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Zurich Herald, 1941-04-17, Page 7Pledge for War Savings °'SAL D TSA • SERIAL STORY MURDER BY NORMAN KAHL ----- - 6010.. INCOGNITO CAST OF CHARACTERS MARTIN SAYLER — a lawyer with too many enemies. DALE APPLEBY — Sayler's stepson. RHODA WATERS — Appleby's fiancee. HAZEL LEIGHTON — Sayler's sweetheart. WiNSLOW MARDELL — a gam• rater. GEORGE BARBOUR — Sayler's Maw partner. LIEUTENANT O'LEARY—police investigator. * o LAST WEEK: Martin Sayler's five dinner guests find his body in the study. Dale calls police. Lieu- tenant O'Leary arrives, makes rou- tine inquiries, then asks Dale: "If you did not touch the body, how did you know Sayler was shot?". CHAPTER III Dale fingered the black bow tie that stood out in sharp relief algainst his white mess jacket. How DID he know that his stepfather had died from a bullet? Lord, it was hot in the room. Funny, too. The air-cooling system had been. working perfectly all evening. "I don't know what made me think of shooting," Dale said in a monotone. "It's just the first thing that occurred to me. 1 don't know why. I lust saw him there in that pool of blood, and the only thing I could think of was that he had been shot to death." "Did your stepfather have any enemies ?" ''Dale wondered how he should answer that, and then he said, "Yes, lots of them." "He was an attorney, wasn't he? Did he have many enemies as a result of his law practice?" "I suppose so. Every lawyer has ,some." '`Don't you think he might have had more than the usual because e his parole racket?" Dale shot a quick glance at the detective. "Then you know about that?" "Sure. We've known about it all along, but we couldn't stop it. There wasn't anything we could putt our fingers on. You know— getting convicts out of prison through crooked connections on the parole board and making them pay stiff fees if they didn't want to get sent back on trumped-up parole violations. "Extortion, maybe. But what could we do? Nobody squawked, naturally. And It they had, it would have been the word of an ex -con against a respectable attorney." Dale nodded. "It might have been almost anyone who killed him, I suppose." Lieutenant O'Leary clasped his ear -lobe and pulled at it. "Yeah, might have been." He arose and stretched himself. "Let's go back oto the study, I may want to look around a bit." "Who Was Here Tonight?" The body had been removed when they entered the room. Only a large, dark stain remained in physical evidence of the tragedy that had occurred there. O'Leary walked over to Sayler's desk and seated himself in the, swivel chair. He opened the top drawer and fing-• ered the sparse contents nonchal- antly. "Do you know very much about your stepfather's affairs?" the lieu- tenant asked. "Practically nothing. He never confided in me." "You knew about his parole bus- iness." Everybody knows about that." O'Leary peered a moment at some papers he had ,rennoved..from ' the desk drawer. "Tell me who was here tonight?" he asked. Dale leaned against the mantle over the fireplace, "Miss Leighton and Mr. Barbour—•I told you about them." "Wbo is Barbour?" "He was my ste.pfather's law parte er." "Okay. Who else?" Slow Burninq CIGARETTE PAPERS NONE F/NER MADE ISSUE 16—'41 COPYRIGHT. Y 940 NEA SERVICE. INC. "There was Mr. Mardell and Miss Waters, my fiancee, and myself. The servants, of course, but .they were in another part of the house." • O'Leary pinned his gaze directly on Dale. For a second, the young man met the stare .and them he peered uneasily at the floor. "You said a little while ago," the officer recalled, "that Miss Leighton was coming in. here to see Sayler when she found him dead. What did she want to see him about?" "I don't know," Dale snapped. "Better ask her." O'Leary's calm expression didn't waver. "I know this isn't much fun for you, Mr. Appleby. But it isn't much fun for me, either. There's been a murder committed in this house, and I'm going to be asking some awfully silly questions until I get the right answer. We get pretty curious about a lot of things that aren't any of our business." Dale bit his lips. "I'm sorry. I'm upset, naturally. I'll try to help you." "Thanks," said O'Leary. He brushed the iucid.ent aside. "I'm curious about this window next to the desk. You'll notice that the spot where the body lay was directly opposite.,' Dale walked over to the window. "I don't think the shot could have been fired from the outside. My stepfather always kept the win- dows locked and there obviously isn't any glass broken. I don't see . . . Oh --oh, what's this?" The Unlatched Window O'Leary got up and came to the window. "What's the matter?" "Look, this window is unlatch- ed. That's queer. Sayler never ;per- mitted that. He insisted the win- dows be kept locked." "Maybe the housekeeper opened it." "She wouldn't dare. My step- father was very particular on that point. I think sometimes he was afraid." O'Leary made a brief round of the roam. "The others are looked," he said. "Tell me, when you were a]1 standing in the room, did any- one go near the windows?" Dale 'frowned. "Why, yes, now that you speak of it—George Bar - hour did. He was just looking out. There would certainly have been no point in his unlocking the win- dow." "Maybe not," O'Leary agreed. "Anyway, it's interesting." Dale studied the latch on the French windows. "Of course, if the window had been unlocked, it might have been possible for some- one omeone to jimmy it from the outside and then close it again." O'Leary went back to the desk. "It's possible. Anyway, we'll find out soon. The boys are going over the outside now for footprints and they can take a look at the win- dows in a little while." Dale rested on the arm of the divan before the fireplace. "If the shot wasn't fired through the win- dow, it stands to reason it must have been fired from somewhere inside the house—and that's ab- surd." O'Leary nodded. "I hope we don't to reach that conclusion. It's not pleasant." "Nor is it possible—except, per- haps, for the servants," O'Leary leaned back and tossed one knee over• the other. "That's another thing I wanted to make sure about. During the 20 minutes. between the time Sayler left the drawing room and when Miss Leighton found his body, did any of you leave the other room?" "No one. I tell you, Lieutenant, the idea of anyone within the house having murdered my step- father is ridiculous. It just couldn't be done." "Was anyone in the drawing room in such a position that he could see the entrance to the study?" Gambling Debts Dale reflected. "I couldn't say for certain. When Miss Leighton screamed, Rhoda saw her. She was looking iii that direction, and she most have seen her." "Then if Miss Waters had seen anyone entering the room before Miss Leighton went to it, she would have mentioned the fact?" "I would most certainly think so. I would have been unt'sual at that time." "Who's Mardell?" O'Leary end - den y blurted out. The change of evaded. startled Dale. "1 dole"t know exactly, I under- stood he bed something to do with Relaxed Knees Help Carriage Stiff, Awkward Leg Muscles Mean An Ungainly Walk "Stiff, awkward legs—part.ieu- larly in the region of the knees— • make for graceless carriage," sa.3's Nadino Gee, attractive little danc- ing star, "No woman can stand, sit; walls or tlance gracefully if her leg muscles are tense." Miss Gae thinks that rela:atioe exercises are the answer to this problem. Here are directions for a routine that she advocates olid which she does regularly: Lie flat on your back on the floor withankles albout a foot apart. Try to relax the entire body as much as possible. Now, without bending knee, but without stiffen- ing it unnecessarily, lift right leg about a foot off the floor, `then -lot it fall. Repeat, lifting left.Ieg and then letting it fail to the floor. To keep heels from vetting bumped during this exercise, place a thin pillow on the floor under them. FOR SLIM WAISTLINE Always remember to think of your legs as springs for your body," the dancer concludes. "Don't let your torso sag against hip • joints. Keep the upper part of your body up and away from the, lower half. This will make your waistline slimmer and your carriage more attractive." Eleanor Arrives An airman's wife has given birth to a girl in the waiting - room at Peterborough North (England) Station. The station master suggested naming the baby Eleanor (L.N.E.R. — London North Eastern Railway). She was. 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It's been whispered around that Sayler wanted to see him about some gambling debts. 1 don't know how true that is," The police officer seratehed his head and looked puzzled. "I.f you mean Mardell owed Sayler some money from gambling, it would hardly seen that he'd invite the man over for dinner to collect it." Dale smiled. "You don't know .my stepfather very well. That would be precisely what he would • do. His method of operating was mysterious—and usually cruel." O'Lear3r looked up quizzically. "You know his cruelty, then?" The smile vanished from Dale's lips. "Yes," he said abruptly. "But I don't think that has anything at alt to do with the case, l'd rather not speak of it." Cheque For Miss Leighton For a moment, it seemed as if O'Leary intended to press the point. Instead, he asked; "And how abotit Hazel Leighton?" "My stepfather had his senti- mental side, too. He had been going out with Mies Leighton for the past. year or so. My mother died three years ago you see, and Sayler had several other heart interests after that. ,,lis friendship for Miss Leigh- ton lasted longer than any of the others." O'Leary picked up a small sheaf of pipets from among the few he head spread before him on the desk. "I think I'd like to talk to the.. Young lady. Maybe she'll know something about this." . Dale was curious. "Do you mind telling me what it is?" "1 found it in •Sayler's top desk drawer," Lieutenant O'Leary ex- plained. "He evidently wanted it handy for the young lady when she came in to see him. This is a cashier's check for $5000 made out to Hazel Leighton. And this" —he fingered a single sheet of legal -size paper—"this is a release made out to Martin Sayler guar- anteeing against any breach cif liroinise action. The two are clip- ped together—and the release hasn't been signed." (To Be Continued) This Coupon Worth $4.11 introducing our Intent Autonrntie 'Television TTP • PRESTO—Push the button, watch it fill. 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