Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - March 1999 by March 1999

Author:March 1999
Language: eng
Format: mobi
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Published: 2019-06-12T10:00:36+00:00

HARDISON PARK

75

said, 'frustr-ated again. "And you

Widows' Retirement Fund unjust implied Number Three did-less the suspect checked a box

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n't do it."

saying not to. Each of them

'Well, it would also be hard to

caught that-the first twQ even

hide a hammer in a jogging suit,"

said a few

words on the

Wallace chimed in. She was

subject before checking the box

clearly intrigued by the whole

that said no. Number Three said

business, a fact which seemed to

yes, by the way, and told me he

annoy Riley:

thought the fund sounded like a

Cash just held up a hand.

great idea."

"Bear with me a little longer,

"What's yo�r point?" Riley

folks. The thing that's worried

asked.

me the most about this case is

''The point is," Cash said, "that

something no one has even menthose three rooms were mostly tioned yet: Why would the killer

dark. I had turned off all th1

pick the particular spot that he

lights from the_ front room before

did to make the attack? After all,

the three suspects were brought

he could have struck anywhere

in, and taped the switches down.

on the path or in the parking lot

I told them there'd been a power

-there were a lot more bushes

outage in the storm. All the

beside the path than aro�d the

rooms were lit only by the sunpavilion. Why make his move in light through the frosted glass

the one place in the whole park

windows near the ceiling, which

that was really brightly lit?''

isn't much on a rainy day like

Everyone present sat and

this. And even though I could

looked at each other.

hardly see anything in there,

'Well, I'll tell you, but first let

every one of the suspects could

me tell you another tale. As I

see well enough· to catch the

suggested earlier, and with your

statement about the contribution

chiefs permission, I stopped in to

and say something about it and

see each of the suspects for a

check a box."

minute. I introduced myself only

Detective Riley shook his head.

as a police officer and gave each

''I'm still lost . . . "

of them a form to sign regarding

"The park was dark, Riley.

the return of their personal be

With only the pavilion and the

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longings."

dim glow of the streetlights, visi-

Riley frowned. "But . . . there is � bility was probably pretty close no such form."

to what it was in those rooms

''There is now. I designed one

kind of a late twilight." Cash

this morning on WordPerfect

paused. "I think the killer atand printed three copies. The tacked Alton Weath�ts near the

form states, among other things,

pavilion, and the ATM, because

that one dollar of a suspect's

that was the only place where he

pocket money would be used to

could see what the hell he was

contribute to the Policemen's

doing."

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