| Show CASE ff FICTION fAW W O 7 s WV BV S Y Caro M W lh G jP P 0 SONS F MRS BEGIN I C TI S TODAY who ho 10 leIS fern from I Insomnia n aces lights light mysteriously appear hold and disappear In ha the HELTH hou household next door ono one night and the next mOrn morning In HARBOR HAnnOn GA GARDENS Lon Long slam eland Is 15 agog 80 tithe the tho murder murder mur- mur der ot of o n 1 HEATH nEATH and the disappearance of ot IE PERRY 1 ber husband House guests orthe ot Heaths are arc LAWRENCE INMAN and BUNNY l MOORE E Inmon might have hero a motive because tx he Is 15 hell heir to Nyra's consider consIder- consIderable considerable able fortune she hc having hating cut cutoff off aU her hr husband In fn her ber wilt Suspicion also allo points to gol- gol gol goldon hatred den don n 1 vivacious lous Bunny Moore c b because of her bel refusal to answer questions at the In- In Inquest In Inquest quest r Myra ra Death neath was a woman She never u a cd ros- ros cos cosmetics never wore co Irs rs She Sho had a II mania for far collecting coll glass and It was Tim a II rare old whisky bottle that was the instrument of her ber death Candles were ere burning at nt her head and feet when hen a maid discovered Cred her bel body and near near near-by I by was WM a IL caret card marked The Work Cork orl of Perry Heath Strangest of nit nil she was made up and dressed with gay colors The Tho strangest thing about Meath's disappearance Is tIe the fact that all 1111 the Ilio windows and doors had been locked on the Inside the night before and were ere found that way tray In inthe Inthe the morning Finger prints of and Ronan III are found on the bottle A rasp coso has lias strangely lis- lis dis disappeared appeared and physicians le- le de determine termine that the tho rouge applied to Mra's Iros Iyra's face race niter alter death fit At the tho Country the murder Is ells used ed by AN om Heaths Heath's rival 1 Wr 11 1 the tho club nb presidency AL eL CU CUN CUN Who Is Jf trying to torote rote the tho cn case and anil otters l the tho murderer on Andr 11 Cunningham be- be be believing lieving Bunny Moore I Is con con- con concealing cashing something calls on Mrs rs ilio ho tells telL him tho mysterious lights NOW GO ON OX WITH TUB Tim sTonY STORY cn X hav have havi 1 been ten some somo of o the servants suggested Mrs Irs Prentice Pren- Pren Prentiss Pren tice Yes Yes It might easily cully have been And tho the second trip aa a we may call the time Ume when the big lights was on again flashed on for tor II a short time may have been other time e come coma to confirm the news nowa already told Now youre you're romancing romancing- Tod- Tod hunter Tod-hunter hunter Buck broke boke In I I say Mr Cunningham Im I'm keen on this business myself I X wish you'd let me help you Ill I'll promise not notto notto notto to bo be a a nuisance Glad to have hae you ou 1 Ive I've no regarding my own pow pow- powers ers but I have bare a 0 capacity for tor work and a bull bulldog og tenacity for digging at a clue Good Good Well Veil then I think you youve no right to accuse the servants any more than the guests of the household Nor to mY mind have hove you any more reason to suspect them than that the murderer himself returned ret to the scene of his crime to two or three times time Theres There's no ar argument that that that- he shouldn't He lIe killed the tho lady and In all probability ho he after atter afterward afterward ward made up her face race In that strange fashion But Dut It Is la quite as 88 likely that he was In and out of that room and that he snapped snap snap- snapped snapped ped on and oft off o the big biff lights as that an any one cIs else did old Wh Why It If the guests or servants had gone there Inadvertently and had seen that awful sight eight they would have given given given en an alarm at once so Toddy said his aunt looking admiringly at her nephew I wish wl h I had hod looked more carefully for tor shadows on the blind I did sometimes see one moving vaguely about but It was wasso so indistinct that recognition was Impossible Impossible You Tou You didn't see ace anyone any one out ot of doors Anyone Any one leaving the premises Now you speak of It It seems as it If I did see seo some man sort of out But It wasn't Perry Heath It was U a short thickset fellow and Im I'm t pretty retty near sure It t was Katies Katie's young f k man Ive I've seen him before he before I always alwa's brings her home after atter her ever evening ng out Katies Katie's a nice girl a respectable girl an and and- she's shell en- en engaged engaged en engaged to her beau benu Ddt they do stay out awful late My if tf she was w s my m maid ld shed she'd be In the house and the back door locked I I by 10 it o'clock And no other maid maida a 0 down to let her tn in nether But Tars Heath now she give gave her orders and then she Just took for granted d the they was as carried outs out Yes that's Myra Heath all 0 over 11 Shed She'd give gl Im- Im Implicit Im ha Implicit directions to the bunch of servants over there and shed she'd as- as assume as assume sume they're thero all obeyed to the letter Land they aint She al- al always al always ways h held ld her her head hf-ad regular high high The Look she wasl was The Johnny Vell ell poor thing shell she'll never hold her head hf-ad high again Her lIer servants were ere not loyal then 7 1 Oh loyal In a a way They liked her for tor all her airs but of course Its It's human nature to p service If t nobody's look looking ing Oh Oh sure sure But do you think the servants were uP up up and about at that hour of tho the night t You heard what the girls told at the Inquest Yes And they seemed honest and straightforward Emma let Katie tle In and then went back bock to her room Katie visited the Ice Ice- Icebox Ice Icebox box and then thet went to her room Yes Yes Mrs Prentiss spoke poke duo du- dubiously du dubiously ThILla what they said And like enough true But Dut what became of o Perry Heathy Heath 1 How did ho he get out and where did he go Was Pas he be a man to be friendly with the maids Would Emma say aay have let him out as readily as she let Katie Kallo In 1 I wouldn't put It past her ILS as asfar asfar far as Emmas Emma's concerned But ButI ButI I L do dont don't dont don't t think Mr Heath was like that Not that you can tell a single thing about any man But Perry Heath Is so up and com con cond comIn coming lags ing In so sort r t of ot straightforward g gIt d tha that t It seems to me If It he ho wanted to get et out of his own house hed he'd manage It him hIm- hImself himself himself self without the aid ot of o any Yes Al AI Cunningham agreed I the way ay I t size up Perry Perr Heath Now heres here's another thing It If Heath killed his wife wire and ant vamoosed afterward as aa many man suppose why would be want U to tomoko tomake make moko It appear that there w as a ano no way for him to get out Why Wh not do his killing and walk orf of leavIng the front door open bo be- be behInd hind bo-hind hInd him T I cant can't get the reason for his secrecy For his trying to tomake t tomake make It look as If he escaped h by means mean a 0 point cried Tod- Tod Tod hunter Tod-hunter hunter Buck eagerly Thais s I point that's been puzzling me nn and Ive I've got my answer You have havel said sold Cunningham what Is It Well Veil you see see Toddy was will a aI e little I little excited at being made a a aI I principal In the tho discussion you see Im I'm not at all sure aure that Heath was the murderer No Cunningham said Im not either Well Nell Toddy went on on sup that pose that the tho murderer was Inman man But why should he kill his hie cou cousin ln 1 They say soy he was in love wIth herT her This from Mrs Prenties Pren- Pren ties I I know they say that that- that But suppose he ho wasn't Suppose se he pretended to Ie toe but he wasn't And he wanted her money which h was to come to him by her will Well ell suppose he hp killed her end and andI I fixed up the cosmetic stunt and the candles and all with the Idea of Implicating her husband who they say always wanted her herto herto herto to rouge rougo up and all that Well Nell then suppose he shut off oU the lights all but the candles and just lay doggo and waited And suppose Friend husband comes creeping down to find out what's what up up- up And suppose the cousin kills hIm too conceals And And conceals his body say say In the or cellar cellar or garden Why Buck what a terrible Ideal cried his aunt gasping for breath breath- But But lut its it's all terrible Aunt Emily And that would account for the disappearance of Perry Heath without leaving any door or window unlocked Ingenious In theory Cunning Cunning- Cunningham Cunningham ham Cunning ham said deeply Interested Interacted In Toddy's notion But Dut dots does It 11 hold water As As how asked young Buck Well Vell It Isn't easy to conceal a 8 body In n tho the cellar cellar- cellar All right Tod Toddy y cried then he takee take It out and throws It ItIn ItIn In th the tho sea 8 a Weighted and aU all that you know And comes comell back and turns on the light for that last time and time and then lock locks locka the doors doore and goes oft off to bed Maybe Cunningham said shaking his head thoughtfully 1 maybe To Be ne Continued I an 00 as |
