THE NEWS AND THE. HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.
SERIAL STORY
MURDER INCOGNITO
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CHAPTER IX
At long Lieutenant CLearr
Hid nothlnf. but Just sat
ere quletlr watching the surge
of conflicting emotion! playing
upon Haul Lelghton'i face, he
nalized there was a chance ahe
would tell him what ha wanted to
know what that letter wai all
about
"Who's Jed the man you were
writing to?" O'Leary asked.
"I'm going to marry him aome
day, I hope. He's in Los Angeles
now .". . waiting. You see, we
wara going to nick old man Sayler
tor a neat little piece of change.
We figured on a nice, juicy breach
of promise suit or a settlement
a few months after marriage.
"Neither plan worked out. Say
1st got wind of the scheme. He
found letter from Jed . . . Just
like you did. He pinned me down
with it one day, and I got sore.
I told him what I thought of htm
and what I was going to do.
"After I was through talking,
ha Just laughed at me. He told
ma ha had left his dictaphone
running and that everything I had
said was recorded. I would have
killed him then, but I didn't have
a gun. When I left him he said
ha would ba happy to give me
SJSOOO for the year's trouble I had
taken."
O'Leary had risen and was
picking up his hat "Thank you,
Ills Leigh ton. The sergeant and
t will ba running along now. I'd
adrise you to find aome other way
to make money in the future . . .
and dont leave town Just yet" j
TJ7INSL0W MARDELL was Just
leaving his hotel when the
two detectives entered. He smiled;
greeting and led them to a cor
Bex of the deserted lobby.
"Just going out to lunch. Will
you gentlemen Join me?"
"Thanks," said O'Leary. "Well
Jutt keep you a second. Wa want
to know how you happened to
lose $35,000 to Martin Sayler."
"Oh, Just one of those things,"
Harden said airily. "A little
poker game. Sayler often rounded
up a few cronies for a friendly
esaion. Luck was against ma for
few Bights, and I was running
little short of ready cash, so I
Just wrote aome L O. U.'s. Hope
you're not worried about them?"
"No," said O'Leary, "but I guess
you were. You had no way of
meeting them and Sayler wanted
his money, didnt he?"
Tve got money. -1 could have
drawn some from the bank, but
I figured rd let the I. 0. U.'s ride
Igor a while and see If I couldn't,
win aome of that dough back." 1
no lieutenant faced the man
bluntly. "Look,Mardell. We know,
tetter. Sayler wanted that money, 1
and you didnt have It That's
why yon were over at his place
aha other night Ha wanted to
collect Fve had you checked
pretty carefully. You're broke.'
fives your hotel bill Is overdue.";
MardeB. snarled, "I wasn't going
to welch ... I never have yet",
"You sever dared. If you can't
gamble, you don't eat And Sayler
was going to fix it so no Joint in,
itowa would ever let you In again, i
He was going to let it get around
'that you were a welch er. Isn't
'that right?"
i Warden's lips twisted slightly at
.the. earners. "Maybe," he ad
mitted. "But it's too late now.'
'Mr. Sayler won't do any talking
tsywhat now,
GEORGE BARBOUR was sitting
in his shirt sleeves on the
sag-stone terrace before his com
si odious Georgian house when the
Officers swung their car into the
driveway. His flabby cheeks
looked ruddier and his graying
hair had a silvery hue. He ap-
i seared much more at ease than
i ba had in the Bayier drawing
room the night before.
He rose to greet O'Leary and
Carroll as they slid out of the
ear. "Got4 day, gentlemen," he
eald pleasantly. "And what can
I do for you?"
CLeery accepted the extended
hand. "Just a few more details
about that business last night Mr.
Barbour."
The pudgy man shook his head
sadly. "Ah, yes. Poor Riggs. I
never suspected. I frequently
warned Martin about taking con
victs into his home. Come inside, !
please; I'll get you a drink." i
He motioned Carroll ahead, and
Just as the sergeant waa about
to grasp the hsndle of the screen
door, the portal swung open.
Sergeant Carroll leaped back
tastinetively. "What the 1"
Barbour chuckled. "Just a little
device I rigged up, Sergeant
You'll find lots of mysterious
things happening around here. A
nobby of mine."
Carroll looked quizzical. "But
now?"
"Very simple. Photo-electric
alls, often called electric eyes.
Th light comes from that little
glass disc you see set into the
pillar here. The light ray is aimed
at the cell on the other side you
can see it in that other pillar.
When you crossed the invisible!
Una, Sergeant, you just broke the
connection and set a little electric
motor in action. That opened the
door."
Two mora doors responded sim
ilarly Inside the house, but Car
roll refused to lead the way.
When they were finally settled in
masculinely appointed living
room and three tall, cool-looking
drinks had been set before them,
O'Leary and Carroll settled back
In their chairs.
"We found some papers in Say
ler' safe last night, Mr. Barbour
!- Jpers .about-, ypu.'.
Beads of perspiration settled cn
Barbour's face, and he said quiet
ly, "So you found them?"
"Yes. Didn't you expert us to?"
"I suppose 1 did. You know
all about It then? About the
audit?"
"Yes," O'Leary acknowledged.
"Why did you take money out of
the partnership? You did, didn't
you?"
"Yes, I took it" Barbour said
bitterly. "1 deserved it Martin
was getting wads of cash from his
dirty business. I never got a cent
of that . . . wouldn't have want
ed it. But meanwhile he wasn't
handling any of the legitimate
practice. I was doing ail of It,
but he was still getting his half
of the profits, according to our
partnership agreement So I final
ly decided to take Justice into my
own hands."
O'Leary nodded sympathetical
ly. "And Sayler suspected, so he
called In the auditors."
"That's right He was going to
expose me, have me Jailed and
disbarred unless I got out and
promised new to practice law in
this city again. He had me both
'ways. It would have ruined me
completely. He wanted a definite
answer last night"
Carroll looked intensely inter
ested. "Did he get it?"
"He did I promised to quit
Get out completely."
THE police car ground to a furi
ous stop before the gilt door
way of the Hanford Arms Apart
ments. The doorman nodded cor
dially as the officers passed.
O'Leary walked to the desk and
asked the clerk to tell Miss Wa
ters that he and Carroll would
like to see her briefly.
The clerk frowned profession
ally and consulted a card rile by
his side. "I'm sorry, gentlemen,
but Miss Waters has left us. She
checked out Just a little while
ago.
OTary leaned weakly against
the desk. He turned to Carroll
and he looked very tired. "I nev
er thought" But he didn't finish.
He grabbed Carroll's arm and
propelled him swiftly toward the
door and out Into the street
(To Be Continued)
FARM MA N Successor to
Henry A. Wallace in the cabinet
as secretary of sericulture, Is
Claude R. Wickard (above), .47,
Indiana-born farm leader. He
has been active In the affairs
of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
CLEAR oCLOUDV,
THE SUM WILL NOT
BE SHIMIMC3 OPn THt
BRAZILIAN TOWN OF
QUIXERAAAOBIN
A.M., ocToa&nc7?sr
THE St-JN
WILL BE
7JH! HOOA
Oft. 1M0 IY Nt MHYiet. &
71
In
WHAT VEAR
DID THE
VtXJNG BEAVERS
Ary0-v-CT
ON THE BACKS AND
TAILS OF THEIR.
PARENTS.
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ANSWER: July 28, 1K14.
VENERABLE WRITER
HORIZONTAL
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It Needs.
16 Fart of
chain.
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exchange.
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20 Custom.
21 Ransoms.
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(contr.).
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success, ful
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30 Animal pest
32 Organ of
hearing.
24 Local word
phrases.
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object
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measures.
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snake.
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hair.
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play " "
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15 Emerges.
17 Bug.
18 Wine vessel
21 Parallelogram.
22 Visible vapor.
29 Also.
27 Baglike part
29 Deportment
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33 To free,
35 Duet
36 Intelligence.
87 Melts.
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41 Musical note,
42 Neuter
cronoun.
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40 He is a native 66 Solitary.
of v 67 Goddess of
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property. 89 He is a
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evades.
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(abbr.)
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