Zurich Herald, 1947-07-03, Page 2•. a tt
SYNOPSIS'
CHAPTER XVIII: bfcCaie's wound Is not
aerlous, the bullet baying been deflected
by a cigarette case in his pocket. veronica
8tgelow telephones IateCale to inform him
that Christopher Storm has been arrested.
CHAPTER XXIV
The case was beginning to irk him
badly. Not only was he not making
progress, he almost seemed to be
going backwards.
"We gathered in Christopher
Storm," he began.
"I told you to tail him, not arrest
him," McCale interrupted sourly. His
arm was giving him pain, and besides
that, his thoughts were not encour-
aging.
"He swears he didn't shoot at you
last night."
"I didn't think he did. • Did you
let him go?"
"Had to. No real evidence. And
the lad's too honest to suit me."
"He came right out and admitted
he was the one who was following
Vallaincourt around the last few
days, however. Said he had the itch
either to get his hands on him and
tear him to pieces, or to get some-
thing on him that would influence
Veronica.
* * a
"Darned if he didn't meet up with
✓ the glamour boy and have a heart to
heart talk with him, though. Vallain-
court convinced him that he was
going to do right by our gal, so
Storm took himself off to his law-
yer's and like a boy scout signed
over the 'Love Nest' or whatever he
calls it.
"Why did you want me to put a
tail on him?"
"Because, my good friend, I began
to suspect that the lad thinks a lot,
that he has more than a glimmer as
- to what this mess is all about. I was
sure that eventually his elephantine
mind would hit on something impor-
tant. Would he come to me with it?
Oh, no. As you say, the naive
honesty of the lad is amazing. I was
almost sure•he'd start digging around
by himself.' A dangerous game." He
patted his bandage. "I wanted to
avoid another catastrophe."
* * *
Donlcvv muttered to himself
glumly.
"Instead of that," Rocky put in,
"they had the mark on you for the
next victim, boss."
• "It won't happen again," the lieu-
tenant said.. "I've put a man on.. this
hatise.'°
"Anything new besides that?'
Cale- inquired.
"Not a thing, unless you think
Karen is the girl we're after. I've got
a man on every last one of them
now. She drew $800 from the bank
this morning."
"She did?"
"Yes. Looks more like she was
going to pay blackmail again, what?"
- He studied McCale's expression
closely, but got no visible reaction.
He shrugged. "Well," he looked his
chagrin, "glad to see you're breath-
ing. If you think of anything—"
"Yes," McCale's eyes were far
away.
He finally persuaded Ann to go
home. She wouldn't admit how fa-
tigued she was until he callously
called attention to the droop of her
shoulders and the dark circles under
her eyes.
Rocky watched her go with a wide
grin. When the outer door had click-
ed, he turned to McCale.
"Well, chief?"
"I want to get out of this bed.
Light a fire in my office, will you?"
* * +a
He bundled himself into a bath-
robe and settled down comfortably
in a deep chair. The fire crackled
happily, dispelling some of the gloom
of the afternoon. It was still drizzly
and cold outside.
At six o'clock Rocky came in from
the bedroom where he had been
getting some sleep, He pulled the
curtains over the dark windows. Mc-
Cale sat wrapped in thought, staring
moodily into the fire.
"You've got to go out for me,
Rock," he said, his voice packed with
excitement. "Somehow, you have got
to get into the Lynn girl's suite at
the Baysreuth. Bribe the officer there
if there's one on guard, or the desk
clerk, if there isn't, If the rooms
arc sealed up, get in some other
way." "What do you want there,
boss ?"
"A list of the pictures over the
desk in the living room. Just a
description. There's one missing."
"Where'll I look for that one?"
"I don't want it. I want the others.
If yott can't get them out, make a
list. Get back here as soon as you
can."
"Right you are."
MeCale was alone when the call
canoe an hour later He lifted the
received with his good hand to hear
the frightened v oice of Adelaide
Bigelow.
"ItEr. McCales residence?" la
spite of the feverish anxiety in her
tone, she clung to the formalities.
"Right here, Mis Bigelow."
"Oh, I'm so glad you're up and
about. I heard you had been in-
jured."
"Yes, but I'm quite all right What
is it?" He was urgent.
"It's Sybil. She's been attacked.
Right here in the house. I am fright-
ened. What can it mean? I
thought—"
"Yes, yes. Is she—?"
"Alive? Yes, but unconscious. A
doctor's here."
"Tell me, is it a bullet wound?"
"No."
* . *
McCale was surprised to hear this.
"How was she hurt "
"She was—was struck on the back
of the head. Oh, it's so horrible I •
suppose I shouldn't bother you,
but—"
"Not at all. Keep calm I'm coming
right over."
He. telephoned for a cab; then
hurriedly selected a lightweight coat
from the closet. He had difficulty
getting his injured side into it and
finally gave it up, throwing the left•
sleeve over his shoulder. H used a
scarf to improvise a sling for his
arm,
As he stood on the sidewalk, wait-
ing, a shadow detached itself from
the cold, dark February night and
walked toward him.
"That you, Mr. McCale?"
"Yes, officer — or — hello, Hum-
phrey. If I'd known it was you, I'd
have invited you inside long ago."
"So you knew the office had a tail
on you. And me thinking it was a
real mysterious job I was given.
That Donlevy! Tells me I wasn't to
bother you, but to stick to your door
like it was me mother's."
A taxicab slid up to the curb and
McCale got in. He held the door .
open.
"Come on, Humph. You'll get a
dusting from the lieutenant if you
lose your quarry."
McCale gave the Beacon street
number as Humphrey clambered in.
The big red-faced officer settled
himself with a sigh.
*
If ever there was a muddled hu=
man being, it was the butler, King,
who opened the door to McCale.
Distress furrowed his face and every
line of his 'old body was alive with
apprehension and closely guarded
terror. His hands shook as he re-
lieved McCale of coat and hat. He
spoke in an unsteady voice.
"Miss Bigelow is in the library,
Mr. McCale."
The hall yawned shadowy and
suddenly grim. The whole house
seemed stricken. Quiet brooded and
hung over everything like a veil of
terror, broken only by the sound of
the piano softly played in the upper
regions, weird, dreadful chords, as if
the player were in pain.
Adelaide Bigelow seemed changed.
Like the house, she was enveloped in
tragedy. To he sure, tragedy had •
touched her life more than once in
the last hours, had crouched on her
own doorstep. But now it had enter-
ed the very house, the room. It was
this fact that seemed to have shat-
tered the last remnants of her cour-
age. She sat huddled in an armchair
like a paralyzed person, powerless,
watching death like a slow -burning
flame creep toward her across the
floor.
* * *
"Oh," she said, seeing him stand-
ing before her, noticing his arm in
its hammock. "Your arm, 1 knew, of
course, you were hurt, but—oh, I
shouldn't have called you." Her
voice was dull, hopeless
"When did it happen ?" His tone
was more like a doctor's than a de-
tective's.
"About five o'clock. She roust have
lain there a good hone."
"Where?"
"In the attic."
An eyebrow shot up. "The attic?
What was she doing there ?"
"I-1 don't know. Putting some
things away or—"
"Looking for something perhaps?"
"I couldn't guess."
"Who found Iter?' It flashed
through his mind that someone must
have known where she was, would
have had subtly to reveal her hiding
place.
"She recovered her senses after—
goodness knows how long. She walk-
ed downstairs by herself. Veronica
found her pacing up and down the
hall on the third floor, in a daze.
She—she couldn't fund her own
room."
That was logical. Many people
after being struck over the head,
regain enough of their senses to
walk about automatically seeking
help. though still in a septi -conscious
codition.
('lfo fie Continued)
'Comeback Girl' Comes Back Again—In the late Twenties,
Betty Compson, famed silent film star, was called "the girl
who came back" because she made a comeback in talking
pictures. Now at 50 she is making another comeback with
several roles in current Hollywood productions. One of the
films is "Second Chance." Pictures show her as "silent"
star. left and as she looks today.
Do You Get Along
With Co -Workers?
THOUSANDS of girls and young
* men are planning to get their first
* job next fall, and some of them
* have already asked my advice as to
* the best way to hold it. 1 cannot
* offer any better rule than to learn
to get along
with the people
they work with.
may be a
bright young
thing, . properly
trained in the
field you have
chosen. You may
be energetics and
willing, attract-
ive and well-
* groomed. You may have -a college
* diploma framed on your wall, and
* feel that the world is your oyster.
* but in spite of all this equipment,
* if you don't learn how to get along.
* with those who work with you,
* you are going to find that nasty
* little pink slip in your pay envelope
* almost any Friday afternoon.
* All businesses depend upon the
* co-operation of every one of their
* employees. And any single person-
* who becomes a disturbing influence
* to that essential harmony is, from
* the day it is discovered, on her
* way out.
YOUR OWN JOB
I could paint a thrilling picture of
your future in your first job, assur-
ing you that everybody will extend
the helping hand and wish you well.
But I have seen too murh of the
dark side to deceive you. .So let's
face ii:
If you want to train to „be a
restaurant hostess, for instance, you
will have to learn the rudiments of
Put gout pretty little girl in a
midriff sun -frock! It only takes a
hop, skip 'n' jump to dress her ..
and leow cute she looks; Panties in
Pattern 4936 are adorable, tool
Pattern 4936 comes, in sizes 2, 4, 6,
8, 10 , Size 6, stmfroelc, 2% yards
35 -inch; panties, I% yards.
Send TWENTY-?IVE CENTS
(21c) in coins (stamps cannot be
accepted) for this pattern to Room
421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto.
Print plainly SIZE, NAME,
ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER,
serving. Another girt, perhaps, will
try to steal your tables, she will call
you names, use all her jealous wit
to get you in wrong with the boss .. .
If your first job is that of secretary,
yen may find at the next desk a
young woman who wanted the job.
She'll thrust diwcrrlties in your path,
sneer at your mistakes—all in the
trope of ousting Fort . . . If you,
young neon, are starting in the,sloek-
room, the sante obstacles may seem
to pri'zrnt the quick advancement
you anticipated. In the business
world it is everybody for himself, as -
you'll find out.
Take it easy. Wherever you work,
there's ,a superintendent (probably
the one who engaged you) whose job
it is to see that you get ahead—if
you don't, then his judgment was
wrong. Never tell on anybody who
works with you. You may think your
boss slow in recognizing your plight,
but he is there to maintain co-ordin-
ation among his employees. Do your
job, and he will do his.
Good humor is a tremendous assel
in business Be friendly with your co-
workers, but not too intimate. Earn
their respect by your own restraint,
give your job all you've got, and
you'll reach that desk up ahead.
"Ob—e I It card a big executive say
that he'd never allow any son of his
to marry a girl who had not been in
business for two years. It is fine
training for marriage!
70 "A111 B171 0 US," "JUST
. STARTING," "COLLEGE GRAD,"
.ETC.: You won't find big business
as tolerant of your faults as your
family have been, So 'learn to hold
yore• temper, slay away from owce
politics, and earn the good -will of
those who work with you. You will
need it.
GETTING along with people is
* portant in every relationship. Ask
* Anne Hirst to show you bow.
* Write her -at Box A, room 421, 73
* Adelaide St. West, Toronto.
Your Handwriting
land You ou Alex Sy Arnott
The optimist writes uph:11 and the
pessimist writes downhill. You can
be sure the writer who consistently
writes uphill is self-reliant and will
not give you the opportunity to turd
.him Clown a second time. This type
of writer is a go-getter and has a
healthy ambition that is hard to beat.
His enthusiasm will carry him
through a difficult time when every-
• thing else fails. It is difficult to dis-
courage him as a matter of fact he
takes. great delight in making a come
back after being defeated, believing
that a cheerful attitude will make
everything. turn out for the best.
Writing that follows a straight line
does not mean a great deal to the
analyst, except that it assists in con-
firming other traits of character in
the handwriting.
A writer in ill health who is des-
pondent and worried will write
downhill. lie is • a pessimist and at
odds with the world in his gloomy
attitude and low morale, tending to
be discouraged from the outset.
Anyone wishing a more ,roe plete
analysis please send self-addressed
stamped envelope to Box B, room
421, 73 Adelaide St. !Pest, 7 orotnto.
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ISSUE 27--1947 '
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Education Joins Furs
In Teen Town at Ex.
In step with modern tempi,
"Teen Town" at the Ex. will be
one of the boniest spots on the •.
grounds down by the drink on
the mezzanine floor of the Auto-
motive Building.
Three fashion shows will be
staged there daily, showing back -
to -school clothes in the moderate
priced lines. Commentating and
modelling will be done by stu-
dents.
Teen Town Theatre will run
continuously from noon until
10 p.m. with spelling bees and
public speaking competitions, var-
iety shows by high schools, music
shows by teen-age community
clubs and movies plus plenty
more attractions. Every t h i ng
there comes for free, too.
The educational exhibits and
class competitions in manual
training, home economics, art and
the like will be located in the
Town, Besides there is to he a
record bar and a milk bar oper-
ating full tilt. An outdoor area
will be set 'Side for supervised
dancing.
How Can I?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I protect the hands
properly before beginning house-
cleaning, or any work around the
house that is rough on the hands?
A. Before beginning the work,
moisten some white soap and work
it into the pores, under the finger-
nails, and around the cuticle. When
finished working, wash the hands
and all the soil will come off with
the soap.
Q. Is whitewash a disinfectant,
A. Yes; it also preserves plaster
and wood, and if properly prepared
it acts as a fire retardment. Use
plenty of it.
Q. How can 1 prevent an omelet
from collapsing?
A. This can be avoided if a pinch
of powdered sugar and a pinch of
.corn starch are beaten in with the
yolks of the eggs.
Q. How can I set colors in deli-
cate fabrics?
A. Epsom salts is excellent for
this purpose. Add a teaspoonful to
each gallon of water and the article
will wash easily without losing its
color. -
Help From Red Cross
Last yea r the Canadian Red Cross
spent 'x':•100,000 on relief to Europ••
can countries and China out of sur-
plus war finds, and nearly $3.000,-
000 for peacetime work within the
Dominion.
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