Show n D ng ing Pal q 1 1929 9 by PY N KEA NEA EA y Anne AnneA Austin stin author of s Se r l I t c. c k The The THIS lIS MAS m. m Mr saId eald id tD to k Keep kp p a. a 1 toney on i. i d' d fn In ll her r rOom room on oil lh tho oni ao Of ot Mm In nh Rhodes Rhodes' ell boarding i Is 15 lo t death death D Bonnie a nD a D cub Lieutenant Sl awn In Jn tho the Investigation it n SUl Suspicion pl lon r ls alls on umi l Er iU r. r former lorm r boarder boarder boarder- whom Mr fr Mrs Hogarth acc sod O of oC toi 01 rob her hier herll and Who haa disappeared are 1 Cora Cor Barker pianist thought to o hiL lia had an fl affair with Sc ler II If AT- AT ced a as a material witness agal let him Other boarders under r ra Henry lenry rl Do Norma Nanna Paige Walter WaUer styles near ent bankrupt who hind had quarreled with 31 ra Hogarth pert Bert Magnus aina- aina cur scenario writer who la heard typing In n iii lila his room until 1216 1215 and Dahl Daisy Sh Step herd hord Jewel away for Cor the week werk end endIs emIr Is s not Dundee senses an enmity bet e betWeen Jewel 1 and Cora Bonnie learns m rom papers in tho UIO victim trunk runk that thai the tho Sally Graves Gravell who li h has l written to tD Mra Hogarth oneo once a month III ii i her JIU daughter and the thc O D mentioned In n her lier diary is la t Dan Griffin i ln n In embezzler of ot whose whoso turning u up ahe aha sho live ives In dread Recalling th tho mysterious det details lII of ot C Sall Sally murder l in New one Ne York one month Te lous Dundee believes belleve DUn murdered both both oth women and turns hi attention toD to D wd Dowd arid and Magnus newcomers in ti the th Diode I u house home Doud's Douds In Information formation about bout himself proves prove false In In bags containing con con- thc paper for tor the tho rn in month nth Bonnie flonnie finds an old envelope which iid d. contained a I. railroad ticket Dowd dH namo flamo on It show ing ho he left dt Ne New NewYork York June Junt I 3 the tiny day after Sally's Sallys murder Jv GO CO O ON OS IT WITH WITH- TILE THE TORT CHAPTER JI Bonnie Donnie Dundee sprang to his feet r md nd held the crumpled d sheet of c pale blue luc notepaper close to the d d. d bulb Which swims s from the ceiling of oC tho the ba basement m nt B But t thI I s c eyes C i. i In the dimmer Jl light ht of ot tile tho c corner where o the thc h bags er were kept had hadnot hadnot not deceived him He read It again The Rhodes Hous Sunday June Jimo 22 I l L have asked cd you repeatedly l noto not o b bother ther hie me mc I 1 have no intention n of ot doing what you ask aHk and It willbo will willbe be bo useless to c call mo me or write me nib again again again- Now NW who wh 2 he fro frowned n d' d Lin and then o an explanation oc- oc occurred t to him that he c could uld have kicked himself for Cor his his' stupidity Cot Cora C ra of oC c course ut e Warning Emli Se Sevier Sel Se- Vf vier l. l to to lay layoff off that she ho v wouldn't have haya anything to do with his plan to rob lob Mrs Hogarth Ho IIo added the note flute to lilt liEn little liWe pile of possible important clues to he heme knew knew- me n not t exactly what and anti was was was' rummaging in hi tho other trash b tee g when Jil his self respect ct ct reared eared l It its bruised lu-hd lu and demanded ard audi audi- with h his brain Why should Cora Cra Barker Barkr have to write to 1 11 when they worl worked ed side by iii- side movie theatre Why couldn't t she simply tell ten him to to let lel her he alone atone id A td somehow somehow-I L cant can't seo Cora Corn using using- baby blue Mt stationery Orchid or ot cream m gray yes but bul baby baby- blue bu or Gla yes gray c. Nb Nb Then ho JIO temporarily dismissed the tho unfinished lett letter his hiis mind for lie he had made another discovery Y Not bl much of of- ofa a L find fimi certainly but at nt least leaHL It i gave s e him him himan an n excellent specimen oc of oC mi Sevier's hand writing If it such thing should uld I luch a th ever e er r be Tho he hOld thing ln Du Dundee hold in n. n lila his I hand band n was as u Queen theatre theatto pro potam po pro pro- gram grani tam for or o the week of or Juho Juno 9 g The double double sheet 1 had d been folded back and nd forth ant In ta ac accordion ac- ac C pleating but but before ncr I c vols oi or minded absent fingers had done the pleating th they y had written over Emil all aU over the white while margins Emi I Sevier Kmil hmIl Emi Sylves Sylvester e s 1 K J S. S 3 Sevier It was a u dashing signature one one ornamented with many fancy I 9 It was wait casy easy f for r Dun Dun- deo to picture the man who was no noa 1 1 I a from Croll justice brooding in Ir his scrib- scrib room room and alid absentmindedly b bUI his hIt upon UlO th thEt program the th theatre tre Which he lie had hur honored I with J his s 8 sen 11 Ices a 1 f r Emil but tl dont don't contaminate them Dundee ch c chuckled d d. d as a he ho laid the thc pleated t theatre heat program beside his other othet 18 finds f S S Slid And nd back to tho the messy task tak he hc went wen Lord Lord what a a. lot of or o Junk accumulated ac- ac accumulated cumulated in a boarding house Empty face cc powder r r and cn candy b boxers l Jl stockings hopelessly slY laddered wrapping paper paper- and arid t wine twine advertising c circulars s cig- cig aret et stubs ugh And then ten he still another ther esh sheet ct of t pp pap paper which made mad him pause and and ari speculate with wih narrow n narrowed d eyes cy cYC It It I was a a of or The Tue Gentlemen's Gentle Gentle- i m men's mens u n na Shop owned by bY Walter V ler Styles There was one ono long col column 01 ot of figures of-figures figures added to tOI a four four- figure total and another short hort col column col- col imn whose hose sum sunt was v as considerably bly smaller m Tho The liabilities and the a as- as sets 5 t oL Ot t The Th Gentlemen's Shop More than likely Dundee c concluded Srawl Scrawled d a across lo s the tho two columns columns' were were the Iho words words' Oh Oh God What's the tho use uHe And helter across th the bolom of tho she sheet L. L he hc found H My iMy dear do Walter L Lda do believe You bellevo you were cro upon speculating the an amount o of money poor ol old Mrs Hogarth h had d cached away Jin her room and which you ou were Ivero t temporarily an in heir heir- l to toOr Or 01 thes these thes Interesting cal calculations and speculations ma made o after y you u were ere disinherited d. d andu L before you proposed to Norma Norma Pulse the nei ne new heiress At t t. t any rate my dear dear Vater Walter ono one one light Za raY eay offhand C that you you were a des des- per tc young oun man when you ou did 1 this bit of or figuring 4 j That h t betraying evidence of oC Walter Walter Wal Wal- at c ter tel Styles Styles' urgent urgent- need money noneY was the tho last find DUl diro was vaa as' as able to add to to his little little- collection how lioW ever evel Bundling the lot his li nd l kerchief lef and he It Into liis coat pocket he trudged upstairs to th the kitchen n. n where he found o nd I Mrs rs nh Rhodes d s temporarily alone engaged ed edIn in and c celery for tho dinner balad alad One m more rc favor favol Rhodes eS ho coX coaxed d. d as 5 he returned the tho lie ke Key to the hc basement door Do you r recognize cog cog- nize till handwriting and und he sho showed vI shoher her the of ot pale stationery taking care however blUe ile-blUe I that only the taking first words of oC it U The it The HouMe SUJ Sunday y June Juno 22 were c exposed fo Of I do l' l e 1 se jt often oCer enough he retorted Dal Daisi Dairy's IH and ld the e. e cP ver vo her hel for for- mas nias Pl ir you ou u must 1 kno know 11 A 4 fine Ine detective you ou arc arc fishing girls girl's love let letters rs out of oe tho trash 1 Then I dont don't dc deserve er e nn ppl do I Ill ho he sighed regretfully Oh Oh take It aiti and run rn she scolded but she sh-e p polished the tha little mUe red lcd apple appie pp c until Its is checks cheeks shone hone I 1 suppose youve you've got t to o c rn n your O living 8 somehow but it do does s seem to me meMe me- me me Me Ie too lie he l d. d as he 1 I strolled strolled- d' d out of 01 th the tho kitchen munch- munch in ing inS his apple lu But But- he lie was Vis Vps not l g h when n nhe he lie he returned Daisy SI d's ds un tin finished letter to his coa coaTo coat coat- pocket t. t To Hid that letter ir 11 its ts final final form orm go gt And nd w what at did 1 hat I that per per- lEOn ton want Daisy Dalsy Shepherd Shepherd to do How y easy It It would bo ho e to leap to conclusions So easy to o connect the board beating A A. Cly B B. B Wheeler ler who had written written- n Daisy froth Chicago with wih the t e long iong distance distin e call vill 1 which bad had co come on Saturday night at 12 o'clock and nd which Daisy could not nol lie be found Cound to answer answer So sp ca easy to put put two and nd iid two together to t and d make t tadd add aad up lo to five fl e For Jr he lie h no no ilo- proof at all ni that that this p peculiar l message in his poc pocket ct ha had e cl been intended Co for or I A A. A B B. B Wheeler Wheel l r or thil that it even remotely concer concerned ed Mrs MI- 1 Emma mma O Hogarth's hidden ho hoard ud Why tho thio i devil vi doesn't Strawn wire that description of or Gl he lie aak asked himself asked himsel angrily hint and then char charged ed up two flights of ot stairs then s tomake to tomake tomako make mako tho the tho samo demand demand but more lct tactfully worded of ot S Sergeant Tur Tur Tur- n nor ner r. r i. i rye Ive b been en ringing you ou but you ou dJ didn't nt anaw answer rt came camo the detective sergeants sergeant's retort tort Just Just got gOl a t wire from on fh fiti wn S Says s 's he's hes hes ln Belton wait Belon tonight but prefers to tilt till li ho gets hero lo tl to give you his news Trip not nol el very successful he lie adds What do does s lie he mean not mean not vcr very successful Dundee cried Jf Jr Griffin Jived hived and worked In Iii a a bank barik bankIn In B Belton lo I 1 l guess he lie can cun at least Ket Ref he lie a a. a description n of the bird cant can't cantlie Lieutenant i l Strawn is my and yours Sergeant Turner Tur net ner ered brusquely and liu hung up tip the r receiver hel without tho the formal formality ity of ot I goodbyes D Damn m ll o Lieutenant Lieutenant Strawn's Strawns Str ns i 4 tc new flew subordinate slammed the re receiver receiver receiver re- re upon the book Nothing to lo lodo todo todo do but to mark time for or another four twenty hours D Deeply discouraged ho trans trans- fen erred ed his little collection of or clues cues to his suitcase and locked I them up tip c contemptuously Maybe Mrs Rhodes Is right in her Iler es estimate estimate esti esti- l- l I mate of or me just me Just a a kid having ha a lot of oC r fun fun- n. n at tt playing story book d tie de- Clues Huh I Bet Bel theres there's not nola a real honest to God clue in the tho whole lot But ho Ito felt better beter when w en he lie had had a a c cool ol y Rho sho l. l washing aw away y yaU all aU fr traces ces of or his trash ti-ashi burrowing and and had arrayed himself J handsomely hand hand- sum h in his best summer sui suit sult Maybe bo Not Norma would Join him for lor fora loru a u stroll aou about the tho grounds this afternoon on before beCore dinner I. I But though he strolled d most con con- taking care caro to keep within sight of oC her window he ho wr was again doomed t to disappointment It J was neilly nearly 5 o'clock when tho the sight bight of of- Dusty Rhodes sIght shambling toward tho the abandoned hoth hothouse use on tho thol west lawn r reminded tho young oung detective that he lie had neglected to scat eli that particular I cc She says 1 I bot gotta mow the tho lawn tot for il an iii hO hour 1 before dinner Dusty Dust replied t to Dundee's idle question queston Lawn mowers mower's s 's in the hothouse I Allus Alus got sot for COl n mo o to todo do If it thit Its It's that and it It aint I 1 i durn dum one thing Its It's its two vo Ites Lifes like hike t that nt Dusty Bonnie DonnIe sympathized hypocritically Mind If I I h have have- havea Q a look at this old greenhouse green creen- Ind house ot of yours yours- v v Pretty H l. l Jsn isn't t. t it f 7 Im Tm aim almin to get set around tOI to to settin set set- tin tin- ln out some ole Plan plants s but thes the's he's hes al allus al- al lu lus got sot some n else CINe lot for me to do D Dusty st sighed a an as ho lie trundled the L squeaking ng lawn mower out into the thc sunshine leaving heaving out the lea young d tec- tec tecI the tive to stare r ab about Ut t at l lAt ti the desolation ton i 0 A At least eat half hale of qt tho th ela glass panes which which formed th blas and the I p peaked roof root Ce und and those tholo t that lat were opaque ue with dust Scattered about the dirt floor Ioor an t h shelves shelves' were pots the I burying places Ig head eal plant A But in ono one o of the tho pots half hal hidden n under the sero sem iea cs leaves of a dea dead d geranium Dundee made mad a n er cry I. I It was wa a butt t. t 81 showing owing g. g halt half o of ot the name namo of ofa a brand which Ii Dundee recognized a as asa a Cuban import im im- I- I port port port-a a cheap but not var very vey I popular because of oe its Is bitin biting bing g strength He Ho Iq wag about to leave leav the hothouse when he lie caught sight of or a l. l piece of oC papel paper b blown own a against the under under- sid side side- of oe one of oJ tho lower lowe shelves Ho Be retrieved it i and then his heart sank So Strawn was right after nel all aU and Sevier had been on these grounds as late as aSI last las Saturday For tho the thing thinS which Dundee held In his hands was a program of the Little Litte Queen theatre folded In hi accordion ac accordion ac- ac ac- ac pleating ex exactly like the program ho had found that afternoon afternoon after after- noon in iii 11 the trash bag baS And while this program was not lavishly auto auto- by Emil Emi Sevier t there ere could coult be bo little Ule doubt that that- the same Mme nervous ncr ner lel hands had folded both Twenty minutes later Dundee a was mal making Sergeant Turner his hiM I Ia I C nominal chief chic during Lieutenant absence a it present o of Ills his two finds I Iv 1 checked cd them both holh he ad admitted rid rid- l. l with Hl admirable ble grace glace for ho he was k keenly enly disappointed to find ld that ho he had apparently b len been en on oil th the wrong track al all along This is the brand brantl of ot that that smoked according to Mrs Rhodes None of the the- theother other other- smokers s in the house c could uld stand them always refused I when Sevier offered them The flower ower pot ilot in which I found Cound it I is directly under a broken pane in the roof root It I. I rained mined early Saturday lil mornin and hasn't rained muted a 0 drop since It If the stub had ha-d been there ther l t Saturday It It would woul have been soaked You iou can see ee that it h hasn't been rained on I And nd tho the theatre program What What hat does tots that prove beyond the fact act that Sevier probably folded oled it I Sergeant Turner asked The Program is s for tho tim current week at t the Little Qu Queen that Queer ei Is is for fOl tho the week beginning l last t S Sun SUn- n- n day But I telephoned the manager and ho he told mo lila that toI 10 the tho new pro pro- sr grams grains ns aro are distributed in Ill the the- their the the- atro ir tV on SatUrday Sc Sevier er was at aL t the tho Little Queen Litte Saturday nJ night ht as wo ye know Undoubtedly ho nicked at h up HP f ne of oC and d tle a While waiting hi his In the tho hothouse absent I i- i pleated it ft In hIM hM character character- i fashion then carelessly dropped d it i. i They thc always leave |