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New York Jungle

By Wray Wade Severn

——— FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1940 - ; By Williams

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YESTERDAY: Sidney meets olice, Captain Piowman and Sergeant ‘Conner. He reviews the case, then accompanies Plwwman to the Jungle. Plowman tings ‘ootprints of a small dog. Later he wiscovers the key of the Jungle door. hidden in the mouth of the lioners. Tre gun that killed Adam is also found, iv the upraised hand of the Orang, beside the door,

CHAPTER TEN

CAPTAIN PLOWMAN questioned rach. member of the house party. Braitweud, as their lawyer, was present throughout. The captain sent first for Nella Langdon. “Don't be upset, Miss Langdon,” the big policeman reassured her. “This is all routine.” - Her account of what she had " pbserved differed little from Sidney's except that shie had arrived the day hefore he came and had : phserved a great change in Adam 48 IR — : ] ARN \ Langdon. ; ; _— : : 3 5 AUNT [1A \ ] : “I have never seen my. uncle so ; tdepressed and nervous as he was when he reached home,” she told the two men. “He brightened a| little while we were having coffee in the Jungle, and appeared more his usual self.” “What cheered Plowman asked. “Being with his old friends ngain, I imagine. They had christened the lioness he had shot ‘Martha’ and we laughed about her being a foll for the big old lion we'd named ‘Lesencoff.’” “Lesencoff? I have heard that nome somewhere.” “Mr. Lesencoff directed Miss Hempfield's last play,” Nella explained. “He left her in the middle of the season.” “I recall reading about that. Wasn't there a guarrel?” ‘Lesencoff had ideas about what her vehicle should be which differed from her own,” Sidney interrupted hastily. “Temperament, .you see—on both sides.” “Did you happen to be standing near the closed door when Togi was putting in lights?” Plowman went on. “1 had been showing Mr. Gundrum the collection of weapons in the gunrack, near the door. Later, “when I heard steps, I had crossed to the coffee table. I hear unustially well.” “Mr. Gundrum was your guest, then?” Plowman’s manner had become paternal. The girl flushed in embarassment. “He and Mrs. Langdon were old friends. I hardly knew him,” she said hastily. “Old sweethearts, maybe?” “I object.” Sidney interrupted again. “Miss Langdon said ‘friends’.” . Plowman sent for Patricia Langdon. A picture of modernity and sopha ication, Pat answered Plowman’s questions without emotion. “When Hugh Langdon called to your husband to remain in the | Jungle and take care of the ||] ladies, did Mr. Langdon cross to] _the table where you all sat and attempt to reassure you?” ” = 2 “HE DID NOT,” Pat replied. “Nor - did I hear Hugh call to my husband, though later Mr. Braitwood told me that he had.” “You have no idea what he did after the other men went upstairs?” “I have not. I imagined he had gone with the others.” “You didn't suspect he had been shot?” .. = “1 did not.” Pat’s dark eyes blazed indignantly. . “Did the thunder and continue long after the gone upstairs?” “Intermittently.” “Would it have been possible for a shot to have escaped your notice?” “Yes, during the loudest crashes of thunder.” “Can you remember where each of the ladies sat?” “I remained behind the coffee table, Miss Langdon sat next me, Miss Hempfield at the end of the table.” “Then no one moved?” “I didn’t say that, Captain Plowman. Miss Hempfield became nerv=ous when the men did not return. We all did. Finally she insisted she couldn't endure the suspense any longer. She imagined someone had been hurt and she had to know who it might have been. “We tried to dissuade her, but she insisted upon going upstairs. I heard, rather than saw, her push back her chair. There was a- flash of lightning then and I recall seeing her empty chair. Then came more terrific thunder, followed by a sharp scream. “I was too terrified to move at] | first. I sat where I was until the] men returned with candles and then I saw her lving at my husbanas 1eet. I didn't realize he was dead.” “Had Miss Hempfield and - Mr. Langdon cried out about the same time, would you have recognized two distinct voices, Mrs. Langdon?” Plowman questioned. Pat hesitated. “I cannot honestly say that 1 distinguished two voices,” Pat admitted. “Do you know any motive for the crime, Mrs. Langdon?” Plowman pressed. Again Pat hesitated. “At the time my husband was on his hunting trip, there was some gossip about his having a secret purpose in going into the African jungle. One of his bearers said that he often slipped off alone. That is dan-| gerous. I never believed: the rumors Adam has always hunted.” os " 2 = SIDNEY COULD not decide whether this was truth or the buildup which Craig Gundrum had planned Plowman suddenly leaned toward Pat and demanded: “Isn't st true that Mr. Gundrum was jealous of your husband?” “It is not true,” Pat replied

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through pale lips. “Do you realize that Mr. Gundrum could have returned to the Jungle while the other men were upstairs? The valet was in the furnace room. Who was there to see what Gundrum was up to?” The color drained from Pat's face, leaving it ghastly under two bright patches of rouge. “The valet had no motive.” Plowman’s blue eyes bored into Pat's. “If you are construing my former engagement to Mr, Gundrum as a motive for a horrible crime, you are ridiculous. Our engagement was broken by mutual consent.” Her eyes flashed anger,

“Frankness is best in these cases, Mrs. Langdon,” Sidney cautioned. He did not want her to do any more building for Gundrum’s story. There had been no agreement and Marta was sure to disprove anything but the truth, “You are right,” Pat seemed to have made a decision. “Frankness in fairness to both Miss Hempfield and Mr. Gundrum. “While my husband was away Miss Hempfield decided that marriage would broaden her art. Her choice settled upon him, and she wrote him to that effect. Unfortunately for her plans, he was no

| longer free.”

“How could you possibly know such a thing, Mrs. Langdon?” Sidney burst out. “I not only know it, I have written proof of what I say.” Pat’s scarlet mouth pursed cruelly. “It’s extraordinary how much Miss Hempfield's handwriting ‘resembles my

cousin's. The letter she wrote Adam |

was forwarded from Nairobi, and since there was a blot on the address, I thought it was from my cousin and opened it. “I'll take the letter,” Plowman said, (To Be Continued)

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