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Dr. Blessington is eailed, Ind after seeing the murdered John Dune. makes the astounding revel-- lion to Amy Drane that her “uncle" is no! I man but a womtn, JiDranehasbemsmurdered. She dead um: is first seen by Josie. the maid, then by Amy Drum and Simon Judd. The latter hints. His next act was to open the door leading into John Dratte's private bath. Here the walls were tiled to the height of a man and the porcelain tub was built in. as was the shower. The whole was immaculately white. as Nrras the wall above the tile and the ceiling. On a glass shelf stood the few toilet articles Iny man might "se-a safety razor in its gold-plated case, talcum, bay rum, and so on. There was no opening out of the room except the door into the bedroom and a nan-ow window the lower part of which was in leaded glass. "The door wasn't locked. huh?" Brennan asked. “Nothing stolen oat of here that you've heard of?" "Not that I know of," the omeer Dr. Blessington discounts the theoy of sucide. saying that Drape was def- initely murdered. Dr. Blessington comments on the fact that all the ser- vants in the huusehoid of Drane m sick. and that Duane has never dis- charged a servant for ill health. Dick Brennan, the detective, arrn'es to in- vestignte the case. "Yes, Dr. Blessingwn made the examination: Victim dead several hours. cause of death stab wound ty heart. Suicide theory untenable, Dick, because the old lady couldn't have used so much strength. And there ain't no knife around, either, Dick. She's been murdered. all right. Well, the queer part is she's this old John Drane thar's beers living here, see? He was a she all the time; wouldn't it in you?" He went to the bed and looked‘Jdid; down at the victim of the murder n}: Ind. turning. surveyed the room. He: Josie walked across the msor and opened the, Amv door of the closet. Here hung many‘ "k suits of men's garments, on proper' urn hangers each on its own book, while} ---of a dozen pairs of shoes stood in a neat' Zella row on the floor. He stood on a Pair; the t and examined the shelf, taking down the h several hats.'louking into each and' “TI noting the makers' marks in them, the d He moved the hanging clothes and to fol tapped on the inner wall of the closet. ”and Yes; Hang around. I'll just take a look or two." NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Esther Gould’s Book Corner A NEW DEPARTURE "tmoat AND mum:- By Warwick M All!!! A.“ JUST PAIAGRAPIIS 'houisshockedtotirsdttsdt If. '* 6w; _. 2.. -.. r'r - 'olFNeleWWdM- . . _ m” 'Jer....','.')?.'??:-',' .9. .. w; CPI-N m.» _. EXE E? "eam-ofNetottieoaret- “hhmdn'lmwh- 'mt'h.'ifthere-rtrxmsrtttts "The underuker man." Eeltn ex- plained. "He's an old friend of Mr. l Dame's and sometimes he comes to [ play cards and stars the night. He [ slur-y: has the blue Ml room. But , last night he didnt star." } "Not that l - it," Josie inter- lrnpted, raking ttemegr on her elbow. i"r knocked on his door when I Came tmthm'mrttoMhim, Mean... "reretiesr-eors-ortsA, “at“ in .o-u huh-In Windham“ -- "t.te-err-rsat.ts-, “tum-“.mm I "Josie. But she ain't downstairs. lShe's in that room across the hall. She's trot a weak heart and they took her in there to bring her to. There’s [an old dame with her--the house~ 1 keeper," l "PII see them," Brennan said. His b interview with Josie in Amy's room 1 yielded him. however, nothing we do I not already know. 1 "And you?" Brennan demanded of _ the maid Zella. 1 " don't know anything" Bella said, "I was down in the kitchen along with Geore--tte's, the chauffeur-and Matt- ieie Haney. the cook. and we heard Josie screaming and heard her fall. So we came up as quirk as we could, 1 She was fainted on the ftoor, and Mr. C Judd. too-." I "Mr, Judd? Faintest?" Brennan . “HES a visitor. a friend of Mr. [ Drane's. I guess. He come last night iand stayed over. He saw lhehlood l and faintest," "tstar-ts-C. for Uther-turai-themeretse, mtdratherofkimArirorrtrit- tin. hiahthlbryalthemy mu before they am “tether, ,"eatrther.afurhrvi,wroseGgthi trir'rt-terriuedmthuttttet- machining: That it stretches the author’s too, is mrideoeedbrthefmcttuttaehar. "rttrsaretseHommrtreutnotrrrtmeto akin gtertiatneuror which history 'mluthestrhiqs Bet what Mr. Mint has done in um-Mmm. Heb.” 1heeer1ttisstrutoemerietu-i. tiveerrioto-ueAe.tmtwittsUtitr ltrlightlinalikeholdwia Initiation-Hunky“ "owthe-e..i.avt.the'i-orr, Ilitydurvn. PuMh& .erirti-rrr.-,utGeatw. -eo."Tdmioedmrite- spirit -br%tt_1-tehaod-io "e-bu"--, “lino-'- oeitrofEtr't_hieht_riskst m a“ _ {out AitiGii% "Norbert-hey the colored house- man. Mrs. Yirtcent--she's the house, keeper. Maggie Haney. the cook. George. the chautrmte And I came. We just stood at the door; nobody went im" "And about when was this?" "Around nine o'clock; maybe five or ten minutes after. Mrs, Vincent sent Josie up because breakfast was ready and Mr. Dune hadn't come down yet." “Everyone else had?" 'No: not Mr, Judd and not Mr. Dart--" Josie said. large extent failed. as so runny his. torial novelists do fait, in being convincing. To turn back to In an aim and write ofntimo whesslife-tte'dsotiesttr,hme. ‘All right!" Brennan said, (will. to thedoor.“l'.lhchhhnn.lgueu. You better telephone the coroner, Henry. and Joe-rm look around for a knife at W. You mum keep your hands of anything month. m cm of mutant-inn. Reach in tm- der the was: and mud and anywhen: you think a knife might be, Sometimes that killers shove things in under when they get 1 punk. I'm going down. What did you any the girl's name Was that saw in here first?" up the ttrat time. That VII about half past eight. I thought -" she said. "We didn't uh. We United for you." “Then Josie was the tirst to open the door. and Miss Amy was the tirst to follow her. and then this Mr. Judd came. Who else after that ?" "Yes, but after Josie, didn't he, Josie? Josie was first, then Miss Amy came-" "And who is Miss Amy?" "The grand-niece like of Mr. Dune ---of her we thought w-s Mr. Dune." Zena explained. "Him And her was the family-the rest the_helpr "He reached the room before you IudM8tdtmt-aqtg-t tst, then Missi "Yes. Youre Robert Carter." Bun- Em” said simply. “Seven than four Amy?" Beech Avenue, You and: I Mood wit, (e of Mr. Dranel ness. Your man went to the pen. You as Mr. Drama"; a friend here?" It And her was{ "Yes, Amy." young Carter said. of us was just', reddening more. "We'rt--we would (have been-e-e' I just hand of te tirst to open} this awful bosiness and I eame u soon " was the tirst) as I could. ts she.” point. Milk-hills” "rrp-a-de--.--.. nm.-hdiuthwl~..~ -t._--.-e- wits-our-etc i “That's tie of m” Carter said. putting out his hand inn-ISM”. [ “Brennan is the lane." the detac- , tive said. shaking Carter's had. Trot ( along now." ', Bob Carter {and Any and Siren Dada futistsirre their Mn: and ‘about to aria; In. Vincent at her lend of the We” man not“. lmerely sipping ten. and her “to (showed she was still in gm! pain. Impulsively Amy are. " Carter a» him'mth-h-iti-uti in: whisked In. "Ilium-um, inmmdmmm ”WWW-dug. Web; “at”! "ree-tr-o-ku; "heh.e-v-iueeu. It“- strtry. Tenth-alum "r'o6moeeo.rtr6dtimeaee-rv" 'e-ea-h-i-itat-a, 'trrtutgm_ Frantic tot-trt-r-i.-- ttoemttahiqe-iaoortia.Gu "tti-ttim-the-u-tre- malicious-1h”. h "ddtohirr-tie_-iad {Of'bo-hbwdhr“; bothMinhIium mm‘ Which~ glared I put r. I; JuiirG tor' “I pp. “H!- _ -sa. it: 'urieCheri.ntueasteda-, osAmeriean,ie-etieD- 1Ju1ntehed."mswettssaenaeetinm ofttere-s,wantirstr-di. England. lianrhshla- thiitsa*ieetfatrheetage- imm-mmmm‘ I I] . I" i-I’i at all. Tell her thn out here on the porch and wilt are her whenever she's ready. So hurry. Let her take - own time. Tell her it's nothing to be afraid of.” "No: never mind that not.” Bren- nan said. “HI tahe it up with you if I need to. I run to talk to Miss Dune next and you can help me mort by studying her down if she's excited at all. Tell her I'm out here on the "No. sir, but I didnt milk tanking of it. Mr. Deane don't often hve to be called; he always woke up of ' self. I thought be In in the bath- room, likely. and Inn" tte down. I just knocked on his door and tent on, sort of reminding him. The others I waited for an nan-er because they were guests. and guest: ain't we.“ As Brennan reached the Iota tmtl the screen of the from. door 35 pulled open and a young nan. his Gee betraying his excxttment, can: in. knocked to though! he "And the second time you an: up you got no {lithe than Ir. Drane's door? You Int-led M?" "Yes, sir: that's it." "Show me these two M moms," Brennan said to bill. In! she went with him, tirst to the yellow mom Judd had occupied and M to the blue room with its mrtooehed bed. Brennan looked "wound the nuns without much care, but on his Bray to the stairs he caMed the nice: mm Joe and told him to look imto the (to rooms artfully. Zen: went back to Josie and Brennan went down " the lower Boor. "Oh'." he exclaimed, " - who you are; yaru're the damn. t saw you - it Ins when our house was robbed and I In befoee the (and jury to tell what was stotmc" “Eating tsreakrnst, I 3»th Von- der," Brennan said. “Go right in. if it's the usual thing and you “a! to, I've been put on this use and I'm looking it over I bit." handed. " though! he and "If thAPs anything I can de-" Carter suggested. A PSYCHIC NOVEL "'001 noon [murmur- ByIuiCh-r lmwlC‘. "Miss Deane." he said. "And this ', would be Mr. Judd? My lane's Beers, _ Inn " Carter has probably told you. i t've been put on this cue. I've got to ask some questions of you, Miss '; Dram. but if there are my you doo't l care to waver m a crowd we'll have them umil later. No, you men need not to: I'd rather have you here-the young lady is less apt to be mnou. Let's sit down; we may as well be comfortable." “We'll taik that over later, that." sad Brennan me: I glance at the huge Westerner. “I don't suppose. Miss Dune. we'tl tind anything in those rooms that will mean anything. although n man can never tell. I've mlkrd to Josie and got all the - tell me, Ind tell: has told me her story. You. they 'ay. were the mound person to reach, Mr. Brunei door. Just teosdyeht-rHriroi. amrtabefemuami-h.hmdi- amnion-yum. “OLD-5.305! "t'tttdmadNI.". Amy, {owing and "town‘s; handkerchief, told what it My "Yes; nothing in all that." laid Brennan. "Now, have you Per-ttr my may fo fhilk any Particular perm kined-" He JiLJJ-E the house with his thumb. ”That's the idea!" Carter _ “And not, look here, homer-there'. a detective (allow on: them want: to all: to you. Just don': let it worry you. that's all. He woot be rough; he's . nice sort. And we needn't go “That's the kind t rum to see." and Simon Judd, and they went out "t the vennda. Brennan no" us they appeared. "I‘ve had the ofticers make a search of three rooms up there." Brennan said. "Mr. Drane's room-went cull hrm that. or call her that-and the "Suits me all right," Simon Judd said heartily. "Anything you do suits me; I'm going to be a_dttertive my- self. and the V‘ny you doi!u;h:t'l want to see." out ttil you?! ready; he uys teps “You'll come: Mr, Jud." "Surest thing you know. Detectives are the thing t want to see; I'm - mng be one mysell." “You'll see I, good one when you see this Brennan." Carter said. “Sam better." room Mr. [kn was to QWEDY: ai your room. Mr. Judd." 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