Show TY r gaiden OLD E N DAW N SYNOPSIS theodore clation adopts a atly po pa lik elope in an effort to solve his matrimonial troubles but his hl wits wife has h never wanted tier her and their affairs affair end and in the divorce court at a baseball ammis arania jr ania a ball strikes ten year old pe pe belone on the nose mrs gatlin spirl a the th child to ito europe gatlin wills pe delope all his money and to Is about to begin a search bearch for or her when a amator motor ends ands ills hl life some ion ten years later in san francisco stephen burt rising young psychiatrist Is presented by chief of PORCO police wl with tb a new patient nance belden a karl with ith a dual personality for which her saddle nose Is in part responsible mcnamara mars does not think she Is a criminal and obtains burls testimony in court court lanny the doctor office nurse Is in also alio won over nance erl criminal burt record outweighs doctor burt of her case and she ahe Is sent ito to sn san quentin penitentiary nance 05 capell although shot and groe goes to dannys apartment from one of the men in the boat on which the girl escaped mcnamara Uc Namara learns learn that nances bances real name is I 1 penelope gatlin he also discovers discover that she iho Is I 1 heiress to coo fearful of mcnamara Namara Uc in his official capacity nance nees lct lanny finds her in her apartment asleep then she disappears disappear and mcnamara learns that she be is I 1 living in paris he also discovers he is I 1 in love with lanny CHAPTER IX continued 21 the instructions are fine but why commit forgery by signing dans name it if the original Is traced s 41 1 I have signed it mae mac and the world la Is filled with maes macs when dan has reached his office telephone him and tell him to do something that will prove in any court he be wits was in his office when I 1 filed this cablegram lanny relented you might make a detective at that I 1 twenty twenty minutes later dan mcnamara was listening to lanny beadli reading stephens cablegram over his private line excellent was his sole comment but print it in block letters even it a typewriter can betray one when steve files this telegram have him pay for it with a hundred dollar bill and have him wear large black goggles and the rim of 0 ills his hat pulled down all the way round the girl who wha receives it will think one crook Is cabling another if ashes ever asked what sort of man filed lr it her description of the sender plus pius my own perfect alibi will put me in the clear biow ij are we to manage after she has eluded the paris police 1 mcnamara sighed gustily gus 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 youre no help lanny I anny snapped and hung up half an tour lour later from the cable companas comp anys main office stephen dispatched the cablegram with dan mcnamara definitely out of the fight stephen felt lonely and apprehensive ue ile wondered why the girl had fled to parts paris in the face of pan dan maras instructions to flee to lower california to enter which no passport Is required ne lie asked lanny oh no mystery stevie I 1 brought 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 to consult this french plastic surgeon and also to have samples of her new nose drawn by a competent artist so how the paris pollee police informed dan she was having her portrait done by an american artist eh I 1 suppose it will be her luck to be in a hospital undergoing the operation when the parts paris police receive word to deport her im afraid ashes balled everything up stephen flynn will have the number of her passport and dan will have no time to fix a new passport photograph on to it it not trust to the photo to identify her it if she tries to land check up on the passport number also will you never cease discussing this miserable business lanny stephen burst out irritably it if it been for you we be in this wretched predicament when the captain captai not of detectives defectives called in detective sergeant P flynn and related to him the tale told to him by mrs It udolph merton flynn gave no sign of being particularly interested carefully and methodically he arranged in his mind the facts as stated and when he be left the presence of his superior all lie he 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 slumber flynn proceeded to ponder the cast case of penelope Gat Gatli linof alof the saddle nose 1 I seem to be getting my fill of girls with saddle noses who disappear mysteriously he be decided lazily and in something clicked in his brain and he be knew he was on the trail of nance belden again an heiress ell eh mcnamara had hinted at powerful influences fluen ces back of nance belden and she certainly must have hired the expert help she had had in her escape from ban quentin quentan penitentiary mcnamara knows who she lb flynn decided iles hes getting his in chunks for helping her ill bet its the same girl ue lie decided not to take Ang angellett Angello ellott tl into ills his confidence for two hundred arid and oily fifty dollars Angello tl had agreed to abandon his interest in nance belden whereas 1 flinn finn had scorned to aul ile fie would pick up the trail again alone and when he be had nance belden or penelope gatlin on his bis book well she hid to pay somebody come body to beert out of by PETER be B KYNE byrell by bell syndicate service san quentin Quent ln and that somebody should be P flynn ne he went to bosan san jose that daff dagand and interviewed the officials of the bank who when he flashed ills bis shield gave him all the information they possessed dan mcnamara had artfully destroyed all the girls police photographs but it if she had biad secure secured d a passport flynn argued to himself she had left two of her passport photographs with the passport office and flynn knew lie he could borrow one of them flynns flynne shield was an open sesame to the man in charge of the passport office two minutes after his bis arrival he be knew nance belden had bad secured a passport employing identically the same means mcnamara had employed he traced penelope gatlin to paris within three days but he had now to prove that penelope gatlin and nance belden were one and the same person so BO he interviewed the united states marshal who secured for him one of the girls passport photographs armed with this flynn crossed the bay to san quentin Quent ln Is that nance belden he asked the matron that Is nance belden was the reply from the ferry he went at once to the home of mrs rudolph merton merlon lie he stuck the photograph under her nose and asked gruffly Is that penelope gatlin A tremor ran over mrs SI ertons face it seemed to flynn that she was frightened disturbed well he demanded you cant expect the police to find your missing daughter if you dont help Is this her picture or it 11 1 I 1 I dont know I 1 have never heard of her before never heard beard of lierl herl why ashes your daughter 1 I any daughter why you called on the captain of detectives and asked him to find your daughter what do you mean by telling me youve never heard of her 1 11 I cant remember I 1 dont know oh please please dont ask met me 1 some talk teril terrible ble 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 came in and asked P flynn to leave leato the house bouse flynn was profoundly irritated lie he knew penelope gatlin was at 27 rue C of w instantly something clicked in his hia brain and he knew he was on the trail of nance belden again st honore paris but he did not know that nance belden wast wasl back at central office he compared the passport photograph with the substitute photograph dan MeX lIc Namara amara had pasted on nance beldens beldena Bel dens fake police record card and knew it for a fake suddenly it occurred to flynn that he be had bad had an official interview with everybody connected with this mysterious case except dr stephen burt youre a long iong time getting around p to see me sergeant stephen charged find and indicated a large comfortable armchair 1 I called on you once doctor but you know it that was the dl night h t after nance belden escaped from san quentin Quent ln me lie an my partner trailed you to the chiefs house ive always thought you and the excellent Ang Angello ellott 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 tiie the chiefs one of the biggest hearted men in the world but a picnic egg ees it if you rub him the wrong way so we pussyfooted pussy footed no fair man could deny the excellence cel lence of your pussyfooting pussy footing I 1 know all about it how about a wee dock an doris stephen suggested theres an idea for or you doctor stephen summoned ned the butler and ordered the drink flynn with great deliberation produced penelopep Pen elopes photograph to do you know the lady lie queried 1 I think I 1 do sergeant who Is 1 slip klip i s Is ig there any reason why I 1 should express an opinion N not 0 t unless less you choose to be good tu dinless dun na natured r e I 1 suppose you know youre in dutch for aiding and abetting an escaped convict well naturally we dont want to make the going hard for a man of your standing flynn continued my aly dear sergeant you would have started the fireworks long ago if yon had anything tangible to proceed upon flynn sipped his highball youre being well paid for shielding this girl of course I 1 dont blame you a bit but youre too big a figure in your profession to get into trouble with the police dan mcnamara Is my friend well mac Is out of it he cant protect you because he be must protect himself it might interest you yon to know that nance belden and a lost heiress penelope gatlin are the iame same person and I 1 have the paris police watching her right now are you quite certain the ahe girl Is still at that paris address asked stephen 1 I know it 1 I know she and the paris police do not know where she Is do you no but if I 1 did I 1 tell you look here said flynn it worth to your young girl friend to have me lay off the case ill give you twenty dollars in confederate currency you were offered real money once and refused it they looked at each other searchingly then both laughed 1 I see there aint much use you doc flynn admitted well a fellow cant be ruled off for trying when were you to see a doctor last at the age of twenty two why how old are you forty two well just to prove im friendly ill give you a quick physical examination it may save you a fee later from some other physician mind blind if I 1 give you a quick look see go to it said flynn stephen tested flynne flynns heart action and langsand lun lungs gsand and took bis blood pressure youre up thirty six points he told him flynn was distinctly perturbed what does that mean it moans means that you have a fairly well developed case of hardening of the arteries if you were to be examined reexamined re physically for pro promotion you might be retired on pension 1 I afford that gried cried flynn ive jot got a alf wife and five children nevertheless I 1 would suggest you apply tor for a six months leave of absence and have me treat you bows your eyesight grand P flynn mumbled 1 I doubt it sergeant ill bet you a hundred dollars you cannot look into this little mirror fifteen minutes without averring your gaze want to earn the hundred 1 I cant afford that much of a be bet doc well then well not bet but it if you can ill give you a hundred dollars stephen produced a hand mirror and held field it two feet in front of flynn and about six inches above the level of his glance lie ile tool took out his watch go he said and remember im watching you if you get through this test successfully theres lope hope for your arteriosclerosis P flynn grinned and gazed la in three minutes the effort oppressed him stephens voice reached him as from a distance you are going to sleep sergeant then you cant stand it sergeant youre going to sleep I 1 tell you to sleep im not flynn protested drowsily just as his eyes closed and his head lell fell forward on his breast stephens soft hands stroked the detectives tec tives brow why did you call to see me to get you to identify the photograph flenna flynns voice was faint why was that necessary flynn hesitated struggled a little but lay back quietly again as stephens facile hands resumed their light massaging are you going to oppose me sergeant no doctor will you answer questions truthfully 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 ive 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 Peti elope gatlin why do you want this girl ashes made a fool out of me and she can pay well to be let alone youre not interested in seeing her returned to prison not a d n bit doctor why should 17 I 1 that name penelope gatlin la Is bad luck stephen warned never repeat it to a human soul it if you do it may mean your death and your oldest child will be tortured and killed oil oh god not no flynn flinn cried out in agony you must forget penelope gatlin and nance belden will you yes doctor TO BE CONTINUED |