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The Huron Expositor, 1951-08-03, Page 7CHAPTER XViII Synopsis John Saxon, private investi- gator, and his pardner Moo were hired by J. T. Smith to guard Irene, v tdow of his mur- dered brother. Irene was suf- fering from amnesia and did not recognize her family, in- cluding her daughter, Kay. John determined that either Nancy, sister of Irene, or Nick Walker, who was in lave with Nancy, had lied to him. One night Irene disappeared from her roam. Kay and Johnny followed her to the deserted gun house. The next day John- ny went to the gun house. While he was there Kay came and typed a duplicate of a threatening note that had been received, some days before. "Not until you mentioned this place. It would he a natural hide- away for someone who wanted to work on a book." "Have you found it?" He tried to read her eyes, but they told him nothing. He shook leis head. "I told you, I just got here ahead of you." "I'd never given this place much thought" Kay said. "That's be- cause it was closed for so long. Like you, I guess, I thought of it 5TOPI/,�`wITC of/�rsect Bites NNeatRasb QpiaJci Stop Itching of insect bites, heat rash, eczema, hives, pimples, scales, scabies, athlete's foot and other externally caused skin troubles. Use quick -acting, soothing. antiseptic D. D. D. PRnCRIPTION. Greaseless. stainless. Stops Itch or money back. Don't suffer. Your drug• est has D. D. D. PRESCRIPTION. 1-9 when we diIscovered mother early this morning." "It occurred to you this is where the manuscript might be?" "That was one of the reasons for my coming here now." Johnny said, "And, the other was to finds out about this typewritten note " "Yes." She drew the paper out of the machine. The words she had typ- ed were an exact duplicate of three other lines appearing on the paper. Kay said, "This is one of the notes I showed you just after you arrived yesterday. We have iwo typewriters back at the house, but both of them have pica type. I knew the notes had not been writ- ten on them." "No," he agreed. "This. portable uses elite type. It's a different size." He picked up the note and carefully scrutinized the charac- ters. "And the notes were writ- ten on this machine. You can see that. The 'a' and the 'e' are slight- ly out of line in both pieces of copy. Kay nodded. And she came to :ler feet, abrut;tly tense, !oohing :it him out of steady green eyes. "Yes," she said tightly, "but it's not what you think Mother di 1 not write them. Someone else (.lid! Someone who knew mother's typewriter was here! Someone who is afraid!" "O•f what?" He knew what she was going to say, of course. But he wanted to hear her say it. He was trying to detect anything un- natural about her voice. It oc- curred to him, naturally, that Kay herself could' have written the or- iginal threatening notes. "A person." said Kay grimly, "who fears what mother might tell Your Business Directory LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. 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"Another thing— by typing • the notes on this ma- chine, they knew mother would be implicated if the letters were ev- er traced back here. I think it is a horrible, sneaking thing to do!" She was trembling with anger now. 1t was hardly conceivable that she was acting. Johnny said, "Where were the letters m 'led?" "In No thporL That 'was the postmark.' "Well," he said casually, "there's no use getting too upset about them, Kay. Almost anyone could have come here and used the type- writer. They all know about the gun club." "But who?" For a moment he said nothing, studying this girl, his eyes meeting hers. searching them. He had seen a lot of people in his day who were pretty clever at(decep:i:n; eople who had fooled more expert minds than' his. Looking at t:ret- ty Kay Smith now, weighing every ogle he made his decision. She was innocent. No matter how much she had hated her father for what he was, he knew that she had not killed him. It was because of this sudden dec'sion, and which made him fee. so much better because he had reached ib—he found himself deep - 'y moved by the clear thinking ot girl who was so much a wo- man,—that he decided to take her :1110 his confidence. He said, "I can tell you th's much. And in revealing it to,,you Int plae'ng you closer to danger 11 the murderer knows that we were both here this morning, then he or she is also going to realize that we're a step nearer to him!" Kay's green eyes were sharp. "What is it?" "The night your father was kill- ed. ho was here at the gun club. He was here because his car was here. It might have been before or after he went out with your mother thatt4night. Which means she possibly did or did not know who killed him, and will be able to tell us that fact when she regains normalcy." "But who," Kay repeated. "And how do you know these things?" "At this moment," Johnny said thoughtfully, "I can't tell you who. Frankly, I don't know. Yet I can tell you how I know." Then he explained about visiting the field alongside Route 25-A, and of Edi, the garage man's offer to drive him up here to the gun club. She interjected, "I was talking to Ralra Dunkirk on the phone 'his morning. Johnny. He said. something about the mechanic picking you up. I guess Ralph knew about it." "Ed probably told him ... Well, think back over the last month for a moment. There's been no rain. None at all. Everything has been almost b •ked to a crisp because of the drought, Isn't that right?" "Yes, but I don't see—" "Our friend, •Moe Martin, found out for n:e that your father's Cad- illac was washed and polished the very day he . died." Kay' sat (own, staring with interest at Johnny as he talked. "In your friend's garage yesterday, while I was alone for a moment, I took a look underneath the car. The un- derside of the fenders had been mud -spattered. 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"And," the girl said without emo- tion, "people who despised my father for . . . what he was." "Yes, there could be numerous motives behind his death." He felt that he could talk matter-of-factly about the crime; Kay had had no love whatsoever for her father. She spoke of him now as though he had been a complete stranger to her. "Kay, right now I'm not so concorn.ed about motives. Some- how, I've got to find out what's. locked in your mother's mind. Some vague stirring of her mem- ory brought her down this way fast night." He indicated the Lox of tea on the shelf, the electric percolator in which water had been. boiled. "Those things ... the type- writer . . . show that s.he'd been writing down here before the night of the accident. This is the start- ing point. Once I read that manu- script I might find something which will give me a contact with your mother's mind. 1'11 have an approach. I'll know where to start. Last night, for a moment, you meant something to her. Then her n' ag" falkmi`ng,dslippedJohnny ha walked ain.hack into the adjoining room. He stoop- ed• down in front of the book shelves again, shoving things aside. Removing a stack of old magazines, his pulse quickened as he uncovered two blue -colored cardboard boxes. About two and a half inches deep, each was large enough to hold It ream of type- writer size paper. The first box was half filled with unused sheets of white bond paper. He opened' the other. Kay caught her breath. "That's it!" I,he exc'aimed. The second. box was filled with typewritten manuscript. He nodded, picked up several topmost sheets, riffled through them. A word paught his eye., The word was 'Bart." "So that's it!" he said'. Kay had seen the name o. "Bart is a main character in t. - story she was writing. It was ab-rlutely fic- titious—yet now your mi her has' the idea that I am Bart.' Kay murmured, "Yes, trat ex- plains it." He put the sheets back it the box, held the two boxes 13- - -i-. th his arm. "Well," he s r th satisfaction, "we've fou i. it. I'll read the manuscript u at the house. It's too blasted . ot here—" Kay was looking at him out of eyes that were tense direct. "Johnny?" He paused, the riga -tte hanging limply in his mouth. , "Johnny, I've got to ask I've got to know what you're think- ing." Ha saw her bite her lip. Then she blurted, "Do you think mother might have done it?" Johnny Saxon walked out into the other room, set the two card- board boxes on the typewriter table, pinched out the cigarette in a saucer that was near the type- writer. He turned and looked at the girl. She was standing mid way between the two rooms, still watching him. "Kay," he said slowly, "yester- day you and I were almost shot while we were crossing the har- bor Either someone wanted to pick off me or the other of us- or both.'Certainly not your mother. She was in her room at the time. Moe Martin can verify that" "You check every angle, don't you?" He shrugged. "You have to. 1 even suspected you—at first." She continued across the room, then stood near him, said serious- ly, "I know you did. And I know when, you stopped thinking that— a moment ago. Thanks, Johnny." "But there are the others," he went on quickly, trying not to think how this lovely girl affected him emotionally. He wished she didn't do this to him. A detective ought to be cold and harsh and unmoving. He was not. He was an emotional guy. "Others?" Kay waited. "Almost anyone. Even the man who employed me to find out what. I could, to help your mother, to come here and live at the estate." "Uncle Thomas?" The way the girl said the words, they were more of a statement rather than a question. (Continued Next Week) C skin Contributes to K'or'ea, Palestine keno/ tear , however Welk WM:44 i :424' bungle the job and eatise injury to the eye. ani Si:** Unwanted Inohles A child's height and weight need not necessarily agree with the average height-and-twelght Chart. 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