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the scene
Iqved DeWitt’s
became engaged
completely altered ac-
She
didn't love any-
He had affairs all
and I suppose Mrs. De
Times Square office of
Longstreet tomorrow at
for further questioning,
be no exceptions. And
Naturally I’m sor-
She jumped up angrily. ‘What do
you mean! Just because you’re a
Longstreet had
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down.
quickly and they sent
don’t know what hap-
but it seemed to be
the 26th day of May
for general business at 3 p.m.
,H. K. Eilber, Clerk.
and DeWitt were good
Next he called Cherry
st
DeWitt in this
an awful argu-
Lord came ip
happening and
Then Mr. De-
THE EXETER ^ESsABVQCATE, THylwPAY MOBUINft MAY 13th, 1943
NEW SERIAL STORY
him refer to it,”
“If Longstreet
Wife how is it he
to Miss Rrowne?”
“Mr. Longstreet
one but himself,
the time,
Witt thought he was crazy about her
and no one else , . , a couple of
mouths ago Mr. Longstreet made
advances to Jeanne
room and there was
m,ent, 'because Mi’,
and saw what was
knocked him
W|itt came in
me away. I
pened later,
patched up,”
“Do you think
some sort of hold on DeWitt?
“,I’m not sure. Every once in a
while Mr. Longstreet demanded
large sums of money from Mr, De
Witt, ‘personal loans/ he’d say with
a nasty laugh, and he’d get them.
In fact only a week ago he asked
| Mr. DeWitt for a loan nf twenty-
five thousand dollars, iMr. DeWitt
was awfully mad; I thought he’d
have apoplexy . . . .”
“I shouldn’t wonder,” murmered
Thumm.
“They had quite a fuss, but he
gave in, as usual.”
“What did Longstreet do with all
that dough? This office alone must
have given him a big income.”
Anna Platt’s brown eyes flashed.
“Mr. Longstreet could spend money
faster than anyone you ever saw.
He lived high, played the races,
the market—and lost nearly all the
time. He cashes his bonds and real
estate securities long ago. I’ll bet
he hasn’t left a penny.”
Thumm drummed thoughtfully on
the glass-topped 'desk. “Miss Platt,
______ _____ ____ __ I we’re both grown people. Was there
the matrons for the ladies here.” ! anything. between you and Long-
The procedure in the other room I street?”
was now repeated, with the same'
result.
As Inspector Lumm crossed the ■ cop, do I have to be insulted?”
branch off ice of DeWitt & Long-| “Sit down, Sister.” Thumm
street on Saturday morning, appar- , grinned as she sank back into the
ently business was being conduct-, chair,
ed in the normal way. Thu'mim’s
men, already op the scene, inter
fered with nothing.
■Thumm looked them over with
out enthusiasm, then entered the
Longstreet sanctum. There he
found, nervously -perched on the
edge of a chair, a well-cushioned
brunette, good-looking in a vague
ly cheap way.
“I suppose you’re Longstreet’s
secretary?” said Thumm.
“Yes, sir. Anna Platt. I worked
for Mr. Longstreet for four and a
half years as a sort of confidential
secretary.”
“Tell me—how did Longstreet and
DeWitt get along?”
“They didn’t. They were always
squabbling. Mr. DeWitt always ob
jected when he thought Mr. Long
street wrong, but always
finally.”
“What was Longstreet's
toward DeWitt?”
Anna Platt twisted her
“He knew Mr. DeWitt was
ter business man and he didn’t like
it. So he just bore down and got
things his own way, even if it cost
the firm money.”
Inspector ’Thu'mim’s eyes wander
ed up and down the gild’s figure.
“You’re smart, Miss Platt/ We’re
going to get along. Did DeWitt
hate Longstreet?”
She lowered her eyes.' “Yes, I
think he did. I think I know why,
too. It’s an open scandal that Mr.
Longstreet”—her voice hardened—
“had been having an affair with
Mrs. DeWitt. I’m sure Mr. De
Witt knew, although I neyer heard
Harley Longstreet of DeWitt and
Lopgstreetj brokers, invites eight
friends to celebrate his engagement
to Cherry Browne, actress. On a
Crosstown trolley Longstreet dies
suddenly of poison scratched into his
hand by a peedle-pierced cork. The
party consists of Longstreet’s part-;
ner DeWjitt and his wife Fern and j
daughter Jeanpe, her fiance Chris
topher Lord, Cherry’s vaudeville
friend Pollux, Ahearn, friend of De
Witt, Imperiale,. middle-aged Latin,
and Michael Collins, brawny Irish
man. At the parban Inspector
Thumm examines them. He is con
vinced the poison cork entered Long
street’s pocket after the party had
boarded the trolley, Cherry Browne
says, for the stock market news es
pecially about International Metals.
That’s why he had reached for his
glasses. Suddenly hysterical, Cherry
rushes forward to DeWitt: “You did
it,” she shrieks. “You hated him!”
Thumm examines the other passen
gers. The conductor, Charles Wood
No. 210)1 says he has often seen
Longstreet and DeWitt on his car.
The motorman, iGuiness, No. 409, cor
roborates him. The next morning
Thumm learns that Longstreet had
had an affair with '.Mrs. DeWitt.
Thumm stared into DeWitt’s
clear eyes, then shrugged and
turned to the rest of the party.
“Everybody here will please meet
me at the
DeWitt &
nine a.m.
There will
one thing more.
ry, but you'll have to submit to a
personal search, Duffy, get one of
promised to
you over tor
gave in
attitude
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“I suppose he
marry you, too? Threw
Mrs. DeWitt?”
“Well—” she was
tiled floor, yes.”
When Thumm spoke
on different matters,
that on Friday afternoon,
Longstreet had -left the office for
Cherry Browne’s apartment, Collins
had dashed in. purple with rage and
accused him of double-crossing.. De
Witt had been out at the time. Col
lins had demanded that Longstreet
make good
lars Collins
al Metals.
Collins by
Mike. *1’11 see that DeWitt pulls you
through.” He had invited Collins to
the engagement party, promising to
speak to DeWitt there.
Inspector Thumm summoned De
Witt, who was chalky but self-pos
sessed. Thumm said directly: I’m
going to repeat a question I asked
you last night, and I insist on an
answer. Why did you hate your part
ner?’
“I refuse to 'be bullied, Inspector
Thumm."
“Very well,” said Thumm, “but
you’re making the biggest mistake
of your life . . ♦ How did
Witt and Longstreet get
good friends were they?”
“Look .here!” shouted
“What in the devil are you driving
at?”
The Inspector smiled,
easy. Were you and
equal partners?”
“Yes!” said DeWit.t in
ed voice.
“How long were you in business
together?”
“Twelve years.”
“How did you two happen to
team up?”
“W!e made our fortunes in South
America before the last war. Min
ing venture. We returned and con-,
tinned our affiliation in the broker
age business.”
“You’ve been successful?”
“Quite.”
“Then why, if you both were suc
cessful and had fortunes to begin
■with, did Longstreet borrow money
from you continually?” .
“This is ridiculous. I loaned hint
money occasionally, but these were
trivial suins—”
“DeWitt,” said Thumm, you’re ly
ing. You’ve been paying Longstreet
a great deal of money. Yen probably
never expect to see your money
again. I want to know Why.”
DeWitt sprang from the chair, his
fade purplish-white, You’re exceed
ing your Authority! This thing had
nothing to do with
death! I—-”
“No melodramatics.
side.”
DeWitt shook himself
room.
studying the
again, it was
He learned
before
the ififty thousand dol-
had lost on Internation-
Longstreet had pacified
Saying: “Don’t worry,
The interview with Mrs, Dewitt
was short and sterile, She coldly
denied any relationship other than
friendship with Longstreet* She
scoffed at the insinuation Long
street had beep attracted to Jeanne.
Did she have any suspicion her hus
band was being blackmailed? “How
silly!” Aside from eliciting Abe fact
she and DeWitt had been married
for six years, and that Jeanne’ was
his daughter by a former marriage,
Thumm discovered nothing.
Thumm called Franklin Ahearn,
but learned nothing except that he,
and engineer
neighbors.
Browne.
It was a
tress who faced the Inspector,
seemed to have recovered her nat
ural gayety. Her face was carefully
made up; she was dressed in modish
black.
She
five
ed”
had
gagement.
certain he had left (millions. She ad
mitted that her accusation of the
night before had been prompted by
hysteria,
“But Harley told me ever so often
that DeWitt hated him,” she added,
Christopher Lord stalked
Thumm stood squarely before him
and they stared, eye for eye.
Lord said, he had knocked Long
street down and didn't regret it one
bit. He had tendeded his resignation
to DeWitt, his immediate superior,
■but DeWitt had placated him. He
had allowed the matter to drop be
cause he liked DeWitt and so,
Longstreet repeated his
advances, he would be on
to proctect Jeanne.
Jeanne added nothing,
defend her father with spirit.
Louis Imperiale and his sleek
vandyke turned back to Thumm,,
bowing courteously. He had been
DeWitt’s good friend for four years
now, having met him in Europe.
‘IMr. .DeWitt has been most
kind,” he said. “Each of the four
times since then that I have come
to youi- country on business for my
firm, the ’Swiss Precision Instru
ments Company, I have been his
guest for the duration of my stay.”
Collins followed. His answers
were snappish, ill-humored, grudg
ing. Thum gripped his arm, “Now
you listen to me! You said that last
night-that when you dashed up here
you didn’t have any words with
Longstreet. I let it pass, but I’m not
accepting that explanation this mor
ning!”
Collins shook himself savagely
free of Thumm’s grip. “Smart cop,
aren’t you? What did you think I did
—kissed him? He ruined me!”
Thumm grinned. “Had good cause
to put him away, didn’t you?”
Collins broke into an ugly laugh.
“Smarter and smarter! I suppose
I had that cork full of needles all
ready, waiting for the market to
drop? -Go back- to a beat Thumm.”
Thumm merely said: How is it
DeW.itt didn’t know about Long
street’s tip to you?”
(To be continued)
Her answers were decisive,
had met Longstreet at a ball
months before. He had “rush-
her for several months, apd they
decided to announce their en-
She seemed childishly
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council of the Township of
Stephen met in the town hull, Credi
tor}, on Monday, .the 3rd day of May
1943 at 1 p.m. All members ■were
present. The minutes of the previous
meotiug were read and adopted on
motion of SSTelsoP Schenk, seconded
by Herman Powe,
Moved by Arthur Amy, seconded
by Nelson Schenk: That the 'Work
men’s Compensation Liability in
surance policy he renewed. Carried.
Moved by Thomas Love, seconded
by Nelson Schenk: That an accident
insurance policy be taken out pro
tecting each member of the Council
while on official business pertaining
to the (Municipality. Carried.
Moved by Thomas Love, seconded;
by Arthur Amy: That the Assess
ment Roll of the Township of Step
hen for the year 1943 as prepared
by the Assessor be accepted and that
he be paid his salary of $125.00 and
an additional $8.50 for postage. And
further that the Court of Revision to
hear and determine appeals be held
in the town hall, Crediton, on Wed
nesday, the 26th day of May 1943 at
2 p.m. Carried.
Moved by Thomas Love, seconded
by Arthur Amy.: That the Corpora
tion of the Township of Stephen in
vest $1,000 in the 4th Victory Loan
and that the reeve and treasurer be
empowered to make the necessary
arrangements with the Bank of Mon
treal, Exeter, for the purchase there
of, Carried,
Moved by Nelson Schenk, second
ed by Herman iPowe: That Pay Sheet
No. 5 amounting to $362.82 as well
as the following orders be paid;
County Treasurer, hospitalization,
Gossman, $2275; Lightfoot, $14.00,
$36.75; H. K. Eilber, part salary’as
clerk and treasurer, $175.00; Exet
er TimesHAdvocate, printing ac
count, $'35.67; The Municipal World
Ltd., supplies, $1.75; Superior Mfg,
Co., rubber stamps, $1.37; Harold
Kellerman, hens killed by dogs,
$17.00; Henry Phaff, fowl killed by
dogs, $12.0'0’; W. H. Hodgson, acci
dent insurance -for members of the
council, $50.'00; Isaac Besterd Jr.
fowl valuer, $300; Isaac Besterd Jr,
salary and assessor, $125.'00 and
postage ’$8.50, $133.50; receiver—
General of Canada 4th Victory Loan
Bond $1000,00. Carried.
The Council adjourned to meet
again in the .Town Hall, Crediton, on
Wednesday,
1943
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Longstreet’s
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and left the
KRAMER-McLAREN
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,
Toronto, was the scene of a pretty
wedding on Saturday, Muy 1, when
Dorothy ilsobel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, William McLaren, of Seaforth,
became the bride of Alfred Kramer,
of Philadelphia. Rev. Mr. Dennis of
ficiated at the double ring ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by her
father, wore a gown of white sheer
over taffeta, made on princess lines
with a round neckline and smocked
bodice. Her finger-tip veil was
caught with a halo of white garden
ias. She carried her grandmother’s
Bible with pink and white' sweet
peas tied in streamers of white satin.
Her sister, Anne, was her duly at
tendant, wearing pink sheer ovei'
taffeta- with blue headdress and
shoulder-length veil. Her bouquet
was pink snapdragons tied with blue
ribbon. The groom was attended by
Mt, Lew Hart, of Toronto. ,
Miss Dowsley presided at the or
gan. During the signing of the regis
ter, Mr. Frank Keenan of Toronto,
sang “Because”.
The reception was held at the
Y.M.C.A. where about twenty-five
friends of the happy couple gather
ed. During the cutting of tile cake,
Mr, Keenan sang, “Your Eyes Have
Told Me So”,
For travelling the bride wore a
suit of green figured crepe with bas
que top coat and matching accessor
ies. Ker corsage was of pink carna
tions. The happy couple left amid
showers of confetti and good Wishes
for New York where they will spend
their honeymoon. They will reside in
Philadelphia.
WHALEN
and Mrs. William Smith, ofMr.
Belmont, and Mrs. William Tookey,
of London, attended the funeral of
the late Mrs. Louise ’Gunning on
Saturday.
Mr. Howard Morley, of Hazel
Park, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Brock and family, of Kirkton,
were Sunday visitors with Mr. and
■Mrs. William Morley.
Misses Merle and Shirley Squire,
of London, attended the funeral of
the late Mr. George Squire, in Gran
ton, on Friday.
Miss -Marjdrie Parkinson 'speht
the week-end with Mrs. Gordon
Docking, of Munro.
Miss Helen Forbes returned on
Monday from tR'orest where she
spent the Easter vacation with her
parents.
CLINTON’S TOWN
HALL CROWDED'
FOR QUIZ CONTEST
Billy Young of Morris Township
was declared winner of the Fourth
Canadian Victory Loan quiz contest
in the town hall at Clinton Wednes
day evening of last week. He will be
eligible to attend the divisional com
petition, details of which have not
yet been announced.
Second place winner was James
Hall of Wingham, and the third
successful contestant was Ivan Me-
Clymont of Stanley township.
Warden B. Tuckey of the Huron
County Council delivered a brief ad
dress at the conclusion of the quiz
and congratulated the winners for
their splendid showing. He also had
a good word to say for those who
entered but did not win. On behalf
of the council he presented Billy
Young with a $15 war savings cer
tificate. James Hall and Ivan Mc-
Clymont were the recipients of $10’
and $5 certificates, respectively.
There were 19 students entered in
the quiz, being representatives of
all sections of the county where
local competitions had been staged.
About -260 spectators attended the
quiz.
Mayor A, J, McMurray extended
greetings and introduced the chair
man, Judge T. M. Costello, The
judge gave a brief address in which
he paid tribute to the county organ
ization and commended the young
people who Were to take part ih the'
contest.
The judges were Frank Finglahd,
K.O., and J. 0. Shearer, and. the
time-keeper Was A, Knights
-During the evshing deorge H.
Jefferson, public school principal,
addressed the audience in aid of the
Victory Loan drive, A group of pu
pils from the Seaforth public school
also -took part in the program. Priz
es were presented by Warden B.
Tuckey.
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picture companies, clubs, bowling alleys,
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National Selective Service