Show I int g 1 p r V t 7 i Jf I t 2 RP R TES D J Jf t y 4 yI ISABEL SABEL I WAITT w N U RELEASE t I RT Ri so 50 FAR Judy Jody Jason receives an the Ibe iwo enclosing and ask letter abandoned church hid bId for tor oD an oDb next day She gets b 1100 coned td tile the find and In an old chest chest soiS oJ to 10 t 00 as Roddy an a of f o a few hours body disappears shed burns apparently Bb Brown who Is II Isto Id man named have bave lived there While to for the pIrate I Mouth Kendall sees lees something Judy finds ands Roddy Mess biens her ber In III her bag A cry brings brIng down w 10 the PI bUrying r I spout with Judy s story XIii 1 e Norcross o regained with Bess Besse s energy to tag ag along alan With Quincy rolling him the bumpy path pad last fast of oft oft t Nella was the curly one red on the job at the mn inn d see V passing the the Church as I came along alonge body In the g e gruesome fish house place where here the He wasp wasn t going to the thet t then No Nov v he was mak the ledge above Pirate s sI sI I could see him throwing t full length Two others bes de him They got up rest of them lay down ad they found What had dl dle dle e up to where Potter and the theand theand and Hugh were still 1 king mg round as Victor turned and seen It She knew It Iou on ye ve lire ire She thinks you put it itt itC r C t 1 in heaven s 5 name Wars came scrambling to toL tot L t Say that again agam Judy Iii Id You mean MIss Ken Quade put something ere he be was mad Hugh pulled y end and stood back as Victor to push one of e cliff cl f I saw I had bad pulled boner and against VIctor VIctore e one person I trusted fled faintly Let s have It Itay itay ay lust Just what you d d be bee bee e knew It was there t I know Something ome ome omee e thought you knew was ut tit for reasons of your own good reasons of course about Was I making It over to the rock and lay got a look at what I can get to my dying day Poor aU all lay sprawled m in the far fare e Pirate s Mouth Even ye ve heretofore seen death at close range knew gone cone Her eyes stared sight the deep blue sky Her large to through the maw had stuck gro- gro But the horrible I thing f nausea crept ove me as d that the scarf around white neck was as blue me I could hear Hugh s sw w str dent dent accusing Victor fined In a Victor himself me to my feet ek dear Go With Bessie ot of to get past you He und and and cr ed Here make yourself useful se two g back to the inn em there lye Ive yoU a chance to destroy I guess not You scarf scar around her throat thoat and It it scarf Bessie s haunted t mine my head It s a blue A reach blue turned and ran en were already making y Into the Pirate s Mouth except the minter Uncle Wylie Wybe Hugh and andere andere ere all allon on that narrow lay down on the rock and The nausea had gone but buted buted ed a moment later when I wheels hit my feet the hell I a going on do e demanded thumping the theiss Iby iss IBI Kendall She fell over overt I by me child Quincy said II Ia head at De Witt Don t the edge with again any e anye d whispered the last two t the minister wasn t pay attention rn fi hold down a hand and Un andUn Uncle e Wylies Wylie g head ap Hugh came next next then Pot Pot- the last without his Thaddeus Quincy t Ie those thole I lent m men en I e fall f fl How did it happen II can cant t you others answer questions WIth roe me Now to do something Break In suggests boat oat house I d suggest s I sn an Idea r Potter quaked for all his lean years head ahead of everybody He ring Hering g to find a second SUit er erg ering g for or the bOdy but he heet allover call all over hla shoulder et etall titer r come came along with me mel t meno tao no ao l lr comp camp ny fly for a r ight frh d a backa shouted Hugh dropped I U 11 stay back with r G I Then he noticed ass t With us UI Where s a he she cried trig his face tace full Keep your shirt on Quincy an answered answered Got too thick for her herShe herShe She took It on the lam back to the Inn Hugh grabbed me by the arm and held me back while the others went vent wenton on I d do t I 1 ke he It I wanted to hear ng and also I m not ashamed to confess to keep with the crowd If H Lily Kendall could be killed for nothing by this this-this ma maniac how much more m he wish to get rid of me who d seen h s ng still had five hundred of h s 5 dollars and the diamond ring for all he knew I begin to puzzle about Lily s her death suspicions of Victor Quade He did have the ring He had told me to put the money back m in the drawer He was after all a stranger And now the title on his typewriter came flash flashing mg ing across my anguished bra n- n Murder on the Bluff Was that just justa a come dente dence Or was he really a killer so dar ng that he e eten een en her aided his crimes All the while Hugh was talking to tome tome me wh le Ie the men went ent In a body across to the Castle drive Hugh and I kept on behind them and once I qu my pace to catch up Judy you don t think that scarf being tied around her throat means that I strangled the poor woman You know me better than that don t toU you oU I couldn t bear It if-if if If you suspected that that- He found difficulty ty m going on his face was In tor torment torment ment I 5 swear ear that the scarf spot z r rJ J tit gI tt 1 f III I ll stay with her Mr lr Gerry on my sister s the coat fact that my golf club was found found- The men had broken into the boat boathouse boathouse house easily enough via the pane De Witt had smashed With Hugh s 5 club that night on the lawn All they had to do was reach m and un unlock unlock lock the garage window But once ins de the connecting door was qUickly thrown open to reveal two rowboats and a canoe all With worse holes In them than Uncle Wy Wyle Wylie lie le s 5 Well gentlemen does thiS tell teU you ng Victor asked the lot lotof lotof of us as we gazed horrified at the holes in the boats and canoe Looks like there s a crazy man hidden around here somewhere De WItt said picking up a door doorstop doorstop stop I think we ought to arm ourselves and continue our search You the mean Castle too Pot Pot- Potter Potter ter s hand tWisted nervously Then he began hunting around for a weapon weapon on finally ng at an oar A paint brush sUited him better Some of them picked up rocks from outside The mm ster opened a VICIOUS looking j jackknife I didn t feel too badly when Victor asked If f Mr Quincy and I would watch the exits There were only the drive driveways ways and the sea ahead but what should we do U If a madman came leaping at us You t fear Victor said divining my thoughts as he so often had during tills this mutual experience of murder I m sure we ll 11 find no noone noone one Queer how you should be sure Hugh flung at him I m not for forgetting getting yOU knew where to find that poor woman Better not say too much Nor NorcroSs Norcross croSs Victor s a teeth gleamed In a aha ha hail smile Why they might have been ng pleasantries I Wasn t my scarf scar around her neck Did your sister ever find that blue one of yours Damn you Quade Leave my SIS SISter sister ter out of this Do you think she strangled the Kendall woman I think noth ng I m only telling you to keep better quiet for you In Inthe inthe the end the less you say Why damn your duty dirty Victor came out of the boathouse and entered the garage I wheeled Mr Quincy close to the door be beside beside side where Hugh stood scowling and sullen but he be forgot his anger as the men examined Roddy Lane s a scar aCal car Cal Not a drop of gas In her I De Witt discos ered Bet Lane had some when he drove In Knew there wasp wasn t a 1111 Ing station this side of Potter added Remember how the fire burned last night Victor asked No won wonder wonder der we heard the combustIOn But that wouldn t account for the bridge You think the killer drained the tank and threw the gasoline on the fish house not ot on the fish house De Witt WittOn WittOn On the body inside Uncle Wylie stuck his head In the thedoor thedoor door He had a piece of sailcloth under his arm Mrs Gerry says to tell you lunch is ready he said Nobody moved Well I ye ve told you so t ain t my fault If every thin s 5 cold This do for down yon yonder yonder der Victor nodded and my uncle start start- started started ed off Here wait Don t go alone Uncle Wyl el e I shouted He Hell 11 be 0 K Judy Go with him If you wish Mr Quincy said holding up his cane I ye ve got this Will he be all right alone Mr Quade I don t see why not Just left there didn t we He ll 11 be a lot sal saler er than we will To see the glance Victor gave our crew made me shake in my boots They emerged from the garage and closed the door behind them The Lane stables perhaps I ought to have explained were fairly new having been bUilt on the site of the theold theold old barn the boat house and ga garage garage rage adjoining forming a rambling three three-In one structure which consid considerably annoyed Aunt Nella as it hid part of the picturesque stone castle from the Inn I began wheeling Mr QUincy slowly up and down the drive one eye on my Uncle Wylie approaching the perilous Pirate s 5 Mouth the oth other other er on the castle doors Quincy talked a blue streak streak his tired old eyes searching the sea seascape seascape Don t see why somebody doesn t turn up he said pointing his cane toward town We re off the beaten path But hol tourists day hell bent benters benters ers That a 5 just It Nothing to go hell bell bent over no attract ons that bring the mob like Nantasket and Re Revere Revere vere Bathing s no good here el ei elther either ther Rockville s the place Got a fair beach along there Ours I indicated the tiny strip from the foot of the bluff to the woods back of our old barn too rocky even with bathing shoes S pose lots of folks are sleeping It off after the wild n before the Fourth Never saw such a qUiet place Don t make me laughs laughl Did you say qUIet sir Perhaps it s a because so few people know there Is a PI PIrate rate s Head No houses on the Neck Natives never come here except to sell milk and truck There wasn t a sign from the Cas Castie Castie tie save occasionally a form at a window which we decided was one of our party Uncle Wylie disappeared disappeared from sight and I closed my eyes and silently said a little prayer for him In no time I saw him climbing back again agam coming toward us usI I turned the wheelchair down the drive to meet him Your Aunt Nella s 5 gonna be hop hop- hoppin pin mad he grinned He rested a moment to learn what the men were doing His kind old face so sobered berei as he scratched his grizzled head a gesture he indulged when upset What you think Mr Quincy he asked Who is s thiS Quade fel feller feller ler anyhow Judy We both tried to answer I think Roddy Lane did it it Mr Quincy said and blew the bridge up after him No you don t He couldn t have strangled poor Lily I said Uncle Wylie looked at me In sur surprise prise Who said she was strap Stran Strangled HIt on the head bead she was That scarf didn t do no damage I clutched at him Are AIe you sure I m sure He lit his pipe offering tobacco to Mr QUincy who never smoked Bump on her head big as al an Then maybe Norcross didn t do doit doit it Norcross Nope That sister of his t leave him be long enough Somehow I felt a load lifted I didn t want to third think Bessie Bessle a broth brother brother er guilty of all those hideous things His club Quincy reminded us Gerry how come there s a no boats on the cove coming over here no picnickers Uncle Wylie looked longingly at atthe atthe the Castle I knew he be was dying to join the search but with a sigh he set his feet teet toward home Noth Nothing mg ing doing here on the Fourth Never Is Fireworks at Rockville tonight though Promised to take my wile wife Better leave this business to the oth othen era en end and trail along hado hadn t you Ju Judy Judy dy I knew I should go with him What was I being paid for But curiosity Is more compelling than clam chow chowder chowder der Besides there came one of our guests It was Albion Potter He seemed relieved and said so I iTO TO BE CONTINUED |