Boone County Recorder . ller that his trouble waswell known to us. I think so. Here is what I re-ceived this morning. I hurried to you•t once. And Dudley handed Clarke a slip ofpaper. Clarke read the paper and* handed itaver to me. It contained but oneword, Osette, written in a sprawlingqand Telepatho*Deductive Solver of CriminalMysteries Tackles a Problem EmbodyingSmuggling, the Fearful White Plague, and Two Lovers Are Brought Together in GrandFinale—Solution of the Complex Puzzle. breath coming in rasping gasps whichseemed to sear my throat I waited, Iknow not how ions. At last I was aroused
Boone County Recorder . ller that his trouble waswell known to us. I think so. Here is what I re-ceived this morning. I hurried to you•t once. And Dudley handed Clarke a slip ofpaper. Clarke read the paper and* handed itaver to me. It contained but oneword, Osette, written in a sprawlingqand Telepatho*Deductive Solver of CriminalMysteries Tackles a Problem EmbodyingSmuggling, the Fearful White Plague, and Two Lovers Are Brought Together in GrandFinale—Solution of the Complex Puzzle. breath coming in rasping gasps whichseemed to sear my throat I waited, Iknow not how ions. At last I was aroused by a soft hel-lo, and the nose of a swift gasolinelaunch shot into the creek. We had not long to wait. Clarkelifted_ his eyes from his intent watchon the shore line and said: ,THescoming. I knew who he meant and I shiv-ered at meeting Wlthersbee on thoseblack waters. Then my ear caughtthe puff—puff of a launch. Down in the boat fellows, hes eo-ing to fire, shouted Clarke. Dudley and I dropped. Six times in~ rapid. succession his revolver cracked. But• swiftly flying launch is not easy tohit and we_heard the bullets whistH^overhead. WitnerBbseB boat was almost u-xmus when Clarke gave the wheel a quicktwist and our pursuer shot past with-in three feet of our gunwale. As hethrew the wheel Clarkes right armshot into the basket at his side. I sawhis hand come out holding a writhingblack object. He swung it about hishead once and let go. I saw rtrirartl*through the air and strihe the doctorfull between the shoulders. Withers-bee dropped the wheel and stood uptrying to fight the thing off while hisboat, free of her helm, swung roundin circles. Suddenly he sprang to the gunwaleof the boat threw_ujL his arms andwllh a piercing, terrified shriek alsapipeared in the black waters of the bay. Clarke Bhot oar boat Aver to thestaggering derelict, reached over herside and stopped her engine. I heldthe gunwales together while Dudleyleaped Into the doctors boat at abound and returned be
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