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TH3 EUFLDf TIMES. ' ' I t '., KENANSVILLE, NOUTH CAROLINA A :" CHAPTER X Continued She looked at Bart at though lie would confirm ber word; but. Bart was watching Will The sheriff leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Bat Just the same," be urged, "she wouldn't think that up, about Will hitting ber . , and knocking her off the ledge, on less someone, AVftl or someone else, did bit ber I"; Be looked at If arm Pierce,- "Mis' Pierce,, he asked In a low tone, fwaVt there a place on ber face like she'd been bltr r ? .: "Like ; she'd bit. a tree, i or i stone, when she fell, yes" said the old, woman, grudgingly. ."But no . man alive could bit that hjtrdl". Be nodded. "Seemed to me I re membered your saying that," lie agreed. "Saying her face' was-? banged Up!" He looked troubled; and then he stood op and turned to Will. ' ,t ' . : "Will," he said gravely,- "My Job Is Just to; do the best I know." He hesitated,' and . silence waited on . blm.' "The law Is that If a person ;'. is dying, and says something, you've . got to take It for true, less'n there's proof to the contrary. -That's one thing 1 Then If Huldy did hare a ' banged place on her face, It's likely someone did hit her I And you was " down, to the ledge, looking for her, by your own tell." v He added, In an apologetic tone "S'posff yon did find her down there, ' and she started talking about Jen nyt I guess It she got you mad enough, yon might' hit her, Will. Same aa any man." -Will answered blm. "I didn't, Sheriff." he said. . ' t flcbler ,v was uncomfortable. ' "I don't , know'a yon did. Will," b ; agreed. "But I've got to go on her eay-so; I'll take It as a faW If you was to come along back to East , Harbor With me. .,;;., Jenny - felt her spine cold with (Van but Will's eyes were firm, He said at last i "I can see how -yo're placed, J Sheriff. Only not knowing where Zeke Is, or whether - he'll come home or not, I'd have to get someone to do my cbores for me I Bart cried: '""Don't worry about that; Willi I'll tend to things. If the sheriff's so blamed dumb if But Jenny, coming close to Will, ' saldu "If you go. Will, I'm going " toor I'm not ever going to leave yon bow 1" "-: 'i. if:'S':':r v . Then Mar m' Pierce spoke, In her shrill tones, still angrily. "I de- clare," she exclaimed, and stamped her foot "For fools, give me men i," every time! If yon ask me, Hnldy's t better-dead, and everybody else Is better off with , her dead, too. No sense In making inch a fuss about If But Win didn't kill her!" . ' 7 - iThen who did, ma'am?" the sher 'ff asked, reasonably.- ' .' ' v: i "Why, I'll tell you," said the old woman. If yo're too blind to seel" . CHAPTER XI JIM SALADINE was a man of wit . and sense and he was quicker than most J men at reading1 the riddles life may .day, ;. by flay -pre-- - sent Bnt all this day, he had been ' deeply at a loss.: : HO was Strang . er to these folk, and they to him; and for any appraisal of their char acters and their capacities for good or evil, he had to depend upon what his eves could see, or upon what . this one said of that one. Huldy be bad seen, alive, beauti ful, seductive; Will he had seen and liked : ; Bart ;. he : had . time to weigh and to appraise; and had . found that' young" man bold "and . headlong, yet well enougn t Zeke he had glimpsed briefly, and held In pity, tboagh he had not been blind to the dangerous passion in the man, But Saladlne, even while he fr o?;nlzed hjs own limitations, recog nized also thatbere were forces in r lav which could not easily be cal culated. -Such a woman a Huldy Ferrin bad emanations which must i oct the lives, the very souls, of l those about her.- Even. Jim nim- ; f and he was not a susceptible r had after leaving her known vughe uneasiness, a nervous sense . f being spied On, of being trauea r h the sodden WOoo. :e:i 1 he recognized the. fact that j i ts08e few momenta ah could ), him so. then she must In men have set up conflicting ii ts capable It , once released ' t-rir, violence. w iV?v,;r s, he thought, sort of pa- a was vicious, beyond count ; re were not the marks ol a her, but rather of abound- f.' fl deen undisciplined vl- line: could everf pity r 'vl a fid.' driven by r-i (1 h f But Saladlne, though he might be a mystic, was a. reallat, too; and- here had been murder done. The woman who, by the powerful spell ber presence cast,, had wrecked aiai distorted other lives had worked ber own destruction In the end.' Yet through what human means? Through Will,- the husband she so bitterly bad wronged? Or through Zeke, reduced from. strong laugh ing manhood to a weary and tor mented ember? Or through old Win Haven whom she had flouted? Or through Bart Carey here,. who bad hated her for ber betrayal of bis friend? Or through some casual passer-by? i . - It seemed to him not Impossible that, some stranger ' was involved. Bis own., experience with Huldy helped his acceptance of this : hy pothesis as a possibility. She. had sought to detain blm, on that bid den ledge above the Valley ;he had escaped- by a sort of flight, : as though, he broke away from an actual physical restraint Such wo men as Huldy must provoke In some men a sort of violent repulsion and Saladlne recognized this feel tng in himself. If she had, for In stance, tried by physical means to prevent his departure, bad clutched bis arm with her small-bands, he could imagine himself flinging her with a violent and ahudderlng dis taste backward and away. .Thus cast asides, she might easily enough have tripped, or stumbled, and tottered off. the ledge. He thought grimly that he himself, as well as any other man, might thns have hurled her to death today. y , On Marm's Pierce's promise, si lence for a moment held them ; and tbe-old woman said briskly: "If s "You Mean This Man Right Here?" cooled off In here by this time. Will, chunk op the fire: Bart shut that shed doorl" ; ' And she sat down, calmly, as though at ease. The sheriff seemed to gather bis wits together grop ingly.'. : "What are you getting at ma'am?" he asked MarnTPlerce. "If Will didn't do it who did? Zeke? ' "No, no. casually. . Bart here!" she said ; Her ' astonishing words had no particular Impact It seemed to Sala dlne. They had no reality. It was obviously Impossible that she could thus calmly accuse Bart of mur der.' She could not mean what she seemed to mean. ; Be looked Bart and there was , no suggestion of dismay in the other's counte nance. '. Carey was, naturally, star tled' he was also, Saladlne thought a little amused, and hot In the least resentful.' , . . , : Jenny yonder' : was watching' her orandmother with a bewildered in tensity: and ' Will watched Bart, frowning; puztljngj and the sheriff sat down again,; wearily,, and he looked- up over ' his shoulder Bart, in dazed way; and then he looked at Mann Pierce. Ton mean this man right here?" be protested, - and indicated Bart with a backward-pointing thumb, "I aald so, plain enough, didn't I?" ' she demanded tartly. . Bart -bad,, Saladlne remembered with a certain relevancy, a gun on bis - hip. ; ' That ; was ' an efficient weapon; and if the man himself spoke truth, .he could use it well enough, i But Saladlne, at his own thought shook his head, in grjm amusement This - was rony, -1 course. The old, woman must be little . mad I Certainly Bart v apr peared not . to resent ber accusa tion In the lease And It was obvious that none of the others took Marm Tierce sor usly. The klierlff said , almost im patiently: s But . ma'am,- that don't make sense 1 1 guess If you really thought Carey done it you wouldn't say so to his face." He added: "And If he done It, he wouldn't stand here calm, it don't sound' reason able, ma'am," be prged. - ' V Will asked, hoarsely, from be yond the stove : "Bart, did you?" Bart shook his bead. "No, Will," he said. .. , . , VI know yon and Huldy never did get along," Will confessed. "But guess son wouldn't ao to kill ber. Bart.'' - 1 Bart. ' spoke straightforwardly. "That's right Will,' he assented. He shifted his position,' stood more erectly. "Sheriff," he said, "I nev- bad much: dealings with the law."- He grinned. - "But if yo're fixing to lay this on me, yon bet ter take my gun first I ah'd think I" But Sohler shook his head. , . rj don't know a thing about guns, Bart" he admitted. , fNevet tar ried one My own self. Wouldn't know what to do with It If I did." Marin Pierce sniffed scornfully. A fine sheriff, you be!" she ex claimed. . . - Bart grinned. "Well, It ain't fit- ten for me to have a gun on me,' be said,? with a sort of Impish amusement Jn his eyes, "if I'm np for murder" and alll',?rr;.:; He laid the revolver on the table by the lamp; and he looked at Marm Pierce. "Now you go ahead with your rat killing. Granny," he bade her amiably. ; "I've said all Tve got to say; the old woman- retorted.. But the sheriff was . troubled. "Ton 'can't go and say a thing like that if yon don't aim to back It up, ma'am," he protested. She tossed her vhead; but Bart suggested: :v?-. Yon -can't blame her, Sheriff, Ton had your mind all made np it was Will, but Granny wouldn't stand for blaming Will, feeling the way she does.about him and Jenny. She'd do anything, or say anything at all, to stop yon r Saladlne thought this explanation was in fact plausible enough; bnt Marm Pierce appeared to resent it Her black eyes were bright "Ton, Bart!" she'crled, "If yon don't 'shut up, I'll ask you some questions you'll find hard answer ing!" . : Bart said agreeably: "Why cer tain, Granny I , Fire, away! Ask whatever yo're a mind !" "AU right I will," she decided positively; and she seemed to lean back in her cbalr, to relax at ease. "Not that it's my business," she confessed. "And If it comes down to that not that I think Huldy'i any great loss I Will, don't you glare at met Bnt you, Bart, tell me this. My brother Win was over to your; house -last night and this morning?" . "I've told yon so,i a dozen times, Bart reminded her, his eyes twin kling. "Guess you had a drink with him, didn't you?" she challenged. 1 "Last night and like as not this morning, too?" ,r,- "I aim to be sociable," Bart con fessed, with a dry amusement In his tones at her Insistent catechism. "Drunk when you istarted fish ing, was yon?" "Shucks, not I'd had a couplet" "When did yon first get the Idee or going nsningr- "Why, yesfday," Bart decided. "The ground was too wet for plow ing,, after .the rain. I hadn't noth ing much to do-only the chores; so I dug me some worms, but before could get started, Win come along, so I didn't go till today." She eyed him .narrowly. "Ton start out this morning before he left?" . "No. Pretty soon after.? ., She said sharply: "Then yon got started by ten o'clock or so and It must , have been close on to noon when somebody knocked Huldy off the ledge. Didn't take you all that time to fish down that far, did It?" "I'd fished way down brook be low there," Bart declared; "I was on my way back when I heard Huldy Screech!" , ' "Catch any-fish?" she demanded, He shook his head. "Never bite." "" .' Saladlne said mildly: "They took hold for me." Bart retorted, In perfect good hu mor:; "Ton was ahead of me." And Saladlne perceived the- justice of this; but Marm Pierce cried:' ' "How come you know he . was ahead of you? Didn't see film, did jour ' -V '.., "No," Bart explained. "But I see his tracks.-and Win's, In the tralL She objected quickly : "Win told the sheriff he didn't go down brook Bart chuckled; "Win wouldn'i know, where, be went about that time,, he assured her.- "Win was stepping high. He was right back -on his beels.? M1? '?v vv; '. -';.; A V. Marm Pierce; nodded, as though accepting Bart's explanation.' : A11 rtght"f she snld. ' ""jlm Saladlne here didn't set started down brook from your place, till close on to ten o'clock, fie way I figure ; and Win was ' gone before that and you come after. Say quarter-past ten. Ion fished down brook, and didn't get a bite, and decided It was go ing to rain, and started back up brook again. , That so?" "Surel" ''S;i:,!.''i::'?',;'i;'-,;'-.''jA'-: "Till you 'come along under the I6dge back of Will's farm and heard Ilukly. yell, and the thump when s'ie hit?" . ".' . ,1 Bart ' nodded, soberly enough. ' les, Granny." " ' s ' "So you. climbed np and. found ber?" - ( '' "Yes- " . "How was she laying?" - i ,'- Bart looked at Will doubtfoBy, ai though he 'might have wished to spare Huldy's husband this recital; but he answered : - . - She was li, ing. on her back, ma'am. She'd come down on some rocks: kind of across a big one I can show yon In the morning, right where she was." j , "Her clothes get tore when she fell, did they? Have to nx her np any?" t "Notv that I noticed," he repued. No, I didn't touch her. Just lugged ber over Jbere." , The old woman , sat primly, her hands clasped' In her lap, watching him with keen black eyes. The lamplight touched her -white hair pleasantly. '. She wore, Saladlne thought, a sort of majesty; dignity was in her; a-remote deep wisdom beyond ordinary minds... Old women know so -many things. fit rained," she said. "Plenty," he agreed; and he add ed: 'When I set out to fetch Will, after;- J ,went by my , house and changed. : Then- when I didn't find Will I come back past the ledge and picked np .my gear, and come en, hei:ix:' Marin- Pierce nodded; and she shifted her position In the chair. There was 'something In her move ment which suggested that one part of the scene was finished, that a new episode ,was about to begin. She looked at the sheriff, and at Will; and It was to Will she spoke at last. "Will,"' she said, ,1 never see much of Huldy; but I've heard folks tell that she'd wear a rope tied around her waist the same as to day like a sash. - Her tone was a question, and he nodded. "She'd wear a piece of clothesline like that, right along, be agreed ; and after, a moment be said, something wistful in his tones "I mind she always tied it in a granny knot I showed her how to tie it right times enough. I used to Joke her about It when first we was married, and we'd laugh; but later, I guess she stuck to ber own way Just to plague me I" Saladlne remembered that granny knot so vividly, "Tie It tight did she?" Marm Pierce suggested.; - No," Will decided. "It was al ways loose, kind ot" . The old woman seemed suddenly taller. "When Bart got her here today," she said clearly, "that rope was' tied In a square knot and tied tight!" She looked at Bart "And tbere was blood smeared on the rope by the knot and In the knot! But the only blood on Huldy was on the back of ber neck, and down her shoulders. If she was laying on her back when you found her, Bart with the knot In front, how come the blood to be on that rope? It looked to me like some one with bloody hands had tied It!" Bart quite undisturbed, seemed to remember, "I mind, now," be said, ''the rope was dragging. Likely it had come untied when she fell I tripped on It carrying her over here. Fell right down and busted my hand on a rock. So I tied it around her. Chance is my hands was covered with blood by then." She asked implacably:, "If you laid ber down, how come the front of your overalls didn't get wet? Seems like they would have; but when you got here, they was all dry across the front of you, where you'd held her up against you." . He said readily: "I'd have to lean down over her to tie that rope. The rain woujd hit on my back!" Marm pierce sniffed. "Maybe so," she said, and looked at him steadily. "Xou say you see Win's tracks, down brook? Sure It wa'n't Saladlne's tracks you see?" He shook his head. "No, there was two sets. Boots and shoes." She nodded as though In assent "That's right," she agreed, in a contented tone. "That's all the tracks I found 1" Saladlne felt something within him quicken to attention; then she looked at him as though for con firmation. ,"Tou mind," she said, "when I went out to get some air, and left' you and Bart In the kitchen here?", He did remember. "Well I went up' the brook path a ways,"' she explained.'' "There was two sets of tracks) plain enough." She looked at Bart harshly. "But I dldnt find your tracks, . anywhere," she declared,- her , voice ringing. "How come your tracks didn't show if you come down the trail?" .Bart chuckled. "Why, Granny, yo're a regular bloodhound, ain't you?" he drawled In deep amuse ment - "Nosing through the woods in all that rain I ' What started you scouting around, anyhow?" v "I begun to figure on things, just as soon as I see yon Was lyingt she assured him calmly. . The man's -color heightened: aa though he began at last to feel a certain irritation at her, insistence. "That's a, hard word, even from yon, Granny?" he protested. "I wouldn't take It from a man." (TO BE CONTINUED) t '4 , ; -;, , ; , . ,, 4" Heat at the Equator . Mention the equator, and one Of the first things we think of Is heat yet Atlantic Olty,, Portland,' Me. Denver and Los Angeles have high er summer temperatures than Hon olulu, which ; ts only- 21 degrees1 north Of the eQuatoy,'-;Jli f;,y Tliinlicate 'Campus Swank Via Knittxlej By CHERIE As to the college girl who is f- assembling ber go-away-to-school wardrobe there Is no more direct road to take to arrive at campus swank than via the knitted way. The new knits are In a riotous color mood. Their bright and band some hues are as richly colorful and fascinating as the autumnal background against which they are silhouetted. Then, too, pronounced patternings In a bewildering array of checks, plaids and stripes ani mate the scene In striking display. As to the styling of the new knit ted costumes, designers are doing it with Incomparable chic and charm. See the three modes Illus trated and be convinced. There Is no doubt about the at mosphere of unusual, outstanding and undeniable style that sur rounds this trio of chic autumn knits. Consider the sprltely checked three-piece suit pictured to the right In the group. It Is a stunning affair. It Is the sort that Is des tined to prove the college girl's de light For that matter every wom an will realize In this model her dream comes true as to the type of fall costume she has been vlsionlng for about-town wear. Just the thing for motoring and traveling. This entire ensemble Is carried out In a hairy soft yarn In a close jacquard knit For the knitted suit the latest Is a luxurious three-quarter swagger coat such as styles this outfit A sensible and graceful mode this, since It enables the wearing of this three-piece until well Into the winter season. We see also In this model a fetching ex ample of the plaid-with-plaln vogue SUEDE SUITS By CHERIE NICHOLAS . Here's a newcomer the suede suit. They are stepping out this fall ln the most fascinating colors fanty can picture. To attract the more, they are 'made of suede as softi and supple aa fabric and as delightfully wearable, being com fortably and pleasingly light-weight In the mode) pictured the skirt has interesting panel inlays and three buttons which ; unfasten ; to allow' freedom of action, ' Roomy pockets, wide revers and a ne finesse In tailored detail give distinction,;;; 1 f ) I I- i oLL oc f rv v r i vy i ,. . - T' of Previous Image NICHOLAS ' . FOR thrills that set your blood tingling to your very fingertips, for enthusiasm that goes skyrocketing to the heights, see the new fall knitted fashions. They are simply grand ! Never has a more fascinating chapter been written in knitwear style history. which Is being so widely exploited. Typical of the many chenilles for spectator sports that are seen wher ever women of fashion gather, is the ravishing three-piece suit centered In the picture. Both skirt and blouse are plain, providing a perfect foil for the colorful striped Jacket. Peeping out at the top Is the Jaunty blouse, tie knitted In a wide drop stitch. The frog fasten ing Identifies this model as a last minute creation In that the very newest fashions have these military looking accents. It Is also worth while noting that the skirt Is fin ished with a selvage hemline which prevents It from sagging. A pert knitted bat with brim smartly angled at one side completes the ensemble. What could be more unmistakably style-convincing than the tailored knit Jacket to the left? The double breasted Jacket is cut according to best masculine tradition with wide lapels and straight neat fitting sleeves. Across the back Is a yoke from which emerges a vogulsh shirred fullness. A hairy yarn is used for the plaid knit coat as compared to a smooth soft zephyr for both skirt and blouse. The latter sports a crew neck and an Initialed pocket. This clever tailleur Is knitted in stunning color com binations. A most Important style point to remember In selecting your fall knit outfit Is that soft zephyrs closely knit and worked into figure-clinging "lines" are the new order of the day. Western Newspaper Union. MILLINERS SHOW NEW USE OF VEILS Milliners have taken liberties with the classic lines of hats this season with the result that some interesting and amusing new fea tures have appeared. An entirely new use of veils has been shown and, by the way, veils have been getting coarser and coarser until they somewhat resemble fish nets. A little sailor Is shown in white grosgraln which has been stiffened to give shape to the brim, which stands out at the sides and tilts slightly over the forehead. A coarse veil of black silk Is attached at the center of the crown and falls In back somewhat In the manner of I bride's veil. Another in coarse straw Is shaped like a Mexican sombrero with an upturned brim all the way around. A fish net veil extends over the crown to the edge of the brim where it is dotted with small pom pons. Dramatic Berets Show Up on Autumn Fashion Scene Those big berets of velvet or plinnt felt, made In thrilling rich dark colors came onto the fall style scene early, but they will be still In good order when we get into our first warmish tweeds and flannels. 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