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8 & e R e e e e e T)?E CITY MAKES : YoU JUST GOT SPRING| |[GREAT STUFF' I'M ME SICK, BOSS. 7 FEVER, SAMBO. TAKE ¢ [GONNA WALK HOME A BRISK WALK AN’ S S—_— SYNOPSIS: Jchn Waye uses his knowledge of Dr. Charters’ criminal past to force his ad- | mittance to his nursing home and gain an alibi for the “Spi- der” Schlitz murder. Previous- Iy the physician had stolen the | entire loot from the St. Clair diamend haul, tricking his con- federates, Schlitz and Chink Dorson. Charters plans to have Wayc's secming madness certi- fied ac insanity so as to re- | move him. Waye acts queerly when he meets Marjorie Lau- derdell, inexplicably il in the heme, where she has been | placed by her aunt, Mrs. Lau- derdell, former evil associate of Charters. Dr. MacAdoo is told by Waye to ask Charters for a half share of the “Lauderdell 10,000 pounds.” Leaving the as- tenished MacAdoo, whose evil past he knows, Waye consults the reputedly able Dr. Stud- ley and later calls on Charters’ cenfidant, Mr. James. | Chapter 10 IS WAYE INSANE? he face of Mr. James did notj betray his surprise, but its expres- sion, so far as it had an expres- sion at all, was one of concentra- tion. And that of John Waye was not dissimilar in expression. The gen- tle and admirable Dr. Studley would hardly have recognized him as the agreeable visitor of that afternoon. t Mr. James, remaining seated and staring hard, waited for Waye to| speak. S0 did John Waye; and the si- lence grew more and more uncom- fortable. At length it grew unbearable—for Mr. James; and he spote. “Well, Mister Mystericus Waye?” he growled harshly. \ “Well, Gunman Gryde{” replied John Waye, and Mr, James's ejac- ulatory reply was utter, perhaps fortunately, beneath his breath. “And so the Boy Gunman, valued and respected citizen of New York has only changed the tools of his trade. The march of progress, eh? A far cry from Hinky Dink’s honk- atonk to The Monastery!” Mr. James rose from his seat, an unwonted gleam in his cold, dull eyes. “¥You . . ." he snarled, and at the beginning of the word his hands were empty; at the end of it, a pistol was thrust hard against John Waye's stomach. “Tools of me trade, did ye say?” he growled ferociously. *Got any- thing against this tool?” “No, you've got it against me,” replied John Waye pleasantly. “But you daren't use it, Gunman Gryde. Children are your game.” “Put 'em up quick,” growled Mr. James. “Quick, I said.” “I heard you,” replied John Waye. “If I take my hands out of my pockets, it won't be to hold 'em up,” replied Waye, slowly removing his hands from his pockets. “And, besides I've always thought—when T've seen it done on the stage or in the pictures, and, indeed, in real life—that this close-to ‘hands-up’ business is extremely silly and the- atrical, because as the poor victim begins or pretends, to raise his hands, he’s only got to go so . . ." And John Waye's right hand seized that of Mr. James, knocking it aside as it did so. Waye twisted the gunman's wrist with a power- ful violence. James uttered a gasp- ing cry of pain, and the pistol fell to the floor, as Waye's left hand closed on his assailant’s throat. “you foul, unspeakable, loath- some scum,” he growled, shaking him as a terrier shakes a rat. “But I mustn’t lose my temper and get rough,” he added, as he lifted Mr. James and flung him with crashing force aganst the wail “Mr. James gasped, shook his head swiftly stooped to where the lay. ping he snatched it and, as “'turned, received so teryible a k beneath his outstretched arm with a groan, he collapsed inanimate. to the electric bell John "By Porcival. Ghris MYSTERIOUS WAYE,, b il jthe throat. As for help, I | Charters is the proper person to FERGIT IT! topher Wren_ dutior of seeing the prostrate form of Mr. James, hurried to where he la, upon his face. “What's happened?” she repeated, endeavoring to turn Mr. James upon his back. John Waye regarded the face of Nurse Jones from which, he fan- cied something had peeped out ‘Was she a little less impersonal and detached than well-trained nurses usually are? Or was it mere- ly that she took the very proper view that it was the business and | duty of Fate to inflict sickness, ac- cidents, fits and general affliction only upon inmates of The Monas- tery—and not upon members of the staff? “‘What's happened’?” replied Waye. “Oh, he had a seizure—of think Dr. diagnose the case.” Nurse Jones' eye fell upon the automatic pistol as she succeeded in turning the body of Mr. James face-upward. “My God!” she whispered and glared accusingly at Mr. Waye, who, stooping, picked up the pistol. “You have murdered him.” Smiling, John Waye shook his head. “Not yet,” he said pleasantly, and 2s he spoke, the door suddenly opened and Dr. Charters strode in. “What's this?” he demanded. “Jimmy's not . . .” and as his glance flashed from the pistol in John Waye's hand to the motion- less form of Mr. James, boside whom the nurse knelt, the mask of inscrutability fell from Dr Charter’s face, and the blood re- | ceded from it. “You've shot him, you . . .” he cried, and flinging himself down by Mr. James, placed his hand upon his heart. “Where's he hit?" “He isn't hit, so much as kicked,” observed Waye, tossing the pistol contemptuously onto the table. “I rang for you—to requast you to keep your dog under proper con- trol—for your own sake as well as mine. Tell him not to bark at me again, and see that he obeys you—or I shall have to deal with him myself.” Snatching up the pistol, the Doc- tor smelt the muzzle and, reassured laid it down again. Mr. James groaned, opened his eyes, drew a deep breath, placed his hand to his side and groaned again. “He's mad,” he groaned. “Sprang on me like a mad bear-cat . . nearly killed me . . “Raving mad,” Jones. “I came i save Mr. Jam was He's mad.” agree Nursz just in time to 's life. The man there, pointing the James’s head as he standing John Waye's laugh was one of | genuine amusement. “So the admired and popular Nurse Jones is one of us, eh?” he smiled. Nurse Jones's mouth shut like a steel trap, and the glance with which Dr. Charters favored her, as he stooped to help Mr. James into the arm-chair, was not kind- ly. “Look here, you,” he said, turn- ing on John Waye, “what's the game? If you want to lie up here, can't you do it in peace and quiet? Can't you make that much decent return for shelter and hospitality? And, once again, who are you and what do you want?' ' “I must be mad” smiled Mr. ‘Waye. “You've said it,” replied Dr. Charters, and his voice was steely. “And here are three witnesses to an unprovoked and savage atftack upon one. of the staff.” “Three?” smiled Waye. “All eye- witnesses of the unprovoked as- sault! Splendid. And here 1 am, talking as rationally as you like, and I give you my word of honor that T have not the faintest recol- lection of making an ‘unprovoked’ and savage attack upon one of the . HAVE YOUR FURS CLEANED with modern machinery. The better way. . . . We invite you to inspect this new equipment in operation. “ifdly tell Dr. Char- 3t once ta Mr : e pressed it«y‘ A minute later New silk linings are here now in a big varlety. Yurman’s The Furrier Triangle Building EVERY EVENIN/ I FEEL LIKE A NEW - | meet THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 26,1931 il bbb L L L | 114 TEAINN AR NN LI ERS AR TR RV R SRR S 0 Wi staff. you are a dangerous menace > the staff and patients of this! Nursing-Home and to Society gan-) erally.” “And three witnesses to it,” miled Waye, crossing the room and opening the door. “Half-hung Simon, Louie the Lady—and Gun- man Gryde,” he added, as he turned about, smiled upon them, and departed. And what d'you Kknow about that?” asked Louie the Lady, with quite un-ladylike cath, as she gazed at Dr. Charters, who stared blankly at the door that closed softly behind Mr. Waye. “He's for it!"” he said at length. He must be put away. “Or else we shall be,” he added, breaking the heavy silence of the room. i ) Charters' scheme to declare Waye insane is foiled by the stranger’s own doctor, as Nurse Weldon—or is che “Frisco Fan- ny?’—reveals tomorrow. e DOUGLAS NEWS SENIOR SNEAK Senior girls took their annual sneak yesterday. Leaving Dou at 9:30 am., they procured a ca on arriving in Juneau and drove out the Glacier Highway, visiting Mendenhall Glacier and other spots of interest. Seniors who made the trip were Vieno Wahto, Alma Savikko, Isabell Cashen, Ef- fie Fleek, Ruth Lundell, and B: nice Edwards. Mrs. Helen Stra—} gier accompanied them. i MRS. GRAY LEAVES Mrs. Felix Gray left on the Ala- meda this morning enroute to An- napolis to be present at the gradu- ation of her son Douglas from the naval academy, the last week in May. She expects to stop over in Seattle for several weeks before proceeding east. Mr. Gray plansl to go later to also be present at the graduation ceremonies. e, MEETING TOMORROW The Home Economies Club will tomorrow afterncon at 2l o'clock in the City Hall and work will be started on the hooked rug. Readings will be given at the ses- sion. RETURN HOME Mrs. F. L. Goetz and daughter returned home on the Northwestern after a visit of three months in’ the states. i o MISSIONARY SOCIETY WILL MEET TOMORROW, | PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | The Women'’s Missionary Society | of the Presbyterian church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2] o'clock in thé church parlors, the | president, Mrs. C. C. Saunders, pre- siding. For the study period, the | Query Corner questions will be used as general class work. These are found on page 477 of the March “Women and Missions.” Annual reports of the oficers will CAMERA SPECIAL . AGFA ANSCO BOX CAMERAS All Colors $1.00 Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 38 Post Office Substation It's perfectly clear I'm not be adv. 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