The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1942, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, DEC! M RS. MURDOCK TAKES A CASE Chapter Eight Confession (JOYCE lit a cigarette and passed ' it to her. She sat down on the civan. far enough away so that she could curl one foot under her and watch her caller. “Now.” she said, “what is all this?” “I went to see Perry Clarke.” “Delia!” “I did.” ‘1.e girl sucked hun-| grily on the cigarette and Joyce could see her hand trembling. “I've just come from there.” Joyce swallowed hard. her smoky-blue eyes troubled but Steady. “And what was that about be- ing_arrested?” “Maybe FI will be. I stole some- thing.” “You stole something?” “From his bedroom.” Joyce let her breath :ome out and made her voice patient and very calm. “Perhaps,” she said, “you'd better start at the be- ginning.” “That would be last night. I suppose.” Delia said. and for the first time the excitement died in her voice. “It wasn’t a quarrel, really. but I knew something was | wrong.” She paused and studied the end of her cigarette. “I'd known, of course, that Warc had had some trouble in South America. He never told me what it was and I never asked him about it—or cared. He just mentioned once that he’d been in a jam. And other times, when someone would ask him about his experiences down there I could see a change come over him. It was nothing anyone else would notice: you couldn’t really see anything different in him, but always, when we were going home, he would be quiet and thoughtful and not talk much. And he’s not a particularly moody person, Joyce. So I knew that something was bothering him . . . And then last night, when that awful little man came to the table. If you had seen the look Ward gave him—” “I did,” Joyce said. “It scared me,” Delia said. “I felt that he knew all about what- ever trouble Ward had had. You heard what Ward said when he went out—about wanting to kill him once. He laughed about it but that didn’t change anything. “It was the same way when he took me home. We sat in the car, not saying a word and—well, was sick about it. and so afraid, Joyce. I didn’t care about South America or Perry Clarke: all I eared about was us. I couldn't stand it if anything happened. I told him so. I told him we didn’t have to wait and why couldn't we be married right away. If we could do that. why then—well, whatever might happen after that wouldn’t matter so much.” “You love him very much, don’t you?” Invitation for Perry “CH, 1 do,” Delia said. “I do.” She continued to regard the end of her cigarette. her voice a long ways off. “But he said we couldn’t. There were things to straighten out first. And I was hurt and—silly, I guess. Some- thing happened to us. We didn’t quarrel then though. Not until today.” “Oh.” Joyce said. “In the li- brary.” “Yes. While you were talking to Uncle Dean, Perry Clarke and Ward went off by themselves. I saw them go through into the hall and when they didn’t come back I went out. I didn’t see them so I went into the other room. That was empty too. I walked over to the f-r end and was look- ing out the window when the li- XMAS CARD FOR HITLER, WANTED: ONE PAINT BRUSH| brary door opened and they came } in. It shielded me. I suppose, and they didn’t see me, although I heard what they said.” H She stopped to take a breath, went on slowly. “I could tell by the sound of Ward's voice that he was furious. ‘I’ve told you how it is,’ he said, ‘and that’s final.’ I could hear them walking away and then Perry Clarke said, ‘You’re mak- ing a mistake, Allen. I’ve got what you want and you can have it cheap because I'd like to get things cleaned up before I go out to the coast.” “I couldn’t hear all that Ward said,” Delia went on, “because his voice was so low and bitter, but it was something like, ‘Not a dime.’ Then what sounded like, ‘—but have them ready because Tl be aroynd.’” “You goose.” Joyce said. “You told him you’d been in the room.” “I shouldn’t have, should I?” Delia said. “But I didn’t tell him what I’d heard. I only said I'd seen him with Perry Clarke and knew that something was wrong and couldn’t I help. He said I couldn’t. and would I please stay out of his private affairs and after that. well”—she shrugged— “it was rather awful, I guess. I said he didn’t trust me or he’d tell me the truth, and he said if I trusted him I wouldn’t ask. I | said if that’s the way he felt per- | haps it was just as well I found it out, and he said perhaps it was.” Desperate id SEE,” Joyce said finally. “And what about tonight?” Delia looked at her and the faraway lights went out of her eyes. She crushed out her ciga- rette and sat up. “You saw me when I came out of the library.” she said. “I was furious. I wanted to do something mean and spiteful. When I saw Perry Clarke playing the piano I sat down with him. Before we had finished he asked me to stop in at his place for a drink some- time. I was still angry and said when. He suggested I stop by to- night and I told him I might. But after I'd gone home I began to think about that invitation. I wasn’t spiteful then. I was wor- ried and upset. When I remem- bered something I'd heard Perry Clatke say, I decided I’d go.” “But why?” Joyce asked. “He had something Ward want- ed.” Excitement was beginning to lay hold of her again. “I have a little money of my own. I thought if I could buy whatever it was Ward needed why then every- thing would be all right and there just couldn’t be any more trouble. And I didn’t see how it could do any harm. ... Was that so ter- rible?” Joyce uncurled her foot and stood up. “You nut! But go on. I’m pre- pared for the worst now.” Delia smiled wryly. “So I went. That was about ten-thirty. I was scared when I knocked for fear that someone would be there but no one was—no one else, that is.” She made a face. “It was rather grisly at first. Clarke was so suave and solicitous. I told him T’d_ overhead his conversation with Ward—he had something Ward wanted—and I had come for it. He grinned at me and ad- mitted it. A few papers... . He had them in an envelope in one‘ of his traveling bags.” She stopped and Joyce sat down again and waited. When several seconds ticked by with- out a word she said: “Well, what did he say then?” “Nothing,” Delia replied. “Be- cause someone knocked on the door.” To be continued Laura Hope Crews, stage and THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPOON RIVER | AT THE OPERA” YOUR WAR | =o srcorsexrzs i AP Features QUESTIONS *“f| They got me up tg the city late- | ly, and just for curiosity I took in Send Home-Front Queries to | i ncn ene Frapt Querie Otic || the grand opera. _The one I picked In Care of This Paper out to see was Rig O’Letto, on ac- count of me being fond of Irish plays. F I set there four hours and if any Irishman showed up~ on_ that stage I stre didi’t spot him. Everybody was mighty dressed up, the men wearing Pririce Albert Q.—Rationing kerosene won't save tires. Why is it rationed? A.—There’s a shortage.af ship- ping space for all petroleum prog- ucts. Q.—My husband is in the serv- ice. Will I have to pay his in-| | Cats-and the women folks in fan- | ‘cyrfurs. The “women “on each | |side of me spent considerable time] actly singing; but more like bark- ,;comparing their furs with other| ing or screaming. None of the ac- | folks’. tors could do a thing without rip- Everything considered, I would | ping off a song. Before they went say the show went off pretty nice.|to kiss or kill somebody, they'd ;But there was one thing that{/sing at ‘em. Then the intended} Stood out plain. When the band /| victim would sing right back, till Players would come out of their! disposed of. It seems to me most dugout under the stage and sit j opera murders are justified down to play, the man that wake Now I don’t aim to poke fun at ed the stick at "em was always/opera singers, it’s just the way last. He never did get there|they were brought up I guess. But ahead of ‘em. 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