The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-12
OUT Of the MIGHT
Copyrioht, 1897, NEA Service, Inc
BY MARION WHITE
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRISCILLA PlERCE-heroine,
young woman attorney.
AMY KERR-Cilly's roommate
and murderer's victim.
JIM KERRIGAN--Cilly's fianee.
HARRY HUTCHlNS - Amy s
strange visitor.
SERGEANT DOLAN-offieer
assigned TO solve the murder OF
Amy Kerr.
Yesterday: Dolan persists in
his theory that Kerr is the MUIR
derer. Meantime he tells Cilly
that the man involved in Hunter
strange affair is young Billy Har-
mon. brother of the girl in whom
Hutehins has long been inter
eStcd.
CHAPTER NXlN
Cilly looked around her living
room curiouSly. IL was exactly as
she had left il that morning. yet
there was some subtle difference.
Then she saw II. The copy OF
"Thc Last Puritan" on her end
table. The book had blue out
side front cover. which claShed
with the green and red Of the Ilv-
inc room. II was a silly thing to
do. but she always turned TIN"
book upside down. 80 that the yc!-
low back cover showed. Yellow
blends much more tremendously
with green and red. Someone had
been in this apartment and picked
up that book. Someone who had
been very careful. The book was
i'm exactly the same place she had
left il. but it had been turned
right side up. Probably not an
other person in Il hundred would
have noticed the change. Ii was
lust that Cilly had a sixth sense
Of color. much more intense than
the average.
She stepped back toward the
foyer. little nervous ut FIRST,
and flooded the kitchen with
light. Then she walked TO the
bedroom, lighting the way before
her. Nobody was IN the apart
mcnt now, that was certain. But
somebody had been there. She
was sure of il. Somebody had
searched the ulaCc very thorough
IL. She could tell il now, the way
boxes IN her bureau had been
shifted just triflc, where a lamO
was turned a fraction to the
right. insignificant details, al of
them. She would never have real
lied il If it weren't for the blue
and yellow book.
She recalled the pleasant way
Sergeant DOian had ended the IN
tcrvicw that morning
"Scc here, Miss Pierce. he
had said you've been worrying
too much about this case. You
need a little rc!a%atlon. So do /.
for that matter. . Tell you
what. I'm going 70 take YOU over
10 the St. George for iInch, and
hen you're going /" a movie.
So that was il. How nicely he
had put it over, Quite unsuSpect-
ing. and not Il little pleased TO
have company at lunch, she had
agreed 10 his plan. She had spent
three hours at the theater tScr-
gcant Dolan had left her there
alone because ne had some I'M
portant work. while the police
very thoroughly and very pains
takingly searched her apartment.
She smiled. nevertheless. The
sergeant hadn't gained anything
through his pleasant little ruse.
There was nothing here for him
10 discover now. She COngratu-
lated herself on having burned
Jim's postcard and the newspaper
clipning Amy had clutchcd.
The front GOorbell rang at that
moment end Ciily went TO answer
il, wondering who could be call
ing on such an afternoon. 1t was
Harry IIutchjuS.
Hello. Priscilla" nc bcamed
brightly. Thought 1t was such
a rotten day that you'd appreciate
company
How nice" CjlIy rc2liCd with
out warmth. She would have ap-
prcciatc almost any company, but
not Harry HutCh;Gs. She led the
way into the living room and o.
Tercd him a chair with scant cor
diality.
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