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Murder Backstairs
CHAPTER XXX.
"Hello! Sergeant Turner?.. Captain Strawn speaking. Listen
age, near
ANNE AUSTIN
AUTHOR OF
ton Domestic Employment Bureau rinda Berkeley's word for that and for work at Berkeleys' home. Hill- no reason to doubt it. In the see- crest. Description: about five feet and place, if Doris Matthews had 10 inches tall; weight about 150:caught a burglar at work in Mrs. 30; hair, light-brown, Berkeley's rooms, she'd have given rather thin; parted on left side; the alarm. Nothing will make me eyes brown or dark-grey; features believe that girl was a crock, or regular, strictly American type even a potential crook." considered handsome; fine, large white teeth; cleft chin. a minute.... dee?"
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went to her mistress' bedroom to lay out her things for the night."
"And another fact clicks into place!" Strawn cut-in triumphant-] now and get this straight: The ly. "Doris caught him in the bath- Berkeley house was robbed before room and he pushed her against the murder last night. Yeah, the mirror" looks like the same bird did both "Two objections to that conclu- jobs..
"My second daughter, Chang Now, take this downsion, chief!" Dundee retorted. "In Valet, giving name of Harvey John- the first place, Doris was not wear-Ko Hwa, sometimes suffered from son, hired Friday through Hamil- ing lipstick then.
fever, or We have Clo- colds,
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for "All right, then!" Strawn con-handy this useful medicine Anything else, Dun-c:ded. "Granted that Johnson did children."
his job between half past 10 and The younger detective, seated op-quarter to 11. He stole the per- posite his chief at George Berke fume and with the rest of the stuff ley's desk in the library, consulted in the Gladstone bag, he sneaked his nutes before replying:
out of the house, while Wickelt was "Was wearing dark-blue serge busy in his pantry or in the draw suit, navy blue silk bow-tie with ing room and was about to beat it white polka dots and white shirt with blue pin stripe. May be wear- ing pair of crepe-soled tennis shoes, size 8, missing from Crosby's ef fects."
Strawn repeated the information to Sergeant Turner at police bend- quarters as Dundee gave it to him, then added:
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when he saw the chauffeur, Arnold, bring the car around. We've got Wickett's word for it that Johnson seemed to be badly amitten by Doris's beauty, while the servants were at their dinner last night."
"And that Doris turned a cold
shoulder to him," Dundee reminded this chief.
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"Carried loot away in black pig-| "I believe you fell for the girl skin bag of Gladstone shape. Bag yourself," Strawn gibed good-na- | was not initialled. Now here's what turedly. "Well, at any cåte, John- he took, Turner. Ready? Neck-in, as well as the other servants, CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM lace of matched pearls-49 of 'em-heard Doris and Arnold plan to -worth $35,000; diamond and meet at the summerhouse when the platinum clasp. Necklace of seedit could get away. All right! pearls, worth about $100; pearl He rces Arnold collect the Benja- ring-large pink pearl, black Smiths and drive off with ename setting, worth $900: five them. It occurs to him that Doris other ringe--"
buy not know her sweetie can' As Strawn's heavy voice plowed meet her. He likes the girl's looks, on through the list of stolen auldn't object to having a pet ticles, Dundee's attention wandered. ting party
A hundred thoughts flashed through; "Maybe!" Dundee cut in, frown- his mind like minnows dartinging. "But if I had been Johnson. about a pool. And as he let his my first thought would have been thoughts play he frowned, tapping getaway, not a petting party." Iris pencil thoughtfully upon the
rush it
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"But what if Johnson didn't man- sheaf of notes he had made durage to sneak out of the house un- ing the investigation which seemed til just after or just before Clo- rinda did?" Strawn argued. "Either to be practically over now.
way he could have seen her before When the lung list was ended, he could beat it, if she was on her Dundee heard his chief bark into way to the estate gates to meet "Hop to it, Turner! John Maxwell, as I'd bet she was. the receiver; Draw up a 'Wanted' plecard and Johnson would have run for cover, to the city printer. But to the summerhouse, most likely, first put every available man on and was still hiding there, wait- the job to check railroad stations, ing for Clorinda to return to the not knowing hotels and every other likely place house, when Doris, for a trace of the man.... Yeah, I'll Arnold couldn't meet her, arrived be down in about 15 minutes, but and discovered him. She suspect: I wanted to start the ball a-rolling.ed what he was up to--stumbled Sure, I have his description upon the Gladstone bag full of loot, broadcast every hour till he's caught.bably started to run ... By the way, Turner, send some house to give the alarm. Johnson body over to the employment bureau remembers the heavy fisk of per to get hold of his registration card. fume in his bag, opens Best way to get his handwriting and fingerprints... O. K. Don't waste any time!"
He was about to hang up when the officer at the other end of the wire detained him.
flash"
for the
it in
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"And what is Doris doing all that time?" Dundee interrupted sceptic-
y
chinson's got her by the wrist, Strawn explained with satisfaction. "What's that?" Strawn snapped. With his other hand he gets the "Ob-Maxwell! On his way here has open, kets out the flask and now, you say? Well, I'll give himack her over the heart with it.
"But he has no third hand with 10 minutes. He may have seen this which to cover her mouth so she bird Johnson leaving the grounda."
He hung up, wiped the perspira-can't scream." Dundee objected.
tion from his heavy face and turned
to Dundee.
"They've rounded up John Max-
"Hell! I wasn't there! I didn't see it happen, but we know it did and as far as I'm concerned, I'm
well. Guess he'll clinch Clorinda satisfied!" Berkeley's alibi, all right, even if
"Do you think he would go to she did want to keep his name as much trouble as he did to hide
the body?" Heigh-ho! Pretty swift work, I'd say! Body discov- ered at 7:15 Murderer's' descrip- tion in the moon editions of the
out of it..
newspapers."
"You feel
sure the case is solved?" Dundee asked.
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"Sure! He knew Clorinda was walking about the grounds and might decide any minute to take a rest in the summerhouse. If she found the body, she'd give the "In the big!" Strawn exulted. alarm before Johnson had time "Why, lookee! Every single fact to make his gateway. With the we had outside the old Crosby murder conecated, he could rount case, of course-clicks right into on having till morning"
house. Here's how I see it now:
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said, 'Did you know Mr. Johnson before, Doris and she wrinkled up her forehead and said, I've been trying to place him. I know I've either seen him or his picture somewhere before, but I simply can't remember where,... And then I said, 'He sure is good-took ing, ain't he' And that's all, sir.
thought maybe"
It was Dundes who asked the
next question: Did Johnson act as if he recognized Doris?"
"I wasn't looking at hin; I was
place! Even that pesky flask of "With the robbery likely to be looking at Doris, because of the perfume, that we had such a devil discovered any minute and the funny expression on her face. But of a time getting into the summer alarm given?" Dundee interrupted when I did look at him, he was
again.
saying something to Della and "Well, Johnson looted the house then when he was introduced to "This bird Johnson, a big-time and killed the girl! It's not up Doris, he didn't let on at all, if he crook, from the cast probably to me to go into his reasons for did recognize her. But he didn't ̈ ̈ ̈ where it got too hot for him. He every step he took!" Strawn al- hardly look at anybody else all read in the Hamilton papers that most shouted in his anger. "Trou- during dinner." there's going to be big doings at ble with you is, this didn't turn out "All right, Peggy. Thanks!"
the Berkeley place and registers to be a funcy murder mystery and Strawn dismissed her. When he the employment bureau as you're disappointed. Me-I take and Dundee were alone again he
with
a valet. Probably had a bunch of my crime neat and glad to have rose, stretched and said: "Guess faked references and has used it without trimmings... Where them before plenty! As a matter the devil
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that clinches it, eh? The crook is Maxwell, anyway? tumbles that the girl is wise to of fact, I think he followed the I've got to get down to Head- him, or he thinks she is. He's Berkeleys out here from New York, quarters" A knock at the door planned to stay on here till the after reading in the papers there made him break off short, then big doings tonight and make how Mrs. Berkeley tried to smugshout: "Come in!" gle in that rope of pearls and got
clean-up but the girl is something "Peggy Harper, one of the he hasn't counted on. So he dous caught by the customs.
maids, wants to speak to you, sir," his job and then has the bad luck! "At any rate, the way he bur-Detective Payne announced and to run upon Doris in the summer- gled that safe of the old dame's withdrew as the girl sidled into house... Well, I'll be getting on shows he was no amateur. As neat the library,
to Headquarters. Hang around a job of safe-cracking as I ever "Well, Peggy, what's on your here till Maxwell comes, get what saw. Didn't leave a trace of a fin- mind?" Strawn asked impatiently. you can out of him and then come gerprint. according to Carraway, "It's just something. I thought on in after lunch. Nothing more alther on the safe or in Crosby's maybe you ought to know," Peggy to do here."***
blurted. "Last night, at dinner,
room."
"Have you forgotten I'm taking
Conceding that he stole the flask I happened to be looking at Doris the week-end off?" Dundee grin of perfume,' Dandee Interrupted, when Wickett introduced Johnson ned. "I'm staying on till Monday, "we can definitely place the time all around and I noticed that she if you don't mind. And say, of the robbery between half past acted sorta like she recognized chief, I wish you would have one 10 and a quarter to 11. For him,"
was half past 10 or thereabout "Well?" Strawn snapped. when Wickett. took the perfume up
"After we'd
·
of the boys get my parrot from
the Rhodes House and send him
finished dinner, to me. I'd rather like to have a by Mrs. Berkeley's bathroom and there was just me and Dors in session with my Watson." about a quarter to 11 when Doria the sitting room for awhile and I
(To Be Continued
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