The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-21
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Old MRS. JUPITER, wife o4 the
NtliiooalSe automobile maDu1ac-
turer. gives an engagement 0ln.
neP and dance tor her sereYetaFy
~so rSs 's.''ss'' !: g nnax pi1k aHkHEiYs: RGY:
THEIR, son Of blue.bloodeA
Mary receives = telephoss call
from her scapegrace brother, ED.
DIE. saying he 10 In trouble and
Hust see her. The house 10 stEiet-
ers" because MFs. Jupiter 10 sveaE-
ing the famous Jupiter rubles.
Mary aPrnngeo for Eddie to b0
admitted secretly. when she goes
upstafrs to meet him she hears
ecreams and then shots In MRS..
Juptter's room.
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CHAPTER II
EEARFULLY. as IL drawn BY .
= magnet, Mary moved slowly
forward. Outside the closed door
Of Mrs. Jupiter's sitting room she
stopped and called sharply, expert.
mentally. "Eddie7" Then more
loudly, "Eddie!" There was no
reply.
Could It be Eddie in there?
What would he be doing In Mrs.
Jupiter's room? He had no bust.
ness there unless tho servants had
directed him there in error. or had
gone In there by mistake.
He hadn't said anything about
bringing someone with him. though.
and some other person was in there
tho person he had been quarrel.
ing with. Suddenly she remem.
bered. and the realization stunned
her. Mrs. Jupiter was in that room.
Hadn't she gone upstairs to take
her shoes of? It had been Mrs.
Jupiter's voice she heard. Then
whose-oh, dear God-whose hand
had fired those shots?
The silence began to tear at her
nerves. Gasping with excitement,
she reached out suddenly and
jerked open the door. The room
was brightly lighted. but empty.
She looked about, dumbfounded.
almost ready to believe that her
senses had tricked her.
Then she looked down-and there
on the floor lay the crumpled dg.
ure Of Mrs. Jupiter. the white hair
awry where the diamond headdresa
had been ruthlessly snatched from
1t, the gold dress twisted about her
knees, the poor wrinkled old face
haggard but strangely peaceful un.
der the searching glare Of the
lights. Al old pair Of felt house
slippers covered her feet.
Her hands, barren now Of rings,
still clutched something which she
held clasped tightly between the
palms. still firmly grasped together
on her breast. It was the ruby
necklace.
But It was the spot In her fore
head. just below the hairline, from
which q slow ooze Of blood trickled
and ran redly down tho temple into
the snow white hair, that drew
Mary's horrided gaze.
A SCREAM broke from the girls
- lips. and without looking where
she was going she backed away
from tho figure on the hoor and
stumbled through the frst door
that presented itself. the door into
Mrs. Juptter's bedroom. She closed
the door and leaned against It
shaking, her knees nearly givina
under her. She tried to collect heI
thoughts.
Suppose It had been money, then
that Eddie needed
She ran from room to room
stumbling In her haste, openina
doors. calling. There was no sigu
OF disturbance IN the other rooms
Her own door was open. II Eddie
had been there, he had gone. Shl
stood In the hall. looking from onl
blank door to another, callinl
softly. Eddie. Eddie. its me, Mary!
Oh. Eddie-boy dear. where an
your? The silence seemed unnat
ural. She broke into helpless sobs
Suddenly It came to her that
what she had been thinking wal