New Britain herald., 1927-05-19
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

| WHAT ttAS JUNE DIET Ohb Death strikes Garrett Poison
 while swimming at Ocean Town. \ J. Investigation shows he has beer stabbed to death under the water.
 Folsom's swimming companions 1 were Roger Neville, a business part ner: Mrs. Helen Barnaby and Car melita Valdon. Folsom, just before l his death, had been standing nex to Ned Barron, known as the copper king.
 Anastasia Folsom. eccentric anc masterful sister of the dead man arrives and takes command. Al | the inquest it is learned that tho death weapon was pichaq, al Oriental knife, and it had beer bought on the boardwalk. It is also learned that one Croy- don Sears, who was in Barron's party, Is a fancier of curious knives Anastasia engages Titus Riggs. ar architect, to work on the case. Oar Pelton. the dead mans nephew. ar rives and is intrigued by some curi' ous French dolls in Folsom's room He believes his uncle had been blackmailing several people and he and Riggs discover suspicious docu- ments in Folsom's effects, some bearing the initials of Croydon Sears.
 Riggs questions Sears and Is an' swered curtly. Others act suspicious ly, including Ned Barron's wife, Madeline.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XNXII
 Angel" and Robin Sears look ed at her with sort of dumb misery in his clear young eyes.
 "Yes, Robin; and I suppose that serious tone betokens hint of new trouble"
 Hit 1t first time, my discerning young friend.'
 They sat on the sand. the girl in her modish and very charming bathing costume. wrapped in a beach cape to match, and young Sears in his swimming suit.
 Well, what is it. dear?"
 "Only that I can't find the man with the green bathing suit"
 That allo Then, we'll have to pull through without him."
 "Yes, that's what we'll have' to do. But it's going to be hard pulling"
 What's the new develop ment?"
 Angelica Fair, with all her blush-rose loveliness. was no empty pated doll.
 Nor was she serious minded young person. She was just a wholesome. happy American girl, with love of pleasure natural to her age and surroundings and an avid enjoyment of her life and her love.
 She had been engaged to Robin Sears for a year and the autumn would bring their wedding day.
 They were joyously in love. their tastes were similar and the seashore holiday they were enjoy ing together was full of a deep contentment for both.
 And then clouds had appeared on the scene. and now each was disturbed.
 Angel was anxious about Made line. who for some reason was nervous and apparently troubled.
 Maddy herself denied this and showed always gayety and mer- riment that were so palpably forced as to deceive no one who knew her we'll.
 Ned Barron, big, hearty, happy chap that he was, professed him. self willing to go home. or to go anywhere on the face of the earth that his wife favored.
 But as soon as she had won him over to going. she changed her mind and wanted to stay.
 It was unlike her to be whimsi- cal or dissatisfied. Devoted to her husband and her baby. Madeline Barron stood, one would have said, for high type of normal, modern woman. And 1t was only of late that the faintest wave of unrest had been observable on her sunny calm.
 Angelica pondered over 1t and wondered If she ought to speak to Ned.
 For Barron worshipped his wife. but he was the sort who assumed everything was all right and quite as usual.
 But Angel saw. and with quick intuition knew that something was wrong, and set about finding out what 1t was, though so far without success.