Show GOLDEN DAWN SYNOPSIS theodore catlin adopts adopt a baby penelope in in an effort to solve his matrimonial in onial troubles trouble but his wife has never wanted her bar and their affairs end in the divorce court at ft a baseball same feame a ball strikes ton ten year old penelope on the nose ur mrs catlin spirits spirit the child to europe gatlin wills penelope all his hi money and Is about to begin a search for her when a motor accident ends enda his hi life some ten years year later in san francisco stephen hurt burt rising young psychiatrist la 19 presented by dan mcnamara chief of police with a now new patient nance belden a girl with a dual personality tor for w which ach her aa addle nose I 1 to in part responsible mcnamara does not think she Is a criminal and dobrins burts testimony in court lanny the doctors office nurse Is al also s 0 won over nan bances nances c es criminal r record ecord outweighs boet doctor or burts explanation of her case and she la Is sent to san quentin penitentiary nance escapes although shot and goes to dannys apartment from which bylle by mc damaras Na maras orders she Is removed to the chiefs home 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 of mcnamara in his official capacity nance flees lanny finds her in her a apartment part ment 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 ot of it asked mcnamara sharply certainly we circled the block twice feed our nance lanny mcnamara Me Namara urged happily ashes a smart girl hows the shoulder dearle dearie 74 fine ine be 0 1 K in another week so am L I 1 sir mr mcnamara Namara SIc grinned horribly flynne flynns Flyn ns home borne eating his dinner now and Angello tl must be on guard in that alley im going to mistake Angello tl tor for a suspicious character lurking there in the dark and put a mark on an him so I 1 can recognize him later he just cant stand to mix it with me and get recognized of course so BO when he runs ill fire in the air hell know who I 1 am but hell never suspect I 1 know who he Is mcnamara bade nance lanny and stephen goodnight and hurried away in a taxi A block from his home he slighted alighted and walked down the side of the street opposite his own house ue he was whistling softly as he came abreast of Angelot ls 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 bead in a listening attitude then stepped resolutely into the alley chos there he demanded re ke belving no answer he got out a small flashlight he seemed to have some difficulty flashing it on for he be cursed softly and suddenly a bean beam from the flashlight illuminated his own face for fin an instant but long enough he decided to permit the watchful Angello tl to recognize him the alley was empty but in a little garden strip a large syringe syringa bush grew and instinct warned the chief that thal his big prey was behind tl it so he walked past it his flashlight held cl close use to the bush and as he had anticipated it was snatched from him As he turned one of ills his stout less legs was jerked from under him by a man crouching low so before permitting himself to topple backward MeNti Mr Namara martl dropped his good right arm to the level of ills his knee and swung a short stabbing punch ile he felt a cheekbone and the side of a nose so he punched again a little higher up and then fell over backward instantly his assailant rose and lied led like a doe haiti im an officer mcnamara s shouted hooted and fired into the air hut but the r running man did not even hesitate in the morning he sent for Angello tl for a report on certain case and was charmed to note a faintly spot on the italians left cheek and a very noticeable iridescence under tinder the loft left eye the chier chief grinned what does the other uglier fellow look like angle lie he queried innocently ile he have hare been moren a flyweight or hed have done more damage how flow come coine you let some runt one two you like that it was a dame I 1 picked up itil for drunkenness angelloz Angel lol loll lied with the glibness of long practice following some discussion of the report mcnamara dismissed him and sat down to decide what to do with nance helden en that flynn and angel loll 1011 were keeping bis big house under surveillance veil vel lance liance lie knew now undoubtedly they would enter his house at the earliest favorable opportunity the chief wondered what he would do it if he fie stood in the shoes of ills his two detectives id wait for a night when I 1 be disturbed for a couple of hours he decided what night would that be why thursday night when the board of police commissioners meet and I 1 am in attendance there stephen will make ills his usual early evening call and as soon as he leaves the bouse those two will slip into it the cellar door of course ill make it easy for them ill leave the door unlocked he concluded that until then nance would be safe at lannye house bouse 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 them therefore to keep an eye on lainys house houm ile he tin had in ills a telephone line that did not connect with the private axt in the central station so BO he culled called lanny on his phone at costor do nr hurts office now by PETER B KYNE copyright by bell syndicate service dan speaking lanny tomorrow morning you had better buy our pet nuisance a lot of clothes ies so shell be all ready to get out of 0 town when I 1 send for her I 1 think ill have to fly her out and down to ala juana lower california what will she do there 1 I dont know well think about that when she gets there at least my two dicks wont be there and tia juana Is one place where that saddle nose of hers wont surprise anybody and when she acts rough and tough in tie juana nobody will pay any attention to her they have experts down there in that hoe ill think that tia juana stunt over lanny decided it ling lias possibilities bili ties Is there a good hospital there 1 I dont think so why you numbskull numb skull dan mcnamara maral we have to find a quiet hospital where we can have her poor nose operated 11 on well it if we can get 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 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 nose made her unlovely when its safe to bring her back to this city stevie will take her soul out and look at it dust it off put it back and do a little jack borner can he do that heavy voice was freighted with awe ile he can provided he can find a starting point for 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 occurs rebellious thoughts unhappiness brooding 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 el right ailt women out of ten can throw a lit fit of hysterics as easily as break an egg particularly if there Is a man to he impressed they never simulate hysterics to impress a woman however because they know better however ve there are women who have bys hy cries that are real but it has beav uie the experience of this office that most of these are just a trifle balmy neu well you get our girl a trousseau and warn her to keep away from the window and not to answer the doorbell or do any telephoning or leave the house until she has my permission I 1 dont expect shell obey so tonight when you go home have some hysterics to impress her dan dear I 1 im hard as a picnic egg did you stage your little comedy after leaving us its last night 1 I did and it worked out exactly good gracious well im busy goodby good by nance beldens beldena Bel dens personalities personal HIes 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 no opportunity for ascertaining anything regarding the rhe girls past history but site she had a suspicion that nance had had advantages superior to most girls her hands were the very first chirl filing with the exception of her poor wrecked nose that lanny had no alce 1 they were soft shapely small slid and well kept decidedly not the hands of a factory girl while her vocabulary was a trifle salty running at times to the idiom of the III bred and ignorant lier her itce was sort soft with well bred intonations her clothing on the occasion of her visit to stephen bercs olace had bad been in dannys judgment in splendid taste rich but not flashy up 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 to in his abandoned moments appeared to be amateurish a bit of a showoff sho unreal thus for far she had observed the girl only in tills this showoff phase of her personality sona lity she was amazed therefore on coming home from the office after her conversation with mcnamara Namara SIc to find her a complete changeling As she entered the house she caught the odor of cooking and going into the kitchen she discovered nance with one of lannye kitchen aprons on her preparing dinner good evening lanny dear the she saluted her hostess it occurred to we me it must be a very great trial to you coming home borne night after night from the file office tired and having to prepare dinner for yourself im sure youre too tired 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 oleo nice dinner for you now I 1 call that real sweet nance my name nance lanny its ita penelope penelope what penelope catlin silly old lanny how could you forgot forget youve placed your finger on my dread secret penelope when rm im tired my memory falls me lanny knew that during the day a psychological leal door had opened anil and nance alden beijen otherwise personality B D the abnormal had walked through it and emerged penelope gatlin or personality sona lity A the normal also she knew now that penelope gatlin probably had more or less amnesia for her I 1 former personality as nance belden lanny had heard doctor burt burl discuss discus such rare cases and she glowed with pride in the knowledge that at least he had secured a perfect specimen 1 I decided we have broiled lamb chops lanny the girl went on brightly so ive made a ragout rn outa you mean in good old Amerl canese youve youre concocted an irish stew youre so arousing amusing lanny A stew of course the difference between a stew and a ragout Is entirely geographic A ragout in france an irish stew in the united states 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 wed been such pals but you must have lived with somebody there was laurette Lai irette the cook ant and babette the maid did you graduate no I 1 left school when father died ile he was killed in a motor accident en route to europe ive always had a feeling he was coming over to see his big penelope ile he loved me very much jnnny ile he was adorable ile he used to tell roe me that I 1 was all that made his big life bearable somebody I 1 forgot who told cold me die he my real father that I 1 was a foundling ile he adopted I 1 believe that at first but when I 1 read his bis will I 1 knew it was so what sort of woman was his wife or did lie he have one 1 I the all slightest litesy sr idea but I 1 remember the will stated very positively that lie 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 clent to support me decently until I 1 should come of age ile he said in ills his will that ile he did this not because of any lack of affection for me but because if he made me an erces give allowance his divorced wire wife would have control of it during my minority he must have despised her well if she could have control of your income during darlng your minority she must have been your adopted mother the practical lanny reasoned and you must have lived with her following the he divorce why you see your father in europe you must have been there with your foster mother laurette Lai irette the file cook and babette the maid argue an establishment do you remember everything that tha t has ha s happened ha D to you since that day D dan an mcnamara brought you to doctor burts burls office perfectly ever have funny thoughts about it the girl stared at her shrewdly how strange that you should ask that question lanny I 1 do have funny thoughts sometimes im horrified at the memory and could dle die of nt shame at other times it seems perfectly all right but those are the times when ive been nervous and sleepless some gome vales rimes I 1 think theres something wrong with me because people often refer to me as nance belden and to things ive done and which I 1 know very well I 1 done and yet it seems to we me sometimes as if I 1 had just a wraith of memory like an old dream but still im strong and healthy but a little given to spells of nervousness im moody the girl seemed interested te le in herself to an all unusual degree some days I 1 like to do things that are perfectly intolerable to in me e on other days some days im so democratic I 1 could go out to dinner with will a garbage man other vales times I 1 fant cant bear to be with anybody but nice people she sighed and turned to inspect her savory ragout N 1 I wish I 1 knew what I 1 wanted in life fire and 1 I 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 site faced lanny again now alien A lien I 1 dec decided ld e d to c cast a st myself on your hospitality talty 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 pence peace and privacy astel here bere penny my dwir 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 bouse than you are the lost one beamed upon her 1 I believe that lanny oh lanny when im happy im so happy and when rin pm wretched im so wretched you think too much about that nose of yours my poor child the girls hand new lew to that organ automatically lanny thought as ai it if she would bide ft t it terrible she che quavered im so ugly nobody can ever love me TO HE BE CONTINUED |