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¿ « ■ ■ ■ h The Advocate ( o m m K Stori«*» by D orothy W rit I ( U n i d W o rth y LrlwAtc! L aw »on ■ H « T h e F in e » ! W rite r» S en d T h e ir S to rie» F ir» t to th e lllu»- tra te d F e a t u r e S ectio n ü / »I t «• . «.*»• l l r i l k M « •»« llll. Ih * *1" O i r i ll it N i M • imi if H i i li i n II. 1.1 S I IC A II I) H : A T U K I : M.< TH IN April 2 . l!l;|J | 1*1« f* m pl The K ille r is Exposed! ttv I l>\% \ K I ) V iliu tM HAM I lU f r k N K D III •t 4 # » l#t àditi#»»« 1# f»»ui . 4 4»#d la • li'U# •4*ol t»<M|M«#l »u W Ut* r##r uf Iti» rotta • :.#«# li# (»•• te#«u»« p v *!«# #«(*»! 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U h i »«M i • !• .» • 1 - 1 « « h # f o u iid « • • • » » »»••!»•*• HUM»* l l i i U 't f l t Ih # rt* »» i * j » o u i i J u «il h l « i l * '* ' « t !.. »•».» n .• ni i«um i. » wtwui » ! ( . • > « . o m p l» lil* »ih «u tU 4 but » • I» • • th # I r ' l M i # « d li ••#• It « itljr o .il # u 4 h# O li» e d h l l 'U " IV W IT H TH * # T O l* Y î H A P I K H IX I h r H iin lrr r r I h v litsnl a iu u n r y . N.ititiuti lliir r u . •1 I « il a mi ii aliti addi essrd Dr w ho looked v astly relieved Mi n i n g A lu t Fra*i«*t 1 ».«• l salit i so n y. D ot! o r,“* lu» salii hut lit* t»» I m * going now I In ivr an iitu.ent lit my ofîI«T* a t t •* n tills Hit an d It ?» a.m ust that now ist leave th e se pMi«t*i s and iirnts of o w n ersh ip w ith you lit lim e w hen we h a v e a lit tir Ju s t sign a receipt (oi won t you so there loss «b out tha t * w o n ’t l> . .tih s m o k i n g - i n his o w n wr c an p ie s* a n y char**** a g a in st you I 1 hand! now, sin ce th e doctor Is d**ad, and I i i/.it-1 follow «*d u.s leisu rely iflto I'm c e r ta in ly so rry th a t we c a n 't h r h a ll, an d looked^ d ow n th o u g h t- “ It d o esn 't m atter m uch how Ion* lu lly . but witliout su rp rise. a t the j : ou w orked your schem e* or how m uch figu re. i you got out of B ro w n It s obvious, ' Y o u v r that w h at I «aid was tho ugh, th a t yo u r d em an d« got b ig- i true. he rcrtiurked .slowly. I knew | g er an d b igger un til he at lout got 1 hut tiic d-ntot would p r e li r d *ath u red and refu sed to |>av H ard y. who ’ o l i l a l and lmr*ri.«ouiiicuL 1 hat h ad n ever gues*'*d w h a t w as going •imply m ake* H u n g a lot easier ' m i , d iscovered the .secret som e tun e H ir i P w as H u id v here blu ! last Ja n u a r y , an d lig h t aw a y he tried *o »:• r Hi >wn to quit. W hen B ro w n killrJ Di. hi j a m ' refused , lie cam e to m e an d I a d - \l.sed h :m to tr y a th re a t o f tellin g tin* police He w rote dow*n hU te le phone num ber so th a t 1 could calt Xs him th e n ext d ay. “ S o H ard y w ent back to th e clin ic X -T r ÌS" \S E & i> W T a ' / V- Ktir y e a rs he w as busy ch anging face.*, o f escape«! criminals and th rea ten ed B ro w n T h a t started lla t d y set *w led the m Tl|»t and a t that they could not h e r e c o g n i z e d by the police i fu rio u s q u artet, w hich was h eard ti.«ii<i«*d it back to H a tr lf^ w h u turned tii l ' t d i l i i l • i l IU t4 »' • lid w ith a (tigid stui L>»uls and by both D r Lo uis a n d M iss B r a n I tf he b a d il i gotten tan gle d up in F ia / a e r shook h i* h e ad sagely. r utiift it>»«ali«ati#n t** h* a (Inal I miw to F r a i l r r , alrixlt* mit 1 don You tw o did h e ar H ard y • i*i «f lin imtfWi uf C'ilMAbl* homeit» Hut once h e got N o p e.- he * * k l “ Y o u m ay not tu rn ed c x c llr d ly to F r u k r . and saw I th a t orim i n a I work » I 1 1 I j » * « # e.| i h a l l*t I I » . » « i i M • •! « » a » th rea ten B ro w n , and you did h e ar th a t h« was sta tin g m oodily actons in to th a t, th e re w a t no w ay In ih r b elieve (hi*, but H urdy h a t lain dead « . n#tlt • h LU H a iti» ..u lit * • " M U » * » B ro w n tin e a ten to k ill H ard y i f lie n i J i m i i «th t *» r + t f . U » u » « I I » Il '• »» III# h III 1« M f s |tr .in Ion l**t th** at world fo r him to k eep hU secret fo r- out l i t r i e in live door of th e clin ic took tlie story to th e police. T h a t . t \ ' ># li»M*# • » lu a i t »t torn cy out T o m e It le em ed th at I t » . u n 14 u .# a t h r » * t o l |*o»»r# | t t « « l » « n was on J a n u a r y 4 B ro w n h ad to No m atter how h a rd h e tried since 5 30 th is m orn in g And th is is h r was rrla k tn g into w r tfin e a a aft<*t ever •n • ( • m a t I h l U 4 « 4 i u r | r HI l u « t o p h i * i work fa st because h e knew th a t if > n » i i i »# m i l u t l l H f a l t* »»‘ l u * h'Mits of aua|M*iffw* I sensed, s o m e li was su re to com e «>ut som e d ay ( the m an who took id s fa c e and his lie d id n 't, he would b** ex|>osed be- a » » f . i i t i 4 l n • t a n th * * » i f 4 »y . how. th at In* h a d ro m r at last u | m h i N» mii • little triflin g m atter would be *‘ 1 Hi >wn h im se lf ' * . »!•• M i l J v I«* i • • • A : 1 Ml III - * A » o l i i . n # q « t « a ih » 4 >» N . a # n * I.4 I| # »4 h U •Aim«* clue w h h h would l«*ad to the I l • 14 « 1 U • • U t • to D r n u l l ml II su re to g ive it aw ay In spite of hi* * * * t ion M l »I hla 1 "i^ '1 .ni N r o v « * ■ •••I l t a n t « l i a « « i# 1» . . o f l» f utm ost p r«vaution s C H A PTER X II *The first thin g h e did w as to t»4 lia a i« d t i n # l h « l u « « • U g a t i o i i . « U 4 h H iU thou gii w as «till ragin g M i n t 1 » l- . i - agree w ith H ard y to sto p his c rim i- < t » « ' # • Ibi# «a iif t r r 1 u 'T ilfltn g m a tte i» ! Th<*»e a ie tin T iv in g to wt 1« k th is th in g oil i i h *' t h « p i rrrlO'.i* •!«*# • Cl» « d u !!#4 a n 1 r«Al w ork He w aited u n til Louts t M of th « 1*1 » I I»»* accu sed the insp ector. • r » tn fa im '* 4 Hut you v r r y th in g* that count m ost In a case 1 « P t# # B ut inspector.** I exclaim ed as we gone an d th en a p lan su d d en ly c am e H a t 1* • n d •!<ill# I H • #t »n # of lie * m II know th at you c a n t p rove th at I like th is You <Hight to know H ard y w ent slow ly hack Into th e livin g in to h is m ind H e could e x c h an g e ■ - « n • ta b » d »»| »I* t o u r h » .1 t>« t u « n o l » d wi of** those notes «*t killed Hi own 01 i* m ay In* that Just becau se vou cam e 1 . 0 0 1 # »• a u ! • » » • b'*A i# »t lo h l m . l>r n -.m Stirrljr vou c . n t n .n m th a t ‘ ‘» '• " '“ T 1 » *«» H a r d y - m o ld H ardyM pul (hat s m fa i on H ard y's coat ot a tlo m p in tf » a •4 ill« M K l# l f r# «t«r. 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Eddie.'* th e /led I., I ‘t* if f a s t * ••»4 l*f ‘»<»1 « « I f » « ' I | th ro u g h thy h all tow ard B ro w n « lit* w inch would giv e the w hole th in g l .sp ector chided “ Let me e x p la in B ro w n and H ard y were about th e >•11 i n » . » f* » . <t»»r # c# in *»y i u » « n « »f | '•<? lA tvate clin ic 'H ie o th ers were «w av. no m atter how h a rd h e tried th e th in g first an d th e n you c an giv e s * me age, h ad th e sam e h eigh t, an d • • a u rg trv . b u l h » • ni 14 . h s n f » tli» hr 1 .led l»ai k Into th e UMng room to con ceal It And in Just th e sam e th e i .. »f lh » . r » b in «, u n i tliu* m - k - th »n « * hole story to your jiaper both h ad d a rk ey es an d h a ir. T in; a iie t e th ey aw aited the in s p e c to rs « s »I H » .f u it r » r o (a u # k l » w ay. the m an who com m itted the s t r a ig h t .’* p lan stru c k B ro w n a s being feasib le. retu rn . H ard y s ittin g w ith saggin g n M â id f llo ro » # ! m i iliu rrlm ln tl m urdei h ete tills m orn in g laid h im O K . ." I agreed We a ll w ent into *nd th e d a n g e r invo lved d id n ’t count b itiU looking m oodily out • « a r n » 4 I. % ro ll# # t'i» #b.*ul • » n i j h o u ld eis lu n r a « i ) p ro a ilM d fila i h# w o uld (n i n , 'I *h# window, a «ig arctte betw een self o|M*n to d isco v e ry by tom e triflin g (he Uv tng-inont a n d K racle r la ced a* long a* it m ean t sec u rity fo r h im . Id tle »Up w hich g av e a w a y th e whole us. Itglvtlng up a new c ig a i r • rx l l V I l t '# » > ' * I ' H ard y would be d ead, buried un der i i t l i n n m i I « l.» ip lu* r#«*# by h »»n * g , Ids fin g ers ey es sm ou ld erin g F in a lly , business Hem ett.ber th a t s a y in g “ Tl»e kev to th is w hole m y ste ry ,’ B ro w n s n am e, w hile he. B ro w n , »•m l i t a lh # c u r « » « f cola» N u l. h » 1 f 1 t i l e r retu rn ed and slow ly took a Our right h an d know eth not w hat ■ • » »4 <« I4#r4* lt*#l aum»an# fisc h « 4 j rln d r he sta rte d a fte r a m om ent is th e would live under H a rd y ’s id e n tity and our left h an d dives ? W ell, t h a t ’s Just la c t th a t D r Hi own. be\kle> being would in h erit h is ow n e s ta te ! E v e r y - > » t » 4 h h c r l m i n t l » tik « n i li a i b »»u M i r l m a l l l n f h im on II»» a li r n f t h of It I I th in k he said a fte r a moment the case here. F«>r, a lth o u g h our one ol the g rea te st p la stic surgeon * one w ould b elieve him d e a d ; he vould t i o i4 » r lu #at#p# fio m lh # ht#i k m a ll» r j of th o u g h t, th a t w e've com e at last m an ha 1 plan n ed the m urd er to p er- the w orld h a s ever k now n, w hite or n ever be ex p o se d ; h is m on ey ro u id i» t . ^ d » d*4 t* ah’H h m a »If up c »m to th e end of th is cu rious little I' c II imi an d h a d d estro yed all the I" • » m tu » r lin h fo r •#*•«•! m o u th » black w as a lso th e d iscoverer «>f a still be h is Y o u see how s t o g ir r in g d ram « w e'\e been wot king on th is n-al c lu e s - a n d h ad even a rran g ed mH H a rd # r » t u » n » 4 fio m hia * # c a t»»n j prucev» by w hich th e color of a m a n 's h i* idea wa&. an d how stn *r‘. a m an « i»n "* » d a n g »» « tn ild h a «# |»«-s»4 T illa m orn in g H ard y you ought not to lo r th e o ccu rren ce of fa lse clu e s to J »kin could a c tu a lly be ch a n ge d iron» he m ust h a v e b e en ?" h* ' I H a rd # left, and when h » i « tu raed. feel no bad ly We h a v e n 't sav ed Dr lead susp icion a w a y from h im se lf, I w h ite to black o r fro m black to T h e in sp ector paused a m Miient l o t i i J h it f n r i i J and a u o i i a i f mu* B ro w n o l cou rse but we c an stil! «•tie tn tlin g slip w a* e n o u gh to b u n g d*r»d w h ite, or to an y slvade in betw een, before he con tinued. h iin g his m u rd ere r to Ju stice, and th e whole stru c tu re of h is p la n tu m b n ►» i fu rth e r «|U»attonlnt H » ' 4 t r# v# # U “ Now for years. Just as he told us “ On th e a ftern o o n of Ja n u a r y I'm going to do ling dow n alKHit h is head . I B rtv i • i I tl at 's Just w hat A nd right here th is m ornin g, he w as en gaged fo u rth ’’ F r a z ie r resum ed. “ B *ow n •i a time# a nd I.aula. e n ta * » I. ( I i i i g t l now ‘ now. as h e listen s to m y w ords here in using h is woi»derful s k ill in c h i n g- m ade hts piepas at loirs s w ift ly . H: t!«t» lia id » i a if»4 ll i n a u 1 « m ake hin» It Isn't w holly th a t. Ila r d y said In th is room , h e know s flint th e end rug th e fa re s an d com p lexion s of w en t to hL* atto rn e y 's an d drew up i - i i. » fa re « • • • 1 n*oiiinfulty r • | um (he o f his con cealm en t L h n e a r ! * # i» th ru t r i » » a n » « lin » of a tts .k escap ed c rim in a ls so that th ey could •* *!»ort w ill le av in g h is en tire lor I« « i* ll» H a r d « to put ou a co al a nd tli» n idea th a t In* should h a v e w an ted my L o u is's face w a s g r a y an d he n ever be recognixed by the p o l i c e I *u n e to H a rd y . T h ? n he g av e th I » i ut out of t*.» fro n t d o » , Helteving th a t help .v» bad ly should h a v e died for s«*emed alm ost about to s tra n g le letter by w hich he hoped f i a hou«'*keeper « 1 1 1 he able to tell l»j hla Out of th at p ra c tic e h e m ade th e Attorney th e lack o f I t —- ‘ It s a d irty fr a m e -u p ! he yelled i . n a h e llie r he « a » (he m an « h o A c i In to tu rn all su sp icio n from H ard y and g re a te r p a il of h is m illion d o llar f • m o rn in g or nut H a td y trot t o « # m* '*1 d«Hit know but th a t It w asn't “ D am n you, F r a s ie r , you cun t put estate He had th a t window levs cfltilc to sh u n t it. it possible, upon Lo u ts. «. *»t a nd . ma out the door W h* n h<* b tU r t th a t w a y .’* F ia / ie r said tills th in g «in me “ T lia t n igh t. B ro w n an d H a r t / » m i . h a rk the overco at l*eaia a an»»at of built on to th e back ot h is hom e s im th o u g h tfu lly “ I knew Dr B lo w n W ait a m inute,*’ said F r a s ie r c alm 41 •.» p a lm fro m the n ^ a lv |*ainl *l d » 0 » ply tu oi k#i th at h is c rim in a l c lie n ts m ust have be n alon e in the li.u ae p retty well an d I th o u gh t w ell of ty VS • I » » « at lia i d « m a t on the coat la r k He looked at H ard y v ery sh a rp - would 1»* t r e a t ’ d th e re w ith lit f e u and B ro w n m ust h< , gotten H ardv • i t Mint th a t it. tuo. >a daubed w ith green him And vet you h a v e to figure l> . an d th« shndow o f a sm ile drew of dr I ction into h is clin ic in som e w av. knock, d »•* Hit th is w a v : If In* had lived Ids c r m il back th e corn er., of his hits He could keep them th ere for I him out o r dru ; : d him . an d ih 'ti H ard y, tin,tv ritan***» that Ionia put the ameai led Vvoik would in e v ita b ly h a v e been w on ’t vou c a ll th e re*t oi m y m en M o n th , at .« tim e K lu v c .v ta i. for ] bound hlu» t v th e opem t-nr. tab ! *. n :• i.» t’.r.i» - «piclon on him, and *t spo«e<|( an d th e re he'd I m *. fared I* »in h e a d ' mi «t i e r s ’ Ills vvoik unit th en w hen they were T IN M i l t*'■' igli flat«I\ j rot*-«la, *riaairr accepta the rp lan a t ion uf I .nula concciiuiig the olioli* w ith th e long ago n y an d tdiume of j H ardy step ped nut in to the hull MitUtt n ily ch a n ge d an d th e sc a rs sw ered In a pood im ita tio n oi H a r in lent T lie iiandrufTa are aleiut to be trial, an d th e w asted y e a rs o f prison and Lo uis san k l ack in to h is seat itutl healed w ith liu id ly a trac e, he d y's voice, an d told m e » h it e v e r y ••iiliped mi it a 1 it » «lieu II row n a I*«««*» would lot them go. He kept th is up th in g w a s a ll righ t ■ i»*»»« hi'nglng a tett**r written by Hrown life I th in k that u m an o f Ills c alib re I nerveless F r th e n 'v t h l ire hi. death, end a copy ol th«- will would h a v e found d e a th p re fe ra b le j T h e n from the hull cam e lh,* M id for sum • y eu is b efore he was dts- two m o n th s he work d w ith k n e e Tl-e lettn tevrala more hilly the nature hv fa r to (he livin g h ell of prison den ro a r o f « p istol! «overoit by Di Lo uts! and d ru g s on th ? lu ip ic ." ita i iv . of Hi own » criminal work and tell# ti* All of tiN burst out in to th e h a ll, ‘ L o u is, it was you w ho discovered ch a n p n g hi* fa c ia l oik 1 m e. d a ik t n ng !» ii foi hla own »efety mill llatdy ahouhl life ' You see. B ro w n sta rte d out In • m i fro m h i» va c a tio n T w o notea are m en from h e a d q u a rte rs p o u tin g in B r o w n s secret an d b lack m ailed his skin , g N ttiiig it iv an d c u ttin g • . rih l o v d w th the letter Th e se n o ta i life wit It noble am b itio n , an d he fro m th e outside T h e re we found Hrown T h e s e n otes in your h a n d th e re u n til H a r d y s taco b . c i m . a • requeat# for b la ck m a il m oney a nd a»# m ight h i v e been on e of th e g r e a t H urdy. cru m p led on th e floor, the w ritin g m e con clusive p ro o f of th at, p erfec t rep lica o f h»s »n»n. And in * i»4 I T h e y ate in the h a n d w ritin g I doit t know that th ? m ean w h ile l x w as n .a k i 5 h u o I oui , but the la tte r claim # th a t th**y est m en th e w orld lia s ever ki»own 1 «atol whose shot hud torn th ro u gh ic me. at leittt li- 'i t ’ .e t •• » f »« th« • >1« 11 II 1» Il . « » I f t • #»• i«1 »•«••# ll t < l > l ll t | l ll » | l» M # ai i il»« .» h * mi# «hlrh *tw • • • •*