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and I wasn’t making such good time. Anyway, Magnus caught up with me and | Pogue drew ahead. Then, almost in my ear, Magnus’ gun went off. I didn’t stumble, but I lost stride and stopped. I leaned against the building at the side of the alley and jittered. I closed my eyes and put up my hands to. my head to hold it on. It was pretty bad. But not, I realized, even while my head went in circles, as bad as I’d feared, not as bad as it had been the last time. It wasn’t so bad but that in time I’d get | over it. Even be able to fire a gun my- self without wincing. There wasn’t another shot, and after | a while I opened my eyes. Pogue was down, twenty yards ahead, and the sher- iff and deputy were bending over him. I turned and walked slowly back to the Chronicle. Margaret Singer and How- ard Ambers looked up as I came in. “They got him,” I said. “Dead ?”’ “T don’t know.” I didn’t care much, either. I put my hands into my pockets to keep them | from shaking, and sat down on the sofa. Ambers was reading a galley proof..| Aunt Margaret winked at me, and I | guessed what the proof was. I didn’t care about that, either. Ed Magnus came back in. He used the phone to call for the ambulance. “Dead?” I asked. He nodded. “Rotten shot,” he said dis- gustedly. “Aimed for his legs. Lived long enough to talk, though. We got what you missed.” “The reason for the monkey-business with the radio?” “Yeah. Fool reason. Must have been a little crazy, too. It ran in the Pogue family, I guess. Hated Reeder’s guts for having put him in jail once. Played up to him to get back, and was going to get his revenge by making a laughing-stock of Reeder. Was going to let him work up regular communication with Mars or whatever, and announce it to the world. Then Pogue would have pulled out his gimmick and left Reeder up a tree. “And you guessed it right about what happened early this evening. Reeder found out and jumped him. Said it was [Turn page] YOUR. =. BUSINESS ON THE SIDE OF THE LAW! Help fight crime! ... Earn steady good pay as a Finger Print “Expert or Investigator. LA.S. trains you—by easy, low-cost home study lessons. Learn this exciting work in spare time. Write for full details nowl OVER 800 POLICE BUREAUS... Employ 1.A.S.-trained men... proof of what 1.A.S, can do. Write today "(state age) for details. No obligation. No salesmen will call. INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE Dept. 7962, 1920 Sunnyside Avenue Chicago 40, illinois STUDY AT HOME for Business Success and LARGER PERSONAL EARNINGS, 42 years expert instruc- tion — over 114,000 students en- rolled. LL.B. Degree awarded, All text material furnished. Easy pay- ment plan. Send for FREE BOOK. AMERICAN EXTENSION SCHOOL OF LAW Dept. T-47 646 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois —S CRIME Learn Facts About Colitis and Piles FREE BOOK — — Explains Causes, Effects and Treatment Learn ack Colon ss eahles. pa conditions, Piles and other rectal conditions. Causes, effects and treatment. 171 page book sent FREE. McCleary Clinic and Hoevitel, 297 Elms Blvd., Excelsior Springs, Mo. INVENTORS arn how to protect your invention, Specially prepared “Patent Guide’ containing detailed information concerning Patent protection and procedure with ‘Record of Invention’’ form will be forwarded to you upon request—without obligation, CLARENCE A. O'BRIEN & HARVEY JACOBSON Registered Patenf Attorneys 28-A District National Bidg. Washington ee eee en BD. 110 D.C. LEARN = — Trades that Pay More “WATCHMAKING or ENGRAVING. Trades You Enjoy — — by HOME STUDY High-paying Jobs. Or build a business right in your own home , .. repairing clocks, ‘watches; er engraving silver, jewelry and trophies, Full information also on outstanding resident training. KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF WATCHMAKING H - 1230 Admiral Blvd. - Kansas City 6; Mo, Dept. 127 NOOLKS (C(O)