Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-29
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Rich old MRS. JUPITER 10
robbed and murdered during the
engagement party h gives for
her secretary, MARY HARDNESS.
Mary's scrnpeErnee brother, Ed
DIE. was 90 have been admitted mt
the murder hour. No N knows
this but Mary.
she tells her nanee. DIRK RUY-
THEIR, who hunts Eddie. He mr.
ranges N rendezvous with n boy
hut oversleeps. w OF the
Star drives Mary there instead.
Eddie ~ run down and killed m
he crosses the street 60 meet Mary.
INSPECTOR KANE drops the
ease, believing Eddie the muir
derer. when Mary protests he
tells her MIR. JUPITER and Dirk
believe the same. Bowen tells
Mary there In a racetrnck gambler
called THE FLY 10 whom her
brother owed money.
He gives Mary "a coat he found
On the Jupiter house the night OF
the murder. IL a. her brothers.
The Jupiter butler recognizes u
as having been wern by n "Knte-
crasher" he elected the night Of
the murder.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
Wa young man, spence
Mary eyed the old butler. fearful
OF what he might be about to re-
veal. He looked so vindictive as
he held Eddie's topcoat aloft and
glared at It as IL he would have
liked to shake its owner.
Under the stress OF emotion, his
usual West End English left him
and the Cockney came out.
"He had the face. IL you'll be-
lieye II, Miss. to call himself a doc
tor. and try to force his way in.
Vest And when I told him you'd
neither invited him nor sent for
him. that impudent he was he tried
to walk past me into the 'ousel I
put my and up and l said None o.
that, siri' / said"
when was this. and who was Il,
Spencer" Mary demanded, impa-
tiently.
1T was the night OF your party.
Miss Mary" the butler explained.
"Of all them that came and asked
to be let In without tickets, he was
the freshest" Obviously the mans
parting jibe had left an indelible
mark on the old servants sensitive
spot-his dignity. why he looked
at me as IL he'd have likef TO do
me in. tina. he did But | thought
as be might be a friend OF yours.
SO l explained about the Jewels and
the need TO keep out thieves. But
did he take II like a gentleman
would? He laughed. II you'll be-
lieve 1t. and be called me an old
fool he did. and said Mind you
count the spoons!"
His wrathful mimicry would have
been funny II Mary had not been so
~preoccupied with the identity OF
that mysterious visitor.
"But who was II. Spence? My
brother?"
Not your brother, Miss" Spence
explained testify. Il told you as
'ow e was a stranger. and no
gentleman, either. e had that
coat on. as sure as I'm living, with
the collar turned up about his ears.
like this"
"Are you sure?Y
"Surei When you come in like
that. with that coat over you, It
brought 1t back 10 me as plain as II
he was standin' there"
! But this is Eddie's coat, my
brothers." Mary told him excitedly.
ooh. Spence. would you know the
man again IL you saw him? oh. do
you see what this means?" She
seized the surprised old servant by
both arms and danced him around.
1T means somebody else tried TO
get In. somebody else DID get In.
and took the things and did II all,
just as I saidI Not EddieI Oh,
Spence. you old lamb-why didn't
you tell me this before?"
THEY were still talking II over
hours later. Mary and Mr.. Jupi-
ter. across the little green baize