Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-15
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millionaire automobile nIanufac-
turcr. gives nm engagement din
ner and dnnce Tor ker secretary
and proteEe. MARY HARDNESS.
who 10 90 marry DIRK RUY-
TIER, son of q blue-bloOded
family.
Mary receives n teIephone cal
from her s~capeEraee brother. ED
DIE. saying he o. I'm trouble and
must see her.. The house In strict
" guarded against .gate-crash-
ers" ecaus Mrs. Jupiter In wear
Ing the famous Jupiter rubIes.
Mary for Eddie 20 be
admitted secretly. When she goes
upstairs 10 meet him she hears
screams and then shots I'm Mrs.
Jupiter's room.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER III
E'EARFULLY, as IL drawn by q
magnet. Mary moved slowly
forward. Outside the closed door
OF Mrs. Jupiter's sitting room she
stopped and called sharply. expert.
mEtally. "Eddie?" Then more
loudly. "Eddiel" There was no
reply.
Could II be Eddie in there?
What would he be doing I'm Mrs.
Jupiter's room? He had no busi-
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 emem-
bered. and the realization stunned
her. Mrs. Jupiter was In that room.
Hadn't she gone upstairs TO take
her shoes on? 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 10 believe that her
@Nh3@9 AAa II A1hCu hCIs
Then she looked down-and there
on the floor lay the crumpled fg.
ure OF Mrs. Jupiter. the white hair
awry where the diamond headdress
had been ruthlessly snatched from
IL. the gold dress twisted about her
knees. the poor wrinkled old face
haggard but strangely peaceful IN
der the searching glare or 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. II was the ruby
necklace.
But II was the spot In her fore
head. just below the hairline. from
which a slow ooze of blood trickIed
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 Il,
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 10 room.
stumbling in her haste, opening
doors, calling. There was no sign
OF disturbance In the other rooms.
Her own door vas open. IL Eddie
had been there. he had gone. She
stood In the hall, looking from one
blank door 10 another. calling
softly. Eddie. Eddie. it's me. Maryl
oh, Eddie-boy dear, where are
your" The silence seemed unnat.
ural. She broke into helpless sobs.
Suddenly II came to her that
what she had been thinking was