Show ww if a SCHOOL BOARD the board ot of educato aai awi regular meeting tuesday all members were pret bishop george georee who Is ill III li 11 TD city c y the board passed upon it 1 I 1 of teachers tor for the ing year a and nd contracts are norvl noting ell sent out put f MO vat at the allt S Y lared declared Jec v it 1 was 9 ins na theodore gatlin ad adon penelope in an effort t to for tri moncal troubles but e ha has never wanted her and thi th irs ira end in the divorce court gram game came a bull ball strikes ten aola old penelope penolope e on the nose mrs G gt k spirits spirit the child to ru europe ope gatlan gaall 0 ani nils P po delope all his money and iss about to begin ft search tor for her when a motor accident ends hla his life some ten yo years ars later in san francisco stephen burt rising young psychiatrist la Is presented by dan mcnamara chief ot of police with a new Ia patient tient nance belden a girl w with th a dual personality tor for her saddle nose Is in part responsible mcnamara lIc Namara does not think she Is a criminal and obtains burts burls testimony in court lanny the doctors offee nurse Is also won over nances bances criminal record outweighs doctor burts explanation of her case and she Is sent to san quentin penitentiary nance escapes although shot and goes to dannys apartment prom from one of the men in the boat on which the girl escaped mcnamara learns that nances bances real name Is penelope gatlin ile he also discovers that she Is heiress to fearful ot of mcnamara in his official capacity narce flees lanny finds her in her apartment asleep then she disappears and mcnamara learns that she Is living in paris CHAPTER VIII continued 20 this was too much lanny put her arms around him and kissed him on each check and a seal get by too dan was embarrassed lanny was too so she took a hasty departure the two men stared after her admiration in mi ration fration in their eyes A d d fine woman that none finer said mara why dont you marry her the suggestion popped out ot of doctor burt as suddenly as it had occurred to him now theres an idea Me manamara Namara mumbled dazedly how long have you been mulling it over subconsciously since you entered the office I 1 caught a gleam in dannys eyes and when she kissed you the subconscious crystallized crystall zed into the conscious ill think it over not think it over mac make up your mind now cow and I 1 can nt get along without her although the go ing hilll ill be pretty skiddy but ot of course shell marry joil you it if you ask her lanny never proffers her friendships or her loves on the halt half shell hell and theres still time my boy still time not it she goes to paris ive heard beard onolice op olice chiefs securing a leave of absence for six months III 1 I take adix months honeymoon io to paris lad iad ive saved eight thousand dollars what you a chief of pollee police and only worth eight thousand dollars help me boy im honest stephen roared his merriment Berri ment why you great jackass I 1 know that I 1 let every nan man have lanny but aut dont you worry about money lanny Is a business woman ashes managed mo me since I 1 was waa a boy and that includes my finances im loaded up with good dividend paying stocks you know I 1 could be a mighty good friend to the man who would be good to lanny ill consider the proposition the cautious celt replied although rd id be a bachelor than a ni td lover all I 1 you what to do mac stphen stephen sod bed send her a nice photograph yourself if sho she puts it in a silver me ine you may proceed with conal bace ice allow allow will I 1 linow know roy my boy it its in a silver frame on the table in her Vel be droom room be I 1 cinch I IIo lowll wll I 1 get into her bedroom you F bloc blockhead knead 7 ril ill steal her latchi latchkey ey and have a duplicate made then you can investigate mcnamara rose and held out tits his hand a pity stephen my boy you arent in my detective bureau good nig night lit the annual parade dof I 1 of the police force was but a week dl distant stant and during that week dan lived ep entirely on oran orange e juice and spent his bs alg nights tits in a turkish i bath As a result he dropped eight pounds oft off tits his northern elevation very erect and martial he sat on a milk white whit e cli charger arger while a photographer took several exposures of him film and his command when the prints were delivered to him he sent them all to lanny with a note saying now kow that we are both in the same crooked conspiracy I 1 thought you might be interested ip haaf having the latest photograph of the biggest crook of them all the following day stephen curt burt sent him a key and the following afternoon mcnamara let himself into lan nys house and discovered one of tho the pho photos tos on her dressing table andin a gold framel frame 1 another print jn ln a silver frame appeared in her drawing room holy hoses he soliloquized im in for it now god help me theres no escape I 1 CHAPTER IX upon his bis return to his office sic ile namara found in ills his mail a photograph of lanny indorsed endorsed Indor sed to dear old dan from tits his partner in crime lanny while he be was gazing upon it and telling himself how little justice the portrait did the beloved subject stephen Step lien telephoned demanding that he come to the office lanny was in tears ive josf just had another visit from mrs merton dan stephen began it seems that after two years of inactivity during which time she had elected tp belleve believe renei penelope gatlin dead she has developed dev elope I 1 a crazy notion nobou to airov prove eli if she ahe wants marits t to get penelopep Pen elopes fortune you questioned her about her daughter j yes res but she know it said stephen 1 I hypnotized her first and spent an hour questioning her and it appears that this morning she visited your captain of detectives and asked him to throw out a dragnet to lochie locate penelope gatlin gallic she brought him some snapshots of the girl told him her real name all about her money 1 the girls habits and peculiarities everything ever thing when id discovered that penelope Is nn an escaped convict they will immediately deport her and flynn will in meet inet et her at Ilo boken 1 put but cant you do anything about it dan lanny pleaded nothing Not hingl I 1 flynn and Angello tl are on the trail officially now BOW lie ile stared at lanny tragically im out ot of the picture now and can do nothing but advise you send two cables one to nince nance melden in paris and the other to penelope gatlin at the flie same address say come at once lanny dying cable name came vessel on which leaving and sign it steve ill meet beet her hr at tb the e dock stephen decided im due in new york next week do nothing of the sort said dan ill send that convict in my house He Ile shuddered and grimaced in his distress 1 I could handle the with money but flynn has sworn an oath I 1 and because ive made a monkey out of him hell keep it hed ile d rather make a monkey out ot of me now than acquire great riches and it im broke most likely the capt captain aln ot of detectives tec tives will step into my shoes and flynn will stand st and a good chance 0 of becoming colln captain ot of detectives oli oh mur derat de ration ln lanny darling have you a little whisky ln in the hou house 1 im faint far so I 1 am youre suffering from heart trouble you egg lanny cried savagely yes I 1 A weak heart a soft heart a human heart send that cable he roared yes get busy lanny stephen urged the bird of time has but a little way to ro flutter and the wretched fowl Is on the way after dan mcnamara had left his office doctor stephen curt burt gazed with mild disapproval upon lanny unlike you aad dan mcnamara he said 1 I dislike having the peaceful tenor of my I 1 life ife disturbed I 1 this intrigue Is myrrh and incense to me stevie 1 I know it you and dan love a fight for its own sweet sake but I 1 do not I 1 have a particular aversion to grand jury indictments and it Is a possibility lity yon son and your boy friend have let me in for fiddlesticks I 1 lanny ill be angry with you in a minute now listen to me and whatever t you do do not talk back dan mcnamara habrun hag run out on us I 1 mean you lies hes through dans rattled it ho be been hed never have ordered the sending of such a tool fool cablegram da mcnamara knows kanom his way about lanny defended lies more than nine years old so do 1 I lanny it will be highly dangerous to send that cablegram ilow how ische to know it a message to decoy her back to the if she receives it while ashes penelope gatlin she Is extremely liable to cable for confirmation before acting on it that would mean a delay of not less than twenty four hours houra on the other hand band it if she Is nance belden when she receives it slie she will leave paris openly and walk right into the hands bands of the new york police im not much ot of a 71 V EP NI A r L M A 7 A R lua 21 1 1 i this was too much lanny put her arms around him and kissed him on each cheek check enough to put lanny in tears I 1 awakened mrs merton and sent gent her away happy but with this command firmly planted in her subconscious mind she must not think of the name penelope gatlin when I 1 awakened her I 1 asked her it she had an adopted daughter she replied surprised that she had I 1 then asked her the name of this adopted daughter and anda a look of terror came over her face fr for the ilfe of her she think of the nanie name and begged me not to mention it if I 1 knew it its a pity you think of doing that before the she went to the detective bureau with her information mcnamara cried and called up the security trust company the captain of detectives has pt pit p it t flynn and Angello tl on the case he be announced drearily when lie he had hung up and flynn has already been to the bank making inquiries when lie he presented his credentials the cashier showed him everything identify that girl as nance belden trace her to paris as readily as I 1 did and the french government will be notified detective but tonight im a better one than that mcnamara idiot lies hes not an idiot lies iles one of the finest men I 1 ever knew keep quiet lie ordered severely you too ditch my train of thought lie he drew a sheet of paper toward him and commenced writing while lanny glowered at him presently he sat up and read grave danger stop beat it some gome other country traveling by motor stop upon arrival cable address stop it if need tunas funds will cable them stop slop leave paris establishment going concern stop go out for walk and disappear stop unless these instructions followed you leave trail for persecutors to follow mac ue ile looked up ho hoy do those instructions strike you TO BIB BE CONTINUED |