Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 65, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 2, 1947 Page: 5 of 6
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head light, after the darkness out-
side, temporarily blinded him. But
after a moment, hr saw that Bon-
ver and Lonni had returned to
the room. With the doctor ami
Burthalser. they now stood facing
him.
Burthalser sneered. "There is no
little man in gray to save you this
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start your engine “dry” . . . extra
protection from corroaive acid action
when your engine is idle ... extra
protection from sludge and carbon
caused by wear •. . EXTRA smooth,
root, silent miles.
body to Denton. Mrs Whitehead
and son. Tommy, who will arrive
tonight from Austin, where he is
a student at the University of
Texas, will leave for Denton early
Thursday morning .to attend the
funeral.
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I'm thinking- now." Jeff said.-
f "Yes, and I would not advise
the action you are contemplating.
Tlie fire-escape and hallway both
are guarded, and what Lonni here
lacks in mentality he compensates
for in physique."
Jeff stared at Lonni's blank face
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ty?" Jeff retorted.
He put as much assurance into
! his voice as he could. These men
must not guess to what abysmal
depths his ineptitude had carried
him As long as they were in doubt
as to whether he had help near at
hand, there was a chance for him.
He had the satisfaction of watch-
ing Burthalser’s expression be-
come dubious.
"Be more careful of your words,”
the German growled.
"Why?” Jeff demanded Bnpu-
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Whitehead wdl be laid to rest by
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Jeff stepped from tm- fire-e»«»pw4rmnd me of—Goering.-Oply you .doeen't bother you. eh, LonnieV' *Nti. ''You
into the room. The bright over- seem to have been even fondea- of -That w a s an accident," Dr philosophic
Grosbeck said quickly. .
"A deliberate accident, eh. Lon-
Jeff persisted mockingly.
"Ah. well, think what yvu hsve
contributed to science now you
are on a par with those guinea
pigs over there!”
The psychiatrist stiffened. "That
sort of talk will get you nowhere, I
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- Lonni a second thought He must I
; be avoided. One had only to look
i at him to observe his ropelike mils- ]
I des and sheer brute strength His I
i brain was probably the size of a [
pea, but once he got a grip on a-
man, he would hang on with the
| tenacity of a trained pit bull Now j
j he loomed like a mountain between
Jeff and the open door into the 1
hallway.
The psychiatrist was still ob-1
.serving the glass cask.
Casually, Jeff mover! to a place I
I beside him. "I never guessed my |
j brother could be respon*lbl* I°r;
’such a catastrophic invention.” he
' said.
"I'think the word 'discovery' is
more appropriate." Dr. Grosbeck
i corrected. "I have no doubt that |
he came upon ft quite by acci-|»
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"He majored in chemistry at I
i college."
!‘lf he has attained any promt- j
nence in that field, he has kept it I
well concealed," Dr. Grosbeck
pointed out. "I can assure you
i that yotl ami your family were
thoroughly investigated before we
(.attempted our little ”
'. | "Deception?”
* "Program is more suitable. One
can hardily describe a Justifiable
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gian hare'ii black silky hair still
^Covered the bottom.
If that Jar were only larger, the
solution would be almple,"
pointed out.
A fanatical gleam came into the
kfoctqr'a keen little eyes.
' "Ah, yes, if it were only larger."
He studied the glass door at the
■end of the par. "Perhaps if we did
him in fleet ions . . .
They wouldn't dare. Jeff
thought. They're trying-to scare
the devil out of mg and they're
darn near succeeding,
He felt his face break out in
droplets of cold sweat. But even
his panic, he noticed that his
was mirrored on 1
< ARI) WF THANKS
For the many kindnease* «hown
us by neighbors a^l<friendfl<'tlurlng
th^. illness and after tfie death
the side of her husband, who died'ot olu‘ <,ear husband and father,
more than twenty years ago. (Henry Kaechler, we .wish to ex-
Mr. Whitehead was called to b**’" °"r heartfelt appreciation.
Varnon Saturday night when his Especially we desire to thank Dr.
fnoth*r was stricken. Her four 0- E Sehoenvogel fqr his faith-
children were at hgr bedside when fuI attentions, Rev. P. Gogolin for'
she died and will accompany the his comforting words, the Leon
Simank, Funeral Home for con-
siderate services, and alt who sent
the beautiful flowers. We shall al-'
ways treasure in our hearts the
expressions of sympathy and of-
fers of assistance in our hours
of sorrow and bereavement.
[I Mrs. Sophie Kaechler
And Children
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emotion was mirrored
ver's dissolute face..
The man’s eyes had grown ■
poppy "Vook here, that's rather
risky," lie expostulated. "I mean
to' say, you don’t know if there’s
enough of the stuff for that.’-’ ...
: Dr Grosbeck n o dd e d slowly.
"That’s quite true. Mr. Bon ver. We
don’t know in,what proportion the
• gas must be absorbed by human
flesh in order to destroy It Ami
.1 daresay that being left with
part of a body on our haruhrwould
be even tnore incriminating than
with a whole one.”
Jeff glanced at him quickly, try-
ing to detect a trace of humor
even perverted humor' —In the ,
man's face, but his expression was
one of intense earnestness Jeff
felt horror closing lo nn him
His hands clamped to his sides
nervotisly. It was a second before
he realized that the right one was
resting over the bulk of Davidson's
automatic! ■
• His searching glance tonk in tjie
four men Ih the room with him,
sizing them up, rating their
strength' as opponents.
- Dr. Grosbeck small, wiry, now
almost ascetic - looking as he
'studied -the glass cask, his expres-
sion the contemplative one of a
man lost to' all but science. Doubt-
less he was'unarmed.,
Bonver—standing a little apart
I from the others. His Jaw hung
slack and his pale eyes still held
abhorrence .for Burthalser’s sug-
gestion of. disposal Remembering
; Bonver's dismayed reaction to Dr.
I Grosbeck's use of Satan, Jeff(
brightened inwardly The man Was I
a weakling, but not a sadist
Burthalser was a different prop-1
iisltion. Beneath that padding of I
i flabby flesh." there was a steely 1
! strength He appeared to be tin- -
your food than Hermann ’*
Dr. Groabeck'* carefully modu-
lated voice cut in. "Enjoy your- ni?"
seif. Mr. Maddern ~i__
night.”
Curiosity got the better of Jeff
•‘How did you know 1 was out
there?"
"A phone call from our man at
the Calconla Hotel said you were
missing from your room. Then I
recalled that you must have over-
heard. my conversation with Mr.
Bonver in the hall this morning.
We mentioned ten-thirty as the
time for our experiment. Since we
had not been visited by the police,
I assumed you yourself war* com-
ing to investigate You see. my
professional experience has given
me a fairly accurate insight into
the human mind." The.psychiatrist
smiled srrtfltly, “It seldom falls
"Perhaps you can tell me what
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cause a»^s-dc**pU<>a X—- . <—
"Then you have a cause?"
The doctor Jerked his head
sharply that his pince-nez fell off j
"Most certainly we have a very s
high purpose "
"I wonder if money in itself is !
ever a worthy or worthwhile pur-
It was as though a thin film slid
across the psychiatrist s eyes, duff-
ing them, making them unread-
"”: i are in. no position to ;
philosophize, Mr MaHffern-t~
So he was too clever to be drawn j
into an exposqfe of his plan, even I
to a man whom he was ptanningd9*
to kill. They were fencing with
each other, using words as swords i
and Jeff felt that he was like
an amateur, while Dr. Grosbeck
was a master at tjie sport.
(To be continued)
Maddern Lonnie has been my de- (The characters in this serial are
vgted servant for fifteen years"'
"Well, the worm can turn. Even
a worm like Lonni."
Your devoted servant for fifteen
years, Jeff thought, and you didn't
give him a second's consideration
when it came to this experiment
What manner of man are you?
"What are you going to do with
him, Doctor?" Burthalser asked.
• We’ll have to get him out of
here," Dr. Grosbeck answered. "He
may have gone to the police, af-
ter all.”
Burthalser was peering at. the
AGAINST THE COMBINED, MIGHTY
FORCES of wind and electricity,
even the world’s tallest building
seems frail. Yet, though it may
sway, it will not fall, for in its
slender columns and girders, par-
ticles of steel are bonded together
by a still mightier elemental force
... the tremendous force of molec-
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