The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-24

of his experiments or excursions
through the house. The attack on
Murphy had just about got the best
OF my nerves. ] wasn't prepared to
have any more shocks.
I remained In the studio. Greta
Ellis and Loretta remained with
me when Murphy walked abruptly
out of the room about ten minutes
after he had regained his strength.
The policeman came back to the
studio and sat on q chair BY the
bathroom door.
Courtney and Jane Marsh left
the studio after Murphy. Jane
Marsh was leaning on C0urtneys
room. She looked weak end fright
ened. Marine and Mona Devore
left the studio q few minutes later.
| Brandford stayed q while and then
left. He was silent and rJorOee.
I wasn't in any hurt1or to talk
and ! lay down on the couch and
| tried to sleep. The effort was use.
less. My eyes remained wide, open
and every event that had happefed
before and after the lights were
| out passed through my mind.
But / could find nothing that
explained the attack On Murphy.
Th~-e had been the same gIoAn
ano the lame click as when Don.
was Murdered. The person. who
walked across the room had not
done 50 as silently as when Dom
was killed.
Murphy had acted almost the
same as Dorm had before he en-.
tered the kitchenette. Why had ne
| stopped at the door? Why had he
| grabbed the library table To steady
himself? Dorm had done these two
things. What bearing did they have
Then there was that accursed
green rope. Where did It come
from? Was It hanging there when
Murphy entered the kitchenette?
That was improbable.
It was certain that somehow and
in some way one person - that
room had got to the kitchenette
and attacked Murphy. But how
could it be done In those sixty Sec
The whole thing seemed 90 ut
terly impossible and battling.
After 8 while I got up and walked
into the k~ltchenette. The broken
end Of the green poftjere rope still
hung from the hook over the door.
I looked at It.. The end Of 1t
was frazzled and broken. I got
up ON the chair and examined IT.
The rope had undoubtedly broken
from Murphy's weight, but the first
strands OF the rope looked as II
they had been cut. It was hard TO
tell whether they had been cut or
had broken more evenly than the
other cords.
The rope wa. tied to the book
know much a 9So / kn Ss put It I'M tms
In q sailors knot.
1 got down off the chair and
| looked on the floor. There was
still blood there from, MuIphy'S
wound on the head. The wound had
proved to be . glancing blow and
had only stunned the detective.
to look for footprints. The floor
prints and blood, and / figured ]
couldn't see anything II ! did look.
When I walked back out into the
studio, Loretta looked up. She WAS
sitting on q chair near the models
platform.
"well. what did you find2" she
Greta Ellis was still at the piano.
Her elbows were resting on the
keyboard and her face was Cupped
in her hands in a lifeless and tragic
manner.
Il didn't find anything" I said.
I'm tired. looking for anything. ]
wish I could 60 to Sleep
Talk about q million 0ollAfa,S
Loretta said. You'll pet that about
as quick as you'll get sleep IN this
i suppose So. I replied. -Hov
Greta looked at me. She smiled
sadly without taking her face out
Of her hands.
"Why ask foolish questons?s she
said. SYou know how I feel.
That ended our conversation.
There wasn't anything else to say.
I lay down on the couch again but
I. cidn't try to figure out anything
about the c1se. was too tired and
mentally exhausted. / stared up &C
the ceiling with my mind . perfect
blank.
Half an hour passed. Marine and
Mona came into the studio and went
out Creta never left tho piano.
Loretta went downstairs, but came
back up again q few minutes latey,
I'D IKE to mow where Court
ney and Jane Marsh 20 Every time
they leave here" she said. '~Theyaro
not down In the library
Il don't know and ! don't care
III said.
"I'd like to know who Jane Marsh
really -" Loretta said.
Maybe wei! know before the
And we did. Her identity became
known In the next fifteen minutes,
and when we. learned who she really
was, No had Just one more element
thrown into the case to puzzle US Z
little more.
> What has the mystery girls
identity to do with this strange
mur6er3 Read the next INSTALL
ment Of this gripping and exciting
detecttve mystery b t,mqrrow's
paper.