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(hooter XVIIIi 1JeCale hurries to tho
VJltelow mansion and conducts is careful-
taeotlooinc or the variant, members or the
Chapter XIX r
"You might ask your mother to
rttep in for a moment," McCale an -
watered
Sybil Bigelow came into the lib-
"Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Bige-
low," he said, •
"Oh, no, I mustn't be spared," she
, sighed. "It's all so sordidly neces-
sary."
"Why did you go to . the White
Abbey the night before last?" he
asked without preliminary.
"Why, I-1 wasn't there ... I—"
Quickly otic sank into a chair.
"You were seen, you know," he.
went on.; "Your. altercation with
your- daughter-in-law and your en-
trance into the club.
"I've got a right to go anywhere
I want. As for my -daughter-hi-law,
I often have to be a bit harsh with
her. She neglects my son."
"But you were heard not to be-
lieve her when she assured you
that the man you came to see was
ne' there,"
A hard, ,beady look came into her
eyes. Her face sagged as if the
veneer were about to crack.
"Did you see him?" McCale prod-
ded.
"I told you 1 did not go to -that
is, I did go inside the lobby, but
decided not to go tpstairs, 1 re-
turned hone
* * *
"You didn't see Curt Vallaincourt
as you had planned, then ?"
"1 tell you I. didn't go upstairs,
Besides, 1 went there to get my son.
He had quarreled with. Karen and
I was afraid he had started out on
a—a binge."- She said it very de-
. liantly.
McCale wondered what her an -
ewer would have been if she had
not known already that be knew
Stephen had been there.
"One more question," he said.
"What did you see, yesterday after-
noon, when you were in front of
°thin house at the time of the mur-
der?"
The blow of it visibly staggered
her. She gasped. Her eyes were fill-
ed with sheer terror. Her mouth '
grew slack,
"Oh, no," she whimpered, "1 was
not there. I wasn't. You're mistak-
en." "
His voice became hard, his look
insistent, "You wore a gray rain-
coat" he said. "Both Miss Ade -
e hide and ,1 saw you."'
"No, no -she couldn't have. She
didn't—hasn't "
"She would not tell you. You
know that. She has not admitted it
oven to me. But 1 saw you, Mrs.
Bigelow. 1. know it was you."
* *•
He waited, tense, as she pulled
herself slowly together. She arose
with cold determination.
"Very well, then," she said at
last. "1 was going to protect her.
God knows why. 1 didn't actually
see the shooting. It was foggy, slip-
pery, you know. 1 have very -small
sect and sometimes lose my bal-
ance. I was picking my way. 1 had
my head down when the shot came.
was so friglitehed—and for a ino-
went dazed, I didn't know it was
Curt. I only saw a man stagger a
moment. He seemed to recover him-
self and 'walk on—toward me. In
my shock 1 stepped off the side-
walk and crossed the street. It was
only when he fell to hisknees on
our steps that I knew something
terrible had happened. It was then
I saw Veronica running across the
Common path. Veronica—" she
drew herself up majestically.
"Why didn't you, immediately
komc into the house? I should have
thought—"
"Oh, but d couldn't. Don't you
sec? If I'd. gone, right in, everyone
would have known, wouldn't they?
I'd have had to say I'd seen Veroni-
ca. I coi-ikhi't do that—I couldn't."
McCale wondered why, if she
couldn't face telling it then, she
was able to be so glib about It now.
"I slipped down the other sicje
of the street to the drugstore for '
cigarettes. I met Stephen there, you
know—or don't you?",
"Yes. -I have seen the police ,re-
ports," he said gravely. "Will you
send- your daughter in please?"
She accepted her dismissal with
the air of anactressfaking a cur-
tain call,
"You're staking your farewell
tour," McCale. chuckled to himself,
his mind busy with her treachery.
You never would have guessed
that Victoria had' been up most of
the previous night. The circles un-
der her. eyes were no darker°than
usual._
"Too bad you weren't able_ to find
your letters in Vallaincourt's apart-
ment last night," he opened.
* * * .
She did not seem startled. She
tossed her dark -head,
"Oh, you know that, do you? How
did that get out?"
"My assistant, who helped you
seafch, He was quite smitten by
your charms."
"That ore," Her lip curled. "So
he works for you. He told me he
was a policeman."
"Well, he'd snake a good one, at
that." \McCale chuckled. - ''You'd
have recognized him if you'd been
home the night before. He was on
duty here all that night. Where
were you, by the way?"
"That's my. business."
"Perhaps it's mine. Or at least
the police may want an explana-
tion. Were you at the Vallaincourt
apartment, by any chance?'
"My little romp with Curt was
over long ago."
"Was it? he asked quietly, hard
bunches showing along his jaw.
- "Yes. 'Who says it wasn't?"
"The red wig you wore when you
impersonated your stepsister, Ve-
ronica, each time you went there."
"You'll have to prove that."
* * *
Hereyesgrew hooded and he saw
her hands tremble. His shot in the
dark had been a good one. .
"Proof?" he said, smiling, "1 don't
need to prove it. It's self-evident. I
know a lot more about the woman
that Curt Vallaincourt knew than
you can imagine in your wildest
dreams." -
• "Oh, what does it matter, any-
how? We're all sunk. I did want `
those letters though, You know
what 1 think? 1 think you know
where they are. 1 think . you could-
' get them for me. Why won't you
work for me? I said I'd• pay you -
ivell. 1•'ve got enough money." Her
eyes were -bright.
"What good would that do?"
She got up, turned her back to
the window, and nine a quick,
pleading gesture.
"Shari Lynn has them. She must
You hinted at it the other night.
You can act as intermediary get
your. cut—anything. Only I've got -
to have, them." ,
"Why?„
She was impatient in her anxiety,
boldly took another talk.
* ik *
"See here"—site came close to
him, dropping her voice conspira--
torily "you're working all out for
Veronica, aren't you? Now listen.
If those letters come out, it will
put her, in a worse spot than she's.
in now."
"I'm sorry, beta don't' follow --
yo,u."
Oh, Lbrcl. I thought you said
you were a detective. Look. Veron-
ica found out, somehow, that I had
known Curt rather well. Don't ask
me how, 1 don't know the#. ' We
• had a whale of a row over it, but
I denied it, Do you see? Now, if
.they get her for his—his death, and
• the letters are found, it will prove_
she was right. Don't you get it?
•It will give then;a noitve. If I can
get them back, I can destroy thein,"
He chuckled cynically, striking
his hands together With- a muttered
exclamation, "No," he barked, "not
really! Don't' tell me, in all seri-
ousness, that you want to protect
Veronica?" ,
"Of course. Why?"
' (To' Be Continued)
Britain's old maids want a pension ,and they're telling
London about it in every way they can—including through
these loud speakers hung from the mouth of one of the
famed Trafalgar Square lions.
Lie,41\1V-E. P ST]
Can Love Triumph
Over Separation?
DEAR ANNE. HIRST: My fiance,
* who is 25, will be in school four
* more years, and lie .doesn't think
we should be
married until he
finishes. We've
been going to-
gether over two
years, and been
away. from each
other ' most of
the time. Do
you think we.
pili still love
tach tither after
* four years, a good deal of which
* will be spent in separation? I used
* to think if love were ' strong
* enough it could endure separation;-
* but I have seen so many cases
* to the contrary that it has caused
* me to doubt: Also, do you think
* it is true that, generally speak-
*°ing men are store unstable than
* women? -Worried. -
* * *
• IT ALL DEPENDS
Answering your last question, the
bulk of snail over the last tevo de-
cades would tend to prove that men
. are less dependable in their 'affec-
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tions than women—perhaps be-
cause women make a career of love,
annd, to lien it is not s0 essential.
(Also, women are mote prone to
talk about it.) Yet ss soon as I con -
chide that, i am always bombarded
with letters front deserted husbands
or fiances who have beet; betrayed
and 1 ant forced to admit it is a
moot question. Like so many say-
ings -"Love is of Ulan's life a
thing apart,—"for instance—it de -
depends upon the individual. Some
nen I have known areas capable of
deep and lasting lobe as any great
lover of the ages. - -
Maly engaged couples who had
enough of loneliness daring the war
have married while the veteran is
slit/ in school. The young wife
keeps her job (or gets one) to aug-
ment his slim income, and some-
how the tnajarity of them seem to
manage very well. Perhaps, how-
ever, your fiance has other reasons
to feel that it is best to wait until he
can begun his chosen career.
Ilave faith in yourselves, and in
your Jove. Don't be influenced by
what weaker people do,
* * *
• RESENTS PROTECTION
DEAR ANNE HIRST: "I'm' 14
*.years old, and writing you for
* help with my parents. As you
* know, at .14 you have some liking
* for boys. Well, I love two=. "But
* every time one wants.. to walk me
* home, here comes our car with
* my father in it. I'm ,so mbar-
* rassed 1 My pride, and everything
* else, is hurt. Girls as well as boys
* tease me. I've never done any-
* thing to make my parents distrust
* me. Will I never be able to go
* with •the gang without niy Daddy
* coming after nie? I want my free-
* dons! What's wrong?
—Desperate.
Nothing is wrong, unless the fact
that your parents consider you the
most precious thing in the world is
wrong. (Do you agree?) Instead of
being ashamed, you should be proud
to be held so dear. It is soniethinff
to boast about, especially to these
friends who ridicule,
So many parents, busy with their
own good tines, let their daughters
run wild, dyn't even bother where
they.spend their eveuings,,nor with
whom! Yours are different. They
intend to bring you up like a young
Iddy, a nice girl who respects her-
self and whom everybody else re-
spects, too, Their watchfulness is no
reflection upon you nor upon your
friends. In another year the •,nicest
boys you know will be old enough
to respect your parents' attitude,
and give you a very different glance
than the leers they use on lesser
girls.
Cheer up! Yott may -snot under-
stand what I say moxa, but take my
word for it, it is true. Be proud of
your father. There are not too many
like him.
* * .
ABSENCE makes the heart grow
* fonder—" often of somebody else.•
* Anne Hirst will help you - under-
* stand. Write her at Box A, 73
* Adelaide Street West, Toronto.
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New Feature
Your Handwriting
and You
Your Handwriting Reveals Your Character and
Secrets About Your - Inmost Self
Beginning Next Week
Watch For - It
Sunday School Lesson
Judah's Unsteady Course
2 ,Kings 19:5-7, 32-37; 20:12-17
Golden Text For thus saith
the Lord God, the Holy One of
Israel; in returning and rest shall
ye be saved; in, quietness and in
confidence shall be your strength.
—Isaiah 30:15,
Judah became the Southern
Kingdon) of Israel after the divi-
sion into the southern and northern
kingdoms -through Jeroboam's suc-
cessful revolt against Rehoboam,
son of Solomon. - The strength of David and the
glory of Solomon soon waned when -
a people who ought to have been
united with a common heritage in
history and religion became strife -
torn. Isi this history there is a
solemn warning for peoples of to-
day, - particularly n dein demo-
cracies.
The freedom that our demo-
cratic lands accord in speech and
action is being used by some to
promote discord and draw lines of
hate and prejudice, sometimes in
the sacred name of Christ and
Christianity. Along that way surely
lies ruin..,
The Northern Kingdom, as we
have seen, was the first to fall. It
was swept away eight centuries
before Christ when the armies of
Assyria came down upon it, Its
people became known to history
C.N.E. BULLETIN
Students Compete
in Orange Crates.
Secondary school students who
know how to handle tools have
a chance at the C.N.E. to show
their ingenuity in making, furni-
ture; according to Exhibition
authorities.
Orange crates are well made,
available and inexpensive. From
them, a dozen• different kinds of
furniture can be turned out.
High school students are invited
to enter the C.N.E. orange crate
furniture competition no matter
where they live.
Exhibits will consist of three
different useful articles, each
made from an orange crate.
Students should use their inven-
tive powers and mechanical
ability. The three articles are to
be well finished, painted or
stained, so that they present a
pleasing appearance. The C.N.E.
requires parents to certify that
the work has been done by the
student exhibitor.
Prizes of 325, $20 and $15 will
be given for the three best
entries. Prize-winning furniture
will be displayed at the C.N.E.,
it is pointed out. Entry forms
are available by mail addressed to
Women's Section, Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition, Exhibition
Park, Toronto. -
as the "Lost Ten Tribes." The
Southern - Kingdom survived for
another 130 years, but it also went
down, before armies of Babylon.
Our lesson tells of an Interlude
in this 136 -year downfall when a -
good king, Hezekiah, and a noble
prophet, Isaiah, were dominant in
Judah. It is the story, too, 7 of a
great • deliverance'. prophesied by
Isaiah, when a plague of disease -
struck the great army with which
Sennacherib, the Assyrian, came
to conquer ,the people.
But Judah's course, as the title '
of this lesson indicates, was un-
steady. Periods of better living, `
wise kingly guidance, and welfare
' were intermixed with periods of
'bad leadership' and idolatry.
Hezekiah himself, though a good -
king, was by no Jneans perfect.
He did a foolish thing when he
vainly displayed to envoys from
the king of Babylon his wealth
and the treasures ofhis palace.
°The prospect' of loot, in ancient as
in modern times, was a fruitful
cause of war and invasion.
Long -Lived Women
According to statisticians of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-
pany, the average length of life fox
white women in the United States
has reached the remarkably high
figure of 69.5 years. For men the
average length of life is 64.5 years,
and for the American people as a
whole, 66 years. The increase in
expectation of life at birth since
the beginning of the century re-
sults from a better control of in-
fections in the young.
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RECIPE
Add 1 envelope Royal Fast
Rising Dry Yeast and 1 tsp:
sugar to 1 c. lukewarm
water: Stir and let stand 10
minutes. Scald 1 c. milk, add
5 tbs. sugar; add 2 tsp. salt
and cool to lukewarm. Add
to yeast mixture: Add 3 c:
sifted flour and beat until
perfectly smooth. Add 4 tbs.
melted shortening and 3,c.
more sifted flour, or enough
to make easily handfed.
dough. Knead well. Place in
greased bowl. Cover and }et
rise in warm place until
doubled in bulk, about 134
hours. Punch dough down
in bowl and let rise again
in warns place until nearly
doubled in bulk, about 40
min. When light,"roll out
into rectangular sheet X34"
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butter or shortening;' cut
into strips 134" wide, Pile
7 strips together; cut into
piece 1'1 wide. Place inch -
side up in greased muffin
pans. Cover; let rise in warm
place, free front draft, until
light, about 1 hour. Bake in
400°F. oven for 20 minutes:
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