Hope High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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me W A MYSTERY PLAY Presen ted by THE SENIOR CLASS OF HI HOPE GH SCHOOL FRIDAY, EVENING, MAY 21, 1943 HOPE HIGH AUDITORIUM CAST OF CHARACTERS C Order in which they speakj Lizzie ..,........... Cynthia E. Hannon Miss Cornelia Van Gorder. Elizabeth E. Evans Billy ...,.,....,..,...,., William Fisk Brooks ..,.. , ..,... Charles W. Thomas Miss Dale Ogden ...... Marian Vartabedian Doctor Wells .,.,....,.. Robert B. Abel Anderson ,...,..,.., J. Wilbur Riker, Jr. Richard Fleming ...... David S. Vogels, Jr. Reginald Beresford .... ..., L ouis Baker An Unknown Man . . .George A. Reynolds The play is staged under the direction of Florence H. Slack. ostess: iss S wi M ara G. Tully: Host: Mr. Charles nnable. Class Advisers.

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Is that true? Abel asked, turning to anyone in general. HI was sitting in the corner, Evelyn Lindsay stepped forward, trying to get an idea for my new book and every time I looked up I could see him. All right, Mr. Isbel. He surveyed the room again as he strode up and down. He was saying a few words that his secretary, Bobby Oresman, was taking down rapidly. He stopped in front of a short, blonde girl, Do you know anything about this? N-no. Barbara Lawrence said in a timid voice. I was sitting with two other nurses all evening. A'You didn't notice Miss Evans' disappearance?'! No, Not until everyone started talking about it. Do you know either of the deceased? Barbara hesitated, They were standing at the door watching everyone come in. They talked to Mr. Isbel and then .,.. Suddenly the room was plunged in darkness and a tongue of orange flames, followed by a thunderous roar, shot across the room. A piercing scream shattered the deathly stillness that followed. Someone fumbled around and at last found the switch. Light flooded the room. Barbara was white and shaking. Something whizzed past me! Here Bill Cheshire ballistics ex ert walked to h Q Y P , I C wall and pulled out a small object that was imbedded there. A .35. Yeah! and here's the gun! Tom Keough an- nounced triumphantly. I've been a police reporter so long, I'm getting to be a good detective. Where was it? Abel interrupted. In Harper's pocket! Ward Harper turned pale. 'AB-but . . . How? Come on. spill it! Why- He recovered himself. You're crazy! I've becn a trusted banker for years! Why would I shoot at Barbara? I've never done anything crooked in my life! You said it! Bob Hazard cut in. I've been his partner for five years and I know him better than his own mother! That doesn't mean that you can't start sometime! Betsy Buckman said sarcastically. I've been a psy- chologist for years and I've seen honest, well-to-do men have other sides to their nature! She's right, Bill Haskell agreed. A'Even in the Air Corps. Why, I can remember a man .... HO. K. O. KJ Abel bellowed. All right, Harper. Let's see you worm out of this! Why . . . I was standing here: the lights went out: there was a shot and someone bumped into me. I didn't think anything about it at the time. Haw! Joan Marshall hooted. I ought to write a book about this! 'AQuiet! A'Gee! This is just like a play I was in once! 18 Cynthia-Hannon beamed. I've been a secretary a long time, but you're noisier than any typewriter! Betty Heller yelled. Qui-et-tl Look, Abel, Charley Thomas put his hand on the inspector's shoulder. Why don't you stop all this blustering and admit you're stumped? By the time you get around to the Murderer, everyone in this room will be dead! Why, you . . . ! Abel spluttered. Listen, the murderer's obvious and so's the mo- tive! Thomas snorted. Abel's attitude changed. All right! If you're so smart, who did it and why? I was going to sit back and watch you blunder, but now that Barbara's almost been killed. l'll give you the benefit of my overpowering genius! Go ahead! Abel sneered. Right! First, why would anyone want to kidnap Betty Evans? O. K. I'll bite. Why? Because she had stumbled on a miraculous new high explosive and was going to sell it to the army. This statement caused a general stir in the crowd. How did you know that? Abel demanded. Because the two murdered men and I were sent here to watch. We exp cted someone to try for the formua or, failing that to kidnap Betty and get it from her. Mr. X., as we shall call the murderer, evidently followed Betty on to the terrace, overcame her, and hid hcr somewhere. Mr. X. would then wait till the party was over and thin g t Betty and take her to a car that was waiting out front, He was all set, except for one thing. What was that? Harper hung on his words. The other two detectives suspected him and fol- lowed. So . . . they had to be . . . er . . . liquidated. to put it mildly. No one noticed Mr. X.'s disappear- ance, because he slipped out when everyone was danc- ing. Miss Lindsay was too absorbed in her writing to notice fifteen minutes' disappearance. When Barbara was talking to Abel, things were getting too hot, so something had to be done. You mean . . . I Mon Dieu! That is a lie! Isbel had jumped frof- his seat, white of face, and eyes shifting. 'AThere you are, Abel! After a short struggle, Jacques Isbel was led away. But what did he want the formula for? Abel was shouting. So he could sell it to the highest bidder! Charley explained carefully. t But where's Betty? ' 'AYou'll find her locked in apartment 10B on the tenth floor. I solved this neatly, didn't I? You really ought to take lessons from me. Yeah! Abel said dryly. There is one thing you can do, though. What's that? Call in the reporters and claim the credit! JOAN HESS

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