The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-21
1.-THE VANITY CASE"
A Tale of Mystery and Lone
By CAROLYN WELLS


said gravely.
mot of course not" returned
Bunny.
CHAPTER TX
The Harbor Country Club was
over on the Park side. but its mem
bers included many Of the Gardens
people as well.
A few of the less active spirits
habnobbsd on the porch and smoked,
as they somewhat conservatively
discussed the Heath tragedy.
Yet few Of the exaggerated ac
counts could be much worse then
the true statements of the awful |
occurrence.
Where is Perry Health" was the
question urged even more fire. |
quently than who killed Myra?"
Arthur Black, one of the solid |
men of the club, declared that it
was impossible that the murderer
should be other than the husband.
The Heaths were By no means |
turtle doves" was the way he put it. |
And, even recognizing the rights |
of the dead to nil nisi bonum. our |
Myra was a saint in look only"
She sure looked like one, though
said Wallace Forbes, an artist from |
the Gardens, whose bungalow-studio
was not far from the Heaths' own. |
TOO pale and wan for my taste"
remarked Sam Anderson, who was |
a true representative of the Park |
type. Smiling, bald-headed and |
with a missing eye-tooth, he gave
the impression of being more inter
ested in women Of the earth, earthly,
than in the Myra Heath sort. But |
he was a prominent clubman, and |
was about to run for president.
THE disappearance of Heath |
clinches your election. Anderson"
Black declared, but the other an
swered;
I'm not keen to be elected. And,
anyway, Heath will come back,-he
must. To my mind, his absence is
no indication at all that he killed his
wife. Why should he? Maybe, as
you say, Black, the pair were not
exactly lovey-dovey, but few married
people are, nowadays. Yet it doesn't |
lead to murder. You'll have to find
a bigger motive than mere incom
patibility before I'll believe that
Heath killed his wife. What about
that young chap, her cousin, or
whatever he is?'
Larry Innmn?'~ said Forbes.
Yes, he's her cousin,-a distant |
one, 1 think. But why should he
murder her?'
Hes her heir" put in Black, who
always knew all about everybody's |
business affairs. There's motive;
but, on the other hand, I've heard |
he was in love With the pale god
dess."
Did you hear that when they
found her, dead, she was all rouged |
and made eyebrows pencilled |
and all?'-this from Anderson, who
was a bit of gossip.
yes. and besides that, there was /
led sash tied. around her." Black |
asserted. And candles burning at
her head and feet"
AL Cunningham, who Just then
joined the group, said: I'm going
to the inquest this afternoon. Won
der If Heath will be back for it?"
You speak as if he had Just
stepped out on an Grand" Black
objected. why, man, he is the Grim.
inal,-the murderer,-an he made
his getawey. He'll never come back"
DO you know Heath?" demanded
Forbes of Anderson.
Not intimately at all, but I know
him slightly. I've seen him here at
the club ocasionafy-I've never been
to his house"
Then you don't really know him.
He's not man of fierce passions or
angry impulses. If he sensed trou-
BILE from Inman's attentions to Mrs.
Heath, he wouldn't kill either of
them, he'd put the young man out |
OF his house and merely shake his |
finger at his wife. live over there,
you know, and I'm acquainted with
the whole bunch. There's a baby
down there, who's about as pert
little parcel as often comes. Name
Of Bunny, and l believe she's some
what gone on Perry herself"
"Oh, well, then there's your mo-
tive Cunningham cried. Intense
natured artist, tired of his marble
Galatea Of a wife, turns to baby doll
for relief. Falls desperately in love
with the kid, and decides that the
line of least resistatpAN is to put
Friend Wife out Of tvs way. Does
so, and skips. He won't return-but
the little girl will follow at the
proper time"
Maybe" said Black, but I'm not |
going to the inquest. Sit all after
noon in a hot, stuffy place, only to
have the thing adjourned, or, at
most, to hear an open verdict"
~ mnot going, either" Ander.
son stated. "Oh, If I do, I'll just