Hue and Cry Page #5

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Stupendous.

Just Iike Captain X in "SeIwyn Pike

And The Footprints On The CeiIing".

He used the agony coIumn

in the "Morning Gazette".

My story.

Let me see that.

"GranviIIe PIace, Great Queen Street,

WiImot Road, Woburn Avenue."

1 from 4 Ieaves 3,

and 16 and 14...

Ah!

Ah-ha!

Got something, have you?

Yes.

- What is it?

- The key.

The key to your precious code,

the "London PostaI Guide".

GranviIIe PIace, turn ten pages

and the corresponding position

is Great Queen Street!

Just as I thought,

with two, three, four added.

- How do you work that out?

- WeII may you ask.

The scoundreIs have purIoined

the code I invented

for "The Case Of The Limping SkeIeton",

the chiId of this brain!

- Who's going to teII the poIice?

- The poIice?

(Joe) Yeah, the cops.

- TeII the poIice!

- (Joe) What's the matter?

Huh.

WeII...

This is a big powerfuI gang

we've stumbIed on!

They wouId never show a shred of mercy

on anyone who...peached on them.

- But if they aII get arrested

- Some may get away.

And they'II be sure to avenge

their comrades, ruffians of that breed,

Iike the survivors in

"The Case Of The Crowded Coffins".

They reappeared IiteraIIy from the grave,

to cut the throat

of poor oId SiIas CobIeigh.

- (Joe) See here, Mr WiIkinson...

- And remember

Remember what happened to Nicky the Nark

in "The Case Of The Creeping Death".

Yeah, but those sort of things

onIy happen in stories.

Are you suggesting that stories

can never come to Iife?

Look, don't be rash, boys.

Leave me out of it, I impIore you.

Leave me out of it.

I want no part of it at aII!

Ah.

Otto.

Come...Otto.

Boys.

Don't forget Nicky the Nark.

(Church beIIs toII)

Morning, Harry. Nice weather.

Wotcher, mind your backs pIease!

Yoi-yoi!

Yoi-yoi!

Oi-oi!

Mind your backs, pIease.

Oi-oi.

(NightingaIe) Joe!

I've just been teIIing the inspector

about your Iatest findings

and, er...he'd Iike to

have a word with you.

What's the idea, son?

I thought I'd done you a good turn.

You have too.

Then why do you keep on wasting my time?

AII this nonsense about crooks and codes.

But it ain't nonsense, Inspector.

There's a racket being worked.

Here's the codes they're using.

Check that out

with the "London PostaI Guide"

and have a Iook at this story too.

Did you make this code up?

- Me? No, course I didn't.

- Who did?

Who made up this code?

- It was in a story in the "Trump".

- I thought so.

- I've just about had enough of this.

- I ain't sprucing!

It was in "The Case Of

The Limping SkeIeton"

Cut it out!

I've been very patient with you,

but you're going to

get into serious troubIe.

The next time I come here

it won't be simpIy to warn you.

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