Emery County Progress | 1933-11-24 | Page 2

1 EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. UTAH World Date Line ,1 5 Custom and the . public regulates ,he uaie line, as it does th ,T between the time belts States. These do not in,, ians. The time belt. tt -T By MILTON PEQFPEE OopTrltht. 131 br J States are rptn.ia i state Commerce commie.." Far East has never had , II WUSwrlea Milton Proppcr The girl looked her surprise. "No, formulate some new one. Meanwhile, during February, Miss Prentiss passed I didn't. Mr. Rankin. Why should I Doctor Prince foresaw that bis interest 16 for her. But to avoid contacts with be curious, when I believed Laura's in the student might be subject to in"That sounds rather serious," he the story that he was out of town with vestigation; and took the precaution maids, guests or officials, the show nald, also rising. "We had better start of first visiting Mr. Merrick, before clandestine sweetheart?" girl herself had not lived there. She her? out Immediately." Osre"That's Prentiss to difficult locate writing the chapter in October. "It shouldn't be discovered Myra right," what time, every morning, By the time the two officers drew was his call to a obtain "I to loan, to had create the Impressponded. her room was cleaned; then let the him, at any rate," Rankin confided tensibly up In a police car before the Holcomb dission, by coming from St. Louis, that chambermaids understand that she lu Captain Chambers; then to the girl: in reality a shrewd subterfuge to apartments, Rankin bad finished his she achis and cuss bad thus Jordan been there faithful explain and "Have how you any Idea variably left for business before they long they've account of the crime and his most re- arrived. After that, she Just visited been acquainted?" quaintance with facts about him which cont discoveries. At the door of P8 all the while. He was extremely Jeal It once late each day and disturbed it "Well, only incidentally, I figure he had already learned through Mrs. the Captain knocked, and when It was ous and suspected her ; he would probcheck up on her, perhaps even sufficiently to create the Impression their affair must be going on over a Jordan. ably Mrs. a tired Dobson, opened by frousy hiring detectives to do It. That was that it had been occupied. Meanwhile, By the time Rankin finished quesyear at least, since last January. At looking woman. Inquired for Miss Myra I was unwilling to give you any he had reached she why to to was Dobsons. the resided with I the afraid tioning the show-gir- l, first, agree Prentiss. Information when you first arrived." One curious detail in the scheme proposition; and to reassure me, a decision. He was convinced of her A moment later, the chorus girl apI advise you now to describe was that concerning her disguise, Laura said she had been cheating her integrity; and she could tell him no peared In the doorway in negligee. the Weil, whole arrangement from beginning When Iaura Dumont first knew the first lover with him even last winter more about either Doctor Prince or Rankin, comparing her with the womthe actress. Nevertheless, he resolved two years before, her hair and he was none the wiser." an she had Impersonated, was at once to end. Obviously, Miss Du Monte show-gir- l to made hold her temporarily in custody as a me been same had who is Can tell "And that up he? to the brown, dark, Just you silky story satisfy truck by the resemblance. Like Laura He was taking no material witness. it shade or that Prentiss found?" to wasn't you; be where that he Join lover that possessed might Myra any was she her Jordan, statuesque, beauty she left St. she chances that had she had Rankin Miss however, might attempt to Since, Louis, Prentiss." evidently queried. professional ; she possessed the same It bleached to the glorious blond the But as he expected, Myra Prentiss communicate with either conspirator; "Oh, but it was," the girl said seductive physical allure, enhanced was Ignorant of any facts concerning at all costs, they must not be warned detective observed In Philadelphia by her questing dark eyes and bow hastily. "At leust, she gave me his admade It necessary for her to pro of his progress on their trail, lest they the man she supposedly helped to out That lips. cure for the girl a blond wig similar wit. Not once did the actress reveal escape. She could not conceal her fright, as to it for the imposture the head his name or discuss her establishment He had obtained the alumnus' address her visitors presented their credendress that eventually betrayed them with him. As with most of her exon Tuesday night from the fraternity's slender her and herface tials; paled both on board the ship. planation, Rankin was convinced his national roster. Now that his next hands fluttered nervously. Perforce, Rankin found this circumstance very existence was fictitious part of step was obvious, he was anxious to she ushered them through the long somewhat puzzling and Interrupted to her alibi to cloak her nefarious Jour confront Doctor Prince and sound him hallway within. Into a makeshift livto She had not out; subsequent developments dependon It. comment ney Philadelphia. ing room at one end. Still. Rankin redared supply the show-gir- l with her ed on what he ascertained and the "Let me get this straight, Miss Pren flected, her fear might well be due to he observed, frowning. "You say correct address In the East; hence the physician's not to But attitude. tiss," knowing from Mrs. Dobson that the that Miss Dumont was originally a Lake Geneva address, probably an ac frighten his quarry, he wisely decided police had Inquired about her movecommodation, from which Myra's letto pretend at first, that his visit was brunette, Just like you are?" ments the day before. "Yes, the last time I saw her," the ters (in the unlikely event there were merely routine. The police captain's Captain Chambers waited until they show-gir- l replied. "You can see that any) would be forwarded back to Doc presence would be disturbing, and dewere alone, seated behind the closed tor Prince in St. Louis and thence spite the late hour, he preferred to call In her photos In the casts of shows she floor. In some time ago. as I on to her. Or perhaps the physician alone. Accordingly, he left Chambers But played "There Is some Information we want said, she bleached her hair and I had actually stayed at the Halfway house to return to headquarters with the from you, Miss Prentiss," he began while she went east, to lend verisimili to wear a wig to match." girl ; while he, promptly on leaving the ternly. "Mr. Rankin has come from to their fake rendezvous. Whichtude Monte Du "And Miss as Holcomb apartments, sought the phy you posed the Philadelphia detective bureau exever the case, inquiry at the lake sician's address. at the detective the Fenton," Inquired pressly to obtain It. And we expect would settle It ; but of one point, the "for fully a month?" To satisfy the captain, however, he you to tell the truth," he added warn "A bit longer; all of February and detective was practically certain. By to his proposal to post two acceded ingly. the first week of this month. Until now, Doctor Prince had surely re s men outside. Although "The truth? About what?" The girl Laura sent me a letter, directing; me turned to St. Louis and somehow, he the detective felt quite capable of manspoke apprehensively. "I don't under to arrange for my passage to New must apprehend him Doctor Prince himself and even stand why you suppose I have anyFor unlike the mythical duped lover, aging York on the Florida last Sunday. The him, they were ready to inarresting thing to tell you." the physician was a very real indi was other I before In did that tervene case trouble developed. only thing "You returned only this morning "Murder7 Surely It Wasn't That!" to mall from the Fenton on March vidual. And that portion of Mrs. Jor when was verging on It from New York, Isn't that so?" Ran She Cried, With a Note of Surfifth a letter she mailed out to me, dan's fiction dealing with him came Rankin stood before Arnold Prince's kin queried deliberately. "You went with an Inner envelope addressed to perilously close to the true situation prise. a gray stone house at 1430 by boat from St. Louis Inst Sunday, last May, when Stuart had been his residence, Mr. Stuart Jordan In Philadelphia." street. Doctor Prince himself Harker and yesterday started back here by dress, through which I could reach That was the last communication, wife's dupe and that of her paramour, answered his ring, confirming his ex train. You Impersonated someone else her: Where she spent this last month Rankin student received After their marriage In February a pectation of finding his quarry in St. on the voyage. You booked your paswith him. She had to furnish me some from hisreflected, the wife, presumably from St. year ago, she had continued her secret He promptly recognized the sage on the boat as Laura Du Monte." way to get In touch with her In case relations with her lover, begun before Louis. Louis. that would fascinate a worn "Well, what of that?" the showqualities unforeseen she met the boy. But her letters had anything upset the decep"Do you still have your Instrucan like Laura Jordan. About thirty-tw- o retorted Is no girl tion." spiritedly. "There tions?" he asked. "I'll want to see never named him ; now, suddenly, the harm in that, as long as she doesn't and slender, he was tall old, years show-gir- l "Have you got that address and them." had identified him with the too handsome, In fact, for handsome object." But she caught her breath the man's name?" The detective could confederate who helped her create her The girl shook her head. "No, I deIn dismay at the extent of his InformaRankin's taste. In a swarthy face, he not conceal his eagerness and gratifialibi. Certainly, Rankin calculated, them them. after stroyed memorizing had tion. deep burning eyes and unnaturalcation. "That's splendid! What are That was a pffrt of her orders." the evidence logically Indicated they Rankin shot his next question at her they?" ly white teeth ; his dark crisp hair was were same. the own her By admission, brushed "Well, let's have the rest of your smoothly over his forehead, abruptly. "Then you admit disguis"He Is a physician, Mr. Rankin, by story after you checked out of the the actress was Intimate with Arnold He sported a fine toothbrush mustache ing yourself to resemble Miss Du the name of Prince. Dr. Arnold Prince before first contact with her hotel." Monte? How much did she pay you Prince was what she told me. under a sensitive nose, expensive JewAnd It seemed impossible They The directions In question, Myra Jordan. to make the trip?" and an unnecessary amount of elry were staying together, she said, at a that there was still another man for Prentiss proceeded, arrived on Thurson his protruding kerchief. perfume you have no right to ask me Wisconsin resort the Halfway house double-crossewhom she husboth her wore He that. . . . She didn't pay me any- on Lake Geneva; I could write her day, March fourth, allowing her ample band and her sweetheart. fashioned meticulously time to be on the boat Sunday. Durclothes of the latest cut If his lips thing!" there." If the were the physician actually ing the voyage, as the detective alIn the fact of this obvious lie, the were too thin, hinting at unscrupulous- lover over whom Laura Jordan quarready knew, she was to feign seasickdetective attacked with Increased reled and separated from Stuart, then CHAPTER XII ness to escape observation. Unfortunvigor. he was manifestly as Interested as she she became however, ately, "Then what did you expect to gain actually in preventing the boy from depriving 111; It was this neglected and trivial The Fraternity Alumnus by the deception?" he demanded Inher of the Jordan estate. enNo Rankin which an result of possibility, realized, al investigation credulously. "That is what I am after Rankin was amazed, once he con gendered the carelessness that disready full of surprises, quite so astonyour purpose and hers, in arranging cluded that they plotted the murder to closed the entire fraud. After the ished Rankin as the show-girl'- s Identithat little trickery. Let's have it !" how the complete details of the gether, Florida docked noon on at fication Mrs. of the Jordan's companion. "But I can't tell you that!" Myra Friday, crime fell Into proper place. Step bv Twice before. Dr. Arnold Prince had girl went to Philadelphia directly, Prentiss cried desperately. "It Is priwhere she met Laura Jordan at four step, he could trace every develovate and has nothing to do with you ; figured In the case; but merely incio'clock. In two hours, In the woman's pmentDoctor Prince with the knowlI promised Laura to keep It secret." dentally, and to all appearances, innoroom of the Pennsylvania terminal, the edge, as a member of the fraternity, "For your own sake. Miss Prentiss, cently. Now like a sudden, illum necessary to accomplish the deed, and actress secured all the details and eviinating flash of lightning, Myra Prenyou had better talk. We are quite prethe actress' actual commission of it. pared to place you under arrest ; but tiss' words shed fresh light on all his dences of the trip ; at seven o'clock, Since the central body of Mu Beta Sig she left to appear at headquarters. first we wished to give you a chance discoveries. For a moment, he could ma established the same secret code to clear yourself." scarcely credit his ears; the next his She had not, however, taken Myra's and ritual for every chapter, the physimind seethed in a turmoil of excitement baggage. At the outset of the scheme At the direct threat, fear returned cian could have Informed Laura Jor had she and the to the show-girl'- s purchased duplicate sets of dan how readjustment of theories. eyes and a harassed to enter the Gamma chapter But the girl's narrative, begun at suitcases, one for the show-gir- l and expression replaced her bravado. initiation: given her the secret knocks her own set she with her 'Clear myself of what? I haven't Rankin's order, gave him no time to brought and passwords of recognition to get done anything wrong. I swear I only pondpr the startling and damaging weeks before. by the sergeant at arms; related how Intended to help Lnura out of a tight significance of Laura Jordan's relaMyra Prentiss returned immediately the pledgees and brothers were ar tions with the physician. Farly in her to St. Louis because of an attachment place." Rnnkln's manner became suddenly career In the chorus. Myra related, she she formed there of her own. during ranged throughout the ritual; know when the opportunity to reach Stuart prim. "Yes, by concealing a murder had known the actress slightly; they her stay. Ordinarily, she might have would arise. And he could also de and protecting the criminal with an played together, two years previous. remained in New York and sought an scribe the rohos perhaps supply her alibi. That Is always private. In help In the New York cast of other new friend engagement; but this "Merely Isabella." Even then, tlit-i- similarity had had clearly Indicated his devotion and with his own costume, used years be ing uuira, you ve made yourself ac been so marked that the show-gir- l Interest In her. Except inasmuch as fore. Under its voluminous folds, n cessory before the fact of murder!' unno ueiecuve Realized That He woman was as effectively concealed it hatl lightened his problem of tracing derstudied Miss Dn Monte's comparahtrangely, Miss Prentiss' features would Be No Insignificant a as man. The actress thon nppdoii held more horror than dread; the tively unimportant role. But she had her. Rankin did not long concern him a to the fraternity house and blood drained from them, leaving them not seen her since, until In self with this purely personal matter. only key January, must ascertain the date and hour of a ghastly hue beneath the rouge. two months ago. she reached St. Louis, ness, and his air too suave, It Increased But his Interest In Doctor Prince the initiation. "Murder? Surely It wasn't that!" touring In rattier than lessened his attractiveness. was intense. Thus far. all he knew of Then, The detective's sudden inspiration she cried, with a note of surprise. to her amazement, the actress visited him was that, as a student at Haw The detective realized that he would at that instant sent his cogitations racDe no "Lnura couldn't be mixed up In anyher there at the Lyceum theater, with thorne university In Fort Wayne he insignificant opponent. "Doctor Prince?" he inquired and the fiction Rankin had already heard. belonged to the Omicron chapter of ing forward excitedly. Of course the thing so terrible." blond girl Benjamin Crawford acci"But she Is, Just the same. For the She asked Myra to help her. In' her Mil Beta Sigma. produced an official card. "As von And, as a loyal dentally met, who failed to past week, you kept to your cabin supposed trouble, Instead of continualumnus, he notified the Philadelphia blind rendezvous with him keep the see, I am a police officer. I suppose the Tues aboard the Florida, to escape the obyou could allow me a few minutes of ing with the show or returning to New chapter of Jordan's matriculation, recservation of passengers who might York. And, as It finally closed In St. ommending him. Mr. Merrick, In his day night of the Initiation! When the your time." student described that encounter, RanEven in the darkness, the doctor's penetrate your disguise. And all the Louis at the end of January, the girl single business meeting with the physikin had considered It an amustime you pretended to be her on the consented, for a consideration, to lend cian, had divulged Stuart's merely was visible, but he answered in start presence at ing and typically collegiate flirtation. a ship, she was east committing a dreadherself to the Imposture. the eastern university, when they dismanner. But now he perceived its true sigful crime. You must have realized Uk course. .Mr. Her presence In St. Louis Just when cussed schools during their conversaer . . . ," he nificance. The woman must have been what she was doing." she was needed was, of course, purely tion. Apparently. Arnold Prince had Laura scaunea me card closely, "Rankin. Jordan: and far from a "Oh, My God! I didn't, Mr. Ranbeing fortuitous. But the coincidence, the had no other connection with the boy. pick-up- , nease come In. she deliberately engineered kin!" the girl Insisted. "Please bedetective recognized, was also irNow, however. It was obvious that he the He led Rankin through a darkened for a twofold purpose. lieve I acted Innocently. I thought she meeting if Myra Prentiss had not must have known all about him before relevant; into his office. Typical of hallway Thus, she guaranteed Crawford's ab was Just deceiving her lover into supbeen handy, the actress would have that through the actress. His most pnysicians' quarters, a sence practice from the ceremony and could posing she remained in St. Louis while sent for her or another to fill the same and residence, the detective recalled, take his place without the addition ot desk filled the left center of the room-hhe was out of town for a month." role. The stakes were so large that were In St. Louis. took the swivel chair behind it and an unaccounted member. And in fix "Was that her story to get you to money was no In her plot to "Now about Doctor Prince, Miss object mouonea Into that for patients her she ing date, subtly learned from rtnA mnlt uankin agree to her scheme?" the detective secure them without danger to herau ... aa covered .ty shelves of Prentiss," he said, when the girl fin him at what hour and day the Initia asked. self. For her the showIshed her narrative. "What else did tion would be held, oooks, mainly huge medical tomes. A realization of her serious position girl received five hundred dollars. Laura Du Monte tell you? Where does The first essential, Rankin clearlv Gl., ases of lnstri"ients. chemicals compelled the girl to answer frankly. As for the project itself. It was far he live, for Instance?" . v, . .liooi-no,- ! ., me mur" "u drugs reminded the detpcttvo h iv ujc ouvcess or "Yes, she said she was ....jwauvu, in more elaborate than Rankin had first "I in here St. suppose right Louis," was der that the fraternity accent rusuy uoctor iTince could have prohim. rie had gone east and meanplot supposed. Actually, it began on Januarv cured the conlne for Laura Myra replied, "because she spoke of Stuart Jordan. Hence, Doctor Prince Jordan ' while, she also left St. Louis with thirtieth, when Laura Dumont . , Which hor movpd leaving with him from here. But I recommended him as some other chap she loved ; unknown v' """im. a non-prmember worthy from the Somerset apartments osten fessional might have had dimiHr don't know the address. She was very to the first lover, she was having a material; a young man of his calii sibly to take up quarters at the Fenton cautious about letting fall anything ship sterilizer and several lamps and ber, secret affair with the other. wealth position almost would But completed hotel for a few weeks. The next dav more than I needed in case I had to the equipment. With the usual certainly win the Philadelphia chap later, when he sent for her from Philpara- she left St. Louis to Join Doctor Prince in touch with her quickly." u" me aesK. Rnnkln ter's approval. Of course, if he was adelphia, she had arranged to Join at Lake Geneva, as she claimed or, get "Then you never met the doctor or mu observed the physician's him there." lueugeii or re; used Its bid the appointment as the detective believed, to go east. tried to learn what pad wlth several notations and flni sort of chap he criminals would have hppn Rankin spoke less severely. 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