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GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH

DEGIN HERE TO-DAY AMOS PEABODY, elderly cousin of LINDA AVERILL, fail to his death from the ascend floor balcony of the Averia Lons and Dome. Linda reach him just before be dles, in time to hear him gasp, "ile gates

ane"

I'nda. resizing her cousin had tried to teli ber he was murdered, rather upstairs to the balcony. Someone stede behind her. tries to strangle "har and she fall faint. Her bueband, TOM, see her fall and rushes to her. There are four wows in the house and they'll appear. The run

rel MỸ, BTATLANDER, business apodata

the door to the service stairs, He could slip across the hall, down them, through the pantry and kitchen-the girls weren't stirring then-out the side door and come around on the front lawn and meet you, cool as a cucumber..."

"And surprised to see me there! Yes, you're right-in point of of Tom's; CAPTAIN BE VOS, Handsome time nnyhow, he certainly could."

elaian: MARVIN FRATT, former saltor of Linda's; and LIAN BRAVILNESSEY, Iris Tom whistled softly. "But, Binks wrlar. Each of them haye quarrated with why not simply go back to the

Goutal Amoa

DR PARSONS Laken chares. In je sumed Cousin Amor' death was accidental and that Linda falled from shock. When

she la finally able to tell Tom what hape pened sho paroundás him, that they must keep The four quests with them until they d

cover who is the murderer. They are wrak«

pectedly alded in this plan when DR. BOYLE,

Harage?"

"Yes. Well, my first aid sup plies are up horo. I dashed up for for spirits of ammonia and bandages and anything I could lay my hands on,”

"Then how did you get into his room?**

** •

She thought that over. "Force of habit. We used to have it be fore we moved in here and I was so rattled that I went there with- out thinking."

Her fnco fell, then lightened. "That's not very strong, Binks." "Bravado, as you said of Marvin. "Hystorical women do things And the Irish do love to show off."lots queerer than that. Well, to man, don't you. Binks?**

"You certainly do dislike that go back, I dashed in-saw the [balcony rail torn away and

dropped in a dead faint."

"No mention of the thing around your neck?"

cmcial medical examiner, 'aenda word that everyone in the house must remata un he has questioned them. Borle is on thing too well. And

"I don't like any of them any trip and can not return for several hours.

now about the Tom and Lands discuss the altuation mother two?" Saya Prate is the only one agwizat whom they have definits accusations. Landa says. "Oh, yes, we have. Aratnet one other man]"

CHAPTER XVIII

Tom showed his surprise. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"Don't you remember what you told me about Mr. Shaughnessey" Linda was deadly in earnest now, Tom, why should he be up then, much less prowling around? An hour before you'd helped him up the stairs drunk!"

"Woll, not exactly drunk, Binics." Near enough! Did you see him start to undress?"

"No. I didn't need to stay. I was tired myself and he was able to navigate all right. Gosh, it seems a month ago instead of this very morning!"

acc.

"Yea-cither of them--" "You said they both came into the room? Did you notice where they came from?"

"Where-oh, I seel If the one who did it escaped by way of the nursery he'd come from that end of the hall. But Statlander is down at this end already. That would be a give-away only if it were DoVos."

"I know. I just thought you might have noticed the direction from which each came."

"No. But that's dangerous, too couldn't help feeling that." "There's another weak spot. Why not say you felt as if you were choking

"Ya-ind describe it as if imagined something went around my neck-"

Thoir eyes met. 4 "We're taking an awful chance, Binks."

Why, Tom? You said yourself that a man like that was-was quite all right after he had the "Never thought of it. Too busy the explosion. And if none of with you-and besides my back them has the sense of being aus- was to the door. They just appected or watched, the one that peared after I reached the room did it won't become irritated all but before we brought you here." | over again.”

"Linda-I can't exactly place it but there's something

For the last moment or two he Was thinking-he'd been had spoken vaguely, as if his drinking, Tom, and he was quar- thoughts were elsewhere. Now he relsome, even the little I could broke the short silence hesitating-

Of course they all had trou-ly. ble with Cousin Amos but Mr. Shaughnessey had been snubbed outrageously and ho's proud as Lucifer. No matter how he hid it he'd never forgive the way Cousin Amos talked to him that night at dinner. He probably could have got into the house somehow."

"It was only a second, you know. Tom'a frown of concentration | But I have a queer hazy feeling stopped her. "You know, Linda, I there was something not quite can't remember locking that door right about his looks. Just the last night."

effect as he stood there,"

"The front door when we came int I didn't see-oh, of course, you came up later after you took him over."

"Yes. I was hot and tired and pretty well jangled as to nerves by our delightful guests. Wanted to got my clothes off and get to bed

"You don't usually forget." -

"Something you saw?" "Yes, from the float. There was something about that man

"When you saw him standing behind me?”

"Oh, Tom, try to think!" "I am trying but it doesn't come."

|

"Ye-es. But, Binks, promise mo this. Don't stir from the place alone with one. Don't fall for any suggestion to go off fr the boat, or through the trees to the club, or anywhere out of reach-instant reach. On the law or in the house, you're in calling distance of a lot of people but if you go any further be sure at least two of them are with you-then you know it can't be both!"

"I see.

danger."

You think there's still

"I know it. Want to back out, Dinka? It isn't too late."

She shook her head.

"We're in for it, and we can do it. You're to talk business with Mr. Statlander after luncheon? She waited hopefully. He shook Mr. DeVos is going right over to Then he's your first victim. If his head. "Sorry! Can't get it." the Stoners either Marvin or the "It'll come when you least ex-Irishman will be mine. We'll pect it," said Linda comfortingly, have toa on the lawn at 4:30 and little guessing how long deferred

how very nearly top long-that talk to them separately again, and can then probably shift partners, sudden memory would be. "We

You and I can meet and compare

They all expect to have dinner here, don't they?"

"I may not have. Just can't re- can settle that later. Now we notes while we dress for dinner. member doing it. One of the trust fix our stories so that they ordinary bits of routine that simp-pgree on the accident and what ly docun't register either way." happened after. We must know

"You said you didn't see him to exactly what we're going to say will arrive between 6 and 7 and "Yes. My guess is that Boyle about every single point."

bed."

"You mean he could have fol- lowed me?"

I

"No, not exactly. But wa thinking that he might have watched you from the window. He could have noticed that-if you'd just hurried in and left the door open.

1

"Linda, have you thought of we don't know how long he'll do- this?

Cousin Amos spoke to you,uy matters. Then, if you want. you can suggest they carry out The man was overhead and might have heard. In that case he'd see the former plans for the evening."

through the whole yarn. We'd give ourselves away completely." what happens this afternoon.

She pondered this,

A

"We'll do that when the time comes.

It all depends DOW on

"I don't think there was

Let's go down, Tom. The time is chance of that. Cousin Amos short enough at best and we can't Tom made a resture of weari- barely whispered. It was all begin our work too suun!!! hess and distatė.

could do to hear with "Well, grunting he got into the right down to his mouth. did house and threw the old man over gasp his nume-that gave away the balcony, how could he choke that I was there but anyone two you and then show up on the ter-feet away wouldn't have known race un I came up?"

AIS GAT

he spoke. No. I think that's all "He could that's just what right. I can bluff that through. was figuring." Her voice was ex- Now, how does this sound for my cited, her eyes bright. "Look, story?

Tom, you were climbing on the "I had come down from this raft-you saw me wave and a room, hurrying after you, and the man behind me--and you dived. body hit the terrace just as I came While you were in the air or undèr | out. I dashed forward and called water he could atop over me, run him but he was dead” across the little balcony and into "In that case, you should have the nursery. W's empty and the stayed there till help came." nursery eaxement opens #i # "I couldn't be sttre he was dead. touch. By the time you were He might have been unconscious. swimming in—"

And at that time in the morning' "see what you mean. You help doesn't just come you have think Pratt came across the hall to go get it. I rushed in to-to afterwards. But then, Binks, telephone~” wouldn't Shaughnessey have been caught in the nursery?”

"That telephone's downstairs in The hall. You would have stopped

"Not at all. It's right opposite 'there."

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