The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
The VANITY CASE %
A Tale Of Mystery and Lone
By CAROLYN WELLS
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q qH y appear and disappear in the
a5dAI h household next door one night.
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b hEhna R BIB Re disappearance OF her
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s sa{ 8sUNN MOORE yiyaeious, golden
cause of her refusal TO answer questions.
Mra Heath was peculiar She never
had mania for S cSoiectinse glass glass; and i
was rare old whisky bottle from her
her, Candles were burning al the her = head
aT4qb ie y1on and y nearby was card marked
OF an she was e heavily NY made up 5"s and
The peculiar thing, about Feqths dis,
doors had been locked on on the %i'i inside The
night Ths before and were found that way in
Moore and Inman were found on the
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H dn5 IT. BUCK ,, sOhew Of Mrs Presntiss
cunningham that Heath also may have
EMMA, a Waitress in the Heath home,
tells of seeing Bunny ascend the stairs
S S6o1t the time Of the Pmprder carving
TO get a phone call from Perry Heath
ADVISING her, 70 keep silent. ,,r,arrcz
Detective e Mott learns from HERRSlCK
Heath had quarreled over Bunny the
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CHAPTER XIV
While the confab was going on
in the Heath studio, Mrs. Prentiss
was sitting at her window, wonder
ing whether to go over to the
Heaths' house or not.
Her curiosity was as strong as
usual and her inclination was to go.
but a strange sense of caution held
her back.
She felt, intuitively, that she could
do no good over there and might do
harm. Moreover, she could have a
report of what had transpired, when
her nephew and her guest reap
peared, and so, Mrs. Prentiss sat,
waiting and thinking.
The telephone rang, and Mrs.
Prentiss answered it herself This
was her custom, for her quick curl
osity never could wait for the inter
vention of a servant s offices.
A mans voice said, May | speak
to Miss Moore, please?"
who is calling?" Mrs. Prentss
responded, in a tone which she en-
deavored to make sound like that of
a servant.
mo matter. Merely ask Miss
Moore to come to the telephone This
is important"
The voice was cold dictatorial and
impatient. Clearly, the speaker was
in temper.
Now, Mrs. Prentiss did not know
Perry Heath well. but her ever pres
ent intuition limited to her that it
might he she was listening to his
voice.
1t didn't sound exactly like Heath.
but some voices are different on the
telephone, and she couldn't be sure.
Taking a chance, she said, still in
the deferential tone of a servant;
Ills this Mr.. Heath? Miss Bunny
said she would not speak on the
telephone to any one else"
Mrs. Prentiss heard the aston.
lshed gasp at the other end of the
line, and grinned with satisfaction.
But the reply came: Heath? No.
this is-this is Jackson. Please tell
Miss Moore l must speak with her.
You may say have important news
for her"
Suddenly Emily Prentiss felt that
she was overstepping the bounds Of
propriety. She was a gentlewoman,
not a detective and she had no
right to intercept or eavesdrop upon
a private communication
So she said simply, Miss Moore
Is next door at the Heath house II
you wish, you can call her there"
Thank you" was the response,
and without further good-by the
voice ceased.
The advice, however, was fol.
lowed, for few moments later the
telephone bell rang in the Heath
studio
Inman reached for the receiver.
but Mott was too quick for him.
Grasping it first, the detective
said, briskly: '"Hello.'
Hello" said a mans voice, II
want to speak to Miss Moore. and
make it snappy!"
Though not very quick-witted
Mott was ingenious. and endeavor-
ing to sound like Herrick. he said:
Miss Moore amt here, sir"
Yes. I ann cried Bunny. so loud
that her voice carried over the wire
as she sprang toward the instru.
ment, and tried to wrest 1t from
Motifs grasp.
And so agile and 1.-THE were the
girls hands, that she succeeded.
and in a moment. she was listening
to Heaths voice.
For Heavens sake, Bunny, you
are up against it! Now, listen. I
have to speak fast. You fire Emma,
send her away off so she can't testi-
fly against you. Get rid of Herrick
too. If you can. Those two are in
cahoots, and they saw us on the ter
race. BY the way. there was a lot