The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-12
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DETECTIVE BONNIE DUNDEE.
secretly a member IT the Hnmtl.
ton Homicide Squad, accepts nm
urgent invitati0n from . former
Yale c~laSsmnte, DICK BERkE-
LEY. 10 spend the ~Sveek.end 1t
H%iiicrest. the millionaire Berke-
iii. iandiady, MRS. RHODES.
tells him TINT Mrs. Berkeley. fOr-
meriy a nobody. Il. trying to crash
society. nnd TINT a fortified
herself with n social ae%cretnry.
MRS. LETlTlA LAMBRT. for-
York and Newport. il II also ru-
mored that CLORlNDA DERKE-
LEY In engaged to he married 10
SEYMOUR CROSBY. New York
Eucst In the Berkeley home. For
strong professional curiosity to
see and study Seymour Crosby.
At the Berkeley home he meets
MIR. and Mrs. Berkeley. ClorIndn.
1~J-yenr-old Glt:I, who annoy. her
mother with her FRAN criticisms
and unbridled comments. md grn-
ciOus. wcll-brcd Mrs. Lam bert.
social secretary. hut it In Seymour
Crosby In whom the detective In
cogn;to II vitality interested.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STONY
CHAPTER II
IVES. It was a strange and rather
! terrible dinner party. Dundee
decided before the fish course
was removed. In the first place.
the dining room was too stuf1ily
grand for words. And the dinner
service was overpowering. If this
magnificence was trotted out for
what Mrs. Berkeley called "a dull
little family party" what in heav-
ems name would tomorrow night
bring forth? Dundee wondered
gloomily.
And what a queerly assorted
group they were! The Benjamin
Smiths overawed into silence. or
brief little spurts Of CHASTITY
gayety. Mrs. Berkeley had made
it quite clear that her full duty
to the undesirable Smiths was be-
ing discharged tonight: they
would not have a chance to COM
nit their fdur pas on Saturday
night when "a very interesting
announcement may be expected
Mr.. George Berkeley. darkly
somber. but a perfect host except
for the odd fact that he never
addressed a single remark to the
honor guest OF the evening. In
deed. when his black eyes flashed
a covert. measuring glance toward
Seymour Crosby. the nature OF his
thoughts might easily be guessed
by the tightening OF his lips and
the aaring of his nostrils.
Clorinda Berkeley. aloof. AFRO.
CANT. apparently almost as deter
mined to ignore her reputed
fiance as was her father.
Mrs. Berkeley. voluble. ELUSIVE.
ridiculous. mo. I don't like Mrs.
Berkeley" Dundee told himself
fiercely. after she had subjected
him to another barrage of ques-
tions. compliments and comments
upon bourgeois" Hamilton.
considering that the jolly old
town made US SO lousy rich, |
think you might lay OF OF 1t,
Abbie." Gigi suggested In her
strident young voice.
"Cig.!" Mr.. Berkeley com.
manded sternly. and the girl
slumped d~ejectedly into her chair
beside Dundec's.
DUT she was not crushed long.
- In a low. eager voice she chal.
lenged her dinner partner: And
III bet you agree with me. Mr.
Dundee. You're the only thrill
ingly handsome man besides Dad
4 that l ever saw who looked as II
: he had sense"
Thank you. Gigi." Dundee
said gravely. using the nickname
as she had commanded.
"Yol're Scotch.Irish. areu'
sou? We're English way back Of
Dads side. and pore white trash
on Mothers. That wouldn't be
bad at all-might be lots Of fun
in fact-if Abbie weren't trying
SO hard to be society . o.