The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-14
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CAST Of CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
MYRNA DOMBEY - heroine
Wife of the sensational swing
band leader.
ROBERT TAIT-hero. News
paper MISUNDERSTANDING;
ANNE LESTER-Myrnas clos
est friend.
DANNIE FREELEY-offieer as
signed to investigate Ludden
Dombey's murder.
Yesterday: TAFT is amazed to
learn from Macy that he has an
interest in Dombey's band. M. cy
then accuses TAFT of being in love
with Myrna.
CHAPTER XI
"Yes," Leonard Macy repeated
quietly. "You are IN love with
the girl. That must be the reason
for your interest"
Tait's first reaction was one OF
anger. 1t was with difficulty that
he restrained himself. Then he
realized that Macy meant nothing
by his inference. The wealthy
amateur detective was merely
thinking aloud.
That's aSsurd," TAFT told HIM.
81 hardly know Mrs. Dombey."
Macy nodded. II am glad to
learn that my surmise sin error
Because, undoubtedly, Myrna
DOmbey will be convicted of the
murder of her husband"
Tait's lips closed in thin line.
Then: "Well, Pm afraid you've
already made up your mind, Mr.:
Macy. There's not much need of
my staying here longer.
Leonard Macy rose from his
chair. you are always welcome,
my boy" He put hand on Bob
Tait's shoulder. but ] want to
give you a little advice, if may.
Don't get mixed up in business
like this-for a girl. It's not just
that you'll find yourself wrong.
But you'll find that a woman
wasn't worth it. And that discov-
cry is always damaging to a man.
Thanks" TAFT said. He walked
into the hallway, turned there to
shake Macy's hand. 81 wish l
were O millionaire, Mr.. Macy"
The old man smiled. "Why"
"Pd like to bet you a few hun
dred grand that you're way off
first base"
~ never wager" Macy laughed.
$50
That laugh echoed in Bob Tait's
head as he walked down the hall
to the elevator. What made Leon
ard Macy so sure, so certain? Was
il because of something he had
not revealed? Did he know some
thing about Myrna Dombey he had
not cared to reveal to TAFT? II
You are in love with the girl.
That must be the reason for your
Interest" That was what Macy
had said, and TAFT began to Won
der if perhaps Macy was right.
Why else was he concerning him.
self with the killing of Ludden
Dombey? Certainly he was not
helping himself, and there was the
pOSsibility-not too remote-that
he was putting his very life in
jeopardy.
He remembered how Myrna had
looked on that night of the muir
der--in that moment before the
lights had gone out and Ludden
Dombey, tom of the swing cats,
had played his final tune. AS
suredly she was the most attrac-
tive young woman Bob TAFT had
ever, seen, and assuredly he had
suffered a pang Of envy at the
way she was looking at Lud DOM
hey up there on the platform. He
remembered, fitoo, those wide,
fear-filled eyes there in the shack
when he and Anne had found her
hiding.
No question but that Myrna was
girl to make a man stop and
think. But that he could be in
love with her was, as he had in
sisted to Leonard Macy, absurd.
He'd seen his share of women.
He was tough and cynical. There
wasn't a girl in the wide world
who could take him over the hur-
dies unless he wanted to go. And
he'd pointed a camera at plenty.
He'd snapped princesses, and ac-
tresses, and beauty contest win
ners, and dazzling blends who
had married four men and shot
a fifth. He. had caught them in
their moments of petty vanity,
and he thought he knew them for
what they Were. Why should he
be Intrigued by the slender girl