Show J JGolden JI I Golden Dawn By Peter B. B Kyne by br Ba Service q I SYNOPSIS Theodora O adopt adopts a baby TeB Te Pe B Delop lop In an effort to solve bli hl matrimonial matrimonial matri- matri trouble troubles Out Dub bl hi bl wife wit ha huDe hu ha n De never y r wanted her bar and their affair end la I. the tbs divorce court At a ba baseball ball came aim a ball strikes year ten Pe Penelope Ie I Mope Delope on the no Doe noie Mr Mra Catlin spirit ti the Ule child to Europe Gatlin will Penelope Pe Ie alope all hi hl bl mane money and I I. I about to t o bight begin a search earch tit for her when a motor accident end endi hie hi life lit Some ten years rear eara later fats In San Ban Stephen Hurt Durt young I I 1 by Dan McNamara chief of polI police pollee witha with a new nw patient patient Nine Delden nelden a girl with a dual personality for which her ber saddle addle no note nose I I. I In part re responsible McNamara doe don not think be b h la 1 a criminal and obtain hurts Hurt testimony in court Lanny the lb doctors doctor once office nurse nune I Is I also aleo won 0 over Nance crim inal record outweigh Doctor Hurt lIura explanation of her cue case and eh she ehe le I sent to San Ban Quentin penitentiary Nance Nanee escape cape cap and got goes to Lanny Lann apartment apart apart- ment From on one on of or the tb men In 10 the tb boat on which the girl escaped aped McNamara McNamara Mc- Mc Namara learna learns that her real name la is Penelope Gattia He lie also alao dl discover oYer that b ahe he I I 1 heiress to Fearful of McNamara In hi hl hi official oa capacity PU It Nancil Nance flee net Lanny Lann find andu her In her apartment asleep Then Theo she ab h and McNamara learn learns that thaI she h I I 11 living UT liv- In ing Ina In Pan Parl II lie Ile alto also discover he ha I t. t In 10 lore by with Lann Lanny Stephen warns warn P. P Penelope by cable to leave leve Parla Pari a as her bar are ar known CHAPTER IX Continued IX-Continued Continued u 22 Make up your our mind now no that yon yen U will never mention those thos two names name again as long ns as you live Ue You Yoo prom prom- promise lie ise her r rYes Yes Yea Doctor Now what Is II s the name of ot t the girl whose photograph you showed me mer merA A curious slight alight spasm m of distaste flashed across Flynns Flynn's face He lie shad shad- dered I dont don't know be he replied What Whar Is II the name of ot the girl who escaped from San I 1 I dont don't know Stephen struck Flynn a I smart slap on the top of the head bead Wake op aPt he commanded Flynn came awake Instantly pd looked extremely foolish Well you didn't Stand the text test Stephen assured him You were falling asleep so 10 1 J wakened awakened you Am I pretty bad Doer Youre this bad that If I you Ion do not take treatment you yon will be In a bad badway way wal Ill I'll give you IOU a prescription Come Conte and Ind see me again agate Thank you IOU Doc Youre You're mighty might I kind Good Lord Doc floe am I going eru I 1 dont don't remember why I 1 called n on you you You asked me mt to Identify this passport passport pass pus port photograph and Stephen held out the little photo to 1 Flynn lynD who thrust It away awal That bad luck Doc Doe Never mind Its It's a mutter matter of ot no Importance lie He picked up his hat bade Stephen good night and left letL CHAPTER X When the cablegram sent to Pene Iene lope Catlin had been delivered d for tor at least three days daYI Dan telephoned trie- trie phoned tanny Inny to ask uk If It the girl had answered Upon being told she hadnot had hud hudnot hadnot not he was so liB cast casl down that Ihal I Jinny felt sorry lOrry for tor him So like all women who feel sorry for tor a man she Ihl dt decide to feed him and Invited him for tor dinDer dinner din din- dinner ner Der tsat night She said laid Stephen be he there oat no Inducement McNamara rumbled but Ill I'll come anyhow Thanks McNamara's thoughts kept shuttling back to Penelope Gatlin all that busy day Finally he telephoned Flynn FlInn tl to report port to 10 mm him How lIow about that Morton Merton case rase I sent up to the chief of detectives recently he asked when Flynn appeared McNamara Me Me- Namara hadn't sent the case cue up at all alt but he be knew 1 Flynn did not know this Oh ob yes said laid Flynn FlInn 1 did some som work on that but didn't get anywhere I J called on the Merton woman and tried tiled to pt get her ber to 10 Identify the Ibe girl girls photograph but she wouldn't or Did Ild Ica J get t a line lIoe on the girl Sure Suree Traced her to an address 8 la 14 Paris Under what name Is II s she the registered with the Ibe Pane police Chief I cant can't Just recall it It IL It was 1181 wasn't it 1 Flynn flinched s I II little t III I 1 dont don't I know Youre as 81 bad as aa Mr Mrs 11 Merton What's the matter with you you I 1 dont don't know Chief I think we might as 81 well drop the rasp case case Very well then them forget torget It it Ill I Iwas Iwas was wal mildly curious that's that all aIL lie ill dismissed dis dt missed Flynn By Uy Jupiter that tel fel lows low's getting too Jeep tP for tor me mil I b he be soliloquized Ana And he telephoned the captain of ot dett detectives tl PL What hat about that case of or the lost Merton heiress be he demanded 11 ete eve dropped It t on nn's advice McNamara grunted and hung up Launy Hearing wearing a kitchen apron ceased cooking dinner long munch enough I I. In lit him IB to that night Stephen had not I yet arrived so 80 McNamara went oat out Into the kitchen with Lanny IAnnI while he related the news new regarding the common nuisance Lann Lanny gazed upon apon him very be he- Youre a good rood man man Dan Mo- Mo fe- fe Namara Slow How come youre you're never married mar mar- reed ried If I had my mother woo would Ie have bave lived with us he declared Mow come youve you've never been Carried T Lanny sighed Nobody ever asked me McNamara sighed gustily My 31 poor mothers mother's very ery old and In bad health he saidA saidA said A man like you should hould have bue sons sons- fine big strapping manly sons How flow old are you yon Lanny Forty Im nix forty I myself He Ire sighed again Youre a fine ne woman Lanny Lenny devil a finer ner We ml might ht manage It It Manage what To To put up with mother for the little time Ume she ehe has hili to live God bless her I never nevor could stand tand a left handed proposal Dan Lanny LannI shook her head bead and gazed at him hlaD solemnly Then heres here's my ml right hand on It Lanny and he lie laid his hie great right paw In to hers bers If It Its It's sons you'd have you OU old U little time we have bue bueto to waste A faint flush h came to 10 Lanny's Lennys slightly slight slight- ly Iy faded cheeks What would Stevie do do Its It been blen my ml observation Lanny that a s woman without something to occupy her mind Is In a poor way Yon You could continue to look after atter the doctors doctor's office omee Youve a good theory Dan Ian but It ft lacks lackl one Ingredient Name the lack and Ill I'll get lt It IL Youre not In love with me TIle The h h 1 1 Im I'm not noli I 1 Youre You're like allIbe all the Ibe women women forever forever putting dogs In windows Im I'm not used to 10 passing words lightly on such a subject Give Ole Oleme me a yes or no answer You grel great t. t lovable Idiot I Lanny yelled Advancing swiftly upon the chief she kissed hi his bis pompadour Ill risk your mother mothr Dan she libe said eald soft sott- 1 ly All Alt my my life Ive I've been looking for fora forman a man with a heart In his hla chest chest and find the day you first fint came caDle Into the with your big swaggering wa way and your blarney and your air of owning the world I I-I I I wondered It If you rou were married Im I'm no longer young Dan I Ibave have bave peculiar ways way and Im I'm bossy too too too- McNamara drew her face down and kissed It IL What a blessing Im I'm used to that Lanny and have learned to be bekind bekind kind to the aged Here quit pulling my hair woman The door bell began ringing What wrong with you Lann Lanny Stephen demanded when Lanny Lenny admitted admitted admitted ad ad- him I rang half a dozen times Do you good to watt walt once In a awhile awhile awhile while she snapped back bark at him Mac be he declared you rou have hove a s proprietary air about you you And well I may McNamara replied pertly Ive Jve Just popped the question to Lanny LannI and weve we've agreed to Jump over the broomstick together Ive been expecting this Dan Dnn She hasn't been worth a canceled postage stamp tamp to me since she met you you Hut But Im I'm not going to leave you Stevie darling Ob Oh Ob I couldn't leave my ml boy bol I l Stephen held out his arms and Lanny ran Into them And then Stephen warned Dan that If lf be wasn't good to Lanny LannI be he would hypnotize him as ae be he had bad hypnotized I I P. P 1 Flynn lynn and sell him the Idea be he was a pet pel poodle so 10 Lanny could kick him around at wilt wilL You what McNamara yelled You put the on Flynn Certainly And Stephen told hint him the story Three hundred years ago In Salem Massachusetts said Dan McNamara you IOU would have been burned for tor t Ii witch The door bell bill rang Insistently Now who can that thai be be Lanny exploded Dan Don rolled out of or the kitchen and down the hall Then Stephen and andI I Lanny Jinny heard the door dour slammed violently violent ly Iy there re was a scuffle and something crushed crashed to 10 the floor boor lie Ill came ome Into the kitchen a moment later leading by hy her hand handcuffed wrist none other r than thon She wouldn't kiss me ole first he announced d so I put the cuffs cults on her the her tho little Ix vixen en Oh Ob Lanny you darling I And Stevie you sweetheart I Penelope cried and extended her manacled arms armIL I I lanny jinny dodged In under them and folded told fold ed etc I the girl to her heart You Yon next nen Stevie Penelope ordered red and obediently obediently obedi obedi- Stephen lowered his hll head and the looped arms arm came esme around his neck and drew his hIe face fare down And now Dan the girl cooed and turned her ber face tare upward McNamara laughingly her Why didn't you cable rable us UI Stephen demanded a 11 trifle trine severely I adore surprises that's thata why Why did you JOU come rome back McNamara mara mare demanded The proper place to hide oneself Is In the spot one Is supposed to have bave fled lIel from I laon Lanny Jinny dont don't let them stand around staring at me and asking me question moaned Penelope Im IDi i bun hungry rl and to Fe tired Can I have hue my same little bed bd tonight You can ran have bate anything and everything every every- thing you IOU want my dear I 1 want Stephen came carne the answer faintly tired lint and the girl went to him and leaned her sleek black head against his breast Ive 1 missed you IOU so 10 Stephen Stephen held beld her close dose with his bis left arm and hit his right hand came ramI up and onci cautiously fingered her poor nose DOSe Gods on our side Lanny he be told his hI nurse Tomorrow I want you yon to arrange ar range ranee for a room In St SI boa hos pital Well We'll get lloyd lioyd to opera operate Ie Ilease Stephen do I 1 have bave to 10 go away a any more more asked Ni Nance ceNo ce No not any allY more ou my dear deal And Ane you'll fix m my nose I wanted to hue have It done In Parts Paris but when you yes sent lent me that cablegram I couldn't of ot course coune Can CaD I have hare Just the nose DOH I X want Stephen r rYes Yes Yee little wanderer And Ant when that's done you yon shall ahall have the kind klod of home bome you yon want rou Youve You've been n lost Inthe Inthe In Inthe the woods poor babe but bur Ill m lead yon out Into the loveliest sunshiny meadow Imaginable McNamara had throughout this scene ceno felt a lump In is his hie throat He De glanced at Lanny Lenny and Ind saw II the tears tean of ot sympathy In her brave kindly eyes soto so 80 soto to avert a scene he growled huskily When do we eat ear e e e e e For the first lint time since Penelope Gatlin alias Nance Delden Belden had ball come under his notice Stephen Stephe Burt Durt had bad a s reasonable opportunity to s examine amine the girl girt when following dinner at st Lanny's Lanny I bouse house Penelope Lanny Lenny Dan McNamara mara mars and Stephen retired to the tho drawIng draw- draw drawIng I Ing room Despite the strain of her record record breaking breaking Journey journe from Europe i Penelope was not so 10 tired that she he wished to retire early carll She Joined la to the general conversation and Stephen noticed that she seemed Inclined to be argumentative but her arguments Indicated Indicated In In- no cogent thought frequently she employed the patois of ot the underworld underworld under under- world her language wa was racy raCI and Idiomatic lie He noticed that her laugh was sudden loud the loud the laugh of ot a am viii garian gorlan She W was I nervous her hands twined and Intertwined continuously she moved about the room I a great deal and finally came to rest on Stephens Stephen's knees She looked Into hi his eyes searchIngly search search- for a long time and then said accusingly You dont don't care for me yon think that Penelope Because nobody could love loe a girl with a nose like mine Did you bring back the sketches ketche that Parisian arll artist t made of or you your our She bounced of off hi his hia lap and Ind hurried upstairs to return presently with a portfolio filled Oiled with sketches There Therewa wa was one crayon drawing of ot her ber ai as she was A halt half dozen additional sketches were copies of the first with the ex ex- of ot lh the nose nORA The artist hud had fitted Into her features a nose of ot his bl own design and viewed In profile pronte some ome of his creations lent to the girls girl's face an aspect of singular beauty and sweet sweet- nessI nessI ness fleas I like this one best Stephen decided ed The patrician nose does doe you ou Jus ju tics tice Going to come over tomorrow and give gle you yon the most searching physical cal examination youve you've ever eYer had bad he be decided He De drew her over to him Ine and kissed her ber on the cheek paternally Youre a nice sweet lovable loable girl girt Penelope be he assured her ber as if It she abe were a s little girl girt and the shape of your lour nose DOse Isn't taken Into consideration b bj by the sort ort of people whose love loe and Ind approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap you yon desire desiree And you yon can get ret along very verI well without the love and IDd approval of any other sort Dan and Lann Lanny and I all love you yon and we want you yon to love us Were We're your only real friends friend and you wouldn't do anything to hurt us would your Fd Pd rather die Stephen Stephen- Fine Youre You're tired now so 80 suppose you yon run upstairs to bed and tomorrow when you yon wake up you'll be refreshed r f p i I i Lanny Sighed Nobody Ever Asked frI Me c. c and happy and well we'll be able to discuss the making g over of this poor nose Kiss us all good night Penelope dutifully obeyed and as u ushe she was starting up the stairs Stephen said And dont don't forget to say your prayers I She grimaced disdainfully You Yon j must think Im I'm a nut nut saying saying my m prayers Ive I've been prayed to death death- Ily Uy whom homr I dont don't know but by bl somebody It makes me ilL That was the subconscious revulsion to her adopted mother coming out out Stephen told McNamara Mrs Merton has bas s I strong religious mania That girls girl's mighty healthy s specimen he be continued I noticed when ben I was dressing the wound In her ber shoulder that her skin Is soft end silky not rou rough and dry as In the case cose of ot PS psychopathic pay personalities Everything about tier her seems to Indicate sound ancestry an- an estr and Im I'm more than Ulan ever con- con d d |