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- CHAPTER XVII
Synopsis
John Saxon, prieate investi-
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.
John determined that either
Nancy, sister of Irene, or Nick
Walker, who was in love with
Nancy, had lied to him. One
night,,Irene disappeared from
her room. Kay and JabnnY
took the Great Dane and soon
located Irene near the desert-
ed gun house, where Irene us-
ed to go to write. The nett
day John had the mechanic
who had J. T. Smith's wrecked
car, take him to the scene of
the accident or murder.
Johnny was surprised that they
were so close to the gun club.
When Kay had mentioned it before
dawn this morning, as they search -
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ed for her mother, Johnny had im-
agined it was farther away.
The car had dipped down into a
willow -shaded hollow. On their
right was a narrow inlet of marsh
land that led in from Long Island
Sound. The road, almost level
with the marsh, was muddy at this
point. The 'mechanic drove slow-
ly.
"At high tide," he said, "the wa-
ter seeps in from the marsh. Lousy
driving here,"
"Yes," agreed Johnny.
They resumed speed again and
climbed a short, steep hill. Atop
the rise was a sweeping view of
the Sound. Some distance orf to
the right Johnny Saxon naw a high
bluff that curved above the shore.
He had an idea it was the spot
where they had caught up with
Irene Smith last night.
The narrow inlet from the Sound
fortaed a break in the bluff. It was
on this side of the inlet, atop the
,hill, where the one -storey, lodge -
type building was located. A drive-
way led in from the dirt road,
"There's not much io see;' Eki
said, stopping the car. "All board-
ed up. Used to be quite a hang-
out at one time tor those rich
guyse Sundays they'd all be over
here blasting away at clay pigeons
or targets."
Johnny indicated the dirt road
ahead. "Where does this go?" He
had noticed that the lane did not
end at the gun club.
"It runs dead end, up the road
a piece," said the garage man.
"There's a couple of estates up
there. Still private, like this
place."
As though on a sudden impulse
Johnny said, "Look, I think 1'l1
walk along the shore. I need the
exercise."
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Barrister, Solicitor, Etc.
Phones: Office 173, Residence 781
SFAFORTH - ONTARIO
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County Crown Attorney
SEAFORTH, ONT.
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Teacher of
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Ed shrugged. "Just as you say."
Johnny nodded as the man drove
away,
Hands in his pockets, a question-
ing frown in his eyes, he strolled
toward the low, fiat -roofed build-
ing.
Johnny watched the freckle -faced
garage man back his car around in
the space between the road and
the driveway into the gun club.
Ed stuck his face out the window
and called, "Let me know any time
I can help you out again."
Johnny estimated that the struc-
ture was probably the length of
two fair-sized living rooms. Win-
dows had been boarded up. Cir-
cling the buildings, he found a
long open porch on the far side,
facing the Sound. What had once
been a lawn was now unkept, dry
stubble. The property ended at
the bluff edge. Directly across
from it was the curving part of
the bluff where he and Kay had
overtaken Irene Smith. He walk-
ed over to the edge of the embank-
ment, wondering hew anyone
would be able to teach this place
from the estate.
And he saw that a pathway dip-
ped down, crossed the inlet by
means of a long, rustic footbridge
Down there was part of the mar
shy inlet he had seen a few mom-
ents ago as Ed drove in from
Route 25-A.
He saw, across the inlet, where
the high bluff had been used as an.
abutment for gun targets at some
time or other. It was on the tar
side of the marsh, perhaps a hun-
dred yards away. There was also
a trap shoot that faced toward the
open water.
Johnny
Saxon lit a cigarette,
stood there, looking at the foot-
bridge and the marsh and the path-
way which led down, and then up
again, and along the continuation
of the bluff. There was a thought
that was forming in, his mind but
it clashed with another separate
one, and because of this he was
disturbed.
After a moment he turned and
went back to the boarded -up build-
ing. He walked around it again,
slowly, carefully observing the win-
dows. He saw that the board win-
dow coverings could be swung op-
en -but only from the inside.
On the porch were wide double
doors. He tried the knob of one,
found it securely locked. At the
tar end of the veranda was an-
other, smaller door. Woodwork of
the building was badly in need of
paint, and had decayed in spots.
Examining the trim around the
smaller door at the far end of the
porch, he found that a strip adjoin-
ing the door latch was loose.
There was a Yale -type lock. John-
ny took the penknife from his
pocket and, using the longer blade
managed to work it behind the par-
tially rotted strip. Finally the
blade grated against the bolt part
of the lock that held the door fast
in the frame. By careful manipu-
lation Johnny at last managed to
slip the snap bolt back a quarter
of an inch. It was sufficient. The
door opened.
He pinched out the cigarette,
flipped the butt away and stepped
inside the building.
The place did not have the mus-
ty smell of a house that has been
closed for an indefinite time. The
air was hot and dry. A breeze
from the Sound swept id through
the door, dispelled some of the
heat. Eyes narrowing, Johnny'
stepped back and closed the door
behind him.
The walls were of knotty pine.
There was an imitation beamed
ceiling. At one time this room he
had entered must have been fitted
like a mountain lodge. Now the
heavy furniture had all been push-
ed back into a corner and coverer
with cloth.
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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
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Fergus Sept. 14, 16
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The 20 000 ton Canadian Pacific liner Empress of France, in
regudrr service tetween Liverpool, England, and Montreal, has)
been chosen to carry Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
to Canada for their tour of this country. Inset shows Captain B.
B. Grant, a veteran of 32 years' serv•ce with Canadian Pacific Steam-
ships, who holds the rank of Commodore in the Royal Navy Reserve,
and who will be in command of the vessel on her historic voyage.
Also to be aboard the ship on the trip are several company officers
and men who attended King George and Queen Elizabeth on the
Empress of Britain when they returned to the United Kingdom fol-
lowing their tour of Canada in 1939. The Empress will sail from
Liverpool with the royal couple, September 25, arriving at Quebec
October 1.
On a side wall he saw a large'
glass -enclosed gun rack. It con -1
ta.ned rifles and shotguns. Nearby
was a smaller gun case holding
small arms, Johnny's eyebrows
lifted. It was a nice collection
and probably wort plenty of
money,
The second room Was similar to
the first, but contained, at one end,
a small portable bar and a tiny
kitchenette. He peered inside a,
built-in cabinet below the bar.
There was no liquor. He was
somewhat disappointed.
In the kitchenette Johnny saw a
double electric plate, and an elec-
tric percolator. On a shelf just
above there was some canned
goods. Removing one of the cans,
he glanced at a complicated -look-
ing number stamped into the tin.
Then he removed several more of
the cans and looked at them. He
saw a small carton containing sev-
eral individual packets of orange
pekoe tea.
Johnny snapped one of the
switches on the electric grill, pick-
ed up the percolator, removed lid
and smelled 'the water that re-
mained inside. He touched his fin-
ger to the coil on the grill, then
yanked it back instantly, put the
finger in his mouth and sucked on
it. He turned the switch to the '66'
position.
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There was a card table that had
been left set up near one of the
double doors. If the door was op-
en you'd get a nice breeze from
the water and also be able to see
the pathway across the distant
bluff.
The portable typewriter -still in
its carrying case -was sitting atop
the card table. Unlatching it,
Johnny raised the cover and wip-
ed his finger across the metal of
the machine. Only a little dust
showed on his finger. He closed
the cover and looked around the
room. His eyes searched swiftly
yet missed nothing. He went back
into the adjoining room.
Along one wall he had noted a
built-in bookcase. He had to move
a heavy, leather -covered divan a
foot or so in order to reach the
shelves. He saw dusty volumes on
fishing, yachting, hunting -but not
a single thing that resembled an
unfinished inanuscript.
Johnny remembered how he,
when he had been writing stories
for the fiction magazines -and es-
pecially when the yarn was a long
one -used to file the pages in the
cover of a cardboard typewriter
paper box. He thought perhaps if
he could locate something simi-
lar . ,
He paused, turning his head, lis-
tening. Quick footsteps were ap-
proaching the building. He caught
the sound just before they echoed
sharply on the wooden veranda.
When a ,key grated in the lock of
the double door, Johnny was
kneeling down in the narrow space
between the heavy leather couch
and the wall.
Someone entered the adjoining
room. The door did not close;
there was no sound. Johnny rais-
ed his head slowly, figuring on the
shadows in this part of the room
acting as a cover.
Then he saw a girl standing
there, a certain tenseness in her
trim, straight figure. She was
watching the pathway on the far
side of the bluff. As though fin•
ally reassured that she had not
been observed or followed, she
closed the door.
The girl was Kay.
Johnny watched her next actions
with interest. She stepped to the
card table, kited the portable type-
writer from is ease and pulled a
glair up to the table. Sitting
down, her movements purposeful
and quick, she removed a folded
sheet of paper from the pocket of
her white linen sports jacket. She
unfolded the paper and put it into
the machine.
Slowly, one finger at a time, she
started pecking at the keys. John-
ny watched When she finished a
line, she shifted the carriage,
slowly started another. She was
not a good typist.
Overcome with curiosity, Johnny
Saxon came out from behind the
divan and moved up behind the
girl. Rubber -soled shoes made his
approach soundless.
Two feet behind Kay Smith he
craned his neck and read the
words just typed on the•paper:
"You are not Irene Smith,
Don't try to remember wdbo
you are. Otherwise there
might be another ,
He waited as the last word was
slowly typed out. It was "acci-
dent."
Finished, the girl sat and look-
ed at the words. Johnny, too, star-
ed at them with concentration.
Then he realized that Kay was
aware of another person being in
the room. She didn't move. Her
breathing seemed to have stopped
completely. One slim hand, rest-
ing on the card table, started to
quiver.
Johnny said, "That is what I call
a pretty good copy of the real
thing!" •
Relief was in the girl's planner
as she swung around quickly to
face him. "Johnny! You gave me
an awful scare!"
He said, "I was scared myself
when I heard your step on t?te
porch. -1 thought someone might
want to shoot me." -
Sitting sideways in the chair,
hands gripping the back of it. her
green eyes looked up at him. Her
face, beneath summer tan, was
flushed from walking. "How long
have you been here?" Her eyes
seemed cautious instead of fright
ened now.
"I -just come in. I forced the
lock."
Kay said, "I suppose the reason
von are here is the result of our
finding mother last night. I mean
you had the idea she was coming
here?"
(Continued Next Week)
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4. Of our 3,846,144 square 1i'1.�0a,'
how nmeh is taken' up' with
farming?
5. Last year did we produce t
or 21 million barrels of 'lour?
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rels; 3. About $9 billion; 1.. Sir
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miles; 2, 185,000 men and women,
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