Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1951 — Page 4

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‘ . ... — 1-7- —r ■ It is well to be aware of savtag, but sometimes the extra penny will buy a great deal. '■ — o —-'j'' It is said that man is the only living creature which laughs. Whatever its cause, laughter is a priceless gift which makes even the worst situation more bearable. We should have more of it. . ; ■ , . ■ . . | : ’ ■6- ' O O . ’. ’ .J. A Lichty cartoon provides a smile in these troubled times. A young Korean G-L. is quoted as saying that..he signed his allot* ment over to his dad who is still going to school tinder the G.I. bill; o—U-— Political stories by well known columnists are taking on adifferent tone. .Marcus Childs quoted a man from lowa to the effect that President Truman is stronger in the state today than in 1948. Mr. Truman carried lowa’ by 30,000 votes three -years ago. - 4 ■ ■ President Truman' will give a majo'i talk to the ijation Thursday _rt 9:jio p.m. Decatur time. His subject will deal with anti-infla-tion legislation and extension of thb Defense Production Act. Inflation is something that everybody must hejp to curb or the dollar value will be nil. _ ——o ——o An economist for one of the . < ' \T' ■ i ■ 1 1 - ■' .a < nation' St largest^/industries says V ■ ■ i r, the facts about America do not justify fears about the future — not if we have faith in America and keep our wits about us. 1 Finicky inflation or flight from inflation, or panicky efforts to stave off an, anticipated depresr sion, or any other kind of mass fear reaction could bring us' to \ disaster. But we don’t' need to have disaster, not if believe in our own strength and health, i and believe in our own ability to work thihgs ¥ out. Fear should be a banished. r —o—o- — The States Court of Appeals has ruled {hat transit’ companies violate the constitutional rights of thejr patrons 4hen they force them to listen foxloud-speak-er broadcasts of advertising and announcements. Advertising plays a vital part ijn modern liviflg.Mtis as much a part of a newspaper ai the news, and many people read advertisements regularly to learn what goods and services are availV able and what they will cost. Ad-

Locating Tumors Os The THE exact location of a brain)' tumor has always been a \ difficult problem for thfe surgeon. AU < yiglis tnay indicate that silch a tumor, without |by any < i means betraying ‘its precise lock j tion. Thus, the surgeon must often operate ■ more-or less in (the <i dark and, for this reason, many j skulls have' been opened only to? , find that the tumor was not in < the expected spot. i ( Recently, however, the busines of, locating brain iumors has Lbeen greatly simplified and made j many times more" accurate through /the use of what are known as radioactive isotopes. ' \ jii It has long been known that certain dyes, when injected i into , the body. | will rapidly cohcen- , trate in tumor tissue if ahy happens. to be present. If these dyes are made radioactive before I bo-' ( ing injected, they will giv® off radioactive signals which can be picked up by a Geiger counter when they are absorbed by tumor tissue, thus betraying to. the sur\ geon the ipeation of. the tumor iiv advance of operation. - In a repent series of 95 \cases cf ‘ brain tumor, the radioactive dye served as an accurate indication of the location of the tumor in 91 percent of the cases. Before this time, figures were no than 50 percent. A dye known as •fluorescein is being used for this purpose. This dye is combined with radioactive iodine And given /intravenously in a small amount. ./t v | j ,L r

vertising creates a demand for merchandise which in turn creates employment and helps to raise the standard of living for everyone. Cut advertising in bad taste or without regard for the privacy of individuals can only result in ill will for the product advertised. ■*—.... o~»"-*»j [ Besides being a House of the Lord for divine worship, the new St. Mary’s Catholic church will bp a building of outstanding architectural beauty. It will be constructed entirely of \stone, with exterior of Wisconsin stone\and the interior of Indiana limestone. Atop the 102 toot tpwer which will rise majestically from the Fourth street facade will be a large Cross. In the modern Fnglish-Gothjc design',\hthe architect has created an edifice that will be a temple of God apd a landmark of 'note in this city. Completed it will be the answer to the dreams and prayers of the Very Rev. Msgr. J.J. Seimets, pastor and his parishioners. o o Careers That Failed:— Death in a' prison cell appears to be the fate in store] for the 95-year-old .Henri Philippe Petain, marshal of France and former lead of th<? state. This would be a sad ending for anyone, i but especially for one whip had been so acclaiained as Petain./ In World War I, when heavy fosses had brought the French army to the point of mutiny, he restored order and confidence, laying the ground for the attacks which won the allied victory in 1918. This achievement caused him to be chosen to head the stale after the great defeats of 1940. He was expected to be a rallying point for defense. Instead he chose to surrender, and to operate as Hitler’s caretaker. For this he was tried after, the war and convicted of treason. ’ His career strongly parallels that of Germany’s Hindenburg. He too was the head of his -country's army and a national idol. Elected president in 1925 78, as an eminent citizen Abpve party, Hindenburg chose to invite Hitler into office.- |t The Nazi crimes Could ultimately be attributed to Hindenburg’s It’s regretable (that the careers of these two world figures had to end in disaster. ] '

Brain Twenty minutes after the dye i» injected and after the skull is cpen on the table, the Geiger counter is placed on various* areas of the brain'and local ization of the tumor is attempted. By this method, tumprs are not only but an Idea is given to the surgeon of the type of.tumor that is present, for certain cancer ous tumors tend to concentrate the dye better. £• The radioactive djiej method has proven less helpfuj in localizing tumors of the spinal cord because of the fact that the lungs, lher. kidney, and spleen also concentrate the dye so that radiation from these organs masks any increase given by a spinal cord tumor. \ || V At the dye hfts not been released fdl general use, but it is expected that it will be in; the near fuiure. This new method-of approach to brain tumors will help Io save the livesl of many individuals -in whpm the brain surgeon formerly had trouble in localizing the tumor. It also will tye of great in diagnosing the typ£ of tumor io that the extent of tumor removal necessary can be determined. / QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS V L. K. M.: Is. bowling harmful during early pregnancy? Answer: It would nod? be advis able to bowl during the earlv months of pregnancy. It may cause a miscarriage.

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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO c THEY stepped out into the dark- i aess of South Street, across from t the shadowy hulks of. freighters, i They approached the car warily, < even walking past it once to make sure that it wasn’t being watched. 1 Satisfied, they retraced their steps swiftly <and slid in. 1 McGann wheeled tip Greenwich 1 Avenue. There was still plenty of 1 life in the Village. Couples stood m front of nightclubs and the : white front coffee pots were filled. I They found the address on Perry 1 Street and again parked the car a short distance from the building ''which they were enteringA dim- bulb burned in the tiny foyer but they were able to find “L. Pearson” on the broken mailboxes. McGann pressed the button,, hearing a A taint ring above, and they went up when they found tjiat the door latch was not working. A woman whose gray hair was caught up in paper curlers •stuck her head from a secondfloor door. She looked like a decorated turtle ready to snap its head back in at* the first alarm. “What de you want ?” she demanded suspiciously. "Otto told us that we’d find Ambrose here,” McGann said. To allay her fears, he had stopped sev*. oral steps from the door. "It’s mportant About Mr. Tompkins.” The lineup of names seemed to calm and impress her. “Just a minute.” She closed the door and they heard the lock catch. “Maybe 1 ought to cover the outside,” Wexton whispered. McGann shook his head. He \said, “She asked for a minute and that’s what we’ll give them. Then we’ll wake up the building.” But no more than thirty) seconds had ticked by when they heard the shuffle of approaching footsteps and the door again opened. Pearson looked at them with eyes full of fear. “The detective,” he said. “And Mr. Wexton. But what is it?” “We want to talk to you, Pearson," McGann said shortly* “We’ll come tn>" A They pushed past the butler, who had pulled a short blue robe over a nightshirt which flapped about his bare shanks. There was a light on in the small living room filled with heavy, old furniture. They faced him there. “I want that record,” McGann said. \ a Pearson tugged at the robe cord with shaking hands. “I knew I shouldn’t have done it." he whimpered. “I knew it But I Just couldn’t resist it” He gazed at them imploringly. “Believe me, gentlemen, it was my first crime. Or. my word—" Wexton had his neck out like one of the butler’s feathered friends spotting a grub., "Holy smokes!” he said. He stared at McGann. “A confession. He done it!" Even McGann was looking queeri ly at the butler. He said sharply, ; "What crime ?" Pearson seemed ready tp coli lapse. "Thievery," he moaned. "I admit it I was going to keep it lit fifteen years with Mr. Tompkins, gentlemen, ft is the only , thing I ever took. On my oath— ’’ “Get it” McGann said. Pearson tottered to the hall ; closet and dragged a worn brief- \ case from the shelf. For a moment he fumbled with the catches, : then suddenly hepulled the record Lout with quivering fingers. It 1 gleamed warmly in the lamplight i as he thrust it at them. “Take it," •he quavered. “Take it. I never meant—” Four things happened almost si- ) multaneously in the next spliti second: \Pearson’s unsure foot ! caught on the rug, the record

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discus, McGann yelled, “Heads up!" and the leading edge clipped Wexton across the Adam’s Apple. The record dibpped unharmed into his outstretched hands. McGann grabbed it. “Good boy!” he said. IfHelp Mr. Pearson up." Wextob made strangling noises. His flats! were clenched. “It’s got to stop.’! he said. “This is positively thjft last time." McGann was inspecting the dike. It was put on only one side and bore noidentification label in the center. -Pearson bad gained his feet amid profuse apologies. Me,. Gann cub him off. “Is there a record player here?” "Oh, do, sir. I’d ordered one for home." | “Never mind," McGann said. “We’ll take it along. Come on. Dink.” He paused ,to pick up the briefcase and glance through it, then eyed- the ex-butler. “You’re sure tpis is the right one? You wouldn’t slip me a ringer?" "That’s the one Mr. Holton gave mt to deliver," Pearson said ferventlyr He hopped sideways to the door as* they went out. “It was just that it was the master’s own voice, sir. 1 was fascinated when I learned it existed.” He was almost weeping. “Mr. Tompkins was , always kind to me. Thera won’t be any more trouble, will there, sir? I give you my sacred—" McGapn .stopped at the door. k ’Go back to bed, Mr. Pearson, and don’t say anything about this to anyone." He smiled. “You’re as safe as?a swallow in a barn.” He tapped ithe record. “I may even be able to get yov a copy.” 1 Murmurs of "Thank you. sir” folljowet* them down the stairs. Wexton, said, “You warit me to j' hold that while you see if the I coast jis clear ?” I’d see. if the coast is clear and I’ll hold onto this, too,” McGann i said. hope 1 never have to live • through another minute like that ; with yob and Buttles batting this thing'back and forth. You’d think ■ it was. the check.” I "Di Maggio never made a better catch," Wexton boasted. , McGann stepped out and imme- • diately stepped back in. “Radio i car," he said. They flattened ; against the wall on either side i of the door and in a moment the . police car drove leisurely past. Met Gann, counted ten and they slipped out, walking with purpose but on1 hurriedly to the convertible. [ As they turned north, Wexton - suggested,-*,’There’s an all-night t music store on Broadway where t you can run it off.” \ , "I’ve got a little player at home," . McGann said. “One tube and six needles We’ll hear it there if ? O'Callahan doesn’t jump out when s we lift the lid." a j ’ They. circled the apartment l building twice, left the car down the block and went in.' McGann • pylled the shades before (turning , on the lights. He got out the record player and blew dust from the - top. Wexton said, “That looks like I a model. Edison abandoned." . \ "Old Faithful,” McGann said. “I - used to play soft numbers on this V and lovely young things leaned on ” me like hollyhocks in a high wind." He plugged it in and in a mo--1 ment a faint hum came on. Swiftly, - he slipped the record to the turn- - table, clicked it bn and lowered i, the needle. He said, ’Take it away, 1 Ronniaf'j ' t “Good ‘ evening," Ronnie Tompt kins said, eaxctly as he had before. ’’ He chuckled. “You weren’t expectr ing me tonight, Were you f But you know Z’d rather die than miss -a party." Wexton started to say something t but McGann waved him to silence. 1 He sab on a chair hunched up dose • I ■'

quart of water. Give top a thin v. ax coating to avoid further stalos. L Wet Umbrella Leave the wet umbrella closed, but turn it upjdde down to dry. This will avoid Ousting of the point w here the ribs are joined and also prevent stretching. • , . \ f ' a- * 1 • * ' • k J 0 I 20 YEARS AGO l TODAY | o o June 12.—Adams circuit court adjourns for' the summer vacation. Senator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois will be the speaker at tlje Democratic editorial summer meeting at GUry June 26. Cedric Voglewede from Marquette/University, Milwaukee, Wls., and his mother, M.rs. Clem Voglewede, and aunt Miss Grace Coffee, attend the exercises. \ - Charles G. Dawes, ambassador is elected president of thfe new Billion dollar jCentPa’ Republic of Chicago. Dr. C.: ijj. Branch appointed a deputy state bee inspector. / Miss Eloise Lewton will sail from New York City June 26 for a two-month tour of Europe. . 11 Looked Suspicious Memphis, Tenn. (UP) —Passersby ganged up on Tom Sanders as he squirmed out of the hole he bad cut ip the stone wall of tbe county jail. They let him go wtyqn hfi explained that he was a^legally employed stonecutter, not a °ner., , , ’ j

his chin on his hand and closed his eyes in concentration. "At one time or another, all of you meant something rather cial to me. You were grifters mostly. playing Good Time Ronnie 1 far what was in it. But don't look like that. I wasn\t fooled and 1 loved you for what you were." The smooth voice flowed into the room, filling it with gentle sarcasm, changing abruptly to bitteir recriminations and back to unctuous patronage. McGann sat motionless, following the macabre monologue. “Go on, now, with your party, my friends and my loves." Once more the low, self-satisfies laugh. “I'm with you, you know. I’m here." | McGann leaned over and shut it off, sitting for a moment with his hand on ’the control. ' When he looked at Wexton the reporter i seemed to have grown a shade paler. "You talked with Tompkins a hundred times,” McGann said. "Bow’d he sound to you there?” ♦ “His pixiest," Wexton said. “Having fun, and he didn’t really have fun very often. But it would take a gag like that to tickle him." ' McGann rose. “That does it then," he said. He went over and got his cigarettes from his raincoat pocket and flicked the match to a tray. He added thoughtfully, “It’ll be a hard thing to prove.” ) “Either quit talking in riddles or give me the combination to the jeebox.” Wexton said. "Better still, do both.” “One turri to the right,” McGann s-xjd. “Don’t touch anything thatls moving.” The hour before dawn was deathly quiet. A palpable stillness hung over the city, the building, made itself felt ’Jn the room. McGann smoked and paced restlessly, lost in thought. Wexton munched a sandwich and drank beer from a bottle. They both jumped when the telephone rang. "Probably Otto,” Wexton said, “trying to get even." McGann reached the instrument in three strides. "Hello." There was a muted buzzing. “Hello." he said again and this time Chary spoke.. Her voice sounded faiht and far away, and there was a sob in it. ‘Tm sorry,” she said. “You won’t see me again." There was: a pause and the tears broke through. “It will be better this way. I don’t know what happened to me J., really l don’t.. .•? ; “Listen, Chary,” McGann said. "Listen to me. Are you at the hotel now? Til—” “lust far away,” she said. “Don’t ask me where. Far enough that no one will ever find me . , . ever . ).\,” McGann swung on Wexton. ‘There’s a pay phone in the lobbydet down, there and trace this call. I’ll hold the line, open as long as I can.” V/\ I The door slammed behind the reporter and McGann flinched. Ilf there was one time he didn’t want neighbors pounding on the wall this was it Chary's voice still came over the line. She was weeping openly now. “Sometimes things happen . . . and people do things they never dreamed they would or c0u1d...” “Listen to me” McGann said once more and then he gave up trying to break in, listening tm stead to the tragic singsong that droned on almost as if she were explaining something to herself. "Being sorry doesn’t do any good, does it ? It sounds so useless ... and yet that’s all there is to say .I. except goodbye.” The receiver clicked down. _

'" > The Mahin Smith estate ways declared > closed by the court following the filing of the final report, which showed proper adminlstrar lion, and the inheritance tax appraiser’s report by the co-exedutors Orva and Leslie Smith. The latter report revealed an estate having a uet value of $17,866.74 with tax of $1.44 due from Alva Smith and Elsie Stucky, and tax Os $11.44 due from Hanna Bixler, Orva and Leslie Jimi th. ? , < Other estates were closed by the court when the executors or administrators showed them, fully administered with all proper papers registered. Thesis included the, Nettie Busche estate, Ernest Busche, administrator; John McCray, Allen Runyon; Emma Liechty, Jeff Liechty; James Mauller, Bertha McMichael-; Mary Cook, Roy Lautzenheiser; Thomas Dur- . kin/ Eugene and Gerald Durkin, coexecutors; Sarah Briggs, William Briggs; Franklin Franz, Bertha ,Franz; Jeremiah Liechty, Emma Liechty; Rollo Houck, George Houck, administrator. Schedule Filed Schedule to determine the inheritance tax for the Harry Neil estate filed showing a net estate value of $24,104.77 and Nilah, Forest and Edith Nell beneficiaries. Letters Issued Letters of administration were issued to Earl Adams for the John Brothers estate, the application for the le>4ars noted a personal estate of < .-obably $2,100 and real estate of SI,OOO. Shows also" that Darrel a’al Charles Brothers are the heirs. 0 I Modern Etiquette t 6) ROBERTA LEE 0 Q. lustekl of saying “How do you do,” when being introduced isn’t it all right merely to speak the name of the person, “Mr. Wilson”? / \ A. Thi&rsounds just a little on the inadequate Side. It is much better to employ the usual form “How do you do.” Q. Should the desert spoon or fork be placed on the table with the rest of the implements that are necessary for a meal? \ A. No; they are brought in on the dessert plate after the other cishes are removed from thetable. ’ Q. Jis it- good form to send a Wedding invitation to “Miss Frances Jones and brother”? A.' This would be in very bad taste. The correct w a y is to. send .» separate invitation to each person.

< ' CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE "HELLO!” McGann flashed rapi idly. “Hello!” The operator came on. "What number are you calling, please?" “I’m not calling any number; somebody was calling me.” "I’m sorry,” the operator said, \ “yOur party has bung up." “Can you get them back?" "No, sir." “Never mind." McGann held down the cradle cutoff for a moment, got the dial tone. The wheel whirled as he dialed ELdorado 5-3000. On the second ring the | girl came on, “Waldorf-Astoria.” I McGann gave Chary’s room num- , ber. “One moment, please.” She J closed the key and McGann waited impatiently, ths phone growing moist in his hand. ; She came back, “Are you calling Mary Jones?" ! “Yes, it’s an emer—” She was ■ gone again. McGann swore under his breath. The key flicked open. "I will give you the room clerk, sir." f “I don’t want —" "Room Clerk speaking." McGann'got hold of himself with an effort. ’This is very important.' I’m trying to reach Miss Mary Jones.” He repeated the room number. "Miss Jones has checked out." "Checked out? When?"

A pause. "About al» hour ago." £ “Was she with anybody?" "I beg pardon?" “Did anybody come to the hotel for her ? Did she leave with anyone, or did she go out alone?" The room clerk apparently was trying to think back. "I’m quite certain she was alone when she left the lobby, sir." Wexton flung back into the room. He was panting. "No good." McGann told the room clerk, "Just a minute," and turned to the reporter. “They said the connection was broken too soon." Wexton explained. I ' ■ / ■ j ' McGann nodded, returned to the phone. ‘This may be a matter of life or death. Did Miss Jones .give ■any hint to where she was going?" “Not to us, sir." McGann’s vbice was steady.' “Listen carefully," he said. "Talk to the doorman. Find out If he. overheard her instructions to Ji cab driver. Or see if he rememl>ers what cab she took so it can »je traced. If 1 can’t locate her another way I'll call you back. Will you do that?" The clerk sounded dubious. "This is all very irregular, you know, fust w'ho is this calling?" Patiently, McGann explained about Chary's connection with the -lain Ropnie Tompkins, "f had her stay there as a safety measure. You see what this means?" •Til do what 1 can, sir," the clerk said briskly. "I’U get the souse officer on it right away." •Thanks.” He dropped the re- ’ ' f I ' ’ '

Plenty Os Teys For Nation's 4ma|l Fry Bdston, Mass., June, 12.—(UP)— The nation’s small fry will be able to get all the toys they wapt this year despite shortages, a group of toy manufacturers said today. Bernard Baum, self-styled “doll king” of the toy industry, told 90 toy and game manufacturers? yesterday at a toy sh<iw that shprtages of moulded lubber —used io making dolls drink and had forced manufacturer, to rat io u ' items containing tbh material v 6 But, he r z .i4, iiewly-discovereu substitute, will keep the toy pa rade mar chin?. — -—I A Complete Erection Os Large Memorial Wemhoff Monuinental Works of Decatur and Fort Wayne has just /completed erecting a large memorial of Georgia marble al the graveside of the late Dr. Kari r.berly, for many years city health cificer of Fort Wayne. The memorial is. considered tj be one of the finest in the Fort Wayne cemetery. Two recent orders for monuments to be built iu

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ceiver, started for the door. ”Com< . on," he told Wextop, “I think 1 3 know where that call came from.*’ t “Where is she?" t ' They clattered down the stairs, . gained the street. “It’s a chance but a good one,'" McGann said. t ‘Tompkins' place." They reached the car on a dead run, Jumped in. “What would she be doing there?" Wextx asked. "Returning to the I scene of the—" He choked off, . surprise at his own thought in his l face as the car Junghd forward. > McGann didn't answer the last , question, instead, he said, "Now > that we’ll want < radio ear, I’fl bet . we don’t raise orfe." i They spun north in Lexington. I jockeyed over to Madison, whin- . ing through the city locked at last in that moment between the final revelry and the OrM milkman. The slick streets unwound i rapidly in the headlights, and twice McGann wrenched the ear around other machines poking out into the thoroughfare. 'W \ They flashed into the Sixties and he slowed up to shriek protestingiy into Tompkins' b|ock. The car skidded, lurching intp the curb as they pulled up. Above them the bouse loomed gloomy and forbidding. "Dark as • mote’s rumpus room," Wextqn said. "You guessed wrong." /

• "Around the back,* McGsan said, "and quiet." They ducked into the adjoining I service entrance, coming but in . the rear courtyard. A glance showed a faint, flickering fight behind the drawn shades of the , study. Wexton said, “How do you ? like—" when a hard hand clapped over his mouth and McGann pulled him close to the building. ;/ McGann put his mouth close to the reporter's ear. “I’ll boost you up ao you can pull down the fireescape extension. Easy does it. Once you're up there, watch and wait. I’ll ge around the front Got it?" : Wexton reached up and puHed the hand away, then nodded wordlessly. McGann leading, they edged silently along the building. Once McGann leaned out to Jook up. The dancing fight was still thfeye but he could see nothing elsei -Across the way the windows of Kathleen Rogers* apartment were Hack. An upper wind had cleared the sky, driving the last wisps from the stars, and McGann could see the end of the counterbalanced extension. He drew Wexton forward and booked his hands together in front "Put one hand against the building," he whispered, “then step up on my shoulders. When you get hold of it bring it down gjow." The reporter's left shoe pressed down on his hooked hands. McGann straightened his knees. Wexton got hold of the back of HU head and McGann lifted and he watup. He teetered there uncertaisy until McGann got a grip his ' 7 . n £1- ' ■f ■ ■

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11 fj- 112' :□ ~~ 1 ■- INSERVBCK The address of Pvt. E-l Norbert A. Lengerich Is as follows: US 55138132; Trhg. Co., Ist Trng. Bn. ERT(?, Fort Belvoir, Va. I • . | The uniformed drill team of the American Legion auxiliary and all auxiliary members are requested to meet at the Legion home to take part in <the parade and subsequent services. ■ ■, / i * ) ■•• I ' ■■: ’j„ • p ’ r ■' 1 I Burns Are Fatal To Terre Haute Worker Terre Haute, Ind., June 12 - (UP)-4 David E. Springer, 66, Terre H aQ t e construction worker, died in Union hospital yesterday rs burps suffered last Thursdaj when Jie grabbed a high voltage powier line while working. — Decatur and erected in the Fort Wayne Catholic cemetery are a J Stope of Ageg memorial for the j late Graham Hatcher, prominent Fort. Wayne i auto dealer, tend - another for the mother of sinjl Sitko, former Notre Dame football star. I L • > ] if . , | i/' ' I'-, t ■ .II ill ■

e ankles. When Wexton was steady, I he eased out from the wall toward. ” the iron tracery. McGann could tell from Wexi, ton's movements when the reporte er bad gotten hold. He hoped the L extension was still as muffled as l 1 the other time he had used it. A l careful glance upward showed.that) ’ it was coming down under Wex-t e ton’s pressure. McGann reached up; with one hand and held it head I 3 high while Wexton slid softly for-; • ward - i ‘i ■ a t He tapped Wexton’s ankle and. t motioned him ahead and now he t held It up with both hands while the reporter crept along. It was not until the reporter was almost: - at the runway leading to the study 1 windows that he released the ex-* j tension and let it rise slowly Into - place again. / ; v I McGann moved quickly along • the building and through to the 1 front. He experienced the weird ; feeling that once before be had done exactly this same thing. Only I now he had two keys to the house of marriage and mystery. i There was not a person in sight i as he slipped up the stairs and reached the pitch dark halt Ho took a slow breath,' held it. Looking down its length he could see no light now in the study. The door was closed. He had left it opep. His feet made no sound on the thick rug, his outstretched fingers trailed along the wall, touched the door to the art gallery. It had been locked. Eyes straining, one hand ahead and the other on the wan, he moved ahead. Now he could hear the crackle of the Are in the study. The temporary door, fie remembered, had not been as sturdy as the original. As his) fingers touched the knob, there came to him the hint of a sweet and cloying odor. / \ Hie scent drove thoughts of caution from his mind. He called, “Chary!” once, the sound echoing eerily in the corridar and up the staircase, and tried to turn the knob. It hel<L He lunged heavily Snd the flimsy partition gave way. She lay stretched on the spot where Ronnie Tompkins' blood had drained. The firelight was mirrored i« her outflupg hair and her eyes were closed. Across her mouth and nostrils lay a thick white cloth and the odor of chloroform lay heavy in the room. McGann took a step forward and paused. On the table next to t the) chair where he had sat for that first interview stood another glass. A fresh cigarette had been crushed out in the tray. From the tray in the middle of Tompkins’ desk, smoke still rose. A movement in the far corner swung his gaze slowly in that direction. tpie door to the servants' stairway stood ajar, a black slit, and as-he watched it, it widened grMually- j'fTo Be Continued) JI ' )■