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his blo.d, he employed rough mathematics to estimate the bul- let's course and was ableio deduce that the sniper had fired from B slope opposite Fueebooteris Hall and slightly to the left of his window. Lips set, he arranged a small pic- ture over the bullet hole and des- cended into the gardens perfumed i ass. As he searched, he tho ht of Barney.

A case, Barney Grafton, for

all his bluff heartines. else how could he appear smiling among his guests with so crushing a burden on his conscience? In _all probabil- ity he was sleeping quite soundly- .in the fashion of tnily ruthless men. Odd, though, how found he was oi Gail and little Peter, his step-son. Bending low, Allenb commenced to search the groun and before long found the pla;e from whence the shot had been fired.

Concealed under the lower leaves ¢of a. morning gio vine climbing the trunk of a iide w in a riot of blue tones. he iscovered a small brass cylinder-that of a .22 magnum rifle.

As if to mark the snipers am- bush beyond question an African .daisy lay clearl outlined against an outcrop and fresh after the ‘cool oi’ the night. No others grew ‘near. Very carefully Roger Allenby picked up the blossom, -

Grim satisfaction filled him. Qerhaps this case wasn't going to be so tough! All that remained was to find out who owned the rifle and then ask Grafton to ex-plaha

udy's curt message on the cards.

ad Creepyis weapon been high- bowered or had it not? with this

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against the wash basin. c wash basi won"

n - ' "Looks like it." Ward- syn’: thized. "Most bathroom are reg:- lnr mantraps. Fellow I knew in China was a pilot in ‘ knocked off eleven Iiochea and one bright day he slipper: like you must have-broke his neck in a flash."

“What kind of a break WM it?" "Oh, a simple frac urc of the At- las vertebra." "sounds very unpleasanitlsflraf- tonnu '2"

yet .

gm is, 1 haven't heard a peep out oi’ him." Ward stepped coser and inquired in an undertone, ywim do you make oi Terry ta"ne:;?"

“Don't know." Allenbv was de- ceptively lncurlous. "What do you mean?"

“He's supposed to figure in our deal in a small way-but even so I don't want anyone around who isn't on the level." Ward paused, frowning on the amber shower- baih of sunlight beating in from a nearby window. ‘I saw him come in last night pretty late."

"Did you?"

"Yes. He'd been talking and quarreling with Barbara, his sister, where I couldn't help hearing them. Souded as if the row was over money."

‘Then Terry isn't as well off as his sister?"

Ward's teeth giistened to his rather boyish smi‘e. “Not by a long shot! The James’ inherited plenty of blue blood, but very few yel- low dollars. Barabara got her money through Winslow. her first husband. He was killed in an tuto smash Just a little while after Peter was born- so Barney tells me. Remarkable woman, Barbara,"

‘Ii mind he sought the rear of

Ioebootec-‘s Hall. Bu! a Negro - was humming loftly _e weeded the kitchen garden.

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“l. was locking icr Gum!" Al- ltiby said. “Dunno vherc he h. It. He might down by d.- boathouse. Dati vhen he lives."

"Pretty good, dr. Knocked 0d‘! three of de ugly pes . He‘: mighty fxilruiflshot, is Creepy. t's de Indian

m.

“Where was he shooting?"

“Right over dcre. air." The ar- dener indicated with a spatu ate fore-finger. “Youndcr, by de hen house by dc ol' slave quarters Beret; a whole lot or holes ‘round

dere.

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n u u mark the lhlpcfl ambush, there u, an African daisy

Ward mused, peering out on the

placid waters of Cutie Hlllfiollr- "Bhek one oi those Dflople who are so goodygood that it hurts. Means all right, like the kid who loaded his father's gun on the Q. T. I say, have you noticed the cold shoulder she's got for the young bbons?"

"Why, you," Ailcnby admithd. ' at booms to be the trouble?"

"I can tell you," the other said with sudden bttemeas in his tone. "She doesn't want a plain, self- made men in the family --only Oodflsh aristocracy. Just because young Gibbons has come up from scratch, she —we1l-ahe can't ace him for dust. I'm crazy over Gall myself," he admitted in a sudden burst of confidence, “but I wouldn't. mind losing out to a real guy like mung Gibbons. I know what it is

start from nothing and

world in the pants until it gives you what you want."

"How dos Gail ieel about it?"

“She's a queer kid; doesn't open up much-at least not to me," Ward confessed. "Take a look at that

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‘Hi, time. Buckl’! Prom the top obthc stepgGail waved them a gay greeting. "Oomc in and have ‘some greasllcjiast. We'll“, lotl the

owpo ea ow u as e pease." When Alienby stag d 1):’! shedpalcd and her tou a. little cedarwood the throat of her dress. "Oh, Ma-

to go so deathly white over a patch of court-plaster? An impression- able girl might, but still-

In the distance a motorboats ex- haust was muttering louder and louder. Frowning, Allenb lanced at his watch. Gould this nspec- tor Boyd already? It was only half- past eight.

Gall. following his look, smiled. "Oh, that'll be Creepy bringing over the mail. He didn't go over last night. The Dart needed over-

hauling."

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ma had brought in a lle oi mail and then retreated. Alenby got a bad jolt. There serenely reposing amongst a moud of letters lay a small package.

In open-mouth astonishment he gaped, then, on l that the package bore local c the elaborate structure his imagoinatlon hadrearedcrashed downs. uthia ears. Almost savagely he pocketed the little parcel ere he went in to breakfast and endured as best he might the curiosity and sympathy oi his fellow guests.

Oora Sue alone remained undia- hirbed. “Oh, Ma or, u lock like ar romance. That bandage gives just the r ht touch." Bhc lea far over e table. "You don need a nurse, do

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