Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1928, Page 26

i NANCY BARR MAVITY THE TOLE MARSH MURDER Copyright, 1928, by Bell Syndicate, Ine (Continued from Ycsterday's Star.) | guess. to get you thinking.” il ~ | “But he didn't get to see Mrs. Ells- | worth——" “That thing you your time. & 7 e mm! b “I'd forgotien all about him. I thought g A agrh T Mg 3 . he was just trying to sell somethiny e Those canvassers will move heaven and e "uenier. wna Shay that n- | carth lo see the lady of the house. But A “inidentified body s found i he Tule | SOMC Lo (hink, e didnl have a bag or How long ago was this?” t has been burned | & act it 201 “at was—let me think-—I remember I hated to stop to answer the door be e ‘body 10 | cause it was the middle of the after- "dance I was going to with my sweetie. And the dance was on the 16th, because THE STORY THUS FAR. Don Ellsworth's wife, formerly all right, too. Tell me every- an remember about it. the fa- marsh_outside the cit s called i to s only 10, %< | noon, and I was trying to slip some time lation | in 1o sew the flower on my dress for 4 owi and afte I al the bod u the mar a n w, in whom Piper has be s | when she hears this half in love with her. feeling and his suspicion murder between his (hat _she knows Mrs, and he said he'd have to plenty how me & real swell time.’ rhe 16th. Thal was just two Mis. Ellsworth disappeared Why, so it was! I never thought of it from that moment to this.” “All right. | me exactly what happened. You're do- ing fin ‘Well, this man asked for Mrs. Ell ‘What name, ple: proi papers with which y | may take her thi forced Elisworth to marry bt hay 7 MANY SAVE MONEY ON WESTERN TRIPS VIA NEW ORLEANS An econcmical and comfortable trip--saving approximately one half of sleeping_car fare, by using tourist car from Washington, D. C., daily departure. 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It is a th by the name “David Orme. cides to do sume sleuthing on his ow and visits the Elisworth home. \des n uc- count CHAPTER XXIX. “I'd have known you for a detective | anywhere!” Ethel stood in the doorway of the vine-covered summerhouse at the gar- | den end of the pergola, to which she had conducted Peter and surveyed him | with respectful ardor. Peter cast a disapproving eve at the rose tendrils thrusting their way here and there through the lattice of the walls; he had an idea that he would never cease to regard roses as the most vicious and hostile of floral specimens. | “That, of course, is because you know about detectiv he id. “Come in and sit down, where we won't be seen.” Ethel perched herself on the extreme edge of one of the small iron chairs which, with a little green-painted tea table. furnished the interior. “Oh, there's nobody now this place,” she assured him. always adored detective stori never thought—never in the world— that I'd ever have a chance to be part of a real one, not even after Mrs. Ells- worth disappeared. It didn't bit like a story somehow. Eve went on just about as usual. I know Dr. Cavanaugh’s awfully grand, but he doesn’t act one bit like a real sleuth, does he?” “He conceals his talents,” Peter said solemnly. . “Do you work with the police?” Ethel's hands were clasped tightly in her lap and her face was a round beam- ing_ moon of excitement. “I'm ‘with’ but not ‘of’ them.” With an air of great caution Peter flashed the shield of his police press badge momentarily into view. “I'm a sort of special deputy private investiga= tor,” he said with digni “I picked you out to help me because your read- ing has given you a certain familiarity with detective methods. But first I must ask you to swear absolute secrecy.” “What do you want me to swear on?" Ethel gasped. “What have you got?” Peter inquired practically. The “swearing” was an in- spiration of the moment and he had quite forgotten that, to be properly ceremonious, it must be done “on” something. “I don't kntj as I've rightly got ything on me——" SIDE TRACKED who uses “I've CommMoN CoLD! 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But I took it up to|I sce her ier, and she read it and threw it @own | traveling about the country, but he'd on the desk without saying a word. | better brush up a littie, even if he was | Then she picked it up again and lmnd- | cemping out, if he expected to sell |ed it to Mrs. Kane and said, 'I'l be | s | damned if I do'—excuse the language.” | | Mrs. Ellsworth’s language isn't your | fault. Go right ahead.” “So_then I.thought it was tickets or | “Oh, sir, I— something she was turning down.’ She | “Now don't get scared. You're doing told me to tell him there was no answer | splendidly. I couldn’t do better myself. and for him not to call again. But I ‘ What sort of looking man was he? wasn't more than half way down the | “He was just an ordinary kind of stairs when Mrs. Kane came down after | man. Not very big—not as tall as Mrs. me and said she'd attend to it herself. | Kane. He was kind of thin looking, as Gracious. how it all comes back, now | if he'd been sick or something.” that I think of it | Peter thought this over, chewing the Yes," Peter nodded. “And then?” | stem of his pipe and longing with ail his t me sce. Ididn’t want Mrs. Kane | soul for one of his familiar cigarettes. | to see me going right back to my room, | o far he had got exactly nowher { because I never did like that woman, |~ He knew that David Orme had called and it would be just like her to tell me |at the Ellsworth house—which he had I wasn't minding my duties. So I stood | known already—with the additional in- back in the hall waiting for her to get | formation that he had stopped at the through at the door and go back up-|automobile camp grounds. But David stairs. I couldn't hear what they said.” 5 Orme, 5o, far as the description went, t a thing?” Peter's voice Was a|might be any one of thousands. Peter groan of disappointment. | might pass him a dozen times, meet him “Well, now, let me think. He had on | face to face on the streets, without a kind of a da uit, blue it was, and it chance of recognizing him. You leaped to I | shrank back startled. heard him say that?" Peter neckwear. tures of Resilio Neckwear. Other Resilio Cravats, §3 to $ TIUE MEN'S STORE, SECOND FLOOR And I thought he must be | s feet so suddenly that Ethel | ‘Watch Tomorrow’s Papers for Advertisements “A Sale Overflowing With Wonderful Economy Opportunities” Quality.. ..Style... VALUES! Woobpwarp & LoTHROP THE MEN’S STORE—Second Floor Great artists in Switzerland, France and Italy de- signed these richly colored silks; great tie-makers in this country have made them into Resilio Cravats far superior, we think, to any other type of men’s See these new four-in-hands in our F Street windows; come into the Men’s Store and see the many patterns included in this, our annual Resilio Exposition. 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It is the most speedy remedy kmown Ethel “He went away Ou;’ Fqll-\Vinter Expdsition Mens REsiLio CravaTs shows exclusive imported silks 5 camp person—that night? Are you ab- solutely sure it was he?” “Oh, yes. I'm quite positive. You see my friend—Dan, his name is, but I call him Danny; it's sort of a pet name. He's awfully cute. He said he was g ing to call me ‘Gas’ because my na Ethel—Ethel gas, you know docsn't, really; he just says things like that the be funny. ~ He said——" “I'm sure he's Witty as Os Peter interrupted. “But you saw-—" “I never saw Oscar Wilde. But I think Harold Lloyd's just killing.” “And “Yes,” Peter agreed hastily. Danny came around for you saw this man—" “Oh, yes. me to the back entrance, in his Ford. When we turned out of the driveway— | space, seized Ethel by the shoulders and it’s a sharp curve, you know—this same | planted a resounding kiss on her aston- man was standing close under a tree at [ ished cheek. the corner of the Jawn. The headlights “You and Danny are going to have were on him only a minute, but I know | the finest wedding present the little old t was him, because his hand was rest- | pay envelope can afford!"” he shouted ing against a tree limb. and the last two | “Keep it under your hat, Ethel, darling i e off at the first knuckle, | And watch young Peter do some granc | and lofty sleuthing!” His long legs were twinkling in full retreat down the driveway before Ethe recovered her breath. “Well, if that ain't the limit!" she ex claimed to the empty air. “Detectives sure are funny.” " breathed Peter. And again: “Suffering cal Why in the name of all that's holy didn't you give me that description before?"” “It never entered my head. You see, Danny and I—" Peter bounded across the intervening (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) 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