HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1928.
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Let the blighters scramble for me."
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFOBE
Simon Judd, amateur detective, and
William Dart, an undertaker, are visit
ing John Drane, eccentric man of wealth
at the Drane place. Suddenly the house
hold is shocked to find that John Drane
is murdered. The dead man is first
seen by Josle, the maid, then by Amy
Drane and Simon Judd. The latter
faints.
Police officers call and Investigations
begin. Dr. Blessington is called, and
after seeing the murdered John Dane,
mukes the astounding revelation to
Amy Drane that her "uncle" is not a
man but a woman.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The announcement of Dr. Eless
ington that the body- of the mur
dered person above stairs was the
body of a woman and not of a man
did not shock Amy Drane as much
as cause her amazement The shock
had come when she faced the blood
stained body of her supposed uncle
John and her mind was still so dull
ed by that shock that she did not
Immediately grasp what the doctor
was telling her.
"A woman? Uncle John was a
woman ?" she repeated gropingly.
"But what that couldn't be, you
ltnow. Why, he's always been a
man. I don't know what you mean,
doctor."
"The murdered person in the bed
upstairs there," the doctor said, "Is
or was a woman. I am merely
stating the fact. I thought you
should know It immediately as you
are, I understand, the only relative
here."
"I don't understand It," Amy said.
"Why, It's dreadful, Isn't it! Oh,
it is horrible! It's like some fright
ful nightmare! It doesn't seem as
If it could be true, any of it."
"It Is only too true," the doctor
said. He looked at the girl with
keen professional eyes. "You don't
feel that this is too much for you?
The shock and the strain must be
considerable, but you seem a nor
mal sort of person. What I mean
exactly Is that If you feel too ner
vous over this I can give you a sim
ple bromide until your nerves re
cover from the shock."
"No, thank you," she said. "I
think I'll be all right"
"Are you going to be here for
awhile?" he asked Simon Judd. "I
suppose you will," he added with a
slight smile, "considering the cir
cumstances and that the police will
have to be finding a murderer. Just
keep an eye on this young lady,
will you? I'll leave my card! It has
my telephone number. If she seems
to be about to flop just send for me.
Not," he added, "that I think you'll
have to. Have you anyone, by the
way," he asked Amy, "who could
stay here with you a few days? I'd
suggest that you go elsewhere, but
I have a notion the police will want
you here, until they've done some
questioning, at least"
"I'm not afraid to stay here, I
think," Amy said. "No; Mr. Judd
will be here; I'll not be afraid. I'll
have Mr. Carter stay here during
the days."
"That's Bob Carter?" the doctor
asked.
"Yes. He's we're great friends.
I expect him to come this morn
ing." "You've not had breakfast yet?"
"No; I was waiting for It when
when I heard Josie the maid
scream."
"Well, my prescription for you la
that you go In now and eat a good
breakfast. That will help you more
than anything I could give you.
And as for the things to bo attend
ed to in such cases as this, you may
leave them to me. What is your
name?" he asked Simon Judd, and
Judd told him. "Mr. Judd, I'm sure
will act for you as far as necessary.
There can be no funeral," he added,
to Simon Judd, "until the law has
gone through Its formalities. How
ever, if I might just speak to you a
moment or two."
Amy, as she had been advised, en
tered the house to try to eat a
breakfast, and Dr. Blessington led
Simon Judd to the far end of the
veranda.
"The funeral arrangements can
all be attended to later," he said;
"It was not that I wanted to speak
about. As soon as possible I will
get a proper death certificate, and I
suppose William Dart is the man
Miss Drane will want to have. He
Is an old friend of Drane's of the
dead person; one of the few close
friends the dead man woman
had. I think."
"Hold on, now!" Simon Judd said.
'Wait a minute, now! Is that the
little feller with the beard that was
here yesterday?"
'I don t know that he was here
'Dart William Dart that's the
name. Old feller about seventy
years old or so, ain't he? All dress
ed In black. That the man?"
"You have described him."
"Well, black my cats!" Simon
Judd exclaimed. "I was tryin' to
think what that feller looked like,
and all I could think of was under
taker. And he is one, is he? Well,
now, maybe we won't want him
after all. I don't know but what
maybe he's mixed up in this some
way, doc. I don't want to keep
trade away from any friend of
John's or whoever It is up there
but you might give me the name
of another funeral man while you're
about it.
"Later, if necessary," the doctor
said. "There will be ample time.
What I wanted to urge was that
you keep your eye on this girl. I
don't want to alarm you needlessly
but until we know more about this
affair it is best to try to be safe.
What I mean is that we don't know
yet that this murder is not he work
of a maniac; perhaps a maniac here
in this house. If one murder has
been done another may be attemp
ted, you see? ProbaBly there is
nothing in the idea, but keep an
eye on Miss Drane. Don't let her
be another victim, Judd."
"I'll look out for her the best I
can, doc," Simon Judd said, "and
you can bet on that She's a nice
kid, this Amy is. But how about it
being a murder all so sure? You
talk like you knew it wasn't a sui
cide."
"It was no suicide," said the doc
tor positively. "There are good
reasons for knowing it was not.
The blow that drove the knife into
the heart was a far more powerful
blow than that old woman could
have struck; death was so Instanta
neous that a suicide could not have
withdrawn the knife from the
wound; and, finally, there was no
knife in the room . It was murder
no doubt about that, sir!"
Ain t it a shame, now!" Simon
Judd exclaimed.
"When this man Brennen comes,"
the doctor continued, "you can tell
him I will be back in an hour or so
I have a call I must make now.
You had better get some breakfast
yourself; you're apt to have a long
and hard day."
Dr. Blessington turned away, but
Simon Judd called him back. -
"What I don't see, doc," he said,
'is how you didn't know this was a
woman all the while. You're the
family doctor, ain't you?"
'That s rather peculiar, too, he
said, frowning a little . "I am the
family doctor here; I have a larger
bill here each month than with any
house in Westcote; I'm called here
again and again. But I've never
been asked to so much as feel John
Drane's pulse or look at his tongue!
The man o woman has never
been sick, or if she has 'she never
called me. The servants have had
all my attention, and plenty of it
too.
"That colored man sure has a bad
cough," said Simon Judd.
"They're all sick," said Dr. Bless
ington. "I never knew such a house
hold of sick help. It's as bad as a
hospital; I don't see how a person
can bear to have so much sickness
around. But John Drane or this
woman who pretended to be John
Drane has certainly been good to
them. I've never known her to dis
charge a servant for ill health; she's
had me here twenty times a month.
A good woman, even if she did
choose to masquerade as a man."
"Well, I've read of such doin's be
fore," Simon Judd said philosophic
ally, "and I don't know that I
blame some of 'em for wantln' to
wear man clothse and let on they're
men. Sort of queor, though, some
how." "It Is queer,", said the doctor. "It
Is apt to be queerer than we ima
gine." Dick Brennen, the detective, ar
rived by that universal vehicle, the
taxlcab, while Amy Drane and Si
mon Judd were at breakfast As
he turned from the cab, after hav
ing slammed the door, he cast his
eye over the Drane house, regis
tering certain salient features:
"Three story mansard-roofed house
painted white veranda full width
of house In front fluted pillars,
approximately six feet in diameter
supporting the third floor mansard
projection "
His brain registered physical ob
jects in this way, a result of his
innumerable appearances on the
witness stand against criminals he
has tracked down. A silver watch
was never a silver watch to Bren
nan it was "one white metal
watch, hunting case No. 1,249,563,
fourteen jewel movement No. 985,
003." For Brennan no one ever
lived at seven hundred and sixty
flve South Street but at seven six
five South Street" For Brennan
no one ever stood on the corner of
Elm Street and Grand Avenue;, he
stood "on South-west corner of in
tersection of Elm Street and Grand
Avenue." For Brennan gold was
"yellow metal;" it was not for Bren
nan to decide which was which.
Not on the witness stand.
In no respect, except that he re
sembled thousands of detectives, did
Dick Brennan resemble a detective.
He resembled no one In particular
except himself; you were apt to say
to yourself when you saw him "I
know that man!" and then, imme
diately, "No, I'm wrong I know
someone who looks quite a little
like that man." You say this of
people resembling the clerk, who
waits on you in the grocery. Dick
Brennan's face was so like thou
sands of other faces that it was
hard to remember. Not infrequent
ly this was of value to him in his
work. A man who so nearly re
sembled many other men could
easily make himself look unlike
himself.
Dick Brennan was forty-two, but
he looked not over thirty. For
twenty years he had been picking
up criminals. He had never "stud
led" crime, but the ways and habits
of criminals had soaked into him;
an understanding of their probable
actions and reactions had become
instinctive In him; this was one
reason why he was so valuable; an
other reason was that he had a
brain that was able to recognize the
times when a criminal was not act
ing according to rule. He could
think when he had to.
Brennan was not particularly an
noyed because he had been put on
this case on a Sunday morning. He
had planned to see a football game
that afternoon but his intention had
been to pick up a couple of plck"
pocketa there, if they were still
working the football crowds, and a
murder was apt to be more inter
esting. He followed the circular
drive to the veranda, glancing past
the house toward the back where
the drive curved farthest and when
he had mounted to the veranda he
rang the bell. Norbert, the col
ored houseman, came to the door.
"I'm the detective assigned to
this case," he said without flourish.
"The body upstairs or downstairs?"
"Upstairs, sir; yes, sir," Norbert
assured him. "Two cops up there;
you can go right on up. Should I
take your hat sir? No; you goin'
take it with you. Right up these
stairs. Yes, sir!"
At the head of the stairs one of
the officers greeted him with a
"Hello, Dick!" and Brennan replied
"Hello, Joe!"
"Mean piece of business this Is,
Dick," the officer said.
"Stabbing is it? What was that
about it being an old lady?"
(Continued Next Week.)
The secretary of the bar associa
tion was very busy and very cross
one afternoon, when his telephone
rang.
"Well, what is it?" he snapped.
"Is this the City Gas Works?"
asked a woman's soft voice.
"No, madam," roared the secre
tary. "This Is the Bar Association
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