Show a ap p r i t t i B PETER 6 D awn KYNE COPYRIGHT BEll SYNDICATE SERVICE SYNOPSIS Theodore Gatlin adopts adonis a baby solve his Penelope In an effort to troubles Cut But his lila wife has never ne wanted her and their at- at attara af affair tara fair end In the divorce court Ten Ten- year Ten year old Penelope Is la given Into the keeping of ot Mrs Gatlin At Att a base base- baseball baseball ball same Game a ball strikes Penelope on the nose and Mrs Gatlin removes her from the tho hospital and spirits I her to Europe Gatlin Is about to tor begin a search Ie for his daughter when whenn n a motor accident ends his hi life Some ten years year cars later In San Francisco Stephen Burt Is a rising youn young psychiatrist Dan McNamara chief ot of police pollee brings 9 him a patient patient- patient Nanc Nance Belden a girl Irl with a dual personality for tor which her saddle nOlle e Is In part responsible mara mars mara does doel- not think she Is a crim crim- crim criminal criminal inal and obtaIns obtain Burts Burt's expert testimony testimony mony In court Inny I anny the doctors doctor's once office nurse Is won over to Nances Nance's cause but the th girls girl's criminal record outweIghs Doctor Burts Burt's explanation ot of her case and she Is sent Rent to San Quentin penitentiary She escapes although shot and goes to tn Lanny's apartment T anny tells Chief McNamara mara who orders her to bring Nance to hrs apartment One of ot the men who helped Nance escape has been wounded and his partners take him to Burls Burl's office once where McNamara finds Ends them CHAPTER Continued V-Continued V Continued 9 Wen Well your orders are to com come out to m my house too and take care of your friends The doctor will call every day and tell ten you what to todo todo todo do And you'll have hare to do the cook Ins cook n I can do that too Not r fancy Cancy but they can eat It It All right youve you've got a job anda and a holing up up place as ns well Ill I'll go home now anti and set get et my car and come comeback comeback comeback back for you null nod your friend Mean Meanwhile while dont don't you ou get cold feet and disappear I want to talk to you some more I want to find out about Nance Belden and you and your friend might be able to give n a aline aline line on her I dont don't know anything about her ChIef except that her real name Is Penelope Ga Gatlin Dan McNamara Ic clasped claspell his con u corrugated gated atell brow In both hands and pon pondered dered Gatlin 1 I Gatlin Penelope Gatlin Now y where have ha I run across that name In my business I dont don't usually for forget et names and I seem to remember I had a call once for somebody h by that name or else somebody by hy that name called on me It wa was vas a long time ago Ill I'll have haH to look that up- up tip tip-i up I wonder If theres there's anything t In the files at head head- headquarters quarters rs It was midnight before Nance ance nelden's Beldens two friends were installed II ell with her In Dan McNamara's Mc hous house Lann Lanny looked both hoth men over care care- carefully carefully carefully fully and confided In the chief that she wouldn't trust either cither of them as asfar asfar asfar far as she slie could throw a n bear by Its tall to which Mr Ir McNamara re reo replied replied plied that one of them couldn't rals raise any deviltry de If he wanted to while the other dared not not Dot Moreover this latter was the only practical nurs nurse he could secure A trained nurs nurse might talk on the other hand band thIs friend of Nances Nance's had hall been educated educated ed to keep his mouth shut And Anda nd a very ery great re-at re virtue Mc amara added Ills freedom free Is In my keep keel keeping keeping I In ing and my honor Is in his so WP we hove e to trust each ench other Resides eldes Its It's high time you ou got home The phone ran rang and Dan an answered steered It It When he lie rejoined Lanny he was wag smiling broadly Youre a bum he accused That Phat was Flynn FInn one o of the detective ser Sr ser ser- sergeants sergeants on watch at your house honse lie Ill found two drops of blood blond you over overlooked looked so he tie thinks you and Nance are In the hOIl house l hut hilt refuse to un- un answer uni an answer i the bell hell and he lie wants per per- permission permission mission to break hrak In In the name per per-I of the law lie He says he lie can cnn slide the latch on your front door lock locI like business I told him to walt wait another hour and then try It but to be careful s Independent and belll belligerent er eat ent nature w is Instantly aroused U It I couldn't give I e a snooper like that cards and spades sp-idos the four I aces hi big and little casino and heat lat him to death on the lie sweeps Id I'd kiss kissa a cow she slie declared Guess Ill I'll go o home line and make fUllIe those hl big feel teel ashamed of themselves for dis disturbing tu turbine n n lady Whatever you Ou do be bo nice to then Lanny they'll just waltz you down to central station and stow I you Ou n away way fur for the with night night the excuse that the lie chief wa wants 11 ts to see II you ou And nel Ive I've decided I dont don't know you ou If It I 1 did Id I'd go 10 home with you ou I As A Lanny entered the driveway and paused pained In front of or her garage i there were no detectives In sl sight ht there ml might ht have e been hind I she he darned It the part of or wisdom to glance carefully about her She unlocked the Hie garage e door climbed t i ark ack rk In her car drove e In stopped the rill motor and switched witched ofT off the lIh s Then she got ot out closed I and und locked the garage dour and I turn turned d on an nn electric Ii light ht switch on- on the doorpost to light her way up- up upstairs up upstairs stairs to ner kitchen Then she almost screamed Two hi fellows wearing soft hats were standing behind her tier car gazing nt at ather ather her owlishly Instantly Lanny switched ofT off the light Jot gut her little pistol out oat of her bag and switched the light lIht on again Now what do you ou two handsome devils want she demanded Ilke automatons the pair threw hack back their lapels and disclosed their shields Cops Coifs or no cops Lanny announced my ray garage garnge Is my castle and you cant can't come Into It uninvited without a n search warrant The two detectives looked at nt each ench other and anil Lanny realized that they appreciated her very ery much Indeed a lawyer lawer said one of them Not a very good one though the other replied However Howe Pat let her have her own o way A worn wom woman the an-the an the outrageous fellow bowed low and and particularly n a youn young and beautiful woman with woman with a pistol always alwa's always makes me nervous ner If you will be he good enough to open your garage door Miss lIss Lanning we will go out come up your front stairs ring the bell ben like gentlemen and ask If we cant can't come In and have havea a little chat with you Is that satisfactory Eminently so Lanny was as polite as the speaker now She felt i I for the bolt In back of her slid sUd It bad back mil fund kicked the door open opell with without out taking her ees eyes or her pistol off nIT lout the pair They w went nt out closed both doors behind belli behl nd her and held them closed until she had shot the holt home a again Then she wen went 1 upstairs and let herst herself lf In Just n as asher her doorbell ran rang j so she switched on the Hie lights lI removed her hat and coat went to th the door and opened open 11 It it Instantly two lar large e hands hanel thrust two cards at here her whereupon she was aware that she ohe was about to enter enter- entertain entertain tain Detective c Sergeant cr P Flynn FI nn antl Detective Sergeant A Good evening e gentlemen Lanny Lan Lan- Lanny Lanny ny hailed them cordially Come ComeIn In iii and rest your our bl big flat feet P Flynn nodded wisely to A An An She resents us Amadeo said he Oh I 1 hope not Pat Let us hope It Is not us she resents but our honorable profession lon The bowed n again aln Thank you yet on Miss And both gentlemen en entered Lanny Lunny led them down the hall to her tiny drawIng room A Angel Angel nel loti like a hound followed close clasp behind her but Flynn FInn was In no hurry He lie swept the runner In the thc hall with a n flashlight ht first then fol followed oh- oh lowed his partner Into the drawing room and null sat down heavily hell on a divan dhan Is s this to be a n long IntervIew Lanny asked cheerfully P Flynn shook his bis head MA A minute or two MAI I Then Ill I'll not bother giving you anything to drink Well IVell It might tIll ht take ten minutes nt at that Flynn FInn countered Lanny mixed her guests each ench a highbalL P Flynn drank half of his at a n gulp set down his glass glassand glassand and said Well lV elf whores whore's Nance Belden I see by the papers she escaped from San Quentin about six siz hours ago agn She Slie came here Flynn charged Prove Pro It T tart tartS tartly ly Iy whereupon Flynn nn went out nut into the entrance halland hall and returned dragging ln the end enlI of the hall runner with him He lie turned It over pr and revealed r B a large Inre dark red spot Blood l I he announced touched the spot Fresh blond Human Mood blood Flynn Inn went on Quite a n clot of It She must have ha faInted after Miss Miss- s let It her herin herIn In Undoubtedly she lay Iny se Eral several minutes In the hall han bleeding while Miss lIss Lanning was fixing a II bed for her herVe Wo V Ve know she came here Angel Angel- loti charged We WP Ve found round two spot spots of blood on the sidewalk That settles It FI Flynn nn declared with ponderous finality Miss lIss Lan Lanning ning you have hn this female convict con secreted In your house and I ad advise vise Ise you yon to give I e her up Search m my house honse Lanny offered In a n queer choked voice She loathed herself for ln ha having over over- overlooked over looked that large blood stain on her r hall runner Flynn FInn and needed no second Invitation The They searched the house thoroughly and anti returned to the little drawing room to fin fin- finIsh finish Ish Ish their drinks Youve lou taken her away awny Flynn charged char ed Where did you take her If youre you're such good detectives go find her Lanny was getting her courage back again She did come here but hut I wasn't fool enough to receive e her She came carne In a n car with two men and she did faint In my hallway and lie there for n tl lit lit- little lit little tle tie while Of or course she Bhe expected why why I cant can't that imagine Imagine that Id I'd hide her and nurse he her nut But she's neither n It friend nor n a relative e of wine mine j she met me once In Doctor x Y 6 wN ty h 1 t L A i fYi f Y is iss s st t 2 3 Then Lanny Almost Screamed instantly She Switched Off the LIght Got Her Little Pistol Out of Her Bag D and Switched the Light on AgaIn Hurts Hurt's where I am nm and tool took a liking to mein me-In me In her funny way She's Shea a n psycho Ils j i tic personality She Slie wrote me ask ask- sk- sk skIn sk log In me roe to call all upon her and I did like like a u fool foal fool because I felt sorry for i ifor for her She he should be In n sani I not a n jail Who ho brought tier her to Doctor Burts Burt's odice o Chief McNamara k I 1 Fl Flynn Ilynn nn and 81 sat t tup up They glanced slowly at nt each other The old mans man's been hlen up toI to I his Ills old tricks again lIln said Flynn hat What became of nr Nonce Nance Belden after you ou refused refined 11 to receive her I j She left In the automobile I Lanny was careful not to state which automobile or whose Youre an nn accessory to her es escape cs- cs cape It was your dut duty its liS n a cItI zen to hold her here telephone po- po police po police lice headquarters and have hu her taken tak tak- taken en down to the emergency hospital for treatment You can go to the pen for this Get out of or my house bouse Lanny com mil tided 1 fiercely Sure ure but you ou come with us Thins You cant can't arrest me without a warrant I said before you aInt such a good lawyer lawer We can always nl pIck pIckup pickup pickup up anybody hody that carries a pun gun with with- without without out nut n a permit Into your hat and coat Miss lIss Lanning and come with us Ill Ill I'll telephone my lawyer lawler th then n go o with you said lanny with dignIty Nothing doing Flynn FInn declared 1 firmly You two dare lay Iny hands on me I and Ill I'll have you OU both broke un nn He Re careful nil all up U before you OU get fresh with me The telephone Is In the kitchen Flynn went Into the kitchen and called up Dan McNamara lie He was much subdued upon his return and smiled lUlled Well get et you ou YN yet he growled You must have a dm ding with the chief ties lies pulled puked us off the case 1St Good night I When hen they lad gone Lanny I anny put putout putout putout out the hall lI light ht anti and I them from behind the dour cur cur- curI cur tain I halo The two crossed the tile street i to to their car climbed In and anel set set- seti set t i tI I deal down for an nn ull night all at vigil vigil at least ISo so Ia decided I So she dragged dru the hall hail runner Into the kitchen scrubbed the I bloody spot thoroughly and dried It over o the gas stove reviling re her her- herI herself her s I self the while I To the surprise of the machine I gunner Chief Dan McNamara did not ask him a single le personal ques- ques ques not tion-not not even his name Nor did didI I he question him re regarding his wounded friend He tie and the chief partook of a breakfast which the I Tommy man prepared und and dis dl- discussed discussed cussed marksmanship wounds bat bat- bat batI batties bat I ties tics and nd sudden death path As the chief was It leaving ln a he gave e a the machIne gunner a list of tradesmen who sup sup- supplied supplied sup I plied his house and told him to telephone his orders when I delivery I Iery ery was made they w were re to be lefton left lefton I Ion on n a table In the basement I And dont don't you answer the tele- tele telephone telo-I telo tele phone and dont don't show yourself outside out out- outI outside out I side or near the front windows he warned heI I The fellow nodded fly Hy the way what's going to become of that speed boat It belongs belons to She bought It for fort forty five forty tI e I dollars Mc McNamara amara sat down and looked his amazement She paid forty Corty- forty five five fie hundred dollars fur for that boat bOlt and and yet et she was doing time for pinching silk stockings I dont don't like to ask you ou any questions you might be embarrassed d to answer bo boy but Lut today will be a n total loss to me unless I 1 find out where she keens her bank roll Flints Nances Nance's business an nn Ill I'll not discuss It It She sent the check checkout checkout out In the letter her plan pIau of escape Who received recel the letter A l friend who showed shoved it to us- us usand usand us usand and we decided to help Nance ance out We Ve both hoth owed her a debt we couldn't see no other way of pay pay- pay pay-in In n But nut didn't you figure out the risks Sure nn Sure an discounted em cm Ma Ma- Ia gun chine-gun fire aint no new tiling thing thIn to tous tous tous us We Ve figured them guards wasn't notch top notch machine gunners anyhow v that I-that I that that Is at nt low ranges es They know v how to handle their but guns uns they dont don't have ha their re regular ular periods of target laret practice on the range rane like a soldier does docs In our boat headed straIght away ny from the tire lire at nt for for- live ty-live miles an hour It would take talia art all expert to get et on us An they wouldn't know for sure whether we were accomplices or not until r Nance reached the hoa boat t and we started her In then of course they'd they'll let us have ha have It It |