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The Wrong Murderer
J)'A ti'&l lemittie AfuAu'.K hut
come baok from China to Itnd hi
beat triend Billy Koaa a member
of a oano ot dope veddlere and kid
nappera Hoaa ia vary donoerouely
ill tia the reault ol a amaah . he oon
teaaea that Ambroee tjnwaon ie the
head ot the anno Terenee knowe
Lawaon'a oano plane to ktdnap
Blaa Little the movie etat and he
haa called at the Little houee to eee
what he nan pick up Lawaon. whom
none euapeat. tuel hae arrived at
the Littlea'
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QUESTIONS BY LAWSON
JT SEEMED that Llttls could not
1 remember Mahony's Dame. A flasb
of mild amusement came Into Ma
bony's eyes and vanished. But be did
not remind Little of his name.
Lawson, It appeared, had a batter
memory.
"Yes, I've met Mabony with poor
Ross," he said. "Ton had rather a
lucky escape, 1 understand."
"Yes," agreed Mabony.
"What 1 can't understand Is the
extraordinary behavior of the people
In the car behind you," went on Law
son. "They must have seen the
crash. What a rotten thing to do, to
go on without stopping."
His eyes, dark and Intelligent,
were watching Mahony! expres
sion with some curiosity. What be
was really wondering, a Mabony
guessed, was whether Mahony was
aware that the people In that ear be-
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Terence noted every man
bind had caused the crash. With two
engines racing all out, the crack of
a pistol-shot might have passed un
noticed. ....
"I'eihaps they were In a hurry,"
suggested Mahony.
"If was a dirty trick, anyway,"
Lawson said.
During this short exchange of con
versa tlon, though nothing bad been
obvious to any spectator, the two
men bad been quietly engaged In
weighing one another up. Of the two,
Lawson had the harder task, tor he
bad not only to estimate the manner
of man that Mahony was, but also to
try to guess bow much, If anything,
be know of the real causes of that
motor crash.
"I'll ring for tea," said Elsa.
Conversation bioami general
' again; tea was brought In. 8oon
after tea Mahony thanked the Littles
tor their hospitality and left.
"A MOST extraordinary young
man," observed Mr. Little In a
tone of disparagement, when Ma
hony had gone. "He practically
forced his way in here without any
invitation, and stayed to tea. And
asked the most Impertinent ques
tions,"
"He came to eee me," said Elsa. "I
didn't think he was so bad; I rubor
liked bltn. I found hlra quite a pleas
ant change after all the regimental
hearties and terribly pukka little
sahibs who seem to come here so
much."
Lawson laughed.
"And which am I a reglmontal
sahib or a terribly pukka Ilttlo
beany?" he aeked In an amused tone
"Neither," said Elsa.
She looked at hlra consideringly.
"1 haven't placed you not quite,
she wont on. "But you're amusing.
anyway."
"Thank you," said Lawson, "And
now, it I'm not being Impertinent,
what were all the Impertinent ques
tions he was asking?
"He wasn't really asking Imperti
nent questions," answered Elsa. "He
only w anted to know whom 1 was jo
int to the dance with tonight.'
"Did he want you to go with hlra r
asked Lawson.
She smiled.
"1 hope so," she said. "1 should
bate to think my girlish charms had
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OF TITLE
AJLTURAS, Cal., Oct. 7.vP Oooe
lake, once one of the largest bodies
of water In California, contains water.
This la the first October in five years
that there has been a measurable
amount of water In the lake bed.
The water surface extends 33 miles
and Is about seven miles across.
Goose lake began drying up In 1911
and was completely dry JO year latr.
Jhe late Father Richard, well-known
"Padre of the rains' of Pan Jcee,
often said the lake would again be
come a huge body of water, such as
It was In the 90 when a steamboat
was used to transport crops.
In those days a great orchard In
dusty was developed, tha moisture
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him quite uiimuvcd. But ne's not
-;alng to the dance; be said so."
; "Where does he come from?"
asked Mr. Little. "If he's a friend of
i Ross's, why haven't I met him be
fore?"
"He's a Journalist ot sorts, I be
lieve," answered Lawson. "He's been
In China for the last tour years as
correspondent of an American news
paper." "Oh I That's what be does, Is it,"
commented Mr. Little.
"He struck me as being harmless
enough." said Lawson.
That was the conclusion which he
had actually come to. It struck him
that It was unlikely tbat Mabony
had learned anything from Rost. and
that, even if be had. there was little
he could do except to warn the Lit
ties, and bis warning would only pro
voke derision.
MAHONY had no Intention ot
warning the Littles of visa's
danger. He could only fio easily Im
agine the effect of telling Vincent
Little that Lawson was planning to
kidnap bis niece.
The old man would gobble with In.
dlgnatlon like a turkey. Elsa would
laugh, and they would at once pass
on Information of the warning to
Lawson, who would also laugb
heartily, and postpone his attempt
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with whom Elsa danced.
on Elsa till a moro favorable cca
slon.
He had a simple dinner at bis lodg
lngs, and after dinner he changed
into Billy's fnncy dross From a suit
case he took the l.ugcr automatic
pistol which he bad been accustomed
to carry In China, and carefully
oiled and cleaned It He drove sway
from his lodgings In his new cat al
a quarter past nine, and arrived al
the Albert Hall luSl before half past
Though the ball had not long start
ed, the huge floor was already fairly
crowded with dancers In fnncy ilresi
and masks. Harlequins, cardinals
knights, South Sea lslnndorB, Pom
padours, mingled In a colorful, rich
ly dreBsed, good humored throng
More and more people wore arriving
every minute, and the bars were do
Ing a roaring trade.
Mahony's luck was In. As thi
crowd was coming oft the floor after
a dance, the sound of a snan'a inugb
attracted his attention. Mahony
knew that laugh. He turned, and bsw
a tail, swaggering buccaneer lending
a slim Queen of Hearts In the tllrec
tlon ot a box. In spite of her mask
the Queen of Hcnrts was obviously
Elsa Little.
For a couple at hours he loitered
about, noting evory man with whom
Elsa danced. He also noted carefully
every man who passed him drosseo
as an Arab sheik. Among all those
people In fancy dress It was a fairly
common costume, but he noticed
two others which looked as If they
had been made by the snmo hnnd
as his.
Dnmasklng was to be at midnight,
and all the film stars present were
to appear one by one on a platform
and ba presented to the audience.
At al out half pnst eleven, hanging
about near the entrnnco to Lnwton's
box, Mahony saw Klsa come out to
dance with the Charles the Second.
A couple of seconds later the Arab
sheik came out alone. Soelng Ma
hony standing near the bo. tt
stopped snd looked at him sharply.
"Better be getting along to en
trance number three, hadn't you?"
he said curtly. "There's only about
fire minutes to go."
Mahony felt a thrill ot antlclpa
tlon.
(Copyright. If J, Hvph Cterely)
Mshony paitts the most exciting
hour of hit lit, tomorrow.
laden atmosphere prewntlng early 1
frosts and horticulture was a prime f
Industry along its shores.
Pine bettles, aided by the dry wea
ther, have made heavy Inroads Into I
the timber of the area and forest I
fires have denuded a larpe portion of 1
the timber on the shore oreage.
Were rhuciurr llrad Quits.
TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 7. i O. P.
Weyerhaeuser, Jr., executive vice
president of the Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company, announced Charles H.
Inram succeeded F- .Rodman Tttcomo I
as general manager today. Ingram
has been Tltcomb'a ajwistant, "Mr.
Tltcomb'i resignation was entirely on
his own volition snd all of us are
very regretful of It," wverhaeuwr I
said.
Metner Kcturulng.
PORTLAND. Oct. 7 (API Senator I
Frederick Stelwer will return to Port
land Thursday jmm Chicago to ad
dress the Multnomah chapter of the I
Oregon Republican club.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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For centuries the subject ol legend
and folklore, the existence ct the uni
corn has been branded by science fai I
a myth.
It remained for Dr. W. rranklln
Dove, a biologist at the University
of Maine, to definitely prove that
one-horned animals can exist. In
spired by accounts of pllny and L
Valllant regarding a method of pro
ducing artificial unicorns, Dove com
menced his experiments.
In March, 1033, he performed
complicated operation on a day-old
male Ayrshire calf whlcn lncludod
cutting the two horn bud4 and set
ting them close together. The re
sults of the experiment were a com
plete success. Today, . the animal
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horn buds grew together forming one
exceptionally large and long horn,
molded Into the skull bones of the
forehead for support.
Exposed also by this -tmazlng ex
periment Is the reason why, for cen
turues, the unicorn has been used
for "a symbol of power, kingship, and
even of,the dlety," according to Dove.
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the animal altered, but his behaviour
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she sailed to the West Indies In 1738
to protect American commerce dur
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"Constellation," wltU but few brief
Intermissions, haa been in service ever
since.
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during every U. 8. wax since her
launching, with the exception of the
Mexican war, being In dry dock at
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