PAGE TEN
7 NEVILLE
Mr, ft oem Mln Ihmnm Im
Clarice Dodd. wealthy middl
eted widow who Urn la a mn
eton. Backwater, aeerlookiag the
harbor of 8 1 d o jr. Australia,
keep her doom filled with or.
Indolent fount people. Her
nephew and niece. Fells and
Joyce Burke, lire wltb her. Eileen
Faeler and Deniar Oeeenaraps
are noiue ruesu. Frequent eto
llore Inclade Bill and Brenda
Wheatley. Brother and water,
their friend Michael Hawser, and
Clarice'! phjraiclan. Or. Cyril Ne-
grnt. . One nlghl. Clarice die
from an oyerdoae of aleeplni tab
lets. U' apparently suicide, bat
her eccentric maid. Lena. Inalata
that the bad only one tablet In
her pouesilan that nil hu When
Impector Uroian ol the polle
Inrsitlgatea. variant etrcora
Unee cant taeplcloa partlca
Urle oa Fells. Denl and Or.
Nugent. Lena claim that the
beard Clarice auarrelllng with
the doctor over the phone that
night, and that the later taw him
in hi motor boat at the Bock
water dock. Nngenl denies both
these statement, sarins that
lna Is mentally unbalanced
anil, moreover, benr erodes
against him.
CHAPTER XXH
AT two-thirty that afternoon,
Inspector Orogan and 8er- -fnM , dl(Iereni matter. ,
geant Manning called on Dr. nad nad no communication with
Nugent at his Office. Mrs. Dodd for tome days before
The office was showy and fitted UU na heard her tele
M..rf,nr'irmsiitv like a clove Phoning 4 can only say she mis
OnMlshedTsesksTn d the eonveraaUon and took
"Dolour wife know that you
t&XJJ water that night'"
.ear or two older than the doctor. "Smto the panic that
Jl.fi mt the Artrr.- shot Into Nugent's eyes as they
tlvg''WcirTr"rinrTwar fleered towards the photograph
Srfi bTol ! tatowrou?" on the desk. "No. naturally my wife
moUon'Jd V& chair, and Whe?0eJr
at down again at his desk. "IL hm, ' rt
-Wea doctor." Orogi began. th.f,neildidnl5 irou were out
It's about your movements on the ""J1'", " VL. , h-
. 7" ,,..,i- . "My wife retired to her room
looked poUW, - --F. a, on the
US&u'SlAJS
"SuVenrt nngfri pipped harder " J!?!. ThTdi
en the edge of his desk and Orogan Svl Sve?off
gaw the tightening of the muscles tecU,e t0 themselves on
""The Impector continued. "Your TTHS two men strolled down the
boat was seen and Identified, doc- ""'. M . n.
tor. Do you still maintain that you rj1. !r ? am"
were at home In bed?" mM- Playing about In the moon-
Nugent ook a deep breath. "No. Btht wltl ..girl while the wife'.
<lSM&JP& "Vething ltwaseas,
a very good reason." He leaned enough to understand how a chap
backta his chair. You could see Uke Nugent, getting on into the
him thinking nineteen to the donen 'm d h- ri
was taking a lady out for a lrl "' Brend Wheatjey An
TOln one harbor." like this had busted up many
"I see. May I have the lady's career and so-called happy mar
name, please?" rlage.
"No. That 1 refuse to say.' The "What did It have to do with
doctor's face was bursting with Mrs, Dodd?" Manning asked pres
angry eolor. "There's a point at ently.
which the police have no right to TU ten you what It had to do
probe Into a citizen's private with her. She discovered what was
affairs." going on and she didn't like It. She
"We're a long way oft that point didn't mind what the vouna neonle
doctor. I assume It was one of the
young leaies at nocswaier. property and she wasn't going to
"You may assume what you like, have a kid of e girl walking off
X can't prevent you suggesting that, with him. That's what ihe must
but I can dose my mouth." have said to Mist Whratlev when
. she called her Into her room that
rjROOAN said quietly, Til have night warned her off. And that's
to remind you that this Is an what she had a row with Nugent
taves'igaUon for murder. Your con- about on the telephone She
section with Mrs. Dodd's house- threatened to tell his wife. It's as
hold Is Important at the moment good a motive tor murder as most,
and that's why we have to know What about a bit of lunch?"
which one of them vou took out "About time too Manning said
to the water the night she died." "It's setting on (or three."
"Wed. you're wrong," Nugent They turned Into a small rettau
, said shortly. "It wasn't anyone in rant,
that household."
There was a Ion pause. Orogan tfo be continued)
waited patiently. The doctor gwal- (Tht characters in Ml aerial are
lowed hard. nctttlmui
"It was Miss Wheatley," be rt. uu. tj areadii w im.
Ginger Rogers Has
Date With Justice
Hollywood, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Ginger Rogers put a new date
In her engagement book today
Dec. 14, the day she ia sched
uled to appear In court on
charges of driving through two
red traffic signals.
The actress was given a cita
tion after she was stopped ut
Bombs to
' ; rfw-
ire pictured unloading aerial
'. .New Georgia Island In the Bolsmuu. Before long thr: bom1
.0 pouring down on the Japs. Gasoline In drum. Is piled on the
beach. (Official Navy photo from Aome4
MAR60T
brought out at last. "Ton must
know Inspector that medical
man can't afford breath of scan
dai. People will talk about the
smallest action, however innocent.
"That's so. Did you pick up aftas
Wheatley at the Rockwater jetty
at twelve-thirty?"
"Yes.
-What time did you bring her
back?"
"Oh. not very late. We hist went
for a spin, vou know, to get
breath of air after a not day. Let
me see. It must nave been after
one , or two perhaps. A bit
after two. shall we say?"
"Did yon stay In the boat all the
time?"
"We landed for a little while at
Nlelson's Park to nave a chat."
"Did vou get out of your boat at
Rockwater at all?"
"No. 1 did not. I picked up Miss
Wheatley there because, as vou
know, the Wheatley house Is on the
other side of the road and hasn't
got a water frontage."
"VOW, doctor, about this tele-
' phone conversation with Mrs
Dodd late that night"
"Now inspector!" Nugent was on
his feet "I old you I did not speak
to Mrs. Dodd that night."
"You told us vou didn't go out
on the harbor that night, too."
got up to but Nugent was her
a Hollywood Intersection by a
state highway patrolman.
SILVER PURCHASED
Washington, Dec. 8 (U.R)
The War Production Board re
ported today that it has author
Ized to date the purchase of ap
proximately 23,000,000 ounces of
treasury-held silver for use ih
essential war Industries.
Uae Mail mbui Want Ada
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Bay Area Heroes
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Menle Park. Calif, received the
Dlitlngalshed Flying Crow for bis
service while a staff sergeant, aa
tail gunner en s Flying Fortress la
U m'"'-"' aver Europe.
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the outbreak of war In IS39. Day by day Its volume of work rc
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45 p. mLouis P. Locbner, NBC;
Norman Netbltt, MBS; Capt. Mid
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S:00 p. m. Eddie Cantor. NBC;
Gabriel Beatter. MBS; Band Wagon.
BN.
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I 6:90 p. m. Mr. District Attorney.
NBC; Jack Canon. CBS; Soldier
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BN.
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8:15 p. m. Fleetwood uim
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