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Show jtff I fs t lit A i i A tt -- &w&b .,. ! Ml, ,hjsJu ApII.1. j 'Sm w.usMto I wouldn't worry about Doctor Blaikie if I weie you," I reassured Sam. The punen was very delicious and there was plenty of it." Sam laughed too "Yes'm and Doctor Llaikie he certainly likes W.N.U. SERVICE Avery, that somebody slept there last night. the What makes you think so? in ho lues , a t ,w0 Well, for one thing, when I was Sjt hi, Mas , with Wil-i ,1, IHrlc and Bessie the doing the floor, something clattered nan script describing r under the mop. I hunted a long Head murder, which You c,, r Next to Mary live while before I could find it. r Stow who every year see it was just the color of the of One 'e era party. is ,i floor. But finally I got it It was i fundi' n n murdered. Mrs Oeary and their one of those wooden collar buttons ' ih and her husband which come from the laundry m Jlvron Marden and men's shirts. a i r, Caro Prentiss, J I said interrogatively. Yes, , who wns born in SYNOPSIS I i a oc-- i 1 K Paul and Lora Eamea Mohy. M illy was i tJ man, Ace Blaikie. 'V Urn engaged to Walter "That wasn't all," Sarah . p t n tel .gj"te r . .rr contin- ued. Outside in the bushes I found one of those sheets of stiff card. a aecre-- f board the laundries BlaiLie been put in mens wa ill alsrtl, was suddenly shirts to t the e them from getting keep neigh-N! leit town. Other ,rdl tujt - l,fwevher wrinkled. sisters, Flora, a 1. f All the but Somebody might have used the a'd Margaret. nul Marys Little House to dress for the masm ' two vtr-- l the nnsquerade. is visiting ,r mice, Slwa Sard, I said slowly, although The wooded part of querade, ii tr ti e s oe n ud'ul the Spinney. In it I cant imagine anybody doing that - e in, caled the Little House. without asking my permission. Of v ol the masquerade excitement course we neer think of locking who Vi y dr ,ed to take Sylvia, ( I flf i I ,1 servant child. Caro Pren- es drop in during the t Soon y sums rs a 1 lukie, Doctor Marden a f lend of Aces, alight. s m i it r.t to leave and they all exmist its At the party Sylvia iden-- 1 rath of the masked guests as they Ace ci mes garbed as Julius Caesar. I an'! .1, ;eais as a Snow Queen, ac-- ed by a man in armor whom Sylvia They dance s as tt i'tcr 1 realway. tr cua'iiij uslv. Caro Prentiss and d cssed in Revolutionary dxtor wearing jeweled shoe s, -- n t' e g e.ts unmask, Ace, and 3u u y Lave disappeared. r r I 7 I y i n m jllF Continued Y YI CRD S ore of the contradictions e Elaikies contradictory char-t- h it he preferred little girls He had an enchant-wa- y e boas with Lttie girls and way had no ichant.ng to the fascinating he had with older women, ice Blaikie had always been lue to women always, h sorry Doctor Ace didnt back and take his mask off, repeated. Afterwards, I was jill that Sylvia had said twice ce Bia.kie had gone away, that she was sorry he had me back. At that moment rse it made no impression, make an impression how-he- n she said, Walter didnt back either. nd, Sylvia you will not say g to anybody about Wal-em- g there. ont, Aunt Mary, she prom-e- . as its see a secret Now skip Im going to dres3. Darbe came in as Sylvia ut fresh linen for my bed er arm. Ive drawn your ater. Mrs. Avery, she said, g me try kimono. I came out of the bath, my had been put to rights, there anything further I can s. Avery? Sarah asked, ing, thank you Sarah, I Idarling! h variable ritual of entertain-o- r the maids of Second Head I the Sunday after the Stow erade. They all come to a I k he Little House on my III 1 lA bttIe Perfunctorily, I said, Oppose the girls are getting 0r 1116 picruc tomorrow. ACf 1 1 v I yes, Mrs. Avery! Sarah P re aU pretty always are. They We miss our Plcnic for any- - , iet: ex-- rt usilal crowd going? ,aI1 on. I "Its, Mrs. Avery, Sarah an- about a dozen of us. 8t my dressing table ; W13 my hair. 0Ver 10 my table' and d I me, casuat rearrangement toCi?eKCtSthere- 1 knew some- - BtT? 3t,-fcVe- - a,.brew,nS if,?- -- erjf S in Sarahs mind. S" Sarah, I answered. to forget that Or was it that she ..Tr, td Reared spoken. jiWNM4. l fnd prelcnded she hadnt my tray; then put it again lBt Earah?" w 1 asked-ot.m- j guess 5ne answered. ldC0(e nw. Sarah. g Mf3 dC me! very63 Ay 'mportant I guess, -- lore I' yet TJ rtable $ lt 2, I M l f fcx abut elcuraged her. down there ',e you 1 rj ya ' Werfc sleeping day be--- lj a!way sweep it op a little and see if taU rSht." P en ;cAay! t thtnk Id 1 t0ld y0U the LitUe ihTnt iy t "Atsd 1 d, evorthmg 5 ha. vas aU right m order. But Mrs. feeling, it Somebody slept there, Mrs. Avery, Sarah said with decision. The couch had been used. You know we keep some comforters folded up in the closet Nobody touches those comforters but me and I always fold them a particular way the way I fold everything; the way you taught me. Whoever used them, folded them too, but very carelessly. I wouldnt say anything about it to any of the girls who are coming to the picnic," I advised. It isn't important really so long as no harm was done. Of course I dont like to think of strangers tramps or whatever sleeping m the Little House. It doesnt frighten me though. But some of the girls might feel a little frightened about going there. Oh I wouldnt say a word about it to anybody! Sarah declared, giving me a reproachful look. You can trust me for that. I know I can, I said, giving her an affectionate look. I came downstairs and dawdled for about an hour. The day was languorously beautifuL The afternoon was unnaturally tranquil Garden scents drifted onto my piazza and into my house. I do not remember that my telephone, usuEvally so busy, jangled once. I remembered reflecting, erybody, I remembered is sleeping it off. too wondering how many people stayed until sunrise at the Stow party. About three oclock, Sylvia came trudging up the driveway. Her face was flushed from two hours of play in the sun. Dorinda Belle looked a little the worse for wear. Did Nancy come? I asked. No, Aunt Mary, Sylvia anShe didn't come at all swered. and Dorinda Belle hasnt been She laid her carecrowned yet fully down on the chair beside her. I How Dorinda Belle glitters! exclaimed. "Whats that youve tied around her waist? "Isnt it beautiful? I found it on the path. Bring it over to me, honey. Sylvia trotted to my side bearing Dorinda Belle. I exclaimed. Oh its a buckle! "And Its a very beautiful old one. It looks like Spanish paste. Somebody must have dropped it coming to the party. Im afraid Ill have to take it away from you, dear. We'll have to find out who lost it I remember that I started to examine the buckle closely. But at that exact moment the telephone rang. Before I took up the reI ceiver quite mechanically slipped the glittering thing into a little Dresden box on the table nearest me. From that precise instant, I did not think of that buckle again until But I must not anticipate my own story. It was Sam Chess, Ace Blaikies negro man, on the wire. I had known Sam for twenty-fiv- e years Is that you Mrs. Avery? Sam asked. Yes, Sam. What is it! Mrs. Avery, Doctor Blaikie aint got home yet from the party And some of his patients keeps calling. I jess wondered if you knew where he was or when I could expect him. I sort of feel kind of worried, Mrs. Avery. I havent the remotest idea, Sam, where he is," I replieu. He left the party before the unmask ing. I left it about two oclock and he had not come back by then and I fancy he didnt come back at all But you know Doctor Blaikie! You ought to know him well enough by this time not to worry and not to expect him until you see him. Yes'm. I reckon I know that about Doctor Blaikie, Mrs Avery But he didn't even come back here to change his clothes and you know how he was dressed. two on the motor board droj ped oft where the road from the villige ran into Second Head on gu irj, I guessed at once. Patrirk s car came ir to my drive; the ti ue mos followed. torcycle punch. With one of his swift leaps, Iat Did he come ocr in his own rick wijs out of the car and across car, Sam. I asked. the here until I whisNo, Mrs. Lane took him over tle! piazza. Stay he called over his shoulder Mrs. Lane said she n Mr. Lane to the four policemen Linky you came home alone They couldnt wtrh at home, Joe, he commentfind Doctor Blailue when thiy start- ed ed home. I accompanud t'cm It's likely, Sam, that jouT get to Sarah and the end of the p.azza faithcst a telephone call anj moment now, from Doctor Blaikie, asking you to There we women faltered Mary, Patrick begged, "if you bring some clothes to him wherever he spent the night Hes prob- can bear to stand it, I wish joud come with us ably still asleep For the fust time I saw t! at FraI guess thats Y'es'in, riht nck's Irish gray eyes were idled Thank you, Mis. Atry. with tears. I began to s b helpI had hareny put the telephone lessly. "Yes, I'll come, 1 down when Sarah Duruc agieed appeared You come too. Surah!" Joe orI brought some things down to dered briefly. the Little House this morning, Mrs. We had scarcely stopped f r th.s Avery, she explained, I have always done that tiie day btfoe our brief dialogue. All the ti e we picnic, but I feci a little worried were hurrying forward over the short path. Presently we were at about leaving ti cm there As I But I think they II be all right. the entrance of the Spinney have said, only this one guvel Sarah, I said. Sarah cast me a meaning look path, jounng the grassy path winch Id feel better, Mrs. Avery, if leads from the side door of my they were Safe in the house. I re- glassed-ipiazza, passes through it member I took the silver pie kr.fe. That path curves out of it, runs I was wondering if Sjhia would part way up the Head to the Little like to walk down to the Little House and then, up the Head beHouse with me. yond it, curves backward ai d ends I think shed better stay here, at my back door. The Spinney is a tangle I think shes beSarah, I said. I let things grow there as they will And ginning to feel tired. How many times since I have they will turn to jungle. thanked all my gods that I did not Entering the Spinney on that let Sylvia go with Sarah. The ten transcendent day was to come minutes or more which it took abruptly from sunshine st.ngmg hot Sarah to go to the Little House and to shade, velvety cool Cool, I say return it happened that she came that coolness rapidly became the back by the path which led up to frigidity of horror. For our cavthe side entrance at the left of the alcade proceeding swiftly Doctor house were the last haipy mo- Geary first, then Patrick, then ments I was to know for many a myself, then Sarah I caught sight day. presently, over the men's shoulSuddenly, I hoard swift footsteps ders, of a splotch of white, hupounding around the farther corner manly shaped, on the gravel path. of the piazza. Hugs deafened them Suddenly the atmosphere of the but on the hard wood, they boomed Spinner blackened and whirled. like quick drums. Even before Sar- I stopped. You go ahead, I ordered faintI'll follow in a minute But ly. what happened was that, after Sarah passed me, I recovered myself Instantly; followed at once and passed her. In a second or two we all stopped. Hes dead all right, Joe pronounced grimly. Hes been dead since rigor mortis has set in. Yes, hes dead, the poor fellow'! Patrick echoed. Sarah and I stationed ourselves one on either side of Patrick. Ace looked strangely beautiful and strangely dignified in death as though his body had been carefully laid out, as indeed ultimately we learned that it had. His tunic lay straight and close about his figure. His helmet lay at his side. His tiny black velvet mask lay beside it. Suddenly I seemed to see for tne first time the slit in that tunic, a slit surrounded by a stain over the heart. Stabbed!" Patrick dropped tersely. He too knelt. There it "Yes, Joe assented. rust-colore- d is! It was the weapon that had killed It was his own sword; the Ace. short sword of the Roman officer which had stuck upright on the unThat Coolness Rapidly Became left of his belt. The blade was and smooth stained, shining the Frigidity of Horror. A second wave of faintness came over me. As I went into it, I heard ah Darbes hoarse, horror-straineNot suicide! And voice, carefully muted, called, Patrick say, Mrs. Avery, Mrs. Avery! I knew somebody that he trusted killed that those footsteps were loaded him. Whoever it was, he wiped the As I came out of with panic. blade clean. Stay here Sylvia!" I ordered. it, I saw Patricks stern eyes exI leaped from the hammock, ran amining the ground about Ace's around my corner of the piazza to body. Finger-prints- ! meet Sarah. Sarahs brown face Joe Geary sughad turned tallowy. Her brown gested sternly. eyes were starting out of her head. Patrick drew something shining Oh my God, Mrs. Avery, she from his pocket and put it to his Doctor Blaikie is ly- lips. On the blast of his whistle, whispered. ing dead in the Spinney. I think the four policemen appeared at the he's been murdered. entrance of the Spinney. Its a he informed murder all right, Horror! Terrorl Confusion! And them briefly. Mike, you call the horror, terror, confusion all woven coronerl Then get Doctor Blaikies house and tell them there what together! has happened. Then get the staForhead. I my kept Fortunately I leaped tion and tell them to put a man at tunately Sarah kept hers. Nobody but the to the telephone, got the Geary the crossroads. here or deliver who live Joe people house Immediately. Luckily, to the Head Geary was at home. Then I called here are to come over the police station. Luckily, Patrick until I say so. The rest of you OBrien was in. Joe Geary ar- spread about and guard this wood. rived a minute or two before Pat- Nobody is to set foot here unless I 0. K. it. rick. rethe I instant The dropped I lay awake almost all mght long, ceiver, Bessie, I called. There of Ace Blakie . . . conmust have been some strident ter- thinking poignantly certain sidering came ror in my voice, for Bessie scenes which seemed, of Beskitchen. the from running own volition, to dr.ft from their over take I ordered, Sylvia sie, out of the past into my mind . . . to the Stows. Mr. and Mrs. Stow recalling with careful del beration on saw them I out are motoring. a succession of pictures of our the causeway a little while ago. all these vivid friendship long, But tell Caddie and Jessie that an the wToof of my and very warp over here accident has occurred childhood and girlhood. and to keep Sylvia there. Tell them (TO BE COSTIMID) the me to call Stow up to ask Mrs. instant she gets in. Tell one of them to call up all the girls who Heligoland, Germany were coming here tomorrow and Heligoland, Germany, takes Its tell them that the picnic must be name, Holyland, from hav.ng been postponed. Then come back here a center of Christian activity m th at once. Sarah will tell you what Seventh century, but it later fell into evil ways as a haven for pirate has happened. bands that ravaged the Hanseatic iron Bessies saw dimples I never Sea out of her face so swiftly or so merchant traffic of the North To this Hamburg put a stop, joinlook one at She gave completely. ne ghborinj Sarahs stricken aspect and went ing the island to the to Den immediately out onto the piazza. Schleswig, whence it passed .r.d about to Engl and mark finally in her heard I say Come honey! t of the century her softest and gentlest tones, the beginning of Heligoland to Gcr The a to take trading nice mes and going you many for the island of Zm.bar of, little walk. arthe African coast brou ,ut on i had Joe time Geary this By in bol storm of popular p rived. t ti In I countries. England Soon Patrick approached and e ui was explain'd act.on a vvns policethere that see could fu Victoria to gr n ' man beside him on the seat, two of Queen - ' i1'1 to moher nephew, the y u. on the running board, three on motor. The William. torcycles following the d half-forgott- ... lo-- a- i- I By VIRGINIA VALE at the Paramount studio you are just a wallflower if you dont know your American history. Directors, players, authors and any visitors who happen to be around swap stones about pioneer days, and anyone brash enough to mention current events, like who won the second race at Santa Anita, or what happened last night at a cafe, is quickly squelched. ""AVER To tbe great success of The Plainsman goes the credit or the blame for all this pride in the past. The company is so enthusiastic over that picture, and the forthcoming Maid of Salem that they are delving into history for their next big production, "I, James Lewis, the story of the early days of the Welis-rargexpress. o Actors are apt to be a pretty gloomy and pessimistic lot when know them you well They are worrying because the career of an actor is apt to be short, always pointing out men In the extra ranks who only a few years ago were stais. Now they have suddenly discovered their worries were imaginary. Jack that ; v jjj Holt, after twenty- Jack Holt four years In pic-- ( tures, just signed a new contract with Columbia to make six Westerns a J'ear. He is as popular as ever, maybe more so. For weeks Clark Gable has been completely mystified by receiving liigh offers for the decrepit old Ford Carole Lombard sent him as a val-- ! entine last year. Now the truth is out. A Mr. Brown of Richmond, Virginia, wants to buy it to exhibit at County Fairs. But Clark wont sell unless Carole gives him permission. Instead of raving about Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney in the grip-- i pmg, tragic You Only Live Once, Holly woodians come out of the theater making up silly couplets. That is what the company gets for dis-- I pensing with grammar in the title One of Henrys bett friends said, You Live Only Once may be better grammar, but You Only Live Once' is elegant drammer. Another one, playing with the same idea, You Live Only Once may said, be more grammatical, but 'You Only Live Once is very dramatical Susan Fleming thought that she had retired from the screen when she married Ilarpo Marx, but she made the mistake of stopping in at the studio to have luncheon with her husband, and first thing she knew the director called out, That girl over there she's just what Ive been looking for. So, she is playing m A Day at the Races with her husband and his giddy brothers. TT.WAS some Job, Ladies of The Sewing Circle, to get these three lovelies together to pose for the camera this week. Theyre under the strict tutelage of Dame Fashion just now, learning the latest lessons on how to be well turned out this Spring without benefit of a private mint. You can understand, then, why the d above, center, sort of jumped the gun, so to speak, and was already on her way when the camera clicked. A Frock That Clicks. 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