PAGE EIGHT
7Jul HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
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BtXurBM. Ootin HeuAlt, toho
4vt ham tat in on the murdw of
Captain Dollalre end nit rutn-nin-ttlno
crew, U no erook. but a !
fry writer dltgulted at Olarkte
Irtinw. aangeter. The murdere were
in. revenge tor Dollaire'e Booking
tho Maek'e Canadian counterfeiting
plant. Tho Uaak ruin Aram York't
underworld, and Colin nope to
track him down. Colin hat returned
to headquarter with Buck O'Mora.
one of the Uatk't gang command
ore. in order to take money to
fpinelli, another of the Maek'e
tool.
Chapter 41
ON THE STAIRWAY
THE car bad been ordered to wait
bait a block away, wbere Colin
was to rejoin It and then continue
pn to SplnelHs.
He followed Buck O'Mara now
along the alleyway that flanked the
tobacco itore, and turned Into the
lane behind. It waa Intensely dark.
but as they began to aklrt the rear
of the building he could distinguish
the outline of a door. Tbey passed
this and halted before another one
a few yards farther on.
Be remembered what Benny Ms
lone had said. The first door was the
pne common to the mob; thla one.
of course, was the private entrance
to the quarters above that were
cred to tbe big shots. He would very
much like to see those quarters. But
woald Buck O'Mara Invite blm In
side, or would he be told to wait out
here for the money be was to take
to Spinelll?
Buck O'Mara bad been fumbling
In the darkness with his key. He
opened tbe door and stepped Inside.
"Shut tbe door after you, and fol
low me," be said; "It'll save me
coming downstairs again."
Colin obeyed and then, unher
alded, as he moved across tbe
threshold Into an unllgbted Interior,
a sudden Inspiration flashed Into
bis mind. His brain waa virile, work
ing at lightning speed now.
Suppose that Instead of merely
visiting these quarters aa be was
sow obviously going .0 do, be could
ipend a night berel He wonld give a
great ileal to spend a night In the
Wine Press I Much might come of
It, or nothing might come of it, bnt
It held untold possibilities.
There waa Buck O'Mara himself,
for Instance. After what bad hap
pened in tbe last tew hours, O'Mara
was almost certain to communicate
with the Mask tonight Would It be
from here? HowT
Tbe night might answer those
questions and others If only be
could stay here! And there was at
least a possible way whereby he
might succeed In doing so. He
meant to try It now anyway. It waa
too big a chance to lose.
It tbe ruse worked, It worked; It
tt failed, he lost nothing, tor cer
tainly now, with (he event of the
early part of the night to endorse
him, Clarkle Lunn would hardly be
suspected of guile!
His arm bad been bleeding a little
again on the ride In. Ha had felt
the blood soaking through the ban
dage, but It had not run down on his
hand. Buck O'Mara had not noticed
It and he, Colin, bad said nothing
about It It would take very little to
start the blood flowing aa profusely
aa ever; It would look Infinitely
worse than It really was. And '
A light went on. Buck O'Mara waa
mounting a flight- of stairs whose
rather shabby carpet, Colin noted,
waa strictly In keeping with the Bar
neys' floor coverings downstairs.
"Come on," O'Mara called over
his shoulder,
"Sure!" said Colin and, gripping
his coat sleeve, wrenched at the ban
dage underneath. He telt the ban
dage give and, by the tlrae he had
mounted, three or four more steps,
trickle of blood upon hla' band.
B kept his band behind his back.
It would sot lock serious enough
yet, ,
KEEPING close behind the other,
he reached . the topmost stair
and st'pped out Into what proved to
lie a narrow hallway carpeted like
thsi stairs and here Buck O'Mara
tpoke again:
"Walt here, Clarkle," ha directed.
"It'll take me two or three minutes
to get the kale, and then you can go
back the way you came."
"Sural" said Colin for the second
time.
And then, aa Buck O'Mara moved
away along the ball, Colin squeeied
at his wounded arm and bit hla
lips. It waa paining now but the
blood was flowing freely. His band
waa red with It, As for the rest
WASHINGTON, Bept. 14 (AP)
Vatrenage, that trouble tone of poll'
lea, produced In the capital today
rumbles of Democratic unrest that
sseounded even above the Intensity ot
tnai ,-emalned to be seenl The stage
waa set, anyway.
His eyes searched swiftly arouno
him. Buck O'Mara had disappeared
through the doorway of the farther
one of the only two rooms that lad
off from tbe hall end had even let
the door open behind him. A gesture
on O'Mara'a part that cost nothing,
since from O'Mara'a casual refer
ence to the emergency safe It was
certainly no secret from the rank
and die that there waa one here!
Tbe two rooms, of course, were
the two bedrooms of which Benny
Malona bad spoken, and which ob
viously looked out on the alleyway,
since tbey were on his left
On Ms rlaht was a sort of hetero
geneous wall, some of It ornate In
both plaster and wood, relics no
doubt of the old Wine Press In Its
heyday and some of It ot newer
hat cheap construction, undoubted
ly the parsimonious handiwork of
old Keppelsteln when he had made
the building Into two.
At the far end of the ball waa an
other stairway the one, of course,
that led to the Barneys' quarters be
low, and that be bad seen when he
bad come In through the tobacco
store. Nothing elsel
It waa a lit bizarre, of course,
with Its two stairways and its crazy
qullt wall; but, since these were
readily explainable to anyone as be
ing but an Inheritance from the old
Wine Press, there was nothing else
about the place to excite comment,
let alone suggest that It was the lair
of gangster and mob leaders.'
Hla inspection at an end, Colin
moved over and leaned against the
wall. A minute, two, another passed.
Hla eyes were on the doorway ot
Buck O'Mara'a room now and be
waa nursing his arm and hand, and
sagging heavily against the wall aa
Buck O'Mara, carrying a large,
bulky envelope In bis hand, stepped
out Into the ball, -
Buck O'Mara came to an abrupt
halt. Mechanically be took tbe cigar
ette he waa smoking from hlf
mouth,
"What the hell!" he ejaculated.
Colin awayed a little.
"I'm sorry, Buck," he protested.
"I didn't mean to let you down. I 1
feel kind ot weak."
w1;
ITH a perplexed scowl Buck
O'Mara crossed tbe hall and
fronted Colin. He stared at Colln'i
hand.
"Why didn't you tell me about
thla before?" he demanded.
'I did," said Colin. "In the cabin.'
"But yon said It wasn't anything.
"I didn't think It was. Then, my
arm began to bleed bad." He was
jerking out his words heavily,
Some ot tbe mob put a bandage on
It for me, and It stopped. But com
ing back In the car It began a little
again and "
Well," Buck O'Mara cut In blunt
ly, "why didn't you say something
about It then?"
Colin clutched vaguely at the wall
steadied himself.
"Aw, say, I dldnt watit to welch
on you," he explained earnestly, "It
wasn't bad enough lor that only a
drop or two. It waa only when I waa
coming up the stairs there that It
got like this. The bandage must'va
slipped or something."
Buck O'Mara laughed out shortly.
"Well, anyway, you're not as bad
off a Benny!" be flung out. "I guess
ycu're some kid, all right."
It don't amount to anything," as
serted Colin weakly, "except that I
I'm afraid 1 couldn't get very far
right now. It's only that kale for Spi
nelll I'm thinking ot. Gee, I'm sorry
about this, Buck."
"Forget that I" said Buck O'Mara
crisply. "Barney can attend to It.
But I can't send you to a hospital
with a gunshot wound even It It's
not serious, so It looks like you'd
have to rest up here for a few hours.
I'd let you stretch out In that other
room only I'm expecting HelmleU
blow In, and want It. But there's the
sofa downstairs In Barney's parlor
that you can have, and Mrs, Bar
ney'U fix your arm up for1 yon."
Colln's right hand went to hla
wounded forearm and tightened
over sleeve and bandage. He bad
lost all tbe blood he cared to spare!
He knew a sense of exultation.
Nothing might come ot it; but at
least he bad won the first trick he
would spend the rest ot the night la
the Wine Press.
( Ooyyrtght, JISJ, Frank It. Packard)
Monday, Colin osta tome advice
from Mrs, Barnsy.
President Roosevelt recovery drive.
A group of party stalwart in the
enata was reported to have spon
sored a round-robin to tbe chief ex
ecutive, asking jobs tor old-line
Democrat. These senators protested
the appointment ot Republicans
particularly by Secretary Ickes, Wal
lace and Perklna.
At the other end of the cspltol,
Speaker Henry T. Ralney blamed the
"old Republican aet-up" In tbe farm
credit administration for failure to
give the farmers "adequate" mortgage
relief.
PACT IS AGREED
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viser for the department of agricul
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sistant solicitor for the department.
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last night for San Francisco was
found today banging on a high
power electrlo line with Thompson's
car red body In It at Bellealr. Solano
county.
Thompson was Instructor In tbe
Summit Plying School here, which
Is a branch ot a San Francisco com
pany. ,
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Trainmen of tbe Sacramento
Northern railway noticed the plan
hanging on the wires at 5:30 o'clock
thla morning and reported the acci
dent. Thompson's plane evidently hit the
power line at 7:03 o'clock last night
aa trainmen reported that at that
time light In tbe vicinity of Millar
went out.
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