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Senators Rise To Third In American Loop New York. July S—(UP)5 —(UP) -Given a diet of daylight games in a smaller park than Griffith Stadium, the Washington Senators indicated today that they migllil provide the surprise of the year by winning the American league pennant. The- sudden rise of the Senators to a contending spot in third place, ju*t four-and-a-half games behind the Tigers, needs a little explanation. It appears to he, highly significant because: 1. The team has won 10 out of 14 games on the road, where all hut two were played in daylight, for the best traveling mark of any major league team this season. At home al! but Sunday and holiday games are at night. 2. Away from the distant fences of Griffith stadium, the biggest park in the Majors, they have hit 11 homers, eight on the current trip. Whereas not one homer lias been hit at home by a Senator player all year. (The team showed its class on the road by winning a holiday double header from the White Sox at Chicago, 5 to 4. in 12 innings, at)d 11 to 2. Tiie double wins made it three in a row over the Sox whereas the Yankees, who preceded I the Nats there, dropped four out of five. Third baseman Hlarlond Clift, who has (hit eight of Washington's 11 homers, got three of them yesterday. He tied up the first game at 2 all in the ninth with his first one, and hit one with the bases filled in the second game. tHe batted in seven runs as the Senators made. 13 hits in each game. Two ex-service men who are pacing the American league pitchers each won a game at Detroit. Dave Ferrks, Red Sox rookie, won the opener, 4 to 3, for his 13th win as did Eddie Mayo. .Paul (Dizzy) Trout was the loser of his ninth game. Alton Benton outpitched Clem Hausemann in the nightcap to give the Tigers an even break, 5 to 2, winning his 'sixth game and the first since breaking this leg, May 24. The 'Yankees and Indians divided at Cleveland. Hank Borowy, New York ace, suffered his second defeat in a row as the Indians won opener, 4 to 2, while Sreve tbro-' ’

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mek yielded eight scattered hita lor his ninth win. The Indians tied a major league record by having no aSsirtts. The Athletics ended a 14-game losing otreak at St. Louis, winning the opener, 3 to 2, but Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder gave the -Browns an even break by singling home two huns in the ninth off ace Philadelphia pitcher, Rues Christopher, to take the second game, fl to 5. The Cubs continued their bril--1 liant play at Boston, moving to within three and a half games of ' the leading Dodgers by winning two from the Braves, 5 to 3 and 7 to 6. ! Paul Derringer’.- relief pitching 1 saved the first game when he etopped a two-run (Boston rally in the eighth with the bases loaded. Homers by Andy Pafko and Bill Nicholson gave the Cubs tlhe second victory a* Derringer again came in to do a fine relief job. The Cards, led by little Augie Bergamo who made eight hits including a triple and two runs and drove in nine rune, beat the Giants vice at New York, S to 4 and 19 to 2. Ray Sanders and Elvin (Buster) Adams also hit homers for the Cards as Charley Barrett and (Eldred Byerly chalked up easy victories. The Cards made It! hits in the opener and 20 in the nightcap. The Dodgers kwt ground with a split against the Reds, who won the opener, 4 to 3, as Al Libke accounted for all the runs with two doubles and two singles. Brooklyn took the second, 5 to 3, as Hal Gregg scattered 111 hits for this 10th victory. Bucky Waltens won the opener for the Reds. The Pirates, irked at losing the i opener to the IPhite, 7 to 6. on an error, came back with a I’s-hit attack to win the second 13 to 0 1 . The Phils put over the winning run on a wild throw by Frankie Gustine in the eighth of the opener. Max Butcher a six-hit sthutout in the second in which Jim Russell paced tlhe batting with a homer and double. Yesterday’s Star —Harlond Cleft of the Senators, wiio hit three homers to account for eeven runis in a double victory over the White Sox. He has hit seven homers since June 23. _o MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB. Brooklyn 42 27 .609 .... Chicago 36 28 .563 3% Louis renifr.-ast New York 38 33 .535 5 Pittsburgh 36 32 .529 s’/ 2 Boston 32 34 .185 8% Cincinnati 30 34 .469 9*2 Philadelphia . 20 54 .270 24’ 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Detroit 40 26 .606 .... New York 37 30 .552 3% Washington ... 35 30 .538 4>/ 2 Boston 35 31 .530 5 Chicago . 35 34 .507 6bi St. Louis 31 33 .484 8 Cleveland 29 35 .453 10 Philadelphia .... 21 44 .323 18>i TUESDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 24, Boston 2. Pittsburgh 10. Philadelphia 3. New York 3,St. Louis 2. Cincinnati 5, Brooklyn 1. American League Boston 4. Detroit 0. Cleveland 5. New York 2. Washington 12, Chicago 2. St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 1. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis 8-19, New York 4-2. Chicago 5-7, Boston 3-6. Cincinnati 4-3, Brooklyn 3-5. Philadelphia 7-0, Pittsburgh 6-13. American League Boston 4-2, Detroit 3-5. Cleveland 4-2, New York 2-3. Washington 5-11, Chicago 4-2. Philadelphia 3-5, St. Louis 2-6. o Trade In a. Good Town — Decatur jCQRT ♦ ♦ — Last Time Tonight — “EVE KNEW HER APPLES” Ann Miller, William Wright ALSO—Comedy 9c-30c Inc. Tax O o FRI. & SAT. ROY ROGERS “BELLS OF ROSARITA” Gabby Hayes, Dale Evane O—O t Sun. Mon. Tues. — “Honeymoon Ahead” & “Power of the Whistler’ ■1 ■■■■■

G.E. Girls Wallop I Baer Field Civilians r The Decatur G. E. Girls had i themselves a field night Tuesday ) under the lights at Worthman field, walloping the Baer Field civ- > illan team, 28 to 3. ; The Decatur girls failed to score only in the second inning and piled > 12 runs in the third frame. The ; winners made 18 hits and were aid- > ed by 13 Baer Field errors. Moser . and Butcher held the visitors hitless, the losers’ runs all tallying . in the fourth inning through errors, i In the first game of the evening, the Pirates defeated the Reds, 13 to 4, in a summer recreation league game. The losers were outhit, 9 Ito 4. Scores by innings: Reds 001 03 4 4 0 Pirates 653 Ox -13 9 0 Ahr and Gilbert; Sharp and Licittensteiger. Baer Field . 000 300 0— 3 013 G. E. Girls 20 (12) 635 x—2B 18 8 Stewart and Davis; Moser, Butcher and Bower. , o Pirates And Giants Recreation Winners The Pirates and Giants scored victories in the National division of the summer recreation league at Worthman field. The Pirates nosed out the Cubs, 6-5, in the first game of Tuesday's session, with each team obtaining four hits. The Giants defeated the Reds, 6 to 1, in the nightcap, with the winners driving out eight hits as compared to three for the losers. Scores by innings: R H E Pirates 203 10 —6 4 2 , Cubs 032 00—5 4 3 Lichtensteiger and Andress; D. Gillig and Bus»e. Reds 000 01—1 3 1 Giants 014 lx—6 8 1 Rowdon and Ahr; J. Gillig and Hansel. o LEADING BATSMEN National League Player and Club G. AB. R. H. Pct. Holmes, Boston 68 286 69 115 .402 Cavaretta, Chi. 65 248 56 92 .367 Rosen, Brooklyn 63 256 54 92 .359 American League Case, Wash'ton 61 252 42 85 .338 Cuccinello, Chi. 66 232 34 78 .336 Stephens, St. L. 62 237 42 75 .316 Home Runs Lombardi, Giants. 13. Stephens, Browns, 13. Adams, Cardinals, 12. Dimaggio, Phillies, 12. o Coon Dog Field Trial Is Scheduled Sunday The Country Conservation club announces a coon dog field trial in the Hugo Fuelling woods, iseven miles northwest of Decatur, on Sundal, July 8. Prizes totaling $100! will be awarded, divided as follows: S3O, for first tree; S2O second tree, S3O first line and S2O for second line. The race will start at 9:30 a. m. and entries should he made early, Lawrence Boerger, president, announced. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the conservation club for restocking coon in tlhe district. PRE-INVASION (Continued From Page One) States spreading naval activity in their northern waters was evident. They said other American warships, in addition to the Shikuka attackers, were loose in the sea of Okhotsk north of Hokkaido, in the same area where a five-ship Japanese convoy was smashed on June 25. The northern half of 500-mile long Sakhalin is owned by Russia. Shikuka lies 55 miles south of the Russo-Japanese boundary line, 700 miles northeast of Vladivostok, and 950 miles north of Tokyo. GAY’S MOBIL SERVICE MONROE and 13th Sts. PHONE 318 See us when in need of ♦ Complete Lubrication ♦ Oil Change ♦ Wash and Wax ♦ Fan Belts - Batteries ♦ Tire Repair ♦ Recapping Service. PROMPT and COURTEOUS , SERVICE 4

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Indiana's Holiday Death Toll Is Ten Traffic Accidents Lead State's Toll By United Press Traffic accidents, a fire, shooting and an aircrash claimed at least 10 lives in Indiana during the Independence day holiday. William Sullivan. 70, fatally shot his 37 year old son, Fred, to death in Indianapolis during a fight in the Sullivan home. The elderly man said lie fired to save his own life. The son had forced his way into his parents’ home and attacked his father, police said. Marion county coroner Roy B. Storms indicated that his verdict would be justifiable homicide. At Terre Haute, Charles Conway, 35, and his wife, Marguerite, 30, lost their lives when fire pzed thejp apartment liuilding. firemen said’the blaze probably was caused by a lighted cigarette falling on a ,bed. . ... Naval authorities at Bunker Hill announced today that the victim of the crash between two planes on an air station runway was aviation student Douglas Warren Parton. 21, San Jose, Cal. His father is Floyd A. Parton of San Jose. One of the automobile victims was four-year old Meredith K. Fadlev. a twin son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Fadley of Sulphur Springs. He was killed when he ran into the path of a car near his home. South of Sheridan, Ora S. Leap, 55, Sheridan, was killed when he left a truck which he had ridden to his home, and walked onto the highway. He was struck by an approaching car. Andrew Mic.kels, 25. Mishawaka, was injured fatally in the crash of his automobile in a roadside ditch on state road 23 north of South Bend. Lula Maude Sullivan, 20, a resident of Switzerland county, was killed when the car in which she was riding collided with another on state road 50 near Lawrenceburg. There were two other young women and two exservice men in the car. i Ervin Moore, 41, Princeton, was killed when he fell into a bailer and was crushed. He was working ’ on a farm north of Princeton when the accident occurred. George Sanders, 69, Hamilton, was drowned when he fell into Lake Hamilton last night, state police reported. —o ' Six Persons Die In Nebraska Tornado Rising City. Neb., July S—(UP) At least a dozen persons Injured by a tornado which killed six people as it tore through a farm community west of here were taken to a hospital in Columbus today. The tornado struck last night at the James Henderson home, demolished the house, and killed Mrs. Henderson, her fouryear old son, and a guest, Dedie Alshouse, a beauty operator of David City. The twister went south, demolished the home of Richard Uphoff, and killed two small daughters. A moment later the home of Lester Shrunk was hit. Shrunk’s small daughter was killed. - *

ENTIRE AREA OF (Continued From Page One) other defenses, including the homeland, of five moye divisions for the Philippines fighting, only to have all 23 wiped out. The Americans used 17 divisions, most of which now would be free for other operations after sufficient rest. “This was one of the rare instances when in ,i long campaign a ground force superior in numbers was entirely destroyed by a numerically inferior opponent,” MacArthur commented. The Borneo beachhead now measured eight miles long and two miles deep, according to the communique. Earlier Australian radio reports o-f' the capture of Manggar airfield, 12 miles northeast of Balikpapan, apparently were premature. But the Aussies had taken the Sepinggang airfield, 5 miles east of Balikpapan, and gone on to seize the village of Batakan-Ketjil near the Batakan river. In Balikpapan itself they occupied the oil tank plateau, but probably most of the tanks were charred and twisted from the firep, which have raged through the town since, before the invasion. In the center of the ‘ beachhead the Australians won hill 99 after fighting off an enemy counter-at-tack. Long-range guns inland still shelled the beachhead occasionaly. The Toyohara airdrome on Formosa got a double rose from bombers and fighters in an attack announced today. The bombers dropped 4,200 fragmentation bombs on dispersed planes, then the escorting fighters strafed the field. o GEN. SPAATZ TO (Continued From Page One) front lines and immediate supply lines. Spaatz. wl’.io has returned from Europe, will elaborate on details of the new strategic forces in a few days, Patterson said. Stretch Butter Another way to stretch butter is to serve peanut butter mixed with an equal amount of cream cheese. , o GOVERNORS PLEDGE (Continued From Page One) , . now managed by the federal government. These included: (1) Allocation of “more tax rer venue sources” .to state levy; (2) , .state supervision of unemployment J compensation payments; (3) state management of employment services; (4) state supervision of fedj eral aviation development funds; 05) retention of the national guard, and (6) uniform .state direction of all federal-state cooperative actions. The food problem resolution evoked criticism from midwestern governors against federal food management “without testing the needs and sentiments of various localities.” 1 Gov. Andrew’ Schoeppel of Kan--1 sas led a movement for a gubernat torial committee to meet with fed--1 eral officials. He also favored a res commendation for rigid inspections 3 on imported meat from South America. t Northeastern Governors tried to > get endonsement of their plan for 1 ration stamps for meat, 1 divorcing the coupons from butter . and other fats. .This was lost when • a grief resolution was passed authorizing formation of the commit--7 tee. Otfhers in the total of 14 reaolui- tions recommended: b Continued all-out support of the Pacifia w«r£ immediate congras- •

sioniil authorization of highway development; concerted highway safety programs; .state affiliation in administration of veterans’ affairs’, A I’. S. site for the world security capital, and appreciation to Gov. Harry F. Kelly of Michigan, host. — 0 Today's Sports Parade By JACK CUDDY Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) 0 . O New York, July 5. —(UP) Charles Leo "Gabby'’ Hartnett, current manager of the Jersey City Giants of the International league and one of the greatest catchers in major league history, said: "John McGraw was always one of my most admired managers. When he told players what to :10, he told them so explosively that they always remembered. "There was that time, back in the middle 20's, when McGraw had been hammering at his Giants that they should break up any double play by any means possible. So — I'm with the Cubs, and the Giants are playing us. And the Giants are at bat, with two out, and Heinie Mueller, Giant outfielder, is on first base. "I can't remember what Giant is at bat; but he drives a sharp grounder to Jimmy Cooney, our Chicago shortstop, who tossed the ball on to our second baseman Sparky Adams, for an easy out on Mueller. But Adams, craving exercise or practice on the double play, or something — after the final out —pegs the ball toward first. "Mueller, remembering McGraw's

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READ THIS FIRST: Everyone thought Agatha Brown was an old maid, but she had been secretly married for 25 years to Prof. Otto Halder of Western college. She had left him in World War I because she learned he was a traitor. The girl she called her niece, Clementine. was really their daughter. Not even Clemantine knew it, and everyone who had known it was dead—except Professor Halder himself. Now. in World War 11, Agatha distovers the professor is again going to tell one of his inventions to the enemy. Afraid he will tell their secret in revenge if she turns him in to the FBI. she decides to kill him Rather than uncover his perfidy. Deep in her heart she still loves him. and she hopes that | it he dies the world will honor him as a martyr. She leaves for college, to kill him. (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER NINE AGATHA CAUGHT the 4 p. m train out of Bardsdale, but it was 2 a. m. before she climbed the stairs of Clemantine’s boarding house, suitcase in hand. The intervening hours had been a horrible dream. She pressed the doorbell button and waited. Her knees were tremIn less than half a minute the Moor opened, and Clemantine, with a robe thrown over her pajamas, stood there white-faced, one hand at her throat. “Aunt Agatha!” The suitcase dropped as Agatha’s two arms went around her daughter. "Aunt Agatha! Oh, thank goodness you’re here!” • Agatha really was holding onto Clemantine for support, but she had to pretend that it was she who was doing the comforting. “Why, child, what’s wrong?” she asked. "Why the tears?” Clemantine lifted her face.’"You were right. I’m sorry I ever came here. Professor Halder has been murdered!” Agatha stiffened. Her heart raced wildly as she clutched Clemantine tighter. She thought, “How can the news be out so quickly? I didn’t think anyone but the police would know about it until morning!” She tried to control her voice. “Who told you?” she asked. “Miss B-Blossom just telephoned. He was s-stabbed!” Clinging together, the two women entered the house. Clemantine turned and looked over her shoulder behind them, as though fearful the murderer was near. Agatha •huddered, and in the mirror in the hall as the door shut behind them •he saw her face was pasty white. “My suitcase ...” she said. Clemantine went out on the porch again and retrieved it. Carrying it in one hand, she helped her aunt up the stairs. Agatha had never felt quite so weak before. "I’m sorry,” apologized the girl. “I shouldn’t have blurted it out,’* "I’m all right.” A fat girl was leaning over the balustrade from the landing above, her hair in curlers. “Say, what's going on?” “Go back to bed!” Clemantine told her. She guided her dazed visitor past the other boarder and into her room. Then her own strength deserted her. She sat down abruptly on her bed and stifled a sob. Agatha’s shaking hands automatically removed her hat. Then she stopped, frozen. She was looking down at Clemantine’s writing desk. On it lay the college yearbook, and on its opened page a picture of Professor Otto Halder stared at her. “It’s so awful!” breathed Clemantine. Agatha whirled on her. "Why would anyone telephone you at this hour of the night? Would anyone think you did it? Why were you looking at this picture?” “It was Estelle Blossom. She’s the one I wrote you about. . . .Oh, I forgot. The letter wasn’t mailed. It wasn’t evea finished, There it is ——■»..e«rrr l

explosive advice to break up a double play by atty means i>ossible -—and forgetting that his side had been retired lumps up into the air to defied Adams’ peg to first. The ball hit him t'lftht 111 ll J e mouth, splitting his lips and knocking out a couple of teeth. "Mueller is rolling on the base path in pain, and nearly every guy on the Cubs is rolling with laughter. And McGraw comes storming out of the Giants’ dugout, bellowing awful bad names at us and yelling to the umpires that we had tried to kill one of his players for no good reason. It was the funniest sight I ever saw in baseball.” Hartnett, now 44, is in his third season as pilot of the Jersey ( ity Giants. They are in second place in the International league ram, which is led by Montreal. Hartnett—of the red neck and red fafe and silvering hair —says, "In normal times we might overtake Montreal but it’s a tough proposition in these wartime days when we are losing men to service and to the New York Giants.” Gabby, who played for 19 seasons with the Cubs—including two and a half campaigns as manager, was chopping it up last night at Toots Shor's with several members of the Cincinnati Reds and with Oscar Levant, concert pianist of radio and screen and a top-flight National league fan. Hartnett said, “My greatest thrill in baseball came in 1938. I had taken over the management of the Cubs when we were six and a half games behind. We moved along and met Pittsburgh in the decisive test. I was lucky enough

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1L • • •*■ . * • Agatha sat .down and pulled the letter toward her with trembling fingers. "Dear Aunt Agatha,” she read, “I didn’t get much chance to talk with you when I was home. I I still don’t see why you advised me 1 against enrolling at Western, I ■ haven’t encountered any of the un- : pleasant things you predicted. And I as for Professor Halder—he’s a i dear! He’s doing some kind of na- > tional defense work in his laboratory. There are all kinds of restric- . tions around the place, and guards. I wouldn’t be Surprised if< some of ■ our students are disguise, s It's all so thrilling $ ’ "You may think changing I my mind about majoringfirt English i and drama. I’nf'hot| but. of Course J I have to takS some science, I’m i finding* plenty’ of’ fiitefesting char- . acters whtf- will givd men background Ondfof the s most unusual I have met is| ft blind ■ student; Willard r er, who fictuallj7lfl.Wbrking his way 1 through College/ He Can’t tell light from but hft wanders . around the campus" tvithout bumping into things/ItfotMf weirdest feeling to sed, himg He ; seems to : possess somtf Sort oi sixth sense , hq. walkif; right’up, to ■ the side of. ft, building 1 , but he'always stops before he’ hits it, j reaches' outj find it, then - takes thq right turn and goes "on. ) I’m going to him and try i to find out how he does it, “And can you imagine hovj he’s earning his way? He’s a dishwash- - er in the kitchen of the Marsh i lunchroom the other side of the va- - cant lot next to this boarding j house, just off the campus. “I imagine that the old college - buildings are much as you rememr ber them. East Hall probably has a heavier growth of ivy, that’s all. - I had an encounter with Estelle Blossom there Tuesday. You can y imagine her from the name. She’s s one of those ‘irresistible’ girls e who’s always chasing after men. I n don’t see why they fall for her. And she has a terrible nerve trying to s vamp Professor Halder. He’s old i, enough to be her father. I. "I was going into Professor Hals def’s laboratory classroom - when MM ■ .

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IO gel u home run off u U u , in the game that s.. llt TvCMU. hack on their heels all(1 j A II Ei to the pennant |, W| thrill, I'll tell yon." Oscar Levant, who u 9 Pittsburgh and who been an ardent ( o | # XI said, “Right after th,,. Pittsburgh became a ———— liking for classi.;,! ■9| by Bill Bens? ■ U the Who Ilatlmtl e1... kn. Hl® . "That’s easy," sai(] I faced man. "He w dS exander. He had eve ' speed, curves and J And he used them with deception for the batter riVUt Who was (lie fastest by ever cdught or Immediately he atis W .. h KWX Grove! Lefty had a bit' :|i \H99" than Dazzy Vance, who;. L rank as No. 2.” What was the create feat Gabby ever saw? “It was in the all-star gatl when Carl Hubbel struck ‘.ltMLgi Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx. Siav.B Cronin in a row. I <] on .’ |n K that any pitcher in base 7 ' i tory ever turned a trick * ® —against such deadly How does Gabby like n a minor league team? H- Here's likes it fine, because mos an eal boys who come up to ft Adamß “A’s” now are well set cr *bed baseball technique “mucl p< than when I came up 13 y e The 6 He added, “All 1 have to <| aoney ” them a little additional ; 21.50 __.y indi’ nd cor]

UIIU JVUSS JSIUSSUIU vaiuv — , It ! quickly we collided. ra m ; “‘Why, dearie!’ she said. ' choo ! are you doing here ? It's not '■ ; en< j e< > for class.’ [ “‘I left my notebook,’ I told: i I was so flustered I didn't thinij [ ask her what she was doing. \jg| • she was gone down the hall Uv6C I the idea came to me . . ■" i The letter ended. Agatha • up and saw Clemantine shiver? • as though the night were coll A ] . was warm and sultry, unreasor-ary , warm for fall. Ihun [ Agatha frowned. “You - / le i , haven’t been making a fool of) fho 5 self over—this professor? , a tia ; “Os course not! Don't you k: , ork i I’m in love with John?” ' > Agatha drew a sharp hw i “You never put it quite as Kurvas 1 . before. Let me ask, then— did ur d: . I mean Professor Halder—suub j any special interest in you?’’ pa: I "Yes, frankly he did, auntk; U y . sort of fatherly Interest.” lub. r “Fatherly . . . Oh.” t struggled wildly with an a«- { n< 3 thought: Could he have been a? . father? Given time, could Clen-,^ ; , t tine have won him over where j mother had failed? Too late w-jag • “You don’t suppose,” asked CMU > mantine, “that the whole thing • a joke ? Maybe he’s not been w- iFc , dered at all. They do all kindl 'd ii t stunts to initiate freshmen.” ze d . “Not midnight telephone 1 about murder. I’m afraid mixed up in this more than J s know!" ■ “But, auntie, I’ve only been W i two weeks. And I was gone all c» f - yesterday and most of the day “tea j fore with John.” "Nevertheless, someone seenutill » think you are concerned enougn j» - be notified in the middle ,uil 3 night. Maybe they think you . dered him.” » “Aunt Agatha!" .Ja i "Perhaps Miss Blossom "W 3 phoned to you to see if you ui - i. s in your room.” .J. I “But, Aunt Agatha, why 1 anyone possibly suspect me? "W > would they suspect me any 1 1 than they would suspect— well, MH more than they would suspect pg -for example?” 1 X To B® Continued) ■—a.- —-- ~ ——g