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Show ! Kismet and the Baby Orchid | By FRANK LOVELL NELSON Carlton Clarke, Telepatho-Deductive Solver of Criminal Mysteries, Tries His Hand at a NewSort of Puzzle, Receiving Reward, Hon. Bertie Hoppington Coming Into His Own and Chief Shipp ‘Getting the Credit for the. Feat. ooking over 1 atl meager notes I often r find it difficult to select ing among he the cases in countle whict . 4 \i tl ( untangler and eals of wide and clients e his make time fame n eries had gone fa Oak atreet a regular a 1 and a ite « the ta é ΜΡ “πε Ιου): : νά ee case but see it | couldn't hem. 1 see / / and ἵ Si i } een entertaining igh a man that either he | ὃ ΄ ¢ ] ’΄/ψ/// : ile ψῇ - a ! ; | 6Η’, ed of = Πλ} {| ‘ ( ΚΠ Pm ¥ gled HH ‘ HH Mth MTA | e Was H e could side M { e At ] I it She wa u wedd alt NY was h she f ιὰν i λ of an 8! him H She wife the d last she the λ thi Sidne Ν a tricke ps met kiss. not ! 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Wf} irefully rendered I iy if ν, conf the drugged wine \ was jj ious telephone f when riding t themselves far Gy, ma he blood-stained : I mu t ‘ η it ͵ yw hru I | crime was about morning, and tha had Honorable the cut u e durir } Chic ο, in face, fou s¢ re was d X ock 1 t vA he figure \ lee n Θέ where Sydne ea he t esi r f VO! uncle, ©4U5¢ the newspapers held on their entire mechanical force for double-column extra 1 opened the door friend, late Shipp. It to admit our Inspector was humble α| not now his quarters, he call had tip official that credit stubborn Clarke We demanded in case return, had and he bad Aim beck ato room. Clarke merely the Well, know Mr, what you,” I'm here began the chief Yes, | should pington case. evian the in Not within They a his tell 0 miles of Neve n, the have drops them ie of 1 om said blankls light this on / and it and it said ar s | Αι ἢ Vy | | Ϊ Ν Hy My : SS | ή i 7 ‘i κ RS if Ν πεί j | Ty a 1) i Γεν \ Ἷ SY ΥΠ | ἰ / / | cleared “Mr. Clarke I r — ee 4 irom one to the of under orchids,” /, | IH | | ή : been i were left mer and regret to ed, say They ha way and appe fore ποίας up slammed at al } he afte t ‘ Clarke glanced n the | to me, and out the ing in his ey« him with ¢ had ϱ ed when Wee we We the ocke I nea is \ door hot t as I i tht : ( I Grat 1Π table, mH ; : (ΖΗ, Captain stood haughtily waitin the € } Clarke. { t τ F wa a the hin alf rh ξ r ΝῸ the Clarke ex. « in | flight Ι finger Quick, the Sé chief at eat that t 2 ¢ Clarke € € eaching 1 handcuffs e| that he { ‘ ke’s iptain’s { I ἜΝ 4 ΐ he and ‘ ecame 1 τ nherveless 8 nd straining crean as ο) ΠΕ wl ΤΝ 4 all 7 “5 the it brought ha tr Κ ῥ it } dow1 : ο ἃν - να it - ST ' eo ae reporter lobb e| etter hande Clarke I im " Irhe whicl etter had chief One 1€ huge bulk and of and Clarke bore it εἰ I tie hand, tle ps ΄ 64 I clicked his lieved @ ξ ς f ἶ hief was 1 his the a, sé 1 he ceiver said. handing me Ask her the where the The | τε ἕ re becoming BR ] were aware the ela Victorian nwonte hoste a atro] λ ex ws ement the wagon were έ at the of ‘ ver ( , ὶ full st f = pulled to th the off. ff Hoppington reader whi y st ar be equa f : oe ad a wing : a mG It g pocket was I glanced I few ess Fitz is got it. whispered, A « his Quick! Out catching C hi minutes tral station and wit! k proved ᾿ Grahan Wee I bait from add KC lice ; Σ᾿ ὶ ] he neighborhood quie and of the ͵ 5 glanc } hugh renched veeks a This was answer! When we [ murdet inte ν Ι pe the letter Victorian, hon nt with or hip| mx Look 1 editor Here arned with i addre pocke ed ( W had Ι w watch open I obset W I very Ne \ I nce society in the that Εν — ex mi! see the letter and I biggest story you eve Trust me and } l g iv's bracelet alw lA Quick, a the s staying f nickel-ste T ( whose of we had hoped t ¥ 1 Ῥ strument o1 table and connected it with the wall switch. He soon had my old newsy r office and asked fcr the a pocket Then Among ( at of not five Ϊ r Ῥ or There at head } ig and the ] uper the read Opera 1 Graham hand ϱ he ; 4 f Clarke's tsue A look of the captain's f the beaut . 4 thing cor Come the inder soci zou ν body swur and got ng " Gra ip and e! wrist I re vorite trick intense pé easily I've hru χ face, the in a moment Once } tt trigger of the As soor fea Clarke. The y seemed necessary the whom young men spotted as Coun w Ξ It f body ΛΜ; time I ( s cle kir his vi hurrying into the whom I knew gripped | a The met sudden an f w ails . + Several active ; \ knocking ove there ἄν w We mediately 1 raging ip hi ΐ length of ing αἱ clews at will chief hed tt Graham, 4 ta opet Yes, Ί he ᾿ Graham A Within the passing be Ἄ f nie We LONG SEWKWL ὶ Clarke s ary τ. 4, wad, Ἱππίας Wr the 1 5 Ing ΥΣ Sow thems’ ba ‘think "tee Sots - a tige hrew sad. How 64 with t) of a : i ] , horro warn of 11 * prove raised the had ΄ I 1/4 bellev« threw it I | leaving fo ch g ume in Chico a τ he | deter- detected t Grahat « iin watched nonchalance, but 6 leaving M from Graham 1 The = n witt . ν And so t Odontoglos not stairway where badly, | p am quickly Which suge« ready for {| at his the ] Hoppington's co} if he had : not een n || even xing m o grit from τ “ΟΏΔΟΠ {118 α[ίότποοι company first to Ἐν δὲ shortΘΗΝ of actual vio that the had I fact ; the ᾽ i ay ges San Se ματema see] LQLDARUDTHETHROATOF kitehe back yehind dashing ha nearly always do specimen as | would | to offer Unue ἘΠῈ ΤΘ ἱΠτ66 entertaining corne from had Sts promiae vhat happened nel well inf #8 You Kmow they [¢ Was not such a witb leare his his fists and kee k ob I have the bottle Will Kindly excuse me and I will con-| that clench plied: Clarke, but I after wire A ae he wenesreG Odontoglossun followed eae eth The captain hur er the of his chair with boredom written on his | ‘°° There wa flaw in | icting, | if acting it wa he TEESE re You have ΗΝΈΜΗ ech hastil us. stand then is a f the Words Graham ἯΙ two -. . — oupled the name of the countess with that of the captain in a way that made . | | Pep er ee ee a —_ a een H))/})/ said | ten ἘΝ aeee the Graham at the desk, oe 7 Εν High ///, 1) : Fitzhug! the clerk et ee ee captain got Hoppington out of the tor A mpent while. be meno’ a | Y ty ] stay in the at dA, y Capt registered ῃ I They did | murdered, and this morning 1 had the | remember slavey throw it out. If that is all you} analyzed. maids had been column érvant, and mined Μεν τ faueth #)] | lection with it, and told them to finish it, and that is the last they with the few read but τ = Τ - was an Nei fr m the personal in the bottle one-fourth full | Drugged, 1 suppose. 1 The captain but was othe? mai See Ska handed them will It anything. | Biffin expla ©ipped it {yom this morning's, paper chairs for He He called the where ρθρο. to not; any = | 4¢"im8 our cards get him a bottle of wine. iter he came out to the Biffin, to Half an hou easier nothing,” throws “Capt Clarke to Hoppington was writing in his Ἠγγᾶτν t eleven o'clock it Auditorium you the know course Philippines chief before thousand doit be a τ |“ rday after a six months’ was just delivering to Μτ, Βοχίοι here Not simple as it looked the1 Tell us ab t. Haven't the servants put you on the right track irack r τ Wall and I could go no further.” telligence I am afraid ti I willsffair hav J mate of 3 adde have dining puff at say it is ar | λαμ Graham, the famous English | irchid hunter, arrived in the city yes I suppose for Id Absolutely the a : call before he watched the him to speak Wizard, 8t0De see if nodded and con tinued to sip his coffee and cigarette, while and waited for " long many laid eft Of none of ot telephone may ὶ y a any’ he ind shaken off the sli] 1 being tracked, fe a dangerous clew, bu ‘ at since discovered where to come for a| quiet | Ι05ἱ slipper than one soaked with blood. But here | was faced by a Chief, first for ola murdere evidence sne fc { and the ΄ had come he ™ there that s of len I i orne out ruggle ir from Englat ‘ laim the fortune running we into the millions gra-| ciously founded there by a_ great- our I est eovered dence ᾿ | ) !! wa hat ‘ as Il admit, when evidence of the } he a receive them Alg Suc he w procession | 1 to of the chief's caliber, Ο wi several revisings before we com quarter myst i one the t of our to need a a Clarke was willing Many of eeall whx the t as yften presented f have associated with Clarke the one Carlton which Oh, of course it is alwa we 0 make these things strong when talk Ν we Eve ς 1 eT ᾽ ight nis A Ν zg the U Γ᾽ |