Show 9 U 91 loom 0 0 it a GOLDEN DAWN A IL B loof E B 1 SYNOPSIS A theodore theodor gatlin adopts a pe fe aslope in in an effort to solve bis his matri troubles but bis his wife has sever mover wanted her and their affairs end in the divorce court at a baseball fame came a ball strikes ten year old pe on the nose mrs lira gatlin spirits the child to europe gatlin wills pe fe delope all his money and Is to about to begin a search tor for her when a motor accident ends his life some ten years later in san francisco stephen burt rising young psychiatrist Is presented by dan Vc mcnamara Namara chief of police with 4 new patient nance belden a girl with a dual personality tor for which her saddle nose Is in part responsible mcnamara does not think she Is a I 1 criminal and obtains burt a testimony in court lanny the doctors office nurse Is also won over nance s crim inal record outweighs doctor burt a explanation of her case and she is sent to ban san quentin penitentiary nance although shot and goes to lannom apartment from one ot of the men in the boat on which the girl 0 seeped mcnamara learns that nance a real name Is penelope gatlin he also discovers that she Is heiress to fearful of mcnamara in his of facial capacity nance flees lanny finds her bar in her apartment asleep then she disappears and mcnamara learns that the she Is living in paris parts he also discovers be he Is in love with lanny CHAPTER IX continued 21 the instructions are fine but why commit forgery by signing dan s name if the original Is traced I 1 have signed it mac mae and the world ie Is filled with macs when dan has reached his office telephone him and tell him to do something that will prove in any court he was in his office when I 1 filed this cablegram lanny relented you might make a it detective at that twenty minutes later dan mcnamara Namara Uc was listening to lanny reading stephens cablegram over his private line excellent was his sole corn com ment but print it in block letters even a typewriter can betray one when steve files this telegram have him pay for it with a hundred dollar bill and have him wear vicar large black goggles and the rim of his hat pulled down all the way round the girl who receives it will think one crook Is cabling another if she s ever asked what sort of man filed 14 ac her deserio lion tion of the sender plus my own per feet alibi will put me in the clear how are we to manage after she r he has eluded the paris parts police mcnamara sighed gustily flynn will be in touch with her bank and every time she cashes a draft on her letter of credit flynn will have a line on her address tou you re no help lanny ranny snapped and hung up halt half an hour lour later from the cable company s main office stephen dispatched the cablegram with dan mcnamara definitely out of the fight stephen felt lonely and apprehensive he ile wondered why the girl had fled to paris in the face of dan mcnamara s instructions to flee to lower california to enter which no passport is required he ile asked lanny oh no mystery stevie 1 I brough home from the office intending to show it to dan an article by a celebrated plastic surgeon of paris penelope read it with great interest she went to paris parts to consult this french plastic surgeon and also to have sam pies of her new nose drawn by a corn com detent artist so that s how the pans paris police pollee in formed dan she was having her por trait done by an american artist eh ell I 1 suppose it will be her luck to be in a hospital undergoing the operation when the paris police pollee receive word to deport her 1 I im in afraid she ashes s balled everything up stephen flynn will have the num her of her passport and dan will have no time to fix a new passport photograph on to it they 11 not trust to the photo to identify her if she tries to land they 11 check up on the passport number also will vou never cease discussing this miserable business lanny stephen burst out irritably if it hadn haan t been for you we wouldn t be in this wretched predicament when the captain of detectives called in detective sergeant P flynn and related to him the tale told to him by mrs rudolph merton flynn gave no eign sign of be ng particularly interested carefully and methodically be he ar ranged in his mind the facts as stated and when he left the presence of his superior 1 all he be knew was that he was to strive to recover a lost heiress by name penelope gatlin and that she had a nose that should make her recognizable zable anywhere after nine hours of refreshing slum ber flynn proceeded to ponder the case of penelope gatlin of the saddle nose 1 I seem to be getting my fill of girls apt t alth v ith saddle noses who disappear mys i r bously he decided lazily and in lt antly something clicked in his brain and he knew be he was on the trail of nance belden again an heiress eh mcnamara had bad hinted at powerful in fluentes fluen ces back of nance belden and she certainly must have hired the expert help she had bad had in her escape from san quentin penitentiary mcnamara knows who nho she is flynn decided hes getting bis his in chunks for helping her bet it its a the same girl lie ile decided not to take Ang angellotto Angel ellott loti into his confidence for two hundred and fifty dollars Angel Angello loti tl had agreed to abandon his interest in nance belden whereas I 1 flynn had scorned to quit he would pick up the trail again alone and when he had nance belden or penelope gatlin on his hook well she bail had to pay somebody to keel out of by PETER B KYNE copyright by bell syndicate service san quentin and that somebody should be P flynn he ile went to san jose that day and interviewed the officials of the bank who when he flashed bis his shield gave him all the information they pos sensed dan mcnamara had artfully destroyed all the girls police photo graphs bit if she had secured a passport flynn argued to himself she had left two of her passport photographs with the passport office and flynn knew he could borrow one of them flynn s shield was an open sesame to the mantin man in charge of the passport office two minutes after his arrival he knew nance belden had secured a passport employing identically the same means mcnamara Mcl samara had employed hp traced penelope gatlin to paris within three days but he had now to prove that penelope gatlin and nance bel den were one and the same person so he interviewed the united states mar who secured for him one of the girls passport photographs armed with this flynn crossed the bay to san quentin Is that nance belden he be asked the matron that Is nance belden was the reply from the ferry he went at once to the home of mrs rudolph mellon mei ton he ile stuck the photograph under her nose and asked gruffly Is that penelope gatlin A tremor ran over mrs merton s face it seemed to flynn that she was frightened disturbed well ell he demanded you cant can t expect the police to find your missing daughter if you don t help Is this her picture or isn t it 1 I 1 I don t know I 1 have never heard of her before never heard of heri herl why ashes your daughter I 1 I 1 1 I haven t any daughter why you called on the captain of detect detectives lies and asked him to find your daughter what do you mean by tell ing me you ve never heard of her 1 I can cant t remember I 1 dont know oh please please don t ask me I 1 some think terrible will happen I 1 I 1 you refuse to identify this photo as that of penelope gatlin flynn was growing irritated finally she had hysterics and a maid mald came in and asked P flynn to leave the house plynn flynn was profoundly irritated he gatlin was at 27 rue C i instantly something clicked in his brain and he knew he was on the trail of nance belden again st honore paris but he did not know that nance belden was I 1 back at cen aral office he compared the passport photograph with the substitute ph photograph oto dan mcnamara had pasted on nance belden s fake police pollee record card and knew it for a fake suddenly it occurred to flynn that he had bad had an official interview with everybody connected with this mysterious case except dr stephen burt youre you re a long time getting around to see me sergeant stephen charged and indicated a large comfortable arm chair I 1 called on you once doctor but you didn t know it that was the night after nance belden escaped from san quentin me an my partner trailed you to the chiefs house ive always thought you and the excellent Angel Angello loti tl make the best of your opportunities stephen murmured still I 1 suppose you were playing with dynamite we were said flynn but no more the chiefs chief s one of the biggest hearted men in the world but a picnic egg if you rub him the wrong way so we pussy footed I 1 no fair man could deny the ex clllence cel lence of your pussy footing I 1 know all about it hew how about a wee dock an doris stephen suggested there s an idea for you doctor stephen s ned the butler and ordered the drink flynn with great deliberation produced penelopep Pen elopes pho do you know the lady he queried I 1 think I 1 do sergeant nL who Is she e Is there any reason why I 1 should express an opinion not unless you choose to be good natured I 1 suppose you know youre in dutch for aiding and abetting an escaped convict well naturally we don t r want to make lite the going hard tor for a man of your standing flynn continued my dear sergeant you would have started the fireworks long ago if yon you bad had anything tangible to proceed upon flynn sipped his highball I 1 you re being well paid for shielding this girl of course I 1 don t blame you a bit but you re too big a figure in your profession to get into trouble with the police dan mcnamara Is my friend well mac mae Is out of it he ile cant protect you because he must protect himself it might interest you to know that nance belden and a lost heiress penelope gatlin are the same per person son and I 1 have the paris police pollee watching her right now are you quite certain the girl Is still at that paris address 9 asked stephen I 1 know it I 1 know she isn t and the paris police do not know where she Is do you no but if I 1 did I 1 wouldn t tell you look here I 1 said I 1 flynn what S it worth to your young girl friend to han have e me lay off the case ill III give you twenty dollars I 1 in n con federate currency you were offered 0 real money once and refused it ito they looked at each other search angly then both laughed 1 I see there ain t much use yo you u doc doe I 1 flynn admitted well a fellow can t be ruled off for trying when were viere you to see a doctor last at the age of twenty two tao why how old are you forty two well just to prove im friendly III give you a quick physical examination it may save you a fee later from some other physician mind if I 1 give you a quick look see go to it said flynn stephen tested flynn s heart action and lungs and took his blood pressure you re up thirty six points he told him flynn was distinctly perturbed what does that mean it means that you have a fairly well developed case of hardening of the arteries if you were to be re examined reexamined physically for promotion you might be retired on pension I 1 could rit afford that cried flynn I 1 ve got a wife and five live children I 1 nevertheless I 1 would suggest yon you apply for a six months leave of ab sence and have me treat you now hows a your eyesight I 1 grand P flynn mumbled I 1 I 1 doubt it sergeant bet you a hundred dollars you cannot look into this little mirror fifteen minutes with out averting your gaze want to earn the hundred 1 I cant afford that much of a bet doc doe well then we 11 not bet but if you can III give you a hundred dollars I 1 stephen produced a hand mirror and held it two feet in front of flynn and about six inches above the level of his glance he ile took out his watch go gol 1 he said and remember im I 1 m watching you if you get through this test successfully there theres s hope for your arteriosclerosis I 1 P flynn grinned and gazed in three minutes the effort oppressed him stephen stephens s voice reached him as from a distance you are going to sleep sergeant then you cant stand it sergeant tou you re going to sleep I 1 tell you to sleep I 1 in not flynn protested drowsily just as his eyes closed and his head tell fell forward on his breast stephens soft hands stroked the detectives tec tives brow why whir did you call to see me to get you to identify the photograph flynn s voice was faint why was that necessary flynn hesitated struggled a little but lay back quietly again as stephen Stephens s facile f hands resumed their light massaging are you going to oppose me sergeant no doctor will you answer questions truth fully yes doctor the tones were dead and lifeless for flynn slept a hypnotic sleep why was it necessary that I 1 should identify the photograph I 1 ive ve got to know before I 1 act doctor the matron at san quentin says its nance belden but the photograph Is on the passport of penelope gatlin why do you want this girl ashes she s made a fool out of me and she can pay well to be let alone youre you re not interested in seeing her returned to prison not a d n bit doctor why should I 1 that name penelope gatlin la Is bad luck stephen warned never repeat it to a human soul if you do it may mean your death and your oldest child will be tortured and killed oh god no I 1 I 1 flynn cried out in agony you must forget penelope gatlin and nance belden will you I 1 yes doctor TO BB BE CONTINUE |