The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
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Rich old MRS. JUPITER IL
robbed and murdered duFjng ~
engagement party she % givlng
Tor her secretary. MARY HARK.
NESS: h!ary's scapegrace brother.
EDDIE. 10 supposed to have been
u the house nj the murder hour.
DIRK RUYTHER. blue-bloodea
young lawyer. Mary's Aanee. al.
vtses her to keep silent sbsut
navinE arranged TO meet Eddie
shecre''x: hen 90: cntil he can locate the
Mary prevents maid. BESSIE
from tellisE BOWEN, police re-
porter for the Star. about Eddie's
supposed visit. Dirk telephones
that he has found Eddie aud will !.
noon. Dirk sversleeps aa1 Bowen
anves mary to the rendezvous.
Eddie 70 run down by a car as he
crosses the street Ia meet Mary.
Deurious In the hospital. he mum.
bles about . ~.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER TX
EDDIE did not recover conscious
ness sufficiently to tell his ver.
sion OF the story before he died.
There were hours of suspense. for
ne was young and dying did not
come easy to him. even with frac.
tured skull.
Bowen drew Dirk aside out OF
Mary's hearing and let his wrath
explode.
Il tell you l saw 1t! It was mur.
der-pure murder! Two feet fur.
ther over. and they'd have got me,
too. BY God. to get that guy I'd
turn this town upside DOWN."
Get away!"
"Clean. tell you It was all care.
fully calculated to the minute. Who.
ever It was took big chance,
swinging around under those l.
pillars. Just as he turned the cor.
ner he Hooded the carburetor and
the number.plate was hidden by
smoke"
but why should anyone want to
kill the boy?"
Bowen shrugged. "I've got an
idea he knows something about this
Jupiter killing"
huytner looked at him sharply.
Ah. the kid didn't do It, / don't
mean that" the reporter answered.
I'LL bet my hat this was a profes.
sional job. Somebody did the Jupi.
ter job and hung 1t on Eddie. And
when he went to tell. they got him.
That's how ! figure it."
Dirk turned away. savage with
regret. II he'd been punctual, Ed.
die might have been living yet He
was convinced the thing was IN
accident Newspapermen lived with
sensation until they saw It where
1t did not exist. II he had been
disposed to think that someone had
wished Eddie's death. the antagon.
Ism he felt for the other man made
him veer to the opposite view.
HE could not have explained the
stiffness that came into his
manner when talking to the news.
paperman but 1t was strongly root.
ed and came from two causes. An
aversion to publicity was bred in
the conservative bones Of the Ruy.
ther clan. And there was some.
thing more. something about the
way the absurd fellows gaze fol.
lowed Mary that stirred all that
was proprietary in Dirk's love
Bowen pursued his questioning
too absorbed in speculation to no
tice the others stiffness. Already
a plan was forming in his mind
and It he found enough contirma
tion Of his suspicious. well-he
might be on the trail Of a bigse,
story than he had thought.
"How did you get in touch with
Harkness. by the way-do you
mind telling me?" he asked thought
fully. II confess he had me think
Ing him guilty-until saw this
Too plain to miss"
"Why." said Dirk, hesitating
"he called me up this morning. H.
really said very little. Said he hat
tried to reach Mary but the lin,
was busy and he couldn't wait. St
he called me instead. I said. 'wher,