The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-18
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Almost from the time he arrives
mt Hillcrest. home of the million
afre BERk ELEYS, for n week.
end. DETECTIVE DUNDEE feels
prcmOnitt0ns of disaster. In the
household ares Mr.. and Mrs.
H B DICK. tip:y predicate:
GIGI. 15-year-old sub-debs MRS.
LAMBERT. social secretary md 81
friend of CrOsby'sS WlCKE1T.
butlerS DORIS MATTHEWS. ady's
mnid. and EUGENE ARNOLD.
chauffeur. to whom Doris IL en-
gaged.
Dundee pushes over several
qu%cstiOnss why IN Clorlnda
ryfng Crosby. when she IL still In
love with JOHN MAXWELL Way
did ClOrinda steal out OF the house
after IL O'clocks why did Gigi
snatch the crystal flask Of French
by Crosby. and sprinkle all the
guests with its Did Doris Mat
thcws, the mafd, meet Dick BeFkc-
Icy ms he had forced her to agree
to dO9 IL not. where wns Dicks
And lastly. why were Mf. nnd
> icntiy in the library after 1ls
Did Berkeley suspect nil that
Dundee suspected, concerninG
Crosby and his wife's denthf
The next morning Gigi COM.
mands Dundee to Join n sunrise
swimming pnrty. The 0dOr Of per-
fumc Is strong about the lake. GiGt
dives in first. rises with horror on
her face. Dundee dives after her.
then commands ClOrinda to take
Cigl to the house. He commands
Crosby to stay.
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CHAPTER VII
nNTURDER!" Bonnie Dundee re-
1A piled CURLY to Seymour Cros.
by's question, but he spoke in q low
voice so that the dreadful word
should not reach the ears of the
two girls who were on their way
to the house.
Gigi had held back at first, hys.
terically asserting her right to stay
since she had already seen "it."
but Clorinda had jerked her small
sister roughly to her feet and had
dragged her away. Oddly. Clio.
rinda had not asked a single ques-
tion. Now Gigi had broken into a
blind, zigzag run. one hand pressed
against her eyes which had seen
a sight they would never for
"Marder!" Crosby repeated in.
credulously. "Who?"
"Please 60 to the summerhouse,
Crosby. and wait for me there, but
I warn you not to touch anything
Dundee instructed sternly. ignor.
ing the older mans question. rather
as II he thought Seymour Crosby
already knew the answer. and there
was no need to waste time or
words.
An angry flush replaced the dead
pallor Of Crosby's cheeks, and he
parted his lips to speak, then
thought better Of It and turned
away. running toward the summer
house in q jog trot.
Dundee stared after the running
man with narrowed eyes, then
taking q deep breath. he plunged
into the lake again. Once more
he come to the surface many fee
short Of the spot where his dread
full work was to be done. Tread
ing water. he glanced toward thu
little summerhouse. Seymou,
Crosby stood on the first OF tn,
three narrow steps leading dowr
into the water. . trembling hant
shading his eyes from the sun.
"A rather terrible form OF THIRD
degree for him. IL" Dundee salt
to himself. as he executed q sur
face dive that carried him to tn,
spot directly in front of the sum
merhouse. where Gigi had discov
cred her mermaid"
FTER nearly Q minute OF fran
"A tic work under water. th,
young detective rose again. hi
agonized lungs demanding great
deep draughts Of air.
Just. q few seconds more dow
there. thank God!" Dundee cslle,
to Crosby. and dived again.
When he rose once more he va
towing . burden by tho hair-al
inert burden which could offer q,