| Show LI p Tete Te ram M Mystery ster Serial iA I 1 A p Taste for Cognac By Brett Halliday t Read a new mystery serial complete every week in The Telegram i I n torr far Ise n s ShAH f r toIse finds tind Ru Ren to IN n i A rare French cot co- co r I ear r is I. to i e i n nu bolt bottles bottle It labeled M at Mu In p ta rt t s 6 1 r u r u I. crape i brand nido Bar 1 and Lennie report i. i who Rho old t ut Capt I. his hat tn C r II h. h I r Gt et rs and Ind nd ll L. L i P. P Guild k find Shame ael attorney e but r lIe man man hut Myrna tr o-tr l as a rv Ih rivet pars had found In s all pork a f et c. c ft t of nf the oI John Grossman Grauman a land landen prole rJohn es Ima l I anI and 1 ll 1 en Risers Risers- I le beets up byr by and L Len un n- n a r Pi i. i u Renaldo's home bome hut hilt e C pe lk s' s re go an with the h story A CHAPTER FOUR R i ITH a a. rush Shayne jerked I VV vP the back door open staggered stag- stag out into the night He stumbled down the alley to the street where he had left his hiscar ems cu car and got in He started the motor and drove to his apartment hoteL r shayne looked around his room with kith bleary eyes that tha t refused to toi i focus u on any object He stared down at the drawer that was I pulled all the way 3 out He knew he be had left it closed with closed with the things he and Myrna had brought from Captain Samuels' Samuels ho house c. c Shayne Shayne tried the back door and found it unlocked He remembered It Jt had bad been locked and Myrna Hastings Hulings had the key when he went awa away a little while before i H He went into the bedroom and stripped of off his clothes turned water into the tub as hot as his hand could stand iti it itT T r When he got out of the tub he p-abbed p his face freely with peroxide then dusted it with anti- anti powder and plastered a ad d ge over o the worst cut on hl his cheek check fHe He filled the wine glass on the table and got a fresh tumbler of offee ice fee water from the kitchen He link into a chair and lit Ht a a. cigarette cigarette cigarette ciga ciga- rette letting it droop from an unInjured uninjured un un- injured corner of his mouth took tooka a i sip of ot brandy and began slowly and nd unhurriedly to go over the events ent of ot the evening testing each incident as he came to it in the light of ot later occurrences t I Shayne finished his glass of brandy and his musings at the nine lime time He heaved himself himsel up from his chair and gritted his hist t teeth elb against a wave of dizziness The Tte loose teeth pained sharply when he gritted them and that dispelled the dizziness He got in inar hi his car ar and drove o e to Second ave aye due nue ue THE If HE Crestwood was a small mall moderately priced priced hotel There Wu was only one e elevator evator inthe in inthe inthe the hotel and it by a ayoung ayoung young joung Negro boy i 5 Shayne stopped outside the ele- ele Valor and asked Do Dp you know the girl in room Do you remember remember re re- member her coming in late to tonight tonight to- to night and then going out again almost immediately i r I member h how o w I was when I stopped at the third floor Ioor on the way downan downin down in an found her with them two cau cause e Id I'd jes jest dropped her of off at three on my tray hy ay up I You didn't take them up after you Jou took her up 1 Nouh S How could I when Id I'd done taken em up previous 1 3 ij How much previous t tren Ten ren minutes r I reckon Shayne said Im trying to find out cut whether she wanted to come down with them or whether they made ade her come 5 The Negro boy chuckled I she liked comin all aU right She was sho all aU hugged up to one em The skinny one that was vl 1 Shayne ne said Youve You ve ve earned s. s The bill exchanged hands Ma aid he went out He had learned earned but he didn't care much to for it k t next stop atop was a at t the Miami N t wo tower on Biscayne Boule- Boule tid Shayne found Tim Rourke in oe roe corner of the city Dl pounding out copy with one tipped tubber-tipped forefinger T I HE A-HE IE re reporter par t e r looked up at then laughed raucously td gj d glee gleefully Cully Im not the b uty contest editor You go doWn wu that hall halt hall IU all your damned fault for r licking king that female onto me i Is Ie it a star story Mike 1 Shayne said I could use some gome help in your morgue Im I'm inter- inter F al alF ed cd in John Grossman 11 In The bootleg king Hes He's back town l 1 r When did he get Set back Three or four days ago r ShaYne said I want cant to go to his arr arrest cat by the federals f 4 June une 1930 C. C Rourke checked r a card index Nd went ent to f a file at the back of the I. I room manila He b brought envelope ht back and a lle emptied it t put out in front of Shayne started pawing through It June Junc 17 1930 Federal Fed Fed- eri tra eral i genta lead agents nabbed him at Home Home- on ori his way in m from the lyl g ge He spread out a large ClIPping tax I remember d They had it the now 7 income ml he I cue all set but had been hold- hold off I hoping they could hang g a charge on him They thought wed aed con band his Ms lodge to receive con con- The They shI shipments ts from Cuba Y had I a red hot tip Up that he was expecting a boatload of French and they thc kept Utter ter a revenue g that section of day eek ek and night for a R He turned back to a clip clip- ing dated dale UTTER OTTER June 16 16 captioned ARGO SIN SINKS K S B BOOTLEG N THE E nIght Of ot the they a motor craft creep creep- 5 I Ithe ing along without lights just off oft the inlet leading to Gro Grossman man lodge They tried to make a run for the open sea and bingo the revenue boat cut loose with everything everything everything every every- thing she had There was a heavy sea running the aftermath of or a hurricane and they never found a trace of the boat cargo or crew After that fiasco they gave up and decided they might as aswell aswell aswell well take Grossman on the income tax charge Wait Vait a minute Shayne said How bad was that hurricane Plenty bad The cutter had to torun torun torun run for anchorage on the and she couldn't put out again until the on account of ot the storm Then that strip of coast w wasn't nt being patrolled the two nights before b the sinking Shayne mused Nope hope Then that runner rum might have been slipping out after discharging discharging discharging dis dis- dis- dis charging cargo instead of being headed in Rourke frowned at the redheaded redheaded redheaded red red- headed detective If the captain was crazy enough to try and hit that inlet while the hurricane was blowing Shayne said gravely I think I know the captain who was crazy enough to do just that that and and succeeded suc suc- Youve got something up your our sleeve Shayne nodded It adds up Tim Im I'm willing to bet there was wasa a boatload of 1926 Monet unloaded at Grossman's lodge while the hurricane was raging And its it's still there some place Grossman was arrested on the before he had a chance to get rid of or any of it Tn 1 ROURKE whistled shrilly be worth as much now as it was during prohibition How long do you think a man could stay alive floating around the ocean in a life preserver 1 Couple of days at the most my hunch too From the to the might not be impossible But the hurricane struck on the and the Take Tak a look at your front page for tor June 17 and you'll see ee what I mean Rourke hurriedly brought out the News for June 17 On the front fron t page next t to the story of ot Grossman's arrest was the story of the sensa sensational ional re rescue cue of Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Samuels which Shayne had lad already read in jn his apartment apartments Rourke put his finger on the picture picture picture pic pic- ture and exclaimed Why damn it Mike Mike- hes he's the old coot who was found murdered tonight Shayne nodded soberly After selling a case of Monet for a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred bucks earlier in the evening He was the only survivor of his ship Rourke recalled excitedly ex ex- Then he and Grossman must have been the only ones who knew the stuff was out there And now Grossman is the only one left Shayne said flatly Keep this stuff under your hat Tim When its it's ready to break it'll be your baby Shayne Shayn didn't reach his apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment again until after three He took a nightcap and went to bed fell immediately into deep and dreamless sleep leep T 1 HE ringi ringing g of f his telephone awakened him He lurched to the telephone It was a a. little after eight o'clock He lifted the receiver and said Shayne A thick thick voice replied This is John Grossman Youre You're horning in on things that dont don't concern I you vou Cognac always concerns me Ive been wondering how much real information youve you've got The source of information youre you're worried about is the log log- book Lets Let's talk straight Why should I worry about the log-book log Ive I've got it now But you dont don't know how much I read about th Mermaids Mermaid's last trip before you got it it The girl says you didn't read it any Shayne laughed harshly like to believe her wouldn't you 1 All right The voice became resigned How about a deal Shayne said irritably You have to cut me in and you know it Fifty Fifty-fifty Come out and well we'll talk It over Where 1 My lodge on the Keys First dirt road to the south after alter you pass Homestead and the next to your right after two miles Shayne Shane said Make it eleven Ive I've got to get some breakfast H HE E FLIPPED the pages of the telephone directory until he found the number of Renaldo's tavern lifted the receiver and got a a brisk Good morning from a masculine voice at the switchboard switchboard switchboard switch switch- board downstairs A frown knitted knitted knitted knit knit- ted his forehead and instead of ot asking for Renaldo's number he said Do you have the time 7 He was told It is eight twenty In the lobby Shayne simulated astonishment and asked the thc da day clerk clerk- Wheres Mabel today The clerk glanced around at th the middle aged man handling th the switchboard and said Mabel wa Was sick and the telephone company sent us a substitute Shayne went out got ot in his ca car carand carand and drove to a drugstore on Flag Flag- ler He Hc called d Renaldo's number See Page 17 Column 4 1 r f 6 t r b r e sr 7 y fA e II i rD g 1 sr is iss r 0 00 0 4 S s r J 5 J ID 0 5 o 0 p pA pr V rr c. c 4 I A It OO r 4 1 7 2 1 j D F J r x 0 o 4 3 s. s se V J I 1 to 1 d dA N CI f a 0 A Aa t s I 9 b 2 a 3 r U a r N y nJ 0 iK S J 1 tl 0 s' s 4 Ir c w wn t t o n dy dyr N r 1 2 Sp 0 2 r J N F n t r r M Y 4 4 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