ay uncle lay there helpions killed Harringt ‘0080 % story rhe darkness he tried tg take a squint i stepped outa the window again FEBRUARY CONTEST AWARD |N#irington of Roosevelt’ that ten|the police with your sto Then we] darkness h 58 a eee ane bling| (ant alippod aban be: the five WINNER Chinese stowaways were aboard thefean bave Hm@l) rrested. Y yl give} the room from cn The detective id dded ony ut . ship. him the third degree. My opinion is] pe tapped gently on the glass. The Lae Ne a motive Bonde: : : ‘ Fr Phintcen Year Class Officer Dowling saw a man board the| he'll break down under it and con-lighis inside flashed on. from one) ) LP ht Hemel ind one iia ee A Kiddie Klub: Song | [whip and return to the dock a little| fes Vewpoint he could see almost half] andia’ ree i as OU Are you a member of a happy family, [\aier followed by sixteen Orientate, He{ Olfon consented with obvious re-Tthe room. He could go to PAO OUGN PRB ea wail’ for wound Af MeiRaie Feu by Hane di he, was: W ‘i juctance: “Le’s see Hull first, just} side of the blind and fee most of the}, 1 Whose members live both far and{*id he was William Yacht, manager |!wctence: | “len tie ee oy ee [eer a corner ; ind proprietor at a seame! i 8 -lo Ma ' n minutes tate detective near, . # 1 proprietor at men's home at}iin, we'll go to them when we've A man sat down in hair close tof ton mun ie ia THA MidGie Sith oh fama? Xo. @ Henry Street, New York City, | gotian open an’ shut case.” tne Maite wall, letting his hands |ioined them. | The Diy Seevetl een ZaiRull Einpor nd was taking the nen to board tephat auits me." said Lane. “We'll tat) on the arms. A girl stood in front [001 gambler's face p for is ‘ “ Hie was locked up al The Chinamen| tackle Hull when his wife isn’t with] o¢ d pointed a paner knife at Whom we all adore ack) of him P . h ) young and acini h had between $1,000 and $1,500 inl nim, He gocs downtown every day| his head, holding it as though it were] "LI! say the man from Ati ourt he is 80 Yo eee acd kin h i is hee € the man feli| has been shown," he said J let on e love n ss . about 10 0 he We'll pieh him up]a revolve The head of the m nf $ That we love } oud store Seven other Orientals, who shinped - oF inal. rursihim out inte the coun H as : to the dame at the Wyndham that [ members of the row, a ero [8 a ta e side 38 afte fg - voung If you are not our cou ae BAe he don tnventlantng w try somewhe:s an’ put him over the!” jerny tapped on the window pane} Mas after a gang of young sneal Wry to be one s BE es Nala How about to-morrow morn- 4 the sash and|thleves in the neighborhood, Pret nl again, He cdged up soon 1 drifted her to the night of the Or else you'll miss the fun we have epped into the room DH] drifted her to: th n When the Kiddie Klub's in tune FALSE ALARM DELIGHTS ults me, But will he go with uso] Sarre One woman turned to him| twenty-third—said they'd been espe 370 KIDDIES IN HOME| “Hell go with us.” Kirby said} paceriy, a warm glow in her shell- clally active that night ane had used We are so many en y Cager! bah his ed rope to get into a ond story of a : eee quietly ink cheeks, “Well?” she inquir NOM CARAGT CONDI Ma Croaned Wires Belicved Cause of PINK cheese ane, Rose,’’ Kirby|{ building. She woke up. Her clothesline But it doesn’t make ony difference: Bianx Siva Genes CHAPTER XXXV 3 {could see the whole thing.” |” the roof had been cut that very ere ‘oom for be i. said could 5 i ‘ Vor there's t 5 small The 370 children in the Hebrew In-| LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.|° .c4i) that don't prove anything, ber . ; By ETHEL COUN, New York} rant Home at Kingsbridge Road and ROM 10,000 bulbs the moving] the other man put in. He belonged] Bolly: Subiee one. aii. “Pansy ra , ; with ch Kirby deal m the dow from the March Contest with Joy at 7,30 A. M day when they Street were fling n glow ey no which Kir escape just outside c ou d saw fire a r 8 rol upon the cked sidewalk c Phe det ive apped nh thig Subject: “What 1 Du to Help sty | ake, out Aad fa flee avparatue roll pon the packed sidewalks |'™® Gevoming man amiled, It] The detective slapped his thigh City.” or What City Does tol ‘phere was no fire und no cause for ec.) When Kirbycame out of the hotel and Mee theory is possible, Know-| “It lies between Hull and the Swede Help Me Susested by Veronica] ettement, but the n Te of three ena {started uptown Gian. Tm witiin’ to gamble he) That's a cinch hove O'Neill ine companies did not know it at tho| He walked to tho Wyndham, en-|didn't pit still on the fire catape an’) (T believe tt docs,’” agrerd Rose Ten awards of $1 will be] time rod and stipped up the The| tec that drawn blind sit. him off{ "Will you take the key back to th awarded the ten Kiddie Kiuh mem An alarm came fron the inatitution. |, ooming ine unprot Poin Ale é what wax goin’ on inside. He Chief of Police?” Kirby asked the de hers, giged tron : \ couldn't be Deputy Fie seat ‘ n SSAA hi apes aitasorl tootive as they separated Rette sive “who seni enn i dae toy mas its new os mi |e a 5 the|not tell him who uh you or What I Do to tt iyo seus wikaee,, He nimentad Mis had come to investiga Prem in? got t rant time | what were doin “What aty City D Help Me Macipting of the inet aoe tRe lone of the windows of the fourth] to untie 1, 90 he cut the rope. ia] *'t'm liable to tell hima whole lot, The essay Must bol be copied and firemen went back lo breaklash. Govr at the Paradox he bad noticed) been spliced uus mince by & piece of the detective answered with heavy ’ Sas frony. ‘I'm figurin’ on runnin’ dowe this murder myself if any one asks you."* “Wish you luck,” sald Kirby with perfect. gravity. CHAPTER XXXVI.‘ A RIDE IN A TAXI. IRBY waa quite right when he said that Hull would go with them. He was on His way downtown whon the taxt caught him at Fourteenth and Wel- ton. The cattleman jumped out from ‘he machine and touched the fat man on the arm as he we waddling past. “We want you, Hull,” he said. “Who wants me? Whadjawant me for?’ “L want you—in that cab. ‘The mon who saw you in my unele's room the night he was killed ts with me. You can cither come with us now an’ talk this thing over quietly or T'll hang on to you an’ call for a policeman.”* Beads of prespiration broke out pn the fat man’s forehead. He dragged from his left hip pocket the famtii bandanna handkerchief. With it he dabbed softly at his mottled face. “IT dunno as I've got any call to ro with you. T wasn’t in Cunningham's rooms. You can't touch me—can't prove a thing on me." “It won't cost you ‘anything to make sure of that,"’ Kirby suggested in his low, even tones, m payin’ for the ride.’ “If you got anything to say to me, right here's a good place to untoad itor Can't talk here, with a hundred feople passin’. What's the matter, man? What are you afraid of? We're not goin’ to hit you over the head with the butt of a six-shooter.”* Hull flung at him a look of startled terror, What did he mean? Their eyes mek and fought. ‘The shallow, protuberant ones «wavered “Oh, well, it ain't worth chewin'’ the rag over. 1 reckon T'll go with you." He stepped into the cab, At sight of Olson he showed both dismay ang irprise. A glance at Lane's face ssured him. The taxicab swung down Four teenth, across the viaduct to Lake Place, and from it to Federal Boule- vard, Hull moistened his lips with his tongue and broke the silence, Whe we goin’?’ he asked at last “Where we can talk without bein’ overheard,” Kirby answered, The.cab ran up the steep slope to Inspiration Point and stopped there The men got out me back for us in half an hour,’ the cattleman told the driver! Hull looked across the valley nervously and brought his eyes back with a jerk. ‘‘Well, what's it all about? Whadjawant?"? “I know now why you lied at the inquest about the time you saw me on the night my uncle was killed," Kirby told him, “T didn't lic, Maybe I was mis taken. Any man's lable to make @ mistake."* ° “You didn’t make a mistake. You deliberately twisted your story 80 as to got me into my, uncle's apartment forty minutes or so earlier than J was, Your reason was a good one. If I was in his rooms at the time he was shot, that let you aut completely. So you tried to lie me into the death cell at Canon City Hull's bandanna = was___ busy. “Nothin’ Wke that. T wouldn't play no such trick on any man. No, sir “You wouldn't but you did, Don’t stall, Hull, We've got you right.” The rancher from Dry Valley broke in yenomously. ‘You bet we have, you rotten crook. Why, you big, fat stiff, I was standin’ watchin’ you when you knocked out Cunningham wit!) the butt of yore gun." From Hull's red face the color fled He sank limply to the cement bench in front of him. He tried to gasp out a denial, but the words would not come “We've got {ton you, Hull. Come through an’ come clean,"’ he heard Lane say. “[T—I-—L swear to God I didn't do it—-didn’t kill him,"' he gasped at last “Then who did—yore wife? de manded Olson “Neither of us. I—I'll tell you-ali the whole story “Doe you know who killed him?" Kirby persisted I come pretty near kuowin', but 1 didn't it done.’ “Who, then?" “yore cousin —James Cunning ham (To Be Continued.) Copyright, 121, by William Macleod Raise All rights reserved. Frinted by perimissiva of and by special ar Tangement with Houghton-Mitflin Company. ROMANCE ADVENTURE The Little Red Foot By Robert W. Chambers A MASTER STORY FROM A MASTER HAND BEGINS ~ Monday, April 3 THE EVENING WORLD