The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-23
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 LINDA AVEIlILL, believes her elderly cousin, AMOS PEABODY
 was murdered wlicn ne fell from the second story balcony of tie
 AvcrilIs' Long Island home be- before his death. Linda rushcs upstairs. Someone tries t0 sstran- gic her and shc faiHfs. l. There arc four guests in the
 bOUsc--fiil suspects Of the crime.
 They are: Mt sTATLANDER, business associate of TOM Av- BRILL; CAPTAIN DE VOS,, haDdsOfiic Belgian; MARVIN PRATT, former suiior Of Tinda's and HAN SHACGH NIcSSEY, Irish writer. Since there Is no evidence OF which tO base an arrest, Linda and Tom, fer hus- ! hand set, themselves t0 solve tiic crime. They are aided when Dlt BOYLE, medical examiner, sends word that everyone must
 rfanaiH until hc las questioned . tiGm. Boyle is on a fishing trip : md can not return for several h0prs.
 Linda finds the towel with . wIiich the attempt was made to {. stranAlc hcr - identified by . smear of nuDburn ointment. She ; LurDs that ROSIE, the maid, tns ianiijcrcd q shirt for shaugh
 HesHcy and Torn searches for the Sfssrt. Siianghncsscy finds tIiis ! Oi.a. To set matters right Linda tells him the whole story and asks him to help untanglc the : sysfcry of her cousins death. Linda, Tom and Shaughncsscy have q long talk, discussing all tic clcws.
 Next morning Tom and Linda discuss latest developments of St1pe mystery. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xXxVIIf s-om shook his head. "Nothing much happened" ne said. They stopped the bridge game about 1z. you know. 1 didn't llnger afterward 10 talk 10 Pratt and DeVos. Stat flanders our main problem to-day. Fortunately he still feels we need another talk about the set-up of the fall campaign. That man lives for business"
 Linda said ruefully, Certainly I've discovered that he has no small talk"
 "And I'm not altogether con- yInced about Bhaughnesssy. That early appearance of his is still 10 be explained
 And MT DeVos wanted me to go boat~riding alone with him. said Linda dreamily
 "Wbhtl" Tom sat upright and his voice was charged with hor- TOT. Good heavens. Linda. WbenY"
 "Yesterday afternoon when we were talking on the lawn"
 Tell me just what happened"
 She fr0wned thoughifully, feel ing after the exact words. "iIc asked mo-" she said slowly. "wfle~ ther 1 could ritn--~or rather han de the Pipafore alone. And he said he would have enjoyed an hour on the water-~0r words to that effect. When 1 told him could ta.e the wheel but not run the engine. he suggested that probably you didn't care to have anyone do it but yourself"
 What thenY"
 Nothing especially. You zee Fieurs boat ---, The Comet had just gone past"
 "Just one thing. Blbks Did nc actually say alone? Did he use that word z"
 She thought again. NO he didn't Tom. He said the boat could be handled by one person. And then he asked If 1 were as skiliful as I1eur, who could han die hers alone. That was the com DectiOn, as 1 remember it,"
 Tom released his breath in f long sigh and laughed Il little.
 You have fl nice dramatic way of dropping an important fact casually into the conversation. must say. Howevsr---faking it hll in aIl, there's plenty left to do and we'd better R1fhGF OurEsIyEH tD-