The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-29

CT formalitieS. Hes due around dinner time so if you don't mind"
 Then sleepy murmur and when. Tom spoke again. his voice sounded decidedly relieved.
 That's fine. Luncheon won't be for an hour or so. Will you you rather--?" Again the mur- lieved. Good! We'll look for you at 1 then"
 house when Tom caught up with l her. l@
 50 that's all right, Binks. my
 child" he said clieerfully. "The
 beggar was still half asleep when | left but he knows he's to stay and since he hadn't made a move toward going so far as I could see"
 '.Well," Linda tried to be just. "He was up early this morning as you remember!"
 "Yes-I remember"
 Instinctively they lowered their
 iI told the others to come down whenever they were ready" said Tom. That you would be down to, luncheon but would rest until then in your room.s Where you will join me -- for our first conference" Linda an- swered grimly.
 That's the idea"
 "I'll go into the kitchen," she said. II have to break the news to Rosie and Annie that the house party is still on their hands. I'll go up the back stairs and meet you in our room in five minutes"
 "Ye-es," said Tom. stopping with his hand on the latch of the door. ''But Binks -- be careful" What could possibly happen in five minutes-?" she stopped. What had happened in five min utes, early that still, hot morn- ing? Not trusting herself to speak, she nodded and hurried oyer the grass toward the service entrance.
 She presumed she gave intelli- gent directions, for after their. first expression of concern neither her with any degree of alarm. But | safely and without meeting any, one-she moved with abstracted haste, her mind concentrated on that fierce desire to see Tom again, alone, to begin with him their se- cret, urgent, dangerous hunt for her cousins murderer, still with in her house.
 At her husbands step in the hall Linda flung open the door eagerly and he was hardly inside and the door closed before she spoke.
 from = do any of them seem alarmed by this business about Dr Boyle? Did you get anything from the way they took it?"
 t..Np. Each one. took 1t differ entity but all took it well. I blamed poor old Parsons pretty heavily and emphasized the fact that 1t was only formality. At first Statlander was distinctly dis agreeable but that could be laid to his dislike of having his plans up- set twice in rapid succession. He was all ready to leave and his room was neat as pin. If there was any evidence there against him it's gone now. reminded him we still had a lot of valeska business to discuss and that ap- peared to reconcile him. Either he really does want to finish what we're supposed to clean up this weekend or he decided he'd bet ter seem to want to. Marvin - I'm afraid was pretty short with Marvin. Just told him the facts and let it go at that"
 How did he act?"
 "Just the same. He'd be good one to conceal guilty secret be- cause he always acts as if he had one, and so gradually you get used to it. When knocked he opened the door and blocked 1t completely. couldn't see into the room, and somehow I had the idea he didn't want me to. It might have been just my imagina- ton. - we'll, it wasn't any too easy for me to be civil and can't honestly say noticed much about him. He was stiff and had that air of holding something back, as remember. In other words, quite himself. Then I went next door to DeVos. He was also quite himself. which meant that he was very pleasant and courteous, as- sured me he quite understood and that anything that made 1t easier for us was agreeable to him. He