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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1951-08-24, Page 7i • 4 CHAPTER XX Synopsis John Saxon, prtvato fuvesti- gator, and his pardner Moe were hired by J. T. Smith to guard Irene, widow of his mur- dered brother. Irene was suf- fering from amnesia and did not recognize her family, in- cluding her daughter, . Kay. One night Kay and John fol- lowed Irene to a deserted gun house. The, next day a threat- ening note which had been re- ceived some days previously had been written on a type- writer in the gun house. They also found the manuscript Irene had been writing before the murder. Nick arrived while they were there and had John stay to try his eye at target practice. "Only one of the frames is any good," the sportsman said. "We'll have to change the targets. So we'll have to fire separately. Lor's make it a dozen shots each. Do you want to try first?" "You shoot first," Johnny said. want to show you up." Walker lay down on the ground laughing, and supported himself on his left elbow. The rifle was a sin- gle shot weapon that had a belt ar- rangement like a Springfield. The •big fellow loaded, fired, re- loaded again with a precision -like smoothness. The shots were evenly spaced and only seconds apart. By God, Johnny thought, he's good! When Walker finished he climb- ed to his feet, saying, "I'11 change the target for your turn." "Let me," Johnny said. Handing Walker his rifle, he went across the bridge to the tar- get. And he was amazed when he removed the stiff paper from the one good frame and started to replace it with the fresh sheet. All but one of Nick Walker's shots had been bull's-eyes. He glanced back, saw Walker watching him. A peculiar prick- ly sensation ran over his skin. 'What a lovely target he himself would make if the man just want- ed anted to raise his rifle again and take a pot shot at him! Ile returned, across the bridge and took a prone position on the ground- He had given Walker the used target. "That buys you a drink," Johnny said. "I can't hit the side of a barn." He did fairly well, though. He scored five bull's-eyes. It was Walker who went across the bridge and brought the second target back. "Next time," Walker 'said, "I'd like to match you with pistols." "Alt right," said Johnny. They went back to the gun club. He wondered if perhaps he hadn't been wrong in his estimation of the horseman. Walker seemed a friendly sort of guy. After they had cleaned and re- placed the rifles, Walker said, "I'll show you some of those' pistols." He opened the second case, which used the same key the girl had given them. Johnny was standing beside him. Johnny's brows drew flat above his dark, shining eyes as, remov- ing a clean handkerchief from his pocket, he used it to lift carefully a .32 automatic from one of the hooks. "Notice anything?" Walker's eyes flickered. "Now that you mention it -yes!" he said. "Someone has used it recently. The barrel's shiny and clean." "Exactly. Not a trace of dust." Stepping to the porch, where the light was better, Johnny, Saxon Iooked closely at the gun. Then he said, "There's no possibility of figgerprints. Whoever. used it wip- ed it clean." He removed the clip from the butt, remembering that a shell is always left in the firing chamber of an automatic, and ejected the shell. • Counting them, he saw that one shot had been fired. He re- placed the clip in the butt of the gun. "I'd• say it was the gun that kill- ed Martin Smith." "Could you prove who fired it?" "I don't know. I might." He didn't explain that the slug Your Business Directory LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc, Phones: Office 173, Residence 781 SF.APORTH - ONTARIO McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solici'fors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL 14. GLENN HAYS, K.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 AUCTIONEERS EDWARD W. 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(arrive) 11.10 6.40 6.20 7.16 which had killed Martin Smith had never been found, which rd.ade it impossible to connect it with this particular weapon. And with the gun being one of a collection, you could not pin its ownership on any particular person. Nevertheless, Johnny dropped the automatic in his pocket. He wondered if the murderer would know that the gun could be tracedto him. "I'm going back to the house now," Johnny said. "Are you com- ing?" "Later, maybe. We are all sup- posed to come over for a swim in the pool this afternoon. I want to see Nancy, too." They were locking up the build- ing. Johnny again held the box of manuscript beneath his arm. Wal- ker's eyes were questioning as the two men stood for a moment on the porch. He !wiped his heavy fea- tures with a handkerchief. Though there was still no sun, the air was close and hot. The breeze had died again. The man said suddenly, `•'Does it matter who killed that bum, Sax- on? He had it coming a dozen ways. So why investigate further? The police, I understand, put it down as a stickup by hoodlums. Why not leave it that way?" "But that isn't the point." "What do you mean?" "Until we know who the mur- derer is, and the real motive, there is a very real danger for everyone concerned." "Do you know now who killed that guy?" Johnny's answer seemed vague. "An idea . . yes. And, dammit, I wish I could find some reason for changing it!" The afternoon continued hot and sultry. Yet it did not rain. Johnny Saxon sat in the bedroom, reading. He had just about finished the bulky manuscript, the novel of Irene Smith's. His mind was keenly alert. The things he had been reading here . to all appearances fiction, yet underneath, as he read between the lines, a story of heartbreak and loneliness. Here was the story of a woman, Marie, and the man she had so passionately loved - Bart. Johnny understood, now, the reason for Irene's use of those two names. And the reason she had written this story, trying to cre- ate something that wasn't, trying so desperately to bring happiness when there was no happiness in her Life, Johnny got up and walked thoughtfully around the room, his eyes serious and grim. It was terribly hot and he wished he had a large glass of ice water. Slowly he climbed into his swimming trunks. He was to meet the oth- ers by the pool. Voices sounded outside the house. Johnny could hear a car stop. Another arrived close be- hind it. Then he heard Kay's voice raised in gay laughter. Ho knew why it sounded gay; Irene wasbeginning to recognize Mich- ael, the Great Dane. That meant she w•as getting better. Johnny Saxon slid his feet into beach slippers and picked up a robe. He went downstairs and out to the patio terrace :by way of the conservatory. The others -big Nick Walker, Doctor Bob Clark, the san- dy -haired youngster Ralph Dun- kirk, and Kay were just heading across the lawn toward the swim - mining pool. A white robe was around the girl's trim figure. Irene looked up as Johnny hur- ried to join the others. Now there was no recognition in her eyes whatsoever. She looked at him as though he were a complete stran- ger. Wearing a light pale green dress, she was serenely beautiful. A.M. 10.46 11.36 12.20 Fall Fair Dates - Arthur Sept. 25, 26 Atwood Oct. 4, 5 Ayton Sept. 21, 22 Bayfield Sept. 26, 27 Blyth Sept. 18, 19 Brussels Sept. 27, 28 Chesley Sept. 7, 8 Clifford Sept. 19, 20 Collingwood Sept. 27-29 Drayton Sept. 22 -24 Drumbo Sept. 26, 27 Dryden Aug. 29, 30 Dundalk Sept. 13, 14 Dungannon Sept. 27 Durham Sept. 11, 12 Elmira Aug. 31 -Sept. 3 Embro Sept. 17 Exeter Sept. 19, 20 Fergus Sept. 14, 15 Forest Sept. 17, 18 Gorrie Oct. 5, 6 Hanover Sept. 12, 13 Harriston Sept. 26, 27 Kincardine Sept. 13, 14 Kirkton Sept. 27, 28 Listowel Sept. 24, 25 London (Western Fair) Sept. 10-15 Meaford Oct. 5, 6 Midland Sept. 13-15 Mildmay Sept. 17, 18 Milverton Sept- 21, 22 Mitchell Sept. 25, 26 Mount Brydges Oct, 2 Mount Forest Sept. 15 -17 Neustadt Sept. 14, 15 New Hamburg Sept. 14, 15 Orangeville Sept. 18, 19 Paisley Sept. 10, 11 Palmerston Oct. 1, 2 Parkhill Sept. 21 Riplay Sept. 20, 21 SEAFORTH Sept. 20, 21 St. Marys Oct. 2, 3 Stratford Sept. 17-19 Stratbroy Sept. 27-29 Tara Sept. 26, 27 Tavistock Sept. 7, 8 Teeswater Oct. 2, 3 Tbedford Oct. 4, 5 Tiverton Oct. 1, 2 Wiarton Sept. 13, 14 Zurich Sept. 24, 25 Kay SeVi h11p::cootlffgrdt* f• called out,. "HUM up', hast Pl>Q is a sissy!" She 4(104 Aartinagh robe. Karen, the nurse, liar& dent) likewise. The others nodded to ,Terbn it Then all were running toward the pool, laughing. Someone eaid, "l'll race you, Kay!" Later, JohnnO* guessed that they all piled into the pool, about the same instant. The water was coot and exhilarating, and as he popped to the surface someone splashed It was Kay, her piquant face framed by a white rubber swim cap. "Touch bottom!" she taunted and disappeared. He dived after her, tried to grab her legs, lost her and came to the surface again. He treaded water and watched for her head • to pop to the surface again. The others were making a lot of noise and swimming around. Kay must have screamed the moment her head broke the sur- face. It was a cry that turned Johnny Saxons, stomach into a knot. He twisted around, saw her behind him, two yards away, with a look of stark horror in her wide, stricken eyes. International Plowing Match Woodstock Oct. 9 to 12 4 foie ohuli 'OW JAS +a? .i6;galn " shSehempatEd 94uwr JJtrl!en y. Jo}any Crdived, swam toward the. hottofn of the pool, eyes open icer neat tih:e water. He must have barely missed it the first time, The figure was lying on the bot- tom ottom of the pool. It was the body of Grandpoppa. Smith. Johnny grabbed the old fellow by hiss thick hair and brought his limp figure to the surface of the pool. Water dripping from his tall, lean -muscled form, Johnny ran to where the others were crowded around the figure lying on the grass. Doctor Clark had swiftly taken charge. But he snapped orders as though he knew what he was doing. "Quick. Roll him on his stomach. There might be a chance if we give him artificial respiration!" Everyone was talking at once. Ralph Dunkirk, Kay's young friend, looked. ill. "Gee!" he exclaimed. "Maybe he had a weak spell. He must have fallen in!" As Doctor Clark turned the old man's face sideways, so that they oult# � Ifo �f t?yleat n t be aisle i 1 wtj lr w f a pulmo olr )it it 7f# they send one from the hapital ,i1 nilgbt pe.too Dater It'll ll whole lot lifer it I've go to t t: baospltutllr"'. lCay's young figure rac+edi across the. lawn toward the driveway, A moment later she wads driving the station wagon right down across the grassswinging, up close to the pool. Her face was stretched tight with strain. Johnny knew what she was thinking.... Danger,, it was here . . . it was ever eltieltifi in. Could it be that old Grand- poppa Smith had been pushed into the pool: Like greased lightning they car- ried Grandpoppa's limp figure to the car, and roared away. For the first time, Johnny re-. membered Irene. He swung his sharp gaze to where she had been sitting In a beach chair placed be- neath the trees. She was standing now. She was rigida and unmoving. 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