Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1941 — Page 19

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F By Marguerite Gahagan

THE STORY~—“Ii's mu der!” whispers Maudie O’Connor, as she, her school Joather daughter Mary, and

on. su showing up this year gle Dison, in roduoing her as his fia whin the people at Paradis osed him engaged to young Jeanie fneter” the objections of Jennie’s aun lillie, r Fy at, M ng nthe dark for her mother’s return,

+ CHAPTER THREE THE MOON had sailed ghoulishly past seven. trees before I saw a car coming down the road. From: the time that had passed and the way my eyes ached from straining to see a welcome arrival, I suspected Maudie hadn’t gone. directly to the inn: for help. The car was from the State Police post over in Greenville and the young man in uniform was, according to his calm introduction, Officer John Antler. He was calm, too, and so was his. companion, Dr. George Orway. I had met the doctor- at the real estate office when Maudie and I had gone there for the cottage keys. 1 didn’t go ‘over with them when they started in the direction to which .I. pointed. Instead I grappled with Finn McCool who was getting his nerve back and yanked him into the security and safety of

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the’back ‘seat of the car. Another| ff machine came up and some more| [i men got out and pretty soon I saw| |i

;ghem taking flashlight pictures of he body and searching the ground. 2 " 2 8 { I WAS too tired now. that I was safe in the car to really think much abaut anything but the cottage and a hot shower. ? | Maudie wasn’t there. I should have expected that, too. Eventually I did get home after I had told Officer Antler what little I could tell, and he and the doctor had me home and left me. A little later I heard McCool bark in that special way he has when he hears Maudie. I was almost too sl to be angry with het, but I did a

few questions.” vid “A fine time to go gallivanting” I said. :

informed the proper a J “It never took you so long to! go to the inn on other occasions,” 1 pointed out. 3 : “1 didn’t go to the inn. “Good heavens, why?”

“They have a phone; and I rowed|-

over. I saw fio reason to advertise this crime to the entire community.” “That's just too bad. I Suppose it never occurred to you that you left me theré alone in that beastly woods with a dead man and 8 crimingl loose, It didn’t occur to you I would have enjoyed a little company until’ the law arrived.” “Nonsense,” said Maudie, wiping . cold eream off her face for the second time that night. “Officer Antler said I did exactly right. Nothing happened to anyway.” “A Jot you'd care,” I said bitterly.

“I was not gallivant . 1 merely] rities ”

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know she didn’t do it.” : lying next to her powtér box. It And I suppose by. now do|was a lucky piece. At léast that’s know the guilty one,” I said,.com-|the only way I can clescribe it, and pletely out of patience. 2 I reached over to exnmiitie it. Maus “I made no such. statement, but|die beat me to the draw and put T0az hive tay. stsyicions.» t in her manicure kit. ”

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