Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-11-27

ward a chair.
MIR. Lockwood. let me present Miss
Carson introduced Jack. coming
over to her side. "She was very aRxi-
Gus to meet YOU. as this case has in
terested her deeply"
Miss Carson tossed back her veil.
staTteda i had not expected 10 find
so much beauty behind a veil II
! had not been so much in love with Q
certain pair OF blue eyes. ! should
have Instantly fallen a victim 10 the
spell OF her wonderful brown eyes
and as il was | was tremendously i'm
pressed by my visitor. Hers was
something of the Spanish type. cxcep
for the ivory Wilderness OF her skin
From under her hat several wisps o
hair. black as the ravens wing, es
capped, having been blown by the. wind
What fate had sent her TO my Office
especially at crisis like the one
| through which We were passing?
Yes" she was saying in soft
musical voice; yes, Mr.. Lockwood
being a writer it was not possible TO
me to hear of this case and not fee
extremely interested in il. AS yo'
know. a writer is constantly on Tn
lockout for new plots and IDEAS, and I.
think / see in this murder the maxim;
of a story. 1t was with that in min
that attended the inquest this morn
ing
Were you at the inquest askeg
amazed.
81 was. | came over with NJ:
Marion, because Agnes was too pros
trated to come. Oh, / have known tn
Marions for years she explained
agnes and / went To the same finish
ing school, and even made tour
France together. SO when espresso
a desire to make your acquaintance
Jack volunteered to arrange an inter
view" She hesitated, gazing at III
meditatively with her big brown eye
before she continued: "Yol see,
have great favor to ask OF yoa.'
And that is-?T l smiled cncou
agingly as she paused agf in.
ITO let me make a brief examine
ton of the scene if this crime" ST
finished hurriedly, afraid of my r.
fusal. Not giving me time to repl
she went on, 81 see by your face tn
you do not intend to grant nay
quest. and / suppose il was TOO pr
sumptious of me to even ask you SD
thing, knowing you onlT foGf'
minutes. But, Mr.. Lockwood, o.
doesn't get such o chance every d
and the mystery. element for a StQl
did appeal to me so, and .yaals mu
admitithat the facts are. IA naS choH
for a plot. A young and wealth
bachelor stabbed in his study betwee
one and two in Tho InosnAis by :.
outsider, with robbery or Teeenge
the motive. Of course. carl weave -
loveastolg- Oh, yog must aelnsmc
get IL bcforo someone elise catahesstl
same idea.g She brokeroiI andslqokss
at me 50 nleadingly that Il. ~as iathlf
difficult to refuse her. So 81.
And why should / refush tnskral Z
her favor? Ono look TrbGnd>4tt
room would mol hurt ans th;ps%sas II
police had already gained all tn
knowledge from sthc few existin 9
clues. could easily see how u stor
could Dc built upon the case. and wit
bit of alteration and some add
tional fiction it might make 4 succcss
full book. Why shouldn't she have a
fair chance for success and fame a
any other writer?
Very well, Miss Carson" | agreed
so far as | am concerned you are O
full liberty to make an Investigate
of the library; but I am afraid yo
will have TO secure the permission
the police first. Would you like me
ask the coroner now
"will you please? You are SO kind
she said happily, as started in scare
Of the coroner or Detective Richmonc
/ had anticipated an instant refusa
so | was quite unprepared for tn
coroner granting the permission
once. He had probably seen her
the inquest. or met her afterwards
and had, like all the rest of us, bee
added TO the list of her admirers.
( Nothing would, satisfy her but to be,
gin her examination OF the library i'm
mediately; tomorrow woulti be to
late, as otherss would have had adnis
sion TO it, and probably foFestall her
We followed her into the next roof
therefore without further delay, an
while she removed her heavy coat ar
gloyes,~she surveyed the large stud
curiously. Jack and l seated our
selves on the big sofa. interested il
the methods of her search. EXactl
what she was searching for coul
not imagine, though Marion said
was for novel ideas to use in the d
velopment OF a plot. The youn
mans eyes followed her every move
ment. as she hunted carefully for an
clues the police might possibly hav
overlooked. smile of amused admira
ton on her lips. @
On the mantel-pieee was recent
picture of Agnes Marion which had
belonged TO Whitmore. How many
times l had glanced longingly at that
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