The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-02
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0C0AN k16NE 9VUA
DORIS MATTHEws. ialy's
inter 1l.oo II . su1UerAouse On
the Berkeley estate. b. . blow
with . Aeavy perfume Aask, pre-.
scented to MRS. BERKELEY ~
SEYMOUR CROSBY. The bedy.
rock-weiEhteA aaA TIED with CLIO.
RlNDA BERkELEY'S SCARF. u
n ss :.s.;.t fr :, Df ssi ;rrs BONNIE soNsikk
TAIN sTRAWN.
MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLD
(all 1nder susplcloWDs ME. and
Mrs. George BERKELEY, who have
gnarse!ed late Friday .isht over
close ariena a. the seeisl secre.
tary:: MRS. LAMBERT,. GIG!
BERKELEY. whs sprinkleA all
persons n drawlag room Friday
night with perfume from the =
der 1ask. later placed u Mrs.
s sf.Eei sst'ers Dic% ps e
who. after having been missinG
mother 10 accusing EUGENE
ARNOLD. chaufeur. engaged 70
Doris. Of having murdered Doris
sirs. Berkeley = forced = as-
mit she slapped Doris while the
mala was dfcssi.e her for dinner
because Doris sala she used tee
much perfumes aAmits also she
Instructed Doris to wait ~ far her
hut says Doris Va. not T. her
vent ~ 70 bed ut 1ls1o., Reu9ea
print Of .Dorls's mouth % BATH
room mirror proves girl vvoe
there and that . struggss seek
-,.Ls -- a.-s.-
seen Doris Just before IL. strawn
sskss 'Didn't Doris tell y0u that
your brother Had made her proa-
tse 10 meet hin when the family
was In beds"
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXX
uDoEs your silence mean yes.
- Clorinda?" Captain Strawn
prodded re~lentlessly. "Doris did tell
you that she had promised to meet
your brother. and even then you
knew there would be-trouble?"
mo. no! Doris did not mention
Dick! -. oh. please:" The tragic
dark eyes flew wide. pleaded des.
perately. Tell me IL that is true.
or II you are just trying to trap
me into IN admission damaging to
myself"
Dundee had an unprofessional
impulse to tell her the truth. to re.
iieve her strange suspense BY tell.
Ing hee that her brother had spent
the night In the tower room. wait
ing tor the girl who never came.
But Captain Strawn was answer.
ing her with q cruel evasion:
"She'd promised to meet Dick, all
right! We have two witnesses to
prove It. 80. Now you've said you
didn't know until this morning that
Arnold couldn't keep his date with
Doris. because Of taking the Smiths
home. Who told you that?"
With IN obvious effort Clorinda
got control Of herself and answered
almost calmly: sllrs. Lambert. She
was wondering aloud It the break
fast table whether Arnold had COL
word 70 Doris that he could moi
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whether hs had asked her to meel
him an hour later than they had
planned"
ibid 1rs. Lambert also know
last night that Doris Was 70 meet
Aynold?"
mo. contributed that BIT o.
news myself this morning" Clio
rinda answered laxlly. I'VE werl
al threshing out the probabilitia,
ana possibilities-naturally."
Naturally" 0trAwn axreed. hil
voice heavy with sarcasm.
"Now. don't 10 nasty!s cir
warned, pretending to b. shout d
choke him - she. had threat4ned
'Iu have to spank you ut
6trawn told her severely. ssyvoll
Mics Clorihda, you two girls chatte,
together quite . lot last night
suppose, ~ Doris helped you 3
ysady for bedfs
We talks6-yea,a Clofinda q
swsfel stifdy. ~D6tis and ] arr
were-very good fri1ndA~
Talked about sWeetheorts "a,
getting married. md thinsD III
that!" 'strawn pressed tslially.