J. H. Walt went back to York Square, and a miracle was passed by the fourth estate. On booking Walt for Myra York’s death, Inspector Richard Queen had asked the newsmen to sit on it. He took his oath on a long-term better break if they would go along with him now. Therefore three papers had mentioned Walt’s arrest not at all; three had mentioned it, but harmlessly (‘held for questions’) in the back pages. The seventh paper, honoring its promise, reported nothing in its news columns; but, alas, from its editorial page crawled That Certain Columnist, who had chewed and spewed as follows: … Anyone for a handyman’s job? There’s one open at a downtown private park surrounded by crackerjack castles. Seems the incumbent can’t explain away evidence connecting him with the latest obit in a dead-millionaire epidemic they’ve been enjoying like on the square. Up to now the police score was 0 for 3, but maybe they’re getting the old batting eye back and the Commissioner will be able to point with pride to the Kitty-Korner Killings down at Kosy-Kastle Square.
What do You think about The Player On The Other Side?
