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Murder At Bridge
by ANNE AUSTIN author of THE BLACK DIGEON!
(MURDER BACKSTAND"
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CHAPTER XXXV
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bridge at the Mileses'? You don't "Hello, Ponny!" Dundee greeted mess to say Dexter Sprague was the
private invited, too!! attorney's secretary Thursday morning al
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pink as she answered: "re-and Flora has an "Yes," Penny Crain answered fuse to have my climax apolled atrocity which testifies to the fact fistlessly. "A night letter. He says When Ralph and I got there that she was the lady tennis cham- the state for one year. his mother is still very low and at eight, we found that Peter and plan of that we're, to wire him at the GoodLois bad dined with Tracey and There are also some mounted fish Samuritan Hospital in Chicago if Florn and that they were delighted and some deer heads with incredi anything turns up."
at the prospect of bridge as a relief ble antlers, but the room is really Then I suppose I can reach him from endless discussions of the used as n catch-all for all the sports there by long distance," and Dun-murder. We'd hardly got there be things racquets, golf clubs, skis,
the telephone the lifted
from for the Marshalls came, poor little Plug-pong table, etc.... Anyway, Tracey brought out the box of Penny's desk to put in the call.
Karen not suspecting that she was "What's happened!?" Penny de going to have to play. Then camenagrams, and we were all having a manded, her brown eyes wide and Johnny Drake alone, with the news pretty good time when, at half-past eight, the butler announced' 'Mr. thot Carolyn was in bed and veryDexter Sprague'!" Martled.
will you, miserable with a summer
"Your tone makes me wish i'd please?" Dundee urged the long-Polly walked over from her house, been there," Dunder acknowledged. distance operator before answering which is on the next hill to the hat happened?" Penny's question, "That's just the right, you know. She said Clive
"You know how slap-'em-on-the- trouble nothing's happened, and had decided to work into at the buck Tracey always in?" nothing is very likely to happen office, and had promised to call for asked, griming. "Well, you should here, I'm deteriained to go to New her about 11, to take her home."
have seen him and heard him as he York and work on this pesky caso
What about Janet Raymond?dismissed poor Whitson--the but- from that end--which is where it Was she left out?" Dundee asked. Jer as if he were giving him no-posts received for one year or shorter perioda 0110 all started."
"I told you it wasn't a planned "Thes
You're come around to aftale," Penny reminded trit. "Battice, instead of letting him off for Captain Strown's theory that it was Flora did telephone her, and she the night! And the icy dignity Je greeted poor a New York gunman?" Perny asked said she didn't feel like coming.
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[received from Sprague.” harks Penny retorted aur-
He began to apologize for his unin- 1 notiert.“ Dinidee nodded, castically, then she grinned wryly, recalling the deathly pallor of the lonesome and depressed and Radombar
vited, presence, saying he had felt v had glibly just jumped into a taxi and conte Bar Ayren London You are right; as a matter of fact.girl's are na' Spirogue I was up late last night bridge at explained away that damning lelang, hoping to find the Mileses in. [the Mess
and all its implications,
Flora tried to act the lady hostess, Dundee eigenlated in. "Bridge
""Well," Penny
"Tracey 1UN
bat Peter got up from his bridge Calcutta feredulously, "So the bride party suggested bridge. mind at text
did take place, in spite of the so- Karen flatly refused to play, but lie and said in tones that were even lefer than Travey's; "Will you riety editor's “diseeret announes-logo finally persibuted her... excuse me, Flora? And will you rent yesterday that owing to the Karen would do absolutely
Lake my płacu. Drake?
I'm tragic death of Mrs. Selim, the re-thing for that ridiculous old hus
Edon't en- plar every other Wednesday dinner-band of herst 3 simply can't undergoing into the library. bridge of the Forsyte Alumnae As-stand it how she can be in lovey the society of murderers!"
with him, !**
with
She's been moping alkut like a sick "Poor Sprague?” Dundee echoed. "Well, after alt, Sprague had
Scat ever since Nia's death. We all
solation will not be held this eve win at the feege of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Miles, as scheduled
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I wasn't 'dinner-bridge' aml it really wasn't intended to be party," Penny corrected him. just sort at happened, and of the ghastly evenings
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"Good Lord!" Dunder ejaculated, Barbie harkent
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that she was thinking of her own looking positively ghoulish. Out *Sprague? Good Lord! Was he lost home in Brentwood-the Cold- with !" there?
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ticed to her father's 'disastrous playing without pivoting," Penny "Give me time!" Penny snapped. Primrose Meadows venture. Then went un imperturbably, "flugo bid "Ralph called me up last night at she went in: "I don't know why I three spades, Karen raised him- timer time, and asked me if am telling you all this, except that in મ trembling volce-to felt equal to playing bridge again the setting was so pleasant that spades, Hugo of course went to a He said that he, Clive, Traces and we should have had a much better little slain, and Dexter Sprugue, if Johmy Drake had lunched together time than we did."
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"No!" Dundee was genuinely with his friend, Attorney Samipson. ***Then let me do it justice," ahocked, but before he could say stopped at their table and suggested Penny retorted. "Lois and Peter, more the telephone rang. "Sander Barpius a bridge game at his home for last Ralph and i made up one table for son at last.... Hello! Chiengo? HEAD OFFICH:—AINGAPORE. night. Hugo said he wanted to coax bridge, and Tracey, Folly, Judge Karen into playing again, so she Marshall and Karen the other. my Lord! Where did you say the the coal clics of the world. would get over her hysterical aver-Flora said she didn't want to play, body is sion to the game since she had to because she wanted to be free to replay that awful 'death hand."...!
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Brute!" Dundee cried disgust- edly. "Why couldn't he give the poor girl a few days more
That's what I thought." Penny "But I didn't get acknowledged. any inhibition, against bridge, and the iden rather appealed to me per sonally. The last few days haven't been particularly cheerful ones, so |1 told Balph I'd be glad to go. Tracey had suggested his house, in- stent of Hugo's, because - Betty wasn't well yesterday and Flora wouldn't want to leave her for a whole evening Well, Ralph, and
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Penny's pale face Inshed vividly, No, I'm not in love with him, and I'm sure he realizes I'm not and won't ask mé again. But I had to say yes Sunday! I simply couldn't Jef you walk in on use, after I'd permitted you to eavesdrop while
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