wk YESTERDAY: Aunt Maggie has been murdered in the midst of the houseparty Sally and Bill were giving to celebrate the en- gagement of Claire and Bob two friends. After a night in which the lonely house was cut off from the world, the guests are looking for clues to a secret Toom they believe may b¢ con- nected with the killing. But Saliy just has had another, warning, from the murderer, she years. This note says to beware of the secret room. Sally just has told * Bill about it. Chapter 21 Taagled Evidence “WES. and something else that may not be important. but Which certainly seems strange. The eiderdown puff for Aunt Maggie's bed is missing. | found @ torn scrap of it on the stair: but we can't find the eiderdown itself. anywhere.” “Humph,” said Bill, and paused for a moment with knit brows. “You know.” he said, “I shouldn't} be surprised if this is one of those | cases where you add two and two Granted there is a secret room. wouldn't that be the logical place for things to disappear to?” | “But why? You mean somebody | in there—got cold?” ell, that would be the best! reason. Soon as I get through with | this telephoning. I'm going to take | a look around. But don't you go| poking about by yourself, looking | for trouble. There's no telling} what might have happened to you | last night. You stay within reach- ing distance." he added. putting | an arm around my waist and giv. ing me a squeeze. From the safety of that haven I asked, “Why don’t the police | come? You get a wrecker and an ician, but no police protec- | ‘ rence, my sweet,” Bill | that the wrecker = an came from But Wisteria Hall is not| a part of the—er—city of Roswell. | It is in Fulton C ity. The police have to come fi Atlanta. While} We are att telephone business, | I believe I'll call Mr. Marshall. He only handles civil cases, but his advice might be worth having and | I don’t know anybody else I'd want to call.” Returning to the study, I found Alice and Kirk just finishing up| with the last of the papers. “Noth- ing that seems at all promising.” | said Kirk, in answer to the ques- tion in my eyes. “I'm ready to| start looking for the room. Alice. | airs with Sally know you must be tired.” h, no,” she remonstrated “I'm not at all tired. Really this} has been fun.” Then, “Oh. Sally. I didn't mean it the way it sound- ly meant—” | “Didn't Mrs. Ambler say some- thing about the books in the li-| 2” Kirk interrupted tact- | | Alice and I both remembered that she had, but not one of the three of us could remember ex- actly what it was. “I'll help you| look down there.” Alice offered. “Heavens,” I groaned, “it would | take weeks to go through all those | books. There are thousands of them and all printed before the Civil War.” “Wonderful,” said Kirk. “It’s true,” I said. “All the new- er books are in the office bait the upstairs sitting room. My great-great-grandfather collected those in the library—” “That’s it,” said Alice. “That's what Aunt Maggie said. Almost those exact words. And she said, ‘It was in one of them that I—’” Alice stopped and we all looked at each other, remembering. For Aunt Maggie had left that sen- tence unfinished, just as she had left her life's work unfinished a short while afterward. “But even so,” Kirk pointed out, “that doesn’t mean that the clue| ds still there. Mrs. Ambler prob- ably removed it.” It seemed all too likely. | Downstairs oe I bumped into Claire and jb just emerg- ing from the basement. | The Library WAS touched with all this con- scientious industry. “You are both sweet,” I said. “I’m sorry you have to be starting your en-/ gagement like this.” Claire’s eyes sought Bob's as eyes have sought other eyes since time immemorial. But Bob smiled at her only briefly and then said. | “You are the one who should be/ considered, Sally. All this can’t be any fun for you. Have the—er —police put in an appearance} ete” | “No, but the telephone is in; working order, in case either of rou should wish to talk to anyone in town.” “Good,” said Bob. “I would like to make a call.” “And I'd like to shed a little of the coal dust,” smiled Claire. Obviously, she had made no is- sue of Bob's visit to Eve. dn the library Alice was stand-| \ ing before the bookshelves with open volume in her hand. At approach she flushed and re- placed it quickly. I noticed that a Marker protruded above the ages and resolved to examine he book later. Someone on the place did not want the secret oom to be discovered. Could that erson be Alice? Could she now suppressing evidence? The electric lights, fighting the gloom from outside, shed a sort DNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1940 | Waverly novels. jand it was full of tarnished By MEDORA FIELD seemed to be literally thousands of them. I took down one after another, ruffling the pages in the hope that some promising slip of Paper might drop out. “Do you suppose,” asked Alice, “that some title or the name of some author might give a clue?” “That's a thought,” | agreed “It may be that Aunt Maggie only found a key.” But how to get anywhere without a key. My eyes ran up and down the shelves. Shakespeare. Balzac. Dante. The Dickens. Poe. Plutarch’s Lives. . . . Darn that cat He probably knew who the murderer was. Whoever opened that door to the office. Kirk came in and joined us in the search and. a few moments later, so did Bob and Claire. Bill, I knew. was making his private search for the secret room. “Why all this sudden yen for literature and high thinking?” Bob wanted to know. “Speaking of high thinking,” said Kirk, “look at this.” He had discovered that he could raise the top of a Sheraton read- ing table which stands in a corner of the room. Inside the table was disclosed a folding ladder. Kirk and Bob together soon had the ladder set up, so that one end rested upon the floor and the other extended upward supported by two stout uprights. Unfolding above this upper half was a rack upon which a book might be placed. Bob was quite fascinated with it and immediately climbed up to take a look around. “Come on down,” Alice told him. “You aren’t a bit of-help.” “Wait a minute,” he answered lebonairly. “Here is something that makes sense. Use and Abuse of Liquors by Dr. Carpenter. Does hat suggest anything to any- body?” If you mean you want drink,” it is still a little early in the morning.” A Cache Of Gold S BOB climbed down, we all ©3 looked toward the clock or at wrist watches, as people always seem to do when the time is men- tioned. It was a quarter of eleven. The day was certainly moving along, and so far as 1 could see absolutely nothing had been ac- complished. “All very well,” Bob told Alice, “but I need a pickup.” “A little of the hair of the dog that bit you?” Kirk suggested. “Exactly,” Bob replied, opening the door to the dining room. “Join me?” A fraction early yet,” Kirk an- swered. but Alice surprised us all by following Bob into the dining room and closing the door behind her. Claire raised here eyebrows. “I think she’s still upset,” said Kirk. “Spot of brandy may help her.” But we all knew it was not a drink for herself that had car- tied Alice into the dining room. “What about this old secre- tary?” Claire asked. ight find something there. Weren’t they all supposed to have secret drawers and things? Mind if I look?” “Wish you would,” I said as I took down from the shelves the book which Alice had replaced so nastily. t was’a volume of Shakespeare and the marker was placed be- tween the pages of Venus and Adonis. The lines my eyes fell upon were: “Affection is a coal that must be cooled, Else suffered. it will set the heart on fire; The sea hath bounds, but deep desire hath none.” I understood now why Alice had blushed and also that the evi- dence suppressed was not what might be called germane to the case. There was more desultory talk. Bob and-Alice camerhaek into the room. ! think everybody-was be- Binning to be pretty_tired of the |whole thing when ete. was.2 sharp exclamation from Claire and we all rushed over and crowded about her, = She had founda secret drawer full < es coins. Examination showed them to be money coined at Dahlonega, Georgia, when the government maintained a mint at that point back in the days before the rush of the forty-niners made every- body forget gold had ever been discovered in North Georgia. We picked up the ald coins and let them fall through our fingers. “Question might be.” observed Kirk, “whether you will have to turn this in to the government.” But nobody answered, for in the bottom of the dfawer we had dis- covered a tiny scrap of paper. 1 think we all wanted to grab for it. “You look at it, Sally,” said Claire. The writing was so dim that J could barely make it out at first. There were only two wards: “Jarman. Wills.” “There isn’t any such book,” I said dejectedly, after anather five minutes or so of this fruitless search. “But this sounds hot,” said Kirk, standing on the ladder and reading aloud. “Looks like it might be the right potent American Military Law. Bright’s Husband and Wife. Smith's Mas- ter and Servant. 'I’m'm. Morris on Replevin. Ah...” “You mean you've found it?” Claire d. “Yes, id Kirk, “but maybe Sally should be the first to look at it! of diffused half-light over the tows of books. Titles were not al- Ways easy ta read. And there LINKS TO COURT (By Associated Press) DETROIT. — Drew Egleston, 210-paund Detroit amateur golf- To be continged (Cotrright, 1939, Madara Biald Ferkgrscq) er who played in the 1948 Nation- al Open, is a member of the bas- team at Wayne Univer- ketball sity Subscribe to The Citizen. said Alice tartly, “I think | LEGALS LEGALS z f SF ae ott is SPE ul T * PLokipa. a public boar’ eer? | Rerate and politic = laws of the State of Florida. PETIT? (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of ten articles on vs 3 . JOHX, T. OLSEN, ET Al | fundamentals of basketball.) x Bante Sunes Gieeetae Savin moniine { —- NOTICE IN ¢ Do PARCEL 2: Let 3 Seen | + 18. —e - + . +. TRAINING ae i) XN. A F THE STATE 2 A EE “a tres Tas PLO’ 4 Ged Pi Beok 1. P - ae ie < TO WHOM IT May CONCERN: Tee Doanty Wiedin. ombeeme : i CLAIR BEE 5 PABCEL 3: Lot 4 Square ~ ed - oe John T. Qisen; Margaret Ol- * r= os = . Almost Less Than Half P leanliness, rest, and proper min Segal: se Fox: Lula Dun- | orded in Plat Book 1, Page 48, Me eating are the three major musts “*": Plena Feng Lopes, as Ex- roe County, Florida. records Jumber Set In 1 for trajning. 3 cae ae eageimieren: deongueti nee le . ry ee. Number n 1938; : ‘ _, | tament of Ramon Lo eee Bs \ ae aries Pinder, if living. and, if oe : ¥ an er un e t Yanks ‘Hog’ Home Run . TONI brisk rub-down. Make after prac- |Ghariee "binder, Seca: Prods a —~- pay ey i i J tice showers brief and be sure | and. if deed the melts, “Geviouee! jane Se os 2s See Honors H “we. you are warmly clothed upon /srantees or other claimants under orded in Pigi Book 1, Page #6. Mon jleaving the gymnasium. teleed: Cleateat Javeocte: mawacd PS ;enais: Ploriée, recente PARCEL 6 12, Tract 10 as shown om « Giagram Lots 7 and §& Square | UNDEPEATED FIVES MEET IN. Your diet should include milk, Suarez: ris Hill; Mary M. Thomp- (By Associated Press) fish, lean meat, plenty of vege- | fof: 8% prey: Sa e- of 2, qubdivision af Tract ee NEW YORK, Dec. 16—A satu-! SECOND GAME; PLUMBERS tables, fruit, salads, simple des- | ceased; Harry Dy ; Leonor - poe County. Florida, rec " dera y Esteves, a8 Executriz of the) PARCEL 34: Lot Last Will and testament of Julio trast ie as shes ANGLE WITH SOLDIERS IN ‘ert and plenty of water. and Pp. Andraca, deceased; Leoner of @ subdivision game days eat breakfast ration point apparently is being | approached in big league base-| OPENER. 7:00 O’CcLOCK lunch at the regular time. The —- sl known ry Leo! a orded in i, Page ji y Estevez, a widow; Vir- roe Co ori es ball records. In 1938 a total af 64 evening meal should be eaten not | ghic' Gorden: William ‘ie Cordere, | 7°e County. Florida. ‘records FARCEL 7: Lot 16, iz to Ill. her Tract 19, as shown on a diagram husband; The First Natlonal Bank ofa subdivision of Tract 16 ree Bguare records were registered in the| American League. The season of | 1939 found this figure deelining to 46, whereas in 1940 the count ‘the Lions Club and Johnny Offutt again shortened to 37. lof the High School ii later than 5:30 and consist of Julia Gato and E. H. By RABID FANSTER sweet fruits, tea, toast, eggs, and Managers ‘Hastings Smith of jellies or preserves. Get nine hours of sleep a night ill - meta and retire at the same time each ye Mateo | night. of Key West, a corporation organ- ized under the laws of the United roe County. Florida, recorés States; Leonard Guerra; Mary Por- PaRCEL 8: Let 1i ter Harris, @ widow; Sulzer Vogt Pract 1 Machine Ga, a-cprporgtion incer- of a su orded in Plat Book 1 Page 4®. Men . vision ef Pract |Perated under the jaws of Ken- orded in Plat Book 1, F 40. Men- The league record for total their. knowledge of basketball tucky; Isabel Knapp ee | Brea — County. Florida. A 4, - home runs was raised to 883, = fe es ee = ; Span. be hushepe: | Georee. F. a <2 iat SS Sum ; ‘ | i yhen chrader;, Samuel 3 - Tract ¥ shown on 2 diagn along with the total of most ex-|fundamentals ‘tonight when their ‘LOUIS DEFENDS jeiano Castro: Ramon ‘Valdes Sad! at's’ ebugiviaies wt rast Se 'se tra bases on long hits—5,842. The jclubs tangle in a battle for sole | Jose Havia, ea (Trusses for Ig- orded in Fiat Book 1. Fase 40. aes Ae ia ity hacio Agramonte Ces! jo. 3, an jorida. records New York Yankees stretched! possession“ of the Island City| Enicnts or the Gosen it a | “Satie oe ae their total of years leading in, League lead. | home runs to 21, and made their Their knowledge of the game |total of years of 100 ne more and the ability of their players* = homers nineteen—sixteen of eM ito put it to the best possible use MEETS AL McCOY IN BOSTON consecutive. The Yankees also| 9. yy. flog will decide which raised the total of home runs i» club, shall “have the once of FOR FIFTEEN ROUNDS five consecutive games to 14, leading the league. , OR LESS and the number of homers ini wr Smith has been connected nine games in a row tq 32 |with basketball in Key West for The all-time total of three nacia Medina, Jose Sanchez ahd Tract 1@ as shown George Pena, ag Trustees of San of a subdivision of Pract i rlos Castje No. 9, Knights pf the orded in Plat Book 1, Page 40. 3for Golden Eagle; Dolores Marrero Fina roe County. Florida. records and Aurelio Pina, her husband; PARCEL 42: Let M4. Square Francisco Marrero; all unknown Tract 1@, as shown on « diagram heirs, devisees, grantees and other of 2 subdivision of Tract 16 ree claimants under Enrique Marrero, orded in Piat Book 1. Page 4@ Mom deceased: Eva ‘Christiana Alfomeo roe County, Florida. resarae and Leoncio Alfonso, her husband; PARCEL 42A- Lot Square all unknown heirs, devisees, lega- Tract 10. as shown on « jtees. grantees and other claimants of a subdivision of Tract I j under Obdulia Marrero Hernandez, orded in Plat Book 1, Page 48 Mon 22 (By Associated Press) rec i: deceased: all unknown heirs, devi- roe Cou Florida. 1 “ = i inni the past 20 years and is thor- N, —Joe Louis, | sees, legatees, tees and other PARCEL ee home runs yen ee for the oughly familiar with all angles —— ae Ht = = ; | claimants under erdinand Marrero. Tract 10, as sh - |league was raised to 28. Also the | o¢ the sport. His players are the Brown Bom! T champion Of | deceased; Lucio Brnesto Marrero: of a subdi f = lseason saw 16 players hitting! port “~ the fistic heavyweight division, Rufina Bello and Antonio Bello, orded in Plat Book = a "© present city champs and have al- |. Raa vn tonight in Bef husband: Faustino Rendueles, roe County. Florida. recarde twenty or more homers far @ NEW ready demonstrated their prowess Will defend his crown tonight in s°° iiartin Louls Lee and Caeric || PARCEL 44. Lot it Square 22 == record. The flag-winning Detroit’; ¥ ei this city against Al McCoy, New Ciemons » his wife. if living, Tract if, as shown on 2 diagram — z ; in a most convincing manner. RSS and, if dead, the heirs, devisees. of a subdivision Tract 14 re Tigers hit homers in 17 straight'mi, was evidenced in their ©"8!and heavyweight legatees, assigns and other claim- orded in Mat Book 1, Page 40 Mor ames, during which they totaled 2 The bout, which is for 15 ants unger the said Martin Louis roe County. Plorida, records = & Ss, ,crushing 71-34 defeat of VP53 a Lee, Catrie Clemons PARCEL 45: Let 18 Square 22 . _ ds or less, will be Louis’ 13th - a . and Ca: 26 home runs. Nast Friday night. Founcs a B | tee. deceased; John P. Laflin, if Tract 1¢, as shown on a diagram " Boston had 29 extra bases on title fight and will be the first g. and, if dead, the heirs, de- of a subdivisien of Tract i Mr. Offutt’s ability is well- i i i i i ded in Flat Book 1. Pi 0. Mar < s long hits on September 24 for ai,,oun For the past few years championship bette of its kind Visges, EP ESE? Ae other, cinmmente one pooaes t Book 1. Page 40. Mun _ - new major league record. he has coached the varsity fives °Y&T held in New England. ceased; Albert & Laflin, if living, _ Pani EL FS a ; Frank Pytlak, Cleveland cateh- of the Key West High School and |, MPCay is lust 28 but is & Votes caesar’ ather iaighnts ‘under = diagram of = subdivin = : ; ‘d of 571 consecutive |; 5 i eran 0} years ring experience. | i2"isia Albert & Laflin, decensed; 10. recorded in Piat : Sapo pyath the cuinterinl _syaiabie . bes This year he knocked out Nathan Mary A. Philbrick, jf living, and, if #@, Monroe County 45) fect. = chances accepted without an €T- established a creditable record. : : ror. It is freely predicted the school Mann and gained decisions over Frank Crosetti of New five this season will be one of the Melio Bettina, former lightweight uthwesteriy side « Forty-three (43) fe from the corner dead, the heirs, or other claimants Mary A. Philbrick, decease@; Her- man Stricker. if living, end, if dead. York Virginia and PARCEL 484° Lot = Tract 10, as shown gite was for the fifth straight year t produced in a number Champ .and Buddy Knox. the heirs, devisees, tees or Emma Streets and running thence pitchers, whic his a new “perien ‘The clubs, undefeated to date, | BASKETB. BIG TEN known heirs, Gevisees, esac, | Wive <5) Sechen: chenee rage — Bob Feller of Cleveland estab- | ase tied with a pair of victories | ALL 7 ee aS See ‘Marr Firs ) feet: thence right | = lished a record by pitching a no-'.2-h However, one or the other }Lila Allen, William Richard War- —- . a ere —— hit game on opening day t must lose tonight, but you can't) Ten leading scorers of the Is- | Eescutate ef the tact. Will’ and inches: thence @t Fight onsies Ss =< Chicago on Apel 16. ia |Set the fans to do any predicting, jang City Basketball League's | Testament of George W. Allen. de- Northeasteriy direction Fitty (Se = j, Connie Mack of Philadelphia| such is their admiration of the frst round of play follow: ceased: M. Juanita Albury’ gad Ver- fect to, the Bs pecinning = increased his sae res cts strength of the clubs. | Player— FG FS PF TPlerican Life Insurance Go. a pf nome eae = years as a managt eee A Pepper's Plumbers, fighting to weyjahon, HS 13 1-2 2 27. poration: Jane Stran, if living. and, ———- ~ son—Boston 145, St. Louis 118. | (Compiled by Howe News Most extra bases en lang hits, 4 States, mstitute the Amateur Bureau. Chicago, Til) C persons ving th claiming any right, title, os estate, mortgage or other ‘te of on the following

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