Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-30
Al Bridge
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house toward the two-car garage IN
the rear. Ahead of his roadster
we're two other cars, and a glance
toward the open garage showed that
a small coupe was housed there.
AS he was descending. Captain
Strawn's voice hailed him from
an open window Of the room nearest
the garage.
Hello, Bonnie! Been expecting
you. .Damndest business you ever
saw. There's a door from this
room onto the porch. Hop up and
come on in"
Dundee obeyed. In driving in he
had noted that a wide porch up
held by round white pillars, stretch
ed across the front OF the gabled
brick house and extended half way
along its right side. pas. a room
which was obviously a solarium.
with its continuous windows. gay
awning. and-vsible through the
glittering panes- orange-and-tan
wicker furniture.
It was easy to swing himself up
20 the floor Of the porch. Strawn
flung open the door which led into
the back room. ren1arking with a
grin:
Don't be afraid I'm cumming up
any f~ingerprints. Carravay has al
ready been over the room. The
Selim worlan's bedroom" he ex-
planned. The room she was killed
in"
You have been on the Job" Dun
dee complimented his former chief.
and shook hands heartily. It was
very necessary that a vell-ground-
ed friendship should not be mar
red by any undue officiousness on
the part Of the district attorneys
special investigator.
"Surel" Strawn acknowledged
proudly. Cant be too quick or our
stumps when it's one Of these
high sasiety' murders. DR.. Price will
be here any minute now. and my
men have been all c the prem
ises, basement 70 attic. OF course IL
was an outside iob-plain as the
nose on your face-and We haven't
found a trace of the murderer"
Wishing that his former chief
could find a new simile which would
not insult his rather fine nose. Bon
ME Dundee advanced into the room
Although Mrs. Selim had taken
he house furnished. Il was obvious
that this big bedroom OF hers was
not exactly as the Grain family had
left Il. A little too pretty. a little
too ageressivelv feminine. with SIS
chase Tongue heaoed with silk and
ace PILLOWS. rs surerflri-y IF biz
ard little lar1ns. its bed draped
With eolden-yellow taffets, is dress
ing table
But he coull not let critical eyes
niger on the triple mirrowed van
ity dress. For on the bench before
1t sat a tiny figure. the head bow
cd so low upon the lace-and-golo-
silk covered top that some Of the
black curls had fallen into a large
open bowl Of powder. She vas no
longer wearing the short brown silk
coat whose open from. had given
him a glimpse Of pale yellow chif-
fon.
He saw the dress now. a low-cut.
sleeveless. fluffy affair. but he real
~ had eyes only for the brovnish-
red hole on the left side Of the back
OF the bodice. about halfway be-
teen shoulder and waist-a waist so
small he could have spanncd it with
his two hands, including is band Of
fuchSia velvet ribbon. There also
had been a bow Of fuchsia velvet
ribbon IN the lace and straw hat
she had swung SO charmingly less
than five hours ago..
Shot through the heart. I guess"
Strawn commented. Took a good
marksman to find her heart. shoot
ing her through the back. Fun
ny thing. too. Nobody heard a shot
-leastways non OF that crowd pen
ned up in the living room will ad-
nit they did They'll all hang to-
gether. and lie like sixty TO keep
us from finding out anything that
might point 70 one of their pre-
cious bunch But IL a gun With a
Maxim ~sileucer was used. as II
must have been II that whole crew
amt lying, the gunman musta been
good because you can't sight with
a Maxim screwed onto a rod, you
know"