Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20

ri SAW your dear little niece in Dons arms
and he was kissing her. How do you think
word have felt when he heard p" Saying this,
Elamorous Simon Morley faced Kay Vineyard,
aunt of lovely young Elaine Chiltcn whose
wedding 10 rich Ivor Drake, Kay had come 10
Bermuda 10 stop But now Ivor was myster-
ously dead and Simon was insisting he had
loved her and not Elaine.
Kay had with her the diaIy of Rosemary
Drake Ivors adorng wife who had killed her
self I'm desperation, after recording WARS
calculated prosecutions of her Kay felt when
Gilbert and Maud Chiltern read her story they
would halt their daughters marriage. But she
found the Chiltens living on Ivors bounty. He
had even provided nurse, Alice Lumsden,
for Gilbert whose legs were paralyzed and who
had to use a wheel chair
on Rays arrival Don Baird law student
and Ivors summer boatman, who loved Elaine.
swore 90 her he would stop the wedding even
If he had TO kill someone Terry, Elaines
brother and Simon heard him. Later, Rays sis
ter Maud Landed Ivor and refused to worry
Gilbert with Rosemary's tragic revelations At
dinner Ivor spoke sliGhtingly Of Simon where
upon Terry tried to strike him and denounced
hrs parents for accepting his favors. Ivor plan
ming to spend the night in a playhouse he
owned on a nearby island left at 1880, Maud
going with him TO the dock.
Kay finding the diary missing suspected
1vor and padded TO the island to retrieve it.
She saw Simon there and soon after, they dis
covered Ivor drowned near his speedboat. one
hand clutchng Elaine's silver bathing cap Kay
hid IT. Elaine came swimming toward them,
capless and obviously looking for something.
Kay hailed Terry who sailing and they
got the body to the mainland Kay ran to Dons
cottage with the news. They can't have killed
him now" he cried, and then asked Did you
DO it .? Mortified she said 1t was an accident.
He phoned Or. Thonc corOner's physician and
Major Clifford police magistrate. Then Kay
Elaines dress on a couch. II was ripped
and bore a scarlet stain I'VE didn't see a
thing" said Don and stuffed it in a drawer.
Back on the dock Kay noticed a deep scratch
on Elaines face When they met at the
house, Thome, after privately handing Kay
the missing diary which he had picked up
suggested II might furnish a motive for
killing Drake who he was convinced had
met a violent death After they had all
denied visiting the beach after dinner,
Clifford took them there, pointed out
strange marks on the sand and declared
someone might have knocked Ivor uncOn-
scious hauled him to the speedboat and
then thrown him over TO drown you mean
the Major said facts so indicated. Facing
Maud who had sworn she saw Ivor leave
IN the boat he asked: Are you sure he was
conscious-an and alive ." She stuck TO her story
and there the questioning ended for the night.
It was after this. that Simon, in the room
she shared with Kay, insisted Ivor had loved
only her kay dsillusioned her convinced her
% was Terry who really loved her declared
he had strong motives for killing Ivor, that he
in danger as a suspect and that Simon
herself might have TO explain her presence on
the island alone if she talked. She agreed to
say nothing.
Maud's story TO Clifford puzzled Kay, for
she had seen her returning TO the house ten
minutes later than she had admitted What
was she doing In that fateful interval? She
puzzled over Elaine. too Late II was she
took the bathing cap. which was split and
showed % 90 Elaine whom she found nervousy
ironing out a mans paJamas. Elaine gaSpcd
and told such wildly conflicting stories that
KAY asked You don't want me TO think YOU
murdered Ivor do YOU The girl refused to
admit she bad sVum ont ~ look for tho cap
nor would she explain how il had been split
Terry appeared. saying ! can't go on like
this, Elaine wondering II you killed Ivor."
lie insisted lac had seen her swimming AZ the
time and near the spot where Clifford be-
neved 1vor was murdered 7 won't say any
thing" cried Elaine. and ran out Then
Terry asked Kay II simon could be guilty.
IN despair they agreed 20 stick to the stories
they had told clifford that Elaine was with
Terry in his sailboat and Simon had padded
over with Kay. When Kay got back to her
room Simon was asleep.
(And Now Go on With the storyD
IN
I/AY slept too. Before she could Try 10
Il straighten the tangle Of obvious lies
~ and probable half truths she had learned