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pensive new evening draw. & o! t had taken almost nothing belong- ing to the children. * os : _§ > The second ‘discovery was fii large sheet of 24 Polyphetos oF Aube three children, with a little eiv@ope.. with plolagrapher’s directions dipped to ik. \ Mrs. Dunbar was extremely, surprised that she knew nothing | about these photos and had never’ geen them before, Not only would Melinda havs told. Ber Ho ghe were thinking oF having & photograph “of (ne children, but thes would eageriv have examined the photographs directv they were obiained from the shop so Mra. Dunber in- specied ihe envelang caretany. Evidence! = ‘ N Wednesday nightiSeptember 16, £ last year—five daystafter Melinda 7 - disappeared—tI arrifed in. Geneva F “hw from ‘Paris, I saw Mrs. Dunbar { ihe following day when she told me the“. ~ p story’ ay it thea appeared to er. Her 3 conciusions, atid miné two, were that of. MMelinda-had been lired away. We aid - net think she had actually been kid- | mapped, but we were certain “That she «o.. had not gone of her awn free will. Of the complete honesty of Mrs. Dunbar’s eriginal story which was also seat she Rad told MES and the Swiss Palice, { have not and had not at the time the slightest doubt: contained the facts ag she then saw thew. it was a esse af somesne being lao infimately poneeried with evenis lo be able ti ‘see them clearly. ot daily cantact ebscuring the all-impertast qinall details. . ni dee ace: Mre. Durbar then gave mig, pub- fished an te News Chronicsh an Thursday, Sep- : eidber ET, she said? “They bad ne other clothes and Melinda took only ane small. suitcase with hidtelothes for the children, and-one for herselt 3n That, P believe, she had mainly sarsmes things: Th was five weeks after she bad left Geseva that Mrs. Munbar_ returned there with her daughters }iarrlet dnd Catherine, who. once again, hed Aowh over from Ammeriga to be by Lueic eo mother’s side, 1a chase up the Sal] fist witht ony ane suitcase, two . i Sarge raffia bold-sils which bey And almost immediately she] had beought back from Majorca, ° made two startling discoveries; and a Hite red: overnight bag whieh told her without possibility) provided Yor iheir passengers by “ef doubt ¢hat contrary Jo her the bal air companics any which gather dinpression Melinda bya contsined Melinda's in the Rue deg Alpes. (Pisenen her fightin advance requisties. wid known when she dcave of Two shocks ap “TNE NA . _ This phategrapher’s envelope venealed fhat ‘he fact that the expensive with the ebildren thatshe might -Ameciewi” #0lfcase was decep- ME READS “SMITH” the mame “Mrs, Smith,” ordered—and collected on May 2l-~ifree passport size pictures quick glevsica ehaiwed her . Melinda's migk ceat and evening dress, But nothing bad been Gro- perky tidied Sway since that peturn from their long bolidsys and hanging in jhe sane coset were drevess of her pwn, ‘Tren in Ute chests of drawers - were piles of giaihes which she had ieken for Melinda's: far it thé name-of “Ars. Smith bast ordered three. enlargements photograph No. 23—aret salied for them on May. 23, tf duvs befare she. Mrs. Dumbo. urrived wack from Americh, galled Yor than in fact whe Mrs. Dunbar wags in Faris and. i} nearly dahy telephonic oni. | nication with ber 7 { And, Mrs. Dunbar alse found.] the enlargements of the photo! graph, whieh itself ineasured! aos. by tems, were bo be; Qems. by Gemgn-cthe sme rem! quired for American peieports Rnd these of sonse of the frou Cartaity countries, ~ Melinda and fhe chinired} travelled usually on “Melinda's Britigh. passport which requires stem, by bem, photograph. Batis! the paxsport and the exiare ments were missing and presi ably Melinda har fake them; wilh her. : These two pleres of evidgnee were entirely conclusive im jour! apinion: Meboda’s disagneargnce; fad been phinned at least four: months before it took place. | (Ward enpyright] | And she-eae that Melinda, i) t well’ hever return tively rosmy and could contain was there that Melinda, uswally Mrs. -‘Dunbar's first grief fur more than on. first sight. kept fee underclothes, Now on stricken Uinpression that Melinda appeared possible, and tbat ibe. closer examination ‘these. proved Yaa taken osly things she would beld-alls were deep and Caparo belang to the Chidren and Ropnally have needed for 4 Werks 4 )0us @id not then strike ber, required only a whorl examiaas | ‘eng visit was prigtarily based on Nor did she realise that Melinda tien Jor her fe dizeover. that tahe suw her put Hie the could have packed olher {lugs Meiinda had Wher all her cloikes . ” into the car beforehand. | : Swit, ber, everyitdeg fram syits d she Bw Melinda leave the —“Vwhen Mrs. Dunbar hag made “and dresses. down {6 the bw ars sal ~ ots fide original checkup gy the Uoderclathes Mrs. Dunbar {pd cliset in the rather dark fssage bought for her in New York) a. inbthe dat she bad been fer tog few rneniha belore, everything. yet to see or unink cleaty. 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