Show FICTION y V by byG G PUTNAM P-PUTNAM SONS BEGIN HERE TODAY MRS IRS PRENTISS w ho Iio ur- ur fers front flOm Insomnia sees lights a anol In tho health nest door loor one nL ht ano nil the Iho next morning R IL ILIR lion S G Lon Long Ions MandIs Is h a og Hh thin Hie murder ot or IYRA 1 HEATH TU and the dL L of or her an n artist o of or Dip Ihl Uc IIrI CP Ij I IX ISM N X I N and l Inman might hate n a motive bc o lie he l c I s clr to con l fortune abc hc ha haIn lia In made ill In iu his Ills fa ra or or anil anI nit cut her hr off Suspicion also points to toward Bunny a II TI- TI Tl I d cause II I or of hr hir refusal al to 10 au- au an ier rr at the Ihl lit inquest t tanI anI and the fact Iio f-Iio had apparently known or of the file murder the who nim went to 10 hr roc to Inform her II Mim rl Heath wn was a peculiar woman om beautiful lint luit 01 Site ohe dill lid not loc loic 10 her hu she abe ne cr 11 1 o mt IlS Il'S neer wore oro colors COlor she he had lial a 1 mania for rare bit or of glass class and It he Mas nac o an tin ohi 01 1 bottle that was vaS the Ih In Instrument In- In 1 strument of or her bot- bot tic liot-tic tic from front her own Candles nete Ie At atler ati ler anti and feet a 1 O discovered her hr oh b nail and nearby was n a rard Tho Tiu Work of or Perry heath Strangest t of or nil flU she I c was a mad Iii hC lIy with rouse rouge rou anti 11 dressed In Inay ia ay a colors At thin Country dub club Iii Ih t Is Ic discussed hI l v S tM n ANDERSON A Ati Mi CUNNIN- CUNNIN HAM anti and rs oth-rs rs sonic bc- bc be be ing Perry heath the Hie mur murderer derer others ds The thing tiling abnit I Is Jq thy Ih fact that all n th doors anti and windows had been Io locked ked on the hit hit-hd thiO before and amI cr cr found that A av In the O Finer Finder tu int of or and funnY More arc are found on the and all tho hI Its It's belief that Ihal flu hp nr mr will III IlL lie le 1 c found In iii Ih thio retails retail's haT hR- hRIn In lug seen a vanity case ro-C near the body bit Int that hiJ his oli- oli dis disappeared appeared Physicians Ih dore Ie re arc the the he rouse rou l was ti free rc flOor d cow GO OV OX WITH Till STORY STOnY CHAPTER XIV The Country club of ot harbor being over on the Park aide Ilde was a magnificent and or- or ornate ornate or ornate nate structure built with a large outlay of or money sn end a a small out out- outlay outlay out outlay lay of ot taste But It catered e r to the tho comforts of ot Its members an and anil t Its spacious ve- ve verandas vc randas and big bl- bl easy rasy chairs wore ero i welt well patronized of ot a summer after after- afternoon afternoon I noon noon noon- Al Cunningham ham over o there II the Inquest ws wes over He lie his own on opinions s or of orth th the coroners coroner's methods and pro pro- procedure procedure pro but he wa as determined not notto notto to express them but merely ge give elvo II a report ort of or the affair He lIe found a small group croup of ot men who ho were cro quite evidently e waIting for him in and 1 almost without pro pro- pre preliminaries he Into his subject and gave goe a brisk and ac- ac accurate accurate ac accurate curate account of ot tho the Iho tt Inquest T The e men were wre those who had agreed to cunningham ham asP as P 5 a private and amateur o In the Heath matter nd anti they I listened to his story for tor the most I part In silence 8 Then Arthur Arth r Clack Black said raid ald I oh rather gather AI Al from th the way vav av you describe things th t you ym dont don't al altogether ci- ci together approve e ot or Osborns Osborn's lech tech tech- Technique He lie hasn't an any TIe He sense enouch to co go In when It i I didn't lilean In lo to speak out In merlin like tikI to bet brt sines yOU ou ask Ill I'll admit that th t I think 1101 about abort the worst wout apology y for a coroner I ever 1 saw Kaw Seen many asked Anderson a little dryly Well Well Ive I've soon seen a II few Cun- Cun ringham Cun-ringham un- un unI I ringham stood hi his hig ground lInd IVR Fyn read lots of ot detective sf and and nd I 1 know ho how a coroner ought to behave Rut But But he cant can't do more they find Perry Heath mark BILek said That chap has got gotto cotto to be he found Thres Theros There no Question or of his hl guilt eulit Why his running away R Is I the same some as a confession Mid And who else Ise could could It have hav 10 beon As Al AI tells us tho the housa housu was SO darned well nell locked up that no Intruder ruder could get In res Yes es Anderson and and by thi way bow how did Heath get out It doesn't matter mailer how bow he got out sinN since ha he did get out Wal Wal- Wallace Wal- Wal Wallace Wallace lace Forbes declared We have to admit hes he's missing so o why not assume hes he's tho murderer It seems not only the but the he deduction Well Vell I dont don't know Cunning Cunning- ham honl hanh said salt thoughtfully LogIc ai I yes cs But not inevitable to my mind You see that man Osborn no evidence Mence of ot any value Spoken evidence I mean Ho io questioned his witnesses perfunCtorily perfunctorily and very sketchily Ho Ito ought to have put those servants through a 0 regular grilling and the house hou ought to havo have been ques ques- questioned qUes- qUes qUestioned questioned far more closely That Tha blue blue- eyed blue eyed flapper napper knows a II lot more than she told Why the she knew about the thing thin before the maid ne nt up to lo tell lell her her or or Ise lse why was as the she cring cr Ing to beat the band when the maid went In iii her room 1 Oh Ol come orne now Al AI that's pure surmise Anderson objected Maybe but surmises ought to tobe tobe tobe be 1001 looked bolted ed Into and tracked down don Then that girl vamped tho the coroner so at the tho last that when hen Fhe ho told him she thought the murder was the work of ot a burglar burlar he ht just nodded his head bead rad and let Ift up on her pr entirely Finn Fine sort of oC coroner toil tIll the G P P r 1111 Well Veil 01 old 1 man Black said then Tour work Is cut out for oU you The verdict of or a II jury jury doesn't close a cas case casO and J I r fancy that man Mott wont won't let the matter rest as Is IR Hes He's a alive alive live wire I happen to know and you Cunny could do w than to loin join Issues anti and work ork with him No Xo I prefer to to o po go on my own There Ther Thero speaks the true ama ama- amateur amateur Of or course you would 1 An And l I 1 dont don't kw V but youre you're rl right t about It Cant Can't you get arou around d the Little Lillie Bright Eyes and find find nut out what she sho really knows knowlI You dont don't sue sus- sus suspect poet pert she is the p do you look look- look looked Mercy no ed Pd shocked She's a II mere kid But I do think she's In the tho know more more or loss less Then co go to It It and nn find out Will Cunny be bl lot let do this Anderson asked Will they I tey want vant hIm nosing J around aroun In n he ho h Heath bungalow It It Is a II bungalow I 1 being over on that side Yes irs Yee Its It's a a bungalow Forbes told him Mm And one of ot the mo most t attractive ones nes over there Heath w wc on n artist artist- artist Why nv was S Do you yon hink hes he's he dead too Clack Dlack asked No Xo But when hen any one die die- dis disappears appears like Ilka that you ou cant can't help thinking of ot him In the Ule past tense VelI Perry Heath Is a pretty retty f fair lr and end his home ome Ii li one of ot the show chow places of ot the Gardens Oh It didn't cost ft 1 quarter as much muchas muchas S I your place Black Blick or as Andor- Andor sons son's sons eons home but b t Its It's It a comfortable enough shack sharl And no now Ive I've no Idea Ido who's at Dt the he head hoed of ot It II You iou iouI see Mr tr and Mrs Irs Heath had no I children and the two house guests over o ther there cant can't be expected l to stay on forever Somebody said that Inman Is Heaths Heath's heir Mrs 11 I know I 1 moan mean I know enow tats that's the report but I dont don't kno know how tru true It Is Well ell somebody's got to lo talk aid s-aid ll 1 Black Clack decidedly You cant can't 11 find out things any other otner waY And if II theres there's nobody in 11 to work this thing up all 11 the more reason why hy we old Harbor resi residents resI- resI resIdents dents should lake t k hold and do our to run down the t or of Myra Heath Hath whether hether It Is her hU husband were we're ore alter after or not the WR wa way I T look lonk at It Cunningham agreed The two people ople over there an and that bunch ot of servants must give up what they know kneir S hody must make Im em do d It It If Mott Tott goes for the little beau beauty tv Jell behl probably fall town down on th the Job just lust us O Oborn born did tor for she'S sho's a witch child all allright allright allright right Rut But I shall steel my iry eart against her ant and wrest rest the tho truth from her tr soul Why was she crying bitterly w wen when en Carter Carte wentlo to tell her about Mrs heath Dont Don't tell me It was as some sorro sorrow or of her pr own own Too Tto much of a II coin coin- coincidence coincidence coincidence Or If It was Ihen lh n she must cough up what the sorrow was It cant can't hurt her as lS much lo to bare her secret grief as as It can canto canto to be bo suspected of ot a 0 premature knowledge or of o the tragedy Good Lord AI Al but you o h ha iao imagination Sam Sim Anderson ox- ox exclaimed ex exclaimed claimed I I dare daro say Bay its it's a good asset for a 1 I detective but dont don't let It run away with you ou Oh Imagination helps only olly up to a certain point After Arter that you ou want tact polle policy cunning and ol all the Machiavellian traits trails to round roundup roundup roundup up your our facts You want to lear hear everything e you ou can You want to see quickly and surely And most or of all you need the Instinct to guide you among the shoals of or false falso clues that contin contin- continually continually i crop up I My lit Al AI you do know a 0 lot exclaimed Black Id no Idea we were employing such a 1 modern and up to dato date sleuth And then after all nil Cunning Cunning- Cunningham ham ham went on It largely depends on luck and hard work or- or or he work laughed work and har hard bard luck To Us Ba 2 Continued n |