Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1938 — Page 18

EASTER CRUISE . By Marion White

web CAST OF CHARACTERS <7 JOYCE MILNER, heroine; she took an ‘+ Easter Cruise. *. DICK HAMILTON, hero; she bumped - 4nto the heroine. - ISOBEL PORTER, traveler; she sought ‘a mate. :

Yesterday: Mrs. O’Hara accuses Joyce of the theft of her jewels and Joyce is = summoned by the captain. She goes . fearfully.

CHAPTER TWENTY

” APTAIN- BOYER'S voice was 2 kindly. : ~ “Remember, Miss Milner,” he _said, “I'm not accusing. I want “you to explain, if you can. Your . steward found this clip, which Mrs.

* O'Hara has identified, in your state“room. It was caught on some clothing in your closet.” Joyce huddled in the big chair alongside the captain's desk. She _ recognized the elaborate diamond- _: and-ruby clip instantly. She had - -seen it that first night half hidden 2 by the enormous mink collar of the + ‘woman’s coat. “How did it get there, Miss Mil- ~ ner?” the captain persisted. : . She shook her head despairingly. . “I don’t know, captain.” ’ + “After you came up to dance this . 2 evening, did you return to your cabin at all?” “No.” “You do remember passing Mrs. O'Hara in the hall?” “Yes. I passed her, as I explained, on my way to the ladies’ room.” “What cabin was she coming out of?” She tried to recall. coming out of the same cabin as mine, except that it was on ‘A’ deck.” / ” » 2

T= captain regarded her curiously from ugder half-closed ~ lids. And as he continued to stare, she realized, with a terrible implication, what he was thinking. Her cabin was directly under the O’Haras’, two flights below. It would have been an easy matter to pick up the jewel case and run down to her own room. “Miss Milner, let me ask you something else” The captain's voice lost a bit of its severity; it took on a confidential warmth. “Did you know the O’Haras before you came on this trip?” “No, Capt. Boyer.” She was a _ little taken back by the question. “You know what I'm thinking “about, of course,” he went on to " explain. “That night of our first dance out on deck, Mrs. O'Hara seemed to resent her husband's dancing with you.” “If you will recall, captain,” she pointed out, “the dance was a Paul Jones—a free-for-all exchange of partners. I did not seek Mr. O'Hara out. His wife’s resentment was uncalled for.” He shrugged noncommittally. For " “a moment he sat there in silence, turning the matter over in his mind. Then he demanded abruptly: “Is there nothing else you can add to what you have already told me, Miss Milner?” A bitter smile twisted her lip. “Except the melodramatic fact that whoever took Mrs. O'Hara's jewelry put the clip in my room purposely.” «I see.” His face was given, uncommunicative. “Very well, Miss Milner. You may go.” She walked back to her room slowly. How did the clip get into

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EANWHILE, on deck, despite Dr. Gray's well-meant advice, . Dick broke away at the first opportunity and hurried down to Joyce’s cabin. His. heart still beat more rapidly at the sweet knowledge of what her eyes had told him, but that was not enough. He must hear it from her lips, too. And in this moment, if she loved him, she needed him. ° ~~ He hastened down the stairway, past “B” deck, to “C” deck, his clumsy Pilgrim square-toed ties making a tremendous clatter. He made his way to C-214. The door was ajar on the catch, and as he knocked, he looked in, hopefully. But Joyce did not answer. Twice ‘he knocked on the door, then he pushed aside the curtain and poked his head into the room. The cabin was empty. Back to the upper deck he went; twice he walked around it, looking in through the windows to see if she might have joined some group within the lounge. Then, just as He was about to make another trip down to her cabin, he stopped abruptly. Through - the open window the sound of Mrs. O'Hara's strident voice come to his ears. She was sittin on a settee in the lounge, and she was discussing the robbery dramatically with a group of wide-eyed women sitting in a close circle about her. “I just saw her coming down from the captain’s quarters,” she was saying with smug satisfaction. “And if ever I saw a guilty expression, it was on that girl's face.” An eager young woman, her eyes Jrightened by this thrill of scandal in their midst, edged her chair closed. “Do you really believe she did it?” “I'm positive,” Mrs. O'Hara declared, with an emphatic nod. “Oh, I don’t know,” a mousy little woman spoke up. “She’s a nice sort of girl. The first day out, my husband said to me, ‘Now take that Miss Milner; she’s what I call a well-bred young woman. . . 2” Her words were just fuel to Mrs. O’Hara’s fire, and she knew it. Mrs. O'Hara flared. “She's the kind that does attract men. Flashy and brazen!” { . Outside the window, Dick's hands *jtched to choke her. :

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{wy STILL say,” the mousy one put 2 1 in hastily, “We can’t be sure she “did it. So many people were runabout the ship. . . .” In her subtle fashion, she baited Mrs.

¥ O'Hara to tell them something more,

“definite. ; : At last Mrs. O'Hara jumped to the challenge. { She leaned forward confidently, Sand lowered ‘her voice to a hoarse 2 whisper, so low that Dick had to < press close to the window in order 3 not to miss one word of what she - was saying. : ~* Wrnhe captain asked me not to say anything about it yet, not uniil everything has been located. But . : —one of my clips was found in her

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