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Murder Backstairs
CHAPTER XX.
ANNE AUSTIN
PUTHOR OF "THE AVSIWENS PAARDE" "THE BLACK PIGEON, ETC,
Was Doris wearing lip rouge when you saw her just before 11 o'clock fast night?"
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"Does your silence mean yes, Clorinda?" Captain Strawn prod- ded relentlessly. "Doris did tell you that she had promised to meet "Lip rouge?" Clorinda repeated your brother, and even then you incredulously. Then, as Strawn knew there would be trouble?" nodded grimly, she closed her eyes "No, no! Doris did not mention as if to concentrate. At last she Dick. Oh, please!" The tragic answered positively: "No, I am Doris was dark eyes flew wide, pleaded des- quite sure she wasn't. perately. "Tell me if that is true, a perfectly trained maid. I never or if you are just trying to trap saw her with make-up on, when she me into an admission damaging to was on duty. If she had been wear- myself?
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Dundee had an unprofessional last night I am sure I should have impulse to tell her the truth, to re-noticed it... Wait a minute! lieve her strange suspense by tell-She said she was going to her room ing her that her brother had spent to make herself pretty for Arnold. the night in the tower room, wait-jI remember that distinctly now."
"And did you notice whether she ing for the girl who never came.
But Captain Strawn was answer-went directly toward her roomt or ing her with a cruel evasion: not?" "She'd promised to meet Dick, all "1-why, no. --paid no atten right! We have two witnesses totion."
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prove it.... Now, you've said you "You don't know, then, whether didn't know until this morning that she went from your room to your Arnold vuldn't keep his date with mother's, to arrange the bed and Doris, because of taking the Smithe night things?" Strawn pressed.
"Oh, I'm sure she didn't," Clo- Reserve Fund rinda answered more readily. "You to she had already been set
before coming to Mother's room mine. She remarked that she was all through for the night, that Mother had said she would not re- quire her to wait up to help her get ready for bed."
Who told you that?" With an obvious effort Clorinda Kot control of herself, and answered almost calmly: "Mrs. Lambert. She was wondering aloud at the break- fast table whether Arnold had got word to Doris that he could not keep his appointment with her, or whether he had asked her to meet him an hour later than they had planned."
"Did Mrs. Lambert also know last night that Doris was to meet
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Strawn and Dundee exchanged a quick, significant glance. If Clo- rinda Berkeley was telling the truth, she had definitely established Lendot Bankers:-National Provincial Bank. the fact that Doris Matthews had left the lip-rouge mouth print on Mrs. Berkeley's dressing table mir
"No. I contributed that bit of news myself this morning," Clo- rinda answered lazily. "We were ror during a third visit to her mis- all threshing cut the probabilities tress' room, regardless of Mrs. and possibilities-naturally," Berkeley's protestation that the girl "Naturally" Strawn agreed, his was, not there when she came up. voire heavy with sarcasm.
A visit made after the girl had "Now, don't be nasty!" Gigi gone to her own room on the third warned, pretending to be about to floor to "pretty" herself for her choke him as she had threatened. sweetheart.
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"And you mustn't mind Clo. She With deceptive casualness Strawn has a Lady Clara Vere de Vere' returned to the attack. "Now, Miss complex, though I must say the Clorinda, I take it that you went to grand manner becomes her. I'd try bed right after Doris left your Alexandria to be just like her when I'm grown, room?"
"1 did." Clorinda lied coolly. except that dignity simply does not go with a pug nose." she added
"And saw nothing, heard noth- mournfully, looking cross-eyed at ing to disturb your rest?" the short but adorable feature.
"Absolutely nothing!"
"I have to spank you yet," "Well, that's that, and you made Strawn told her severely "Well, a grand witness, old thing!" Gigi Miss Clorinda, you two girls chated cried blithely, hopping off Strawn's together quite a lot last night, I chair arm. "My turn now? I sup- suppose, as Doris helped you get pose I shouldn't continue to rumpic ready for bed?"
the hair of a gruff old Captain of We talked-yes," Clorinda an- Detectives who's getting ready to swered stiffly. "Doris and I are--r-rill me!"
"Not so fast, young woman!” were very good friends."
"Talked about sweethearts and Strawn commanded sternly. "I have getting married, and things like not finished with your sister yet, that Strawn pressed genially, and don't think I'm not on to the smoke screens you've been putting up!"
"
·
Clorinda did not answer. but her black eyes were searnful.
"Deris bragged about her sweetie and you bragged about yours?" Strawn went on, with heavy. good humour.
"Doris talked of Arnold-yes," Clorinda answered coldly.
"And just what did she say about Arnold?"
"A number of things. That she ved him with all her heart, that she wished he were not so jealous- untured'"
"As a matter of fact, Miss Clo- rinda," Strawn began, "Doris did! not help you undress, did she?"
over
"I don't know what you mean!" "I mean, my dear young Indy, that you did not undress until quite a while later. I mean that you put on a gold metal cloth cape your evening dress, and stole down- stairs, unlocked the back door and slipped out into the night!" Strawn told her with terrible emphasis.
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"I've told you she didn't mention my brother."
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"How do you know this?" Clo- rinda asked at last, in a cool, clear
"Did she tell you then, or when she was helping you dress shortly after seven, that your mother slapped her face?"
"You were seen," Strawn assured "What!" Clorinda was again hr. "I'm glad you see there's no. startled out of her insolent calm.
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me who saw me!" or something, and the police say he retorted imperiously. "Remem- Aha! She moidered the goil! ber, I have admitted nothing. I do bet before the day is over I'll be not believe you can bring forward Rankak wearing steel bracelets, because any witness whatsoever who will Bombay Doris is sure to have told somebody dare stand before me and-" about me saying I could simply
"There is my witness!". Strawn behil murder her for being so darned interrupted, pointing melodramati pretty and cute that Arnold couldn't see me at all... You see," she excally to Dundee, whose face flushed Honkong
scarlet with embarrassment.. plained sadly to Strawn, "i was trying out my sex appeal on Arnold, and for about a minute I thought
of # I had him going, but I simply couldn't compete with Doris, once
"Don't, Clo!" Gigi protested he had a good look at her."
brokenly. Dundee could feel the "Oh, so you threatened her life, trembling of her small body against did you?" Strawn growled. "Where his knees, and involuntarily he laid are my handcuffs? Now, Miss Clo-his free left hand gently on the rinda, answer the question please: bright, bowed head. She reached did Doria tell you your mother had up blindly and clung to his fingers slapped her face?""
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kid, he thought pityingly. She had "But she wasn't in such a happy fought hard to protect her sister, mood when she came from your and she had lost. What had she mother's room at 7:15 to help you known, or suspected? Oh, the scarf, dress, eh?"
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"Very well, then" Clorinda notice Doris's hurry. I did not
"I had & Bombay mood particularly, but she was too capitulated suddenly
Canton well trained to gossip against my headache. I took a long walk about Caleutis the grounds. I walked over the taiphon mother to me," she answered scorn-west part of the estate first, then to Honolulu
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