Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-03
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

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IN THE paper which contained
ine story of the death of Clarabell
Alderman and the possible explain
atiop that the two death bullets
had been intended for another one
statement stood out in terrifying
clarity to Linda.
It stated that the charwoman
yyho cleaned the Bagley offices was
The wife Of the night Waterman,
:Iohr Parrish, who had been on
i;Itv. Bur that vas not all.
joe the elevator operator, eX-
xiaiueG thai he had brought Mr..
io7rri,,- Upstairs. but he had not
i1ker. LIN downstairs. How, then,
;ldd H. gone to the first floor? Why
hal No avoided the elevator? Why
pas &he relationship between the
Two elderly Parishes a secret even
to those who employed them?
The story implied that the elder
~ Janitor and Waterman was to
% questioned again.
Linda let the paper fall. She
knew what that would mean
question after question hurled at
a tired, white-haired old man who
could only shake his weary head
in denial. Only if his wife was en-
ployed, too, why had he not told
about that, and why had he taken
such precautions not to go down
OH the elevator?
The story explained that he had
been signed out OH the book at an
hour before the coroner placed the
murder, and the writer insinuated
that ne might have come down,
signed out, then let himself be TAX
en- up, secure in the knowledge that
he had given himself an hour OF
leaving in the book which would
protect him. Had he signed out IN
front Of the elevator operators in
auisitive eyes he could not have
done that. .
It was foolish, Linda decided. Mr..
Parrish couldn't have done it.
But when the story of the muir
der continued to battle the police
department for three more days
and a solution seemed no nearer,
she noticed that the Parrish name
was figuring more deeply in the
case.
The musical comedy, Swing the
Chorus" where Ronald was wind
ing up his engagement, as was the
whole cast, was a sell-out. People
wanted to see him and hear him
because of his indirect connection
with the cases
Linda was aware that some OF
the applicants who came to the
Bagley office merely wanted to look
at her. She was glad one afternoon
when Robert came in. He looked so
strong and protective and brown
against the silver and white fur
. nishings of the feminine realm.
AZ lust drove down from my
twork," he said. II thought you
Knight be able to slip away toF an
thf,aIF.n ,.t3
III BiaIie Anne, she wanted to ask.
Mhere was she? He seemed to read
her, mind.
Il "Billie Anne sends her condol-
ences and she's flying back uneX-
pectedly today"
: Linda felt swift and great re-
lief and was ashamed because she
did.
Pm winding up here soon and
taking 8 South American joo," he
continued. But what about the
hour? Is it too much to aslI?"
His gray eyes were serious and
unfathomable and Linda realized
with a down-beat of her heart that
she did not want him to go to
South America, that she did
not want him to follow the girl
named Billie Anne.
Il can manage the hour, she said,
and called to Hortense to look
after the switchboard.
She had worn a thin black dress
that day with a huge Peter Pan