Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
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nE0AN HEhE MODA
Old MRS. JUPITER. wife or the
millionaire automobile m%anufne-
turer, gives nm engagement din
ner and dance for her secretary.
MARY HARDNESS. who o. GO
marry DIRK RUYTHER. blue
FLOODED young lawyer.
Mary receives n telephone call
from her scapegrace brother, ED
DIE. saying he In In trouble and
must see her. The house In strict-
ly guarded against -Ente-crnsh-
ers" because Mrs. Jupiter o. wear
Ing the famous Jupiter rubies.
Mary nrranEes for Eddie 90 be
adDsitted secretly. when b goes
upstairs 60 meet him she dnds
Mrs. Jupiter robbed and murdered
In her room. Seeking Dirk. she
nnds him with CORNELIA Ia
Dor. his childhood sweetheart.
Dirk advises her "a keep silent
nbout Eddie until he can locate
the boy.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER v
TT was Dirk's voice-tired. rather.
but blessedly his. Mary went
weak with joy.
I've got word of-the person we
we're speaking or" he said. "I1l
see you ct three o'clock. Can you
be ready to go with me them"
"Oh, Dirk. OF counsel Then it's
all right? Everything's all right?"
Il don't know that" he hedged.
Il haven't talked with him. Better
not say anything to anybody yet.
Well. I'm going home and get some
sleep now. and Ill be around for
you at a quarter Of three, sharp.
See you then"
Three o'clock. III she could Just
Keep her own counsel until then.
Somehow she could not bear TO face
Mr.. Jupiter with the knowledge OF
what she was holding back. $50
far there has been nothing-noth-
ingi" There was something-not
much. perhaps. but something. She
would feel better when the strain
OF waiting was over, when Mr.. Ju-
piter knew.
She was almost fatalistic about
II now. She knew that sooner or
later someone would ~interrogate
Beysie. IL they had not already
done SO. and that in all probability
Bessie would tell frankly about the
side door she had left unlocked at
Mary's request. She ought 10
speak to Bessie.
But something held her back.
Pride, OF a sort. She could lie her
self but she could not ask Bessie
to lie. Intrigue with a house-maid
would be humiliating at best. Per
haps Inspector Kane was so busy he
would forget about Bessie. But a.
she passed the library door she saw
Kane there with Mr.. Jupiter and
the lawyer, talking with a fourth
man who had his back to the door.
She recognized with a start that II
was Tom. the chauffeur.
tom was shaking his head with
great positiveness.
I'D take my oath on IT," he said.
that IL was the same car. Three
times II came in and went round
the circle. in the space of half an
hour"
You'd know 1t again II you saw
it?"
Il would. A black body with
aluminium trimmings and alumi.
mum hood. Mr.. Jupiter called u
attention to II, that's why I noticed
it. A guy was driving it, but /
didn't see his face"
Anybody IN it?"
Nobody in il that I could see."
The detective made a rapid note.
"Lorimor. Special body" The
chauffeur nodded.
"All right, Tom. You can 60"
The group Of newspapermen wait
Ing In the dining-rocm. where
sleepy-eyed servants had laid a
buffet supper at Mr.. J~upiter's or
der. were ushered into the library
next Mary would have slipped
away but Inspector Kane. spying
her as he greeted the men on their
entrance. summoned her with a nod
Come in. will you please, Miss
Harkness3 We need a rose among