Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 187, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1924 — Page 8

BKGIN HERE TOI.\Y Douglas Raynor is found shot through the heart in the earlv evening- on the floor of the aun room of Flower Acres, his Long lsiand home. Standing over the dead man. pistol in hand, is Malcolm Finley, ofmier sweetheart of Raynors wife, Nancy. Ev Turner. Raynor's nurse, stands by the light switch. Then Nancy; her brother. Orville Kent; Ezra Goddard, friend of Finley: Miss Mattie. Raynors sister, and othc-. enter the room. Lionel Raynor, son of Douglas Raynor by first marriage, conies to claim his father s estate. Nurse Turner confesses to attempting to poison Dourtas Raynor for revenge Pennington Wise, a celebrated detective. and Zlri. his girl assistant, are called to take the case out of the hands of Detective Dobbins. Zigi disguises herself as a ghost and goes into the superstitious Lionel Raynors room. He is badly frightened. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY R™ "| EAUZIXG the no- 1 for haste, lest her subject become too l___j satisfied of his safety, she murmured: "Ts you are right—if you are ready to do right—to restore the will —the will —the will —” Even as she whispered the words. Zizi knew her ruse had succeeded. She had already sized up Lionel Ray nor as no villain at heart; she was convinced that he had suppressed tlte will because of a sudden tree* <i and because of tl unity af forded hint "ffv the peooli., or.tuitions of the case. Moreover, she knew he truly thought i hat Nancy Raynor had killed his fath* r and he lieved that therefore she had no right to the inheritance, put he knew. too. that he was frightened and apprehensive at what lie had done, and that this ghostly warn ing would, in all probability, bring about the restoration of th* will. "You promise?” she breathed, her gray draperies wavering through the air, as her hidden arms moved them.

nnWm wVtIl ip- -•’ ' -jMSISSurI.'I ' 1 ■Mil "I THINK. MR. DOBBINS. THAT THE WHOLE SECRET RESTS ON THE FOOTPRINT.”

and her gleaming eyes fixed on him In the darkness. “I promise?* he returned. "And you will keep that promise—or"—the faint voice grew fainter—| "or tomorrow night—tomorrow night—” And she was gone. Asa matter of fact, Zizi mereiy tank to the floor but it gave all the effect of a supernatural disappearance. She crawled to the door —which was in an alcove, nr.d noiselessly let herself out Into the dark hall. Again in her own room, she removed her phosphorus, and powder, and clipped out of her multitudinous layers of fine tulle. “A wonderful frock.” she said, admiringly, as she folded it carefully Into a surprisingly small compart and laid It away. "I doubt If there’s a better ghost effect possible. That man was literally scared stiff. Penny will he pleased. And I'm sure he’ll keep his promise—if not —” And she tucked herself Into bed and slept soundly 'ill daybreak. Sure enough. Penny Wise was pleased the next day, when he found what a perfect success Zizi’s plan had been. Early in the day Lionel Raynor went to Nan with the news that he had found the will in question. It ’was. in all respects, like the carbon copy Dolly Fay had unearthed but it was signed and witnessed. “Where was it?" Nan asked. “It had slipped behind a drawer in father’s desk,” the son declared, and Wise never knew whether that was the hiding place Lionel had chosen or whether he had produced It from his own room and made up the desk story. Nor did any one care. Tho will, a true document, gave Nancy Raynor the larger portion of the fortune and estate of Douglas Raynor. Tt provided properly and comfortably I for his son and his sister: it left a goodly sum to Grlmshawe Gannon and to the household servants, and was In all respect a satisfactory will—to all concerned—unless an exception might be mado of Lionel: Sore- Throat Wisdom To relieve Sore Throat you must get at the seat of the disease, counteracting the cause. Tonsiline is prepared and sold for that one purpose. A dose of Tonsiline taken upon the first appearance of Sore Throat may save long d.ivs of sickness. Use a little Sore Throat wisdom and_ buy a bottle of Tonsiline today. You may need it tomorrow. Tonsiline is the National pCj Sore Throat Remedy—best known and most effective and most used. and Look for the long necked fellow 'I on the bottle when you get it. TONSILINE or Throat R*mmdy * JOY Simple cleanliness is the secret Chamberlain’s Tablets keep ▼our stomach, liver and bowels healthy, sweet and clean. For constipation, biliousness, indigestion, headache and that tired, worn out feeling, take Chamberlain’s Tablets Take two tonight. No griping, no unpleasant next day feeling. 50 for 25 cents. Sold teenjuhert —Advertise meat.

CHAPTER XVII One More Confession It was no secret that the detective | Dobbins was no friend of Pennington Wise. The local sleuih was jealous. Rut Zizi had a notion that there was something to he gained by b judicious quizzing of Dobbins, and with her feminine tact she flattered him until he was ready to tell her anything he knew. To be sure, it wasn't much, hut Dobbins had been on the ease from the beginning and he might have scraps of information that might l>e I of value. I "I think.” Zizi said to him. as she found him in the sun mom. gazing at the still visible print of the overshoe, "I think, with you. Mr. Dobbins. that the whole secret rests on i that footprint." "Yes—yes tt does —it does, I'm ! sure. But how to get at it—that’s j ' the thing." "I suppose you’ve raked the shoe J shops herealtouts." “Oh. yes—hut that could brine on! ; ; noth :ig. Rubbers arc all alik l —and I couldn’t T a 1 any shoe dealer who had sold rubbers to any member of thi'- family or any of the servants lately. Must IlkeH it was bought in New Y<>rk. and of course it’s inipossible to traeo it." j "Os course, and it would do no ! goo,] to learn that rubbers had been bought. The thing Is to find out , what bp.s become of the rubber that ; made this prim. Tt can't he the j ! property of one of the servants—" ; "Now, why can’t it?” "First, because it’s too large for ary of the maids. And, too, girls j . don't wear rubbers nowadays. Rut, ;

any way. this is the print of a man's rubber.” “It car. ar.d I hold that it was Douglas Raynor's rubb r. and that ! Mrs. Raynor wore it that evening when she come in and shot him, he- i cause it would boa sort of disguise | —a false clew, you sec.” "You me r. she purposely put or that overshoe, and purposely made j that footprint—-' “I mean Just that, miss. She's a : deep one. thu* Mrs Raynor is. and. ! though I thought first off she was trying to poison Mr. Raynor. I see now she wasn't —It was that nurse who did that. And Lord knows no jury would ever convict that nurse—even if she'd succeeded Rut, Mrs. i Raynor, now. that’s another thing. ■ She only wanted to he rid of her husband that she might marry an- , other man—a younger man arid one who would be k'nder to her. I don't, wonder at her hating old Raynor—he was a brute if ever one lived—- : but she bad no right to shoot him—- ' no, ma'am, that she hadn’t.” Zizi looked at Dobbins medlta- ' tlveiy. "You’ve never flinched from your 1 suspicion of her, have you?” sh asked. “No. ma’am, not really. T've been swayed— yes, swaved. one way and another, but I always come bark to her —'cause why. who else could It ; he? It’s got to l.e somebody—the idea of an outsider is too ridiculous —it’s got to he somebody in the ; house —somebody interested- desporj ately Interested in old Raynor's j death. Now. excepting Mr. Finley, who is so Interested as Mrs. Raynor? And after the man became a drug fiend he was Just about Impos- ! sibde to live with." "But—if you argue that Mrs. Ray- ! nor killed him impulsively—afir a ; quarrel or after he had abused her beyond all limit, I might agree; but for you to say she put on the overj shoes and deliberately planned the I murder —it’s too much to believe.” "Not a hit too much. I tell you she’s a deep one—she planned it ! most likely long before she carried it out—then, waited her chance.” “Having the overshoes with her all the time—in readiness?” "Oh, them overshoes might have been a sudden freak —say she happened to see ’em sitting around nnd , stuck her little feet in ’em as an i additional precaution.” "Sounds fishy to me. What did she do with the overshoes afterward?” "Ali, that’s just it. If we could j find those —but, you see. whoever | shot Raynor hid those overshoes—j why. there’s no doubt that, the murj derer were them—the print is right j near w’here Raynor stood, it’s pointed j right toward him —the shoe must have been on the foot of the mur- ! derer. There’s no getting away from that.” “Just like leaving a visiting card.” "Just exactly. And if we can find the rubbers—they may not givo away j the criminal—but I’ll say they will.” "How about the nurse—she’d have j big feet—nurses always do. And ; she'd be as likely to shoot Mr. Ray- | ; nor as to poison him.” ! ‘‘Miss Turner? Why, she was in the north door pushing on the lights.” “She says she was. Can she prove ' ft?” “They all saw her—Mrs. Raynor. Mr. Finley, Miss Raynor—why, all of them saw her in the doorway—” ‘‘Yes—but that was after the shot.

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; cla! musical feature* will be provided William H. Kershner, most wise master of the Indianapolis chapter of Rose Croix, will direct ceremonies. Number* will be given by the Schubert Quartette. Other feature will be a large male chorus of the Murat Chanters, Raper Commander? Choir, De Molay Choir and the Scottish Rite Choir. Chief address will he by the Rev. Clarence Hyatt Bispham.