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Show Six- - age -- S&SSPfcAfl '13 Vr LT7 V A EAR RIVER VALLEY Over But the Shootina Richarct Powel- l- WW B IMNER AN ARAB STARRING THE STOK Y THUS FAR: IX Andy Blake of Operation! wat Joined by hi wife, Arab, who tarled to work with Ordnance. On a bus looking for living quarters, Arab started to write down the loose talk she overheard. She was soon spotted and a cry of "Spy" went up. Arab and Andy jumped off the bus, but Andy soon tripped, fell striking his head nd woke up in bed. After telling the FBI what Arab wis up to, he left the hospital and went with her to the rooming house. He got into a fight with one of the guests and met the landlady, whom he had known in Paris. Arab and Andy were convinced that something was wrong in that house. Andy then started to drive home. "D w.u ANDY BLAKE Arab took the flowers apd candy, How and murmured, "For me? lovely! But of course you shouldn't have done it." "If you feel that way." I said, "maybe I could get a refund." "Try to get them back. Come on upstairs and I'll let you eat all the marshmallow centers and you can tell me what's wrong with the way I'm fixing the room." We went upstairs. At the head of the steps a painted sign hung down from an ceiling fixture. It announced: VISITOR. The totem pole who acted as colored maid was planted beside the CHAPTER IV door of a lighted room. "Sadie." Arab said, "do you think "Wait a minute." Arab said. "I I could get a vase for these lovely numwant to write down my phone flowers?" ber for you." "Yes'm," Sadie admitted. She Arab came back and handed me an a slip of paper. "See you tomor- followed us into the room, and tell you- Mis' "Did nounced, Fielding row night," she said. I got in the car and drove away 'bout leaving the do' open part way, and forgot to look at Arab's slip of Mis' Reynolds?" "Yes, she did. Sadie." paper for several blocks. When I maid nodded and went out, The that so fast did, I stopped the car I almost scraped the tires down leaving the door ajar eight inches. to the rims. I had almost forgotten A moment later her head popped that there was something terribly back in the opening. She staredwid-at wrong with the house on Q Street me, opened the door four inches Arab had given me a page torn er, and vanished. Arab looked at me and her face from the notebook she had used on in crying lines and she wrinkled absurd were bus. the There the chicken tracks of the Arabella Blake flung herself into my arms. Her Shorthand System. Above them she breath came in warm little gasps had written the translation. It was against my lips. Her slim legs the section she had skipped when Witt I she had read her notes to me. It was the section which had brought her to the house on Q Street, and had made her a candidate for the lead story in the obituary columns. A man on the bus had said softly to a companion, "There is a room vacant at 5797 Q Street, Northwest. It could not be helped. The girl saw too much." I swung the car around and start-tback and then changed my mind. Arguing with Arab would get me riothing but a sore throat. This called lor action instead of argument. For ne thing, I could help her find out what was wrong with the house on Q Street. I stopped at a drugstore and 5 J coaxed a clerk to let me look through all the Washington papers he had. I went through the preceding day's editions without finding anything. I K on that day's Washington Post. Then, in the Star's section, I spotted it. Burled treasure couldn't have made me happier. The ad announced: I w$ i ft i if iff d K ail vf double-checke- d rooms-for-re- , ROOM FOR RENT-Furnis- hed room, bkfst. and dinner optional, in fine old house 5797 Q St., NW. Govt, girls only. Must be cultured, pref. college or bus. sch. grad. Call or write giving full details. Mrs. R. Fielding. Apparently Renee Fielding in picking and choosing, and of course in wartime Washington she eould get away with it. I went to the phone, dialed the Wisconsin number given in the ad, and asked for Miss Arabella Reynolds. When I heard her voice, I growled, . : mtt t J 1 U 1. . J 1 ...III Joey." She giggled. "Were you worried? Goody." "Not about him. Listen, how did you explain that you knew a room was vacant?" "Why . . . why, I just said I saw an ad in the Post. Ooooh. and you said tonight there wasn't any!" "It's O. K. One was in the Star. Anybody would have thought you just got the p;ipers mifced up." I read it to her, and added, "You must have been born with a silver horseshoe in your mouth. Suppose there hadn't been any ad?" I HI "I think that you will like each other." trembled against mine. I could feel my heart rattling around like a cocktail shaker and my vertebrae play- ing leapfrog up and down my back. "This Isn't any easier for me than it Is for you." she sobbed. '"fhen let's stop this nonsense and" "Andy, we've got to find out what's wrong here!" I groaned. "Just for once," I said, "couldn't we find out what's right? Let's find thnt the body in the bathtub is only a guy who couldn't find any other place to sleep in Washington and that the plot concerns a pound of unrationed sugar and that the missing hciiess eloped with She said softly, "You take awfully good care of me. Thank you, Andy." "You'd better thank me. Taking Freddie." eare of you is a tougli job. It's like Arab drew back and looked at me being night watchman of a TNT qucerly. "How did you know?" "Know what?" plant. Take it easy. Try to stay alive until lunch tomorrow, and I'll "About the girl who had this room. She eloped. Three nights ago." buy you one." I didn't have much hope of getting Then there's nothing "Swell. time off the next day to hunt apart- wrong. I like that girl. I never met ments, and it turned out tint I was her but I like her. Count me in on right. My Middle Eastern theater the monogrammed linen. A good was Retting hot, what with the Brit- sensible girl. Goes off and gets ish Eighth Army getting ready to married instead of murdered. I like tangle with Rommel at El Alameln. that girl." it was nearly seven when I got ed "She'll need more than way. I grabbed a sandwich and linen," Arab said. "She milk at one of the beverage bars In eloped from here without taking The Pentagon. I took a bus into even a toothbrush or nightie." Washington, remembered that I was My stomach dropped out of formaupposed to be starting a courtship, tion with the rest of my insides, went and bought some candy and flowers. Into a half-looand then fell off In It was silly, of course. If a guy a spin. I said feebly, "Lots of really wanted to make a hit with girls- -" Arab he'd bring land mines. "Please listen, Andy. I want you Three other men were waiting In to hear the whole story." the room: a big Marine in dress "Go ahead," I said gloomily. "But blues, a Navy lieutenant (j.g.). and if this is one of those stories that a- - civilian. We exchanged nods and ends by the teller shouting Boo, we'll I eat down. We waited. We smoked save time if I pass out right now." "Well." Arab said, "her name was cigarettes and tried not to let our fiances meet and studied our finger- Paula Thompson." nails. There might be eight girls to Her name is Paula "Stop it! every man in Washington, but we Thompson." were being treated the way women "All right. Paula came here last bave always treated men. spring from Indiana, She's twenty. The jaygce lieutenant was claimed She'd been brought up by an aunt first. A brunette trick came in and who died last winter. Paula worked the Navy jumped up, almost wag-gln- for five months for the Office of Cenhimself. The Marine and civilsorship. Off and on she had dates ian went off on leashes- - next, and with a man named Bill McAdamj. fJnalJy Arab appeared and looked Nobody thought he was really Inround and decided I'd do. I babterested in her." bled about how nice she looked and "I get the picture." I said. "A how I hadn't been waiting long at little girl. Not too attractive. quiet II and gave her the candy and flow-r- s Everybody watched and said. 'What as hopefully as a puppy bringing can he see In her?" and made eyes ft rubber ball I guess I have no at Bill." prid. "You have mean nature. Andy. 4-- monc-gramm- g LEADER, Thursday, October 25, Tremcnton, Uta- h- 191? iear River Valley Prodyce w fEAtus EAST TREMONTON Now. listen. Three nights ago they had a date. According to the official story, Bill told her he had a swejl job offered him in a war plant near New Orleans, and wanted her to marry him and go along. Paula couldn't quite make up her mind. She came back here, decided she would, telephoned Bill, met him and drove away. All in a few out-sid- Now Open For Business TO GRADE AND BUY Potatoes and Onions e, hours." "Who's authority for the story?" "Paula. She telephoned here from West Virginia the next morning." "Good old Paula. I knew she'd come through. I like that girl. So now we can forget it, huh?" Arab glared at me. "A fine detective you make," she snapped. "Always taking things at face value." "I don't want to be a fine detective. I'm not the detective type. I got a hunch I'm more the victim type." "Can't you see she might have been forced to make that phone call? She didn't give any information that would make her easy to trace. Just that they'd been married In a West Virginia town and to please send her things to New Orleans to Railway Express and to address any mail to The girls who General Delivery. talked with her admit she sounded very queer and strained." I joined her at the window, and peered out. Our game was a lot of nonsense, of course, but I found my pulse shifting from second into high. I don't know what I expected to see. Something startling, probably. I was in the spirit of the game and ready for anything. Anything, that is, except what was there. Because nothing was there. You looked out and saw a tree. A Oaks common ordinary pin oak. don't shed their leaves early and this one was well equipped. The leaves and branches blotted out any possible view. "What do you make of it?" Arab asked. I growled, "She looked out and saw a Nazi parachutist on the lower branch. On the next one a gorilla And just was practicing nip-upabove that big crotch was a raven quoting Edgar Allan Poe to beat the s. Forsgren. Mr. Lucas is a brother of Mrs. Forsgren. HOWELL WHEN IN NEED OF THESE ITEMS i DEWEYVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Fonnes-becand family of Sublett, Idaho, have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Verdon Fonnesbeck. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo B. Gun-ncl- l of Ogden have been visiting with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Anderson. Mrs. Lee Anderson has returned to her home from the Valley hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Nesscn and family of Ccnterville, Utah, were week end guests at the home of his sister, Mrs. Eva N. Bair. A family dir.i:?r was held in their honor Sunday. 29 guests were present. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sorensen and son Ray have returned from a visit and deer hunt in Randolph. They visited with Mr. Sorensen's brother and family, Mi. and Mrs. Golden Sorensen. They enjoyed the trip but did not get their deer. Mrs. John L. Payn. has returned home from the hospital in with her new bab girl. Mr. and Mrs. Orland Hess, Mr. and Mrs. James Nessui, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Olscn anJ L. Marcel Oiscn, Leo Johnson an i son Bran. have returned from southern Utah .;nd report a very successful trip. The six men bagged six deer. A dance will be held in the Howell ward, October 31. Music will be furnished by the Hall k Og-de- O O Yevone Johnson spent Saturday night and Sunday with friends in Elwood. Mrs. Duett Loveland and daughter Mildred Jean and Mrs. T. R. Auk visited with Mrs. T. A. Carter at her home in Tremon-toon Saturday. Mrs. Lloyd Gardner visited her father James S. Burbank .at the Dee hospital in Ogden, who is improving slowly from a major, operation. Several from our community went hunting and got their deer, but found verv cold and damp weather in the hills. Sunday evening at' Sacrament meeting Patriarch James Walton of Tremonton was the speaker and Mrs. Walton sang two vocal solo. She was accompanied by Mrs. Harris. Monday .Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson were in Ogden shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Heus-se- r and little son are spending a few days in Salt Lake City. Veral Gardner who is in the navy and is the son of Alfonzo Gardner arrived home from Tokyo Japan. He is here visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Addie Gardner and other relatives in Dewey O 0 O O n ii devil." "Ravens," she murmured. "But that birdhouse isn't big enough for ravens." "What birdhouse?" "In that crotch." It's odd how you can miss things. There was a birdhouse in the crotch. Mr. "and Mrs. Bert Lucas of Enough starlight filtered down to show it rather the Logan have been visiting at the leaves through Most peo'ple would have home of Mr. and Mrs. Cleon plainly. been satisfied now, but not Arab. She got a flashlight from a bureau drawer and flicked it over the tree. The beam centered for a moment on the birdhouse, then went out. "Did you see what I saw?" Arab asked quietly. 'Yeah. It's new. The paint isn't spotted. I saw a couple of bright nail heads. But listen, Arab, that doesn't mean anything." "Darling, do people put up around here in October?" "Sure, all the best people. And bird-hous- Call Mark Udy or Jess Garfield or Day Phone 64 J 21 ville. Phyllis and Lois Fryer, daughters of Bishop and Mrs. Clarence Fryer have returned to Ogden and Logan, after spending the weekend here. O Fire Insurance Automobile Coverage Public Liability Property Damage Comprehensive Collision All types of Surety Bonds Crop Insurance Hail and Fire Auto Medical Real Estate Loans Automobile Loans Quick and Reliable Service JAMES BROUGH REALTOR TREMONTON UTAH Frank Lawson of the navy is a house guest at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Duett Loveland. He came from Faragutt, Idaho, Monday evening. Tuesday at Relief Society visitors of the stake board were Mrs. Eva Hansen and Mrs. Gertrude Iverson who spoke for a short time. A quilt was completed. Tuesday, Mrs. Virginia and children of Petersbora visited at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Perry. Peter-so- Guests at the home of Mr. and; Mrs. Harry Drew for the weekf were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lamb of i Santa Ana, California and Mr t and Mrs. Frank Lucas of HuntI ington Beach, Calif. - es furthermore" "Do they put them up facing north? I always understood that birds liked a southern exposure." "These birds are different. They don't like the sun shining in and fading the wallpaper. They" "Andy Blake!" I sighed. "Yes?" 'What do you see over the top of that birdhouse?" "Nothing. Now listen, Arab " You "You do so see something! see the roof of the house down the street. What would happen if that birdhouse weren't there?" "The birds would have to get out and look for a place like the rest of us. They" "Andy Blake, it won't do you any good to act like this. If that new birdhouse weren't there you would be looking at the second-floo- r windows of the house down the street And I'll bet that crotch of the tree lines up a window like a gun sight. Somebody put up that birdhouse within the past two days. He put it up to hide the window of the next house so that, if anyone Paula's going-to-beroutine, they wouldn't look out of the window and get suspicious of the place next door." "The next house is fifty yards away," I objected. "What could you see that would make you dangerous to the neighbors?" "It doesn't matter what I saw. It could have been a murder or a man in a Jap uniform "And why didn't you call the cops?" "Because, darling. I'd have to tell the whole story over the downstairs phone. Because what I'd seen In err i THE MIOTT FOE THE PimTOUE,im . or" volved somebody who lives here. Be-- , cause the wrong person might hear what I said. So I called good old Bill and just asked him to drive around for me and said it was awful urgent. I was going to get him to take me to a drugstore phone or to a police station. And . . . and Bill was the wrong person." "I don't think I like tills game." Tlease, Andy, try to think. 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