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Show MEDUSA'S HEAD Josephine Daskam Bacon f Copjriht br l. AppUlon and. Company " . (WNU Btrrlca) SYNOPSIS In concern over the dlaappearanca of the young: and beautiful wife of hla friend, Crandall White, Aaron Olaenzer engages Motherwell, private pri-vate Investigator, to And ber, A note from the missing woman warm her husband not to call In the police, saying she "hoped to come back." Mrs. White) Is younger than her husband, and his devotion devo-tion has been the talk of New York, 8he Is known to have with her a remarkable Jewel, the "Medusa's Head," but her maid, Coggeshall, thinks she had little else of value. It la found that Mrs. White has all her Jewelry with her.. Coggeshall talks mysteriously of her mistress being "worried." Through an advertisement ad-vertisement Motherwell secures the -Medusa's head, which, he Is told, an "old woman" had thrown out of a cab. He gets a clew which sends him to the office of Doctor Wentael, consulting chemist From t clerk there. Motherwell secures a pack age which he recognizes as coming from the White home. In It are all Mrs. White's Jewels. Trailing Wentzel and his assistant. Doctor Schaffner, Motherwell overhears a conversation which convinces him the doctor Is concerned in Mrs, White's disappearance, and he arranges ar-ranges to go to Wentzel's house. CHAPTER. V Continued 5 Coggeshall 'was waiting for "the young man who had come to see the effect of electric light on the dress- Instable mirror." It was understood under-stood that the cross lights on this Important bit of glass had Irritated mndnra of late. Standing In front of her In the sea-green and Ivory-room, he threw ber an easy glance. "If you could see Mrs. Whltetlmes, orrenedlt" morrow would you like to?" he asked her. - "Oh, Mr. Wells. Could I can you? Did she ?" If youll excuse me Just atep In. -1 know he expected some one " She left, them In vaguely furnished hall, half office, half sitting room, Open, doors to left and right showed durk linoleum floors; a gas range stood oddly in what would have been the drawing room; opposite, two long kitchen tables covered with dozens of tittle square pans filled a possible library. A strong, pungent odor floated out of a back room, from which an elderly man In a black 'rubber apron peered curiously curi-ously at tliem, a glass pipkin In one hairy band. As they stood staring about them, steps sounded on the stairway and Doctor Schaffner came down, leaning lean-ing frankly over the banister to get a quick sight of them. "Why I It's not. . . ; What do yon want?" he said abruptly, striding strid-ing toward them. "Doctor Jarvls,". said his guest, In a pleasant, low voice. "I found that Miss LIngstrora could get off last night, after all, Jind some friends of mine were coming down this way, so they brought us. I thought you'd be pleased If we made a little time." "les, yes, indeed. Doctor Wentzel Went-zel will be delighted, said Schaffner. Schaff-ner. "I I this was rather a sur prise, doctor I Friends, you say? I had we had planned to meet you but no doubt it's all right The doc tor is upstairs, his rooms are there, you know. Will you come up, and the nurse, too? I I should like to talk to the nurse a little before- before" Suddenly they became' aware of an excited voice behind the door at the end of the hall. A man with a pronounced German accent was explaining something ngrlly. "But yes I But yest I tell you, yes I" he shouted. "Led me eggs-plaln eggs-plaln to you, for heffen's sake I It Is not money - If you gave roe a mlll-I-on, I could do no morel Gan no voraan have batlence, effer?'' Schaffner went hastily up to the door and, knocking gently four "It's only a guess a Jump In the dark," lie said. "There may be a little risk in it, but honestly I can't Bee much, and 1 think you're a pret ty good sport, Coggeshall. We're going out to Doctor Wentzel's." . She started nervously and'caught . I i. L. . .. I .ig irc VI, a JllUUIcnt, lucu (l.vcucu her own. 'Oh," she said. "les," be announced, "I went there just after you did. All the Jewels were there " "No, sir I "In the same box with the paperweight. pa-perweight. I Judged she bad left them there," So now we're going out "to biS place In the country, on the chance. Can you ne readyat nine o'clock?" "CeTOihiyr sir.- Have yon always did you know, about Doctor Went-zel, Went-zel, all along, sir?" "No,:' said Motherwell, "I didn't But I found out, the day you were there. Was it. you who threw away the Medusa's head?" "Me, sir,? Threw It away? Do you mean it's been found, then? It was Mrs. White's favorite, sir, and it's not likely It would be thrown away. If anyone took it from her, you may depend they bad to tight for it I" , "Well," lie said, "we'll see. It would be a great help, Coggeshall, It you could teirme to JustwliaT extent Doctor Wentzel She turned an obstinate profile. "If you know about It, Mr. Wells, I don't need to tell you," she said in a low voice, "All right," he said good-naturedly, "we'll let go at thatBe ready at nine, wlttra suitcase wUryouT1 CHAPTER VI TWO quiet-looking men, capped and goggled for motoring, were In the car next rooming, one acting as chauffeur, the other in the ton-Dean. ton-Dean. They drove In sjlence through the city, out of It Into" the suburban- district dis-trict of New "Jersey. Each was plunged in his thoughts. At length they turned into a gateway gate-way and curved along a winding drive. " ,. "You've got that whistle, Coggeshall Cogges-hall f" Mr. Wells asked suddenly. "lea, air." . 1 "In -ase anything prevents me from using my own, blow it as hard and as often as yon can. I really don i mine, u wiu ue ai an neces sary, yon Know, put come ripht Inn hnfh nt vein. In nt Thou people aren't out for murder. They're badly scared, as It Is. If Wentzel knows where she Is, this will settle It I think. Do yon know him, Coggeshalir "I've seen him once, sir." f But not Schaffnerr , "No, air, never." "All right Iteroember your names. And mine. Ton might Just aay 'doctor" it's easier." "TeaTldr.-m remember."' "You're not frightened, Cogges- haur "Tea, air, but it doesn't matter." They drew up before a comfort-abley comfort-abley rambling country house with several outbuildings, The doctor Bteppecnut nriskiy ana rang the bell, bis attendant at his aide. . "Doctor Schaffner?" he asked of the gray-haired woman who opened the door. "This la Doctor Jarvls. ,1 have brought a nurse with me." "Oh, yea, air," she said In a fatigued, fa-tigued, listless voice, "hell be down. "Jarvls Is here, doctor," he said softly, "Go In therer-please" be added, turning to Coggeshall and pointing tQLdoor.jjnhlslrlghL Turning to' obey hlrn, she felt Mr. Wells' hand pulling , lier-sklrt, and as .the door opened and a - pale, pluniplsh man with red, Inflamed eyes advanced to them, she was swept, past him, close to Mr. Wells, Into the room. An angry growl, from the men and a rush were checked, together, by the maid's walling cry. "On, Mrs. White! Oh, madam I is It really you? Oh, what what happened?" "Look out, I've gotyoii covered I" Tried-MrrWeHfr waralngly, one band in his pocket ''What's all this, professor? pro-fessor? What have you done to MrsT Whiter " . The pit) hip man turned a confused faceron his assistant r- "But who Is this?" he asked huskily. -"Here is not Jarvls I I haf neffer seen this man 1" "He said he was Jarvls," Schaffner Schaff-ner replied sulkily. "God knows who he 1st But it's just as I told you, doctor, you canY do this kind of thing. I warned you It was a mistake. mis-take. Are you from Mr. White?" "Mr. White is ill in bed," said Mr. Wells briefly. "I want to kqow whether Mrs. White wishes to return re-turn to him or whether she is here by ber own desire. That's all. And I want her to tell me so, herself,. Doctor Wentzel fell backward in- with numberless fine wrinkles; the lips were hardly colored. But the dreadful part of ber, the thing that held the eye shocked and fascinated at once, was the hair that framed ber face. For it poured and waved over the pillow, a shining flood of emerald -green 1 Like vivid, swarming swarm-ing snakes it colled and curled around her, and . between the tendrils ten-drils of it ber ashen,- paln-llned face was set In a mask of despair the mask of Medusa, be thought with a sudden shudder, as the horrid likeness like-ness Jumped to bis mini That emerald hair was not dull and lifeless, like seaweed, but vivid and glistening, strong and thick at the roots, planted low around the forehead. Its glossy strength seemed to have sucked all the vitality out of the body from which It grew. It was a nightmare of perverted beau ty, a mockery of woman's charm. . "Good 0 d, Schaffner,". he mut tered, "what's the matter with her?" I , don't know," the other an swered simply. "Wentzel doesn't know. He's been working on It since Wednesday be hasn't slept six hours. Nobody In this country can touch him; be begins where men over here leave off. Who's to help him? It's too awful. Is that a maid of hers?" Motherwell nodded, his eyes fas tened on that dreadful masklike face. "I see she's got hold of ber hand. It probably put her to sleep for a bit Come out here and I'll tell you about It are you a doctor, by the way?" - "No," said Motherwell. "Not that it matters much, really, He knows more than most doctors, you know. Only we felt I felt for he's lost his head completely, Mr." "Welta." ' "Yea, Wells. I felt that we simply must have some alibi some'certlfl-eate, some'certlfl-eate, you.knowsomethlng "" -He yawned heavily. 'Keep a good watch on her( will' you?11 hesaldrr-riH-be-wlthln call. Come this way, will you, Mr. Wells?" They went softly across thejiail. In the chair where they had left him sat Professor Wentzel, his head sunk on his chest snoring. tojLciialr outside the door. He sunk dny nm he wflnted tQ trv It on his head In his hands, and muttered something in a low, husky voice. Doctor "Schaffner shrugged his shoulders and leaned "against the wall. Perhaps Mr. Motherwell was Jus-1 tilled of nls much discussed flair; perhaps he was not In any case, "Leave 'him there he's been work ing Blinding up, not. to yield to if Schaffner whispered. "I'd better ex plain to you, anyhow." " - They sat down in a dim room full of electrical appliances, great disks In glass frames, a chain with a metal headpiece, " long, pronglike wands on standards. "I've been with the doctor seven years," Schaffner began, "ever since he came over here. He told me all about It, 80 that If anything ever happened to him, I could go on with It you see. He knew her first In Paris, twelve years ago. Her hair was a dark auburn then, and hegihhihg to go grayrShe -wasn't even pretty, then, he said, except IBatslia4FegTiTaf eatuTes and strange greenish eyes. But no color, and not attractive at all. He was only an operator and artificial hair worker In a little shop in Paris, and he happened to be the one to wait on her when she came in to consult about her hair she couldn't afford to let it go gray, you know. She said they all did in her family. She was a kind of pupil teacher in a convent Poor as a rat, of course. He did pretty well for her and she used to come In now and then. "Well, he hit on something, one "It seems to keep me going," he said. . . "Now where was I? ' Oh, yes. Something's been happening to ber. We think now it was taking the Cure at White Sulphur, maybe. She wanted to lose some weight Anyway, Any-way, there's-no doubt that the bair lost luster and ber akin got a queer color. He changed her diet and strengthened the formula a little (he'a always had a special one for her the trade never had It) and she looked a little better, but the hair got .streaked and yellow looking. look-ing. He could t;over that up, of course, but naturally she was get ting worried. "Last Wednesday there was grayish tinge to It she thought more a sort of shadow than a color, she expressed It, and she lost her nerve and dashed over to our place and read him the riot act Well, wasn't there, but I feel assured that she got him pretty rattled. Anyway, he told her he would give It a light bleach, if she wished, and refresh the whole thing all over again. He Sally Ses By wn It Was a Nightmare of Perverted Beautya Mockery of Woman's Charm. explained t!mt It couldn't -be abso lutely guaranteed, but that he was reasonably sn re of 1 1 She was very anxious to try it, and he did It in the little inside laboratory we have there. It's a nervous Job, you know a seventeen volume' bleach, and the tint and the rinse Just so many minutes apart. 'ou; can't take any chances." -Hetook anoWfer fcup of coffee. , , w "The water was pulled off," he went on in a lowered voice. 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Week No.1 4 "If Anyone Took It From Htr, You May Depend They Had to Fight for itr after one look at the two men, he deliberately turned bis back on them and walked Into the room, By the side of the clumsy double bed Coggeshall knelt, her - head She was somebody, so he offered this Miss Lee to make a regular red blond of her If she'd take the risk. She agreed, and he brought it up a few shades, to begin, and after that they got it where he wanted it pretty nearly as when ydu saw It last, I Imagine." .Motherwell nodded; -. "It's been need, of course, enormously enor-mously since. But It never has had, In all these years, the. wonderful results re-sults It had on her. He can't understand under-stand it Nobody can. It's something some-thing In her- constitution. She isn't like other people. She seemed to take It right into her system; he says, and It affected, gradually, the whole pigmentation. -. lie says .her eyebrows and lashes changed. I know her complexion has. He Injected In-jected it, finally, hjpodermlcally." He nodded for a moment, but went on with an effort. Ton see, Mr. Wells, ordinary dye takes evenly,- without lights and shades. There's a . unlformity-lt can't be helped. But In her case this wasn't so. Each hair varies In its own length. He's never understood under-stood ft. He thinks there's a great fleal of free sulphur- Motherwell hurledTInueTedelothes. sobbinguletly,-tuke-nncoa--fChll(LI .believe. She came straight troltably. Motherwell's eyes, fas tened on the bed. spread wide apart In frank amazement and horror. Inscrutable, In-scrutable, usually, of feature, his mouth hung open weakly, like any street starer's. The face of the woman who lay In the bed showed Inflamed and sunken eyes, tightly closed, In a face so drawn and white that the skin appeared faintly greenish In comparison com-parison with the linen pillow. The cheeks and forehead were lined He yawned andlits drooped. TesT Sulphur?' promoted. A "Oh I You wouldn't understand. It doesn't matter, that part. The point Is, she turned Into a tremendous tremen-dous beauty. - l'awns stopped him. "So then White met her. and she finished him at first sight. He came ta the school to see Borne friend's bleach of his own that nobody has. Do you know anything about per manganates?" "Nothing," said MotherwelL "I suppose not. It doesn't matter. mat-ter. He sprayed It. and put her un; der the rinse and It turned light emerald green In eight seconds! God knows how. She fainted and he had a hard time with her. Must have. He was all alone. Of course he had to get her out here and there Is where he Jost his head. If only I -had been there surely, as I told him, there were ways . . . she CQiild have-called her husband by telephone, and said something anything ! He ought to have real ized bnt he was nearly crazy. He came right out with the truth, you see, and blurted out that It was un likely he could do anything. That was fatal. But he said It wascreep- Ig - down her forehead a s if h er blood, he said,- was green my G d! "I .was out here, and he telephoned tele-phoned and sent her out alone. It seems risky, but she said she would do better - alone, and - he believed she-was right' She had a " thick brown veil she always wore to come here, and she tied It around her head and ran out She wrote a note before, and he got It over there,. He tried to make "her explain ex-plain something, but she got screaming scream-ing arid he couldn't do very much. I believe he was as scared as she. And of course, there was a hope you never know." He drank again, thirstily. ' "I tell you, that d d color will not change l" he cried, his voice on edge. "There's nothing to do." "But, heavens and earth," Moth-erwell Moth-erwell burst In, "aren't there such to the professor and offered tlm five thousand a year to work in New York and take care of her. Of course be accepted. What does he care where he worts? lie tooknle on as assistant,: and he's made a great name for himself among the chemists and" inventors, the professor profes-sor has." He paused, and tnrnlng to a little electrical grill, lifted a coffee pot from It and poured himself a cup, handing another to his guest eTiasfthlngs as wlgsT-Yoteotrid- "Excuse me, but I can't argue wltlLjQU.'lScbaffner began Irritably. "I must ask you to believe that every possibility, every shade of possibility" pos-sibility" He stopped, swallowed hard, and controlled hlmselt "We bad ja dozen wigs and transformations trans-formations out here In six hours," he said. ."Think a moment such hair against her skin! It was ghastly- She Jookejl sixty. Her skin. Is like vellum; grain, firmness, contourall con-tourall gone I . She has lost ten poundi The pigmentation has completely com-pletely altered. ... There are no precedents I' He gasped and wiped his-fore-bead. 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