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P'AflE SIS lu- HIDDEN DOOk BY FRANK L. PACKARD SYNOPSIS: Colin uewitl, urlter 0 tfteetiv action, hat got him' eelf-into a tangle more exciting than any he ever imagined. Reddy Turner, orook, hae been killed In hit apartment by the lioek, under- world eear, whom Reddy himeetf uai trailing to avenge hie eieter, Colin had promleed to deliver a myeterioue letter for Reddy ehould thie happen. Although he hae been warned by the Maek not to meddle, Colin hae gone to Reddy'e old room and hae found the letter in a curtain pole. Now he etande, holding the pole over hie head trapped by one of the Uaek e killere. "T OOK lure, I want to ba Irank L with 70a," Colin confided ear oastlj. "You'ra got me at your marcy anyhow, io just a moment. I bad a telephone call from the Mask to night He aald ha was satisfied that I knew nothing mora abont Reddy Turner than anybody else did, and that I was out ot the picture so tar as he was concerned; but In practi cally the same breath, I hare to ad mit, he warned me not to meddle In the affair. "What I don't understand Is why, It he thought I knew nothing that would bs ot any yalue to him, he still kept a watch orer me; or why, 1( he thought I did know something. he should warn me not to meddle, when. If I had followed his advice he would hare defeated his own ends.' The man's lips la the moonlight practically all that Colin could see of the other's face, widened In a wicked grin. "God, you're a fool I " he Jeered pityingly. "It's like taking candy from a kid. I'll tell yon. If you were okay, you were okay, and that's all there waa to It. It you weren't, that warning was a hurry-up lnrlte to sit In and show your hand. Well, you fell for It bard. That's the answer." "I must confess that thought crossed my mind," Colin admitted; "but" "Never mini the rest I " the other tnt in rongbly, "I're had enough ot your cursed Jawl You've talked a lot about the Mask. Well, I'll tell yon something now. He had a hunch that Reddy left some little memento behind him. But It wasn't never found until sow. And now you're going to come across, my bucko!" "But It I can't?" protested Colin. "If I tell you I haven't the faintest Idea what you are talking about?" The man took a step forward threateningly. "You saw Reddy put on the spot, didn't you?" he rasped. "You know what happened to you once before, don't youT Try any ot that guff on me and I'll plug you where you standi" ' .1 Colin shook his head Judicially. If be could badger the man a little. draw him on a bltl "Oh!" Colin drawled Insolently. "I see! Well, you wouldn't er plug me. I'm calling your bluff." "la that so?" There waa a .cold fury In the man's voice now. "Yes, that's sol" mimicked Colin. "Shall I tell you why? If this absurd ringmaster ot yours with the lurid name believes that I possess some coveted secret or know the where abouts ot some memento, as you call It, that Reddy has left behind, I wouldn't he much good as a source ot Information If I were dead wojild J?" "J'LTj take a chance on that I" rap- pad out the other. "I know all I need to know now without you hav ing to tell me about It. Reddy hid something In this room, and the hid ing place had something to do with those curtains or that pole, or you 'wouldn't have been monkeying lth them. When I came Into this room you weren't taking that cur taln pole down, you were lifting It Hack Into place. You'd got what you team for, that's all." "My eye!" exclaimed Colin Ironi cally. "That's marvelous! Imagine thinking that out all by yourself! .'But In case you were wrong what would the Mask say If you killed the goose that might have laid a golden gg?" With an oath, his Ups working, the man thrust himself angrily forward. "Get down off that chair and hand overt" he ordered hoarsely. "And be damned quick about HI I're had enough from you!" While the fraction ot a second slipped away; Colin measured the distance with his eyes, The man stood some three feet from him now. The trap was baited. Perhaps too well baited. The revolver's muiile was scarcely more than twelve Inches from the pit ot his stomach. An even chance? It wasn't that It was Just a chance. The only one. Rparrow Causes Fire. AURORA. Mo. (UP) An English sparrow whose nest caught fire suc ceeded In bringing out the Aurora fire department. The nest, atop a atore building, burst Into flames and the fire engine went to the rescue. Flremsn believed the btrd had car ried a lighted clgaret etub to Its nest. m r mm a wz v "All rigut," said Culm realguuclly. "Look out, then, while I drop this thing." The revolver muiile strayed for an Instant, as the man moved slight ly to one side and la tbat Instant, Colin leaped. The brain registers with Incredible speed. In mld-alr he saw the flash, heard the roar of the revolver shot, knew that It had missed became the tumbling por tieres had engulfed the other's hand as he bad hoped they, might; and then, hla hurtling weight backed by every ounce of bla strength behind the blow, the brass pole, where It ley bare for a foot or two between bla outspread hands, crashed wltb terrific force full Into the man's face and Colin lay sprawled atop him, a smother of portieres aronnd them. There came a choked cry, a moan, then silence. Colin got to his knees and pushed the pole and portieres to one side. He could see the other s face now, and for a moment be stud ied It Intently. No, he had never seen the other before, that was cer tain, and no more than be bad ex pected; but it waa equally certain now tbat he would not tall to recog nise him anywhere If he ever saw him again. , A minute bad passed. How long would It be before the other re gained consciousness? He went swiftly through the man's pockets. Some money, not an Inconsiderable sum; keys, some ot them ot the skeleton variety; cigarettes; the usual odds and ends; no letters or papers of any description except a small card In one ot the vest pock ets. COLIN lighted another match and examined this. Scrawled In pen cil he read: "W P. K.30 tonight." Not very lntormatlvol He replaced the card and the other articles In the pockets In which he had found them. Anything else? His eyes searched around the room. Oh, yest The re volver lying there on the floor whero It had fallen from the man's hand! He reached over, secured the weapon, slipped It Into his own pocket, rose to his feet and a min ute later was out on the street. Here Colin hesitated for an In stant, then started briskly In the direction of Sixth Avenue. Fifth Avenue was virtually deserted at this hour, whereas, falling a taxi, Sixth Avenue offered him a choice between the elevated and the sur face line to take him where? He was suddenly not at all sure. Per haps be bad better walk a bit thrasH the thing out In his mind. Colln'a brows puckered. Not so good! As between himself and' the Mask now, the Issue was Irrevocably Joined. Pursuit! What did Immunity from Immediate pursuit matter It he now went back home? Long be fore daylight he would be under surveillance again. As well offer himself meekly for the slaughter to begin with! But to be driven out ot hla own diggings by this accursed Mask, or anybody else, for tbat mat ter I Hla gorge rose defiantly. The red flushed his cheeks, and his hands clenched. His one thought while In there had been to mako his escape It pos sible from that room what the aft ermath might be bad not entered his mind then. But he was faced with It now, "I'm In a bit ot a Jam all right!" A mirthless smile pulled down the corners ot his Hps. Times without number when at work on a story, he had racked his brains tor a situ ation Involving a deliberate case ot homicide which was at one and the samo time so wholly and obviously Justifiable tbat no reader could have any grounds for quibbling with 1U Well, here waa one ready to hand. His own Ufa being In the balance, he had only to go back to that room, bump off the Mask's tool before the man bad a chance to communicate with his chief, and, so far as he, Colin, was concerned, It would then bs aa though he had never loft hla home that night. Absurd! He wasn't a murderer, no matter bow thick the whitewash. He was merely an ass. Damn his Imagination! Tbts wasn't fiction! He was up against stark reality this time! He reached the corner of Sixth Avenue. A taxi orulslng by passed unbailed; so did a surface oar. Colin started along the avenue In a downtown direction. "He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day." , (Copyright, tut, frank V Paokard) .Calls ty'ttu'- tomerrew, dsoidet rtrrurs couree. Tesrbers' Wares Raised, WtXLSBURO, W. VS. (UP) The drive tor higher wages has spread to public school teachers here with an nouncement that all teacnera win re. celve salary lncreasea ranging from SO to 40 per cent for the 1933-94 term. A minimum salary of 1100 a montn wsa fixed. NSTIP WITH THI NATION irnrDronu mm EE Eager already to realize bla dreams Of plane traveling at dizzy speed In S'MATTER POP- TAILSPIN TOMMY- THE NEBBS Lake HAVE RUDY ARRtYi-X& XT LAKE NOVSTCWEMUCH AMD U)S ARS AFRAIO "TXE AWTIOPATIOM OP THIS OUTIU6 MAY BS A BIT BGYOWO THE REALIIATIOM ! rZETlNMEMT (-He. yXZrA7S 4H- - nmiul.am) v a w -! 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