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EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE

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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Simon Judd. amateur detective, and
Wliit,. Dart, All undertaken, are visiting
John Dfane., eccentric man OF wealth, At
i. shocked to find that John Drsne has
Srxu murdered. The dead man is first seen
s. J, sic, the maid, then by Amy Drane and
SSir,en Judd. The latter faints.
Pclice officers call and investigations
beE.a Dr.. Biessington is called, and after
see'.g he murdered John Drane, makes
the astourding revelation to Amy Drane
ti,a- her uncle" is not q man but woman.
llr bleasing:on discounts the theory OF
sr.;d- saying that Drane was definitely
+, .i4rG'i. Dr.. BlessinEton comments on
T. act that all the servants in the house
i.o.:i If Drane axe sick, and that Drane has
;.s discharged servant for i'll health.
7 brennan, the detective. arrives 70
i.s, .iga.e the case.
;rs.',.an questions the persons In the
J. a. : as!lirg Amy if anyone had any res-
+ IL 10 Kali her "uncle."
ny says no one had any reason to kill
). ,acie After further questioning, abe
..;GeI about Dart Meanwhile Judd has
tpd ne story of his acquaintance with the
sc.sa, foam Drane in Riverbank.
Si,ncn JUDD proposes to Brennan that he
lel:3 in tie solution of the case, serving a.
proposal immediately. Judd confides that
Aiy "ain't what she says she IS"
;OW GO ON WITH THE STORY
What do you mean by that" !"
Brennan asked. 'sYou mean she's
crooked :
"Oh, black my cats, no!' Simon
Tudd exclaimed If / know folks
ele's the straightest sort there is
and the incest, too. She amt this
late John Drane's niece, nor yet his
grand -niece-that's what | mean. You
ieai her say off that riganarole about
ic1n Drane's brother Daniel goin' to
Ia,itort,ia in '7S, and marryin' a Mary
@ van. and havin' a son Thomas
=. vas this A1nys pa? And about
III thomas Drane marryin' some
q "a Gartner that come to be this
4 iris ma? Well, black my cats,
j. true except none of i'll There
W. no brother Daniel. No, sir !
/ t...>c my oath to that, knowed
tha Drane family as we'll as ] know
r,v9elf. and there wasn't no Daniel
il. i. That's all lies"
Are you sure of that?" Brennan
asked. .
"Why listen!" said Simon Judd
"This girl got the story from John
Drane. John Drane told her this
Daniel Drane went West in '78. In
'79 Tohn Drane was twenty-five years
old and him and me had been chums
since we was born-ilever day we
didn't see each other. ! was at their
house more than ! was at my own.
| knowed them from A to l. And
there wasn't any Daniel Drane, l
tell you. There was just two kids
in the family Ohm and this sister of
his named Ella, and | knew them
buil all the time"
He made up this story TO tell the
g.. said Brennan.
because he was woman" said
S...4on Judd" and hadn't no children
to love and cherish. He was she,
i1.l.id you, Brennan. And when she
--t:lls John Drane, whoever she was
got along oldish she had to have
so;-.e child to love, So, if | Amt
9 olt fool and guessin' wrong, she
q Led out some orphan child sone-
N41re and told a lot of lies. Just
to nave a kid to come back here and
lc. her when she got too old and
fc;l@[cle to fuss with this Wall Street
st..sgG3; and so on"
This may be mighty important If
il /; true" Brennan said. 'It might
acc ant for the murdeg-sone con-
NJ .ion of the child, her father per-
haa, wanting money. Something
al3ug that line"
ITS true" Simon Judd insisted.
.Al',ly, look here, you'll This old Wo-
u,a1, this John Drane, made it all up.
TAKE the names-Mary OfRyan was
& girl we both knew out there In
E4crbank when we were all kids. She
died out there only last year. And
Daniel she had a brother Daniel,
this Mary did. And Amelia GartneT
tha; was said to be Amy's nla-she
was another kid we both knew In
Riverbank when we were kids to-
gether, She's alive yet, out there,
and she had brother Thonnas-that
gave the notion Of Thomas Drane
You go out to Riverbank and you'll
hnd that's ali the solemn truth; you
20 out to California and I bet you
don't find any trace of a Daniel
Drane, or Mary Organ his wife.
or Thomas Drane, or Of
"Hush!" Brennan sad The girl
is coming"
Amy returned with he notebook
for which Simon Judd had sent her
and almost Immediately Mrs. Vincent
came out, leaning on the arm. of Bob
Carter. She had been resting ON her
bed, being in great pain. ard had been
obliged to put on dress before she
could answer Brennan's summons.
The poor woman seemed to be in a
very bad state indeed, but she did
her best to answer Brennan's Ques-
tions, ard her answers were full and
quite circunstantial. o
She was widow, she said, and had
been employed by the supposed John
Drane for FIVE years. He had per-
sonaliy engaged her as housekeeper
at an employment agency in the city
where she had registered, and his Of
fer had been great relief to her be-
cause it had been hard to find posi-
ton OH account Of her poor health.
| He probably woild not have taken
er, she said, except that the house
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