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That night after the guests have retired, Miss Kirby steals along the dimly lighted hall, and listens with her ear against the wall outside Mrs. Wethersby's room. Suddenly she glides to the door, unlocks it with her duplicate key, and enters. Taking the revolver from the drawer of the desk she waits
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The guests arrive at the house party and go to their rooms to dress for dinner. Miss Kirby, sitting at Mrs. Wethersby's desk as the hostess makes her preparations, is aware of a subtle delicate perfume, which is markedly different from the odor of the cologne with which Mrs. Wethersby is liberally
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While writing invitations to a house party in Mrs. Wethersby's room, Miss Kirby discovers a revolver in the drawer of the desk, which Mrs. Wethersby explains she keeps on hand for protection. An inspection of the desk and wall of the room, causes a peculiar expression to pass across Miss Kirby's
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spraying herself. Immediately, the girl's suspicions are confirmed, and she sends immediate instructions to the police.
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investigation as her first case. Accordingly, she enters Mrs. Wethersby's house as her private secretary.
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