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PAGE TWO Ecp'BLOODHOIi.DS 8/W By> WA LT E R S. MASTERMAN (M») 1 \ copyright: mf.#P m rr\Tr At rfrr<s association vToiy READ Tine FIRST . Jack Reid, who has just witnessed :h* mysterious murder of Sir Ilenrv Severinge in the chapel of his ancient abbey, is a ne'er-do-well who has lived by his wits since ho left an orphan acre. In the chapel to steal a valuable cross. Reid could not identify Sir Henry s slayer and could raise no alarm for fear of incriminating liim- Mu. Next day Reid, wlio has been posing a s an itinerant painter working • abbey. Colonel Graham. a oeighbor, and Eric Colindale, agent of Oi4 estate who is in love with Ladv Severing?, trace the missing Sir Henry to the chapel door by means of blood'* horttids. The bloodhounds trace Sir Henry's scent to the colftn of his father in the crypt beneath the abbey chapel. Then Colonel Graham, owner of the bloodhounds, announces he will call in Scotland Yard. At the Yard, the colonel obtains the services of a young detective. Richard Seldom tNOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) i CHAPTER 9 DURING the journey back with the detective, Colonel Graham sketched out the events of the last night and the morning, while Sel den remained impassive, making no comment, until the Colonel lost patience. “You’re not even listening,’' he said, turning round in his seat. Calm, dark eyes, keen ns his j own, met his, and Selden smiled, i “I could repeat everything you i have said word for word,” he said in a quiet, singularly musical voice. “Humph! Trick of the trade, j Anyway, we .shall be there shortly \ and you can investigate yourself." { The Colonel was disappointed with his man. He was very young . for one thing, and he showed a singular lack ot respect for him. Also, he diil not fulfill his idea of i a proper sleuth, who should have ' asked interminable questions and made wise saws, with occasional . ‘Ha’s* and the use of a pocket- ; book and pencil. But, at any rate. ' he was, in the Colonel's exacting i estimate, a gentleman, ami one j who could lx 1 asked to his house instead of being put up at the vil- ; lage inn, as he had anticipated. ! “I told them to have food ready | for us," Graham said; "but per haps you would like to go straight t to the house?" "I think we might go straight j jto the house first,” the young de tective replied. ‘From what you : iiave told me you have locked the whole household up. and that after all is haiilly legal.” "Perhaps not,” Graham laughed cardonically, “but it seemed to me impossible that anyone could have got in from outside, and that the murder must have been clone by someone inside the house—isn’t that logical?” “Hardly, Colonel You forget J tije possibility that someone might! have been in the house, nerhans • for some time, and in a rambling i old place like that have found a! hiding-place and then escaped last | r.ight. Still, the first thing is the matter of the crypt. I suppose you have some tool on the ear?" “Everything you want.” They drove up to the gateway, where the local constable was standing on duty, and a red-faced man was walking up and flown in extreme anger. “This is Hutchins of the county police,” Colonel Graham said with a smile. "I shall have to pacify hrm." In fact, as soon as they had alighted, Hutchins came up and saluted the Colonel in a cavalier r ashion. “V/iist is the meanihg of this, sir?” “That's all right, Inspector. Sorry to have kept you waiting. This ir> Mr. Selden from the Yard -Inrpsctor Hutchins." The inspector extended a hand none too graciously; but Selden greeted him with a smile. “I don’t want, in away, to in terfere with your work, Inspector, but Sir James Boyle sent me down at Colonel Graham’s request. If I 'can help mu I shall be only too pleased, but with an officer of your experience I don’t suppose my ad vice will be required.” Hutchins was somewhat molli fied. “It’s all wrong, you know, but Colonel Graham will have to bear the responsibility.” ; “wy shoulders are broad enough,” Graham said, and led the v.’4y to the gate across the bridge. Along the edge of the lake Coats was patrolling with the blood hounds, and the gamekeeper, with a sporting gun under his arm, was watching as though for birds. .Selden broke into a boyish Fumes Kill Five in Hold of Ship • ■?- ~’-» ' :'~* ~'-<'4b. ~- ■ % •>>■ : r. ~. “J?' e Winro of f W -n rhenriev narked in dry Ire Ae I nveet ßation h»« been opened by Federaniutßormw.^^ i—imm mill - I BE, —i ' ' . % “I could repeat everything you’ve said word for word.” laugh. "One could have told that you were an old soldier, Colonel, by the disposition of your forces.” No one greeted them on their entrance. It appeared as though tiie whole household had become sulky at the treatment meted out to them. "You know the facts as far as they are known?” Selden asked Hutchins. "1 know nothing except what Colonel Graham told my office on the phone,” the inspector growled. Selden sketched out the whole story without missing a single de tail. and Graham’s eyes narrowed as he listened. “You've got a memory,” he said grudgingly. Without hesitation Selden led the way to the stairs leading down to the crypt, armed with tools taken from the car. Graham put his hand round the edge of the door, searching up and down. There was a click and the place ; was dimly lighted. They passed through the iron work gates and approached the row of coffins. Selden minutely I examined the last in the row, first ; the trestle on which it rested and Ithen the coffin itself. "Clever,” he muttered, “devilish clever. This ccZ... V ~'t even been moved —see the dust on the edges. Help me to get it down.” Selden flung off his coat and 1 seized a brace and bit he had brought from the car and inserted a screw driver. Then he laughed. “You see the way these screws come out. One would expect to 1 have to use oil and perhaps file them off.” ; The lid was removed, and be neath was a solid lead sheet sprinkled with dust. This Selden ripped off, and beneath lay the body of Sir Henry Severinge, the face calm and composed in death. He was lying there in his pajamas, and on the left side was a ragged rent surrounded by a brownish stain, where the knife had pene trated. One glance was sufficient —death had been instantaneous. Selden stood up and wiped his forehead. "Stabbed right to the heart— there would be no bleeding to speak of until the knife was re moved.” Together Selden and Hutchins lifted the body from the coffin and laid it on the f,:ound. An urn lay at the very end, placed between the feet of the dead man, but otherwise the coffin was empty. “The knife is gone, and there is no other trace, 1 ' Colonel Graham remarked in a hushed whisper. "I think we might replace the coffin in its place with its right *iu! occupant." Selden said gravely. HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1986 Selden screwed on the lid of the coffin and they replaced it on the trestle; and then he and Hutchins carried the body of the dead man into the chapel and laid it before the altar on the brass. “I shall of course send for the divisional surgeon,” Hutchins said sententiously. "Os course,” Selden agreed, “that will be necessary; and it would be more seemly to arrange for a proper bier and cover the body. I will take upon myself to have that done.” “But I don’t quite understand,"* Hutchins said." “The body is now in the chapel—it should be in the mortuary.” Selden turned to Graham. “I think the discovery of the body in that coffin and bringing it here should be a matter for the police only—and yourself, Colonel. It is highly sensational and very grue some. As far as the public are concerned, Sir Henry was found murdered and the body is in the chapel on a bier with candles burning. It is more dignified and seemly.” Graham gave him a puzzled look. “I, of course, agree entirely, but I wondered whether you offi cials would see that point.” .’ Come, then—we shall have to talk over matters.” They moved to the door, which Selden locked, and they went down the corridor where Colindale was waiting impatiently. “Well,” he asked, “what is the latest news?” Colonel Graham was about to speak, but Selden said with a slight emphasis on the words: “At present I think this matter had better be kept to the author ities. No offense, Mr. Colindale. I’m sure you will understand. Can we go somewhere and have a con ference?” Colindale led the way to the study. “Are we still to be kept prisoners?” he asked with a forced laugh. “I ought to be seeing tc the estate —that’s my job.” “Inspector Hutchins and I will interrogate every member of the household. We shall be as quick as we can; perhaps if we take you first it will enable you to get to your work.” “Very well,” Colonel Graham said with no good grace, “I’ll get off. I suppose I shall see you pres ently. By the way,” he added as an afterthought, “I would be pleased if you would stay at my house, Mr. Selden, while you are here.” “That is kind of you, but if you don’t mind I think I will put up at jthe local inn with Inspector I Hutchins, where we can be in .touch with each other.” (To Be Continued) Duke’s Grid Campaign Greatest In History For This Great Institution Durham, Nov. 30 —State and SOU- I them conference champions for the second consecutive year, victorious in nine of their 10 games with seven won By the shutout method, the Duke university Blue Devils of 1930 turned in the best record in the institution’s football history. Only 28 points were scored on Ihe Blue Devils four touchdowns and a safety. Two of the touchdowns and the safety were scored by Tennessee!! Vols in their 15-13 win over Duke the Vols winning in the final three min utes of play when Red Harp return ed a punt 82-yards for a touchdown to overcome Duke’s 13-9 lead. North Carolina and Georgia Tech scored a touchdown each. As one supporter put it, Duke was undefeated and untied longer than any major tgam in the country. They were undefeated and untied for nine game and 5*7 minutes. The full power of Duke s great line defense can-beat be seen in the fig ures cf opponents’ gains by rushing. Duke’s 10 foes gained a total of 735 yards through the Blue Dev i line, an average of 73.5 per game. These foes were thrown for total losses on line plays of 247 yards which gives them a net total of 488 yards. Duke’s running attack, which was led by Captain Clarence (Ace) Par ker turned, in a total of 2,331 yards with only 143 yards losses on run | ning play's. That gives Duke ah i average of 236 yards per game with i their running attack. ; The Blue Devils rolled up a total of 1 735 yards by both forward and late- I ral parses while their opponents made | 63S yards by these methods. Duke made. 117 first downs as against. 65 : for their foes. Duke’s punting game was one of • the finest in the nation. The Blue 1 Devils had a punting average of 35.5 i yards. Parker had a punting aver | age himself of 42.2 yards The Blue S Devils returned opponents’ punts a total of 885 yards. ; While their opponents were held to 28 points, duke tallied 203 points, their ' highest being in the 51-0 victory over Washington and Lee ana their lowest ALL-AMERICA ip • .* . V •?’#' iiii By The Associated Press /' ' > ' '• j i ; v . ' ' "*' • '% s | ** $F t-' ' < ' . m Wom «| * j g^^^^Bje^^pSw^ 111 ■gpp||L . J9ng| iff *Pl|ilk slip fo : g: }s : -|. : ;;: ; 2r <3«§|Bl|jfo The Associated Press All-America football selections are'All America because The .AP sports coverage is All-America. No other individual or organization has the facilities for selecting an All-America football team available to Alan Gould, AP sports editor, through thecooperation of 1,360 AP member newspapers and a nation-wide sports staff. Coaches and officials, throughout the country are polled for their selections. Trained AP sports writers, under the direction of Gould, sift and analyze, the, returns to give the fairest picture of a true All-America. The Associated Press 1936 All-America selections will appear in Associated Press member newspapers the first week in December. The Associated Press Reports the News of the World DAILY FOR BftiZteramt SaUy iarapuu being the 6-0 early season victory over Colgate. The .season’s record: Duke 13; Davidson 0 Duke 6; Colgate 0 Duke 21; South Carolina 0 Duke 25; Clemson 0 Duke 19; Georgia Tech 6 Duke 13; Tennessee 15 Duke 51; ... Washington and Lee 0 Duke 20; Wake Forest 0 Duke 27; JSfoi'th Carolina 7 Duke 13; N. C. State 0 Totals 203 28 iPai her, tie Blue Devils’ great tr.<ple threat back, had a phenominal season 1 . The great Blue Devil leader punted 61 times for a 42-2 average. Eleven of these punts, almost one out of five, went out of bounds in the coffin corners. He passed 20 times, 10 being com plete for 180 yards, an average of .300 per cent of his passes being caught. He caught nine passes for 149 yards, nwo of them being for touchdowns. Ke ran from scrimmage 11 times for 647 yards (losses deducted) for an average of 5.8 yards per trip. He made one run from scrimmage of 55 yards, one of 27, four of 25 two of 23 and one of 20. He made another of 73 which were called baca due to penalties on Duke. He made the longest run on rec j ord in the country his 105 yard J kickoff return again.it North Carolina He made other kickoff returns of 42, 36, two of 26 and one of 21. His longest punt return was for 70 yards and a touchdown against' N. C. State, lie played safety only when Hackney was out of the game. He scored eight touchdowns and ! kicked four extra points for a total lof 52 points. He had three touch downs called back on him. This year’s campaign rounded out Wallace Wade’s sixth as Duke c< ach. His duke teams have won 45, lest 12 and tied two. Os these 12 defeats nine have been by margins of one touchdown or less. Only four Southern emferekes teams have defeated Duke since To Succeed Hanson? ~~i ■" "■■■ 1 . — ■■■■' - . Earl Martineau Among those prominently men tioned as possible successors to Football Coach Vic Hanson, who resigned his position at Syracuse, Is Earl Martineau, above, assist ant coach at Princeton and one time All-American hack at Min nesota. Although no official bid for his services has been made, Martineau is said to be agreeable to a proposal submitted to him. Coach Wade came here in 1931. That year his eleven was defeated by U. C. State and South Carolina in confer- ence circles, in 1932. N again and in 1934 Non w,’ e W was victorious. ' t ' a| oli n . ) lu the past two year- , Southern conference teams v ' f " Ut able to score on ihe p, i'i ' t ’ ;: "Good morning,” ~ collector. ‘Tm collecting aid’s home, lady; do you v .- 1 Unk ' nate something so» thi.- . • ' u du cause?” “Sure." said yp’. • “now if you could com ; can collect my husbai .5“ Saturday night!” 1 ,: ‘ 1 ' Why experiment with messy ~ home remedies when ih m jl&m. is one SURE and a way to relieve your scoßg4§. I "T"' UXM bu 'row lip'L l^ det u he and cau* Barker’s Drug store FORECLOSURE 8 \ |[~~ — Under and ,y virtue of V uthorit conferred in a certain dee! , ■ executed by B. H. Grissom 'm-a s'lf 1 Grissom, hi,s wife on the 2()-h\ a . ‘ December, 1622, which D o! the office of the Regbn j ' M : J 1 of Vance County in book 172 a t T 333, default having been made'in th!' payment of the debt therein secured at the request of the holder 0 f th same, I will sell, by public auetioT to the highest bidder, for cash, at lt ' court house door i n Henderson Var County, N. C„ 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday the 9th day of December 1936 the following described real P -' rate: First Tract: Containing 102 acre and bounded by the lands of the Nancy Maynard estate on the North by the lands of J. W. Davis on the east, by trie lands of John Floyd on the south, and on the West ;.y the lands of W. Percy Pulley, and con taining 102 acres more or less, same being the lands drawn by Sally Gik 30m in the division of her father's estate. Second Tract: That 37 1-2 acres of land bought of the Lewis Edwards estate, which i s bounded as follows: Or; the North by the lands of W. L Harp, on the east by Mrs. W. L. Harp, on the South by the lands of John M. Harris estate, and on the West by W. L-. Harp. This 9th of November, 1936. T. S. KITTRELL, Trustee.
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