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BEGIN HERE TODAY 2 The gaiety of the Christmas party at Thunder Mesa,” the de Forest hacien‘da in New Mexico, has a tragic ending when Pearl Sam de Forest, oldest of three brothers, is found dead with an ancient knife in his throat. Each of the de Forest brothers has the first name “Pearl.” Pearl John is the youngest, Pearl Pierre, next in age, takes charge of affairs, orders everynme to remain at the hacienda. The others are: an invalid; Betty Welch, her young comPanion; Ramon Vasquez and Angelique Abeyta, guests at the party; Prof. Shaw, . + archeologist; and Bob Graham, tire salesman, at {he hacienda waiting for his car to be repaired. : The body of Pearl Sam disappears. Later Ramon and Angelique learn it has been burned. Then Pearl Pierre is found, Ifeless, below the rocky ledge, the same knife that killed his brother -in his throat, : Pearl John accuses Broken Shield an Indian servant, of the murders. Next day Tante Josephine is dead and Broken Shield is missing. Prof. Shaw is,investizating ilie basement of the house when someone. springs on him. Later he is found, unconscious. He is too ill to explain what happened. Angelique secures the key to the basement, finds the entrance to a secret passage. Jealous of Betty, she forces her inte this passage and closes the door. ¥ NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

HAT night at dinner there was another vacant place at the table. It was Betty this time who was missing. Angelique told of the conversation she ha had with Betty earlier in the day, adding that the other girl had gone to lie down, which was weirdly true. Aft the very moment she said this Betty was lying, a helpless prisoner, in one of the small rooms near the ~ underground kiva. Angelique’s revenge was complete. She could afford to seem extremely anxious about Betty's disappearance now. Bob ate in silence and when the

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place! I'm afraid.to close my eyes for fear someone will grab me, or the unburied dead people ih this house—” she collapsed in a shuddering heap in a chair, her face white with terror.” “Oh, please, Ramon, take me away!” She turned appealingly to him. Bob turned furiously on the other two. “What did I tall you? If you .two find any pleasure in tormenting a. girl, I don’t.” He helped Angelique to her feet and led her to the door. “Forgive us, Angelique,” he begged. “And try not to be so afraid. We'll get out of this somehow.” He closed the door behind her, and came back to the others. “I hope that satisfies you,” he said. “The next thing, one of you will be saying that the girls pushed Pearl Pierre over the cliff. No— a man or men did all of the things that have been done around here, and I still think you both know more than you're willing to admit.” “So that’s it?” sneered Ramon. “You, a perfect stranger to both of us, have the nerve to accus: us of crimes that you yourself may have committed. Don’t forget that neither of us ever laid eyes on you before the night we picked you up on the road and brought you here. How do we know that you didn't stage the trouble with your car just to get in here?” #. #9 OR a moment Bob saw red. The other man’s taunting face swam before him, and he struck a driving blow straight into that sneer. Ramon crashed back against a chair that overturned with a thud. Then Pearl John grasped Bob's arms from behind and, after a few minutes tussle, the two had him securely held. Snatching a long silken cord that held back a curtain, Pearl John looped it about Bob's wrists. Another cord quickly tied his ankles and :the next minute Bob was being carried to his room where

meal was finished followed Pearl John and Ramon into the library, a | determined expression on his face. “Which of you knows where she is?” he demanded. Pearl John lighted a cigaret before answering coolly, “Now keep | your shirt on, Bob. No use talking | like that. There are only the three of us left and we've got to see this! thing through together.” | “That's all right to say, de For-| est,” snapped Bob, “but I've had | all I can stand of murder and mys- | terious. disappearances. It's a cinch Angelique is out of this. She couldn't _ have had anything to do with it. The professor's not even able to speak, so it simmers down to the three of us—and possibly the vanished Indian. You, de Forest, know-

"ing all the ins and outs of ‘this

cussed place, naturally have the inside track when it comes to getting rid of people.”

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“ OU’RE insinuating that I know where Betty went?” asked * Pearl John, his cheeks darkening. “I'm not insinuating at all. I'm asking you,” answered Bop sternly. “One of you must know where she is, and, by Heaven, I'm going to get it out of you, if I have to—!” Ramon sprang to. his feet, his hands clenched. “Just who set you up as a judge of either of us, Graham?” he rasped. “Has it occurred to you that more than one can play at that game? What's to prevent _us thinking you know something about this? You've been very much interested in Betty. Everyone knows that.” . For a moment Bob did not. answer; then he said slowly, “Yes, I have been—gfhore than interested. That's why I'm going to tear this place to pieces, if necessary, to find her. Both of you appreciated her beauty and charm, too, I noticed. Especially de Forest. Isn’t- that true, Pearl John?” He looked at him suspiciously. : “If it was true, why should I do away with her?” was the cold reply. ”n » n OB took a turn about the room, then halted. “Why should any of the things happen that have happened since we came here?” he demanded. “Tell me that.” Without giving the other man a chance to speak, he rushed on, answering his own question. “It’s because you planned to get things info your own hands here, and have used us as alibis. The more, the better fgr your purpose. That's why my car couldn’t be fixed, why word hasn’t been sent to the proper officers. The de Forests didn’t want anyone messing into their family feud ° With a smothered’ oath, Pear! John jerked around, but Ramon gripped his arm. “Not so fast now. T've got a few things to settle with him, myself; first. Just where do 1 come in, may I ask, Bob?” Ramon’s black eyes flash what makes you so sure Angelique doesn’t know anything abeut a this? Has she been practicin charms on you, too? What about the Indian? How do you know he’s ally disappeared?” Te Phis last thought that cooled Bob’s fury somewhat. He ran one hand across his eyes and stood, looking at the others, with despair on his face. “I've got to find her,” he said. “I've got to!” He turned to Ramon. “What did you mean about Angelique?” he asked. “Nothing—except that since she seems to be able to wrap any man on the place about her pretty finger, it isn’t improbable that she may know more about affairs here than she is letting on.” “We’ll ask her,” Pearl John decided suddenly and went in search of her. The others sat moodily, waiting. : In a short time Pearl John opened the door for Angelique and she came into the room, casting a quick glance at each of the men. “Well?” she asked. Bob walked over to her. “Are you sure you don’t know where Betty Welch is?” he asked. «1 suppose you think I carried her away or something?” she answered tically. BR way that,” he told her. «1 asked if you knew where she is.”

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OR a moment, only the crackle of the fire was heard in the room. Then the girl's lovely eyes slowly filled with tears.” “How should I know?” she sobbed. “How do I know that I won't be the next one to be struck down? Oh, why

he was thrown on the bed. As de Forest fumbled with the key to lock the room Bob raised his head to

speak but a quick blow fron: Ramon’s fist knocked him back. His head struck sharply against the wooden bed post and immediately he felt himself sinking down, down into darkness. How long he lay there, helpless, Bob never knew. He awoke to find a cold wind blowing across his face and when he moved the realization came that he was no longer tied. He could move his hands and feet. Slowly he sat up and, as he did so, the severed cords dropped to the floor. Someone had come in through the window and cut his bonds while he lay unconscious. But who? Bob did not debate this question long,

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F he could escape from the house there might be a chance that he would meet up with someone on the road down the canyon who might help him. It was foolish to risk another encounter with de Forest and Ramon.

He was positive now that Pearl John was far from being the amiable host he had seemed, and it was not beyond possibility that Ramon’ Vasquez was, in some way, connected with the de Forest tragedies. But. Betty—she was the one Bob was: really concerned about. If he could find her he. would gladly leave Thunder Mesa to anyone who cared to have it. He shook his head to.

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rid it of the frightful buzzing noise in his ears and dashed cold water over his face until the blood came tingling to the- skin.

Now he felt more fit to try to get through that open window and fight his way, if necessary, to the outside world where the law could lend a hand. Putting on a warm coat and cap, he carefully lowered himself to ‘the patio outside, being careful that no one should see him. Then he edged away from the house in the darkness and started toward the road that led down the canyon.

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“YT’S the little things about a man that really count with me,” Lili Denoy had once said in an interview. “Little, thoughtful, tactful things. I can’t stand a man who isn’t tactful.” Lili had not always been used to “thoughtful, tactful men.” She had been born Lily Donovan in one of the poorer districts of New York, and she had come up from the chorus, through sheer hard work, to become a ranking star of musical comedy. Her present show, ‘Lady in the Moon,” had been running 10 months. Lili had looks—reddish brown hair, larkspur-blue eyes, a divine figure—and she had personality. She attracted people with no more effort than a smile. Lili also had a temper, but she boasted that no one could ‘ever accuse her of being temperamental. e

The night her show finally closed, Julian Haines came to her dressing room and asked her to marry him. Lili had entertained the idea for some time. She liked wealthy, middle-aged Julian, but she was not at all sure she loved him. She evaded an answer, but left him | hopeful. ; 2 ” ”

HAT night, after the show, he “gave a big party for her. His huge living room looked like a movie set. And Lili was the star of the party. In ivory satin, with pleated wings over her shoulders, and a long sweeping skirt .that rippled about her famous ankles and a spray of orchids that reached to her waist, she stood with Julian near the terrace door and greeted the guests. Julian was all around her like a shawl, strutting with a possessive air, putting his arm around her shoulders. He had begged her, an the way up from the theater, to let him announce their engagement at the party, but Lili had not agreed. Julian had patted her hand, feeling that her eventual acceptance of his proposal was only a question of time. His suave, confident air annoyed her slightly, but then, you could afford to be annoyed occasionally for a million or two. You couldn’t, she told herself philosophically, have everything, and it might not be so bad, being Mrs. Julian Haines. She wanted to love Julian—he was generous and Kkindhearted. Sometimes, she thought she really. did love him—but then, she would think of Frank Conover, ;

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RANK was a big, husky young fellow wha was doing very well for himself in the construction business. He had been in love with Lili ever since the days he had walked home with her from public school. Lili had tried to forget Frank, but couldn’t—just as she couldn’t forget other things. When you live in a luxurious Park Avenue apartment, you don’t want to be reminded of red flannels hanging on a line and of your dad in his stocking feet hanging over the fire escape bawling for his beer. Frank reminded her of those things because he had been a part of that era of her life. He, in fact, never allowed her to forget those days. It was practically lese majesty whenever he greeted her, for he always flipped his hand in a lazy salute, and said, “Hi, Lil!” No one else, not even her mother, still called her Lil. She.now thought, looking around Julian’s living room, “If I didn’t think about Frank so much, all this could be mine tomorrow.” And then she heard, “Hi, Lil!”

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HERE was Frank, grinning at her, with a sleek-lcoking girl hanging on his arm. . Lili smiled pleasantly and shook hands. 2 Julian said, “How do you do? It's nice to see you.” He lied. It wasn’t nice to see! Frank. He was envious of Frank's youth, and he was jealous of Frank's long-standing friendship with Lili. Reluctantly, he let the sleek-look-ing girl transfer her hand from Frank’s arm to his, and lead him away, leaving Lili to talk with Frank.

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Frank touched a petal of an orchid on Lili’s shoulder and said, “Is it true what they say about Lili?” Lili lifted a thinly curved eyebrow. “What?” ‘That you're going to marry that lug?” : Lili frowned. call him that?” “No,” Frank said. “I can think of a few other things. For example—" ; “Never mind,” Lili said hastily. “When you take over this joint, will you let me come to see you? I'd like to sit right over there and prop my feet up on that white velvet chair and——" “Don’t be crude!” Lili said sharp- ; ly. “You're not funny.” “I know I'm not,” he agreed quick-

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ly, with no smile. “I'm just a poor sap in love with you, and always will be.” ] “Let’s not go into that again,” she said. - “I like you, Frank—like you more than I should. But I also like men with polish. Will you tell | Julian I want to go home? I don't feel very well.” { s u ”

HE next day, Lill went to the hospital. At first, everyone thqught she was just tired from the long run of the show and was resting under a doctor’s care, but the news leaked out, in a few days, that she was really ill. Then the columnists made something of a mystery of her illness by reporting that no one knew just what was the matter with La Denoy, that no one but her doctor and nurse was allowed in her room. rf—-

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However, the fact that Lili received no visitors did not prevent her from receiving masses of flowers. Julian sent a box of yellow roses each day, accompanied by an endearing note. Frank sent two or three gardenias, with his card and four words: “I still love you.” All the time Lili was sick, the columnists reported that she would marry Julian Haines as sdon as she left the hospital, that Julian was already showing the square-cut diamond awaiting her. That was like Julian. , But Lili didn’t marry Julian.

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T= day she was to leave the hospital, she phoned Frank ang he came for her in his car. She pinned his gardenias on her shoulder and they drove to Connecticut and were married. i Reporters caught up with ther] and, of course, asked about the! jilted Julian. i “That idiot!” Lili said scornfully. | “Sending me yellow roses every !

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Lili made no answer. nothing wrong with yellow roses, What was wrong was that Julian | had not taken the trouble, as Frank | had, t6 find out that Lili had gone | to the hospital with a severe case | of jaundice.

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