The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-18
TIE STORY so FAR

VIII never release her. JUDITH
eveTything, Sandy leaves MGrilio and
aBccepts the kindly attentions, Wv, of
her mother dies she leaves Ramon and
goes TO live with, her, cousin, Judith:
RoHGLA Svcs KEITH ;nrddt the man P Te0%
Himself, tsii4 il i$ys With $$sR%dy, VINO
judith 6eartbroken Sandy, for this reas-
on determines to ,Iyeay9 Judith; She
turned from the Orient; and she tell
Douglas of his Rq They Rn g Sar98
goes to Ramons office at his urgent re-
guest, He shoots Sandy and commits
apartment by, Douglas. who SUMMONS
while the police are following the case
carefully and have found letters writ
earns that his 9<wspaner oi9cs MAJ
in Its possession photograph OF SANDY.
GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER NCIX
A pair of eyes shaded with very
long lashes ana straight, fine black
brows that curved slightly and I'M
49,. just the eyes and a portion Of
the nose looking up from an en-
larged photograph.
A snapshot Of these eyes had been
eXpectedly upward at the temples
found in a tiny gold frame, locked
away in Ramon's desk. With it was
a paragraph clipped from a letter
written by n woman. Douglas knew
it for Sandys writing and cringed
seeing a fellow he despised picking
up the message and grinning as he
read:
You have taught me the beauty
there might be in life. Ramon, and
how fine and tender great love like
yours can be. You've given me a
thing sweeter and better than I've
ever known. don't regret now and
I'm never going to regret what I've
been to you
The Mystery Woman's eyes and
the Mystery Womans letter. The
photograph and reproduction of
the paragraph were to appear in
the morning paper. Newton had an
exclusive story Of this find lie was
eXultant
Where's the rest OF her face?"
Douglas now asked staring at the
line Of freckles running across the
bridge of the nose and lightly un-
der the eyes. "A for him a clear iden-
tiflcatiou He'd seen the snapshots
taken in the islands and recognized
now these old freckles-never saw
any other marked in such piquant
way. "These might be any ones
eyes"
Yes, but it makes a good fea'
ture. Some woman killed Worth.
May just as well be her
Douglas laid the picture down
carelessly, lit cigarette with
painstaking slovness. "Not much
evidence to prove a woman was
there. What have they got besides
u few beads?'
Newton was charmed to have
fresh audience. Everyone else in
the office had heard his version two
or three times. He now shrugged,
assumed a non.committal air.
They've plenty. Remember, be-
fore Monday night, no one was in
that office for year. The person
whose blood was in that corner,
crept to the door. There are finger
prints along the linoleum and
against the panel as though that
person reached up two or three
times struggling to turn the knob.
1.-THE finger prints are extremely
slender-those Of woman with a
small. delicate hand.
"a off
that night and she appears to have
been shot.
1.-THE police say she went there to
get Worth, They had n scuffle over
the pistol. That's when she got
wounded perhaps not seriouscly.
She came back and got him. It's a
clear case Of murder. That pistol
couldn't possibly have dropped from
the hand Of a dead man. once let
them get her and they can put it on
her cold"
Newton pulled a slouchy hat over
his bright. snappy eyes. He was n
fellow about 40 with a rakish, young
look and the iaunty air Of a boy.
Thought you were in Los Angeles.
Heard you were going to winter
there"
''No-changed my mind"
Pretty soft, Keith. I wish l had
talent! Id like to pick my own
hours and my own geography, and
my own salary"
Then YOU wouldn't be working on
this pip of yarn
Say, it is good. isn't it? Best
story in a month Of, Sundays. Lots
of class to Worth and if the rest Of
the girls face matches her eyes
Ia like a chance at bullet myself"
Been in Worth's room, NEWT"
Sure have. Looked like a cyclone
when we first got there. Every
thing flung hither and yon. He
must have been in a regular Werther
dependence
odd he didn't leave any other let
ters."
"Oh. he was a pretty cagey guy.
Quite a boy with the ladies seeing
he had a cottage in Carmel and n