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PAQi SIX MEDFfyRT) MATT, TRTBTTn"E.' M"ETFORP. OT?KOON'. FT?TDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1936 ERRAND 6v GLUYAS WILLIAMS CI A The Wrong Murderer STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX j 4Tor further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. U. S. Pat 09. j By HUGH CLEVELY BYNOPBIBr To clear Terence Mahony of auepiolon a the mur derer of Vincent Little. Ruth Prater has told the police that Ter rnce tca fetching her back to Lon, don from the home of o eohool friend in the country, at the time of the Little affair. It ie not true, ol though it ia true that Terence wae rescuing Ruth from kidnapper. Now. eo that Terence may see what kind of man Ruth' guardian, Lee Rameden. ie. Ruth ie taking Ter ence home to lunch ana thie please Lee-Rameden enormously, for it was he who had paid Ambroee Law son to kidnap hie ward. Chapter 18 -LEE-RAMSDEN SCORES THAT kind of a man la your gua.dlan?" aak-xl Mahony. "Do ron get on well with him? "Oh, yes," aha answered. "He's a bit cynical and . . . and Inhuman, but he's very good company and easy to to get on with. I think you'll like him." "1 wonde. whether he'll like met" said Mahony rather gloomily. don't seem frightfully popular this morning." After this remark there ' brief silence between them. "You're rather In love with Elsa, aren't you?" Ruth finally asked. "What's that?" said Mahony In a startled tone, and he f ushed. "You had a sort of yearning look," she explained. She rose abruptly from tae table. "I'll go and ring up Uncle Gerald," she went on. "That Is, If they've got a telephone In this horrible place. 1 do think It's a horrible place, don't you? I wonder why we came here? And such beastly coffee." She departed In search ot a tele- shone. Mahony remained at the ta' ble, frowning fiercely and taking oc casional slpa at his bad coffee. Ruth's remark that he was rather in Jo-e with Elsa had disturbed him. "Still yearning," said Ruth's voice by the table. "I've 'phoned Mulllns, the butler, and told him to expect a guest." "Oh! Right Then I suppose we'd better be moving," said Mahony. He paid the bill and they left the oafe. Twenty minutes later they arrived at Ruth's home. Lee-Ramsden welcomed Mahony with accustomed pleasant geniality. "I've heard of you," he said. "You're baak from China, aren't you? You must tell me all about It; I lived there myself twenty years ago. But I didn't know you knew Ruth." "Oh, yes, we're quite old friends," sal i Ruth, "Mr. Mahony brought me home last night," Lee-Ramsden did not comment on that remark. "Shall we go Into the study? You'll take a glass ot sherry before lunch, t hope," he suggested. TM1EY went Into the study and I Lee-Ramsden poured out the sherry. After he had banded Ma hony a glass, he Indicated the mid day edition of the evening paper, which was lying on the table. In big letters across the top was the head line: FILM STAR'8 UNCLE MURDERED "Shocking affair that," he ob served. "Have you seen the evening paper yet? Poor Little's been killed." "Yea, I know," said Rulh. "We . . . a- a matter ot tact, we've Just come from Elsa's house." "Oh, you have," said Lee-Ramsden in a tone ot Interest. "Been pay ing a visit of condolence, I suppose. ; How Is Elsa? I expoct she's taken It very much io heart, hasn't she?" "Yes," said Ruth. "Was anybody else there?" asked Lee-Ramsden. "Mr. Lawson. And a man named Inspector Kennedy," answered Ruth. "Kennedy?" said Lee-Ramsden In a tone of surprise. "But he was htre only a fe minutes ago msklhg inquiries about you." "Oh I" said Ruth. She hadn't quite expected that. "What did he want to know?" she asked. Mahony rose from his seat He had had enough ot this beating about the bush. When a difficulty had to be faced, h'e liked to face it and get It over. "I didn't go there with Miss Frasei; I met her there by acci dent." he stated quietly. "I went there with a man named Lawson. A police officer was there Inspector Konnedy, from Scotland Yard. In hie presence, and Lawson's, Miss Little accused me of being the mur derer ot her uncle. She said that she recognised my voice as that of the man who was In the room when her uncle was killed." Thore was no explosion. Lee Ramsden's handsome, aquiline fea tures hardly changed In expression. Ho raised one eyebrow very slightly. "How very annoying for you especially If you did kill her uncle," he commented lightly. "Are you sup posed to have klllod the old gentle man before or after you brought my ward home?" "1 told Inspector Kennedy that Mr. Mahony could not have mur dered Mr. Little, because he was with me," put in Hutb, , "Indeed. Was Mr. Mahony also staying with your old school friend?" asked Lee-Ramsden Ironically. He sipped his sherry, looked from Ruth to Mahony, and continued In the same tone of mild Irony. "I don't profess to know what's happened, and perhaps I'm too old and stupid to be told, but I can't help feeling that somehow yon two young people have got yourselves into a devil of a mess, It may Interest you to know that Inspector Kennedy was making enquiries about both of you. I have an idea that he rather doubts your old school friend story." "It wasn't my story; It was your story; you told me ta tell It," pro tested Ruth heatedly. "I told you what really happened that I was kidnapped, but you wouldn't believe me." "Yes, that's true," admitted Lee Ramsden. "But you couldn't tell me who kidnapped you, or where you were taken, or who rescued you, and during your aUence I received none ot the demands for ransom or other sensational consequences of a genu ine kidnapping well, my dear, your story didn't sound very convincing, did It? If you'd only brought Mr. Mahony In with you, or told me his name "But he wouldn't come In, and he wouldn't tell me his name," Inter rupted Ruth. "I didn't know his name till I met him at Elsa's this morning." "These heroes are very modest. aren't they?" said Lee-Ramsden b'andly, He paused and looked at Mahony, and the expression of good-natnred Irony had quite left bis face; his glance was keen and piercing. Or perhaps you bad some other reason for wishing to conceal your nocturnal activities," he went on In a harder tone. "Did the Inspector question you at any length about them? I'd like you to tell me exact ly what took place at this interview at the Littles' house." MAHONY told him. When Ma hony had finished, Lee-Rams den made slight gesture at if mar velling at human foolishness. ' "You began by telling the Inspec tor that you'd been walking about London till a late hour," he com mented. "Then Ruth came In and said that you hadn't been walking about London, you'd een motoring with her. Naturally ha doesn t be lieve either ot your stories. And if we tell him now that Ruth waa kid napped and yon rescued her, he won't believe that iltber. Unless you can produce proof that she' was kid napped and yon rescued her. Can you?',' "No," answered Mahony. "No," echoed Lee-Ramsden. "And at the Inquest on Little the chances are that you II both be questioned about your movements. By that time ' Inspector Kennedy will probably 1 have obtained proof that Ruth was not staying with Anne Dowbol dur ing her absence. May I ask what yon propose to say?" Mahony made no answer. It was obvious that Lee-Ramsdon was. right; they would be questioned at the Inquest. And he did not see what! the devil they could aay. "Your first story ot walking about, will be brought up and contrasted' with Ruth's story that you were mo-' torlng back from the country. Poo-, pie will say that you lied In order to save Ruth irom scandalous talk, and' that she lied In order to save you from being arrested, and that, any way, you're both no better than you should be. Nothing you say now, either of ,ou, Is going to be be lieved without Indisputable proof. And If you're not arrested, you're both going to be the object ot a lot ot unpleasant gossip." This, as Mahony realised with blank dismay, waa also perfectly true. For himself ha did not mind. But Ruth's name would be coupled with his; be could Imagine the kinds ot thlnga people would be saying about them. The butler entered and an nounced that lunch was served. Lee Ramsden rose. "Even If we are going to be talked about, we needn't stane," he said. "Come down and have some lunch." Lunch was a silent meal. Mahony was perplexed and worried, and he did not In the least know what to make ot hla host. Judging by his manner the thlnga he had learned before lunch had not disturbed him at all. Mahony understood what Ruth had meant when she said her guardian was a little unhuman. CCopyrlfM, Jl, HujV CUvtlf) Taranea tails Las . Ramadan, Monday, thlnga he ahouls hava leapt aaarat. Howard Latourette, Democratic na tional committeeman, and Claude McColloch, state chairman, will ad dress a rally st 8 o'clock Monday nlRht In party headquarters here, 311 West Main street, It waa announced today by J. R. Marshall, Jackson county chairman. The two party leaders will dlaouas national and state Issues, Mr. Mar shall satd. He Issued a general In vitation to the voters of the county to attend. O. O. Carlaon, state president ot the Yoting Democratic club, will speak at headquartera here at fl o'clock tomorrow night. All Demo rrata of the county were Invited by J. S. Murray, local crealdeiit, j PBINOCTON. J.. tvt. as The veterans of future mm. ita tlonal counell advised all poat com mander today, haa "temporarily sua pended" n activities and cloaed It central office here. The announcement aald the princi pal reason waa satisfaction that "our principal objective hare been reach ed." The presidential election and the fact "our war cheats are almost empty" were also cited. The onranlMtlon atarM hv PMn. ton undergraduates Hut aprlng. .spread to campuaea throughout the country. Its "tonue.ln-th-c.hee demand for Immediate payment of a bonus to veteran a of wars to coma m it rsl- lylne cry. -(API WTSJ0 kaV aVC ft Vs. Ill a 'ifeofiheinimorhlhhppe)-, wmt net? GRTrtf?wsfo?y- ftMUSE WoF h OF WeftiHspidraMEToHEf?- INbPftShMm F-l I l6tW0 300KB OTP -a. w..rW..itvr.Ml T or Vrsewe iw mwtfiifN MORE TrteN TWICE j KAft W t& K1UL6P IN VftV& yf "1 IK II Aaet (MnedbijPkceBoshilck, ARE fiVrAomFEcT III famous daredevil, RiifcfVVo&ramfc W HlfiB-SPEEP WHILE Moimep om ft 7-fooT Tt L The, Itreum llnrror Strange aa It seems, "Frankenstein, ' the story whose title was to become practically synonymoua with "horror" throughout the English apeaklng world, waa originally written to en tertain a part or lour persona. Only IB yeara of age at the time, Mary Wollatonecraft Shelley made a trip to Switzerland with her hus band, Lord Byron, and Dr. Polldorl, Byron's physician. Here, for enter Uilnment'a sake, a member of the party euggeated one night that they each write a romance or tale baaed on the supernatural. Hailing the Idea aa a good one, the three men set to work on their man uscript but, unable to think of a plot, Mrs. Shelley retired early. That night her Bleep waa troubled by a horrible nightmare the dream of a man-made monster In human shape who broke loose from .the control of hla creator and committed deeds of terrible violence. Awakening In the morning, Mra. Shelley breathed a sigh of rellet that tt had only been a dream then aud denly remembering the literary agree ment ot the night before, wrote down an outline of the nightmare. Dovel- Good stee WfciGLE.y'5 lb a th' pe oped later In a full atory, the result waa "Frankenstein." 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