| Show golden dawn by peter B kyne copyright by bell syndicate WOT service SYNOPSIS theodore gatlin adopts a baby penelope in in an effort to solve his matrimonial troubles but his wife has haa never wanted her and their affairs end in the divorce court at a baseball game a ball strikes ton year old penelope on the nose mrs gatlin spirits the child to europe gatlin wills penelope all his money and Is about to begin a search for or her when motor accident ends his life some ton ten years later in san francisco stephen burt burl rising young psychiatrist Is presented by dan mcnamara chief of police with a now new patient nance golden belden a girl with a dual personality tor for which her saddle nose Is in part responsible mcnamara does not think she la Is a criminal and obtains burve burts testimony to la court lanny the doctor office nurse la 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 from which by byma mia Nam namarah arap orders she Is removed to th the 8 chiefs home from one of the men in the boat on which the girl escaped me namara learns that nances bances real name Is penelope gatlin he also discovers that she Is heiress to CHAPTER VI continued 14 Ang Angello ellott tl was a resourceful fellow lets ailers call on that lannin lanning woman apologize for our rough work ork iasi last night an maybe shell slip us some 0 that prewar pre war bourbon again flynn nodded and they drove to dannys house lanny received them coldly have you come to search my house again she demanded irritably no mules face could possibly have been longer and sadder than P F Flyn lynns ns we come to annoy you miss lanning the chiefs give us the inside story we just called to apologize tor for even sus suspecting suspect pectin ln you an officer Angello tl explained has haa got to do a lot ol 01 0 things he dont like to do in the discharge of his bis duty the apology goes double miss lanning its accepted then they shook hands how about a shot in the arm lanny the suggested much mollified molli ded fled Angello tl shrugged expressively well sebin as how P flynn murmured so they had three drinks and spent a very pleasant evening with lanny and she was loath to see thern them depart now lanny was aware that stephen had planned to visit his queer patients after dinner that night so she telephoned and dan mcnamara answered 1 I ring you up this late and get you out of bed not kot at all just got in this minute im glad hows everything dan 1 I seen the patients but my chief of staff was up waiting for me and reports everything jake all I 1 wanted to know thanks dan oh by the way flynn and Angello tl called on me gain again tonight thail the chiefs voice was a roar what are those two eggs eg s up to I 1 told them to lay off you doing that dan they just called to apologize they spent the evening with me they only left a moment ago the liquor must have r run un out 1 oh ob dan I 1 1 I know those two it would never occur to them to apologize to anybody if they have a reason its just as I 1 suspected lanny going to hang bang on to this case on the quiet and trail you around an anguished thought popped into dannys a agile ile brain oh dan suppose they took a notion to trail stevie you dont have to paint me any picture lanny when did these two call at your house at nine fifteen walt wait a minute lanny waited a minute and then mcnamara said stephen left here just about that time so I 1 guess were safe tonight and tomorrow ill cover that loophole im an ass not to have thought of it before good gond night in the morning dan mcnamara sent for flynn and informed him he was to depart that night for los angeles to bring back a prisoner flynn begged Angello tl to keep his eyes on the job but that night mcnamara found other work 1 for Angello tl by the time flynn returned Angello tl was gone and the same night without a moments notice mcnamara shot him up to seattle on a similar job he let himself into the house that night with his latchkey turned on the hall light and whistled hello everybody he shouted nobody answered so he hurried down to nances bances room the door was open ile he switched on the light and found a disordered bed with nobody in it it he searched the house thoroughly only to discover he was wag alone in it finally on the living room table he found a note dear chief we think you mean well and we thank you for what you have bare done but the dicks are watching thi shouse they trailed the doctor last night but s friend alend ot of ours our trailed then them forgive us it if we just cant trust any cop any anyhow allow it would be embarrassing for you if your men found us here goodby good by and good luck mcnamara sat at low down tie ile was suddenly weak so he tooled fooled flynn and Ang Angello ellott tl after all the smart devils 1 well they might suspect all they pleased but unless they had seen his guests and recognized nance they could never prove anything lie he realized now that his act in sending them out of the state would clinch their heir suspicions they would be sure to have bare somebody in their confidence keep the house under constant surveillance veil lance until they got back evidently they had sent a bungler and the ex cx had bad spotted the fellow he wondered it if nance and her loyal friends had made i a clean getaway the front doorbell rang and he went to answer it A thin bent man stood in the entrance and even in the dim 11 light bt from the hall mcnamara Namara Me knew him for an ex convict in his prison suit of civilian clothes chief mcnamara he queried huskily yes im the chief 1 I got out of san quentin this morning I 1 had a message for you but I 1 want to co come to headquarters to deliver it IL benny the beetle told me to tell you to rest easy thanks friend come in and rest easy yourself lets get acquainted mcnamara invited hospitably in the clearer light of the living room he saw his visitor was far from being a well man what Is it kid he demanded hop or T BI BA the old cau baughin ghin sickness chief the prison directors shortened my term to let me out for treatment As if I 1 can get treatment anywhere he added bitterly oh yes you can im living alone alon e here for the next nest thirty days so ill mt get a nurse in to take care of you and you stay here the man looked at him suspiciously you mean it chief what did benny tell you about me mcnamara SIc Namara asked lie he told me to trust you ile he said you was one human being even it if you was a chief of police lie he changed the linen on nances bances bed put the room in order laid out a suit of or pajamas and ordered his guest to bed and now me bold backos he reflected ted keep on trailing doctor burt to my house it if you feel like it ile he waited up until stephen burt arrived and explained the situation to 0 A hello steal old darling him stephen considered it a tremendous joke but commended his bis line of attack on flynn and Angello tL the man does need treatment very badly he told the chief ill send around a practical nurse early tomorrow morning to look after him and ill continue to call upon the poor devil nightly until further orders were both involved in a tricky game now and must play the hand through doctor burt was suddenly serious 1 I do hope we lost nance dan ashes the most interesting psychological ch case ive ever seen she aint lost but ill bet a cookie ashes well hid but ill locate her within twelve hours chief mcnamara added thinking of ella gates cates ive run nances bances early history down since I 1 saw her last doe doc he announced suddenly 1 I got busy uie the other day and luck was with me ashes an heiress and her name Is penelope gatlin she got it in the nose by a baseball a long fly into the bleachers but I 1 also discovered something else its a question whether she aint just a natural nut her mother Is she led gatlin a h I 1 of a life no I 1 dont think its congenital dan theres something about that girl healthy mentally and physically did you meet her mother no but im going to run her down easy enough stephen sighed oh poor nancel nance 1 im afraid ashes beyond my skill after all A bad family history mae mac very bad theres a structural weakness in some families that never gets bred out and I 1 suspect poor nance has an inheritance of mental instability from her mother well with that busted nose her inheritance and her hellcat helical mother she certainly had a one start on the road to the foolish farm she doe doc excuse me theres the telephone lanny was calling dan she quavered my house bouse has ha been burglar laed they jimmied the back door and for all I 1 know the burglars are arc still im watching the stair calle got my 1117 pistol covering it come over quick dan please coming right away lanny he hung up and faced stephen planny lanny has burglars into your car boy and well beat it 11 over ve CHAPTER VII 19 lanny very white and shaken was in her living room pistol in hand watching the stairs when mcnamara and stephen came noiselessly in the back door the chief whipped out his pistol and went unhesitatingly up the stairs presently he callea called them to come up they found him standing in the doorway leading into dannys guest chamber tai take a look at that he ordered they looked lying in the bed sound asleep was nance belden I 1 mcnamara SIc Namara switched oil off the light and softly closed the door with his great bead clasped in both huge hands he went down the stairs to the living room doe doc he pleaded whose loony now I 1 think I 1 am because im seeing things that aint in the book and wirra wirra the fairies have me la in got to get her out of here dan mcnamara Namara SIc decided flynn and an bellott finally got on her trail no doubt about that and its a mighty cold trail those two dicks cant follow I 1 suspected this and the note she left at my house confirms it its just the mercy of god that flynn and Angello tl happen to slip into my domicile and find the note it if they had id be sunk they can suspect all they want to but hanging it on to me Is another pair of boots as the french say why they dare invade their own chiefs house lanny protested they you dont know those two bozos like I 1 do dare anything it if they figured they could get away with it ILI cant you give the miserable snoop ers an office job lanny demanded she was faintly provoked at daniel for his lack of initiative would you herd cows cowa with a couple of 0 horses that had won the derby doh oh wake that psychopathic nuisance up lanny and get her down here ive got to find out things or go crazy besides she had any dinner let the poor lamb sleep dan pleaded lanny 1 I need a lot of sleep myself and I 1 cant get it until I 1 know how when and where nance and her gang made the getaway suppose flynn and an let them make the getaway suppose flynn followed the men and Angello tl followed nance do that they risk getting in dutch with me by making the pinch As as the gang came out of 0 my house tiey have some loyalty and a lot of common sense and they know which side their bread Is buttered on when they take the girl not turn her in to me waltz her straight back to san quentin to the warden and let his men get the credit for recapturing her all they want la Is the reward suppose they know ashes here now and suppose seen me come here ouch Murder atlon 1 have her down lanny stephen commanded in his operating room voice and lanny had no alternative save to obey so presently nance came down the stairs with her the girl was arrayed in an old faded dressing gown of dannys Lan nys her hair was tousled and she yawned dawned sleepily nello hello stevie old darling hello dan you great big beautiful thing dg here I 1 an am sit down mcnamara invited in honeyed accents so nance sat down promptly on his hla tremendous knees put her arm around his burly neck and kissed him now dont get excited she cooed coded 11 1 I know exactly burning you up but you worry one of the boys recognized flynn and I 1 recognized Ang angellett Angello ellott tl because hes the dick alck that pinched me the first time I 1 got in dutch they kept circling the block in their car all the afternoon and when it was almost dark we saw flynn go into an alley alongside a vacant house across the street we decided Ang Angello ellott tl had gone home for dinner so we telephoned Angel lotis house and his wife said that he be was eating his dinner and unless it was important to call up in fifteen minutes so we said it important por tant tantI hung up and held a conference we decided the back of the house guarded so go we telephoned the boy friend that met us at the yacht harbor that night and he be came and parked in the next street we went out your back door leaving the light in the front room burning and shin shinnied nied over the back fence some job tor for two members of the party rn HI say onca over the fence we had to prowl through the back yard of the house that abuts against the rear ot of your house and a dog bit me but not very hard we got out in front and into the next street before anybody could come out and see what luck the dog had bad had our car was there and we beat it IL were pretty sure nobody followed us but we drove out to the park first with our lights doused and when we were sure nobody was trailing us the boys brought me here we jimmied your back door lanny dear then the boys said goodby good by to me for keeps it seems you dont want me associating with them any more and they think youre right about that dan TO bill BB CONTINUED |
