Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-25
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Rich old MRS. JUPITER o.
rob+led and murdered during nm
engagement party she % giving
for her secretary. MAHf HARk.
Mess. hnry's senpegrace brother
EDDIE. is Supposed 10 have been
In che house NJ the murder Our
DIRK RUYTHEH. blue-hi0oded
young lawyer. Mary's nanee. ad-
vises her 90 keep siIent about
having arranged 10 meet Eddie
secretly. until he can locate the
boy. Eddie has disappeared.
Mary prevents n maid. BESSIE.
from telling BOWEN. police re-
porter for the Star. about Eddie's
supposed visit. Dirk teiephones
hat ne has found Eddie and will
take her 90 see him that after
noon.
Dirk o~yersIeeps and Bowen
drives Mary 90 the rendezvous
Eddie 10 rum down 5y n car as
he crosses the street q meet
Mary. DeIirioua. I'm the hospital.
he raumbIes about o ny. tie dies.
Weeks of police Investignt ion
come to nothing. md finally IN
sPECTOR KANE tells Mar the
case In closed.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER X
GOLD fury such as she had
dreamed she could feel pos
sessed Mary at Inspector Kane's
Indifferent words. Within q few
hours OF each other. someone's hand
had struck down the two people
she loved best on earth. except her
sweetheart. Dirk. She had thought
OF the Sheels OF justice as grinding
slowly bur surely toward the cap.
ture 0f that man. While be lived.
how could anyone with a drop Of
pity in his heart. rest contentf
Everything that could be done
has been DONE" Kane said. "If the
Jewels ever turn up-or II we find
the chr. we1l have positive evil
dence. Nothing to do but wait"
Mary suffered q feeling OF vast
disilluBionment concerning the
processes Of justice and that great
institution known as "the Police"
Perhaps Kane felt her criticism.
for his affability gave way 10 griev-
ance.
"Police work Is not so simple as
some people think. Miss Hardness"
he told her. "It's hard enough al
best. md when people put stun
bling blocks in our way-well-
II you'd been frank with us about
your brother coming 10 the house
that night. we could have had the
story out OF him at once-and the
ase settled. It's too late now. We
can do nothing but let the matter
drop"
Slowly the implication OF bis
words came home to the girl.
what do you mean by that?"
she asked. you mean you think
Eddie came inland killed"
Kane looked at her keenly.
Il meant only what is self-evi-
dent frona the facts IN the case"
he said. He made q restless move
ment OF dismissal. Il don't think
we'll get anywhere ~threshing this
out any further. Miss Hardness.
You come In and see me again any
time you like. II I have anything
to report. Ill be glad to tell you"
Mary said. tell me what you
meant" insplacably.
well. what do you think?" he
burst out. What are the facts?"
He held I'D two massive fingers
and licked shem of. one at a time.
Your brother had opportunity, and
he had motive. What does IL mat
ter that he never did n CD a thing
before in his life? How do you
know he dida't? What do you know
about him. anyway" Before she
could answer, he added with an air
OF wisdom, Nobody on earth knows
less about a man than his sister.
Unless it's hts mother. maybe"
"You think that Eddie killed Mrs.
Jupiterg" Mary was ~shivering un-
comfortably. She sat stinly. fight
Ing for self.coutrol. cold fingers
gripping tightly the gloves lying In
her lap.