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CHAPTER XII
"Well? She's not your squaw, is
she?" continued the Commissioner.
"She promise to marry on me. She
work for Meester Hale. She say she
lak dark mans no more, she lak gol'
hair."
"Where were you yesterday?"
"In mornin' cleanin' out hangar."
"Did that take all day?"
"No sirree. Word come dat chief
marry. Mees Samp seesters, they
sen" me to woods. I cut every
t'ing green. Bring to H house and
put 'em round room."
"Yourself?"
"Mecs Hale come an' Meester
Chester. Bruder, seester, dey work
togeddcr, odor mens Uniic isi."
"Were Mrs. Hale and Chester in
the H house all the time you were?"
"No sirree. Meester Chester go
first. Say to her, 'You feenish.' She
sen' me for more green. Wen I
come back ? she gonr too."
"Gone, had she? Where were you
last night?"
"Squaw-dance."
"Was your girl friend" ? he
amended ? "was Tatima, this girl
you expect to marry, with you?"
"No. She stay at Waffle Shop for
beeg marriage party there." He
qualified, "She come to dance late,
stay long night through."
The Indian girl was called next.
Tatima swaggered in. head back.
Her face had the curious color dark
skin has when drained of blood.
"Have a good time at the Indian
dance last night':"
Tatima straightened. "Who, me?
Me go to Indian dance?" Her con
tempt was superb. "I stay at Waf
fle Shop all night, help Mees Samp
seesters clear up after marriage
party."
? ? ?
The Commissioner grinr.ed at Ka
dyama.
"Sit down."
Tatima favored him with a dis
dainful glance. "Who, me? I stan'
up."
"Suit yourself. You work for Mr.
Hale?"
"Who, me? I work for Mecs Samp
seesters."
"What do you do there?"
"Wait on table. Wash decshes,
sweep, do much t'ings. Work hard."
"Yet, you had time to take care
of Mr. Hale's caoin?"
She tnssed her head, set her lips
in a heavy red line of defiance.
Harcourt commanded:
"Answer the Commissioner's ques
tions, Tatima. We all know that
you worked for Mr. Hale. Tell the
truth."
She regarded him from under low
ered lids. Hunched her fine shoul
ders.
"Who, me? Tell truth? You not
like it p'raps much as you t'ink. I
tell. I work for Meester Hale." A
spasm of feeling twisted her face.
She bit her lips. A drop of blood
stained her teeth as she went on.
"I tak' csrc of cabin v.-'ile Mees
Hale gone away."
"Been there since her return?"
"One tam, p'raps."
"Remember losing this?"
The Indian girl bent forward to
stare at his extended hand. In the
center lay a blue glass bead. She
clutched at the string about her
neck. Inscrutability veiled the fright
which had flamed in her eyes. She
drawled:
"Lose bead two days ago. Same
tam she there."
With a nod she indicated the girl
at the typewriter desk. Janice felt
the color mount to her hair as the
four men looked at her.
"You mean that young lady at the
desk?"
"Sure, I mean she. Meester Hale
he phone for her to come. Say he
have secret letter. First he send
Mees Hale to Waffle Shop. Mees
Trent come. He tell her letter. He
tell her she beautiful. After w'ile
he say, 'I kees yo' han's. I?' "
"Didn't like Hale to tell Miss
Trent that she was beautiful, did
you?"
"Who. me? I not care. He say
to her, 'You run away from marry
in'. Keen an' run kin'.' An' she say,
to keep to boes-ncss. He talk more,
much more. Then beads break. I
busy peeking them up. I hear no
more."
"Didn't hear Miss Trent's voice
again?"
"Ask much questions, don't you?
P'raps you t'ink Tatima some leetle
detccter. I hear her speak outside,
that all. She speak very mad to
Meester Jimmy Chester, 'fore he
come in."
"Chester! Did he come into the
cabin?"
"Sure, he come. He say very
loud, "Wat you mean sending for
Mees Trent, Joe? Try any funny
business an' I'll shoo!.' An' then
1 Mees Hale come in an' say, 'Wat
you doin' with that pistol, Jimmy'
j Joe's frightened!" An' then she
i laugheH an' laughed 'sthough she
I iidn'' k"-v what she doin', an' I
went to Wuflle Shop an' wash
deeshes."
"You didn't see Mr. Hale again
alive?"
"Who, me? I not see heem again,
never."
"That's all. You Triay go."
She swung out, head up, the Yaku
tat blanket trailing from one hand.
The Commissioner watched her till
the door closed. Made a note on
his pad.
"You take stenographic notes,
don't you, Grant? Take Miss Trent's
testimony."
He looked at Janice. "Sorry to
bring you into this, but I want to
hear about your visit to Hale's cab
in."
"Mr Hale Dhoned me to come
and take a letter from his dicta
tion. A codicil."
"Codicil! Did he sign it?"
"I don't know. I put it in shape
and sent two copies to him by one
of the men."
"Make a rough draft for me when
we get through this afternoon. While
you were at the Hale cabin, what
happened?"
"Tatima has given an exact ac
count."
"You met Chester as you went
out?"
"Yes."
"What did he say to you?"
"He asked what I was doing in
Hale's cabin."
"And you answered?"
"That it was none of his busi
ness. The suspicion in his voice
made me furious."
"Mm! All the next day you were
away from headquarters, I under
Tatima swaggered in.
stand. There was a party here in
the evening. Did you dance with
Chester?"
"Yes."
"Did he mention your meeting of
the day before?"
"Yes. He apologized for his man
ner and I explained why I answered
as I did."
"You parted good friends?"
"The best." Thank heaven that
was over! She had squeezed by
without telling what Jimmy had said
in reply.
"Was inai ai! that was saiil?"
Her assurance crashed. Good
grief! She wasn't under oath, she
hadn't sworn to tell the truth, the
whole truth. She would say nothing
which could incriminate nice Jimmy
Chester. She smiled engagingly at
the Commissioner.
"Anything more would have been
I anti-climax, wouldn't it?"
His smile was bland, too bland.
"You were in the H house when
Mrs. Hale came last night, weren't
you? Sorry to remind you of what
must have been a gruesome intru
sion on your happiness, but I want
to know what happened."
"We were sitting by the fire talk
ing when someone beat furiously at
the door. Mrs. Hale stumbled into
the room. She was breathless as
though she had been running. She
braced herself against the wall, tried
to speak. Mr. Harcourt said,
'Steady, Millicen'.. What has hap
pened?' Her ejes were wide with
horror as she called out, 'Joe's
dead! Shot!' She pitched forward to
: the floor."
"You can remember nothing more
that was said? See who's knocking,
; Grant."
Janice's eyes met Harcourt's. He
must be intensely relieved that she
hid been reprieved from answering
; tha' question. Tubby Grant opened
the door. Martha Samp stood on
the threshold. In one hand she hold
U ?. ox" Harc?urt rose.
... We..wer.e lo scnd 'or you later.
Miss Martha."
The woman's grim lips twisted in
" ?m!,e- "Which's Polite for s?yin'.
What you doin' here?' Mr Bruce.
I came to save you wastin' the gov
ernment's time." She stepped into
the center of the room. Her voich
quavered with excitement. "Found
the revolver that shot Joe Hale' I
Must be somewhere."
"Obviously." The Commissioner's
voice dripped sarcasm. Martha
bamp frowned at him.
?k .W.hat do you mean speakin" like
, ? . to me, to a woman old enough
y?UJ mothe^ I want you
should understand that the engi
'P'iP8"1? didn't leave tneir
manners behind in the States. You
T?iJen waf"es for your lunch. Mary
hJm.'T' # J"11'1 under anV oblign
? n?. Z; you an' your assist
ants while you re here on this case.
Ml" .y t0 be a smarty with me.
you II eat with the men or the Eski
mos, understand?"
Tubby Grant camouflaged an exu
J"""1 chuckle with a racking
cough. Dauntless Martha Samp bel
ligerently faced the Commissioner.
A smile tempered the amazement
faf? as he rose. He was de
cidedly attractive when he stepped
outside his official self, Janice de
ciaed.
"Miss Samp, if it's ? C2?? nt jov,
my waffles, love me, I'm eating out
o' your hand. I never tasted any
thing so good. Sit down. We'll lis
ten so long as you'll talk."
She sat down.
k nnlak" flive\ 1 sucss you don't
know what you re promising. I'm
quite a talker when I get goin'. How
ever, I haven't got so much to
say unless I get started on crime or
matrimony. Surprisin' how often
the" n ?"l T rclated- I've found
the pistol. From the box she cau
tiously extracted a revolver
wrapped in a soft white cloth. A
revolver with a gleaming mother
of-pearl butt.
The office whirled before Janice's
incredulous eyes. Bruce Harcourfs!
^ 1 tound it on the shore when the
tioe went uul," Martha continued.
When I heard about Mr. Hale, en'
there not being any weapon found.
I says to myself. 'First thing'll be
done will be to bxamine and check
e.T? Pisto1 at headquarters.
Tisn it likely though that whoever
did it will keep it by him, he'll get
than f h' Pl.SCe 1 know of better
than the shore. So every chance I
had I ran down to the shingle while
the tide was low. I had what you
call a hunch that it wouldn't be far
away, and it wasn't."
The Commissioner broke the re
r?i,Ter' ^ "?ne cartridge gone." He
replaced it on the table. 'Ever
SB"Yes gUn before' Miss Samp?"
"Where?"
It belonged to my nephew, Ar
ehip Harper."
"Who owned the revolver after
your nephew ? went?"
"Mr. Bruce."
"Did you know that it was miss
ing, Harcourt?"
nf hICh " Curtly Br"ce Harcourt told
of his discovery of the empty holster
on his wall, added that he had in
qun-ed among the engineers if any
m had borrowed it.
tDidn,t connect it with the
shooting, I suppose?"
"The shooting hadn't occurred at
the time I missed it."
The door swung slowly open. A
man with dazed eyes swavprf
the threshold. His face was bruised
his clothme torn. The Commission^
" d t , J)"11' 0Pen mouthed.
r Where did you come
from? Plane crack-up?"
=i,Iue ?wn S head ach'eved a wobbly
shake. Never got off. Fella grabbed
me as I was climbing into the cock
P lung me down with such
force that I was stunned. I heard
Thing3" ,hcn 1 didn>t kn*w "y
What did he look like?" The
Commissioner shook the dazed man
in his eagerness.
"Go easy, j fc? on tha{ grm
Couldn t tell what he looked like
goggles on. But when he grabbed
me I noticed a big black seal-ring
on his finger." 8
"Who ?ears a seal-rinc in tm.
outfit. Harcourt?" 8 th,s
??Mhest 1^' ,th<: sccond engineer."
"Yes " 13 Chcstcr's sister?"
Ill talk with her next. Is she
?? ?Twin0!. anyone' M'ss Martha'"
Twill do her good to rouse out
of her daze. If M s. Hale ,sn"t
roused I'm 'fraid she'll get lower n
lower in her mind. Twould be a
Rot a lot to live for."
? . . , .you mean, she's got a
lot to Jive for?" K a
"Joe Hale was a rich man. I've
hnfh' d,dn 1 nced to work
but he was crazy over bridge-build
(TO RE CONTINUED)
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The Covetous One
The covetous man is like 4
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