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Show P RO V O T & HX1 rS TJND'A Y 'HE RALD, - - $TJ N D & Yv MAY 1 9, 1 9 8 5r PAGE ELEVEN Jc CabletOn r ' Kendrake :::v:;x'::::::: ::v:-- : : fid v- '.w. .y,,,, ,? 'tall ? fr 'V-Vxt; fj I '-i - r- " ' u 1 1 ; I I ;'v,! hml I "... ' 1- OS .. rw,, CHAPTER I JITILLICENT GRAVES glanced from her Dew fur coat, which waa risible through the open door of the coat closet, to the clock The clock showed 5:35 and George Urlmgold hadn't as yet re turned to sign the mall. Her capable fingers flew over ibe keya of the typewriter, finishing the last stereotyped "Beg to remain, rery truly yours," of the voluml nous correspondence. The outer door opened with ex plosive violence. George Drimgold pushed toward his private office. "Come in. Miss Graves," he said. "Bring a notebook." Miilicent frowned. There was a 6tack of mail that would take 10 or 15 minutes to fold, seal and stamp. Of late this overtime work bad been getting to be a habit wtih Drimgold. and Miilicent Graves had made up her mind that she'd tell him. In a nice way, that just a little more consid eratlon would give ber time to freshen up a bit before dinner. But Miilicent, however. was hardly in a, popition to become. tirm with ber employer tonight- She had a favor to ask. So she sighed, picked up her notebook, and fol lowed George Drimgold Into the private office. Drimgold stared at her with eyes which glittered strangely. Miilicent Graves didn't notice the signs of inner emotion. A suddeu urge of valor possessed her. "Mr. Drimgold." she said, "1 wod der if it would be possible for me to get an advance on next month's Balary? It happens that I've hati some rather heavy expenses this month, and ..." "No." he told her shortly. "I'm orry. but it's Impossible." "Very well." 6he said with dig nity. "It's after 5 o'clock. Your mail Is ready for signing. Shall I get it?" "Not yet. I've got something to dictate to you." a minute." Drimgold pleaded. 1 "It's after 5." 'Le fs be reasonable. You can't leave me norv.' lack of consideration your penny pinching tactics. It took two girls I TTE said Irritably. "I don't care j to do your work before 1 came here. I what time it is. 1 told you I've ; I'm doing the work of both of those got some dictation. You're going to have to work tonight. You'll have to eat downtown. There's a tea room in the block." She could feel the pulse pounding in her throat. She realized now that Drimgold was In a most Irri table mood. Yet. having started to assert her rights, she didD't intend to stop. "What I am about to dictate. Miss Graves. Drimgold said, "is of the otmost Importance. I don't want to be Interrupted . . . "Before we start In on that dictation." dic-tation." Miilicent Graves said firmly, firm-ly, "there's the question of finances and overtime. I know that lobs are scarce, Mr. Drimgold. but it takes virtually every cent that I make In order to live." "I noticed you flashed out with a new fur coat," he retorted sarcastically. sarcas-tically. "Yes, 1 did." she said. "a.id I needed It. It was a bargain I couldn't pass up. I paid for it out of my own money. You don't have to give me an advance If you don't want to. On the other hand. 1 cer tainly don't have to work overtime for you. As it happens. I can't do it tonigbt. I haven't enough money to even pay for any dinner." Drimgold frowned, thrust a hand Into bis trouser pocket, pulled out a roll of bills. Ha hesitated a moment, mo-ment, then replaced the bills. From his other pocket he took some sil ver and slid a 50-cent piece across the desk to her. "You can get enough to eat." he said, "for half a dollar. I'll pay ior me meai. l won i pay lor over time. If you don't want this posi tion, I can get others who do. Miilicent Graves pushed back her chair. Despite herself, her voice rose. "That's the thing that I hate about you!" she screamed. "Your girls at one girl's salary. Even then, 1 wouldn't mind the work if you'd be decent about it. You treat a girl like a slave, and I'm Dot go Ing to be a slave. I don't care hnw scarce jobs are. I'm going to get a raise or I'm going to quit." She heard one of the Janitors moving around in the outer office, and realized her voice had been high-pitched with rage. "You don't need to quit." Drim gold shouted. "You're fired!" "Very well." she said, and closed her book wiih a vicious snap. Her hand was on the knob of the door as Drimgold's voice, strangely changed, reached ber ears. "Wait a minute," ho pleaded. "Let's re reasonable. I need you. I've cot some most important dictation You can't leave me now. I'm all upset Please forgive me." CHE turned to stare at him. and suddenly realized that the man was speaking the 6imple truth Sh--lesitated for a moment, then ram-Liack ram-Liack to the dictating table, spread out her notebook, and said frostily "Very well. What is it. a letter?" "No." said Drimgold slowly, "it's a confession." Despite herself, she felt quick sympathy as she saw the expression on bis face. "I'm going to dictate this confes sion." he said. "You're going t write it out. Then I'm going to sign it, and you'll witness It. Please take this down. Miss Graves. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that I, George Drimsold. of the age of 48 years, president of tlu-Drimgold tlu-Drimgold Realty Revaluation Com pany, am guilty of being an acces sory to a murder. "I am not guilty of that murder I do. however, know the guilty par ty. For years I have protected this party and have myself shared ic i y the benefits which accrued from I that murder. ! "In order to make this confession intelligible at this late date, it la necessary for me o set forth certain cer-tain facts. These facts can best be explained by certaTri documentary evidence, certain newspaper clip pings which 1 will quote herein at length." Drirr.gold paused In his dictation, turned to the wall bafe abrve ht desk. His ringers touched the knot of the combination: then he turned to Miilicent Graves. "I've got to get some documents,' he said. "Go ahead and get that mail. I'll 6ign 1L Then you can get it in the mail chute." She couldn't help but think that, even In his trouble he was intent upon getting every bit of work out of her he possibly could. . She went to the outer office. r turned with the stack of mall, placed it on the desk In front of him. He signed the letters with a firm, steady hand. She folded the mail, placed It In the envelopes,' sealed and stamped the envelopes. Drimgold took some papers from jth? wall safe started pawing j through them, arranging them In I some sort of a sequence. "Go get yourself something to 'cat," he said, without looking up. "Lock the door as you go out. 1 I don't want to be disturbed. Be sure the door's locked. If you see a woman in a black ermine coat, with a big collar up around her face, don't let her In under any circumstances. If 6he's in the corridor when you come back from dinner, don't unlock the office door. Go some place and telephone me. I'll answer the telephone. And don't be long." "Very well. Mr. Drimgold M1W licent said, with mechanical obe-dieuce. obe-dieuce. but she was thinking that the dinner she could buy at the tea room for J50 cents wouldn't unreasonably unrea-sonably detain her. (To Be Continued) CHAPTER A CHB stood la frost of ifce mirror, Clfins flnishlnj touches to her fata, and thinking of Urtmgold's strange confession, She might nave known It waa sometnlng ilk tnat No man who waa guilty tf the pet tji chiseling tactics George Drim gold used could be qnite the pillar of society that he liked to simulate. She snuggled into ber fur. coat, scooped up the mail, snapped an elastic band around the pack of letters, took care to thro the spring lock on the door Into position, posi-tion, nodded to the assistant Ian I tor as she stepped ont Into the cor ridor. She went to the elevator, dropped her letters down the mail chute, pulled her coat tightly around ber figure as she met the cold wind of the street The tingling air felt good to ber skin. She pushed the door and entered the welcome warmth of the tea room. She hung up the fur coat where she could keep an eye on it. dropped her purse to a chair beside her and consulted the menu. She could, she saw, get some chicken croquettes and tea and still leave a 10-cent tip for the waitress out of the fiO cents Drimgold bad given her. Miilicent decided on the era quettes. and gave her order. She took a cigaret from her purse and was holding a match to it when ber eyes suddenly snapped to quick attention. at-tention. A woman, with a coat of black ermine wrapped around her. had entered the tea room. She walked with quick, nervous steps Miilicent couldn't see the face, but she could glimpse a coldly baleful eye. Then the woman in the ermine coat 6wept past her and took the table Just back or the one where Miilicent sat . VTI LL1CENT ate in slow, thought- ful 6llence. The woman, dressed as a gypsy, whose duty It was to tell fortunes, came across the room toward ber. "1 feel." she 6aid. "t.'iat you're going to have a very interesting fortune. Have you finished your tea?" Miilicent smiled wanly. "Really." she said, "I'm not particularly in terested. and I haven" any money for a tip if you should give me a good fortune." ' The woman sank into a chair beside be-side her, pulled Millicent's tea cup across the table. She stared steadily down into the few tea leaves in the bottom of the tea cup. Miilicent Telt a sensation of vague uneasiness creeping over her "Look." said the fortune teller "Look at' the way those leaves are arranged. See how black they are and notice this leaf which has twisted Its edges." "What do they mean?" Miilicent Inquired. "Dark deeds of violence," the for tune teller said. "There's murder In the tea cup." "Murder!" Miilicent exclalmea. "Not yours." the gypsy said has tily. "The murder of someone who's close to you- There's danger to you. but you're not going to be murdered. The danger comes from woman. I can't see her clearly She's menacing you.' and yet she's the woman you'd least suspect" Miilicent hastily pushed the tea cup away. "I've beard enough." she said lr ritably. "I'm tired and nervous, and 1 don't want to hear any more of your predictions." The gypsy scraped back, her chair from the table. "I'm sorry." she said. "Genuine 1935 N EA SERVICE. I NC. ; ) fe - fL If 1 miiirr -i BKi iiuo ceuirai ana ice cage sua smoothly to a stop. He moved the le?er which opened the door. "Permit me," be said and. taking ber arm. escorted her to the street "You go this way?" he asksd. nodding nod-ding toward the right "Yes." she said, hardly knowing whether it was proper for her to continue the acquaintanceship so informally begun. "Welt" he said, to her relief. "I go the other way. You won't tell the Janitor cbout the elevator. w'H you?" He raised bis hat and, smiling, turned to sweep down on the wingl of the cold night 'ind. Miilicent almost ran through th swinging "door Into the tea room. Her eye encountered the gypsy girl. "My purse." she said hreathless-ty. hreathless-ty. "What tecame of the woman In the black fur coat? The biacs ermine with the collar around the neck?" The fortune teller stared et Mil licent strangely. "She crossed to a table back ol "and only stayed for two. She wasn't you." che said. or M' Miilicent Craves. ly sorry. I've only told you because, Miilicent tucked the purse under 1 thought you should be warned." j her arm, whirled and almost ran Miilicent flashed her a quirk toward the elevators, glance and saw that the gypsy's! She pressed her gloved finger face was white and strained against the bell which summoned "Please forgive me," she said. J the elevator. It seemed ages be-Mlllicent be-Mlllicent left a tip for the wait fore it swept into view. When tt ress, picked up her check, gloves and purse, strode to door. her the rPHE fresh bite of the wind helped to Bteady her nerves. She was sorry that the walk was not longer As 6he turned into the lighted lob by of the office building, she signed her name on the night register, and was swept up to the 17tb floor. She walked down the flagged corridor with quick, nervous steps, the sound of her heels clacking In echoes from the sides of the corri dor. She paused before Drimgold's office and opened her purse. Consternation gripped her. Miilicent turned the purse over in ber hand and stared at it curl ously. It was an exact duplicate of her purse even to the Initials. "M. G.," monogramed on the leather. With the quick mental processes of one who has worked for a living and who, therefore, has grown accustomed ac-customed to responsibilities, Miilicent Miili-cent Graves, standing before Drim gold's door, made hasty mental In ventory of the situation. She had made up her face befo.e leaving Drimgold's office. She knew therefore, that she had taken her own purse when she left the office The substitution must have taken place at the restaurant The woman In the black ermine coat with the high collar, in taking the table Im mediately behind Miilicent. must have left her own purse near Milli cent's. did she saw, to her surprise, that the man at the controls was not the janitor at all. but a well dressed individual of suave manners, who swung open the doors for her with something of a flourish, and. at the same moment, raised his hat "You'll pardon me." be said, "but I found the elevator on the ICth floor. 1 was in something of a hurry to go down I rang several times for the Janitor. He cldo't show up, so 1 decided to take a hand at the controls myself. 1 fig nred the Janitor could walk down 16 flights of stairs better than I could Then I heard vou ringing from the" 17th floor and couldn't conscientiously abandon you to a long climb down the stairs. Would you care to share in my adven ture?" DERTURBED as she was. Milli cent nevertheless recognized the man's inherent strength of character, charac-ter, was moved by his magnetic personality. "Are you." she asked, "quite cer tain that you know how to operate j purse. it?" "Oh. quite," he told her. "ATter all, It isu't too complicated." As she entered the cage, the man moved a lever, the door clanged shut He pressed over on the con trol throttle and the elevator shot downward. "The trick." he said, smiling, "lies in knowing just when to stop." And then, before fear could grip her, be pushed the control lever a minute served." "Do you know who she was?" "No." ILL ICE N'T GRAVES stared down at the black leather purse she held In her hand. "If." she said, "she comes in. tell her to get in touch with Mis Graves, at Mr. Drimcold's office on the 17th floor of the Wolgamotl building." The fortune teller nodded. "HI tell her." she said. Miilicent flung away impatiently, fled out of the door. She was within some 50 feet ol the entrance to the Wolgamott building when a figure garbed In white, came rushing out of the lobby. She recocnized the man aa the assistant janitor. As she looked at his white, frightened face, conscious of th cold perspiration on his forehead, of the manner in which the night wind whipped his hair about his forehead, he screamed the single word. "Murder!" Then he turned and ran down the sidewalk as fast as he could go. the wind at bis back helping him in his burst ol speed. Miilicent Graves, filled with some sudden premonition of Impending disaster. In turn raced toward the lobby of the building. She found the elevator open and deserted. She had remembered enough of the manner in which It should be oper ated to work the levei which closed the door, and pushed the throttle over to the left-It left-It took her a moment of fumbling with the controls to get the cage stopped at the 17th floor. Then, having opened the door, she ran down the corridor. The door of Drimgold's private office was open. Drimgold lay on the floor. A bullet bul-let hole in the center of his forehead fore-head welled a thick, red stream across the carpeted floor. A half opened purse was clutched in the 1ngers of his left hand. The contents con-tents were scattered over the floor. One swift look at the purse, and she recognized it It was her own The things which were strewn about the room were her own lipstick, compact, handker chief, keys, visitiug cards. She felt panic tighten her throat Moved by Impulse, she ran to the window, flung It open and looked down the 17 floors. The white-garbed assistant Janitor Jani-tor was Just rounding the corner. and. slightl j behind bim, ran a uniformed uni-formed policeman. (To Be Continued) SPRING VILLE REPORTS I ,Alley P,S Pinny Steals Show at Cotton Carnival MRS. MANILA KNOWN. Correspondent - Phone 235-J The Busy Finger club entertained entertain-ed at h party for their mothers at the hnrt." of Mrs. Lloyd Bird Thursday ai ternoon. A nicely arranged ar-ranged program featured dance and vocal selections by Miss Shirley Shir-ley Peterson; vocal selections by Mrs. I'hilf'a Finley. Mrs. Erma Brailsford and Mrs. .. - yd Bird, accompanied by Mr::. Julia Sum-sion Sum-sion and piano selections by Mrs. Sumsion. The guesls were seated at rne long table, beautifully decorated dec-orated with spring flowers and miniature sailing vessels as place cards and favors. In attendance were the following; members and guests: Mrs. Doris Bird, Mrs. A. C. Lambert of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Delia Da'.lm. Mrs Julia Dal-lin, Dal-lin, Mrs. Olive Porter. Mrs. Fred Hanson. Mrs. Stella Straw, Mrs. Nell Straw. Mrs Marie Cranmer, Mrs. A. Y. Wheeler, Mrs. Mar-jorie Mar-jorie Bird, Mrs. YV. G Parker. Mrs. LaVern Beardall, Mrs. Wil- UNION PACIFIC STAGES Travel Specials for Y'our Vacation Trips This Summer San Diego Exposition . .$22.05 Los Angeles $18.00 San Francisco $19.65 Chicago $40.35 New York $63 30 All fares return good for six months. JESS SCOVILLE, Agent Phone S10-W , j son. Mrs. Velma Roylance, Mrs. .' Henriod of Provo. j Mrs. Hugh Baxter of this city spent several days of the past week at Panguitch due to the ill- : ness and death of her father. i Mrs. B. Glazier and her mother left early last week for Boulder City, Nev., where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Wilson. The Fourth ward Sunday school officers and teachers and their partners were entertained at the flats at Spring Creek canyon, Wednesday evening. A delicious luncheon and games were enjoyed en-joyed with about 20 people in attendance. at-tendance. Miss Dixie Gabbitas entertained a number of friends at a birthday party at her hor.ie, Wednesday evening. Games and a lunch were enjoyed by fifteen guests. Mrs. W. G. Parker returned to her home in Salt Lake City after a week's visit with friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salisbury were guests ot Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anderson and family in Salt Lake City, Friday. Approximately 40 mothers at tended the style show presented by the girls of the high school home economics department, Wednesday J SWIM at ARROWHEAD PARTY RATES Utah's Finest Water. Pool drained and scrubbed daily. This ad and one-half price admits ad-mits you to one swim. Teeth bared and tail flourished back, played a spectacular part dents, the giant dinosaur, which In the colorful parades by Alley afternoon. Dresses were exhibited j from the very early periods to the j present day. At the close of the show refreshments were served under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Harrison, instructor. Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss' Jane Bagley, daughter of Joseph Bagley of this city, To Verl Jensen of Mapleton, menacingly. Alley Oop"s Dinny. with Oola perched on his scaly in the Memphis cotton carnival. A creation of Memphis art stu-p'.ays stu-p'.ays the animal lead in N'K.A's popular comic strip, was pulled and other warriors of King Cui' realm. Elizabeth Rosnbuah played the role of Oola. fe) which took place Wednesday at Provo, County Clerk Clarence Grant performing the ceremony. William Davis of Canada is the guest of Ralph Childs for several weeks. The Ladies' Literary club will meet at the home of Mrs. C. G. Salisbury at 7;30 p. m. Thursday, for their annual business meet ing and election of officers for next year. Mrs. Jessie Dalton will be hostess. In honor of John Robertson, custodian at the Washington school, a number of pupils entertained enter-tained at a surprise party at his home, Wednesday night. A picnic lunch and games were enjoyed by all. i Ava Delma Bridge club mem- ! bers were guests of Mrs. Helen Robbins at her home Wednesday evening. During the evening's , games Mrs. Dolly Smith and Mrs. : Naomi Beardall won prizes. A dainty lunch was served to Mrs. Carrie Tripp, Mrs. Pear'. Smith, j Mrs. Viola Smith, Mrs. Eisie Rob- I inson, Mrs. Leona Allan, Mrs. Evelyn Fry, Mrs. Ann Johnson, Mrs. Myrna Noe, Mrs. Blanch Hales, Miss Luell Straw, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Beardall. The scouts of the First ward, under the direction of Scoutmaster Ivan Felix enjoyed a chicken supper sup-per over a camp fire at Spring Creek canyon, Wednesday night. A number of the boys passed off thier cooking tests. In attendance were Russell Laney, Keith Kennedy, Ken-nedy, Frank Witney, Allen Olscn. Don and Carl Miller, "Stinger" Fullmer, Devere Weight, Mead Weight, Arnold Barney, Alonzo Billings, Grant Clyde. Thales Brown, Henry Maiben, Moyle Hatfield Hat-field and"Dac Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Donloe Kennedy spent the week end with Mrs. Kennedy's parents, Judge and Mrs. George H. Christensen at Price. HEADED FOR ALASKA SEATTLE. May 17 lP Six hundred pioneers of the new west waited impatiently today to sail from Seattle harbor on the transport trans-port St. Mihiel to Alaska, where they will join 300 other depression depres-sion refugees in the federal government's gov-ernment's Matanuska valley colony. MOVING? If moving call the Hardy Transfer. Trans-fer. Modern equipment and men who know how to handle the most fragile furniture. PnONE 148 i'tffg 0Lg "The low rates at our ssij srtfP favorite hotel enable ua to visit, in Ui. liaise vny often." f M j Rates Single $2 to $4 I Double I I $2.50 to $4-50 I 400 Rooms 400 Baths THE ME Reserve Us a Room at W!HU HOT EL Tabic d'Hote and a la Carte Dining Room Service Excellent Cafeteria Delicious Food at Moderate Prices Always SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST SERVED IN YOUR ROOM WITHOUT EXTRA COST W E. Sutton Mrs. J. H. Waters Chauncey W. West General Manager President Asst. General Manager Herald Want Ads Pay ! |