Show Bl GI I I l o tE NE Service Serice Inc ANNE AUSTIN L hAS TillS THIS tl I uth L lAS 1 he bO iturry Boy ot eeL lan Hary uden u- u 0 morning den tien Mon ay olce the window of his private ann Mc v Q rs d l the ie wife and e at athIs hIs oens oen's two children IUta Dubois Dubis night ciul dancer whom hon was vau infatuated Boe and Jack Jacle Hayward Whose office la I across the narrow narow from Crom In Jacks Jack's Jak guilt gui I I ans an's bele belIef Jacks Jack's that 3 he by Saturday seventh floor back to the me ca-me cae of ele elevator the testimony c ele- ele aCteon and and by vator r boys Moran and Otto t di I ger flu 1 Cowan o Jach's J friend rl ly Iy admits admit l having erd 3 JaI Jack lIfe Saturday moring lores Bonn Benny questions The detective s hi bl Smith l Bordens Borden's office ornee bo boy Ashe Borens Boren's Minnie Stinnie Cassidy and Lett manservant seventh floor Miller Ie ed am and Boyden's Bodel's Giman his Tako Bailey Inke Daie ti Manning Ii I brought Into tite work race case by clever cevO alive on oi she last saW alve She swears lat MW Boen ti to challenges Mc Mcfann aln and who saw her In rhe ti bri forward anyone anone sw tha nut nut-h knows Saturday Iut tat tatheR Saturday for foi an al anar Is nn heR headquarters quarters I Ibe to Jack Is soon and sae le believes I t Jace and ar he gives he hel be thrown jai jail for a office this to leave the an leve l and iSle le returns strangely hour from and this MysteriouS m journey journe In n ti the Cra finds a corn com be building lobby of tile the a husband o Ritas Rita's motion flamon Is moton two detectives who have him OW cow oo GO OX ON TIE TIlE STORY When the CHAPER elevator doors opened at the seventh floor Ruth Lester Lesler the tho door to ran ahead to open rn Bordens Borden's suite for fot Ramon Rmon Romer's efforts to escape were occupying the entire attention olf of both the policemen and the detective Another or those tab tab- leux that follow in tl th wake o of murder and of of which Ruth fluth had ha seen enough in the last 30 hours to last her a l lifetime if she had ever eve craved not bid excitement met her er ees 03 In a chair drawn uP to the large library table in the center or of Borlen's Bordens Borden's Bor- Bor lens dens reception room the exhausted ody of or a woman half haI sat St hat half lay by her ier arms on the table her hel hed resting on the table her arms In a gesture ot of weariness And crouching over her so o that the breath breth of oc his menacing disheveled stirred the dark Set Sergeant Mc- Mc Ic har taft was Wa Detective Mann darin Sure Ill I'll Il let you O rest and and Ill I'll Il let Jet you ou eat and Ill I'll Il let you ou have haye a when you ou come clean RIta You ebbed Bordens Borden's Bo dens dead cean bodyl That's al robb til Im I'm Im accusing you OU of hats That's all It over ome on now get get with Neither Rita Ria Dubois Dubol nor the lie de- almost Octive had heard Huth's noiseless opening ot of the door but when then a moment later flam rm n ito ito- omero o- o nero mero ragged to the door l by y his spat out a foreign oath oth the became electrified was body WS out ut of ohe the chair too quickly for human hunan hu- hu nan man eyes eye to t take In each ot of her otlie eat eat- ot- ot LIe movements movement lie Ramon Rmon Oh my God Now Kov I they've got gt you ou The handsome to-handsome too handsome warl swarthy face fac faco o f the prisoner became cn with hatred as his eyes eeg took in the hon or face o of his wife but roughly interrupted the ot of Spanish by orderIng or- or ing ei-ing the tue detective to bring bIng In his quam did you ou find him Case Case- Casey Casey- the lie detective sergeant 11 lIs when the male dancer had ad been rudely foce forced dOwn dawn Into i I a chair at the table across from Irom his wife wie In the lobby downstairs Casey admitted Found a gun on him Here lere it is And he made nO bones or of what hed come was for lain for his wife wie to kill her for two him him with Borden tw BOiden C C CRuth C Ruth gratefully but silently slipped into a dial chair which the l po ceman had ha drawn to the table for her and raised raise compassionate devastated face Rits blue eyes eye's eye to s Ri-'s For a moment she thought the dancer lan dan lancer was yas going to to faint but slowly a quivering hand found its its customary customary custo- custo mary place pla on a slim hip and the supple pie bod body r. r regained a pathetic tat tat- te tea tea- sup of t old d nonchalant n insolence insole c I i I WI RUa Weil Rita shrugged lugge and ana hO voice was hard had bItter weary wery with witha terrible undercurrent of a o Rita al alright the ment little jokes joke's on Itte Rit al right Lying Laying for me to kill ki rae me were you you Uke you ou killed killed- kled- kled BUt Bul she bit back bacle the he name that had ha almost al- al most slipped out You Yon pretty dane anc- anc ing fool you Didn't you know ImO I I dId it you you-b you cause you h haU haUme me so s t ga-t ga-ga ga n about you you- ou Just a minute Rita clamped a bard hand on the shoulder If l youre you're ready to make a it Is my duty to place YOU ou under arrest aest and to warn ou that an anything g you ou say may be use used against you you- Oh dry up the dancer retorted This is just a little rel reI between husband and wile wie Yeah That hat pretty boy hoy Is my bu buk- buk band all al right Now laugh tat that oU off cIann did not obey ohe So yo r husband killed Borden because you were going away awa with wih him and anc now he wants want to finish his job by kiln you Ehat right Killed Kie Borden Rita repeated scornfully then broke Into laughter which seemed to be born or of genuine want to amUsement Do you ou e e this dancing dancin sheik ot of mine lil was ori Saturday afternoon front frontOne one o'clock cock till ti Cour when Viette Wilbur and I picked him up Well and Wel-nd Wel It I you ou dont don't laugh lau h now no froze Into Its It's because your face fac got that l the thc last hard freeze e had Ramon was in Madame Ros- Ros enstine's beauty Temple parlor of Beauty she calls cas lt shoot i ing the family bankroll bankroll- was For hours was heliy sarcastic Sure Rita retorted How long do you you thInk It tal takes es to to gat a haircut a shampoo with wih hot 01 Dil treatment a facial l a a manicure 1 pedicure and an e eyebrow Ing Ing Did ou think God made him took look C that that- and she pointed a n finger at her Check tItle thIs right tow now flung the order to the still ored and apparently de- de e- e se seated ted at Benny Telephone numbers number's bels Circle 0 10 nia volunteered A little name of Nan tt tool took care are of of him Site shi always alwa's does doe ShA he ad added e Oh 01 yo 1 lad he was u there c c Dl Dig DO DOY Boy S Y I 1 sh sIte turned ture insolently to agaIn And that r I telephoned him hima two I cat cat- a littie after led from the lobby of tItle building to tell teU him that it was all al right right- Id I'd the cash for him got Id gt youl you'd nut But you ou didn't tell tel him robbed your dead lovers lover's ers er's body o y to get gel geli i It did you yur ou 7 cIan pounced wasn't Xo No because bause it tre flits flashed her black blak eyes Sn Sa im i'm Im getting sick ot of you rou harping harp harp- lug ing on that line If I Ive I've Ive told you Ol told OU a hundred times onCe ive i've you me theether the theother that Harr Borden Boden gave other ether half hal or of the 00 bill bi or of his own tree free will wi and accord and that h hwa lie vas alive when I left him wa alve shrugged and an a-an that line In for tor a new one of cr more im- im mediate interest So the monzy for Romero Was wa it What did di 00 00 for To To pay his beauty bills parlor Before Rita Ria could reply Interrupted to say lie he had ha Madame on the wire The detec- detec Live sergeant after identifyIng hint hint- put his questions queston with a brutal conciseness and rapidity that must have been a severe shock to the high prie tess or of The Temple of Esthetic Beauty but when he hung up l there was wa no need for or him to admit to room at large lare that Romeros Romero's albi alibi had alad been rate Non No Rita Rita-no use for me to try tr to 0 talk tak to that spanish jabbering of oC yours ours may not have ave killed Borden but hed he'd l killed led for tor a someone and needed mone money getaway Out Dut with It I and save ime You know damned well wel ill i'll illet Il get et the goods on him anyway anyway- Then why should I do your our work for or you ou Rita retorted insolently help chief I think I can you This Casey Is S a bird one ne o f them foreign coun- coun tres-In tres nies-in nies South So th America somewhere some some- where there the I guess gess it was tol us to keep an eye eyo peeled for or his sweetie down there for eyes at another hot tamale Ye Ve got his pIcture on file fe at head head- hea- hea Guess Ques one o of the boys Ibo s 's from ron his Irs old home town lew blew jn in and him at the GolIen Slipper r and shook him down for to 11 jAs j A As If each I of t Casey's a hard boiled sentences was a bul t which had hadI I round found Its mark In her ht exhausted body Rita sagged lower and lower until she Was again In tIre tue position in which Ruth opening the dor door lad had found her half her hal sitting half lyIng in her chair chai her head hea on the table lr arms in utter defeat And across the table slowly uncertain uncertain un- un certain ot of its Is welcome came Ramon Rmon Romeros Romero's beautifully manicured hand At that familiar touch Rita Ria raised her head hea and gazed at her husband with incredulous hope hpe Youre not mad at me any more Ramon she asked ased in a wistful voice You wouldn't really ealy have ave killed Rita Ria would you Baby lion Hon there est wasn't any other way y to get et tIre money but to string Borden Boren along alon I dIdn't ever mean to t come across acoss with wilh him I was ws going to give him the slip as soon s as I got my hands on the ca cash l. l Honest to God GodI I was HoneyS Honey Honey- S S C Across the table Ramon namon Romer leaned leane as fat fat- fl as his hi manacles would Permit permit and lifted his wife's hands to his lipsI lips Up I go with wih you ou now Ire he said sid at a- a to Detective Case Youre right you will wJ r Iann agreed gim grimly 1 Take this dancing sheik down to headquarters and book him on a charge of carry carry- fIrearms till ti we e know more about his omIe opera past he added added add add- ed to to the detective and the patrol patrol- man man May lIay I go wih hahn Rita begged springing to her feet as her hel husband was led to the door Sure Sue U If you'll come across with a confession that you robbed robbe Bordens Borden's dead bad body retorted re- re tot ted grInning cruelly Maybe they'll give g e a cel right next ne 1 to to- sOh s Bab Oh my cant can't ant t u l layoff ff that 7 Ri Rita t cried cried with wih eay scorn as she sIe wIed wilted into her chair again Please Mr Ruth dared darel in the painful silence that thai fell fel upon the group remaining after Ramon Romero had been taker taen stray ya its is way after a ter 4 and the cleaning women omen are ou on duty by non Youre You're going to have Letty Miller ir In for further questioning arent aren't you OU 7 ty Lety Miller Mier gave heran her heran an harassed puzzled look the Dont YOU she's remember woman o cleans ceans Jacs Jac's Jacks Jack's offices and the one ho admitted Mr Borden Borden Bor- Bor den Friday night with wih her passkey pass pass- pas pas- key Ruth explaIned meekly Oh yes es the detective agreed wearily fY You ou had sonic some fantastic theory about the scrubwoman's haying hay hay- lav- lav ing l left n Haywards Hayward's door unlocked Saturday afternoon so o that anyone might have h e walked in and used his Ius hone and his gun Wont ont do any harm to ask her r I suppose And An AnI I might as well chack check Martha Mannings Manning's Man Man- rungs rung's story about having been here hee night If the scrubwoman says she was as still working in corridor and didn't see or hear anything any any- thing Lhing of the Manning woman n. n Ge her fox for me wont ont you ou BIrd wen lU stay out here and answer the theone the phone one If it rings Th detective sergeant had had to malie good that promise less than thana a after the door had ha closed upon his departing subordinate s lIe le to Dennys Denny's desk lifted receiver and growled growled Into the mouthpIece mouth mouth- pIece Helo Hello ann lc speaking Who Oh Carlson What Lost lien Well Wel nI Il be be- the hell do ou think I had bad ou shadowing her for How Hows hat t Ruth Intently to the sided one conversation s a thun decloud Let cloud settle on the detective sergent's ser ser- sette gents gent's face tace After a long pause in i l puse bieh was evidently talking fast fast- ast to put himself right with lilt chief hid eMann Iann growled disgustedly I ell Wel Ind her D' D ou hear And dOlt conic come badt till ti you do C S S Slie lie I Inin up the receiver and re- re the news to o Ruth Lester his Voice harsh sith nh disgust disgust- and anger Tha That was sits Carlson the Calson-the blank lank fool or of a detective I detailed to D keep an e eye c on the dannin wona wo- wo to na lap And nd now ho he calls cals up to whine aIbl as to how lie lOst hr a aye s 's he hc rol o Cd hel her to t the door door of o restroom of a department ladles ladies the and she to tour four store him at a a the quarter slip somehow though gave only ono one door H He got got Sue sus- theres there's been In there shed she'd twenty minutes and sent the maid her Not a In charge chare to look fr for had lies lie's the woman thought though ha trace of oC paraded female In the restroom every Well BirdWell ed before him him- fd opened lie he sn snapped ped a as hIs assistant the door will bo be hereIn here woman Miller wi TIre minute Micr sir I 1 found her In- In in a All AU right interrupted into as ho he flung himself himsel impatiently fung opposite Ruth nuth and beside a chair in the table the bIg Dubois Dubols at Rita center nia of the outer offiCe gotto got gotto to think thin he muttered eli cd to do so In frowning silence the tho open chair faced Ruth nuth whose emir the outer o office ice and door between Bordens Borden's dor private of office C Co 0 that she all all- oblique view o of the tho al- al had an important Window beneath Harry discovered had which she discover se and Bordens Borden's bodY cold ld in obstinately through whIch had believed eyed that Jack Hayward Haywar bel silent too sat shot the st promoter at the smile tuggIng but with a tiny tny smie I corners of her lovely mouth unbroken As the silence continued Alre saw the black black pigeon alight upon then the sill of the open window made si bold by the absence o uman beings in the private and the utter silence of those in the outer room the bird which Ruth nuth in a bitter bit bit- bitter Neme ter moment had christened to the floor us fluttered foor involuntarily as The Tho girl shivered she saw the black blace pigeon pecking the spilled upon crumbs at read bread spied ery spot where Harry Bordens Borden's life lifeblood very Sho Its dark stain blood had left stan bloot ha Is and opened was glad when the door ad the slight sound startled stated tIre tle black pIgeon into flight upward and out o if the open Int wIndow But But tile the next moment her own blood turned to ice in her veins vein For from just behind Ruths Ruth's chair shrill Banshee wail or of sheer came a shri wai rising breaking at terror rising last on a note of horror as ast a aa a t tainting fainting body dy tell iel heavily to thc foor To be continued The search nears its it end A thrilling thrill thrill- ing climax in the next chapter |