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'THERE'S MURDER IN THE AIR"
' By ROY CHANSLOR
CHAl'TKR XXIX
lie seized Tyler's luiivl fruntl-
' "They've got III mi too!" he cried.
', Tears Bloml out on his i-yi's.
. -He ho'o given hlmselt In my
'place," he said.
', "You phoned that number?" Ty-
ilor asked.
"Ot courHe," (Jordoil said. "It s
u clfiur-stnre on Korilham road.
Aiaudio undoubtedly eomiuuulcat
ed with lilm there. And Have ot
fereu htuiaelt! He may bo deail by
,'liow!"
"The youiiK fool!" said Tyler ex
plosively. Tliuu, at the look In Clor
doii' eyes, he checked himself,
look the man's arm Keutb. "Hut
lie's a gallunt fool," ho said.
- "Why doesn't (iaudio cniiimunl
rnte with inn?" demanded (lordon.
"I've offerod myself. I'm the one
lie hates. I'm reudy to ko!"
- "And so deliver tho last of the
hated Morldous up to u fanatic
aveiiKer!" suld Tyler. "You're as
.big a fool as David! This man will
'destroy you all."
' "Hut he promised to let the
others go If I" (iordon begun.
"Promised!" said Tyler ungrily.
"Oood lord, mun, are you complete
ly Insane?"
, (lordon stared at him.
"Wouldn't you be?" he hult
whfspered. Tyler bowed his head.
. "Yes," he said. . . .
! Nat Jumped to bis feet, flung his
half-smoked cigarette Into the
fireplace.
i "To think that that young fel
'low " he said. "What he did took
'courage, Mr. Tyler. The highest
.'sort of courage. I'll grant It wau
foolish, but "
' "Possibly not so foolish," said
'Tyler.
' Nat stared at him.
( "What do you mean?" ho do-
manded.
' "Just this," suld Tyler. "Suppose
;that David was conspiring with
.(Jaudlo? Suppose he Is afraid of
us? Suspicious? Suppose be plac
ed that ad In the paper as a neat
! Utile alibi? In other wordn, sup
'poso he Just disappeared conven
ientlyperhaps to go to (iaudio,
pretend he was a prisoner after
making a hero of himself by that
advertisement."
Nat's Juw dropped.
"Ho knows his father will deliv
er himself to (lumlio," Tyler went
on grimly. "And that (Iaudio
will kill him. If Helene or Carious
know too much they'll be killed
too. Hut David can make a mira
culous escape. Nobody could pill
anything on him then. And lie's
ou lop ot the world with every
cent of Gordon's forlune!"
"Well I'll be darned!" said
Nut weakly.
Tyler looked at blm grimly.
"Ills own father is own sis
ter," suid Nat slowly.
"Wouldn't you rather It were he
than some one else?" asked Tyler.
"Of course," suid Nat. "If by
some one you meun You sue 1
know It wasu't she!"
Tyler shrugged.
"1 hope you're right," he said.
"Hut you Just said It wai Da
vid!" Nut protested.
"I didn't say It was David at all,"
said Tyler putleutly. "I Just suid it
might bo David."
He took Nut's arm. "Come," he
suid. "It's squarely up to Kuth
now."
"What aro you going to do?" de
manded Nat.
"I'm going to usk her to make
every 'jionsible fjffort t0 Kut
through!" suld Tyler.
"You muslu't force her!" Nut
sulci.
"I'm merely going to ask ber to
try," said Tyler. "After all, there
are lives at stake, perbups four
lives!
He urged Nut with bis lean
hand, and the younger man fell In
to atup beside hint. Tyler pioceed
ed up the stairs, Nat following.
Ruth wus lying down and Olga
tldylug up the room. Tyler dis
missed her. The maid left, steal
lug buck a curious glance at him.
"What Is It, Xuher?" tbe bllud
girl usked.
Tyler took both her bands.
"Ruth," he said. "I'm going to
ask you to put yourself to to a
great test."
She nodded.
Briefly he told her about the ad
vertisement In the Star signed
"D.M.," about (toi-don's conviction
that it wus Inserted by his sou, and
young Gordon's disappearance. But
ho did not mention tbe hypothetical
case against David which he had
outlined to Nat. Tbe girl shud
dered. "Thut means that all of those
people, llavld, Helene and Car
lotta, may be murdered," he suld.
"Kven If (iordon sacrifices his own
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name!"
"Yos," the slit wblttperert.
"Hfleue's note to hr lath or was
well, pccullui," Tyler went on.
"I think she wan trying to com
munlcate somethliiK- PerhapB she
knows the name. I I ba; to ask
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only hope. Wll you make every
pOHHible effort to get through?"
The girl nodded slowly.
"I'll try," she mild.
Tyler took the violin from iu
case. He bent over and kissed the
alii's forehead. She smiled. Then
she stood up, pluced the Instru
ment to her shoulder, drew the
bow across the string. She be
Kaii to play, softly. Tyler leaned
forward, the cords in his neck
standing out whlteiy.
Abruptly Ruth stopped.
"Some one Is waiting waltinir."
she whispered. "Some one who hus
waited a Ioiik. long time. His mind
Is filled with bitter triumph. He Is
biding his time which be knows
will soon come. He Is very patient.
He knows that he baa won."
"(iuudlo!" said Nat.
Tyler motioned him to keep si
lent, touched Hulli's arm, gently.
"Kuth he suid, "never mind him.
We know about hlni. Try to get
through to the others! Try to
get the name.'"
The girl turned a helpless white
face toward her father. He press
ed her arm tightly. "Try," he
commanded.
"Mr. Tyler' S'at protested.
The man motioned him curtly
for silence. The girl uodded, drew
the bow over the strings. She be
gan to play, not softly, as she had
done, but a tempestuous tune, pas
sionate. Intense. She hesitated,
faltered, almost stopped. Her fath
er leaned closo to her. She con
tinued with obvious effort. Then
sho was playing mere easily. The
music swelled, tttia drew the
bow sharply across tho strings,
held It for a moment, dropped the
bow. Her face lighted up.
"The nume!" she said. "Tbe
name!"
The two men stared at her word
lessly. She dropped the violin to
her side. When she spoke. It was
very quietly:
"The name Is Jim Gabriel."
Tyler gave an exclamation,
plunged his liand Into bis pocket,
drew out a folded sheet of paper,
stared at It.
"Jim Gabriel!" said Nat. "Ever
hear of hi in?"
Tyler glanced up from the
paper.
"1 have," he said. "He was one
of half a dozen men Commissioner
Kflrane nuiued to Gordon and me
at headquurturB the other day, a
known racketeer the police have
never been able to pin anything
on. Got a pencil, Nat?"
Nat ptuduced a stub of a pencil,
and Tyler Bat down before a table,
began to make marks with the pen
cil on tbe unfolded sheet of paper
In bis hand. Nat took Kuth's vio
lin and pushed forward a chair for
her. Her face was turned toward
ber father.
Tyler scribbled busily for a mo
ment or two, once or twice using
the eraser. Nat watched him cu
riously. Then Tyler chuckled, rose,
holding out the paper.
Nat took It. It was Helene's note.
His eyes went lo lis second para
graph: "Just imagine . . . My God
. . , and bring ransom Immediately
. , . & enough! . . . love."
Through the first letter of each
word, omitting only the symbol St
Tyler had drawn a line. Nat looked
up, puzzled. Tyler grinned.
"1 was sure there was something
In that note!" be said. "Thought
the girl was trying to communi
cate. That's why I Insisted on
Kuth making the try today. Don't
you see It now?"
Nat shook his head.
"Lord, but we were s'upid," said
Tyler. "It's as simple as A-IJ-C."
Nat stared at the note again, at
the letters crossed with peucil
lines. "J," be said, ", M " He
slopped. "Jim!" he cried.
"Jim Gabriel," said Tyler. "Take
the firHt letter of each word In that
peculiar paragraph, leaving out
only the symbol & and you spell
Jim Gabriel."
"Then that confirms It absolute
ly!" Nat cried. "Gabriel's our
man. . . . And Gabriel must be
Gaudio."
"KiMht," said Tyler grimly. "And
another thing, my boy; If Helene
was clever enough to try to get
;hat message through, It means
that she must be quite normal."
"O course!" Nat suid.
Tyler went quickly to the tele
phone. He paused before lifting the
receiver.
"Nat," he said, "we've got to
take this In our own hands. Gor
don's In a frightful state. He'll be
scared to death for bis family.
We've got to strike through Kil
lane before Gordon knows what
It's all about."
Nat nodded, and Tyler lifted tbe
receiver. "Spring 7-3100," he aid.
"I'm going to be in on this!" said
Nat determinedly.
Tyler smiled.
"Hello,," he said. "Commissioner
Kllranv, please. Personal call, Dan
Tyler on tbe wire."
He turned his eyes on Nat.
"All right, son," he said. "We'll
both be In at the death."
' No, no!" Ruth gasped.
Tyler began to speak Into the
phone, Ignoring her protest. Brief
ly he told Kilrane the facts. K li
ra ne was grimly congratulatory.
"I've wanted t9 get that rat for
years," he said. "I'll send out a
confidential message. We'll pick
up his trail, I'll phone you the
minute we strike the scent,"
As Tyler turned away from the
phone, Ruth roBe, ber look plead
ing. "Father," she begged, "you and
Nat you're1 all I havu! You
mustn't "
Tyler took her In his arms.
"Thera, there, honey!" he said.
"We'll be in no real danger."
between them, Tyler and Nat
finally calmed her, reassured her,
got her to lie dowu and rest. They
went downstairs then, tried to
compose themselves to wait. It
was hard to do. Twice Gordon
came to the cottage. He was like
a man in a nightmare. . . .
The hours dragged slowly. Pi
nafly, In the late afternoon, Kil
rane phoned. He was grimly
jubilant.
(To be continued)
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