Show r n Parl-ot Parl Jg 9 y by NEA y of S S s. s a r lii Inc 0 The BIad eG S tIllS THIS HAS A n n Mr nor tId ld to tott ke tt C hoard hoa tt Of monr In l h w r ra room m on t a pond fl flOor ar t Of t Mr u t b houm it Is tr to d death ih Bonnie lionnie Dundee Donate Dun tt cub Selective detective Lieu t n tH t Strawn ch ft A. gr ff grUt t d deal al of at Bart Penny Penny Pen to the tha utterance n ny ny m maC C l b l Mr Jr perrot known kon to lo r rep repeat p at t onlY t tji te word St r f lila Isle owner Strawn Stran Emil Setter former boarder whom Mn tn rth Hotl ae eil of ot trInt to rob her Dundee behind takes take notta as Stra Strain ln qui the the- boarders boarder Dowd newComer out out or of work insist he w. w wo was in hl his hi room ale p C ran Cora r r Barki-r theatre hUI of at her da to with soother boarder B nert Dut rt amateur or Of hua hI to appear p r aft and ad or tit hIt her return tO to tb bou hoUse bouie e tt tb blat tb-blat Mm ln In hi hit hs room at nt 1210 tO She frantically denies eh ac C- C Norma Pal Pale e latest b S ut r Mr Ir wilt will a admit Cm on tin berate her ber tate late ate that and nd ot ef her n. R If set r by conf r fc n er r en C m nt t to Waller mu also alo e boarder t tu N a that ahe cameto his hie room to tilt tell him film of oC the tho In In- In He n. MM ui-s riff Norma Norm sit dt le ho spoke t. t through the Window Says y he be tt t-pd t d until li 15 Dairy Daly Shepherd Abent from h r room at time of murder x plaint h r Abenr by she he he 1 was rai Inthe inthe In Inthe the robbing ti th Icebox NOW 00 GO O OX WITH TIB Tn 5 STOUt Oni CHAPTER CHAPT R S Well Daisy IY Is a. a all right tn commented Wearily after r the tho lI bIJ girl had gone and Payne had reported her r room Ihno Innocent crit At f concealed con ce t d treasure Jf fl w i di did she Iho strike y yoU U tJ D DUndee DOndee nde t. t c Bight n fl the funny tunny bone bine Bonnie DOnnie DOn Bon nb nie Dundee d. d I L 1 gath gather r that thatah eha was wan telling th the truth abo about t the l lao Ico o U box x 1 Went nt down on and had ft at atIt It myself Strawn n admitted That par part war was wai truth au all aU right th though u h I Ith th t 18 Is ho M proof it ot of that tIia ZI she pilfered i ith th the Ide sh she said sh did sl in In th the kitchen h herself el after J Jl 11 1 h when n sh JIbe hc went to get et a 1 drink drink before going to ta SI 1 asked her when wh n I X was checking the tho cont t 1 of th Jc b box x S So y you u think maybe Daisy flais for for- titled d' d h herself with a a little lunch of raspberries bertles hani band and ana banana hanana ba ha- I na nana a. a b before for robbing a and d mur murdering her old friends Dundee grinned Oh h shut lip up p Y You it kr kl know w w What wh t i it T I think rs our bAb baby baby- H I Bad Brid penny Jenny Dundee T r reminded him softly VV b pe penny tn always I turns up Do- Do yo you really think k chief th t Mrs Hogarth hating Seyler SeVier and nd fearing him himas as as site she did w would greet gre t him with a 11 rn little quip like that 7 lh In my opinion hum hunt bl ble though I I Ir t the tIO poor poo old lady would woul J ha have e yelled for ol help hel elt Instead In of proverbs Ohi you O and your OUr d par parrot parr par par- r rot t Strawn r t with weary e ry anger I I gu is you'll tip off of f th ht defense to to tolt put lt the o oh on tile witness witness' wit ness ness' stand tand In h n f fron vor That wouldn't bit bo auch lluch a 3 bd fd If idea l SevIer v r ever pAine ne tov rl trial Dundee answered softly C S I j I i Oh hell he'll come to trw trial all all all' i tight right ht when when w W. W catch him him Strawn l promised cd Weve got sot now now flow t to go so to Ito the ri grand d Jury with vitti Td rd bet t et L e e. months month's salary that bet between 1 them Dr Ve Weeks and the tho driver r 6 of that car cr th that t turned turn d Its headlights on the t e guy running down the tho Bailey alley will Identify identity SevIer That p places him near the scene of or the crime crimI Immediate Im mediately mediate after alter It was committed d. d Coupled with that ho lie beats beat It Jt o put t tot of ot town and d ais off oft th the tr train ln without t a 1 ticket t when hed he'd said lie he was going to Chicago Those t two tO O facts fact tog tos together ther with the t fact faAL t that Mrs Hogarth saw him bini In her room one night and tand warned varned tho police poUce that ho was ivas planning to rob her will bring him lm to t trial all right I d p penny Dundee r repeated Very BOW softly and Bad the thc parrot echoed sleepily II- II For Gods God's sike ake e- e shut up Ull Strawn pleaded lei Ill 1111 be a as ss loony as aJ you ou are if It I. I dont don't set some sleep Jeep Who tho the devil could eh she have been talking bIking to he ho added un un willingly That Dundee answered r d seri seriously ed- ed Is Is w what Lt Im I'm going to try tc t find out oat If yo i kt let m me keep this this' diary of h hers rs until mor morning right Have All J a 3 good time Urne Strawn c c conceded d l Iv lV got one more mora Job Sob here her turn In The The bOs ire are still etH b 1 those thos roughneck pals pats o of downstairs I r want to he hear r them thorn JJ give e him 8 an Ironclad alibi alibi I I bl-I I never 8 so eo many Y iron alibis In tnt n my nir life Ufe before Rho Rhodes es U 8 ms laa ono answerl s g long distance n e lit at two m minutes utes after 12 U. at the v very vry ry mom t r when hen the m murderer mu mu t t haO jav been this room oOm room of or or twisting n the thc scarf th 6 out old to 5 Hon Henry Dowd an an alibi Dundee reminded Ho Eo hod had lv d one onG week had never v r net met Mrs It E Hogarth garth garth- had 11 never even v n tome f fac to fac face with her bet het- So S you jou think hes he's th the bad baA jenny e n that turned Up do y you Strawn te Welt Well good goad luck Juck to you This lod old old dick will VUI try to mid time to Visit you In Sn tho the I Boyle SevIer gets fitted with his ide last necKtie WAit Walt a minute chief What about samples o of ot food Ul that t tile tho old lady lidY paved V d t tb to l liwo 3 c analyzed for M Dundee halted d Strawn as liS the tho lieutenant was vas leaving the room Oh Lord Lod Id I'd forgot them S Strawn groaned are aro they 1 Here Herc they hey are Me DunC Dundee told him throwing lder th the tho closet door She showed them to tb me l last lut st flight t S 'S a aIre I H lie Ire stooped looped to the floor iOOr of or the closet gathering up p three medicine lna bottles filled I with liquid food iO fod d coffee cof tel fee milk and aud sou soup coup ill Til get them i analyzed s tra wn promised wearily e rUy a 3 he stowed tb the cOrked boUt bottles In his hla coat c al pocket By fly th the way I r wIsh you'd oud arrange anlo to get got Hold pf of f t Dowd's Dowds and nd fingerprints Son Breakfast in morning mIght ht be a. a good chance chanced pet Oct Mrs Mis Rhodes s' s sto to save ti unwashed hea d otherwise untouched a a. glass or a 4 knife knUe pr r an nn egg gg cup up that each ach of th 80 Vo t 8 at break hrek- fast tast Th They v both claim clair they never nC l' l lm m met t. t Mr Mrs Hogarth and If Carraway r has haSi II a pimple amplo of ot the fingerprints of ot either Cither o of them thep In the tha batch he found In this ro room m tonight ht well we'll at least know he w Well b good night nh Watch V your chance to t neak snik to ur room unobserved See you lri hil tile tHe m mornIng about 11 unless you ret on oil a 1 ahot ho hot trail before then S Here DUndee d. d Sure slIte Ill I'll h have v tb to go through ush all aU the j the in this room t then take lm take it d tv wn to headquarters for tor or stile ke keeping 1 Jt leaving heaving Boyle on in tho oom m tonight and a. a of men on thi g rounds I S D By the th way chief f D Dundee ii eo de d Strawn Pp no p you ou t were we're going to 16 b able to o k keep ep It dark clark th that t it was was I the I-the the Bus suspiciously Interested new v boarder who who dis- dis co coVered ered tho the mUrder mUrder Wo shant shan't try tr- chuckled Strawn L It n th the oth other r boarders rs know all aU about bout It You can tell them that tl the old lady ladr asked you to buy her something at the dr drug drugstore g store while you were out cut at after vl visiting 11 her 1 and that you ou came e to her room to give It to her herand and found her de dead d. d They may or or ma may not believe you t If lf th they y dont don't no so much the tha better if it your our our h that the I murderer nu Is is' is isan an Inn inmate of or th the tho 1 house t iri t correct Of IO-Of Ho or she she will think youre you're o rc a Q prize suspect and rest easy cany Of Ot course th the tho morning papers paper will wilt play up S vl r In a II big wa way but an un alternate suspect will helpa help bell a n. lot tot to put the thy murderer roff his that t. t Se Be Se guard provided pro always vior Isn't our n man ri Which I think he la Is Is- Is S It lt was nearly o'clock vh n Bon Bon- rite Dundee t tested fisted the thc excellent In lils little third floor or room But its Its' softness and tho fresh coolness o of 0 Its Its' 1 new newest detective did not to Jn Tnt the light of the electric elec trio suspended OV over t the tho head hend of ot hIrt bl li began at tb the v tn- n. n try of ot Mrs Hogarth's diary and nd te read d through 11 pausing now and then however to cop copy an nh n- n try h upon up h the thO cheap little tablet which held hl hI his l notes on Ort th the stories stones s' s tho tilo inmates inmatE t s of or the he nh Rhodes had tOd to lieutenant Strawn Sha S 5 And Ancl Ancl's AS- AS ts s ht read Adi Daisy Sh Shepherds amazing statement was vas ney of ot his bitt mind j 11 I l. l had no n. pretty hU hunch huth h that Mrs MM Hogarth didn't hayes have an any moh money nonCy to to leave to an any any- bo body y Before ho 1 had finished half of ot th the nix re record orr of the m murdered mur mui- r. r d cleric dered red woman's womans rule life Bonnie Bonnie- h hid a ie tb tha same namo c conclusion Not th that l there was was an nn actUal sen sentence Sen- Sen en tence or j paragraph Upon which li 11 could put his linger and say saTh There rf She's given herself I But I there ere vere frequent r refer er to h her l. l J misers lIB rt hoard hord andt and t to Mr several o wills and rind otter fter each Dundee nd fancied he could uld h hear ha q L Ls s chuckle l VM it 11 not cn entirely possible possible- that th the tha bid IDd lady had perpetrated a n. gigantic hoax hoac on on her l f v fello lIc boarders Two good reasons themselves First to insure companionship and andaU and attentions l from her temporary s to alleviate loneliness loneliness- or of t her er confinement con to her r zoom f ec td to gratify henS tr passion for tor in fri the lives oV ot others Undoubtedly Mrs Emma flo Hogarth rth had hod watched with gl o her own machinations AM the the- excite mont caused by hi her r l t and testament changes A Invariably there ro was vos a of first of th month the month to to Lett from S. S today tod l followed by b v veiled lIe J. J c cryl- cryl p tie tic comments on ort the news new Jn in Ss letters It was as when Dl Dundee reached the till entry of ta May 1 that his sus- sus s startlingly Letter from s s. s toda today Also AIo the theuS usua uS SAys ys she sho has paid another r quarterly premium on lies hep anco policy W Wish h. h ho hD wouldn't keep It up Im I'm sure to die before Bho dots does and never n need Hd it S. S also alO writes that she aa la sar laIn v- v vIn In hon homo town paper that our good friend J J. J W. W I its Is' d dead nd me mo sadder than I 1 havo felt feJt for lor five years Ill I'll never forget torget how good food ho- ho was to us In our hour of ot trouble the la last at l time wp we vp ever saw aw him I often wonder how S. S 5 anti and I would ever ver have havo gotten gotten got sot ten tn away that thal day clay if it J. J W. W hadn't helped us pack patk S S. S cay sas the pap paper gave t him a n. fino find obituary lie Ho had risen n to c cashier r or of tho the bank Im I'm glad ho slid did so 80 wen well Ills His fingers shaking with excite excite- meat n Dundee l hastily turned the thep p pages S s to tho the entry for fol June Juno 1 lIe He lIec c caught his hia breath sharply as ho he read t from S.- S. today Tho poor DOor girl trl is fa lon lonely ly and depressed Wish the tho could marry nai again and be happy but suppose that Is Ible ibl- Says h nbc Phe luis has had n no wor word I or or- or news of or any kind kind from D. D nIl all these years cars For Poe her her- sake Mk and his 1 ho o D. D is dead but we ma may never know it If It hc he Is s. s. s Ivo U lived Ud d fo for i five e years in tho dread that D D. would turn up 5 dropped the diary clasped his hands his bin head and closed his eyes the better to think k cl clearly ar Turn u up turn up-turn turn up upA up uJ A bad t penny enny always alwa's turns up S What hat dreadful 8 secret had old Mrs 1 lIo kept for tho iO Y years ars 1 08 S. S Certainly Jon of or whom hOn th old Woman was very cry t fond nd But why not leave her misers hoard hO to S S. Instead of to some som temporary f favorite In the tho boardinghOuse h If It there was wait aboard a a. hoard board t to leave 1 I And who was D D. of ot vh m Old bid ld Mr Mrs MM Hogarth lived In dt dread dad ad Obviously lie was lie the tho hus hus- br band d of or S S. whom iho n d' d not seen seen fo five years irs tho tIm reason teason why hy S S. could o not m marry rry nJ again A A husband Put nut why Jia tho old lad lady lIy lived in read dread of or Ss S.'s husbands husband's turning up At Mall all events event Smut be notified lea a and questioned ne ned Dundee told him him- lI self lt If It Bh she has written to irs Hogarth on once e a a. month all these thee years surely Mrs Rhodes Rhod 8 can tell me who she is Us S. S Im I'm Imn n. n afraid youre you're oure In for ri a t terrible shock my dear dcarl eTo To be continued S 'S A |