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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD Lights of NewYork By I basement groan and start The bells would run j much more smoothly for trill came down toward us. Outside everyone. In the Fer-L,the horn killed 1 man its the kept up 1 heard blatting. Warren She humbled him. apartment I heard the words stirred and said: Yesm, he said meekly. Miss too, "I fancy Im in someones way, fcat brought about his murder, Agathas crippled body was angular wheel came oft maam. the then kjt just I know you are, Miss Agatha and very light against me as I bore viss Agatha Pagets wheel chair her into the car and lowered her returned. If Timothy Higgins nd drove ail else from my mind, to the black leather seat in its rear. over heard I that voice threw thick Higgins open the door and The door slid shut on j The Higgins. Miss sounds dull the found and me with my finger on the bell. iytg telephone Agatha marked the parting glare trite. He seemed wore They followed Wilsons maroon and that gold he gave me. There was little that livery he was the only man on the she h d, rather than revealed, tragedy, missed. She said, more behouse force it would fit and as he to actually and I forgot them. Later, they herself than to me: were small came important. They glared at me, he seemed to swell Mr. Toad, himself. mon-(Toinside it His long upper lip twitched tacts, about which men made knew that Higgins would be waitI rebuild scientists as over the words he dared not utter theories, ing below to tell me if he did not bits of bone, under the old from tiny ladys sharp regard, fire me outright how lowly was ijiosaurs my the call pad showed but he did growl: Tm not deaf. i Afterward, lot. The livery I wore, the mocking afternthree-thirton y the From the day he had hired me (l,at it was when on Eddie Hoyts recommendation memory of ambition I had brought oon of February twenty-thir- d to New York, made me reckless and whirred. and clicked for a cubby in his basement flat and I ine switchboard reached up from servitude toward of the thirty dollars a month, he had re- equality with 1 was alone in the foyer my passenger. for Eddie Hoyt had slipped gretted it. He had told me several She cried, I quoted, who door-pathe and I times Wilson, was bite that above my place cat for a is that handsome man? They anthe and now his look filled my stomach was ilL Higgins, superiswered: Mister Toad! ntendent, who was filling in for him, with qualms. I needed this humble Abashed by the silence behind me, elevator the upstairs. )iad taken I checked the car at the third floor The operator was slow and I scriband opened the door. I thought I bled the number on the call pad heard a chuckle but when I turned in A buzzed voice nhile I waited. about, Miss Agathas face was grave 'py ear again, apparently speaking and she took her latchkey from her a in Ferriter the flat, a someone lo purse. I it know. thought tongue I did not If youll open the door, David, might be German, for it was blunt she said and her words rebuffed my and guttural. levity, and then carry me into the i Then 1 heard an odd sound, half workroom a and half cough, faraway grunt, I unlocked the door. As I again been the lamp, bump that must have turned toward the elevator, I saw, or the body, falling. At the time, across the shallow hall, the portal was Miss it I Pagthought though, of the Ferriter apartment, white and ets wheel chair. reticent as an uncarved tombstone. Warren, her chauffeur, was trundI picked up Miss Agatha and bore at He had trouble in. had ling her her carefully into her apartment. the door for there was no one there The deep carpet of the hall hushed I looked up and saw to help him. my footsteps and we appeared at down the halL The a wheel rolling room the door of a open chair had sagged. Miss Paget was so quietly that we alarmed the man and arm to its laughiupper hanging and girl who stood by the desk in its ng while Warren struggled to keep center. Her face was lifted to his it from overturning. I ran to help and I thought her hand had been on Miss Paget. his arm, but they sprang apart beShe was the oldest tenant by age fore I could be sure. in the old Morello and residence the girl cried and Agatha. Apartments. This was one of the I had watched her pass stared. rare buildings in Manhattan that through the foyer with a swinging, had endured into mellow age. The boyish stride, but she actually saw in was furnished mahogany, ioyer me now for the first time, and I tile and gloom, and on the ceiling was aware how miserably my Inthe girl cried and dim cherubs were tangled in fadiAgatha, herited uniform fitted. She was stared. The Morello Apartng ribbons. young and fair and she carried her betments sat, brown and ornate, lovely head with the alert vitality of ween bleaker, newer buildings with refuge from the storm of destitution that blew coldly through New a deer. a calm" weathered dignity nothing In person, Miss Paget replied of my helplesscould break rather as Miss Agatha York, and knowledge ness made me foolishly angry. Be- dryly. That chair by the table, if Paget sat between Warren and me I could speak, Miss Agatha you please, David. when at last we had righted her fore The man had bent hastily over said: wrecked chair. Deaf! We began to think, Timo- the desk. I disliked his plump sleekI had been hallman at the Morello that you were dead. Or else ness, the bald spot on his crown, less than a week but already I knew thy, him and his waxed mustache, the hysterical Her prodded eyes sharp that she was important. The pomphis uniformed bulk quailed. I saw flutter of the papers he sorted and ous ass, Higgins, had squired the his coat was loose arranged. The girl looked from my of her wheel chair between that the aglet on passages noise of horns in burden to him and then grinned The and dangling. elevator and car as though they the street grew louder. Miss Aga- shamelessly. were royal progresses. tha said: Just what is this? she demandNow the old lady sat and preened Warren, I think they want you to ed as I set the old lady in the chair. herself like a ruffled little hawk. move that car. David and Timothy Understudying for Sappho, AgaShe was oddly alive for one whose can get me upstairs quite nicely." tha? Darling, you arent hurt, are legs were useless. Time had worn The chauffeur went. Miss Agatha you? but not blunted her. Years had continued to look at Higgins. I heard I am not, Miss Agatha replied, her nose and sharpened harder and saw sweat and told of her chairs collapse. breathe him wrinkled her face but they had not on his full red face. He said That basement Don Juan," she loosened her mouth or quenched the shining with stumbling eagerness: concluded grimly. I'll have a talk zest in her blue eyes. Indeed I will. Miss Paget The with him. And now will you find She caught my eye and grinned, chairs broke! Dear, dear, aint that Annie and tell her to come here? broad, warm and vital too bad now? Maybe I can mend it afternoon. a "Thank you, David, she said. for you, maam. Ill find time some- Ive had rather trying Both of us, darling," the girl "You are David, arent you? You how. With Wilson sick and me all look alike in those uniforms. assured her and left the room. I bis place on the day shift and turned to go. Warren, 1 know what that pious look taking in the hall Im man here, a new of yours means. One minute, David," Miss AgaI remember quite fair drove. I am indeed, Miss Pagwell youve warned me that this tha interposed. As I paused, the work own and me Wilsons with et, chair was going to plump man at the desk lifted a pink pieces. And I to do. Thats why" said it would outlive from his papers. His perpetuface me, didnt I? His voice died away under her She cocked an eye at me, parrot-wis- e severe regard and he buttoned his ally arched eyebrows gave him the and as we half carried, half weakly haughty look of one about to gilt aglet into place with uncertain sneeze. His voice was soft, and at propelled her along the hall, I felt ill ease, fingers. I wondered at his her the moment, nervous. looking at me again. Higgins and madness made me say: and the elevator still were Were progressing, Miss Paget, in upstairs. hes doubling Thats why I rang the bell. he assured her uneasily, his hands the stacked paFrom the street came the sound brass. Caution cried out against the sor- still straying among cf a Im on the desk. going back protesting motor horn. I rang pers me. at Higgins squinted Miss Agatha clicked her ry jest rather than my wit pleased to the genealogical society for an again. His ire teeth sharply and announced: There were mirth hour or so. Things are falling Into Miss Agatha. "Ive lived here forty years and wrinkles about her eyes as she shape. Ive been hard at work." the old lady told theres never been a So I noticed, day that the looked up and said: service didnt get worse. He looked at her uncertainly Dahim. Whos on hold this wreck, will Timothy the elevator? but her face was without expresvid, if you'll lift me onto the elevaTomorrow then, at the same sion. I told "Higgins, her. tor seat please. She gave she said. He Mr. Ferriter, time, dont Miss again the little audible Paget, manage, Ill bite. and walked with some bowed jerkily moments a worry, you have "His wife is stiffness from the oom. His ears away, Isnt she? maam, Higgins babbled. The racket of he opened ins hall the horn continued in Miss Agatha corrected, were red. As You," the street. Miss the elevator bell. heard I door, cellar down chair said Agatha will take that crisply: Excuse me, I began, but she "Ring that bell, David, till I tell and dispose of it If you were to you to or held up her hand, as Allegra rebasement in the time stop. more spend and less on entered. Above the distant shrilling, I at the door, Timothy, heard at last the old (TO BE COSTISUED ) winch in the the fourth floor, I think matters CHAPTER er t has ,! this a rs sha:t UP an: and the mes fi ft. Thi md Ps ae..' d a te5'. th a i.;; 'ur read, pared j booklets tains J fy aim. of ur the copy abs Xork s Mo-Jeli- By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Hollywood is an agog thats to take place on August 25th at the RKO studios. The participants are Jack Oakie and George Bancroft, and the event is of all things! a contest! It all started when a Los Angeles department store persuaded ten prominent men about town to set tables as each thought they should be set. Oakie and Bancroft table- -setting saw the exhibit, and the argument was on, each being perfecUy sure that he could out-d- o the other if ever heaven forbid he had to set a table. First thing they knew, theyd arranged the contest; the only rules are that theyll use modern Ameri- - high-ceile- d i boy high-bridge- d X ' i VIVIAN LEIGH can glassware and keep expenditures down to $40. The loser will set a table and serve dinner for 18 of the winners friends. Vivian Leigh and Laurence OlivIn a story ier are to be based on the romance of Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, an Alexander Korda picture. Remembering what a superb picture he made of Henry the Eighth," it seems certain that his version of the famous love story of the famous admiral will be one of the years best pictures. Fhyllis Kennedy ought to succeed If anybody should first she broke ber back, and later she accepted advice that wasnt very good and lost a grand opportunity and now shes started toward the top again. In 1933 she was dancing with a troupe in Denver, and fell and fractured her spine. Doctors said shed never walk again. Two years later she was dancing once more. She was engaged for chorns work In the Astaire-Roger- s musicals, and ber gift forcomedy got her the oIe of the maid In Stage Door. Warner Brothers offered her a contract, but she hesitated, let people tell her what to do, and the chance slipped away. Shes working now in Honeymoon for Three, and Lloyd Bacon, whos directing, is helping by building up her role. Watch her shes bound to get ahead this time! Douglas Fairbanks Jr. may bave been something of a playboy some years ago, but now hes nothing if not a solid citizen. Married happily, and the proud father of a daughter, hes not only the star of Columbia's "Before I Die, as welL That but Its means being on the set early and late, whether hea appearing before the cameras or not The girls of Hollywood are wearing red, white and blue these days. Penny Singleton appeared at a benefit in a cotton evening gown having a white skirt and a bodice that was red and blue; Anita Louise, told to wear a novelty necklace In Im for Rent, chose a silver chain from which were suspended miniature flags of the 23 American countries; Evelyn Keyes has a red, white and blue straw hat, and Frances Robinsons leather handbag has a Dag on either side. Uncle Ezra's Rosedale Silver Cornet Band rehearses longer than the actors on that popular radio program, just to achieve those peculiar effects that drive music lov ers mad. The reason the band has to rehearse so long to sound so discordant is that each man is an acWe work musician; complished declared harder than Toscanini Director Bruce Kamman, "Just to , perfect a musical mistake! Paramount! going to do right handsomely by Joel McCrea hea been assigned to the lead in Botany Bay," a story by James Norman Hall, one of the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty. Bottom Bay" Is one of those highly dramatic tales, Laid In the period just after the American Revolution. Jean Hersholt'a dream of years, a Hollywood home for aged end incapacitated film workers. Is soon to be a reality. As president of the Motion Picture Relief fund, he apd members of the organizations executive committee will soon begin looking for a site for the home. They hove more than a half million dollars, earned by the stars who donated their services to the CBS Screen GmlJ program so that the three-year-o- off-ke- y By FREDERIC F. VAN DE WATER ' SCENE, A .wanly apartment house in New York City, where young Da.it Mallory is twitch-boar- operator. The of the apartments. Tliough all exits are watched careteams seemingly Impossible escape. Mallory which points evidence, their sift and together they amazing Mis, Agatha Paget, of a nearby apartmen . unerringly at one man, resident A dramatic finish adds even more One that will keep you guessing to the last chapter. excitement to this thrilling tale. committed plot, A murjer makes a killer fully, the owt.on, d BEGINS TODAY in one .... SERIALLY IN THIS PAPER money could go into the fund. ld L.L. STEVENSON Moving Note: When a family transferred its place of abode from Morningside Heights down to a penthouse in the East Eighties, the grand piano, an heirloom, was of course taken along. But even when its legs were removed and it was taken down in other ways, it was still much too large to be taken up on the service elevator. So one of those piano moving outfits, which are supposed to know all the answers, was summoned. A crew of men came with block and tackle, burlap bumpers and seemingly all necessary equipment and went about the job of getting that piano from the street to the root After a lot of experiments, the experts had to confess themselves baffled, there being trouble over length of rope, gettmg the instrument over coping, etc. The difficulty was soon settled, however. The old piano was turned in on a new and smaller in- c IATTERN EPARTM ENT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAxi navy braid, or beige with scarlet. Its a good style for checked gingham and sharkskin, too. Send for the pattern right now. Be among the first to wear itl Pattern No. 8733 is designed for sizes 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Size 13 marequires 4i yards of terial without nap; 81a yards braid. Send order to: 35-in- SEWING CIRC I E PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montsomery Avt, Sao Francisco Calif. Enclose 13 cents in coins for Size Pattern No Name Address HOUSEHOLD strument QUESTIONS Snippets: Lou Costello at Forty-fift- h and Broadway gazing curiously at two other gentlemen also halted by the traffic light . . . They are Jeffrey Lynn and Gabby Hayes, screen makebelievers . . . Crossing Broadway, Dr. Jerome V. Kaufman, dentist, who has on display in his office a Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, which though regarded as one of his best, has never been published . . . Bairnsfather drew it specially for the dentist . . . Trend of the times: the University of Oklahoma has on file 2,000 jokes available for all comers . . . Speaking of uniscroll versities, a "good luck signed by 5,000 students of six Missouri colleges was presented to Bert Buhrman, novachord player, on the eve of his departure from Kansas City, to make his New York debut at the Piccadilly hotel. Short Story: He came to New York from the Southwest. Upstandhe had an idea that ing, clear-eyeNew York wasnt too big to lick. Willing to take any job, he found himself working in the basement of a department store. There he met a little stock checker, pretty, blonde and with deep blue eyes. They soon Clean paint brushes used for enameling with turpentine. When used to shellac, clean with denatured alcohol. Grass stains can easily be removed from linens, cottons or white stockings by rubbing the stains with molasses before washing. Delicate colors in washing materials will not fade if before being washed they are soaked in tepid water to which a few drops of turpentine have been added. AH vegetables should be put on to cook in boiling water. This holds the major portion of the mineral matter and starch within. D EMEMBER how nice you used to look and feel when you tripped off to school in a fresh white blouse with a sailor collar? Well, if youre in the junior size range, you can take upon yourself The backs of pictures should be inspected from time to time. If there are any holes in the paper, fresh pieces should be pasted over them, or dust will get in. that same naive, engaging charm, When stewing fruit, add the sugby making this frock with sailor ar just before taking the fruit off collar and rows and rows of braid. the stove. In this way far less started to go out to luncheon to- Design No. 8738 has very soft and sugar is needed than if it is put gether. The other girls whispered feminine lines, however sailorfied in at the beginning. its spirit, because the skirt has of a romance and there were no deWhen laundering curtains of nials. In fact, the girl was looking smart unpressed front fulness and forward to a ring at any time, espe- the blouse is gathered to round voile, scrim or any material which out your bustline. has to be ironed, if they are folded cially since the lad from the Southwest had made good to such an exCarry out the nautical idea by so the selvage ends are together tent he had been placed in charge of making it up in blue chambray and ironed, they will hang perthe stock room. A few days ago, with white braid, white linen with fectly even and straight. he didnt show up. When she reached home that night, she received a note. It said that she had reminded him so much of the girl at home, he had decided to pass up New York, go back and be married. Street Scene: A brush salesman, decorated with his wares, having an argument with the janitor of a walk-u- p . and housewives listening with Interest . . . Three youngsters trying to rescue a fourth who has jacknifcd into an ash can and is voicing his woe in loud wails . . . The situation saved by a grinning cop . . , and the sobs ended by a nickel that came from the pocket A little girl of blue uniform singing in Italian to a big doll . . . and a mother beating time as she r window . . , beams from a A thin, woman staring at a display in & florist's window . . . and crossing herself as she turns . ; away. .. ... WErilll?' YiEZ 11PK1CJ first-floo- sad-face- d ' . Buck Up: Peter Van Steedcn says that any youngster from the country who is trying to make his way in New York and has become discouraged andovershadowed by high, hard-face- d buildings, should invest a few pennies In a night ferry ride over to the Jersey side. Then look back from the top of the Palisades, New York Is no continues Peter. ionger a grim, grubby, grasping monster. It is Indeed a toyland of sparkling lights, and a kid can look down on it as if he were a king. And hell go back ready to lick any problem that faces him. g End Piece: Those workmen in overalls who feed Rockefeller Center pigeons at dawn each morning are Dean Cornwall Hildreth Miere and Hugh Troy. The three artists are touching up their murals in Cafe Francis and the English Grill and when they finish their nights work, they come out with corn muffins for early-risin- g birds. tired-lookin- Bell Syndicate WNU Burglars Lift 1,200 Service.) Pennies ALA. Upward of 1,200 pennies were in the loot taken by burglars who invaded the E. T. groMOBILE, cery. Hardly one family id two now gets enough vitamins and minerals to permit radiant good health. So enjoy oranges liberally Jailyl Eat them for healthful refreshment. Or keep ready a big pitcher of fresh orangeade. An glass of fresh orange juice gives you all die vitamin C you of die vitamin B. It also supplies normally need each day-a- nd vitamins A and C, and the minerals cahium, phopharus and inn. Sunkist brings you the pick of Californias fincst-eve- r crop of summer oranges. Buy a supply next time you buy groceries. one-thir- d Police Chief Spurns Offer of Gold Badge No gold TULSA, OKLA.-Wh- at! badge for the police departments head man? The only reason I might want a badge would be to kid my friends," Police Commissioner Russell Cobb explained with a grin as he turned down the sug- gestion. As far as the police can determine, hes the only police commissioner in the citys history who hasn't displayed a token of authority. Copyright, 1940, Celitonue Fnul Graven Eftcheoge |