Show Telegram t-Telegram e ram Serial era I r Death Calls a a Spade I By William G G. G Bogart to if Read a new mystery serial complete every w week e in The Telegram am I t f J l r f r f t 1 I l J Ji i J JJ L i a P J f f t I fJ Y J r 1 I r l l rJ I Behind them the voice oice said quietly Dont move mo I I nt The story fo 0 o f far r 1 Two b murders murder In a state tate Klion moa In is a da the dad thc stabbing if d a m known at as Henr Henry Spade and i sf f a trusty fruity later tater on on have have prompted Y a r l man hunt now no under way wayai J ai I Dr RAlph Strange youthful count county IIEr r. r Police Pollee Chief Kelly Helly and a small poe MM one are ale sarching a freight train for fora a e by Charity till nil Df the wardens warden pretty daughter at as Ib th en Spade ia Sow ow t go 0 o on OD with the thea tor story r S Chapter V VS VT T TOOK some minutes to cover cove r 1 I the l I length e n g t h of cars They searched between the cars were alert for any figure clinging to the Ithe rods beneath Far down the track the two groups of men met it t the end of the train They had discovered no one They returned to to meet the thc engineer and remainder remain remain- der of the train crew The railroad railroad rail- rail road road men assured them that noone no noone one one was on the train and that every very car cir was still sealed I l A few moments later Chief Kelly KeUy stood with Coroner Strange back tack at the latter's tetter's car Charity listened tensel tensely as the Chief said It couldn't have been Henry Spade Doc He is dead That's official The guy you Jou picked ed up WI probably some bum and he jot got scared when the young lady jelled gilled eDed He might have hopped I this freight like you said but li be probably dropped off again before before be- be fore it got this far f Dr Strange caught the girls girl's glance She said nothing He looked at Charity again Ill run jou home h They left l the i others drove droye u up p e long Jong hill through the village x arden irden Williams 0 maintained a permanent anent home here He divided divide d his hii time between this residence and ande e q quarters arters atop the prison walls t As they drove off into the chilly night Charity said gaid in a strangely tight voice oice Ralph that man was Hoary Henry Spade tt ft jog lOR R l HIS ghost he added in a light bt tone though he too felt the rune lime me tenseness that had d dof taken told hold of the girl 4 M. Charit Charity continued as though she shed AM had ad not not heard heard d hi his remark Ralph I ought to drive u up p there t to w the fire spotters' spotters unit Now Tonight Tm Im worried Ralph Peter DaWSon an and d his sister are arc on duty front from 12 to two tonight T They should Mould b be e there now But Id I'd feel relieved if It we looked in on them Md lId made trade sure Bure After all aU its it's SPades SPade's house and he The ine doctor t said Well Vell phone them an That will writ be quicker He hd had JM already drawn u up p at the curb before wore ore her her house Theres no use waking aking ik ng mother she said as t they t ate topped pp e into the lower hall haU v Charity u moved to the phone in Ute hall han and gave the thc number of ot we e we be spotters spotter's station up in the hills hUls e waited e And after long moments sh she e ng up and nd stared at Dr Strange e ere res rid something wrong she shea In a strained voice to answer the hone to p phone im im- mediately lie He k kept thinking that it was y Spades Spade's house up there iJ Dr Strange took Strange the thc phone from the girls girl's hands and called Chief kelly KeUY He was told that Kelly had Jf ot yet et returned He hung u Mid to up p pY Charity Y W Wait Vait ait here You get Chief Kelly on the phone hone I n Then send him up the moun moun- I of JIlE 1 E girl girls girl's s eyes flew new wide You y t g So go up there alone Theres iere s no time to i Id he waste he heI her her r glancing at his watch I t r a Ji one Pete Dawson and slater sister have ve another hour to ik t i before god go w d re they arc are relieved Its It's they dont don't answer Wily Charity t he tried to argue with him moved toward the door Ill O you back he said and left Outside the small village the wound urd upward through the al It was wag still gusty cold and Twenty minutes later the car t wed sed the fringe of ot woods wood and e out onto the Plateau like a. a high lights in the hills hUls Dr Strange Strang Use turned o on in the big ahead t He parked hurried Way An Ajl style old-style frame fram u the hc structure had aIt a Sit reo many any windowed It A at room ed edoff oft its very Vry top A narrow enclosure losure f r m encircled th the It embers was from here that tha era of f Vice ce put in the fire sP spotters spotters' f t duty their ther r two-hour two shifts shift v At least 1 Gast one person d be up there n now r L The coroner called out but re received received received re- re no answer He hurried up the he steps found the front door unlocked unlocked un- un locked moved through the wide center enter hallway and the downstairs rooms He shouted Pete Dawsons Dawson's name Pete and his sister should be here on duty There was no answer HE ft E RACED ups upstairs airs climbed another nother flight to the lookout room It t was deserted though a dim shaded haded light was turned on over a desk esk A pair of binoculars lay on the desk The coroner hurried downstairs again gain Just as he reached the main floor he drew up short some faint aint sound reaching his ears He listened It was like a thumping and seemed to come from beneath him From the basement He located a doorway at the rear ear of the hall opened it quietly peered jeered down a flight of steps He heard icard voices talking down there Mens Men's voices Someone swore The thumping humping sound continued e e The 38 in his fist Dr Strange started down the steps toward the source of the thc sound He saw a shouldered broad man working with a pick across the basement room oom The man was digging up a corner orner of the floor He was saying to o someone Listen Lou I said stuff s gotta otta be here Theres There's two more of f them lookout people comin up here ere at two Lay for tor them and nd slug them Im I'm going to stay here ere if I have to dig all night Coroner Strange wondered to whom horn the man was talking He started to look around Too late he e saw a tall taU man moving up sWiftly behind him The man yelled a warning to his partner and swung wung at Dr Strange with a shovel hovel T THE H HE E coroner swerved away from from rom the blow But the 38 was knocked from his hand At the same ame time Ralph clutched the shovel hovel twisted suddenly and broke roke the mans man's grip on the wooden wood- wood en n handle He brought the shovel around round in a mighty swing as ns the theman theman theman man leaped toward him again The wide steel scoop caught the attacker flat across the chest and ande he e collapsed unconscious Dr Strange spun to meet the sudden udden rush of the second man He Head had ad no time to bring up the shovel this his time He dropped it t as theman theman the theman man closed in grappled with him and sent the thc fellow crashing to the floor loor The doctor was lithe and fast on his feet As the burly man arose Coroner Strange caught him and sent ent him thumping to the floor again Then he pounded him methodically with his fists After awhile the coroner said Now were we're going to talk First he demanded what had happened to Pete Dawson and his sister The told man him okeh honest Just tied up in a a. bedroom upstairs And now demanded Dr Strange about this other thing He held the man by the throat Tell Ten me about that The mans man's eyes stared bleakly You know Ralph on an impulse nodded He was beginning to guess what was going on here But he had to tobe tobe be 36 certain I THE HE captive his face bloody stammered I I 1 I guess you you you-you you know he was in with us He pulled the job and later he scrammed He He-he He he had every bitof bitof bit of that that that-that that ice and we couldn't find find find- find tind him Then today he tried to pull that trick trick- but we wised up up- up He paused squinted at Dr Strange I I guess youre you're a dick dick dick-a a adick dick from the prison huh Well Ven look Im I'm Im I'm-I'm Im I'm not going to take the rap for that guy Ill I'll tell you you you- tell you ou anything you ou want to know know- Behind them the voice said quietly Dont move Dr Strange's hands dropped from the captives captive's throat They both turned to face the thc man who had come silently down the cellar steps The arrival held a long long- bladed knife in his hand and he held it in a position t for r a quick throw He was Henry Spade Continued Tomorrow Copyright William G 0 G Bogart b I 1 |