| Show a SE FICTION 7 7 Caro e 6 a ds is 1 s M soNs v nf BEGIN BEGIN- HERE IERE TODAY TODAY- MRS PRENTISS who vho silt fUr fees lers front from Insomnia I sees rs lights mysteriously mJ appear and disappear In tho HE HEATH UI household next door loor one right and the tho next morn morn morn- In ins HARBOR HARnOn GARDENS G Long lone L Island Jand Is Ij nog alOI wit with h to tho murder of oC o MYRA R I HEATH UE and the lie of oC PERRY her husband hu Rouse guests uc t of oC the Heaths are arc L LAWRENCE INMAN X lAIo and BUNNY MOORE MOOnE Inman might run have a n because OC Its he Is s itch heir to ra M-ra considerable consider able fortune the sho having cut cat cutoff ot off her husband ban 1 In her l cr 01 also aLoo points to col eol- eol J lIen hatred limey Moore because ot of her Iler refusal al alto to answer cr questions at the Iw h- In Inquest quest Myra Clra Heath nath was nas a peculiar Homan oman She newer ne used ud cos- cos cosmetics Os cos never neer ne er wore colors she had luul a maniA manly for collecting glass glas and amI It was tens a 1 rare old whisky hl y bottle that Clint was the tin instrument In- In In strument ot of her br death Can Can- Can lies files were burning at nt her head and C feet t when a maid dis- dis discovered dis discovered covered her body and 1011 nearby arby MM war a card marked td The York Work of oC Perry Heath Strangest cst of 01 all nil she site was heavily hea mode made up and dressed t I I 1 1 Wh with ith gay Ky colors The Tir strangest thing about Heaths Heath's dl dl Is the fact that all the lie windows s and amI doors had lind been locked on the tho Inside the llio night end Iod found that way In the 1 morning Finger I prints of oC Bunny and 1 Inman arc found on the bottle A vanity case cas has strangely disappeared and physicians determine that the rouge was as applied to Ita's face after death At t the Country Club the murder r Is Jg discussed di by SAM 1 Heaths Heath's rival for lor the hub club presidency nty All AL I Mho ho Is Is try try- try try-In tryIng Ing to the Cite lie case cac and others Some Sonic believe o Heath the murderer Others i I Ins tn Anderson dl Iee i Cun-i Cun Cun- Cun Cunningham believing belle ln Bunny Moore Is concealing some some- something something thing calls on Sirs Mrs Now OW GO ON ON- WITH THE STORY XVI X Now Al Cunningham was not an adonis for tor looks but he hadan had bad an an Ingratiating way with hint him which added to a discreetly flat Ilat flattering flat flat- flattering tongue sometimes made as as- as astonishing Inroads on th the confidence confidence confidence dence of middle aged eed or elderlY ladles As he passed the th Heath house bouse and beaming with his most debonair smile he deliberately up the garden carden path and up the tha few lew steps of ot the porch of oC Mr Mrs Prentiss Toddy Buck Duck looked round In surprise then rose to g erect greet a 0 supposed friend of ot his aunt Dut But Mrs Prentiss showed no ot of the caller eaUer and Cun- Cun Cunningham taking all on one bold move held out hi hilt hie hand band to her a ae ho he said forgive meI me mc I know v when you OU hear bear what what- what hat Ive I've C about f 4 His hits smile faded and gave aye way to a mysterious air and ond his low low- lowered low cred ered cred voice d thrilling reve reve- rc revelations e- e lations Emily Prentiss couldn't relst this and she gracIously bowed and pointed to a near nearby y chair cunningham thus e tacitly tacitly took T Buck Duck also Into his confidence and began by saying Im Im I'm AI At Cunningham a Gardens man of ot cour course e and I 1 saw you two at the Inquest this afternoon Mrs Prentiss I 1 felt sure aure that ou knew something about the affair you but as you were not called upon you ou or couldn't-or couldn't or didn't tell IV IL It WellI Well I I declare cried the as- as astonished a woman woman oman Now however did you ou gue guess that Here 1 was just discussing with Uh my nephew Whether or not I 1 ought to tell body and along you comet come It Its It's just lust providential that that's what It ft is You a Mr Cun Cun- Cun Cunningham Well Veil Yell I 1 am em but not a profess professional tonal ional one As a 0 matter ot of o fact Im I'm a rank amateur but Im I'm Im I'm working In the th interests Inter of oC o the Country Club Mr Heath was wa a 0 member you kno know and some omo of oC the men think they ought to look Into the th matter of ot his bis strange trance disappearance And they've put the th work rather morn mor or less leu Into Inlo my hands hand So a as I 1 Isaid said I 1 have hale a hunch you know oh something oh I belt beg your par par- pardon pardon don forgive the slang along lant Xo No Xo harm barm at all Mr 1 Mrs prentiss beamed on him My Uy nephew here uses the oat Most atrocious slang so to Im I'm used u ed to It yell Well sir your hun hunch h Is a right one I 1 do know something Tough hough h whether Its Ita of oC o any ony account or not I 1 cant can't say ay But Dut seeing seeing- you are ar what you are and sent out by bythe bythe the club and all I dont don't see e why t shouldn't tell you In fact tact Id I'd have told It before It- It before It If Id I'd known who to tell 1 I dont don't altogether cotton to th the police They're so high and mighty and nn 1 they can an take what you tell em cm and then twist It all out of kilter until II its no use uso to them or anybody else el so ao Mrs Prentiss Cunninghams Cunningham's voice wa was de deeply ply sympathetic c Now It IC you care caro car to the th In- In In Information tell me Ill I'll promise you formation will 11 not bo bot wasted All right Ill I'll tell Whereupon Mrs Prentiss do- do de detailed tailed anew her ber watch ot of the night before She told accurately and aad just as ns she iho h had hd d told her nephew c at ot breakfast of oC o the rho strange appearances appearance disappear disappear- disappearance disappearances ances ance and reappearance ot of lights In the heath Hath studio It ir 18 is a most Interesting story Cunningham said when hen she the had finished And And Im I'm sure ur it Is of the utmost Importance Were It only concerning the main lights of oC the tl room room It would not be l so peculiar but the tho appearance of the two small Email sparks sparks parks which were doubtless the tile candles candle left there makes it all 1111 a strong tronc piece picco ot of evidence e which however howver needs straightening out and unravel unravel- unraveling unravel Inc Ini ing to get Iet et Its meaning Let us try Mr Mrs to recon reconstruct the happenings Keep check on me and and tell in me It If I 1 go to wrong Now ow say MY ay tho the complete darkness ss at past halt eleven meant the family and servants had all ull reo re- retired re retired tired Yes Yea that's pr probably bablY right rit-ht Well Yell then say nJ ay that when a adim adim adim dim light appeared perhaps halt half haltan haltan an hour later some som one came downstAirs on a trifling errand errand- errand tor Cor a book or or some such thing thine Yes Yes though though that Isn't very Cry definite Ah Ah you thought I 1 would beon be one of ot those detectives who could deduce a 0 man with a hooked no nose and Vandyke beard with a 0 slight limp and a cast In his Ills left eel eyel Mrs Prentiss laughed appreciating the th banter Well Nell go eo on she said Well the Indefinite prowler downstairs snapped on a small light maybe a desk light that wasn't the th candle was It No o I recollect the he effect clearly It was doubtless as you suggest a small Email desk light Ji-ht or reading lamp Then In a few moments comes another person who fla flash Clash h- h hon os ce on the full lull lights of oC the tho room Of course cour e though It need not t have been ben another person It may maywell maywell maywell well have hayo been the first the th In in- in indefinite in definite person parson still hunting what he came after Right You are a born detec detec- detective detective detective tive Mrs Mr Prentiss Well VeIl anyhow that big bir light stayed on till about one o'clock That right Yes a as near a as I 1 remember the hours Then the candles showed bowed Yes Yell Yes and It wa was as during the time tim of o that big bir between light one o'clock that Mrs Hea Heath h Has as killed Or at ot least cast that's the th way I 1 see ee It It lt For the tho candles were in all probability put In place to represent funeral candles candies Now v that must have hav been I done after the lady was dead Then having arranged things to satisfaction th the murderer snapped oft off the tho bie big bij light and left lert the room room roam whether k ho loft left the he house or not But But there were more lights on and end o off orr after atter that That Is the th most Important of al all If It my belief Is the tho truth at that the crime was wa committed just before etore the candles candle were ere lighted then hen whoever came Into that room afterward saw aw the candles s saw aw awne the thOe ne dead woman and has so solar o far lar ar kept quiet about It It To nc Dc Continued |
