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Show T" I SftOOOOOOOOOOflg Remarkable; Burry thought Synthetic Gentleman CHANNING POLLOCK tdoooooooooc'. an-la- ra head. "Unless he was sitting In one." The body wasn't anywhere near a choir. It was up against the door to the hall. The paper says so. The Filipino got In through the dining yooin. I got out through the ball door. He saw me. How did 1 do that. If Kelly was lying' against Itr I don't know. Two more things: The lights were burning full tilt when I left. I could see Kelly's 'shadow on the blinds as I passed the house on my way home. Were they still burning when, the butler came In the next morning I And, If not, who turned em out?" What's the other Item?" The other Item's the crux of the whole business," Jack answered. Mike rushed me out because the phone rang, and the fellow that rang It was coming over to talk to him. Did he come? If not, why not? And, If that fellow did come, isn't It likely that he's the guy that killed Kellyr - - V CHAPTER IV It was long after one o'clock when they walked out of the Tombs. She was all In now. Barry splurged on a taxi to take her home" to the dingy boarding house where the disowned Bidders lived. In the upper Forties. In spite of her protests, Barry kept his word as to giving her most of that hundred and flfty. "it Isn't mine." he declared. We'll eat together Monday, after I've talked to Winslow, m be around about alx o'clock." It was two now a warmish Sat urday afternoon. Nearly forty-eigh- t hours before he could hope to And the attorney. Any Inexpensive hotel would da He registered at one a few blocks from Peggy's. Barry Gilbert." he wrota From his new residence. Barry went to the Aster, and rnliled Mrs. Itldder The message read: 'Making good atop water-wago- n and on track of a job stop friend of min met In Florida lorked up for murder didn't commit atop can you arrange credit here up to two thoueand dollars atop won't use unless necessary for friend and will return every penuy stop wire Pater Wlnalow lawyer for confirmation If desired stop this Is my big chance to do something worth while atop writing details all's well don't John.' burry back lovei I'll need that two thousand quick,'1 Harry thought. Winslow'll want a retainer, and there'll be a lot of other Barry wondered what to do things. hours. with bis forty-eigh- t I'll stroll down to Kelly's place," he decided, " and give It the From Sixth avenue, he turned Into IGth street, and stopped before what the tabloids were calling the scene of the murder. It was an .oned red brick house, with a bay window, and a heavy front door. A policeman stood guard, and a group of the curious loitered as near as they dared once-over.- ' old-fas- h Barry tried. There waa someone else coming when Jack left," he concluded. If he came, he either found Kelly dead. In which case he'd've given the alarm, or he found Kelly alive. In which case, of course, Jack didnt kill him. Very Ingenious," Peter remarked. But what makes you think someone else was coming? That's why Kelly A red Jack out "Who says so?" "Jack and Peggy." "Not very conclusive," Peter objected. Who- - do you think "I'm not concerned It letcr declared. didnt." "Jack didn't did ltrwho at to did Only as to who Yon'd know that If you looked at him." I fed sorry for the glrL 111 go down to see Rogers. Somebody onght to've gone long ago to Ale an appearance. There shouldn't have been any preliminary hearings without proper representation." You'll take the case, thenr "I suppose aa Now, how about that Job I thought we might land at my brother'sr certainly need It" Let's see If he's la" Get Jamison Winslow," he Instructed the operator. In a few minutes the phone rang. That you, Jlramyr Peter said Into It "You've heard of John Clarke Bidder, haven't you? Well, hla son's Id here, and wants work. How about It? Got anything over there?" The Inatrument made raucous noises. "All right," Teter continued, at last. "Ill send him around, and you talk to him. Chrysler building," he Informed Barry, "and he's waiting for you." "I don't know how to thank you." "What for?" Mainly for helping two people In a lot of trouble." 1 SMITHKIEI.H TTW Uncommon Sense how people could stand staring at anything connected with a tragedy. There was another little group at the corner, where workmen were putting In a new trafllc tight standard. Broken off short IU predecessor lay on the pavement Having nothing better to da Barry asked, "What's the excitement?" Taxi smash. "When?" "Just before two o'clock yesterday morning. Killed a woman. Crushed her By right up agalnat that post Broke It off short Don't seem possible. No wonder the Judge was upset Curious, Barry thought these two violent deaths within a few yards and a few hours of each other. Curious, OqqniiM. CkaulB Polluck too, that the Judge's stroll should have WNUlwvla. brought him so near the house In which Kelly lay murdered, but no more remarkable than the aeries of events that had Involved Barry In the SYNOPSIS whole affair. Lifes full of coincimused. It's only In dences," Barry Thr Duka, Barry Ollbart, llkabla youth Action that people pay much attention Joblaaa and broka, if twanljr-thraaa aaoeeupled aummar homa In to 'em. Winslow said the Judge went Bonthampton, aaakinc abaltar from a for a walk, and that's the simplest atorm. Ha makaa hlmaalf at homo. Doa-l- t( at tha Braplara, ha la atartlad by explanation of the whole matter. lie waa at the attorney's office betho arrival of a butlar, Wlllatta; and a ohaulfaur, Kvxna. Ila laarna that tha fore ten o'clock on Monday morning. poa of tha owner of tha homa; Jack Ho waa ushered Into the pleasantly Rlddar, whom tha aervanta had navar aaaa, la aapactad. Ha daeldea to bluff furnished curner room that was PetIt out Ilia auppoaed paranta hava left er's. The lawyer rose, aa Barry enfor Oarmany. Nazt morning ha la glvan tered, and came forward, one hand lattar for hla mother." 11a opena It and flnda a maaaaga from tha real Jack, outstretched, and the other bolding a The early bird, eh?" Baying ha could not coma, and returning uewspaper. a hundred-dolla- r bill. Tha boy'a father Im not exactly looking for worms," had penaloned him Into obacurlty. Bar. I want that position Barry replied. yy pock eta tha money. Intending to return It later. Ha ordera Kvana to taka we were talking about. If I can get It, him to Montauk, Intending to disappear hut. Just now, I'm a lot more interthere. On tha way ha meata Judge ested In this Kelly murder. You've and hla Hambldge daughter, Patricia. read about that, I suppose. Believing ha la Jack Itldder, aha Invites leter nodded. him te dinner tha following Thursday. I saw the headlines after you left Barry raturna to Southampton, deciding to atay a bit longer. Hr. Itldder, Sr, tha Uumbldgei on Friday, he said. through hla newspaper, tha Globa, acI didn't bother about It much them cuses Judge Hambldge of taking ordera But, this morning, I found Saturday's from Tammnny Ilall In a condemnation proceeding. Barry meata Pater Herald Tribune on my desk. And, of Wlnalow, prominent attorney. Winslow course, I'm always Interested In murtells Barry that Judge Ilambldga had ders." een an accident In which a woman "I know the boy who's accused of waa killed by a taxicab. At homa Harry flnda tha wife of tha real Jack Itldder this crime," Harry said. awaiting him. Her husband la In jail "You do? That's exciting. Tell me In Kaw York, charged with tha murder of Mika Kelly, Tammany boss. Tha girl, about 1L" Barry did, omitting only the detail Peggy, tells Barry how aha had mat Jack In Florida and married him, ns of Bidder's Identity. Jay Rogers. Jack lost hla job, and they I met them In Florida," he relatwant te New Tork, where aha got work at the Coeoanut Bar. There she was ed. Rogers worked In a hotel there. accused of trying to pick tha pocket of I liked the girl even then. She'd been Hike Kelly, and waa arrested. Her husband want to Kelly's to Indues him te putting up such a game Aght to make drop tha charge. Later Kelly waa found a man of her husband, and was succeeding so wonderfully. I suppose Pm dead, hla akull crushed by a decanter. Barry auggeata ha can help aa Jack the only friend they've got around Bidder, and Urn. Rogers agrees. Judge here, and that's why she came to me." Ilambldga delivers a decision In tha Winslow listened sympathetically. gondamnatlon suit la which Kelly had bean Interested. That sort of thing always gets me," A woman tied up to he observed. CHAPTER III Continued some man who's not worthy of her, nnd In love with him." DM job ever ace Kelly?" This boy'a not so bad,"' Barry arNo." And lta a lead-pip-e cinch that gued. He woe enormous. Must have been he didn't kill Kelly. In bis stockings. I'm Think aa" Dead aura" In mine. I'd've had to stand on n chair to hit him on top of the "All right Make me sure." a, HE S.MITIIKIKI.I) SENTINEL. JOHN BLAKE 83 aradicou. 1st when practically all the people of all the civilized countries of the world can, by paying a Bmil price for a seat to a cinema theater look "'round the world and back again. The camera man baa completeto ly replaced the men who used and world the view and forth go bring home pictures of it to be thrown on a still screen. From your seat fa a theater you can view the Eskimo catching Tho films of travel, which carthe world ry the vision around back and again re-An- . The opportunities of most people for seeing the world are very limited. The average person to small towns and country places has a very dim idea of the lengthof and the breadth of the world, or to places remote j people who live ; from him. and Today almost every boy Maof the Taj tell can you girl hal, or of the Desert of Sahara, oi tha peaks of tho Andes, or of life In remote cities like London, Paris and Constantinople, Barry grinned. It might," he said, "and then again It might not. What I heard, Jamison Wlnalow went on, waa that your father want ed yon In hla business. If that's trua hed certainly bo pleased at yonr going la I'd like to succeed on my owa Well, why not? Wo don't have to tell Harwood who you era. Not to the beginning, anyway." That la an Idea" Barry agreed. Mr. Shakespeare informs us Since tha row, I've been calling my- that "home-keepin- g youth have ever homely wits. self Barry Gilbert But "homely wits" hardly ex- "Not a bad pen name," Jamison Wlnalow declared. "All right; well stick to It Ive a hunch that yon'd make a good newspaper man." A Veiled Figure That's what your brother said. ' Ten minutes later, Barry Gilbert of man himself agala so to speak was on THE heart a secret chamber hla way to The Globa wherein stands like the block The Globe occupied a new and Im- street ' of white unhewn marble set posing building In Thirty-nint- h to the studio of a sculptor a Asking for Mr. Harwood, Barry found veiled figure. Though the man himself in the city room. Men to their shirt sleeves sat at deska smoking and may not so much as lift the ' corner of the veil, yet he forpounding on typewriten, and most of ever and in secret works to the people who had rallied to end out of the elevators rushed In and out i fashion and form the figure of the double doors. Harwood's office that lies beneath. And the figure is the Soul of proved to be a small and comparativeJust off tho the man, and the unveiling ly quiet cubby-hol- e thereof is called death; and He had always been a newspaper until the figure be unveiled, maa Square cut not very tali, bnt the man scarce knoweth what with big hands and broad shoulders manner of man he is. Coulson hla hair was as red aa Barry's. He Kemahan. had been John Clarke Bidders dtr editor when John Clark waa n en reporter, and he remained John Clarke's city editor stllL John Clarke! friend, too, with more real power, and ability, than any other man on The Globa Now he glanced at tha Wlnalow letter, and grunted. Think you can wrlta I suppose?" "Pretty sure I cant" Then whatre yon gonna do on a newspaper?" Get newa" Erato Harwood looked him over. wxu srvlcfc fclWRTWSSR - limjuartuftw. Bur-ma- - - com-pose- r, I I ' con-cour- "How?" Well, Just now. It happens that Ta a friend of Jay Rogers." The fellow that killed Mike Kellyr The fellow they say killed him." "Yeahr Erato squinted Into tho bowl of hla pipe. "How long hava you known Jimmy Winslow?" he Inquired. "About half an hour. Hla brother aaked him to get me a Job." "Peter Wlnslowr "Yea" "Peter Winslow going to defend Rogers?" he snapped. Yea" Erato reached for a telephona "Peter Wlnslow'a defending tha Rogers boy," ho barked Into tha Id-- I strument "If It's straight, play It up j In the next edition. To Barry he said, "How did you get Winslow to take the easel" For tha second time, Barry related hla story of meeting tha Rogers ln! Florida From there, he Jumped to! the visit of Mrs. Rogers, repeating what alia had told him, and dilating upon their Interview with tho boy in ' the Tombs. "What did he say 1" Uarward asked. "I dont feel at liberty to repeat that until I've spoken to Peter Wlna-- ' low," Barry answered, "but lta given me two clues that I'd like to follow FoLLOW the lead of big tire users who buy only on proof of performance. Last year Greyhound buses traveled 138,000,000 miles from Coast to Coast and from Canada to the Gulf across deserts and over winding mountain roads. They have won the National Safety Councils highest award in inter-cit- y bus operation for the past four years. This is indeed a tribute to careful driving, offirlgnf equipment and the reserve safety of Firestone Tires made possible by the Firestone up-- " I "All right," Erato said. "Follow em. Your salary's Afty dollars a week. Re port straight to me." ! Patented Process of Gum-Dippin- which g prevents internal friction and heat. Firestone d Tires run up to 28 cooler and give greatest blowout the scientifically designed non-ski- dprotection tread will stop your car up to 25 quicker and give you 50 longer non-ski-d mileage. Gum-Dippe- I "Yea air." "Walt a minute. 111 put yon next to somebody who'll Introduce yon at We've got that police headquartera angle covered, of course, but yon'd better be In touch thera What I want you to do la to follow your own leads, i Bring In ' something. "Both, coma here! he ealled. I want you to take Sir. Gilbert down to the homicide bureau." Nothing seemed entirely Impossible : y that bright morning, as Barry swung Into Broadway. j Up to now, he owed everything to that Arst stake, the his Imposture clothes he wore, Peter Winslow's fa-- 1 leter smiled once more. That Inside-Jotheory sticks to vor, and all that had followed. They my mind," Barry remarked. "Is there constituted an amazingly fortuitous a Mrs. Mike Kellyr chain of circumstances. But the chain j Peter laughed outright. had lifted him to solid ground. It'a You're determined to he Sherlock up to me now, Barry said, feeling Holmes, arent your he asked. "All square with himself, and tha world, right. There la a Mr. Mike Kelly. and strangely gay and I'd Just Anlshed reading about her. "lm going to start right, ha said, She sued for divorce recently and "by paying those bills, and giving withdrew the case. Do you think that Peggy the rest of that two hundred. Pm going to figure np my board and might Indicate that she killed her room at Southampton, and give her Clierchex la femme, you know." that too. A fellow like me cant afPeter laughed agala ford to be crooked." Search for the woman, he trans(TO BE COXT1NUED) But, then, there appear to lated. have been a good many women In Kel Speed of Sound The speed with which sound travels ly's life. We mustn't Jump at conclusions." through various materials varies greatN'a I sup- ly. in sir, sound waves more 1.0S1 No," Barry admitted. feet per second. They move through pose not. All tho sania" bo thought, the water nearly five times ns fast as other side of the door, "It's pretty evi- through air, and through hard such as steel huiI glass tin dent that a woman who sues for divorce Is a little bit anxious te get rid sound wares travel from 13 to times as fast ss through air of her husband. ! SeeJtore Firestone Dealer and Gum-Dippe- d Tire,, mid-Ma- FM JS LOISER ,h. TIM M JerpiecTo'S MILEAGE EQUIP TOW CAB HITS fimtone sealtyte jibes b pound on IruUe of tuba VISIT THE FIRESTONE EXHIBITS AT THE GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION IN CLEVELAND AND THE TEXAS CENTENNIAL IN DALLAS I 1 Ttrerioo junosumiB unanii'Z.SS hua-ban- ftM y .....41 lien MM II sun ini CI!HIONI...39w BRAKE Lisina Et" 2'5rtT 0.30 Ulf 79 IHBAU straw SEAT ifcClp Jr VIMSS FUIH- - 'YRSET M37-- j PADS SUS 6 .61 ....jW aa -- MM .11 WAX PffKffS INSECT GLASSES & rmwmmmm VIIOAVAH. ITT HIAI0AS- SCREEN ag mOc.Fi mrs.?. Symphony, and Momlu, ' loveh HM.NL The Famous Men Tet In the following test there ten problems. In each on mana name to given, followed hi the names of four profession vocations, or avocations. CraS out the particular occupation ill pursuit in which the man r was most famous. 1. Jdhn Bunyan compos, writer, marathon runner, n tor. seal which will provide him with 2. Frank B. Keliogggolf his supper and an overcoat, with physiciu! a good clear glance at the peaks Howe "Poet, opera of the Alps or the Andes, or at sipger, inventor, explorer. Elephants a pilin teak" to 4. Victor iootbsn Herbert coach, composer,- lawyer, fw cier. Mlnria feed on what the eyes 5. Gerhart Hauptmann see. kidnaper, dramatist, eolL there is anything Wherever er. worth seeing the camera goes. 6. Noah Webster lawyer Loving their work, and eager inventor, lexicon,; to bring home pictures of all the statesman, known world, these daredevils of pher. 7. Eli Whitney statesman, in. the films are never daunted by ventor, lawyer, actor. obstacles, or by dangers. 8. Ferdinand Magellan-inven-- tor, To me It has always been navigator, artist, pianist astonishing that every school 9. George W. Goethals lawyer and to room village every city composer, historian and town has not long ago been engineer, 10. Henry Clay physician, hi. and cameras with provided screens to tid the children to torian, statesman, explorer. their work. Answers Not only would they vastly 1. Writer 6. Lexicographer secbroaden the view of many 2. Lawyer 7. Inventor tions of the world, but they 3. Inventor 8. Navigator tremenbe should think, could, I 4. Composer 9. Engineer dously useful in teaching such 5. Dramatist 10. Statesman subjects as biology and zoology. An intelligent teacher provided Habit of Observation with a moving picture projector It to the united action of the and a stock of films would never lack the earnest attention of her brain and the eye that forms the habit of close observation. We pupils. Even pictures which only in- must think about what we see if cidentally show the streets of it to to make any permanent imforeign cities would be valuable. pression. When the mind is vaWhat they would do if wisely used cant. the eyes are robbed of half their value. would prove a marvel. Eyes Around have vastly the broadened the World horizons of mil- d worth of advertising with The Globa j lions of people, and to that I know tho city editor pretty well, spect have proved to be or nign IBs name's Harwood. If I gave yoa a value. letter to Erato, and ho gave yoa a Job, and you made good while tho boss to In Europe, wouldnt that square tilings when be got back? WNU Barrie. Ban Srsdlests. The Mind Meter "' wllh tflt riwtone cfwral over N.B.C. Nationwide Nctwoih |