| Show ij SONS ITIn BEGIN HERE hER TODAY Y TOO IT In Harbor GarI n Lone Lon Island low bunea-low In an elaborate bun JO JOv l IL and ancl his wife cite MYRA They l re entertaining as ns house gusts guests LAWRENCE RF I II INMAN I Ia a lJ tant tant relative ot oC Myris Myras and from Ironi lerr JI l r Only heir and sM Y oun hI vivacious IOUS an oM rr friend nd of oC llyra Myra heath was but cold She Sho u ed rouge neTer ore oro colors She ted rare of oC glau And her latest as sas a whisky bottle bich aroused her nrc 1st scorn from Provoked at A growing in In Intimacy 7 between Perry and Danny brn announces f Shie he has m made o her will In furor favor ra ot of Inman cutting her husband husban l lorf oft orf That night hie he witti ith Perry and allude alludes ms m's mys- mys mis mi's y to his secret Discovering trIng 1 Tyra alone aone with Inman late that hat night orders Inman out of oC tho house I ly morning but the next da day finds Perry heath gon gone and Ills his hl tres Jfe's hOdy Ody on the studio floor Hidi lIh candles burning nt at licad hend and t feet Ct She he I Is made up vp Ith rouge sh she Is 1 dressed In ga gay colors Near hc Is a n card marked The Work ork of oC Perry Heath She hial ha bc been n hilled kIlled by b a 1 ablow ablow blow V th her hr whisk whisky 1 bottle When Shen hen the lie cor- cor cor coroner once oner comes Inman and Bun Bun- Bunny Bunny ny fly lire are strangely nervous hm made to answer ques questions Meanwhile hUc At tho ho country club the lie murder Is the topic of oC conversation among S SAM SI I A V LI FORBES S Au AI AVi LI lU N J and others otheS MitS JIS PRENTISS toning ton to ins her TEn TOD BUCK g goes s over o-cr to the lie Heaths and Incites Bunny to stay tay at lit lier house next door Bunny Dunny breaks out ont crying anti Buck at sIght Eight of oC her beauty is 15 her slave Mrs relates hay hal having ing seen mysterious lights lI ap appear up- up appear pear and disappear r the lie night I tore tore In the Iho Heath anti at the ll c inquest testimony brings out the tact fact act that Bunny Moore knew of 0 the before beCore- tho maid who went vent to 0 o lIfT room to her herOW NOW OW GO v o-v WITH VITTI Tilt THE STORY STORI CHAPTER XII Quietly composed Bunny gave ga the tho coroner her attention though she was not asked to leave th tha chair where sho she was sitting Why were you OU crying when Carter came to your room this mornIng I can not see sec any reason why wh I should tell you that Doctor os- os osborn Osborn Osborn born the tho girl said quietly but bul bulwith with a stubborn note in her voice Nor Nor can I see sen any reason wh why you ou should not tell ten me ue was the equally quiet return This Is an occasion Miss Moore when hen seem seem- seemIngly seemingly seemIngly Intrusive questions must be basked i asked and should be answered Why do you ou object to telling the cause of your tears Only because I was about a private and I sor- sor sorrow sorrow sorrow row and I cannot see seo that It has anything to do with the Inquiry you Ou arc are conducting Then you refuse to tell me mo the tho cause of your our grief I 1 certainly do Anything I can cantell It tell ell you bearing on this thI this trag- trag tragedy tragedy edy I will But my own o-n personal sorrows are not for tor public on Bunny's Dunny's voice was SO to calm caIrn and andler her ler manner so dignified that It contrasted curiously with th her pert little face faco and her sm mouth The girt girl couldn't help smiling and It was Impossible for Cor tho the cor- cor oner once not to be In sympathy sympathy- witter with Ith her So he merely said mid Then when Carter told you OU of o Sirs Mrs Heaths Heath's death that tint Will was the tho first you OU knew of It It Of DC course courte said Bunny her blue eyes staring at him In i amazement Then what did you do I I dressed at once and came camo Sown down stairs stair And went to the studio Yes Who else elsa was In the tho studio at that time Doctor Conklin l the l-the family physician went ent In just juet a as I did dl 1 He began bean at once to examine the tho the the body and I went out of the room Miss Moore have you OU any Idea where Mr Heath can be Not the slightest When did you ou see him last lut Lust Last evening when I said good goodnight goodnight night to them all and went up to tomy tomy I Imy my room y Iho t JIo ho do you mean by them II I ahi Mr and Mrs Heath and Mr Inman When I went vent upstairs they were wera all In the tho studio You recognize the old bottle which was as obviously the fatal fot weapon as one ono belonging to Mrs Heaths Heath's collection 1 Oh yes It was the latest ono one she had acquired and she ahe said It was a II roost valuable one ono Was das It a subject of ot discus discus- discussion discussion sion alon during the tho evening Why es I think It was w s Mr and Mrs Heath disagreed a bit u as uto asto to Its artistic value Who held tho the bottle at nt the time of ot this discussion I Why Why I dont don't know Yes now I look back I I think Mrs Heath was holding It She was sort of oC polishing It with her handkerchief handkerchief chief She Sho loved lo her old glass glassand glassand and would often oCton rub up the tha pieces until they shone I see Then Then-be Then be careful please this Is Important Important you seem to have vo II a a mental picture re ot of Mrs Heath polishing her cher cher- cher cherIshed cherished antique with her handkerchief chief What did she do with It then Im sure Pure I dont don't remember I think she set It down on the table but but I dont don't recollect that deCI- deCI definitely definitely Do you ou Mr Inman I have a II ague lagua notion that she ahe did so but I couldn't swear to It t How Is this point Import Import- Important important Important ant Because Mr Inman finger fingerprint fingerprint fingerprint print experts have hava examined the bottie fragments of o the broken glass bot- bot bot bottle tie tle and they have havo discovered ered that he only finger prints on the pieces are those of yourself and Miss Mis Moore flOt Larry said without the quiver of oC an eye eye- lash eyelash for Cor both Miss Moore and an myself held the bottle and ex- ex examined examined It during the evening But Mrs Heath Heth wiped the tho th glass clear with her handkerchief Did you ou two tl handle It again after arter that I Why we Why I we must have done doneso don so Inman Irman said hesitatingly clue how could our finger prints get on the pieces You are sure suro sur of your facts tacta I suppose positive L Yes Mr Inman we are post tive Now to put the tho matter plainly we ie are arc of ot course Ing tor for the hand that wielded that brutal weapon and thereby ended the life lite of ot Mrs Heath We know that the prints of oC two people are oro In evidence on the glass glassand anti and no others We Vo hold that It if the mur murderer mur- mur murderer murderer derer the bottle after arter your our prints and Miss Moores Moore's prints were on It hI hit his own Would woOld have been superimposed also I have been told that the mod mod- modern modera cm ern criminal guards against finger fingerprints fingerprints prints and protects his hands with gloves glo or with a piece of fab- fab fabric ric nc You ara right the tho coroner looked at him gravely but tr if In this case cese the murderer had done dono so even the gloves ho he wore or the bit of oC cloth he ho used would have havo blurred and an- smeared the pre pre- Ious bus prints On the tho contrary they are clear and plain Then I can give you no ex- ex explanation ex explanation of ot these conditions I myself left lett the room only a few tew minutes after aCter Miss Moores Moore's departure do de- de departure and at that time Mr Heath and his hi wife were there then alone and the tho old botU bottle stood on or the tho table As I said It tr my ray finger fingerprints prints were found on It or Miss Moores Moore's they must have havo been beer put there earlier In tho the evening and the murderer who took up the bottle later tailed failed to disturb them You are aro a a relative of ot Mrs Heaths Heath's Our mothers were ere cousins That is n not a very c close os relation relation- snip out nut 1 nau no near near- nearer near er Cr kin And you ar are her heir She gave me to understand a that Then she was wu not devoted to ther her husband 1 Oh they were good pals Lan Lar- Larry ry his shoulders But they were wera so unlike and their r tastes so uncongenial that one could scarcely call them devoted Was Mr Heath Jealous ot of you 7 Of Ot your attentions to his wife Jealous Is too strong a a wor word I think It piqued him to have havo his wife appear Interested even In Inslight a slight alight extent In any other man Do Dog In the tho manger type then Exactly that Perry Health wu was proud ot of hi his wife but he was wea Irritated by her unwillingness nus to todo todo o do as IlS he wanted Mrs Heath vas 0 willed strong-willed and Heath reo re- her Independent attitude Where do you think Perry Heath now Is I have not the slightest Idea Ide but the tho man Is quite clever enough to hide himself where ho will not n be bo found Y You ou think then that be he killed his wife wICe What else can I think I left lert Ie the tho ho pair here alone Next thing I hear ot of o them Is I Is 18 dead and ho hoIs liis hois Is missing In lit default of ot other evidence what other theory Is I possible True enough but bow how did the theman theman til man get out Supposing some other othar murder murder- murderer cr er how did he get In That is aside the Issue I 1 hold that Perry Heath could not get gl 61 out of ot this house last night un- un less len Unless some one inside had let hIm hi out and locked the door att after atter him Of 0 course that Is so Larry spoke thoughtfully But where does that lead us To the presumption that Heath go away awny on some iome legitimate leg a errand That Mrs Heath let him hi out and locked the tho door after aCter him That later some somo one en- en entered the studio and In a sudden fit tit of ot angry passion brained Mrs Mr Heath with Ith the Ibe murderous bo bot- bot bottle bottie tie tic They and Larry smiled dry dry dry- f dryly ly Iy how did that man get out JIe He didn't a said ld ald the coroner He Is still In the house then perhaps to so I will not pretend to you ou Doctor Osborne You mean that the r murd u r was wasa wasa a regular Inmate ot of this house either family guest gust or servant You IOU iou have stated tho the ump lion accurately Mr Inman To Tu Be He Continued |
