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Show V SECTION .TWO.; PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1930. PAGE THREE ; IJGIX IIEItK TODAY TIIK CRI3IE:- DoHs Slatthews, prrtty English, lady mald murdered mur-dered Friday night-- in ummer-housw ummer-housw by blor on had from, heavy perfume flask; boJy dumped Into lake -on estate of millionaire Berkeley . DETECTIMCS: Bonnie Dundee, guest of Dick Berkeley at time or crime, utd . dicoverr of ' body at KunrLse w lmrnin;r .party; Captain Strawn of the Hamilton homicide aqwadV f ' BIEMBKBS OF HOUIIEHOLD: Mrs. George- Berkeley, social climber; CrOorg Berkeley, opposed to Jvls daughter's marrlasre to Seymour CrosJry,1 New JVork society so-ciety widewer, -under a cloud In the eye cf police, but a clae frlerrf of i : Mrs. LetiUa Xambert: ' social secretary tu JLrs. Berkeley. ' Clcrlnda Berkri?y: engaged to Crosby, but not. In love with him; ouaerved steaUng out of house Friday Fri-day night by Dundee. Gigi Berkeley:- -IS.- frfio unaccountably unac-countably sprinkled all guests Friday Fri-day night from flntk of perfume pre en ted by Cisby to b?r mother. Dick Berkeley. . drunk Friday night; Infatuated with Doris; had forced her to agree 'to meet him later FrUay night,- and .known by Duadee to hare bKn missing from his room. Wckrtt: butler, formerly in em--pioy cf . both -Mrs. Lambert and , CiOaby. . -. ' Eugene Arnold : - chauf f eur, , engaged en-gaged toToris. Cloriada and Dick are first sus-pec'fu. sus-pec'fu. Strawn sends Dundee to find if Dick is in his room. . NOW CO ON . WITH THE STORY '" CHAPTER XI -N- As Dundee let himself Into the house by the front dor,., hoping to evade the hysterical questions of the servants, who must have noted the. arrival of the police cars, the door leading Into the backstairs quarterswas torn ."open and a young mah "in chauffeur's uniform , lunged toward him, pausing only long enough to slam the door viciously vi-ciously In. the face of a maid who was pressing forward inquisitively. "Excuse me, sir!". the chauffeur panted. "But will you tell me what's up? What are the police doing do-ing here? Delia, the upstairs maid, told me' Doris didn't sleep in Jher room last night. It's not true, is it? Nothing's happened to Doris! The Vol ice aren't here about her, are , Ihey. sir?" v.- ' - - He was almost sobbing, and one . kig. freckled hand kept running distractedly dis-tractedly through his curly, dark-red dark-red hair. " . - . r ;-" -. When Dundee hesitated - to an -twef, the chauffeur; so far forgot himself as to seize the guest's arm ' and shake it frenziedly. "Fbd God's sake, sir, why won't you teirme? I'm Arnold Eugene Arnold, the , Berkeley chauffeur, and I'm engaged en-gaged to be married to IJoris.V I ' have a right to askjf. anything's happened to her f , "' "I'm sorry,. Arnold,Dundee said - t'wiv "hnt T "can't, sneak, for'- the ' police. Hvill - you please wait as quietly air possible in the servants sitting rpom until, Captain-Strawn calls fotru? And I think it would be,' wise for you not to talk " "Then It Is Doris!" Arnold interrupted, inter-rupted, bis voice going heavy and dull with despair. Then apparently H realization' -'swept over him. His freckled.' pleasant young face-flamed face-flamed with anger. "Did she elope with Dick Berkeley,-sir? W that what the row's about? For God's sake, tell me!" .. . - " Sorry, but I'm afraid I can't tell you anything. 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PRICE INCLUDES: LABOR and MATERIALS iWL&sss&wi .oarage ? irtri (&i'r But before he disappeared Dundee heard him vow, .with terrible . intensity:' in-tensity:' 'Til find him" and kill him if I have to hunt all over the world for him!" , "A violent young man," Dundee commented, as he plodded upstairs. He hoped to gain the third floor without further interruption, but as he reached the second Clorinda Berkeley "stepped forward. She had changed from . bathing suit to a r ' -4 ' v -'Why -didn't you tell me Doris had committed Suicide?' she. demanded de-manded coldly. . ' r v - ' ' " morning dress of dark-green jersey, a ? color which made her pallor quite ghastly . ; ''Why didn't you ' tell him that Doris had committed suicide?" she demanded coldly: "I imagine he would rather have had the news from you than -from a policeman" "Because I don't know that Doris committed - suicide," Dundee jm- swered, - watching the DeauiUi somber face keenly.- "- v "non't auibble with me!'-rtiQ" rc torted in a low, arrogant", vejee. "Glgi confessed to me onthe wayj to the house that -she recognized the 'mermaid', in the lake, and I' watched cf rora my t window as ybu dived for the body' and took it into the sumracihouse." .' '-."i; "Where is Gigi how?. Why aren't you with ' ber?r u Dundee asked sharply. t . V '"-" ; "Yon don't like me, do you?y Clorinda Clo-rinda asked, wiih-amazing Jrrel yance. ; "So few people do! v . . . Gigi preferred to : be consoled by Mrs. Lambert, as I was busy being rather sicH. at my stomach. Dorw was one of the few people who liked me. and I was very fond of Doris. I can't imagine why she should cemroit suicide, unless" ; She broke off abruptly, and Dundee Dun-dee saw a flicker of .quietly controlled con-trolled .fear in her magnificent black eyes. : ; . "I'm rather anxious to get into my clothes," Dundee excused himr self curtly. Not for him, inthe character of house guest in -ck-- rmda Berkeley's home, to prooe x. Jt Kimlasa " . . . "BY t trilOfsf a kfkff A ff f CTtK f 7 . AUTHOR OF, "he avenging FARfior" THE BLACK PGZOt ETC the way, Mlsa ; Berkeley, . do yourl father and mother know yct?'f "No. I didn'4; fancy the task," Clorinda retorted cooly. ; "There's nothing mother enjoys so much as- a good f itof . hysterics, and father and I are' not on confidential terms just now; Ehe added, with bittet humor "I see the polkfe have arrived. ar-rived. They'll probably enjoy the. sensation. X shouldn't." V - i , ' Dundee proceeded upthe. stairs, grateful to Mrs. Lambert and Gigi b 1 X I t. for not bursting out upon him with questions he could not answer! Odd that Gigi should prefer Mrs. Lambert Lam-bert to her mother, though Dundee could not but. be glad " that It was the social secretary's gentle under- 4 I'- i can t U DlB SEA50HE0 end' proved, Srudcboker's Dktotor Eight ofTers. the t hrifry luxory; of -straight eight powr, certified 100,000 Studcboker, Eights. 'The guality, stondords whichce guided Stodeboker for 7fi years, and hqve made -Studebaker Dghtr oncHallenged champions of the )ridare evident injevery . detail of The Dictator. ! , ; - :. "i .. 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For the- first timo-he tried-the door leading into the hall. It was locked, i Doubtless Dick had pocketed the key, to prevent his absence being discovered by anyone but Dundee, who ' had heard him make the ; rendezvous with Doris and who," he must' have" thought, could be depended upon not to give him away. ' But now, Dundee re-firtti re-firtti irrimlv. it was no lonirer -a question of shielding a friend engaged en-gaged In n. Intrigue with a pretty servant.; Doris Matthews had been murdered, 'and the hounds cf the Jaw would have U. oe set upon Dick Berkeley's -trail. '"-'; "- Tcn - minutes . later,v decently clothed arid sketchily shaved, Dun-.iee Dun-.iee sped-'down ; tho backstairs and out ef ; the house A- frightened cook and housemaid v had . peeped put at him, but he had given ncm Uo time to question him. . The niachinery of the : law .had, been set in motion - during his ab-scncW" ab-scncW" Captain 'Strawn i and the coroner,' Dr. Pricey whom- he had Tnct lurig the investigation "into the . Rhodes House murders;-' wer bending over the -body of ths dead girl; still stretched upon the. curving curv-ing bench of the summerhouse. The f inger-ptinf expert, -Carraway, was already. busy with his black powder nd camera. ' Wickett, the butler, still stoo'd outside the little arbor, but Sevmour Crosby .'was ' missing from, "the- gruesome picture. A knot of uniformed . policemep- and ;plaih clothes detectives c stood - on the lake's edge, awaiting instructions from- the chief of the homicide squad. ' ; VDick Berkeley has not returned," Dundee reported to Strawn,. in' a voice so low that - Wickett - could not hear.. "Since he's stilt in dinner din-ner clothes they're not in his closetI clos-etI don't think he could have got Tar without being noticed." , - Strawn turned his back on the corpse, and jerked his head toward the immobile butler. "Got any reason rea-son " to think' the old ' boy's mixed up" In' this?"-he .whispered. , "None whatever! . Dundee ' answered an-swered sincerely. "Then don't N you -think it might be a good idea to let him in on the secret -of your official .'connection : with the police?" Strawn .suggested". "If, this thing isn't , quickly cleared up . by --a--, confession' -from Dick Berkeley and developes into first-class first-class mystery, we'll need Wickett as an ally. No onc knows as much about a family like this as -its butler,, but-ler,, and i-besides,- he -can keep the coast clear of other servants while you -snoop around in the bedrooms and such " r buy a PHONE 261 A K E R ATTM.rACTO'j - i f r . 1 v . "... -i -'. . s . i Sunday $rniut 10;I5 Easttm SUmJarj Timtff I BAFmudJVSCmHwfrt "Just a minute, chief!" Dundee interrupted. "I agree with you that I might be ol infinitely more value as a trusted guest, rather than as a detective, but hang it 'all, I am a guest here, and simply can't do it snoop around in the bedrooms as you -suggest " .' "Resigning, from the force, be- cause a friend of yours is mixed up In- this, Dundee V Strawn- asked, a sneer twisting his . broad, thin mouth. - - ' - .."..'" : "I-don't-think-you:, mean. that. Captain Strawn," Dundee answered quietly. "I want "to le bn the case," but ' I'd rather be open" and aboVe-board aboVe-board about IW ".., "And jeopardize ytJur future f usefulness use-fulness . on the homicide squad? Your uncle,, the police commissioner, commission-er, and- I agree after" the Rhodes House murders that you could serve, us : best by not getting yourself tagged as what ' the people call a 'common detective,' With theed-cation theed-cation and social advantages you've had you -.can :mre in circles- not open to the ' rest of us" , "I know the argument, and I've been willing to bo of service in any ; way possible," Dundee interrupted. j "but in this instance . I can't bring myself to abuse hospitality so flag rantly.. There's another thing, too: as a : guest, presumably under police po-lice surveilance ' as much as any other person in the house, I should have little chance to be of any real use - to j'ou. Iouldn't be secreted behind screens '.while .you were conducting con-ducting you : investigation, tas I was at the RhodesHouse, and not even Wickett's connivance could longer cover- my snoopings from servants or members of, the family. fam-ily. But if you want my official connection with the homicide squad to ; be kept dark, I have a suggestion sugges-tion to, make." ' " " . "Well?'! Strawn growled.Shoot! We'.ve got to get busy.'! ' v "You can give out that I am an amateur criminologist; engaged In research work preparatory to; writing writ-ing books on the. subject-f-which is strictly true, by; the way;" that I have, studied Scotland Yard methods meth-ods and that I '.was able to render you valuable aid in solving the Rhodes . House murders. ... Otherwise, Other-wise, chief. Ill have to resign now with deepvegret." -" --' ;f: An angry, retart- trembled on Strawn's lips, but he bit it back, and considered, scowlingly. At last he capitulated-'grumpily? . "All right, Dundee ! - You - know I need you,; but .I'm. warning you now that I'm in charge of this; case, and I won't have you getting too big.for vour breeches.,. . 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