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pa'gts four Mrrn-FORTTi matt: trtbwb, ivrroron'D, ot?eoo:st, frtday. October 16. issb. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST A The Wrong Murderer STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address th anther, hxeloeingj stamped enreiope for reply. Ry. U. a Pat OIL By HIGH CLEVELY -- ' By GLUYAS WILLIAMS I'v : . tSLUVAS ! , . i i '. BYttOPRIB: Terence Uahony hoe had a buey night. Bince nine oolock'. he has reeoued two girle Irom Am , breee Laweon'e pang of kidnap pere: Blea Little, the cinema etar, and Ruth Fraeer. wealthy young epartewoman and aviatrix. Onor ; innately, Terenee managed to make himeelf a euepeet in the murder of Blea'e uncle when lie returned her to her home : iuet note he ie asking , Ruth about her experiencee, eepe- . eially ae to whether ehe had been drugged by the gang. Chapter 11 IT'S GOOD-BYE TJSS," laid Ruth. "1 noticed that after meals I alwayi felt ter ribly Queer all light-headed, iilll didn't cars 4 hoot for anything but when that feeling had worn off I felt depressed and awful. "I etood It for about a day: then I got desperate. The day before yes terday, when the fat man brought me my aupper. I hit him on the head aa hard aa I conld with a chair. H knocked hlra unconacloui. "I went through bli pocket and found a pistol and took 1L Then I beard one of the others coming, so I shored him outside the door, got the key. and locked myself In. The other two men stormed and shouted lot, but the window was too high tor them to get In that way, and when they tried to break the door down I shot at them through It and nearly killed one of them, I believe. I wish I bad killed him. "After that they didn't try to break In any more. But every now and then they came and threatened me with the most horrible things It I wouldn't let them in, and prom ised me a -nairellotie time If I would. I think that what they really meant to do, when they found they eonldn't get In, was to Starrs me out." Ehe paused. "They'd bare done It, too, If yon badn't turned up. I was getting to feel that I'd give anything for a ehop, or even a plat of rice pud ding. I'm terribly grateful to you, really." The child certainly had some pluck, reflected Mahony During bis wanderings about the world he had known many women, but none who would have been capable of holding her own against a crowd of toughs is this girl had done. "I wonder what happened : to Billy Ross," she went on. "Did they get him too?" "Yes," answered Mahony. "But not when they got you. Ross was mashed up In a motor accident yesterday. If be Urea, which Is rery doubtfsl, ho'll be a belpless cripple for the rest of bis life." He paused. ' "You say yon're grateful to me," be continued. "Then I can ask yon a favor. You'll probably hare to tell all that's happened V your parents and the police. You can't tell them my name, because you don't know It, but id be very grateful If you won't describe me too accurately to tbem. And I'd like yon to leave out Ross's name altogether. He was partly responsible for the fact that you were kidnapped. But he can't be punished any more than be has been punished. It bis name la drag ged In the mud, his parenta will be the only people to auffer. I want to prevent that. And that kidnapping gang won't get away with It. I'll deal with tbem all right." T BET you'll deal with them," she 1 1 said. "I won't say anything about Billy Ross. If I tell my guar dian that I got Into a tut, and a nan jumped In with me and chloro formed me, that ought to do, oughtn't ltf Anyway, I don't suppose be'll want a lot of police fussing around. He hates a lot of fuse and candal." "That story ought to be all right," greed Mahony, "But mind yon tick to It." "I'll stick to It," she promised, "But won't you tell me who you re?" "No," answered Mahony, By this time tbey were pssslng through Hampstead, and In a tew minutes they drew up outalde the bouse in Upper Brook Street, May. fair, where Mr. Lee-Ramsden, Ruth's guardian, lived. She got out of the car and stood for a moment t the edge of the pavement, look ing rather wistfully at Mahony. "Shan't we ever meet again!" she asked. "Who sm I that I should proph sy?" ssked Mauorry, Don t you want to see me again?" she persisted. "It's a bit Impolite, you know, to rescue a girl from a lot of villains snd then walk lightly out of her lite Just like that." Mahony grinned. He liked her. In ordinary rlrrumstances he would have been glad to meet her again. SPEECJUP DEAF LC'SlXiN (Uf A treatment for tMehlng draf-mut children norma! ipeeeh was demonstrated to members M the Otologics rfeotlon of the Moral Society of Mrttlclm. bv Philip rrans lln in hla clinic at the Intent hoa '.!a! at We.itmln:er. The basis of the treatment Is that i idren ar taucM to hear through he sense ot touch, and then eiicour ;ed to repeat the sounds and words they hear. Sound vibrations ore picked up by the body chiefly the ftngaittpa and the head and vaased on to the brain. Since, however, thl- medium Is only one hundred-thousandth part a sensitive u the tar mechanism of NEW INSTRUMENT USED IN TEACHING But' the circumstances were not ordinary. He did not want ny friendship with a girl hindering his activities. "Sorry," said Mahony. "I expect I would bore you stilt. So really It's probably all for the best that It's im possible for us to meet again." A slight smile touched the cor ners of her Hps. "Oh, yon think It's Impossible, do your she said. "All right. Well, I won t keep you now. So long. And thanks for the ride." j ' ' With that she waved to him, and turned and mounted the front door steps of her guardian's house. She rang the bell and turned and waved again. Mahony waved back. Then he drove away. In answer to Ruth's ring the door was opened by an elderly butler clad In pyjamas and a dressing gown. At the sight of her his eyes opened wider; be seized the door with his right band aa It he needed support. "Miss Ruthl" be exclaimed In startled tone. "That's who It Is, Mulllns," an swered Ruth. "Very hungry and very sleepy. Be an angel and get me some hot soup or something. And tell me, baa the household been terribly agitated by my absence?" "Mr. Lee-Ramsden has naturally been very worried." stammered the butler. "I must wake him at nnci and tell him of your sate return." As Ruth advanced Into the hall, there was sound of movement at the top of the stairs, and a volci called out: "What is It, Mulllnsr" THE! speaker began to descend the stairs Into the lighted ball. He was a tall, well-made, vlgorons man, of between fifty-five and sixty. with the air shout blm of one accus tomed to command. His features were handsome and well formed; bis white hair waved back from broad. Intellectual tore bead; his eyes were blue and steady, with a bint of cynical humor In their cool glance; bis nose was Roman,. lending a touch of severity to bis face; his mouth and chin were weir shaped and determined. One ugly feature he bad which was not noticed by the casual ob server hla hands. They were very broad In I he1 palms, with short, ngly. dumpy fingers, varying little in length, A distinguished criminolo gist bad once laughingly told Lee- Ramsden that be had. the hands of man conscienceless and Implaca blethe bands ot a killer. Lee Ramsden bad merely laughed. Halt-way down the stairs, catch ing sight of Ruth In the hall, he stopped short with the air of a man who has received a sudden shock. In moment he recovered himself and hurried on down the stairs. Ruthl My dear child! Where have you sprung from!" he ex claimed. "We thought you'd been kidnapped. Your aunt came round and made an awful fuss. Really, we've been worried to death about you. , I've been a bit v.orrld about myself," answered Ruth. "But I'm not .going to talk till I've had some food. I'm almost dying of starva tion." She also wanted to get quite clear In her mtnd the story she was going to tell. Hot soup was brought Into the dining-room, and when she had drank It, Ruth related the story she had arranged wltb Mahony. Her guardian listened attentively until she had finished. Then be shook his head slightly and smiled. "It's a good story, my dear, an excellent story In tact It's been one of my favorite stories ever since I first read It aa a boy," he oommented, "but It won't do. Won't you tell me where you've really beenT" "But I've told you," she protested. "I got Into a tail and a man got In with me and chloroformed me. Then I was taken to a house some where outside London: I don't know exactly where because It was dark and I didn't pay much attention on the way back." "And a gallant atrangsr dashed single-banded Into the bouse and rescued you from the sinister trio and brought you safol home." ob served Lee-Ramsden. He shrugged his shoulders slightly. "You don't know who kidnapped you. You don't know where you were taken. You don't know who your rescuer was," he continued In an Ironla tone. "My dear, what a story to tell the police when they ! Jk where you've been. I'm quite I sure Ihey won't believe you." "But what else can I tell themt" asked Ruth. (Copyright rs.t, riuoh CUvelyt laa-ftamidcn glvaa Ruth anothtr story 1e Moi.dav. a normal tiereon, special instru ment la mve.wary. Thia la known as the telefuctor. H constats of a vibrating diaphragm on which Ihe child places Its flntier- tlps, highly amplified "ear-phones." a microphone for the child, and a microphone through which the In at.rurt.ir speaks. The child beln to differentiate between the sounds uttered by the Instructor, and when It becins to utter sounds itself, 'jo tvtloe th immediate reaction on th dia phras;ms. just aa the normal person near himself apeak. The appertua also can be con nected to (framaphone records, which reproduce uursery-rhymes y. Induce a sense of rvthm and tune etrret nolsea. animal nolaca. and other sounda. Animals, picture books and dolls are used in conjunction with the records to fix impressions in the child's mind and to enable It to reinira the objects when encoun tered In real life. When the child beiilna to (eel at home with the apr-inttus the apeech- tnaranlat haeina work. 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