The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-28
OUT OUR WAY

CHAPTER THIRTY (Continued.)
Mary Della threw up her hands
IN despair. Il give it up. You're
nutty and that's all there is to it.
-. Has it occurred to you that the
Red Mask hasn't ever attacked any
body but parking couples? And if
he did, I don't get why you think
he'd waste time on you. Unless
he had something against you," she
added.
NAYBE he has," Jimmy replied.
IV1 And maybe he hasn't. But
he's great on the grandstand stuff
and guess he won't mess around
me much unless there's a woman
along to admire his nerve. I'll bet
you he spends a lot of time reading
detective story magazines and try
ing to kid himself he's Jack the
Stranger or something like that.
Just having a little fun"
rs Draining helpless women his
idea of fun"
Il don't think the Red Mask goes
in for murder, Mary Della"
mo? -. What did that Hicks
girl do, hit herself in the head with
a piece Of gas pipe?"
well" said Jimmy, 81 got my
own idea about that murder, but
it's worth about as much as the rest
of EN-"
Don't make me beg, Jimmy. If
you've got any bright thoughts on
the subject, I'd like to hear EN-"
"All right. but don't laugh. For
ore thing 1 don't believe Salila Hicks
was killed on the Cheshire road
That's not very upsetting. I've
had some doubts about it myself.
But you believe some woman was
killed on the Cheshire road, don't
you?"
mo. don't. Not by the Red
Mask, anyhow. But don't get me
wrong. 1 think the Red Mask muir
dered Salila Hicks somewhere, all
right. But I think it was before he
ever took her to the Cheshire road"
Good Lord. Jimmy; what'd be
the sense of that? Anyhow. didn't
the woman scream twice before he
killed her?"
you don't know that" Jimmy
declared.
Mary Della studied his face care
fully. Did Jimmy know that she
had heard those screams? Was he
laying a trap for her? 1t was the
old fear from which she was never
free.
That's what the note to the po-
lice said. didn't it?" she parted.
Il guess so. I've forgotten. But
that could be explained, too,
couldn't it?"
"A dead woman screaming, Tim
myP"
"Of course not. Somebody else
would have to do the screaming, the
Red Mask, maybe"
You're crazy. Jimmy" She
wanted to tell him that she had
heard those screams with her own
ears and that no one but a doomed
woman could have uttered them.
But she asked instead: Have you
got any theories as to why the Red
Mask would want to kill the woman
in one place, take her body to an
other place and scream over it, and
then haul it of to third place and
bury it?"
You're getting too b on the
trail" he said with a s4.0rt laugh.
'I'll let you answer that one,
1T can't be DONE" Mary Della
declared. You'd better stick to
amateur musical comedy. Jimmy.
AS detective you're a fluke."
"DY the way" said Jimmy sud-
ID denly. Miriam whispered to
me that you had an offer to go on
the stage. Going to take it up?'
IN give Miriam a piece of my
mind for spreading that" Mary
Della replied holly. II haven't
decided yet, Jimmy. I can't think
about anything but all this sicken-
ing business about the murder now.
You and Miriam must be getting
pretty thick, eh?"
Timlay was packing down the
stairs slowly. Worse than that,
guess She sure is a peach Of a
girl once you get to know her, all
right"
she certainly is Mary Della
agreed. Thanks for taking me to
the dance, Jimmy"
Thanks for going with me-"
He was half way down the stairs.
MARY Della"
what, Jimmy. /. 2"
did you ever hear Joe Speaks
sing?"
Heaven help u.s. That's one
pain I've been spared. Why, have
you?"
'Not me-" Jimmy called up from
the lower landing. But somebody
was telling me he had a nifty
what. Timnyl. But