, WOMEN WONT TALK,
'BY RENE RYERSON MART ; .sraSa.'SS
CHAPTER XI
f ONNIE stood up. Her nervous
Angers were tugging at the
- knot of the scarf around her
shoulders. "I lost it one evening
last week taking a walk after
dinner," she said Jerkily.
I couldn't bear to look at her
face. I looked down and that was
how I happened to see the sequln
welghted scarf slipping from her
shoulders. She had unconsciously
untied it And then I stared. Slop
ing across one shoulder and white
arm was an ugly purplish-red
bruise.
Shaw couldn't see it, she was
facing him. I must do something
before he did.
But I needn't have worried. He
had something urgent on his mind
for the moment. His men had
been searching the upstairs while
he kept us occupied in the living
room, and panning for gold dust
they had found a nugget. Shaw
drew a piece of paper from his
pocket.
"Perhaps you can explain this,
too. Mrs. Kraik. We found it in
the -wastebasket in your room
He held out the piece of paper for
her to see.
Connie shrank back as if he had
truck her.
He read the note aloud: "I'm
hiding in the old play cave. Come
this evening. I've got to see you.
It's a matter ot life and death.
Derek."
It is marvelous in a split second
how many thoughts can crowd into
the human mind. I saw Connie
wearing slacks and a coat to hide
this hurt on her arm; Connie
fainting over Derek's body; Con
nie insisting that I phone for Val
ter that she simply had to have
him; Connie wanting a lawyer;
Connie searching my room (the
room I occupied now, the mul
berry room that had Been hen
until some time Wednesday after
noon), searching for a book, she
had said, and coming out with thai
lost look upon her face.
VHAS it this note she had been
" looking for? This note that
she had read and laid down some
where, and that had only assumed
tragic importance after Derek was
murdered. And then, perhaps, she
eouldn t remember in her excite
ment where she had left it But
It didn't make sense Connie did
not know Derek.
t looked at the girl. She was
swaying on her feet
She gave Shaw a despairing
look. "I killed him but I didn't
mean to."
Walter Jumped forward and
pushed Connie back down on the
divan. He wasn't very gentle about
It and his face was awfuL
"Connie, you dont know what
you're saying. Keep quiet!"
She looked at him pathetically.
"Oh, yes, I know, Walter." Her
breath caught. "I can't go on try
ing to hide it. I've nearly died.
I've got to tell this man "
She turned back to Shaw. "I
didn't mean to kill him. I only
pushed ' film hard to keep him
from kissing me. We were stand
ing about half way down the bank
of the ravine, so that no one could
see us rrom the house. It was
pretty steep there, and when I
shoved him we both lost our bal
anetvr.I fell against a tree, that's
when I hurt my shoulder, and he
I ell down in. the ravine. I saw
him. lying there on his back, but I
didnt think he was hurt badly. I
lust turned and ran. That s when
I lost my heel. He he must have
srawled back up the side of the
ravine before he died."
Shaw was staring at her. "When
did this happen, Mrs. Kraik?"
"Wednesday evening after din
ear." "That was the evening of the
day you got his note the day be
fore you found his body?"
Connie nodded agreement
"VTTHAT did Derek Grady want
to see you about what did
he mean by that note?" Shaw pur
sued. "He wanted money to get away
an. He said he was in trouble
with the police."
"You took him the money, and
then he tried to make love to you?
In that it?"
Walter broke in violently. "This
Is nonsense. She didn't even know
the man."
Connie drew away from Walter.
Her voice was shamed. "Yes, I
knew him but I didn't know
that he was the Derek you knew.
met him a long time ago when
lie came to live with his father,
who was a neighbor of ours. I
went around with him a lot the
FUNNY BUSINESS
vSAjgfflHL gtSN II Mil
l "it's that young inventor who
lummer before I went away to
nurse's training school."
Something clicked in my mind,
t knew now why the address on
Wheatland avenue that the news
paper had given as Derek's home
had been familiar. Of course, that
was the same street where Connie
had lived before she married Wal
ter. "Did you give him some money?"
Shaw persisted.
"No," Connie said slowly. "I
didn't have any here at the house.
I told him to go away at once or
we would call the police and
then then . . ."
Shaw cut short her misery. "No
need to go over that again, Mrs.
Kraik. Just one more question.
Who brought you the note from
Derek Grady?"
"His grandmother," Connie said.
Two spots ot red began to burn
in her white cheeks.
Shaw's face was pretty grim.
Connie watched it like a bird
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"Do I have to go with you now?"
Her voice was a whisper.
The deputy shook his head, and
his next words brought me out of
a bad dream. "No, you don't have
to go with me. You didn't kill
Derek Grady if you're telling the
truth. Your story explains the in
jury on the back of his head, but
that wasn't what killed him. He
was shot."
(To Be Continued) . ;.-
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of survival. Upon victory in this
war depends not only our right
j to strike, but the very freedom
i of the nation; therefore, those
who today advise the miners to
strike not only do not help the
: miners to win their demands,
j but are playing into the hands
; of our enemies. Leo Krycki,
; president American Slav con.
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We can't understand double
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