Nogales international., 1928-09-04

WHAT HAPPENED bEfONE d
simon Judd, amateur defectiNe; Sr,@ ;no
William Dart, an undertaken, are wishing
John Drane. eccentric man CT Weath, q,
the Drane place Suddenly the household
i shocked to find that John Drane mas
been murdered. The dead man IS hrSt sceI
ey JOSIE f,,dd the mad he ja,eer tsfe z iants @
policf. officers call and Investigations
begin. DR.. Blessington IS called, and after
seeing the murdered John Drsne, 4Iakes MAKES
tie astounding revelation 10 amy ~ r~ne
that her ''uncle" is not man but woman.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The announcement of DR. Bless
ington that the body of the muir
dcred person above stairs was the
body Of woman and not OF man
did not shock Amy Drane as much
as cause her amazement. The
shock had come when she faced
the blood stained body of her sup
posed uncle John and her mind was
still so dulled by that shock that
she did not Immediately grasp what
the doctor was telling her.
"A woman? Uncle John was
woman?" she repeated gropingly.
"But that-that couldn't be, you
know. Why, he's always been
man. I don't know what you mean'
doctor"
"The murdered person in the bed
upstairs there" the doctor said, is
or was-a woman. | am merely
stating the fact. | thought you
should know it immediately as you
are, | understand, the only reiat'Ve
Il don't understand it," Amy said.
"Whv. it's dreadful, isn't it! Oh,
i is horrible! It's like some fright
full nightmare! II doesn't seem as
Il il could be true, any of it.
~ IS only too true" the doctor
said He looked at the girl with
keen professional eyes. You don
feel that this is too much tor you
The shock and the strain must De
considerable, but you seem nor
NAL sort of person What | mean
exactly is that if you feel too ner-
vous over this can give you SIM
pie bromide until our nerves re-
cover from the shock"
"No, thank you" she said Il
think I'll be all right"
Are you going to be here
awhile?" he asked Simon Judd: Il
suppose you will" he added with a
slight smile, considering the cir
cumstances and that the police Wil!
have to be finding a murderer. Just
keep an eye on this young lady,
will YOU? I'll leave my card; it
has my telephone number. If she
seems to be about to flop just send
for me- Not" he added, that |
think you'll have to. Have you any
one, by the way" he asked Amy,
"who could stay here with you a
few days? I'd suggest that you so
elsewhere, but | have a notion the
police will want you here, until
they've done some questioning, at
least"
I'm not afraid to stay here, I
think" Amy said. mo; Mr. Judd
will be here; I'll not be afraid. III
have Mr.. Carter stay here during
the days"
That's Bob Carter?" the doctor
asked.
Eyes. He's-we're great friends.
I expect him to come this morn
ing"
you've not had breakfast YETI"
mo; | was waiting for it when
when l heard Josie the maid
scream"
"Well, my prescription for you
is that you go in now and eat a
good breakfast. That will help you
more than anything | could. give
you. And as for the things to be
attended to in such cases as this,
you may leave them to me. What
is your name" he asked Simon
Judd, and Judd told him. "Mr.
Judd, I'm sure will act for you as
far as necessary. There can be no
funeral" he added, to Simon Judd,
until the law has gone through its
fornalities. However, if | might
just speak to you a moment or
two"
Amy, as she had been advised.
entered the house to try to eat a
breakfast, and DR.. Blessington led
Simon Judd to the far end OF the
veranda.
''The funeral arrangements can
all be attended to later" he said;
at was not that l wanted to speak
about. AS soon as possible I will
get proper death certificate, and
suppose William Dart is the man
Miss Drane will want to have. He
Is an old friend of Drane's-of the
dead person; one of the few close
friends the dead man-woman-
had, l think"
"Hold on, nowl" Simon Judd
said. "Wait minute nowl Is that
the little feller with the beard that
was here yesterdayr
81 don't know that he was
here" .
"Dart-William Dart-that's the
name. Old feller about seventy
years old or so, amt he? All
dressed in black. That the man"
"You have described him"
"Well, black my catsT Simon
Judd exclaimed. "I was tryin to
think what that feller looked like,
and all I could think of was under
taker. And he is one, is he? Well,
now, maybe we won't want him
after all don't know but what