Show A VANI Y AllA Y FICTION y 0 GP OR PUTNAM pi piM M SONS I DEGI BEGIN nEm TODAY Y IRs s sc y lights appeal and amI du- du dua dis disappear a appear l next licit door in UI the JlE L hO liou hohl one ono and the next net morning liar Har- Harbor Harbor bor Gardens Long Inland k Iq ngo OI with th tho of MynA hEATh and th HIP dis disappearance app appearance orano of o her hu PERRY nou-cc nou Chests i of or the are aro LAWRENCE IX and BUNNY DUNNY MOonE Inman have ha a motive l Je be Is Jq heir to consider able able blo fortune ah having hating Mt ent off of Su also points to golden t K h a- a adOs s dO Bunny because tit pf her oal al to answer questions at atthe atthe athe the Inquest fr fyr ua was peculiar She ner neice n er u cd lIl co O tr nOer ON ore color bhe hind Ial linda IL mania for fop collecting Bla Ila 5 sand and It was a 1 rare old bottle from from her coll collection that the tho lie murderer used to kill her Candles were wre nine burnIng at her hr and anti feet and nearby A ft card ard marked markI The Work ork of ot Perry 1111 t of als al's nl slit hl wa a up 10 II made up tip and nd dr with ga gay cay colors The rho peculiar thin thins thIng about heaths heath's disappearance J I Is the tho fat fact that all MI Ilow an and doon hail had locked on the In tile Ilic nl ht before and amI Ire found that war I IT n T the butler 1111 In n the morning prints of Bunny nunny Moore and amI Inman were found on h the flip hot hot- lot lot-He tl tic and physicians c h l t that th the rouge was 8 applied to Myra Heath after At t t the lu Countr Country club tle tIl 1 murder l I 1 ll eed ll t b b SAM Heaths Heath's 1111 fur for shi Ii h n presidency AL tb CUX- CUX CUN I ho hio Is Trim to sole the crim and nd believe Heath the Iho mile mur murderer derer Others An An n lerson lIa hIar from Mrs Ir t of lh h ho m TaD TOD- her 11 cr nephew u ts that also al o o ma may hir beep With mirk makes an nn Inspection of the home NOW CO GO ox ov WITH TIlE TITE STOny CX The Thc bedroom was done up In pale tall grav and anil quit In keepIn with th cx t- t taste tafta and hove lovo of If v that th t J had baa ad characterized Myra lyra In life lire Carter sat by a a Il window loin doing Il a abit abit 1 bit ot or mending and find she he looked up In as nil the two Iwo eama osme amo In 1 Is III Sirs Mrs Heath vanity case cae 7 CunnIngham naked with without out preliminaries Sh has several lIe the maid returned Get Ct them all out was ws IlS the or- or order or order der and from tome some lar and drawers Carter produced nil all bea beautiful and costly and all allIn allIn allIn In such a state of newness that It wa was U plain to be bo seen They hey had never been used sd Scanning canning the tho three carefully and noting their newness Cnn Cun Cun ham said aid looking about Where Is the one rhe he used These have havo never tr been even ven opened Mrs Ir Heath never used a vim vim- Ity It box boc sir Carter told him She had this puff powder box boc here litre on the dresser but eh h never ne used f or lip salve I Ah yes yu I see Go and brIng me ma one from Miss MIs Moores Moore's room Th The one she he habitually uses ues Carter hesitated a moment II and then catch catching In the austere glance of tho the mans man's man eye she went on the errand and returned with an elaborate gold affair that tot had many dangling dal chains and I series Hitched 1 to the main box I This Thia Is the one Miss Moore uses Cunningham Cunninghan aske askel It U Is the only one I have seen her use uso since Ince he hc ho has been here hrc Carter Cartr returned Ill keep It CunnIngham said Mid When hen Cunningham and Toddy Todo Buck came camo downstairs thy the learned that Bunny ha had concluded concluded ed to go home homo with Mr Mrs Prentiss ren tiu and stay for tor a a time The Th combined persuasions of or that In- In Insistent Insistent Insistent lady and Larry Inman had resulted In Bunny's and she was about to go gu up for fora fora foia a suitcase and some necessary be- be belongings be longings I needn't take much she the said pausing at the tho foot of or the stAirs eta for I can run back and forth for whatever I need She ran along alone up and Cun- Cun Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham after a few words of farewell took his he departure A few moments later Bunny came down from upstairs fol- fol fol 01 followed lowed by Carter with a a small suit suit- suitcase suitcase cas case Im ready she said slowly to Mrs Prentiss but I cant can't find my vanity box Its It's the queerest I thing I had It In my room just before dinner I Z usually have It about with m me mc but I but I left It up- up upstaIrs U up upstairs stairs and now I cant can't find itt IU Toddy Buck hesitated He knew had taken It away but he was as uncertain whether to tell that or not He concluded to keep silent on the matter for fo he he ho would not Interfere with his detective e work and he ho felt he was not at liberty to divulge the d secrets Bunny Dunny said no more about It though It was wu plain to be seen It worried her With Ith a quietness unusual for her gay little self she said KId good gool goodnight goodnight night to Inman and went wIth Ith Mrs Prentiss across the lawn In to the house next door It was also unusual for Bunny to pay so little attention little attention to a presentable and attractive young oung man as she showed toward Tod- Tod hunter Tod-hunter hunter Buck But Bunny was not herself Small wonder considering the chock she had sustained Once In Mrs Prentiss cheery deery It If fashioned old fashioned living living- room Bunny stood Irresolutely by a bible Ubie and faced the other two Her big blue eyes were appeal ng leg Ing She looked like baby d al helpless But put Bunny Moore foore was as as not help help- helpless helpless helpless less It she looked so It was natures nature's fault not her own A more wise canny sophisticated ed little piece than Bunny could scarcely be Imagined But Dut she aba was troubled And If truth were known sha o had reason to b be Mr Ir Buck she said speaking almost for tor the tho first time directly to Toddy I know perfectly well you and Mr Cunningham are aha eha- sha shadowing dowing lg me I think that Is th therm term erm the detectives use Why Why why hy why 1 Miss Moore Moore- Moore Toddy Toddy roddy was dumfounded at this why hY you must know If It I could do 10 anything to help you you- you You You would do Just the be opposite site Bite Yes I know that eyes blazed now and her roice quivered The poor child as all alt wrought rouGht up her nerves yore vere on edge and she she sho must take tike It out ot of somebody But Dut she looked BO so lovely SO like Ike a 0 bruised blossom or a brok brok- brok- brok broken en cn u butterfly that Toddy Buck for for- for forgot got ot all about and de- de de detective work ork and wanted only to In the service or of o Bunny foore for tor the rest ot or hi his mortal Rr Ni ncr r Now ow ou just wait walt he eX- eX ex exclaimed claimed eagerly Im for or you you- you all for tor you And Ill I'll put all my cards on the table Al AI Cunning Cunning- Cunningham ham hm did take your van vanity It case or 01 whatever you call coIl It And Im I'm ex- ex expecting ex expecting you to tell me why he took It and why you care so much that he did take tako It Buck looked at her straight straightforwardly forwardly and to his delight I Bunny returned the glance Ith equal calmness i But Mrs Prentiss as the she he her her- herself self would have hale expressed It could i see ace through a 0 ladder with Ith a a hole holo i In It and she realized that Miss Bunn Bunny whether naive or sly could wi wind ad Mr Duck Buck round her adorable pink little f fin finger in ger and that she abs was waa quite readY to proceed with and nd enjoy the process Also Mrs Ira Prentiss Prentice had the somewhat unusual quality of ot a afine fine fine sense of relative values And she sized up Ul accurately and truly Bunny's sudden BUdden little spurt purt of or de- de defiance de defiance fiance flanco and she sho he knew that there thero was something back of ot It more than a missing vanity case C She knew that Bunny had something to conceal and that In her hel present I I mood she would either blurt It out or would tell some egregious es lies And good Mrs Mra Prentice Prentiss Wanted to save the pretty child from either olther contingency 80 So she he said enid quite casually You clear out Tod Go to bed or go godown godown down don to town to the movies or do whatever you like Miss Moore and I are quits quit ready redy to excuse you Todd Toddy catch catching In I the th gleam Eleam or of his aunt commanding eye ee Imme- Imme said uld his simple good nights and left lett the room yaw ow my y dear child Mrs Prentice said after a moment of tactful silence you may my go 10 rIght to bed or or-It or It you chos choo choon you youens may ens talk things over a II bit fireL Bunny Dunny looked at her with the glance a a wise lee owl might give a country sparrow and nd said cour cour- cour- cour courteously courteously Please Mrs fre I think Ill I'll go 10 to my room You ore are so good to and me-and me and I do ap- ap appreciate ap appreciate but It-but It but It ha has ha been a a ahard hard day dy and oh and oh Im I'm sure you understand I want to be he alone Of or course loural you you OU poor lear dear Now you ou come como right along wIth me And for tor or the next half hour Mrs Prentiss was more like a matron or of an orphan asylum or head nurse In a a charity ward than any any- anything anything anything thing else And little Bunny exhausted by bythe bythe bythe the unaccustomed train strain on her er nerveS and nd emotion emotions tucked her her- her her-Bilt between th tho nice percale which Ir Mrs Prentiss Prentice pre pre f to linen and after arter aft r her kInd hostess had departed thought I things over I Meanwhile though Toddy Duck Buck had ad fallen under the or of Bunny charm he ho had not entire entire- entirely entirely ly 11 taken leave of ot his senses sense and he went out for a walk thought thought- thoughtfully fully turning his hi steps toward th thi funer funeral 1 parlors parlon where now reo Ce noted d all th that t was mortal ot or love love- lovely lovely ly 11 Myra Heath 3 Buck as BBS III t a methodical sort ort Ito He arranged hi emotions and predl- predl In order as aj another man might ht his business affairs affair Toddy saw at once once-ho once hi was no- no no nobody body that ool-that fool that he ho was wae either In love or about to tall fall talt in It It with Ith Bunny Moore He lie knew too hal Detective Mott as well a as the amateur C Cain Cain- Cnningham n strongly believed belle that the exquisite child knew more than she had told about the tho fearful tragedy at the Heath bungalow This to Bucks Buck's mind did not make mako the Ctrl irl any less desirable or attractive as us an Inamorata but buthe buhe ho he did feel that he be had to kno know That was one strong differentiation between Mrs Prentiss and her nephew Mrs frs Prentiss Prentis with her almost uncanny Intuition knew things Toddy Buck Duck In his blundering but pig headed way ay fed believed things and hai and had to find tin out So to to the rooms or of o th op Co Co Casket Co he ho went f feel feel- feeling el- el ing sure that beyond the tho great palms and orl oriental vas ass vass of o their entresol he h would find the man he be was wU looking for Nor was ho he disappointed In a private room of or which there were ee eral ho he found closeted Al AI Cun- Cun Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham and Detective c Molt fott In earnest rnest ion To n Bo Continued |