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4). Juulter, wife of a millennlic automobile tufacturer, gives hea@v= ment dinner and dance and shotese, Mary Harkness, who is to marry Dirk Nurther, ut of a blus-bloated family Mary receives a telephone call from hug SCHULTHe benter, Falde, saying he is in

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flashlight powder, the hurrying to and fro, censed.

The murderer, it seemed, had got trouble and must see her. The house clear away. Search of the grounds breaper Min, Jupiter is wearing the famous his coming or going; both the man- "ealershem" and failed to show any evidence of, Jupiter rubira.

Mary arranges for Eddie to be admitted der of his entrance and of his exit Mecretly. When the Enes Upstairs Lu meel hing she did Mr. Jupiter rebled and murder were unaccounted for,

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This much Kunning to And Ance, she find him in the garden with over!

her they gleaned from what they could Cornertia Tabor, his childhood sweetheart

overhear. Whoever the Intruder was, he had done a clean-cut job of it. As the checking of evidence went one except Mary had direct evi

t on, it began

to appear that no. dence of any sort.

CHAPTER IN

Mary was too surprised to move for an instant. What could he the matter with Cornelia, that she

hould behave like that?"

And that was pitiably little and of no practica) usë. Dirk growler, "Don't make a "I damn foot of yourself. Con.

can't,"

Mary was forced to ad And mit in

in reply to Inspector Kane's keep your voice down. will earnest urging to recall the man's you? Do you want everybody to voice she had heard in the heur

dered woman's room. "It wasn't a

mur-

were

"I don't care!" Cornelia subsidi- voice exactly it was just a growl. ed into chlidish aniling. Just-ah, can't

It was explain it. then she looked up and saw Mary Just a sound anyone might have watching them. Mary thought she made in his throat if be hnd never seen anyone look so stily TY. You'd any if you heard it Ta her life. Corneifa kadu't ex- that he was mad enough to kill." peted interruption, that was sure. from the dumbfounded look on her

face

At Mary's coll, Dirk wheeled about so abruptly that the clinging gle toppled and almost fell,

"It didn't remind you of any voice you'd ever beard before?"

"Why, no!" She was obviously. startled.

The Inspector frowned thought-

Come quick, Dirk! Something | fuity,

terrible 12 huppened Without

nt in getting at," he was

A backward took. Dirk came run-kind enough to explant to ther' ating and book the steps to her aide both, in a lowered tone. "in the pos- in a single bound.

sibility of an inside job. The bal

"What's wrong? You look seraler-do you tras: kim?" ed to death, huner," he asked war-)

"Absolutely!"

riedly. The terror in her eyes in on anft was a relief to 1

stabbed him with concern. arm wen! about her protectingly.. They drew awny, out of Cornelia's hearing and lowered their voices somewhat.

Mary poured out her story in un excited jumble, almost crying with the joy of relief. ·

ground.

The inspector sighed.

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"Well, I du, too. I think he's on the level when he says he kept everybody out that hadn't been in- vitel. He had A real argument with ang man, he says nearly threw him out. But Lord, there Rre a dozen loop-holes. Nobody "Do you think it's anything to do checked on the curs that came and with Eddie she asked auxiously, went, and there were plenty of "Listen," said Dirk, "whe is this windows open. Those doors over Eddie you're talking about? You there," he indicated the French don't mean the kid brother?" doors opening onto the loggin

Maty said yes, of course,

"were open when I came in. Whal "Bal what has he to do with it? do we know about those black horn- "I don't know--nothing. I sup-tooters? Not a thing." He shook pose. But he may have been in the his head. house he was in trouble"

If had meant to throw Mary Dirk laughed and patted her guard by this confidential mo- shoulder. In spite of herrel, Mary ment, he succeeded, for she changed You Din't Have to Tell Me.vipe the whole nightmare away.

felt renssured Dirk seemed torulour when he asked abruptly: "What were you doing upstairs, Moonlight Saving Time. "That kid? Why, you're all Miss Harkness? When you heard mixed up. This is something else. the sounds you speak of, and the That hid wouldn't hurt a flyle shots ? pressed her hand comfortingly and

"Why, I--" Panic seized her. they started for the house.

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For all his vnsy-going air belied. conversational attitude toward Dirk and Mary, he had not let them go yet-officially.

Detective Byrne came straight to Kane and reported that every car had been arched before leaving the grounds, with no results.

"Any of them Lorimors 7" Kano,

"-want up to see how Mru.

ดร. Mary faltered. asked.

fired

d left her, moved forward con-one toki me she was

vulsively at his contined.

and had gone to her room to rest.”

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They had reached the loggia when Teddy Doulton lumbered to

Byrna snapped his fingers Choice and elightful Song | ward them out of the

"You were alone, up there?" gretfully. "Damn! darkness,

I forgot to "Why, yea." What did he mean,ment intently. look for that." cursing earnestly, and seized upon

He thought a mo- "No, I'm positive them as an audience for his

Mary wondered fearfully. What did griefs.

there wasn't a Lorimar in the lot." "Damned idiot!"

Käibe know? he exclaimed fervently, rubbing his drooping front menning, she soon saw from

But his question had had a dif- Inspector Kane propared to move "Ran into me down in bushes and knneled the breath effect on Dirk. He turned årst red, then white, and jumped to his

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seen

ask,

off.

He got up off the gilt chair he had "Weil-no offence, young lady?"

saidly was alone," he been straddling. "Have a cigaret-

She

"All

They dial and listen. "Have you Mr. Jupert" Blary pansed to

all right," the officer "Have I seen him? No. Ask me returned, pacifically. "We've got to if I seen Jack Dempsey,

think of everything, you know. Yes! Who was the fool, anyhow? Whad. And two witnesses would be better daya ask such people for ?"

"Who? They could not wait for Dirk said stifly, "for your thinking

HOY? no reason nor excuse," had caused. ASAHI answer. It was all meaningless

chatter

of such anyway he was drunk

A thing." enough to have collided with the

The detective was not

BEER

one,

te?" He held out a crumpled pack, which Mary declined. "Don't tell, lots of girls don't. My wife. smoke, eh?" Mary shook her head.

don't. He appeared to be trying to cover up any ́ awkwardness he.

When the rush for wrapa and homeward-bound motors had clear- Mary was hiding something, he were the group of officers. Mary riled.ed the room, all that remained

side of the house.

"That fool I just met. Listen!" thought, but it was not u love tryst. and Dirk, the housekeeper, Mrs.

he called, plaintively, after them. For the moment was ready to Warren, and, busily speeding the Sale Agent "You know what"

give over questioning her. further, parting guests, Spence. "Keep still about Edilic," Dirk until he heard from the others, who

had been rounding up what evi- | མས

there was

Once Inspector Kane anked in a low voice, "Where's the old man?

MITSUI said to Mary in a low voice as theysten, buddy," he told the Up there?" pointing to the celling.

BUSSAN entered the house, "till we dec

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No use mixing him

might have a bad time."

up in it unless we have to. "Ha glowering Dirk firmly, stranger Byrne nodded. "Let him stay."

things happen every day. No use The servants, those who remain- having tender feelings. I'm just ed, were released and sent off to trying to find out what's what.'

bed. The sight of their scurrying He tilted his head toward the backs momentarily confounded

The ballroom was deserted now, except for the musicians,

were packing up their instruments.

who giggling, milling mob of girls and Mary. She had forgotten all

The subdued babble from the din-men who were surging about

young officer named Hayes, whose

ing room indicated that supper was job it was to take down their names and addresses before letting them The indignities of search were

still going on,

In other

E ever

BEST

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parts of the house, how- activity was intense. Two

in

men in uniform pounded up the over. staircase

"Look at that mob. Unless we the wake of the butler, creaking with leather and breath-Ket fingerprints, and I doubt it, wo

about Bessie. What had Bessle told, if anything?

An if he read her thought, In- spector Kane turned to one of hi men, whose job had been quizzing the servants.

as if they had run. Felice. in Kot about as much change of find-the

ing as

the sacred precinte of the Jupiter in the guy who did this as If mansion One of them turned and never happened. The crook that bo-pulled this was smart. I'll Fay be be

"They don't know nothing," was other's disgusted report. They're like a lot of sheep."

"Get 'em all? Sure you didn't

enlled to a third who remained was. Everything set to cover un males anybody?" he asked sharply: f

hind. "Don't let anybody leave the

house!

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for him. Nobody even heard the shots, except Miss Harkness here,

The detective retrieved a list) Dirk squeezed Mary's hand reas-and a few that didn't know wh? from his hip pocket, where he had suringly. "They'll find whoever U Don't

did it. These boys work fast. they were when they did hear 'em. Just stuffed it, and scanned it.

"Any one of them smart klus Mary had cause to be grate could have pulled the trick, and hid

stendiness

the gun. And how are we ronna

worry. It will be all right."

Athe one that came to her find out who did it!

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bad were which she

nt

moments ahead of her in

muster.

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she couldceded all the composure}

It was all at

a topsy-turvy gloomily.

"But how about the jewels?" Mary asked.

"We'll find 'em, the offear sald "We got to. That's every damn thing we've got to go longer belonged to its owner. ΟΠ But It's going to take time, T effect, but to Inspector Kane, and waiting for them to turn up.”

I world. The Jupiter mansion

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the men who canie with him from

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county polles headquarters. The He looked like a man in the last cream of

of Southampton's

younger

throes of depression, but Mary

set found themselves herded into was not sure ho was quite sincere.

the ballroom for questioning along is keen eyes, roving the room;

with a frightened huddle of ser- watching the movements of his ns- vants. It was hours before the sistants, the way he pricked up h questioning, the running up and care when anyone entered, gavo an downstairs, the choking breath of Impression of alertness that his

"Two," he said. "A maid named Bessie and a chauffeur. Nobody known where they've gone."

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