Show G GOLDEN 0 L ek N a DA DAWN W N SYNOPSIS theodore gatlin gatlan adopts a baby penelope in an effort to solve hla his matrimonial troubles lea but his wife has never wanted her and their affairs end in the divorce courtat a baseball same ame a ball strikes ten year old penelope on the nose mrs lira gatlin spirits the child to europe gatlin wills penelope all his money and Is about to begin L search for or her when a motor or a mot accident ends his file life some ten years later in san francisco stephen burt rising young psychiatrist Is presented by dan mcnamara chief of police with a new patient nance belden a girl with abdual a dual personality tor for which her saddle nose Is in part responsible bian mcnamara am ara lorn does not think she Is a criminal and obtains burts burls testimony in court lanny the doctors office nurse Is also won over nances bances criminal record outweighs doctor burts explanation dofher of her case and she eh Is sent to san Q ue tit n penitentiary nance escapes although shot and goes to I annys apartment from which byma by mc damares Na maras orders she Is removed to the chiefs home from one of 0 the men in the boat on which the girl escaped mcnamara learns that nances bances real name Is a pen penelope lope gatlin he also discovers that she Is heiress to fearful of mcnamara in his official capacity nance flees lanny finds her in her apartment sound asleep curled up on the guest room bed CHAPTER VII continued is did your men scout the street in front of this house before pulling up in front of it asked mcnamara sharply certainly we circled the block twice F feed eed our nance lanny mcnamara urged happily ashes a smart girl hows the shoulder dearle dearie fine be 0 K in another week so am I 1 mr mcnamara grinned horribly flynns flynne Flyn ns home eating his dinner dinder now and Angello tl must be on guard la in that alley im going to mistake Angello tl for a suspicious character lurking there in the dark and put a mark on him so I 1 cah can recognize him later lie ile just cant stand to mix it with me and get recognized of course so when he runs ill tire in the air hell know who I 1 am but hell never suspect I 1 know who lie he Is mcnamara bade nance lanny and stephen goodnight and hurried away in a taxi A block from his home he alighted and walked down the side of the street opposite his own house houm ile fie was whistling softly as he came abreast of Angel lods hiding place where he turned at right angles apparently with the intention of crossing in the middle of the street to his own house A step from the curb he halted turned bent his head in a listening attitude then stepped resolutely into the alley chos there he demanded receiving reel el ving no answer he got out a small flashlight he seemed to have some difficulty flashing it on for he cursed softly and suddenly a beam from the flashlight illuminated his own face for an instant but long enough he decided to permit the watchful Angello tl to recognize him the alley was empty but bill in a little garden strip a large syringa bush grew and instinct warned the chief that his prey was behind it it so he be walked past it his flashlight held close to the bush and as he had anticipated it was snatched from him As he turned one of his stout legs was jerked from under him by a man crouching low so before permitting himself to topple backward Mr Me Namara dropped his good right arm to the level or of ME ills knee and swung a short stabbing punch lie he felt a cheekbone and the side of a noso nose so lie punched again a little higher up tip and then fell over backward instantly his assailant rose and fled like a joe doe 1111 unit RIt im an officer ol licer mcnamara shouted and llred fired into the air hut but the running man old did not even hesitate in the ni orning tie lie sent tor for Angel angellotti loti for a report on certain case and was charmed to note a 1 faintly lenin nish spot on the italians left cheek and a very iridescence under the left eye ie the chief grinned grin neil what does the other fellow look like angle he queried innocently ile he have been moren morea a flyweight or hed have hare done more damage I 1 I 1 low how come you let some runt one two you like ille that it aas as a damp I 1 picked up for drunkenness Angello tl tied lied with the glibness of long practice Fol following loIng some borne discussion of the report mcnamara dismissed him and sat down to decide what to do with nane belden that flynn feynn and angel loll 1011 were ere keeping ills his house under sur vell veil lance he knew now dow undoubtedly they would enter his house at the earliest favorable opportunity the chief non wondered dered what tie he would do if he be stood to in the shoes of his two detectives id wait for a night when I 1 be disturbed for a couple of hours lie he decided what night would that be why thursday night when the board of police commissions ars meet and I 1 am to in attendance there stephen will make his usual early evening call and as soon as he leaves the bouse 1 those two will slip into it tho the cellar door of course ill make it easy for them ill leave the door unlocked lie he concluded that until unit then nance kance would be safe at dannys house to in the meantime however he must arrange to get her out of the city at an early date the detectives were both absolutely satisfied lanny had once given nance sanctuary for a brief period trust them therefore to keep an eye on oil dannys house ile he bad in his ottice a telephone line inc that did not connect the private exchange system in the central station so ho lie he called dinny on his phone at conor burrs office now I 1 by PETER be B KYNE copyright by bell syndicate service dan speaking lanny tomorrow morning you had better buy our pot nuisance a lot of clothes cloU ies so BO shell be all ready to pet get out of town when I 1 send tor for her I 1 think ill haie ia e to fly her out and down to tin juana lower california what will she do there 1 I dont know well think about that when slie she gets there at least my two dicks wont be there and tin juana Is one place where that saddle nose of hers wont surprise anybody and when she acts rough and tough in tin juana nobody will viii pay any attention to her they have experts down there in that line ill think that tin juana stunt over lanny decided it has possibilities bili ties Is there a good hospital there 1 I dont think so why anby you numbskull numb skull dan damaral me we have to find a quiet hospital where we can have her poor nose operated 11 on well if we can get tier her beezer restored and change that black bob of hers to a movle movie tone gold she could take flynn and Angello tl out to dinner and never suspect tier her stevie says her nose must be operated on first her present state of dissociated personality probably started in an inferiority complex and the inferiority complex probably arose out of the knowledge that her ber nose dose made her unlovely when its safe to bring tier her back to this city stevie will take her soul out and look nt at it dust it off put it back and do a little jack horner can he do vint that heavy voice was freighted with awe he can provided he can find a starting point for ills his investigation into her past life there Is always a reason for a dissociated personality the ground for the mental shock that causes it Is usually prepared long before the psychosis ls occurs rebellious thoughts unhappiness brooding nil all these eventually have a serious effect upon sensitive and highly intelligent people and particularly women of the hysterical type all women are hysterical mcnamara said with conviction youre a dear booby dan eight women out of ten can call throw a fit it of hysterics as easily as break an egg particularly if there Is a man to be impressed they never simulate hysterics to impress a woman however because they know better however there are women who have hysterics that are real tur bur it has been the experience of this office that most of these are just a trine trifle balmy neu well you get our girl a trousseau and warn her to co keep away from the window and not to answer the doorbell or do any telephoning or leave the house bouse until she has my permission I 1 dont expect shell obey so tonight ni bt when you go home have some hysterics to impress tier her dan dear I 1 could nL im hard bard as a picnic egg did you stage your little comedy after leaving us last night 1 I did and it worked out exactly good gracious well tm im busy goodby gooby good goo by 11 nance beldens beldena Bel dens personalities were a source of keen professional interest to lanny who regretted that for the present doctor burt was unable to share her observations with her she had as yet had bad no opportunity for ascertaining anything regarding the girls past history but she had a suspicion that nince nance had had advantages superior to most gills tier her hands were vere the very first thin thing with the exception of her poor wrecked nose that lanny lial noticed they were soft shapely small and well kept decidedly not the hands of a factory girl while her vocabulary was a trine trifle salty running at times to the idiom of the lie ill III bred and ignorant her olce oice was soft with vell nell bred intonations rier clothing on the occasion of tier her visit to stephen burts office had been in dannys judgment in splendid taste rich but not flashy up tip to the mode but not beyond it then too nance had a slow leisurely walk slie she knew how to enter a room she was sure of herself at all times without display assurance to lanny the girl in his abandoned moments appeared to he amateurish a bit of a showoff sho unreal thus far she had observed the girl only to in tills this showoff phase of her personality son sona lity allty she was amazed therefore on coming home from the after her conversation with mcnamara to find tier her a complete changeling As she entered the house she caught carughi the odor of cooking all and going into the kitchen she discovered nance with one of lainys kitchen aprons on her preparing dinner good evening lanny dear she saluted her bo hostess stess it occurred to me it must be a very great trial to you coming home night after night from the office tired and having to prepare dinner for yourself im sure youre too tired dred most of the time to prepare more than a very sketchy meal and that good for you she smiled so I 1 thought id have a nice dinner for you now I 1 call that real sweet swea nance sly my name nance lanny its penelope Ten penelope elope what penelope catlin silly old lanny how could you forget youve placed your finger on my dread secret penelope when im tired my memory falls fails me lanny knew that during the day a psychological door had opened anil and nance belden otherwise personality B the abnormal had bad walked through it and emerged penelope catlin or personality sona son allty lity A the normal also she knew now that penelope catlin probably had more or less amnesia for her former personality as ag nance belden lanny had heard doctor burt discuss such rare cases and she glowed with pride in the knowledge that at least lie had secured a perfect specimen 1 I decided we have broiled lamb chops lanny the girl went on brightly so ive made a ragout you mean in good old youve concocted an irish stew youre so amusing lanny A stew of course the differeD difference ce between a stew and a ragout Is entirely geographic A ragout in france an irish stew in the united states nave have you lived in france eight years lanny went to school in switzerland and learned french there are your people french 1 I think I 1 was there alone the girl appeared puzzled 1 I dont remember my mother but I 1 had a father ile he was such a dear but hes dead were you happy there no I 1 was perfectly miserable why because my father with me well wed been such pals but you must have lived with somebody there was laurette the cook and babette the mald maid did you graduate no I 1 left school when father died lie ile was killed in a motor accident en route to europe ive always had a feeling lie he was coming over to see his penelope lie he loved me very much lanny lie ile was adorable ue he used to tell me that I 1 was all that made ills life bearable somebody I 1 forgot who told me he my real father that I 1 was a foundling he adopted I 1 believe that at first but when I 1 read his will I 1 knew it was so what sort of woman was his wife or did he have one 1 I the slightest idea but I 1 remember the will stated very positively that ile he had settled with her that she had accepted the settlement in full satisfaction of her dower rights and he made my income from the trust just sufficient to support me decently until I 1 should come of age ue lie said to in his will that he did this not because of any lack of affection for me but because if he made me an excessive allowance his divorced divorce wife would hae control of it during my minority lie ile must have despised her well if she could have control of your income during your minority she must have been your adopted mother the practical lanny reasoned and you roust must have lived with her following the divorce tants why you see your father in europe you must have been there with your foster mother laurette the cook and babette the argue an esla establishment do you remember everything that has happened to you since ellice that day dan mcnamara brought you to doctor burts office perfectly ever ha have re funny thoughts about it the girl stared at tier her shrewdly how arran strange e that you shout should ask that question lanny I 1 do have hare funny thoughts sometimes im horrified at the memory and could die of shame at other times it seems perfectly all rl right bt but those are the times when ive been nervous and sleepless sometimes I 1 think theres something wrong with me because people often refer to me as nance belden anil and to things ive done and I 1 know very well I 1 lin vent done and jet it seems to me sometimes as it if I 1 had just a wraith of memory like an all old dream put but still im strong and healthy but a little given to spells of nervousness im moody bloody the girl seemed interested te in herself to an unusual degree some soine days I 1 like to do things that are perfectly intolerable to me on other days dava some days im so democratic oc batic I 1 could go out to dinner with a garbage man other times I 1 cant bear to be with anybody but nice people she st sighed bed and turned to inspect tier her savory ragout 1 I wish I 1 knew what hat I 1 wanted in life and I 1 wish I 1 knew somebody that wanted me of course I 1 can pay my way through life but its terrible to be lonely lanny she faced lanny again now when I 1 decided to cast myself on your hospitality lanny it seemed to me the most natural thing in the world to do but today im covered with confusion ive deliberately imposed myself upon your peace and privacy listen here penny my dear you arent the only lonely woman in this world believe it or not the first spring buttercup a bit more welcome in old lady lannings house than you are the lost one beamed upon her 1 I believe that lanny oh lanny when villen im happy im so happy and when im wretched im so wretched you think too much about that nose of yours my poor child the girls hand hew flew to that organ automatically lanny thought as it if she would hide it it terrible she quavered im so ugly nobody can ever love me TO BE CONTINUED |