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Karen. Maybe that seemed fine
IN theory. but II was disastrous
for HIM IN practice.
Karen couldn't possibly have
gotten out OF that loft by her
self, but with Westlake there she
could and did Westlake got out
too. Now they're here to prove
that the fire in the barn wasn't
an accident at all. And that
breaks down the case against
Church too since he was with me
at the police station when the
fire was started" There was an
ominous CLEAN in his eyes so
that's what happened to the muir
dcrer's plan. II went "a pieces
the moment he locked Westlake
in that loft along with Karen.
That is a rough outline of the
way things were
Martha I1alc's thin white hand
WAS playing with tho JcWclry at
hor throat Her husbands eyes
We're fixed on tho gauHt Grace
Saltcr and the judge Pcrsis had
picked up her embroidery and
was working at IL as though to
find an antdoto for the poison
GUS anNicty that Was gnawing at
her David Rowlcy sat with arms
folded.
II was Karen who finally
spoke. Her hand still in divers,
her face, under the thick red
hair, pale and drawn. she said:
But. Inspector this person
who did all these things, this per-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
A Mon Who Gets Paid for
Being q Forqer

-. w. ELLIS is a supreme
master Of forgery. but in
~ stead OF landing in Jail he
gets paid for IT, Give him pen
or pencil and he will copy any
signature or other handwriting
SO perfectly that its own author
won't be able 10 tell the copy
from the original.
Mr. Ellis is law-abiding citi-
zen of Hollywood and is one of
the many persons who follow
strange professions for the films
He wor k s internationally. but
says the novelty Of the work com
ponsates for its uncertainty and
irregular hours.
The average movie fan takes
II for granted, when he sees the
closeup OF hand penning let
ter or signing a paper, that the
actor who impersouates the char
acter is also doing the writing.
but unless the story is one Of the
present day. or the handwriting
is Of no particular Importance,
the writer likely is Nj Ellis
The signatures Of famous per-
sonages Of history are too well
lnewn 10 be talked and i'm every
audience there arc a surprising
number of persons who instant
~ spot such inaccuracies and
promptly write indignant letters
10 the studio. To avoid this Mr.
Ellis is hired 90 DO the writing.
Ellis has frequently puch-hit
with the pen FOR Henry the
Eighth, Queen Elizabeth. and
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INJURED Cobb. There's plenty Of
other ways the murderer could
have found out about that bust
ness. Norma's diary for ex-
ample, which Mr.. Rowley found
for us. If anyone had happened
on Norma's diary. hidden in that
secret drawer i'm her desk, they'd
have been able 10 read the whole
story"
Yes" said David Rowley
sharply. Eyes, that's right"
"So-..ro% Cobb fingered over
the vowel That doesn't elmin-
ate any of you, There isn't
person in this room who couldn't
have found out about the taxi
driver story and exploited it
when Albert Williams came to
Kenmore.
He paused Nov there's an
other thing we know about the
murderer. He had to have
motive for wanting Karen and
Norma dead before either OF
them married Church That mar
rows things down a little, ! think
you'll find There's no need TO
go into the details of Mr.. Ship
toms will. You all know that
Norma's marriage plans and
then karen's seriously endanger-
ed the financial status of the
older generation. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowley, Judge and Mrs Salter-
the four of you stand TO benefit
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seemed Ike the perfect chance
TO kill her She went over TO the
barn in crazy attempt 10 find
something that might eNeHerate
Church. The murderer followed
her. 1t was TO lock her in the
loft and then set fire TO the
barn. II il had worked, Karen
would have died in what seemed
like an accidental ConnaGration-
caused maybe by a spark from
the braZicr Karen could have
been killed while Oliver could
still he accused Of Norma's muir
der" He Shrugged THAT would
have brought tho whole elaborate
murder plot 10 a brilliantly sue
cessful conclusion"
His blue. unwavcring gaze
shifted to my face. But the
murderer tried TO bite off Just
one more than he could chew.
Last night Wcstlake went TO the
barn too. Westlakc had things
figured out by then well enough
to send the murdercr's plan top
ping around his ears The muir
derer probably realized that, so
he thought up the idea OF lock-
ing Westlake into the loft too
and eliminating him along with
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(TO BE Concluded Next Week.
Al Right Hrarr-ed.
Copyright 1879 hv American wo.l't lr-
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Francois VillOn. One of his most
important chores was writing a
letter from Abraham Lincoln to
Benito JuareZ, President Of Mex
leo. This vas for an insert of a
letter which was flashed on the
screen i'm the motion picture
"JuarcZ. For this same film FL
lis also had TO write several
notes and letters in the clear,
strong hand of Macmillan Won
HapshurE, Mexico's one time
puPpct Emperor He also signed
this monarch's bold signature to
a facsimile OF the fateful Black
Decree" the bloodiest document
ever issued in the Western Hem
isphere
For such dramatically i'm
portant scenes the camera photo
graphs Mr. Ellis hand in a close
up as he pens the name He sits
with q photostatic copy Of the
original on the desk i'm front of
him, but out Of range of the
Gamers, and does most NJ these
signatures in single take"
without rehearsal.
Mr.. Ellis says his most inter-
csting and most painstaking as
signmcnt was when he had TO do
an insert for a short fcaturcttc.
The Declaration of IndCpend-
aucc For this he had 20 sign
the document with a stimulation
OF every one OF the original sig
natures He says that he found
the one of John Hancock the
most difficult 10 forge.
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by the death Of Norma and Kar-
on. The Hales, on the other hand.
have no financial connection with
the twins. dead or alive"
yes, yes, that's right" Mar
tina Hale was her old sparkling
self again. Francis inherits
nothing from the Shipton will"
"Okay" Cobb's jaw, thnlsting
out, was very grim. Then you
all get that point, guess Nor
ma was murdered as the first
part-af "A scheme whieh-ws-A
meant to end with Karcn's dcathv
The plan wasn't successful. be-
cause Karen is still here alive "
But you have narrowed sus-
piCion down To the four OF U.s."
1t was Grace Salter who spoke.
her voice very tart 80 that's
il, is it, Inspector? The Judge,
Persis. David or myself Hah,
This is illuminating. Exactly
which of US are you gong to
accuse ?"
(TO BE Concluded Next Week.
Al Rishp Rrsrrd
'WNHthi l'l- Pos American W',f't lr-
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RIDDLE in RED
Continued from Page ~

complication was quite different
Someone. night here IN this room.
wanted 20 kan Norma and Karen.
That person knew the whole
story Il the taNi driver. realized
'-fc-- t1t coWC % KcgWorc 10 IN
timidatc tho girls into giving him
money and docidcd very clcycrly
10 exploit hum m his own murder
scheme
No one spoke The very fact
Of their silence after cobb had
virtually accused one Of them Of
murder was sinister The ton
SION was mounting steadily.
cobb realized 1t. I knew Tho
qUictncss OF ms voice was dolib-
crate 10 keep that mood Of sus-
pCuso intact
"OKay," he said THAT was
The set-up before Norma's muir
der And the whole thing worked
As if ny blueprint The murderer
knew the taxi driver was follow
my Eurma IN the yellow cab to
soften her up IT, knew she
would Sallop up the drive in panic
jo get away from hum He
stretched that wire between the
two locusts and let the taxi
driver 90 the rest II he'd man
aged to remove the wire IN time,
we would probably have thought
the whole thing had been an acct
dent But ne was pretty safe
oven though he failed % remove
the wire before Dawn Wostlake
saw 1t, because our suspicious
turned Immediately 10 the taxi
driver. And that was his plan,
too He hoped TO have the taxi
driver convicted OF the crime he
himself had committed %
The silence when he stopped
was rather eXcmeiuting
After that" ne added things
went even better than he had eX-
pected The taxi driver hap
pened TO have seen him stretch
the wire and realized exactly how
the murder had been committed.
He CaHe-here to FalluWfield,
hoping TO blackmail the murderer
He thought he was being smart,
but in fact he was playing
straight into the murdcrer's
hands. You see, from the begin
ming, the murderer had been
planning for the taxi driver to be
the goat Now he had him right
under hts thumb. He stalled him
off on the blaCkmall and kept
him hidden IN the barn here. Dur
ing that period he made his first
attempt on Karen which he knew
would be attributed to the taxi
driver. The attempt failed. Even
So, he was perfectly safe. as he
thought We we're hot on the
trail of the taxi driver then, con-
WINGED of his guilt. The MUIR
derer realized he couldn't risk
keeping the taxi driver alive any
longer So he murdered him,
tried 10 make the death look like
suicide and expected us TO be
that the case was solved,
that the taxi driver had killed
Norma, tried TO kill Karen, and
had taken his own life. q"
He looked around him at the
tense. attentive faces of his
listeners.
But the story didn't end there.
And from that moment, the muir
derer had To improvise. First,
Of course, hanloped we'd accept
the taxi drivNA death as a sui
eide We didn% But he'd pre-
pared a second line Of defense.
He'd used Church's pistol for the
crime II We started suspecting
he hoped we'd plump for
Oliver Church did Up 10 that,
everything worked all night. But
The Inspector was eXamin-
ing the nails on his large, square
fingers there WAS still kar-
en- 20 cope with SO long as ka-
rem was alive, all ms schemes
went for nothing And then, last
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The events and characters
depicted in this serial ere
fictitious and any apparent
similarity ia actual persons
living or dead is merely
coincidence.
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E3.ITIIk!S1Il,l
TO WOMEN
AFRAID


TOR WARS, women have
boon sfrrid ~ dive Their oRn
hrtt hcu have had many
reasons fcarof dangerous
dNcs. fear that IL is too
tinlcult, feat that dye will
dos'toN youf hairs natural
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Short Story
Continued from Page S6)

Continued from Page S6)
a yard in length and Is inches
wide separate caVernously-and so
far do they part that a watcher
has a Mortified feeling that he is
about TO witness a longitudinal
split of the whole magnifed pig
body.
Then the same watcher gets
giddy, and feels as though he is
going to topple forward and fall
into that crimson cavern, to be
crunched TO pulp by single clos
ing Of those bent, terrific teeth.
But when the Jaws closed. Coon
had decided il was safe enough 10
forage. Even when not nursing a
baby, she needed approximately
the cubic contents of a New York
City hall bedroom. in food for each
days rations. Tender grasses,
reeds, young shoots, buds of certain
trees and plants-all vegetable
matter, be IL noted.
Though a hippo will attack and
kill almost any animal with its
great jaws, or stamp TO extinction
any creature which is unlucky
enough to fall beneath the pile
driver trompling of feet backed by
body weight, II never feeds on flesh.
Therein il differs from its smaller
cousin, the wild boar-or his
cousin, the domesticated pig.
Now she advanced ponderously
from the pond edge, taking her
own straight line. driving ahead
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time bite and claw a way down
through the inch-deep armor of
hardened leather which protected
Coon from assault.
COON was startled, no doubt of
that. She gallopsed, stopped, rolled
p n d ously-but Immediately
gave that UP as the lions jumped
enly-to return to attack
her softer belly.
Then c 1om was on her feet
again. She put head down and
charged like runaway caboose
on a steep grade. One lion which
had not leapt at the first alarm
tried to bar her way. He went
down and under the great pads
of callus which were her feet.
She did not have time right then
to do a job of trampling him COM
pletely. But two steps were
enough-with that weight above.
He lay there writing and help
less when she had passed.
Still trying to dig into the spine,
or some other vulnerable spot be-
meath that impenetrable hide. the
remaining two lions-the adults
rode Coon until the moment when
she actually splashed like a car
load of paving stone. straight back
into the jungle pool from which
she had come.
Then--zwell the lions had 10
swim. scramble and scoot. For
once in her familiar medium. wa
ter. Coon turned like an eel and
came for them with jaws agape.
She missed. and snorting came
half way up on the bank in her
charge.
The lions turned and waited. but
she did not come further. BY and
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Through thorn and papyrus, acacia
scrub, wait-a-bit thorn with its g.
inch spikes, and on through Llama
and saplin, grabbing huge mouth
full here. another there.
A leopard growled and spat at
her-and leapt nimbly aloft. out of
her way. The pair Of jackals,
seemingly pursued, vented their
second and more diabolical cry:
Pfui-ee-ee-aww!
A cheetah giboered and CHR
ruped. arching her cat back
daintily. then leaping aside.
Further on as Coon grazed. in
solently unmindful of everything
except the business Of tucking
away enough green stuff to keep
herself going and TO provide nutri-
ment for the baby back there in
the pool, there were coughings,
barkings, whistling and snorts. as
balloons, reedbuck, bushbuck and
hartebeeste protested the oncom-
ing of the thing like an armored
tank tn [ rumbled and crashed
into their cherished privacy.
But carving a sort OF circular
tunnel through all the low heritage,
C Dom ate her way out, tn n
around, and started back toward
home-still eating at the rate of
about a bushel minute.
Ahead of her was a spot where
four tawny, low crouche cat
bodies snarled at each other, rum
bled in their whiskers, and ate the
fresh killed body of a springbok.
If one did not know 1t from the
sounds while still 100 yards dis
tant, these we're lions. Two adults,
male and female, and two year.
grown male cubs-really not cubs
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BY Adele
Garrison

which we know nothing. but L
always have thought her q much
yeaker character than Marion.
"Pve known that for q long
time" Lillian said. But have
YOU any reason TO believe Marion
IL shielding Carolyn? 1t must
be something bad, for Marion IL
pretty leyel-headed, and doesn't
60 of the deep end readily. And
poor Helena. IL only she never
has to know"
I angrily compared Helena Brix-
tons rage at Marion 10 Lillian
affectionate solicitude. but remind.
ed myself Of Helenas mental and
limitations. Lillian
spirit is that of all great men and
women. utterly selfless.
l did indeed have conjecture
about Carolyn's secret, but II was
merely a fantastic guess with nc
shred of evidence 10 support II.
mo, i haven't any idea.' l
said. but i think II N some Sc
cret affecting only Carolyn and
that collegiate gangster. not con-
nected yet with the big thing the
gangsters are after-information
about Jacks cryptograms.
But until this young gangster
can get Carolyn into his power. 1
believe he will let his associates
think he has simply fallen for
the moll,' as they would put IL.
What plan he really has, nobody
knows yet, but we can be sure
he never Will carry II out. Caro-
iyn and Marion are beyond his
power to harm"
"H0w II that" she queried.
Then comprehension flashed into
her eyes.
"Oh, he IL the man Dicky put
of the train without his shoes,
and whose capture he arranged"
she exclaimed. "Oh, marvellous!
IL I know your father, he'll be
kept incommunicado for a long
while"
Continued tomorrow
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" longer. but dangerous young

any longer, but dangerous young
lions.
Coon never swerved one inch to
avoid anything alive. Nothing
short of a basalt cliff could do
that. So, opening great jaws,
crunching them close on huge
loads of mixed salad, she came
right Onslaught toward the par
TALLY devoured springbok and its
retinue Of hungry lions.
LIONS ATTACK COON
Be it said that the lion has
pride. too. His cat nature makes
him inclined to caution at times.
But he decidedly will not stand
any other animal treading on his
toes, or interfering with what he
considers his prerogatives. And
fresh game killed by himself GER
tainly came under the latter head
ing.
So Il was that four lions turned
and stared. Four pairs of ears laid
Ddck. mere were coughing SndrlS
of warning, and brown tails dashed
back and forth. But Coon came
right on. unmindful.
She did not remain so. For all
of a sudden three of the four lions
straight for her. One
missed 81 htly, and the great
jaws, crunching down, broke
hind leg that had trailed.
Two of the lions landed right
where they aimed. however, mid
way on the great slate-gray. Shiny
back. Their claws caught, and
with coughs and snarls they set
to work ambitiously. trying 10
hold their places like a pair OF
timber jockeys. and at the same
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PITFALLS OF LOVE

IROSE quickly. lifted Lillian ic
her feet and pressed her head
against my shoulder. I knew hel
At Of contrition must spend itself
before could count on the aid ]
needed from her.
"Cry II out, Darling" ! urged
her. "You have been under n
terrific strain. Don't try to think
until you've let yourself 20 .
bit"
But after one long. shudderinR
sob, she drew herself erect and
faced me steadily.
'Tll 20 back 20 your babies AZ
soon a. I may" she said. AT
the farm there1l be no danger
Of my doing anything rash which
could harm my own dear child.
But first tell me more about
Carolyn's reactions. The little
beast. To think how nearly i
played into her hands"
Then, ire next instant, her
kfrong sense Of justice found vent
10 contrite speech.
I'm sorry i called her that.
Madge," she said I'VE must give
her the benefit Of the doubt, but
Il agree that she must be given
no opportunity to endanger
Marion"
Her keen brain was functioninG
again, and knew should have nc
are trouble with her about Caro-
Don't worry! she's under
guard every second OF the time"
/ said. But I don't think she's
.innately evil. and I don't believe
she would do anything to harm
Marion unless she was terrified
to the point OF desperation.
I'm that she IL different from
Marion. Our girl would die, or
suffer any torture, before she
would betrny a friend.
"Of course Carolyn may have
hidden reserves of character Of
ADVrprIaUHENT
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By Lyman Young
By Michael Berry
By Fran Striker
By Zane Grey

by she took four backward steps.
and sank down. eyes and nostrlls
out--waiting and daring them to
come and fight her on her own
home grounds.
The lions knew better, too. They
did not do so well In water. So in
due course they returned to their
kill, and their wounded kin. Coon,
once all was clear, submerged and
went TO nurse her baby.
THE END.
Tomorrow's short story: This
New Freedom" by Charles Nc
Guirk.
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Fighting Mans Friend:
Hunts Her
Nephew i'm
.DuneDraft

MRS. A. NJ. r: Q-To whom
could / write 10 locate my
nephew? He was called the first
week in June. but / do not know
what branch he is in.
A-Write TO the Adjutant
General, War Department,
Washington, ID. C., giving as
much information concerning
your nephew as possible; that
IL. full name, date of induction,
etc.
MRS. 7. NJ. T: Owe have
been married nine years and have
no children. / worked until last
fall when / was laid off. and in
the meantime my husband, who
is 81. was put in ga and has not
yet been reclassified. If / return
to work will this make any diff
ference in his draft status?
Alt will make absolutely
no difference. He will be called
just rs soon IL you are not en-
ployed as he would be when you
are working.
WILL HE GET FURLOUGH?
MRS. c. L. w: GA friend OF
mine was drafted into the army
on September 8 and is in a south
ern state. Will he get a furlough
to come home before he is taken
out Of this country?
Ale will not necessarily be
given n furlough before leaving
the country-if ne leaves. This
must be determined by his COM
manding officer upon n basis Of
his units state OF training. etc.
n. G.. w: Q.My wife and ]
separated but she says if / don't
take her back she will tell the
draft board. Will that. make me
go into the army any sooner? i
take care of my 60-year-old
mother, young sister and little
nephew.
A-Your marital status GER
tainly affects your draft status.
You should inform your draft
board Of this matter In any
event, otherwise you are viO-
lating the draft law and are
subject TO severe penalties.
ASKS ABOUT INSURANCE
NJ. n. c.: Off a single man in
the army takes out government
insurance while in service can he
leave il 10 a brother or other
member Of his family or does he
have 10 leave it 10 his mother or
father IL they are still living?
Ale does not have TO name
his mother or father benefici-
airy. He may name whoever he
wishes.
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Connolly Answers

THE average Eskimo has a
vocabulary of 10000 words.
a great deal more than the
average business mans.
2-Theodore Roosevelt.
3-If they are made to read
RID. <
4-Los Angeles m morial
coliseum.
5-"Tabletops" are aircraft
carriers.
6-Cricket. It's a ball unfairly
bowled.
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For the Inside News" of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column In the Times.
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Quiz Answers

La the. First World War;
tb) the War Between the
States; (c) Spanish-American
War.
2-(a) A priest of Apollo who
was slain, with his sons. by
serpents: (b) husband OF
Helen and friend Of Odysseus;
(c) Greek goddess of right
eous vengeance.
3-(a) A gimlet: fb) head
covering; (c) crank with a
handle.
4-(a) Moscow; OBJ Pisa, Italy;
tc) London, Eng.
Sal Pola Negri; (b) Emil
Jannings: (c) Charles Farrell
and Janet Gaynor.
6-(a) The Swiss Alps; (b) the
southern Alps of New Zea-
land; (c) Himalayas. In Tibet.
For the Inside News" 81
Washington, Follow Paul Mn
Ions Column In the Times.
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