The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-02
CHAPTER E~ORTY-EIGHT

,sve happened % you i we hadn't
,eer ahead N our figuring - and
waiting 1ar HIM" the inspector
asked.
defective HYWater would have
,ro,rcteG me- | told him with
areat dignity and small conviction.
pa met: die pou 2et here" And
low dld you know he'd cor;e for
ne pearls that day."
Tn. inspector MADE a sound that
was a near relation to = Bronx
rnee
How 90 I know today Is Sum
ayo lie asked. Why if was SO
re-: ned use the funeral of his
las. yictim 70 come and get the
n~esrls, had four Of my best men
yaiting tor him behind the NOT
aIte-ctosed docr of The Woodto-dx
aoar'mert since noon. The only
t.a.on he came Sc late Tss that
acc miscacuIate6 the tina it was
asld.'
He said quite openly ne Amos.
mad d tit when ne saw you get gu!
NJ Barry's car in front Of your
house From the corner Of Sixth
avenue. I :hink," Hunt took up the
tale ''Tha,'s why you had that
weird telephone call Shortly after
var6 &c get you out again. But
nv making it from . pay booth
ne didn't notice l hadn'- really
sope away, but was walking
around the block. And l guess it
,,so was the reason that J didn't NC
tics NM. But - I saw you rush
MI Of the house like a bat out of
bades. and was sc sure it meant
bss imminent arrival 1 had O'Brien
-. me into your apartment with
,s passkey and made myself COM
,or;atle IN your guest room to be
On hand for the payoff."- ,
Blu. # YOU knew so much. why
rid YOU ask to come upstairs with
me-" I wondered.
"Oh as a matter OF form. ]
knew voa'd say no You were too
sc.-e: "a XIII .you," he told me
with : brief grin.
+. was trae. And to hide my con.
fusion l said: Il see." in imitation
Ct the Inspector and then asked
nm: land then what happened?
When did you get there?"
"a few minutes after you t~lo
ne tc come he informed me with
a touch of sarcasm. 'O'Brian .had
called in shortly before to say our
friend had arrived - undisguiseo
ana with the excuse ne had to pick
Up something Miss Tarrant mad for
gotten. And from then on it was
simple, I joined my men in the
Noodfords apartment-from where
| saw you drag Bywater into your
fSyer - and we followed you II
after a couple of minutes. You
have nice, thick carpets, 50 you
dida't hear us. But I stood a Few
fee: away from you, around the
corner. all through your talk with
the rat. Got there just IN time tt
see you and him recognize each
,ther, and - was it a picture!
I've never seen a more surprised
o. relieved face than yours?"
'Nell, I was both" I admitted.
Because I'd become absolute
" convinced it mad 10 be Hunt,
ATE: II reconstructed my recep-
ion in the living room and dis
covered Margot had seen Dick and
Hunt cross the foyer toward us, in
one Of ne narrow mirrors between
The windows. l was just to dumb
% realize she also must have seen
Ionic = in the other coming
from Meals room"
That's a mistake I'd have made
myself. The Inspector consoled me.
There's nothing dumb about you,
Jane. Fact is, my hats off to you!
Your sister may be a great
actress. but you had her beat a
mule in that scene! Saved us a lot
OF trouble and money, too, you get
ing a full confession from the
iouSe In the presence of the pc,
lice"
Yes. By a fluke. The truth, is, !
mace a fool Of myself all the way
mropgh and the papers are call
ing ME h~ighfalutin' names for it,
complained.
They should. Without you the
'ase might never have been solv-
eo' Claire spoke up for me
Na4nchly. Without you those two
ace mum = skulls here - yes, j
mean you, Inspector, and your
Falued assistant, DR.. Berwick -
%ouIo never have connected Bren-
"a EImpoint stunt with the muir.
ears. And then where would they
1aVe been?"
Nowhere" Inspector Barry anc
h0nt admitted in unison. And Their
W al fell silent and walked on,
iolF abreast, until the wide roac
suddenly became a narrow path
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