The Dain Curse
“The Curse Nobody said anything for some minutes after I had finished reading. Mrs. Leggett had taken her handkerchief from her face to listen, sobbing softly now and then. Gabrielle Leggett was looking jerkily around the room, light fighting cloudiness in her eyes, her lips twitching as if she was trying to get words out but couldn't.I went to the table, bent over the dead man, and ran my hand over his pockets. The inside coat pocket bulged. I reached under his arm, unbuttoned and pulled open h...is coat, taking a brown wallet from the pocket. The wallet was thick with paper money-fifteen thousand dollars when we counted it later.Showing the others the wallet's contents, I asked:"Did he leave any message besides the one I read?""None that's been found," O'Gar said. "Why?""Any that you know of, Mrs. Leggett?" I asked.She shook her head."Why?" O'Gar asked again."He didn't commit suicide," I said. "He was murdered."Gabrielle Leggett screamed shrilly and sprang out of her chair, pointing a sharp-nailed white finger at Mrs.MoreLess
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