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BEGIN HERE TODAY Investigating the murder of Bolitho Blane, British financier, aboard Carlton Rocksavage's vacht, Detective Officer Kettering runs into a maze of conflicting clues. As the investigation progresses he charts the possible motives for each of the ship’s passengers: Mrs. Reginald Jocelyn, none, so far as known; Count Posodini, grudge motive against Blane; Rocksavage, strong motive of financial gain; Bishop of Bude, strong motive since Blane knew of his unsavory past. Lady Welter, strong motive of financial gain: Inosuke Hayashi, strong motive of financial gain: Reginald Jocelyn, strong motive of financial gain; Miss Rocksavage, none. apparently. Only the ship's crew and Nicholas Stodart, Blane’s secretary, are conclusively ruled out on sound alibis. Stodart was in the ship's lounge all during the period in which Blane obviously was murdered. As Kettering rounds out his deductions, Rocksavage appears with his physician, offering proof of his presence in his cabin when the crime was committed. The lounge steward corroborated this testimony. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Detective Officer Kettering’s Fifth Report, continued. THEN examined the contents of | the wastepaper baskets, which | had been removed from each of the | parties’ cabins on the morning fol- | lowing the crime, and three items |

of interest emerged from this ex- | amination.

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Detective Officer Neame's shorthand notes of Detective Officer Kettering’s third examination of the Hon. Mrs, Jocelyn,

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about his being in his bath at 7:45 is now quite useless. Get that? P. J—Yes. K.—On the other hand there is very strong presumptive evidence that Posodini did in Blane. As “Slick” is a known criminal that makes the presumption doubly strong. Now, you seem a decent sort of girl. Just because a man has a criminal record behind him you're surely not going to see him sent to the chair for a murder he didn't do, if you can stop it, are you? " un un . J—I see. Yes, that does make a big difference, doesn't it? All right, then, I was in the Count’s cabin. When we came below at a quarter to 8 I went in to borrow a book and I sat there talking to him for the best part of half an hour. K.—Then, why the heck didn't you say so to begin with? P. J.—Isn't that obvious? K.—Yes, because your husband told you not to. Did he know where you'd been? P. J—I intended that he should. I suppose I might as well tell you everything now. My husband and I haven't been getting on very well

| lately and this trip has brought

matters to a head. I don't worry much about his having an occasional affair, because he's the type of man who's never quite grown up, and it seems that sort of thing is absolutely necessary to him. You

| see I try to persuade myself that he

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never really goes off the rails, but this business with Ferri Rocksavage has been a bit too much. I jib at being made a fool of in public and, of course, he considers that I'm as safe as houses, because I'm very fond of him and I've never looked at another man. I thought that it might bring him to his senses if I did, so when he and Ferri started throwing eyes at each other on the first day out from New York I decided to start a party of my own with the Count. I knew quite well that I could take care of myself and I thought that, if I spent half an hour alone with the Count in his cabin, before changing that night, Reggie | would be certain to ask why I was iso late. As it was I had all my | trouble #r nothing. He was so occupied himself that he never even {thought to ask where I had been. K.—I understand. P., J—I wouldn't have told you this unless you'd had proof already that he didn’t come down till 10 past 8, but now, as theres no object in keeping up my original | story, at least I can get the Count out of trouble. I'm glad to do that | because, whether he's a jailbird or

| not, he’s a very amusing and kind- | hearted person. | K.—Thank you, Mrs. Jocelyn. I [really am grateful to you for hav- | |ing cleared this matter up. | (To Be Continued) | | Save this installment as evidence | {to help you solve the crime.

ALLY HALL was one of those S blond, feathery little creatures whom men instinctively classify as

not having sense enough to come in out of the rain. She knew very well

that if Mr. Blackwell, her boss, had

hired a secretary built less on cream |

puft principles, he wouldn't consider it necessary to repeat all his instructions three times. He now stood before his hat in his hand. “Let's get it straight now, Miss Hall,” he said. “That Fitzgibbon document is important. {you put it safely away when Mr. Gibson brings it in.” { “Mr. Blackwell,” Sally said stiffly, | “I have never lost or mislaid a docu-

her—with

| ment since I have been working |

NOT SPEAKING

By John Creecy | Daily Short Story=—— |

Be sure |

P. J—What, more questions, al-|put it past them to stoop to theft.” |

ready?

K.—Yes. Sorry I've got to trouble | assured him.

you again, but let's make it as!

pleasant as we can. Have a cigaret? | opened the door. | until late this afternoon. | Mr. Gibson comes in, congratulate

P. J—No thanks, I only smoke my own. { K.—Right, then. May I have one | of yours so we can be sociable? { P. J—Certainly. K.—I see you smoke Players. Very | popular brand in England? P. J.—Very. | K.—That’s a charming shade of lipstick you use, Mrs. Jocelyn. P. J—Need we go into that? | K.—I'm afraid we've got to. I'm | going to trouble you for the lipstick | You have in your bag at the moment. P. J —But—I don't understand. K—Never mmd. Just ‘hand it | over, will you? It'll save all sorts of | trouble in the end if you'll oblige me now. P. J—All right. There's nothing | very exciting about my lipstick, but I'm sure I don't want to be searched. Here it is. K.—Thanks You won't mind if I keep it will you? We shall need | it later to prove that it matches the | lipstick on these cigaret ends which | I've got in this little tin box—see? | K.—Players, all of them, Mrs. Jocelyn, smoked by vou and found the morning after Blane's death in | Count Posodini’s cabin. Now, don't | get me all wrong. I'm not trying to | fix you for murder, and I'm not try- | ing to raise any nasty scandal about | you. The point is that some time | between the morning of the seventh and the morning of the eighth vou smoked these cigarets in Posodini’s cabin.

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IF it was, as I have reason to be- | lieve, between 7:45 and 8:10 Pp. m. that lets you out of any suggestion that you were doing anything with the Count that you shouldn't have. { On the other hand, if you didn't | smoke them at that time, it might | suggest that you were there for a | very much longer period and then | —no offense—but it ‘might be suggested that you and the Count were | up to the sort of thing your husband | would care to hear about. | P. J—I have nothing to add to | my previous statesment. | K.—All right, Mrs. Joselvn. Then | the presumption is that you were in the Count’s cabin at some other, and prcbahly a ‘much longer, period during that 24 hours. If that comes out, as it may quite well have to in a case like this, what will your husband have to say?

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. J.—A lot I expect. K.—That doesn't worry you over much? P. J.—As a matter of fact it’s just the sort of little lesson I've been | meaning to give him for some time. | K.—So0 he’s been playing vou up | with Ferri, eh? I guessed as much. | P. J.—I did not say so. K.—Wait a minute, though. I'm going to put you wise to something which may make you think differently before you burn your boats. The bird you know as Count Posodini is actually “Slick” Daniels; con man and card sharp. Here's his po- | lice record. Take a look. Now, what about it when the press get hold of that? ‘Can't you see the headlines in the news sheets. “Society ‘dame becomes moll of well-known crook.” That’s not going to be so funny for | you, is it? You'll sure be ruined so- | cially and that’s a high price to pay just to get your own back on your husband. P. J —Yes—yes, it would be horrible. K.—All right, then, why not tell me the truth. P. J—I have nothing to add ‘to my previous statement. K.—Oh, Lordy! Let me put it to you another way, then. Mr. Rocksavage and the ship's doctor both saw your husband still unchanged in the passage at 8:10, ‘So your bluff

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out, and soon was madly in love | { with her.

| I thought—I mean, this is practi-

| Powell wears, and you said—"

{ him!

| through it—first calmly, then des- | perately.

“I will lock it safely away,” Sally |

“See that you do, Miss Hall.” He “I won't be back When |

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him for me on the fine piece of | work he did in this matter.” | Sally did not reply. She had no | intention of congratulating Roy | Gibson, for she and Roy were no longer speaking to each other—except when they absolutely had to in | the course of business. » " "

R% GIBSON had been attracted to Sally from the first day she had come to work for Mr. Blackwell. He had started taking her

Everything had gone smoothly until, one evening, he had taken her to see a William Powell picture. He was to leave the next day on a two-week business trip and had decided to propose to her that evening, when he took her home after the movies. However, he didn't propose. He | was just screwing up the courage to do so when Sally disconcerted him. “Don’t you think William Powell’s mustache is simply divine?” she said. Roy coughed. You—Ilike mustaches, huh?” “I'm crazy about them!” Roy sighed. The minute after a girl has expressed a distinct liking for mustaches, he reasoned, was hardly the best time for a barelipped fellow to propose. un = n E WENT away on his trip and, when he returned two weeks later, he had grown a mustache. When he came into the office, he walked right up to Sally’s desk and awaited her exclamations of admiration. She uttered exclamations, but there was no admiration. “Roy Gibson! What have you done to your lip?” Roy’s chin dropped.

“Oh.

“Put, Sally, cally the same type that William

“William Powell?” she burst out laughing. “Say, with that thin neck of yours, it makes you look more like Mickey Mouse!” That was too much for Roy. The snickers he had evoked from other men during the past two weeks had been made endurable only by the thought that he was doing it all for Sally. And now she laughed at

“Oh, is that so!” he yelled savagely. “Well, you—you look like Olive Oil to me!” Roy glared at her, then stalked away. He shaved off the raustache as | soon as he could, but from that day, they had not spoken to ‘each other, except on business. n 3 » HEN Roy came in with the Fitzgibbon document, he was met by a cold stare from Sally. Silently, he handed her the document, which she locked in ‘the top drawer of her ‘desk. Then, without a word, he turned on his heel and strode into his own office. Late that afternoon, when Mr. Blackwell returned, he immediately asked for the important paper. Sally unlocked the top drawer of her desk and began to rummage

Blackwell watched her tensely. “Good heavens, girl! You've got to find it!” Sally’s blue eyes looked fearfully up at him. “I—I ‘can’t. Tt ‘isn't there.” “What!” Mr. Blackwell flew into a rage. “I knew it! I knew something would happen to that paper! That's what I get for hiring a dumb blond for a secretary. You're fired, Miss Hall! ‘Get out!” Suddenly, the door of Roy's office burst ‘open. “Just ‘a ‘minute, Mr. Blackwell,”

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| wants me to be the goat

Roy said quietly. “I lost the Fitz- | | gibbon document before I got here. | |I never gave it to Sally.” “But she said—" | “I know. She was trying to shield | me, that’s all.” | “Then you're fired!” Mr. Black{well shouted. “I give you until tomorrow morning! If that paper has | | not been restored by then, out you 0!” r He -lammed out of the room. n n =

| ALLY was gazing at Roy with starry eyes. “Oh, ROY | ful of you!” | «It was nothing,” Roy said. Then

. that was wonder-

“Of course. It’s been my fault as much as vours, dear. Every day I'd

| say to myself, ‘Today I'll make up

with him.” And then, I'd say, ‘No. That's just what he wants me to do. He won't do it himself. He PP» ‘She sighed. “I was a silly little idiot.” “You're a lovely little darling—” Then, before he knew it, he had her in his arms, was Kissing her, asking her to marry him. . .. “But Roy!” said Sally, suddenly coming back to earth. “The Fitzgibbon document!” Her voice was filled with dismay. “Some one must have stolen it while I was out at lunch, and we’ll both be fired, and can't get married! Even if I tell Mr. Blackwell the truth, he'll hold you responsible for not having seen

{that I put it in a safer place.”

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OY bit his lip. “Sally—there’s something I've got to tell you.” Sheepishly, he reached in his pocket and brought forth an envelope. “I —1I stole it, Sally. I picked the lock on your desk and took it. It was

| a sneaky thing to do, I know, but

—but I had to find some way to— to make myself a hero in your eyes and make you stop being mad at me.” “Why, you—you—" Sally began, then fell into his arms, laughing. “You poor darling! Don't you know you've always been a hero to me— ves, even when you turned up with that horrible mustache!” “Horrible!” Roy bristled. “There, there,” soothed Sally. “Let’s not stop speaking again!” And she kissed him.

THE END

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