Show 0 L E N 0 two AWN SYNOPSIS theodore gatlin adopts a baby penelope in an efrost to solve tits his matrimonial troubles but his wife has never wanted her and their a affairs end in the divorce court at a baseball game a ball strikes ten year old po on the nose mrs ga gatlan ilia spirits the child to europe gatlin wl wills penelope all hla his money and Is about to begin a search tor for her when a motor accident accede t ends his life some ten years later 7 in san francisco stephen hurt bur t rising young psychiatrist Is pre presented by dan bleNa niara mars chief of pollee police with a new patient nance nanca belden a girl w with th a dual personality tor for which her saddle nose Is in part responsible mcnamara does not think she Is a criminal and obtains burts burls testimony in court lanny the doctors office n nurse u r se la 13 at also so won over nances bances criminal record 0 kho doctor curts explanation 0 ot f her case and she Is sent to san quentin penitentiary nance escapes although shot and goes to dannys apartment part ment from which by fe namara No maras orders she Is removed to the chiefs chief homo home from one of 0 the men in the boat on which the girl escaped mcnamara learns that nances bances real name Is penelope gatlin ile he also discovers that she Is heiress to fearful of mcnamara Vc Namara in his official capacity nance flees lanny finds her in her apartment sound asleep several days later her partially restored memory loads leads her to tell lanny ot of her wealthy father theodore gatlin and of 0 her girlhood cirl hood in france CHAPTER VIII continued 17 weve were been like two pups chasing our tails Ange angelloz Angello llod tl complained when they met at their car the chiefs up nil to liia his old tricks bal babying lying a convict with the con and the bird doctor curt burt Is calling to treat alie the girls been there just the same amadeo my boy there was a lipstick on the bure bureau all and something old lady mchamara dont u use e and I 1 found a roll of adhesive the lie heel beel of a roll of bandage and a soiled sheet with some bloodstains on it in the dirty clothes basket in the bathroom halh 9 I 1 Angello tl was convinced where did she go she might have doubled back to that old nurses house again but I 1 doubt that because she 0 knows aws risky well lets ghe alss lannings s house a prowl anyhow flynn was one of those hearty fellows who will try anything twice tivice so they went immediately to dannys house the lights in front were clift out when they arrived so flynn pussyfooted around to the rear of the cottage to see it if any lights were lighted there finding none he listened tor for poN possible sible voices hearing none he be cau call lifted the lid ild oft off dannys gar bage bai e can and bent beat his flashlight on it lie was rewarded for his courage by finding a stained bandage with clipped ad hesire tape clinging to it this telltale ta p evidence lie he carried around to art an gell iti they entered their car drove a abbick and inspected the clue in n the light of the dash lamp then they silently Ellen lly shook hands Is ever lost it you know when it Is rlynn rejoiced im going ite in get my missus a winter coat with my halt half of the reward well bone llie lie district attorney tor for a search warrant tomorrow and tomorrow night when the old lady gets home well make lie hie pinch shall sli ill we e pinch her as nn att accessory amadeo Amade ct my boy unless youre looking hard for something its a mistake to see too much or know too much tills this lanning woman Is a friend of the chiefs As far as the public ever need know ve me picked the girl up on the street Ange angelloz Angello llod tl nodded his acquiescence they got the search warrant on the strength of that soiled bandage and at nine that night arched in their car flynn went to the baik back door and posted himself there and Angel angellotti loti rang the front doorbell A light was sI switched thed on oil in the hall presently and lanny dressed for the street opened the door six pinchos Angello tl had ills his foot in it in a flash detective sergeant Angello tl of the central station miss lanning I 1 have here a search warrant giving me legal right to search your house and secure the person ot of nance leiden an escaped conict from san quentin penitentiary tent iary head it an weep I 1 you tale take your big flat foot out of my door and stay outside until ive read this purported search warrant or ill shoot your foot off on lanny informed him coldly Angello tl tf withdrew tits his foot promptly lanny closed the door and he could see her faintly through the curtained glass reading come in she invited and at that moment the electric algi lt bulb tossed out the upper window by nance exploded with a loud report that Angello tl cried instantly alert A still louder explosion reverberated in the back yard then the voice of 0 flynn crying iley stop or ill shoot tried flippin slip pin her out the back door eh ehl Angello Angel loti tl exults exult el 1 and dashed through the house with lanny at his bis heels As lie he went out the kitchen door lanny slam and aid bolted it behind him film and then hen even as dan mcnamara MeNn mara had predl etel nature took tier her course nance dropped the remainder of the bombs and caule came dashing down the stairs good goodby by lanny darling she cried happily lapp Lap lly well meet again lanny sNIt switched ched oft off the liall hull INIA and nance wa through the front door and gone across the street two coapes coupes stood at the curb the motors of both turning oler 01 cr slowly alternately the girls finger was at each ear car my illy mother told rue me to til vi lit this one she murmured and otlien hen sli the aid by PE PETER TER B KYNE copyright by nell syndicate WW service of this childhood formula she hail had made her decision site she leaped into the file coupe of rs flynn and Angel angellotti Angello loti tl and went rapidly away lanny g tier her from the darkened doorway saw that she had taken the wrong car but uns anns afraid to cry out and warn her so she ahe did the next net best thing thin she locked tier her front door behind her climbed into the other car and d drove roe down town to a lite late motion picture show she carried the he search warrant warran t with her and while enjoying the show tore it into little bits of the keepin the groaning the burning sensations in the eyelids the bewilderment the groping vomiting cursing and despair of Iless rs flynn and Angello tl nothing need be said suffice that Angel angellotti Angello loti tl felt ills his way out of the gassed area and about two minutes after dannys departure stationed himself on her ber front steps while the vallant valiant flynn dying a thousand deaths stuck manfully at ills his post leaning up against the kitchen do door or enduring for butys sake convinced they baz bad nance delden belden cornered they waited for the night wind to dissipate the gas Ang Angello ellott tl ceased to weep about half an hour after escaping from the gassed area but continued to gag for an hour about ten thirty lie was able to see so he rang dannys bell re peat colly but received no DO answer then he be noticed that their car was nil asing so he summoned the martyred marty red flynn around front and told him film the worst dont speak to roe rae flynn commanded passionately im dead I 1 hunt up tip an all ail night drug store an phone for a taxi this Angel angellotti loti hissed lils sed is dan meis damaras Na a maras work where would they get that Angel angellotti Angello loti tl cried instantly alert the bombs it if he swipe em out ot of the police arsenal rlynn commenced to sob us lie he considered sid red the barren fruits ot of ills his enormous sacrifice amadeo swear to me by our common faith that come what will blow high blow low come sickness or sorrow happiness or health never lay oil off tills this job until weve landed that that that huzzy buzzy right 1 I 1 swear voice trembled with the sincerity ot of his purpose the respect he wives wires of the worthy pair telephoned down to the chief of the detectives next nest morning and informed him that their husbands were confined to bed with influenza it if might not be amiss also to state oat hat lanny came home in a taxi about twelve thirty and finding the front door free of Ang Angello ellott tl and the nel neighborhood ozone quite restored to normalcy retired to tier her bed and passed almot at once into dreamless and untroubled sleep it was riot not a police car in which nance had bad escaped but the private vehicle of detective sergeant flynn and its loss troubled him film until the car was found abandoned out in the mission about twenty four hours later A glance at the speedometer comforted flynn the car had been driven bix miles in company with Angel loll now happily recovered from their terrible experience he drove in the same car from dannys house via the most direct route to the point where a patrolman had picked up the car thence via the route followed by the patrolman when he came olt off duty and drove the car to the central station and reported it the mileage w was as six and two tenths miles ashes holed up within a block or two of where she left the car rlynn flynn decided set not such a cold trall trail after all Angello Angel loti tl exulted well just have to patrol the neighborhood in our off moments im sure the lie girl know she swiped your car and that she gave us a clue to follow her if crooks make mistakes and give us its the breaks my boy you and I 1 be where we are flynn reminded him 1 I think it might be a good idea to interview the druggist in the neighborhood and see it if ashes been in to buy a new lipstick A round of the neighboring drug stores however proved barren of a new lead and us ras they had other mat era claiming their attention they were forced to abandon the search if that at lay day dan win its enuch too intelligent to make inquiries of 0 the assistant ant district attorney who had bad issued the search warrant but when informed that flynn and Angel angellotti loti were down with tt alth lu flu lie he called up lanny at stephens office and received a meticulous report you say the girl fled in the cir car my dicag arrived in he queried terrible A description of the car must have been broadcast to all outlying police and the surrounding country stations immediately by flynn and Angello Ang ellott tl and nance will be picked up somewhere down state weve done our damnedest lanny replied cheerfully angels can do no more I 1 borrowed the car you left out front its in a garage ill send you the claim check for a week the chief waited for news of nance belden but no news came through beyond some gossip around the central station that the car had find been driven but three miles and then abandoned tor for which evidence that the almighty was still on ills his side the worthy fellow was grateful so nance was still in the city I 1 mc fc damaras Na maras mind worked so automatically N lie he did not even have to tell himself that undoubtedly she bad taken sanctuary within a short distance of the spot where she had abandoned flenna flynns car nor did he have to remind himself that flynn and Ang Angello ellott tl would come to the same conclusion lie ile had no difficulty in ascertaining the die where the car had boon been recovered folsom street and sixteenth ell eh he reflected residential Resident lal flat build lugs and cheap apartment houses cheap rooming houses and working mens hotels no she go to one of those not what she ts Is she has class and she lins has two hundred dollars in her possession hotel holed up tip with a friend what friend why ella cates of course lie ile had already secured ella cates address from the banker in san jose Ilo however vever lie he realized realised reali sed it would not be wise to rall rail upon tier and run the risk of having flynn or Angello tl run across him ailin in the file neighborhood or see him entering ella cates house the obvious thing therefore was to cast about for a job in another part of the city and see that both detectives were assigned to it if he sent them out of the file city for a day or two they might suspect his is purpose an and have lave some other dick friend of theirs shadow him during their absence while he be was considering where he be could dispose of them the president of the security trust company in san jose rang up miss penelope gatlin has just been becu in the bank chief lie he told mcnamara she has purchased a letter of credit for ten thousand dollars and has withdrawn in cash the remainder of the funds on deposit to the credit of her checking account amounting to eleven hundred dollars Is she in the bank now yes alave ilave one of your clerks follow her give him some expense money ill be responsible for its repayment and when you get his report please telephone me at three thirty the banker telephoned again she purchased a ticket to san francisco on one of the buses leaving here at three fifteen she spent two hours shopping the buses mcnamara knew entered the city via mission street the bus bits depot was at fifth and mission streets ella gates cates lived on howard street between fifteenth and sixteenth howard street runs between mission sion and frol folsom and flynns flynne car had been found abandoned at sixteenth and folsom nance was smart slie she had left the car a block from ella gates cates home and walked there mcnamara Namara Ic reasoned the incoming bus bits would drop the girl off at sixteenth and mission Alls slon streets a regular stop and she would then make her way to the gates cates womans comans house ile he glanced at ills his watch ile he had nn an hour and a halt half to intercept her for that hour and a halt half be must have flynn and Angello tl in another section of the city to his annoyance lie ho discovered they were out on a detail so he decided he would have to risk it called a taxi and drove to ella gates cates address ile he discovered it to be a cheap wooden apartment house but the directory in the vestibule gae him no information as to which apartment ella gates cates lived in so lie ho rang the land ladys bell and the file dour door opened to admit him to tits his inquiry regarding mrs gates cates he was informed that she had moved to parts util non a week before nor could his In Inform forman aut nt ghe him any clue to aid him in discovering her As he came out of afie apartment house lie he glanced warily around and was amused to observe De Detec teethe the an all bellott leaning against a cigar stand across the street ile he was certain the detec detective the had recognized him for an beloti immediately turned his back the chief walked up to mission fission street boarded a street car and was at the bus terminus two minutes before the bus on which nance had left san jose rolled in put hut nance was not among 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