Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1932 — Page 11

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BEGIN HERE TODAY AMOK PEABODY, elderly coueln of LINDA AVER ILL. Jails to hi* death from th* second-floor balcony of the Averllls’ Long Island home. Linda reaches him_ Just before he dies, in time to hear him gasp, ' He pushed me-—!” There are four guests in the house /and all suspects of the murder. All are strong physically, have violent tempera and all have quarreled with cousin Amos. The four are: MR. BTATLANDER, midm*n M*r of the Arm TOM AVER ILL worka for; MARVIN PRATT, * u ' tor of Linda a, CAPTAIN DE ?vob, handsome Belgian representing a uropean perfume manufacturer; and lAtf SHAOGHES3EY. Irish writer and lecturer. Linda, realizing her cousin had tried to tell her he was murdered, rushes up the s'airs to the balcony. Someone ateps behind her, tries to atrangle her, and ate falls In a faint. She retains consciousness several hours later. It haa been assumed cousin Amos’ death was accidental and Linda has no opportunity to tell Tom what really happened NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER TWELVE (Continued) “Linda darling!” All the anxiety of the morning was In his exclamation. "You poor baby—you poor kid!” "There, Tommy—l'm all right now.” "But, honey, lie down! You shpuldn't be sitting up this way!” "Shouldn’t be sitting up? Indeed not! I ought to be up altogether.” She wriggled under his firm grasp and pointed accusingly at the little French clock. “Tom, is it really half-past 8? Did I go out completely for so long? How could I? I must get up this minute!” "You’re to stay right here. Stop that, Binks—behave yourself.” “Tom, what nonsense! How can I —with the doctor coming—and there’ll be arrangements—” “You’re not to talk. The doctor's been here and—” "And the police?” inquired Linda In a small scared voice. He looked /at her in utter astonishment. “Linda, what on earth—? The police don’t come for—for anything like that. We telephoned Parsons, of course, and he got here just as quickly as he could. There was nothing he could do for—that Is, he attended to you first. “He did try to reach Pat Boyle—he’s the county medical examiner—to report the matter. But Boyle’s away, so Parson’s said he’d take the responsibility of certifying that it was an accident.” “Was what?” asked Linda, suddenly very tnese. “An accident, dearest—you know —I thought you remembered—Cousin Amos—” “I know what happened to Cousin Amos.” Her tone made him look at her sharply. “He fell from the balcony,” said Tom quietly. Since she would discuss it, better to be to the point and steady about it. “Yes?” Again he was puzzled by her tone. “Well—suppose, Tom,” she relaxed suddenly, leaning against the pillow, "suppose you tell me just exactly what did happen—as far as you know. Go back to the very beginning. “You remember we were going swimming together—” 4 “Yes. You went ahead of me.” “I wish to heaven I hadn’t!” His hand tightened over hers and she shivered a little. “Oh, Binks, I can’t forgive myself that you saw—” “Never mind what I saw. Tell me what you saw.” “Well, I was just climbing up on the raft —looking toward the house —when you came out on the balcony.” “You could see me clearly?” “Why, yes. You waved—” “You saw me wave?” tt an HE could not understand her tension. “It was all over so quickly. You stood for a moment like—like a scarlet exclamation epoint against the white of the house. And then your arm went up and just as I was wavng back I saw

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you pitch forward—sort of stagger and fall. “Gosh. Binks. that was a scare! I couldn't imagine what had struck you—but of course my one idea was to get back as quickly as I could.” She patted his lean brown hand. Must have given you a turn, poor dear! Well?” “Well, as I dived, I saw a man—” “What?” She was sitting up, desperately clutching his hand. “Yes —right behind you in the door way.” “Could you see who—?” “Hell, no. I didn’t stop. It was barely & second between the time when I saw you fall and when I took that dive and came up headed for shore a mile a minute.” “Could you still see the man?” “Not when I was diving, naturally. As I came to the surface I just saw a black blur. But when I came upstairs. Marvin—” “Wait, Tom. You’re ahead of yourself. You came up the lawn—” “On the dead run. Os course I saw—” “Cousin Amos.” “Yes. As I ran toward the house —and then I looked up and saw the balcony rail tom away. Os course I didn't know at'-first that he was dead, but In a moment when I bent over him—oh, and here’s a queer thing Linda! “When I was just a few yards from the—from the body, who should stroll around the corner of the house but Shaughnessey. At that hour of the morning!” “Oh!” she gasped. "Which end of the house?” “End toward the garage. All dressed and as debonair as you please. He looked as surprised to see me as I was to see him—and saw Cousin Amos just as I stooped down. “I gasped out something about you—l was pretty short of breath—and asked him to stay with the body while I went upstairs.” “Did he seem—” “I didn’t notice a darn thing about him.” There was a retrospective horror in his voice. “I just took the steps three at a time. Marvin heard me coming—” “Marvin? Did he come from his room?” “No, I told you—that is, I started to. He was with you. The man I saw from the water.” “What?” “He'd heard you fall, he said, and saw the room door open. You were right in a line with the door and he dashed in. You’d fallen sort of awkwardly across the sill and I’d seen him step out to lift you.” “Hm!” Linda digested that. ‘‘Where were the others?” ‘‘De Vos and Statlander? Oh, the excitement brought them out, too. We brought you in here—” “And telephoned for your mother. That was nice of you, Tom.” ‘‘l thought you should have some one beside the girls.” “Then what?” “Well, first we called Dr. Parsons. Os course the poor fellow wasn’t up. but he got here in half or threequarters of an hour. “To tell you the truth. I had him look at you first. He said you would come around if you were kept quiet. Then he went out on the terrace—” “Go on, Tom. I’m quite all right. Really, I’d rather have you tell me everything.” / n u “TTI7ELL, he made an examinaVV tion. Looked at the place and the body. He was a bit upset as to what was best to do because technically any case of sudden death like that has to be certified as an accident by the medical examiner. “You’re not supposed to move the body till he has seen it and said you could. Parsons isn’t any too friend-

ly with this man Boyle. He’s that roughneck, old-time pill peddlerone of the county political gang, you know. Half drunk most of the time, they say. “Ran some kind of an advertising medical office in Brooklyn before he came out here. Anyhow, the office is a nice little bit of graft and he’s never around on the rare occasions when he really is needed. “This time he’s on a fishing trip with some of his cronies down at the end of the island. So Parsons had to act on his own. He examined everything very carefully—it w’as obvious what had happened to the poor old man and that you’d probably seen him fall. “As far as we could figure out, you stopped at his room on the way downstairs and found him feeling badly. I told Parsons about his upset yesterday afternoon and the row. Anyhow, you must have actually seen him go over. No wonder you fainted! “Parsons is still downstairs, incidentally. He’ll be up any minute to look at you and probably give me hell for talking and letting you talk.” “So that’s the story!” Linda drew a long breath. “That’s what happened—from our end, anyhow. You can fill in the gaps.” "Yes.” Linda looked him straight in the eye, opened her mouth and then shut it as another thought came. “Our guests—are they all still here?” “Honey, don’t worry about them.” He patted her hand reassuringly. “Os course they’re here now, but they’re going as quickly as they can get off. You needn’t see one of them again if you don’t want to.” ’ “No?” said Linda. “I told them the train service into town on Saturday morning was rotten and naturally I didn’t want to hurry them too much. “Especially De Vos and Statlander —rather rough on them, an accident like this after the various upsets we’ve had—” “Valeska, you mean. It is bad, that way,” Linda spoke abstractedly, her mind racing ahead to meet this new complication. “They were very decent, though, Binks. After all, such an unusual accident—no one would expect a hostess—” Tom—listen! Some one’s coming!” CHAPTER THIRTEEN LINDA’S keen sense of hearing stood her in good stead. She spoke so urgently that Tom stopped, astonished. “Quick!” she exclaimed, “tell me—what train will they get?”’

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Pat's father, promoted, was to be stationed in India. And she was to go with him. She would see rajahs and palaces; perhaps real live elephants and tigers! These exciting thoughts made her forget it would-be long before she again saw England.

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“The 12 o’clock. That’s the first good one and doesn’t rush ” “Good, that give 6us time. Tom, I must talk to you—it’s terribly important—terribly! So. whoever this is coming, get rid of him quickly. ‘ Don’t worry. I’m all right in my hdad. But before those men leave— I must see you alone. No. I can’t tell you now what it is. Only don’t—don’t tell any one I mentioned it—especially any one of those four——” “Binks—tell what? And why on earth should I tell ” “Or the doctor or your mother or any one! Promise?” “Why, Binks ” “Promise! Oh, Tom, if you ever loved me—don’t talk—promise!” She clutched his wrist grimly., leaning forward to whisper the last words. As the steps stopped at the door lor a breathless second, Tom waited, but could see no delirium in

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Busy days followed. While the Captain looked after the many details of the long water voyage Pat was allowed to visit those places she best loved. Always attracted to animals, she spent many fascinated hours at the London Zoo.

the frantic appeal /ot the clear eyes. “I promise." he said reluctantly, and the door behind him opened gently. Into the room stepped a plump little figure—Dr. Parsons, whom Linda, in common with all the neighborhood, adored. Even tragedy could not completely dim his jovial twinkle nor iron out the smiling wrinkles about eyes and mouth. The eyes opened wide behind silver-rimmed, round glasses at sight of Linda sitting up, with Tom close beside her on the edge of the bed. “Well—what do I see?” exclaimed the little man, hurrying forward. “Is this a patient or are you here for a friendly visit, my son? Give me your hand, young lady!” He felt her pulse while Tom slipped guiltily to a nearby chair. “That’s good. That’s fine!” The

little doctor patted Linda’s slim brown wrist. “But sitting up? Talking?” He cocked his eye at Tom. Linda hastened to answer for him. “He couldn’t help it, doctor. I’m all right—really I am. I’m going to get up in Just a second.” m m a THE doctor studied her closely and she met his eyes with the clearest, brightest look she could summon. “You. young fraud!” he finally said. “You’re not quite all right, but you are amazingly near It. Wonderful stamina, this new generation.” He shook his head wisely. ‘Hard as nails. Perhaps I should say as bricks. That’s it—bricks. This is one of them.” He released the hand which he still absently held. “You're quite right, my dear. If

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your head feels clear and you’re not nauseated or faint, you are better on your feet dodng what you can about this—this sudden catastrophe. If you want to get up and dress I think you can very shortly. “I want to speak to your husband a moment—” He made a motion with his head and Tom nodded. “He's wanted downstairs, but he can come right back. Meanwhile, drink this and stay where you are until he comes. I’ll just step along with you, Averin.” At the door Tom turned uncertainly. The doctor had dissipated his fear lest Linda be completely out of her head, but he wished desperately he could linger a moment for a word of explanation. She saw his indecision and spoke with ordinary cheerful affection. ■ “Ail right, Tom.. Come back as quickly as you can.” But behind

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Dr. Parsons’ back she put her finger on her mouth in urgent pantomime for silence and he saw her lips form the words. “Hurry—hurry!” Perplexed, he shut the door behind him and followed the broad, comfortable back of the little doctor down the hall. a m m TPHEY had trusted her not to cry or collapse—and that, thinking it only an accident. What would they have expected of her if they had known it was—murder? Unconsciously Linda had whispered the word, and in the quiet room it seemed fairly to thunder about her ears. (To Be Continued)

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—suddenly refusing to perform as usual, leaped for a box where a man sat alone. The audience was on the verge of panic. Then, amazed, they saw the har' jome giant in evening clothes calmly do a very strange and unexpected thing.

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