The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-11

came to my room. and told me-"
II see. And did Carter tell you the
details Of Mrs. Heath's appearance !
How her face was painted, and how
there were candles at her head and
feet :"
YNo,-she didn't tell. me that
Bunny looked vaguely At Mott. her
lovely eyes clouding with tears az
she glanced toward the beautiful still
figure on the floor.
"Thcn you were shocked afresh
when you came downstairs and saw
the-the scene that you did sce?''
"Yes,--oh. yes" I'VE
~You gazcd ut the strangely paint
| cd facc,--". ,,
eyes" Bunny's eyes looked
straight into the detectives own.
"You saw the crimson scarf drapcd
across the body!"
EYES,"
"You saw the card about Mr..
Hcath's work."
ayes"
"You saw the candles burning ut
her head and feet. almost as if in a
| church p
Eyes" Bunny looked rapt now
and then. as the detective ceased his
questions >shc burst into a flood OF
helpless tears, and blindly took the
handkerchief Larry silently offered
miss Moore" Mott seemed to ig.
more her sudden breakdown, please
answer this with candor. Was there
any i'll feeling, to your knowledge
between Mr. Heath and his swifc p
mo-" and Bunny ceased crying
and faced the detective with all her
old insouciancc and indepe ndencc
"Most certainly not! They were one
Of the most devoted couples ever
knew" .tes
| "Thcre was no difference Of opin.
ion.--I mean on. q vital subiect1"
"No, nothing special or definite
Except. perhaps: that Mr.. Heath did
not sympathizc in Mrs. Heath's
fancy for collecting old glass" 4
reason for him to, attack her With
said, gravely. sYtF
"No, Of course not" returned
Bunny. .,ef.sen
II Il
! CHAPTER TX
The Harbor Country Club was ovcl
j on the Park side, but its member,
included many Of the Gardens pcopl.
i A few Of the less active spirit.
hobnobbed on the porch and smoked
as they somewhat consc rvatively die
cussed the, Heath tragedy.
Yet few Of the exaggerated: nc
counts could be much worse than tn,
true statements Of the awful occur
. renee. .hs
"Wherc is Perry Heath :" was tn
question urged even more frequently
. than "Who killed Myra?"
81 Arthur Black, ono Of the solid me
Of the club, declared that II was i'm
possible that the murderer should
Q other than the husband.
1.-THE Heaths were by no mean
(. turtle doves: was the way he put i
"And. even recognizing the rights o
the dead to nil nisi bonunl, our Myr
was q saint in looks only"
"She sure looked like one. though
$ said Wallace Forbes, an artist frol
the Gardens, whose bungalow-studi
: was not far from the Hcaths' own,
II "Too pale 'and wan for my taste
remarked Sam Anderson. who was
II true representative Of the Park typ
: Smiling, bAld-headed,, and with
missing eyetooth. he gave the in
preston Of being more interested
women of the earth. earthly. than
the Myra Heath sort. But he was
prominent clubman, and was abo,
to run for president.
"Thc disappearance Of Heat
clinches your election. Anderson
Black declared. but the other al
swered:
"I'm not keen to be elected. An,
os~s,s,.n>v Hath ,ws11 ans~sM h.nk -
must 70 my nnnd, his absence
no indication at all that he killed hi
wife. Why should he? Maybe, 4
you say. Black. the pair were not e,
actly lovey- dovcy, but a few Marie
!, people are, nowadays. Yet Il doesn
lead to murder. You'll have to fin
q bigger motive than mere incOn
patibility before III believe tn,
Heath killed his wife. What abo,
that young chap. her cousin. I
whatever he 10 !"
Larry q Inman :" said Forbe
Eyes, he's her couain,--a distal
one. ! think. But why should !
murder her3"
Hes her heir" put in Black. vi
business affairs, ''therc's motivl
but, on the other hand, I've heal
he was in love with the pale go'
dess."
~"Did you hear that when thu
found her, dead. she was all rouge
and made up,-eyebrows psncills
and all this from Anderson. wi
was bit Of gossip.
/. eyes, and beside that. there ",
. red sash tied around her." Blat
I: asserted. And candles burning !
her head and feet"
Al Cunningham. who Just TIL
!, joined the group, said: "Im goir
% the inquest this afternoon. Wol
. der II Heath will be back FOR it,"
.You speak as II he Gad jn
| stepped ont on an errand." Black d
jscted; why, man, he II the crir
inal, -the mnrderery- he mai
his getaway. He'll never con
back" d
.Do you know Heath r DEMAND,
Forbes Of Anderson.
"Not intimately at Ill, Int ! kno
him slightly. I've seen him here i
The club occasionally. I've new
been 70 his house"
(l, 4Thsn you don't really know hi
Hes not \ man Il fierce passions :