Show r P I c i HEAD f Josephine h by Daskam DaskalU Bacon Bacot C Br r AM C SERVICE SYNOPSIS In concern over the disappearance of or the young and beautiful wife wire of his Ills friend Crandall White Aaron Glaenzer engages well Mother private private vate nto Investigator to find her A note from the missing woman warns her husband note not to call callIn callin In the police pollee saying she hoped to como come back Mrs White Whito Is younger than her husband and his devotion devotion devotion devo devo- tion has hns been the tho talk of New York She Is known to have with her a remarkable Jewel the Medusas Medusa's 1 Head but her maid Coggeshall thinks she had little else elso of or value value r r. r It Is la found that Mrs White has a aher all l her jewelry with her Coggeshall r r- talks mysteriously of ot her mistress I being worried Through an nn adr advertisement ad- ad I r vert Motherwell secures the 1 Medusas Medusa's head which he is told an anold anold old woman had thrown out of ot a cab Ho lIo gets a n clew v which sends him to the office of or Doctor Wentzel consulting chemist CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued ot of even an nn address 1 he said a neat nent looking package Isn't it That's a nice responsibility 1 J What's It a specimen of Lead What's your name anyhow r- r My name Is Wells said Motherwell Motherwell Mother- Mother well his e eyes es snapping and Its It's a apiece apiece apiece piece or of onyx Its It's from Glaenzer and find Company Call Mr Glaenzer right up and get It O. O Kd If It you want but for heavens heaven's sake give gi It to me me-I me I must get somebody else to test It that's all nIl The youth whistled Well you can search me mel I he be said doubtfully Lets have bare a n look at nt It It Glaenzer you say He took out a n pocket knife poked through the tissue wrapping and disclosed a veined milky Inch of onyx with a gold rim Just ed edging ln out outI I guess you win he said give me a n receipt for It will you There cant can't be two of em And the name again will you Motherwell wrote and thrust the box under his arm carelessly I Where Is this laboratory he asked suddenly Id like to have bave havea a try at the professor myself Ill bet you would l I the youth agreed sardonically But you wont won't lNor 1 l Nor anybody else lies lie's not to be disturbed he be Isn't Motherwell sl sighed hed Oh Ob well all right he lie said Then his face lightened ten ed he be got gotan gotan an nn assistant or something he lie e asked hopefully coul nt I see him Tou ou mean menn Doctor Schaffner Dark said Motherwell sug suggestively cs ely U with a n beard Lord no I This ones one's sandy- sandy haired and a little moustache lies lie's working with him now A lot of people want him too Ill I'll tell teU you Schaffner's got a dinner date at Brucca's know Brucca's know that Italian place You might catch him there Try It anyhow Thanks I will said Motherwell He lIe went slowly down the stairs Now why did Coggeshall lIe He about that paperweight 1 he be asked softly of the taxicab he lie sat In Did she come for It Then why not ask for It outright Or was she looking for the Medusa i Or did she throw the Medusa away herself herself her tier self Nonsense the woman who stole It threw It away awny And kept the rest of course She didn't dare keep It knew It-knew knew It t would be fied fled Because Cog Coggeshall Is shieldIng shield shield- Ing lag her madam shed madam shed she'd keep the Medusa Medusa Me Me- dusa If anything Didn't even en ask for her unless her unless madam called herself herself her her- self Mrs Gray But If Coggeshall kne knew that name then she knew the whole plan from the beginning and lied all nIl along Besides that woman In the cab wasn't young Did they 5 pool 1001 00 her on the Jewels and give her ber my the Medusa Well heres here's the paperweight and theres there's where she went anyway Now v lets let's look up Old Pretzels 1 I J Sitting an nn hour later Inter In his club In front of a chop and a baked apple he was called to the telephone booth and surprised to find himself talking to Mr Glaenzer himself No he had not gone to his old friend who had bad begged him to stay In New NewYork York The doctor was with him and a nurse Had Mr Motherwell any further Ideas as ns to the business they had been discussing Mr Motherwell had and would send Mr Wells around to see him shortly And soon the young yount man with his bag and md shell-rimmed shell spectacles was In lu the library of ot Mr Ir Glaenzer's city house home and the torn box was wason wason wason on Mr Ir Glaenzer's knees and the Medusa In his olive oll band hand You know youre you're rather extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary Mothers said the Jewel jewel- er Only lucky sir the young man answered frankly renIt really 1 J A child have followed ed up up that ad In Inthe the thc Herald The he rest Just broke my way way e eI I was told that things often orten broke your wn way said Mr 1 I zer It seems they do Who Is I this Wentzel I Perfectly all right sir siras as far as ns asI asI I can cnn find Hes He's a n Swiss Alsatian II Stands very high Hes He's a member of the Chemical Engineers club and has bas lectured at Columbia Has Bas a 11 laboratory In Jersey They've got his bis whole record Youre Yo sure she went there Heres the onyx thing Coggeshall tied up sir The paper fits lately I think she wrote It there And left this for Coggeshall Probably Only she seemed to want a message not a n package Didn't even take it It You think she was Mrs Gray Motherwell shrugged Maybe But who Is the older woman She's the one we want sir She didn't get enough pay you see And she was alone Mrs White was with some one some one some one who was hurryIng hurryIng hurry- hurry Ing lag her ber And telling her ber what to say you think Absolutely sir And making her go You still stick sUck to that dont don't you rou Yes sir I doAnd do And yet Motherwell what was the hurry burry The Jewels were all out of the way before a 11 very quiet plain dress was arranged a n taxicab was called not to use her ber own car What Is there sudden In all that I Something turned up said Moth Moth- erwell Or somebody said the Jeweler Motherwell turned on him There you are nrc sir I he cried crIed there you are arel l I You see youve you've got this nil all clear In your mind mind mind-I I know you rou cant can't help It but you have And you cant can't really think you see sec Youve You've got a complete picture What do you mean the older man asked shortly Motherwell sighed t Impatiently See here he said Heres a n girl Married at nt what what two two twenty twenty one one That's near enough All Ali accounted for since then and perhaps from when she got to Paris Perhaps before But a lot Jot can cnn happen to a n girl before she's twenty Suppose Its It's happened happened and forgotten Now here she Is happy and se se- cure Brilliantly secure thing going her way And then then then- the old story It turns up Or of course he turns up A lover Per Per- haps A husband Maybe Maybe she thought he be was dead Maybe Maybe- In prison Oh yes yes yes-It It happens you now i iNow Now In that case Its It's blackmail or Its It's Just plain principle princIple princIple-prin- prin principle ciple and conscience conscience or or r its it's sheer funk Of course everything e she has bas shell she'll give up But maybe that's not enough Maybe he Just wants her and ond theres there's no bribe at nt all The Jewelers Jeweler's mobile face stopped him I tell you yes I 1 the young man cried men limen are arc that way about women I 1 Its It's happened I 1 An Anyway she went And didn't want to Because Because Be Be- cause she hoped to come back That ThatIs Is according to you she wants to eat her cake and have bave It too I 1 And AndaU Andall Andall all aU you jou ou want to know now is how much hell he'll take Isn't that so Glaenzer threw up his bis Im hIm afraid It Is he said softly Im afraid It t Is I J And can you see any other picture you extraordinary extraordinary nary boy I III cant can't see any picture at nt all said Motherwell slowly none noue at nt all nIl Theres There's one the obvious one And of course It may be the actual one oue You think Coggeshall knows all about It lt Now I dont don't I think she knows something a n little a lead lend a clew But she's afraid to tell It Wh Why I think she had bad no idea that her ber mistress had bad gone I think she alIe hasn't any Idea where she has gone but believes she can find something out from Wentzel I believe If it she knew shed she'd tell me rue Mr r. r Gl Glaenzer enzer shook his head bead Well he said sold heavily my bead head Is too old u a head bead to make malte a n new picture perhaps But nut Clella Clelia would never have parted willingly with this and ond he be stared half halt bitterly half delightedly at the frozen smile on the wonderful lips Ups encircled by bythe bythe the Ule tiny tossing serpents Whoever Whoever Whoever Who ever took that from her ber took the thing she loved loed the best Motherwell Mother Mother- well De He sighed Ill Til put this away he be added and opened the box Lifting out the heavy beavy opalescent half globe of onyx he be shook It t free from the tissue tIssue- wrappings I gave her ber that last Jast Christmas he be said suid See the frame has bas slipped sUpped He lIe gathered up a handful of paper paper paper pa pa- per from the bottom of the box and stared questionIngly at the young man this he asked and shook It free A dark blue flashed from the paper paper paper pa pa- per and as ns something slipped sUpped from his bis hand band he seized another roll of it and shook it out A three strand pearl necklace fell on his lap What cried Motherwell and falling on the rest they unrolled them cool emerald and bleeding ruby and lace Ince ace work of platinum and spray of Icy diamonds Good heavens above I cried Motherwell all here bere l 1 The he great grent Jeweler stared at nt him pearls In his limp hand a collar of rubles flaming on his trouser legAnd legAnd legAnd leg And I left them In the checkroom checkroom check check- room at the club 1 I the young oung man gasped And she left them Ulem in a half half- wrapped pasteboard box on an office table I 1 said Mr Glaenzer slowly slow slow- ly Poor Crandall I My poor old boy 1 CHAPTER V VAT VAT VT AT T TWENTY minutes after six sir a aI I slim young man on a side car motorcycle chugged up to the front entrance of Brucca's parked his machine machine ma mn- chine around the corner and hailed a lounging lanky boy to watch It for him No uNo nonsense now he said no fussing with her mind I 1 And give me the horn five fi times Umes If he or anybody anybody any any- body like him gets out ahead of me me uy Yes es s sir r. r Til PIl look after It all nU allright allright right sir Thank you sir The young man strolled into the restaurant and peered about among the tables Dissatisfied apparently he returned returned returned re re- turned to the street and lounged about near the entrance At six sir twenty five n a stocky little German- German American with a sandy mustache hurried In and the cyclist entered I a moment after I Anybody for tor Hunter yet he asked the head waiter walter No IINo sir would you want a table If It Doctor Schaffner Is Is' Is e wanted I Iam Iam am nm In the corner the Ule sandy mustache mustache mus mus- tache Interrupted Schaffner dont don't forget The cyclist refusing several tables tables tables ta ta- ta- ta bles In the center of the room ended ended ended end end- ed by sitting next to the sandy mustache mustache mustache mus mus- tache his back turned squarely on him Slipping out of ot his heavy coat he pulled a newspaper from his bis pocket and began to read If It anybody's for Hunter Im I'm here he said loudly Ill lIll order when my friend comes Doctor Schaffner Iner drummed Impatiently impatiently impatiently on the table and ordered cigarettes After a n little he dashed out to the entrance again returning triumphantly with a tall taU dark man You see he lie explained as they seated themselves I III have bave so little time Have you any good news for forme forme forme me Could you get any Its my belief doctor theres there's not nota a n gram In the the country not country not a centigram centigram centi cent gram the dark man replied I III wired to Pittsburgh and they referred me me to Baltimore but but but- nothing doing You might as well welt ask for radium radium- Ach Achl 1 Radium I 1 I can cnn get all nil th the radium I want 1 fumed the little BlUe man What a n country I l What a country I 1 He De played with the menu Bring me some ham hani and eggs the cyclist commanded loudly I cant can't wait walt any longer The two lowered their voices and the cyclist shifted his shoulders slightly but gained little by It Hes nearly crazy Its crazy Its It's Incomprehensible com in pre hen pre hen sl 1 1 the Germans German's voice emerged In bursts After all these years years years-to to have bave come on us so suddenly suddenly suddenly-no no warning warn warn- ing Ing not not a n hint I IThe The other murmured lI Its not the money money we we would give It all back back my my G G-d G d Hennike she keeps offering Again the murmur Its the reputation I 1 His reputation reputation reputation tation I What Is a settled income even to that that for for him 1 And the awkwardness du du Liebe see what she threatens 1 And she means It too Of course death that is Js all aU very well That Is easy But where does It leave len us The dark man talked for some sometime time And so 1 say 1 the doctor cried So I tell teU him These things cannot can cun not be done J Simply not He is isas is isas isas as crazy as ns as she Is I 1 am nm sorry sorry- It Is awful But there But there ore are limits to human power Hennike It will ha have hae e to be explained It will have to come some time lime I suppose A After ter all all-a all a persons person's death Is s his own af nr- fair But If we are not careful it will be ours 1 Silence and hasty eating entIng You couldn't possibly get White e even even een en now the dark man asked Sandy mustache cackled Into Irrepressible irrepressible Irrepressible Irre irre- nervous laughter White he be mimicked get White I 1 That's good I Man It If you could get White it would be worth wortha n a million to us us-a us a million Hed He'd make his fortune Do you suppose he be hasn't tried 7 More eating I III have to telephone at nt quarter past seven Schaffner began sud sud- denly Im getting some one out there Weve We've only an old woman there you know and ond she's worn out Ill I'll be back hack The cyclist beckoned his bis walter waiter and paid quickly Is there a telephone booth here I he Inquired and made mude his way to the front of the restaurant I When Schaffner slipped Into the j next neat but one to him he be was talkIng talk talk- Ing lag loudly Well I waited enough he was saying No INo Im I'm leaving This min min- ute No I cant can't Ho ne went to the shelf shelt of telephone bool books s and fumbled the leaves while the other man got hI 1 number then went back but this time to the next neat booth What he heard Yes nor nero Did you get her Not before noon tomorrow Well it t will wilt have to do I suppose She's free tree at noon Then bring her down with you you twelve twelve fort forty live from Hoboken Hobo Hobo- ken ken can can you rou catch that I will meet you wait walt there at the station I want a n very special nurse you know know no no nonsense nonsense oh oh yes es entirely entire entire- ly mental mental n a marked case of col col- col- col lapse I cant can't very well discuss It It- It Doctor Wentzel will give you all the details Well details Well I 1 cant can't say that but butone butone butone one night more I suppose we can manage Yes he be Is s pretty bad no no sleep at all all all- No but sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times these things cannot be helped you rou |