PAGE SIX
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931
Btf Percival Chrutopker Wren- AiMwrof
MYSTERIOUS WSE BffiB
Chapter 18
COCKSURE JOHN WAYS
"You mustn't be a, party to auch
wickedness," continued Waye. look'
lnu at each in tum. "You must be
guided by your higher selves. You,
Simon; you, Gryde; you Manoel
you. Family; you, Louie; you must
each follow the counsel of your
heart Olve me up to the police, and
each of you be white enough to
say. The game's up, and this Is
where I get off . , . eh?
"Not that you would get off,
Simon, when I'd said my little say
about one or two dozen small mat'
ters in both England and America.
Simon. Youd swing, Dr. Tneo
dore Charters and you know what
that feels like, Simon.
"And what about you, Mr. James?"
he continued.
"Me? Self-defensel ..."
"Ahl SeU-denfcnse . . . Giuseppe
Fratelll. for example?"
"He got another gun to his hand.
under the counter," cried Mr.
James.
"He turned from the counter to
get what you ordered, and you
bravely shot him In the back."
"The man ..." blustered Mr.
James.
"Yea. And the woman who ran
screaming from the inner room?
You faced her like a man, or
rather a gunman, and shot her In
the chest and face. The child that
came after her? You shot that
child of S3ven in self-defense too?
. , . Children are rather a specialty
of yours, aren't they, Oryde?"
John Waye's eyes blazed as he
added softly, "No, you won't get
off. Gunman Gryde. .
"And you, Manoel. Accessories
-before and after fare badly In
this country. The insurance racket
was a nasty business at Santos. All
obviously poisoned and with the
same unknown drug, eh? And some
bad sideslips in Balila, not to men
tion Chicago. I think you'll get
'life,' Manoel, If you don t get death.
"What would you give our Ma
tron when they knew she was
Mother Superior of "The Convent'
of misavory memory? , . . When they
found out that our Matron was
Frisco Fanny herself, and heard
some talcs I could prove."
The Matron's pleasant face
turned to a mask of evil and ferocity.
"D'ye think yc'U live to get sate
on to that schaffold?" she asked.
"And Nurse Jones? Why, there'll
be a pasUlve scramble for her,
when they know she's Louie the
Lady who worked on the outside.
in her quiet nurses uniform, and
brought more nuns to Fanny's 'con
vent' tlian any ten of the men put
together."
Say, Boss," interrupted Nurse
Jones. "This gink's certainly got
to fall slrk."
Then siddenly springing to her
feet, she darted a hand towards
John Waye's face.
"Shcot him rljht now, Jimmy."
she cried.
"Silly impulsive glrll" chlded
Waye.
"No, your one hope Is to take
the greatest care of me, and keep
me in good humor."
"And t!ie Innocent man?" again
quoned ti e Doctor In a curiously
quiet voice.
"He'll sing."
"Riuj the bell, Gryde," said John
Waye.
What for?"
"Bccai'se I tell you to."
Mr. Ju:ties did so.
"When the maid, or whoever It
Is. cams, lull her you want Dr.
Studley," he continued, turning to
Chart ets.
"I don't want him," was the
reply.
"No, but I do."
"Look here, Li this house yours
or mine?" bluslcred tho Doctor.
"Mine, practically," was the re
ply . Tiie door opened and the Doctor's
secretary cnt-jred.
"Did you ring for me, Sir?" asked
the givl.
"Kiiuily a-ik Dr. Studley If he'd
be ro.'1 nouf.h r. r.t; this way.
If he has minute to spare," said
Dr. Charters quietly.
The pale girl retired. John Waye
broke the tense silence.
"So, on the whole, Doctor, per
haps you'll ail decide to be deaf to
conscience," he observed In a con
versational bantering tone. "For
you are a lying dog. Doctor," con
tinued Mr. Ways pleasantly. "And
you, Manoel, are a smaller, meaner,
more cowardly hound. And as for
Mr. James I think we'll call him a
foul, obscene and cowardly hyena,
and . . . ."
Nurse Jones sprang to her feet.
"Say, do you three call yourselves
men to sit there and let that hi
jacker. . . .?"
There was a knock at the Inner
door, an Instant silence fell as It
opened and Dr. Studley entered.
"You sent for me. Chief?" he
said, glancing round.
"Yes, Studley. Our wayward
humorist, here, won't be happy un
til you have joined the circle upon
which he has intruded. Now Mr.
Waye, we are busy people."
"Good morning. Dr. Studly,"
said John Waye. "What I wanted
to ask you, Is whether you consider
me to be Insane In the ordinary lay
sense of the word?"
Dr. Studley glanced at the ex
pressionless face of Dr. Charters.
Since the Chief had sent for him.
without other message, presumably
it was his intention that this queer
chap should be given a straightfor
ward answer.
"Most certainly not," he replied.
"Would you say I was Insane In
the technical souse of being of ab
normal and unhealthly mind?"
"X would not," was the Immediate
reply. "Quite the contrary."
"Thank you, Doctor. Do you re
gard me as a perfectly healthy man,
physically speaking one whom
you'd recommend as a first-class
life" to any Insurance Company?"
"Undoubtedly," replied Dr. Stud
ley.
"And last but not least, Doctor,
would It surprise you If I died sud
denly . . . were found dead In my
bed here, one morning?"
(To be continued)
PROOF OF MAN IN
PRE-GLACIAL AGE
Chicago, Wl The Field Museum
has apparent proof that man lived
previous to the first Rlaclal period
Handiwork of the Pliocene man
of a million years ago has been
scooped out of a gravel deposit In
England and placed in the muse
um's hall of prehistoric man.
The collection composed of flint
axes and scrapers was unearthed
by J. Rcid Molr, British archeolo
Klst, and was found below the "Red
Crag" or stratum deposited by the
first glacier.
Henry Field, assistant curator of
the museum, said the tools were
about 1,000,000 years old the ap
proximate age of the famed Pekin
skulL
No bones of humans were found
in the cache of tools but the badly
broken skeletons of whales, com
pletcly fossilized, were excavated.
MRS. BKKNING LEAVES
Mt. Angel Mrs. B. J. Bernlng
left Thursday for an extended trip
to St. Mlchels, Minn., where she for
merly lived. She will be the guest
of her relatives and friends.
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE N More Secret
ISy Harold Gray
MRS. LONG HOME
Molalln Mrs. G. 8. Long htw re
turned from Los Angeles, Calif.,
where she had spent the past five
months visiting a son.
Viilsetz Mi-s Vesta Ross enter
tained with a two table bridge party
Thursday afternoon. Those pres
ent wore Mrs. Dorothy Harris, Doris
Sandstrum, Anna Leabo, Gcornie
Green, W. McDonald, Pearl Btolt-
cnburg and Hazel Gardner. Mrs,
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