The Monster
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A human monster
watched with cat-
like eyes for a victim.
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John Bowman, a
wealthy farmer,
returning home -
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Bowman's disappearance was
Danburg's biggest thrill since
the milkman eloped with the
bootlegger's wife.
4
While at the scene of the wreck
Danburg's Daring Detectives
deduce a few deductions.
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The Constable --
Danburg's police force
and fire department.
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Amos Rugg -- blew
into town one day
and has been blowing
ever since.
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"I'll bet a new spark
plug, that Bowman
met with some kind
of an accident."
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Johnny Goodlittle -- he
has ambition, which
in Danburg is as bad as
having eczema.
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"You dog-gone fool! Doc
Edwards' sanitar-rarium's
been closed for two
months."
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Mr. Rugg also managed
Watson's store and he
never allowed his under-
clerk Johnny to forget it,
as there was rivalry
between them.
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Betty Watson -- the
cause of the rivalry.
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"G-e-e, Betty! -- You
grow more beautiful
every day!"
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"You look like --
Mrs. Cleopatra."
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"I never see you any
more, since Amos got
a car."
15
"I -- just dropped in
for some pansy seeds."
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"I said pansy seeds -
not peaches."
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"Meet Detective Jennings
from the insurance
company."
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"Sure, I wrote Bowman's
policy -- In fact, I write
all the policies!"
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"Believe ME, and the
Constable -- Bowman's
dead!"
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"He still thinks that's
a clue he found in the
Sanitarium ash pile."
21
"Thinks he's a detective -
Chances are he wrote it
himself."
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"Dagnab you! - will you
ever quit bothering
people with your crazy
ideas?"
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"He's loony! - Doc Edwards
is in Europe and his
sanitar-rarium's closed!"
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"Please do something
BIG so they'll have to
listen to you."
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"I can't do anything
till my detective
diploma comes - then
I'll show 'em."
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"Don't forget my party
tonight, Johnny."
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Watson had a keg of cider in
the smoke house, so Betty's
party brought out the cream
of society.
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"Detective - how would
you handle a powerful
man if you were
unarmed?"
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"Find a derrick some-
where and string him
up by the heels!"
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"Here's another hot time--"
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"--Whenever I'm in
danger, I close my
eyes and count ten.
Try it and see what
happens."
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"What's the Roman
candle for?"
33
"It's to signal for help
at night."
34
"What the heck do you
use in the daytime?"
35
"My ingenuity!"
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Everything was going fine
until the neighborhood
sheik arrived.
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"It's imported - exclusive
mail order from Chicago."
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"You durn fool - if you
don't want to be cut
out, use some of your
engine-ooity!"
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Johnny figured his future
had been ruined by that
dress suit, when out of the
gloom and gathering storm
came--
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"Got a match?"
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"Ss---sh! Don't speak!
Don't move! They're
going to lower the
mirror so I can shave
Bowman!!!"
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Meanwhile, Mr. Rugg
working fast, had
suggested a ride --
object matrimony.
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"Do you know who
I am?"
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"Neither do I!"
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"Look! - There's a light
in the sanitarium!
Maybe we can telephone
from there!"
46
"Anybody home?"
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"Anybody here?"
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"Johnny! What are
you doing here?"
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"I dropped in."
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"This is a terrible
place! -- We've
got to get out
of here!"
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"Wait a minute, HERO,
that door's locked!"
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"That's right! Act
mysterious and show
the lady your
ingenuity!"
53
"Cut out that blood and
thunder! Can't you see
you're scaring her pink?"
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"I tell you I did see
something!"
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"There's someone
in that chair!"
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"He's dead!"
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"This is a case for
the police!"
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"W-well - wh-what are
you staring at m-me
for?"
59
"You were here alone
with him -- before
we came!"
60
"I am Dr. Ziska - In the
absence of Dr. Edwards
I am in charge here."
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"We met with an
accident and would
like to use your phone."
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"I'm sorry, I have no
telephone."
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"But I can't permit
you to leave the
house on so wild a
night."
64
"But you don't expect
us to stay here with
a dead man!"
65
"Rigo, a patient - I keep
him in a trance. Some-
times he gets out --
does terrible things."
66
"A strange case -
but I deal in
strange cases!"
67
"I have only one guest
chamber - but no doubt
we can make the
gentlemen comfortable."
68
"Caliban -- see that
the guests have the
USUAL attention!"
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"My servant - don't allow
him to frighten you -
the poor creature is
dumb!"
70
"Doctor -- shall we see
you in the morning?"
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"Who knows if one will
EVER see the morning?"
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"I'm going
to get out of here!"
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"If I had a gun I'd
show that bird --"
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"Here - take mine!"
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"Never tasted liquor
in my life!"
76
"I've found a hidden
passage -- it goes
straight down into
the dark!"
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"Who'll investigate?
You or me?"
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"You're the detective!
Use your ingenuity!"
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"We'll make them believe
Johnny's in bed!"
80
"Try and bribe him
to let us out."
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"It may be poisoned!"
82
"We'll fool him and
make him believe we
drank it."
83
"I have prepared another
room for the young
lady."
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"I insist that you at
least do me the
courtesy to look at it!"
85
"As you insist upon
staying in this room,
I will see that you are
made comfortable."
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"Johnny - what shall
we do?"
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"What can we do?"
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"Yoosh your ingenuity!"
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"Hic! --"
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"Something's the matter
with me - I'm dizzy! -
My head's going 'round!"
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"I'm dizzy, too! - but's
'cause th' room's
goin' 'round!!!"
92
"I got the strangest sort
of courage - I can lick
anybody in America -
Europe - Jerusalem!"
93
"There's some kind of a
drug in that fireplace -
it'll knock us out if we
don't get fresh air!"
94
"Thash right! Smash
everything -- then
I'll begin!"
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"Thash an insult! Now
I AM mad!"
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"Whersh my gun?"
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"Lost? Then you gotta
pay for it!"
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"FIND IT! - and I don't
mean maybe!"
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"It's me -- Johnny."
100
"We've got to find Betty
and get out of here!"
101
"Try that door, while
I figure out the case!"
102
"I swallowed my gum!"
103
"We must find Betty!"
104
"If anyone comes while
I'm detecting -- flash
the candle!"
105
"I am Dr. Edwards -
the owner of this
sanitarium."
106
"We were overpowered
and imprisoned here
by my patients. Our
lives are in constant
peril."
107
"This is John Bowman -"
108
"After they wrecked
my car with the aid
of the mirror --"
109
"The fools sent me
a man when it is a
woman I want!"
110
"Ziska, who was once
a famous surgeon,
controls the others -"
111
"-Caliban imagines he's
Ziska's slave - Rigo is
dangerous, while Dan
is quite harmless --"
112
"They must have built
those devilish traps
and devices after they
imprisoned us."
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"An interesting
specimen -"
114
"Be very careful, Rigo,
that you do not mar
the skull."
115
"Gimme a match,
Rigo."
116
"You are about to
witness the most
remarkable operation
ever attempted by
man."
117
"You and I alone shall
see what happens--"
118
"-AND NEITHER ONE
shall tell!"
119
"At last the fools have
brought me a woman!"
120
"It is only from a
woman that I can
learn the secret of
life!"
121
"You must be mad!"
122
"Don't you dare call
ME mad!"
123
"But I won't allow you
to excite me because
I need you for my
experiment."
124
"With the aid of that
death chair --"
125
"I shall transfer your
soul into her body!"
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"Rigo!"
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"Tighten his straps
until he squeals!"
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"Rigo - my knives!"
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"CALIBAN!!!"
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"- the chair! - kill him! -
Caliban!"
131
"Captured the whole
gang - Got one on
the telephone pole -
one locked on the
roof, and --"
132
"That was a great tip
you gave me, Detective
- I couldn't find a derrick
but this engine worked
just as well."
133
"Great! And any time
you want to work for
the insurance company,
kid, let me know."
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A SUNDAY IN JUNE.
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"How can I ever be
worthy of a wonderful
man like you?"
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"Use your ingenuity!"
THE END
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