The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-11

foot down hard. Told Dick II he
bought 50 much as one drink Of
bootleg liquor again he'd disinherit
him, and he didn't mean maybe.
Now"
Dick was drunk last night, and
so far I've heard nothing about
Dicks being kicked out" Dundee
reminded her.
Dad blames himself for that.
The liquor was served at his OWL
table, because Abbie insisted on the
dinner being correct" she ex-
planned impatiently. why couldn't
you have believed Dick when he
said he'd turn up soon enough?
He could have sneaked in and
I could have helped him to bed
without any fuss. RI. Detectives
with vivid imaginations are an aw-
full nuisance" she added mourn
fully.
Dundee was to indignant to frame
a scathing enough retort, but be-
meath his ardent desire to spank her
was an even more ardent desire to
kiss her, in gratitude for the great
relief she had given him.
For he believed she was right in
her Interpretation Of Dicks melo-
dramatic note.
| And she was. The summons to
the library telephone came just as
the young detective was about to
enter the drawing room at the din
ner hour.
Hello! Dundee? Captain
Strawn. E. We've got that fine
young friend of yours. Yeah.
Drunk. More than a little drunk
What had I better do with him?
Book him on a charge of drunken
ness, so We can keep an eye on
him?"
IDUNDEE chuckled with relief.
IL do me a favor, Chief. Have
one of the boys escort him to a
| Turkish bath, boil the booze out Of
him, and then send him home.
"And I'd appreciate it if his escort
left him at the gate, to toddle in
alone. "I'll try to keep his family
from knowing what he's been up
to-just to preserve the peace, you
know"
But the ski1lfuI half-hes with
which Dundee quoted George
| Berkeley's suspicious as to his sons
absence were told for Gigi's sake,
not for Dick Berkele-@'S.
AS soon as possib after the serv-
ing of coffee in the drawing room
Dundee made his escape. 1t lay
heavy upon his conscience that he
had not yet finished transcribing
the thick sheaf of notes he had
made during that long, grueling day.
After tipping steadily for an hour
and 81 half he had finished his task,
with the exception Of making a
summary Of his discoveries leading
up to the conclusion, clinched by
| Cigi's reluctant admissions, that
Mrs. George Berkeley was per-
fume addict.
Suddenly he sat back and stared
at the last two condensed sentences
he had typed:
"Mrs. B. purchased seven bottles
perfume September. Found i've
empty perfume bottles concealed In
Mrs. BIS clothes closet"
Seven. Five Where were those
other two bottles? Where, also
were the bottles. once filled with ex-
pensive perfume, which Mrs. Berke-
| ley had undoubtedly brought with
her from Europe?
Maybe she drank it all before
landing and chucked the bottles
overheard" Dundee decided. "Her
breath must have reeked with it or
her fellow-pasSenger, Crosby, would
not have got wise to her habit. But
those other two bottles?
eff she was afraid or ashamed
to have chambernaid see the five ]
found" He did not finish the
sentence. but drummed Scowlingly
on the desk. "Gigi knew. Others
knew. Why not Dick? And Dick
dared not buy bootleg liquor on pain
Of being disinherited!"
He sprang to his feet, overturn-
ing the chair. He let it lie and
dashed through the bathroom to
Dick Berkeley's bedroom. It took
him less than five minutes to find
what he was looking for. The boy
was not so ingenious at concealing
as was his mother.
But when his search was finished
it had yielded him not two. but four
empty perfume bottles. The tiny
gold embossed label of Mrs. Berke-
ley's favorite department store was
pasted on the bottom of two Of the
excessive TASKS, but the other two
bore no mark to identify their re-
tail dealer. Obviously cheaper stuff
these last twos Dick had gone shop
ping for himself
n
1T was not surprise or shock at
i his discovery which made the
young detective sink weakly into
his own chair after he had added
Dicks four bottles to Mrs. Berke-
Iey's five and turned the key Of the
desk drawer.
cit was natural eonugh that Dick
, learning somehow-probably IN the
, same way that Gigi had-of his
, mothers strange vice. should sue
cumb TO the temptation of adopting
, that vice. Curiosity at first, per-
, hapS. AT any rate, Dick Berkeley
: was now a perfume addict.
It was the startling rev vista
which that discovery opened tc
: the detective which made him dizzy
: Dick Berkeley had stolen perfume
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