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mother had discovered my ab senco-" "You see, Miss Clorinda, one "And had como looking for you Thornton Freeland, the director can't think of everything-every with a flask of perfume in her of "Three Live Ghosts," United Ar- little thing?" Captain Strawn sym-hand?" Strawn interrupted, with a tists' all-talking picture featuring: an all-star cast, which is now the pathized, after he had sniffed the twisted smile of incredulity. sole of each small golden slipper. "Mother is so excitable," Clo- feature attraction at the Queen's "You remembered to wipe off tell rinda went
wearily. "Theatre, explains the new order of
Ohio tale traces of dew and earth from thought it possible that she had things in Hollywood studios. these little shoes of yours, but your gone to my room, carrying the per- "It is only natural," said Mr.
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the odour of Fleur again Mr. Crosby's thoughtfulness, to visit the studios. Stories of the Curtis Wright Common time
and had discovered my absence and colour and glamour of motion pic Eastman Kodak d'Amour—"
"Maybe you'd better translate it had rushed out of the house to look ture making have been broadcast Electric Bond & Share
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It was her perfume. I had heard the days of silent pictures, there ing like an angry cat's.
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"I don't know what you're talking about," Clorinda told him tone lessly but her face was very pale. "These little shoes tell me a se cret, Miss Clorinda. They tell me that you were in the summerhouse, that you stepped into the spilled perfume."
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But another thought occurred to Dundee almost instantly. "Yet you went to your room, Miss Berkeley, "I've told you already that Gigi without taking the trouble to go to splashed the stuff all over us last your mother and reassure her cal details connected with talking becomes mixed up in a series of de- "Yes," she agreed, shrugging. "I picture making, coupled with heavy gert battles, in which he has his "But she didn't sprinkle the floor?/don't expect you to belleve me, but financial loss in the event of scenes work cut out so that France may A pretty keen eyewitness has a simply could not bear the thought heing spoiled due to carelessness triumph. He has been introduced
night," Clorinda countered wearily.
readly described that scene to me, young lady !"
of talking with mother. there would be a row.”
I knew
to
"Because I should have had "Our charming guest, no doubt!"
tell her that I had made up Clorinda shrugged, and Dundee colmind to break my engagement with oured painfully. "Nevertheless, I
Mr. Crosby." was not in the summerhouse last
"Why?" night!"
"My father objected violently Isn't that enough?"
left them no alternative.
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to a beautiful giri, Mary Vanbrugh, The only exception to the "no and she, to save her own life, joins visitors" rule made during the film- the party. ying of "Three Live Ghosts" was the
Henri is raving toward the Great admittance to the sound stage of Oasis to obtain the signature of eleven-year-old Sheikh El Hemel on a treaty, and daughter of Beryl Mercer, famous he fails in his mission, the sheikh character actress, who heads the casting covetous eyes on the girl. all-star cast with Charles Mc-But she learns the sheikh's secret, Naughton, Joan Bennett, Robert and has the treaty signed. Henri Montgomery, Claud Allister, Hilda is torn between his vow giving his Vaughn, Shayle Gardner, Harry love to France, and his love for the Stubbs, Jack Cooper, Jocelyn Lee, girl. Nancy Price and Tenen Holtz.
"Well, let's have a look at the dress and the cape." Strawn said "But," Dundee reasoned with her cheerfully. te inted the long gently, "your engagement had with skirted evening dress of wine-red stood his objections for sume chiffen velvet and passed the front weeks, I gather, and your mother, of it slowly through his hands, held at least, was wholeheartedly in close to his nose, suifling so ludi- favour of the marriage." erously that Gigi giggled hysteri cally.
He found what he was looking for three times, but the spots were The skirt yielded all on the bodice, nothing until the hem itself was passing under his nose.
"My father did not object to the, marriage until yesterday, when it was too late to cancel Mr. Crosby's invitation to visit us."
"And why did he change his mind so abruptly?" Dundee pressed her. "Until yesterday he knew nothing "Well, I guess that settles it!" about Mr. Crosby except what he grunted with satisfaction. "The mother and Mrs. Lambert had told hem of this skirt has been in the him But he had, as a matter of summerhouse, Miss, if you haven't! precaution, asked his lawyer to get i as complete a report on my fiance. Now for the cupe!"
His nose was unrewarded, how-as possible. It arrived yesterday, to toes and father immediately forbade the ever, and he was about the old metal clath garment aside marriage." when Dundee sprang forward.
"Do you know what was in that
"I think you've overlooked some-report, Miss Berkeley?" thing, Captain Strawn," he said quietly painting to a thin, dark- fine halfway hrown, horizontal
"I did not see it,” she evalod, "Look here! We're getting pretty far afield, it seems to me," Strawn interrupted ruthlessly. "Do you down the back of the cape.
Strawn uttered a sharp exclama-realize, young lady, that you've tion, then scratched at the dark Practically accused your mother of streak with a fingernail.
murdering her maid?"
"That's not true!" Clorinda shed. "I have accused no one.
tri- he "Bod!"*
announced umphantly, his grey eyes burtus into the girl who had retreated! merely told you the truth, which until she was leacing weakly ainst the foot of her bed.
"Blood?" she whispered. "I swear
included my own speculations when I found that the perfume had been spilled on the summerhouse floor." "And pretty neat, too!" Strawn
1 didn't see any blood--I never said, with mock admiration, "Now, dreamed--"
DI
Miss Clorinda, let's get down to "You thought you'd got rid of brass tacks! You either committed every Brace
Daris Matthews' that murder or saw it done. Let blood, eh?" Strawn asked grimly do a little speculating! You "Pretty hard thing to destroy-knew, before you left your room, blood!"
that the family limousine and "Stop! You're going to make her chauffeur were taking your uncle faint!" Gigi commanded. "Clorinda and aunt home to Westview, for didn't kill Doris! Why should she? you were standing at your window You have to have a motive to kill and saw the car driving out of the people-oh, darling! Don't look grounds. Right." so sick! Lean on Gigi!"
"No. I did not see the car," she "I'm all right," Clorinda said answered wearily.
"Why?" dully, but one of her beautiful white
hands gripped her little sister's "And I say you did. That you shoulder to steady herself. "Gigi knew Arnold could not keep his ap- sweetheart, pointment with his is right. I didn't kill Doris-"
Then maybe you'll tell us who Doris Matthews. That she had told did. since you were on the scene of you your brother had forced her to the crime last night?" Strawn sug-promise to meet him last night," gested. "Come now! Who was it? Strawn went on relentlessly. "I say, Your brother, Dick?"
further, that you knew, somehow, was not in his room. "I saw no one kill Doris," Clo-that Dick rinda answered, her voice trem-Probably you went up to find out, "I did not even know she to beg him not to get into trouble bling. had been killed until Gigi told me with the girl. Right?"
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