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drunk anything stronger than "Coca-Cola." Suddenly he thought of those warbly shrieks. "Surely," he thought out loud, "there has been some foul deed done."
He saw a dark stream flowiug gently OYer the surface of the rug. It was blood. lie was almost certain now that there hnd been dirty work.
But how could the murderer have entered the house~ The doors were all locked on the outside. No signs of a struggle could be seen, although two chairs were O\'erturned, dishes broken, and gravy spilled (which the cat wns licking up). She must have been very poor because the safe was standing open and there wasn't a cent in it. There was not eYen a silver plate on the table. IIad she hocked them ~
Here was a problem to settle. But he could do it. IIad he not found King Winkisi's wooden leg when the Queen had swiped it to roll dough for hrend~ IIad he not found Queen Nockendown's false teeth when the nurse had bor- rowed them to chew beefsteak with? He rushed out and pushed his way through three hundred and ten people and one policeman, who was holdi11g the crowd back.
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Snicker Snooks, the great detective, was tramping along :Main Stre<>t, looking for the murderer. But be could not find one who had even murdered a cat. This indeed was a problem. The time of :Maggie's funeral arrived. She re- ceived many flowers, and boxes of candy. Suddenly Snicker thought of her being so poor. Then l1e knew the whole story. Someone had robbed her. After this hard thinking be went home, disguised as a Russian wolf-hound, to get some sleep.
III
The next morning Snicker awoke and went down to the ice chest to get something to eat. As he glanced in, he saw