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On his return to McBride from investiga- tion in Prince George, Capt. Wheatley im- mediately contacted Const. Sam Service in regard to the recent developments. A search warrant for LaRue’s residence had been ob- tained and it was decided to pick him up for questioning. Francis LaRue was attending a Boxing Day dance that evening and while the C.N.R. investigators remained outside of the hall, Service stepped inside and waited for LaRue to dance past. He stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. “Td like to see you outside, LaRue.” “Sure, sure. In a minute,” said the Frenchman, whiling his pretty partner into the dance again. The next time he came by, Service laid a heavier hand on his shoulder. “T want you outside, LaRue—Now!” he said firmly. “Okay. I haven’t done anything,” LaRue cockily. “That's what I want to find out,” answered Service evenly. Taken to his residence in the company of Service and the C.N.R. investigators, LaRue was sure of himself. The search was rewarded with little evidence. Stuffed into the metal arm of his gramophone a roll of bills amounting to $80.00 was found, under the carpet a few personal letters without any bearing on the case, and on his person two copies of the coded messages sent by the investigators. Questioned as to the latter he was nonchalant. “Yeh. I guess I shouldn’t have them, but I was curious as to the jumbled up words and just wondered if I could decipher them.” : “That’s unusual, LaRue,” said Wheatley in quiet reprimand. “But as we have taken statements from the rest of the employees it will be necessary to have one from you. Perhaps the police station would be the best place.” “Okay with me,” agreed LaRue. Const. Service left a little ahead of the others, wearing a mysterious grin on his face. The weather was unbearably cold and a little extra heat in the police office would not go amiss. On his arrival he stoked the steam plant up to boiling point and awaited the arrival of the suspect and the investigators. Closeted in the overheated room with the investigators, LaRue was at first defiant. “T note here in the statement of your salary you don’t receive a very high figure,” said Wheatley. “What of it?” asked LaRue truculently. “You have been spending money pretty lavishly lately for a man on your salary— for instance the teddy bear you gave Miss Blain.” “T just got a legacy from my grand- mother,” lied LaRue suspiciously. Sweat from the overheated office was beginning to wilt his collar. “By the way, do you ever gamble on the wheat market?” asked Wheatley casually. said “No, I don’t. I got no money for that.” “Then can you explain the wires from Steadman Grain Company in Edmonton, saying they had bought you 3000 bushels of wheat?” LaRue’s face paled. “That was my own money!” he answered sulkily. One by one Capt. Wheatley outlined other details which he and Service had dug up in regard to LaRue’s affairs. The tele- graph operator mopped his brow and fidgeted nervously, but still remained adam- ant and defiant, refusing to discuss anything he could not reasonably explain. As the heat of the office grew almost intolerable he began to lose confidence, and his voice broke into a whine. Finally he turned to Wheat- ley with a distraught look. “Td like to see Sam Service alone if you don’t mind,” he said. “By all means,” - answered Wheatley obligingly. In the outer office LaRue looked at Service with a wilted, beaten expression. “What can I do for you, LaRue,” asked Service evenly. “T guess I’m hooked, Sam.” “T could have told you that before, Francis.” “What would you advise me to do.” “Tt isn’t for me to advise you,” said Service quietly, ‘but the evidence against you is pretty conclusive.” “What sort of a penalty would I get?” COMMODORE HOTEL AND CAFE A Good Place to Stay and a Good Place to Eat PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Headquarters for Travellers and Tourists COLUMBUS HOTEL L. ZIMMARO, Proprietor | Hot and Cold Water Bath and Shower — Fully Modern Licensed Premises ro) Prince George, B.C. DOCHERTY TRANSFER Furniture Moving and Hauling Free Delivery and Pick-up for C.N. Express Prince George, B. C. Page Forty-five