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ISSUE No, :3 '33
.41.4Hfre-81.46-41.111.41 .41.4.4.4)40.40.444.041.04044
Murder
at Bridge
By ANN R AUSTIN.
a4-s-a-e-e-a-e-.a-s,e a c-a-0.e.e-mom ..-a-..e-°-a-a'•
SYNOPSIS. replaying of the "death hand at
Juanita Selim is murdered at bridge.
suspects are Lydia carr, the maid; bridge, » and scanned it again:
Flora hLiles, in Nita's closet at the time 5.20—Flora Miles, dummy, table
oi• the murder reading a note she thinks 5.22—Clive Hammond arrives and
is from her husband, Tracey, to Nita,
but which is from Dexter Sprague, prob- goes directly into solarium:
ably Nita's lover and partner in black 5.23—End of rubber at table No. I,.
mail, and on Ralph Hammond, engaged players: Polly Beale, Janet Raymond,
toya a tells of a b.'1 S +ague contrived Lois Dunlap, Flora Miles (dummy).
near Nita's bed, to ring in Lydia's room. Poll Beale leaves living
Investigating the $10,100 Nita received, y muni to join
probably as blackmail, Dundee rsks Olive Hammond in .solarium.
Penny Crain, former society girl, now 5.24—Janet Raymond leaves room;
district attorney's secretary, if an of
the women were in a scandal at the For- says alio went straight to front porch,
syte School, where Nita directed , the 5.25—Tracey Miles . parks car at
Easter play. Dundee learns from ons
Dunlap that Nita was strangely excited curb; walks lip to the house, :tangs up
on seeing a group picture of "Tl.e Beg- hat in clothes cli set and (his 2Stl -
gar's Opera." Peter Dunlap is hostile ,
toward Dundee and angry at the public- mate) at
ity for his wife. On the way home, Dun- 5.27 Miles enters living room„
dee warns Sprague not to carry on with
the blackmail, reminding him t` at Nita talks with Nita, who, as dummy; has
got a b..list as well as $10,000. just laid down her cards at table No.2. Players: Karen Marshall, Penny
CHAPTER X:�XIV Crain, Carolyn Drake. m
It v as Wednesday evening, four r.28 --Nita leaves living room,' goes
whole days since Nita Leigh Selina to her bedroom to make-up.
had teen murdered while she was 5.284—Lots Dunlap and Miles go
dummy at bridge. Plainclothesmen, into dining roots, Miles to make cock -
in pairs, day and night s.iifts, still tails.
r
guarded the lonely house in Primrose 5.31—Judge Marshall .nters living
Meadows, but Dundee had taken no room, interrupts bridge game.
interest in the actual scene of the 5.33 ---John C. Drake enters living
crime since Carraway, fingerprint ex- room, having walked from Country
pert, had reported negatively upon the Club, which he says he left at 5.10,
secret shelf between Nita's hedroonxi and which is only three-quarters of a
closet and the ;;nest closet. mile from .the Selim house.
The very lack of fingerprint's had 5.36—listen finishes playing ,of,
of course confirmed Dundee's belief hand, and Dexter Sprague and Janet
that the murderer's hand had press- Raymond enter from front porch, pro -
ed upon that swinging panel, had ceedirrg into dining room.
quested in vain for the incriminating 5.37—Penny Crain`linishes scoring,
documents or letters whish had been and Karen leaves room to tell Nita the.
the basis of Nita's blackmail scheme, score.
had deposited upon the shelf the gun 5.38—Karen screams upon discov-
and silencer with which the murder ei'ing the dead body at the dressing
had been accomplished, and had later table.
retrieved the weapon in perfect safe- ' Dundee laid aside :he typeu shut,
ty. A hand loosely wrapped in a hand- and reached for another, the typing p
kerchief... The hand of a cunning, which was perfect, since Penny's fid:;
careful, cold-blooded murderer --or gees had manipulated the kyr,
murderess..... But—who? Whenhe had telephoned to the o
Bonnie Dundee, brooding at his fits just before Ave o'clock Monda}t
desk in the Dicing xoom of his small afternoon, Dundeh had learned: that;
apartment, reflected bitterly that he Peter Dtmlap had issued an informs;
wa no nearer the answer to that caIl to "the crowd" for a meeting 4
question than he had been an hour his home that evening,
after Nita Selim's death. "You're going, of Bourse?" Vendee+
"Well, my dear Watson," he ad- had asked. "Then, during the discuw1
dressed his caged parrnt' finally. sion of the case, I wish you'd try to'
"What do you say? ... Who killed' get the answers to some questions
Nita Selim?" which need clearing up—if you can.:
The parrot stirred on his perch, do so without getting yourself 'in
thrust out his hooked beak to nip his dutch' with your friends.... Fine!:.
master's prodding finger, then dis-
dainf'_lly turned his 'back.
. "I don't blame you, Cap'n," Dundee
chuckled. "You must be as sick of
that question as. I' am..., . And*liar
t. pity it ever had to be asked! If the
murderer, had not been so hasty—or
so pressed for time that he really
could not wait to listen to Nita—he
would have learned that Nita had de-
cided to be a very good girl, and had
burned the 'papers'—all because she
was genuinely in love wi{.h Ralph
Hammond. One comfort we have, my
dear Watson: the murder: r still does
not know that Nita burned the pa-
pers Friday night. Sooner or later,
when he believes police vigilance has
been relaxed, he'll go prowling about
that house, and to Captain Strawn,
who doesn't take . the slightest stock
in my theory, will go credit for the
arrest. . - . tinless—"
Dundee reached for a :xlegraph
form and again scanned the penciled.
message. Only that afternc.on had it
oecurred to him to ask the telegraph
company for a copy of the wire by
Which Dexter Sprague, according to
his own story, had been summoned to
Hamilton by Nita. The messacc read:
"Everything jake so far but would
feel safer you here. Chamber of Com-
merce planning booster mcvie found-
ing and developing of Hamilton. Look-
ing for good director. Why not try
for job as good excuse. All lay love.
—Nita."
Dundee laid the paper on his desk,
lockrdl his hands behind his head, and
addressed the parrot again.
"As I was about to say, my dear
Watson, Captain Strawn's boys out at
the Selim house. will have tueir chance
to nab our Ivan—or woman unless
Dexter Sprague ignores my warning
and tries to carry on the blackmail
scheme, which he undoubtedly knew.
all about and which, most probably,
he encouraged Nita to undertake—the
'friend' she had to consult, you know,
before she could decide to accept Lois
Dunlap's offer."
The parrot interrupted with a
hoarse cackle.
"Have you gone over to the enemy,
Cap'n?" Dundee reproved the bird.
"You sound exactly like Strawn when
he laughed at my interpretation of
this message this afternoon, My late
chief contends --and it is jUS:, possible,
of cenarse, that he is right—that Nita
was afraid! she couldn't swing the job
of organizing and directing Lois' Lit-
• . Theatre, an i wanted Sprague here,
both as lover and unofficial assistant.
But that's a pretty thin explanation,
don't you think? ...But I'd feel het-
ter if Strawn had taken my advice
and set a dick to trail Sprague to see
that he keeps out of mischief,"
With a deep sigh the troubled
young special investigator reached for
the "'.dime 'T'able" he ha x drafted.
horn his notes made during the grisly
down the hall, to hang up hat and
stick. Proceeded to living room,
"Third: John Drake told Peter he
en,:ered front hall and passed on to
lasetory to wash up. Hung up hat m
guest closet. Went to living room
within three minutes after reaching
the .
"FUurthhouse: Polly and t;live told Peter
they stayed together in solarium the
el.ele time, stationed at front window
watching for Ralph. Had seen both
Fudge Marshall and Johnny Drake
arrive; It occurred to Peter, too, to
wonc%r if either Polly or Clive went to
Nita's room to warn her that Ralph
knew about Sprague's having slept
the night before in the Upstairs bed-
room, They both denied emphatically
that they had done so,"
"Fifth: Judge Marshall volunteered
the information to Peter that Nita had
rot paid her rent, on the plea that she
was short of funds.
"Sixth: The word 'blackmail' was
not mentioned.
"Seventh: The secret shelf in the
foyer closet was not mentioned.
`Peter's verJic`, after he got
through with us that only Sprague
uld have done it—using the gun and
dentes which Nita herself had stolen
from Jingo:•
"And that's all, except that Peter
aa,ked me to convey to you his apol-
ogies ..or his rudeness Monday after-
noon. . , . Penelope.- Crain."
With a deep sigh Dundee laid Pan-
ny's report aside.
"Exactly half a dozen slossible sus-
pects, and not an atom of .actual evi-
dence against one of them . Six—count
'em; every single one of them a pos-
sible victim of blackmail. Six people.,
all of whom undoubtedly knew of the
existent, of the secret shelf. Six peo-
ple who knew Nita was in her bed -
loom, either having seen her go or
from hearing her powder box tinkling
its damnable tune... Yes, Penny!
You're right! That's all—as far as
Hamilton is concerned! If Sanderson
won't let me go to New York -which
is where the damned business started
—I'll resign and go on my own, with-
out wasting another day here."
But Dundee did not .;o'to New York
the next morning. He was far too
busy in Hamilton.
(To be continued.)
Chaucer
An old mien in a lodge within a park;
The chamber walls depicted all
around
With portraitures of huntsman,
hawk, and hound,
And the hurt deer. He listeneth
to the lark,
Whose song comes with the sunshine
through the dark
Of painted glass in leaden lattice
bound;
He listeneth and he laugheth at
Got your pencil?" •i Then writetb
And now he was re -reading the "re- clerk.
port" she had conscientiously written He is the poet of the
'and left on his desk Tuesday mornings wrote
"Peter, declaring he wanted to get ' The_. Canterbury Tales,
at the bottom of this case, presided age
like a judge on the bench, and asked
nearly every question you wanted. the
answer to. Everyone in the crowd
adores gruff old Peter and no one
dreamed of resenting his barrage of.
questions. What a detective he would
make!
"First, Janet admitted she did not
go directly to the front porch when she
left the; living room after her table
finished the last rubber. Went first to:'
the hall lavatory to comb her hair and;`
renew her make-up. Was there alone'
about five minutes then went to the
front porch. (Revised her story after
Tracey said he did not see' her on the
porch when he arrived.)
"Second: .)'usage Marshall said he
glanced into the living room when he
arrived, saw Karen, Carolyn and me
absoehed in our game, and went on
in a 'book like any
dawn, who
and his old
Made beautiful with song; and
'I read
I hear the crowing cock, I hear the
note
Of lark and linnet, and from every
page
Rise odors of ploughed field or
flowery •mead.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
"Poems," (Boston: Houghton Mif-
flin.)
NO HURRY
"Henry," said Mrs. Clipping, in
tearful tones.
"Well, my dear?"
looki;lg up from the
is it?"
"If I were to die
you marry again?"
"Not tonight."
as
asked Henry,
paper. "What
tonight, would
Holidaying In London
Here's Clara Bow and her husband, Ret Bell, as they arrived in
London far a vacation In Europe, i;lara recently staged a triumphant
Colne -back,
A Blend of Distinctive Quality
"Fresh from the Gardens"
ew Method Saves Lives
Of Poison -Gas Victims
Use of Methylene Blue Found
of Death by Dra
•
San Francisco.—A prostrate form,
dragged from a closed garage in which
an automobile motor has been run-
ning, Is surrounded by physicians and
an inhalator crew. The subject has
ceased to breathe. Expert fingers de-
tect no pulse, but the rescuers work
on.
In a clay or two the patient is con-
valescing. What bas happened? To
the man in the street, a near miracle,
because to all appearances the victim
was dead. To scientists it was a mere
drama ofhe battleatoms
c misery—a of
in a new process for resuscitating vic-
tims of carbon monoxide and cyanide
poisoning by the use of methylene
blue.
This battle of invsible ,elements 'was
described by Dr. Mathilda M. Brooks,
University of California research as-
sociate who first suggested the methy-
lene treatment, and Dr. J. P. Gray,
acting director of public health of San
Francisco, who has observed its opera-
tion.
Process Described
Just what happens in the first act of
the drama as reported by Dr. Gray
and reduced as far as possible to
every -clay terms, is this:
Immediately before the trouble
starts the normal process of respira-
tion is operating. Air, containing ap-
proximately 20 per cent. oxygen, is
passing einto the thin-walled cells of
the lungs. On the opposite side of
these walls the blood spreads itself
to Snatch Patients from Doors
ma of Chemsitry
over a wide area. By a process tech
nically called osmosis, the oxygel
atoms • from the air permeate then
thin walls, to be picked up on th
other side by the hemoglobin in tb
blood.
Hemoglobin, a compound of carbor
hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, iron an,
sulphur, combines but loosely wit'
oxygen, giving it up to the cell tissue
without much of a struggle as th
blood courses through the body.
Then the automobile exhaust fumes
consisting mainly carbon monoxide
of
Y
displaces the air in the lungs. Th4
blood, coursing along the wall: of thi
lung cells for oxygen, finds carboy
monoxide instead. The hemoglobif
has a greater chemical affinit, for car
bon monoxide than for oxygen, pick
ing it up readily and forming a ,chemi
cal composition containing oxygen but
holding to it so tightly that the cel'
tissues get little or none. Death ap
preaches.
Methylene Blue Enters
Now methylene blue, heretofore
used mainly as a dye with which to
stain geniis and make them visible
under the microscope, enters as the
conquering hero. Dr. 'brooks des
cribed how it goes to work.
"Methylene blue," said Dr. Brooks
"takes the place in the .blood, tem
porarily, of the oxygen-carryiag; eellt
until they are able to, i esume propel
function. The dye car ''s th„ oxygen
to the tissues..' . -
Surgery in the Butcher Shop
A good French housewive always
has to be personally introduced to a
chicken, filet or fish before it may
become a work of gastronomic art.
The pokings, the critical sniiiings,
the minute examination of eyes and
more intimate organs involved in
these ceremonies may be relegated to
the past if Dr. Kaplan. of the Pari-
sian Faculty of Medicine has his way.
A doer as well as a dreamer, the
doctor has opened a shop which
looks like the operating room of a
hospital. 1
White -clad men who wear rubber
gloves and who may easily pass as
surgeons are the butchers. They
breathe air which is of a constant
temperature and which is forever
sterilized and renewed. A. house-
wife who wants a cote d'agneau or
a gigot de veau must rely entirely
on her eyes. The good and bad
points of a poulard must be discuss-
ed with the aid of loud -speakers and
microphones through an intervening
glass chamber. -
Madge—"Were you p: sed with
your Christmas presents?"
Marjorie—".Perfectly. 1 received
seventeen and I ani going to have .
only fifteen exchanged for some-
thing else."
"My wife quarrels" at the slightaal
provocation." "Lucky man; My wife
doesn't need any provocation,"
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