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'I AM A MURDERER'
BY MORRIS MARKEY .
"AVE ATQCB VALE";
i , ' CHAPTER XVII
(QYMTHIA had not become hys-
tericaL " Sha had not fainted.
fba seemed stunned, ai from be
ting struck, rather than frightened
or terribly distressed.
. CerUIn women had kept their
wits, and led her to her own room.
Mrs.' Malcolm Fleming, who was
Dr. Fleming's wife, had been
among those women, and she was
capable creature. Dr. Fleming
himself, having rushed to the side
of Colonel Merri wether and dls
covering at once that he could be
tot Ho avail in that place, searched
out Cynthia's room on the second
Boor, and sat on the edge of her
bed.
'. She looked at him.
He said, "He is gone, my dear."
Bhe closed her eyes, from which
tM tears came, and the last touch
of color washed out of her face.
She shivered, as with bitter cold,
and . coverlets were drawn over
her. Dr. Fleming mixed something
in a glass, and she drank It He
took one of her hands, and mas
caged It gently, and nodded to
his wife, who did the same with
her other hand.
' Anne West was there, sitting tn.
st low chair and staring at Cyn
thia with eyes very wide and her
lips parted a little.
Dr. Fleming lowered the lights,
and when he went quietly' to the
door his wife followed him.
"I don"t believe shell blow up,"
he said lh a solemn whisper when
they had' reached the halt Til
have to go downstairs. If yon need
me, send Anne. 111 be back tn
a- little while anyway." .,''
There was almost breathless
silence., in ' Cynthia's room for a
considerable . while. Then she
spoke, to Anne, without looking
tAtote''Will you go find Hank?"
she said. :' V
: Anne said eagerly, "Of course,
darling." It lay within the nature
of her loyalty that she felt no
disappointment because Cynthia
had not wanted Fred West in
stead. .......
She found Henry Prentiss in tho.
bar, talking in low tones with the!
butler, and beckoned to him. - He
followed her toward the stairs.
'Isn't it; just perfectly awful!"
she whispered to him. i' c.
JJE did not answer. They moved
' down the corridor on tiptoe,
and he ; was standing beside Cyn
thia's '.bed, looking down at'her.
It was curious to see sadness in .
the face of Henry Prentiss. "..
. He took her hand, and touched
her cold forehead with his other
hand. -.'Tell' Anne anything you
want me to do," he said.
1 Her pressure on his hand tight
ened for a moment, and-then re
laxed. Tll'be around," he said.
1 She nodded. . , ...
Hp stood motionless beside her
for a little while, and then .touched
her ". forehead 'again, and went
silently out 'of the room. '
Mitchell Grace came out of the
library on an errand, and through
the doorway as it opened Lieu
tenant Thatcher saw Henry Pren
tiss. He beckoned, . and '. shook
hands when Prentiss went in, but
did not speak. The photographers,
done with their job, were packing
their equipment The fingerprint
people were dealing with their last
tall-end of duties. The body of
Colonel Merri wether had not been
moved. He was calm and precise,
even in his final scene. His hair
was still carefully brushed, and
his eyes were closed. His white,
delicate hands reposed on the
table, and the left one was only
an inch or two from the pistol
which had killed . him. That
weapon had been worked upon by
the fingerprint men, and then re
placed exactly as It had been be
fore. It was new, and shiny, and
of an ordinary American manu
facture. ,
."The guy left a perfect set on
the gun,", one of the fingerprint
men said. "No gloves, not a blur,
and no wiping."
Lieutenant Thatcher nodded. He
leaned forward and picked up the
sheet of paper which Vaughan
Dunbar had placed so ostenta
tiously before his victim. It was
a plain, white rectangle, and in
Its center there was neat typing:
AVE ATQUE VALE .,
Do hot grieve for the destruc
tion of this monster. Cynthia '
has least cause of all for grief,
though by the nature of things
I cannot tell her why for that
might do her an injury.
I have stalked him, year by
year, waiting for this one mo
ment. There is no need to say
here, now, why I have done this.
He cruelly killed two people
who were of great importance -to
me. When he did that, his
end was written.
Though I know it is useless,'
I beg you not to spend public
money and the tame of valuable
men in the hunt for me., It will
be completely futile." - .
VAUGHAN DUNBAR.
. .-
HENRY PRENTISS said, ,"H-m-m-m.
So that's it."
'Lieutenant Thatcher said, "At
(east Ave don't have to hunt around
for motive. But we'll pick him
tip. He hasn't got a chance."
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COtVBIOHT. Itil.
NEA SERVICE, INC .
city detective at Vaughan Dun
bar's hotel. .
"He left in the forenoon," the
detective said, "and he hasn't been
back. A suitcase full of things is
in his room, all packed, and some j
coats in a closet. Everything seems
orderly." j
Take prints, if you please." j
Lieutenant Thatcher said. "And ;
if it's all right with you people, .
I would like to come in Inter and j
go over the stuff. Of course, I'm
out of my jurisdiction there but '
if you people don't mind " .j
Nobody would mind, nnturally.
"And you'll keep men there, in
case he does show up? Good. And
check on his garage, and nil his
telephone calls. Can you do that?" ;
"We'll give it the whole rou- i
tine."
"Thank you." I
By midnight, the fact was dls- j
eoncertingly apparent that Vaugh- j
an Dunbar was eluding the chase, j
He had slipped through the net- '
work of hundreds of men in uni- ,
form and out of it, or he had j
hidden himself somewhere within 1
the 1200 square miles of Long I
Island somewhere between the i
S4th street cross town tunnel and j
Montauk Point.
By midnlKht, likewise, the men
who sat in the bar at Stone House ;
were weary of talk, of specula- j
tion and conjecture. They finished j
the- sandwiches which had been
brought to them.
Dr. Fleming said that his wire 1
would stay the night, and that he
would like for Anne West to re- j
main, too. Himself, he had one j
or two hospital calls to make, and :
THIS "CURIOUS WORLD
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THAT HANfe IN THE OLD
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camp.
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53 Roman date.
57 Lands.
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lurthermore he needed eIeep.""M!Y
chell Grace could reach him if
there were need. In any event,
he would return to Stone House
early next morning.
Colonel Merriwcther's body had
been removed by men from the
medical examiner's office. Fred
West and Henry Prentiss went
home. And Lieutenant Thatcher
went to New York.
(To Be ContlnnedV
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goddess.
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45 Reckless..
46 Solar disk
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(abbr.).
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particle.
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