The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-03
nrGfn HfERE ro-DAY

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 When elderly AMOS PEA
 zhe second story balcony of TOM
 AyEhILlSs Long lsl.nd home
 KINDA, TUm'n wife, believes it is
 murder. Peabody was her cOu-
 Nfm- HmsRing Co the balcony, Lin.
 Nm feels something thrown about
 Der throat. almost strangles and
 Ialnfs.
 Sire and Tom decide to pre- fEn1 Cousin Amos death was an accident, meanwhile dev0ting Kneu1eeives to solving the crime. They have four guests, all Of
 whom become suspects: MIR
 kTAITaANDER, business asso-
 ciate of Toms; CAPTAIN DE- yO6, handsome Belgian; MAR. YIN PRATT, former suit0r of Ninda'e; and HAN SHAUGH-
 NESSEY, Irish writer. On one excuse and then another the
 guests arc persuaded to finish out thcir weekend visit.
 Linda finds the towel with
 which the attempt was made to sfrnngic her <identified by . smear of sunburn Oiiitment) in
 Statiander's bathroom. Tom, suspicious of Shaughncssey,
 searches his room. The Irish- man discovers this and to set Sz@atters right Linda tells him the whole, story, asking him to help
 solve the mystery. They learn that on the night of his death Cousin Amos opened French
 window that made . loud, dis. turbing sound, swinging in the wind. Linda and Tom question ail the gucsts but learn little.
 Linda feels discouraged but Shaughncsscy reassurcs her. There's proof somewhere" he says, "arid one of you will find NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xLv
 n suppose he's right" Tom had listened attentively to Lndas report of her talk with Shaughnes- sey. "After all the murder hap peped yesterday morning and by last night we had a line on all of thom. think Shaughnessey' de- |infely out of 1t, Linda, simply bee cause hc couldn't have gotten up to the room Friday night, or ra- Thor Saturday morning, without one of us hearing him. When you think back and see how the small sounds that were made were mag nified by the quiet of the house you can see that man couldn't come in through the screen door,
 "That is, allowing you forgot to lock the other"
 "Yes. 1 wish I could remember! And I can't mention 1t to Shaugh- nossey because 1t woul,, show still havc suspected him"
 R"Well, anyhow, as you started to say--the screen door bangsv'
 "Thats it--unlessS you hold 1t with your hand, which you know he wouldn't think to do. If he had, hc would have had to creep up the staire without either of us hearing hffn--"
 M'sfn other words. 1t would have becn deiiberate-which Is exactly what wo feel sure 1t wasn't"
 ss'But as for Statlander--in spite of tho trouble with his hearing I'm again undecided. That man has spfnething on his mind! He had
  worry important and--what shall l rait it?-valedictory. as we went over the papers. He was doing less than giving mo Q full, lletailed report of his entire work "a manager of Valeska's middle- vest factory --s from the day he et-ne. Systems, buying, profits, em- pioyment--overything. Now man doeen't go away for a pleasant wpek-erld and launchS into re- hnareal like that--back to the year his mind is somehow disturbed and he feels 1t his last chnnce to get 1t. off his chest"
 'Guilty conscience?"
 .."Possibly. Overoonscientiousness ness aN far as tho once is concerned. flo certainly gave mo the impress ston that he had arranged to leave cvcrythlng in my hpnds in perfect shpo. I'd say it whs the habit of nifnd of a person who always has becn systematic and is suddenly faced with tho possibility of q kpenk in the routine. He may not anticipate arrest but he's acting as hd would if 10 did"
 ~s'He Is tho only one who showed lie slightest sign of knowing what l was driving at when I made him lnik abou. 1t all" unused Linda. IIb didn't start and flush and act like q villain on the stage but he wpsn't bit anxious to go over the xfound and I'm convinced he saw perfectly well what was leading up to. Tho nearer got to the heart of the matter tho moro res- I've he Waa.n