Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1930, Page 22

? NOPSIS_Strange behavior confronts llan Hunt st evers wirn when he . ¥ Dietures, ‘ehtet detective "of the ks Caroline to dinner nds _taking natole Flia CHAPTER VI “ONLY A GAME." NATOLE FLIQUE sipped his wine and put the glass down. “We shall assume, messieurs et mesdames, that I have just found the body of monsieur on the floor of his library and the patio window is closed. Comprenez vous! Monsieur has been dead some little while. How long I do not know. It is now 9 o'clock. “We shall also assume,” Flique con- tinued, “that Mile. Jahries informed me this evening that monsleur desired me to come to the library. I knocked on the door. He did not answer. I as- | sume thnt he wes dead. It was then 7| o'clock.” : Flique twirled his mustache. “He was alive at half past 6. I said, accepting the cue. “I left him then Miss Jahries saw him, too.” “Bravo!” Flique glowed. Monsi?u!“ was shot between half past 6 and 7. | “I saw Mr. Annersley go in the | Mbrary shortly after half past 6, Mrs. Parados drawled. | “yYou did not!” he shouted. “I haven't seen Mr. Parados since noon!” | “I must have been mistaken then,” Mrs, Parados said ironically. “But you did see Mr. Parados early | this e'vemng Annersley,” I reminded | him. “Towards half past 6 you came into the library with a newspaper in | your hand. I was there.” His eves were desperate. u saw him after I did, Hunt. o bout that?"” “I last saw him go ‘back tnlo the Wbrary at half past 6,” I replied. “Any- ow, I had no motive {nr kll]!ng him.” “Do you mean I have?” | “Yes." It was Mrs. Parados who flung me word at Annersley. | “What do you mean by that, Mn. Parados?” Annersley asked. “The Fleetwood Trading Co.” Mrs. Parados told him. “Hasn't Dan swin- dled you out of your interest?” | “Is that motive enough for murder? “This_Fleetwood Trldln[ Co., mon sieur,” Flique murmured. “You will tell | us about it, yes?” “It is a land company Parados formed | 10 years ago,” Annersley said. “He got| me into it—about everything I had.| ‘The company prospered until he de- | cided to ruin me. “And why did monsieur desire to! mln you?” Flique inquired. “Tell them the truth, Claude,” Mrs. | Parados taunted. “Why don’ 't you tell the truth?” Celia | led. “About yourself and Dan Plrldnll You loathe him with all your e enough,” Mrs. Parados admitted. eoolly. “I hate Dan, but I wasn't fool enough to kill him.” Mrs, Parados paused. “But you managed to get on nicely with him, didn't you, dear?” “You always were beastly to mel” Celia stormed with tears in her lovely eyes. “I detest him!” “But you managed to put up with him. I wonder why. Perhaps you have & little motive.” "flo' dare you?” Celia gas) ‘The game seemed to have 'owzn com- plnely out of the hands of its origi- "ll you want motives,” Anneruuy said hotly, “look sround. Dan Parados’ household is rotten with hatred of him. Johns dislikes him—he’s told me so. T've heard him—Parados—insult Miss Jahries. He has a thousand enemies outside.” Fortunately Anatole Flique looked up then, reminding me it was only a game. “M. le professor has the word to say for himself, I perceive.” “Really, I don't think I have much to say,” Prof. Johns murmured. “Mr, Pa- rados and I knew each other many lu and we had our disagreements, it I certainly never had any such motive as Mr. Annersiey has M.Lrlbuud to me—-" “Monsieur is of the faithful ones,” and Flique bowed. “And now shall ‘we—um—consider the clues? There are two, First, a blackness on the blue ‘Turkey carpet. And second, the price ticket clasped in the dead hand of monsieur.” That was going too far. After all, | 4t was only a game. Mn Parados said sudd d “Come in, Miss Jahries,’ Miss Jahries appeared in the door- way. “Did yo\l -hooc my husband?” Mrs, P S e n’ ow wha m Mrs. Ohrit's Just s cing 1 K just & game. Tell r #0 put some wood on the fire,” O e man, Grainger, came in. He was an elderly fellow with a bronze face. “Grainger,” Mrs. Parados said. ‘The man turned, a log in his hand. “What is that mark on your face?” “A eucalyptus slashed me across the cheek, ma’'am,” he explained. A sharp intake of breath on my left caused me to look at Celia. Her lips were pressed tightly together. “You'd better have it attended to,” Mrs. Parados sald. “Was it you who shot Mr. Parados?” “Are you making game of me, ma'am?” Grainger asked. Mrs. Parados laughed. “It's just a Joke. Look to the fire.” “Monsieur even won the hatred of that admirable Lum We,” Flique mut- tered. ‘C’est incroyable! Now M. Annersley shall tell us where he was between 6:30 and 7.” “I'll do nothing of the sort!” An- mersley shouted, leaping to his feet. *“I'm through!” He strode toward the hall door, but Plique was ahead of him. | “You will remain, monsieur,” he said | quietly. “Get out of my way!” Annersley shouted. At that * PHILADELPHIA * NEW YORK SWIFT, ten-passeng ped Stinsen Airliners from tra Wash. & N.Y.C. (P Wash, & Newark Airport Round Trip Washington ang "Airport (loss than il plus Wash, & nnu g 75 min. ... 8.85 *Ineludes between Pennsylvanis lh'.lu nn lu-m AIM nia Raliread, Tektire Untenvmens, Sotets and aieperte. The Ludington Line on an outer door. It brought us to our feet. "Whol that?” Mrs. Parados whis- '”l'he police,” said Anatole Flique. “Madame,” Flique said gently, “it is not a game that we have pl-yrd Monsieur was shot between 6:30 and 7 this evening.” (Continued tomorrow.) Piloted Engine 1,500,000 Miles. MONTGOMERY, N. 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