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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Major Clifford inclined his head
in a gesture Of gruff greeting.
How d'you do, Miss Win
yard ?" His voice was booming.
Been talking TO Thorne I I'M
derstand Take a chair, please"
Family intimidated, Kay sat
down close 90 the window where
Don Baird. white and grim. had
joined Terry and Elaine The Ma
jor turned back 20 Maud
Well Mrs Chiltern. the pic
lures pretty straight. think.
Drake was with you. Miss Lums-
den and Miss Vineyard playing
bridge from soon after dinner
right until the time came for him
TO go down 10 the dock and take
the speedboat over to the island"
kAAUD. serene and unruffled,
wi said: yes. Major"
And at what time was your
bridge game finished?'
About eleven-thirty."
And Drake went straight to
the dock?
yes"
Major Clifford was watching
Maud fixedly as if through an
invisible monocle. And you went
with him, eh?"
II did"
You saw him get into the
boat. Of course? You were there
on the dock when he set off for
the island ?"
Yes, Major. We chatted for
moment Then l said goodnight.
AS / turned away from the jetty,
the motor roared and the boat
started off toward the island"
About what time ?"
"Oh. about ten minutes or so
after we finished bridge, / sup
pose. About eleven forty-five."
"And after Drake had left for
the island ?"
Il went straight back TO the
house"
With sudden vividness Kay re-
membered that she had seen
Maud moving back to the house
when she herself had been slip
ping down to the dock. That
had been at least ten minutes
after she had seen, through her
bedroom window. Ivor's speed
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Ou uOIl iiltdIl liitiC . SOltlN-
thing about the body that makes
you think ?"
Il mean that exactly"
LIE RAN a hand across his dark
hair. I'll tell you some of
the things l noticed In the first
place there's a curiously curved
abrasion on Ivor brakes right
temple just above the hair line.
The blow which caused IT would
not have been strong enough to
have killed him. but II could have
rendered him unconscious. OF
course, he might have knocked
his head on the gunwhale Of the
boat or on the dock as he fell
overheard. But it's equally pos
sible that someone deliberately
struck him with some hard
curved object. isn't it?"
Possible, but.
Then there are bruises and
scratches on his face and neck.
OF course, Bermuda coral is very
sharp" He shrugged. But 1t
looks to me as If those marks
were almost certainly made be-
fore death by human fingers
and fingernails.
Suddenly, dreadfully. there
came the memory Of Elaine's
scratched cheek, Elaine's torn
evening dress with its tell-tale
scarlet stain.
His voice sounded again I'm
less 1t can be proven that Drake
was in some sort Of physical fight
earlier this evening. it's going
TO be difficult to explain those
scratches away"
But bruises and scratches"
echoed Kay desperately That's
ridiculously flimsy Besides. you
you can't think that any of the
Chilterns could have killed him
He's hes done so much for
them"
so very much" echoed Or
Thorne with pronounced irony
80 you expect me To supply
motive too" one hand moved TO
the pocket of his tweed jacket
and drew something out of IL.
Rosemary-s diary.
Don't you think" he said
quietly, that this might supply
a motive 20
For a moment she could not be
lieve IT, II seemed so entirely
impossible that the little book
which had disappeared from her
dressing table drawer could now
be In the possession of this I'M
friendly, amazing young man who
was. If not actually policeman.
at least very definitely on the
side of the law
From the note Rosemary
Drake wrote on the first page"
he was saying in that soft voice
which was SO inexplicably hostile,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
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was more properly a playroom.
We've met before, Miss Win
yard" said DR.. Thorne. facing
her.
Yves"
If only she could remember
where!
THE Chilterns are naturally
upset. That's why / prefer 10
talk TO you alone. Perhaps you
will tell me as clearly as you can
the exact position of the body
when you found it,"
So there was no need yet for
her TO embark upon the awkward
explanation of why she had gone
10 the island or with whom.
That was a relief. Jerkily she
reported the bare facts Of the
discovery.
Dr, Thorne did not speak until
she had finished.
"One small fact, Miss Win
yard From what you tell me,
understand the motor of the boat
was idling. That is, it was out of
gear but the ignition was not
turned off?
That's right"
Then you think Mr.. Drake
must have stopped the boat. per-
haps 10 dock at the island. Some
how he caught his foot in the
aquaplane rope, tripped and fell
overheard. Since the boat wasn't
moored, IT drifted TO the shore
with the tide, towing him after
it,"
II suppose so"
He'd been drinking"
He'd had cocktails before
dinner and then a couple of high
balls"
Abruptly Or. Thorne said: 1T
all sounds very plausible. doesn't
it,"
What do you mean-plaus-
ible ?"
Il mean it all sounds very
much as if it did happen that
way. that 1t was an accident"
"Of course il does"
Then perhaps you would ex-
plain something TO me. Why is
1t that all you people in this
house think Ivor Drake was
murdered? ?"
1 don't know why-what you
mean"
I'm not blind. The moment /
walked into that room / saw il
written over all OF your faces
ferry Thinks II. Elaine thinks IT,
Simon thinks IT even Mrs Chill
tern thinks 1t They're all Of them
frightened So are you. Why"
She was conscious OF an unmis-
taxable antagonism in him.
Trying TO keep control she said:
pr Thorne, this Is quite absurd
II YOU expect me 10 fall into a
clumsy trap like that j."
II isn't a clumsy trap And
I'm not trying TO trick you: Why
should /? I'm only interested IN
the truth" He paused. You
seem 10 forget that I am the
coroners physician In this parish
and I've already made a prelim-
mary examination OF the body
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
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II assume this book is your prop
erty. / assume also that you
brought it with you to Bermuda
TO try 10 stop the wedding" With
an unexpectedness which was
devastating, he showed very
white teeth i'm "A smile. We'll, the
weddings certainly stopped now,
isn't it ?"
Kay stared at him helplessly.
you did bring the diary here,
didn't you, Miss Vineyard ?"-
II seemed futile to pretend any
longer TO this young man who
seemed so uncannily TO know
everything. She nodded. But
where did you find il ?"
"On the swimming beach just
now. Major Clifford's man called
him down To look at something
on the beach as | was finishing
my examination of the body. l
followed and my flashlight hap
pened TO pick out the book caught
upein the yuccas Someone must
have thrown it there"
And and Major Clifford saw
it too?'
mo. He has not seen it."
But you've told him-what
you told me ?"
Il have made my report to him.
Yes"
co it was definitely gone now,
- the pitiful chance that the
nights events might pass with
out leaving a wake Of fear and
danger behind them
Kay said. almost in a whisper:
You told him you suspected
murder"
DR. Thorne tapped with his
little finger on the diary. It's
my job TO report my medical
findings 10 the police | passed
on to Major Clifford, as the local
police magistrate the facts which
l. as "A doctor, observed from
superficial examination OF the
body / shall make full official
report TO him after the autopsy"
He had flcked open the Giary
and was reading a page. Slowly
he shut. the book and looked
straight at her, his tips very
tight Kay was startled by the
change in his expression. The
cold impersonality had slipped
away like a mask and his face
was the tormented face OF a man
living in his own private hell.
His voice suddenly raspinG- he
said: You don't really remem-
Der me. do you? Ny face is ia
minar but you haven't placed
me I'm not surprised. You only
saw me once when you were
here three years ago We met at
Rosemary Powell's house, Rose
mary Powell who became Rose
mary Drake"
II came back then. She had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

pear to have succeeded in stop
ping Elaine's.'
His bitterness against her was
vibrant in his voice and it kin
died anger in her. He had no
right TO hint that she had killed
Ivor. No right.
His voice sounded again.
when / looked at Rosemary's
diary just now, when / saw in
writing some of the CHASTITY truth
that I'd always expected, ] hated
Ivor more than / thought l could
hate anyone. Not that I'd had
any love for him before. This last
year after Rosemary's death
when Ivor came back here | at
tended him and his guests just
because I'm the only doctor in
this parish. That was a purely
professional affair. !"
KAY asked falteringly: But 1
~ don't understand Why are
you telling me these things-now
of all times ?"
Because / feel have TO. For
three years l have been holding
you partly responsible with Ivor
for the dreadful thing that hap
pened 10 Rosemary Now l think
/ may have misjudged you" He
paused And now Ivor is dead"
His mouth moved IN a slight.
humorless smile In my official
capacity It is my responsibility TO
find out if Ivor Drake was MUIR
dered and, if he was. TO help
bring his murderer TO justice.
That puts me in a strange posi-
ton and l think you have the
right TO know You see. as pri-
vate individual, my sympathies
are entirely with the person who
killed him
Kay said in a strange little
voice: Il see now why you were
so sure we all thought Ivor had
been murdered Tits because
you-you almost hoped it would
happen"
If you like 10 put IT that
way" 1t was curious, the feeling
that was passing between them,
almost as if they were friends in
stead Of near-enemies.
Kay said: Then, if you feel
that way, why did you tell the
Major you suspected murder"
Il never said 1 told him DR..
Thorne's dark lashes flickered
over his dark eyes. Il merely
said l gave him my report Of the
facts l observed as a doctor. l
felt no obligation to tell what
suspected as an individual"
Kay felt an impossible surge
of hope. Then you-what are
you going TO do"
His fingers closed over the
little green book which had in 1t,
perhaps. the power to put the
moose around the neck of-one
of them.
Just what I've done already. "
He must have understood her eX-
preston because he added: But
don't think it means a great deal.
Major Clifford is a very astute
man. He may seem TO you just
fact-finding machine, a walking
timetable, but don't be fooled.
He's perfectly capable Of drawing
the right conclusions from the
facts"
He paused. But there's one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
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fact we might keep 10 ourselves.
He flicked the corner Of the diary
with his thumb and gave her the
shadow Of a bow II must apollo
gize 10 you, Miss Vineyard. for
reading something which / had
no right TO read, something which
l would gladly have spared my
self from seeing The least
can do is 10 return your prop
erty"
Incredibly he was holding out
the diary
Kay took it with fingers that
were trembling and slipped it in
her pocket-book
Thank you. ! can't begin to
say. "
But suddenly that obscure link
between them. half of sympathy
half Of hostility, snapped and
they were just strangers again
a Bermudian police doctor inter-
rogating an American girl who
was potential suspect in a po-
tential murder case.
His face impassive and remote
again, DR.. Thorne gave a formal
little nod.
Il think we should get back 10
the others. Major Clifford's prob
ably with them by now. He will
want to talk to you too"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

W/HEN they returned to the
w living-room, it was imme-
diately apparent that Major Cliff
ford had arrived. In any group
he would have been conspicuous.
In that particular setting. with
its charged. jittery atmosphere,
he stood out a solid and imposing
giant in a spotless white uniform.
AS he turned to look at Kay
and Or. Thnrne from keen grey
eyes under bushy greying eye
brows, the impression of granite
was even more marked The stiff
squareness of his shoulders. the
weathered regularity of his fea-
lures had the military massive
ness of an heroic war memorial.
The Major had been talking 10
Maud. But at the entry of the
others he broke off with a clear
ing of the throat Maud said:
This is Miss Vineyard, my Sis
ter, Major"
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

You don't mean there's some
thing about the body that makes
you think .. ?"
Il mean that exactly"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
AH-Euents
Champion
Rolls in Abe

nST.. PAUL, Mimi, April "a
Make Stein, Belleville, ILL.,, who
set the ABC all-time high In the
all-events Of 2,070, will be back
pitching In the American bowl
ing congress world champion
ships tonight.
Make left his home town for
Hollywood. shortly after he had
averaged 230 for his nine games
at New York in 1897 and will
pilot the Warner Brothers pic
lures In the national pin classic.
Gene Ga gliard l, originally
from Mount Vernon, N. Y, will
try to share the spotlight with
Make. Cagliardi annexed the
singles title at New York with a
TAO total while Stein was set
ting the al,-time high mark.
Gagliardi Is now a Hollywood
resident.
Only one major change was
made in the high ten standings
during Wednesdays play Clines
Of Salem, Ore, moved into
eighth berth In the team event
last night in scoring 3,o03. The
Westerners opened with oil and
9o8 and then chalked up 1893 In
the Anal.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Derby. Horses
Race Today
Stokes 10 Produce
Fovovits OF Clossie
By CHARLES MOLONY

LEXINGTON KY, April "a
R-Whirlaway, Our Boots, two
other three-year-olds and the
mud have a date today which
is expected to produce the IA
vorite. for the Kentucky Derby
May 3.
The "other" horses drew scant
attention as racing fans began
converging on nearby Keene-
land track to see last years top
money-winning juveniles COM
pete for the fifth time, In the
10000 added, mile and an
eighth Blue Grass Stakes.
Both Warren Wrights home
bred Whirlaway and r. G. Mar.
tins Our Boots are rated as good
mud runners, although both
were beaten the only time they
ever met on q heavy track, when
Bold Irishman took them In the
Pimlico Futurity last year.
Both horses are to carry the
same weight. 1913 pounds. as they
did q year ago when Whirlsway
scored his only victory over the
Woodvale Fam Bolt, in the
Breeders Futurity at Keeneland.
Our Boots, which held q
weight advantage In defeating
Whirlaway In the futurity trial
and the futurity at Belmon. last
year, will be making his second
start of this year.
Both the long-tsiled Whirl-
away and the taller Our Boots
have started once at Keeneland's
current meeting and each has
been victorious by the same
route--coming from far back to
triumph.
The race will climax the clos
Ing program Of Keenelsnd's H.
day spring racing. \
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
RoseviIIe Ball
Club Gets Sci

ROSEVILLE - First call for
candidates seek ing positions
with the Roseville Ball Club
which will represent the village
in the Macomb County League
this season was issued for Fri
day afternoon.
All players from last season
and those seeking tryouts Tor
this year are requested to be at
the field adjacent to Johns
Place on Eleven Mile road off
Gratiot ON Friday at 800 pm.
The team will be sponsored
again this year by Johns Place
and will have all equipment
other than gloves for the candi-
dates.
An election meeting immedi-
ately after practise has been
scheduled for the selection OF a
manager and other officers.
The campaign for this year
will open i'm approximately
three weeks and lists encounters
with communities throughout
the county.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Tennis. Courts
Proposed by
Civic Groups

NEW HAvEN-A concerted
move for the construction Of ten
is courts on the high school ath-
letic field Is under way with the
organization Of q general COM
mittee planned. The Rotary Club
has already acknowledged It's
willingness to sponsor the pro-
ject and the aid Of other civic
organizations Is expected to fol-
low.
The site for the construction
of the proposed double court Is
the corner Of the athletic field
lying directly behind the base
bail diamond. Original plans for
the school field included the
laying Of the courts but after the
preliminary excavation on the
site was completed no further
work was done.
Ways and means OF securing
funds will be discussed II and
when the general committee TO
be appointed meets.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Shooters Drop
First Match
Lose by 100 Points
70 Hudson Motors

nThe Bath City Pistol team suf-
fered its first defeat Of the year
at the hands of the Hudson Motor
Revolver club at the Hudson
range last night. The local sharp
shooters were three matches up
on the Detroit team before last
nights shoot.
Off their earlier form entirely
the local outfit shot 100 points
under the opposition, getting 829
points to the Hudson teams 929.
Russell COPELAND. of the Bath
City club. took individual honors
with q 273 total out Of possible
800.
Other members Of the club
are Sergt. Hugh Tate, Homer
Moore, and Walter Stewart. The
Hudson club had Johanson. Nor
ris, Stahl, and Campbell. johann
son shot high on the team with a
258 total.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
LII Mortgages
on Daily Doubles

oSAN MkTEO, Calf, April "a
-(R-With progress and pen
ellis instead Of miners picks In
their hands, Cslifornians flocked
to the scene of . new gold rush"
todsy--the daily doubles win
dows Of the Bay Meadows horse
racing park.
In the last two days four de-
lirious happy customers had
reason to ask: How long has
this been going on7" Two of
them collected $3.o35.20 yester-
day on - tickets. The FAY be-
fore two others poke { e d
$3,6l0.60 each on the same kind
Of q deal, picking the winner of
the second and third races.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

OCHICAGO, April 24-tF-
Campbell Kane, collector Of
middle distance running
honory for Indiana University
and Big Ten mile champions,
Is quitting school In June to
join the navy air corps.
Kane, . junior, enlisted In
tho service and already has
passed entrance examinations
for the naval reserve aviation
cadet corps. An official an
nouncement from the, Great
Lakes Naval Training station
said that Kane would be ~.
signed to Robertson Field, 81.
Louis, when the school term
ends. t..