Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

killed, I was alone in a canoe
padding over to the island from
my house. / went within a few
feet Of the moored rowboat.
could easily have grabbed the
rowlock."
Her long lashes, Pickering.
told Kay just what an effort it
was for her TO keep up the blase
pose. And since / seem TO be
going the whole hog, l might as
well tell you that / have some
thing which you haven't even
tried TO prove against Terry.
have motive. Quite frankly.
was not at all sorry to see the
end Of Ivor Drake"
II was fantastic that she
should have gone to those
lengths of frankness TO save
Terry. Kay remembered her last
night when she had been all
flame and fury. mourning Ivor's
death tempestuously, denouncing
the Chilterns, sneering at Terry's
love for her. And, remembering
that, Kay realized what she was
doing now. This was the real
Simon emerging from the cynical
sophisticate Ivor had made OF
her.
This was her way Of making
amends.
LAY watched as Simon turned
~ again to Terry, her lips NOV
ing in a warm little smile. And IL
struck her that Terry's love af-
fair, which last night had seemed
so pitifully star-crossed. was not
so one-sided after all.
Silence had descended on the
room with Simon's dramatic an
nouncement. Now Elaine's voice
sounded breathlessly:
You can't think Terry did It
any more. Major He he hasn't
any motive And Simon's given
him an alibi"
The Major was drawing him
self up in massive preliminary
TO speech. Suddenly DR.. Thorne
broke in:
Il wouldn't pay much atten-
ton 10 an alibi given him by
Miss Morley, Major. After all,
she's been trying TO give him an
alibi for Miss Lumsden's death,
too She's obviously lying TO
shield him"
Those words, coming coldly
and crisply. staggered Kay as II
she'd been struck Unable 20 be-
lieve her ears, she swung round
TO look at Tim When she saw
him, she couldn't believe her eyes
either His face was as cold and
crisp as his voice. II was the
face of a hostile stranger the
coroner's physician.
And, as she watched him, torn
between utter incredulity and a
singing sense Of having been
cheated, she saw him bend, pick
up his bag and lay it down on
the table at his side.
Il think this is the time for
me 10 speak, Major" He was
studiedly ignoring the shocked
antagonism Of the others. we
can certainly discredit Miss Nor
ley's evidence. And once we do
that, your case against Terry liz
very strong. AS Miss Morley
pointed out. the only important
thing you lack is a motive ! am
in a position TO show you that he
had very strong motive indeed
for wanting Drake dead"
While Kay stared at him with
growing horror, he opened the
medical bag, took out the folder,
leafed through it and picked out
the forged check with Terry's
confession attached TO il. He
moved toward the Major. holding
the papers in his hand, He said
When you read this, Major. !
think you'll find it speaks for It.
self"
Kay had lost almost all sense
Of reality then. AS the fragile
edifice OF her cloud-cuckoo-land
romance fell shattered at her
feet, she felt nothing but her own
burning shame and anger. So he
had been deceiving her after all!
In spite of common sense, she
had let him fool her not only into
betraying Terry, but also into
losing her own self respect.
Willingly, without the slightest
hesitation, she had destroyed evil
dence which could have incrimi-
mated Tim Thorne far more than
this evidence incriminated Terry.
And now, when she had saved
his skin, he was repaying her