The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-06
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and p,, 9ie MRS. JUPITER is robbed
p4sIr Ally she she gave for her secretary. MARY
f smolSsN ,ss The thief fails 70 get the
rSSnn9SPRicion points 70 Mary's brother.
9oes i = r wno Is killed BY car as he
ro BOWEN. police reporter for the Star.
discoveTss a private investigation; He
tlLf 70 whom Eddie owed money. I'd
oss coat. found IN the house. is rec
Shni1ed by the butler as one worn by a
,gate-erasher" he elected the night OF
,,. NARY, Idanee, DIRK RUYTHER. be-
see Bowen fearing ~ further notoriety.
f nayy quarrel. but make up and plan to
Mary meets Bowen in a speakeasy
DirJtI coI Inc Fly IS said TO be hiding.
his way to lock IN tbe .JjDiter necEiace
IN his office safe.
Dir proves The Fly is not there. Mary
Siasps me necklace about her throat
Just as three strangers enter.
They leave. followed bv Bowen. who
desIS an attempt on the necklace. Dirk
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CHAPTER TWENTY Continued
Got a gun?" he asked.
Dirk snorted.
NO, Al Capone, have not" he
said. and what Of it?"
With a quick gesture Bowen drew
an automatic out of his pocket and
handed it into the car, butt first.
Even Dirk was touched, discon-
certed for minute. Then he said
with good-natured scorn, "Oh, keep
1T! What if somebody does plug
me2 You'll get a good story"
Bowen's temper gave way.
Il don't give a damn what hap
pens to you,' he said roughly. But
you've got woman with you re-
member. Take this whether you
want it or not"
LIE showed the gun into Dirk's
u 4 lap and swung off. AS they
moved down the street, Bowen's
little tin-can of car began to
shiver and roar and give off explo-
sions like a Fourth of July rocket.
When they turned into Broadway,
Mary looked out the back window
and saw it turn, also apparently
following them. 1t was easily
picked out in the traffic, for it's top
was up-a flimsy ''one-man' top
which had apparently been added
TO its accoutrements since she rode
in it. It's curtains we're all drawn
against the rain.
Something about that grotesque
equipage and it's owner wrung
Mary's heart and anger flooded her.
Il think you're beast!" she said
to Dirk. you shouldn't have talked
to him like that! Maybe Mike lied
to him, but I'm sure he didn't mean
to lie to usl"
mike? Who's Mike?"
Mary told him what she knew Of
Mike, and explained that he owed
service to Bowen for favors done in
the past.
"You mean" Dirk said slowly,
meaningfully, that all this So
called evidence he's got that man
named the Fly" Che grimaced and
muttered, more Edgar Wallace!'O
robbed that house, killed Mrs. Ju-
piter and then ran your brother
down presumably to keep him from
telling, 10 the word of a double
starred yegg like that waiter?"
Put that way, it did sound rather
thin. Mary was rebelliously silent.
Her state Of mind was hard to ex-
plain, even to herself.
She loved Dirk so much that just
his physical presence beside her in
the car, the touch Of his coat sleeve,
his casual glance, weakened all her
forces Of mind and body.
He dominated her and she could
not help herself he was so
calm, so utterly sure of himself and
of the Brightness Of all he was and
stood for.
DUT some traitorous part of her.
ID self persisted in believing that
in his own way Bowen was right,
also. Might there not be depths of
life of which the select and ex-
elusive Ruythers had no knowledge?
Might there not be truth even in
"yegg" like Mike, if the claims of
friendship demanded it?
And if she ever had been sure of
anything in her life, she was posi-
tive that none of those men had
been drummer from Terre Haute,
or anything like it.
What had happened was clear
-Ls 49,
over the significance of that after
moons taxi crash, had carried the
name Hardness" back to his
friends in that room, and asked if
It meant anything to any of them.
It had meant a good deal to the
Fly, naturally. He and his two
companions had slipped out the side
door and came in again by the front
for the purpose Of getting a look at