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ATTENTION GETTER
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
fi The Wrong Murderer
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For fwrtirw proof adtfmes th author, taelosiac rttUDped cimfcip for rpty W 0 S- Pat- OC
By HUGH CLEVELY
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. .fiil&: Terence Stahony hot
. . .jnvd Lisa Liltla, the cinema .tar,
irom a patio of kidnappers at a
fancy dress bait. 119 has brought
her homo, and while ho to placing
her on a couch tn her homo hot
undo to murdered. Terence sees
only the back of the asoatlant ao hr.
escapes. Terence also rcalixes that
ho to in a dangerous position : when
ho sees that the police are at the .
door he makes a sudtlen plan. And
then Ambrose Lawson, luho reall
killed Littlo. drives up to the curb ,
Chapter Eight
KENNEDY ARRIVES !
MAHONY went through the front
doorway with rush, and put
all hli force Into a right-hand punch
that fairly lifted the unauspectlng
policeman off the door-step and
knocked him out Oat on the pave
ment, .
While the policeman waa atlll fail-
. tng, he laahed out again with hl left
in a punch that aent Lawson stag-
, gerlng, and followed It up with an-
1 other right that put Lawaon out for
the count beside the policeman.
He eprang quickly acrosa the pave
ment, atepped Into the car which he
bad taken from the kldnappera, and
v drove off. He had little fear of Imme
dlate purauit, tor he knew that nei
ther the policeman nor Lawaon
would be In any condition to follow
- blm tor several aeconda, and by that
time he would be well out of sight.
After Mabony's suddenexlt, Elsa
, itared for a moment at the doorway
through wblcb be bad gone. Then
he ran out after him. Her Idea was
lot to puraue him, but to get help.
She heard the smack, smack of hla
' suncbes as he knocked out the po
liceman and Lawaon, and reached
the front door Just In time to see his
lar disappear down tho street.
... Two Inanimate figures were lying
n the pavement; by the light of a
earby street lamp she recognised
ne of them as Lawson. The eight
terrified her, baiting bar abruptly In
the doorway; she thought the two
ten were dead.
, . Then aha conquered her terror and
, went forward quickly, and bent over
L&wson. He stirred, opened hla eyes,
and muttered a word which caunot
be printed. Then be slowly raised
, himself on one elbow.
"What the" be began.
," "Mr. Lawaon! Mr. Lawsonl" Inter
rupted Elsa. She shook bis shoulder
, slightly.
Lawson blinked. But his brain
waa clearing now, and he recollected
' all that had happened. He had a part
to play, and he played It.
"Elsa ... 1" he exclaimed In a lone
, of the utmost astonishment. "Who
, was that follow? How long have you
been bere? When did you get home?"
But Elsa was In no state of mind to
answer questions at that moment.
She gripped bla sleeve and tugged at
It, trying to Induce him to rise.
"My uncle please come quickly
he s been murdered, she gasped.
"What's that? Vour uncle mur
dered!" exclaimed Lawson In a star
tled tone.
' At this moment the policeman
stirred and began to sit up. Lawson
took charge of the situation. He
helped the policeman to his feet. To
gether they followed Elsa back Into
the house.
Lawson waa kind and efficient. He
took Elsa to the kitchen and Insisted
on making coffee tor her, wbtle the
' policeman dealt with the murder.
The policeman did not waste time
' looking for cluea or asking ques
tions. When he was sure that Mr.
Little waa dead, he simply locked
the room In which the murder bad
been committed and telephoned to
hla superiors.
Twenty minutes later another car
drove up to the house containing
two detectives, a camera-man, and
police doctor. The leader of the
detectives introduced himself as In
spector Kennedy of Scotland Yard.
TTH3 was obviously one of the new,
public-school type of detectives.
In appearance he was a tall, lean
man of thirty-four or five, dreased
- by a good tailor. His features were
regular and good-looking, his dsrk
yea were a little sleepy, his bands
were well cared tor.
There waa nothing brusque or bul
'lying in his methods; hts msnner
was civil and his voice well modu
lated. There was about blm rather
the appearance of an army man on
leave. That appearance did not alto
gether belle him. Before Jolnlns the
police he bad tor three yeara held a
short service commission In the R.
A. F. He seemed to know exactly
what to do.
The study was examined, photo
grapha were taken, and tho doctor
made his examination of the body.
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Days will he sUihed rrom Mint: tig
travel time between Med ford and
Pacific ocean points witri inaugura
tion, October 31, of Tgti:ar
passenger plane mtyIcc fr:m San
rrancleco to Honolulu and the Ori
ent, exrordiiy to a bulletin released
today by I., o. Devaney. Held man
eer of United Air Lines h..
Only three boms are requltd for
United a planet to fly from ..ere to
San Franrtnco .vhere connections aje
made with lan American's overseas
Clipper ahlps. Through this all-elr
ervire, passenger time to Honolulu
will be twenty-tour hours and to
Manila, fire day.
Th flight from Honolulu to Manila
Then Inspector Kennedy began to
ask questions.
To begin with he obtained Law
son's story, whjcb, on the face or it,
appeared to be quite almple and
straightforward. Lawson stated that
Wsa had been missed from the Al
bert Hall when the film stars were
due to be Introduced; that he had
made Inquiries for her and learnt
that she had last been seen being
carried toward the door by a party
of black monks; that he bad rung up
Mr. Little, and that Mr. Little had
announced his Intention of calling
in the police.
He had '.uen driven to Mr. Little's
bouse In hla car, and had seen a
constable on the door-step. He hod
been about to Join the constable,
when he door had suddenly opened
and a man dressed In monk's cos
tume bad emerged and attacked him. -
Taken by surprise, be had been
knocked out before be had time to
defeud' himself. He bad recovered
consciousness to find Elsa bending
over him. He and the constable and
Elsa had entered the house, and he
had seen Mr, Little's body lying on
the floor of the study with a knife
near It. That was all be knew.
The Inspector's assistant took
down this story In a note-book. The
Inspector turned to Elsa.
I'd like to have your story now.
Miss Little," he said.
Elsa waa looking pale and 111. The
shock of her uncle's death, on top
of the effects of the drug which bad
been given to her at the Albert Hall,
had left ber dazed ind hardly able
to concentrate. The contrast betweon
her gay Queen of Hearts costume
and pale face and sad eyes made her
look extremely helpless and pathct
ie. Inspector Kennedy felt very sorry
tor her. But be bad his duty to do.
I'm afraid 1 can't tell you much,"
she answered. "A lot of monks start
ed dancing round me at the Albert
Hall. One of them picked me up, and
then something pricked my arm and
1 lost consciousness. When 1 came
to 1 waa lying on a sofa In bere, and
a man dressed as a monk was stand
ing by tbe window. Then the door
bell rang, and I turned my head and
and saw Uncle Vincent"
SHE! blinked. A tear trickled slowly
down her nose and dropped down
on to the front of ber dress. Crying
did not make her look ugly; It only
made her look helpless and child
like. . Inspector Kennedy felt very
sorry tor ber indeed.
And then, Miss Little?" he asked
sympathetically.
I 1 think 1 waa going to scream
but the monk caught bold of raj
wrists and shook me and said: 'You
are not to,' or something llko that
1 said, 'You've killed blm.' and hi
said, 'No, I haven't' Then he picked
up the knlte and wiped lu and rat
out of the room. 1 ran out of tbi
room too, to try to got help tor my
uncle, and saw Mr. Lawson and thi
policeman lying on the pavement'
"I suppose you've no idea who thii
monk waa?" asked the Inspector.
She hesitated, putting her bant)
to her head aa If it pained her.
"No. At least ... no, I don't- know
who he waa. But . . . somehow hli
vole did seem a bit familiar,'' sbi
answered. .
"Oh! You knew the man's volci
vaguely, but can't give a name tt
him," said the Inspector shrewdly
"That seems to suggest that It wai
somebody you've met but don't know
very well. Think hard. Miss Little.
Try to remember. Whose voice wai
It?"
There was a lopg psuse. Elsa eat
In a rather huddled position staring
at nothing. Occasionally a tear ran
down her face and trickled on to
her dress. Sbe did not want to think.
She wanted to cry. She could Imn
glna no greater luxury than simply
being alone and crying to her heart'a
content.
She wished these people wouldn't
make her think. Perhaps if sho could
think of the man's name quickly
they would leave her alone. One after
another the names of men she knew
passed through her mind, but that
voice did not seem to HI any of them.
"Think of all the men you know
whose names begin with A. Then
think of all those beginning wllb B,
and so on through the alphabet."
suggested the Inspector.
Again there wsa a pause. Adam
son. Arlington, Alnsworlh, Harring
ton, Barton, BorlsoR a host of
names passed one after the other
through Klsa'a mind. Kvory now and
then, In the midst of the G's or J'l
sbe would think ot another 0 or E;
It was atnatlng the number of peo
ple she knew. Lawson, Lavertree,
Lee-rtamsden, Leasing , . . Mackin
tosh, Msddershaw . . .
Her expression changed suddenly.
CopvlnM mi . Ilueh Clexslyi
Mahcrty hai, tomorrow, an im
portant inspiration.
will be made in daylight only with
Intermediate stops at Midway, Wnke
and Guam. Until lrplne service
opened between the phHpiMt.ee and
China, passengers will bewrd steamer
at Manila, nuking the elnp.ed plane-
steamer time from Med ford to Hum?
kong and Canton seven days and to
Shanghai, ten days,
Although air paenr fares across
the Pacific aie approximately twice
those chanted by stertmshlp Pma, the
service to Honolulu Is five times
f.wt, IVvaney paid. Air mall postage
to Honolulu m 3V per half ounce and
to Manila, llciytkoiiff and ahanghal.
7 cent per half ounr. The rite on
atr rxpm to Honolulu la S3 77 per
pound and to Manila, SJ3,
Jailed Aa Vagrant
RO.SKl.una, Ore.. Oct. 13. (API
Herbert Uflrrence Knott, alias King
nerving a 30-day term tn the tounty
.lull for vagrancy, was surrendered tit
Sheriff Percy Webl today to ivpul?
Sheriff.- rrank P, McfaMin and H.
Co of Imperial county, California
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there Death Valtay has done well In :
living up to Its gruaome name. '
A lind of scorching heat and stark
desolation, It has claimed tho lives
of many thirst-crazed prospectors and
adventurers wno came to search for
Its fabulous gold deposits and re
mained to leave their skeletons
blanching on lta burning sand. '
Yet, strange as It seems, this arid
region actually supports more than
180 forms of arid plant and animal
life. Hardy mountain sheep, wild
Jnckawa, snnkes, coyotes, tarantula
lizards, skunks, gophers, badgers
quail, and wild geese are among tho
animals which manage to aubslat on
the water found In the few small
water holes that dot the volley's
floor. Carnivorous animals obtain
their food by preying on weaker lal
Idw denizens of the desert while the
others depend on the sparse vegeta
tion found there.
The species of plants found In
Death Valley are a strange assort
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tng on the bit of water showered
down by the area's Infrequent rains.
3-Polnt Team
Louisiana State and Texas Chris
tian University have met on the grid
iron three times 1931-1933 and 1036.
In these respective games, T. C. U
defeated its opponent 3-0, tied, 3-3.
and won 8-2 a total of 14 points
scored without a touchdown.
Tlaclng egalnst time, three shifts
of workmen labored night and day
for 47 days to complete a home con-sgtrurt-ed
for exhibition purposes tn
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foil of rain, the entire Job was done
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