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CHAPTER VIII: McCale leaves Ann,
and goes to a newspaper man's club
where he talks toJerry Tate, a. well-
tnrormed reporter..
CHAPTER IX
"Oh, well, if I had to be cast
away on a desert island or if some
rainy afternoon—or-"
"That's it—just or—To proceed.
That little romance was short lived.
Don't ask me why."
"Maybe Stevie got wind of
"Stephen Bigelow?. That washed-
up Romeo. One look from Karen
or Mother Sybil would squelch him.
I've seen them all together.
Young Tate surveyed the table
top with wise old eyes. He shook
bis head. "He finally did get around
to Veronica. Right through the
family to the pot of gold:"
* * *
. "Kind of roundabout ,you think?"
"Now, I don't know. It may be
be thought Ile was being clever."
McCale rose to go. "You don't
know of any tie-up between hint
and Shari Lynn, the singer that's
doubling at the Abbey abd Latin
Quarter shows?"
"Nothing I .can vouch for. They
seem to be on pretty good terms.
By the way, 1 do know that pres-
sure was brought to bear some-
where along the line over a bit of
gossip Watts printed in his column.
Orders went through to squelch
anything more of the sort that
Wright come under the snooping
eye."
"Which only shows that the
great can buy protection."
"Oh, well, Conte the revolution,"
"Just. Well, thanks, old boy,."
"For what?"
"For almost nothing, but thanks
.anyway."
He left the Club and trudged
through the midnight city, a sullen
gloom curtaining his taoughts.
The lights of an all-night lunch-
room winking through the murk
drew Duke inside. It was a dismal
enough place, peopled with a few
down -at -heels stragglers.
The restaurant door banged and
a tall, wasted figure in a bedraggled
teat and hat slouched to the coun-
ter. There was something- familiar
about that back. Instinctively, Mc -
Cale half rose to his feet to see, but
his movement was too late, Joe
Leach saw hint as he turned, tray
in hand. He shuffled over and sat
down.
"Iii, shamus," he said. "Well, all
turned out hi tails, :I see, Excuse
me, but you look as though' you'd
just 'been thrown out of the Ritz.
'What are you disguised as—a ma-
gician?"
McCale grunted noncommittally.
"Won't talk, huh? It just happens
I'm a bit of -a click myself, bud, so
I'll dig down in my bag of tricks
and pull out the fact that you've
been hobnobbing with the elite—
the Bigelow tribe to, be exact. What
have they been having—a soiree?"
"Good God. Have you had a tail
on me?"
"Deduction, shamus. No. To be
honest, every agency in town
konws you've knocked off the Bige-
low job. How'd you do it? What's
it all about?"
"What'd l you give to know?"
"OIs, Lord, i'nt just curious,"
"It might, be worth your white."
"Look; I won't argue with you.
* * *
Either you tell rue or you tell it to
the marines, I'm indifferent now.
What does it natter?" He made a
slight movement ,as if he were
about to get up and go.
"All right, all right. I just
thought 1 might soak you for a five.
I lost nay pants in a game tonight.
The truth is, Stephen Bigelow call-
ed our office to get the low-down
en you, late this afternoon,"
"Called your office? To get dope
len me?" Duke gave a raucous, de-
raisive howl. "That's too darned fun -
y. What's .the connection — be-
tween your outfit and Stephen
Bigelow, I mean?"
* • * *
"We did some work for him
once."
"You did?"
alai'
"What kind of work—the usual?"
"Sure."
"Who was the- dame?"
"His wife."
bfcCale's spine began to prickle.
He ,hoped his sudden interest did
not show too much on his face. Ile
lit a cigarette slowly, deliberately,
before he asked cautiously, ,"Di-
vorce angle?"
Joe Leach didn't answer. He
pushed a half -eaten piece of apple
pie away from hint, sipped his cof-
fee.
McCale reached inside his coat -
and withdrew his wallet. He ex-
tracted a 'five -dollar bill and put it
on the table. He kept one finger on
the end nearest him.
* * *
''All right, you robber," he said.
Leach laughed, He made a sly
snatch for the bill and got a hard
rap on the knockles with a table
knife for his pains.
y, you're fast, my little one.
You may not think it's worth the
five, but here it is. About six
months ago this Stephen Bigelow
came in to see Watkins. Wanted a
tail put on his wife, He didn't say
much, but the boss figured it was
the old -divorce routine. I got the
night lob—following her around to
the nightclubs, She went out a lot
alone I trailed alondfor a couple
of weeks. She'd stop in a lounge
bar now and then, always met peo-
ple she icnew, but never seemed to
gather in anyone particular. Then
one night I followed her as far as
a sttidio building in Copley Square,
A dumb elevator boy couldn't place
her or tell me where in the building
he tools her. I'd wait and in a few
hours she's come out—alone. This
happened two or tlu-ce times a week
until one night, late, she cane out
with a middle-aged guy. They went
to a quiet little restaurant around
the corner. I tagged along. It look-
ed like the old, old story to me,"
v * *
"You found out who the man
was?"
"Sure, Well, here's where the
drama falls apart, Timm, I see
where I don't get paid off. He was
a piano teacher, name of Parecini.
Not an old foxy grandpa with a
weakness for blondes, after all. \Ve
turned the news over to Stevey boy,
and damned if he didn't seen re-
lieved- He came in a week or so
afterwards to pay his bill, He told
us his wife had once s)iown great
talent .for the piano, but had lost
the use of an arm from nervous
shock or arthritis- or something.
She was -getting back her old wal-
lop again, slowly. She'd been going
to the old bird for lessons, keeping
it froth the family for a surprise,
or so he said. Now, how do you
dike that?"
"I like it."
"You think it was the truth?
Now, see here, in spite of the fact
that it looked- an the level, 1 -think
it was fishy, l wasn't pulled right
off the tail, see? It was over a week
before Stevey came in to pay up.
We hadn't heard from him to the
contrary, so I kept on the job. But
the blonde bombshell never ,vent
near-Parecini's studio again. She
must have backed clown somewhere
along the line."
"They probably had a nice old-
fashioned heart-to-heart talk and
patched it U. My guess would be
that she wanted to continue her
studies with the idea of going on
the stage, or something of the sort,
but Stephen put his foot down. The
fancily probably wouldn't stand for
it.,,
"Yeah. Fumy, isn't it? Not that
either of them scent socially con-
scious."
* * *
"Your insight is amazing. They
are both good family, but not quite
—as you say,"
"Well, whether you know it or
not, Stevey was quite a gay dog
once. Used to do a bitofchasing
in the old clays."
"I don't doubt that, but I think
he's in love with his wife."
"Unum, Better to have loved, et
cetera. LIe sure seems nuts about
her"
"Decidedly."
''That's all of my little offering,
Do. I get the fin?"
"Olt, sure, ... T I c it."
• ('S'o De Ceniinuetl'
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How. Can I ?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I make a hair set-
ting solution?
A. A good hair setting solution
can be easily made by taking 3%
pints of water, to which is added
2 tablespoons of quince seed, allow-
ing it to boil for 5 minutes, then
strain.
Q. Flow can I prevent grease
from popping?
A. Sprinkle a little flour in the
frying pan and it will stop the spat-
tering at once. Also try a colander
over the pan, removing it only when
turning.
Q. How can. I keep the top of
the cake or bread smooth and ten-
der when baking?
A. Before placing the cake or
bread in the oven for baking, put a
saucepan full of boiling water in
the oven. The steam will keep the
top smooth and tender,
Q. How can I prevent, ingrow-
ing toenaiis?
A. Stockings which are too
short in the foot are very often the
cause of ingrowing toenails. See
that both the stockings and the
shoes are not too short.
One stain pattern piece! That's
all there is to either of these
blouses. 'Pattern E565 is a happy
idea whereby you get two beautiful
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This pattern,. easy to use, simple
to sew is tested for fit. includes
complete iilustrated instructions.
Pattern 4565 sizes 72, 14, 10, 18,
20. Size 16, keyhole neck, 1 yds,
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Danger Lurks
In "Slimming"
The, feminine craze for "reduc-
ing" or "slimming," does not seem
to be as extensive as it was some
years ago; but Canadian and Am-
erican women and girls are said to
still spend many million dollars a
year on drugs; in the hope that they
Will remove 'surplus" fat the easy
way, says the Stratford Beacon—
Herald, Just two or three pills a
day, say some manufacturers, and
the figure Will melt away to the
desired weight. The purveyors of
these pills ani other products
which it is vowed, will produce the
sante result*, are described by Mary
Patrick in The Woman's Iiome
Companion as making enormous
profits, The drugs are also very
dangerous and sometimes fatal, she
says,
* * *
A multitude of women worry
about their weights, believing that
it is necessary to be slim to be at-
tractive. They use "patent" medi-
cines, and one of the dangers is
that, if the reduction is not fast
enough to suit them, they increase
the amount of such remedies. Ac-
cording to Mary Patrick, no good
and safe reducing drug exists. One
of the chief reducing ingredients is
thyroid extract which is legitimately
prescribed for overweight, This
should, of course, be carefully pres-
cribed by a doctor, for cases of
thyroid deficiency; but women have
ways of obtaining the extract with
or without the aid of a physician.
The usual result is ruined health by
excesive use. Other drugs employed
are belladonna and benzedrine for
the purpose of destroying the ap-
petite for good. Again the effect on
health can he disastrous.
* a
"Reducing" salts is another ntuclt
sold product, but Hiss - Patrick
says it is merely a combination of
perfumed Epson? - salts and table
salt, which, if used for long, can
create Bright's disease, dropsy and
other ailments. There are also
-
"slenderizing" creams, which, the
writer asserts, are simply lubricants
and have no effect on fat whatever,
Miss Patrick gives a word of
comfort, however, to women who
think they have to }'educe. It is to
go to a physician and get him to
devise a food schedule eliminating
the fattening foods, hut furnishing
a Lyell -balanced caloric diet, Stick
to that formula and avoid the "re-
ducing" potions as one .would avoid
poison.
FagprAof .
A -combination cleaner and fog-
proofer for lenses, windshields and
face shields is claimed by a U.S.
manufacturer. It is a chemically
treated cloth, which is wiped across
the inside surface.
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DRESS, STYLE NUMl3E'•"„
ISSUE 12-1S47 ' h
TeaGikng Nutrition
As a guide to teachers who want
o interest their classes in health -
eating, National Health authori-
ses suggest copies of "Canada's
rood Rules" — simple outlines of
he principles - of nutrition. The
uaterial is distributed by Provincial
7calth departments and by local
calth units.
Sunday School Lesson
Prayer for Christian
Brotherhood
John 17:1-11, 20-23.
Golden Text: "Holy Father, keep
through thine own : name those
whom thou hast given me, that
they may be one, even as we are."
—John 17: 11.
Jesus' Intercessory Prayer
The dictionary defines interces-
sion as "a prayer or series of pray-
ers for persons of different condi-
tions."
Following the solemn conversa-
tions of Jesus with His disciples
on the eve of His death, recorded
in chapters 14 to 15 of John's Gos-
pel; Jesus "lifted up His eyes to
heaven" and made the prayer re-
corded in the 17tH Chapter.
Though this is the only long in-
tercessory prayer recorded, it was
not the only intercessory prayer of
Jesus. \Ve may recall His words
to Peter: "Simon, Simon, satan
hath desired to have thee, that he
may sift thee as wheat; but I have
prayed for thee that thy faith fail
not," We may be sure that as
Jesus prayed for Peter, He prayed
for the others also.
Function of Prayer
He prayed, first of all for Him-
self . Is not that the beginning of
true intercessory prayer? Not that
it is in any respect selfish, but the
first function of prayer is to,bring
us near to God and to prepare and
strengthen us for the doing of His
will,
Note how definite and specific
was the prayer of Jesus for His
inner circle of disciples. His pray-
er was not a vague, general, and
sentimental prayer for all humanity.
"I pray for them," He said, " I
pray not for the world."
Prayer for the Disciples
But here were the men, the
Twelve, though one was a traitor,
through whom the ministry of
Jesus was to be carried on. If
salvation was to come to the world
it was to come through them. And
shortly; Jesus was to give them
the commission to go into all the
world and preach the Gospel, He
knew that they would face hard -
hip and persecution; so He prayed
for them, that they night be sancti-
fied and made strong.
And He knew when they had
passed on other disciples must con-
tinue the work. So He prayed not
for ,then alone, but for all who
should believe through their word.
Gift To Britain
New Zealand is staking Britain
a gift of £10,000,000 in recognition
of the British war effort, Peter
Fraser, New Zealand Prime Minis-
ter, announced recently,
Australia announced a gift of
£25,000,000 to Britain.
Farrneirs' Insurance
1
Agricultural Minister Kennedy'It
announcement that his department
and farm organizations are study*
ing a form of financial protection
against accidents for farmers will
be welcome news to agricultural.
communities in Ontario.
The plan will give the farmer,
his wife and children and 'hired
help financial protection against
accidents -for 24 flours a day at a
cost of about $14 a year for the
average farmer.
The threat of injury is ever
present in the business if farming,
Present too is the dark threat of
financial ruin following serious
injury.
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"Ma wants to know can she borrow a package of crisp,
delicious Grape -Nuts Flakes until tomorrow?
"Sure thing, Ulclul., we always "Those two golden grains, wheat
keep an igloo full of malty -rich, and malted barley sure are cleverly
sweet -as -a -nut Post's Grape -Nuts blended, baked and toasted to
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"I3rother, 'we can use that good
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Flakes: carbohydrates for energy;
proteins for muscle; phosphorus for
teeth and bones; iron for the blood;
other food essentials,"
"Know what? We're going to
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too, from those recipes on. the Post's
Grape -Nuts Flakes package. Setter
make it the big economy size."