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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1932-12-01, Page 6Murder at i3ridge By ANNE AUSTIN. SYNOPSIS. The chief suspects in the -murder of Juanita Selim, shot ata bridge party are: Flora Miles, in Nita's closet reading a 'note which she thir'cs is from her husband to Nita; 'Dexter ,S'prt. ,e, i.ho wrot,, the note, and Lydia, her maid, Special Investigator Dundee learns that Nita went out with. ] a1ph Ham- mond Thursday night, and saw Sprague Friday night, the night she made her ,grill. After Miles and Lydia !:.ave, Dundee Ands the kitchen door unlocked. Search- ing the attic, he finds traces in the bedroom of a man's havii.g sept there. Be believes that Sprague use; the roma but does not believe him guilty. CHAPTER XXV. Bonnie Dundee's first thought upon awakening that Sunday morning was that it might prove to be rather a pity that his new bachelor apartment, as Le loved to call his three 'rooms at the tat) of a lodging house which had once been a fashionable private home, faced south and west, rather than east. At the Rhodes House, whose boarding house clamor and lack of privacy he had abandoned ipon tak- ing the flattering job and decent sal- ary of "special investigator attached to the district attorney's office," he had grown accust,med to using the hot morning .,un upon his reluctant eyelids as an alarm clock. But—he continued the train of thought, after discovering by his watch that it was only 8.40—it was pretty darned nice having "diggings" Tike these. Quiet and private. For he was the only tenant now on the top floor. His lazy eyes roved over the plain severity but solid comfort of his bedroom, and on past the open door to take in appreciatively the equally comfortable and masculine living room.... Pretty nice! That leather- tpholstered couch and armchair had been a real bargain, and he liked then all the better for being rather scuffed and shabby. Then his eyes halted upon a covered cage, swung from a pedestal.. . "Poor old Cap'n! .. Must be won- dering when the devil I'ni going to get up!" and he swung out of bed, lounged sleepily into the smaii living room and whisked the square of black silk from the cage. The parrot, formerly the property of murdered old Mrs. Hogarth of the Rhodes House, but fcr the past year et. young detective's official "Wat- son," ruffled his feathers, poked his green -and -yellow head between the bars of his caeg and croaked hoarsely: "Hullo! Hullo!" "Hullo, yourself, nay dear Watson!" Dundee retorted. "Your vacation is PAIN relieved instantly 120 Aspirin will dispel any pain, No doubt about that. One tablet will prove it. Swallow it. The pain is gone. Relief is as simple as that. No harmful after-effects from As- pirin. It never depresses the heart, and you need never hesitate to make use of these tablets. So it is needless to suffer from head- ache, toothache or neuralgia, The pain of sciatica, lumbago, rheuma- tism. or neuritis can be banished com- pletely in a few moments. Periodical suffering of women can be soothed away; the discomfort of colds can be avoided. Aspirin tablets have other import- ant uses—all described by the proven directions in each box. Look for that name Aspirin on the box—every time you buy these tablets—and be safe. Don't accept substitutes. "Aspirin" is a trade -mark registered in Canada. over, old top! It's back 't, the job for ,you and me both! . . which re- minds me that I ought to be taking a squint at the Sunday papers and see how much Captain Strewn thought fit to tell the press," He found The Hx,tnilton Morning News in the hall just outside his liv- .aa room door. "Listen, Cap'n. , 'NITA SELIM MURDERED AT BRIDGE.'.... . Probably the snappiesi streamer head- line the 'News' has had for many a day... Now let's sce—" He was silent for two minutes, while his eyes leaped down the lesser headlines and th , story of the murder. Then: "Good .id Strewn! Not a word, my dear Watson, about your absurd master's absurd performance in having the death hand at bridge replayed! Not a word about Ralph Hammond, the r.:ssing guest! Not a word about Mrs. Tracy Miles being hidden away i' the clothes closet while her hostess was being murdered! . . In fact, my dear Watson, not a word about any- tring except Strawn's own t.heory.that a hired gunman from New York or Chicago — preferably Nita's home town, New York, of course—sneaked up,' crouched in her window, and bumped her off. And life-sized photo- graphs of the big footprints under the window to prove his theory! .. . By golly, Cap'n! I clean forgot to tell my former chief that I'd found Nita's will and note to Lydia! He'll think I deliberately held out on him... . Well—I can't sit ]sere all day gossip- ing ossiping with you. Work—much work— to be clone then --Sunday dinner with poor little Penny." Four hours later a tired and dis- spirited young detective was climbing the stairs of the five -storey "walls -up" apartment house in which Penny Crain and her mother had been living since the financial failure and flight cf the husband and father, Roger Grain. "Hello, there!" It was Penny's. friendly voice, hailing hint from the topmost landing of the steep stairs. "All winded, poor thing?" His eyes drank hei in—the fresh- ness and sweetness of a domestic Penny Crain, so different from the thorny little office Penny who prided herself on her efficiency as secretary to the district attorney... Penny in flowered voile, with a saucy, ruffled white apron... But there were pur- plish shadows under her brown eyes, and her gayety lasted only until he had reached her side. "Sle-h-hi— Have they found Ealph?" she whispered anxiously. He could only answer "No." "Mother's all of a twitter at my having a detective to dinner," she wLispered, trying to be gay again. "She fancies you'll be wearing size 11 shoes and a "six-shooter' at your belt— Yes, Mother', It's Mr. Dundee!" She did not look "all of . twitter," this pretty but rather faded middle- aged little mother of Penny's. A gentle dignity and patient sadness, which Dundee as sure were habitual of her, lay in the faded blue 'eyes and upon the soft, sweet mouth... . But Mrs. Crain was ushering him let(' the living room, and its charm made hire forget for the moment that the Crains were to be pitied, because of their "come -down" in lie. For every piece of furniture seemed to be authentic early American, and the hooked rugs and fine, brocaded dam- asks allied themselves with the fine old furniture to defeat the ugliness with which the Maple Court Apart- ments' architect had been truly de- termined to punish its tenants. "Souse me! Gotta dish up!" Pen- ny flung over her shoulder as she ran away and left him alone with her another. Dundee liked Mrs. Crain for mak- ing no excuses about a maid they couldn't afford, liked the way she set- tled into a lovely, ancient• rocking chair and set herself to entertain him while her daughter made ready the dinner. Not a word was said about the hor- rible tragedy which had occurred the day before in the house which had once been her home. They talked of , Penny s work, and the little gentle- woman listened eagerly, with only the faintest of sighs, as Dundee humor- "CROWN umor- iiOW _ _ BRAND", CORNJ REP 1 dt bong c -thernost Murishin4 and Deliciousioad Devil's Food Layer Cake % eup butter ( teaspoon salt 335 cups sugar 3 teaspoons 3 eggs Magic Baking 1 cup milk Powder 231' cups pastry 1 teaspoon va- flour (or 2 cups nilla extract and 3 table- 3eq.unaweetened spoonaofbread chocolate, Sour) melted • Cream butter thoroughly; add sugar slowly. Add beaten yolks; mix thor- oughly. Add dour sifted with baking powder and salt,alternately with milts; add vanilla and melted choc- olate. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Put into 3 greased layer cake tins and bake in moderate oven at 350° F. about 30 minutes, When cool, put together and cover thickly with Chocolate or White Icing (rec. ipea are in the Magic Cook Book). 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This state- ment on every tin Ss your guarantee that Magic Baking Powder is free from alum or any harm - tut ingredient. •••• :444'0'4 *401 Hado la Canada A COMPLETE COURSE in Cookery for only 50c postpaid The new Purity Cook Book is the most complete and popular work of its kind. Took two years to edit and cost many thousands of dollars, Contains 743 test- ed family recipes—bread, pastry, cakes, meats, salads, desserts — eVerythingl New, step-by-step ethod assures .ue- cess in cooking and baking, Clear type, grease -proof cover, opens ..tat at any page, Well worth $2.00, Sent p,stpald for 60e. Address: Western Canada Flour Mills Co., Limited, Dept. 107, Toronto, Ont. ously described Penny's fierce effi- ciency and District Attorney Sander - son's keen delight in her work. "Bill Sanderson is a nice boy," the woman of perhaps 48 said. of Hamil- ton's 85 -year-old district attorney. "It is nice for Penny to work with'an old friend of the family, y, or was—until —, And that was the nearest she carne to mentioning the murder before Pen- ny summoned them to the little din- ing room, Because Penny was watching il�tn' and was obviously proud ow her skill as a cook—skill recently acquirei, lie Was sure --Dundee ate as heartily as his carefully concealed' depression would permit, Thre was a beautifully browned roast of beef, pan -browned potatoes, new peas, escalloped toma-, ISSUE No. 47 '52 sacs, and, for dessert, a gelatine pud- ding which Penny proudly announced was "Spanish cream," the secret of which she had mastered only that morning. "I was up almost at dawn to make it, so that it would 'set' in time," she told hire, Dundee knew that it was not Spanish cream which had got her "I'in going to help wash dishes," he announced firmly, and Penny, with a quick intake of breath, agreed. "Hadn't you better take a nap, Mother?" she added a minute later, as Mrs, Crain, with a slight gush on ber faded cheeks, began to stack the dessert dishes. "You • invent lay a hand on these dishes, or Bonnie and I will have our dishwashing picnic spoiled, Run along now, You need sleep, dear," "Not any more than you do, poor baby!" Mrs. Crain quavered, and then hurried out of the room. "I called you `Bonnie' so 1Vlother would know we are really friends," Penny explained, her cheeks red, as she preceded him through the swing- ing door into the miniature kitchen. "You'll stick to that—being friends, I meati, no matter what happens, won't you, Penny?" Dundee said in a low voice, setting the fragile crystal dishes he carried upon the porcelain drainboard of the sink, "I knew you had something bad to tell ire. . It's about—Ralph, I suppose?" Her husky voice was scarcelyaudible above the rush of hot water into the dishpan. "You'd better t 11 me straight off, Bonnie. I'm not a very patient person... Are they going to arrest Ralph when they find him? There wasn't a word in the paper about him this morning—" "I'm afraid they are, Penny," Dun- dee told her miserably. "Captain Strawn has a warrant ready, but of course---" "Oh, you don't hate to tell me you hope Ralph isn't guilty !" she cut in with sudden passionate vehemence. "Don't I know he couldn't have done it? They always arrest the wrong person first, the blundering idiots—" It was the thorny Penny again, the Penn,- with glittering eyes which matched her nickname. But Dundee felt better able to cope with this Penny. . "I'm afraid I'm the chief idiot, but you must believe that I'm sorry that it should be a friend of yours," he told her, and reached for the plate she had rinsed of its sods under the hot water tap. "Shoot the works!" she commanded with hard flippancy. "Of course I might have known that Captain Strawn's theory about a gunman was just. dust in our eyes, and that only a miracle could keep you from fasten- ir.g' on poor Ralph, since he and the gun' are both missing. . Naturally it wouldn't occur to you that it night be an, outsider, someone who had fol- lowed Nita and her lover, Sprague, from.New York, to killl her for hav- i._g left him for Sprague. . Oh, no! Certainly not!" she gibed., to keep from bursting into tears. (To be continued.) v' Autumn Ocean Cold rocks watch the roll of clouds Along white plains of sky and prowling Storms s -eep down the ,shivering sea And lock the shore in iron bleakness, Sombre glint of wave and wild White flash of spray that chillsthe twi- light Stir a weary drift of thought Bewildered as the weaving waters' Stumbling on indifferent coasts. But there is comfort in the roaming Breakers and the keening gulls That glean along the wet gray gulches, And the never-ending war Of waves with weight of deeper water, And the wind's low discontent. The summer is spent and through i e measured Drone of days benea':- low skies There wells an autumn presence of quiet And the air is drenched with still Slow turning of earth's thoughts to winter. When the year's gold crest is reached It breaks in greyness, deeply seeking Peace within the winter sea To Iull its hunger into sleeping. —Christy MacKaye, Wind in tit: Grass." Urges Survey of Weeds Plant surveys of communities as an aid to hay -fever control are urged 1 y Miss Elsa Horn, botanist of the Kan- sas State College, who, has completed such a project in Manhattan, Kan., a city of 12,000 population, according to The Associated Press. "Only ten of these vitally needed surveys have been made in the United States," Miss Horn said, "but botan- ists most tak up this work if hay- fever sufferers are ever to get numb relief.". Three varieties of ragweed, hemp and pigweed were identified in. Miss Horns research as Manhattan's worst offenders among the 250 possible varieties of trees, grasses and weeds which may cause hay fever, She found that 571.8 acres or 22 per cent. of the eltj+, was in wends. A single acre of ragweed, which grows in profusion 'r Manhattan, had been found to give off sixty pounds of pollen, the botanist said. I'n arguing the importance of weed surveys, Miss Horn said that 60 per Cent. of all asthma is hay fever In its C;drrancod stages. erg Quality, • Always L T E A "Fresh From the Gardens s The Making of A Race -Horse Arthur Mann in American Mercury (July, '32). Breeding time on a thoroughbred stock farm is a period of deep anxiety. Th., colts are foaled in April and dur- ing these days hopes, fears and wishes are born. The most lowly foal may become king, and the colt with the bluest blood may grow to be a wind - sucker, or may have brittle hoofs, or a weak digestion, or insufficient racing courage. And always the breeder dreams of producing another Man o'. War. You can well ima„':re the eager- ness and anticipation which attencl.:d the Man o' War matings and foalings. Thewhole racing world talked about them. Man o' War was a king and the blood lines of every mare he served were subjected to the most rigid scrutiny'. And what splendid animals his offspring turned out to be! All but one or twowon bigstakes: e To- day, in his retirement at the Fara,tay Farms at Lexington, Ky., stud service. by Man o' War is valued at $5,000. Other outstanding stallions, such as Reigh Count and Gallant, Fox, com- mand 'service fees of $3,000, while the average fee for fairly prominent stal- lions runs from $1,500 to $2,500. The weanling foal is a gaunt and awkward animal, and one can scarcely visualize him as a future champion. His legs are long and spindled, and his body stumpy. Spending night and day outdoors with his mother he becomes hardened to the mild exposure of Sum- mer and early Fall His feet grow firm from constant gamboling. He learns to nibble grass. On January 1, the common birthday of all racehorses, he changes overnight from a weanling to a yearling and is introduced to hardy meals of oats and mash. IIs can al- ways find hay its the corner of his stall, Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons dean of American trainers, has had more help- less weanlidgs in his charge than any- one else in the business. Fitzsimmons' greatest triumph lies in the un- matched career of :Gallant. Fox. He. took the Fox as a weanling and' led him, to the highest conquests that rac- ing offers. He watched the little colt develop such intelligence that he was regarded as having thJ reasoning powers of a ten -year-old Loy. This amazing horse, winner of $303,000 IL a single s, :son, always knew when his scheduled racing day arrived. .0n th day he would leave a portion of his noon -day oats while other horses finished everything in their stalls. Sugar '.l ','ze stomach of a horse about to race may complicate matters. Well, you could not bribe the Fox to eat a lump of sugar before •a race, although he'd accept it willingly afterwards: Most horses search frantically for water after a race, but drinking before cooling brings on cramps. Gallant Pax refused to touch water before he had cooled out. In ' is first race he stood at the barrier gazing skyward trying to fathom the mystery of an airplane overhead. Though - he was smarter than any other colt in the race he was left at .the post, wondering about chat strange bird hovering over the track. Forty years of observation and close study have taught Sunny Jim Fitzsi.n- mons what is best for a colt, but he can never be certain of results. "It's all kindness and patience," he says. "You've got to realize that you're deal- ing with an animal that's nearest to a human being in intelligence, If he can't run fast, a whip won't teach him," Despite a common belief to the con- trary, the appetites of thoroughbred racing colts are not pampered. 'there is only one dependable food, and that is oats. A. growing colt consumes nine quarts a day;—three quarts in the morning, two quarts at noon; and four in the evening. If he eats more, be is overfed. At the end of his first year of train- ing the crlt has become accustomed to halter, saddle, aul a boy on his back. He has been presented with his first set of rains, and rcognizea the signals to turn, start, stop, 'and trot, 1Vleaii= while he has grown splendidly. His shoulders are powerful end his whole body de strong and vigorous. Once more he is turned out into th.t paddock for Winter. He builds - •p resistance by exposure to the elements, for he goes into this stall only when the weather is unbearable. I -Ie becomes a two-year-old on January 1, and must soon start to retrieve some or all of the dollar's he has cost his owner. The colt by this time may bo a slow or fast starter, Is may be a sprinter or a distance runner; be may favor a hard fast track, or a slow wet one. 1"' may -be cute, tricky, temperamental, He* may be a complete failure or a poten- tial sensation. These and hundreds '. other possibilities flash through the trainer's nuincl as he brings his pre- cious chars` out of Winter retirement. The colt begins his activity, as a two- year-olcl in February, with free -rein gallops up and clown the track. He is ' allowet: to romp at a fast canter for an eighth of a mile, and continues this pace for a week to loosen up 's muscles. Then for' "the first time in his life the youngster is allowed to p 1 quarter of a mile against time.: He is paced to cover the distance in• 30- seconds. 0seconds, Unless he is a plu he meets the assignment wilt ease. By the lat ter part of March he is sweeping past the three-eighths post 'n 37 flat. -..i' the days when he takes no galloping' exercise he is ridden to the starting stall;; • 'd the barrier. There he must' learn the significance of that restrain- ing webbing; it is brushed in ,.a et of his face nd eyes to sho , that it 1.1. harmless. With '•e barrier lessons complet d and the wort., -' 1 producing big -league speed the colt graduates' to the races in April. Then the Eastern tracks open and the owners trot out their Proud little charges to faros,- fortune, or failure. The average or, tier has al- ready spent between $6000 and $7000 on every colt or filly he sends to the barrier as a maiden two-year-old. This does not include preliminary fees • starting assessments which total ap- proximately $5000 for the eight most' important juvenile stakes. )Minimum, jockey fees are $10 a mount and $25 , . . far a winner. But the hetter joakees receive an annual salary. and. 10,'pe; ;{:,a cent. of all purses. Eaa Sande got $50,000 in salary and `commissions one'• season on Gallant :'ox, The most exacting of the two-year- old stake- .. the ruturita. The , : n- er pays out $1170 in preliminary fees'. for this ono rice vita the odds 20 to J. • against his -getting a penny of it bads. I . the winner's prize is generally over $100,000, the richest two-yeer-old. stake in the world. Tho outstanding titre.: -year-old fea- tures impose eq•-' alert demands, but, the owner has at least an opportunity to determine just what he is sending, to the barrier.' Yet there are always confusing precedc..ts to upset soundest reasoning. Many mediocre two -year-olds have blossomed into in- vincible three -year -01(1s. Gallant Fox seemed to have ordinary ability as a two-year-old, but no. horse could touch him the following season. Thoroughtred racing hag prospered'. aid grown since the World War, but it: n ust still be put down as ,ort and. not a business. A sizeable stable ust take in $250,000 or more in winnings: to break even on a season,. Needless to say (lily one or two owners realize such a return on their outlay. Yet an owner's ; re: ms and ]lopes often batter dow t his discretion and he envisions all his colts as champions. Aiwa, s he will recall the contempt in whi.,:i Morvich was bell at the Saratoga' yearling sales becauseeof his budging knees. But Morvich raced on to a fortune because his owner had hope • and kept on racing, training and be- Ileving. We must choose between the ro-. nuance of tion and the mysteries of Gori. Cod only reveals Himself through many a veil, hut those veils are not falsehoods. Argument does not answer. ''Facts.. do. 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