Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-24

this may have been, Is far harder 70
| track down."
7 was sorry to hear about M
Frater, poor girl Is she really bad7p
inquired Nancy. changing the CONVEX.
spoor giriq" echoed Jimmie. II PIC.
tiIred her as fat, fair, and So. A typt-
/ cal cook What is she Mke?"
Not that" laughed Nancy. she
might be 81. She IS not bad-looking
and Is really very kind. Her name -
really Daphne Frater. Perhaps Daphne
is not q suitable name for q cook. Miss
Querdling always called her cooks Mrs.
She thought 1t added to their dignity
with the tradeSpeople
| "A tribute to matrimony from an
| unexpected source. Has Daphne q
sweetheart2'
Il believe All Collect, the butchers
assistant, could enlighten you on that
point" smiled Nancy. why - Il
| Queer7"
Don't you think 90? Miss Cauerdlinx
fighting for general virginity and sur
lovei There are the letters, probably
| written, as Duckworth says. by two
people There Is the household on the
premises. q policeman in the road In
front, Mai. Gresham on the lawn and
DR.. Netherton in the lane. On The
Unexplained Sloe we nave sttange
man, with his car, near the trade
entrance, seen by the constable: a
cloaked woman in the garden, sean by
Duckworth, and an empty car beaide
the fence. seen by the chauffeur. OF
! course, the cloaked woman may have
come in the car. II So who Is she7
Or the woman may have been man
| not difficult mistake at dusk-snd
| the car may not exist at ALL Rich
| mond thinks Green imagined It.
| THE only thing that Is clear, JIM
| ME" laughed Donald lis that you are
fairly intrigued and you want 70 see
It through
Jimmie had arranged to meet supt.
Richmond ut DR.. Netherton's house at
the doctors oficial report with ques-
tons. "A good fellow, Netherton.
suppose"
see his dear mother. They are arrang-
ing some golf for YOU And wen get
you game with Audrey Winford, our
best lady player-one OF Don's old
sweethearts. Wait till you zee herl"
As 1t CHANGED. he was TO see her
quite soon. Supt. Richmond. passing
Pathways in his car, stopped to pick
him up and they went straight 70 the
doctors house.
DR.. Netherton's abode was Q little
beyond the golf course on the side
farthest from Morrow Craig and at The
had suggested its name Of Corner Cot
tege. It was quite old and its front
garden was q blaze of flowers.
The white-haired lady talking with
q handsome girl was undoubtedly the
doctors mother. while Jimmie, seeing
the golf bag she carried. decided her
companion was Audrey Winford. He
/ IL rTgf- IL Id al 49,
that her son was in the surgery and
would be out presently.
Audrey Winford was an attractive
girl and Jimmie took TO her at once,
even before Mrs. Netherton introduced
them Not softly pretty, she had hon.
est open gray eyes and humorous
twist to her mouth. She looked self
reliant and capable.
Il must be on" she addressed Mrs.
Netherton. Tell BIN I'll expect him
tomorrow afternoon" Their eyes fol-
lowed her down the pathway. her
graceful walk neither . stride nor .
SLOUGH.
i While Jimmie was admiring Mrs.
gethertons flowers the doctor came
out the surgery door, Jimmie OBJ
servantly noted his good-htm0red
face and his kindly blue eyes, not,
however, missing the touch Of obsttnacy
about the mouth.
Supt. Richmond soon put his qlies-
tons as to the medical details Il would
be necessary to establish at the IN
quest to be held on the following Mon
: day. Bill gave the information re-
quired and everything seemed Ia order.
Then the police ofi1cer said:
"You and Miss Blake were talking
with the old lady for . few minutes.
Eye. I told Her sbcut the cook.r
THE cook. understand" put IN
Jimmie. lis fairly hefty young wum-
an. You left her Ia bed7"
YES. Another "a hours would SEQ
her al right.
Miss 0nerdling,s went on Klch-
mond, was in her usual spiritsnot
apprehending trouble2s
"Only the usual trouble"
What do you meant"
"She said when Marjorie married
she would not get penny"
There was pause The superin.
tendent looked hard at him and JIM
ME had the impression that the doctor
regretted his words directly he had said
them.
(To be continuedt
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