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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. JUNE 18, 1934.
MOCKING HOUSE
BY WALTER C. BROWN
SYXOl'SIH: If An. . (mi
lls on the identity of the peraon
who murdered a policeman and a
atranger in Pierre Dureane's
house, Sergeant Harper has dtacov
ered that a eet of threatening let
tere sent Durceue waa written on
paper taken Irom hie hnuae. and
that at the time F.Uen llecker, a
maid, left the Dufreane employ
there had been a "arene" between
Jir.r mostrr and mlatreaa. Harper ia
queaHnnlng the Dufreane gardener.
Chapter 40
ELLEN BECKER
"X'AS there anything between
' ' Becker and young Donaghy?"
Harper asked, with Quick percep
tion. Whltmore pulled on hl pipe while
he meditated. "Well, sometimes I
thought yes and sometimes no."
"When did she lcavo?"
"The middle of November. I re
member, because wo're paid on the
15th and 30th, and the 15th was her
last pay."
"Where Is she working now?"
"I don't know. She never wrote
to anybody nor came back to see us.
She had an uncle wbo ran a little
grocery store somewhere In the city,
and that's all I ever heard about her
family. She did tell me his name
once, but I've forgotten, except that
It wasn't Becker. Ellen wasn't much
for talking about her own affairs, al-
fhnntrji aha had ft lnt nf flnna 1 llrn
1 I joi you," Donagny laid
Joe about rich people." Whltmore
laughed. "Maybe she went out and
got herself a rich widower,"
A rapping at the door afforded
Harper a graceful way of bringing
tho prolonged interview to an end.
When the detective opened the
door he found the Bame brlBk young
man who had run down the origin of
the dead man's disguise so success
fully. Whltmore went out and the
man from the Central Bureau en
tered, banding over a batch of re
ports from Headquartors, "Nothing
very Important In these, I'm afraid,
Sergeant," he commented.
"I'm glad you came up, Harris,"
Harper repliod. "I llkod the way
you handled that Fagllottl mattter.
I'm going to give you another assign
ment, a harder one this time."
Young Harris sat silent and alert
while Harper thought over blta of
John Whltmore's talk. So there
had been a serious quarrel betwoen
Pierre Dufreane and his wife in No
vember. A quarrel Inspired by jeal
ousy, real or fancied.
Whltmore thought that Ellen
Becker was prying and sly and that
there may have been something be
tween Donaghy and her. On the
16th of that month Ellen had depart
ed, somewhat mysteriously. On the
19th had come the first threatening
letter.
Then, on the day after the mur
ders Donaghy had been surprised
with a pocketful of money, as a re
sult of "backing tho right horse."
Were these facts links in a chain or
tot?
CEROEANT HARPEH looked Into
Harris' keen oyos and spoke de
cisively. "Harris, there was a maid
In this house named Ellen Becker.
She left last November 15Ui. I want
her presont address. All I can tell
you Is that sho had an uncle who ran
a grocery store, but his name was
not Becker. When you got hor ad
dress, camp outside until I can get
there. If there's anything in my tip,
she may be warned to skip out of
tho city. I leave all the details to
you, Harris, but And Ellen Beckerl"
"Yes, air!" Harris took up his
overcoat and hat and departed. Har
per pressed the button, and when
Androws appeared asked him to
end In Donaghy,
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WASHINGTON, June IB (AP) Vice
President Qnrner todwy named Sena
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QUAUTTJ5UM
&Mwultx at
Donaghy put in a prompt, appear
ance, spick and span In his uniform
and bearing himself with a jauntl
ness that may have been designed
to nettle the detective. "You sent
for me, Sergeant? Are there any
holes In my alibi?"
Harper looked him up and down
coolly. "That's a matter for Head
quarters to check, Donaghy. What
I want to see you about Is some
thing entirely different."
"At your service," Donaghy re
plied airily.
The detective frowned at the Im
pudent tone. He placed paper and
pencil before the chauffeur. "I want
you to print the words I dictate to
you. Print, you understand, not
write?"
Donaghy poised the pencil. "I get
you," he said. "You think I wrote
those letters." He chuckled. "Not
me, Sergeant. I always stick to
speeches."
"Then there will be no harm In
making sure," Harper retorted,
drily. Donaghy went through the
double test docilely enougb, but be
evidently considered It as a joke
and laughed as he handed ever the
last paper. As Harper looked them
over Donaghy said, "I thought the
letter question was all washed up.
Didn't the man who was killed write
thorn?" '
"What makes you think so?"
Harper countered.
"Oh, just plain reasoning, logic,,
or whatever you want to call it."
rONAGHY'S eyes wore fastened
on the detective. Under his ban
tering manner he was eager for in
formation, anxious to draw the de
tective Into a discussion of the case.
A virile, handsome face, that of
Donaghy, but marred by those dis
contented lines about his mouth.
Behind the cocky manner Harper
suspected an Intelligence of no mean
order.
"Donaghy, do you still maintain
that you cannot Identify the man
who was found in that chair?"
The chauffeur shook his head. "I
never saw him before, and that's the
truth."
"Donaghy, you're lying to me!"
Even this bald challengn failed to'
ruffle the chauffeur'! nonchalance, I
and Harper took tht as a bad sign.!
"It you know who this man is andj
withhold that Information, you are
guilty of wilfully obstructing justice.
And that, Donaghy, In caBe you don't
know It, can be built up Into a jail
sentence."
The chauffeur shrugged. "I can't I
tell you what I don't know," he re-1
peated.
Harper perched on the edge of the
table and looked keenly down at the
sullen face. "You're a very cocky
lad, but I wouldn't lit a little tempo
rary prosperity go to my head."
"What do you mean?" Honaghy
Instantly sensed the subtle change
In Harper's voice. "Don't beat
around the bush, Sorgoant. It you've
got anything to say, say HI"
"Don't get nervous. That was only
my way of suggesting that It's a lit
tle dangerous these days to carry a
large amount of cash on your per
son." The dark eyes narrowed. "What
money?"
"Don't try to bluff me, Donaghy. I
could have you searched right here
and now. I was reforrlng to the
monoy you won by 'backing the right
horse. I dldn t notice any hundred
to one horses coming through. Did
your horse have a French name, bj
any chance?"
(Copyright, itSi, by Walter C. Broun)
Monday, Donaghy "blow up."
Novelist Honored.
BUnUNOTON, Vt June 18. (AP)
Sophie Kerr, the novelist, today re
ceived the honorary degree of doctor
of literature from the University of
Vermont. It was conferred upon her
at the university's 143rd commence
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