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Murder At Bridge

By

ANNE AUSTIN authry of "THE BLACK PIGEON:

THE AVERTING Prover" and "MURDER BACKUTAIRS

DEOIN HERE TO-DAY.

thim. "It's the truth that Flora is When special Investigator Dundee a aum jealous-natured. And I suppose" moted to the house of Juanita Belim, murhe faltered a moment, and his eyes dered during a bridge party. He orders did not meet his wife's "that 1 ancel to lake the places they occupied sturing the playing of the "death hand." the miked seeing her a little bit jealous Nita, was killed. Only one rural is murine of her old man.. Sort of makes a Halph Tammand, le love with Kite. Penny

Marshall and Carolyn Brakaman fool-Well, big, you know. And Crain, Karen

"So you were just having a bit

play out the hand. Lola Dunlap and Tracer pretty important to somebody!” Mies are in the dining rooms Folly Beals and her fance Cilve Bamond, are in the ablartom: Judge Marshall somes in soon stier Che beginning of the hand; John Drake comes In just before the end, having taken on

time to walk from the country cich.

Dexter Sprague entere ki the end of the hand with Janet Raymond, who has been 05

pareh, and they go into the dining

ibe When Dundes secoppables Karen, who

of fun with your wife, so far as Mr. Sellm was concerned?" Dundee asked coldly.

The blood flowed through

tho

discorsts the body, out of the living mom tong blonde hair. "We-ll, not

sockm

he admitted frankly. "You

go to the bedroom, he finds Flora Mile, who see, I did take a shine to Nita, and Systerically says that she was is the guests If I do say so myself, she liked me lavatory, after telephoning her home. He be

serious! Here she le lying, and proves it when he finds n lot

..oh.

nothing

ber bridge tally on the floor of Nits's elect Just a little flirtation, like most of Para confess that she went to the chest,. sfire felephoning. Wo recover a note we to our crowd have with each other--" Hp at innebeen, which she thinks is from

er husband.

1L an extremely affectionate nate from Dexter Burago While Porn in the riset, Nita romas In. aingine. Flora bear bang or bump, And, thinking that Nite in coming to the alert, faints, coming to cobaeton

on, dearing Kuren nereaza,

CHAPTER XI1

Flora Miles seemed to be dazed by Dundee's vehement question.

"Why, yes-Nits's own tune. That's what she called it-her own tune"

"But Mrs. Miles," Dundre pro- tested, ashamed that this badr on his scalp prickled with hurrer, "du you mean to tell me that Nita was not dead then when Kuren Mar- shall screamed?"

know what you mean!

"Mrn, Miles," Dundee Interrupted with sudden harshness, "are you Are you did not know that that letter was from Dexter Sprague de- fore you looked for it?"

"Sie, if you are insinuating that my wife carried on a flirtation or -an-an agair with that Sprague net" Tracey bagan to bluster.

* *

But Dunder's eyes were on Flora Mites, and he saw that her sal low skin, had tightened like greyish silk over her thin cheek bones, and that her eyes looked suddenly dend and glassy.

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"You fainted, you sny, Mr. ALDERSHOT COMMAND. Miles," Dundee went on inexorably. Was it because, by any chance. "Dead? Florn repeated, more that this note--and he tapped the wildered. "Of course she was, or

Mexico City, Jan. 17. London, Jan. 17. trouble--"revealed the fact that at least, they all said ao-Oh, het which had caused so much

And you

Fourteen earthquake shocks have Lisbon General Sir Charles Harington.

the affected area in don't mean what I mean at allNita Selim and Dexter Sprague

K.C.B., D.5.0, has been appointed been felt in "Stendy. honey-girl! Tracey were sweethearts or lover?"

It was a battle between those two General Officer Commanding-in-South Mexico since the first great Both ignored Tracey's red-Chief, Aldershot Command, with shock on January 16. Twenty per- affect from June 30 next. Lieu-sons are reported to have been kill Flora licked her dry lips. "No-tenant-General Sir Torquhil Mathe-ed at Misuatian, 100 miles mouth ng into the room, there was Nita's

It was son, K.C.B.. has been appointed of Oaxaca, where the death roll powder

| because was jealous of Tracey and General Ofer Commanding-in-yesterday was 48-Reutor's Amer- and over playing its tune over," she whispered. Nat

Nit

Chief, Western Command, India, ican Service. In succession to Sir Charles Har- Ington-British Wireless.

now.

Miles urged. putting his arm about his wife, "I'd better tell you, Dun faced rage dec......

When we all came ΤΙΣ Π

course

since

Nita

"Have you been engaged long,

Hammond-you

and

Miss

"Oh!" Dandee wiped his fore

"Yes, and I'd given her cause to head. "You mean it's a musical de jealous, too!" Tracey forced him. box?"

"Yes, arul plays when the lid is self into the conversation. "One night, at the Country Club, Flora off." Tracey answered, obviously de

me and Nita stroll of the Mr. W Highted to have the limelight again. porch and down onto the grounds, Beale?" Dundee asked, as if quite "Well. of couldn't put the lid back on, it was and she had a right to be sore at causally.

"Nearly a year—if it's any of was theme when I got back, because I'd playing....What

her-my own

your business, Dundee!" tune, honey?" he asked his wife cut a dance with

wifel....And It was only this "And just when had you seen tenderly, I haven't much ear for very morning that I made a point Miss Beale last,, before lato this munte at best, but at a time like of driving-out of my way. that

"It was playing 'Juanita," Flora by this house to see Nita. Not that I meant any harm, but I was belag answered wearily. "Over and over

Nita, Jun-a-n-ita, be my own fair little silly about her and he Only not the words, of course, just leave my wife and bables for any ske quavered obligingly. was about me, too! Not that I'd the time. That's why Nita bought Broadway beauty under the sun- the box, I suppose, because it played her namesake song-"

bride,'

"Maybe one of her beaua gave it to her," Tracey suggested lightly. patting his wife's trembling shoul- der.

too--

"Oh, Tracey! And you weren't going to tell me "Was there real jealousy me, or just pretence on Flora's part?

"You understand, don't you, Dun- "Anyway, Dundee, the thing de Tracey demanded, man to

an on and of, until it run down, man. "I was just having a little

I suppose. I confess wanted to fun on the side-nothing serious,

mind you! But of course I didn't

put the lid back un, to stop the tell Flora every little thing. damn thing, but Iago said we

mustn't touch anything"

man does!

"And quite right?" Dundee cat kirls-other

in. "Now, Mrs. Miles, about that

No been other

"Tracey isn't worse than the

noise you heard.... Did you hear other men!" Flora flamed up. "He's anyone enter the room? No?such a darling that all the girls pet ...Well, then, did you hear Nita him, and spoil him

of

Flora

Dundee could stand no more speak to anyone? You said you thought it might be Lydin, coming Miles' complacent acceptance of his on rakishne's. And certainly a to get something out of the closet,'

girl like Nita Selim would have didn't hear Nita speak abeen able to bear precious little of word to anybody, though she Conceited! But might have and I wouldn't have Miles was another matter-and so heard, all mullest up in that velvel was Dexter Sprague!

"You can join me in the living evening wrap and so far back in

if you like." Dundee sald the closet-

"Did you hear the door onto the shortly, as be wheeled and atrode porch-it's quite near the closet toward the door. Was that quick.

The door was open when

we Dassionate kiss between husband came in, Dundee." Tracey inter-and wife being staged posed. "It must have been open all beachit? the time."

reum,

for

his

near through, boy?"

"Pretty "I didn't hear it open," Mrs. Strawn, who had been silent and be Miles confirmed him wearily. wildered for a long time, tell you I didn't hear anything, ex-anxiously, as the two

pt Nita's coming in singing, then passed into the hall. the powder box playing its tune,

·

asked

detectives

and that bang or bump I told you But in the living room his mind about."

was wholly upon the business in "And just where was that?" Dun-hand. dee persisted.

That's

"I'll keep you all no longer than

"I don't know!" She shrilled. is absolutely necessary," he began. hysteria rising in her voice again, and again the close-knit group-in "I told you it sounded fairly near which only Dexter Sprague was an -the closet, as If-os if somebody allen-grew taat with suspense,

bumped into something.

"From the playing out of the 'death what it was like! That's exactly hand at bridge," he went on, using what it was like! And I was so the objectionable phrase again very frightened of being found in the deliberately, "I found that no two closet that 1 fainted, and didn't of you mon arrived together... come to till Karen screamed"

She was babbling on, but Dundee Mr. Hammond, you were the first to

believe?! "It seems that I was!" Clive

in hard. A very conveni-urrive,

was thinking

ent faint that! For the murderer. Hammond answered curtly.

"And yet you did not enter the living room to greet your hostess?" "I wanted a private word with

at feast! But why not for Mrs. Miles herself? Odd that she should faint! Why hadn't she trumped up some excuse immediately and left Polly-Miss Beale-my fiancee," the closet as Nita was entering the Hammond explained briefly. room? Was it, possibly, because she

"How and when did you arrive?" exact time. could think of nothing but the "I don't know the

great

relief of finding it was Never thought of looking at my

had who Sprague, not her husband,

watch," Hammond offered, "I came en writing love letters to Nita out in my own roadster. As for

·A

woman how I entered the house, I leaped jealous " he began abrupti

upon the

porch and opened a door think you'd batter tell me how of the solarium. I walked acros your wife became so jealous of you the solarium, saw Folly just finish- and Nita Sellm that she could get herself into such a false positioning with bridge for the afternoon, and beckoned to her. She, joined

Tracey Miles reddened, but one me in the solarium, and we stayed of his sunburned hands restrained there unil Karen, screamed. his wife's passionate defence of That's all.”

afternoon?" Dundee asked.

"I refuse to answer!" Hammond inred. "That at least is none of your damned business?""

"I believe I can answer my own question, Mr. Hammond," Dundee said very softly.

"(To be continued).

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