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Show Items of Interest ' hasement groan and start The beU's Lemilledinthe Fef" , up us matting. Warren stirred and said: " fa"cy I'm in murder, too someone's way came off ma am." 1 the wheel I Paget', wheel chair "I know you are." Miss Agatha ' Seise mind. returned. "If Timothy Higgins- -" rvoice Satlbeard over Higgins threw open the door and found me with my finger on the bell h0f trite. They He wore Wilson's maroon and gold f?lan tragedy, bvery-- he was the only man on the house force it would fit-- and Later, they he .... Thpv were smalJ glared at me, he seemed to asswell mon- - inside it His long -- .w'rh men made upper lip twitched Z as scientists rebuild over the words he dared not utter under the old lady's sharp Ln tiny bits of bone. regard ' but he did growl: "I'm not deaf." showed call pad the v From the day he had hired me TtatWtr ond the after-!Lrwhen on Eddie Hoyt's recommendation twenty-thira cubby in his basement flat and Aboard clicked and whirred. for - thirty dollars a month, he had rem i rie wjv had slipped gretted it. He had told me several r Eddie Hoyt times that I was "above my wuson, and "e bite place" 38 - and now his look filled m. Higgms, me supermy stomach .r.J with qualms. I needed this humble t who was mung w L the elevator upstairs. Latorwas slow and I scribheard the Ciutbis 1 flTnl w- number on the call pad f waited. A voice buzzed In I again, apparently speaking Le 'a the Ferriter flat, in a know. I thought It fe German, for it was blunt did not $jraL I heard an odd sound, half fealf cough, and a raraway i 1 chair. in, her chauffeur, was trun-- r in. He had had trouble at r (or there was no one there I looked up and saw him. The lg rolling down the hall. Miss Paget was jfcd sagged. a to its upper arm and laugh- - ting n a ,et. , as the oldest a tenant by age in the old Morello tis. This was one or the ildings in Manhattan that The nen," jred into mellow age. as furnished in mahogany, hep: gloom, and on the ceiling romtj erubs were tangled in fad- rne moreuo Apart- dods. ! pot be-sat, brown and ornate, r dence e illeaker, newer buildings with weathered dignity nothing freak rather as Miss Agatha loch sulk tthir I sat between Warren and me ik last we had righted her edfc Id chair. , i of a fca important. The pomp- had squired the :s of her wheel chair between : and car as though they :yal progresses. ie old lady sat and preened like a ruffled little hawk. pas oddly alive for one whose we useless. Time had worn t blunted her. Years had '.ed her nose and M her face but thev hnrf tint d her mmitri nr nnonrha iht E, U, hallman at the Morello i week but already I knew been )?" le jr. was Higgins, high-bridge- d ran lasts blue eyes, caught my eye and her grinned, "Agatha,' the girl cried and stared. refuge from the storm of destitution that blew coldly through New York, and knowledge of my helplessness made me foolishly angry. Before I could speak, Miss Agatha said: "Deaf! We began to think, Timothy, that you were dead. Or else" Her sharp eyes prodded him and his uniformed bulk quailed. I saw that the aglet on his coat was loose and dangling. The noise of horns in the street grew louder. Miss Agatha said: "Warren, I think they want you to move that car. David and Timothy can get me upstairs quite nicely." The chauffeur went. Miss Agatha continued to look at Higgins. I heard him breathe harder and saw sweat shining on his full red face. He said with stumbling eagerness: "Indeed I will, Miss Paget The chair's broke! Dear, dear, ain't that too bad now? Maybe I can mend it for you, ma'am. I'll find time someWith Wilson sick and me how. taking his place on the day shift and a new man in the hall here, I'm fair drove. I am indeed. Miss Paget, with Wilson's and me own work and vital 4 you, David," she said, ;baa thos' are David, aren't you? You alike in those uniforms. to nl p I know what that pious look uWI I, means. I remember quite p"S j3u've warned me that this going to pieces. And I to do. That's why" outlive me, didn't I?" His voice died away under her !was an eye at me, severe regard and he buttoned his as we half carried, half gilt aglet into place with uncertain ed her along the hall, I felt f his ill ease, fingers. I wondered at at m noain it; me say: made and madness elevator still were upstairs. "That's why he's doubling in me warm IHii Dell. street came the sound motor horn. I rang Miss Agatha clicked her ;Mrply and announced: lived here forty years and "ever been a day that the man t get worse. Who's on the otesUng 8 vator?" S'M." 1 told her. ave s again the little audible awav. in't v,o"" the horn continued in Miss Agatha said crisply: that bell. David, till I tell Wife lCket Is of top." '' the distant shrilling, I last the old winch In the everyone." She humbled him. cmAntui.. lur ATuS'm'" he Baid meekly. Miss Agatha's crippled body was very light against me asangular I bore her imo the ear and lowered her left-ov- brsss." Caution cried out against the sorat me. ry jest Higgins squinted wit pleased than my His ire rather There were mirth Miss Agatha. her eyes as she about wrinkles said: looked up and Da"Timothy will hold this wreck,elevathe onto me lift vid, if you'll tor seat please." t Til manage. Miss Paget, don worry, moment's a you have ma'am." Higgins babbled. "You." Miss Agatha corrected, cellar "will take that chair down were to If you of it and dispose in the basement or spend more time less on at the door. Timothy, and matters think I the fourth floor, WAYS 1 a By is that handsome man?" They answered: "Mister Toad!" ' " Abashed by the silence behind me. I checked the car at the third floor and opened the door. I thought I heard a chuckle but when I turned about, Miss Agatha's face was grave and she took her latchkey from her purse. "If you'll open the door, David." she said and her words rebuffed my levity, "and then carry me into the I unlocked the door. As I again turned toward the elevator, I saw. across the shallow hall, the portal of the Ferriter apartment, white and reticent as an uncarved tombstone. I picked up Miss Agatha and bore her carefully into her apartment. The deep carpet of the hall hushed my footsteps and we appeared at the open door of a room so quietly that we alarmed the man and girl who stood by the desk in its center. Her face was lifted to his and I thought her hand had been on his arm, but they sprang apart before I could be sure. "Agatha," the girl cried and I had watched her pass stared. through the foyer with a swinging, boyish stride, but she actually saw me now for the first time, and I was aware how miserably my inherited uniform fitted. She was young and fair and she carried her lovely head with the alert vitality of a deer. "In person," Miss Paget replied dryly. "That chair by the table, if you please, David." The man had bent hastily over the desk. I disliked his plump sleekness, the bald spot on his crown, his waxed mustache, the hysterical flutter of the papers he sorted and arranged. The girl looked from my burden to him and then grinned shamelessly. "Just what is this?" she demanded as I set the old lady in the chair. "Understudying for Sappho, Agatha? Darling, you aren't hurt, are you?" "I am not," Miss Agatha replied, and told of her chair's collapse. "That basement Don Juan," she concluded grimly. "I'll have a talk with him. And now will you find Annie and tell her to come here? I've had a rather trying afternoon." "Both of us, darling," the girl assured her and left the room. I turned to go. "One minute, David," Miss Agatha interposed. As I paused, the lifted a pink plump man at the desk face from his papers. His perpetually arched eyebrows gave him the weakly haughty look of one about to sneeze. His voice was soft, and at the moment nervous. "We're progressing. Miss Paget," he assured her uneasily, his hands still straying among the stacked paback pers on the desk. "I'm going to the genealogical society for an hour or so. Things are falling into hard at work." shape. I've been the old lady told 1 noticed." "So him. He looked at her uncertainly but her face was without expressame sion. "Tomorrow then, at the she said. He time, Mr. Ferriter," bowed jerkily and walked with some His ears stiffness from the room. red. As he opened the hall belL door. I heard the elevator "Excuse me," I began, dui sne reheld up her hand, as Allegra entered. TO BECOSTISIED) 'K apartment house board operator. ...iWiF-f- v) ft ' JOIUTON. i. where young David Mallory in New York City, A murder ii committed in one fullv. tha killer makes a seemin 9'y 'mP0S5,b,e unerringly at one man, resident ot One that will keeo you guessing to excitement to this thrilling tale TODAY Select suitable bowls and vasea in which to arrange flowers to decorate the house. Do not crowd flowers into them, but carefully select different flowers for different containers. A single rose in a bud vase is far more effective than several roses crowded into a bowl. work more than two hours a day. So Keighley did some arithmetic and engaged twins for the role. He claims that the scheme has two ad- vantagesit doubles the shooting time, and though one baby isn't In the right mood at the big moment, her sister may be full of ambition. i dS : .wT Members of the company of "Virginia" were sitting around on location, waiting for the shooting to start; off at one side, a young lady .... e.SCflP a neamy ap .lit chapter, LJ.vldence. ! . -- V w.t..-V'- . MADELEINE CARROLL She seemed to crocheting. be so expert that one of the extras, a local girl, asked if she'd teach her. The pretty crocheter was most affable about it; when the director, Edward H. Griffith, called the playwas wltch- - which points even more A dramatic finish adds PAPER SER.AUY IN TH.S ' V V,," W Xk 2 .iMi. Time Deadens Ilatred Want of Courage A great deal of talent is lost to Time, which deadens hatred, ers together at last the pupil thanked love.- her. "By the way," she said, the world for the want of a little secretly strengthens Richter. Smith. "What's your name?" The crocheter courage. Sydney replied "Call me Madeleine Madeleine Carroll." Maybe this is bribery but Direcd tor Mitchell Leisen has told Ray and Claudette Colbert, of his picture, "Arise My Love," that if they complete their roles ahead of schedule he will buy each of them a tailored suit. Director Sam Wood also became clothes-conscioand sent little Betty Brewer two sweaters and a plaid skirt for being such a good girl when Claudette'a husband, Dr. Joel J. Pressman, took her tonsils out. Not to be outdone by all this generosity, Claudette Is working between scenes on a blanket which will be a gift for the Ray Milland belr, little David Daniel. Mil-lan- co-sta- Paulette Goddard danced three numbers with Fred Astaire for "Second scenes In Paramount's Chorus" and set a record that probably won't be broken In Hollywood for many years to come. Though she has never danced for films before she did it so well that every dance photographed perfecuy in one take, thanks to working like a dog wimmmiBeQtimx I 4 v 4 at rehearsals. Frank Capra seeks realism in his pictures. When Gary Cooper bad to protest a decision to a baseball umpire In "Meet John Doe," Capra asked Pat Flaherty, former major league pitcher, what players usually say in such a case. "You've never seen it printed, have you?" asked Flaherty. Capra shook his head. "Then you wouldn't want to use it in the picture, would you?" So the protest will just sound like an angry speech by Donald Duck. or Vw 4 Donna Woods' fine soprano voice mediocre was going to waste in were the and "Collegians" trio, girl a male trio that wasn't getting the breaks, not so long ago. But when they joined talents and became the "Smartics" things began to happen they auditioned successfully on a Boston station, woo several shows, then Horace Hcidt heard them, hired (hem and now they're known as "Donna and Her Don Juans," and featured with the Musical Knights on the Tot o' Gold and Treasure Chest programs. ' iLHs , v See how oranges help! "The one, the only, the original Professor Quiz." who recently ccle-br- a "1 ted his 200th consecutive week on for 4 the air, has been broadcasting l four years during that time he's received almost 2,000,000 letters, coni taining more than 12,000,000 questionsand has paid out more than He's not $25,000 in prize money. nunerstitious. but he refuses to go on the air without the battered old 5 felt hat from which the questions are selected at the broadcast it was borrowed years ago from a station i manager in Charlotte, N. C, and is looked upon as the good luck charm of the show. i REDERIC F. VAN DE WATER Mt PlOTi er one-year-o- ld ''""'tti. j If colored butters are desired for sandwiches, use pimineto combined with butter for red or pink, while watercress chopped fine will give the desired green and orange or lemon rind blended with butter gives the yellow color. g ' A iwanky By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) TT SEEMS that those year-- l old twins, Beverly and them occasionally with powdered J "'ebrt,ack father seat in its rear Barbara Quintanilla, are to camphor. Agatha marked the play just one baby instead of Save pieces of soap in he gave me. There parting glare two in Warner Brothers' or salt bags. Use the was little that small sugar he actually missed. She said, more "Four Mothers," and all bebags in cleaning the bathtub or to herself than to me: lavatory. The bag and soap serve cause used William Keighley "Mr. Toad, himself." both as a sponge and a cleansing his head. 1 k"e,w Higgms would be wait-mThe script called for Pris-cill- a agent. below to tell me-if he did not Lane to be the mother of When putting away clean clothes w f t. "right-holowly wa, my The livery I wore, the a child. One of place the freshly ironed ones on memory of ambition I had mocking the bottoms of the various piles. the laws that brought give directors Then towels, handkerchiefs, napto New York, made me reckless and hair is that an infant kins, etc., will be used in turn and I reached up from servitude toward gray can't be kept under the lights some will not wear out more equality with my passenger. " 'She cried,' " I for more than 20 minutes, and can't quickly than others. who quoted, T..M-JU..- SCENE' STAGEr$CREEfOADI0 When separating the yolks from Keep the sifter holes on spice boxes closed, otherwise the spices the whites of eggs, break them over a funnel. The whites will will lose much of their flavor. pass through, leaving the yolks in To keep books on shelves or in the funnel. cases in good condition sprinkle high-ceile- d to keep 'p Warren struggled I ran to help overturning. iquc: !f 7 mnr workroom" latmust have been the lamp, At the time, tody, falling. 1 thought it was Miss Pag-ee- l II iL Fully half our families are getting to Halt vitamins and minerals tofeeuhcixBet,s7 the Department of Agriculture. It's easy to get more of these essentisls merely by making oranges your family's daily refreshment! Peel and eat them. Keep ready a big pitcher of fresh orangeade. Or better ye- i- Have big, glasses of fresh orange juice with breakfast daily. This gives you all the vita nun C you normally need. Adds vltamint A, Bi and G and the minerals takium, phosphorus and inn. Sunkijt is sending you the pick of California's best-evcrop of wonderfully juicy oranges. 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