HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER,' OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1928.
PAGE THREE
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Simon .Judd, amateur detective, and
William Dart, an undertaker, visit John
Drane, an eccentric man of -wealth, at
the Drane place. Suddenly John Drane
is murdered, and Dr. Blessington, after
examining the body, makes the astound
ing revelation to Amy Drane that her
"uncle" is a woman and not a man.
All the servants In the household are
sickly, and it la revealed that John
Drane never discharged a servant for
ill health, Dick Brennan, detective, ar
rives at the house and makes thorough
Investigations. Simon Judd tells hira
the story of the actual John Drane with
whom he (Judd) was acquainted in Riv
erbank. Judd proposes to Brennan that
he "go partners" with Brennan in the
solution of the crime. Brennan accepts,
then Judd declares that Amy is not
John Drane's niece or any relative of
Drane. Mrs. Vincent, housekeeper, tells
Brennan that Drane picked his servants
from among the chronic patients at the
hospital. Dr. Blessingto nis asked if he
had ever noticed any special change In
Drane.
NOW 00 ON WITH THE 8T0SY
"Change?" the doctor queried.
"As If, up to some time, he was
the real John Drane and from then
on was this woman playin' she was
him,' 'explained Simon Judd.
"Why, since It la brought to my
attention with this mystery In
mind," Dr. Blesslngton said, "there
was a time when I noticed a change
In John Drane, a shocking change
as I thought It The time is pretty
will fixed In my mind, too. As a
matter of fact there have been two
very distinct changes in this John
Drane. One was when he returned
from California; I hardly knew him.
The other the mos tshocklng one
was some Ave months later. As a
physician, coming to the house fre
quently, I noticed It particularly.
Just before he went to California
this John Drane man or woman
was decidedly run down in health;
in bad shape, I thought, although I
was not asked to advise him. Then
he went to California and when he
returned he was like, as we say, an
other man. He was brisker, more
cheerful, and he had put on quite a
little flesh for such a thin man. He
walked better and stood better. At
that time his hair was dark, but he
probably used a dye. The man who
went to California may not have
been the woman who returned. On
the other hand the change may have
been wrought by rest and the warm
climate."
"And the other time, five monthB
later," said Brennan.
"A more striking change," the
physician said. "From the time
Drane returned from California
lookhig so well he began to run
down again. I did make so bold as
to speak to him about It and he said
he knew he must do something; he
said he thought he would go south,
to Hot Springs, and take a long
rest. A week later he went and he
was gone three months. He came
back with his hair absolutely gray,
as It is now, his face emaciated, his
body nothing but bones. It was a
shocking change. Except for one
thing I might be willing to swear
that, in my opinion, the person who
came back from Hot Springs was
not the man who went there. That
thing is a scar on this woman's abdomen-
the scar of an appendicitis
operation.. My opinion now is that
she probably went there for the
operation if that was indeed where
she went in order that her sex
might not be discovered by any one
who knew her."
"That's a possibility," Brennan ad
mitted. "She could have changed into
women's clothes at some stop-over
on route," the doctor said, "chang
ing back into male garments on ther
return. If that is the answer she
must have had a bad time of the
operation to wear down so tremen
dously. But it is possible that the
man who left here that time was not
the woman-man who returned here
a little later."
Brennan said nothing for a full
minute.
"I'm afraid I don't see much in
that idea, doctor," he said Anally.
"There's too much of the impossi
ble in It. The person who returned
from Hot Springs if that was
where the person went was cer
tainly very much like the person
who left here as John Drane, is it
not so? Enough so that you were
not particularly suspicious? Then
how could a substitution have been
made? Who was this woman who
was so much like John Drane that
she could come back here and take
his place In the house and at his
office In Wall Street, going on with
his speculations without creating
comment? The thing is rather ab
surd. Such a woman must have
planned taking John Drane's place
for years; she must have learned
all about his business to the minu
test details, and all about his home
affairs here. She must have planned
to murder him or make away with
him somehow. It is too improbable,
doctor."
"You asked me, you know," said
Dr. Blessington, a little offended.
"And your answer 1 is perfectly
good," said Brennan. "Now let me
ask you another: did you ever no
tice anything to make you think
this woman was insane? I mean
the victim of a mania. What do you
think of her Idea of having sick
servants and no others? What
about her friendship with this un
dertaker?" Dr. Blessington turned these ques
tions in his mind before he answer
ed. "You understand that I am not an
alienist," he said thert, choosing his
words with some care. "I am only
what is called a general practition
er. As one of the hospital staff I
have sometimes recommended to
Drane, at his request, chronic pa
tients still able to do easy work,
and It never occurred to me that
there was insanity in his desire to
aid the unfortunates. To tell you
the truth, Brennan, I thought it was
line of him to give these people jobs
in his house. Even when they fell
ill he saw that they had the best
attention, medical and otherwise.
When they died "
"A good many did die, did they?"
asked Brennan. and Dr. Blessing-
Pathe Presents
ton colored.
"You will remember that they
were mostly people doomed to die,"
he said stily. "They had, many of
them most of them incurable diseases."
"But they did die," Brennan in
sisted. "What I mean Is this, doc
tor: this woman known, as John
Drane had great wealth, if she
wanted to help these incurables she
could have sent them to sanitariums
and she could never have missed
the money. She seems to have liked
to have the sickly, the dying, and
the undertaker clustered about her.
I'd call that morbid, wouldn't you?"
"Yes, I might call it morbid," Dr.
Blessington admitted. "I wouldn't
say it meant she was crazy."
"Well, I don't know that it makes
much difference whether she was
crazy or not; she has been mur
dered just the same, sane or in
sane," Brennan said. "I'm just try
ing to get a clear picture of her in
my mind. That's all now, doctor; I
can get in touch with you if any
thing else turns up."
The doctor opened the door lead
ing into the hall, but Simon Judd
held him with a question.
Say, doc." he said, how long
have you known this John Drane,
anyway?"
Dr. Blessington pulled at his chin,
trying to place an exact date.
"He came here, I believe in 1893,"
he said. "It may have been '92 or
94. I met him first that same year
when I called on him for a gift to
our hospital. I know that I hoped
he might make use of my services
if he needed a physician, but I was
not called in until two years later
say in 1895. I've been the family
physician since then."
And along back there in 93 and
'95 he was just about the same fel
ler he looks as he lies up there on
the bed?" Simon Judd asked.
"Yes," said the doctor slowly.
"Yes, Increasing age and illness tak
en into consideration."
"You don't mean to say!" Simon
Judd exclaimed. "Well, black my
cats! And I dare say it was along
about when he called you in that he
began to gather these sickly hired
helps around him, huh?"
"Yes, I think that is so," Dr.
Blessington said. "That is so."
"And when, doc," Simon Judd
asked cheerfully, "was the time
when he murdered the first of these
sickly hired hands of his?"
(Continued Next Week)
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