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Show v,v.,,,.. . . . f - . . ? ' r- AgETVO' at Murder"-'-- ma STNO PS! S: Who murdered Jfis n'alol of Dqn Parados fode pkoentr, d nppt at cd iufc, hie death I erg- shortly before erne on hie loneht t bland estate 5 Motives are ptenHJni, questioned for Parados tons Unled bn all, but fruitful clcti are tao Allan Hunt seeks some AiidnuM sol in own account. hIs a Hei&epojjcr He tLith oil stains o fron r WHAT CfURIEIC. BOOTH continued, exuberantly again, "It Is an astonishing thing! That merchant ot antiques recognised Jules LecOte, who shot him. it seemed, bad been Intrigued' by a piece ot art to that merchant's op and had bought It. Vou see? c gun Claude Annersltj, Must I tell monsieur what It was seen irttb a tmilarrpaper , pet fcu tatolc Flujue a chid 14 pood that Jules LatAle bought? J French detective, curt .Samues, T guess you don t need to," elcputit attorney seem baffled On a roe tlvfuo finds blood stnxner' Samuels muttered. "But it cant u hkh aie traced bp a hnndha be the same ptusnix." thief to Grnintfcr, a hired wiom. The detect ivr tc onder if Grainger We shall see," - and Fllque u shielding Annerslcp. But It Is clear that shrugged. this Lacdte believed lo the luck or he would not have spent a thouChapter 14 sand francs on a triho of Jade." TO WHOM JT MAY CONCERN You have a description ot this that Jules Lacdte? Samuels abked. yoU did a good job with and .Flique Samuels several," "Oh, handkerchief," That he is tall and TH keep It, 11 you chuckled. onceded. blond that he ts dark and hook'pn't mind." "1 am tha principal agent of la nosed, and that he is tat and the Let color of blood. Ah, those descripuretd," Fllque answered. aud Fllque is proceed with our clews. That tions, M. le Ueputy! Lhuckled again. "What aie they? lackness on the carpet there " "Crude oil," Klik informed us The mei chant of antiques died raving that he had been shot by Somebody traipsed It In lieie" Samuels a man to whom he had sold a "We'll cheek on that, And then theie's the pun!i of jade that was all. Ioor 'runted. by Fred Locher Thats What Wed All Like To Know! HOMER HOOPEE Ac WrtPT ZZ? POOL X PREHARED! X UJCtAPj-WAYV5fFE C?UtS- gCJT THAT R BOSS p GONE , T NAB ?.W HOTS 7 Flique heerfai-- - .. MO vf f I -- xr WH.'T GC-OUT OT THE M M-- mws HNA t m PAD ) I Boss? DID vou 'JZZif- r SAFE ,HkNE MUCH MONEY IN I by Fred Locher Whats The Next Move? HOMER IIOOPEE VT ? - LISTEN, HOMER, T irT ' GRL WAS NO ORDINARY HERE THIEFi SHE CAME to GET FOR A PURPOSE v PAPEF-CERTMN A S SHE GOT IT fellow'" "But what about fb Balafrd and You erles," Flique continued volubly Bee1'" Samuels persisted. And that price ticket for 35 cents must hate got something out of n the dead ham of monsieur-- hat them " Is yet another." Fltqne smiled Indulgently "Mon ihoentx." "It Is another ot the little ms Flique told of those desperate ones" who escaped from Devils Island. 'too TO VPO.AiSE t IfcNiCxC, WILL PASS VOUR j A NOT WORT) AE THAT TRANSPIRED HAS UJHW OF UPS I here! no one must know that HAS HATPEUED OR THAT ANYTHING" HNS UNUSUAL AW V THING TAKEN! k by Fred Locher. Did This Man Hear Anything? HOMER HOOPEE y ll HERE ARE TAKEN THAT PATER THAT THOSE NlAff tAEWN N'lLUONS I.E. 0gS-&El- 5 CAN USE it! it people 1 . BE A SECRET DOCUMENT ORGANISATION SOMEWHERE IN ANY IT UAS KNEW IS A PERSON UlHo AND IN THAT WAU-- SAFE (JOT THE COMBINATION VI TO . Le upon sleur does not understand. The little man Beamed Samuels. "But we have our clews. Balafrd and Clcdron Dec 'are not InCome, I shall be your Inward eye given the sentence ot death. rnd you shall be xbe outward eye." stead, they are ,o go to file iu Fair enough," Samuels grinned, Viable until life is finished. Per You might , Ifcgln by telling us baps they will escape. And It they to San Lucas." do thelr fingera will Itch tor what hat hrought-yo- n Is left, ot those million francs, and "Yon bare me chuckled. Fllque will darn like ten suns for they 1 been have At frletfjfc there, my ot that Jules Lacdte. the 'throat the house three times during the Messieurs," Fllqus'S voice became past four months. It Is an old story a whisper, "not for ail the francs 25 years old. 1 speak ot the on earth would 1 be the betrayer of the Banque du Midi. You ot le Balafrd and Clcdron Bee now do not remember that robbery. have escaped! And now, M. le And why should you? You have tbey do you perceive why those Deputy, them every Aour. But In my ones did not deecrlbt to me We have little France eest different. Infamous Lacflte?" Such that our artists ot the crime. was not Jules was glad were those little Sues; Jules Lacdte, Cicdron Bee. and le Balafrd, The Youve been chasing jade - Scarred One.".. . , -phoenixes ever since?" Samuels "Dec ind le Balafrd," Samuels wanted to know. , Those names sound muttered. "X have seen many ot them, familiar." monsieur," Flique beamed. . "Ah, you think ot those desperate Wbat brought you here?" pnes who escaped from Vile du had been waiting for tbe Flique Viable seven months ago. Those question. He drew fourth a wallet are the two. In June of 1904, those and extracted trom It a sheet ot three robbed the Banque iu Vidi P In Marseilles. A million francs was uel secured and a patron ot the bank fled columns of a French newspv who attempted resistance was shot per was pasted to the sheet. That patron a merchant of anI cant read French, Samuels tiques, like M. Hunt died iht said Irritably. 1 next day. shall tell you about M. IAntiqualre will translate," him. Well, those three got away. Flique murmured. 1 was then attached to iheMMar-seilleA typewritten legend Indicated police and I was directed that the dipping had. been cut from, secure to their apprehension. the Clairon du Vatin, a Marseilles "boon eceired an inrormation newspaper. I read tbe legend and concerning two ot tbose.ahree . thenthw-cipp1n- g CicCron Bee and le Baiafrd. There T94VHOM XT MAY UONUERNt - wws those., rascals rofa wire overcome and we took them jade pbccnlx that was bought away. But what of Jules Lacdte? In Marseilles 25 years ago, you cannot tell you. Messieurs, may find It In the home ot Mr. senwere those canaille Well, Dan Farjidos, San Lticas Island, fenced' ToTmcnr'WaTiTer'V-1iCalifornia, Frarce Bends tier llttlo ones to re Flique beamed agreeably at us pent of their sins. But of Lacdte whilst we digested this informaand that million francs we hear tion. Samuels took the paper, nothing since. But what lias nil stared at it, folded it slowly, and this to da with Anatole Flique In tucked It into a vest pocket tbe home of M. Parados? Tll keep this. If you dont Flique paused dramatically: and nlnd, he said In a vole that had then, "Messieurs, I am here be- lost Its timbre. cause of that jade phamix (Copipight J9S0, William Morrow We could not h.ivo been more and Company) ttartled. Samuels shook his head Did thi French convicts ctay "Whtre does the phoenix come Parades? What dec tha clippinf rn?" he demanded tersely. mean? Set tomorrow's chapter - : .yEV.WUOMCR,IVvtA' DO VOU NME Ctv THAT ? I DIDNT HEAR MB TINKLE HE DO VOU SUPFC6E HEARD WHAT X T SA'D rob-ter- ? , w- 9.. -- JURE V53 A FUNNY MIGHTY THAT HE WAS THERE ) STANDING JUST WHEN X 'STARTED TO go OUT IT BE POSSIBLE .THAT OLD JOHN TINKLE. IS. THE MAN VMO PAPEF TIPPED THEM OFF THAT THE COULD SAFE?? VJAS N THE WALL VtE BE WE, MAN THAT GAVE THEM THE COMBINATION 7 Coli-- V Frid Locher BUTNOi IT, JUSTcCOULDNT BE, WHY OLD JOHN TINKLE." "HAT5 ALL FOR HAS BEEN OUR HEAD BOOKKEEPER REMEMBER CANT YEARS SO MANY OLD JOHN .. UJHEN HE VJAENT HERE! PEMEMBER. HIM! BE NO IT COULDNT NfcT A NOW HOMER TO ANYONE - - I MtGOSH (a i Ls-..It- X X by Something To Think About HOMER HOOPEE n $ lm FUnNY that old John tinkle FlAV happen t johm I trriL x cpenedjVE ' iVd&or! - ???. ""If vs-- y HES BEEN HEAD BOOKKEEPER HERE HAVE TOR VEARSl HE MlGHTJUBT ' HAPFSNEp TO COW UP ToTHEj OPENED 'T 5.UJ ' DOOR AS 601NG TO KEEH 7lND"ARS OPEtT -- X SOB d bTriGM. employee ! old a be faithful OF COURSE THE TO BE STANDING OUTSIDE THE DOOR THROUGH JUST AFTER THE BOSS GOT t. TELLING ME ABOUT THAT 'SECRET1 SOUND PAPER! X DIDNT HEAR A s , y-ff- y- Owl by Fred Locher, Let The Guilty Beware HOMER HOOPEE JsMGWTY A - vfy IN THIS ORGANIZATION PAPER UJAS IN THE SAFE -AND TIPPED OFF THE COMBINATION -CAN UJHWr AND ( m GOINGTO DO v. -- o YHD OUT UlHG AT 1S. .SO FAR,, AS lM CONCERNS) SOWBOtrr KNEW THAT -- o I under Suspicion! MIGHT Es -- jr X MM Tfc Trade Mark Registration Applied For U. S. Pateat Office HOMER HOOPEE TO THE BOSS ABOUT SUSPICIONS, BUT SOMEBODY IN THIS ..ORGANIZATION IS GUILTY OF TIPPING OFF THE COMBINATION OF'THE WALL SAFE TO THAT DAME THAT GOT THE SECRET PAPER AND M GOING TO ILL SAY NOTHING Respiration The qti.intlrv ,f air Lil en in bj at a human Is called the tidal air and i ni,r mally from 20 to tin cabic im lies of air. ,, s . II It, II IRIt ARE F.S Ort liUM AtftoU Miirvid 5-- T A Preliminary Scouting Expedition. Truth by, Fred Locher - ggc REPAIRS P, MY Spending Clijidren slmiild be taught how to ipeiid as well ns to save. 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