Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 135, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1926 — Page 10

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"The VANITY CASE” / A Tale of .Mystery and Love 4 By CAROLYN WELLS

BEGIN HERE TODAY / MRS PRENTISS nees mysterious in the Heath household next ■ door one nt*lit aucl the next da.v Harsher Gardens, oLn* Island, is ago* over P the murder ol MVRA HEATH and the f disappearance oi her husband. PERRY. „ Po use guests of the Heaths are LAWRENCE IJi.MAiN. fit ir to Myras tortune, and BUNNY MOORE, beautiful, vivacious, to-whom suspicion points because of her strange actions. Myra Heath never us. and eosmetioii. never wore, colors, vet v lit n her body was found she was heavily rouged. She was a collector of glam-, and it was a rare old bottle from her collection that *h murderer used to hill her Candles v ere burunig at her head and *feet; . by Mas a care) marked. ‘The Wora ot Perry Heath ” The strange thing ibout Heath's disappearance is that, the windows and doors were looked on the inside the night before, and wee*/found that way in the morning Kingt’•prims oi llumiy and Inman were found on the bottle. At the Country Club the murder is discussed by SAM ANDERSON. Heaths rival for the club presidency: AI. Cl V NINGHAM. who is trying to solve the crimo. and others / Meanwhile. TODHUNTER BUCK Mrs Prentiss' nephew. has met Hnnny and fallen in love with her Bunny is amazfd to get a phone call from Heath He' phones her again, saying Inman is the murderer Bunny faints under a grilling by DETECTIVE MOTT, and Inman confides to* Buck that he saw Bunny ascending the stairs after the murd' r Mott questions all the servants and tells them to keep Quiet Anderson Invites Cunningham to his house and there, white wafting for his host. . Cunningham is suddenly confronted by Perry Heath, who disappears as mysteriously as he had appeared, shortly afterward Anderson conies in ■ and he reproai lies Cunningham for letting Heath escape Buck, meantime, is determined to clear Benny. He resolves to have a good talk with her. NOW GO ON \\ ITH THE STORY , CHAPTER XXXVI And then the object of Todd.v's anxious thought. came and seated herself on a low chair heside his own. So softly had she come, that he had no idea of her presence until he heard her soft, low voice saying: “Mrs. Prentiss bid me come and talk to you for a fewg-mlnutes before I go to my room.’’ “I’m glad to have you,” he said, speaking quietly, too, and involuntarily laying his hand on the little one that, rested on his chair arm. Bunny looked up at him, her eyes of “wind-flower blue" dimly visible in the faint light that glimmered from the doorway. “You are very good to me,” she said, wdth a sad little sigh. “You and your aunt both. But I wish I could go home." “I wish you could!” exclaimed Tod, his hand tightening its clasp on her own. “Why do you speak like that? You 'righten me!” she exclaimed, for his tone had been emphatic. “I am frightened about you,” he murmured. “Tell me, Bitnny, t?U me, dear, do you trust mp?" s “Yes,” she said, and her voice was clear and frank. There was no trace of coyness or shyness it was as if soul spoke to soul, and with his power of reading the intent of another's*\vords. Buck believed her. He turned to face her more fully/ “Do you know you are In danger? Grave danger?” “I suppose I am. But what can I do? I am very much alone ” Her voice quivered and tears came Into the blue eyes. "No,” Buck declared, “you are not alone. You have tsyo stanch friends beneath this roof, and one of us, at least, would die for you!” This was dangerously close to melodrama, but was saved therefrom by Toddy's obvious earnestness and the ringing note of affection in his ton*. But Bunny shuddered. “Don't mention death.” she said, "we’ve had enough of that for the present." “So we have.” he said, “and I, too. i

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want to avoid the subject, but if I am to help you. and Lord knows you need help, I’ll have to ask you some pretty blunt questions.” “You may." Bunny said, but her voice had taken on a cold formality, almost as if she spoke to an official detective. “Oh," Tod groaned, “don't speak to me that way, or I can't talk at all!" The girl laughed outright. *‘Go on with your blunt questions," she comma'’nded, but the laughter seemed to linger in her intonation. Tod plucked up a morsel of courage. Surely a murderer pould not * laugh like‘that! "“When did you first see Mrs. Heath after'she was dead?" he asked. “Oh, I can t tedl you that!" She gasped as if in horrified surprise, and started to rise from her chair. "No, sit still. Don't tell me anything you don’t choose to, but do—oh. Bunny, do confide in me! You must 'have help—l will help you Dear Heart," tell me all —all about It.” “I—l’ve nothing to tell.” and now she spoke really coldly, and with an accent of displeasure. “I thought detectives found out the truth front clews and things, not from asking people, questions.” 'Both methods are used," and now Toddy was stern and grave. • “So you won't help me to help you?" “I can't—oh, I can't—don't ask me a—about it! Don't!” Her little hands twisted themselves nervously together aiyl one foot beat a tattoo on the porch floor. “Well, tell me trtls.” Buck felt he mightn't get a better chance and he must find out some things. “Did you go downstairs and cqme up again la*e that night? After you had gone to your room for the night, V mean," “Why—no.—of course, I didn't. Why should I?" “But the maid said she saw you." “Do you take her word in preference to mine?" “No, I do not. However, Inman also says he saw you.” “Larry said that!" she sounded grieved, rather than angry. “Well, then it's his word against mine, isn’t it?" Bravado had come to her aid. Her ! air was almost saucy, her tone almost gay. Buck was annoyed. How could she treat such'a serious matter so flippantly. •‘Bunny, dear.” he said, “T can’t let yo* go dn any further, there Is sortiething else-I must tell you: I love you, darling, and I want you to learn to love me. I wan’t you to promise that when this awful affair is all over you will let me try to„ win your heai’t, try to make you see how I adore and -'worship you, and try to win your love in return-. How about it, little sweetheart?” The fact that no repulse had met his overtures made Toddy’s heart leap high with joy, and he caught the girl to him. But she drew away, her hands gently pushing off his eager arms. “Don’t," she whispered, “At least not now,—not yet. You don't know, —oh, Toddy, dear, you don't know—— ’’ “You’re going to tell me all I don’t j know,” he caught her fluttering 1 hands and held them close. "Yoyr’re | going to let me be your father con- ! ffessor and your guide, philosopher j and friend, as well as your slave and adorer and—and, my darling, four ! future husband.” She sighed, ? and for a moment he thought she was going to surrender , her sweet self to his embrace, then I she turned away from him, and with tears in her voice she said: “No, please don’t touch me. I—l—oh, I don't know what to say or do! And you can't help me,—at least, now now! I must go through Nvitt/ It! I have to, —oh, I have to!” 'Yes, dear, but I'll go through with It, too. I’ll be with \m-wery step of the way. You can clepend on me.—oh, Bunny, you can depend on me!" \ “I well believe that, —but, no, I must go alone —alone.” And with that she left him and walked slowly back and into the house., (To Be Continued.) WOMAN ELECTROCUTED “ Bu United Press / ANDERSON, Ind„ Sept. 11.—A short circuit in an electric carpet sweeper was held responsible today for the death of Mrs. Joseph James, 31. She received a fatal shock while using tlfe sweeper.

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WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESION Giving Enriches the Soul

The International Uniform Sunday School Lceson for Sept. 12: Gift* lor the Tabernacle.—Exodus 35:20-20. By William E. Gilroy, D. D., Editor of The Congregationallst. We have written of the place of the tabernacle in the religion of Israel during the period of wandering and change in the quest of the promised land, and we have emphasized the need of a tabernacle In the life of every nation that would be in the wait of. progress and truth. Sincere religion must always find expression and devotion God and to the commonweal, and inevitably creates in people the Impulses to give and to serve. Moses had called for an offering for the taberpacle. The list of things required are enumerated in the verses preceding our lesson, and the verses of our lesson record the response of the people to Moses' apeal. Note thaf the giving of the people was not perfunctory. It arose from heartfelt devotion. It was not in the nature qf an unpleasant duty. The description of the spirit In which the people gave is splendid. "And they one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit willing, and brought Jehovah's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for a!' the service thereof, and for, th(> holy garments." We may note als</ the emphasis gifts of women as well as

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{pen. ■ It is not always that women have had their place properly recog-4 nized in society and in the church. The variety of the gifts is interesting. It means, apparently, that each gave the things that he or she had to give, or that were most prop erly associated with their resources or Occupations. Not the'least interesting feature of this offering is the suggestion of its relationship to the ordinary lives and services of the people. Men brought wood who were apparently .skilled in working It up into the materials required for the service of worship. Women spun with thei£ hands and made linen cloth and' fabric of goats' hair. Precious stones were'not -neglected. Note how many times in the few verses of the lesson is emphasized the fact that it was a willing offering and that the gifts came from the> heart. Notice the references to Work. These offerings were symbols of an earnest attitude on the part of the people; an evidence that their lives were touched by the largeness of the occasion and the greatness of the opportunity. We are disposed too often in our gifts to the church or to great causes to assume the attitude that we are conferring a favor upon the church or upon these causes. Asa matter of sacf s the favor is all the other way. church has done far mor for any individual than he can

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do for the church. We speak of giving to Christ where Christ has given unsearchable riches to us. The man or woman who has never found the joy of giving has never found the truest outlet from the narrow and sordid limits of life. It is in giving that the soul becomes rich. It is in the devotion that is expressed _by the offerings and the sanctified spirit in which ihey are given that makes our lives large and broad. This lesson tells of a glorious day In Israel, people might be" a wandering people in the wilderness with no settled place of abqde, but they were journeying with vision In theip hearts. If they had always kept that vision, how different the history of Israel might have been! It is stranfee that we can read of these glorious things in the past, and we can read of the failure that was associated, even with times of triumph, without finding always either the Inspiration that we should have from the one or the warning that we should have from the other. AUTO KILLS CHILD Bu Cnited Press COLUMBUS, Ind., Sept. 11.—Po Jtce. today cleared Juanita Windel of blame for the death of James Ziegler, 6, killed by the girl's car while he wax playing in front of his home.

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Let Mr. Kixit present, your esse to city official*. He is The Times representative at the city hall. Write him at Tiie Times. The reckless shooting A airguns in the 900 block on Packer Ave. has aroused the apprehension of one of Mr. Fixit's correspondents today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: May 1 ask your help to put a stop to boys with airguns congregating in the alley between Oxford St. and Parker Ave. One boy’s eyesight has been impaired by their reckless shooting. They have been warned many times of the danger, yet they keep it up. TIMES READER. Police will Investigate. DEAR MR. FIXIT; Will you please use your Influence In having a traffic policeman stationed at Shelby St. and Fletcher Ave. during the hours when childrgp are going to and frdm school? Children who have to attend the Fletcher Ave. school and who live on any of the streets east of Shelby St. are in danger there because if heavy traffic and reckless driving. . WORRIED MOTHER. Undsr anew system, one of th£ most competent boys In the school lx delegated to act as volunteer

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traffic policeman at. the school coin ner. DEAR MR. FIXIT: On ojr near the southwest corner of Central Ave. and Fifteenth St. are some trees that have dead wood. One limb,is broken off and hangs over the sidewalk. Some day it will fall and hurt somebody. On the north side ol the house' on the southwest corner are two double hitching posts of no use. One of them has been bent over by an automobile striking It and takes up about one-thirS of the sidewalk spe ce. Can’t you have these two affairs attended to? A CITIZEN. Elbert Moore, city forester, has ordered the property owner to trim the dead limbs from the maple trees e-td the city is investigating the hitching posts. DROWNS AT CULVER Bu Vn iird Pre*x CULVER, Ind., Sept. 11.—Thrown into the waters of Lake Maxinkuekee whan a canoe overturned John Maloney 28, was drowned last night. R. Roberts, 21, of Columbia City, CORNS m - Quick relieSfrom painful Wfiitf, ■ corns, tender toes and pressure of tight shoes. Dl Scholls Zino-pads I**

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