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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-07-13, Page 3r SERIAL STORY Murder on the Boardwalk • , EY .ELINORE COWAN STONE Last 'Week: Christine goes to Inspector Parsons, tells him of Chandra and gives him the bonds', arsons asks about her cousin's sion.;Jaspar might know her op- icfan, if police could find him. You have already," Christine as- serts CHAPTERXII "Jaspar," Christine told the in gpector very=distincly, was that eachcomber who got away last night," For moment Inspector Parsons simply sat and looked at her. Finally he said softly, almost as if to himself; "1 wonder if any toliceman ever got the whole. ruth from any woman at any one time... You said you read that early morning extra, Miss Thoren- son, You must have seen the story about the abandoned launch the Coast Guard searched, Suppose .I should tell you that, shortly after dark yesterday evening, this Jaspar rowed out to that launch and spent some time aboard?" "Are you telling me that?" "In so many words." "Then," Christine surprised her- Self by telling him, "if that launch really had anything to do with the murder, I should say that Jaspar would have been too smart to stick his neck out that way if he really murdered my cousin." * * * "I wonder" — again he seemed to ohange the subject; but Chris- tine waited warily — "18 you were too young to recall the abduction of Mrs. Talbert's nephew, Earl Talbert, about 12 years ago. Who- ever engineered that was pretty smart, too. Mrs. Talbert paid a sweet ransom; but the boy was never found." "I was 10 years old then," Chris- tine said. "Are you suggesting, that I had something to do with that, too?" He ignored that. "This Jaspar was employed by Mrs. Talbert at that time, also, wasn't he?" "Ever sinceI can remember." "Can you think," he demanded, "of anyone who night have sent that will to the newspaper?" "Not unless that was Jaspar, too. it nteur eelcz, Crocheted purses: Take your choice—a shell stitch envelope bag is straw yarn or a pouch of simple medallions crocheted in cordes Smart croyheted purses for pin- Money. Pattern 875 contains direc- tons for purses; stitches; list of materials, Send twenty cents in coins stamps cannot be accepted) for is pattern to Wilson Needlecraft pt„ Room 421 73 Adelaide St. BWest. Toronto, Write plainly Pat - T-rnNumber, your Name and Ad- ess, But why should he? It puts him on a spot as well as me," "Any idea where this Jaspar is now?" he shot at her. "No." When, at length, he let her go, Christine went out with her mind whirling... If there were only someone she could talk to — someone who night have some key to this terrifying puzzle! As if in answer to her need, a girl's voice sounded' in her mem- ory — breathless, hurled, fright- ened "If there's any trouble, Miss Thorenson, call Main 2079. Ask for—" On. a desperate impulse Chris- tine .Found a telephone booth, dieted the number, and asked for Lucille. „ It would be better not to give her own name, she decided; so when a girl's voice answered, she began, feeling her way guard- edly, "I wonder if it was you I talked to over the Beachmont ex- change night before last?... I was to call you, if-" "Oh, Miss Thorenson, I've been • so afraid you wouldn't!" the other girl broke in, "And I couldn't think how to get word to you after you left the Crestview," "Well, I'm calling now," Chris- tine said. "Where can I see you?" "Let me think," the girl hesi- tated, "It wouldn't do for you to come here. They may be watching the hoose." * * * They? Christine wondered. The girl was going on, "And I'd better not come to your hotel." "Not if you don't like being watched," Christine told her dryly. "Half the newspaper men in Surf City are probably camped on the porch by this tinge." "Could you meet me about 9 — it will be dark then outside the Paris Smart Shop?" "How should I know you?" "I'll be , window shopping; and I'll wear a dark blue dress with a cherry hat and belt. I'll know you from your pictures in the , paper. Don't speak to me; just fol- low — you know, kind of care- lessly — when I' move on." It sounded so incredibly bizarre that Christine opened her mouth to refuse. Then, on one of her 'unpredictable impulses, she de- cided, "All right, At 0 then," "Wahl" the girl called 'sharply. "You won't — say anything to the police?" "Of course not," Christine reck- lessly burned her bridges. * * * When she carne out from the booth, she bought a newspaper. There was, she decided after one glance at the front page, such a thing as being entirely too photo- genic. As the girl Lucille had in- timated, there could be no mistak- ing the original of her published pictures. Already people were star- ing .at her. She spent four of her cherished dollars for a wide -brim- med hat and a pair of sun -glasses, It was already 10:30 when she remembered that she was to meet Mr. \'i/ilmet at that hour. Christine's confidence in , her sketchily assembled disguise was strengthened when Mr. Wilntet, peering anxiously from ,the drug store, failed to recognize her until she spoke to him. "Well, well!" he exclaimed, blinking at her. "You've done something to yourself. And a smart idea, too. One of those im- pertinent reporters followed me two blocks trying to get an inter- view." Nevertheless, it occurred to Christine that the little man's sud- den notoriety had pleasantly titil- lated his ego. * * * He seemed so disappointed when she explained about giving up her work — for she had decided that to go on would be impossible GETTING PREVIEW OF VICTORY Chantal, Jacqueline and; Georgette Casine, 4 -year-old French triplets, get a peek at victorious Allied attack on Cherbourg when Allied sol- dier lets them look through his binoculars at artillery barrage laid down by Yanks advancing on the port, unless she wanted to be hounded by curiosity seekers - that Chris- tine felt sorry for him. So much so that when he asked her almost wistfully to have dinner with him, she answered, ''fI have an engage- ment to meet a friend at 9; but I'd like ever .so much to have din- ner with you, ,Mr. Wilntet, if you don't mind my running away early." At first lvIr. Wilmot looked crestfallen; then he brightened. "If it's Mr. Yardley you're to meet," he said hopefully, "I just heard • thein tell him at detective headquarters that they might keep hint till late tonight," "Oh," Christine said blankly, "so you've been to headquarters, too?" "Inspector Parsons spent for me," Mr. Wiimet admitted, "About not being. able to prove where I was last night, As if I wouldn't have sense enough to get an alibi ready before I killed' someone... Miss Thorenson, .;you don't suppose he really thinks I had anything to do with this?" "Do you — I don't suppose you know what they wanted with Mr. Yardley?" "It was about his keys," Mr. Wilnfet told her chattily.' * * ,* He had been afraid, she realized, that she might not ask, "His keys?" ' "Yes. I heard one of the detec- tives ask him how he could ex- plain having a key to Mrs. Tal- bert's car." The little man fairly glowed with his news, "He — you aren't dizzy, are you, Miss Thoren' son? It is hot" Ohristine was; but she. steadied herself to ask, "What did Mr. Yardley say?" "He said" — Mr._ Wilmet's inflec- tion deplored the flimsiness of Bill's story — "that he did sit in a parked car near the Boardwalk for a few minutes to wait for someone; but that he didn't know why he had that key, unless it was that when he got out, he forgot the* car wasn't his, and seeing a key in the door, just took it out and put it with his others." Christine stood very *still for a moment; but her mind raced, try- ing to sort and piece together scraps of memory. Mr. Wilmet was saying insis- tently, "Shall we say 7, then, at Decker's?" "Why, I — yes, all right," Chris- tine answered, and moved away, her legs dragging numbly as if in some hideous dream. If Bill's explanation had sound- ed pitifully thin even to Mr. Wil - met, how would It sound to In- spector Parsons' case-hardened ear? (Continued Next Week) TABLE TALES Food Is.Fun! It's a good idea to let small fry take:hold of the kitchen duties once ina while and r•;'bL 'give mother a rest. The children will enjoy doing new things and mother can feel site is contribut- ing- to their all - r o u n d develop- ment. Naturally it isn't a good idea just to open wide the doors in the kit- chen and leave the children up to their own designs. What I'm sug- gesting is that they be allowed to make up something they've watched mother do so often they know how, There's a lot of satisfaction in making cupcakes, especially if they are iced with tinted icings and sprinkled with . finely chopped nuts, Delicate Cup Cakes. (Makes 18) ' 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons double acting baking powder a/q teaspoon salt 34 cup butter or substitute 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, unbeaten 34 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift flour once, measure, add bak- ing powder and salt and sift to- gether three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually. Cream together until light Ind fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after :each addition, Add flour alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Acid vanilla. Bake in greased cupcake tins in a Moderate oven (275 de- grees) 20 min- utes or until done. Spread with con- fectioners' sugar icing or your fa- vorite chocolate frosting. Decorate with chopped n u t s, colored candies or tinted coconut. The ballet originated. in Route, was introduced into France by Catherine de Medici, and didn't arrive in England until the 18th century. ISSUE 29-1944 fir SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON July 23 WOMAN'S PART IN. NATIONAL LIFE Judges 4 and 5. PRINTED' TEXT, Judges 4: 1-9, 13-16. GOLDEN TEXT. Who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4: 14. Memory Verse: For Thou, Je- hovah, hast made idle glad, Psalm 02:. 4, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time The oppression of Israel by Jabin, king of Canoaan, ; lasted, according to the chronology of Garstang, from 1221 to 1201, -the latter year• (1201) being the time of the great battle of the ICishon, which we will be studying today. Place,—Tito principal locality in our lesson, is the River Kishon, its the plain of Megiddo, in central Palestine. The Unhappy Israelites "And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah ... the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Haroebeth of the • Gentiles." It was the Lord who sold them into the hand of their enemy, for He had a lesson to teach His people, and only in misery and suf- fering could they learn that lesson. It was their own sins which weak- ened then', and made them an easy prey to the Canaanites, "Anal the children of Israel cried unto Ahovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twnety years Inc mightily oppressed the children of Israel" In their trouble and misery, brought on by their unfaitfulness to God, the people of Israel cried unto Him for help. As so many do, they prayed to God only when they were in trouble. Deborah, The Leader "Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time . . and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment," Deborah was an inspired leader and chief, and roused the nation to action and with Barak led the army into bat- tle. She encouraged the people to trust in the Lord and look to Him for deliverance. Deborah's Plan "And site sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh- naphtali , .. and' I will deliver him into thy hand," When the army of Siser,, had been drawn to the liver now dry, God would cause the rain suddenly to descend and the river would overflow its hanks andtheland become flooded, The heavy chariots would be imbedded in the mud unable to move, and then from Mount Tabor, Barak would sweep down upon them and slaughter the foes of Israel. Deborah and Barak "And Barak said unto her, and Deborah arose, and went with Barak to ICedesh," Deborah ac- companied Barak right up to the hour of battle, and seemed to have been his strength and confidence. "And Sisera gathered together all his chariots .. , and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet" Sisera trusted in his Chariots but God mads them use- less, for they floundered in the mud, and the proud pagan captain had to trust to his feet and not to his swift steeds for flight. God's armies are invisible but they be- come very real to His people in time of distress, Israel Is Delivered "Exit Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles, and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left" Israel was completely de- livered again, By whom? Deborah? Barak, the Army? No, by God who used then. It was the Lord's work and to Hint Deborah raised her hymn of thanksgiving (Judg 5: 1-5). Disappointed Reports claim there is one dis- appointed woman in Saskatchewan, During the election campaign someone told her the C.C.F. would take her children away front' her, if the party were elected,. Right after election the woman waited for the C.C.F. to make good. She had 17 children and she was bitterly disappointed when she found out it wasn't true about confiscating the kids. You'll enjoy ' our CHRONICLES By s Gwendoline P. Clarke of GING2R F We have had such a grand week for getting the work done — and we are so thankful, Yes, the Weath- er was perfect for haying, even to that Wednesday when it was 96 in the shade, which, I must confess, was a little hard to take. However, we survived, Partner and 1;; we also got quite a bit of hay in that day — maybe because we didn't realise how hot it had been until we listened to the newscast at sup- per -time. Then we were so terribly afraid the intense heat would bring a storm. But it didn't - and we were gladl You see we were spe- cially anxious for the fine weather to continue because we were ex- pecting a friend from the city to help with the hay on Friday and Saturday. Inexperienced help but very willing. Had he been able to stay longer there' would have been a lot more hay brought in. Hoovever we are hoping for "Farm Commando" help next Monday — whether it will be experienced or inexperienced is anyone's guess — but we are thankful for help of any kind these days. * * * We had many a laugh at our friend's expense last Friday and Saturday in which he joined whole- heartedly, lie had so little idea of what "haying" really meant. He had never seen a hay fork in ac- tion and for that reason Partner had to explain why a load should be built a certain way and not just any way at all. It was amusing too, to watch him get his "wagon -legs". But he soon caught on and finally built a pretty fair load. But the first ones to come in were queer looking specimens! I can tell you ave think pretty well of any than who is willing to spend a well-earned holiday help- ing out on a farm. After all it takes courage to tackle a job you know nothing about — .and there is no denying the fact that haying and harvest is hot, hard, and heavy work. Maybe there will be a better understanding between town and country folk after the war than be- fore it. * * * Do you know what we had for dinner last Saturday — I'll bet you'll wish you were here. Fried Chicken... how would that suit you? It was the first one this year. Elft perhaps it is just as well you were not here because by the time we got through there was nothing left but the bones, Maybe I am wrong but I . never can see the sense of economising too much on what is raised on the farm. After all why shouldn't we eat as many eggs and chicken, and use as much milk as is good for us? In other words why not use more of what we raise and buy less of what we don't raise. Another case of — What is there that the' vinter's buy, one half so precious as the goods they sell?" * * * The trains sound like rain; the sunset looks like fine weather - which shall we believe? Maybe neither — we will just go on work- ing and take what weather the good Lord sends us , . , and hope that it will be fine. VOICE OF THE PRESS LIFE-SAVING STREAM It is in order, that all physically qualified Canadians of the hone front resolve to become regular blood donors, returning again and again where they are needed, just as our fighters rally again and again to the challenge of battle. The best blood of Canon]., is in the fight, and the remaining best blood must con- tinue to flow front Canada in a life-saving stream. — St. Thomas Times -Journal. WAR I — PART II Pres, Roosevelt is still hunting for a name that will identify this war for posterity. "The War to Fi- nish the War We Thought Was Fought to End War and Make the World Safe for Democracy" seems to cover the case in a mouthful and perpetuate a couple of slogans that were current and choice 25 years ago. Or "War I — Part II" for short. — Ottawa Citizen. 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