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Show FALSBtTJE ETHiWEAR ERS Try dentists amazing discovery rr If you have just opened a new bottle of glue, rub a little lard over the opening before you put the lid back on. When you want to open the bottle again, the cap will come off easily. VVi I U 3 ,i9W or youll get your money back I . Just think how N o. f tATUtttSg THE STORY THUS FAR: Adam Bruce, FBI operator. Inspector Tope end Mrs. lope met In the Maine woods. Tope found a man murdered, who was at first identified as Ledforge, head of New England utilities. When a car believed to have been used in the mnrder was raised from the quarries it was found to contain the body of n murdered woman, Mrs. Kell. Her husband committed sui-tid- e. Joe Dane, assistant D.A., accusing Tope of bungling the case, took complete eharge. Eberly met Ledforge to go on a fishing trip. When they got In the canoe, Ledforge npset the canoe. He knew that Eberly could not awlm. When he saw that Eberly was not sinking he started attend banquets, make speeches, I can make a minute. display himself. He continued: Tope nodded, and waited, and But it was more chance than anything else that led calmly filled and lighted his straight us into it Some years ago the heavy black pipe; at last Ledforge lifted To make mends in sweaters or demands upon my time and my his bead. Its part guess and part jersey dresses invisible, use a had certainty, he confessed. I But to me. energy began weary rocket hook to make chain stitches something like a nervous collapse, think I see the answer. to duplicate the appearance of the and I went away quietly to my boyThe fire had burned low. Ill take knitted fabric. hood home a remote little town In oft this wet coat, he remarked, and Manitoba for a vacation. stood before them In flannel shirt, Christopher lived there. He was vest, khaki trousers and light woods a doctor surgeon and doctor, too, shoes with rubber soles; a spare, as small town practitioners must be; gray, small old man. and he took me in hand, cured me. It was Holdom," he began then. toward him bnt waa stopped by Tope I can see what was In his mind, But he reproached me for overwork ing; and he suggested that a man what he tried to do." COLD PREPARATIONS as busy as I ought to have a perAnd he explained: A week ago, CHAPTER XIV Liquid Tablets Salvo Koso Drop Has satisfied Bullions (or years sonal physician to watch over his I would have been as mystified as Caution. Um only as directed Eberly said steadily: "He over- health. I persuaded him to come you, because I had always trusted turned the canoe, swam away. Then back with me in that capacity. He Holdom. But I know now that he List on a piece of cardboard the le looked back, expecting to see me suggested also that I ought to have was a thief and a rascal. I learned articles stored in a closet, trunk, irowning. He knew I couldn't swim. a social secretary or an assistant, last Monday that he had been using or large box. Saves rummaging. But when he saw me still afloat Mr. to whom I might delegate some less my collateral to trade In an account Important activities; and the fact, under my name, to sell my own Tope had made me wear a Honey or maple syrup mixed he started back to finish which we discovered before we left stocks short. I have already reportwith whipped cream makes an ex- me! home, that not even our Intimate ed the matter to the Exchange aufriends could distinguish one of thorities. cellent topper for baked apples Ledforge, a bitter hurt In his tone, He paused, but no one spoke. So cried: Nonsense! I came to help us from the other, led naturally to the arrangement which has contin- he went Lacquer should not be applied you, Carl! on: ued till now, to a varnished surface until the There was murder In his eyes, Holdom did not know, you undervarnish has first been removed. He looked from one to another. stand, that there wete two of us Eberly insisted, not speaking directly to the other man at alL "It was very simple, he said "once Christopher and L Now gentlemen, Christopher was Ledforge whirled toward Tope, fusick. Being a doctor, he of course riously. "You put this Idea Into Of course hes shocked, knew that he had a bad appendix Relieved in 5 minutes or double your money back hla head! When excess stomach acid causes painf ol, suffocatknow but he was devoted to me. For him what doesnt hes saying! ing gas, sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually medicines known for to go to a New York hospital would He had a blackjack on a thong prescribe the like medicines those relief in symptomatic s have been to risk the discovery of said Eberly. Tablets. No laxative brings comfort in a on his wrist, Jiffy or double your money back on return of bottle our duality. He was willing to take Ledforge wore a strap watch on to os. 25c at all druggists. his left wrist He held It up. Carl some risk to avoid that, so he demust have seen this, he Insisted; cided to come up to Holdoms home Genand he said sympathetically: here for the operation. Mrs. Kell had been a trained nurse. Dr. Na tlemen, Mr. Eberly Is hysterical. He has always been afraid of the son would come from Boston to do water. the operation, in the rooms above Holdoms garage. Tope, after a moment, spoke. he Well, you see, Mr. Ledforge, Christopher himself, pretending to be me, ma all these arrangeexplained, almost apologetically, ments with Holdom; so Holdom more to it than just this. theres with --HltmEltER&t TOMiC The whole thing started with a man would naturally suppose that I was about to be incapacitated for a week If you catch cold easily because that left New York last Friday you lack all the natural A&D or ten days. Perhaps he thought morning with Mr. Holdom, in Hol-doVitamins and was likely to die. Perhaps he alnatural oils you need you may car, and with Holdom's chaufbe amazed how Scotts Emulsion feur driving. And the next time anyready intended my death. At any can help build energy , stamina before leaving New York and and resistance . Try it I See why body saw that man, he was dead rate, many doctors recommend this under a bed in one of the cabins trading In my name he sold my high energy, food tome. Buy at your druggists. at a roadside camp up here. stocks short." He hesitated, then continued: So The others save young Adam Bruce were watching Tope. Adam they left New York on Friday mornHe saw the watched Ledforge. ing, Christopher and Holdom, and Kell driving. I protested, but Chrismans pupils faintly dilate, saw his eyes become fixed In a concentrattopher assured me the drive would ed attention. Tope paused, and in do him no harm. Before starting, the instant of silence, Adam heard he took a sedative in order to sleep, to escape the pain. Mr. Eberlys teeth chattering togethYOU er. And he had an Impression of And you Tope prompted him. can have a say you can figure what happened?" racing thoughts behind Ledforgee outward calm. Then the man asked I can guess, Ledforge agreed. curtly: When Christopher fell asleep in the 'What of It? What has that to car Kell was Holdoms man, of do with me? course they laid Christopher on the But you know, every Important floor, and Holdom too got down out Why, Miss Ledforge hasnt seen man needs a double. But him yet," Tope explained. of sight, so no one saw them as Kell I the dead man looked mightily like drove past the house to the garage, we began. A little attention to such you. with Holdom was completely unscrudetails as clothes, haircuts, and so Ledforge cried, in quick horror: on. . . . ever since, be- pulous. He dressed Christopher In Christopher, Looked like me? Dead? Heavens, sides taking care of my health, has that old gray sweater and overalls, man, do you mean Christopher? lived the social side of my life, leav- gagged him, swaddled his hands and Why, yes, dead, Tope assented me free to attend to business feet and head id pieces of the dog I didnt know his name ing blanket so that he could make no mildly. without distraction. was Christopher, but he looked and stuffed him into the rum"I head. his declare, noise, Tope wagged the coupe. of ble enough like you to be your twin. thats a queer one, he admitted. He sent Kell away with orders riRRT-MOKICED CO. Ledforge nodded gravely. GentleI dont'suppose many people knew SAN FRANCISCO 24 DETROIT 11 to meet him later at some agreed men, he said then, we cant stand about this thing? here. Carl is freezing, and Im cold spot; then Holdom put on a pair of dea Not living soul, Ledforge shoes. Their prints would be myself. Suppose we go down to the clared Kells confidently, except my sishouse. I must hear the whole story. and even she cant tell easily recognized because of the Alice ter You know who th$ He knew that when Tope asked: us apart, to this day." lead man was, then? was identified as body Christophers and all "How about servants, Certainly, Ledforge assented. me, Vade because of his threatElls eyes clouded with grief. You that? ening letters to me, and because he aid he looked like my twin broth"It was simply a matter of never lived there at the Mill would be at er. Well, gentlemen, he was. appearing anywhere together," Led- first suspected; but If Vade were USED CAR MARKETS One of us exonerated and Kells footprints At the house, Whitlock and Beal forge assured them. out of when the found, then Kell would be the next IN WESTERN AMERICA sight stayed always by Topes direction stayed outside. visible. Of course, suspect Eberly disappeared with a serving other was to be some used we disguises at simple find drink hot to and man, So then Holdom and Mrs. Kell grog to give the one who for the dry clothes. Ledforge asked for Miss times, she was his mistress drove to a freelittle not exist Ledforge; and the servant report- moment did Mill, in the coupe, with And he said dom of movement. ed: Christopher hidden In the rumble. She had a turn, sir, and Is lying suddenly: He looked at them all, challenging-ly- . down. Two ladies are with her. But now Its my turn to ask quesDoesnt that fit the facts? he said Ledforge. Dont tions. Who told you the dead man, demanded. Good, disturb her. Christopher, looked like me? Well, so far, Tope agreed. But Youll want to Tope suggested: Mrs. Tope had seen you or your go on! get dry, yourself. brother at a stockholders meeting They took a cabin for the night But Ledforge negatived this. once. and Holdom hid Christopher where "There's a good fire on the hearth, you found him. But Mrs. Kell must Probably she saw Christopher, Ill be all right. Ledforge Just a Drop or . le pointed out But tell me have protested at the Inhumanity of suggested. Come In. Two in Feathers what happened? Where is Christo- leaving him there alive, till Holdom, So they gathered In the big living pher? How was he killed? In rage or desperation, strangled like a baronial her! room, richly paneled all said Why gravely: Tope OUR lall; and Ledforge said: Now then: right, Mr. Ledforge. Ill tell you: He hesitated, and the color for Hiack Leal 4U spread oo the APPLICATOR roosts gives off fumes as cuickens brother dead, and some one else My an instant left his cheeks as though under a brother bed found your Lice and Makes black are Eercb. oo, you said? LEAF 40 GO Full directions id every at a that word had shocked and frightin a cabin called Faraway MUCH FARTHER package. Mrs. Kell, Tope told him. Its sickening! he exroadside camp called Dewains Mill, ened him. Buy only m factory aeafocf pacA- But aftBut Joe Dane could no longer en- up above here. He was dead when claimed then, hurriedly. gee to ineura full atrength. dure tht Tope should dominate the I found him. er that, Holdom would go on to discene. He bad on an old sweater and pose of the car, and of Mrs. Kells And Kell too, Tope," he cried. His bands and body, and meet Kell, and make Kell of overalls. 40 Dead as a herring! And Holdom feetpair were tied with wire. He was give him a rap on the bead and leave lying, so well never get a word gagged and blindfolded with tape. him to be found beside the road. As And he said in a low ut of him. His hands and feet and head were an alibi! tone: It is incredible; and furious saw of blanket eyes in quicken muffled Ledforges Tope pieces like that must be the a sort of triumph, and the old TOMORROW ALRIGHT been alive when he was yet something Hed truth! Dependable man turned to Joe almost roughly. there. He died of a ruptured He finished and Joe Dane started Joe he said, youve a real gift put appendix. LAXATIVE to speak, but Adam touched his arm tor talking out of turn. Mr. Hed been brought there in a and hushed him. here, can lie all he wants to belonging to Holdom, by a coupe Holdom Kell and Tope rapped his pipe on his heel, cant GET A 25a BOX aow, knowing a womaa I found their chucked the ashes on the hearth. and man ontradict him. tracks. Afterward the man killed We showed Kell the dead man," Cumberland and Adam were siwas Mrs. Kell and he remarked. it woman the He said it wasn't even Joe did lent, strictly listening; left her ip the car and ran the car you! aot for a while interrupt again. And into an old quarry up in the hills. Kell would lie, of course. To save Ledforge spoke, a little sadly. tracks there. himself. Its hard to speak openly about We found the mans Ledforge made an explosive gesWe've kept it he confessed ,t, Yes, I figured that, Tope asn absolute secret for so long that ture. Hideous! he cried. Incredsented; but he said then in a sort of ible! due to MONTHLY LOSSES? irritation: lilence is a habit now. Shucks, Mr. Ledforge. You girls and women who lose so bad, Tope, assented; he all that's too complicated for me And But he Pretty said you earnestly: much during monthly periods that And my notion Holdom was in it, sure; but my idea enow, every important man needs a added implacably: out youre pale, weak, "dragged has been right along, that whatn did is blood-irothat it, you Ledforge. to Did occur ever that iouble. you? this may be due to lack of ever Holdom did, be did because you Bo try Lydia E. Plnkhams TAIV.E shook his head abstracthow much easier it would imagine Ledforge one of the best home ways to told him to." to He not for for e the seemed resent this instance, President, edly. build up red blood In such cases 'I? Ledforge cried angrily. to f he were twins. 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