| Show tT T k 1 r J F w w f's k Y k p 4 t i tL sf 4 w. w w. w pYU Some Ii like flke e It f t on the cob some like if It off everybody likes fresh freshcorn freshcorn freshcorn corn with fried fred chicken Cook the corn on oh boiling boUng about five minutes for young corn fresh from the garden or 10 to 15 min mm T Telegram m Fiction Made Up to KiH By y KeU Kelley i CHAPTER 22 C Carols ol's eyes were sparkling and for a moment she looked l k any girl whose engagement was to be announced ed in toasts and celebration Then the light f faded ded from her eyes We cant can't Steve People would see us they'd know I eI I wish to God they would No Not yet Steve Please Well theres there's no reason why we cant can't celebrate here is us there th r I said Of course not riot Id I'd love that All right ight tomorrow then for or dinner Lets Let's all meet here herd at 5 Carol can give me meher meher meher her k key y again and Ill I'll sneak Inand in inand and get things ready You'll c come me Jeff And Clint J Jeff ff said he hew would uld be there thereIn therein therein In person but Clint demurred You young people he smarted j to say Youre coming Steve said Well WeI have champagne champagn and lobster obster and and Texas hash Jeff asked in in- in Caviar Carol pleaded j Absolutely Last week Carol made an astounding ling dis discovery overy Caviar Jeff grimaced g r rim I m a ace C C d horribly Caviar The undeveloped young oung of careless fish Carol said aid Its wonderful I wish that fish would hide their children where they cant can't I Ibe be found Oh Oh be quiet I said Y You u dont don't have to eat it Carol went to the window and t open peri letting Jetting th the Wi wind d ruffle her hair and the lacy collar of her dress When she turned back bac 16 to u us she W Was s 's smiling smil i ing g I coI feel happY again and not not afraid Just telling you about Steve and ni me has hs done dODe it it And a apart part th t helps to too It makes n me feel almost normal I thought really just a little girl Theres There's g going ing to be a party with caviar and ands s so EG everything is all right Steve Steve- followed her ber to the win dow If we told everyone and got married you wouldn't need needS v S to be afraid at all Nothing co could cold ld hurt yo yoi yot with me inc around you all th the time I wouldn't let it iN No Carol said turning aw away o oThen Then her fler eyes fell upon a crum rum rum- I pled She picked it up and turned appealing to us us thru thrusting ting sting the paper pape in our faces face Look Look at that Pictures S of n all over the thing Your family would like that that Steve M My name nam in headlines The rhe Murder Mur Mur- der Girl what that's they're call call- ing now Steve Steve Brown Brown weds' weds the Murder Girl Your Y ur family family- would be sure be-sure sure to love bye me meNo No I I. I wont won't have it I But Carol Steve pleaded pleaded- his eyes yes begg begging her to listen BOW Bowers Bowers- cleared Bowers s cleared his I t. t I I think you should marry marry him him in inv im m di tely Carol T at s my ion and hating given It- It t Ill I'll run run along Ill I'll stop in at at- your at-your your party t tomorrow morrow Wait Vait Clint go with ou with you Jeff said Where I a asked ked Anywhere An her he said Steve shot my pr out from fron under me and Ive I've got to dig u up another one Ill I'll call you tomorrow H Me opened the door and andI I saw that ys y's re reassuring figure was vas stationed outside it once again When I turned back to Steve and Carol they were sitting sitting sit sit- ting on the floor close by the fireplace and I mumbled d a g good goodnight goodnight od night that neither of them heard and slipped sUpped into my D bedroom droom I was done in With a pile of pillows behind my back I switched on the b bedside bedside bed bed- d. d side lamp This I thought is ismy ismy ismy my first peaceful moment in 72 hours I t opened the he script that Vincent Vincent Vin Vin- cent Parker Parker- had given me th that t afternoon Skimming through the list of characters I found the one that he had marked for Carol I turned to page one Under Jeffs Jeff's eye I finished d the last morsel of bacon bacon bacon ba ba- ba- ba con and eggs and lit a I Iwas Iwas was thinking happily that there was nothing in the world like the first drag of the da days day's s 's first ciga- ciga utes for older corn con bo bought hf rat it f the store Then quickly cut the ear earr c cutting cuffing off t th the kernels kernek about h half haf tf way to the cob with cob With a sharp knife and scrape scrape- p out the milk and pulp remaining ret rei when Jeff said You smoke too much It keeps me busy I I. I said said-ln l ln defense I dont dot h have haye havea ve a 8 alius- alius liu hus band and a home home children and keep me occupied Ji ike e other girls If If yb you stopped smoking you mI ht a drug You smoke f fIts It Its s. s all right for me r Im I'm Ima a a drug addict If you'd hurry up and solve the m der we c could uld g get t mar mar- ried ned and a home hom and children And a husband husband- too Then Id I'd give up smoking Im solving the murder Youre sore at me arent aren't you Jeff Look Haila Today's Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day M night the murderer strikes at Carol and misses Tues Tues- he e strikes gets Eva Era North instead Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day I dont don't catch c culprit Police dont don't cat catch at h him either Today's Thursday You give give- me hell W wax x sarcastic Gwan back to bed Im Jeff And I sorry was Forgive me No Nd Its It's a lucky lu ky thing for for- you yot ou were we're being joined He shouted across the restaurant Wont yo you join jOhi us us Tommy I looked tip up and nd saw Tommy Neilson approaching us He dragged a chair from another table to ours and sat down heavily He had been job huntIng hunting hunt hunt- ing and there didn't seem em to beany be beany any producers who wanted any stage managers The theater is dead dead Tommy grumbled I wish I were Why dont don't you go see Vincent Parker Tommy I suggested Hes doing a play pla Hes got i a stage manager managers Bobby Reed The rat raU A waitress appear appeared d and took Tommys Tommy's order orde 1 1 I asked for more Coffee When the girl gone goneI I Isaid Isaid said to Tommy You You can can canive act ct Ive I've a c coy of bf play Parkers y an anthe and the cast cast is enormous There might be something in it for fox you Naw v. How could I get a part partIn In New York anyway Im I'm not an Englishman I laughed That was was' the the- first attempt at a a. a wisecrack 1 I had ad heard Tommy make in weeks Jeff didn't get it it and Tommy tried to explain There Ih re are re remore more nore English actors working inN in N Tew w Y York rk than there there are are Ameri Amen cans But then of of course Im I'm not even even an an American m. m I 1 was born in Brooklyn What dya mean more more English English Eng Eng- lish actors Jeff stuck his Ms chin out He loved to argue on subjects subjects subjects sub sub- he knew least leas about What English actors Shall I name you just afew a a. few Tommy a asked ked smiling Yeah Who besides Evans And Philip Ashley and half lf a 8 hundred more I f said Philip Ashley isn't English My coffee cup clattered In the saucer as I set it down and stared at Tommy Jeff was was almost almost out but butof of his chair the matter with you ou two Jeffs Jeff's voice with ex cx- Did you YO you say Ashley isn't English Yes He 1 S How do you know One of the timers old-timers at the Lambs Lamb's club told told- me T Ten n or 12 years ago go Ashley went to Toron Toron- to ta for a season of stock When he came back he was English And hes he's worl worked ed steadily steadily- ever since New York loves English actors I was astounded To Xo me Philip Phllip Ashley had always been the very spirit of Trafalgar Trafalgar- square or Piccadilly or whatever it is that thatIs Is all aU British anda yard W wide de Where was Ashley born 1 Salt Lake City J 1 Both our cups clattered into i i i. J I r our saucers saucer t that at ti time e Jeff Jeff hand closed closed- oVer over mine mine- tArey eY u u sure Tommy i Positive ing to expose him once just st for forI forthe I the fun of it but we decided it dit i wouldn't be so funny to him W WeN We found out then that he was born and bred in good old Salt Lake I. I City U U. US S S. S A. A Haila Halla Jeff up my purse and gloves and hustled me out to the sidewalk Through the window Tommy stared at us open mouthed Jeff why Why do you think I yanked you out of there To stick Tommy with the check Pretty clev clever r. r He rushed back slipped a bill into the cashiers cashier's cage and was beside me again Where does Ashley live D Downtown 0 w n tow n someplace I think I had almost to run to keep up with him He lie ducked into a drugstore on the corner and leafed through the telephone book Ashley lived in the Village Vil Vii lage on Perry street I followed Jeff out Are we going to see Ashley Listen Speedy maybe he wont won't even be home We can Continued on Oil Following Page |
