| Show r B e r am Mystery Serial C Cocaine 0 c a i n e By Cornell W Woolrich lrich da d a n new w mystery serial complete in six f days weekly in The rhe Telegram ty G ea far fu Tommy Cochrane ru Q ap u to the home of Mi ht I eleter r. r i and nd her hero husband Denny with soaKed o al with Mood blood a a trane Mi hI key rial an and nd n a blood bloody nil hi head Of what had rao t to b him fl 3 the aly h t before ha he her heI I tr aD and fear ri ridden mcm- mcm of r fl a man named mJ Joe c with pith Joe to a party rt of being to fo try to n a whiff of cocaine of ot aIh a aIh aih ih a r itar of belnie el In m a room wine windows Ido ws and Slating c ca of a body In Ia a closet tt t. t It all aU add up in his hi mind Itne to Arun Aruna n. n II and hi Impulse li Ii to run m. m HI a lifer restrain him him and anal Denny a detective on the Denny convinces oon Tommy Tommy did commit a murder ft l 1 find the bod body bl before anyone Starting tl with fragmentary by deduction ec and search they B e man named Joe and obtain nil of th the he em apartment art where the u I held beld go oo oa with frith the tor story CH CHAPTER PTER THREE V DIDN'T have any trouble getting In An overripe blonde In fluffy negligee un till slatted from sleep and ht's rouge still sUll on her face ding iding w waiting Ung for us at or r. r i ever know who to expect ore reft she greeted us cheer cheer- cheer cheer- l ny flashed her the badge owed towed a peculiar sort of dist dis- dis it t t. sight of it a resigned tic kind Oh flOh I knew some- some like Ike this wasp was going to hapner hap- hap oner ner or later she lamented been telling Ed over and ande ft e gotta cut out giving those letting In just anyone at atty aty y ty If we wo come in and talk 1 Denny had to ask that r because he had no search it t. t stood back readily enough us s through The place was waseck week eck after the night before pretty serious she asked dy y Who told you about Ii J y was trying to trap her friend with the scar on his ow now who I I mean U ant tt t place anyone with a at t his jaw jaw jawn you denying there was atha a ath atha tha th a scar on his jaw up here Denny said r He had my word for that vas as sure of that part of It it log Ing else there T could have been 10 th scars All AU Im I'm saying nt see him You'd better y husband 1 went Yent through the next room poke eke oke Into the one beyond re In trouble You better pout out l t here and answer this questions ic e out after her looking 1 scarecrow scarecrow In a dressing enny woke him up with withie withe ie e e question hed he'd just given 1 V didn't I I notice anyone with J here last night I dont don't yone with a scar e e g guy y got in here and you youly y ly y didn't know him but even even see him the whole time in your place What kindle kind kindle le Ie are you Pou anyway that's the way we live i J We may be careless but bute e e e a good time y scanned him for several minutes Suddenly Mind If it I look around 1 Ot go ahead They were but in the vague people that dont don't know exp expect t next Int t get what Denny was or or a a. minute tc I trailed after id d d they trailed after me In m he went in into tOt he hc only res es es for the closet when closet when as ras one Or rather the keythe keythe key- key the ithe closet t IE E was only one that didn't key k y sticking out of ot it We J it finally It was painted My heart started to pick id d. d. d I It seemed to stand out oute e walls as if it was coated paint That mise mis mis- pe e e table over there didn't like ke the very one I had up- up the locket closet inflow with the dark shade ryall all the way down to theNo the No fiNo you cant can't get out y that's a dead window bricks y f had tightened up too mind Ind unlocking that he both looked at each other y She s said aid to him d d W we put it this time both started looking high She explained to Denny that closet The Safe re e e feel one of these parties font on on we gather up every- every and shove it all in ind ind d lock it up till its it's over larder der they looked the they got I kept Ing ngo ng why he be didn't take out phe the had and fit it in int why have to to torture me this ly Iy y chest was pounding like Was he In there who who- i was Would h he topple bus UI when it was opened p Sorren Sorrell woman suddenly elp of ot triumph She came ln with It holding it up t 1 her fingers It was with white substance I Imy 1 my cream cold-cream tin Un I renow re- re nowr now ow she exulted Luck ped edi a minute to rub a Wouldn't let her get over with it he inserted ii If gave It a twist and s swung out Furs silver silver- luggage and everything story atory guests might have If I f with was piled up In It dead Head bodies S 6 dusk when we left th the theP e P apartment We at stood I down there on the street outside the place Because we didn't know didn't know where to go now There was agap agap a gap The first step had led into the second but the second had led into a vacuum Well VeIl Denny said glumly The things thing's broken in two Well We'll have to jump the gap and try for the third foothold the foothold the room with the singing walls We passed a cigar st store re and Denny went In stepped inside the phone booths booth I figured it Was to headquarters It was He came back said Well our margin of safety still holds they haven't found him yet I checked on all reported homicides ides He gave me mea a look But that dont don't mean theres there's no one in a closet still atilt waiting to be turned up Weve We've got to hustle Sure we did did but but where tlC Can rou you remember leaving here at all au No theres there's a complete blank The next I knew was the the- room with the singing walls About those was It a radio you heard through them That's the he first thing that occurs to me met of course No Not Tm rm pr pretty tty sure it wasn't There wasn't a scrap of human voice of station announcement in between If I was able to distinguish distinguish distinguish distin distin- the tunes clearly enough to recognize them I would have been able to hear the announcer too wouldn't I IU You cant can't remember how you got there h r Not qt even the vaguest recollection 1 Whether it was on foot oot foott or in a cab or in a car with someone or by bus bust or trolley tiN No o. o Any more than I can re remember remember remember re- re member how I got away Vait Wait I broke off suddenly I L EITHER EITHER spent or lost 10 cents sometime during the course of the night When I met Joe on the street treet streett I had in my pocket This morning there was only on n my bureau I was out a dime think I spent it making my way vay home home- He liked that right away I could see ee he liked that a lot What kind of of coins was this in when you had it last last night can an you remember that Easily I counted it over enough times imes Three nickels and two dimes imes And this morning there were vere only the three nickels and anda a dime left important he said The fact that the three nickels were vere carried carded over eliminates the possibility H that you paid a nickel fare are or a fare If you paid any fare are at all you paid an exact 10 lOc Its It's t's ts still possible you lost the dime ime of course but we cant can't let that hat stop us us If you spent a dime fare faret are that eliminates trolleys trolleys and and of f course courset taxis Now the bus system system tem em here runs on a mileage basis basist you ou know that Five cents for a certain ertain distance then 10 then 15 f from rom there on D YOU see see what Im I'm driving at so o far Were Mere looking for someplace some some- place lace in that lOc bus ride zone where here th theres there's music playing late latet at t night And then were we're looking for or a room right upstairs over it itt or r right next door to it with a partition wall so thin it lets this music music come whispering through Theres There's our problem But It seemed to me I did a apt lot pt of this running away on foot first my starting point might have lave been quite a distance off from rom this lOc bus zone It It seemed that way I doubt you ou d d in your condition Narcotics Narcotics Nar- Nar distort your time sense for forne forone forone one ne thing Just down the block and around a couple of corners to you ou might have seemed like an endless flight that went on for hours Then again of course you may be right about it I wasn't on your our feet The only way well we'll find out ut is to put it to the proof Continued tomorrow |
