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' SYNOPSIS; Convinced that Dr.
ytcholeon ie the murderer of Alan
Caretaire. Bobby Joner and Frankie
Derwent determine to prove their
ease. But Bobby ie cracked on the
head while exploring Sicholeon'e
place, and Frankie. oomlnp to Tu
dor Cottage Chipping Somerton in
rceponee to a letter purportedly
from Bobby, ie chloroformed. They
wake up. tied and lying vncom
fortably on the floor of an attic
room. Nlcholeon comee in to tell
them that he plane to arrange an
"accident" which will kill them
both. Frankie eaye that Roger
Baeelngton-ffrench knowe where
ehe ie.
Chapter 18
INSPIRATION
NICHOLSON wai silent (or a
moment. Then he Mid, "A food
bluff but I call It"
He turned to the door
"What about your wife, you
wine?" cried Bobby. "Have you
murdered ber too?"
"Molra la still alive," aald Nichol
eon. "How much longer she will re
main so, I do not really know. It
depends on circumstances."
He made them a mocking little
bow.
"Au revolr," he said. "Ton may
snjoy talking the matter over. I
hall not gag you unless It becomes
necessary. Any calls (or help and
( return and deal with the mat
ter." f ,
My God!" cried Bobby.
"What is ltr
'Trankle, that wasn't Nicholson
who came here Just now!"
"Have you gone quite mad? Who
was it then?"
"I don't know but it wasn't
Nicholson. AU along I lelt there
was something wrong but couldn't
spot It, and your saying 'ears' has
given me the clue. When I waa
watching Nicholson the other eve
ning through the window I specially
noticed his ears the lobes are
Joined to bis (ace. But this man to
night bis ears weren't like that."
"But what does It mean?" Frankie
asked hopelessly.
"This Is a very clever actor im
personating Nicholson."
"But why and whc could it be?"
"Basstngton-ffrencb," breathed
Bobby. "We spotted the right man
at the beginning and then like
Idiots, we went astray after red
herrings."
"Bobby, you're right He was the
only person there when I taunted
Nicholson about accidents."
"Then It really Is all up." said
Bobby. "I've still bad a kind of
sneaking hope that possibly Roger
Basslngton-ffrencb might nose or
our trail by some miracle. But no
the game's np, Frankie.
As be finished speaking there w:
"A good bluff but I call It," said Roger.
He went out and closed and
locked the door behind him.
"In books there's always an
eleventh-hour rescue,' said Frankie
at last, trying to speak hopefully.
"The whole thing's so Impossi
ble," said Bobby as though plead
ing with someone. "So fantastic. I
wish an eleventh-hour rescue were
possible, but I can't see who's go
ing to rescue us. Frankie, do you
know what annoys me most about
this business?"
"No. What?"
"That even now, when we're go
ing to be hurled Into the next
world we still don't know who
Evans Is."
"Let's ask him," said Frankie.
"You know a last-minute boon. I
agree with you that I simply can't
die without having my curiosity
satisfied."
There was a silence, then Bobby
said, "I've got you Into an awful
mesa, Frankie."
"Oh, that's all right. You
couldn't have kept me out, I wanted
to enme In. Bobby, do you think
he'll really pull It off? Ds, I mean."
"I'm terribly afraid he will. He's
so damnably efficient."
"Bobby, do you believe now that
It was he who killed Henry Bas
alngtonffrench?" "If It were possible"
"It la possible, granted one
thing that Sylvia Basslngton
drench Is In It too."
"Frankie!"
"T KNOW. I was Just as horrified
when the Idea occurred to me.
But It fits. Why was Sylvia so
dense about the morphia? Why did
she resist so obstinately when we
wanted ber to send her husband
somewhere else Instead of (be
Grange? And then she waa In the
house when the shot was Bred"
"She might have done It beraelt."
"Oh. no surely!"
"Yes, she might. And then have
given the key of the study to Nichol
son to put in Henry's pocket."
"It's all crazy," said Frankie In a
hopeless voice. "Like looking
through a distorting mirror. There
ought to be some wy of telling
criminals lyebrows or ears or
soniethtan."
a sound overhead. The next minute,
with a terrific crash, a heavy body
fell through the skylight.
It was too dark to see anything
"What the devil" began Bobby
From amidst a pile o broken
glass a voice spoke.
"B B B Bobby," It aald.
"Well, I'm damned," said Bobby.
"It's Badger!"
THERE was not a minute to be
lost. Already sounds could be
heard on the floor below.
"Quick, Badger, you fool!" said
Bobby. "Pull one of my aboes off.
Don't argue or ask questions! Haul
It off somehow. Chuck It down In
the middle there and crawl under
that bed. Quick 1 tell you."
The key turned. Nicholson the
pseudo 'Nicholson stood In the
doorway, candle In hand.
He saw Bobby and Frankie as he
had left them, but In the middle of
the floor was a pile of broken glass
and In the middle of the broken
glass was a shoe.
"Very clever, my young friend,"
he said drily. 'Extremely acrobat
ic." He came over to Bobby, examined
the ropes that bound blm and tied
a coufla of extra knots. He looked
at mm curiously,
"I wlsb I knew how you managed
to throw that boot through the sky
light. It seems almost Incredible
A touch of the Houdlnl about you
my friend."
He looked at them both, up at tht
broken skylight, then shrugging bli
shoulders he left the room.
"Quick, Bulger."
Badger crawled out from undei
the bed. He had a pocket-knife and
wilb Its aid he soon cut the otbei
two free.
That's better," said Bobby,
stretching himself. "Whew! I'm stiff
Well, Frsnkle? What about our
friend Nicholson?"
"You're right," said Frankie. "It's
Roger Basslngton-ffrench. Now that
I know he's Roger playing the part
of Nicholson, I can see It But It's
a pretty good performance all the
same."
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Ing, tomorrow.
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NEW YORK. March 18 (UP)
Cl.'do E. PanRborn, flrt to apan th
Pacific by air, last night announced
a projwtfd flight from th Unit!
sutti to Rumi in June in an at
tempt to ttrrmt the world non-atop
titf-tivnee rword of MOV3 ml lra.
Panjtborn Mid ho miftMt mnk the
ffO hour flight alone If b geta an
automatic pilot for hla "Vance flying
Paiig-born hat Juat returned from
Oakland, Calif., whtrt he made ar
rangement to fly the ahlp to Key
port, N. J., early neit menu.
'Tht flleht will tmahlit m to mm
plet arrangement for refueling dur
nig my rouna-wie-wwia non-amp
flight lata thia summer." the 39 vear
old pilot aald. "Since I had to make
a trip to RuaMa anyway, X may at
well try to lengthen tha dUtance
record.
"I don't expect to have much diffi
culty. Thia flying wing will fly (10
hour-, averaging 130 milea an hour.
Anywhere paM Miwow la a record."
The prrarnt record of 6804 3 mile
waa made by Captain Maurice Roaal
and Paul Codoa, French aviator, in
Augu-t, 1943. They fir- from Floyd
Bennett field. Nrw York, to Rayak.
Syria, In JO hour.
ALBANY. Ore.. March 18 Dr.
David Maaon, a former football cap
tain at University of Oregon, received
a thre-ycar fellowship at the Mayo
clinic, effective July l, hla parent.
Mr. and Mrs. Rockry R. Ma -on of Al
bany, learned today.
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A strange trick of betting odds, to
gether with dead heat finish at
Empire Ctty. New York, In July. 1932.
resulted In some bettor breaking
even, others losing a little, but In
spite of It everybody was able to cash
In their tickets.
The race was between three horses
Star Fire, Apprentice and Pardet?.
Star Fire and Apprentice ran coupled
as Butler Entry against Pardee. Odds
at the track were 9 to 10 on the en
try and even money on Pardee. Ap
prentice and Pardee ran a dead heat,
and the race was declared & draw.
Those who bet on the entry lost five
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-. phonograph, angry officials seized the
demonstrator, fined blm and threw
htm In Jail for three months. The
phonograph Itself fared no better
It was smashed to bits In the pres
ence of the czar, all because of a 50-year-old
ban on the fables.
Fifty years before the first phono
graph was heard In Russia, for some
reason or other, the old fables of Klr
loff came under the ban of the cen
sors. Then came the amazing new
American Invention the phonograph.
A demonstration In court waa ar
ranged for the strange new device
that spoke like a man.
During preparation for the demon
stration recordings in Russian were
made and by chance the recordings
were of Klrloff's fables. When these
banned words were spoken by the
Tomorrow: Fingerprints 1400 years
ago.
ASTORIA. Ore., March 18.
Dr. J. J. Plttlnger, Astoria dentist,
announced today he will seek election
to the state legislature in efforts to
"repeal unjust laws oppressing mem
bers of the dental profession In Ore
gon." He Is a republican.
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