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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-06-24, Page 6"PAGE SIX THE WXNGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, Juns 24 th, 193Z FIRST INSTALMENT In Elmer Henderson’s bungalow on top of the thirty-story Highart Film Company’s building on East Fifty­ sixth Street near Fifth Avenue, four men were playing poker on a cold January night. “This is a slow game?1 growled big Dan Flaherty. The Chief Inspec­ tor in charge of the homicide squad of the New York police force was taking one of his rare nights off, and he wanted his fun to come fast and furious. “Four-handed poker’s no good, Isn’t anyone else coming?” “Fitz ought to be here any min­ ute now,” said Martin Frazier of the District Attorney’s staff. “He’s usual­ ly the first to arrive.” “Some skirt called him up, I sup­ pose, and it’s all off,” grunted Dan Flaherty. “Funny, the way dames fall for him.” “He’s a choosy picker, at that?’ re­ sponded Frazier. “Only falls for the live ones. Lydia Dane’s his latest?’ Even poorer poker players than 1 his voice. Dan Flaherty and Martin Frazier would have noted the instant change of expression which came over the faces of the other two at the men­ tion of Lydia Lane’s name. Hender­ son, their host, was the first to speak, “Studio gossip, nothing more,” he said. The words were simple enough, but there'was an undertone in his voice which made Dan Flaherty lift his left eyebrow questioningly as he glanced quickly from the speaker to Frazier, J‘Miss Lane has been ra­ ther annoyed by his attentions. Of course, I can’t speak for her, but that is the impression she gave me, quite distinctly, this afternoon. She was up here, having a voice test, and I took her home.” Archie Doane, the fourth. man at the table, had colored deeply at Fraz­ ier’s careless mention of the popular picture actress.- Dan Flaherty’s quick glance revealed to the Inspector that he was biting his lips and holding his head rigidly as if trying to control you WINDSORS POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS areThe Duke and Duchess of Windsor i leonburg Castle, where they are shown as they posed for news spending their honeymoon, cameramen on the grounds of Wasser- HARR? F. O’BRIEN, If "convenience" is important to you then by all means select Hotel Tuller-right in the heart of downtown Detroit-close to stores/ theatres/ office buildings, and all transportation. Excellent food served at low prices in the Tuller Coffee Shop and Cafeteria,..Detroit’s friendliest hotel. FINEST LOCATION hStelTULLEII■ s w I ■ Wf ■nffii mi nW 800 ROOMS WITH BATH FROM ^2 SINGLE FACING GRAND CIRCUS PARK ONE OF THE SEVENTEEN ! 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You’ve won a prize, from all I hear, though I haven’t the pleasure of the acquaintance?’ “Congratulations, Doane!” Henderson. “You’ll make the somest couple in pictures. -Miss Lane is quite the most charming lady I’ve ever known. And one of the very few whose voice registers as well as her lovely face does.” “So, that’s how it is, -eh?” said Dan Flaherty. “Well, boy, I wish you luck. I’ve never tried it myself, but I hear matrimony highly spoken of by those ,uthat have—sometimes. But I wish the rest would come, whoever’s coming.” “Max Michaelis said he’d be over about nine,” said Frazier. “Somebody call tip Fitz,” suggest­ ed Jlenderson. “Anybody know- his number?” “I’ll call,” said Doane. “All right Frazier; no harm done,” he went on, offering the Assistant District Attor­ ney his hand. “Where’s your tele­ phone, Elmer?” Henderson motioned toward the foyer which separated the room they were in from the rest of his quarters, and accompanied his guest to the cab­ inet in which the telephone director­ ies were cased. “Here it is; Stephen Fitzgerald, Plaza 0004?’ said Henderson. “You understand how to use a dial phone?” “Excuse me a minute,” he said to the others, as Archie Doane began to whirl the telephone dial. “I’ll be with you again right away?’ He crossed the foyer and went in­ to another room, “Nice little guy, Henderson,” said Dan Flaherty. “Good nerve, too; the way he backed his busted flush just now and got away with it was as good poker as I’ve ever seen. .I’d have sworn he was holding a kicker with threes, or had two big pair at least.” “What does he do? Teach sing­ ing? There must be money in it, the way he’s fixed up here.” He glanced appraisingly around the luxuriously furnished room. “No; he’s an inventor,” replied Fra­ zier. “I thought I told you about him.” “Only that you’d played poker with him once or twice and that he play­ ed a good game,” said the inspector. “What does he invent?” “His latest is a new way of making talking ’pictures,” said Frazier. “It brings out the natural voice much better than anything yet, I under­ stand. I don’t pretend to know about those things, but they say the High- art Film people paid him close to a million cash on account of royalties, and a salary of a hundred thousand or so to supervise the working of his device. He’s got a laboratory back in the other room.” “That’s what he meant by giving the Lane dame a voice test, then,” grunted Dan Flaherty. “I thought he didn’t look like a singer. Guess that skirt’s all right, eh?” He glanced ov­ er his shoulder at Doane, still at -the telephone. “Archie -isn’t falling for any,rotten ones. For an actor, he’s as square as they come. Pretty’ hard hit, I should- say.” “Head over heels in love, the way he flared up,” grinned Frazier. “I made a bad break there, but he took it like a sport. Guess Henderson’s right; it was just studio gossip about her and Fitz... Natural, enough, with Fitzgerald’S k^own susceptibility and her good looks,Fitz directed herjast two pjctUreSj. and. yo.u know how.gos­ sip ’travels?’ . t ,„v s’ *> - „ Doane came back from. thetele­ phone. “You were right,” he/said to Frazier. “Sonje, girl got hold .Of him .and he’d forgotten about his engage­ ment here.- At least; hjs. man says that a lady called-him on the ’phone about^quarter p.gst six and he hurried, put and hasn’t .beqn home since.” . .. . Jlendetson camp jn jas- Doane was speaking,, .followed b.y a- man-servant with a tray on. which reposed a sijph-- on, several .glasses with their quota1 •of rice cubes, and ,a couple of bottles. ...“Too bad. Couidtdt come, ph?” he. said. “Well, here’s .something -tdi take the curse" off. Wonder if -,-we can’t, hurry Mr. Michaelis t|piw “He’s probably just finishing ditin,er at the club/” said Dan Flaherty. .“I’ll, call him'?* * ■• . , “Ask him to /brijng',, Mong anyone else he thinks would like-to sit In,” sald'KendefSd'n. “Sfot ate better than five.” He glanced at the glasses in front of the others, "All .filled, gen- tlemeft? Then here’s to the prospect- that?’ replied compli- he went 'I’ve heard lady’s cried hand- ive bridegroom and his lovely lady?' Doane colored again as the others drank the friendly toast. Flaherty went to the telephone and returned in a few minutes with the informa­ tion, that Max Michaelis ai\d a friend were just getting into a taxi to come over. “Mind if I use your phone again?” asked Doane- “I’ll just call up Mias Lane. She wasn’t sure whether she would be going out to-night or not; half expected a summons from a dow­ ager aunt or something like “Surely. Help yourself,” Henderson. “Give her my ments, won’t you?” ’“Tell me about Michaelis/’ on, addressing Frazier, something about him, of course. You see/” he added, turning to Inspector Flaherty, “this is really Frazier’s par­ ty. I don’t know many people in New York—too busy in my laboratory un­ til lately to make many friends.. Fritz and Doane, of course-—got to know them in my picture work, If it had­ n’t been for meeting Frazier, here, through Fritz, I wouldn’t have had the pleasure of knowing you, for ex­ ample.” “There isn’t much to tell about Max Michaelis,” said Frazier, “except that he’s the shrewdest lawyer in New York'?’ “That’s saying a good deal, I should think,” said Henderson. “He’s rather on the inside of things, isn’t he?” “If by that you mean that he has the confidence of the District Attor­ ney’s office and the Police Depart­ ment, I should say that he’s very much on the inside. He’s that rare bird, a criminal lawyer who is absolutely on the level.” ‘Til say he is,” Dan Flaherty growled. “Gets my goat, sometimes, butting in on police matters. But, damn him, he’s always right. Got the best set of brains of any man I know. Probably that’s Max now.” The ..doorbell rang as he spoke. Doane rejoined the others. “No an­ swer,” he said. “Guess she’s gone to see her aunt. To Dan Flaherty’s shrewd eyes however, the actor seemed a trifle disturbed under his outward calm. “Doesn’t like it because Fritz was going to meet some dame and the Lane frail’s gone out too,” he whis­ pered to Frazier, as they all arose to greet the newcomers; Max Michaelis and his friend, a stockbroker, named Williams. “Afraid I’ve .got your rugs soaked?’ apologized the lawyer as an avalanche of snow cascaded from the shoulders of his fur coat. ■ “Quite all right, Mr. Michaelis,” said Henderson, as Frazier introduced him. “Nothing but water, after all, is it? I’m not quite sure, you see, because I’ve never had any experience with snow.” “Where did you come from?” ask­ ed Michaelis, slipping out of his great coat. “Never have seen snow before?” •“No. It may sound odd, but I was born and raised in southern Californ­ ia, and my only visits ,to the North and East have been in the summer. I’ve only seen snow at a distance, on the mountain peaks,” replied Hender­ son. “Southern California, eh?” said Michaelis, moving over to the open fire.. “Los Angeles? Oh, Pa"sadena. Don’t happen to know a fellow nam­ ed Everett, Joseph Everett, a lawyer, do you? Great friend of mine.” “Why, I’ve met Mr. Everett, al­ though I can’t say I know him well,” Henderson answered1. "Here,” he continued as his man carne in with fresh glasses for the newcomers, “I don’t suppose you* gentlemen w$ ob­ ject to a drink?” 1 “Not I,” said Williams, .the .stock­ broker, “Br-r-r-r! Winter’s here, all right. This would be a great night for a murder.” “Hear that Dan?” said Michaelis to the Inspector. “What are you doing, taking a holiday oil a night like this? Williams sayS it would be a good night’ for a mtitder.” “Well;- ; here’sV;-’success to crime, thenpM.rejoined'- Flaherty- raising his fefilld'd' glass.- “I’ve- never' noticed the weather’‘miadhr'much difference?’ * //“Success■■ to . crime?’ echoed ‘ Max Michaelis,. glanciu^zktoUhd--the room as he/drank. ?‘Cd^ glace" ydti’Ve got jtere, , Mrp Hendersoti. Nobody’d dream that it, was -storming outside^” “We had no idea'there wa^va storm On ghtil ybd 'camef ffl,, Jdokirig like 'Santa;* Glatts?’, sai^l Wrfehje rDdahe./* j “It? figs'be’*soh\id-prp^f as s6und£p?d’df; a^posyi^le//-’’ . explam'ect wo^^i.s^n/.’yj^jjaliii1 ,Jng pictjfres, j?ou hn^w^ij^ve.tjqi/jtave absolute ’silence ii/foy,,'.laboratory?* “Good’ place,’fprtva,;murder;-'‘tdb; as well as>a good night,foi; it,” said Mi­ chaelis, setting down his empty gla&&^ "'just tljink.-\vhiat ’the/nfewspap^r w'buld do with- a sound^prdof Yohm as/tb'e. ^cetie’ oLa crime; -'Streams’, h.t the, victim smothered hy s padded walls! and that- sort of thing, you know Wonder some fiction writer hastth pulled off a murder in a Talkie’ studio. Xcleal setting ,eh, Dan?” “And for that fiason the last place to ejtpeet it,” growled. Inspector Fla- i Business and Professional Directory Wellington Mutual Fire' Insurance Co. 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DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT ATTEND ORPHAN’S BE NEFIT When the.^annual garden patty, in aid .of--actors’ orphans, was hold hi Lpndon a days ago, the Duke and, Duchess - of Kent took part in the festivities; They were greeted on arrival by Noel Coward, actor and 'playwright, who had a leading part in the benefit. While he was1 escort­ ing their royal highnesses about the grounds, cameramen got this picture, Prominent actors and actresses ot the dims and legitimate • stage who were’ in-'England at the time attend­ ed the eyent, which.'was held in Re­ gents .Park. Coward ‘ later escorted Ruth .Chatterton, American him etat'j around the stalls.