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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-04-17, Page 7P! To" Ado 4, GERALD- ; ,BROWN wia.e.Pes.vussellf SYNOPSIS pHAPTTeR XII: Miss Blgelbw- would like to calf orf - the wedding, but le unwillingto face the publicity. while .he and McCale are talking they 16ok out the window. .Suddenly they hear e shot.McCallnotes a woman dressed 1n green who 1s running. away, MIaB-Bihelow. and McCall) reach the fronthall,• and find Yellalneourt dying, a bullet wound. in hie cheat MaCalo has the butler cal! police lieutenant nonlavy ;af -the homicide eauad. then he slips out. quickly; CHAPTER XIII She closed her eyes and let a shuddering breath escape her lips. Her hands clasped and unclasped nervously. He thought she might faint. She opened her eyes sud- denly, tense, staggered, but deter- mined. "At first there was only Curt coming up the steps from the path that cuts across from Charles Street." The old voice was pained and hushed. "I knew it was he from away off. He always swag- gered, sort of, and never wore a hat. There was also a—a woman— coming along the outer walk that comes over the hill from Park Street." "A woman in green?" "Yes, in green." She looked frightened. "There was someone along Beacon Street toward the house. I couldn't see very well. The person Was almost directly under the window and I was concentrat- ing on—on Curt." "On this side of- the street?" "Yes." *. * * Whoever it was )rad crossed the street, then, for the figure had been en the opposite side when McCale looked. That someone 'must have been almost at the door when the shot was fired? The murderer? "Man or woman?" he snapped. "I—I couldn't tell. I' was watch- ing Curt, I •told you." "Brit the hat, You said the figure had on'a gray raincoat and -a gray hat. Surely you could recognize the sex from the hat?" "I'm sorry I was watching Curt." "Yes. Go on." "I just can't remember what hap- pened to them, Curt and the woman in green almost met at the gate, but he was a little ahead. f thought he turned his hdad to look at her. I'm not sure. Then—I'm sorry. It's all confused. There was just the shot. I closed my eyes, 1 think. Then you were behind me and did notice someone—the wo- man in green, I believe, running off into the fog." * * fi Then she went to an old, battered desk that stood in a corner of the - room. Pressing a . spring that opened a secret drawer, she took out a small envelope from which she shook a piece of. paper. "You'd better have this," She spoke almost furtively, and added, "If' the house is searched, they'd be bound to find it." He took it over to the light and saw it was the merest .corner off the edge of a letter, when you control the dough you promise to me, -lover. will be ours. e's to crime. Ha, ha. "This .then," he said, straighten- ing up, "Is what really sent you to "Yes,' she murmured. "1 found it in the drawing room grate. It was, surely a note to Curt. He must have tried to burn if in this house, You see how it proved almost all my suspicions?" He returned the fragment to its envelope, slipped the envelope into, his inside pocket. No time to toss now. "The woman in green had red hair, didn't she?" he asked, coldly. She looked for a moment down into an abyss of sheer terror. "I-1 don't know," she faltered, "I was looking at Curt." Disappointment and wrath flash- ed across his eyes, was as quickly gone. He only said, "Courage, then I'll see you tomorrow." She put out her hand impulsively, as if prompted to explain away his disillusion in her, A long moment passed. She turned to the fire. He went out, . There was no one in the hall. The body of Curt Vallaincour lay long and dark and lifeless, half in, half out of the light thrown by the scones on each side of a console table. McCale stopped by the still form. He knelt and noticed that Curt had been shot a little above the heart, at Close' range, as if someone had walked up to him and let him have it. It was a miracle he had man- aged to get up the steps to the door. A less virile person would have dropped dead in his tracks. k a * He frisked the body until he came upon a key ring that held a number of keys.. Satisfied that one of these must be the key to the dead man's apartment, he rearranged the cloth- ing, walked to the door, eased it open and slipped out. AT Park Square, McCale hopped into a crusing cab which put him down at 413 Fensroad in six min- utes flat. Four -thirteen was a big hunk of concrete and stainless steel. The self-service elevator whisked him to the third floor.- He stopped before the number 13 and listened carefully, his earato'the door. After he'd entered, he stoodcom- pletely still, testing the silence that doorway at his right gave entrance • to a large living room. There were two doorways in back. and a little to the left of him as he stood motionless in the center of the carpet. Not a board creaked or a pin dropped, but the hair on the hack of his head stood up warn- ingly. Moisture beaded his palms. He swiveled' slowly, expecting anything. * * A woman stood in the first door- way. Tall, dark, voluptuous, she lounged, white-faced, breathless, in .a peculiarly familiar attitude. Her face was so white she seemed all lipstick in the glare of so many lights. If she had had a cigarette in that mouth—Memory tugged at McCale and he knew it was Shari Lynn: She wore a dark green wool dressI • "Who are you?" he said huskily. She moved slowly toward hint, eyes wary. For a moment he ignored her. "Yon were a fool to come directly here," he said then. - Apprehension widened her eyes for a moment, bringing out unusual pected lines in her face. She sat down unsteadily on a chair and ran nervous fingers through dark dyed hair. 0 e She's scared, klcCale thought. "Curt Vallaincourt has just been shot,' he said. Watching her closely he was cer- tain that it wasn't news to her— that she already knew. "Who are you—a dick? 1 didn't kill him." "You were there," She was guarded now. Her eyes narrowed and she clutched the glass with shaking fingers, "You've . got to prove that, copper." "I'm not the police." "Then who are you? What are you doing here?" "7'm a private dick I am how- ever, investigating 'Curt Vallain- court's murder." Curiously, she seemed relieved, He soon found out why. A crafty look slid into herieyes. She almost - smiled, 'Listen, then. ' I'm not saying 1 don't, know Curt had been killed. I'll even admit maybe I was near enough to have seen it done. 1 might give you information as to who did, mister," "I'nm listening, But make it quick. I want to frisk the place before the cops crawl all over it" She understood the necessity for speed and went on hurriedly. "1 was 'up here having a couple of drinks with Curt before he went to the wedding rehearsal. I decided to wait until he got back. 1 -le was gone a long time—too long. 1 grabbed a cab, and got out at the music shop near Park Square, 1 was paying off the taxi when I saw Curt cutting across the path to Beacon street," (To be Continued) HOMES FOR BOMBED -OUT FRENCH Noisy -le -Sec, a - village near Paris, was almost totally deerroyed in a 1944 bombing raid. Today a model town is building over the ruins. These prefabricated' bungalows came from America. The town also has prefabs made in several European countries. The state allotted new homes to families with three or more children whose homes were more than 85 per cent destroyed. Andre Raimbeaud and family are shown examining the remains of their old home and enjoying the comfort of their naw one. Note pictures of DeGaulle and Roosevelt. How' Can 1 ? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I relieve a sore throat? A. One suggested remedy is to take a tablespoonful of linseed and boil it for an hour in • a pint of water. Strain and add to it the juice of one lemon and a tablespoonful of sugar, Take a teaspoonful oc- casionally. Q. How can I remove an odor from the hands? `A. Put a little dry 'mustard in cold water and rub it on the hands; then rinse in cold water, Q. How can I prevent green pep- pers from turning brown? A. If green peppers are piled first before baking, they will not turn brown in the oven, Q.' How can I skin boiled po- tatoes easily? A. When preparing potatoes for boiling, instead of peeling the whole potato, just peel a narrow strip en- tirely' around the middle of each potato, lengthwise. When cooked, the skins will slip off easily. Q. How can I prevent material from stretching out of shape when cutting dresses? A. Baste around the neckline and arm holes after cutting, and the goods will not stretch out of shape., Comfort and . tyle tor gardening, hiking, beaching) Simple -to -se v Pattern 4536 brings you overalls, a playsuit AND a jacket so, jaunty you'll wear it over many outfits. Pattern 4536 in sizes 12, 14, 16 18, 20; 40. Size'16 overalls 3 yds. 35 -in. nap; jacket 1% yds. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (25c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted). for this pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West Toronto Print plainly SIZE, NAME, AD• DRESS, STYLE NUMBER. ISSUE 16 -1947 Sunday School Lesson THE KINGDOM STRENGTHENED AND ENLARGED 2 Samuel 5:3-4, 9-12; 7:8-13 Golden Text. David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. -2 Samuel 5:10. When news reached England of the Battle of Saratoga in the Am- erican Revglutionary ,'Var with the defeat and surrender of General Burgoyne, someone remarked to the economist, Adam Smith, "The nation is doomed," and the eminent author of "The Wealth of Nations" replied, "There is a great deal of doom in a nation," The remark is amply illustrated in the history of nations, but per- haps nowhere more pointedly than in the history of Israel, When one considers all that happened, the marvel is that there should have 'been survival at all. Palestine seemed doomed almost in the very beginning when the armies of Israel went down to defeat, with Saul, who had begun his rule so auspiciously, a suicide on the field of battle. But David, a man of the sword rather titan the harp, soon made his prowess felt, consolidating, enlarging the king- dom, * * * Then came the reign of Solomon, a longperiod of peace and apparent prosperity—but with oppression. Peter says in his Second Epistle that "holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." They were moved to write with the candor of realism and truth, for the sins of David, especially the sin of adultery and the murder of the man whom he had wronged, are set down beside his great qualities of heroism, ten- derness. - - * * The strength of David was in his magnanimity. David acknowledged his wrong -doing. When he ex- pressed a longing for a drink front the well of Bethlehem, three war- riors went through the enemy lines risking their lives to bring it to him, But it was too sacred for him to drink.' It was, he said, the blood of men who had put their lives in jeopardy. So he poured it out on the ground. as a sacred offering. How many of us have that spirit toward the many men—and women —who have so recently risked and given their lives that we -may have, life, liberty, and happiness. • 'The Artistic Bride A brand new bride decided to risk asking some people in for dinner. After a prolonged session with a cookbook, she selected two or three recipes she considered promising, went to her grocer's and read off her list of ingredients: A quarter pound of white seedless grapes, three oranges, two tart apples, three cloves, the breast of a chicken, a can of pig's feet, a spring onion, a zuchino, three leeks and a'half pint of dried black- eyed peas. The grocer paled as he listened, "Lady," he said, "what are you. making—a painting?" - Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee 1. Should a person write a letter when in an ugly mood, or feeling depressed? 2. Is it obligatory that relatives and friends send gifts to a newly - engaged girl? 3. When visiting in a home, should one address the servants as Mr. Brown and Miss Jones? 4. Is it necessary to bow each time when meeting the same per- son a number of times in succes- sion? 5. If there are to be thres speak- ers at a public dinner, or banquet, how much ,tine should be allotted to each speaker? 8. Is it customary for the bride to give presents to her bridesmaids? Answers 1. Absolutely not; and an excel- lent rule to follow, if one does write a letter under these circum- stances, is to hold the letter until the following morning, then read it again, In nine cases out of ten, the letter will not be mailed. 2. No, but one who is financially able and generous often does. 3 No; address .them as Charles and Mary. 4, No; merely smile, 5. Fifteen to twenty mintites is sufficient, 6. Yes. C.N.E. BULLETIN How To Set Table For Family Events Six table settings representing the six most important events in a woman's life, will be. artistic- ally displayed' in one section of the Women's Building at the Canadian National Exhibition this year. They will demonstrate the en- gagement party, wedding party, the bride's first dinner,' the Christening, after -theatre party and informal entertaining. 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