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S Serial erla I The Old Tin Box BoxBy r C g By Y Frank Gruber Rep Read l a ne new mystery serial complete ever Up-rv Up ts Y week u in in The Telegram 5 r I I S Senator Jarn Jamest James far Jar 0 0 story doff murdered during a ro my- my t Mt his old country countr house e. e felt to co Tom Knur left If o beard the lone hot he tea ed t the IW en WPM cone corr e a af I a n tin box f State Stale troopers trooper start lne f OOOO she Kath Hath Hackett the Kra Krar Krac pry daughter chides chide r rJ En the J lit litIe oot pre the throne oene Porter o n do doto to Ie fr from mite In to Join loin boU r- r bat U is turned down Two confront le and Henry Henri offer him hotel boltl r room orn I IS M bt hit Palmer Palmr c ron con n nr Harold ems MIl te n bribed r tr of liar r bribed d Hl with nand Tom telU telly them to toon tori I struck him Dry Hr-Dry has Just a oat Id ri hid Ii blow on h th the story tor j pW p 0 l I CHAPTER II n by surprise Krag reeled r back Then he leaped forward swinging nging wit with h both fists die e snaked his left arm held him bout ut Krag's Frag's windpipe hUe hIle Henry rocked Krag's head r 1 Mh 1 hard blows ins Hk Is breath cut off by Freddie's riP ti tin his throat and dazed by a t savage blows on his head rig g threw everything he had into a Aerate forward heave that Freddie over his shoulder tew of the thug fi t fell U on top grag Krag raked his elbow across the thes e een's ens en's s face then plunged forward 1 Id I'd dodge dge Henrys Henry's kick He rolled i serf came to his feet Before I Z eyes eyes was the phone stand He socked ked the instrument to the ar r and y yelled Help I stag feinted at Henry an and hed at Freddie The hood ded for the door and Henry ted died through the door after his JT ar Krag was too weary to follow e et dropped into a chair and ced at his watch It was alast alt al- al ast t am a.m. Yet he wasn't He had been with Senar Sena- Sena r Hackett for six years What id 4 come up so important that e would not confide inIn in In SIT l. l drag grag fell asleep thinking about tile tHe was awakened by the theone theone theone one at his bedside The first iris drove the last vestige of ep p from his brain Governor Whiting calling Put Tut him on lies Hes not on the phone Mr 4 ig ig the voice said Hes es e's on ont onI t I way up to your room h rn n a dressing gown Tom ened the doer and the governor eted ted him warmly as he stepped A a 0 the room revealing another in is behind him him him-a a little rabbit rabbit- od td character with graying hair lib LS was as Fitzgerald state commoner com com- moner Mioner of motor vehicles the Hie governor was a heavyset faced faced man in his late ties of the old ties ties-a es-a es a politician 1 1 he had held almost every Ice In the state from aldera aldert alder- alder a t l up t. t HEN Fitzgerald had closed the ther Jr r Gov Whiting said I dont don't vi ve ve to tell you how I feel ab about ut its it's ts t's happened You know Jim Jun kett was one of my oldest i ends ds Youve You've seen Porter Mans- Mans ld in Ph rhe e governors governor's for forehead e h e ad adi i kled Ive broken with MansIL Mans- Mans Id IL l Drags Brags eyes narrowed When Oh its it's been coming for some ri rte oe But this brought the split called tailed me up on the phone two urs ago and told me he was tUng up Everett Rush for senaS sena- sena r S Wen Well Rush contributed heavily the campaign funds Gov Goy Whiting snorted Hed Hede Hedike ed e ike an excellent dog catcher if bad had twice as many brains as i got now The rabbit-faced rabbit commissioner motor vehicles said in a piping r lee Ice Gov Whiting is going to toa a 11 for senator Swell said Krag That ekes es t three three Hal h r e e Hal Palmers Palmer's age ge Morgan Collins Everett and you Since Rushs Rush's name ii 11 Hgo go on the ballots along g with I suppose you expect to toa a fl by a write write-in vote t's ts been done before said JV Iv Whiting Whiting Jj testily vl hat do the papers say this I Dt ng Krag asked suddenly ITZGERALD ERALD brought one from a pocket Krag opened it He dzi Steven t t eVen have to read the head- head The column 4 photo of the 11 box box boc with the packets of l u a nicely displayed was enough r f. f him they So they got that he said Coy Cov Whiting bit his lip Wh Why t It U had to come out sooner later aler And even if you keep jr mouth shut a lot of ot people J. J going to believe that Hackett Racket II 4 getting Setting paid t T I lee we said Krag If Hackett Hacket lIS 3 a c crook rook Mansfield is 13 a a. crook I aUse use Hackett was WM Mansfields Mansfield's In And now Rush is Mansfield'S MansfieldS Mansfields Mansfield's S Wh vin This scandal s should hould hel help Want to come In with us 1 1 FJ Fitzgerald gerald Nhat do I Ido do rr y nothing except tell the th about fc Why Hackett went out Hal Palmer 1 Palmer Palmer o else 1 I It t was worth fifty usan and d dollars lara to Hackett to out ol out out t wasn't it ti G smiled fondly at the corner corn com on oner r- r er ot of motor vehicles Then ed casually casually over to him and gave him a swift kick in the place where a kick is supposed tobe tobe to tobe be landed The little man bleated and leaped for the door The Thc governors governor's face turned beet A couple of punks made methe methe me methe the same proposition last night Krag said calmly Only they were honest enough to do it with their fists Fitzgerald popped out of the thedoor thedoor thedoor door and Gov Whiting followed It was 10 am a.m. when Krag left his room Stepping through the hotels hotel's revolving door to the street Krag almost collided with Alfred Logan Ruth Hacketts Hackett's fiance fiancee Krag exclaimed Logan Iwas Iwas I Iwas was just coming up to see you Why Krag asked shortly Did Miss Hackett send you 1 Logan flushed He was a handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some man in his late twenties He had never done a days day's work in his life but he was tanned from tennis tennis tennis ten ten- nis and polo and the same exercises exercises exercises exer exer- kept him in good physical trim Cant we step In somewhere and have a drink and talk things over I r was vas just going up to see Miss I Hackett Haclett Krag said You can ride along if you wish He stepped into a taxi Logan seemed to hesitate then popped in after Krag He gave the address to the driver Look Krag he said I dont don't believe any of that rot in the papers about the senator selling out It ALL AL A L right said Krag But why did he go out to that place last night Why Thy dont don't you know 1 Dont you Jou Or Miss Hackett Logan shook his head She sent me to ask you Ruth was sure you'd know Well you can tell Miss Hackett that Im I'm going to find out who it was Youre not going to see her then Theres no use if she doesn't know anything about it it Ill I'll get off here Ten minutes later Krag got out before the biggest office building in State City a story 22 edifice across from irom the state capitol He Herode Herode Herode rode up in the elevator to the floor walked to a ground-glass ground door on which was lettered Palmer Construction Co Inside he said to a blonde seated seated seated seat seat- ed behind a reception desk I want to see Hal Palmer Im I'm Tom Krag The girl made the call the response response response re re- re- re was prompt You may go in Mr Krag The last door at the end of the hall Copyright Frank Gruber |