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Carolyn Wells
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/? ?1926
4^ G.P. PUTNAM SONS
IIKCaIN HKRK TODAY
In Harbor Hardens. I jong Is- !
land, in an elaborate bungalow,
lived Perry Heath and his wife. J
At the lime the story opens j
the Heaths wore eutertaiulng as
house guests:
Lawrence Intnan. a distant |
relative of Myra's and. aside |
from Perry, the only heir to bt?r |
considerable fortune, and
Bunny Moore, young. viva- j
clous. golden-haired. an old
friend of Myra's.
Perry was an artist and can- j
dldate for presidency of the '
Country Club. His chief oppon- j
ent was a man named Sam An
derson. Perry's wife was beau
tiful but cold and sarcastic. She j
never used cosmetics; her ha- !
tr<<d of colors amounted to a \
passion. She collected rare old t
bottles and her latest was a ,
whisky bottle which aroused
her artistic husband t<> scorn.
Myra. provoked at a growing
, Intimacy between Perry and
Bunny, announces she has made j
her will in favor of Inmati. cut- !'
ting her husband off. She guar- j:
| rels with Perry later and mys
teriously alludes to hU "secret."
That night Heath, stealing
downstairs, discovert* In man in .
his wife's arms and orders him
out of the house by morning. 1
The next morning Myra J
Heath's body is found in the stu- J.
dio. A candle Is burning at ;
her head and feet, she is made I
up with cosmetics and dressed j
in gay colors.
Herrlck, the buter, discovers j
near the body a card marked, i
"The Work of Perry Heath." j,
and the doctor, when he comes,
finds that the dekth blow was
struck with Myra's cherished
whisky bottle.
The coroner conducts an ex
amination. and It develops that !
Perry Heath has disappeared I
during the night, in spite of the .
fact that windows and doors ;
had been locked on the inside.
,W n l?rnan and Hunny Moore i
sr. questioned they both exhibit j
an unusual degree of uervous
ness.
NOW GO ON WITH THR HTOHY
CHAPTER IX
The Harbor Country Club was'
aver on the Park side, but its j
members .Included many of the1
Qardens people as well.
A few of the less active spirits,
hobnobbed on the poreh and
smoked, as they somewhat con- 1
servatively discussed the Heath*
tragedy.
Yet few of the exaggerated ac- I
rounts could be much worse than i
Ihe true statements of the awful !
occurrence;
"Where Is Perry Heath?" was'
he question urged even more fre- j
gently than "Who killed Myra?"
Arthur Black, one of the solid i
Jen of the club. declared that it
as impossible that the murderer
fhould be other than the husband.
* "The Heaths were by no means j
turtle doves," was the way ho put
it. "And. even recognizing the j
rights of the dead to nil nisi bo- !
num. our Myra was a saint in '
looks only."
"She sure looked llko one, 1
though." said Wallace Forbes, an
artist from the Gardens, whose',
bungalow-studio was not far from J
ihe Heath*" own." J
"Too pale and wan for my
taste," remarked Sam Anderson.'
who wan a true representative of I
the Park type. Smiling, bald
headed. and with a mlMlns eye
tooth, he gave the impression of
being more Interested in women of
the cartii. earthy, than in the Myra
Heath sort. Hut he wan a prom
inent clubman, and was about toi
run fur president.
"Tiie disappearance of Heath
clinches your election. Anderson."
Hlack declared, but the other an
bwered:
"I'm not keen to be elected.
And. anyway. Heath will come
back. ? he must. To my mind, his,
absence is no indication at all that
he killed his wife. NVhy should
he? Maybe, as you nay, Illack, the'
pair were not exactly lovey-dovey,
but f?-w married people are now
adays. Yet it doesn't lead to ntur- .
tier. You'll have to find a biKjcer
motive thau mere Incompatibility
before I'll believe that Heath killed'
bis wife. What about that young
chap, her cousin, or whatever he
Is?"
"Larry Inman?" said Forbes.
"Yes. he's her cousin, a dis-,
tunt one. 1 think. Hut why should
he murder her?"
"He's her heir." put In Hlack,!
who always knew all about ??very
body's business affairs, "there's
motive; but. on the other hand.
I've heard he was in love with the
pale goddess."
"Did you hear that when they '
found her. dead, she was all !
rouged and made up,? eyebrows '
penciled and all?" ? this from An
derson. who was a bit of a gossip, j
Yes, and beside that, there was
a red sush tlfd around her," Hlack |
asserted. "And candles burning (
nt her head and feel."
A! Cunningham, who ha* just ;
then joined the group, said: "I'm
going to the inquest this after
noon. Wonder If Heath will be i
back for it?"
"You speak as if he hail just
stepped out on all errand." Hlack j
objected. "Why. man, he Is the
criminal ? the murderer. ? and he
made hl? getaway. He'll never
come back."
"Do you know Heath?" de- j
ma tided Forbes of Anderson.
"Not Intimately, at all. but I
know hint slightly. I've seen himi
here at the club occasionally I've 1
never been to his house."
"Then you don't really know I
him. He's not a man of fierce!
passions or angry impulses. If he
sensed trouble from Inman's at- 1
tentlons to Mrs. Heath, lie,
wouldn't kill either of them, he'd ,
put the young man out of his.
house and merely shake his fin- {
ger at hi* wife. 1 live over there, I
you know, and I'm acquainted with i
the whole bunch. There's a baby
down there, who's about aa perl aj
Utile parcel as often comes. Name
of Hunny, and 1 believe she's
somewhat gone on Ferry herself."
"Oh. well, then there's your mo
tive," Cunningham cried. "In
tense natured artist, tired of his
marble Galatea of a wife, turns to
baby doll for relief. Falls des
perately in love with the kid. and
decides that the line of least ro
sldtancc is to put Friend Wife out
of the way. Does so, and skips.
He won't return ? but the girl will
Of Course, It Interest
You!
This offer, which is being made by The South
ern Gas Improvement Co. at a great sacrifice
for your convenience.
BEGINNING AUGUST 2nd
and continuing for two weeks we offer
A Two Burner Hot-Plate
100 feet of FREE SERVICE, along our pres
ent lines and will set a QUARTER-METER,
For thr nmall mini of 98.95
If service pipe is already in your home, the
price will be only $4.95.
This is the total cost for complete installation
ready for use.
TFDA/fQ 9S? down
A IVIVlVlO 50c A MONTH
. As manager of the Southern Gas Improvement
Co. I heartily recommend this offer as being
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any other gas company, and ask those who
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as the number of hot plates is limited.
J. T. STAUJNGS, Mgr.
Southern Gas Impt. Co.
'If it'i done irith heal, you ran do it better with fa*'
lotiow ai (in- proper time/"
"May bo." said Black. "but I'm
not going in the inque.il. Sit all
afternoon in a hot. atuffy place,
jnly t?> have the thing adjourned,
nr. at most, to hear an open ver
Jlrt."
"I'm not going. either." Ander
son stated. "t)h. If 1 do. I'll Just
look In for a moment, and stick
o the back of the room, so 1 can
;**t out easily. Coroners ate fear
fully long-winded. And .we'll get
he whole proceedings from the pa
pers. The New York papers will
Feature this, as it's really a bizarre
?ase."
Meanwhile the Heath home was,
n a turmoil.
The polite were in charge. Both
liuuiiy and Larry, as well a* the
servants were forbiddcu to leave
he place. j
The body of Myra. still In It*
teautlful but strange condition,
ay where it was found, and must,
'emu In there until viewed by the'
.'oroner's jury. I
The studio was guarded by a po
iccmau who sat just outside the
?losed door. The lounge was full'
>f bustling people, who with mor.1
?r less authority, fussed around
nquisitlvely.
Mrs. Prentiss, presuming on her
mportance as the nearest neigh
?or. came over, with a face appro
priately solemn, to offer help of
my sort In her power.
Bunny refused to see her at
first, but on a more Insistent mes
sage the girl went reluctantly from
lier room downstairs to greet the
:allor.
Her blue eyes showed traces of
tears, and her lips quivered us she
u'amc toward Mrs. Prentiss.
And for once, the girl failed to
show an alert interest at the sight
of a strange and good-looking
young man.
For Todhunter Ruck had ac
companied his aunt, partly as es
cort . but more from a desire to
sec Munuy herself.
Nor was he disappointed, lie
told himself on the spot, that she
was the loveliest girl he had ever
seen and was the one girl in the
world for him, and many such de
cisions and asseverations.
Hunny acknowledged his intro
duction with absent-minded polite
ness and asked them to come with
her to a small morning room back
of the dining room, where they
could talk in mure seclusion.
"Who is here? Who Is looking
after you?" demanded Mrs. I'ren
tiss, with her usual briisqueness.
"Nobody, said Hunny, 1 am all
? alone. ni go Iioiiio. but the p<?
life wou'i le! me. 1 haven't sen?
word to my people about tills yet
? of course, they'll see it when
it nets into tin- papers- ? but it V
all so I* rrihlt1- so awful ? that I
couldn't bring myself to writ
about it. and I just couldn't tele- '
phone!" (
"No. no. of courM- not, my d*-ar
Hut you can't May Here alone
haven't you heard a word from Mr ,
Heath?" U
"Not 21 word." Mutiny's face [
turned rosy pink, but her vole
was calm and steady. "I can't
imagine where he went or what's ,
keeping hiiu away." i
"Who is in charge here?"
' "That's what everybody askf I
Why. nobody's In charge, exactly.
Mr. Inman is. in some ways, ami I
of course, the servants keep tin
{house running Just as usual. 1,1
see a few of Myras friends, but
not ail of ihent ? 1 just can't!"
"Of course ?you can't," put In
Toddy Duck. with .real sympathy, i ?
"It oughtn't to be expected Ol j |
you."
"You must come over and stay |
with lue." Mrs. 1'relitlss ordained j
FLOWERS
For Birthdays and
Anniversaries.
Iiyan Floral Co.,
ItlC .
"Their Hcmfrs Aiv
llewt."
Day Itionr H42; .Xfeht (M?
Kliutbcih City,
a ti<! her nephew's heart leaped for]
joy.
"Oh no. I can't do that." Run
ny >aid. "The police won't let tile !
l?-a\e this house; and when they
ilo. I shall, of course, co straight '
llOHie.
"And too. I think I must look
uver M y lit ' h thinus a little. There's
110 nnr else to do it. and a woman
Diivht to no over her desk ? and
iind stich things."
"V?s. yes ---of course," Mrs..
I'n-ntiss spoke a little vaguely.;
"Hut my house i* open to you, my
i". and I'm sure when you think
it <<\>r. you will se*> it would !??? ;
*'Im' for you to come over there." i
' I expcct Mr. Heath home at J
in> minute," Itunny said. "I I
ih:Cl)*t make any plaus until he j
:onu s."
*" I In t he may not come at all," I
Mrs. I're litis* hevan and stopped
tudd*-nly as she saw the j:rlef and
lerror <?ii Bunny' fac* .
nd unable to bear up uiiy lotijc- 1
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er. and crhd softly.
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