Show W 9 4 0 awne loring MIME service SYNOPSIS broche reyburn visits the office of je jed d stewart art a lawyer to discuss the terms of estate she rhe has inherited from mrs an dary tart armanda dane unwittingly she overhears jed talking to mark trent nephew chew of mrs dane who has been Se disinherited mrs dr D ne had lived a at t house a huge structure by the I 1 ea built by her fataei and divided into J two for or her and marks father brooke had bad been a fashion expert and mrs dane a shut hut binl in hearing her on the radio 11 lad had invited her to call and developed a I 1 deeP affection for her mark discloses that haf mrs dane bad threatened to disinherit him if ha 16 married lola fro from m whom he be is new divorced he says he does not trust henri and clotilde otilde CI jacques mrs 1 ianes danes servants he says he is not in te crested rested in an offer of brookes to share the he estate with him leaving her depart I 1 ment amt store job brooke refuses an offer to go stepping witty witt jerry field a carefree young man who wants to marry her at a family conference she learns she must live at lookout house alone since lucette her younger sister who is taking her job ob her ber brother sam a young playwright and her mother plan to stay in the city jed and mark are astounded when they hear from mrs gregory a family friend that she ehe had witnessed a hitherto unknown will with he hc i and clotilde otilde CI two weeks before I 1 mrs dane died brooke had arrived just as she was leaving jed suggests that mark open his part of lookout house get friendly with crooke brooke and try to find out about the will jed agrees to stay with him mark accepts brookes invitation for a family thanksgiving dinner at lookout mrs airs reyburn announces on thanksgiving eve that she has been in kited to england sam and lucette decide j to move in with brooke and sam plans to produce a new play locally after the thanksgiving dinner brooke tells mark that little of mrs danes silver collection Is left jerry field and his sister daphne drop in and announce they will be neighbors for the winter CHAPTER IV continued 7 it must have been mrs danes friend mrs gregory they call her the empress here so she has called that means if she likes us that we shall be admitted into the inner social circle jerry I 1 was so dazed by your appearance that I 1 forgot to ask what you meant by that word neighbor i 0 sure were neighbors daphne and I 1 have taken a house here for the season season what season i this winter of course you say that many of the houses were to be kept open yes ye s but why surprise crisped brookes voice ive been wanting for years to paint snow found I 1 could hire a house with a studio here you dont mind I 1 hope dont be foolish jerry of course I 1 dont only no matter what brooke thinks im all for it mr field lucette encouraged it will be grand to have someone kind of young in the neighborhood and oh sam two more recruits for the cast of your play line of applicants for parts will please form on the left play what play I 1 adore dra matics daphne fields voice and eyes were eager weve been talking about pro sams comedy islands i arise for charity of course its a terrific job we always paint our own scenery T hold jerry the boy artist will paint the scenery fields enghu spasm biasin cooled afraid my box of a studio be big enough i though i there lere ls is a large empty room on the second fl floor next to lucetter Luc ettes deci decide de just how to furnish e so ive waited we can use that wont it be grand sam brooke rt explained and demanded in the r same arne breath i yeah but what does that prove HOW do I 1 know whether the field tear team can act or whether gum up the show k don dont t be a grouch master rey urn rn lucette jibed bet tr page the family lost and found apartment for your manners I 1 adore neighbors im pleased purl puri ale that t we are to have two such snappy ones t r mark trent straightened and flung the we cigarette he had bu but a moment before lighted into the fire he kept his 1 nis eyes y on lucette as he announced noun ced i i ws flash not two new neigh bors fal m t but 1 four ow lady rm im opening aart Y MY house lexi next week jed stewart a n di 0 1 i wll will keep bachelor hall there MY 1 announcement oun cement doubtless lacks the 6 but b romantic mantic overtones of fields fi v well we do our best to make you k teY burns eyo urns neighbor conscious mark in rk the library of his house t fee trent t was perched on the corner ner of the large flat desk As he filled his pipe he compared the old fashioned air of dignified restfulness of the room with its dee deep p chairs in the smoking room manner and its two story book lined walls divided half way up by a gallery with the charm of its twin on the other side of the brocade ha hanging ng which screened the door connecting the two houses jed stewart lounging in a crimson leather chair hands in his trousers pockets legs outstretched was staring at the blazing logs watching the blue and yellow copper and green tongues of flame ii lick ck at the chimney the faint thunder of W waves aves dashing against ledges the ceaseless crying of sea gulls stole through the heavy ha gings aings drawn across the long windows impatiently he sat up weve been here a week mark and we are not the fraction of a degree nearer finding that last will and testament of mary amanda dane s if there is such a t thing hing and the silver dont forget the silver jed I 1 can account for the will vill being lost if there was one but what has become of the silver ive had it so much on my mind that I 1 consulted bill harrison chos he the inspector in charge of police headquarters across the causeway hes been on the force here since I 1 was a small boy what did he say about the silver 11 he say he talk much he asked a few questions about the jacques and said he would drop in here this afternoon to take a look around mrs gregory is coming later hope they dont meet I 1 asked her to have tea with us met her yesterday on the street a and nd she let it be known that her feelings were hurt that I 1 had not invited her before I 1 I 1 asked her to bring miss reyburn mark trent slid from the desk and absentmindedly Y twirled a globe which showed the countries of the world as they had been before the treaty of versailles had remade the map of europe do you think brooke reyburn suspects that we are here as amateur detectives jed amateurs we may be but youve called in a professional on the job you you cant tell what that girl thinks but why should she suspect our reason for being here more than fields and one suspect that lad of ulterior motives he always looks to me as if he were on the verge of kissing a ladys hand why you accept the lead in sams comedy it was offered to you it it was but long ago I 1 outgrew dramatics what do you think of islands arise the name of the play it that it will get a fair hearing at least the theatergoing theater going world so cocky and hard boiled as it was some years ago and it may appreciate sams ideas and ideals be a knockout knock out in the lead fella 1 I take part in the play if I 1 were aching to act I 1 see the Rey burns as seldom as possible thanksgiving day when brooke started to thank me for pulling her from under that car I 1 burned with shame when I 1 remembered why I 1 had accepted her invitation I 1 dont care for this spy stuff ever if I 1 do believe that the girl by some hocus hypnotized aunt mary amanda 11 you show it getting to be the strong silent type arent you mark if you feel that way about her any did you ask mrs gregory to bring brooke here this afternoon you nevea have been fair to that girl you started with the idea that ashes crooked and youre sticking slicking to it like honey to a glass dish trent blew a shrill whistle through his fingers stew stewart art laughed 1 I get you the stop signal ill toss her a posy then ill quit im supposed to be stage manager of sams play but id sure make a mess of it without brooke as my property woman ashes executive and then some she never forgets when does the play came come off 11 first thursday in january sam thought of new years eve but gave that up for tear fear he t lure a producer away from new york fes tivi ties anit that far off well have a grand celebration liere here for the cast and friends who come from town well invite the neighbors to supper and dance after the show have you a speaking part mark trent stopped speaking to stare at the ceiling had a door banged overhead or had he imagined the sound the servants taku and kowa were in the kitchen at this time of day they be on the third floor anyway he had not had that opened up plenty of room below for jed and himself A man entered the room with a purposeful stride he was ample of jowly slightly opulent at waistline aist he had the flinty eyes of an eagle who can stare straight at the sun A sense of force was his outstanding characteristic here I 1 am mark that jap outside wanted to bow me in but I 1 shooed him off inspector bill harrisons voice was surprisingly soft with a persuasive inflection glad youve come inspector this is my friend jed stewart inspector harrison nodded how are you mr stewart does he know about the silver mark he lowered himself into a deep chair and accepted a cigar yes hes staying staying here to help me us solve the mystery what else have you lost why do you think weve lost anything else would you two city guys come to this burg to stay just to find a lot of silverware its more than mere silverware the pieces are antiques of great value inspector harrison pulled himself from the enticing crimson depths to his feet all right mark have it your own way but I 1 aint up in in a case where folks are holding out on me I 1 work best when the interested party works with me get that marks laugh was quick and disarming hold everything bill harrison you can cant it walk out on us like that sit down again jed tell him what mrs gregory told us about the will she witnessed you understand inspector that there may be nothing to it so its off the record say mark do you suppose I 1 climbed up on the force by talking my head off I 1 play the rules spill it mr stewart stewart repeated mrs gregorys gregoras Gre gorys astonishing announcement that she had witnessed a will of mary amanda danes of a date later than the will allowed told of the decision of mark and himself to turn detectives tec tives and of their absolute to date inspector bill harrison blew a perfect smoke ring did mrs gregory say there was anyone else present but mrs dane and the other witnesses when she signed ino no 11 mark trents arents answer was nothing short of explosive the inspectors soft s oft grudging laugh in such marked contrast to his bird of prey eyes brought guilty color to his face it keeping balck back information not to tell that brooke reyburn had driven in that afternoon just as mrs gregory had driven out from lookout house was it inspector bill harrison rose with a cigar tucked in one corner of his mouth he nodded ill be going guess ive got all the dope dont give that henri jacques and his wife the idea that youve missed the silver let it drop out of their minds when you have any news come to headquarters ea dont phone that reminds me know a anything n about the people dhove started the filling station here on the point no but I 1 understand that henri jacques is recommending them oh he is that henris just naturally helpful aint he well I 1 must get back he added in his soft persuasive voice whenever youre ready to come across with the name of the other party who was in the neighborhood of lookout house the day that last will of mrs danes was signed mark im just across the causeway ill be seeing you dont go yet bill he fie leave thinking that he and jed were holding out on him mark realized jed stewart grabbed marks shoulder hold on mark see chos here mark trent turned surprise brought him to his feet wiped the smile from his lips that be lola on the threshold it was hunt her name was now lola hunt he must remember say mark ill be making my getaway get away he nodded response to pill bill harrisons mumble knew when he opened thedoor the door which led to the print room and vanished evidently the inspector care to meet lola who did with the question mark thrust his hands hard into hi his is coat pockets and took a step forward well the sound was more a growl th than a a word he realized as he looked steadily at the woman who had been his wife had been at last he had come to think of her in the past tense it had taken three years to accomplish that the shame the humiliation the unbearable h heartache tear he had suffered in the years they had lived together swept over him in a sickening tide what did she want now she was the type of woman who constantly and everlastingly wanted something he giving her enough there had been no justice in his giving he her r anything but when she had written him that her current husband was out of a job and that she was hungry what could he do but make her an allowance till the man found work her clothing had a cheap smartness the dark brilliance of her eyes was intensified by artificial shadows her skin was thick and flushed her short black hair needed trimming 0 her mouth drooped at the corners she pouted lips which resembled nothing so much as a bloody smear dont stare at me as if I 1 were a ghost from out a purple past mark I 1 told your jap that I 1 was an old friend that I 1 wanted to surprise you I 1 hate to keep the gentlemen standing wont you ask me to sit down without waiting for an answer she sank into the large chair before the fire still pals you two arent you funny how much longer friendship lasts between men than love between a man and woman mark I 1 came here to talk to you jed you may go mark trents arents hand closed on stewarts arm with a grip which turned his nails white J jed ed will stay and hear what you have to say surely we can have no secrets from the man who saw us through the divorce court she shrugged all right with me I 1 ive ve nothing to lose thought you might object to having wat what I 1 say get on the air methinks the lady is implying that im a gossip TO BE CONTINUED |