New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1926, Page 20

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926. 1 Quicksands of Love Adele Garrison’s New Phase of Revelations of a Wife —— Madge Finds She Gets on Famously With Veritzen. If Mary Harrison, Dicky's young niece, had any lurking idea that her ilite under Phillp Veritzen's super- vision would be keyed to the note S represented by the magnificent rose: which he had sent to the apartm upon the night of her homecorn 3 her mind was soon disabused of so absurd a notion. From the very be- ginning of the regime he had plan- ned for her she found that Lill prophecy was only too true and t the most rigid routine ruled jays and nights, with every de of it carefully planned by the neatrical magnate himself. Mary, the rebel, the child who used to turn on her light at n fter everybody had gone to &l and read for hours now found self sentenced to bed with lights out at half past nine. There was no exception to this rule, for the theatrical performances which were | part of the course of study mapped out for her were always atinee productions. She had loathed the discipline of school; she now found herself under the domination of a half dozen private tutors, each ap- proved by Philip Veritzen, which meant that they were the last word in thelr respective lines and could be depended upon to exact the pound of flesh to the last ounce. English, French, expression, danc- ing, fencing, soclal deportment. Mary worked under experts in all ot these things, while for course in what Mr. Veritzen called “general in- formation” he turned her over to me, “I fancy she has rather a good toundation,” he said one day several weeks aftér Mary's return, “but of that you are a better judge than I She does not need special knowl- sdge in any subfect, but when you have finished with her I wish her to be equipped with enough knowledge of history, economics and the vari- ous sclences so that she may be able to understand and to converse in- telligently upon the news of the world. I wish her also to have a catholle but fastidious taste in read- ing."” Mentally I commented that a larger order for a teacher would be difficult to concelve. But I knew his theory— that an actress could BY THORNTON W. BURGESS o will insist on going blindly Doth tempt a fate that's far from kindly. —01d Mother Nature. Reddy Fox and Jimmy Skunk e still staring down into that e pool of black water when CGraywing the Guil happened along. “Well, what are you fellows so in- sted In?” called Graywing. In that black water,” replicd Reddy Fox. "I rolled a stone into that little pool and the water turned all black. I never have seen any- thing like it until now. I should like to know where all that black- ness came from.™ Graywing the Gull chuckled. “You tellows follow me along down the shore a way,” said he. here's “Look!” he exclaimed, Is swimming Hgckw thing something down there I want to see.” And off he flew Reddy and Jimmy took t about following, but they did low. They caught up with G wing at a long, shallow inlet of water, It had a sandy bottom “Can you see that fellow o there?” inquired Gray Reddy and Jimmy look was another one of thos things which they little pool bef black. “We've fore,” said Reddy “I know you h wing. Reddy looked up 40 you know Graywing had you ir time fol- turned se be- ore the water "n one of replled Gray- “How for WHAT JERRY THOUGH ith a bow I left John's archae- ologist nd and disappeared in the I rather admired him after all, for I could not tell eithey from his face his conversation er or 1 was pleased with turn of affairs in regard to his yer and fr 1, John Meredith. As for myself 1 completely up in the air. 1 could not decide what T was going to do about anything and wished with all my heart that Joan hadn't ck r mind about lezving for Europe right away. T saw no one in the bhall and went directly to my where 1 called of Jerry Hathaway. 1 con fess 1 did feel a little consclenc: house room e not approach her work with the | proper spirit unless she were a woman of educ: in the best sense of the word, I also knew his dislike of any to his gestions. Therefors 1 smothered my very real alarm that I might not be able to carry out hi: ctorily to him and sai “I shall begin her clas! row." He flashed one of his rare smilcs at me. “I wonder if you rea ] wonderful person you are to wor 1t said with apparent spon- although in my weeks work with him I had learned that he never did or said anything upo impulse. “I am glad that T pleas sald demurely, although in truth could have echoed his words thusiastically with himself as subject. | For, though I th. t I could symptoms of r.stlessness in M at the rigid program lald out for there was no slightest trace boredom for me in the mnew |which had opened to me with my |entrance into Philip Veritzen's or ganization. My work was fascinat Ing and interesting and, besides, af- |forded me the entrance into t world behind the scenes of the theater, of which I had dreamed all | my life, but which I long since had {given up hope of achleving. | But I was honest enough to ac- owledge to myself that my com- deship with Philip Veritzen was | |the chief factor in my new content- |{ment. Never had I known a man or & woman with so brilliant a men- | |tality. Lilllan’s mind came nearest [to his of any person I knew, but |retuctantly I had to give the palm | | tomor- to the great dramatic producer for | alertness, quick perceptions and depth of knowledge. Conversation ith him was like exploring the un- |expect'd recesses of a treasure house, and, imperceptibly, I had come to look forward with pleasur- able anticipation to the time I spent lin his austere private office upon | |the days when he went over with me | {the results of the research work I |was doing with him. (Copyright 1926, Newspaper Featurc Syndicate, Inc.) | see the moment he met you, he was | Fesulation: | just like the rest of us, a worshiper |when they discovered that queer thing up in the little pool Graywing chuckled, but d swer the question. Instead, m to watch w r thing. So watch. Presently this began to mov M had discovered tha cyes. Th ing, and for they had n a mouth, w nd looked as if it omfortably. Irom beak stretched out ten ar ers, two of which wer the others. How surprised |would have been ha [nim that these were really a kind lof feet. n't you just hcar him lexclaiming, et growing out o head? The idea! The ideal” | Yet, this really was the | As Reddy and Jimmy ched, | this queer creature changed color. mming along very slow- Suddenly it began to go fast hose long arms trailed out behind it, and it dawned on Reddy th was going tail first. “Look!” he exclaimed. | That thing is swimming “Well, why not wing. “If a lobster ward, why shouldn't ti backward? Personall much of it myself I want here I'm going. This fello forward if he to, ns to be easicr for him to go backward, and so he does. I've seen ever and ever so many of ther dead on the beach, because the sill things ran ashore mnot knowin where they were going. Then th |didn’t know how to get back into |the water again.” | 1 don't see how Jimmy § t were round lids. And there had a regular beak could bite most around or feel- longer than Re any one told but to wa he swi lon't won- d P sn't swim like regular f ng water in with such through the i ‘ature has provided 1 lled a “siphon” purpose, That f W if he wera hungry im, perhaps we shall am (Copyright, m | Mother | th wh for 1to m watch force W is It cllow him eat 1926, by T. W. Bt prom right in n-| 15 @ ed to make myself belfeve | quently cleal I was calling him, in- | e at the | i eagerness In his voice I | he had been waiting for me to telecphone him | “Don’t you you disagreeable this mornin I in my most pleasant vo! 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Hishbein il dtscup l-l_— e BEGIN HERE TODAY Mrs. Prentiss sees lights mysteri- ously appear and disappear in the |Heath household next door one night, and the next day Harbor Gardens, Long Island, is agog with |the murder of Myra Heath and the | disappearance of her husband, Perry. | House guests of the Heaths are |Lawrence Inman, heir to Myra's | fortune, and Bunny Moore, vivaclous, | golden-haired, to whom suspicion points because of her refusal to an- swer questions. Myra Heath was never used cosmetics, never wore colors. She had a mania for col- g glass, and it was a rare old le from her collection | that the murderer used to kill her. Candles were burning at her head |and feet and necrby was a card “The Work of Perry st of all, she was pecullar. She The peculiar thing about Heath's disappearance is that all the win- |dows and doors had been locked on the inside the night before and were found that way in the morning. Finger prints ¢f Bunny Moore and |Inman were found on the hottle. At the Country Club the murder discussed by Sam Anderson, Heath's rival for the club presi- lency; Al Cunningham, is try- g to solve the crime, and othe Some believe Heath the m A rson disagrees. Toc | Bu phew of Mrs. Prer |in love with Bunny, s | Cunningham that Heath have been murdered. | Emma, a waitress In the Heath . tells of seeing Bu o e stairs about the time of the mur- ler, carrying her vanity s amazed to get a phone call to Mrs. Prentiss tells believes Bunny of r before she was told of iss and ests to also may | ceep silent. Bunny the murd: new NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY | CHAPTER XXIV “Nothing of the sort!” said Bunn ho had suddenly, and, it seemed, miraculously, recovered not only her g froid, but her usual attitude of npertinence. I was crying be- auso of a bad dream I had. thought—oh, it was a terrible dre —1I don't want to remember it! N, Mrs. Prentiss and Mr. Buck, you are kind and good-hearted, but I can’t— | just simply can't be more frank and |confidential with you, because—well, cause 1 just can grateful for your well meant offers lof help, and I can sce how you T ought to tell you more—but, vou see, you are already prejudiced t me, and what T would tell | vou, would doubtless make you more or less implicated in the death of my friend.” It Bunny had made speech | mble or appealing air, it | had a good effcct, but, lon the contrary, she was smiling of | face and gay of demeanor. | “Hor hearers couldn’t know that |the poor child was frightened almost to death, that she longed for help and advice, and that she hated to m heartless and ungrateful, but Bunny had a perverse nature in | some wa Kindness always won her heart; syn s impelled her confidence but these people showed a little too much cold cur! v, a little to much suspicious in- , to pleass Miss Bunny. And | discerning these things, she turned from a sweet confiding child, to a | wise, canny and even tricky young | woman, | It wasn't quite fair of Bunny, but |then, she felt that they hadn’t been quite fair to her. Asking questions of the servants behind her back! In response to the shocked pro- testa in a conciliatory | #wWell, never mind. T do want | some advice, but I'm not quite ready | to tell you all about myself. I think T'll run over to the other house a few moments, and see for |what Emma had to say, and also |have a few words with Carter.” “May T go with you?" asked Ted- d 1 though about to say no, his |smile was so truly friendly and sin- |cere, Bunny changed her mind and |sald graviously, “I'd be glad to have |you, Mr. Buck.” | over to Heath Thouse they | went, and found Larry Inman in |the studio, surrounded by a deskful | of letters and papers belonging to Perry Heath. “Have you found anything of im- {portance?” Bunny asked. | “No, not as bearing on the my: jtery of Myra's death or Perry's ab- nce,” Inman replied. “Do you think Perry come back?” Bunny asked. { “I did think so, as first turned, slowly. “Now—I | know." | “Bunny has heard {said Todhunter Buck. “What!" eried Inman, look at the girl. “I have not!" she declared, angri- 1y, but the floo" of color that broke over her face gave her words the will ever he re- don't from him,” turning to | “You have!” Inman said, “T ways can tell when you're Bunny. What dld he say? write you?" “No! T haven't heard |at all. is | | ale Did he from him joking. A very fll-timed jest!” “I think he telephoned to her,” Toddy spoke to nobody in particular, |merely looking into space, as he leaned his chin on the knob of his | stick | “Dia he, |man. | “No she sald | “Then where does the joke come |in2" | "“Oh, Y had a telephone message from someone else, and Mr. Buck |thinks it funny to assume it was |from Perry. 1 wish I knew where |he 1s1" 3 say, 50 do 1" Inman agreed. “I Bun, here comes that pest, {Mott! Do you want to scoot out the back way?" ' Bunny looked frightened at first, then seeing in Toddy's eyes that new light of friendly kindness, she concluded to stay with him. Though not of deep Intuitions, Mott sensed that the mental atmos- |phere was not fn sympathy with him, “You are the one T want to ques- tion first, Miss Moore,” he said. 2% Cavowxn WeLLs But I do feel | ion at her last speech, she sald, | myself | lying, | Mr. Buck is mistaken-—or he | Bunny?" demanded In- | 4 l “Yes?” she sald. “I am told, Miss Moore, that you |went upstairs at half past one, |thereabouts the night of |Heath's death. Is that true?” “Why, no, I don't think so,” Bun- |ny looked like a puzzled child. *I should say I went up to bed some |time earlier than that. Didn't I, |Larry? | Inman gave her an imploring glance, which she rightly understood {to mean advice to be more in- gratiating in her manner. | But he loyally played up to lead, and sald: “As ] remember it, Miss Moore said good night and went to her room at something like half past |eleven.” Mott sald, gravely: “I from facts told me that Miss did go upstairs at the time you men- |tion, but that she went down again |1ater, and then reascended the stairs |at about halt past one o'clock. She |carried up with her, her gold vanity case. |contents of this case were used on the countenance of Mrs. Heath, atter that lady had ceased to live.” “Excuse me, Mr. Mott," ce in, “may I ask how you proved at?’ Mrs. her gather, “By the evidence that the vanity one | se In question is the only known to have been in the house that night which would give the re- sults, the colors or tints, found on the face of the dead woman. This has been most carefully tested by expert chemists and we believe our deductions to be true ones. Did you put the make-up on Mrs. Heath's face, Miss Moore?” fost certainly not,” said Bunny, but so tremulous were her lips, and so nearly inaudible her voice Mott smiled grim as if in disbe- you were down in the studio irty?” he went on, inexor- her tiently. ust go on,” he sald. Now, we have to consider also the flight of Perry Heath. It is ac- owledged that a disappearance is often equivalent to a confession. Therefore, I am ready to assume that since Mr. Heath has disap- peared, it may well be that he is re- sponsible for the death of his wife. I do not attribute too much import- ance to the ca:d left behind, W legend, ‘The Work of Perry That, it seems to me may he work of the murderer himself 1 equally well may not. I can cely conceive of Mr. Heath leav- if he really the And, vet, it is not easy her doing if.” | " Might it not be the work of some of the servants?” asked Buck, earn- | estly “It doesn't seem like that to me,” Mott said, “yet, of course it may be. 00 often servants are meglected or ignored as witnesses, On the con- trary, it seems ‘o me that servants, | granted their truthfulness, are most valuable witnesses. They know family secrets often, they overhear the family jars, or small squabbles. T wish, by the way, Mr. Inman, vou would call in the man, Herrick. He may prove helpful.” Larry was not at all anxious to accede to this suggestion, but he saw no way out of it, and he pushed the bell that summoned the butler. Sleek, smug and subservient, Her- rick appeared. “Did you ever hear or overhear lany quarrels or small ti Mr. and Mrs. Heath?” him. Herrick, after a stumbling inter- |val, managed to get out the informa- tion that he had heard such. “When last?” Mott asked. | “The—the night Mrs. Heath died,” | Herrick replicd. | “Here, in this room?” the detec- tive went on. | “Yes, sir. They were in here.”” “And where were you?” | “In the lounge, sir." | “What were you doing there?” “Just waiting to lock up the Mr. and Mrs. Heath were |about to go upstairs.” “And they quarrelled?" | “Not to say quarrelled, sir. But {they had words, like, and M Heath told the master that she knew his secret.” “Oh, sk reply to that O, he said a lot of things, but T |atan’t half hear and T didn't get the |drift anyw But they talked about a divorce, and the lady said if the master's secret should get known it would be terrible.” | I dom't think you know much |about that conversation, Herrick." No. not much, sir.” “Well, then, don't try to repeat it. |Was Miss Moore's name men- {tioned | “It was, sir.” Herrick flashed an apologetic look at Bunny. | Chapter XXV While the confab was going on in the Heath studlo, Mrs. Prentiss was sltting at her window, wonder- ing whether to go over to the Heath's house or not. | Her curlosity was as strong Mott sighed Then we 1 card wer ouse. And what did he as usual and her inclination was to go, | |but a strange sense of caution held |her back. She felt, Intultively, that she could |do no good over there and might do harm. Moreover, she could have a | report of what had transpired, when her nephew and her guest reap- | peared, and so, Mrs. Prentiss sat. waiting and thinking. The telophone rang, and Mrs. Prentiss answered It herself. ~This |was her custom, for her quick curi- | osity never could walit for the Inter- |vention of a servant's offices. | A man's volce said, “May I speak {to Miss Moore, please?" “Who Is calling?” Mrs. Prentiss responded, In a tone which she en- deavored to make sound like that of a servant. “No matter. Merely |Moore to come to the | This is important.” The volce was cold, dictatorial and {mpatient. Clearly, the speaker was in a temper. Now, Mrs. Prentiss did not know | Perry Heath well, but her ever pres- |ent intuition hinted to her that it |might be she was listening to his voice. Tt dl4n't sound exactly ke Heath, but some voices are different ask Miss telephone. G.P. PUTNAM SONS or | Moore | It has been proved that the | Toddy | h | the | jon the telephone, and she couldn't be sure. Taking a chance, she sald, still in the deferential tone of a servant: | “Is this Mr. Heath? Miss Bunny sald she would not speak on the |telephone to anyone else.” Mrs. Preptiss heard the aston- ished gasp at the other end of the line, and grinned with satisfaction. But the reply came: ‘“Heath? No, this is—thls is Jackson. Please tell Miss Moore I must speak with her. | You may say I have important news for her.” | Suddenly Emily Prentiss felt that {she was overstepping the bounds of propriety. She was a gentlewoman, not a detective, and she had no right to intercept or eavesdrop upon a private communication. | S0 she said simply, “Miss Moore 15 inext door at the Heath house. If you wish, you can call her there.” “Thank you,” was the response, and without further goodby, the volce ceased. The advice, however, was fol- |lowed, for a few moments later the ‘lfllephone bell rang in the Heath |studio. | Inman reached for the recetver, |but Mott was too quick for him. Grasping it first, the detectlve , briskly: “Hello!" | “Hello” sald a man's volce, “I| |want to speak to Miss Moore, and make it snappy!" | Though not very quick-witted, | Mott was ingenious, and endeavor- llng to sound like Herric he said: “Miss Moore ain’t here, sir.' “Yes, I am!” cried Bunny, so loud | 1lhflt her voice carried over the wire as.she sprang toward the instru-| FASHIONS By Sally Milgrim The New Afternoon Coats Feature Rich Trimmings in Addition to a Lavish Use of Furs Coats this season are of two types, For mornings in town, for motoring and for general sports wear there is ment, and tried to wrest it from Mott's grasp. And so agile and lithe wero 2irl's hands, th in a moment, Heath's voice. r He up against ave to speak fs ‘mma, nd her 'way off so she can't testi- against you. Get rid of Herrick t0o, if you can. Those two are in cahioots, and they saw us on the ter- race. By the way, there was a lot of money in the desk d . TN bet Herrick has stolen t It so, ! it'll glve you a hold over him. You {play innocent bat ealk home as SPry as you 10t coming | back—not at all—get that? aid, faintly. e helplessly dropped the celver, and buried her face in hands, while the great |her throat Mott ed the recelver, but his | hello!” w: swered only by a mocking laugh, and a jeering good- by.” { the | t she succeeded, and | she was listening to | v, vou | listen, 1 sake, it! Bur Now, re- her obs cams in | That was Heath,” conviction. i Mott called Central, and immedi- | cly had an investigation ordered | that must result in knowledge of | where the telephone mes: came from, at any rate. { | Then, the detective turned to Bun- | ny. | “You know where Perry Heath | is!” he said, accusingly, and the | sound of his stern accents roused the girl from her crying spell. “I do not!” she declared, and faced him with angry eyes. “Se here, Mr. Mott, I'm tried of your prying | into my affairs, of your innuendoes tand questic Now if you suspect !me of a hand in my friend's death, |then I'd rather you'd say so straight lout, and stop this beating around he said, with ht, T will, Miss Moore. As you asked me to do, T am speaking | traightforwardly. The time has |passed for mincing mat To my \mind, the death of Mrs. Heath must |have been brought about by one of |three persons, her husband or one lot her two house guests. Her| | husbana 1s out of the question, be- |cause it was impossible for him to |get out of the house and leave it locked and bolted behind him. Also, Mr. Inman is not a likely euspect, |because he was in love with the |1ady. “I am told that Mr. Inman’s af- fection for Mrs., Heath was known not only to her husband and house- |hold, but to most of her friends and acquaintances. Now, even granting Ithat he would be inheritor of her |estate, Mr. Inman is not going to kil the women he loves. Then, |where can we look for the murderer but to her girl friend, the visitor of Mrs. Heath, who is, incidentally, lin love with Mrs. Heatl's husband, |and will doubtless some day marry him?" | “What ?" Bunny's tace was deadly |white and her eyes stared in horror and dismay. 5 | “That's the way things look,” satd Mott. ‘‘Also, it must be remem- bered, that Miss Moore's finger- prints are on the broken bottle which was used as the weapon of death—" “Mine are there, to, T am told,” exclaimed Larry Inman. “Yes, but yours are over those of |Miss Moore — superimposed upon hers. This, as you can't help see- ing, proves that the bottle was first used by Miss Moore, as a deadly weapon, and afterward picked up or amined by Mr. Inman. Perhaps e was present at the time, and J‘wrostnd it from Miss Moore's hand, Ithus leaving his prints above her lown. Now, the matter of the vanity |case. Tt has been proved, to the |satisfaction of the police, that the |make-up on Mrs. Heath's face was applied after she was dead, and also [that the materials used are the same as those in Miss Moore's vanity case. It is further assumed, though |0t course this canont be o matter ot |actual proof, that the color was ap- | plied by efther a woman or an artist. |Had an intruder, such as a burglar or midnight marauder, committed this crima, he would not. probably could not, have applled that make- up with such a degree of skill and artistic taste. But an artist could do it. or—a woman could do it! | Miss Moore, did you apply the cos- metics to Mrs. Heath's dead face?” Mott intended this as a bold stroke. He turned suddenly and {faced Bunny with his question, | both line and trimming. For a {spoken in a brutal, threatening (tone, and accompanied by a stern, i;\crufilng glare. Bunny turned white, attempted to speak, then swayed in her seat, and toppled over sldeways. (To Be Continued) the tweed coat, strictly tailored in ra noon wear the tormal wrapped typs of coat has returncd to favor. It i invariably of softer material thon ailored coat and is usually di some form of decora- tive trimming. The afternoon coat sketched today is a stunning example of a formal wrap of this kind. It is black d vetine, t d with black and silver brocade and sable. The br cade appears in a border on the bottom, outlined with fur, N shaped pieces on the cuffs, a un edging for the reverse. other interesting feature of tha coats Is the straight-line houette. With the exception of a few dolman models which illustrate a wider line above the hips the latest characterized by slim con- tours and an absence of all flare. The hat accompanying this coat is a turban of black felt. It is high in back, with creases at frregular in- tervals on the front portion. This smart straight-line coat fs trimmed with black and silver bro- cade and bands of sable fur. Copyright, 1926 (EFS) an is il sil- Women in Ten have discarded old hy- gienic methods for this new way—true protec tion—discards like tissue | HEN the world started cxe! N pecting more of women, the old-time “sanitary pad” had to go. ! Doctors urge a new way. Millions! emplay it. You wear sheerest frocks iwithout a second ‘thought, any time, ,anywhere. You meet every day un< 'handicapped. It is called “KOTEX” ., . five ‘times as absorbent as the ordinary cotton pad! Thoroughly deodorizes ., . thus ending ALL fear of offending. V Discards as easily as a piece of ‘ tissue. No laundry. No em< ‘barrassment. .«*: < { 1 You ask for it without hesitancy, simply by saying “KOTEX,” at any Wdrug or department store. Costs fonly a few cents. Proves ofd ways! an unnecessary risk. ay Curly ' Glossy Hair H The thousands who sec me daily o the stage know low my hair wave ) glows. It seems doubly Zbundznt‘hiiairia of the curl. Nearly every girl and womaa| who sees it would like to have hair lika| mine. But T never g0 to a hair dresse Bave never had 5 Marcal s I lsgimr"t' v a hair dress which_experts mads for me. Neither you nor I will probably ever sce anvthing else to compare. 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