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"Be careful when you meet him, Jim," I warned. "He'll go to the limit, you know, to save himself." "He's all front, Bupps; just like Zalnitch. I'll give him three days to straighten out his affairs and get away. If he hasn't left by then, I'll put all the evidence I have into the hands of the Capitol Loan and Trust." "Are you going to tell Helen about this?" I asked. Jim pondered a moment.
"And Helen stay with me," he repeated calmly. "Of her own free will?" "Of her own free will," he answered. "I should say that the events of the day had addled your brain and that you are a damned inconsiderate brother-in-law to try to make a fool of me." "I mean it, Bupps," he said quietly. "What do you mean?" I demanded. "That everything will come out all right," he smiled. "But how, man?"
Mary dabbled with hers a bit and then said: "Bupps, hadn't I better get out of town?" "No," I replied. "They'd be sure to find you, and when you gave your testimony, it would hurt Helen just that much more." "But I can't stand up before them and tell what I heard. I'll lie first." Her lovely little face clouded up as though she were going to cry. "You'll do nothing of the kind!" I insisted.
"I did think so, but I have changed my mind since this morning. I suppose it was just his grief that made him act so queerly." "He does love Helen, Bupps," Mary murmured. "Helen got quite confidential while she was staying with me, and the things she told me about Woods made me see he was really in love with her."
"Frankly, I didn't know what I was doing, or I would never have had the nerve," I laughed. "But, lord! I feel sorry for Jim." Mary's face clouded over. "So do I, Bupps, but any one could have seen it coming. Jim was too good to her. As much as I like Helen, I will say that the only kind of husband she deserves is a brute who would beat her. That's the only kind she can love.
Jim sank on a bench and turned a face to me that had grown utterly haggard. "It's true, Bupps! I found this on the table when I went home to lunch." He held out a crumpled note written in Helen's rather mannish back-hand. "Jim, "It is now ten-thirty. Frank is coming for me at eleven.
"We know Helen didn't do it. Don't we?" "Ye-es." Her tone was not convincing. "Well, then, whatever we say can't hurt her. And we're bound to find out who the guilty persons are." "But, Bupps, who could it have been?" she asked anxiously. "I still think it was Zalnitch and the men who were with him, but it might have been Woods. I'm going to find out everything he did last night.
I told her of my find of the morning, and watched her eyes widen with joy and surprise. "So, while we haven't found out yet who murdered Jim, we know that Helen had no part in it." Mary was thinking hard about something, but she recalled herself quickly, and said: "Oh! It's wonderful, Bupps, simply wonderful!" "I'm going out to the Blandesville bridge to do a little sleuthing on my own hook.
Once when I was coming up the corridor with a large bunch of flowers, I met her outside Helen's door. As she took the blooms from me, she reached up and patted my cheek. "Bupps, you're a darling to bring these lovely flowers to Helen every day. I think you're quite the nicest brother a girl could have." "If you think that, why won't you have me?" I asked.
For a moment she stood gazing down on the crowded square below, then suddenly turned and half sobbed: "Bupps, I can't stand it! I may say something that will hurt Helen." Great sobs shook her slender body. I went over and clumsily tried to comfort her. "Mary, dear, Helen didn't do it. When she is well enough, we'll be able to find out all about it.
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