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Show March 29, 1934 Varsday THE WEEKLY REFLEX The WEIEDDJDNG MARCIH1 MtUKOJEIRL ' V BARRETT Conti miT derer had had nq diiluultj in wip Ing the prints of his fingers from Np, that was. Xhe other set matches the print the hilt of the knife. fit any not the answer. doesn't "What do you that and cun, the 0 notions of the make. of It. Sergeant? the novelUt if our previous Why should the guilty floe. Who else was there, whose Inquired. did have taken the precaution to haven't we person got? Why linens rehfde a his victims there with go murderer gun? the Doesn't make sense, growled aver, then change his mind and ge Doctor Abernathys dagger? Kilday, chewing savagely on his cigar. If I had killed n man gow does It happen that the rour-jgon the re-- . was carrying a gun. I'd haveleft left a thumb-prin- t ever although he wiped the dag-It- f the gun alone. Then, This doesn't was caught, I could pjedd dean of prints? VI 12 tr JfI self-defens- sense. pike ind," he Shipley continued, why Is trying to protect WebBy all the lawa of ber Spears? rea-io- that should be his How Is this Cal-- 0 volunteered. had the gw s, thumb-prin- t revolver. Did Peter was equally puzzled. on the this re? that fact print tft rolTer remained unidentified ahsplve fl those whose dtd not about How It from suspicion? jutch Caltls Shipley? Reluctantly, he was had forced to admit thrit Kilday dr his mistrust of imple grounds Rut l(Xfoth Uylie Carmody ler. iod Webstar Spears were cleared of nisptcion, what was the girl to conceal? And If that print oo the gun was a clue (as it certainly seemed to be) who else should What other fingerthey suspect? prints could they match against It? The woman in blue? Who was she? Bow could they obtain a specimen H the finger-print- s try-te- g Franklin had his possession, he certainly would have defended him selftvith It, wouldnt he? He wouldnt have carried a weapon to Ills wedding If he hadnt expected danger. That being true, why didnt he shoot his assailant the minute he was attacked? If we grant that hewns armed, then we admtt he was expecting trouble. Rut Royce heard nothing apparently Franklin never even cried out. My iden is that he never had that revolver." Rut hang It, man, It .was Drank llns own gun expostulated the detective. Theres no doubt of that, Cardigan agreed, but people tiave been known to borrow guns before. Obviously, the guilty person" was taking every precaution to conceal his Identity. It seems that he first planned to borrow his victims gun for the occasion. After his arrival In the study, however, he saw Doctor Abernathy's dagger hanging among his trophies on the wall. The knife was the more silent meth od of the two, so he determined to use it, instead of the revolver. This For presented only one difficulty some reason, not yet apparent to us, he did not want to leave the revolver beside the body. And certainly, It was a dangerous thing to carry around, as its discovery would connect him with the slain ! ? her Daniel Rullis ns the only person who could Iden tlfy her, and It seemed certain that they could expect little help from him along Was there that line. else? Franklins Fletcher, inyone mant? That was absurd. He hadn't been near the church. .There of for'a theory? Deter ff Jim In finger-prints- . Milo teen evl-fen- be-fa- Hostilities Reopened by Bolivia and Paraguay. often, didn't she? Fletcher hesitated. ipparenllj searching Ills mind. ,"1 can't he sure," lie salL "She n n have been here that day. She il d come here . j in-r- e uncertainly. "That Is the truth," tie volunteered. "Of course I know you gentlemen are aware of Mr Franklin's all he groped for a word ah connection, with the actress, hut Just tiie Same, she did out come here as often as you ndglit expect. They maintained separate apartments, and I hellove Mr Frank- lin visited tier there." "Did she have a key to, this place? Deter asked io l. The man nodded. "Then perhaps eho have come here yesterday, m tin- d.n he fore, without your ktmwhdge." Fletcher shrugged. "Dos'ildy." Rut It doesn't sound pi tu'lhle, sir. I was lore it the time. I think I should lime known It, If (die had ' been here." Deter-sa- t astride o' a chair, fac Ing the nun. Ills lean hrown tin gers drummed a tattoo against his knee, In time to his ra. Ing thoughts. For (lie moment he seemed to have forgotten the man he was question Who else had a key to tills Ing. place, Fletcher?" he demanded. cir-(W- a. d There ! matter. It Isn't always easy to break affair with a woman, eveu off a love Is hii organization family of Smith ' In of tin Melbourne. Aus trails. hlm-11.- It-no- 1 - g Then What Are You Wider Trying te First Jigsaw Pumsie Tha world' first Jigsaw puzzle , was made by a Ixvndoner In 1700. Some of the other facts In Women Those Who seek to refute man's contention that "the place of women and Wealth t In 1,000 representative Illinois facIs In the home have plenty of arguments to present today. They can tories women earned 69 per cent of the wage paid to men. In New York say that: Thirty-eigh- t per cent of the state It was 64 per rent. Of 10,022,227 women over fifteen 19,000,000, Odd of Income reported to the fcdrrul government In 198 wuh years of age gainfully employed In 19110, 28.9 per rent were murrled. received by women. women The averuge weekly salary paid to thousand Seventy-sevehad an annual Income of over (5,000, women factory workers In Mississipthe average being (lO.l'JO. pi In 1928 wub (8.29 and In Rhode Of the 18,000, 000 atockhnldera In Island (10.30. the United States, 7,740,000, are . Miss Brunch concluded her study with the prediction that the economic women. Women are beneflelurlea of 80 per status of women will continue to Imcent of life Insurance outstanding. prove, that iegut discrimination Women represent 80 per cent of against women will ceuse, and that consumer buying power. perhaps the Increased expenditure of Before the depression the average all wealth by women will contribute weekly aalnry of professional and toward building a better aoclul aud bualnesa women In New York city economic order. HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE ACID STOMACH HERE ARE THE SIGNSl Narvoueneae Naurelgla Laaa ot Appatlte Nauaae Faaltng ot Waakaaae Slaaplaaaoaaa Mouth Acidity Sour Stomach WHAT TO DO FOR ITl TAKI 2 tmnpoonfutf ot Thtllipe' Milk d Mf-neu- a in a flaw o( water every morning when you up. Taka anothar traspoonfut SO tninutee altar aating. And anothar before you go to bad. ft Take tha ?lullipa Meta If you have Acid Stomach, dont worry about it Follow the simple directions given above. 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With the wind, DOCTOR'S ANSWERS tide and current to help her she had crossed ths Atlantic at least three To Questions By P. C Crippa, M. D. times before she disappeared forever. Q. 1 fW dtackt tf huU All through her wanderings she was, IoMm and th got pnutt of course, a potential menace to up mrotmi my kiart, I for tfygtntif tmd every ship that neared her wavering Ibtlck kttt a ountoif mntt course. dim kt my tkt st. Wkd tarn I do ta kelp tkis Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pelttts ars the origAda Uinalty auch caaes aro brmfltad by trtd diet of metablea or milk. A food Ionia inal littls liver nills pot op 00 yean ago. iika Dr. PutoV Gotdm Medical Worery, They regulate liver and bowela. Aav, la oaed many and baa nuine Sorority, l Her findings, with complete were the by published reitorts, University of Chicago Dresa under the title, Women and wealth." Mlsa Branch, In presenting her study of women aa taxpayers, owners of proerty, gainfully employed workers, and as managers of the family Income, briefly traced the progress of women's rights and economic position. .Several generations ago, she said, a woman's economic position, before the law, was little better than that of a child, a slave, or a lunatic." Single women couldnt hold office and married women couldnt manage ' their own 'property! Even today. Miss Branch related, some legal discriminations still remain. In 27 states the right of jury Wrong Numbers, Too service Is withheld, In three states Inquiring Reporter Doca the telethe husband can take bla wifes phone company give you any impertiwages snd in soma states a woman nence? cannot go into business without conSubscriber No, they charge sent of her husband. for IL " " feodd&mf-daaio- M. by peopla ary treatm confidencA To be bad at any drug Ron, WNU W IT--84 Oas Good Poiat Theres no tax on the fuel that keeps a farm horse going. klin, Hr.-Fran- cer-Det- er 1 finger-print- . s 1 ,, s "a for a person of Jim Franklin's accomplishments along that line. Perhaps there has been a woman : answering this description who baa called here recently? Not not that I can recall, Air. Cardigan." How about phone calls? Ilae any woman been calling here repeated, In the past few days? "There have been many call, of Rut I course, Fletcher faltered. couldnt tell you who they were from. Miss Train, yea, and Miss If there hare been othCarmody. ers, I couldnt aay who they were. But there were others." (TO tiS OONTIMUKD.I new Milk ot Matneua ear latUI lor aach traspoonful ae directed above. - waa $58, These facta about women were gathered In a research project undertaken by Mary Sydney Branch, Instructor In economics at Western college, Oxford, Ohio, and fellow at the University of Chicago, for the Frequant llaedadiao Indlgaalloa n autla-tlca- regls-frstio- n Nutmeg Supplied Perfume Nutmeg used to be prized aa one r.s t most fashionable perfumes. Womans Place in Home? Well, Not Absolutely Ckl-Ome- finger-print- finger-print- , beg your pardon, air?" The question evidently had caught the servant off balance. Rut he had heard tiie question, clearly enough, J for after a long Interval of hesltn "If there are tlon, he answered. any oilier keys, sir, I don't know who has them." "There have been a number of other women In Franklin's life," Deter continued evenly. "A great many, before Clmo (lino, and prob ably some since. How long has It been since one (if these women vis Ited your master here, Fletcher?". 1 l lie servant replied think, slowly, "that Mr. Franklin was very much In love with Miss Train, sir. I don't believe there have lieen liny other women lie' has cared for, re cently, except," he added apnlo "Miss carmody, of course. getlcally, ' The novelist puflfed thoughtfully on hii cigarette and studied the man before him through the pale cloud of expelled smoke. You're very careful how you word It, Fletcher, I notice you he observed. about any women who may have been In Iovp with Air. Frank Un, regardless of how he felt in the con-ta- -ltad ... 11 d 1friPslble.--The-rwIyer- a - t, throng-th- e track tesa Cha eo In an un idleness ful attempt to reifih Peru. By !51Sa purty actunl !y succeeded In reaching th Pacific ind returning to Asuncion, taking two years for the round1 trip. "I'nttle raising is Paraguay 's' chief Industry, meat products leading mnotij; ltcVy(orts. The Chaco, with Its high native slock grasses and ample water supply, Is a promising There Is, probably entile country no sleek ruMug region In the Cult ed Slates possessing such fine nut ural griidug lands,- In spite of the plunged -f- . every oiice In a while. K'trv once In a Kilday snorted. wlille! Why sho.was every day, wasnt she',' The man glanced first "No, sir. at the detective, then at Cardigan, nt finger-printin- Aronteagle Valley. OnL Sergt William Mlntz, who carried a wounded Scottish officer from s shell hole In France to a dress Ing station, saving the officer's life, 'will sail for Scot (and next summer to received . reword of . l'e alt'-oue- lager-print- s, ?- Saved Life in War; Will Get $250,000 d The officer whom Mlntz saved America 't and whose name he refused to Maratlmn War" hii!. been resumed until afte' J get the divulge, Following a ChrUInms truce aim money," was said to have Invited unsuccessful peace parleys. Paraguay Mlntz to visit film In Scotland and Bolivia reopened ho.t I lilies In .on many occasions while he was the thaco, a huge lowland covered on leave and .for a considerable in pari with grass and in pari by tithe after the war. forests, and lying nearly In the News, of the reward which heart of the continent. Mlntz will receive reached the "Oiaeo, corrupted from (linen 'sergeant a few weeks ago, snd meting hunting ground In ijulnolina .since Hint time he tins been In the language ot the Incas of Peru,' Clouo's i cuiistant eomiuimic.itlon with the of occasional handicap says Harriet Chalmers Ail mis In a Moods. As the vast plains of Ar Scotjlsli officer for further tie to make oonmiiinleatlon to the National !eo He refused tails' genilna are more mid more given known In what form Ills reward Perhaps Hie an over to the ctiltlvaflnn of cereals, graphic society. dent Peruvians hunted In this re (In' entile ranges are hound to creep would' come. mote region beyond the Andes Per north to t tie grasslands of Paraguay haps Inenn tribes, lleelng from and eastern Bolivia. Spanish Invaders, settled here, min Is logs cut and left tn the forest for "'I lie Paraguayan cowboy gllng their blood with that of the known as the chacrero. p years have been found Round Although original Inhabitants. Ida In smaller Extremes In Climate. ttian slnture usually "One may see the Chaco from fhe "Tin- - CIiiko Is uniformly lint; Its cousins, the Argentine giuicho and wharves of Paraguay's capital, the Chilean liiuiso, he Is niilscnlar .climate, one of extremes. It Is a Asuncion. It begins on the opposite, mid hardy, a typical rough rider land of heavy rainfalls and or western shore, of the Pnraguny On a saddle Animal life Is droughts. trip we met a group of rtver. A vast, low lying, swampy Is the sportsChaco The a of hand shundant. cattle cowboys driving region, given over for the most part from the rodeo, where the herd Is man paradise, a British enthusiast to primitive nomadic tribes, the rounded up, to the river. 1 enn still told me. From May to August Is Chaco Is being reclaimed sa a cattle hear their ringing cnttl cull, Coco- the best season freer from Insect country. It Is the larger but more -coa I Co coa I Con I Coa I pest. We go duck shooting In flat sparsely settled portion of Para bottomed boats on a chain of smallAbout nine miles thovs Asunguay. All but hO.OOO of the 800.000 er rivers and lagoons. on the Chaco side of the river, Inhabitants of Paraguay live on the cion. "Resides duck, quail,1 and snips, Is a settlement of some commercial . eastern, or Asuncion shore, where known as Villa tlnyes there Is a native turkey of ths the land Is slightly rolling, suramins Importance 'Ve-ymountain,' with a Mack head, black Ryes' In Spanmingling with forest, and treeclrid (pronounced head tufts, and s yellow black benk. a named Dresl It was after hills rise to perhaps!, l.f'OO feet al ish). doer, rnrplncho, otter, and Tapir, dent of the Doited States, Ituther retltude. coy i'll abound In the marshy It. arbias ford Hayes, who, acting are skins , Splendid Grazing Lands. exported Coypu gions. trator In determining the boundary from the lower Plata to the United "As early ns to.'17 the Intrepid col Asuncion between Argentina and Paraguay, Slates, the tin lr to, tie used In His founded onlsts who rendered a decision highly favorable manufacture of felt hats for men. to Hie taller. Ironically, this town, la the woods are the Jaguar, puma, named for an ardent prohibitionist, Elephants and Mira the maned armadillo, antealer. There is a popular belief Ihnt ele la surrounded by cane fields whose wolf, snd I lie peccary, the Intter si phants hare an espeeln! fear ,of product D distilled Into a very pow ways one oj a troop. mice, tha reason gheu being that erful rum. At ports we W'er offered Riiaks small mouse llkp animals Rnineilnies "Model u explorer of the Chaco kins nearly twenty' feet long. Slid crawl up'ihe trunks of t tie wild are tlu men engaged In Hie quebra UHpcited that I her hud been well elephants when they ure feeding. eho Industry. Il developed with The stretched by, the (UK Ives, since tiiS Tills Is denied by wild animal Ith Hie length. expntwloh of the Argentine rail price advances were poisonous snakes. Including rattler who claim that the wild ways, when quebrnolio log greatest fears are dogs and found to he Just the thing for rail are a nieiiHce to Hie naked feet huniHii beings. In zoological purks wav ties, and for fence posts on the the Indian Snnkesklnit, egret skins, the elephants are stated to pHy no extensive Argentine ranches. Que- hides, rubber, snd Ipecacuanha attention whatever to the mice bracho (the word means sx break formed t tie steamer'a down river around the barns. or') Is a hardwood so duruble that cargo." Washington,'--Sout-h Kilday do mamled. I've "No, sir. I'm suro o' in it never seen Mr Rullis, often talked to him, o'n Fo phone Who was the worn m Imre that It .i ranligtit day. Fletcher? now. questioning T The .woman? servant stared hlunklv. "What worn in? I don't recall any woman visit, if Perhaps it wns i'hi,. rh,o Deter coliilm .!. ignoring Train. the Ilians reply. ''She came here - only-looke- " day." "Was Rullis .here? r man-servan- Is-Resume- of course, that it hasnnttiiug to d with his death. Rut you. miist let . ua he the Judge of that, Fletcher shrugged: "I'm" sorry you misunderstood me, ,r. There's nothing to'oonocal. Its only that I don't recall Just who came here that Dunbar, too. He had there, but he had been the Rending settlement of Franknna dead mans partner. What moaffairs, his apartment was being ths could be manufactured from kept open, and they found the servthat? Resides, there was no ant there. Were you wanting to have another look Around, air? he that he had been in the sacristy, at any time, othef than the Inquired. doubtful testimony We want to ask you a few more of Nick Royce that he had been unable to find the Deter tried questions Fletcher.aa In the church, a short time As Kilday had the wedding. PRECEDING EVENTS IN THE STORY Hinted out, this was not Important whence, Inasmuch as It would have In tha ministers study for his wedding to Doris Carmody. ken almost surprising Royce bad Jim Waltlng Franklin, lawyer and politician, Is stabbed to death. While waiting, Wen able to all biro that he had many visitors, among them his mistress, sn actress, Choo Chou" out of pick Strong which had crowded the Train; his Intended wife's father, Ambrose Carmody; her brother, Itylte; Daniel Builla, politician, and an unknown woman ip a blue frock. Sergeant (torch. Kilday, with Peter Cardigan, begins an Investigation. Uylie Carmody adAll these and many other doubts mits trying to stop the wedding, after being informed by Webster Spears Walled the novelist. lie could not that Franklin waa atill friendly with Choo Choo, despite his approaching take his skepticism concerning marriage. Kilday secures the dead mans keys. Callls Shipley, a bridesmaid, appeared furtive, is questioned unavallingly. An Intereither. If there were whose actions have with Builia is also fruitless. Webster Spears admits Informing Uylie rone on the knife with which the view Carmody of Franklin's relations with Choo Choo.'for Doris Carmody'e sake, (rime had been committed, why in the hope of preventing the wedding. Fletcher, Frankllne Milo Dunbar, the dead man'a law partner, can ahed no light should they have expected the mur- la reticent, and Choo Choo admits her relations with Franklin were to conon murder. the derer to have left any elsewhere? tinue after his marriage. Six of the seven keys Franklin carried are traced If that were true, how account for Callis Shipley, again Interviewed, confesses previous deception. She admits the thumb-prion the gun? lie being In love with Uylie Carmody. ni irritated by the manner In hlch his reasoning led him In man, should the ownership of the without success to penetrate the Nowhere cpuld he find a tanglweapon1 be traced.1 Therefore, he man's suave mask. He es fact to which he might cling or concealed the gun In the garden." politely Interested. from which he might argue. I believe you told us that Nick Then how about the thumbBe almost wished that he might and Dan Rullis were Air. Royce be we'll still think Do you tare Klldays confidence In that print? Franklins 7 only visitors here yesterable to trace him by that thumb , print. novelist the continued. You deday," I have my doubts," Deter The door behind them was flung are sure thats right?" left he have should clared. Why Pen by an excited subordinate. on the revolver, when No, sir, that Isnt right," FletchWeve . found It, Sergeant 1" the a thumb-prin- t off er sidestepped the trap. "Mr. Royce to took the wipe he precaution tan exclaimed. We have, dlscov-fenovel- came, after lunch, and accompanied who registered that revolver the knife, unless, and the his Mr. Franklin to the church. Mr. In forward ist sat suddenly when It was purchased. Bullls telephoned, repeatedly, but he thats Sergeant, by George, Kilday made no attempt to l chair, never came here. The young Air. find us to wanted I he Unless It , his excitement Who was It taken thumb-prinHave t Carmody was the other caller. You you taa? Don't stand there like an that misunderstood me, sir, about that. s man?" dead of the the hhot" he urged Impatiently. Deter nodded. My mistake, take them, during We It belonged to Jim Franklin always " So Mr. Royce and Air. Fletcher. medical examination, replied the declared the man. The Carmody were tha only visitors yes shows that he bought It two the detective. Deter terday. Think carefully, 1 must be Go quick. years ago. get them, rest- sure. a and his feet to began sprang Im quite sure that la correct, less pacing of the floor. I'm beCHAPTER VII sir. thumbIf there bad been any other That to get ginning I should have known It and to Jim visitors, Franklin, print belongs Klldays Casa. all the time. was The here his death. made after was It CT D thats Impossible, man," exwas apparently en novelist The murderer, taking every precaution claimed Sergeant Kilday In the of a cigar own his grossed lighting Identity, pressed The gun belonged to the to conceal his barnever but wavered the ette, eyes thumb victims against his tarderer." How about so that If w$ from the than'! face. the Peter after crime, rel revolver from the picked before be shot " IT" him ?h nnri eiamlned It critically. ever found the weapon, ttcould the day -Do you recall what vlsl the" dCftd mah. Very suddenly. ild this, like every other trail lead nsrvmljrto for tors Franklin had that day?" 7 had discovered In this curious clever, too, and If. it wasnt There have The man hesitated. dead of tae end In a blind alley? He your practice been so Air. all searched many have things happening. taistlpd, tunelessly. How could Jim men, we might I dont recall anything of that Cardigan. the for possessor lives 'rnltlln, stabbed through the heart. onr unusual about that day, if thata I?t concealed the weapon In the print In what you mean. hastened Sergeant Kilday garden, before returning to But there waa nothing unusual records udy to die? Obviously, that search of the photographics of about visitors calling here to see which Included., was thereY the slain man, The novelist had rD concealed by the murderer, thumb-prin- t sir. unless there no, Ob, The revoked the ques-- ? been correct were unusual tallied about it, I barrel something revolver on ,n his mind the methodically. Had found couldn't say exactly who called on tanklin carried -- the weapon to exactly with that of Jim Franklin. . . Identifies another set any certain day." freddlnsfearing trouble? If so, 'That also decome, "Come, Fletcher," In the T had Kilday study," he not used It, when st- of That's had Impatiently. Interrupted already acked? They clared Kilday. thumb- only two days ago. You wouldnt this Or with matched been again, granting that he1 had tf use hs gun and had been print It leaves only one set un- have to have the memory of an elethe small prints, which phant to remember that" slow, why had the alayer taken identified were No, sir. Of course not" But ach made by a woman, think precautions to conceal It? I ' still the servant faltered. In blue 'fiat story did the woman the weapon have to probablywoman 4hnt are you trying to Then the J that It? blue," agreed The the slayer wished to hide? hide?" demanded the detectjve we dont because "Just Franklins own gqn. Ilia novelist. overlook cant we bruskly. 9son of it could scarcely re-- know who she Is. fifth "Im not trjlng to hide anything. possible-thilie Identity of the assailant her. It's quite I have done nothing-Det- er Sir. her. made was by of bought of the thumb-prin- t prints but set Interrupted him. Terhaps 'n.'.spj it with t ah rug. The mur- Kilday chuckled, aoftly, vu Marathon War in Chaeo j -. - mosjte CHAPTER Its r 'li!i,g that you have done, bu' something concerning Air, Franklin that you think had best remain un known." His tone was klndh Now I was Franklins friend, too Fletcher. If there is some hidden' that Should remain a e, ret. I can promise you that neither of us anxltxus to make It known prodded look so had. he -- said. When Spears' prints didnt match the one on the revolver, I II admit I began to feel the ground slipping otiT from under me. Rut now-w- ell, It fit 9 better than ever. That was a luneky hunch. Deter. I never would. h,nye tbonghL-o- fhiking .for It Fran)ilu'8- print' on the gun. seemed so obvious that he couldn't have hidden It In the garden after ' he was murdered" Deter took a turn around the room, 'hands clasped bejilnd his ttSckT his brow knitted In thought. "At any raty, he began slowly,' "this gives us Another place, to start. If we find the man or woman who had the opportunity to re move Franklin's revolver from bis room, it should help. "Sounds like ('boo (.boo,' mused She had access to Ids Kilday. rooms. Or, it we can, prove there was an v thing between him and the Shipley girl, she might tiave done it. Ttiat maj tie what site's tr.lng to hide." ' , She tried toprutect Rvllo Far mody first.VTeler pointed out. "Now sluymems to tie protecting How does tiiat Wehstpr Spears coiiyrfmt up with the gun? Suppose, the detective ventured, "that she gave Uylie the gun. Ry- lie would he the one shed try to protect. Rut later. If she discovered that he had passed It on to young Spears, wouldnt that cause her to change her story? Whatever tiie reason was, she did change her story. Our best bet now Is to dls cover who procured that revolver." Kilday puffed his stogy thought fully. "I low about Nick Royce? He was Intimate with Franklin, and probably In his apartment often. He met Franklin there, before the.v went to the church. What was to prevent him frouj slipping the rc solver In Ids pocket then? Or the woman In blue?" Deter returned to the subject of the ms tcrioiis woman whose idctititj con tinned to baffle them. According to Dan Rullis, she was In love with Franklin, am) he bad been Indiscreet where she was concerned, l It Isn't unreason say tiie least. aide to assume that she had access to Ids apartment. And we know that she was In the study a short time before Ids death. ' Derbaps she Is the one who took the revolver from his rooms after learning hU determination to marry another woman." He reached for Ids hat. Imt's "Bring the gun, Sergeant. have a talk wltti Fletcher. Well never find out how that gun got In to the rectory garden, sitting here." doesnt Seven rAGE FOR BETTER GARDENS FERRYS PUREBRED VEGETABLE SE-EB- wow rc t |