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low a Quick Thinking Cub
!" Helps Solve Mystery

the party ana I was afraid to
refuse him. Once--befoTe ]
was married" she Ad de d
quickly, Il thought I loved
Jerry Murdoch. I wesn't
ashamed Of It and was foolish
enough to write . lot OF silly
things 10 him. He still had
the letters and held them over
Ene. Saturday might he brought
them with him. ! wondered
you didn't find them in his
room, and it has worried me-
"The letters, then, have dis
appeared2" Blake remarked.
Here was an entirely new tan.
gent to the oaSe.
II didn't get them. Jerry.
Insisted upon nay going to his
room. II I dld that he prom
ised to give them back TO me.
Instead, he started making love
to me, and that Ii when Diana
entered the room. She re-
NAMED silent as TO the reason
because she was ahielding me.
She sent me out Of the room
and said she. would deal with
him. All she would tell me
next morning was that he re.
fused 70 give up the letters"
An orderly entered ana Whis-
pered to Captain Blake. An
amazed look came over his
features.
SHOW him mi" was an
Blake said.
In q few seconds Gordon
stiles was ushered into the
room. g..
II understand" he stop.
ped when he saw his wife.
They told me you were
brought here. Why was this
done?" he continued, addressing
himself to Captain Blake.
Blake felt the delicacy Of the
situation, being heSitant to ex-
plain what Mrs. stiles had Just
confided, especially aS she had
thus tar been shielded. The
lady Sensed this and cour.
ageouSly took the matter out
OF Captain Biake'S hands and
explained everything to her
husband. AS she finished he
smiled down ut her gently and
patted her arm.
II know about the letters,
dear. I bought them from
Murdock for $4,000 in cash.
We had arranged the matter
Saturday afternoon"
Then you were in Murdock's
room on Saturday night?"
asked Captain Blake.
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Exactly How Robin Dale Solved "A Perfect Crime

Phillip Robertson. Harry 0abbs. without
any question Il doubt went aswn win the
Della. In fast that gave AEfs. RsbsFtsoA
ana hor lover the chance tAsv wanted. the
opportunity fer .pecescs eEiAs, Whereby
they weuld not only Be rid q IN UnWaAtea
husband but also acquire desired lnheFit.
amoe. That D where nErs. Rebertsom uAAAe
her mistake. She placed Druid In the
master ee tAe fortune. was sAeallmg an awg
a& breakfast ana the whele tMamg came %
me 90 though were taking the mask ORR
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torn up Tor q party, the slAov.
ing things away TO make more
room, the taking cut Of trunks
the precious best, Or worse. bor-
rowing the extra cups and
saucefs and spoons from o
neiRhbOr and almost getting
heart disease for fear that
they'll be broken or lOgt-but
It's worth It. my dear madame,
II through these painful exer-
tiofls you l0aFn 10 know. the
sort Of company your daughter
keepsl
A frantic mother writes me
that her only child Is Eoi1g 70
marry q fraud, that the man
in question has . menial job
Ia the office building where
her daughter Is employed as
an expert stenogrAphef.
The man is 4 FOREIGNER, and
the girl has taken some feolish
aotion In her head that he is
q nobleman or something Ike
that, in his own country. He
GOT the girl TO write some very
magnificent letters for him re-
lating 10 ancient estates. The
letters were plainly cooked I'D,
the mother writes, and She'll
be satisfied Il the man Is not
q criminal. That he can't tell
the truth about the day OF the
week, or the name of the city
where they al i've.
The lady was one Of those
parents who forget her own
youth, the office ana the flat,
the flat and the office, that
was enough for Mabel. Mean
time, Mabel. with the ancient
hunger in her heart, fell for
someone her mother calls -
glib adventurer."
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The Marry-GO- Round
By HeleB Rowland

TFifles, Light - Summer Love.
There is something almost
husband-like about the radio:
especially on Sunday, when it
insists on giving you Q lecture or
q Sermon-when you only
wanted to be amused or crooned
to.
The ''suntan back" may be all
right; but, while q man may be
thrilled by o pair Of dirnpled
knees or snowy shoulders, it's
hard to believe that any man
ever lost his head over Q row Of
burntsienna vertebrae.
There are moments when the
most Jealous woman may feel .
siSterly sympathy for her huS.
bands ex-wife
A man Is like a cat: chase him
and he'll run; Sweetly ignore
him ana sheer curiosity will
draw him to your feet purring
to be noticed.
Next 70 trying to bS cOqUet.
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} cloud Of her hair back from
her brow with just that touch
of man.tenderness that she
liked. ~"
"Raquel, he said. wake
up, dear. In half an hour we'll
be passing the statue OF Lib
erty."
"But I'm no longer free" she
twitted him.
The deuce you're not" He
ruffled her hair on the pillow.
ST haven't tried issuing any
orders yet. I know better. But
here's one now. We're going
straight from the ship to the
City Hall. Then to the Little
Church Around tho Corner"
But Jerry we're just as
much man and wife as we ever
can be-"
81 know. That's why an
other little wedding won't do
us any harm. Put on your
wedding gown, Mrs. Parker,
and ready to be double tied.
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CHAPTER 90

At 10 o'clock on q morning
In midsummer, the Liner Mar
Athon, flying an American flag,
parted the waters Of an ocean
that Haunted liquid jade and
sapphire smiles in the face Of
an ardent sun. Only q few
minutes before, the ship had
crossed the imaginary line that
separates the domain Of waters
adjoining O country from the
free republic Of the open sea.
Shortly thereafter Captain
Herbert Hardy, urbane skipper
Of the Marathon and inveterate
fomentor of maritime romance,
opened the ships log and
placed a pen near an ink-well
30 that it would be handy for
use. He wore the most i'm
maCulate and the newest Of his
uniforms, and the broadeSt and
happiest Of his smiles.
In Q few minutes there was
the sound Of voices outside on
the bridge. The captain hur-
rfed to the door Of his quar-
terS to receive q young woman
in Q swirl Of filmy gray. He
caught the faint perfume of
the lilies Of the valley that
touched the creamy pallor Of
her cheek.
Positively the most beauti-
ful Of Gods handiwork I have
ever Seen," Captain Hardy said
to himself, noticing how the
sable smoke-cloud Of the young
woman'S hair made its escape
from her tight little gray tur-
ban. And her eyes! Like q
patch Of black night ct sea,
with fleckS Of phosphorus
where the ship cut the waves.
The young woman was
closely followed by q wellSet-up
man in q blue serge suit and
q look in his eyes that must
make the sun hide for shame
at the weakness of its shining.
He motioned two officers of
the ship waiting on the bridge
into his quarters. They an
swered with the alacrity Of
men who find joy in their task.
Five minutes later Captain
Hardy bent to take the privi-
leges Of his office from the lips
Of the young woman In gray.
Mrs. Gerald Parker" he said
in his ringing voice that floated
out and pleasantly reached the
ears Of a seaman at the wheel
Of the ship, II wish you q
long life, and q happy one"
Jerry" he said. turning to
the young man in the blue
serge suit, "you look like a sure
cure for bachelors"
Raquel Rojos signed her
name in the book that was
the ships log: "Raquel RojoS
Parker"
This man with the gray-gray
eyes, the grave lips. the straight
shoulders that inclined toward
her like two solid rocks upon
which she could rest her weary
head, was her husband.
The hunger Of his kiss!
Raquel stirred uneasily. Her
black eyes opened wide. In
that instant she was fully
awake, her. brain clear. her
body tingling. It was thus she
had been greeting the day
with zeSt, with an exquisite
joy in being alive.
Jerry was pushing the sable
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Anthony Druid q the man you want,
Captain Blake. Except fOR enc tiny slip,
II b possible that yOu would never have
some 5 or minutes. II he had refrained
from telebhoning Cor steamship tickets for .
woman he already knew was dead he might
have escaped the penalty Of his crimes. The
tickets were ordered at 1855, Or minItes
after he saw Mrs. RobertSon corpse"
Jardin was behind RObeFtSOn ana had
him grippcd by the arm.
"The Fest % easily explained The Harry
GGbbs murder was really the murder 0e
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ish in . suit of pajanaas the niosE
difficult feat for Q w0Eaaan thasa
days Is the effort 10 lOok Ssfk
cient and forceful In Q trailing
skirt and Q fioppy hat.
Every woman has moments
OF honest SeleConfeSSion, when
she has to admit that almost
any other woman could have
married her husband when he
was In that soft, plant. CEN.
plaisant marrying mood. IT,
girl doesn't matter much, II e
time, the place and the Ted
are favorable.
A girl on her summer Vaea-
ton, soon discovers that D mod.
ern lover Is not - man Of let
ters," but q man Of postcards,
off-1and notes and telegranas.
First q man Istents to his
heart; then he listens 70 the
wedding marcE--And then he
signs up 10 llsten 10 q woman
Tor the rest Of his ME.
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$4,000 Missing

Yes, ct ten minutes to two. I
remained long enough to ar
range our affairs and to order
him to leave the house early
the next morning"
And you gave him 10000"
I'm cash, Captain Blake"
Motives - puSElin' motives"
Dale was muttering to himself.
It was after Gordon stiles and
his wife had left that Captain
Blake brought up the missing
$4,000 for the money had not
been found on the person Of
Murdock or in the room he
occupied.
Just another puxxlin' mo-
tive, cAptain-but you can
eliminate it-robbery was not
the motive. II I may suggest
this, you'M have the murderer
behind the bars tonight. AS
It's worked out, you'n never be
able to prove the case except
by tricktng the guilty party. II
you'n do this I'll promise you
rich results: Send out an order
for the appearance Of everyone
who was in or about the Stiles
house on Saturday to appear In
this office at eight tonight.
Then, be sure your murderer
doesn't escape, detail . man to
every one Of them at once, be-
cause one or more Of them
may resort to flight when your
order arrives"
Captain Blake knew Dale did
not ask this without reason,
nd it was so arranged.
Robin Dale hurried to the
office and sent the following
anonymous note to every one
Of the persons ordered to ap.
pear before Captain Blake that
night:
"The police know who killed
Jerry Murdock. "A FRIEND"
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Promptly at Robin Dale faced the grOup
In the office Of the vice president Of the
Atlas TruSt. Company. on Fifth Avenue. In
that group were Captain Blake, Sergeant
Jardin, SkeIly and Mr.. Robertson. In Rddi-
tion TO the official Of the bank.
Robin Dale looked at the clock rs though
awaiting someone. The front door opened
ana. another man entered, . tall, somhorly.
clothed individual. 1t was Inspector Albert
0mhhm. He spoke, FOR . moment, tn lew
, tones, with. Captain Blake. Finally Dale
began.
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"MISS HARD BOILED"

Wen stop on the way and get
the lilies. I want you to look
exactly as you did that morning
when the skipper. kisses the
bride"
New York. Shining towers
reaching to touch the golden
glory Of the sun.
Yesterday, at night, those
towers were dark shadows
reaching for the moon. Not
yesterday. Two years Of yes
terdays.
The hum OF the city came to
her like q muted melody. This
was home. Homeland.
RAquel wondered II, on their
way uptown from that dim
altar where, for the second
time, she pledged herself to
Jerry, they would pass Chez
AlphonSe.
No. They were travelling
another route. Jerry took care
that they should. Nothing Of
her past was to intrude itself
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] f1CurdoCk Held Letters

I I'm not trying to agitate or
Rrtghten you, Mrs. Stiles, but
there must have been some rear
sota for inviting Mr.. MIIrdock
Il it was not friendship. II win
be easier for you 70 tell the
truth and It may be . great
felp to as. Mp. Forrest may De
shielding someone, and II so
yeM'd want TO help exonerate
wouldn't you?"
~he glanced pathetically at
vRKl9red Sands and Dale, IKE
awOman ON the verge Of barring
. tragic secret. Then, suddenly,
she decided, and spoke with
determination.
He insisted upon coming to
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YOUR RULING
STAR !
Y William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
Fer These Whose Birthday b
e.. July ~

14G \ 25&AS 8Ak4G3RU
Fer These whose Birthday b
July ~
II today is your birthday be
careful Of your finances during
the coming year. It would not
be . good time for you TO enter
thoughtlessly into any money.
making schemes. The year is
not particularly favorable for
changes. Investigate thoroughly
al ideas that are put before
you. =,
Important dateS-Axoid ,ex-
cesses of all kinds, take no aln-
necessary risks and maintain
routine from July "a 10 August
10, August 30 TO September .,
October ~ to November |, De.
cember 1 TO 3, February 2 to 5,
Eepr0&fy II 20 March Z. March
"a to 30. April 10 to 10, Nay 20
to June 1, June 10 to 80. Good
for general affairs, make ef-
forts 70 advance your interests
from October 10 to November !.
February 2S to %, June n to
July /. Contradictory dates
show two opposing influences.
A child born today win be
sensitive, artistic and change
able. He win need to learn to
be practical or he win not have
an overabundance Of this
worlds goods.
Tendencies for tomorrow
The day is favorable for mat
ters pertaining to aIntlseEnents
and 5adornmentS. The general
conditions are restricted,
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TIsts Dav in HistOrV

RObsEtsomR aaee, and the hlaeow eA1qg
underneath maaa me seeSo Mrs. Robeeeefs
danger, bsesuse ak 10 thne megnlne ysvsry.
ehlAR Was ao Be in Drulae hAnAh
"ThA Toss explains Itself: the notes were
sele.wFaaten. I dOnH think yOuR pE4bb49
wM even sry 10 dshy his Euilh CAPTAIN
Bake" ssf.ss
AMsAeMy Druid never uttered W6rA -
gMmnaea aM@ lest.
TAAs mlgAE, ReAin Dale gnmbleA, Zoo. Aaa4
lose-sAet BeetoA q hib was pOoe meaAcane
Coz poker player.
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Advice to LovelO1n
By Beatrice Fairfax

A AuGhoElty on PrOblanas e
LSvo ana Marriage
n parents could SnIy be
made 10 remember that onCe
upon Q time they were young.
liked adrniratson. &ttenston,
pretty clothes, going 70 parttss.
that eventually they tell In love
ana got maEried--If thsy could
only Be made 70 remember
these things In dealing with
their own children-thsee'd be
. lot more happiness Ia TIE
world, and I'd set fewer tragic
letters In my mail.
Why is It that 20 many mid.
die.aged people imagine All
natural instincts have come to
q standstili with their children?
Mary win never grow up. she
viii always continue 70 be
Papa's darling little daughter
all her life, and viii never care
for any society beyond the
home circle?
To such parents It is almost
useless to say please remember
your own case, Or iS 1t because
you DO remember your own
youth. that you wish to close
the door On every opportunity
that may come TO your chill
dren? And aren't you making
out . pretty bad case against
yourselves?
Self-NNpporting girls actually
write rae letters that things are
made 30 diSagreeable for them
at home, when they have com.
pany, that they are reduced TO
seeing their friends secretly.
Il DO not wish to break
openly with my mother and
father" Ruby writes nae, ''but
it's choosing between them or Q
lonely old age"
Ruby Is 20, and has been
earning her own living Tor five
years. but when anybody comes
TO the h0use-even q girl friend
there is tunult and upheayal
on the part Of the parents.
They cannot understand why
their daughter, who earns 92S
O week as q SalegWumRn in O
big department store. needs
relaxation after trying pretty
clothes On other women all
day long.
The tragic part Of it Is, that
often the Rubys lose heart.
and after . few years accept
life as O drab, melancholy pas
sage from birth to death, some
thing it was never meant to be.
Multttudes do not. They b.
come highly gifted In the art
Of deception. and meet outside
q type Of man they would
never meet at home.
Likely aS not the man is
married d0fnw n little
saaeaking away from home, too.
The strings have been pulled
too tight there, or he thinks
they have, which establishes q
bond between him and the girl
who isn't allowed 10 have COM
pany. She feels sorry for him,
and pity IS q dangerous thing,
Is the proverb warns.
So the parents continue in
their blind-f not IlnloVing way
and when they discover how
mistaken their course has been
it Is often too late to remedy
the trouble that is waiting for
them.
I'm free TO admit what Q
nuisance 1t Is to have the flat
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: Mrs: Stiles Questioned

with, 4 grunt Of satisfaction
6S put down q, E. D. under the
1aat thing he had written and
tsin set q match TO the sheets
from the pad and watched them
fIame up and crinkle into black
- ash.
g sjate in the forenoon on
kSday, Robin Dale was at
headquarters. It was quite i'm
:: Sttant for him to hear what
8. Grace stiles would say.
- - was surprised to find VIII
fred Sands with Captain Blake.
The district attorney shook
= les hand cordially and, Of
.arse, asked what he thought
81 the case.
I'm sure Captain Blake will
have the case all ready to hand
over to you before very long
AGr. Sands"
''He has something up his
sleeve, Sands. He's acting too
meek entirely" Blake countered.
Mind u I have q cigarette
while we wait, captRin?"
''Go to It, Dale"
'.AN right. Where do you
keep them?"
Wilfrsd sands held open O
case with q smile. Dale took
one and smiled back. Finally
Mrs. StileS was announced.
There were o number of pre-
Nminaxy questions before Cap
tain Blake come to the point.
Mrs. Stiles." he asked finally,
"were you very friendly with
Jerry Akurdock?"
"Why-Why-" The question
obviously embarrassed her. mo,
I was not"
Then there must have been
some reason for his presence ct
your home"
She realized she was trapped.
ShS would have been either way
ahE answered Blake'S leading
question. She became notice
ably more asitated as she
searched helplesSiy for an an
sswer. Finally the detective cap
;. tain spoke again.
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Dissatisfied with the way
Turkey is progressing. Ismet
PaSha, the hard-workinE premier,
is insisting that all must work
in order that the country may
succeed.
A new super express liner Is
planned in England to cost ap-
proximately $50, ,O00, 900. The
specifications call for q liner
1000 feet long, OF $1,000 tons.
and to attain o speed Of 80
knot&
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CHATTER VI

A. those who read Robin
DAle's report of the Murdock
,pneAse win remember. the Tuesday
secKlswinS the crime brought the
sa6st startling disclosures OF the
finale Of the tragedy. The
:. daily. Journal carried the COM
,plete story, emitting the impor-
liant part the reporter himself
,c9 played IN the solution Of the
snaystsry. In the early morning
e ssdisions on wednesday.
TIE solution had been worked
y aitt Ia the main On Monday
~ iSEsht In the library oe Robin
.@1D<ae's apartment. He spent the
7 sstEaat there alone with pad nrd
= irLssopeacll. He wrote down the
~ =. sectors In the tragedy and mo-
'as A9os-it would have been more
tAN eiapaA with fewer motives. Thea
.aiaaAsssgn the facts he knew and
the testimonies he had heard,
obin Dale made . careful sum.
ra4RAAEy of The opportunities Of
IA TIA various actors 10 commit
The aAed. In addition, there
.sWaS the method by which the
crime was done: that he arrived
~ . process Of elimination
!" aetor. motive, opportunity
method there were the
- fectorS to be arrived at.
3S Z ere. were plenty Of each, but
- Ias like an involved algebrAic
AQnAtiUn which had to be Solved
S1aOrtler 10 determine the un-
tl0wn quantity, which was
1ze murderer. It became Q
- siIllhg game. during which
&s9dae cast the factors about like
on 4 board, until
haIly the answer stood out
@Nldly and clearly. There were
eertaan obvious assumptions he,
81 made and these were borne
By Tuesdays happenings
more definitely than be
III assumed.
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i CustomAr. 2. Rude. 3.
An organized massacre. 4.
Subject to authority. S. Very
acid fruit. 8. Civil. z. Early
form Of prairie schooner. 8.
Daniel Boone. Q. Philadelphia. !
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Why did Robin Dale send
the Anonymous notes? what
became Of the missing $780,
0OO7 How did Robin Dale
figure who was the guilty
enc? How was the crime
committed? What was the
real motive? Who made the
footprints =. the snow? Read
Dale's solution next Satur.
day, August 2. In The Wash
fngtGn Times!
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What Do You KnOu?
(QusStionS On Editorial Pags).
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST

10. Condensed food or beef,
fat and dried fruits. II. Sugar
cane. IL. Art that employs only
light and shade. 13. Hungar.
ian. IL. Olympia, Greece. Is.
Matthew Webb. 1875.
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= 20. Spanish King. . Down
Il. Through the i. Young mar
| agency Of. rfed woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

Delicious glazed doughnuts -
National Bakery, 127 South Sixth
Street. 3t6
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
HEAVY TOLL OF
CASUALTIES IN
NORTH OF STATE

FRESNO, Calf, Nov. II. UP
The worst traffic casualty list for
a holiday in year marked Armis-
tice day in the San Joaquin Valley
yesterday.
Seven persons were killed and
six injured in five accident from
Terra Bella to Modesto.
Ten of the days victims were
Filipino harvest hands.
Five Filipinos were killed at
Lindsay when an automobile driv-
er ignored a freight train Brake
mans frantic signals and drove in
front of a gasoline motor driven
Santa Fe passenger and express
car. A sixth was killed when he
fell off an automobile near Terra
Rella last night.
At Modesto Tommy Anderson, 5,
was killed when he ran in front of
an automobile.
The Filipinos killed we're:
Peter Steav, %; Vanisatio Carl
dad, "a; Lope Conte, 27; Nicholas
Mateo, %; U. Amelino, "a, and
Fernando Ravelau, 23 The latter
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
TRAFFIC COPS TO
USE RADIO SETS

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Nov. IL.
California traffic officers may in
the future be linked by radio tel
ephone to their headquarters, if
plans launched by the state today
materialize. = !
A 200-watt radio telephone trans
mitter will be installed at Mather
Field, Sacramento, and special
radio telephone. portable enough to
be attached to motorcycles, pro-
vded a number of officers, with a
range of several hundred miles.
For the experiment, four auto
mobiles, equipped with receiving
sets, will be sent from Sacramento
to operate in the north, south, in
terror and coast sections. They
will make daily observations 10 de-
termine where dead spots" are To-
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