" "I want to see Mr. Holymead," said Mr. Kemp in a gruff voice.

" He started off across the plain, and coming back too late for lunch, found Kemp on the veranda.

He took Mr. Kemp round the waist, and the laughing Bella and her mother each secured an arm.

" Mrs. Bradshaw shook her head at him again, and Mr. Hills, after apologizing to her for revealing her innermost thoughts before the most guileless of men, began to question Mr. Kemp as to the prospects of a bright and energetic young man, with a distaste for work, in New Zealand.

Kemp inside the house listening to the angry interview between Holymead and FewbanksKemp with his hatred of the judge who had killed his daughter in the dock and with his desire to do Holymead a good turnI had previously had proof of that from my boy Joe, whom you have seen.

" Fred accompanied Mr. Kemp into the bar of the hotel they reached, and the elder man, after an inquiring glance at his companion, ordered two whiskies.

If that is so, I don't see how they can hope to convict Kemp of murdera jury would not go beyond a verdict of manslaughter in such a case.

"Knowing what we know now, it will be a comparatively easy task to expose the witness Kemp under cross-examination, and show his evidence to be false."

A long grey beard, a pair of piercing owl-like eyes and large bare feet, mark "Prophet" Kemp among the citizenry of Daytona Beach, Florida.

" Joe looked at Mr. Kemp with a gleam of comprehension in his amazement.

Remember, we've got that little interview with Kemp before us.' Roy flung himself down with a gasp.

They turned, and with Kemp between them, set out at a sharp pace in the direction from which they had come.

And after Holymead is convicted I'll see if I cannot get a warrant out for Kemp for perjury.