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THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
A The Wrong Murderer
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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By HIGH CLEVELY
-- ' By GLUYAS WILLIAMS I'v
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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