“You did not promise him a large sum if he would put a certain person out of the way?”

“I did not.”

“That’s blackmail, pure and simple,” flashed Opal Lamont. “You cannot succeed.”

She arose and crossed the room.

Perry Lamont seemed to grovel in his chair.

“You deny the contract, do you?” queried the detective.

“I do.”

“He never lies!” exclaimed the girl.

“And never forgets, eh?”

“Never!”