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By DENNIS WHEATLEY | ernment, but that is not the case. savage had offered you a big bribe | & THAT FAST, NN” Copyright. Joa. ov NEA Service. Inc: | The thing you're interested in is | which you intended to split with | LY fa r 3 NHB, ow ® the highest bribe you can get to |the Totomi Soap Co. and that you | jHElZIRAN oN BEGIN HERE TODAY split with the Totomi Soap people, | feared you would lose it if Rock- | 7 Investigating the murder of Bolithe in order to stall them off from Savage and Blane came to an under- | MEA IT 5) rT Blane, British financier, aboard Carlton | wrecking the deal. { standing? 2\| Rocksavage's yacht, Detective Officer Rocksavage told me himself that | H.—On that question I give not | Kettering runs into a maze of con- . -omised you $1,000,000 to | my answer now. I reserve it for my | flicting clews. he had promiseq nt | defense, should you make the error | Each of the ship's passengers appear | split with them u the Yes) wen [i charge me with this crime involved in some manner. These in- | through. It's my opinion that you | K —Unfortunately you are unable | clude Lady Welter; her daughter and | were scared that if Rocksavage and t Nov anv IaLely “You sav vou son-in-law, Reginald and Mrs. Jocelyn; | Blane got together they would no | De en cabin at 6:10 RY 4 you Ee rR ehoade od. |longer be prepared to Pay YOU ;4" not” arrive changed in the nosuke Hayashi. Only Nicholas Stod- enough to square the Totomi peo- hE €

art, Biane's secretary, appears above . y suspiolon since he was in the yacht's ple, so the whole thing would have | H—But I came up again. 1

lounge all during the period in which | fallen through. wrote the postcard which you found the crime was obviously committed, | H.~—Thatl deny. wit # lin Mr. Blanes cabin, here, in this / investigati sses, Ket- | — rit if y ike, US] Lis b } 2 re, investisation Progress. Keb | ie Deny it if you like, bu yl | writing room, between 7 and 10 past. Or In earns ram ae yn A ites the truth and we can prove 1il.| g vo; might have mentioned savage possessed the best motive for it b hes nite | " & - vi inancial gai , In consequence 1t becomes QUE |nat yesterday. What did you do the crime—financial gain. Moreover, he | . : that v had the strong- | J Ye you learned that Rocksavage was able to | Plain now that you fo a | then? dress for dinner in four minutes, a feat | est possible motives for getting rid | gy _ 1 went down again. conceivably enabling him to commit a |of Blane. If he and Rocksavage | K.—Well, that doesn't help us any | murder and return to the ship's lounge | had ever got together it looked as | as you were in your cabin between without creating suspicion, if you were going to lose your share | 7.45 and 8:15 and during those 30 Confronted with this revelation, Rock- of a million dollars ! i t n hav qd qd savage countered that Jocelyn, too, had | a | minutes you may ave muraere | Blane as I suggest.

a real motive—money. Furthermore, that | 2 3 2 ¥ . Hayashi stood to lose a million dollars | _Do I understand that you | H.—No, no. 1 was in the cabin all if Blane had lived long enough to con- | accuse me of the murder of | that time. Working, please, on my clude a merger with Rocksavage, thereby | papers and, wait, the steward can killing the soap monopoly deal Hayashi | this man, Blane? : | prove that I was there at 7:50, besought. Later, Lady Welter, questioned | K —That's about what it looks | . : : i ] : ‘ | cause I rang for him. again as to her whereabouts at the time | like to me. | of the crime, testified she was knitting | fr _ Np, no—please. You make | (To Be Continued) R jemper In Her Mids wresence, here a big mistake. I have no hand | i Anca ” x in that—none whatever. Save this installment as evidence CHAPTER NINETEEN K—Do you deny that Rock-) to help you solve the crime. Detective Officer Neame's shorthand notes of Detective Officer

Kettering's examination of Lady J LW Nr 2 Welter's maid, Mildred Short. MOTH ER S EN A N | NER eRvCE TRC Tw EE Eo “mre. BORN THIRTY VEARS TOO SOON. 4 ~—Come in, Mildred. Just a few | EE i ; | —By Al Capp |

questions I want to ask you about what happened on the night By Betty Brugger ’ | THE DEBRIS iS CLEARED AWAY - RCAC Sa Li

Re ———— . i ; ? b ¢ », Zz GREAT ScoTT’ Mo py His dea Daily Short Story WHERE S = DIRECTLY OT A SIGN ara” Lk : > : ; HN IT ISN'T VERY K.—What time did Lady Welter E always called him “Mousie” | come in, he give the feller who NO BONES THE IN THE 0 IY r= BRITISH=TO CRY, ) ring for you to come along and among ourselves, though he | brought me a dirty look, but he B LAD’ PATH OF THE IR BUT— Be pr 10 past Dore the dignified appellation of | didn’t say nothin’. / / Cha EL P Al) 7 sir that is when I got to her Mz, William Wiliams, when he Zz = 7 Tr . ladyship’s cabin. had first timidly appeared at our |. ELL, I looked at the overK —How long were you with her? | front door, we had been struck im- | coats and, right away, I M —Just under half an hour, sir. | mediately by a ng UsSHE® | thought some of ‘em looked awI was back in the service room down countenance. rom thab ' | ful familiar, but I wasn't sure, bebelow by 25 to 8. he became “Mousie,” though he, | "cheap overcoats look a lot K.—Lady Welter was busy knit- | POOT nan, lide knew the nickname | ;p0 Then, all of a sudden, I knew ting a jumper that day, wasn't she? We gave him. {hat at least one of them coats was M.—Yes, sir. He wanted to rent mother’s store imine. I didn't say nothin’—just | K.—Do you remember how far building. He seemed an honest that 1 wasn't satisfied with the she had got with it before she sent | sort. Consequently, mother wel- [coats mn wouldn't buy none—but for you to help her to dress? comed Mousie, whose great project (when I left the place, I went M.—She only had one sleeve left | was a second-hand clothing store. | straight to the plice n told my to do, sir. | After the usual preliminaries, a story. K.—How long would that take |lease was signed. | “They went to the place 'n ar-| = A / - ) 7 7 7 her? | From the very first, however, rested the man 'n told me they'd] 4 M ao pay 83 hour, sir. It {here was (rouble. The trouble been lookin’ for him for some time. | Frat Es AND HIS FRIENDS — osser | as only a short sleeve, you see. | was that Mousie failed to pay his [He had a reglar bizness of stealin’| ' | 4 = == TIN K —When you came back to her | ent. Each month, he had a new |coats n havin’ his men make the | SON, You HAVE MY SYMPATHY . I I BUT, DOGGONE x co™ TE SR QUIET, YOUNG MAN... THIS 0 cabin, after she had gone up, did | oy of harq times, of his trials | rounds of second-hand clothes deal- J NS Jou TVCMI CANT | Lemay an BHA HBR JHE Boe for IS A LIBRARY! FORGET “THE you notice if the jumper was just | and tribulations. . He would pay | ers like me to offer the coats cheap. | WHEN TON! LEFT WITHOUT EXPLAIN - GET HER OFF VOURSELE B= | 1S, JUST So You, BY AN GIRL, IF YOU WISH \ . , v , : J GET [<2 \ he Pe had she done any- when such-and-such paid him. He I guess, though, he had too many | ING WHY, BUT YoU CAN'T LET IT / MY MIND ! U = ' [ ms is) AND AMAZING PLEASE DON'T FORGET : Ne 1 didnt See it tt Gr. qn Would pay when conditions were men workin’ for him 'n’ they got | ~— yy _ WHAT CAN A GOOD BOOK AMUSING. 1 fact, I iis tering Jet Fi better. And so on. their wires crossed. : | : : RELAX YOUR WANT TO FORwhat had happened to it because 1 “But of course, Mrs. Blair,” he i eT es cy os ¢ 1 Rw MIND n T GET A GIRL! haven't seen it since would always add, “if you don't i) i" oe to me the second time ! , K—Is that so? All richt. You want to trust me, I can leave, even didn't Ehow that I'd veen robbed n | can go, Mildred. thoush oe bizness Is just gettin’ | o¢ some of the coats he was takin’ | x ho” : id 160K at 1 tial] me to see had been stolen from me. ; y ok at her wistfully , . i ive him | Detective Officer Neame's shorthand | wont Sou 0 A . Y | That's the reason his boss give him notes of Detective Officer Ketter. | Vith his sharp, bright eyes, until |a dirty look when he brought me in. | ing's second examination of Mr. mother didn't have the courage to Anyway, I got paid a reward for | Inosuke Havashi. put him out. catchin’ the thief—a cash reward, Abt ma'am.” : N \ KS morning Mr. Hayashi. INALLY, however, she hardened | “But what was it,” asked mother, 5 = wi Soren TR - H.—Good morning, officer, her heart. She set a certain | “that made you so sure suddenly : < —1 don't think you were quite | gate upon which Mousie must either | that one of the coats was yours?” Teli with me yesterday. pay or leave. “I was goin’ through the pockets | a put 2 am always frank. I The day arrived. So did Mousie, | {0 see if they was all right, 'n what | £ ; T'S ALL (fO0ZV'S GOT IT! THAT RUMPYS) i : swer everything you ask—yes? verv downcast. d’you think I found?” 7 TH ROW?, HEY GUZ- TH' GUARD, HE'S OUT THERE, WHATEVER IT IS, v K.—Maybe, but you didn't go out | | We said we didn't know | WHAT'S ( 27) ATS RIGHT, GONE, y' SAY 2 HAS MADE 'EM FORGET 7% STICK CLOSE TO TW! of vour wav iv > ov “I haven't got the rent,” he ad-| .. ¢ a rd i. ] , = iN \ LOOK!!! y AOSU , 3 - A ' your way to give me any extra “p in’ . A dead mouse!” said Mr. Wil-| Vii... 24 BON ON( CGY THAT BY GOSH ) WELL, WHAT'S ALL ABOUT US! o> ROCKS =F WE CAN information, did you? For instance, mitted. “I've been havin’ awful lp... triumphantly. “A dead mouse | k : 7 Why \, THERE'S NO / TO PREVENT WELL, WHAT En HEL MAKE IT TO TH' JUNGLE | you didn't tell me that you had | uk. ‘that was petrified eatin’ plaster | WN E SL! y : 5 US RUNNIN! CHANCE TO / ARE WE WAITIN : PN BEFORE THEY MISS US) written a note to Blane asking him | “Yes?” questioned mother coolly. | paris 'n water!” A Ra : oY 2 ab : ¢ AN THEY'LL NEVER or” either to come to your cabin or give Mousie went on with his story. THE END FIND US rr vou a meeting in his before dinner. "Yesterday mornin’ a man come to | re 4 H.—I did not think that had any my store mn he sez to me, ‘Be you (Copyright, 1937. by United Feature bearing on the case. Billie Williams?’ I sez, ‘Here's your | Syndicate, Inc.) K.—It has a bearing which may | man!’ Then he come closer 'n Whis- | The characters in this story are fictitious. make things look very nasty for vou, | pered, ‘I know where you cn git — Mr. Hayashi. What time did Blane | Some fine cvercoats—cheap! Come | . come to your cabin? on, I'll show ‘em to you.’ Ask The Times

H.—He did not come to my cabin.| “Well, I hustled into my coat |

K.—Then what time did you go | hat, 'n took the money I'd saved for | ( to his? the rent and—well. Mrs. Blair, them | When addressing any question of . ry a H—I did not go to his cabin. overcoats was the purtiest second- fact or information to The In- \ TS Fd . “MAT ara Bie pa Poor man, he ignored my note, per- | hand ones I'd come across in a long | dianapolis Times Washington ERE Tad © 1937 BY NEA SERVICE, ING. T. MRED, U. 8, PAT, OFF.

haps because he had no option. time, and cheap as dirt. So I bought | Service Bureau, 1013 13th St, N. K.—What time did you send that | 20 of em!” P pl Was Washington, D. C. Legal and i CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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Mr. Blane came on board. I wrote i 3 it in the small writing room here to see whether mother shared | | of th | 13 Waste silk. cial o e 3 Waste 3

and sent it down at once. his enthusiasm in regard to his pur-| @_When was the operetta, “Rose ; 3 > K.—What were you so anxious to chases. Seeing that she did not, | Marie,” first produced? FE Philippines. , 15 Station. see him about? he went on again. | A—In 1924. , | 11 Divine word. 'N| 17 Sand hills. H.—It is quite simple. I have the | “I bin havin’ a lot of trouble with| Q—Must a person be a citizen of on JE ; y AED 2 God of th 18 Singing volegy disposal of the soap monopoly of | mice lately, you know. Seems like | the United States to be eligible for iii : i po 3 Ig iY ete DI 21 Helper. my country in my hands. I must |they run all over the place. So I benefits under the Federal old-age p : X Sn ry dE | Re 22 Drone bee get the best price for my country | thought up a little scheme of my | retirement provisions of the Social Lat Bet LA pen SE TORL 14 Stuck nn mud. 25 Trumpet that I can. I have been negotiating | own to git rid of em.” | Security Act? : ; 16 Consumed. sound. for its sale by correspondence with | We all wondered what this had to| A—No. 17 Right. 27 Precept. both Mr. Rocksavage and Mr. Blane, | do with the matter of rent and over-| Q—What was the next year after ; GER o i v Biss SEL I oth 3 19 Book part. 30 Wine vessel but neither would make me a defin- | coats, but we didn’t interrupt him. [1 B C.? FAT Il wr TE 3 Pr REEL, OSE ae | 20 Insane. 31 Period re new 4 Y “Last night, I fixed up a bowl of | et A B | x K Rs & 21 Exaramed 32 Taxi, knew that if these two onc ster paris. s “Z : ER ET 4 Nf Pals 2 TGA TT pi 2% Tn dr togethier the chances were that they er fit a hon an | Q—Name the King of Italy. re gE Ant 3 ; er BE ri oo accounts. 33 To doze. would arrange an amalgamation. | ured the mice would eat the } laster | a=Viycrio Bmanuele 1. : ae , Vo i, | S3iiace (rae 5 SE Plater. That Would havé put Ye | ures : 1 pias ; “ A ar FE pf ge : ; ” Aa cireuit. 43 Sound of 58 To renovate. 33 Small groves) : ave put an end to their | paris, then git thirsty and take a | @—In the motion picture, “Follow Rk ge 3 / AE leasure 59 His official competition and my government drink of water, and the plaster | the Fleet,” who played the role of Sac YE : dl 8 5 dX 5 i BY a:1410, 44 Or an of tit] : Ly. St Iyees would have had to accept a much would get hard in their stomachs | Ginger Rogers’ sister? FANE WV FS a WER W C 4 2 be | 25 Coal box | Fgan o itle (pl). 39 Little wrine lesser price in consequence. It was kill em!” A—Harriet Hilliard (Mrs. Ozzie oud \ Wf oe Po . as a . | 38 Negave. 46 ny VERTICAL kled man my business, therefore, to try and | Father looked very skeptical, but | Nelson). ir x Ng | s Riri ; ¥ oh ? R | 28 Toward. 0 on. ) 40 Tree fluid, arrange a deal with one of these | Mousie did not notice him. | Q—Is Franklin D. Roosevelt a ; - > : . Ne T gobs : RX aad | | 29 Burned with 17 Away. inlaid 42 Parrots. two gentlemen before they met. “You shoulda seen the mice I got! | member of any religious sect? .. a Ny wy Fl ol | steam. 49 Cat's foot. decoration, 45 Male sheep. | This mornin’, I found more than 12| A—Yes, he is a member of the ney 4 ® \ Ef : 4 fg RY © Bs ie wl 32 Crown. ol yuh : 2 Elderly. 46 Male servant ; a dead ones a-lyin’ aroun’ in corners!” | Protestant Episcopal Church. fll a C7) Nea % \ X : Fe fr | 34 Mother. ingredient. . 3 To bow. 48 Perfume. I SPOKE to Mr. Rocksavage soon — npgther shuddered, but father was | Q—When was the slogan, “Rum : LONE NEA “FN W TE i : 10) | 35 Pertaining to 52 Ebb and flow 4 You and me. 50 Person having after I came on board in the aft- | grinning broadly R : tomy | : i, aN ; i Ny BN a BS h of an ocean 5 Swine fat ‘di ernoon, and he was unwilling to| « ° wip : | Romanism and Rebellion” used in > IR \ ty { ; % Sa | : He sun. tol f° Sree. 8 Suardian: But, Mrs. Blair,” Mousie con- | a presidential campaign? : NCES ow 37 Sun god. 54 The capital of 6 To resign. 51 Waterfall. his commons 7 Type standard 53 To piece out) J 7

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deal wi i S | $3 “ ; | deal pan Ts Toth i Py ig Oe a Ts. Aen So vusy A—On the eve of the election in nf 00a ) , dil ‘s” 38 Russian A d course, then far stronger than Mr. Wi it r W e in’ mice las | 1884, James G. Blaine, the Repub- ‘ BS 3 BI a is ! a re a J i emperors, wealth. 8 Hissing sound 55 Born. Blanes, because the shares of thé | ne hy eo inl oreo: * Jock | lican nominee, received a delegation \ Ey 3 LC A AL Te 41 Short cask. 56 Visible vapor 9 Verbal. 57 Electrical Blane companies had been falling | mornin’ all my CVETCORtS Was gone! of Dg On igs -__ AWE SR ES RE : 42 Tree. from a fire. 10 To nullify. term. so heavily during the past few weeks. | stolen, they was, 'n I'm a ruined | york City. One of the spokesmen No ; WoOOs 8 \ ¥ oN 0: | 6 7 9 fio In consequence, I determined to see | man mn can't pay the rent, Just|the Rev. Dr. Burchard, referred to Re ES RE 8 ts Mr. Blane, if I could, and try 10 | when bizness was gettin’ good, too!” | the Democrats as the parts 3 -§ A % wa GET Sah 14 persuade him to make a firm deal | | Gep : Dar ¥ of | it | ¢ € & rum, Romanism and rebellion.”

with me. If he had done so i would have strengthened his posi- | OTHER wavered betwsen Ine phrase if Seized pon and was tion in dealing with Mr. Rocksavage | amusement and exasperation. | {pe EE bTiaT rons Co unHY and tremendously. ; | Father tried to keep from laughing, | cured severely in Ia a Ate I do not know if you are well | and nearly choked. He had to leave press for his Yate [7 fonnositon

acquainted with the methods of | the room. I knew they didn't believe | clergyman for his slurring allusion

finance but whichever of these a word of the fantastic story. to Catholics. gentlemen had purchased the mo-| «Mr. Williams.” mother stated Q—Is there an automobile hig} nopoly I have to offer would have | firmiy, “I shall give you one more | way connecting the United Sir been able to float a new issue upon | week. This time I mean what I say.” | and Alaska? % ates It rs ere gl mteh | Mousie shook his head and left,| A—No. capital, whic ey badly needed, | isi y : 0 ; J » | promising that he would try to get| Q—Is ordinary window i into their concerns. ! hoped that | the money together in a week. able for use or Pre Ai Suit< Mr. Blane might have been per-| gjx days later, he appeared again.| A—Picture-frame glass is thinner suaded to see the wisdom of saving | His eyes gleamed in his funny little | than ordinary window glass but | himself in this manner, before he | face. One outstretched hand held | both are made from the same ma ry negotiations with Mr. Rock- | {he money for the long-due rent. | terials. = . ; id | Mother was agreeably surprised. Fa- | Q—How many Negroes | ‘ : cn. K.—And what did you hope to | {her was astounded. uated from the U Mit grad. WN hgh : Ns a gain for yourself, I you could have | “Mrs. Blair,” said Mousie grandly, | emy? » Oh y Acad- EEL pet Vow, WW : pulled the Se ort OUR { am | “the money is yours—all yours. Wil- A<Forr: Henry ©. Flipper (188%) TS © 1937 by United Feature Syndicate, fhe ohlv the emplovee of ig Shikoky | 1am Williams always keeps his| John H. Alexander (1887); Charles Products ep ’ > | word. This money is just a small | Young (1889), and Benjamin O ; Rr, roi Sav. Bit What were part of what I got for catchin’ a Davis (1935). I “Don’t argue with him Wilbur-—we're hopelessly behind on this month's budget anyway!” rn hey ow K as the | hier.” Q—What is the difference between i : wy Sanding in to make on the/ «4 thjett* ethos fichier a bum and a hobo? _ Sige! “Yes, ma'am,” declared Mousie.| A—A bum is an idle, dissol » : ol : y ’ . ) S 1 H—-This suggestion vou make is| The thief what took my over- fellow who refuses to work. A te ore which I resent Hose Strongly. | coats!” is a wandering, idle workman ~—Now you can cut out that| He looked proudly around at all| Q@— What differentiates a jack " " high moral stuff right away, and | of us, then told his story. from a mule? eRe ’ : Just as Good I'm warning you that you had best | “yesterday, who should come in| A—A jackass is a male ass of a wt come clean. Mr. Rocksavage has | but another fella to give me a tip donkey. Mules are the hybrid off- \ Is given me the lowdown on the sit- | on some overcoats I could get cheap. | spring of horses and asses, especially

uation. You'd have us believe that | That made me awful suspicious, so |the offspring of a jackass and a Out of Styl e

you're trying to get the highest | I went with him 'n what d’you sup- | mare. The offspring of price you can for the Shikoku peo- | pose? He took me to the same place! |and a female os is SeneIaly como ple, who ere acting for your gov-' When the feller at the place saw me |a hinny,

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