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"WEEK-END MURDER"
BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH
CHAPTER XXX
"Something's happened." ho Raid. "Linda-could see you alone. a moment? Sorry. ExcR80 me, Mr. Statlander."
"Their members would be flat- tered,"
"I derive this impression from reading English novels," she re Lorted loftily.
"Then you haven't been abroad Intoly, Mra, Avori]]?"
*
"Not since I was a little girl," Linda confcased. "Before the war And then more on the continent "Hello!" called Tom unceremo drifted out to hear about it and unobserved, he hoped, in the dim than fo the British Isles. But I've niously. Linda, secretly amuned the rest followed. Shaughnesseyght, and Linda, facing the big always wanted to go there most at Statlanders's confusion, sobered appeared from somewhere-and centre table, had, thus manoeuvered and Ireland must be wonderful!" as she saw that her husband was Linda, that's really what I wanted Shaughnessy with his back to- evidently labouring under some to tell you."
ward the door. She felt, beneath There was something In his oxeltement. His first words con- "YesWhat?"
this lazy tone, tho firmest doter-coptical glance that made her a "He's watching the bridge and mination to return at once to his little uncasy over thin laat at- may cut in but hasn't so far. I've sequesteral little apartment. Bottempt. Perhaps he was not A got to take a chance and bent itter that Tom should be thwarted susceptible to blarney as he was over there. But, Binks, something altogether than that he be caught adopt at administering it. If
spoke with is up! As I went to the phone I red-handed.
JL suggestion saw the service door into the hall "Tell me this, Mr. Shaugh-arianças, was open and automatically stoppneascy," she spoke quickly, with "Your sentiments were ed to close it. Just then Rosie an appealing upward look partly shared by others of your family, rushed down that little hallway due to his stature, though also Mrs. Averill," and up the back stairs, crying as deliberately charged with guileful "Tom?" Linda
admiration. "I have so wanted to surprised. Then as she realized was honestly though her heart would brenk."
Good heavena! What do youre this sort of thing," she No. I'm sorry, Mr. Shaughnesscy nak you-decs American country bis meaning-“Oh, Cousin Amosl suppose-?"
England as much as it seems kapies week-end. "He gestured vaguely, "differ very her mind Bashed back to the much from the same thing in dinner. the Brst night of this.
Was from books, at least ?"
opinionated. hope in view of what happened you've forgiven hik rudeness."
The other waved him away with A ahade of affronted dignity, "Quite all right, quite all right," he replied "Pray don't consider me at all. I shall sit here a while, enjoying the--"
• . •.
What he would enjoy was lost on the Averills, disappearing rapidly in the opposite direction, Linda half-running to keep up with her find out. You've got two jobs on "Don't know and can't stop to husband.
your hands-to keep him from fol- "Tom-What on earth? la some-lowing me and to get at Itosio and one hurt?" she gasped.
pump her. Come on Inside. I'll go "Oh! Sorry, Binks! Didn't real- | right through the house and out He looked utterly astonished at, ize I was running you so-or that the other door. I don't think he her urgent question, and well I neared you either. No, no great will notice--Shaughnessey, I mean he might, for before she began calamity but things are upset and you can stop and make con-speaking she herself had not had again. Tim called-they've finally verantion with them all." heard from Dr. Boyle.”
"On hie way. Oh, and Wanted-"
I
at
They stood a moment the threshold of the casement door The unlighted room looked dark by contrast with the outdoors where daylight still lingered.
“I'll hold him till you get back and then go upstairs. You won't be long?" It was both a question and statement, and as they
13
of
nal
"There's a well-known proverb. he remarked dryly. "Latin it is about nothing ill of the dead” the least idea what she would say,
"Well?" Linda faced him a trifo "I ought to lead him to Cousin defiantly. The unsuppressed bit- Amos," she thought. "He's the terness of his tone seemed, now only one I haven't talked to about dragging a feud from the grave. "No. Out of it entirely."
it--but I simply can't plump right "After all—” down into it without any apparent "After all he seemed launch- "What do you mean?"
cause. He'd think me insane."ed upon a flow of that easy, wordy, "Wrecked on the way back.
From his expression, however, she Fleturesque Indignation which was Wild driving, I suppose. Anyhow
wondered whether she had not nl-apparently roused by the slightest they had a complete and terrible
ready conveyed that impression.
affront or. In this case, the smash-up. Happened a couple of
"I mean she plunged desher, at the casement giving on the memory of one. But just behind hours ago by all accounts, but the stepped across the sill, Tora atart-perately, "I have a paper to give terrace, Tom's voice spoke and people have only just heard." ed to answer, then halted as he on the development of club life in
"I thought he wouldn't take all almost collided with figure Amerten-and it seemed to me without any sign of apology or
their
guest checked himself perhaps that there lay one of the "It happened down that long "I hurry like the dickens really fundamental differences ́be- stretch of road through the Pine why. Mr. Shaughnessey!--coming tween the English and
"Oh, here you are! I thought Barrens-no house anywhere out on the terrace? That's right. American social acheme of things ou'd both be on the terrace with around and the road practically There's actually a bit of breeze the American dependence on all rige-left some sales figures I Statlander! I ran over to the go- deserted at the time. Finally there."
sorts of clubs and the English wanted to stow him in the pocket someone did pass and then it took
Towering, broud-shouldered and people just taking each other for of the car and came around the a while to get help and move them bulky, in the gloom of the indoor ranted. A locality or
n social end of the house thinking you'd be all. Tim says Boyle has a fractured twilight, the Irishman looked at stratuns in a locality forming its there. Why stand here in the leg and was unconscious for some his host in silence. Linda sensed
jawn club, so to speak--" time. I think one of the men was some tingling undercurrent of
She had floundered ahead de-little clearer, at any rate... not dark? Come on out-the air's a burt seriously-all pretty badly suspense in his momentary pauseperately, but it struck her as on quite so hot!"" smashed up. They got them and his curt reply.
the whole not bad for an extempore straightened out as to names and
performance. He looked at her ment. "Do come, Mr. Shaugh- Linda added her word of agree- "No-no. thanks," he replied with more the effect of really see essey. We'll have Rome cool
that time
so forth after awhile and phoned
and Tim called us."
What does it mean, Tom?" He looked at his watch, o'clock-it means the reat of the "Nine evening with no Boyle to butt in and the gang here all night."
"Just playing into our hands." "Yes, if we can't find out now" "Do they all know?"
a
standing just inside the door.
"That's an idea," he said.
the
contrition.
Mrs. Boyle. She relayed it to Timhortly. Then, more easily," "Tisling her and, taking a cigarette from drinks--and if those two flenda for my misfortune that I must use me his case (that simple net made her business talk shop we seedn't be brains to come by an honest living. relax a little), answered quite diso foolish!" Mrs. Averill. Having played the rectly and with less of the profes th industhrious grasshopper manner. butterfly since you took me in. It'sional Irishman in his voice and her but his eyes were on Tom. "I "Thank you, no." He spoke to
must be tonight."
must get back, If you'll excuse me. Linda laughed outright. "Aren't little rough now-and of course garage in too great a temptation. "A Your delightful and isolated- you a little mixed in your figures England has a few clubs" She Even I have no |of speech ?" she asked."
caught his slightly malicious twin-working when the gods provide excuse for not
such an ideal spot. I hope you "Oh, yes-golf-und. what's found what you wanted, Mr. their names?-those stuffy ones in Averill. Goodnoght."
(To be continued)
"Oh, yes. Couldn't help it if I'd wanted to, which I didn't capecially. I talked some time to Tim. Marvin was dummy and he
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"Possibly," he replied unabash-Kle. ed. "Now if you were to cite me a proverb from the Gaelic-1"
Tom had slipped quietly away, London."
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