Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-15
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millionaire automobile manufnc-
turer. gives mn engagement din
ner and lance for her sercretnry
and pr0tcge. MARY HARDNESS,
who In 90 marry DIRK RUY-
TIER, son OF a blue-blooded
Mary receives a telephOne ean
from her scapegraee brother. ED
DIE. saying he 10 fn trouble nnd
must e her. The house On strIct-
iy guarded against -~gute-crnsh-
crs" because Mrs. Jupiter is wear
ing the famous Jupiter rubIes.
Mary for Eddie TO be
admitted secretly. when she goes
upstairs 90 meet him she henrs
screams nnd then shots I'm Mrs.
Jupfterrs room.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER III
EEARFULLY. as IL drawn by a
magnet. Mary moved slowly
forward. Outside the closed door
OF Mrs. Jupiter's sitting room she
stopped and called sharply, expert
mentally. "Eddie?" Then more
loudly, "Eddiel" There was no
reply.
Could II be Eddie IN there?
What would he be doing in Mrs.
Jupiter's room? He had no bust
ness there unless the 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
the 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 or? II had been Mrs.
Jupiter's voice she heard. Then
whose-oh. dear God-whose hand
had fred those shots?
The silence began to tear at her
nerves. Gasping with excitement.
she reached out suddenly and
ierked 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 fig.
ure OF Mrs. Jupiter. the white hair
awry where the diamond headdress
had been ruthlessly snatched from
1t. re gold dress twisted about her
knees. the poor wrinkled old face
haggard but strangely peaceful I'M.
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. 1t was the ruby
necklace.
But 1t was the spot in her fore
head. just below the hairline. from
which a slow ooze OF blood trickled
and ran redly down the temple into
the snow white hair, that drew
Mary's Mortified gaze.
A SCREAM broke from the girls
lips, and without looking where
she was going she backed away
from the figure on the floor and
stumbled through the first door
that presented itself. the door into
Mrs. Jupiter's bedroom. She closed
the door and leaned against II,
shaking. her knees nearly giving
under her. She tried to collect her
thoughts.
Suppose II had been money. then,
that Eddie needed
She ran from room to room,
stumbling IN her haste, opening
doors. calling. There was no sign
OF disturbance In the other rooms.
Her own door was open. II Eddie
had been there. he had gone. She
stood In the hall. looking from one
blank door to another. calling
softly. Eddie. Eddie. it's me. Mary!
Oh, Eddie-boy dear. where are
you?" The silence seemed unnat.
ural. She broke into helpless sobs.
Suddenly II came to her that
what she had been thinking was