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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-03-20, Page 3Help The Fr AL Red Cross SYNOPSIS CHAPTER VIII: McCale leaves Ann, and goes to a newspaper rnan's club where he talks to Jerry Tate, a wen - Wormed reporter. CHAPTER IX "Oh, well, if I had to be cast away on a desert island or if some rainy afternoon—or—" "That's it—just or—To proceed. That little romance was short-lived. Don't ask me why." "Maybe Stevie got wind of it." "Stephen Bigelow? That washed- up Romeo. One look from Karen or Mother Sybil would squelch him. I've seen them all together. Young Tate surveyed the table top with wise old :eyes. He shook his head. "He finally did get around to Veronica. Right through the family to the pot of gold." * * • "Kind of roundabout ,you think?" "Npw, I don't know. It may be he thought he was being clever." McCale rose to go. "You don't know of any tie-up between him and Shari Lynn, the singer that's doubling at the Abbey and Iaatin Quarter shows?" "Nothing I can vouch for. They seem to be on pretty good terms. By the way, I do know that pres- sure was brought to bear some- where along the line over a bit of gossip Watts printed in his column. Orders went through to squelch anything more of the sort that might come under the snooping eye." "Which only shows that the great can buy protection." "Oh, well. Come the revolution." "Just. Well, thanks, old boy." "For what?" "For almost nothing, but thanks anyway." He left the Club and trudged through the midnight city, a sullen gloom curtaining his thoughts. The lights of an all-night lunch- room winking through the murk drew Duke inside. It was a dismal enough place, peopled with a few down -at -heels stragglers. * * The restaurant door banged and a tall, wasted figure in a bedraggled coat and hat slouched to the coun- ter. There was something familiar about that back, Instinctively, Mc - Cale half rose to his feet to see, but his movement was too late. Joe Leach saw him as he turned, tray In hand. He shuffled over and sat down. "Hi, shamus," he said. "Well, all turned out in tails, I see. Excuse me, but you look as though you'd just been thrown out of the Ritz. What are you disguised as—a ma- gician?" McCale grunted noncommittally. "Won't talk, huh? It just, happens I'm a bit of a dick myself, bud, so I'll dig down in my bag of tricks and pull out the fact that you've been hobnobbing With the elite— the Bigelow tribe to be exact. What have they been having—a soiree?" "Good God. Have you had a tail on me?" "Deduction, shamus. No. To be honest, every agency in town konws you've knocked off the Bige- low job. How'd you do it? What's if. all about?" "What'd you give to know?" "Oh, Lord, I'm just curious." "It might be -worth your while." "Look. I won't argue With you. * * * Either you tell me or you tell it to the marines, I'm indifferent now. What does it matter?" He made a slight • movement as if he were about to get up and go. "All right; all right. I just thought I might soak you ter a five. I lost my pants in a game tonight. The truth is, Stephen Bigelow call- ed our office to get the low -clown on you, late this afternoon." "Called your office? To get dope en me?" Duke gave a raucous, de- zisive howl, "That's too darned hin- ts. What's the connection -- be- tween your outfit and 2''iephen ligclow, I mean?" * a * "We did some work for beim once." 'ltou did "r" uh." • "What kind of work—the usual?" "Sure." • "Who was the dame?" "His wife." McCale's spine began to prickle. He hoped his sudden interest did not show too much On his face. He lit a cigarette slowly, deliberately, before he asked cautiously, "Di- vorce angle?" Joe Leach didn't answer. He pushed a half -eaten piece of apple pie away from him, sipped his cof- fee. McCale reached inside his coat and withdrew his wallet. He ex- tracted a five -dollar bill and put it on the table. He kept one finger on the end nearest him. * * * "All right, you robber," he said. Leach laughed. He made a sly snatch for the bill and got "a hard rap on the knockles with a table knife for his pains. "My, you're fast, my little one. You may not think it's worth the five, but here it is. About six months ago this Stephen Bigelow came in -to see Watkins. Wanted a tail put on his wife. He didn't say much, but the boss figured it was the old divorce routine. I got the night job—following her around to the nightclubs. She went out a lot alon.e I trailed alond for a couple of weeks. She'd stop in a lounge bar now and then, always met peo- ple she knew, butnever seemed to gather in anyone particular. Then one night I followed her as far as , a studio building in Copley Square. A dumb elevator boy couldn't place her or tell me where in the building he took her, I'd wait and in a few hours she's come out—alone. This happened two or three times a week until one night, late, she came out with_a middle-aged guy. They went to a quiet little restaurant around the corner. I tagged along. It look- ed like the old, old story to me." * * * "You found out who the man was?" "Sure. Well, here's where the drama falls apart. Hmm, I see where I don't get paid off. He was a piano teacher, name of Parecini. Not an old foxy grandpa with a weakness for blondes, after all. We turned the news over to Stevey boy, and damned if he didn't seem re- lieved. He came in a week or so afterwards to pay his bill. He. told us his wife had once shown great talent for the piano, but had lost the use of an arm from nervbus shock or arthritis or something. She was getting back her old wal- lop again, slowly. She'd been going to the old bird for lessons, keeping it from the family for a surprise, or so he said. Now, how do you like that?" "I like it." "You think it was the truth? Now, see here, in spite of the fact that it looked on the level, I think it was fishy. I wasn't pulled right off the tail, see? It was over a week before Stevey came in to pay up. We hadn't heard from him to the contrary, so I kept on the job. But the blonde bombshell never went near Parecini's studio again, She must have backed down somewhere. along the line." "They probably had a nice old- fashioned heart-to-heart talk and patched it tip. My guess would be that she wanted to continue her studies with the idea of going on the stage, or something of ,the sort, but Stephen put his foot down. The family probably wouldn't stand for "Yeah. Funny, isn't it? Not that either of them seem socially con- scious." * * * "Your insight is amazing. They are both good family, but not quite —as you say." "Well, whether you know it or not, Stevey was quite a gay dog once. Used to do a bit of chasing in the old days." "I don't doubt that, but I think he's in love with his wife." "Umm. Better to have loved, et cetera. He sure seems nuts about her." "Decidedly." "That's all of my little offering. Do I get the fin?" "Oh, sure. , Take it." (To Be Continued) TAKE FROZEN BEETS TO TEA! 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