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CHAPTER X
Synopsis
Jahn Saxon, private investi-
gator, and his pardner Moe
were hired by J. T. Smith to
guard Irene, widow of his bro-
ther who was murdered. Irene
was suffering from amnesia
and needed protection. While
Kay, daughter of Irene, and
John were on a boat trip they
were shot at but escaped in-
jury, After taking Irene to her
room, John heard a scream and
found Irene in a faint on the
bed. He rushed through the
house but could find no trace
of anyone who might have
scared her.When he got to
the nurse's room, he found her
laying on the bed. She report-
ed that she had heard nothing,
but went with Kay to take care
of Irene.
"She was almost hysterical, but
I've got her quieted." She looked
at the tall, slim -built nurse. "If
you could give her a couple of
sleeping pills, Karen . . ."
It struck Johnny that Karen did
seem genuinely startled. If it was
acting, it was damned clever work,
be thought. Starting toward the
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hall, Karen turned back for an in-
stant,
nstant, looked at him, asked, "You
mean-. . . Mrs. Shnibh screamed?"
Ile nodded, watching her, making
no comment.
The nurse disappeared toward
the adjoining room. Kay hesitated
a moment. "I've locked the balcony
doors." Her lovely eyes were star-
ing. "It's frightening not knowing
who this person was!"
Your mother wasn't hurt, was
she?"
"No, but—"
"Perhaps she only imagined
something."
"But why did mother scream"?
She must have seen someone."
"Just to make you feel better,
I'll have that guard, Steve, stay
near the house tonight."
She relaxed a little. "You really
don't think it was anything?" '
He gave Kay a quick, easy grin,
"Stop worrying, child-" He pressed
her arm. "I'll be back after a bit
to tuck you in bed and kiss you
good night. I'm a very motherly'
sort of person."
She couldn't help smiling a bit.
"You're an unusual man, Johnny
Saxon. Doesn't anything ever both-
er you?"
°"Would you really like to know?"
Color flooded her smooth cheeks.
She turned hurriedly and followed.
the nurse into her mother's room.
Johnny Saxon returned along the
second -floor hallway. He found a
flight of stairs that led to the third
floor. Having already been told
that the servants' quarters were
above, he thought it unlikely that
a prowler would• allow himself to
be trapped up there. He wondered
why he had not seen Homer, the
,,butler, all evening.
The light was still outin the cor-
ridor that passed his room. A
thought had been in Johnny's mind
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since be had unexpectedly come
upon. the nurse in her bedroom.
This afternoon, he had suspected
that she was .watching his room.
Could she have been there a little
while ago?
The devil of it was, what could
Karen expect to find in his roots?
What would even take her there?
Down below him, in the gardens,
there was some commotion.
Leaningover the balcony rail,
Johnny recognized Moe Martin's
voice.
Johnny did not catch Moe's
grumbled answer. But he heard
twigs and brush crackling. "What
are you doing down there?" he
called out..
"Johnny? Can you come down
for a minute?"
"All right. But for Heaven's sake
stop the rumpus." Johnny thought
of Irene Smith, whom Kay and the
nurse were trying to get to sleep.
Further agitation might aggravate
the woman's condition, and Johnny
was anxious to talk to her again
first thing int the morning.
Johnny went out the back way,
circled the rear of the house and
found his partner.
Moe Martin was hanging to the
Great Dane's wide collar; the ani-
mal seemed agitated and restless,
even growling slightly as Johnny
appeared suddenly in the beam
from the flashlight held in Moe's
hand.
"Okay, boy, okay," said Johnny
quickly. . The dog nuzzled against
his hand and became friendly.
Turning to the man who was with
Moe• Martin, he said, "I'm certain-
ly glad he's not vicious."
"They never are. Great Danes
are like overgrown. curious chil-
dren." • He was a slender, medium -
built young man with dark eyes
that seemed to magnify themselves
somewhat behind thick -lensed
glasses. The glow of the flashlight
revealed his sharp, high -cheek -bon-
ed features— "I ffi Doetor Clark.
Bob Clank." He held forth his
hand. "I presume you're Johnny
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Moe Martin said "Tile d'og hilae,,
sometli�p�,,.
'"With situ• stili' •hanging o3;tO
him,?" Johnny noted Moe'a flushed,
perspiring face.
"Naturally. I wanted to see what
hq was after."
Doctor Bob Clark laughed soft-
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oftly. "You should have seen,, them
in and out of shrubbery, all
over the place."
They were moving through the
gardens beneath the balcony.
"What'd he hear?" asked Johnny.
"I think it was just a rabbit,"
said Doctor Clark. "What else?"
Moe Martin was busy probing the
ground with the flashlight beam.
Grass was dry and burnt from lack
of rain. The earth was hard be-
neath their feet. Even with water-
ing; flowers and plants in the gar-
den had suffered greatly. "It's
funny," Moe muttered.
"You didn't see anyone?" John-
ny
ohnny prompted.
Doctor Bob Clark glanced at
him. "No. But would it be unus-
ual if we did? Anyone from the
house might have been wandering
around."
"But you didn't hear anything?"
Johnny was glancing at his part-
ner, Moe, though he directed the
question to the young doctor.
"No—nothing," said Bob Clark.
Moe Martin was somewhat be-
yond the doctor. Johnny saw him
nod his head. Johnny wondered if
Moe's headshake meant he was
agreeing with Clark—or disagree-
ing.
Passing one of the extending
wings at the rear of the house
Johnny' saw stoutly built trellis-
work that reached from the ground
to the balcony above. Leafy green
vines of some sort covered the
white -painted cross -pieces of the
framework. He counted three or
four of the vine -covered affairs.
It occurred to Johnny Saxon that
the things could easily be used as
ladders to the balcony. Perhaps
the prowler had. escaped this way.
Michael, the dog, could have heard
sounds not audible to the human
ear.
They had arrived at the circular
driveway in front of the mansion.
Moe Martin was mopping his fringe
of hair. "Well," he said, "maybe I
was wrong." He put the flashlight
in his pocket.
Doctor Bob Clark looked up-
ward through the great spreading
branches of the trees. "The sky's
cloudy, though; we ought to be
getting some rain." He seemed
friendly enough. He didn't look
like a doctor because he was not
gray-haired and scholarly. Prob-
ably he was a very excellent saw-
bones.
Bob Clark looked toward the
house. Light from the library win
dows touched the driveway. "I
guess Karen's not coming down
again," he told Johnny. "So I'll
run along."
Johnny studied the doctor's lean
face in the half darkness. "How
far is it to the hospital?"
"Four miles."
"That's a long walk." Johnny
motioned to the station wagon,
parked in the darkness some dis-
tance beyond Doctor Clark. "Why
don't you ride with Nick Walker?"
"For one thing, it's out of his
way. Besides, I keep in shape
walking."
"In hot weather, said Johnny,
"I keep in shape drinking gin.
Which reminds. me, Walker was
supposed to be fixing up a couple
of drinks. Join us?"
Snuffing, Bob Clark shook his
head. "Thanks. If you see Karen,
tell her I'll phone tomorrow."
Johnny nodded. He said nothing
about the incident a little while
ago in the nurse's bedroom. "I'll
tell her, sure." His glance went
from the doctor's face to the sta-
tion wagon beyond, then back to
Bob Clark's eyes again. "By the
way, have you ever met anyone
named Bart?"
The man's dark eyes did not
change expression behind the
heavy glasses. He shook his head.
"Karen was telling me about it,"
he said. "Irene thinks you're
someone named Bart,"
"That's right." •
"It's some peculiarfixation that
is in her mind. Ina_ few days it'll
probably change to. something else.
Cases like hers are strange." He
paused a moment, then added,
"She was a charming Woman. It's
a pity. She was intelligent and
profound. Now, sometimes, it's al-
most like, conversing with a child.
I wonder, at times, if she'll ev-
er
.His words trailed off and he
stared absently ahead. For a mo-
ment he seemed to have forgotten
them completely.
Then Doctor Clark's manner
changed. "Well," said he pleasant-
ly, "I'd better get started." He
looked at Moe and smiled. "I
would not try to hold onto him
the next time he thinks he sees' a
rabbit."
He meant the Great Dane, Mich-
ael. Moe was stili firmly clinging
to the dog's collar as though fear-
ful to be alone without him.
The doctor's figure disappeared
along the drive. For a moment his
footsteps' sounded along the grav-
el. Then they laded out in the
breathless, quiet night.
"I wonder," murmured Moe Mar-
tin.
"You wonder what?"
"About him." Moe nodded in the
general direction the doctor had
just taken. "It wasn't Very loud, of
course, The d-og, here, heard it
and that's why he got excited. I
heard it, too. Why didn't the doc
hear it?"
Several times, Johnny had seen
the glow of a cigarette over there
in the darkness. He reminded him-
self bhat it might not be a bad idea
to carry the Police Positive, which
still was packed in his bag up-
stairs.
"I thought perhaps it .was you,"
Johnny said.
Steve, the guard, stood partly
supported by the front fender of
the station wagon. "TArthat was
wrong with the dog?" lie dropped
the cigarette butt and carefully
ground it beneath his toe. He
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Truly the grain of ameatard need
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Hundredfold.
Sunday morning the auditorium
of Roys Church was filled, And the
overflow, was accommodated on the
lawn and in cars outside, where a
loud speaker had been placed. The.
tete congratulatting the oongregyar
tion upon their anniversary were
received from Miss Nettie Scott,
of Paisley, daughter of Rev., Peter
Scott, one of Roys first pastors. 7,tt
passing, it is interesting to nate
preacher, at morning and evening that Mrs. Wm. Reed, of Fullerton,
services was the Rev. Geo. Little, the former Nancy Williams, who.
D.D., ea was Hvassisted e, attended the log church as a girt,
the morning by Rev. Wm. Mair, in conversation the other day .told
how she could remember the Req.
Mr. Scott preaching for his call to
Royts. Mrs. David Ritchie, Rev.
Murray Chidby, Rev. R. A. Cran-
ston, Mrs. Hugh Taylor and Hon.
Jas. Gardiner all sent congratula-
tions and regrets that they were
worn
Gomises ,
present minister of Roys, and the
Rev. Jas. Anthony., of Exeter, for-
merly of Roys. In the evening the
Rev. R. G. McKay, another former
minister, was with Mr. Little and
Rev. Geo. Lamont, of Mitchell, who
had attended Roys as a boy, pro-
nounced the benediction. Rev. Mr.
Little preached two very fine ser-
mons. In the morning his topic
was, "The Psalms a Mirror of
Man," and in the evening he spoke
spoke as 'though he'd been watch-
ing for some time.
How long have you been stand-
ing
tanding here?" Johnny asked.
"Five minutes, maybe."
"You didn't hear anything?"
The solidly --built fellow eyed
Johnny. "Hear what?"
"A little while ago. Something
frightened Irene Smith. She was in
her bedroom. I think she saw some-
one prowling around the balcony
porch.
"She tell you that?"
"NO," said Johnny, "she didn't
tell us anything. She fainted. And
when she came to, Kay says she
was too upset to explain what scar-
ed her."
"Well," said Steve, "nobody saw
nothing!" He shouted belligerent.
"I been near the house all the time.
Nobody's snooping around here
without me knowing it!"
Johnny decided not to make an
issue out of it. So he didn't say
anything about actually seeing a
figure moving in the thick shadows
of the balcony. He was curious
about one thing, however.
"How do three of you fellows
manage to cover this whole es-
tate?"
"One could do it," said the guard.
He patted the holster at. his hip.
"Just let people know you're pack-
ing a rod, and not tell them where
you're gonna be at any one time,
and they ain't gonna take no
chances."
"Everyone . around this section
knows the estate is guarded?"
"You're damned right! That's
why I say I could handle the..job
alone. But if the Smiths want to
pay for three of us., that's their
headache. Let some little things
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Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm; Ac-
companied Mr. and Mrs. George
Pepper to Seaforth on Sunday and
called on their cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. Lou Eberhart, who were cele-
brating their fiftieth wedding an-
niversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robinson and
Gladys spent Sunday with Jgr. and
Mrs. Robert Keyes.
CLINTON
A strawberry social was planned
for June 18 in Ontario St. Church
hall by the W.A. executive held
at Mrs. J. Radford's home Tues-
day evening of last week.
The Salkeld clan will held their
picnic at Lions Park, Seaforth, on
June 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Rees Jenkins and
Mr. and Mrs. F. Townsend visited
with Mrs. 5. J. Washington and
family of Auburn on Sunday.
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A big business firm holds a
weekly luncheon for its sales staff.
Everyone drinks except George.
His friend Fred asks him "Why?"
"Because I've seen too much of the
harm it does,c George answers. He
adds that he always remembers
the advice his father gave him.
"George, if you want to succeed in
'any walk of life, keep your head
up, your brain clear and your feet
square on the ground." Fred was
the first to ask George if he might
alt beside shim because he really
did not want to drink. It was not
long beforq George and Fred were
joined by others, till there was one
happen, an' these rich bugs get jit- entire table and every man at -that
tery. You ask me; they're wast- table said, "No. thank you," when
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