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CAST OF CHARACTERS MARTIN SAYLER—A lawyer with too many enemies. DALE APPLEBY-—Savler's stepson. RHODA WATERS—Appleby's fiancee. HAZEL LEIGHTON — Sayler's sweetheart. WINSLOW MARDELL—A gambler. { GEORGE RARBOUR — Sayler's law partner. | LIEUTENANT O'LEARY-—sPolice inves- | tigator. {

YESTERDAY —Ballistics tests show it | as not Riggs’ gun that killed Sayler. O'Leary releases the suspects, holds | Riggs in jail, then calls on Hazel Leigh- { ton. She is writing a fetter: “1 tried to put the deal across. . . .”

CHAPTER NINE AS LONG as Licutenant O'Leary said nothing, but just sat there quietly watching the surge of conflicting emotions playing upon | |. : ey 3 a = Hazel Leighton's face, he realized 2 ; re > Ny | 3 : / HUSBAND 1 YOU HAVE,

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there was a chance she would tell : him what he wanted to know— ’ 4 R ) : { “ | XN ; > what that letter was all about. i A NE 3 MRS, HOOPLE ! KX RRR Z Wo = Hazel was fighting with herself A | ; rE. We, WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY . . . fighting to keep herself under ” YU N control [ ‘apr. 1940 by United Feature Syndicate, Ine. > 8/2 She turned finally and walked ‘ : 728 . back toward the officers. She] You don't have to sneak in. dear . . . ¥ went out with you tonight.” | JE Al Qn > : NR ie ALE HEARE a looked very tired. “I may as well | HEERD HIM WIF . & A TERE. : WILL TURN FLIP Fiors RE Coin in Yl won earviae [RETA ) EENsutro | | ASRIRR +) STR] |S, RON CAH GOTTA “Who's Jed—the ou were | 1 HOW T" - ~ b= ) Who's Jed—the man you were Hh HAN A BARREL" READ rr writing to?” O'Leary asked. a I > BACK”. Te oO avr “A kA TH. NEWS. ; . ™

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day, I hope now . . . wailing You see. we were going to nick old man Sayler for a neat little piece of change We figured on a nice, juicy breach of promise suit or a settlement a a few months after marriage. “Neither plan worked out. Sayler got wind of the scheme. He found a letter from Jed . . . Just § like vou did. He pinned me down} with it one day, and I got sore I told him what I thought of him

and what I was going to do. y Ki “After I was through talking, he A : = | - RED RYDER ~—By Fred Harman |

just laughed at me He told me - { A he had left his dictaphone running | ac - = ) ° : D GOT MY MONEY BACK, YOu M) fa a . — : and that everything I had said was . . : | Ean HANLON'S oD oo WHAT'S TH: MATTER, } lg ECWON YOULL WAVE TRNOW recorded. I would have killed him \ Vip | : ox SHOT RED RED? 3 ; v ERE Voy ND. 2) DUCHESS! THAT SnaT nN _— a) Rn | ~ . ; 4 el | | esT = = Gc YOURE WAL: 2 J READ LEFT M&E 1 Nr 3 \

then. but I didn't have a gun. When I left him he said he would be > ns ET > Away. ) “2 happy to give me $5000 for the 4 IS Zz - ~~ * : : ; 7 year's trouble I had taken.” S : ix ; 2 Carroll's lack of sleep was not 3 / 50 evident now ‘That's all? So you came over last night to collect the $5000°” “Yes . . . I suppose s0. Really I don't know why I went there last night. He told me to come . . and I came.” 5 u y WINSLOW MARDELL was just leaving his hotel when the two de- \ - " tectives entered He siniled a greet- ' dh ? | {52 \ . & % ing and led them to a corner of COPE. 1940 BY NER SERVICE. Tne. TR TRU. 5. PAT OFF : ” - : i” =. a2 the deserted lobb: Sola 82 “Just gol out to lunc Will « Bil . . : you ive ind join TE: Me stop here for visit—Running Water, him my old friend!” — = - Thanks.” said O'Leary ‘We'll | = Z I'LL BET IT WAS just keep vou a second. We want FUNNY BUSINESS Z, Vv & N » JUST LUCK WHEN to know how vou happened to lose [| AIN'T WOIKIN' Gey . V3 - IT RAINED DEM $35,000 to Martin Sayler.” AI - GOOD + | OTHER TIMES! ‘Oh. just one of those things” | [7/7 7 50 LATELY : . [1 Tes Mardell said airilv. “A little poker | : game. Sayler often rounded up a | few cronies for a friendly session Luck was against me for a few nights. and 1 was running a little short of ready cash, so I just wrote some I. O. Us. Hope youre not worried about them?” “No.” said O'Leary, “but I guess vou were. You had no way of meeting them and Sayler wanted his / money, didn't he?” / ! ; - a — . : : 7 z en hociiha " # - 7 3 Copr 1948 by United Fentore Syndicate Ine y

Mardell's eves became hard. “So what if he did. He knew he was going to get it.” “How were you going to pay ; | prime g =By Crane ) ) QUICK, COMRADE! SOMETHING HAS HAR (Se MORE FOREIGN AGENTS

him?” “I've got monev. I could have | / ; b drawn some from the bank, but 4 » p SL : Re PENED! THE HEAD T ' : . BE a re OG : 5 . > ; QUARTERS ARE ABLAZE wil I RE AOING TO MAKE for a while and see if I couldn't z ? ; 3 ! - win some of that dough back.” y . 2 Gs, \ YE \, % The lieutenant faced the man a 5 i fa ; ; ; ARE CAUGHT] bluntly. “Look. Mardell. We know | ; : ne or 7 7 . 3 IN THE TRAP better. Savler wanted that money, . D oe 4 ? 2 + } INTENDED and vou didn't have it. That's why vou were over at his place | the other night He wanted to collect. I've had vou checked pretty carefully. Youre broke. Even your hotel bill is overdue.” . >» & ‘= KC—> —— GEORGE BARBOUR was sitting core 130 BY NEA 8-2 in his shirt sleeves on the flag- js < e £O1 Jia | 2 Ww v stone terrace before his commodious | Don’t worry—TI'll get vou out if it takes a lifetime.” = : J d ” 4 4 NN ~~ JaPR. 1940 BY C REC, US PAT OFF

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swung their car into the driveway He rose to greet O'Leary and | THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson rr sm, a EXACTLY $21.38 [ AND = we use [Ano = we DONT x Ji “IQ / 0 Ou, we - 7

Carroll as they slid out of the] 3 RETWEEN US ---0LUS AL THE MONEY ON A BUY A STEAMER TiCkeET : 4 THE LEVEL! FOLLOW { TRUST YO.

car “Good day, gentlemen,” he ro sai easantly. “2 NN ATR NN ONE STEAMER Tick 3 id pleasantly And what can MN NN | A EL a R ToxeT! STEAMER TICKET, HOW CAN WE GET You q | WAR Nh FI MM oF Of. ; Vous mare tJ TO SEATTLE ll - ME AND SEE IF IT ( MR. THORP, ( S ! WHERE You ~/ Tua , AIN'T f 7 BUT DO You

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hand. “Just a few more details | WN : LY WATERS BECAUSE IT a about that business last night, Mr. | FAW) \ RELUICES The Ba) SANTEE df " ~ A BUS? HOW ? Barbour.” \ ‘. PE ; ¢ < | - v 2 | . — _— mel NU A LUBE He motioned Carroll ahead, and \ ee Co CAT i” g

just as the sergeant was about NR to grasp the handle of the screen | BNW > : dor, the portal swung open. ; >

Sergeant Carroll leaped back instinctively. “What the ——!” Wild-eved he turned to O'Leary. Barbour was smiling broadly “Scare vou, Sergeant?” “Did you see that, Chief?” Carroll demanded. 1 didn't touch ; it . . . and it just opened. Not a "a ASH 3 sou! around.” Barbour chuckled. “Just a little ee ! 5 —By Martin device 1 rigged up, Sergeant nr ot | HEN /T DOWT WANT TO Nag OLR FRENDS ) NAN, "N . " | RE. SW r \& BOOTS ASN Ne MM, 3 SEEM MQLISITIVE, BUT A CELE, CROPRe ROR NOR Y [ SECURE or Te SLANE. — "od RC

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Carroll looked quizzical. “But | how—"" “Very simple. Photo-electric | IN THE cells, often called electric eves. The| 4 CENTURY, light comes from that little glass BRIDES disc vou see set into the pillar here. | TOSSED A CALTER The light ray is aimed at the cell] JO THER FRIENDS on the other side—you can see it in | INSTEAD OF A y that other pillar. When vou crossed | arRIDAL B® / the invisible line. Sergeant, you Just QUQUET, broke the connection and set a lit- | tle electric motor in action. That | opened the door.” | Two more doors responded sim- | ilarly inside the house. a We = “Our mission isn't a very pleas- | 73 ) , ’ : 8 : ant one.” O'Leary said. A Lh z “We found some papers in Say- IRN | ' —Bv Raeburn Van Bu Jer's safe last night, Mr. Barbour— : WHY 2 | RAVE NOTHING MEM SLATS SCRAPPLE #7 ) THEN I'M GLAD] | YOU WERE TO TAKE T a | AGAINST YOU. | DON'T Loe (CHOKE om “50 : HER \ YOURE A SWOOTH ay some papers about you. HOKE 7) WAS TO HAVE TW! HOME TONIGHT, " : OW DOES <OLD we \ EVEN KNOW WMO YOU BECKY GROGGINS’ J OPPORTUNTY TO Ny A

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ly. “So you found them?” { “yes. Didn't vou expect us to?” -— W—ciia «I suppose I did. You know all : FULLY A ' all o aE about it then? About the audit?” \ ’ ° Kon “Yes,” O'Leary acknowledged. | «why did vou take money out of the partnership You did, didn't ing to our partnership agreement.| The clerk frowned professionally you: EL : So I finally decided to take justice and consulted a card file by his side Yes, 1 took it, ‘Barbour said bit- into my own hands.” “I'm sorry, gentlemen but Miss terly. | Sele it. Martin WES > % @ | Waters has left us. She checked : Ml it getting wads of cash from his dirty| THE POLICE CAR ground fo a out just a little while ago.” Eo UU2 Ree business. I never got a cent of that |furious stop before the gilt door-| “What!” il : qe i i

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. wouldn't have wanted it. But way of the Hanford Arms Apart-| check i ou AVE 3 . | wal ant part-| She checked out, sir. She said meanwhile he wasn't handling any ments. O'Leary walked to the desk she was leaving town for lee of the legitimate practice. I was !|and asked the clerk to tell Miss Wa-| (To Be Continued) " cE EB " ” # i El but he hn still get- ters that he and Carroll would like! > ] 81 3 i / 7 ting his half of the profits, accord- to see her briefly (All events, names and characters In this! Fee Sepp £81 Wi 74 » edly. i story ‘are wholly fictitious) ws nbs 27 ye