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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-08-04, Page 2Pe M urd. er at Bride By ANNE AUSTIN. SYNOPSIS. Tuanita Selim is murdered during a bridge party. Bonnie Dundee orders ever one present to take tho places they held from the dealing of the "death hand" until the discovery of the body. Penny Crain, the di..triot attorney's sec- retary, Karen Marshall, who found the body, and Carolyn Drake are the bridge players. They start to play the hand, with Karen' as declarer, and Penny acting as Nita Karen's partner. Jobn Drake, Carolyn's husband, comes in rily, pro- testing this grisly farce. CHAPTER IX. Before Drake had reached his side, his purpose plain upon his stern, rather ascetic features; Dundee had taken a hasty glance at the watch cupped in his ?aim, noted the exact minute and second of the interrup- tion. Time out! "One moment, Mr. Drake," he said calmly. "I quite agree with you— from your viewpoint. What mine is, you can't be .xpected to know. But believe me when I say that I consider it of vital importance to the investi- gation of the murder of Mrs. Selim that this particular bridge hand, with all its attending remarks, the usual bickering, and its interruptions of arriving male guests for cocktails, be played out, exactly as it was this afternoon. I thought I had made my- self clear before. If you don't wish me to believe that you have something to conceal by refusing to take part in a rather grisly game—" "Certainly I have nothing to con- ceal!" John C. Drake, banker, snorted angrily. "Then please bow as gracefully as possible to necessity," Dundee urged without rancor. "And may I ask, be- fore we go on, if you made your en- trance at this time, and the facts of your arrival?" Drake considered a moment, gnaw- ing a thin upper lip. Beads of sweat stood on his high, narrow forehead. "I walked over from the Country Club, after 18 holes of golf with your superior, the district attorney," Drake answered, with nasty emphasis. "1 left the clubhouse at 5.10, calculating that it would take me about 20 min- utes for the walk of—of about a mile." Dundee made a mental note to find actly haw fir fronLnt his "Prinrose'11ieaowsheColn, try Club actually was, bit his next question was along another line: "You walked, Mr. Drake?—after 18 holes of golf on a warm day?" Drake's pale, narrow face flushed. "My wife had the car. I had driven out with Mr. Sanderson, but he was called away by a long distance mes- sage. I lingered at the club for awhile, chatting and—er—having a cool drink or two, then I set out afoot." "I see," said Dundee thoughtfully. "Now as to your arrival here—" "I walked in. The door had been left on the latch, as it usually is, when a party is on," Drake explained coolly. "And I was just entering the room when I heard. my wife make the re - marl: about covering an honor with an honor, and then her question of Penny as to whether she should have played second hand low.» "So you entered this time at the correct moment," said Dundee. "1 low, • Mr. Drake, I am going to ask you to re-enter the room and do exactly as you did upon your arrival at approxi- mately 5.33. Drake wheeled, ungraciously, and again returned to the doorway, while Dundee again consulted his watch, mentally subtracting the minutes which had been wasted upon this in- GOLD Syndicate TR j] i2 ENDOTJS development now going on throughout Northern Ontario presage a gold boom of magnitude. New camps are opening up rapidly. New mines are in the making. For- tunes await those who get into the leaders in these new areas early. QU T S T ANDS/4G among these areas is Tyrrell Matachewan, and the outstanding pre- ferred property is that of Tyrrell Township McNeely syndi- cate. 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Narne.,.... address, 1 " satiftwommoimisommommismo ISSUE No. 51 -'32 terruption, from the time he had marked upon his memory as the mo- ment at which Drake had interfered, But an undercurrent of skepticism nagged at his mind: Why had Drake, certainly not a strong -looking man or one given to excessive exercise, have chosen to walk? And why had it taken him from 5.10 to approximately 5,33 to walk a mile or less? The average walker, and especially one accustomed to playing golf, could easily have cov- ered a mile in 15 minutes. With head up aggressively, Drake was undoubtedly making an effort to throw himself into the role—or per- haps into a role chosen on the spot! "Where's everybody?" he called from the doorway. "Am 1 early?" "Don't interrupt, please, dear," Carolyn Drake answered answered, her voice trembling now, where before A must have been sharp and queru- lous. Silently Drake took his place behind his wife's chair, laying a hand affec- tionately upon her shoulder. Dundee, watching closely, saw Penny's eyes widen with something like shocked surprise. So Drake was trying to de- ceive him, counting on the one-ness of that group, his closest friends! "You asked no questions, Mr. Drake?" Dundee interpolated. The banker flushed again. "I—yes, I believe I did. Carolyn—Mrs. Drake —explained that Karen was playing for a little slam in spades, and that she had doubled—`on principle,' " he added acidly. "And when I told :Tou that Karen had redoubled and it looked as if she N, as going to nake 't," Carolyn Drake whimpered and shifted her short, stout body in the little bridge chair, "you said why not tell the truth?— you said it was just like me and I might as well take to tatting at bridge parties." "That was said jokingly, my dear," Drake retorted with a coldness that tried to be warmth. "Plae- bridge!" Duidee commanded, sure that the approximate length of the previous dispute had not been taken up, whatever retort Carolyn Drak. hj1 ade. Then .he checked himself, amain' l`$gkicig 'at: his watch: "And just what did you answer to your husband's little joke, Mrs. Drake?" "I—I-" :Chu woman looked help- lessly around the table, her slate - colored eyes reddening with tears, then she plunged recklessly, after a fearful look at Duaclee's implacable fece. "I said that i' it was Nita he was talking to, he wouldn't speak in —in that tone; that she could make all the foolish error: of over -bidding or revoking or doubling that she want- ed to and he wouldn't; say a word ex- cept to praise her—" "Then I may as well confess," Drake said acidly, "that T. answered substan- tially as follows: 'Nita, my dear, is al. intelligent bridge player.' .... Now i make the most of this little family tiff, sir—and be damned to you!" "Did that end the little scene, Mr. Drake?" Dundee asked gently. "Yes. I-I—just cr_e.c. a little, but I -kept on playing. And Johnny—Mr. Drake—went sway, walking up and down the room, waiting for Nita to come back, I sappose "Then go on with the game," Dun- dee ordered curtly Silently now, as silently as the real game must have been played, because of the embarrassing scene between husband and wife, the sinister game was carried to its conclusion. Karen led the king of hearts from the dum- my, Penny played her seven, Karen contribute d her own deuce, and Mrs. Drake followed suit with the five, Again Karen led from the clammy, with the four of hearts, followed by Penny's nine, the 10 from the de- elarer's hand, and the five of clubs from Mrs. Drake. Having taken the trick with her 10 of hearts, Karen them led the six of hearts. Carolyn Drake discarded the six of clubs, dummy the eight of hearts, and Penny the three of clubs. With a faint show of triumph with which she had played the hand the first time, Karen threw down her re- maining three trumps, malting her lit- tle slam. Then she a hrew an appeal- ing upward glance at Dundee, who nodded for her to go on, exactly as she and the other two players had done that afternoon. "I made it!" Karen tried to sound very triumphant. "A little slam, doubled and redoubled! How much did I—I mean—Nita and I make, Penny?" Penny's pencil was already busy at a pretense of figuring. "Plenty! , . . I'd like to knot, Carolyn, if it isn't one of your most cherished secrets, what you thought you had to double on?" Carolyn Drake bridled and protest» ed feebly. . "I thought of course f i" could take two club tricks, with my ace and king--,' . "01, well!" Penny figuratively flung up her hands, though she continued to Pigtails Are Smart! When Eton met Harrow for the umpteenth annual at the fam- ous English cricket field this young lady of fashion came with pigtail score, while Karen, who had risen, stood over her like a bird poised for flight. At that instant Dexter Sprague be- gan to advance into the room, Janet Raymond at his side, her face flaming. "Behave exactly as you did before!" Dundee commanded in a harsh whis- per. No time for coddling these peo- ple now! Dexter Sprague's face took on a yellower tinge, but he obeyed. "Greetings!" he called out in the jaunty- over -cordial tones of a pian who knows himself not too welcome. "Where's Nita?—and everybody? Isn't that the cocktail shaker, I hear?" Having received no answer from anyone present, Sprague strolled through the living room and on into the dining room, Janet following. Judge Marshall had nodded stiffly, and John C. Drake had muttered the semblance of a greeting. . Were they all overdoing it a bit—this re- acting of their hostility to the sole re- maining outsider of their compact lit- tle group? ... Dundeo stroked his chin thoughtf-illy. But Penny was saying in her abrupt husky voice: "Above 'the line, .1250; below the line 726, making a total of 1970 on this hand, Karen." "Won't Nita be glad?" Kareni'sgit' ; ed, then began to run totteringly, cag- ing: "Nita! Nita!" But in the hall she collapsed, shuddering, crying in a child's whimper: "No, no!. I—can't- go in there—again!" (To be continued.) CHIVALRY While working on a log drive, a lumberman fell into the water. At last, dizzy and nearly exhausted, he managed to grasp a big log and hold on to it The current was as strong and swift that it swept his body under the log until his feet stuck out on the other side. Just as a comrade, who had run to his assistance, grabbed him by the shoulders, he caught sight 'of his own feet protruding on the other side of the log. "I can hold on a bit longer, Jim," he gasped. "Save the mellow that's in head first." The world's oldest lamp, found on a clay tablet in Mesopotamia, is esti- mated to be 4,000 years old. Inimitable in flavor... Rich in vitamins f lb, packages or sliced from the famous 51b, loaf. book for the name 'Kraft", as the only positive identification of the genuine. Made in Canada make a pretense of totting up the ittrattelerteaterraiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill Ploughing Match Attracts Interest International Contest To Be Held in Ottawa Oct, 11 - 14 The season of the year has now ar- rived when events take place to which the fernier specially looks forward, events such as are not necessarily connected with his own farm work, but those, outside happenings that may be termed the social side of farm life. These include breed gatherings, farm- ers' field days, institute meetings, fairs, exhibitions, ploughing matches, and gatherings of all kinds which tend to bring the farmer, with his wife and children, into close relation and co- operation with his fellow -farmers and fellow -citizens as well. Few people stop to analyze what an important part these gatherings play in every- day agricultural life. Enthusiasm for anything is a great 'thing. For a man to be enthusiastic about his occupa- tion, be it farming or bricklaying, for the breed of animal he favours, or a local or agricultural organization, en-' thusiasm is about as fine a feeling as a man can have. All these gatherings, then, are im- portant from the point of view of social and business intercourse, and many are of greater importance from their efficiency and educational stand- points. Dates have already been fixed up to the autumn, one of the most in- teresting being arranged to take place from October 11 to 14. Thio is the International Ploughing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration, to be held at the Experimental Farm, Otta- wa: It is the first time this event has been held in the Ottawa distrcit, and special efforts are being put forward to make the contests, the exhibition and the attendance worthy of the dis- trict in which they are to be held. A local committee of about 60 repre- sentative farmers, Government offi- cials and local business men, has charge of the details. • Alms and Objects The Innternational Ploughing Match is still two months off, but since east- ern Ontario and Quebec farmers have not in past years been able to take much part in it, an explanation of its aims and objects seems to be desir- able so that farmers may be encour- aged to get ready. It is essential for the success of the event that the at- tendance be large, and farmers in eastern Ontario and Quebec are be- ing looked to for support more than ever this year. The International Ploughing Match is an annual event sponsored jointly b the "Ontario , Department c f Agri- eiletire and the Ontario 'Ploughmen's• Association, and it is open for com- petition to farmers residing in any 'section of Canada and the United States. It has a two- fold purpose: (1) to provide competitions and to en- courage that fundamental of all good agricultural practices, proper plough- ing; (2) to provide annually, in a dif- ferent section of the province, an ex- hibition and demonstration of all that is new in fare machinery under ac- tual working conditions. In short, it is a real farmers' event, possibly the only one of its kind held in North America. This year the Experimental 'Farm, together with some adjoining pro- perty, has been chosen as the scene of the contests. It is claimed for this site that it is the best yet used. Farm- ers who pride themsel-•es on their ploughing are expected to come from all parts of Ontario and Quebec. The first day will be for local boys com- peting in the district - latch of the Eastern Ontario Ploughmen's Associa- tion. The three succeeding days will be open to all, contests being held for all types of ploughing, with horses and tractors. Farm Machinery In addition to the ploughing match- es there will be the exhibition of farm machinery, which is always on an elaborate scale, occupying this year a tented area three-quarters of a mile in length. Besides thia there will be 30 to 40 acres of ground for demon- stration purposes. Every type and make of farm machine sold in Can- ada anada is to be on display, most of it be- ing in operation. There will be Gov- ernment exhibits, refreshment rooms, information offices, press offices; in fact, it will be a real tented city. Some idea of the magnituee of the event itself may be gained from the attendance in other centres in the last two years, At Brantford in 1930 the number present during the four days was 100,000, some 5,000 motor ears be- ing parked in the enclosure on one day, Last year, with three days of rain, 47;000 people attended the event at Peterboro. Good ploughing eanot be done with- out plenty of pradtice, and in the matches in Ottawa next October, the boys from this section of Ontario and Quebec will be In competition with veterans from western .Ontario. It is being pointed out by those whose en. deavour it is to make the Internation al Ploughing. Match a success, that the time to get in practice '1$ dt ring the Summer. The. official catalogue; giv- ing particulars or the contests and the prizes, will be ready shortly. Mr, D. D. Gray, Experimental Farm, Ottawa, is general chairman of this year's match. ' Mr. W. M. Cockburn, Agrlcul ' total Representative, Carp, Ontario,' jseeretary, and Mr. Bryan L. White), Baiter of The Ottawa Farm ,Journal, is, chairman of the Publicity Com.ntit- tee. Sonne Fine .Quality ff Lower Price "Fresh from the Gardens �1 203 In the Heart of the Pyrenees The man who would see the Pyren- ees can only do so by his own en- deavours. You can reach a few in- teresting points on the northern side by rail; you may visit a number of show -places by car. I do not wish to disparage these just because they are show -places. Gavarnie is one of them, and Gavarnie is one of the finest sights in the whole world. But to sense the spirit of these wonderful mountains, to catch the atmosphere that pervades them, you must seek out the corners which are seldom dis- turbed by the foot of man. You must wander along the untravelled valleys, where the only sound is the roar of the mountain torrent as it dashes it- self against the huge boulders which obstruct its downward path. You must walk across the high passes, where the mountains lose some of their majesty, but become more friend- ly. If you can, you must scale some of the lonely peaks, leaving the world behind you, blotted out by a film of clouds. If you will do these things, you must of necessity absorb the real atmosphere of the mountains. I have a happy recon etion of the Porte d'Embalire, for it was there that I met my first Andorran. After my eyes had feasted on the grandeur about me, I turne toward the grassy slopes of Soulane, where hundreds of horses roamed at will, a tin bell round the neck being the only form of re- striction. As I watched them, I saw a figure making its way toward me. I must admit that a wave of excite- ment engulfed me. He walked quickly toward me, his dog by his side. I noticed the rope slung around his body -a useful ac- cessory in these precipitous parts. He bade me good day, and the conversa- tion opened accordingly. I was de- lighted to find that my crude Catalan would pass. So far from being tacti- turn, he was only too glad of an op- portunity to talk. He explained that he often passed days on the moun- tains without meeting a fellow -crea- ture, He displayed the liveliest in- terest in my clothes and equipment, and plied me with such questions as one would expcat from a child. England was confused in his mind with Russia. I had to disillusion him on many points. His`questions were numerous and of childlike simplicity. How had I come from England? I explained. Ah, what was a boat, ex- actly? He had often heard men speak of boats, but had never seen one. Itl must be remembered that none of the rivers of Andorra—or those for many; miles around—are navigable. I des- cribed a boat, and then a train. A mo- torcar he had -seen, for an adventur- ous driver occasionally crosses the path as far as Soldeu. 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