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Show 3 1943 TVnrsday, April 15, R5ATES MEMS fciPD Bu ISABEL WAITTV fa: tuxy, ,TORT-- o DJBf tM r eeclctal ray receive. E8 Mk- - TTwR Im ,tarcl ,tal4 wa Jectione. M Mi V-to Rod, eu eely It, d Ihurck Meet-.- 1 ?!u the body of a Tbe body dl..p- - Lana. . utr- - A ,J kUlta .ppereetly to b.ve Brow" wbe U wppowd Tetter JMkere. Wbe. the wemyinw.. -- ten. Victor ioJ gwppeirt, mwi something ednWithtee.Victor. Jrithte..herher.a My , lr itiTcOoUBM imirt ,t0ry- - CHAPTER XH Id thought it a wad cry coming from the sea Victor beard It. too. 9 They sound like that" up the stairs. halfway ge waj "Com on Judy run a little 1 saw him hesitate, the waters and inspect back the bluff; then, just when I wondering if be were going to the Pirates Mouth to down into was there, he came whatever tfter two steps back and made for the inn. could I hardly keep up ,1 a time. .-- r' t ikfu with him. ! ! see Bessie Eat Ja; Nor-cros- . right now. The pains gone Let her think what she wanted to it couldnt be helped. By the time we reached the piazza our guests were ambling toward the bridge. Uncle Wylie had already gone down, my aunt .said, scolding because 1 put off setting the luncheon dishes out. Hed beaten the whole of us. taking the ministers car, as he explained later, when hed seen a truck skimming along the, Neck. Hugh Norcross was helping Mr. Quincy into another car, Tottcr's presumably, over near the garage. De Witt already had a front seat. Wait for us. Victor called, but they didnt. Perhaps they didn't hear him. Anyway, they were started before we were down the walk. Why don't you go back, Judy? . No, no. You dont think? I've got to know. You couldnt believe Id touch Of course not, my dear girl. Some friend has not only made a Only Norcross white coat into the house, with some the door for her. Hugh, were out of no doubt He had minister. the save sight stopped by the lire ruins and was waving something at us. Uly Kendall thinks you ssomething about" Victor was I way ahead of me. By the time of all him with thoughts caught up what Lily had hinted were driven The minister was out of my mind. brown handwaving a much-wor-n aber ; heal: VI' ench lood PPi st stitch in my side. Getting old, I tried to laugh I saw Victor putting my m his pocket Would he thinkpouch Id stolen the ring from that awful hand? Your key. Here it is. Miss I tossed it to her as she came part way upstairs. Hugh is waiting for you. You two eo along You, too, Mr Quade Ml be all The others ve e; if , i WURLUASt a man holding eragt en al Just nothing. -- Noa guO. he reiterated. bodys been down there, evidently." Our guests had scattered. I could -- Ki and ned and n, 3rta 1 a gull, probably. I l Just "" Its bag. VI Theres your bag, Judy!" Victor Where did you find it. Mr. called. le Wit tde bat tJ id mil ade. ice it er. DeWitt?" He pointed right there. out a young juniper bush beside the path which ran in back of where the Wed all been fishhouse had stood. on that path Innumerable times and not seen my bag. low you very much." d just I hunted for Bessies key. Yes, (here it was. Now she could lock her bedroom door and I could give vet the artist back his key. My coin d little' purse was O. IL. tv-witlit change in it Also, I saw at a it tfj glance the lovely compact a girl friend had sent me from Florida. .alt I was tom between going to assist pepp bedl my poor aunt and the desire to see if the money was still in my room. js uns Victor had had t plenty of time to get into the storeroom, so I didnt t ted afraid. Besides, the wind had r blown my hair till it was a a sight 1 needed a 3 couple of minutes before a mirror. Not mine. Id i only scout moment and then go into Aunties r Why, k x-- d 1 ha Iroom. 6 stopped me in the halL minute. Judy. I was Just going back to the church for you. Do you think its safe for you to hang around that Quade fellow akoe?" He tried to hold me by putting his hand over mine on the Hugh "Wait a 3 cov I, :arefi slide ace. ere Mwel yanked away. I was so mad I forgot he was a guest Suppose you attend to your own affairs. And jriddJt our rmI3 a post 1 your sisters." The thrust shot met .r tefrty, Judy. b.l Di .1 IB ugar; i add an: gs He stepped considering your You you know I :r. reased ides. El tnd I, like you.. Wen, thanks, Hugh. . Dont mind me. Here, give your sister her key. is she? m do it myself. "Shes powdering her nose: Then r ,oin down to I the bridge with flang. Will you come, too? keing decent after Id il. Pretty rude. Im tottoo." ilk chrd ..It snftf is rgarte b.kbtf I t2 2? milk idd B Beie co K tm there V y mo- - trembling money bet it," came from a storeroom door. How er trap , anybody with te lean hot. Walt tor Comin be lon Some of em already started. Poor Mr. is wheeling himself." cJ? If bim I tore up to my rediea-- o yooJ th s: home. I was only d sab i closed Wall lectiMi d cah b.kla( salt i, well Pder nL only wonted 1 and Pribehd .sure. d milt 30 th. SSi PiSS, ,8vquare'cut diamond v.!hr0UEh th powder, ob!" weakly fo,- ,slumped the v?" ,tep ro aloud, cam out of his Dl... Cior "Oh! tnd si PUClU Marly C1U P0TWdW e ed a to opened rny bag i, white t tun uP0Uch "Wha", sick,, i a-- -) hold nd P J. Sjjj 4er" Victor iw Bes-teer- s. ban- - luickh faint and i.HW S"2 Wie the plan sol' won- - "d' of the tter,MiM Ja "ing h C,t0U8ly Shall I caU Cr- -, O lDSWered lot me. I t,body recover himself !? J s the tte matter Judy? You i - - S3$ tlop Ml lu8t Peeked around Bak' CUEht him up Jour aunt? of mind toy band enough to gainst my ,ide. Nobodys been down there dently. evi- tool of you, but now is trying to implicate you further. Thats the same ring? Looks like it. Not sure ,ot course. Good Victors stride increased. comis car Look first that, grief! ing back again! The car with my uncle in it! And the truck was rapidly disappearing down the long curving Neck. Wont be long now. Keep mum about the ring. Judy. We hurried along to meet the two cars, which were now stopping midway and holding a powwow. Everything jake? Victor shouted as we came up. They didnt answer, but kept talking among themselves in a puzzled manner. Everything peated. leaks! ' His do? Brown nodded. "Yes. I apologize." Their car made the difficult about face on the harrow road, and 1 held my breath while Uncle Wylie followed suit. I didnt want to plunge into those swirling waters, dangerous at any time, despite the g marshland beyond. I was wondering why my uncle hadnt spoken about his boat before. He could repair any leak that ever sprang I was also beginning to wonder if he'd told Jhe truth about the milkman. Nobody else was present It was quite possible Aunt Nella had sicked him on to being Horatio aVthe Bridge just to keep the police away a little longer, in the hopes that some of the mystery would solve itself. I said as much to Victor. He, yes, and his wife, too, can't wish to keep quiet about whats un- Trouble seemS to be a patriotic It makes the eyes red, the hair white and the feelings blue. Hugh said. wasn't it? Him, all right, Uncle Nearly ran the truck Wylie said. over into the gap. I shouted to get the police. Been a murder! I We want the police! But yelled. be answered sort of queer. "What did he say? Can't hear you! Winds agin me too strong! Jokes on you! Uncle Wylie scratched his scragwhich gy bead, windblown every understood. he sartin Aint way. I yeUed Murder! again. Order? be yells back, plain as day, count of the land breeze. Here Us. Howll I git it over? And you told him to get the police? Sartin. Git the police! 1 nearly split my throat Cupped my My uncles bands and hollered. often get He didn't twinkled. eyes the center of attention. Do hurry up. Uncle Wylie. What did he say? I Implored. Hold your hosses, J udy. Let s and my get this straight be said, " What chuckle. to uncle began makes you so consarned polite all sudden. Wylie? IU leave the of it order right here and you can git to in a boat Thatll learn you nof bust any more bridges on the. Fourth. Then he went off laugh-him, MOkman, Uh-hu- h. But surely beD tell everyone be Victor meets about the bridge, Even if be believes it was a said. 7 he thinks of it said, lighting his old corncob topipe do Hop In, you folks. Nothin 1111016 fire.-Au- ' Seizing Opportunity l)o you believe tn free Man at Door speech f Housewife Man line. phone. Some Reputation Magistrate Is the prisoner a known thief? Constable A known thief? Why, hed steal the harness of a nightmare. 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Campbell. figuring can help you save ma- terial when making those new ex- will be needed for match- "Well, watch me shoot a hole clear through the red bam behind em. T 50-irt- time, isnt Open tor saved the day. "Sartin. Cept when I lock up at night Keep my own old Fordie in there when she hain't in the back yard. You can see her now, with a busted axle, et cetery." "Anybody seen Miss Kendall? 1 cut in. "Shes not with us and she's not in her room." That was odd in itself. Lily Kendall never missed anything. . She was, as Thaddeus Quincy had put it ubiquitous.' Welt she wasnt ubiquitous now. She aiafji't in sight "Make sure, Judy, Victor said. "Look all around, will ybu? His face was clouded with anxiety. He started down the path as if he were quite sure I wpuldnt find Lily in the house. "Will you wait?" He nodded. TU walk slowly. You call yes or no from the door.. I'm going to look at the the ruins ol the Nella called me to come and Jtl: help her. Was Miss Kendall her? 1 asked. No. nor in the pan lor. Nor her room. Nor the bath room. Nor the lavatories. I tort out to teU Victor. "Oh, Mr. Quade that ctj! You aid it was a gulL "Nonsense. It was a gult Bui his eyes belied his words. "Nor cross! Potter I De Witti You, too, VicWylie! Please make it snappy. with now, tor was positively running us meat his heels and the rest aftercon As I hurried along I was scious that the tide must hsv for s turned, and with it the wind, th changed, breeze salt refreshing air tnto one of New Englands per feet summer days. It wasnt sultrj feel so tired dr any more; I didnt around Id doni the racing all .pite that terrible morning. (TO BE COSTIM'ED ) wat Too Binding Insurance Agent I take it you favor a straight life policy? Client Well, no. I like to step out once in a whilecr - affliction. peace-ful-lookin- -- who pedestrian a great effort as he asked politely t .U ay I ask u hat ere your plant, tirTm always have the last word. "Oh, exclaimed someone. "You she . Huxlered-lonkin- The conversation had turned on dithering in the roadway. Crimson with ttrain and rege, tha the wavs of wives. Well, said llrown, "when my driver leaned out of hit cab. It was wife and I have an argument I plain he um controlling himself with " der the tarpaulin." Aunt Nella was standing in the doorway waiting for the milk for her chowder. Did she think they could throw it across? You might have rigged up a breeches buoy! she accused. There! Shed struck it. If nobody came to the bridge, if the boat couldnt be made seaworthy right away, couldnt we rig a breeches buoy of some sort? But Victor didnt listen to me. He and the men went across to the old bam where the boat was stored in the loft. 1 loathe steamed clams, Bessie Norcross grumbled, when she heard my aunt's luncheon alternative. Bessie had been cleaning the spot on her coat with some smelly fluid. Now she draped it over the hammock to dry. Personally I thought she'd made it much worse, with the encircling yellowish gray rings. I stooped to pick up a couple of Lily Kendalls crystal beads. Lovely beads, they were; expensive I hoped she(Msa vhcTenoirgSTto Tia ve; them restrung. It was then I realized she hadnt been wijh us on the Neck. I ran up"and knocked on her door, but, receiving no answer, hurried down again. Wheres Miss Kendall? Bessie shrugged. Havent seen her. Been locked in my room. Hughie called to me not to bother about the old bridge, so Ive been right here. He thought I'd been overdoing. Look, theyre coming back from the garage. How's the boat? Any good?" 1 They all answered together. was it unseaworthy. gathered Hole in her big as a bucket, Mr. Q. shrilled gleefully. Somebody chopped it on purpose," Potter added. If I find out who in tunket dared to do sech a thing! Poor Uncle Wylie. He looked like a little mad bantam rooster. Hugh went up and sat beside his Glad we came by train. sister. Sis. Our car wasnt in that bam. Neither of us had occasion to en- v but pulled to a Hidden ttop , to evoid a " Prerogative Camct ( Based on actual talcs records in Canteens and Post Exchanges.) 3o-in- ch 0. K.? Uncle Wylie, who was leaning against the steering wheel of the ministers car, opened the door for us to get in. He isnt sure the feller heard WOl if - screamed the minister. Didn't say so because she ; the same unfortunate iwsitiou, Marie Thats for him to aay, ' Mary." maam. But I tried my best. "Not likely!" replied the maid. "Im giving her a week's notice Should Know Them tomorrow." There wat e tcream of breket a the Slip cover material usually comes in 36 and widths. ter it" narrow a back chair Frequently , so pur-I saw the clergyman turn be covered a by may splitting pie I thought hed have an apoplecwidth of goods. For other tic stroke, when the artists Jaw chairs material might be Victor re-- , dropped ludicrously. to cut better If the advantage. it? Vicall the Dunno. prank. Could He? Only lie Knows Said Mr. llenpeck, who had just Mistress Marie, you wereen overheard his Wife scolding the tertaining a man In tha kitchsn maid:. "You and I seem to be in last night, werent you? here. T got some clams to shuck. We got in. If you'd only waited for Mr. De Witt I said, he could have mad? them hear way down to Rockville. Didn't you ttll him- we didnt . hae a boat? Hugh and Mr. Quincy asked the same question that was in my mind. know'. I did. Why should I? Uncle could be so exasperating sometimes. "Got a boat, ain't we, up in the loft of the garage? Well, for the love of Christmas!-whdidn't you say so? Drive on! 16-in- COSTLIER TOBACCOS CP FOR CATTLE V? A (? ( 0 SHEEP - HORSES 1 c? HOGS A i&iiD SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS POULTRY iiwiyjM A a |