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New York Jungle

By Wray Wade Severn

YESTERDAY — Waiting for police te arrive, each person reports his actions during the period of darkness. Nella smells smokes Hugh and Sidney return to the Jungle to investigate. Only half of the lights are out of order. Sidney > / oy i / discovers a broken window. When he ADVE 3 4 NF > : A suggests that each of the guests has . : : =" J 2 > & motive for murder, Hugh insists the iN N @ shooting was committed by an outsider. : > 7 AN ill NS — —

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CHAPTER SIX ~~ HUGH FOLLOWED the attorney up the stairs and into the draw-| ing room. The lights were still]. on. Across the room, curtains and drapes fluttered in the wind from! an open window. i . “Look, Hugh, here's where he} & ¥ Y ii) : 2X : i Came in.” x 3 : 7 ¥ ; ; y : § Ca 3 : / Braitwood hurried to the win- 7 Ge. 74 R : | dow, glanced out, then dropped | to his knees and felt the carpet. “It’s dry, except where the rain has blown in. No tracks.” Hel. looked up at Hugh: “If the mur-!. derer got in the house through | this window, he took off his shoes. | The walk is flooded and that pile of leaves on the veranda would have soaked his shoes.” Hugh nodded, as Sidney joined him at the window. B “Togi said he closed all the windows, but. this one may have blown open. When the house was] modernized Adam had all the old | windows replaced by this kind| that swing out rather than lift. The catch may have slipped.” A sudden flash of lightning flluminated the scene below them. There was no trace of any human out there in the storm. . A ‘hurried search of the room revealed no sign of fire. Other than the open window, there was no indication that the room had been entered since they had gone into dinner. They turned to the second floor of the house. Adam’s room and that of his wife were in the front part of the house. Nella occupied a suite in the rear. Braitwood, himself, had been installed in the guest room the head of the stairs. Curious to know if his own quarters had heen entered, Sidney opened the door, glanced around. Nothing seemed disturbed. ! Nella’s suite showed no signs of disorder. Windows were securely fastened, everything .in place. “That's the way she always keeps | it,” Hugh said.

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THEY WALKED down the hall to, Adam's room. Suddenly the door’ ‘of his room opened. Hugo and Sidney flattened against the wall. Sidney's gun clicked as he pulled back the hammer. He sniffed, thought he detected the odor of burned paper, but it was so faint he could not be sure. i “Be careful,” Hugh whispered. He edged cautiously toward the open door. It swung wider . . . then slammed shut with a sharp bang. “Must have been the wind ...another open window,” Hugh suggested. “Let's find out.” Sidney held his revolver ready— an old western style Colt—while the engineer reached = for the knob, turned it quietly, then threw it wide dpen. He jumped back. There was no doubt now about the burning paper. The odor was definite ‘now, sharp and acrid in their nostrils. Hugh reached for the switch, flooded the room with light. : " Havoc met their eyes. Curtains writhed before an opén window, opening out over the porte cochere. Desk drawers yawned in disarray. The room had been ransacked. In the grate they found a mass of charred paper. * “Looks like someone tried to start a fire, but the rain put it out,” Sidnao ida 7 J : COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U S. PAT. OFF. window. o : “It adds up, Sid,” he said. “These ; : : — cpen windows and ransacked draw- Se ARCH ve : Lares CE ers. The murderer came in through RUNNING THINGS | I ? Ey the drawing room, looking for some- BD Ne SgRet 'D | Ses © thing here. Not finding it, he de- j } A ay, JusT_Fousw

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I I) Tp cided Adam had it—and he killed THERES ONE Adam to get it—whatever IT may reso, have been.” “You may be right,” Braitwood agreed. “If Gundrum or Togi failed to search the furnace room or the storeroom thoroughly, the murderer could have been hiding there. He could easily have entered the Jungle while we were upstairs. But how could he have

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“Out “of the way, you sardines!”

By William Ferguson

GALILEO,

BECAUSE HE BUILT THE FIRST ASTRONOMICAL. TELESCOPE, WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SEE THE FOUR _ Hugh qd mt Snswer. LARGE MOONS OF K/TER, eHI0ing tne kg I've got it,” he| [/ THE MOUNZANNS AND CRATERS i “By re, “R10, nT, ‘ ON OUR OV MOONS AND ’ yD) “This fireplace! Adam \ . , 3 HERE. COMES || NES WAENS GO Shamed: ve Andie bought AVN VEAMUS AS A CRESCENT: OV S3 7 OVER AND o RIGHT ON WATCH \T COME.

this house from an abolitionist RGWY ON |, ATER 1 EO who used a stairway concealed in ‘ ! . 2 " “the wall as a hiding place for runaway slaves. This fireplace may lead to that hidden stairway.” Sidney joined him. “It's big enough, all right. But I can't see .anything unusual about it, otherwise. Later, let's have a look Right now . ..” . * ro) “Craig and I are coming up.” 5h pat Langdon’s voice interrupted i 4 2 Him. “I've something to see about. Vy

: oing to do it now.” 569,72) = ne rl them running up XEN wy the stairs before he had a chance && NE to answer. la «It’s about my pearls,” Pat explained, when she and Gundrum joined them in Adam’s room. “I keep them in a wall safe in this ‘room. They must be safe. Adam told mé no one but himself knew of the secret hiding place, so I hesitated to mention it.” \ «anxiety over. that string of pearls has been fighting caution ever since we found ourselves locked in,” Gundrum added. “Finally, anxiety won.” o ” ”

PAT CROSSED the room quickly to toss a half-smoked cigaret out the window. Braitwood noticed her, put it was not until later that it occurred to him that it would have peen easier to use the ash trayi within a few inches of her hand.

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every movement!” Pat replied! ceded. “Well, we might as well go

Nor did he think, at the time, that Pat might have tossed more than just a cigaret away. She had plenty of opportunity to do so, with her back to the three men. “Will you leave me alone while 1 make search?” she asked with a half smile. “The little safe is a family secret.” “For your own sake, we can’t do that, Mrs. Landon,” Braitwood told

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angrily. Deftly she disconnected what appeared to be an ordinary electric light fixture, screw on the inside, removed the socket and ran her hand inside. A small segment behind the fixture slid down, and she brought out a string of glittering iridescence. “Safe!” she breathed in infinite relief. : “I don’t blame you for being worried over those,’ Sidney con-

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back to the library. We've found our fire.” Nella met them at the. door.

I told him it would be all right.” “But we agreed . ..” Sidney began, then stopped short. They had agreed to remain together until police arrived. But the parole had been broken. (To Be Continued)

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