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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THUKSDAY,' APRIL 7, 1921
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THE GUMPS Andy! Aren't You Ashamed?
By Sidney Smith
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By SiBEL OSfRANDER
Author of "The Island of Intrigue," "Suspense," "Ashos to Ashes," eto.
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SYNOPSIS '
rx.Kowdtmmi Timothy McCarty,
t ?Vi ttlthnl he hail retired from the
tor'Mlotr fiOiire vhosc type had
t'rn'cc I ft o.r'i o, him 1,1 the old
a,?, Ill at of " under :rd, narrow
inv ,7f mat teho disappeared into a
jrnmed man '""' ...,.. ..
efrt-sass
'", nralrtlWWi Innmrncii and
lthcVmn on the beal.appearsnt
u , lunctinr and demand "what
(AH I""1 iii'. rr frulilfl to Ct
ow7 .". ;',.,, j,', ,; in there.'
i.,1 nf mm vnui"; ;'- ,- v... .
ltult .HC( 1"!. ... ' .tl. -.1 l.r!ii
ij !rf o, "i """":'"
AND HKKK IT UUimuno
PlYIl some senrch thoy locnted a
L ,!ok telephone on the writing table
k-dc?K. 1..M...11, n liell-shnned bronze
t;,int aid the policeman called up
'K 'inc? station' house and had the
" V":. f kiinwlnff flint UIC U1CBSUKU
, nl"I t th0 boro,,gh hcnt,,iunr'
'"if. too big entirely for them to
S';"&5!
- I'll tinr ii I'U ii iiiiuuhii j
(Sf to senfrnl headquarters nnd tip
S XT . hire beforV the" gum
III from the bushes have a chnneo
:h0.c?,, m lmo. It's highly Irrcgu-
,r but I'm onlv ft prlvnto cltlTcn now,
the grace of my uncle-mny God rest
I, Mul-nnd I'm free to do ns I
lease."
r. Tnnoetor Druel. seated nt Ills
k In the homicide bitrenu. there prcs
:.... -m r.i-r tlm wlro n well-known
rolce, husky with lll-mipprcsscd excitc-
"fn.. en old scoundrel!" ho ex-
kalmed In affectionate bnntcr. "Where
have you been Keeping yourscu, unci
what arc von doing this time of night?"
"I'm mixing In high fcoclcty, sir."
McCarty's tones were cnutlous.
"I'm In n crand private house up on
he avenue, facing the pnrlc. Just above
ho third side entrance of the park.
I mean, fir nnu tnero n oo nnite n
little rany ,IPrl nuun, x in ininninK.
Majbc inn a like to get in n little
ahead "
r "What Is it? Where nre you?" The
Inipector's own tones bad crisped.
F'Mac. have you tumbled headforemost
Into another ?"
I " 'Tls the house of Mr. Eugene
Crnellng, sir; him they used to cnll
Mlllion-n month. .Ilm Ulnncy Is here
With me and n young crook vc conned
wr the nay, but none of tho family
tms to be nt homo except himself,
and mc founrt mm with n bullet in his
heart from an army gun."
"I'll be with you." tho Insncctor
Icald briefly and the two receivers
clicked in unison.
"It would never have been known
until heaven knows when If you hndn't
nabbed this bird here." Clancy spoke
with reluctant but Irrepressible lion-
kty. "Ily the keys of Snlnt Peter,
Mac. 5 ou ve pullcfl on: more stunts sinre
ou left tliu force than when you were
on It! First that clrl who ivn fluni?
but the window of the Olmnnrenn nn,l
hhen the other one that wiw Kfrnmrlivi
En the crime museum "
I " 'Twas Tcrhune. the erent selenUnn
detective, that got nt the truth In the
nmcasc and the inspector himself who
did the work in tho other." Mi-Port.-
remarked with dUiiltv. "I lust nnltoll
around like the old hns-been I nin,
But there comes the hns from ) hn..
outh hcailnunrters. nnd von'Il l,n dnlnn
me a favor, Clancy, if you'll just forget
I'm htrn unfit vni.'.n ..T.,..1 a- ,.,, ..., L
........ i. ,.,..,,. , nniirii in irii wnai
you know of It nil. I'd like to snoop
luuuu a mi on my own nccount till
the inspector gets here."
now do wo know it isn't suicide.
IMWaV?" deiliniirlp,! Plnnn,. no 41...
ditter of the police gong grew louder
ja the air and his companion made for
the door.
Because there nro no powder marks
that I i.nw." Mi.fii.1,. ...,u..i
?r."5'. t,If.l,p, IlpI,, 'nt cannon
"Sair.n his breast nnd 11 rod it the
iwwler , ,invp ,pi,n k ,
over the front of him."
h,fn.!l"', "",0,moh" fmni tho borough
ft '7s, Urr MP heforo the door
t& .. J (l0',,5(',I int0 ,,IC '' next to
room nil ?.' p,'ovp(1 t0 bo a breakfast
room, nnd tlm nv.rA,.H,i 11 .i .
& '! rplf'.!s.,Ilc "My. eloe.1
ft,. . , '"" ng nnu turn ng on
he mm sBiirh. which mnilc the single
tArr t,,c tnb,c burst i'"
reSinnf'0 ,U1S lM for ,wo "n'l the
otuAn?" P'"p y (1"art ehnmpngnn
n renoTi "',0 "e floor .1 n seconrl
Z77r.hr?h'r- '".'the hot-
'"'"nainednnm V"" ' ,cr
S-fenatf
lturnr.it.ti L '. "C muttered, then
R'nwl his attention to the table it-
-o?eh,e,l00hn;,tI!.,?.?C..r,ntp " "prcely
Itered 1l ".l" " '"' were M'lit-
Iwcond lit., i, i i ,0 0,,llPr '"'"d. t hi
lf,i .'lJ """ had been c enned w.v r,
!Ti ni'l c,r,lml)1ed. It looks as though he
J "Wit hnvu known what was coming
It. i "": "I! fpnrc'1 ll' nn.vwny. We'll
l"1'1 oi't what enemies ho had "
McCarty shook his head.
k. i y,.i ! tl!,n.k !t "nH hit visitor who
h?e . V'".1. ,nlr- A,r- leveling was
ln .?,"'.. a,l,,,!p (,p"n" ere gone un
m .....? irr 'j'lKi'inrdered upstairs, so
he i,,t lmo waited on the tnble him
self, nnd you ee the wine cooler Is right
this ncur It on the floor."
nmVl nrol''eed the broken bit of
cnrcfull lnIector scrutinized It
t',iI't?.rt i0f J1 cIK''-etle holder, eh? A
! ii ,R,endpr one. too, by the curve
lndy gmc"t- u Iooks 8 though a
iJll I,a"i,,C(l n 5IcCarty picked up the
IW ?il ?ttTAtc, 'rm the table and
fi i l ih,nndc.d. " t0 him. It was but
little, thicker than a straw and bore In
tiny square cold letters the Initials E.
rl7!lCt,ra thc, f"llno Rs the platinum
?,? i th w'rtwmt pocket of the dead
.. ii. me ouior room there." Mc-
SOMEBODY'S STENOGMary Doodle at Bat
CortTlcht 1021 hv Public rrtKrr To
By Hay ward
fellow that
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the Klass Vs half , Tl, T"T ' '""'
Pagne ,.llr o, ,,., f ,pn,, r1"""
ntlnins lie J, Tit ."" n,h tTny
"U nn in.,1.
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Imliedilf. I, . f "n" ",lrn n-
"ii ot nm her fmm n . " ""'Ken
1itio oldor '"I ,'P '""'"hpleco of
The ..iil,,!,,''"!1.. J ' his. pocket.
tor came t M,H,,,;"",f of ,u ?'",n' mo
ft"Wns. r,r ,n,,! 'e left th
rnrealifn-i room ' "" '," mt the
rotmB00n '";' JZ?'" n7n"s
'Oipector n, ,'.g "pon V'e house door
leteps "1IB 'lesccuding the
.' .;:...p(,'-ty urged
"'mm'
""P'rlhiiii,u
..""I'TiiiimisU '"I'lm V lirKCII
1,0rn"Cli ll ndni.nV " nr." ,,Prp froI'
holding ,. ..n.'.T,,nrtPrR. nnd they ,
l.tre M. 7.""" ..MHlon In tin. room
'"Wl
'thof'n,'i!ur1,,.!l.p sp"nnth and tho rest
PfTl" hail i , . b," '"I ,l,rr1c t
fan mo. i, ".' llPrp tonight, as von
ll"!0'1 "nil P11" ., '", ""' Mis oon-
t?Vr inuoiwu ;. '",J"tPrpr,p(1 t
xuu mini, thnnr.!, '."':. "IU "e "
:v'v" mill heforo in. ii r , K ner
W "Korotto n if tl n' ,Nm"'l"
''''"ho diiln't ke .IPu.mt1V, rnnln
other nn ,,,., ,, " w,,h him. The-
Ills in ...' '."'"'Wed his hreinl ,i-.i.'
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TOke ,l i..' " "is iiilirnir,, ).,,
hi. i.i ... '"""no two n,l ". " "
- .....Mil 111,1, ,.f 41 . "." "Ill 1 (M)
K "'" ' r o, , 7"(1,s 'lng dead
?ne U-i,, ,.""," ""d the other l.nU
"Mo urn ""' '"oi, Hi.-? it's
Th'J'sM'TK" "
rnilP .. '""'"I" the Wlic
C i;i,,,.T ""."r;,,",M"1 ,l",
i,ib. ""ii hiivi'r nnd
rrri?;!!!!..1''' .PttiK to bo iii.i.
crvni ....".!' "ffjit, I t ilnk." I... i.'
i .- i. i rovii , t i "v .""
K" ood U ni,,,. J. " . "v ,'u,rt'i wiirro
is annual untouched and the
Ua,rt; remarked nt length.
I vc inv onlnin,, nf
would rail a thing like tlmt ,!;
Innb "n. ?im"cr- "M J" t"ke a good
look at the supper tnble, sir?"
i..i ,Ionp, there, beyond what you
K?rnni(1 out- ..''Vector Druet had
iV,?.',i"V'ny,.L Lct" ''nve n look up
stairs before tho rest go to It."
.nit,".1 .i ivns ,0. ,,nte- for cv" he
poke tho door of the next room opened
and heavy footsteps could bo heard
cross nK tho rotunda nnd mounting the
nroml stairs. I.lkn nnnui.nin.a ,....
Inspector ami MK'nrty wnite.l until they
died away In the regions nbovc.
I wonder now what they did with
tho young crook I caught climbing out
of tho window?" McCarty queried aloud
to himself,
"What' that?" Inspector Druct do
manded. Briefly. MrCnvty recounted tho cventM
of tho night nnd when ho hud con
cluded his companion stnrted for tho
door lending into the hall once more.
c 11 have a look nt the body nnd
then join the rest upstairs. This is a
headquarters job all right, Mac, aud
I m going to tnko charge."
"I thought you would, sir." Me
Cartv heaved a sigh of satisfaction not
unmixed with ouvy. "At lenst you'll
not have Terhune with his scientific
stunts nnd mechanical mlnd-rcaders
butting in on tho case."
"How about you yourself?" The in
spector halted and bent n quizzical gaze
upon his companion. "Going to quit
before the end of tho first round?"
"Quit?" McCarty Hushed. "Well
you know, sir. that I'm not In It except
mnbo to testify against the lad for
breaking and entering. I've nqthlng
to do with the murder nor tho solving
of It."
"But you're itching for n chance,
aren't you. you old scout?" The other
smiled. "I'll swear you In ns n special
officer tomorrow, just as I did on the
Inst enso you got yourself mixed up In
since you left tho force. Come on,
now."
McCarty' oyos shone nnd he squnred
hlh mnsslvo shoulders with proud ela
tion ns they entered the room whore the
mnstcr of tho hourp lay. lie was otli
cinlly at work agnin, nnd the inhabi
tants of the installment plan suburban
colony In which he hod Invested his
tnvings nnd from which he drew his
ltfodest revenue might run the plnce to
suit themtelves until the case was fin
ished. He wns back in the old game!
When they opened tbe door of tho
study they found thnt its only occu
pants were the dead man nnd the
wretched youth who still cringed in his
chair, to ono arm of which ho had now
been securely handcuffed. At sight of
the inspector's face he uttered n shnrp
ejaculation and cowered further down.
"Well, well!" Inspector Druet
searched his countenance keenly. "It
seems to mo we've met before, my
friend."
"No, sir! Youse got mo wrong !"
"Have I? We've got you mugged
down nt hendqunrters ; I never forget
n fnco. Hnve you done time? What's
our name? Hpciik up!"
".Toe. Hodnnsky." tho youth mut
tered sullenly. "I did one stretch In
do rcformltory 'cause do gnng I trav
eled wit' swiped somo lead pipe, but I
didn't have nottln' to do wit' it! DIs
is do foist toime "
"Never mind; thought I had you
right. I'll get your story downtown
Inter." Inspector Dnict turned to 51c
f'nrty nnd Indicnted the body. "Is this
tho wnv it wns when you saw it first,
Mac?"
"Yes. I was the third ono to see
It ns far ns wo know : .Toe. hero, wns
first, then Clancy and then mo. It don't
look ns If those flntfcct upstairs had
disturbed it any except thnt tho gun
was lving nenrer to tho hnnd, nlmost
touching the lingers this way."
McCarty stooped and moved tho posi
tion of the pistol n trifle.
"Ho surp got his with n vengeance,
didn't he?" the Inspector remarked,
A quick gleam of light cnnio into
McCnrty's own eyes.
"Mnjbe he did, sir," he vouchsafed.
"There seems to Ime been a bit of
struggle hero; look, Mno." The inspec
tor spoke suddenly.
Tho strip of tapestry which lay along
the center of the refectory tablo had
boon pulled awry nt tho end near which
tho man had fallen nnd it wns. evident
thnt only the heavy lamp which stood
upon it hnd prevented It from being
swept to the floor, but there were no
other signs of disorder In the room.
"Yes, sir," McCarty agreed some
whnt doubtfully. "Ho wouldn't hnve
hnd time to cntch nt It In falling, after
thnt shot hit him. but mnybo whoever
it wns did it might hnve twisted tlnft
table cover in rage or oxcltmcnt before
thov fired nnd killed him."
"And you think Crcvellng wns the
snit of man to stand calmly and wait
without raising n hand to defend him
self while his guest worked his own
nerve up to the point of murder?"
The Inspector shrugged. "Come nlong,
let's go up nnd see whnt the others hnve
found out."
The patrol wagon clattered up to tho
outran. 'o nt thnt moment nnd Joe Ho
ilniislo, obviously relieved to be re
moved' from the immedinto vicinity nf
tho denil mim. even in so grim and for
bidding n chide, wns consigned to tho
euro nf ItR oflll'lnls.
After it had departed the inspector
nnd his tresn.y nppoiniou assistant
mounted the "Brent staircase to bo met
nt the top by Clancy and two deteo
t M's fnuii tlm borough headquarters.
The latter were none too pleased to
rind nn inspector from tho central offiro
nlrendy nn tho job, but they concealed
their chagrin with what diplomacy they
could muster.
"Nothing doing up hero, Inspector,"
tho senior of the twain announced.
"We've looked In every hole and cor
ner to the mt.v roof and there Isn't a
soul nlmiit. living or dead. Nothing's
been disturbed, either, ami except for
two or thrro of tho seivnnts' rooms it
doesn't seem as if nny of them had been
occupied for somo time, not oven tho
master's own apartments."
"Mnc hero, and I will Just haw a
look around, iinjwav, nnd join you and
Hum nnd Clancy below, IVte," Inspec
tor Druet lesponded. "Tho comn.is.
hloner lias put mo iu chnigc, but I may
need jou both,"
CONTINUED TOMOItriOW ' '
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Boss? You'll" get teuR
BRAIM DOIAI A SMIMMV.
i simply have to oo
off today. wary
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