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Show Ji 2' Pa 14 THR "V'V --? DEHEKET a.. NEWS V" AWfjC Batardaf, ROB 0 '. Ag0 r 7t IMS DM POLLY PIPPEN CHIEF WAHOO & - V!S r . Chapter Thirty-twRight here. Alex handed him When Alex left the room In the briefcase. Varr switched on which Sally was held captive he a bright light and witheager walked directly down the hall- fingers undid the leather strap. way and knocked at a door. He He lifted out the large envelope had been in the house several and turned it over in his hand. times before and was familiar Then he hastily unfastened the vith the layout flap and slid the contents on the Come In," a voice called, and desk in front of him. he entered a dimly lighted study He unwrapped the first one where George Varr was sitting at and feasted his eyes greedily on ' a desk. yt the El Greco. You with you?" ot them Its the right one, Isnt It?" Varr demanded. Alex asked, anxiously. o i " Here you are. You4!? find secret gallery In Ms home to everything there. Theres $1,000 which he has the only key. Its in small bills. The rest is in large filled with stuff he acquired this ones. Otherwise, it would have way. No one will ever know what been too bulky for you to car- he has until he dies. Then they wont be able to trace anything." ryBut what good are the paintYou II find a jihssport there, too, under your new name. Its ings if no one sees them? The a forgery, of course, but a good guy must be nuts." one. You shouldnt nave any trou- . He is cracked on the subject of famous art works. He gets his ble with it in South America." While Varr carefully put the satisfaction ont of knowing he masterpieces back in their orig- has them hidden away where he inal wrappings and replaced can go all by himself and gloat them in the brief case, Alex over his treasures." He sure is a screwball. counted his money. Men who have as much money Yes, this is It. Lets look at Its all there, isnt it just as the others." He removed the oil- I promised?" Varr demanded. as Mr. er as my client are skin wrappingsLand laid the othAlex laughed, as he put the never called insane, my boy. er two pictures out on the desk. wallet In his pocket Merely eccentric. You mentioned Marvelous," he gloated, rubbing Thought you might have some trouble. What happened toT his hands together. Youve done me because of the night? a good job, Alex." Alex told him of the mysteritrouble I had. But its all there, How about the money? Alex every cent. How about your ous phone call and his belief that was tense and his right hand buyer? Is he all set?" , it was a trap. was in the side pocket of his He can hardly wait to get his However, he said, it was too coat. hands on the stuff." good a tip to pass up, so I took Varr opened the center drawWont people see them and a chance. It turned out just as er of the desk and tossed a fat know that they were stolen?" the tipster said. wallet toward him. Not with this bird. He has a He told him of his trip to Magda Lonngs and how he got the By Hugh Chenoweth pictures - irom 4 rider the piano while the girls were out of the room. So Loring had them. Who is she and how did she get her hand3 on them?" 1 havent any idea, Alex confessed. There was no way for her to know anything about the deal, but apparently siie did. Will she have to be taken care of? Varr demanded. I dont see why. She got hold of something that didn't belong to her and didn't know what to do with it. It was just an accident. But wont she squawk? I doubt it. Well, to head off any chance of it Ill send her a thousand-dolla- r bill in a plain envelope. I'm getting enough out of this to aftord that much to keep her By Saunders and Woggon quiet. She wont know where it came from, and should be thankful to get that much.' What are we going to do abort short-change- d Alex asked. Sally Wade? Shes dynamite. Im pretty sure shes the one who gave me the tip on where the pictures were. The voice on the phone was disguised, but vaguely familiar. Then she certainly gave me every chance at Magdas to get to the hiding place. Kept Magda in the kitchen a good 15 minutes. Do you think shes woiking for someone trying to get the goods on both of us? Varr was alarmed. You werent followed here, were you? Im sure we weient. I got out of the restaurant very fast, and if anyone were watching, he wouldn't be expecting us to leave by the back way. Bill circled around quite a bit, too, before heading tor this house. I kept looking back, and didnt see a sign of a car. I bi ought the girl along in case it was a trap. Now that weve got her, well -have to get rid of her. You mean Alexs eyes' widened as he looked at his employer. Why not? She knows too much. I dont like her, anyway, a I dont like. Get-riof her, but do a better job than you did on Jan Trubec. Alex gulped. I dont like the idea of doing that to a girl, he protested. Do you want to land us both in the pen? The young man considered for a moment I guess youre rigfit, he said, at last. She knows youre n He told about Sally this, too. seeing Varrs name inside the hat band in the other room. Then there's no question about it. Var spoke decisively, coldYouve got three bloodedly. hours. Bill can help you. Your plane leaves for Mexico ?hreehours, and Ive Citytn got a bag packed for you here. When you er dispose of Miss Wade, youre absolutely In t h e clear. In a couple of weekg you ought to be safe in South America." (To be continued.) d-. d DOROTHY LAMOUR SAYS: fTS FLAVOR WON MV TASTE TEST f -- . Exotic Dottle Lamour campled leading colas from paper cupa and voted Royal Crown Cola beat-tastiby far. Try it yourself. . . and sen why Royal Crown Cola baa wo m 6 out of 6 certified from coast to group taste-tea- t coast. ' Royal Crown Com Besf'ly Tasti-Te- st COMPANY BEVERAGE Of UTAH 151 East 1.1 South, Salt Lako City HIM .', |