The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-18
TheLong Green Gaze
Cross Word Puzzle Mystery
By Vincent Fuller

bearing Emily Dunseath's monogram.
Below 1t stood out the familiar
squares of black and white
Lets get II over before Hardy
comes in Janet fumbled In the desk
for pencils. Ted. bringing the die.
tionary. was halted a moment later
by wait a minuter' from the door
way. and Hardy came stridlng in.
Give me that, he commanded.
Il thought 1t best to notify him, !"
Miss Min.y explained.
Hardy, puzzle in hand, disap.
peared into the hall, was heard in
conversation at the telephone, and
shortly reappeared. "All right" he
said go ahead and work it. but Ill
have to be here with you We want
this one. and it's not going to dis
appear like the first one
Ted. Janet. Rose, Minty. Jarvis and
Howell worked at the puzzle. but
there wasn't effective room about the
table for all of them. Gradually How
ell withdrew. and then Jarvis. The
two of them sat talking in the corner.
and Rose went to the music room,
where she played. in a subdued man
ner. the ''Nalse rriste." Ghopal wan
dered restlessly about the library, took
book after book from the shelves,
loo'.ed at them cursorily. at some at
tentiVely, returned them to their
places carefully. and so made the
rounds. He moved as IL he were
searching for some one poem or pas
sage to fit his mood. and could re.
member not at all where he had seen
it first. When Hardy occa sionallv
took his eyes from the puzzle. 1t was
to watch Ghopafs actions or to glance
at Howell and Jarvis in the corner.
I'll let you finish this. Janet" Ted
said at last. rising. Il don't seem
TO be much good tonight. Where did
Grant and Helen go anyway
Let 'em alone, can't you?" Janet
replied curtly. 'They don't want
Theodore Dunseath playing guardian
angel tonight" She was biting the
end of her pencil going through the
motion of writing letters In certain
squares without actually filling them
in. Jarvis left Howell and went into
the music room.
Miss Minty. I'll let you finish this
one" Janet said. rising. I'm not
feeling very WE'LL Her cheeks were
pale under their gibbous circles OF
rouge. and she left the room quickly.
III just take this and finish ii
myself, Hardy said, picking up the
sheet. 1T ought to go easy now. and
I've learned a little about them my.
self the last few days" With that
he picked up the puzzle. the pencil.
the dictionary, and so loaded, left the
room.
Ghopal renewed his interest in the
books, Miss Minty looked into the fire.
light. watching its reflections In the
burl mahogany columns of the man
tel, and Helen and Grant came in To
join the rest. followed by Rose and
Jarvis. Janet alone was absent.
You know" Jarvis said to them
"all this clears up for me some lines |
read in Browning once. those in the
'Soliloauy of the Spanish Coister'-
how did they go?
What's the Latin name for parsley
What's the Greek word for swine !.
snoutr
or course 1t must have been cross
word puzzles that worried the old
monk at the dinner table. Wouldn I
you say so. Miss Minty2" Miss Mnty
| did not answer. well. what was the
Latin name for parsley In this puz-
zle. Miss Mlnty?"
"One that You should have stayed
here TO find out about" Miss Mnty
answered sharply. THAT man Hardy
has It now-he wouldn't give us a
chance to finish II"
Desultory talk followed Nobody
wanted To start the movement toward
bed, vet everybody wanted TO go. and
at last Miss Minty rose and advised
| them: personally" she said Il
think we'd all better go up to bed
| m going now. and you'd better all
come, too But nobodv followed her
az she left the room. In the hall sh,
found Janet lettering near the foot
| of the stairs. II thought YOU had
gone to bed Miss Minty admonlsheo
| her.
Not yet. IL began to feel bet
| ter"
| did that detective brute go?'
| II don't believe he did. He's In
the Kitchen" Janet answered ner
| vously.
"You're-you're sure you're feeling
| all right, Janet?'
Perfectly. You go on TO bed. Mis-,
Mlnty. Don't worry about me"
When Miss Minty had dlsappea red
around the bend Of the stairs .Ianel
slipped quietly down the back hal
toward the kitchen. and a. she hear,
the kitchen door open. stepped softly
Into the buffers pantry. Hardy
passed her quickly, wholly unaware
OF her presence.
Tc he Continu~a mandavJ
Earache. following n bad cold N
The head" demands the immcdlat,
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