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Show st:mt: am:u: Miiura: nr Slip Covers Hriijlitcn llie Home PnJ rotrft her f ucticr Ct J h iv 11 fiif d If .ri,.u t " U FAK: Adm Bruc, eld home. 4 flp ,0 hi THl 1 THE J T,W !. Intpeelor " ou lie rn Oe-by n eitxi'i Tol oTil eltbl '' Lt bn and - t- T k''j , ? n-- I brine Slate Troop. tud brrn reeled the h. re Ibry found the eilb hsnds nd ,erl bern murdered end U pie 1u v1 I'Ll 1,1 bjl Phond ol W ;, bed of Ibe Faraway el- ,rnt after Ibe dl.lrlct rrBrtiral ornrer. while be d.'ruv.rd the fare from u I ift J!'r It'"4 !" "w U( touid and- - iv cjiptlk his stocks wl.cn the news com. a t "Win, But it Is Mr. LtM'u: Aren't ou ceituiny going to tell' Mr CM How long's idd. no HpiJ P H r ,t.or:ard :t made Vi ' r i ' J already -Twenty-four frxjT,u.ii.on ho said Probably " lie str.m'd ofI those bands f the k t3pe f .,t r r d "an, conk nance. Anybody IJ i who he - he asked. berland? Toj e dm id.d h,,' Even if its true, ly. u',,.t chance to tiiu.k, bifore this ji baloo starts. i 1 ! , , Will you tell Adam? Adam s got a secret of (in o.in the old man ri plied. th'., I'll to trade with him, by and ke.p by,' Tope that night lay not g awake; but he roused at dawn, a d he began to wonder by what route the dead man bad been broug' t m Faraway. He got up and dicssel with quiet haste, and lift Mrs To;,, asleep, and walked up the brooksuie toward Faraway, where A ,m Bruce was still asleep; but he did not disturb the young man. Yon i, r on the knoll, half concealed ly Intervening shrubbery, one of the other cabins was visible. It seemed the nearest to Faraway; and assuming for the moment that tlio.se who : a joint which drooped ujjur hp. Chinin small, deep' if ir?- a n . uth framed Ifl 'ej lines, gray, sparse, wiry la- - a gray stui bit on cheek and no one spoke 3 Ty jot kt d, butsaid Cumberland wistfully Vtrd af wish Joe was here; but fa said vou didn't want anydne lie" to know a b. .it this right away ii;eotr.' And he asked: "Whats 'to IT?, - n maybe youd better lut Joe." fiJj.Lerland wiped his mouth with don't know as Joe a if j.;j outdo you. on a thing like 1 s," he admitted. He's welcome to try," Tope But heres the cheerfullv. trail all the We can't see it: yl I ft ks that might have done this; but I .ever put him here is waiting f trewhere, fr the excitement to g.rt. Theyre in the dark. "Well, so are we! "But were this much ahead of f era," Tope argued. We know the b dys been found, and they dont, Hat, if it was me, Id keep the whole ftrg quiet, long as I could. Thatd be hard, to keep this f et. Some ones bound to find "hand. Jib I m-i:- ed "I think youd this, Mat, L urged. Of course, Ive no stand kl unless it turns out this was an job; but if I had any say. I'd want Tope in it. And he adder "As for keeping it quiet, Amasa Wain doesn't talk much; and his housekeeper's away. We can carry be body up there tonight, let Doc-- i r Medford do the autopsy up there. tomorrow night we can move 5 tier-stat- e I town. to Cumberland nodded. We could Tope, that way, he agreed. Wratdo you say? Will you it C err take it The T.t!?e, tia Inspector looked toward Mrs. standing by the fire. Were sort of honeymoon, he reflect But I dont know. I dont get furred up often, but Im kind of rad tonight. This looks to me like cruel business. Id like that did it. I know, Cumberland assented heavily, it hits me that way too. he reflected: Joe wont like Jour bemg m it ; but hell have to fond it. If take youll it, you can boss the whole job. So Tope agreed and made his He sent Quill to awaken Deucin and enlist his cooperation. Adam and Doctor Med- lmProvisid a stretcher for the le body- - Mat Cumberland sneakmg, w nail the man s- asked: 'Anv thing I r.ght? Ins head. J0pe,sook Have Quill and keep his eyes decided. Adam will come spend the night ?asis he open ca.k and CnmCS arUnd f,,) tbe autopsy Medford"01 farm t tomorrow a gL',(l Itl'm6! morning. at the You and nghts sleep, and around about all. And a little ,1,er' the Inspector and Mrs t night. But once thev !f.e s,J!d 0Lit h's 'rere dors, she grasped Oclod eV'Jt' s t!uere i Sd She 1 The know him. riStared at f Yes. her man? hey dldn1 yu say so? Who is foemvo1 t,'Sure youd want to tell 11 s nemonfT6 for a moment woke no "S Wk h utilities thcel !ead of New insisted- h:m once mhe England I saw a iBt meet-ThastockhoIders ;r?nu(n 'vo,ked on Wall Street. h ts fnd back there- ldentlfication of the first to Tr Hedforge seemed at It cant ho .Vr 'Possible of belief. Or thered t1'-G- in Mm dead ivmP--- r1""1' ac.v 'Gt nio if he was Ifav h - v it before she insisted, his family 'ped, ave hi warned to keep Quiet; or asso- dates afe frr'nj)s his busine planning how to support J JAMES fvactiy nhke, of course; but I didn t know twins wrote alike, too "Y( they do," Mis Murrell I linked a doctor once, and d. he t do me " But Hoe interrupted her. Ieople wcie i pt to interrupt Mrs Murrell. Mr Tope, E.irl IridJy tells me your fmnd Adam Bruce came back last night." ti this,' Tope pointed to the footprint. brought the dead man here had lodged in that cabin, Tope began to search the ground between. He found two things. He found on a slanting ledge, a scratch which might have been made by a nail in someones heel; but the scratch was broader than the nail would readily have made, and Tope reflected that some men have set into the heels of their shoes a small triangular plate to .retard the wear. Such plate might have made that scratch. And he found a womans footprint! The small French heel had sunk to or so, a depth of a quarter-incTope leaving its imprint plain. stooped to look more closely; and then Adam Bruce came up the slope to join him. It was still early; but the sun had risen and now laid level lances through the trees. Adam lifted his hand in silent greeting. Found anything? h I found this. Tope pointed to I judge whoever the footprint. brought him here lodged in this cab- in. This is named Little Bear, If they did, Bee Adam told him. will remember them. Well, later, he Tope hesitated. decided. You keep out of sight for now, go up to Dewains farm, wait there. Doctor Medford will be doing the autopsy there this morning. Well come up. He added: Now, see if lets go up on the knoll anddrive. there are tire tracks in the But as they came around to the drive in front of Little Bear, Tope forgot his present search. Whitlock and Beal had been put, the night before, in the cabin toward the road. Tope saw that their car was gone; and he strode that way, Adam upon his heels. They came to the cabin and Tope threw open the door. The beds were in disorder, but the and Beal place w'as empty. Whitlock here. no were longer Tope shook his head in Im getting old, he said. I ought to have anticipated that. Too late now. All right, son. Ill see you at the farm. So Adam departed, and Tope returned to Cascade and found Mrs. I see you found Tope dressing. Youre remarked. she something, fairly licking your chops. He told her about the womans where a mans footprint, the markacross the ledge, had scraped shoe and he added: Whitlock and Beal left have skipped. They must have a into fell He mighty early! him thoughtful silence, and she left breakundisturbed, till presently thedown to them summoned bell fast the Mill. Bee Dew din. fresh as dawn, greetRest well? ed them cheei fully. a I never do. the first night in admitted Mrs Tope strange place. decided But I will tor ht We ve can Mr. so Tope he. aw: on to stay fis! ing the try to Mrs. Muruil, entering mlirae iid s volubly: word, last hear this h. i -- , MASON, who n4 fttwlaf Clrc JJlf EnckHM recent a national pull ns o, m.k'i Dr pi. fAiiruro , l uf tot 1bUrIQ Cent Natttftu mo- I tion picture actor" for the second time, is likely to dm Ik up similar honors for himself in America. Youll see him in (r x . ! A1 treft PACKAr.i: SOAP C'n ii1 . In ft le (, The Man in Gray, rel e I I y Universal Pictures on i prrbat !y In American-madpictures ns well, due to that tieup Letwecn Univer- - .''C 3 r S fi u iier, kt a IM Pi, ft iMir tiiN i i i i i ii DO CM 144 t'kfc Minimum oidrr 3 rut iMnnj D. U mill In fuli i!h on .r, r f O ritpild pluf AiJ ( or mi ie e ir lr MAItlil ftiulM c 1 A I. A ISMrvi HAStrO ti iltibMlSlo, Ub t ALMAS Y INC. u;iA . , NATIONS, FWOfUTl the midnight train Must've changed his mind." Bie laughed. s Ntrdlrf rjft hn 11 a t, ! ! Bl So? Tope echoed. Why, he told us in Middleford that he was taking keep some coflee hot for him! After breakfast, Tope and Mrs. Tope returned to Cascade. Tope rummaged boots and fishing garb out of the rumble of the car and put them on. Well make fishing an We'll drive excuse, he explained. away out of sight, and get to Amasa Dewain's without the folks hete knowing." She nodded, and presently they came out to the car, Tope brave in rubber boots and an old felt hat adorned with flies stuck in the band and crown. Earl Priddy, passing by along the drive paused to ask in an interested tone: Coin fishin? Git you any Tope admitted this. worms? Tope shook his head. Ill dig you some, fust chance I git," Fellow come Priddy promised. through her last summer, hired me to take him fishing. Englishman, he was. And a great one for flies! Man, he could handle em, too. Tope was always willing to listen. He had heard, sometimes, surprisDont see ingly useful things. many Englishmen here, I expect, he suggested at random. Well, some! Priddy declared. Fellow- - come here Friday night late I guess he was English by the way he talked. Had that kind of a deef mans voice that they have. I can tell em fur as I can hear 'em. He had a woman with him! Miss wouldn't have took em in, if shed been up, case they want respectable; but shed gone to bed, and I aint so paticlar. I put em in Little Bear. They lit out before I was up in the morning. Tope nodded indifferently, and he got into the car. When they approached Amasa Dewains farmhouse, they saw Adam on the porch. Cumberland and the doctor are inside, he reported. Want to go in? I'm wondering how Tope said: long that man has been dead. Earl Priddy just told me that a man and a woman came late Friday night and stayed in Little Bear, and left early in the morning. Bruces eyes lighted, but before he could speak, Mat Cumberland came out of the houe; and when he saw Tope, he drew from his pocket something wrapped in a handkerchief. Youll want to see these things, They Inspector, he suggested. were in the pocket of those overalls. Ever see a knife like that before? of a peculiar deThe knife side a graduone on bore It sign. ated scale marked off not only in Tope inches but in centimeters. opened the blade to see the makers name a Sheffield firm. English, he remarked thoughtfully: and he picked up the other article, a thing like a little metal fan, with leaves of differing lengths and thicknesses. tot Utfurmafioit m1 faur or.lfr i I'nioa England's most popular JJiS 661 ""TURN a drab chair into a color-- 1 decoration that transforms I room just ly the addition of a you've made yourself! ful slip-cove- 100K nr r Ot TNIt sal and J. Arthur Rank of Uftll rout ciociii fas V N JAM US MASON Sv-L-- i, ii'A Eng- land, Leo Spitz and William Goetz. Mason's known as The English Humphrey Bogart," which gives you an idea of the kind of roles he plays; hes murdered many young ladies on the screen, in a variety of ways, but says that the way he extinguishes Margaret Lockwood in The Man in Gray" is the worst of all. .to I The Baking Powder BALANCED Double Action with fbo Clobber Girl b today's baking powder . . the natural choice for the modern recipe, its balanced double action guarantee ut the right action In the mixing bowl, plut that final rite to Dght ond fluffy flavor in the oven. Two Hours of Stars (stars from stage, screen and radio) will be broadcast on the afternoon of Christmas Day over the full Columbia network. The list includes Bob Hope, Vera Vague, Ginny Simms, Jack Benny, Artur Rubenstem, Alan (FalstafT) Reed, and many others, with Don Ameche as master of ceremonies. There may be a skit done by famous comedy stooges Vera Vague, Jerry Colon-nReed and Rochester, among others; people so clever theyre stooges a, no longer. It seems as De-wa- in I found I Young Adam spoke. d. well to let Tope run look ' rrettoh Hi p UP lly VIRGINIA VAI.E Adams always an uncertain quantity. He must be sleeping late. I'll have Mrs. Friddy j tJ'Well,idea?Mat, Rlrd Wtrn Ncaipatwr b e n-- J STAGE-CSCREEN-RADI- or came t lok; they saw an man, with eyes twisted at the corners, -;- v upward ,VtKk at the bridge and nar-- I M n, w. e, 1 Nut tonight. 'J iJ-.La- Mrs Top.. I call that it's always want ing to move on ati move on. I oi p!o jy its h .id ,n the twins, not going to school, b.jt Isaac gives them th :r les. . nekt along She Liughi i ;r noily "Donne does all W ilhe s !os-if M,. dont uatih him. Their .m iw i itings so much ahke you cant te'l the dtllermce, Ttu.v write ahke?" Mrs. Tope echoed in puhte liiditl. rcr.ce. They h ! 4 tin r Sfiftti If everybodys MotherJmi sing- ing In The Bells of St. Marys. The famed boys choir, St. Lukes Choristers of Long Beach, will sing. Bing Crosby, naturally, will sing five numbers, incluling Adeste And Ingrid Bergman will lift her voice in song for the first time on the screen; shell do a Swedish folk song. The pictures a Christmas- a chest rub fast-actin- g s. time release. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who like to wear matching gray flannel slacks and red flannel shirts, also each wear a tiny gold whistle hers on a bracelet, his on his watch chain. They said theyd never take them off for any reason. But it wasnt long before she went into Confidential Agent, and had to take off her bracelet for romantic closeups with Charles Boyerl Nice goings-o- n Ginny Simms, who raises prize pigs on her ranch, traded a young porker to Dorothy Lamour, in exchange for a turkey from Dorothys prize stock. 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It takes conductor Nat Novick and pianist Tom Howard Jr. more than four hours to arrange and orchestrate that weird music you hear on It Pays to Be Ignorant; nothCumberland ing is left to chance, every discordthat? Whats asked ant effect is carefully prepared. Thats a gauge to test Mechanics use them, Charles Boyer says his imitators on cars and airplanes. are all wrong when they present A car came toward them along him as saying to Hedy Lamarr, Come wiz me into ze Casbaa-aah- , the road from the highway. Bee Dewain whirled into the yard and presumably in Hedys screen debut alighted, full of surprised questions. in this country. Matter of fact, in Whats happened? she demand- the picture he didnt ask her to go anywhere with him. What are you all doing here? ed. No one spoke; and she turned to Marlin Hurt, star of the Sunday Earl told me you came Adam. Beulah CBS program, would back last night. Why? Adam said laughingly: Couldnt have gone right on tripling for himbeen talked into acbear to go away without seeing self if he hadnt on the air. It was credit cepting you again. Dont treat Producer Helen Mack who talked She colored angrily. that hes me like a child! Why doesnt some him into acknowledging Bill." and himself Beulah, one say something? Ill tell you, Mrs. Tope spoke. Director Frank Borzage ordered And she made the Miss Dewain. Maureen OHara to hit Binnie matter briefly clear. She turned Barnes hard, really hard, for a not did head her but droop. pale, scene in The Spanish Main. MaurI see, she said through stiff een did, again and again 11 times. lips. Thats terrible, isnt it? She The last time Binnie, stunned, This was why caught Adams eye. landed in a blazing fireplace; thats 1 she back? came guessed. you the shot youll see. Mr. telephoned you? nww Ky ot POWER VEST POCKET - V fS- ' A ' . Vc ' , - x v. valve-cleaiance- s. Tope suppose Yes. Doctor Medford spoke. him. Miss Dewain? ODDS AD ENDS Margaret O'Brien pretty pleared about being chosen queen Mexico's float in Pasadenas Tournament No. No, but r Those lush days have Roses But what? Ilollswood ; 20th to returned He has something on his hair, definitely will spend $200,000 on Century-Fomusky-irelling of sort Some aid Bee. for " tnnu and the King of Siam stuff. Ive smelled it Alan ladTs squabble with Paramount I And she cried suddenly: brought him a raise $75,000 a picture for remember! seven years, uith the price going up after Where? Tope asked sharply. three years . . . John J. Anthony's thouFriday night. Or rather, Satur- sands of lif'eners uill increase in number, day morning, she answered. Some sou; that his program goes out oter the full Friday night in Little iutual netuork. . . . Alan Moubray wrote puple stayed before daylight. i story, sold it to Monogram, and will star left and Bear, in ii. have lately outdone themselves in giving us ELECTRONIC experts reception. 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