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‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, March 29, 1952 ; By Fred Lasswell: Murder 4a ¥y orgel jul | rer I KNOW BY WILLIAN. S. SOGART (M WORE OH, LAWSY SAKES!’ : PERZACTLY 2 Ap tewstectures | CRICKET BARLOW! TO @ NUB, YE HAIN'T GOT NO (DEE oF —— oe i WHAT ON BIRTH | LoWeeZy wsiaT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE Chapter 27 ' turned! and walked into the H-Jguiet movement, in, the room AILS YOU. THIS ar a pons bao ae "app ; Pi Se, ese ees, See He wondered what Nancy Eng-| i op. the texrace THAT SL ; ah med cal unt land had been doing near the mouth @N' HOWLS TH’ WHOLE found the assorted supply of| mantel, for he had the impression] straight across ‘his teet! liquor. Selecting a bottle of the that she had stepped quickly away| covertly watched Nancy Eng- French brandy Nancy land | from the fireplace and gone back|land’s eyes follow the butlers | had named, be cpeses it, obtained} t> her chair just before he ap-| movem He observed that hes large-bowled i and.started | peared: in the doorway. dark eyes were somewhat glassy back to the library. _His smile was again careless|in appearance. Nevertheless, she Homer, the butler, had just} and gay. seemed ail right otherwise. He come in the center hail entrance.| “Success,” he said, moving to-| was somewha* amazed. His tall, sane figure, his severe | ward her. on’t I make a lovely} The butler, finished, left the features, made Jo! think of} bartende: He put bottle andjroom. His movements were ro a somber bearer. He held a] glasses on the coffee stand, then] quiet he reminded Johnny Saxon .cap in his hand. poured a sudstantial amount of oe a wraith. He thought perhapg He saw the bottle and glasses|the French brandy into the} Homer was sore abbar acer things which Johnny carried. “May I as. | glasses. : The man’s featureslooked more sist you, Mr. Saxon?” “You're wonderful,” she said. | severe than usual. Johnny decid; | ty said, “PL * He grinned. “I can find any-|ed that they should have anoth» ee dohany:sid, a 8 thing.” He sank back in the chair | brandy, 3 “Very well, sir.” He started to} and cupped his hands around the] _ With the terrace doors closed, a clans _ ae Ttyon @on’t mind, | glass, warming it. He let the bou- | the ote in the room haa hecon 2 sir, PU lock wi windows now. | quet of the brandy drift into his} motionless and dead. Perspiraticn: By George MeManus It’s rather Sate: u know.” In a mpateila, ¥ Garhpened Johnny’s forehead by : poe way, he. indicated the | “No one would ever think you] the time they started on anotheg rary. “That is, if I won't be in-| were a detective,” Nancy England}round. He wondered if he wag pie ar MAGGI ANOTHER WEEK ~!'D truding . . - id. She drank half of the/a little bit drunk. hel Be Born ME OWN! fi BE ABLE TO STR A Oly WELL-BY GOLLY-I'VE | 1 | “Not at all.” brandy. pe sae He said, “Do you mind if I a:kg bse AOE se TP SUST HAVE TO GET MATCH ON MY RIBS HH! FROM GOTTA EAT SOMETHING: || “Just as a matter of precau-| Johnny held the glass just be-| you a rather personal question ak men al ae 4 EVEN BIROSEED WOULD ; tairs|low. his nose, “Do you think Ij} She looked at his chin. Si er ee SOWETHIN' TO BAT 4 TASTE GOOD! : eon, ae me No ie Cones look like a detectival™ studied various parts of his fa.¢ ie oe , OMIMERS “Not a bad idea,” said Johnny.| She murmured something that| except ‘bis eyes. “What is tie Mi MTT He didn’t add that he would sleep | Sounded like “No,” as she tilted | question ‘ é |} }[s:28] | much better because of this pre-| her glass and sipped at the liquor.| _ “Are you going to marry Nid caution. He watched the butler as| “There's one thing about this] Walker? z 2 brandy,” she said, “it will never] She stood up, walked over tie. ve ne eee oe Port make ati intoxicated.” She fin-| the coffee table—it was closer direction of the living room and| ished what was left in the glass.|Johnny—reached down for ty conservatory. “Is that right?” Johnny com-| brandy, “Why do you ask that “Homer?” | mented. He let the stuft Tap anen she said. She knocked over t: le 9” |in his throat in a single . les ‘ tg 4 oe jerk pe ah tea at thought his head was going to]. Johnny quickly. retrieved ti¢ “[ did, sir. I just got back.” | Snap off. Looking at the woman's Ppa before it fell-off, the tab “You walked in from the main | ¢mpty glass he thought, Wow! s' near her, as.,he one ¥ ee ‘ ‘ e liquor a! Tae led: GHE got up and poured more ea it ta her Well he ve “The main entrance gates are} brandy into her glass. ‘She}ly, “I was unde the in locked at night?” swayed slightly as she walked, | he's loved “Oh yes, sir. And there’s aj but it was a fairly smooth miove-|-- ; 5 watchman at the gatehouse.” He | ment, like the way a more seduc- sharply. Se tarted ‘ closed the gates tonight right after | tive woman niet move her 4 Mr. Walker and Doctor Clark| . Johnny decided that he woul left.” stick with it if he had to craw] “You saw them?” upstairs oe He helped himself “No, sir. But John—that’s the| to some brandy. : watchinan—was telling me they| ‘You say you live:in New York} glass back on the coffee were both here.” most of the time?” he asked. as ee Regen etn pod it. . “And now the gates are locked} She nodded. “At the; Barclay.”| _ Ig: the. br: glass a! for the night?” “Pll bet Nick Walker would] Johnny, moving as though in “That’s right. And no one would| rather have you stay out here,” trance, she started out of be permitted to enter the estate} She said nothing. Her eyes|room. Her hip bumped agains’ unless the watchman first called | never raised above his chin when | table halfway to che center the house.” she looked at him. Then they|way. ~ “I see.” Johnny murmured. He! glanced beyond him and he heard By Tom Sims and B. Zabo. [ie ey 1S ANY wR ON BACK, IT IS I) SCIENCE NEWS By HOWARD 8. BLAKESLEE | Associated Press Science ‘Editor | NEW YOR... — The-day may be coming when human beings will is te made to order ‘with test tubes f and women who. are not: their : mothers. | F By P aul. Robinson This predicticn was made today é !by Dr. Ralph W. Gerard, pro: TT os 2 fessor of physiology. University of THIS IS A VOICE , IT WOULD BE. . Vy, SOKAY, GoREEouS/ Chicago, at a “conference c2 the THE THAT CHARACTER! 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