Show Serial isle ram Mystery lie By Ca Carroll roll John Daly j jr I r Y 0 p neW mystery y serial complete in six I Jays jays weekly in In The Telegram G t far rive hoe girl Irl w to at t a bo Id a WhO V a Nark the nipper a a. tack Jack fled the w front a r relit lit Ile ha hat a n lilt brit Rut ut Fred FreIS U U oa d' d who I. I o Pi orP I u found toilet hi th rr that 11 killer but le Is tI be beg ln g air Nt the IIII criminal Ills In- In air air- a If a ratter ltd h elm la 31 ban haff Ell 1 Lon v orth tM two to 0 j ta f from t ll Lori tl D perch Dern ow eventual tie tic m. m to t tie he r. r 0 a lure It Yar l mn i a dry 01 hie hI d Le t the Hat tel k f Yr prom 1 the actual arlu criminal Wk 10 to e lid Now jow 0 o on an with till r FIVE Freddy picked THE 8 street et stand and from a u i paper I. I headline th the e glaring 1 iu lib Killer tf Strikes strike A Again gam re cart Carl Ja Jack k Holden be 7 1 P the slightest idea bar vent tnt nt bared ed But I do know that Unless he Bold aden n is alive forever h he cannot P b Bbl the lat last murder in the been completed And IJ I IL ii L think a S' murderer so meB meld me- me J B would ld give us the body of i r at the end a w wu thi think f Freddy that we e mr be able to return Jack to his sister I rather girl at me I I know G. G that that you ou are thinking it B be a nice gesture if we Cj this sister and assured her and kr r brothers brother's Innocence ping being so ao S go ahead but cauto cau cau- t kr erto to to silence thence It is hardly J that anyone could connect boy Freddy Farrington the tie salving of a murder but play safe all the same we Rt the sister Betty etty I did Her k we were tire working hard on tax au c e. e And I guess I did assure thit that her brother would be beof beof of suspicion and returned She teemed seemed to believe me flie be handI hand I I held perhaps too I. I Ii ii Pl g was warm I kAN came me to call on 01 us usHe y T He smoked a few of tl qi drank some of bourbon and I thought tried It p V P Freddy Freddy simply ink Iutok his head and told the in injector in- in jector that he would know all in m pp toe tine When Dargan grew s No no Inspector I Imst dart mst you that I haven't the tm test idea who the murderer mfr ft left 1 us then 1 I didn't in MIl the l idea ea that he was coming to Freddy's Freddys t way ol of think- think iC- iC iCHe He was wu simply stumped and anything that would fk aRt km Sao something to work on onH on h he was recalling Fredd Fred- Fred d lilita d j J to In pant p 1 cases li fIb Fia after that Dargan called the phone It was after 4 t d call that Freddy said rIk attention Mention the inspector afis af- af 4 di ne is rather flattering 4 sand 4 and ad I 1 think has gone beyond M it Mute where a drowning man manat manit at it a straw He paused I tiute and then By the way I will win b be taking a trip for forI I w days day Just a rest you d. d I have no idea of the apartment and arouse any suspicion th good at least efficient Mrs wert rt Randolph dolph I imagine also Inspector Dargan is about 1 m me You know I do not ore his sudden ludden recognition of T iJ tn us was entirely born of gyration Tw m n not t going with y you u on c J trip 1 asked Freddy Atone One Freddy Freddy gave me whimsical twist of his it hold the fort here I f I I l HERBERT RANDOLPH fied twice brace to see if Freddy were I ven en niter Iter ter I told her he hee d cot ot be e back before be Friday Iud d som Iome e wonderful ideas t the e I apartment She even to see it it and if she had hadt about t Fredd Freddy's Freddys y s 's real In her er they certainly were s i Money Y w was as pushing an ii right She I was more than was U s she c no noted ed the size of ot ent She fair fairly dripped 7 U she be 5 mentally jacked up Mount t she he already had t t. of charging Freddy eto or r Dargan i to suddenly took I hit J teat he In Fredd Freddys Freddy's Y s 's departure e took an Interest in plans an and almost hinted d hill all he thought perhaps 1 ha fl head ead did contain what d for or a brain uh Y should hoUld he go at 1 away a athia thia ethis he demanded al- al elli When h hI hIt ht 1 It is I his Ys I duty to tell me mc melI lI on hie mind or what he has Itt Mi Nt Mr F Farn Is It possible Mack n actually has T cross across something v doesn't t h stumble across I amble g l I said coldly nut aut it Probable and even a aIe I that Ie he has put t both bothon u t It all on something sounds so 80 fantastic G I 1 asked him fant Mastic uc than i tt az six murders at ht COnseCUtive or t here bout in inthe the Friday city of morn New I t. t 2 o'clock Wh that test now Why Y YIl Il tr fired dY dYt Y yoU o u suddenly be be- POle t I h 11 bt explained D Dargan organ e t. t In bi cause I am willing to te anything g right now this 18 d Mack Not one of H ty young girls tied cried out t ter hey hurda Were s truck down down- No Noone rda cry Surely one 9 hij have see seen n him re has been In the papers paper enough gh Why didn't an any Y of ol them recognize him Bec Because se I gl gloated the Ripper Ripper Rip Rip- per is actually not the Ripper I think Dargan seemed pained So I l' l held the fort tort and played dumb and wise Vise wise as I thought the situation demanded Thursday Freddy returned No IINo Mack rack he said I fir have not been actually working on the case except in my imagination I rested and mused I approached my final analysis an to Inspector Dargan Dargan Dargan Dar Dar- gan from ma many y angles anges and nd Suddenly sud sad suddenly denly Mack I made a d decision c dnn Inspector D Dargan lacks jacks Imagination tion So tonight we must make room for him beside us in the thick bushes of the garden That was the first intimation I had that Dargan was going to be actually in on the kill I DARGAN who was to be at our apartment at 11 arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived at 10 His efforts to pump Freddy were not very happy ones Twice he demanded that Freddy tell ell him everything And when Freddy reddy would smile and shake that hat most irritating finger at him Dargan finally paced the floor and talked Ive climbed out on a limb Mr Farrington Harrington I have followed your instructions to the lett letter r and though hough it was not warm in the apartment the inspector mopped his forehead with his chiefA chiefA chief A drink inspector said Freddy No The inspector was em em- I wont won't have ha liquor on my breath tonight Not to befuddle the mind on the eve of a great battle is commendable commendable commendable com com- but your re reason on is not I You fear failure and the commissioners commissioner's commissioners commissioner's commis- commis remarks If you were assured assured as- as of success then you'd take several se But Mack and I will abstain abstain ab- ab stain tain in deference to your lief Now Mack let us show the inspector the results of our re- re And nd coming to his feet Freddy explained like a stage dIrector di director dl- dl rector the coming corning events of the evening just as we had rehearsed them pointing out the bushes the garden gate the girl girl each each detail I was slightly uncomfortable at fIrst under the inspectors inspector's eyes but as those eyes grew wide and even bulged I warmed up to my business F PINE NE INE Mack Freddy Freddy congratulated me You see Dargan you will be in the bushes with me You will watch a girl gazing at the distant horizon You will see the theman theman theman man come perhaps embrace her perhaps talk before he plunges the knife into her back Now I 1 have given you my job in m case the murderer strikes before Mack can get him Can you shoot the knife out of his hand Or better still the hand off the knife I can shoot the ashes off a cigar Dargan said while his mouth hung open The murderer Freddy told him nm without apparent humor will hardly be smoking at the time Are you serious Dargan was incredulous Do you mean to say you really believe that we are gong go go- to ing-to ng to see the murderer in the very act of committing his crime And how low do you know he will strike tonight Fr Freddy was emphatic I know that hat because I have established t the he c identity of the victim Last Friday Mack and I wat watched hed over the girl This is the seventh Fri Fri- day The seventh death Tonight must be the night It is Inconceivable inconceivable inconceivable able that he will wait walt longer Why didn't you take me with you before And why take me mc tonight v Y 1 OU became more interested Freddy said lightly Also you became became be be- came more troubled You worried mc me I fear feared d for your health for your our position And after a pause in n a serious tone Also I was afraid you might take things into your own hands and mess em up How when I had no idea what you had in mind Tush tu tush h inspector I dreamed that hat you were questioning a certain certain certain tain private detective Willowby and Surely and Surely inspector you arc are not blushing at your time o of life Ufe It was routine the inspector stammered and then belligerently belligerent- belligerent ly y Why wouldn't wouldn t I You told me nothing You went out of the city Mack would tell me nothing II And Andin Andin in n a milder tone When I got your note about tonight well tonight well I called off all investigation of your actions Thank you F Freddy eddy bowed But yo you are to ha have c full credit anyway To divulge my little activities activities ac ac- ac- ac in crime detection to the press would have hurt my future efficiency Really inspector I I 1 believe believe believe be be- lieve I would have invited you to join us anyway If It shooting was necessary I felt that you might do a better job than I. I IT IT T V WASN'T 1 o'clock when Fre Freddy Freddy Fred Fred- dy Inspector Dargan and I turned down the street to Betty Devers' Devers house and the walled walled-ln garden Well have a wait walt Freddy said as we wc drew close beneath the shadows of ot the wall There Inspector in inspector inspector in- in you give gf M Mack ck a hand up Hell He'll help you from the top Dont Don't argue man Weve We've already climbed the wall and nd hidden in In- In side We Ve reached the top of the wall walland walland walland and dropped silently to the other See rage Page 4 Column 6 fi IS 1 MYSTERY Continued from Pare Page 3 I side We took up our positions Inthe in inthe inthe the thick brush making room for Inspector Dargan between us The girl arrived shortly after one by my wrist watch The moon was gorgeous Little haze hung over the city Lights twinkled on and off oft in the houses Almost at once the girl began to count automatically Her hand handheld handheld handheld held up her fingers pointing her arm moving from left to right And suddenly her arm dropped Jerked up quickly again and this time the count was much faster Twice three times she ran off the count She grew excited There was no doubt that something pleased her I tried to follow her pointing finger and her slowly moving arm but could find no reason for it She began to pace then up and down quite close to us Shed She'd go goto goto to the low stone bench at the end sit down and put her elbows on the table Always she came back and counted off oft the nothingness inthe in inthe inthe the sky Her excitement increased Her step quickened each time she would leave the seat Then Them she would relax again when her counting evidently satisfied her 0 ONE NE thirty came and passed One forty five one fifty by my watch five fifty-five and two I was startled A distant clock boomed out the hour of ot two Funny that I hadn't heard that clock before The garden gate opened A dark figure entered closed the gate put his back to it looked up and down the garden Darting from the shadow the girl ran to meet the man who slipped sUpped toward her Stephen Stephen she cried and her arms went out and she held him His arms sHot out and around her and I saw aw it It came right up from nowhere But there It was smack in his right hand Long sharp and glimmering gUmmering in the moonlight I was on my feet and out of the bushes diving for the mans man's arm his wrist the thing he held In his hand Even then I knew I was too late I should have shouted and distracted him But I didn't I was speechless The knife went up and was coming down The girls girl's wide eyes were on mine alive and now now now- There was a shot two shots in quick succession It was as if a motion picture camera had suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly failed and the picture stopped A still picture outlined clearly in all its details Continued tomorrow |