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Show T in Q Li , FREDERIC By . F. VAN DL WATER om-- SYNOPSIS In starch of newspaper to la New York, ia forced In accept isuUh-boaroperator house, manaeed bv The patn.lma1 Md'-lorv- . k in 1 1 ,. and their sister, Everett, saSeSlogist, Is helping Agatha Paget an-a- rook about her Era. Inside the apartment they find man dead. No weapon jjdetearded b ound. town. turned to"Whoa," he said as Not time, ward the open doer. sap. In here. He jerked his head toward the Paget apartment, turned the doorknob and waved me in before h.m It was dark by now and all the lights were on in the workroom. Three men were there. The ember head, who I learned was Captain Shannon of the Homicide Squad, kept walking up and down before Higgins who sat and sweated in a chair by the desk where a greasy little dick took shorthand. In the corner, calmly alert. Miss Paget She occupied her wheel chair. seemed more out of place, yet even more wholly enjoying herself, than a bishop in a crap game. what I I must have showed thought for in the moments silence, while Shannon walked up and down the rug again and Higgins perspired more, the old lady said: "The Captains associates are still busy in the Ferriter flat, David. So I put my own at his service. The grin, that lent her withered face youth, heartened me. Shannon I blue-bloode- !r. cr Continued CJUPTER II 3 a thick-- a j0yt had brought down an with unlighted 'iuldered person 4 Clamped in his jaws who on the and taPPed Higgins mldr so that the superintendent ad-ee- oped. his Riggins? Ma-lac- accoster asked. wants you. jjj $n. Captain cast a look of ap- employer y over his shoulder as he was rcbed away. It puzzled me. I Jd oot imagine him a murderer, .... asked me for an alibL t. ns dderly young man in a Ches-(el- d overcoat, with a cane hooked p bis arm and glasses tethered. is black cord, approached the po-at the door, stood for some d i rn oipites, not in argument but rhhad Iruk-poa- con-ei'f'- fatten with the sentinel, and then past him, undeterred, d so t:mething in his cocksure swag-..ll.dirked me and woke foggy recol-uhjjnn- - As he spoke, I recognized arinci. De had strolled through the eroom of the Spheres offices that the q while I had waited for once me to tell office ul boy rmuM hat Lomax, the city editor, rX ot see me. said the intruder fening. I'm from the Sphere. tc wireu died e 'j Larry Duke. vent my griev-i- e his report Lomax upon against but my nerves were jangled and jgjj Jjad no lunch, thanks to my Itless journey to the Sphere's of- was childish to :ge 'll' LLIICE 'Yes? sJS I said. juke leaned against the switch-f?i- U That de me angrier. I needed one so. Sad a little killing upstairs, eh? Know anything about Vvd and lit a cigarette. f; e vl H o c l.a I told him. lenty, VJHVI JHI Jti I found 'nepin? First, lets ft,' gave it to him. He printed it ifefufly at the top of the page. he gloated, S!VUow." k. (itaft. JLay, tj Mi Tp work-jTlqr.t- Sphere." put on his glasses again and me. don't get you, he said at last, ore you dont, I told him and red it. I was landing a punch at after being hammered all over You dont get me or a fcfring. W out of me. t looked at me harder. Dont low wait, he wheedled. hat way. If you can give this to exclusive, therell be a piece of 'ge in it for you. can, I said, but I wont, and tell you why. felt so good to get a little of own back that I wanted more, besides I never saw a man e a black to his glasses I liked. In my mind I com-- 1 Duke and his boss, Lomax, ning the worst features of both, 'elieve it or not, I told the I used to be a newspaper myself. I came to this towm a letter to Lomax from Doc irist. When Lomax didnt have nickels to rub together, Doc I him a job and taught him all s nos. I sent in the letter. busy; come back in a L.'In a week he was still busy. Qie week after and the week 1 id Mbbj b 3 "I came East for work I didnt get. tell me all How did you know thered killing? When did it happen? I said. "Im not 5 tie-rop- re-ar- r! Lo-wn- rthat. said Duke, there are a etter newspaper men than youll be looking for work in this I and not finding any. lay be. I granted. If you knew itory I could write at present, 1 Change your mind. Not get-- a job isnt what gripes. Your ia too important even to give ioy, Gilchrists friend a hand-- e and wish him luck. Doc read letter to Lomax. Whi ch is of the reasons why I say hell hint and with you. thick man stood beside me; 4 chewed an inch of? his cigar c I had seen him last. Larry, he said to Duke and inf to me: youve finished the lecture, s the Captain wants you a matter of fact, he you anyway. On your feet ey listen, Jake," the reporter fed, "give me a steer, will you? A Eoing on? Is it big? the other replied, V,y!;i)l0ssal, J Kv''?FlanI me toward the elevator. t,nncnU see you boys later. I t i sEp now. larei at me all the way up- ' . glared back. I felt better i ; toehow. They had i cops like him town and besides, for t'i - v 5rt1 tme since I reached New 'fclt I was important to -up-A- cn f- vv aehocy. ; ffitse Ni w On frem christ w I . Ml f .rr fat i Mill d. liner I i, U w.itdi :: i ri i'oi. My G .lei i .d, r.t .m i i p.p, fno m tie h.nn'.'t A General Quit I i Jlv m.ix ..t in t eiy f.,r Gilr..e a K'.Um lie w.is F. li ( I 1 1 M t n Al I hfar It Its a soi t of a flont'ud of . i h, i e l.i is 1 I'll i It 1 l Fud o 1. Ailui i,' J.uk to I i the h ittli m 1 ii Thy . lie i ' 1 with imls 1m :i N. tffibiT, h.lles '1 1 ii li il t d. l t. M . I i it. it i ,n ii 1 ,u 1 t ',i fr No ft t r Niiiit fti'.tl .1 i ole-- I'M l. It I l .lluil, s n I',. df , , its o I low is t! e in' t i l S tf M W of list", t1i e in lu of the ll l M lii .in i.ur. I The Answer s As Appi schedule includes being caught up oil a derr.rk hook in a scene on a dock, being tossed into the ocean and having to swim with nil her clothes on, being nearly strangled by Benny in one scene and manhandled by Allen in another. She does two dance routines, one of which involves a lot of struggling, and another shot finds her rolling around the baek end of a wildly driven eab. Nue work for a girl who can keep aud.enci s happy just by singing! A 1 to 1 tie was j' aed f ai d Ho- - ton m 2o lnn.t.gN kill O. Neii d m. fO evto.itely 1 m IffiM. Yeats War (17uti lTli.O. Sir I'eugl.iN Maw son . .one w ithm a h w miles of it h. Applesmiati lv I'l! I per i ent ti William llemv liaiieon, si ho d led one month a!tei hut maiigui a No 1 t It Ml . 7. In I rj lima foi tunes mo told by reading the lines on the soles of tlie lei t as well as the nialkmgs on the palms of the hands. fcj the Imt-eStates aie either killed or by lightning e.n h rear. O! Do' e kill d, the a mu la a i l ape is about mi e mi'll t e.u h Woman lt the In ue e ot u i ut a es 111. Golumt'ia l el fi Some 2, (kit) people m Maybe your furniture isnt old. Maybe It is lovely underneath . . . it? Why dont you 6763 d e to Weal and it's SO Win don't You lxitile of go in ut git In am l Itiul limry home g to all of t l.elll ( i ,l.u Polish on ( I, go; I ml, it iL.m (lie chain I'd. lied at the skilt. With at the ,md luvc a mi Giouhhm, design No. KVh.t tills and i.ihU s, i d uni is, doois and loo is, lakes tin m out, at tie ape win n they at i.v the old worn look, (lit muggy bhury .hoot up like luanpohs. And the look, (lie in ly tmgcipimis . . . and haves the soil watm lovi her lulf of iinh-jul 'iaiiMiit high out pliluess skill Sloops .and I AS I S. a Itlslie dial lasts cal ago ) Smeei it v, It util, faithfulness, gi iliglv at the waistline. This pi i tt v fi ot k makes tip eomo into t if el y es- em e of fi londship. William I'll lei V Gli.ili itiaimmp.lv m a eomlunat mn of mog plaid and plain falsies, as pie In Hollywood, Hurgoss M.ieddh, with working in Second Chorus k ?(llH)I, puls tills t V '.I Fred Astaire and God-dar- s e no i id i.t for Mary, her Faulette I l e i n ,i: ol.l i! IN 'A i ' me ' ' but it seems to Marlin. he M.ir their co star, uho n nally the vie The famous s battle ,.v t. 1 ( i uppesi r U sifi ft nqmiiN rrial fur hort .iris lor skirl in t (or Mt tMii niuir ii.u its for I mi ii i 14 r ft r it n nr IF NtVA Mniiliioiiii rv ftvr I alif S.m r aik im o h "t Is lr. roll t ii ! t u leased .is ). af i ... I. i and the first day af'. first Iv.ti h of photos s 1' s 'I I. ! Nt-t- t HUV will !o ar f I oi k ! 11 I ) . d, i had not yet acquired a car. a Nevertheless sign on a fence at General Service studios carried the warning, . . i us-- 1 I . li . 111 v . . . This place refor Mr. Meredith POLISH served MOPS, WAX, DUSTERS, CLEANERS AND FlY AND MOTH SPRAY That vacant space, amid the C3rs belonging to Loose Tongues other stars, was too much for Misa Goddard. So she filled the vacancy with a brand new motor scooter, decorated with ribbons and equipped with a bottle of iodine, Just In ease of accident. IrVS1 you, is a l: SfwiiiK ItIk ritli hnclitst in le .Nretllrt Av. 15 fonts r.ft Nw In ooiiib fur Ytuk Iat-to- llow can we expect another to keep our soeiet if we cannot keep ll olll M'lves. Salt Lakes NEWEST HOTEL i n No N.i mm Artdirss Lotliutrious Conductor Aimed to Make Self (dear Fare, please! Fare! The passenger paid no attention. Fare, please! Still the passenger was oblivious. the term, By ejaculatory or I70R dress-up- , " said the conductor, I coziness indoors this lacy robe Fare, imjily no reference to the state of is the newest thing for baby. the weather, the complexion of the admirable blonde you observe in the contiguous seat, nor even Seven-Month- s Funeral to the quality of the service vouchThe greatest funeral procession TEMPLE SQUARE corpoin history was that of the thud safed by Ithis philanthropic alluded m a ration. Opposite Mormon Temple merely of Tashi Lama, spiritual ruler in delicaHIGHLY RECOMMENDED manner lacking perhaps 1781 in in Peking Tibet, who died Rates $1.50 to $3.00 not in conciseness, to the while visiting the emperor of Chi- cy, hut a mark of distinction to stop set Its by up obligation monetary of of thousands na. The cortege at this beautiful hostelry presence in this ear and sugERNEST C. KOSSITER, Mr. monks, dignitaries, soldiers and your that you liquidate. cooks, with hundreds of camels gest At this point the passengi r e the made carrying supplies, from his trance. journey from Peking to emerged Inquire Within on foot, over high to Heart's Go Envoy your bosom; knock there, mountain passes and through ragof ask and ambassador the is your heart what it doth The tongue ing rivers, in seven months and know. the heart. Lyly. eight days. Colliers. fash-tio- genealogist of some reputation. He has been helping me with a book I'm compiling. When Mrs. Reynolds wished to rent her apartment, I told Everett about it. They are apparently gentlefolk, if that means anything. "Not much, begging your pardon, Shannon retorted. I quite Miss Agatha nodded. agree, she said. Amusement puckered the Captains eyelids. He turned to me. When did this other one. this Lyon Ferriter, go out?" I thought and shook my head. I haven't seen him today at all. The others on the hall Shannons angry grunt cut me short. "They didnt see Blackbeard come so. about a lot you, they didnt see this Lyon go out in; knew quite Cops he is out. And Blackbeard is Yet eh? the Captain asked politely. 1 was across the hall. And you say someI admitted. They did, a reporter on the News, in Omaha. one made a phone call from that talkYou can check up on that, though apartment and, unless he was was there to himself, wouldnt. ing Id rather you I see, said Shannon in a decep- guy with him. He rumpled his hair further, tively mild voice, "then what are Miss Agatha: this? asked like a on job you doing I an"Are the Ferriters foreign born? I have a yen for food, She shook her head. swered and wished that Miss Paget I just can t "I believe not. They speak exwere somewhere else. East came I cellent English. get along without it "Then, I went on, "it was Blackfor work I didnt get. I ran into A thick voice Eddie Hoyt hes on the elevator-l- ast beard who telephoned. it might be as worked sounded had though that father His week. for mine. Eddie got me this job. German. Jake entered witn the call sheet We were kids together. as so hard cigar wabbled in The were up if "And you I his and and finger shook as his mouth that, the Captain went on to his chief and his the behind handed he page tense felt something you didnt pointed. why manner, pleasant The Captain said no word but go back to Omaha? for a long minute before he looked a breath. I drew to held the paper out to me with his Til make this, I said, trying as and thumbnail indenting its margin. short "as be jaunty about it. was who "That the call? he asked in a can. I Hunter, as cheerful liked my voice I felt he kept so mild by great City editor of the Sphere, on. come to me effort for sent He work. "Yes." I said. "At three-thirtHunter was canned the day Id 1 a and by the clock on the switchboard. planned to come was it complet don't know whether named Lomax took his place." ed or not. I plugged in and then-- I know him," Shannon nodded. i TO DC COVTIM tUJ "If nothing to boas about. They ,'Nd ft'i2 ( ni .i i i is institutions for u ,! ,i1 nms nl it utul si iti In s, rn.ilMtir m . Tl1.it Mills no (toil, pNntojl Ai of p. tM 111 btiU h S mi oi i r H2 Its been quite a while since Brenda Marshall couldnt have any of the muffled thump that followed. dress that she wanted, but the sucWhat number was it? Shannon cess that made that possible also asked. stooin her way the other day when I shrugged. she felj, in love with a frock and on the Its then couldnt have it. Spring something. downstairs. pad The dress was designed for her to East of "Jake, the Captain snapped. The wear In Warner Brothers detective clumped down the hall. the River, and she liked it so much Shannon ran fingers through his hair that she wanted to have it copied again and squinted at nothing. for her own wardrobe. But the proKnow anything about these Ferduction office turned thumbs down. riters? he asked suddenly. The reason was that she is a target Nffi Ive been here only a week. for cameras wherever she goes. n Never heard why the three of The dress might be copied by them came here? bootleggers, and the style Miss Paget cleared her throat and wouldn't be new when the picture then spoke precisely. is released. It was through me, Captain. EvIf the war news in your daily paper and on the radio means a lot to you youll certainly want to see the new March of Time, "On ForIt shows how eign Newsfronts. U. S. newsmen are covering the biggest news story in modern history tells how men like H V. Kalten-borwere forced to leave Germany. It records the story of this first year of World War II from the viewpoint of the men who report it to the American people, and shows why the United States today is the last stronghold of a free press, and its citizens the best informed in the Hotel n 2,400-mil- Tashi-lhunp- o world. Apparently people who earn their livings by appearing in public just cant help being superst.tious even athletes ar susceptible, as Babe Ruth used to prove when he never went out to left field or returned without kicking second base on the way. Burns and Allen are no exception. Burns never approaches the microphone without touching his left toe to the bottom of Artie Shaws music stand. Grade always sits on the right side of the stage and has two chairs, one to sit on and the other for her script. This latter chair Is always turned so that Its back is to the audience. Shes never missed this arrangement in seven years, and judging by her success it must be a good one. half-devour- y eiy mi art m one he two It r HU, I look i i ht t' it y ou'i. I e.ihy get ."i - out 'f this one p.it ' i.t o' ia on, pci rale and all pi ett V for this dip, Ah r n, m wool c repc ,.t it t mr? Well, not nilly r v cry boo v pi 1W tty Fu U has, for r. mount's "Vtotory F:n vudmp, Dotothy territory and weaim r hall-ma- n ff ' ' handsome, secondhand umfoim It lets me stay alive here, and I make the rounds of the papers m my spate tune. Fiery office boy m town now locks the city room di i r when l.e sees me coming " I hated the shaky qunl.ti if my laugh. 1 "You can cheik up, invited, "through the Omaha chief or the News but you can see why I'd rather you didn't. He nodded, thought a minute and then sat down with a sigh. "All right, fella, he said with the comradeship cops can always show when they need newspaper help Here's what we know so far." He rattled through a catalogue if unrelated details: Blackbeard had been stabbed No one knew through the heart how he got into the Morollo, for there was no entrance to tins main building except the foyer or by elevator from the basement. No identification had been found In his clothes, though there was money in his pocket. No one knew whether the Ferriters knew him. lone was still too hysterical to be questioned. Neither of her brothers had come in. Everett had gone out at four oclock. No one had seen Lyon, the older brother, since he left the apartment house that morning. "That, said Shannon, is as far as weve gone. What have you got to add? I was so slow in answering that his eyes grew hard again. Astonishment silenced me. In the confusion before and after the finding of the dead man, I had forgotten that last telephone call from the Ferriter flat. Memory of It, flashing back now', blew my mind about. Sorry, I told the Captain and 1 gave a weak grin. just rerncin-bereI took a phone something. call from Three B a maybe twenty minutes before Miss Ferriter began her screaming. Perhaps I heard the man killed. Even the oily little stenographer stared at me. Shannon What time was this? asked hoarsely. Just before Miss Pagets chair broke down. That made me forget. I told of the phone call from the Ferriter flat, of the comment in a thick, foreign tongue, apparently to someone else in the apartment and I told st. I in L erett Ferriter, as Jlnolli cr The Questions ct rt.i'.ii .t i . uhl pet me the j i Hunter had pronvsed. Well, it didn't Or It hadn't up to noon today, uh.ch was the last t.me I c.,lhd at t! e S; hi i e office " "I won't crawl back In :i e, T! at' whipped. why Im m t' turned on Higgins again, started to speak, bit his lip, rumpled his hair and said at last: All right. You can go. But not far. I may want you later. Yes, sir. Higgins grunted, heaving himself up. The chair I took was warm from the superintendents stewing. Jake stood in the doorway, and chewed his cigar. Shannon rumpled his hair some more and then wheeled on me. I Now get this, he stormed, want the truth out of you. Partly, it was the presence of the old lady; partly, it was because I hadnt liked being pushed around by Jake. My squabble with Duke had boosted my morale, too. And get this, I told Shannon and he gaped: Ill tell you just as much more if you dont yell. His eyes were clever for all the Irish obstinacy of his freckled face. "Tough, eh? he asked at last With tough guys. I thought 1 saw traces of amusement on his face. I did not know whether Miss Agatha coughed or snorted. Shannon hesitated. I said: "To save us both time, my name emis David Mallory, twenty-nine- , a as since last Saturday ployed here, living in the superintendents flat in the cellar. Ah, Shannon purred, looking at me hard, "one of these wise birds? in I passed for one, I replied, said the town. Even cops home my 2oc 1 IT TON, A Q half-hou- shook him up. He jerked so He j, f his eyeglasses fell off. his from Ailed Copy paper pocket. pAinV he grinned, aint this jSwj I A wlsk Me d 'xrdy. get your name H sill stud luf re Al-ith- :i' I C the Ferriltr devr It was ijm ami I could hear men inside talk.r.g and artmrit inthf Higsini furniture being moved and saw Paget, a crippled old lady, m a charming niece. Allegia. One the short white glare cf a flashlight. talking with lligglna in the lobby. Jake pushed me otf the elevator and d to alarmed by a piercing scream. kept from asking him how he'd iid 0,.ds the scream came from the JJJtef apartment, not far from the like a sock in the nose, rememberLyon and ing , The Ferriter Include jut in time that tins wasn't my lone. a, JOl'KNAF. K liddenWavs I ir 1 1 Dinah Shore, lately with the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin street, that solemnly spoofing swing program, and with the Canwill be on the ne w Lddie tor program that start in October. A bachelor of arts from Vanderbilt university, shes taken her singing seriously s.nce she was ten now shes cashing in on her perseverance. A lot of people dont want to hear Orchids of Remembrance" of again unless she sings it. because the way she did it recently on Musical Americana. Re-vuer- s "r NT FAMOUS STRATOSPHERE FLIER GIVE SLOWER-BURNIN- TIME FOR EXTRA MILONESS. EXTRA mildness EXTRA coolness EXTRA I LIKE ALL THE OTHER EXTRAS IN CAMELS, TOO flavor 5 am G CIGARETTE EVERY u cr J, I cflMe"' smokes per packi ft ,e"1 Cuneh burncd 25 other of helarSc,nX7brSe )' "1C 15 -er than m at nieans, on the Verage- doling pi,,, eJuaI ME THE - J GET THE EXTRAS WITH SLOWER-BURNIN- G L THE CIGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS |
