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PAGE SIX i nnu ~ T\r\mr? j i /IK JlJL y vi\ ! MUR Bv MILTON I SYNOPSIS . . . Six persons are in an inner office of the law firm of Dawson. McGuire and Locke at Philadelphia. A master hearing in the divorce case of Rowland vs. Rowland is tinder way. Mrs. Rowland. represented by her lawyer brother. Mr. Willard: Mr. Rowland, the defendant, and his attorney, Mr. Trumbull; the court cierh ar.J Mr. Dawson, the master, are Ule six persons, There is a new development in the case. After failing to defend himself against the charge of adultery in earlier hearings, Mr. Rowland digs up evidence and asks the court's permission to produce witnesses and resist the suit. Judge Dawson ovomik-s the heated objections of Mr. Willard, and orders Mr. Trumbull to bring in the first witness. Rowland's lawyer goes to g"t the witness but finds her dead - chloroformed. She is Mrs. Barbara. Keith wife of a prominent Philadelphia business man. Judge Dawson phm; i for police. Detective Tom my Rankin is assigned to the case. He is now questioning a!l parties involved in the case. NOW GO OX WITH THE STORY. SEVENTH IN ST A INS EN T According to the court reporter's record, that was ail he said?namely that >;t 11:30. a stranger, who llr. Willard later informed him was Mortimer Keith, husband of the murdered woman, appeared unexpectedly from life hall, tool:-: 1 -about as though puzzled, and then left quickly without a word. To Rankin now. the incident was of the utmost significance. Months before it could even have been conjectured that his murdered wife would be a leading witness to Mrs. Rowland's own infidelities. Air. Keith had been present at the scene of Rowland's apprehension! What could his interest in that intrigue possibly have been? How was he appris 1 of the rendezvous at the Iiin, and what did lie expect to find there? Instinctively Rankin perceived that an immediate answer to these questions was essential to the solution of the crime. Going to the office door Its called Jenks to summon Miss Edmond. When the secretary appeared, lie motioned her to a seat anil returned to the lawyer's swivel chair. Sit down, Miss Edmund," he said brusquely. "You know, of course that I have charge of the investigation of this crime. I am questioning everyone connected with the divorce hearing. You are the corespondent. I be lievej T suppose then thai you recalled what lifeppcnevi lim night 01 Wetlneailay February first at Sunset Inn." Perfectly composed the girl smiled quietly. "Yes, quite dearly," she admitted freely. "X could hardly forget it as T was unfortunately involved " "You've also been told," the detective pursued, "that the dead woman is Mrs. Keith Mrs. Mortimer Keith. Are you acquainted with her or her husband ?" Though Jill Edmona's tone did not change, he caught an expression of wariness in her gaze before she could veil it. "No, not personally. Mr. Rankin. As Mrs. Rowland's secretary, I never had occasion to deal with them. Of course, I've vaguely heard of them as people prominent in Philadelphia society." "I have here the complete story of the . . . er . . . escapade at the Inn." Rankin tapped Mr. Simpkins" stenographic report. "Among other facts it states that at eleven thirty, just after Mrs. Rowland invaded the bedroom, Mr. Keith arrived and entered behind her. At least you remember that?" As he passed, the girl merely nodded, her very silence an indication of her vigilance. "What I want to learn. Miss Edmond, is why he appeared like that? How was he connected with this affair between you and the Rowlands?" $1.50 PACKAGE, now $1.00 $1.00 PACKAGE, now COe BOONE DRUG CO. The KEX A I.I, S tore THE REINS-STUR ASSOCIA1 TELEPHONE 24 . PROTECTION FC Joining Fee 25c Each Men As Fol One to Ten Years - Ten to Twenty-nine Years? : Thirty to Fifty Years Bitty to Sixty-five Years..? < ==sni ni? rrvTTnnn II UV/UIVl UHK PROPPER The secretary shook her head. "I don't think I can tell you that sir," she answered. "I don't know why he come. In tact he was a total stranger to me until some time later Allen . . 1 Mr. Rowland identified him as Mor-1 timer Keith7' ] "Surely he must have offered some ! explanation fcr his intrusion into an , embarrassing domestic scene lit which he had no concern," Rankin pressed. "I don't believe he said a word." Miss Edmond returned. "He diun't remain over a minute: he just cante in from the hall and looked about: then he scorned to realize he was meddling and turned and went out! ! silently." Rankin sensed that she chose her words carefully. "You have no idea what brought him to that particular place at that time?" imperceptibly the secretary hesi: tated, but her reply was positive and j direct. | "NoL the least, Mr. Rankin. He i probably had no reason. If he hap- j : per.ed to be stopping at the I nn that j , night, he couldn't help coming forward when he heard the commotion." | - i ne uetecuve glaced small stock; (in this idea. i He retired to the library where Dr. | iSackett waited, impatient to present j i his report and get away. His exami- ? j nation, of the body confirmed Dr. j 5 Clark's original diagnosis. : "Thanks very much doctor," Ran- ] kin said, when the jihysician complet- ' jed his summary. "Now I'd appreciate j lit if you'd do one more service for; me before you leave. Attend to shipping: the body to the morgue." Grumbling*. Dr. Sackctl nevertheless proceeded to supervise the dis- i j posal of the corpse. Hardly had he j gore when Johnson appeared from l j 1505, tying his fingerprint kit togethier. "I'm just about finished in there,. Tommy,'" he said. "I've located plenty of prints all over the place?on tne table, the desk and the bookcase. All i T need now is to find out who owns them." "Well, I've had the entire staff detained," Rankin returned, "so you can take their prints. And practically every visitor who entered fifteen-o: five, is here too. Get Jcrtks to help you with that." He paused "How about marks on the doors and win-' dows, Johnson? Did any come from' i there?" The expert s'mok his head. "Noth-| mi; uiiiii;;, im sorry 10 say. I examined the sills and knobs thoroughly but they were clean as a whistle." "And the chloroform bottle? Were there any prints on that ?" j Again Johnson shook his head and i the detective pursed his lips in disappointment.. The expert raised a hand and smiled quizzically. One moment. Tommy, | not sc fast. Have you searched the office and held the body at all ?" ; "No, I havent had time," Rankin replied. I made a pretty complete canvass j of the place while collecting my prints 'and I located something I supposed .you had missed. These were stuffed way down in the bottom of the waste | basket under the desk, out of sight." I Johnson produced a pair of yellow [sport suede gloves, of expensive quality, Turning back the cuff, the detective disclosed the label of an ex- j elusive haberdashery on Chestnut i Street. They were clean and little worn and he eagerly noted their size 7-?i. i The expert started to leave. "All to watch her closely. What was sauce 1 for tbei goose, I decided, was sauce for the gander and I hoped, in the end, to get evidence that she was be- i ; ing unfaithful. T was my own detective. First, I paid her chauffeur. Don; aid Finley, to keep me posted as to j when she went out in the evening? ; both when he drove her himself and : when she dismissed him, because some one else was taking her. On those , nights, for the last two months. I : waited outside the estate in my car. ; When she and her visitor left, I would i follow them all over town ?to parties j theatres and dinners. And Hugh ; GamiSiel.t ,vus her most frequent j companion." "How long has he been acquainted ! with your wife ?" Rankin asked, ar.d j where did they eat?" "At Saratoga last summer. Adele 1 beta on the races regularly and Campbell had a couple of horses entered on which she placed bets. They won, and afterward mutual acquaintances introduced them; that was the beginning. Then last winter we were at Palm Beach where he had taken a villa; she attended his parties and they saw much of each other at the DIVANT BURIAL ION, INC. . . BOONE, N. C. >R THE FAMILY nber . . . Dues Thereafter Hows: irter Yearly Benefit LO .40 $ 60.00 20 .80 100.00 10 1.60 100.00 30 2.40 100.00 "" ?1 WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE] WALKS WIRES African Lion Performs Unusual Peat in California. i i ! f y / i IL ??sVENICE. CALIF.?King Tuffy. j four-yearlold African lion holds the i distinction of being the only lion tight-wire-walker. He performs at a height of 10 feet and seems to like it despite his 511 pounds weight. __ l casino and on Hie bach. He visited' Philadelphia fairly regularly and has' been a guest at the IViliard home?'' | "Was the divorce entirely Mrs. Row land's wish ? You opposed it and would liava dona oil In iljann nnn-np ! to prevent it?" The your.f? man spread his hands to emphasize his reply. "Certainly I opposed it," he declared vehemently. "I had everything to lose by it?the income Adele settled on me, plenty of leisure and social position. And 1 was trustee of my wife's first husband's estate; that was the most important. For that, 1 was as anxious to stay married as Mr. Willard was to force us apart." Rankin's voice held a note of fresh interest. "Mr. Willard? How did it affect him? Had he a personal concern in the divorce besides his prorcssiona! desire to win the case?" He benefited by it decidedly!" Rowland gave a short scornful laugh. The minute Adele was single, the executorship of Tom Marshall's estate and with it the power to manago its income, reverted to him. But as long as the marriage lasted I had charge. It was all part of Marshall's clever arrangement to make it diffi- \ cult for Adele to marry a second time." -t,!. "Difficult?" The detective frowned his perplexity. 'You'll have to explain Mr. Rowland. How did he cxp vt to ' accomplish such a purpose?" The other shrugged. "Quite Sim-1 ply, through his will, Rankin. You j see. Tom Marshall was a smart man j and understood as well as I rio And a jealous husband. It seemed inevitable that at his death she would marry again and he intended to forestall that. So in his will, he fixed it that whoever she married next would lie independent of her. In fact, ne would actually manage lier financial affairs, and through them, her, at IpHSit xtritV* fotrarrl Viio ' y yivycuy. "Exactly what did the terms of the will provide?" Rankin inquired. "In the first place, he made her brother executor of his estate so long as Adele remained single after his death." Rowland elaborated "Re was todirect all investments for both their benefits and turn over to her at least seventy per cent of the annual income.Or, if she married again and was then divorced, the control reverted to him. Naturally, it was to Willard's advantage to keep her a widow: and if she should remarry induce her to seperate. (Continued next week.) ROMANCE AND TRAGEDIES An Interesting story which reveals that the traditional good and bud luck of the stage, screen and opera Is catching up with the radio stars you hoar, but seldom we. One of many features in the September 1st Lssuc of The American Weekly, the big magazine which comes every Sunday with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN. Get your copy from your favorito newsdealer. MIEN HIOCS Famous Woman Golfer ^ GMM %?( ' ' "I *Y THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. TOPAV and FCANK STpCKBRIPeEfc^f^ ("PUr-TEKS enjoyment. All my life 1 have beer, listening a to folk who were eager to do something to iieip the less fortunate. These ; ri uf lifters are usually more interested.li in those who live a long way off. ? They get spasms of pity for the _ i invn-trvuuvu Armenians, the fan: ice-stricken Hindoos and the plague-' ri en Chinese, more often than they e'e moved to help those who live ir he same town. G " reason is that those far-away e dr.m the door in their fa- ! ! cos, whiie tlreir neighbors don't iikc i i: 1 patronized. Most folk resent havrr.g .somebody else decide what is ; Iks' for them. while most uplifters ! gi' their chief enjoyment out of erring other people's lives. j STANDARDS . . . vary. I am just as ranch interested in eicvatilig everybody's standards of living as anyone else can be. but 1 have r. desire to impose standards of any k :; l upon anybody who doesn't' want to be interfered with. There seems to be a general as- | sumption that anybody who hasn't' J one or two bathrooms and an electric t icfrigerator, a car or two, a radio | and an oil-burning central heating t s; ieia. is downtrodden or at least;I : .icrprivileged. It never occurs to I nu>st uplifters that perhaps some ol J t! folks who haven't got those tilings i t want them. | i am all for the stimulation of hu- ! i : wants, by advertising' and ev, iv other means I think it would be if everybody wanted ail Che model improvements arid doo-dads badly enough to get out and hustle for i... But I can't see the point of. milking a fuss over the ones who i ! n't care whether they have them or not. CONTENTMENT . . within Within two or three miles of my : ai 1 could show you r. dozen or more homes of highly-regarded, selfrespecting families who have no hauiUiiis, no running water in the house, n.i electric lights - no "modern im- j pravements" of any kind. A few have radios--battery sets- ar.d some have I "one-pipe" wood , burning furnaces, | though most depend on stoves, chief- I ly the kitchen range. Many of these old houses hove nev- | or even been painted, but out of them ' have come generations of good citi-' zens and good neighbors, many of them unIjer^W?%raduales. These folk j would be indignant if anyone told then they were either down-trodden ; fir ...1 ?tj ' ... pt .? av-^v?*. xticy nxiUW OCLter. I They know thai happiness does not' depend on material possessions and that contentment comes from within and not from without AMBITION . . . second son. Not every boy. even in this modern age, looks for an easy job with short hours and long vacations. I met Sam Bald3arri on our village street yesterday and he told me about hi ec-: ond son. John, his oldest boy, wants to go to college and become a lawyer and with aid of a bit of luck, slightly stimulated, he's got off to a good 3tart in New York. But his brother Francis has only one ambition. He wants to be a farmer, rising at dawn to milk six cows, and doing ail ike rest of the hard work that a farm boy has to do from 3un-up to sunset and after. "Frankie wants me to quit high school and stay on the farm." his father told me. "I don't mind his being a farmer, but I think he ought to finish school. He's too young to un- ! derstand the value of education." \ "Had you thought of taking him : over to the State Agricultural College and getting some of the teachers there- to talk to him?" I suggesclocks CCC Malaria Oil it COLDS first day. 1 Liquid - Tablets - Salve TONIC AND I Noso Drops LAXATIVE j SrtttieK^o(mcccs\ C A. ; "That's a good idea," 'said Sam.j U do that." I'm going to keep an eye on Frank aldasarri. That boy will get somehere. Ol'TH . . . changes world. As I grow older I get more and it-re satisfaction out of watching uie .ung folks grow up. By and largb, ty and country, they are so much ke myself and my youthful friends, t their age. Youth lias always been impatient, eckless, sure that it knows more ran its elders, bent on having its wn way. Yauth always will be like j We can show you scores of foot-\ prints like these ? made by Goodyear "G-3%% All-Weathers on local cars. Every one shows j|. sharp non-skid remaining after Al sensational mileage?proof that there's still thousands of miles 3 of safety left in the treads. Sec 3 these footprints before buying * tires. They re mighty convincing g evidence that this greatest ? Goodyear will give you better 1 than | 43%Longer Non-Skid Mileage K5 ft L UWW ? JSl Tn T1,e lo\ P/li/U priced < MmBii lty tire 30<3ViCI. new rut Goo(*j With Liberal built Trade-In Allowance guaram 4.4Q-21 4.50-21 4.75 $5:?0 55.70 jg. VERIFIED LUBRICATION 1 Lubricants, 75c. . . . Contplc Oil. Quaker State, I'ennzoil Accessories for all Cars. . . . ? treading and Vulcanizing . . Day and Night Service! 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