The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-10
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN


BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
THESE last few chilly nights
Il have done one pleasant thing.
I've been lounging in front of a
fireplace with copy Of q murder
mystery in my hands.
It is funny how wintry weather
and a comfortable fireside gives
one an appetite for mystery stories.
I'm no exception to the rule be-
cause I like to play detective &.
that is as long as 1 can be COM
Portable at home and let the other
fellow do all the work.
This time it was Inspector Mac
Donald of Scotland Yard who was
the fellow who did all the work.
E. c. r. Lorac, the author of
The Case of Colonel Marchand."
let's the reader know that the
colonel died suddenly while. or
shortly afterward, he entertained
Karin Hamilton. a pretty pianist.
at tea In his lovely home in Lon
don.
We know that Miss Hamilton
was at tea on a cool fall after
noon. We know that several hours
after she entered the room, Gibbs,
the butler, found his master dead.
That's all we know, because the
door to the room was closed and
most OF the time the author had us
in the servants quarters watching
Gibbs, the chauffeur and three
other servants have their tea and
cakes.
THE author let's the reader be-
Il come suspicious of the beauti-
full visitor. because we do not
know her name. In fact, we have
to wait until Inspector MacDon-
aid arrives on the scene.
The mysterious guest fees the
room and disappears before Gibbs
finds the colonel's body.
AS the Scotland Yard detective
gets busy on the case, we dis
cover that the colonel had a
weakness for pretty women.
We soon learn from Macdonald
that a string of pearls valued at
a large fortune, disappeared along
with costly ring when the fair
guest left the room.
AT this point of the inveStiga-
ton. things look very badly for our
pretty pianist. Then other char
acters become mixed up in the in
vestigatiCn. There is the colonelS
nephew and heir, Derrick Mar
chand, who quarreled with the
colonel the night before the muir
der ard even returned in secret
to the great house late in the night.
THEN the author gets us all
Il confused because Derrick Mar
chand has double so far as APP
pearances are concerned. in Will
liam Heythwaite, a chemist, who
lives in the very same apartment
building with the beautiful pianist.
And so here We are. The de-
tective discovers the fact that
either young Marchand, or his
double, tried to pawn the stolen
pearls and ring.
I certainly don't want to ruin a
mighty comfortable evening for you.
I won't tell you the solution.
This yarn has been written in an
eaSy-going way. The inspector
from Scotland Yard is hard
thinker. but not a fast worker. Yes.
he gets his man. although one of
the suspects drops dead in the
scene which explains the mystery.
The Case of Colonel Marchand"
is published by Macaulay. New
York, and sells for 50.
I HAVE been asked TO recon-
Il mend an authentic story of coll
lege football. I think that I have
found such a book in Under the
Goal Posts" by Eddie Dolley. and
published by John Lowell Pratt,
New York. It sells for SIPS.
Chuck" Arnold is the football
player in this story who had faith
in the fine qualities of the game.
Chuck" is a splendid chap and he
lives and plays football as it exists.
Here is a mans game told in q
mans WAY