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MEDFfyRT) MATT, TRTBTTn"E.' M"ETFORP. OT?KOON'. FT?TDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1936
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6v GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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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-
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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
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party euggeated one night that they
each write a romance or tale baaed
on the supernatural.
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plot, Mrs. Shelley retired early. That
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story which enjoyed considerable
popularity later and has often been
erroneously attributed to his patient,
Lord Byron.
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