PXGTC TEN
'm The Wrong Murderer
BYyOF818: All Terenoe Mahony
has done is to reeaue two girls from
Ambrose Lawson's gang 0 kidnap-
Jiors but now he finds himself in
he unortunate position of being
suspected of the murder of vinoent
Little, and Laweon ie tree and not
suspeoted of anything Huth Prater,
one of the girls, has provided Ter
enae an alibi ; but she does not SUB'
peot that she tone kidnapped by or
der ot her guardian, hee-Ramsden.
who now is trying to lead Scotland
Yard oil on a wrong scent.
Chapter 17
SUBTLE EVASIONS
THUS tt happened that when In
spector Kennedy arrived at Lee
Hamsden'a house, Lee-Ramsden was
absent The Inspector was a patient
man by nature; he sat and waited
for nearly an hour Then Lee-Ramsden
returned. Ho greeted the In
spector genially but with an air of
some surprise.
"From Scotland Yard, are you?
You're not the man who came before.
I suppose you've come about my
ward." ha said. "I don't think you
need hare troubled. 1 rang np the
police some time ago telling them of
her return and explaining the rea
son for her absence. I'm very sorry
to have caused the police all this un
necessary bother, and If a contribu
tion of twenty guineas to the Police
Orphanage would be of any use, 1
hall be glad to send along a cheque."
"Thank you, sir," said the Inspec
tor. "But I'd like to ask you a few
questions all the same, if you don't
mind."
"Not s bit," said Lee-Ramsden
"But you muBtn't be disappointed If
I don't know some of the answers.1
"On the afternoon of your ward's
disappearance, 1 understand that she
waa going shopping," went on the
Inspector, "She left the house and
, disappeared. Am I to understand
that simply on the spur of the mo
ment she went off down to her
friend's bouse In Sussox without
bothering to let anybody know, and
without taking any luggage?"
"It seems like it, doesn't It?" said
Leo-Ramsden carelessly. "That's the
story she told me."
"Do you believe that story?" asked
Inspector Kennedy.
Lee-Ramsden smiled,
j "My dear fellow, whether I believe
the story or not Is quite beside
the point," he answered, "As Miss
iFraser's guardian I keep a very care
iful eye on all her financial Invest
ments she will come Into a Isrg
.fortune when she Is twenty-one, you
Iknow. But so far as her personal be
ibavlor Is concerned, she has com
piste liberty to please herself what
he does."
A soraowhat cynical old gentle
man, thought Inspector Kennedy,
"Is your ward the kind of girl like
ly to Indulge In . . . er rash and Im
pulsive actions?" asked the Inspec
tor. Lee-Rarasden smiled again.
"I wouldn't exactly call her a milk-and-water
miss," be replied, "If she
particularly wanted to do anything,
I Imagine she is the kind of person
who would do It. and damn the con
sequences. I hope so. 1 hats timid
people."
"And you think her story about
staying with a friend In Susbsx may
not be the truth?" pursued the In
spector. "I don't think about It at all. It
doesn't concern me wholhor It's the
truth or not," answered Lee-Rams
den. "And unless my ward has been
up to something criminal, 1 don't see
that It concerns you either. If you
want to And out whether the story
Is true or not, why not ring up Miss
Dowson's cottage and aak her?"
"yB HAVE already put through
' ' a telephone enquiry to the Hnr
fleld police," stated inspector Ken
nedy. "They report that Miss Dow
son left the cottage this mo nlng and
they don't know where shs hss gone.
They slso report that, so tar as they
are aware. Miss Dowson has not had
any guest staying with her during
the last few days."
"Really. Thai's most Interesting
Then my ward baa not been staying
with Anna Dowson," commented
Lee-Kamsden. "But even so. Inspec
tor, 1 still don't see that the matter
concerns you. 1 take tt that you're
not running a welfare department at
Scotland Yard, or starting a bureau
for supervising the conduct of young
girls."
"Not exactly, sir," said Inspector
Kennedy. "We're Interested In your
niece's movoments because she
claims that she was brought from
Miss Dowson's cottage by a man
named Mnhony, whom we suspect of
murdering Mr. Vincent Little."
"Suspect of . . .1" Lee-Ramsden's
manner had suddenly become quite
serious. "What's this you're saying.
Inspector? ha ssked.
Inspector Kennedy told him brief
ly about the murder of Mr. Little.
It seemed that Lee-Ramsden was
greatly shocked by the news. Inspec
tor Kennedy waa very glad to see It.
SLAYER OF TWO IS
KILLED BY OFFICER
MT. PLEASANT. I'teh. Oct. 33
(AP) Henry Ol.wn, ao-yeor-old far
mer who hilled hla wife and step
daughter, aa shot to death by Ip.
uty Sheriff ulywea Larsen late last
nlpht.
Mrs. Fmma Kenward. at. whoac home
In the central Utah town the ahoo'.
Init occurred, told officers that Olaen.
from Mayllcld. Utah attempted to oe
his rat.rangod wifo yr.sterday and de
parted uturini threats.
Mrs. Kenwdrri nsktM poll' protec
tion and O'.h-d was locked In the
Ml. Pleasant Jail. He escaped last
night, howevri. A lew minutes latei
his stcp-dat'gMer, Miss Onrliam Hlnlr
It, waa shot through the head as she
By HUGH CLEVELY
Now, perhaps, he would get a little
real information.
"Are you acquainted with Terence
Mabony, sir?" he asked
"Only by hearsay," answered Lee
Ramsden. "I've heard my ward talk
ing about him. She seems greatly
taken with him. So tar aa I'm con
cerned, though I've never met him
personally, I must confess that I'm
a little prejudiced against him. He's
a friend of young Ross, you know,
and I never cared tor that young
man. I believe that he doped."
Here was real information at last
The Inspector's eyes glistened. He
leaned forward eagerly
"And what makes yon believe that,
sir?" hs enquired.
Lee-Ramsden spread out his hands
slightly.'
"1 don't know. Nothing very much,
I suppose. Only I've knocked about
the world a good bit in my time, and
kept my eyes open, and there are
signs by which one can often tell a
dope addict"
"The eyes, and muscles of . the
face," suggested the Inspector.
"Yes," agreed Lee-Ramsden. "And
a certain habit of boasting. I remem
ber him telling me that he and a
friend of his abroad had hit on the
easiest and quickest way of making
money ever Invented He wouldn't
tell me what It was. Not that 1 was
particularly Interested."
"He and a friend of his abroad,"
echoed the Inspector. "He didn't
mention the friend's name, I sup
pose?" "No. But I imagine he meant Ma
hony. Mahony was in China at the
time, and Ross waa alwaya saying
what a fine fellow he was," sn
swered Lee-Ramsden.
The Inspector asked no more ques
tions; he departed In a very thought
ful mood. Lee-Ramsden watchod blm
go with a smile of satisfaction. Hie
thoughts were disturbed by the en
try of Mulllns the butler.
"Miss Ruth Just rang up, sir," be
announced. "I didn't disturb you be
cause you were busy with the gen
tleman. Miss Ruth Is bringing a
friend, a Mr. Mahony, to lunch."
Bringing Mr. Mahony to lunch.
Is she?" said Lee-Ramsden. "That's
excellent excellent. Mr Mahony is
a gentleman whom I am particularly
anxloua to meet 1 shall have to try
to think of something really bright
with which to entertain him."
AFTER leaving the Little's house.
Ruth and Mahonv eat Into
Ruth's car and drove to a small
cafe In the King's Road They round
an empty corner and sat down. Ma
hony ordered coffee.
Ruth glanced speculatively at
him.
"You're angry with me, aren't
you, she sold.
"No," said Mahony.
"No, perhaps you're not," she ad
mltted. "You don't look really angry
Just a little pained and grieved, and
terribly patient. I suppose you think
I'm an awful half-wit."
"Well yes, I do rather," said Ma
hony. "You see. aa an Impromptu ef
fort that s-Ty yon put up about us
at the Little's waa quite a bright
effort. But what good Is tt going to
do? All that stuff about me fetching
you from the cottage . . the Inspec
tor will disprove that In no time. And
what are your people going to say
about It? It seems to ms you've got
yourself Into an unholy mlx-up."
"No worse than the mlx-up I waa
In when you fetched ma out of
that bouse," she answered. "And I
couldn't vnry well stand by and see
you arrested for a murder 1 knew
you hadn't committed. You see, my
guardian bas told tho police that I
waa staying In the country with
Anne Dowson. He wouldn't bcllevi
that I'd been kldnspped "
"He wouldn't believe you'd beer
kldnspped?" echoed Mahony. "Tboi'
what on earth did he think you'd
been doing?"
Ruth gave him a brief account of
her Interview with her guardian the
prevloua evening, and her arrange
ment with Anne Dowson.
"That's why I said all that about
you bringing me back from the cot
tage In your car," she finished
"What else could I say?"
"Nothing very much." admitted
Mahony. "But It'a an Infernally com
plicated situation."
It waa an Infernally complicated
situation, and he simply could not
lmsglne what waa going to happen
next
"1 wonder what your guardian -Is
going to have to ssy when he finds
out what's happened." be observed.
"Why not come beck to lunch and
meet him, and find out?" said Ruth.
"After ail. I've told the Inspector
that we're pretty friendly; we'd bet
ter act up to It."
"I'll come." stild Mahony. "Though
It's rather problematical whether 1
shall atay to lunch."
ICopvrtoM lt Hugh Clevely)
Lea-Ramadan ihrewdly eumt up
the case sgalnat Teranet, tomor.
row.
sat near a window In the KenwaM
home.
orncwa were organlclng a posm
when Olwu pushed through a crowd
at the Kenward home end fired point
blank with a revolver, killing Mrs
Olaen. 30.
Deputy Lirsrn shot Olaen. killing
him Instantly.
STRIKE MAY CLOSE
PLANT AT LOMGVIEW
LONOVIEW. Oct. 22 (API -The
Lorvtvlew F!!wr Co. a paper manu
facturing firm emplnyliu 1.000 men
tody fed the posAiblltty of a strike
NOV. 1.
Locals of the bolter makers, elec
tricians and teamMera unions already
have votrd to strike. Charges the
company violated ihe n tkinsl ibor
relation a-t were filed m Washing
ton. D. C.
Chiulfs L. Hope. Seattle, trU'tial
:t.!e:al I.U-.tr board concilia lor, waa
hare today.
HrEDFORT) MAIL
Story Of Christ
On Screen Friday
First M. E. Church
The Utt ot Christ, Pawdon Play,
the famoiu portrayal of the story of
Christ In a motion picture, will be
shown at the First Methodist Episco
pal church Friday at 7:30 p. m.. it
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Believed to be the first man to put
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His all-time peak along this lino
was a performance he gave at the
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"Night" or "the Firemen's Quadrille,'
during his American tour.
An unsuspecting audience heard
the concert open with quiet, soothing
music. Or actually It stepped up a
bit with e flutter of violins. Sud
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pace, the clang of fire bells whs
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w&6 announced today by J. Knotts,
pastor.
This Is one of the most magnifi
cent Bible spectacle ever seen, ac
cording to Rev. Knott, with pictures
of the Holy Land and Egypt, portray
ing Christ. His dlsciplen, Pilate, King
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thousands of Roman soldiers.
The entire film 1a synchronic!
driver,
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nozzles of tbelr hose. Women fainted
or burst into hysterics and panic was
narrowly averted by ushers rushing
through the audience to shout that
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The director gave a signal. The
blaring, rapid fire music stopped,
then burst Into a triumphant Doxol
ogy that ended the performance.
Julie n returned to England, went
violently Insane, and died tn a mad
house. Sir Malcolm Campbell
Strange as It seems, no living man
haa driven a car within 100 miles of
the speed record established by Sir
Malcolm Campbell when he shot his
six-ton 14fi0-horsepower "Bluebird'
over the Bonneville Salt Flats at the
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rate of more than 300 miles per hour
In 1&3A.
Four other men surpassed 300 miles
per hour but all are dead, sacrifices
to the god of speed. They were: Ray
Keech, klllco in an automobile acci
dent, 1028; Major Seagrave, killed In
a speedboat crash, 1030; Lee Bible
killed when his car crashed Immedi
ately after having bettered 200 miles
an hour, and Frank Lock hart, killed
In 1028.
Naming the Pacific
First named the South Sea by Bal- J
boa because he stood on the fsthmus
of Panama and saw the sea to the
south. It became the North Sea a
short time later. Magellan first nam
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Tomorrow: Inspired by a Nightmare!
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