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BAGGAGE CARRIER
By CLUYA5 WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN H1X
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The Cbaracten
tlugo Stern, handaome author,
auino on the French Riviera.
Archie Lnmiden. myielf, Hu
go't friend.
Ottllle Willi, 6eaut(ul Ameri
can heireii.
reiterdari Baron Slohl per
uade Virgot VUlt to vieit the
festival. Despite our precautioni
an attempt i$ made on hi life-
Chapter 41
Searching For Ottilie
SUDDENLY there was a snarling
growl, and from the blue of
faces that hemmed us in, a huge,
black ahape hurtled through the
air, straight at the killers tnroai.
There came a scream of terror,
the report of a gun knocked sky
ward, and a horrid choking gur
gle. I looked and saw two shapes,
the man and the great, black dog,
twisting and writhing on the
ground.
A woman shrieked, a man shout
ed loudlv. and the babel of noise
rose to a frenzied roar. The hands
that held me loosed their grip,
and I flung myself down beside
the struggling mass on the cobble
stones. "Lulu!" 1 yelled. "It's all right,
old chap, I've got him. Let gol
and as I spoke, I caught at the
beast's collar, striving to drag him
off: but I might as well have tried
to loose a tiger from his kill. The
powerful jaws were locked tight
in his victim's throat
Finally, Lulu staggered to his
leet ana stared arouna mm wnn
glazed, bloodshot eyes.
I stood up, also, turning with
an uncontrollable shudder from
the writhing, twitching body on
the cobblestones, "A doctorl" I
shouted wildly. "Someone get a
doctorl" A small, stout man in
sober black pushed through the
crowd and dropped on his Knees.
, He laid a tentative finger on the
torn throat, raising one drooping
eyelid, and slowly shook his head.
"It is useless, Monsieur Lums
den!" he said gravely, and as he
spoke, I recognized him as Hugo's
friend, Dr. Kiquet. "This poor
wretch will be dead before we get
him into an ambulance. One can
not, unfortunately, apply a tour
niouct to the neckl"
I drew a long breath, half hor
ror, half relief that the thing wt
had dreaded so long had come
and gone, and as I looked round
me, I heard a familiar voice at my
elbow. i
"That animal," said Dunning
slowly, "has a fine sense of jus
tice. He's revenged his master
when no one else could."
They were all there, clustered
close around me Virgoe Wills,
immovable as a rock, his strong
old face set and expressionless;
Hugo, lips set, pale under his tan;
and a little farther off a small,
sobbing figure in rusty black
Penelope with the end of a
broken dog-leash still clutched in
her hand.
Through the press came striding
two stalwart, khaki uniformed
policemen. The dog looker up at
me with anxious, red-rimmed
eyes.
"It's all right, old man," 1 told
him, answering his unspoken
auestion. "You shan't suffer for
lis if I can help it"
The policemen were Intelligent
looking lads, but this contingency
seemed completely outside their
accustomed routine, and I was
thankful to see, following close on
their heels, a large, pompous fig
ure that I knew.
"Moiwieur le Commijiairtr I
saluted him with much relief, and
he halted beside me.
"What is this?" he demanded,
with a manful attempt at hut offi
cial manner.
"The man tried to assassinate
Mr. Virgoe Wills, but the dog got
him just in time.1"
"It is he!" ht muttered. The
chasseur from the chateau, and the
dog"
is the dog of Mr. Venner," 1
finished for him, "who saw his
master killed and has taken re
venge on the murderer. But see
here, Monsieur le Commissaire,"
I added on a lower note, "get us
out of here as quickly as you can,
there's a good fellowl This is no
place for Mr. Wills after what has
happened."
The Yacht!'
HE NODDED, pursing his lips.
"This puts a different com
plexion on many things. If it is true
that this miscreant killed Monsieur
Venner, that is at least one mur
der solved!"
"And who knows," 1 suggested
gently, "if a little further investi
gation by a man of your Intelli
gence may not disclose a connec
tion with the first killings may
not. In short, lead you to the per
son at the back of all three
crimes?"
He glanced at me shrewdly. He
was no fool. "Whnt, precisely, do
you mean by that. Monsieur Lums
den?" he asked softly.
"I mean," said I, "that 1 should
delay until tonight the further in
vestigation of this crime, apart,
of course, from the necessary for
malities. I am convinced," I added,
"that you will find Monsieur Fleu
riot and Monsieur le Juge in full
agreement with this course, and
it U possible that my friends and
I may be able to give you valuable
help by that time."
Suddenly. I remembered some
thing. "Dunnn s!" I said sharply.
"Where's Stahlf
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He shook his nead. "We lost
him," he answered mournfully.
"But the yacht!" I cried wildly.
"The Kendezous.' He'll be on board
by now, and she's got steam up all
ready to sail. Monsieur Thiers,
you've got to stop him!"
"The Baron!" he echoed, aghast,
clapping a fat hand to his forehead.
"You do not accuse him. surely, of
complicity in this crime?"
"I do," I said bluntly, and saw
Virgoe Wills start and instantly
control himself.
"But on what grounds?" said the
plump man dazedly. "I cannot act
unless I have something to go on."
"Grounds be hanged!" I cried.
"We'll give you all the grounds
you wish by tonight, but In the
meantime stop that yacht from
sailing!"
He shook his head dismally. "It
will be difficult," he said mourn
fully. "I happen to know that she
received her clearance papers last
night, but still, I will try.'1
Virgoe Wills had all this time
been watchfully silent, but now
he moved impatiently, holding up
a hand with the compelling gesture
of a man used to ensuring silence
when he wanted it
"One moment!" he said In his
harsh old voice. "There have been
a lot of extraordinary statements
flying around, but the one fact
that's troubling me is that my
niece Is mixed up in this rabble,
and I'd be mighty glad if someone
would go look for her and bring
her here."
"Listen here, Mr. .Wills," said
Dunning coolly. "The one concern,
we all have at this moment is your'
safety, and the only place in
Cannes I'm sure of is the Chalet
d'Amour. Mr. Stern and Mr. Lums
den will stay behind and bring Ot
tilie along just as soon as they
can locate her. and meantime I'll
come with you and tell you all vou
want to know on the way."
Hugo and 1 packed Virgoe Wills
and Dunning Into a taxi with the
big, black dog at their feet
See you at the Carlton in an
hour," Dunning breathed in my
ear as I shut the door on him.
No Sign Of Ottllle
"mELL," 1 said to Hugo as they
" drove off, "we haven't much
money, but we do see life!"
He gave an impatient lerk of
the head. 'The yacht man!" he
said sharply. "What are you stand
ing there gaping for? We've got
to see if the yacht has gone!"
He was completely right and J
followed him at a quick trot down
through a maze of side-streets and
out across the sun-scorched, de
serted square to the quay
bhe s still there, he said.
There was no smoke coming
from her single funnel, and as we
came up to her at a more sober
pace, I saw a singularly ill-favored
sailor leaning against the roped
gangway.
"I wish to speak to Baron Stahl,"
said Hugo abruptly, and the fel
low shrugged.
"Then you are unfortunate,
monsieur," he retorted "Monsieui
le Baron is not here."
I leaned beside him against the
gangway rail and took out my cigarette-case.
"See here, friend. 1
said, offering him one, "we want
to see the Baron urgently, and wt
understood the yacht was sailing
this morning."
He accepted a cigarette and
tucked it behind his ear with a
slightly softened expression. "Sh
was sailing," he admitted, "but
now she is not"
I looked at him and slowly
and ostentatiously drew out my
pocketbook, extracting a fifty
franc note.
"It is essential that we should
get In touch with Monsieur li
Baron," I said meaningly, "or, fail
ing him, with Monsieur Geiss."
His expression softened still
more, as his finger closed on the
note.
'The yacht Is not sailing," he
said, "because she cannot There
la trouble in the engine-room.
When Monsieur Geiss came, early
this morning, I told him as much.
Monsieur le Baron knew already,
yesterday evening, and I have not
seen him since."
"But the young lady who accom
panied Monsieur Geiss? What of
her?" 1 asked.
He gnped at me, so genuinely
startled that 1 knew It was the
truth he spoke. "There was no
young lady," he said. "Monsieur
Geiss came alone, save for a half
witted creature who carried his
suitcases."
I thanked him, adding a second
fifty francs to the first and slowly
and heavily we took our way back
to the town.
Suddenly an Idea struck me.
'The garage!" I said. "We could
hear if he took his car out and
which way he went"
Luck was with us, for the man
tn charge had personally run out
Geiss's car for him that morning
and helped to fill it up. It must
have been, he thought somewhere
between six and seven, and the
cartoonist had had another man
with him, a shambling, down-at-heel
fellow, carrving two bags.
But there was no "lady: of that ht
was certain.
We thanked him, rewarded him
suitably, and turned our stent
back towards the Carlton, Hugo
grimly despairing, I for my part
with a faint hope that Dunning
might have news for us, but that
hope died a swift and painful death
at sight of the big man's face.
fCovvright M.M 11(1 SnUmnrtSf
Temorrowi Pleurlot Ande Aaaoartt.
Tn previous srwlons of CMittrctit
Vhlr Mlrt, tunny mniitors "votJ
for New f n 1 projHv 1 1 1 n be otume
they were afraid the president mltftit
come Into their ntnti And puip
them."
"The purge failure demonstrated h
can't do IhU." Wheeler said.
The aenMor predicted the Job of
Majority Leader Alben W. Rarkley,
D., Ky., "will be that much hnrder'
under thoc clrcumatuncM.
"He will be able to lead the 100
per cent New IValero, but he won't
be iibte to lead the othera," Wheeler
Mid.
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Woman Hat? It nil Scout
Only woman big-league baseball
scout In America ! Mrs. Bessie Lnr
gent of the Chicago White Sox, who
for 1 ears has snooped around the
minora for talent.
Wife of Roy Largent. chief scout
for the White Six, she gave up a
musical career to follow baseball. A
glance at the roster of more thau
100 players who went to the big
leagues on her recommendation tes
tifies to her unusual Ability.
"Some of my best prospects mtsht
be listed as Carl Reynolds, Art Shires,
HIGH TAX THREAT
' HALTS BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. (AP)-The
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States said today the "threat of high
er taxes and still higher taxes Is a
major deterrent to business progress."
TAILSPIN TOMMY Into the
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
THE NEBB3 Oome Clean
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head, and Luke Appling," says Mrs.
Largent.
She often sees as many as four
baseball games In a single day, aver
aging fram 200 to 280 games each
season. Recently Mrs. targent acred
as Chairman of the AU-Amerlcan
Board of the Semi -Professional Na
tional Congress, which annually se
lects 16 semi-pro ball players from
the 400,000 hoys and young men who
piny on the nation's sandlots to com
pete at Wichita, Kansns.
In Its bl-weekly survey, the organi
zation of business men contended
congress could relieve apprehension
by setting up an orderly fiscal pro
gram designed to avoid further bud
getary deficits.
This could be done, It added
through the reduction of expendi
tures rather than through new and
Increased levies.
By correcting "obvious defects' In
existing regulatory laws and by
adopting a "more prudent" govern
mental fiscal policy, congress at its
forthcoming session could make a
Arm of the Law I
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MEANTIME, AT THE CHICKEN FARM OF
JUNIUS JIPPEM, PR0F. A.A.A0T'WAS
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Surpassing even the horse and ox
in climbing, the missive elephant
uses Its trunk as well as Its four feet
to gain the summit of some elusive
peak.
Where another animal must try
each step cautiously before proceed'
lng over rough terrain, the elephant
merely glides' the tip of Its trunk
over the ground to make sure it will
support him.
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positive contribution to enduring
business recovery, the chamber de
clared, :
PORTLAND,' Oct. 17. (AP) Those
nickels of Robert Shfl-rpe's proved ox-
pensive. They cost the 27-year-old
counterfeiter 3$4 years each In '
prison. 1
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PORTLAND. Oct. 17. (AP) Frank- j
lln T. Griffith, president of the Port- j
land Traction company, agreed today 1
to withhold discontinuance of Inter- '
urban service until next Wednesday .
after receiving & plea from employers. '
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