The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-15
OUT of the NIGHT
CooYiaht, 1897, NEA Service, Inc.
BY MARION WHITE
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRISCILLA PIERCE-heroine,
young woman attorney.
AMY KERR-Cilly's roommate
and murderer's victim.
JIM kERRIGAN-cilly's fiance.
HARRY HUTcHINS - Amy's
strange visitor.
SERGEANT DOLAN-offieer
assigned to solve the murder of
Amy Kerr.
Yesterday: The case against
kerrigan suddenly erumbles when
the PerryS return to reveal that
they took him TO the airport Sun
day nisht at the time of the muir
der. So Dolan and Cilly agree to
work together" on the case
heneeforth.
CHAPTER XXNll
Cilly went into the bedroom
and picked up the little gadget
for which she had searched
through her lower bureau drawer.
IL was a small dreSSmakcr'S awl,
used years ago by her mother for
marking out patterns. All along
il had been 4 perfectly useless
thing; Cilly kept il only against
the possibility that il might come
in handy sometime. This was the
time.
The little gadget not only
marked off patterns very nicely,
but q long time ago Cilly had
found that it cut glass without
any effort and without any crash
or splintering. IL was going 10
serve that purpose now, for Cllly
was going hOuSebrcaEing.
Sergeant Dolan might have his
computations about ranSacking
other peoples homes, as he put IL,
but Cilly did not share them. Her
best friend had been murdered,
and now. although Jim was out
from the shadow of guilt, the
murderer was still at large. II he
were not one of the tenants,
there were two apartments where
he might hide out very nicely.
The first was Mrs. Elliot'S. II
was curious about her. For an
old lady she showed very little
interest in a ncighborhood SenSa-
ton. She must nave seen the glar
ing headlines in the newspapers;
Connecticut was not so far away.
She must have recognized the pic
lures of her own apartment
house. even il she did not intend
TO read the story. Then why
hadn't she come back?
Or could it be possible that she
knew n great deal about the af-
fair. and that she wanted 20 re-
main in hiding? If so, there
should be some indication of that
in her apartment. Cilly meant TO
find out.
II would be very simple. The
fire escape from Cilly'S bedroom
led directly TO the bedroom
above. There was no street light
outside the bedroom. She could
very easily climb up without be-
ing noticed, for the trees outside
would hide her completely. More
than that: the rain which had
come down in torrents all day
had settled 10 a drizzle now. and
there was a thick fog coming in
from the ocean. II was a perfect
night for q Sccond-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 20 the
entire mystery tonight. II had 20
be in one Of the apartments
above; if not in Mrs Elliot'S. then
in the CauutherS' on the third
floor.
She wrapped herself in her
dark raincoat, then pulled the
waterproof hat down over her
hair. The dressmaker's gadget
she slipped into her pocket, then
turning out the light in her bed
room, she quietly opened the win
dow and let herself out on the
fire escape. She closed the win
dow behind her. TO keep the rain