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MURDER IN PARADISE
BY MARGUERITE GAHAGAN
eopvmaHT. tsst,
HKA StftVICS. INC.
Tnn TORTl Harr 0"Oaaa
Vraadera at (a tnnr rlrraai
ataar.aa at Para-ait aka, vratra
aaa ana1 hr aplrlfrd Mother
Maaafa art Taratlnnla. laai aara
broaaat raparler Urania Flraa to
faa KfBlt Harnart Cord, aapalatl
aata waa aaa baa earrrlas aa a
innntr fllrlatfoa wlta roans
Jraata Marrla for twa raara, la
aanraarad. Marsla IMsaa. arclta
fllanaaa aa hronahi with aim 1a
paradlaa l.aa thla year mark fa
Jaanlc'a ambarraaameni. aratarl
rallr lallmafm aaaplaloa af
lraala. Otarra waadar karr
Jaaala'a atralalit-laead aplaatar
ml, Hln Mllllr. rn-la atinot ka
aaardar of a aiaa aha deanlard.
Marr, faar, and Tod l'Mlmer,
local editor, all frrt that Maadta
kaoara mora Ikaa aba ta rcveallna-.
TOD PALMER'S BOMBSHELL
CHAPTER VI
Tms tried with flattery and!
" threat! to make Maudie tell:
mi why aha was so convinced that
Herbert Cord was not the victim
of tha numbers boys, but she re
fused. "I suppose you know the Mor
risses," Maudie said In that
friendly, gossipy way that meant
the other conversation was defi
nitely at an end.
From the way the boy's face
flushed, we could gather that he
knew one of them at least Maudie;
: brightened up at once, and I could I
aee her mind grasping at the ro-i
mantle possibilities.
"Jennie Is certainly sweet
child," she said. Tod's bands turn-,
bled awkwardly for a cigaret, but I
he managed to agree. He said he d
known her for some time, but it
wasn't until this summer when he
was back home to stay that he had
really had a chance to get ac
quainted again.
"I suppose your father knew;
everyone in his day," Maudie said,,
walking toward the door with
him. "But the old-timers go. Missi
Morris and that man at the inn,;
Chris Gordon, I guess they must1
be about the two oldest residents'
round these parts."
Tod said he guessed so. too. His:
father used to talk about the days;
when Miss Mime was young and:
pretty, and Chris Gordon had been
there running the little inn.
"Young and pretty well, I sup
pose Miss Morris might have been
once, only it seems hard to be
lieve," Maudie added.
"Oh, Miss Millie's all right when
you ge to know her," the boy
aid. . t.
"Yes, I enjoyed talking with heri
even xoougn ine occasion wasn't!
the best one could wish for. She si
woman of convictions, I'd say.'"
"My father said she had the
longest memory of anyone he
knew, and heaven help the per-i
eon she didn't like. But she was'
loyal to her friends, he used to'
say. You know Liza Holmes, that
old scarecrow of housekeeper,
(has been there for years. No one
Rnrt Miss Millie would ever keen
ksneh a domineering old sourpuss
larwma tee bouse. But Miss Mil
He's always had her there and I
suppose she always wHL
rpOD finally got away. After
! Denny had kidded Maudie
wouw more and had been invited
Mo make our cottage his headquar
jaers while on the story, he, too.
Mailed out again.
When he had left I felt that
wnptiness within me. It looked as
(hough I was right back where I
was a year ago, and I wished Tdi
never seen his funny face.
Maudie looked forward to 'the
Inquest with an enthusiasm that:
wasn't decent I don't know what'
sort of fireworks she expected, but
s far as I was concerned the pro
ceedings were anything but pleas-:
nt Not that my part or Maudie'si'
u bad, for the questions theyi
ked us were nurelv routine, hnti
hated to sea Jeania Mania
auled up there. The Quarrel inf
ha inn and the plans for the pie-
' were enougn to cause tha au
sitles to feel that Jeanle mieht.
t able to throw soma Hstit rm tha
laffair.
She handled herself well. an.
. lowering the questions in a distinct
1 Wulet voice that wasn't in harmony
with the paleness! of her face or
Ithe distraught look In her blue
feyeS. She admitted She hart knrram
IHerbert Cord well very well fort
l&trverai years.
! : "After the conversation between
lyou three in the inn, what did youi
iuu, miss morris; asKea r Tea un
derwood, the assistant coroner.
"Do 7" she repeated. "Why.
my Judge. Bat I wasn't and so
tha business continued. Jennie
Morris was paler than before.
"I stopped on the way home."
Her voice wasn't qui to so steady
now, but she still retained her
dignity. "I I met someone and
we visited for a few minutes."
We all sat there awaiting tha
next question. I could see Miss
Millie two seats away from me,
watching her niece with an ex
pressionless face.
Dressed In that rusty black
gown of a bygone era, Miss Millie
added the finishing touch to the
room. ' Maudie was breathing
faster than ever and I knew aha
wished now that she hadn't worn
that new corset
Denny Flynn was sitting up in
front taking notes occasionally,
but most of the time just watch
ing people. Once he looked at me
and his eyebrows went up into
those little triangles as he smiled.
My heart went into a silly flutter.
aaa
rpHE assistant coroner stood
looking at the girl as though
framing his next question. Who
she was with was what everyone
wanted to know. And the general
; feeling was that she would name
'Herbert Cord.
One could easily Imagine where
ithat would carry her in the minds
'of the jurors sitting to determine
ihow this man had met his death
and by whose hand. A quarrel
j there, and a bitter parting and
then the girl's pursuit down the
'half-mile stretch of road with
more angry reproaches until the
lend, with his body sprawled on
tha 'bed of "mint ta the boob.
I bathed woods. '
Tims seamed to stand still whO
we sat there waiting and then
cama the first bombshell. But it
was one that made Maudie and
me lean bark In our hard, un
comfortable chairs and relax with
relief. It came when young Tod
Palmer, sitting next to Denny
with some sheets of copy paper
clutched in his hands, stood up.
"I should like to say, sir, that
Miss Morris was with ma during
that time."
(To Be, Contmnrd)
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squad been so alert and capable
in the first gnme of the season
as wore the Cadets in defeating
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
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NEXT: Flamingo on Ice.
"OTTOMAN EMPIRE"
ll went home."
; Margie Dixon, alreadv aklns.
'advantage of her bereavement by'
wearing a oiacjc Slilc dress thati
did things to her curves and a:
black affair of velvet and feathers,
that passed as a hat and brought
out her green eyes, sat upright
in her chair and stared at the girL
"Immediately. Miss Morris? This
(conversation took place about 0:30
in in evening, didn't it?" Under
wood asked. "If you went home
at once you would have reached
the residence of VOtlf Hunt ahniff'
9:45, wouldn't you?"
aaa
TE.NIE hesitated a second. She
looked so young, so unprepared;
for the questions that were com
ing, that I wished I could Just
leave and miss the whole wretched.'
business. She looked at her white,
gloves and smoothed the stitching j
on the backs of them. "Yes," she
admitted, "it would take about 151
minutes, I guess."
' "But at 10:30 that evening you
'were seen In Echo Grove going
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HORIZONTAL
1 Depicted
country;-
6 Its capital
12JVult,
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18 ProvidedL
19 Hostelry.
21 Musical Bote.
22 Parent.
23 Two fives.
25 Electrified
particle.
26 Money ol
account
28PerL
29 Boat paddle,
31 Completes.
33ModeL
35 Bones.
38 Astronomical
Instrument.
39 Tear again,
40 Vegetable.
41 Poker stake.
42 Fiber knots.
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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55 Each (abbr.).
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58 Sun godi
60 Pronoun.
61 Emmets.
63 SUck.
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48 Not high. VERTICAL
50 Compass 2 Opposite oi '
point. down.
3 Portuguese,
coin.
4 Mohammedan
infideL
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(abbr.).
8 Sea .otter.
9 Constellation.
10 Railway
abbr.).
11 Pillar.
13 Upon.
15 Simpleton.
17 Form of 1."
19 Within.
20 Negative.
22 Plural (abbr.)
24 Inhabitants of
Normandy.
27 Rues.
28 Perfume. ,
30 Ammonia
substance.
32 Pertaining "
to dower.
33 Seize.
34 Mineral rock.
36 Perched.
37 Exist
43 Dish.
45 Eagle's nest
46 Stud.
47 By.
49 Plural A
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62 Type measure
53 Cereal grass.
55 Finale.
57 Italian river.
59 Beverage.
61 Land measure.
62 Senior,
(abbr.).
63 Pint (abbr.).
64 Cloth
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