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DEC. 17, 1932 Wafer! MVJRDERI^ Brans' here todat LINDA AVERILI. believe* her elder ly cousin, AMOS PEABODY. wM murdered when he fell from the second story balcony of the Avertlls' Long Island home because of a few words he gasped before hi* death. Linda rushes upstair*. Bomeone trie* to strangle her and she faint*. There are four guests in the house— all suspects of the crime. They are: MR. STATLANDER, business associate of TOM AVERILL; CAPTAIN DE VOS. handsome Belgian: MARVIN PRATT} former suitor of Lindas: snd LIAM Since there is no evidence on which to base an arrest. Linda snd Tom, her husbsnd, agree they must keep the four men tn the house until they have dis covered who is guilty. They pretend to believe the death was an accident Thev are aided in their plan when DR BOYLE, medical examiner, sends word that every ohe must remain until he has questioned them. Bovle Is on a fishing trip and can not return for several hours. Linda finds the towel with which the attempt was made to strangle her— Identified by a smear of sunburn oint ment. She learns that ROSIE, the maid, ha* promised to launder a shirt for fihaughnevsey. Tom believe* the shin may be an im portant clew snd goes to have a look at it. Shaughnesscy discovers hi* quarters have been searched. To set. matters right. Linda tells him the whole story snd asks him to help untangle the mystery of her cousin's death. Tom, Linda, and Shaughnesse.v have a long talk, discussing all the clews, when Tom explains why suspicion points to Shaughnessey, the Irishman becomes angry NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR TOM'S answer came evenly. “I am not a detective, amateur or otherwise, and I simply am doing what you asked me to do—assum ing your guilt and giving you the complete picture of yourself as you appeared to others since you have 'been here.” Either realizing that there was no quarrel there, or again com manding his rising temper, Shaugh nessey agreed to this with a note of apology in his voice. Averill continued. “Coming to this morning, you will remember I was in the water when the accident, as we have called It—happened. Linda Mrs. Averill was directly under the balcony. She ran upstairs. “Front the raft I saw her come out on the little balcony and saw her pitch forward and fall. I got in as quickly as I could and on my way up the lawn you came strolling around the corner of the house.” “And how, pray, could I be up *there to pitch off the old man and still come around the corner of the house at the same time?” Tom turned to Linda. “Your story starts here,” he said. n k STRIVING for Tom's clear exposi tory style, Linda spoke as calmly as she could. “I was attacked in that guest room, Mr. Shaughnessey. My hus band didn’t speak of that a few moments ago, when he ran over the events of the day.” “I thought it thin just there,” said the Irishman with satisfaction. “iVhy should you be so sure of mur der? Excuse me, Mrs. Averill—go on!” “Cousin Amos few words before he died. They told me some pne had thrown him over—that's why I left him and ran upstairs.” “Plucky,” commented the Irish man. "Well—impetuous!" Linda laughed a little. Then she told of hearing voices In the room on her way down, of her hasty passage through the apparently empty room after her cousin had fallen, of the sudden sensation of choking, of the quick vision of Tom diving, and of the ob livion which had descended as she felt the cloth loosened, too late to save her from losing consciousness. * “My turn now,” said Tom. “As I dove—after I saw her fall—i saw a man standing behind her in the doorway. Whoever that was, of course, had hidden in the room, hearing her coming—had realized that she knew there was some thing wrong, and seeing her go toward the railing, had stepped out and tried to strangle her as the only way of keeping his iden tity secret. “My presence on the float—the fact that I showed I saw her by waving to her—saved her life.” "And I—l still do not see how that mysterious, invisible assail ant could be identified as my in offensive (if bad-tempered) self.” “This way—” Linda saw she must bear the onus of that explana tion. “I fall. Tom dives. In that second when no one sees him—as sume it is you, Mr. Shaughnessey— HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 11 Dwells. Klfrl I Ifcl |g|*W6|c| ritalilsl "■ Nwta r I pljrl no§e dulcimer. r ,-.. ■£. g E * he^- 15 Matured. fslE L AJ 1 R J 7 Genus of non- PEALKi '[rfilMl i|| II I 1( To u ™ a poisonous laIIIgIAMBIE.I6E:iTvIIeIeIdI c” 8 * 1 ’ rrPTFHP#nTI <lB Above. l£|& Ci -Uylji. 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Good-night.” “Oh, wait!” Linda’s hand was again upon his sleeve. “Don’t be angry, Mr. Shaughnesssey] You asked us to assume— There are things against the others, you know. Plenty of things.’” As before, he seemed to waver. Then he laughed again, but more pleasantly. “I hope the cases against them are stronger—for your sake as well as mine,” he said. “Surely, Mrs. Averill, you can see how thin this is!” mum LINDA rejoiced secretly in Tom's firmness of tone. “Not so thin, Mr. Shaughnessey. Think it over. You would certainly be held if I reported It to the police. THEY-TELL ME'JU Are My Ears Red? PLAIN talk will be the principal topic on the program when the Republican state committee meets here Tuesday, they tell me. Chairman Ivan C. Morgan, the well-known Austin letter writer, is expected to be the principal sub ject of this conversation, which will be. clothed neither in ambiguities nor subterfuges. In fact, Chairman Morgan may receive no small portion of the blame for the alleged mismanage ment of the Republican campaign in Indiana, and inasmuch as he will be present in the room, his ears may assume a color very much resem bling that of the beet. Among the high crimes and mis demeanors which are scheduled to be charged against the chairman will be that he did not advise with the regularly elected committee men, but joined hands and con ferred with nonrecognized and un important Republicans. That he permitted letters ap pealing to religious prejudice to be sent out on state committee sta tionary and over the signature of the committee. That he established many non essential bureaus, and committed a host of other "errors in judgment. * a No steps will b'e, taken at this time to request his resignation, they tell me, although anything may happen if the discussion becomes sufficiently heated. Ostensible reason for the meeting is to discuss organization for the municipal primaries and campaigns in more than sixty cities of the state, but the district chairmen are expected to avail themselves of the opportunity to unburden themselves. Many of the committeemen feel that with the proper leadership and organization they have an excellent opportunity to wrest control of a score or more cities from the Demo crats. If a change in state chairmen is deemed advisable, the choice will be made from among members of the committee. n n * Those receiving the most mention for the honor in event of Morgan’s “resignation” are Don B. Irwin, Frankfort. Fifth district chairman; Edmund J. Freund, Valparaiso, Sec ond district chairman; Ewing Em- But I'm pot threatening you. “Ail this, as I said, is between our selves, lor the present, at least. Don’t you think, however, for your own sake you should give us your version—your side of all these inci dents or accidents? “After tlfet—my wife said you hinted at something you had to tell ” The Irishman was silent a mo-, ment. “ Tis not I that should explain myself," he said angTily. “I will not be called to account for my actions.” “I’m sorry you take that attitude,” answered Tom quietly. “And yet I I’m not sure I altogether blame you. “You must know, however, Shaughnessey, that it makes me less willing to talk this over with you than if you definitely cleared your self of suspicion.” “Talk it over or not, as you will,”- answered the other. “ ’Twas not I who suggested it.” “Very well, Mr. Shaughnessey. That is fbr you to decide.” It was hopeless. Linda saw that, whatever had gone wrong, their at tempt to enlist Shaughnesssey had failed. She sighed unconsciously, nor did she realize how disappointed and appealing her voice sounded as she broke the flat silence. “Oh, dear!” she mourned. “I hoped you wouldn’t act that way; It’s a worse mess now than it was before, and I thought you and Tom and I were going to straighten it all out. “Now, you’re cross and Tom’s cross, and I don’t know what to do. Oh, dear!” ison, Vincennes, Seventh district chairman, and Benjamin Huffman, Rockport, Eighth district chairman. Emison, injured in a recent auto mobile accident, may not care to accept the post, even if it offered. From what they tell me, John W. Scott of Gary, aggressive First dis trict chairman, who long has been discontented with the so-called leadership of Morgan, may head the verbal attack, which means that the chairman will be in for a very dis agreeable time, because Johnny knows how to flay. A good time is expected by all ex cept Morgan. 7TSCDK A DAT BY BRUCE CATTON WJHATEVER rank history may give Winston Churchill as a statesman, there is little doubt that it will rate him very highly indeed as a writer. No other world leader, of recent years has had anything like his literary gifts. His newest book is “Amid These Storms.” and it is something of a disappointment. A series of sketches about events too trivial to get into his other books, it represents, so to speak, a pocketful of small change. It is interesting enough, but when you finish it you haven’t read much of anything. Nevertheless, you won’t go to deep over It. Mr. Churchill tells, for example, about the one and only “spy scare” in which he got involved—an occa sion when he and some naval offi cers found a searchlight on the roof of a country house near one of the base so the grand fleet, but learned, after some fuss, that iC was perfectly harmless. He gives a very good description of the German army’s spring offen sive in 1918, and helps you to un derstand why it failed. He tells how close the submarine campaign came to success and shows how it finally was conquered. He recites his experience as a combat soldier, tells how he learned to pilot an airplane, and explains the joys of an unskilled amateur painter. It’s fairly thin stuff, but it does put you in contact with a man who has astounding energy and a great zest for living. Published by Scribners, the book sells for 83.50. Answers ****** isSiiin |pp’fL r.nraKfr|3r ■pMORDS are inlets or bays along ■*- the mountainous coast of NORWAY. BENJAMIN FRANK LIN never applied for a patent. The MUEZZIN is the Mohamm®* dan crier of the hour of prayer. TARZAN THE UNTAMED _ Tarzan of the Apes had witnessed the entire encounter from the moment the lion had leaped upon its prey. For sometime before, he had been watching the girl. When Numa at tacked her, the ape-man had at first been . minded to * THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES HER dejection was so unfeigned that it seemed to penetrate the militant egotism of the Irish man. With one of his mercurial changes of front, he threw back ijis head with a peal of laughter. “ 'Tis 10 years of age you are, Mrs. Averill, and not a day older! Sure, who could be angry with a mere child like yourself! “If you'll forgive me, after I've apologized for resenting that your husband gave me what I asked for, I’ll be glad enough to side with you instead of against you—and that goes until the police are called in, if called they must be, and another man marches off with them to the lock-up. Is it a bargain?” “Oh, that’s grand!” Linda’s eyes fairly shone in the dark. “Sit down, do! Tom. pour some more of that punch. 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It was the latter thought “Next, I think,' said the big man judicially, “you tell me what it is you have against the others. Is that; fair, Averill?” “I suppose so.” Tom tried to speak cordially. Linda felt that in his heart he still was far from pleased that this had been forced upon him. Tve spoken of the various quar rels the other three men had. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other leading up to this morn ing. “But one clew came out of the at tack on Linda that is tangible and important. We have the towel with which she was choked.” Shaughnessey listened in silence to their account of its finding. “I’ve been thinking,” said Linda slowly. “Cousin Amos was alone here in the house last night. You know that little lavatory in the-' room he had has only • hand basin. “I believe he may have gone across Jhe hall to take a tub bath and used a towel from the rack there. He was a very tidy soul and I think would bring the towel back to leave the place clean for any one else. “In that case, he easily might have hung it where Rosie often leaves clean towels—over the back of that little rush-bottomed chair by the door. 'Tve thought all along that who ever was there simply stepped be hind the wardrobe there—what other place would there be to hide in a hurry?—?nd then when I passed, stepped out again. He could have caught up a towel from the back of the chair. “In fact, that's the only pface he could have got it from, for he didn't have time to go into the lavatory. —By Ahern that prompted him to interfere. Doubtless the British would be glad to question her. Tar zan not only recognized her but also the lion. Like all jungle creatures, the ape-man had that miraculous sense ofracent % * besides the danger of being heard. “And if it was either Mr. De Vos or Marvin, why should either one have brought a towel with him. expecting me to come and get strangled?” “Excellently reasoned,” cried the Irishman, now in thoroughly good humor. “You should be a lawyer— or at least a writer, of fiction. Mrs. Averill! That sounds to me like a perfect reconstruction! What would you sav, Averill?” “Just that, answered Tom warm ly. “How that towel got there has bothered me more than I've ad mitted to you. Binks. “After all. as you say, no one would bring a towel to strangle someone who isn't expected to turn up at all. Now the question is— who took it away?” (To Be Continued) OUT OUR WAY If j* * D Tl /OH - MARviE.Y' DiDMT V O'- UKE. A ? “° l • j I // 1 WEAR VOO SAM T v.©Y OF US— HE. , t // YOU HAO TO C*L\_ v/nte-VT BE. Ao\-E. Ts> p o v<- k 111 NOOR WIFE. To MAv(E. 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Dec. 17. Plans to set aside a “free speech zone” in the nations capital, similar to Hyde Park in London, have been started by the American CivU Lib erties Union. At a meeting of the Washington committee of the union, a sub committee was named to confer with District of Columbia commis sioners to secure some place where massed and marching men might encamp while lobbying congress for relief and other matters. At pres ent there is no set policy for han dling such demonstrators. Several congressmen are interest ed in the move, among them Sen ators Costigan and McKellar and Representative La Guardia. —By Edgar Rice Burroughs by which he could recognize individual animate. He knew this lion had reason to re member him. Those unintelligent sounds Olga had heard caused Numa to draw back, unde cided whether to charge or flea* M Taraan came toward him. PAGE 13 —By Williams —By Blosser —By Crane —By Small —By Martin