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Show - " rHE HI i Kl i. i;it,n m , wMiy j TAH orvate detective, ha " 'W reputation in Bos viable siaM"" e bv solving omt U0' mr Ht l ''"Warmed M1M Ade ' Wf ..remely wealthy and 1 him t 'WA.. fe festivities 'Se'Bl'lding- - Mcta'r only he otfbV'" Is afraid of mat she wants a com-T- . around i he house Incase ,.methlng were JEw wouldn't you?" meaningly. Mc-S- ! me obvious hint. )HAPTER II , .Mr.ld'i jot) to a lot of The big iWL etched his long legs ftBLof the chair and snort-Hg,,- ,. "Holy Mike! What Kjiet I thi light we were E or the big stuff-- no time. I run my mfring dope on this d what for? What d cMriWoom got to do with yKttiie friei ds of the fam-"Kltc- b aU the silver plate? ie'K fw expect him to run , bK comer to the hock shop a daughter, Victoria. Their name was Bennett, but he adopted them and they changed to the Bigelow surname." "Then Veronica, the bride, It a 'laughter of this second marriage?" "No. The first Mrs. Bigelow died in childbirth-th- at is, in giving birth to Veronica. The old gentleman married Sybil Bennett three years after. Am I bawling this up?" "No, indeed. It's very clear. Go on." "There's not much more. Stephen was married two years ago. He didn't go to Harvard ur Groton, like the rest of the Blgelowa, M I T, I believe. He's an airplane designer at present. He married a girl from St. Louis Swedish descent, but so-cial and all that. A Karen Crislofen. Not much fuss around here about It." "What's that?" He picked up a folded square of paper that had fluttered from her lap to the floor. "Oh, I nearly forgot that. It's a rotogravure cut of Veronica Bige-low from the Sunday Herald of a few weeks ago." McCale unfolded It and spread it flat on the top of the desk. The likeness of a very pretty girl looked up at him. It was a carefully lieht- - ety of liquor on that table." He shook his head. "I'll wait. I think." He was obsessed with the thought that although her voice was calm, unhurried, there was something empty and trembling in her. She seemed !o be watching, too, watch-ing the way the firelight flickered across his lean, hard jaw, and reaching out to him in some way for strength. Letting the smoke out of his lungs, he said slowly, his voice low, "Per-haps you have something to till me before the others arrive." She looked up quickly, one flst tightly clenched in her lap. "Oh, no." "Damnation," thought McCale. 'What is the matter with this worn-a- n' Or is it me1 Am I getting out of practice? I can usually catch something significant in my own subtle way. but this baffles me. I'll stake my life that there Is some-thing seriously wrong in this room, in this house. Something is going to happen. The Irish in me tells me so. It's crawling up the very small of my back. I've got to have some-thing to go on." She rose and walked past him to the door, her dress rustline likp rfrv between the in on the last She set a the desk, and cups and on. Tiny," ihe "Duke has a him do the conference?" it here." was noises, the Iunchbowl So Duke has master-mind- , tell us all." anything to a lady Bigelow, in here to that of That's her She doesn't i men one planted the day of now for in itself is she doesn't she's turned leaves. "I want you to see the wedding gifts," was all she said, closing the door of her mind sharp-ly in his face. A quick black anger flared up in him. His impulse was to stalk from the house, but reason held him, rea-son and the disturbing unrest that had remained in his brain and nerves ever since her visit to his office that morning. He followed her downstairs. Heavy double doors intricately carved in designs of fruit opened off the lower hall into an Immense dining room. There was faded scenic paper on the walls and huge sideboards against opposite sides of the room. Two exquisite crystal chandeliers, wired now for electri-- 1 city, hung over a long narrow table. Along the dado which outlined the; room, a dozen or more Adam chairs arched their dignified backs. Table and sideboards were loaded with silver, lamps, expensive glassware; rare, beautiful, odd, pretentious gifts for the bride and groom. McCale walked around the dis-- 1 play slowly, nodding at Miss Bige-Iow'- s remarks: "Very valuable; an heirloom; priceless," and so on. He marveled at thp valno nlaepH rn "Htrators from all the big ;;SH To top it off. she acts as Four Horsemen of the ::iB were tracking her fli eyes narrowed. "Skip-mytholog-maestro, I "see a glimmer of light. 'wrds, she doesn't give a H-- wedding feast is lousy Htomaniacs. She's got oth- - the head of the class," were do we come in?" Biccepted coffee from Ann cigarette. He spoke into Hwff of smoke. JB's'ot me there. I'm not JMlady knuws herself, but stle wants someone M're elected, anyway. So "we is a file on the family iBiashing bridegroom, just jJWiat did you get on Curt I'm afraid." Rocky BWWl ".VUMBSSSSBW r She held up a long legal envelope that had been lying beside the model. ed study of the photographer's con-ception of how a quiet, aristocratic young woman should pose. "That really doesn't do her jus-tice, I should say," mused Ann. "I understand she has gorgeous red hair and a beautiful figure." "Well, we shall see," said Duke, handing it back to her. "Tuck it away with the rest of the data and transcribe Rocky's notes for a file on Vallaincourt. I'm due at the ancestral mansion for tea with Miss Adelaide at five or thereabouts." "Wheel " It was Rocky. "No-blesse oblige and old pewter mugs." "Quiet, stooge. You and Ann hold the fort here. I don't even know whether our client expects me to take over twenty-fou- r hours duty or not. I'm darn sure she's not really worried about the wedding pres-ents. If by any chance she is, you may have to put on crepe soles and pussyfoot around there through the wee small hours. I'll call you." some simple piece, shuddering at the ostentatiousness of others. He was ready to grant the necessity of protection for this collection, was beginning to push away the odd hunch he had been playing all day, when he felt, rather than saw, a sudden change in his client. A quiver rippled over her frail shoulders. Her hands fluttered help-lessly as she came to a sudden fro-zen stop. They had reached the far end of the table. He heard her gasp and looked down to see the strang-est gift of all. It was a model, to scale, of t small modernistic house, set in miniature landscaped grounds. Complete with casement windows, sun deck, glass-walle- d patio, it was an architect's dream of the plus ultra in a civilized dwelling place. There was even a tiny roadster on the curved highway, a swimming pool in the rear, a statue in the small, geometrically plotted gar-- 1 den. The model had evidently been on display somewhere, for an en-graved card attached to one corner of the base read: Model of 1942 House The Nest Crystal Cove, Nahant Architect Christopher Storm Beside McCale, Miss Bigelow swayed. Her face blanched. With eyes half-close- she reached for and held up in her trembling fingers a long legal envelope that had been lying beside the model. From it, she took a folded document, opened it slowly. Over her shoulder, Duke saw it was a deed, ceding the prop-erty and buildings of Christopher Storm at Crystal Cove, Nahant Massachusetts, to Curtin Vallain-court. a notebook. "Showed '"lese parts about a year "rom New York City, or Definitely not Harvard W. Seems to have plen-j- - Lives in a swank 'mi the Riverway. Doesn't P everywhere with the od. Tiic gals alt do ever h' shows up any-P-he's marrying fto dollars next week. i"g mysterious out of ihruggeu. "Plenty If I McCale Senses That Something's Amiss The Bigelow house was on that mound of Beacon street that slopes gently to Charles street and the Gardens. It was almost in the shad-ow of the State House dome and you could have thrown a pebble easily from the front stoop onto the paths of the old Common. Four stories high, its narrow dusty brick facade gave the lie to the roominess and depth within. Beautiful Blonde Enters the Scene Wordlessly, as McCale bit his lip! to keep silent. Adelaide Bigelow the deed in its envelope. She turned slowly, motioning him to leave the room with her. The bright brilliance of "The Firebird" rippled through the gloom of the upper hall on a shaft of yel-low light from the open drawing room door. Someone was playing the Stravinsky and playing it well McCale, following Miss Bigelow in-side, saw that the room was now occupied by three women and a man. As his client drew him forward, to the woman at the piano. She was exceedingly beautiful in a al-most cinematic way. Her body was long and thin and exquisitely draped ,n a white jersey tea-gow- the wide sleeves of which swung rhythmical-ly as she played. The high cheek-bones of her face shadowed the faintest of hollows. You could have swept the floor with her lashes, be-hind which glowed humorous blue eyes Her mouth was sensuous, and thick with vermilion lipstick. As if all this were not enough, hair the color of flax hung in a long bub to her shoulders. (TO BE CONTINUED) r run ,JWay with me." MJ Ann. "Did you line HOW! for rne?" 'he began, "the Perkinses 10WS go right back-JT-ea Party- -ii that's tog you want." 'si. Bring us up to date." e m(Jev ali CQmes 'mills in Lowell, and and the Oriental trade fne Perkinses and the parried, and so on. JWow. our client, and rV h.01, are and were' ' last of the line. married. Joel mar-iear"!- 8 flrst wife is dead. V To? Te" sbil' p- - ,01 f0ya) PUrPle-ton ,eem 10 So back Cdl? Probab'y e ipm..u 1 or nouveau married her. She's J 'han he. too." get the nouveau didn't f. ' Just surmise. In Wow whether she has ' 01 her owni or not He Unn he died- - flve than She Was 'rty-thre- e tw0 children by her "' on, Stephen, and Adelaide Bigelow was waiting for McCale in the drawing room on the second floor. A butler, old and quiet and unobtrusive, had answered his knock and led him through a dim hallway, preceding him up dark, thickly carpeted stairs. The room was at the front of the house Heavy red draperies at the wide high windows were already drawn Frail Miss Bigelow stood small and patri-cian in its exact center, against the background of a huge black marble mantel. He bowed slightly, and as she sank onto a Victorian sofa, he made a half-hearte- d gesture of rumbling A clock on the man-te- l for a cigarette. minute as he hesi-tated ticked a long to light it. Please do smoke," Miss Ade-laide said in her soft, troubled voice "This room is rather over-powering, isn't it? It has never been changed since the days of m It takes the ch grandparents. should be en to cheer it up. They ong soon. There was a rehearsal at the church this afternoon. She sighed. McCale struck a match, thinking something w.cked that there was and about hereditary possess.on to people's lives. what it "Uld do I, you'd like to mix yourself a there's a van- - drink, Mr. McCale. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS (kriilaf lAartrolte for J4cr &&of( WJed-ittln-q cjCumlyvriach Outfit Christmas Gift VVTHAT could be nicer for her favorite doll than a set of ex-quisite bridal clothes? Your young daughter will never tire of playing 'bride' with this complete ward-robe. It includes a gown, veil, slip and panties, nightdress, negligee. Pattern No. 8948 comes for dolls 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 inches. For exact yard-ages, see pattern. 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Dingo and Opossum Are Masters at Feigning Death Of the many animals that feign death when approached or cap-tured by man or other enemy, the two outstanding masters of this artifice are the opossum of Amer-ica and the dingo, a wild dog of Australia, says Collier's. When shamming death, the dingo will al-low his captor to maul him un-mercifully and even remove some of his skin. The dingo has a wolf-like face and bushy tail and is very destructive to sheep. While the opossum will also allow him-self to be beaten, his pose seldom fails to convince a captor that he is actually dead, as he lies limp and motionless with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and hia eyes open and rolled back. Windproof Span Designed After Wind Tunnel Tests By 1948, a new Tacoma Narrows Bridge will be built over Puget Sound, replacing the one that, four months after its completion in 1940, was destroyed by wind, says Collier's. The new span, the first to have its design based on wind-tunn- el tests of a model, will have shock absorbers at numerous points. It will also have air slots in the floor which will enable it to with-stand a wind nearly three times as strong as that which caused the former structure to crash. |