The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
CHAPTER XXvII
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Dolan looked at his watch.
 ''Well, I've got to hustle and check on some of these other angles you've been harping on. If he gets In touch with you again will you ask him to see me immediately at headquar- ters2 Ills testimony is still mighty important"
 "I'll do that, sergeant"
 s"Thanks. I hope we'll be working together from now on, Miss Pierce Sorry about everything. -"
 After Dolan left, Cilly made up her mind as to what she was going to do. There had been altogether too many stones left unturned n this house since Sunday night
 Cilly went into the bedroom and picked up the little gadget for which she had searched through her lower bureau drawer. It was a small dress makers awl, used years ago by her mother for marking out patterns All along it had been Q perfectly useless thing; Cilly kept 1t only against the possibility that 1t might come in handy sometime. This was the time.
 The little gadget not only marked of patterns very nicely, but Q long time ago Cilly had found that 1t cut glass without any effort and without any crash or splintering. It was going to serve that purpose now, for Cilly was going housebreaking.
 Sergeant Dolan might have his compunctions about ransacking other peoples homes, as he put It. but Cilly did not share them. Her best friend had been murdered, and now, although Jim was out from the shadow of guilt, the mur- derer was still at large. If he were not one of the tenants, there were two apartments where he might hide out very nicely.
 Tho first was Mrs. Elliots. It was curious about her. For an old lady, she showed very little interest in 0 neighborhood sensa- tion., She must have seen the glar- inG headlines in the newspapers; Connecticut was not so far away. Sh0 must have recognized the pic- lures of her own apartment house, even if she did not intend to read tho story. Then why hadn't she come back2
 CT could at be possible that she kneW Q great deal about the affair, and that she wanted to remain in hiding? If 70, there should be some indication of that in her apartment, cilly meant to find out.
 Ik would be very simple. The fire escape from Cilly's bedroom led directly to the bedroom above. There was no street light outside the bed- room. She could very easily climb up without being noticed, for the trees outside would hide her com pletely. More than that; the rain which had come down In torrents all day had settled to Q drizzle now, and there was c thick fog coming in from the ocean. It was 0 perfect night for a second-story job.
 Cilly felt more elated over the adventure than frightened. True, she had never broken into any oneS house before, but some sixth sense promised her that she would discover the secret to the entire mystery tonight. It had to be in one of the apartments above; If not in Mrs. Elliott'S then in the Carruthers' on the third floor.
 She wrapped herself in her dark raincoat, then pulled the water proof hat down over her hair. The dressmaker'S gadget she slipped into her pocket, then turning out the light In her bedroom, she quietly opened the window and let herself out on the fire escape. She closed the window behind her,