Show synthetic gentleman by CHANNING POLLOCK copyright channing pollock lt service 0 SYNOPSIS the duke barry gilbert likable youth of twenty three jobless and broke enters an unoccupied summer home in seeking ihl shelter beller li from a IW ff ile he makes e himself at home doz st the fireplace he la Is startled by V arrival of a butler willetts Wll letts and ji AL chauffeur evans lie he learns that the ron on of the owner of the house jack ridder whom the servants had never seen keen Is expected he ha decides to bluff it out his supposed parents have left for germany next morning he Is given ft a letter for his mother lie he opens it and finds a message from the real jack saying ayling he could not come rind and returning a hundred dollar bill the boys father had bad pensioned him into obscurity barry pockets the money intending to return it later ile he orders evans to take hi him M to montauk intending to disappear there on the way he meets judge hambidge and his daughter patricia believing he Is jack ridder she invites him to dinner tile the following thursday barry returns to southampton deciding to stay a bit longer sir mr ridder sr through his newspaper the globe ac uses judge hambidge of taking orders from tammany hall in a condemnation proceeding barry meets peter M anslow prominent attorney winslo w 0 barry that judge hambidge had J an accident in which a woman was killed by a taxicab at home barry finds the wife of the real jack ridder awaiting him her husband Is in jail in new york charged with the murder of mike kelly tammany boss the girl peggy tells barry how she had met jack in florida and married him as jay rogers jack lost his job and they went to new york where she got work at the cocoanut Coco anut bar there she was accused of trying to pick the pocket of mike kelly and was arrested her husland husband went to kellys to induce him to drop the charge later kelly was found dead his skull crushed by a decanter barry suggests he can help as jack and mrs rogers agrees judge hambidge delivers a decision in the condemnation suit in which kelly had been interested CHAPTER ill III continued 8 did you ever see kelly wo no ile he was enormous must have been SIX feet two in ills ID S stockings im five feet uie me in mine edve had to stand on a chair to hit him on top of the lead head unless he was sitting in one the body anywhere near a chair it was up against the door to tile the hall the paper says so the filipino Fill pino got in through the danin dining room I 1 got out through the hall door lie ile saw me how did I 1 do that if 1 kelly was lying against it 1 I dont know 11 to more things the lights were burning full tilt when I 1 left I 1 could see kellys shadow on the blinds as I 1 passed the house on my way home were they still burning when the butler came in the next morning I 1 and if not who turned em out the other item the other items the crux of the bhole business jack answered mike rushed me out because the phone ran rang g and the fellow that rang tt it was coming over to talk to him did he co chae me if not why not and if that fellow did come it likely that hes we the guy that killed kelly t CHAPTER IV it was long after one when they walked out of the tombs she was all in now barry splurged splurges on a taxi to take her home to the dingy boarding house where the disowned bidders lived la in the upper forties in spite of her protests barry ke kept pt his word as to giving her most of that hundred and fifty it mine he declared well eat together monday after ive talked to winslow ill be around about six els 01 it was two now a warmish saturday afternoon nearly forty eight el bt hours before he be could hope to find the attorney any inexpensive hotel botel would C ato io ile he registered at one a few blocks rom peggys peggye Peg gys barry gilbert he wrote from his new residence barry went to the astor and cabled mrs wilder ridder the message read taking making good stop water wagon and on track of a lob job stop friend of mine net met lo in florida locked up tor for murder commit stop atop can you arrange credit here up to two thousand dollars top stop wont use unless necessary for friend and will return every penny stop wire peter winslow lawyer for confirmation fir mation jf it desired top stop this Is my big chance to do something worth while stop blot writing details all alls well dont hurry burry back love john ill need that two thousand quick barry thought Wins lowll want a retainer and therell be a lot of other things barry wondered what to do with his forty el eight bt hours ill stroll fao aown wn to kellys place he decided band and a give it the once over from sixth avenue he be turned into irth street and stopped before what the tabloids were calling the scene of the murder it was an old fash loaded red brick house with a bay window and a heavy front door A policeman stood guard and a group of the curious loitered as near as they dared remarkable barry thought how bow people could stand staring at anything connected with a tragedy there here was another little group at the corner where workmen were putting in a new traffic light standard broken oft off short its ita predecessor lay on ill the pavement mal avin nothing better to do barry asked the excitement taxi smash when just before two yesterday morning killed a woman crushed her right up tip against that post broke it off ciff short pont dont seem possible no wonder the judge was upset curious barry thought these two violent deaths within a few yards and a few hours of 0 each other curious too that tile the judges stroll should have brought brou glit him so ne near ar the house bouse in which kelly lay murdered but no more remarkable than the series of events that had bad involved barry in the whole affair lifes full of coincidences barry mused its only in fiction that people pay much atten attention tio n to em winslow said the judge went for a walk and the simplest explanation of the whole matter lie he was at tile the attorneys office before ten on monday morning lie ile nas as ushered into the pleasantly furnished corner room that was peters the lawyer rose as barry entered and canie came forward one hand outstretched and the other holding a newspaper tile the early bird eh im not exactly looking tor for worms barry replied 1 I want that position we ere talling talking about it if I 1 can get it but just now im a lot more interested in this kelly murder youve read about that I 1 suppose peter ieter nodded 1 I saw the headlines after you left the on friday lie he said 1 I bother about it much then but tills morning I 1 found saturdays herald tribune on my desk and of course im m always interested in murders ur 1 I know the boy khos accused of this ills crime larry barry said you do exciting tell me about it barry did omitting emitting only the detail of ridders identity 1 I met them in florida he related rogers worked in a hotel there I 1 liked the girl even then shed been putting up such a game fight to make a man of her husband and was succeeding so wonderfully I 1 suppose im the only friend got around here and why she came to me winslow listened sympathetically that sort of thing always gets me he observed A woman tied up to some man chos not worthy of her and in love with him this boys not so bad barry argued and its a lead pipe cinch that lie he kill kelly think so dead sure all right make me sure barry tried there was someone else coming when jack left he concluded it if he came he either found kelly dead in which case hedve given the alarm or he found kelly alive in which case of course jack kill him very ingenious peter remarked cut but what makes you think someone else ivas COMI coming Dg why kelly fired jack out who says so jack and peggy not very conclusive peter objected who do you think did it tin im not concerned as to who did it peter declared only as to who jack know that it you looked at him 1 I feel sorry for the girl ill go 90 down to see rogers somebody ought tove gone long ago to file an appearance pe arance there have been any preliminary hearings without proper representation take the case then 1 I suppose so now how about that job I 1 thought we might land at my brothers III 1 I certainly need it lets see if hes in get jamison winslow he instructed the operator in a few minutes the phone rang that you jimmy peter said bald into it youve heard of john clarke you well his sons in here and wants work how about it got anything over there the instrument made raucous noises all right peter continued at last ill send him around and you talk to him chrysler building he informed barry aida hes bes waiting for you 1 I dont know how to thank you what for mainly for helping two people in alot a lot of trouble peter trailed smiled once more that inside job theory sticks to my mind barry remarked Is there a sirs mrs mike kelly peter laughed outright youre determined to be sherlock fl holmes olmes arent youl you he asked all right there Is a mrs mike kelly id just finished reading about her she sued tor for divorce recently and withdrew tile case do you think that might indicate that she killed herbus her husband cherchel Cher chei chez la femme you know peter laughed again search for the woman he translated but then there appear to have been a good many women in kellys life we jump at conclusions no barry admitted no I 1 suppose not all the same he thought the other side of the door its pretty evl dent that a woman who sues for divorce Is a little bit anxious to set get rid of her husband hut but there wa was s nothing doing at iam jamison Win winslows slows im sorry he said but were laying oft off men every day now why arent you on your fathers newspaper 1 my f father ather and I 1 be been envery very friendly I 1 so ive heard but ive got an idea what I 1 wanted to talk to you about it was quite a simple idea we place thousands of dollars worth of advertising with the globe and I 1 know the city editor pretty well ills names harwood if I 1 gave you a letter to ernie and lie he gave you a job and you made good while the boss bosi Is in europe that square things when he be got back harry barry grinned it might he said and then thea again it might not what I 1 heard jamison winslow went on was that your fattier father wanted you in ills his business it if true hed certainly be pleased at your going in id like to succeed on my own well why not we dont have to tell harwood who you are not in the beginning anyway that Is 13 an idea barry agreed since the row ive been calling myself barry gilbert 11 not a bad pen name jamison winslow declared all right we well 11 stick to it ive a hunch that make a good newspaper man what your brother said ten minutes later barry gilbert himself again so to speak was on ills his way to the globe the globe occupied a new and imposing building in thirty ninth street asking for sir harwood barry found himself in ID the city room men in their shirt sleeves sat at desks smoking anil pounding on typewriters and most of the people who had rushed la in and out of tile the elevators rushed in and out of the double doors harwoods IIa office proved to be a small and comparatively quiet cubbyhole cubby hole just oft off the concourse lie ile had always been a newspaper man square cut not very tall but with big bonds and broad his hair was as red as barrys ile he had been john clarke ridders city editor when john clarke was a cui reporter and he remained john clarkes charkes Cl arkes city editor still john clarkes charkes Cl arkes friend too with more real power and ability than any other man on the globe now he glanced at the winslow letter and grunted think you can write I 1 suppose pretty sure I 1 cant then you gonna do on a newspaper 1 get news 19 ernie harwood looked him over how well just now it happens that im a friend of jay rogers 11 the fellow that killed mike Ie keidy llyl the fellow they say killed him yeah Ye ih ernie squinted into the bowl of his pipe how long have you known jimmy winslow he be inquired about half an hour his brother asked him to get me a job peter winslow yes peter winslow going to defend rogers he snapped yes tes ernie reached tor for a telephone peter winslowe winslows Win slows defending the rogers boy he barked into the instrument ment it its straight play it up in the next edition to barry he said how did you get winslow to take the case for the second time barry related his story of meeting the rogers in florida from there he jumped to the visit of mrs rogers repeating what site she had told him and dilating upon their interview with the boy in the tombs what did he say Il harward arward asked 1 I dont feel at liberty to repeat that until ive spoken to peter winslow barry answered but its given give n me two clues that id like to follow up all right ernie said follow lem em your tour sa larys fifty dollars a week report straight to me yes sir walt wait a minute ill put you next to somebody introduce you at police headquarters weve got that angle covered of course but better be in touch there what I 1 want you to do Is to follow your own leads bring in something roth come here he called 11 1 I want you to take mr gilbert down to the homicide bureau nothing seemed entirely impossible that bright mid may morning as barry swung into broadway up to now lie he owed everything to his imposture that first stake the clothes lie wore peter Win winslows slows favor and all that had followed they constituted ted an amazingly fortuitous chain of circumstances but the chain had bad lifted him to solid ground its up to me now barry said feeling square with himself and the world and strangely gay and self confident im going to start right he said by paying those bills and giving peggy the rest of that two hundred im going to figure up my board and room at southampton and give her that too A fellow like me cant afford to be crooked TO BE CONTINUED turn gadget and motor runs on half dozen dazen kinds of fan invention allowing a standard make motorcycle to use any of a half dozen Mil mineral leral or vegetable fuels with only a slight hand adjustment was wag demonstrated by stetan stefan polish engineer living in geneva switzerland before some fifty technicians and reporters and an italian observer the omnivorous motorcycle consumed gasoline gas oil kerosene kerosene fuel oil and alcohol doing about abou t fifty miles per hour the inventor says the motor will run just as well on soybean oil and even operate on olive oll oil though its low caloric value makes the latter uneconomic also has installed his invention on the motor of a french standard automobile which has run he says more than miles the invention suppresses tile the carburetor substituting for it what is termed an injector working with a pump |