Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
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sailboat, heading toward the
single light on the Hurricane
House dock.
The thought Of the police
haunted Kay as they. sped on.
or course the police would see
That Ivor had been drowned acct
dentally. OF course they would
look no further.
But what If they did? she
could not keep that second
thou & h t from coming. What
would the police think if they
knew. -?
Here they were. four people.
all of whom had been out sep
arately after midnight, all of
whom had gone Independently to
the island, all of whom-yes, she
might as well admit it-all of
whom could have wished Ivor
dead.
She thought of Terry's out
burst of hatred at the dinner
table, thought of him stumbling
out OF the patio. She thought of
herself, of her avowed intention
OF stopping the wedding at all
costs, and of Rosemary's crucially
revealing diary which she had
gone to the island 10 retrieve and
which now where?
And there was Elaine. whose
obscurely motivated marriage
had been the pivotal point of
emotional cross-currents; Elaine
who, according TO her own word
and her mothers. loved Ivor and
VINO, according TO Don Baird and
now Simon, too, loved Don al
though she was planning 10
marry Ivor? Elaine who had
SWIM to the island alone search
ing for what? The bathing cap
which had been so terrifyinply
clutched in Ivor's hand and which
now was slipped down the front
OF kay's playsuit?
And then-Simon. Kay glanced
at the girl pressed close against
her on the narrow thwart Simon
whose reputation had been taunt-
ingly shattered by Ivor at dinner,
Simon with the silver slave brace
let on her wrist, Simon with her
Icy calm when they discovered
the body, her lightning hysteria
when confronted with Elaine and
her broken weeping for Ivor.
What had Simon been doing
there on the island?
They were almost al the dock
Bew Terry the engine and
swerved the boat around and
made fast. They an scrambled out.
Instinctively Kay glanced at
the swimming suits and towels
hanging on the wooden rail They
were all there with the ex-
ception Of Elaine's.
"One of you goo 10 Don's cot
tage," said Terry Get him 10
call DR.. Thorne and the police.
Tell him 10 pick them up in the
cruiser. They'll make it quicker
that way"
A T THE mention Of Don's name
~ Elaine m oved instinctively
forward and then stopped dead.
Kay noticed that indecision and
realized with stab Of alarm just
how much 1t had given away
Hurriedly she said I'll go"
She ran down the narrow jetty
and along the short strip Of cliffs
and into the slave cottage.
Don Baird, dressed in a pair OF
white cotton pajamas. his throat
revealed. jumped angrily up when
she entered
What the hell ,"
Swiftly he stepped sideways.
blocking kay,s view Of the couch.
But she had already seen what
he was trying TO keep her from
seeing. Thrown carelessly on the
cushions Of the couch was a girl S
evening gown
Elaine's dress
Don was glazing at her Il may
be just the hired help but ! sec
that my privacy's respected.
Next time yeu come I'm here
knock" His very blue eyes
stared straight at her, shifting
up and down her sodden play
suit. What happened? Did you
fall in the sea ,"
She stared back.
"Ivor's dead. That's what hap
pened. We've just found him
over on the island beach. Simon
and Terry and land Elaine"
Elaine"
For a moment ne looked as If
EwnHIGfH fHrHnHH' Hl 1alF
A Woman Y