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circumstantial evidence. The diffi
culty was that, despite a thorough
canvassing of all city druggists,
Rankin's assistants had thus far
been unable to trace it.
Unless his quarry had never
bought the drug at all! The idea
that occurred to the detective at that
instant caused hint to break aff his
conversation with Mr. Roche. Sud
denly he had recalled an item of in
formation Mortimer Keith had casu
ally dropped early in the case. At
she time he could attach no import
ance to it. and quickly forgot it;
now it suggested a startling possi
bility that made him stiffen and
breathe excitedly, as he pondered it.
lie did not believe some one else
bought the chloroform for \Dennis;
:hat was too great a risk.
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screen. Only it's so difficult to be
lieve."
"Not if you knew the person
we're dealing with as well as I do,"
Rankin returned.
"Hut wouldn't Mrs. Keith be
curious about the theft? She'd
question it, or stop hijn, or inform
me of it."
"She was in no position to pre
vent anything," Rankin explained
"She didn't dare interfere. ... You
had better look, doctor, to find out
whether I'm mistaken. Hut just
point out ithe drug; we must be
careful not to destroy any clues or
prints."
"I hope to God you are wrong."
Dr. Hrantman murmured fervently.
More pallid than usual, he
stepped behind the screen. The
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Rankin advanced to the apartment door and boldly sewed the brass
All. I if In- figured vroiii'.ly. In*
' n"*l i ill hack on the o.sin.k--. of
,'v thon-jh that would do'ay
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?iv Ii.nl i'..itii. or laier. it Ik*
?I'uV.ed the man's movements dur
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? ?? l .. J h , :ic would il;. Ci'vti ("lie
n( tlic weapon lit* mill
i u- detective immediately acted
? >.! i.ts tli , iry and decision. As soon;
- i.e finished li is bi-iiuss with tiu
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i.ii'i>a and (at ":l? caught a train i
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< <? hour,. later the train depos
ed hi:. i ia r.rotd Strict Station
?d !u v.\ : ; t di.ccilv to C ity Jlail t o
? ,;nv!'.-'v tin* nea -vs?ry formalities.
. n : r . i k (I with tin: warrant, he
. j) Tied : it < 1 walked bria.lv down
!?; <sd Slrei ( tu l'inc. i I ere he
turned. and ju-t past lMh Street lie
-topped before a bleakly respect
i!>!e btowiistone house, lour stories
high. I lie lower windows were
dirk; hut a brass shingle on one
..out >il!- "l)r. Anton Hrantinan"
imlieated tli.it one ot the most
? uijient specialists in ailments of
!.;? head lived there.
I lit ??!?_: h it was long alter office
> ?.'is, Katikiu ran? the bell. Five
iMiititcs elap.ed before footsteps
?i!aing along the stairs announced
! r. 1; rant tn ill's approach.
W tihoiu any comment lie led
ankin into the lofty waiting room
or patient-:.,
I':* ?' in apologized for the intru
. ! -tlx :i came directly to the
?M!i:r. Hi,-. Inst query caused Dr.
'i ani iian io shake a solemn head
"d lighten his lips with a sigh.
"Vis, I was well acquainted with
!r.. Keith." he replied; "1 treated
er for headaches. ... A dreadful
in -. ?> tl:; !." lie paused and mad?
.?.umiscratiug sounds. "Only I
loii't th nk it was Wednesday eve
. a , May t wcnly-fourtii. that she
. ulted me last; it was several
'ax ?> later."
lie went with Rankin into hi
i?ii.ate office. "Yes, 1 am right."
!lc pointed a finder at a scrawled,
.'most illegible tf<?tation. "Here il
. twir-diys later, at ei.^ht-thirlv
i. in., on Friday. May twenty-sixth.'"
"< )f course, doctor, that fits in
?i rfertly after all," declared Ratl
in. "She couldn't have visited you
Wednesday. She was accompanied,
vasn't she. Dr. Brantman?"
At the physician's reply, his face
is'ii l ed with a half smile of con
dence. After that more eagerly
p I rapidly, he began, to put his
nestioiis, insistently pressing upon
Dr. Hrantinan his startling inspira
; ion.
Finally, the doctor could no long
er. contain his uneasiness. i/ "I don't
doubt, Mr. Rankin, that what you
uggest is possible," he admitted.
My nurse, Miss Vickers, wasn't
here to watch and I had no other
?atients; and my drug shelves are
; ii i i c open. If I happened to be
occupied at this desk, I might not
notice what went' jon behind the
i ctective ilu' i ?? : J , .
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Di-lijjlitf.l by the ?iili-t:nitt:?uon
t ? i his theory, lilted llic \iul
v.iili extreme caution.
" \i ;.! that means there should be
ii. ;i i ; iriiits. '. lit co."!:uentcd, "ii
1 ? lis hasn't been ill.-turiu d since.
. . lie probably l>t<?u;.;lit along a
small Container ii^tcad of taking
tiii>."
Fifteen minute> later, with the
evidence upon which he relied and
1 >r. Mrantnian as a witness, the de
tective left the houM* >?n I'ine Street.
( >n the warrant in his pocket he
had tilled in the criminal's name,
llis eyes glistened with excitement
as he summoned a taxi. Experi
enced though he was in the pursuit
of wrongdoers, lie would have been
'ess than human not to be stirred
bv this momentous occasion.
lie gave the cabman directions ?
as he climbed in. "And on the
way." he directed, "if you notice a
cop, stop so I can pick him up."
The taximan obeyed. Near 44th
Street two uniformed men stood on
toe corner, conversing, and the taxi
drew up to them. Rankin beckoned
them in; and by the time he had
identified himself and explained
what he expected of them, they
reached their destination.
It was an exclusive, somewhat
elegant red-brick apartment house,
''-shaped, each of its three wings
hiving a separate entrance. The
detective dismissed the cab and
selected the entrance into the left
wing, in the vestibule of which he
paused at the letter boxes.
He indicated one. "That's the
one we want, boys ? thrce-C, third
floor," he declared. "Xow remem
ber your orders ? to stay out of
sight while I enter." He drew out
a whistle, borrowed from one of
i!m: officers. "Don't interfere unl.-ss
1 blow this," iic continued. "I ex
pect I can manage him by my.-Hf;
but he'll be desperate, so st,.nd by,
ready in ease lit is troublesome."
With that, he pressed the button
beneath the name of :he man lie
sought; and in a tnomria, a t;tz::!iii,
sound released the catch on the in
ner door. The three men trooped
in, over a red-tiled floor, and, dis
regarding the elevators, asceridet,
the stairs on the right. On the third
floor, the softly-lighted corridor
stretched in both directions, lh.^ri
with regular-spaced, iujmbrrefl
doors, 3C so close to the stairhead
that, to prevent observation, ;)ie
policemen retreated down several
steps toward a midway landtag.
Then Rankin advanced to the
apartment door and boldly seized
the brass knocker.
Concluded Next Week
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notice op^jalb of land
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f)t Mark \\\,\l*i Imn, ,U-vi-a \
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iud viiic, Mr?. Li;u? \ Wliiltuu
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iiiirtr, lit. al.", i ho undersigned Com-.
Mi- doner will, on f Ik* 41 li day of X<>- |
? ' iiiUt, t !>.*}."?, al 12:00 o'clock, uo?>
<ii I In* (,'onrl. Ilon-e door in Sylv:i,j
Xoil'i Carolina, offer for sale to tr.;*
? li!*rJ:cs( bidder fur cash, Hint eertii. i
Itiail df land, lying and being: l"
? ' Nylva Tow i ltd) ip, Jackson Count.',
At'.i'lli Carolina, M'ld more particular-! /
' ' ?? ? :''* d as follows :
dpi. : . ; iio lands of, Co'<? I-iu..
garner, P. C. Reed, Peter Bryson and
others, and bounded as follows:
Beginning on a small white oak on
the Hog Pen Ridge, in or near P. C.
Reed's line, N. E. of the old house
place, and runs thence S. 38 deg. E. 27
poles to a bunch ofsmall dogwoods on
tho S. bank of the branch; thenoe S.
8 dogs. E. 39 poles to a pin? on top
of the hill; thence S. 85 degs. E. 83
poles to a small chestnut oak on top
of (he ridge;; thence S. 20 E. 6 poles,
to a large blaok oak, thenee N. 13
/
poles to a stake in Whittein,urg's i
line, thence X. 10 W. 40 poles to :j
stump, thence X. 15 pules 10 a stake,
bhenc* N. 39 W. 13 pole* to a chin
quapin, thence X. 67 W. 10 pole., to
a black oak; theace S 45 W. 2 pole
to a stake, thence W. 31 poles to a j
chestnut, thence S. 19 W. 13 |k>N's lr. '
a post oak, thence S. 80 degs. W. 27
j>oles to tJio beginning, containing 34
airtl 3-4 acres, less oue acre heretofore
conveyed by Mack Wihirtenburg t.?
Jack Murr.
Secoiud Tract: Adjoining the lands
of L. W. Alien and others.
Beginning at a pine, thence S. 40 K.
54 poles to a stake and pointers on ?
ridge, thence X. 68 E. 38 poles to a
pine, thence X. 52 W. 40 pole- with
Meigs and Freeman line to a s! ike in
the field, thence X. 33 K. to L. W Al
len line, thence with Aden l?*:o to :i
small SpaMsh oak, '.hence with top of
ridge to beginning corner at pine,
with all minerals excepted on the lead
ing ridge \\ e<| ?i" the wain line
This the 2nd day of October, 3935.
V. L. COPE. Commissioner
iuiiows Dad's Order
LYNN', MASS. . . . Carelton !
Xichols, 8, (above), retused to
salute the flag or sing "America"
at school. His father, member of a
religious sect'- which thinks all
man-made emblems the symbol of
t Ik' devil, had to'd his son to de- '
eline. The father was arrested and
awaits trial.
THE JOURNAL, now 52 waokt for
$1.00 in Jackson County. All home
print. No patent inside.
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Don't delay! Use Doan's Pills.
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