with her sister. The temporary separation came, probably, as a great
relief to both of them."

"I see," Bristow said. "Naturally, when, on top of all that, the money
began to fly and the jewels went into pawn, he came to the end of his
rope--determined to put a stop to the thing."

"Probably," said Braceway, looking at his watch. "But how about our
little job--getting the description of the jewelry and having Greenleaf
wire it out? I'll go down to Number Five and get it from Withers and his
father-in-law."

"You don't mind seeing Miss Fulton?" Bristow asked interestedly.

"Oh, no," he answered, embarrassment again in his manner. "But I don't
feel like cross-questioning her. You can understand that. You'll have to
take on that end, really."

Bristow thought: "He's still in love with her. I was right about her.
There's a lot to her if she can hold a live wire like this." Aloud he
said:

"All right. You get the list. In the meantime, I'll telephone Greenleaf
to tell Morley he can go to Washington tomorrow if he wants to--but not
today."

"Why not today?"

"Because there are some things here you and I had better go over, and I
think we'd do well to follow Morley, don't you? That is, if we want to
get the goods on him without fail."

"Now that I think of it, yes. Perhaps, both of us needn't go, but one
will have to."

He went down the steps, saying Withers had by this time arrived at No. 5
and would be waiting there with Mr. Fulton. Both the father and the
husband would accompany the body of Mrs. Withers to Atlanta on the four
o'clock train that afternoon.

Bristow, having caught Greenleaf by telephone at the inquest, gave him
their decision about Morley's departure the next day, and announced that
he and Braceway would like him to send out by wire the description of the
Withers jewels. To both of these propositions Greenleaf agreed. Bristow
returned to his porch.

"So," he thought, "it's got to be Morley or the negro."

And yet, he decided, in spite of the theorizing he and Braceway had
indulged in, there was small chance now of fixing the crime definitely on
Morley. He had none of the jewelry, apparently. The police had searched
his baggage and his room at the hotel, without success. Indubitably, it
would be more likely that a jury would convict Perry. All the direct
evidence was against the negro.

Bristow did not deceive himself. It would be a great satisfaction and a
morsel to his vanity to prove the