the
*******=*\*** WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
Perry Mason, the lawyer, is consulted by wealthy Ar- thur Cartright about drawing up a will. At the same time. he complains that his neighbour,
Clinton Foley, has They see the taught his dog to howl Just to annoy him. district attorney's deputy about filing a complaint. When denies the deputy sets inquiries roing. Foley, In turn, that his dog has ever bowled and alleres that Cartright is insane. Perry and the sheriff accompany Foley back home the housekeeper, to ascertain for themselves. They and Mrs Thelma Rentou, has been bitten by the dog. Foley also discovers that his wife has left him and run away with the man next door.
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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8; 1951:
CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG
=By ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
"That seems to be the sketch. age. I want
him
the information, Forbes, and that the woman the body, the dains had smear- Foley claims Cartright made up and I want it fast, and I want who went under the name of ed over the hardwood floor,
and Mazon raised his head the complaint about the howling it in advance of the police, I Evelyn Foley was, in reality,
Paula Cartright, his wife." looked around the library. At dog out of whole cloth and can get it. worked it as a scheme uses something fishy about this whole
"I think you'll find there's Maron nodded slowly,
first he saw nothing. Then, at the
far end of the room, he saw away from his house n
"Now, then Drake salt. that Cartright would have a husiness. I think you'll find "who are you representing?"
a blotch of shadow, from which clear field to walk away with that Cartright knows Foicy, or
"I'm not entirely certain," protruded something greyish, has known him sometime in the
"I'm re- which proved, Mason said slowly,
on cloaer in- Mrs Foley,"
tho clutching past and that he came to the presegling Arthur Cartright, spection, to be "How did it affect Foley?" he neighbourhood, rented the house and I may be representing his hand of a man.
that he did, for the deliberate wife, or I may be representing the table and switched on one Perry Mason walked around That's the funny thing," sald purpose of spying on Foley. I Foley's wife. By the way,
of the floor lamps Icnow why."
Eg that ho Mason. "I'd swear he was putting want to
what happened to her?" it on too thick. He either wasn't Paul Drake stroked his chin
"You menn Forbes?" asked could see into the corner, the detective,
Clinton Foley was stretched casually drift to the lawyer's
I know
Drake chuckled.
na broken up
as he pretended meditatively, then left his eyes thenley or Forbes, it's all the at full length on the floor,
to be, or cloc there was some- thint that he was trying to cover face.
up:
had an
I think he's
affalt with his housekeeper.
I think the wife intimated as much in the note. At any rate, he's been playing around. Ho'g one of these big, dominant men with a
temper
1
"Put a tall on Foley?" "Yes, put a tall on Foley. But don't let him know it. I want him watched wherever he goes." Paul Drako got to his feet and
way to ambled in a leisurely ward the door.
"I
you," he said, "I'll get
vibrant voice and strong per- sonality. He's got a great deal of polse, and seemned to have quite
bit of control over his
"Maybe it's something about
Ho suggested.
"That's exactly the point that through the
COL 10" the lawyer told vanished.
Cartright that he hates," Drake started" and the door, stepped
woman's note in- him.
had known dicated that she Cartright and had been ac- quainted with him. Cartright moved into the house about two months ago. Folcy has been in his place for about a year, and there's sunie stuff about it I can't understand.
outer office and
it was ten, minutes before five when Perry Mason called Pete Dorcas on the telephone.
Drake followed him into about a year, The housekeeper have money; yet he and his wit anything you doing about it,
Ono
same.
him as Foley; arm was outstretched, the hand other tightly. Tho that's the way I first met him, clutched
under the so that's the way I describe hand was doubled
body. him."
+wo
"Well," sald Drake, haven't had any luck on trac ing Mra Forbes yet. Natural- she felt quite a bit dis-
The Indn ΠΡΟΣΟ a dressing 15,
and sho left Santa raced
don't know gown of brown flannel, and had Barbara, but we
slippers on his bare feet. From where she went."
the body was sceping a pool of Mason nodded slowly, and red which
reflected the floor "think" he said, "that I'm lamp from its viseid surface.
did not touch Perry Mason going out and talk with this the body. He leaned forward Clinton Forbes, allas Cunton
and saw that There was an Foley."
reached for his hat,
athletic undershirt showing be- where it neath the bathrobe, had fallen open at the neck. Ho noticed, also, an automatle lying every man to his taste.
"Well," Drake told him, on the floor some six or eight
You feet from the body. may
He's
steamed up. He wanted to get "
AUL DRAKE was He's got a housekeeper who's a
in waiting
Perry good-looking Jane, but tries to make herself look older than Mason's office when she is, and uglier. The dog is
"It's a big place in an exclu- Mason returned.
dog they've had for sive neighbourhood. Foley must n police
No. Foley came In here all reports somebody poisoned the were getting along with Just a
A housekeeper. Ap- warrants Issued right and left: dog early in the morning. She cook and
was no butler, wanted to turn the universe up- a bunch of salt, got parently there gave him a
or chauffeur. I him to throw up the polson, and valet,
think side down, and then he wasn't find they didn't
any so
so certain that he wanted the his Ufc. raved
was having spasms.
the inner office.
chap
put
ne
do
*You
not
Well, did you hear from him
Mrs
12
later?
Theima
there
Was
that
"Perry Mason talking, Pete. How do I stand with you?"
"Not very high," said Dorcas,
trace of
of humour but there was
have your hands fuk: He turned back to look at the in his rasping, querulous voice,
got the reputation for dead man, and saw then "You're too damned belligerent
white something belligerent customer, Any a fellow tries to do being a
time
the having favour, ho gets into and
devil's own showing on his thin. He bent you a
that it trouble, You get too enthusias temper. I found that out in forward and observed
lather checking back on his career in wan
a spot of caked tie over your ellent."
of the Santa Barbara."
Part of the right side "What
"How
about the house- face had been freshly shaven
of the
razor evidence said
Mason. "You The told me
about her strokes was plainly visible.
Perry Mason walked to the yet."
The
he had didn't tolephone from which housekeeper "What's it all about?"
called his office on the occasion "I'll give it to you short and
change her name."
dialled was with of his prior visit, and mean she snappy," said Mason. "A mun
Drake's of Paul dog, opertaining at all. Ordinarily,
before he became the number named Cartright, living at 4893 parently,
Lo After office.
h mument, He bit her on the right and
drawling That's right. Her name is heard Paul Drake'a named Clinton Foley, liv arm. She's wearing a bandage far too big for them, but until he communicated with me Foley?"
Bentou. ing at 4088 Milpas Drive, has a that looks as though a physician only are they living in it, with-
Her voice on the telephone, but Foley a chauffeur,
husband
Was killed in an "Mason talking, Paul," said is had that howls Cartright dog
it on, so it seems the out a
Yes, about ten minutes ago." automobile accident. She was Perry Mason. "I'm out here at nervous, perhaps a little bit bite was pretty serious, or else having an addition built on to
"What did he say?"
Can you get in employed as a private secretary Foley's house. unbalanced. I take him to Pete she was afraid the dog was mad. the garage. It's of reinforced
Forbes "Sald that his wife had sent to
when he was
you have In touch with the men Doreas to get a complaint and She says. the dog hasn't been concrete, and the thing is being
ир Unis
the house here?" morning him a telegram from some little Santa Barbara. arrange to have Dr Charles howling. The Chinese cook says inished
But Cooper the dog hasn't been howling, Cooper look him over.
town down the State--Midwick panted him on his trip. They've poured the floor, and
of the building is I think it was, begging him not here's the
funny thing:
sald the rest
Drake, "I'm finished."
to do anything that would bring parently Mrs Cartright didn't having them make reports every "Well, what's talk with ble
with about a lot of newspaper publi- know that Theirna Benton had Afteen minutes. There are two Foley goes to I insist that the con- wife, and finds she's gone. The that?" asked Drake. He's got city. She said it wouldn't do been employed by Forbes as a men to the job. One of them!
and would do
the telephone tinued howling of dog can be
The young woman goes secretery. them all a lot of harm."
catre with
a house fifteen minutes." them as very serious to a man of such housekeeper says she left a note. a right to build an addition on him any good,
"But what does he want it
keeper, and Mrs Cartright nervous Instability. Doteas writes Foley gets the note and it's a to his garage hasn't he?"
never knew she'd been Foley a sun nions to appear and note telling him that she doesn't
warrant really love him; that it was just for?" asked Mason. "The garage
Forbes secretary." show
one of those fatal fascinations, is big enough to hold three cars, shouldn't be issued.
"That's and all that line of hoocy
Foley has got two cars in there,
"What did you do?"
strange, isn't it?" gets
summons, and
woman
springs when she's fall- and he doesn't keep a chauf-
"Not partiaularly "Oh, the usual thing. I pigeon Forbes had an office in Santa shows up at the district az-
"No use speculating," Drake holed it. It's nothing except a Barbara where torney's office this morning, and ing out of love with some man, feur."
he transacted and into love with another. She
man's wife running
Ce the dog over, Foley claims go
They're free, his business. Naturally he was and that she "I want you," said Mason, "to somebody else, hasn't been howling. Dorcas is says that she's leaving with the said. "Where do I come in?"
about it, be ready
to commit Cartright as man
And out everything you can white and twenty-one, and know rather secretive Insane. I
really loves put up a fight, and
ata turned Drake's expression of droll about Foley-where he came what they're doing. We can't cause he was getting his affairs cash. Evidently also the same spend a lot of time and money from and why; claim Foley's lying about the dog. He offers to take us to wit- humour broadened into a grin.
"You mean she ran away with thing about Cartright. I want bringing some fellow's wife back the secretary suspected a good dedi, and he didn't want to nesses to prove the dog didn't
guy next
door that you to put just as many men to to him when she doesn't want to
leave her behind, or she didn't howl. We go out to his house. the crazy
work as you can use to advant- come," Mason told him, "I just want to be left behind, I don't His wife has been sick in bed, thought the dog was howling?"
She went with wanted you to know the way I know which.
it as manic depressive rather than
als nothing serious. That
is. it's functional, 15, JT'S organic.
cause why
Foley
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a
the
a
AUSTRALIA HER OWN
*
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WrOLK
BUILDS SHIPS
By Arthur Morley
USTRALIA has at last commerce and military opera stretch of coast. This immense
Lions.
of with
She acclling to call in five
felt about it. I gave you a fair them when they left."
deal right from the start."
He hung up the telephone. The door opened ani Paul Drake walked into the room.
"Well," said Mason, "whet have you found out?”
"Lots of stuff.”
"All right, go ahead and tell
mo.
Drake pullca A notebook from his pocket.
"She isn't his wife," sald Paul Drake.
"Who isn't?" "The woman
BP
You sce
"How about the Chineso cook?"
"Ho's. a new addition, They picked him up here."
Perry Mason shrugged his broad shoulders.
The
to
Every
"All Night," Perry Mason telephone, get them to come to said, "as soon as those men
your office at once."
"Okay," Drake sald, "I've got that. Anything else?"
"Yes, I want you to double your efforts to find Cartright and Mrs Cartright. Put up a reward. Any thing you can. Now, here's something Cisc
"Okay," Drake said, "shoot,"
want you to ind Forbes."
"You mean the wife that was left behind in Santa Barbara?"
"Yes."
Dia
"I get you," drawled Drake. "Now tell me what's happened, What's the idea of all the com motion? You had your appoint- ment with Foley at eight- thirty. It's now eight-thirty.. whole thing sounds Cooly," he said. "I'll tell you a eight and you say you're tele- more about It tonight, phoning from his house.
Gome understanding however. You'd better be in you reach job has been, completed; homes,
who lived with your oflce, Paul, so I can call with him??
"I thinle," Mason told him, "if If I want any Informa- you
will be better if you don't know shops, schools, hospitals have achieved an old am-
tlon," herself Experience in 1914 and 1939 been built, and shipyards and Foley at 4888 Milpas Drive, and make
house silhouetted anything about that until after bition-to
the star-studded! you've followed out my justruc- independent of the Clyde had shown conclusively that the factories are humming. Scottish went under the name of Evelyn The big
Mason, that's itself against British Isles could not supply shipbuilders and engineers are
Well," said
tions." to me. To tell Berry Mason chipa to the Dominions in war the backbone of the enterprise. no shipbuilding Tyne
"Okay," Drake said. "When looked at the time, when every available ton
luminous dial of his wrist- will
see you?" needed for Results have been amazing. you the truth, Paul, that's one of I wanted you to shipping was of
"I don't know, I've got some watch. It was exactly eight- Between: 1042 and 1940, the new the reasons
I had an the on work Britain's own war effort
casc.
formalities to go through with, Australia.
thirty: repaired
idea that she wasn't." declared, 53,079,182
He glanced behind him to see. It may be some little time be tons of shipping. "Well, cald Drake, "the wo ordinary Since 1942, also, 211,000 dead- man's nome wasn't Evelyn, the tall-light of the taxi-cab fore you see me. But get the Ho men who fro watching the considerations from weight tons of new ships have That's her middle name. Her varishing around a corner.
who wert? ότι "dutyi". With cover. Lock them if your offer; bourne factory watched a 3.000 our point of view--and we are beep, completed, in addition to arst name was Paula. Her full saw no trace of any watchers house, and keep them under h.p. marine engine undergoing sure that the British Govern- 30,000 small war craft, including [name la Paula Evelyn Cartright Ready, purposeful stops, he you'have to. Donglet anyone i
ment and British shipbuilding 120ft steel lighters. industries will understand our
and yards.
The achievement has involved years of effort and many dis-
"This appointments. But the last step clearly was taken recently when "outweighs
a group of engineers in a Mel business
successful bench tests.
This was all the Aussies position." needed. They have already seven
fact,"
ho
ali
major shipyards building hulls PROGRESS of all sizes; all the necessary factories to produce machine
Marino tools and components, engines, were their last prob lem and the problem is now no more.
With the Government's assis tance and encouragement, Aus-
shipbuilders tralian has been amazing.
yards
the
Chugh the
stairs from the interview them until I get there. wall to the porch, and Do you understand that?"
door of to the front
walked the house.
It was ajar.
Perry Mason found the door-
Perry Mason hung up
of police headquarters,
the
bell, pressed his thumb against phone, then dialled the number
#t.
She's the wife of your client
At the
another Arthur Cartright." moment, 110,000 tons of merchant ships аге under construction--more than enough for Australia's ex-
Perry Mason. slowly nodded.. panding requirements. In fact,
Dominion's yards
"You haven't surprised me have the
the export trade in yet, Paul," he said.
Well, I probably won't sur- old- entered
with progress competition
established shipbuilders of the prize you with anything, then,"
Drake, sald
thumbing Britta Isles. In 1940, the nation had no There is a big question mark
a shipbuilding industry worth the
Two 3,000. deadweight ton the dope: Clinton over all this. Why strain
Some ships
were merchant ships have been built namo le Clinton Forbes
and his wife, Bepale Forbes, young country's Industrial re- name.
"fabricated", in Newcastle for New Zealand's Union Steam-
lived in Santa Barbara. They courees to build ships, when
and ship Company, which hitherto were. friendly with Arthur Scottish and English yards can (NSW), but the engines
and, many
of the has ordered its ships from the
Cartright and Pouls
Cartrig build
and instruments them cheaper,
components were imported from Clyde.
The friendship
Carteen For the door of the library. probably better?
Britain
bes and Mru
ripened into an
Intimacy,
and they rani away together. Neither Besalo Forbes, nor Arthur Cartright
DANGER
Fords could do a cheaper job; buliding nor that Australia wak starving other casentint Industeles to food survival.
to
ASSET
Pages of his notalos paused, came back, and pounded
monopolised by Br
Ho
There was no answer. Perry Maron looland at his answered the watch.
frowned impatiently, "Here's 100k a few steper along the porch
There was stil on the door. No Enswer;
Perry Mason stepped to the door, looked down the corridor and saw a light coming from
A bored masculino volcc
"Police headquarters?” asked Mason.
"Yes," “All fight, get this and get it straight.
"This
Perry Mason. attorney-at-law I am talking from the touro of Cilnton Foley at 4889 Milpas. Drive, I. had an appointment with Mr Foley at eight-thirty this evening.
came
to the house, and found the door He pushed his way down the afar. I repeatedly rang the bell and no one answered; I walked Into the corridor, came' to the library and found Clinton Foley and dead. He's been shot twice, or perhaps more than that, with
automatic, at close range," The voice came over the wire with sudden crisy interest.
"Who's with you, anybody?” "NO!"
The country was forced to rely upon British, and foreign shipping--and when the Battlo Furthermore, Australian boat-m
knew where the others bad 1. took this question to Cans of the Atlantic was at its height, builders are supplying medium- gone. It was quito « scandal corridor and knocked on the berra récently, to an official of there was precious little of size luxury yachts to American in Santa Barbara, The people library door. Australia's energetic Depart either. When Japan entered the burers, thereby entering a trade mingled with the better class of There was no answer. ment of National Development. war the position became un hitherto
and you there,
Cap
He turned the knob He did not deny that British endurable, Domestic ship: 1sh builders.
what a choice bit of shoyed the door open,
པ་ became cosential
It made. Forbes was
come door
moved
struck Development Minister R. G. independently wealthy and he eighteen inches, the Casty says that shipbuilding and translated all of this belongings against something-an
object So shipbuilding was given boatbuilding must continue as into
that he could which was henyy, yut Fielding, cat priority in 1941, and has dourishing and expanding in carry it with him, without Fatry: Moon cased through retained it over since. Now yards dustry. The Government will feaving and back trail Ther the opening in the door, starcil "Who else is in the houso?" He explained however, that sprang up at Brisbane, New- not allow it to lose money.
"No one that I know of" and left no at the object which had bipoked well; then, stay right there, left by
me to where they were the door. It was a polled' the Government, motires were male) Bydney, Fost. Kemble, Tak, maanomalo, but strategic. 1. and at Whyalle, in South Aur It is a national nasof that
lying on his side, with a bullet Don't touch anything. Don't le was felt that the country could trolley A
must be preserved, he saYH "Carfight, however, more hold in huis Chipet and another any, one in. If there's any one because · It may make all the it to find hem don't know ki-hli huwa là Bioda haut
aled in the house," make thejn ment in another wage without a DX the case of Whyalla an dimshenge between
nowy town had to be victory or defect in any
steel and manpower into ship- Buliding.
traced from the burg
uity * Clinton, prashed, then
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