HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-12-25, Page 3SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER VII; At the night
dub McCale, and Ann are much
Impressed by the featured singer,
Shari Lynn. They are surprised to
note that she has a compaion at a
table. He is Curt Vallaincourt
Mrs. Karen Bigelow enters the club,
and walks majestically to the table
where Vallaincourt and Shari Lynn
are in earnest conversation. Karen
takes something from her handbag
and hands it to Vallaincourt, 'then
turns and goes. 1feCaie and Ann
notice Stephen Bigelow at another
table. Ho seems to be trying to
drown his sorrows.
CHAPTER VIII
• "I can't let you go in. Besides,
he's not there, Sybil. He really isn't
there.'
"How do you know:"
"I looked."
"You came here to see him?"
"Yes, yes — but he isn't here.
Come home with me, Sybil."
The grotesque Sybil hesitated a
moment, her bright feverish eyes
searching Karen's face. Then she
pushed her forcefully aside with
crushing arrogance.
"Let me by," she said, her voice
rising hysterically.
There was a limousine at the
curb. Karen walked to it, moving
like a sleepwalker. She got into it
without a backward glance. It
rolled away into the dark.
"Well, well." McCale spoke as
they settled back into .their taxi. "I
am more than ever convinced that
there is a nigger 'in the Bigelow
woodpile."
"I 'should say so." Ann smiled
wearily. "As our' good pal, Rocky,
would say — everyone seems one
leap ahead of a fit.
"In the meantime, you'd better
get down to the Bigelow house ear-
ly tomorrow and look for some-
thing." .
"My good woman, what am I to
look for?" '
"If I were you, I'd Iook for a
time bomb."
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Looking back on it later, what
happened was very much like a
time bomb — something explosive
and hidden, but ticking away, set
to go off at a given moment .
It was still quite early, Another
night, they might have gone on to
one or another. of the nightclubs,
but McCale was in no mood for it.
He knew 'Aria's evening was prob-
ably spoiled, though she said noth-
ing. He reached for her hand, ex-
pecting more of her incurable flip-
pancy, but she, too, seemed sunk
in 'a thoughtful depression. When
they drew up before the apartment
house where she lived, she kissed
him lightly before they got' out,
made no remark when he told the
driver to wait. As he fitted her key
into the outside door, she spoke.
"Drink?"
"No ,,
"What are you up to? Where
arc you going?"
"I'ni going to the Print Club to
see Jerry Tate."
"Oh, all right. Go ahead, I know
what you're like when you smell
blood, you hound." She searched
his face quickly. "Does it look that
bad. Duke? 1 seem to have been
feeling it myself all evening,
though I've tried to tell myself it
was my proximity to you and one
of your fabulous hunches."
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He nodded slowly. "'Yeah, Some.
thing tells me there is something
very dirty afoot. It's only breaking
out in little places here and there.
but there's bound to be an explo•
sion of some kind in the offing
Ism short on information, baby.
and a little late on the scene. What
1 do, I've got to do quickly."
"Well go ahead."
She laughed, dismissing him with
a return to her old facetiousness.
Re chuckled to himself as he got
back into the cab, giving the ad•
dress of the Print Club,
He lit a cigarette and sat witl
his feet up on one of the.adjustable
seats of the taxi as it humped Glom
Cambridge street. He thought ht
had done rather well in the tuna
be had spent in Boston, In spite of
obstacles such as his decision not
to take divorce cases, not to hold
out on the police, not to get in the
way of rival agencies, Tie bad man•
aged to keep his head above water
and had acquired a reputation of
honesty and discretion besides.
The cab drew up with a screech
of brakes before a tall, gray office
building. Between this and another
older structure was a narow alley,
at the back of which could be seen
a faintly lighted doorway. McCale
made for this. From behind the
stark walls on each side of him, he
could hear the rumble and roar of
machinery, for the presses 'of the
biggest newspaper in town had
their home there. -
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The Print Club was on the third
floor of the narrow edifice at the
end of the alley. Duke opened the
door and went up the winding iron
stairs to the bare, undecorated
rooms which were furbished with
square wooden tables. and chairs
of the kitchen variety. •
McCale went over to the bar and
asked for Jerry Tate. The barman
nodded in the direction of the
third room, raising a quizzical eye
at McCale's formal attire. McCale
threw 'him a hard, deliberate scowl,
and made for the door. Just inside
it, a young, irascible, nervous -look-
ing man sat alone at a table, play-
ing solitaire. He did not look up
asMcCale sat down facing him.
"Hello, Jerry," said McCale.
"IIi, sleuth," he said in a rasping
voice. '`Where have you been—all
dressed up?",
"Out' to dinner:"
"Well; well. Times have
changed.'
"Isn't it the truth! But you sec,
1 haven't forgotten the old days. I
come straight from the Tap of lux-
ury to visit my old pals."
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"I'm al'l agog. ?o kidding, Duke
I'm glad to see you. However,
you've probably got an axe to
grind."
"As usual I'm after informatioi't."
"So—"
"About a great big, husky, hand-
some young man named Vallain-
court.''
Jerry Tate gave a low whistle
and fixed McCale with. a baleful
glance. - • '
"So they've called in the Ogpu?"
"'Who?"
"The Bigelows. Who else? How
much you soaking them?"
"Now, see here, Jerry, I haven't •
said—"
"You don't have to. I don't have
to be a detective—not even a lousy
reporter—to put two and two to-
gether. ' What I cah't get over is
why they've let it slide along to
this late day. You're a bit on the
tardy side, aren't you?"
"I'll say.. The wedding is next
week, so I'm running around in
circles—but fast. What can you tell
me about him?"
"Very little, I'm afraid. He hits
the high spots, does a lot of gam-
Ming, plays around fast and loose.
Spends lots of dough."
"Where does he get it?"
"Search me."
"Oh, come now.''
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"'Nell, rumor has it that it comes
from the Bigelows mostly."
"1 doubt that."
Tate shrugged. "Some other old
gal, then,"
"What about his antecedents?"
"Don't know. Springs from Chi-
cago, I'm told."
"How did he get aboard the
\dayflower—that is, how did he
burrow his way into the bosom of
the Bigelow family?"
"Well, now, lets see. First time
I remember him around the Gay
White Way, he had Victoria Bige-
low in tow. Vicky seemed to have
the upper hand there for a while.
Then there were whispers—very
soft—but whispers, my friend, that
Irs. Stephen Bigelow was inter-
ested --•in a purely platonic way, we
hope."
"The beauteous Karen."
"If you like that type -- Tiaralnt,
me."
(To Be Continued
ISSUE 11-1947
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Sunday School esson
Intimate Fellowship with Christ
John 14: 1-6, 12-18; 15: 1-6.
Golden Text.— Y e are my friends,
if ye do whatsoever I • command
you.—John 15: 14.
The True Vine •
The source of fellowship with
'Jesus is pictured in the vine. Jesus .•
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vine stock, but the stock with its
branches. The Father is not only'
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the vineyard. He plants, protects
and prunes the vine in its branches,
plucking in due season the fruitage.
The connection of the branches
with the true vine is vital. There-
from we draw the nourishment
necessary to the 'larger and higher
life, and it ,is through the branches
that the vine bears fruit on earth.
For this purpose the vine was •
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purpose the branches are filled with
living sap and-crow-necl ti itli :cliag tt,'q'
And yet pruning is necessary in
order that the vine through its
branches may bear more and richer
fruit.
Pruning of The Vine
True to the picture there must
be the cutting off of certain
branches, not so much because they
are lifeless but because they are
fruitless. With the useless limbs
removed there follows the cleansing
and stimulation of fruitful branches.
The hand of the husbandman may
at times be painful but it is always
helpful,
After the pruning process has
taken place, the Saviour could say
to His disciples that they. were
clean through the Word which He
had spoken unto them. But in or-
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it was necessary for him to abide
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If there is no union with the
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' The Life of Love
Life with Christ is ' the ' life of
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,we ought to do the things which
g e commands 'us to do.' There is
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By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I keep the water
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Q. How can I remove automobile
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Q. How can I brighten the nickel
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Q. How can I remove kerosene
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A. If kerosene oil has been spill-
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Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
1. What kind of place -cards
shoed be used at the bridal table
to indicate where the guests are to
sit? •
2. When a man who is wearing
gloves meets a girl who offers him
a gloveless hand, what should he
do?
3. If the hostess is unmarried,
or a widow, who should act as
host?
4. What is one of the most
common acts of ill -breeding while
attending the theater?
5. How long should the hostess
wait if any of the guests are late
for dinner?
6. Should wedding invitations
be sent to the bridesmaids and
ushers?
ANSWERS
1. PIain white cards, embossed
with the bride's initials.
2. Remove his glove as quickly
as possible. -
3 The hostess asks a relative, if
there is one . present, or the man
she knows best, to act as host.
4. That of repeating a joke or
red -lark heard on the screen or
stage. This disturbs others who
have heard just as well as you.
5. Twenty minutes. •
6. Yes,
it is the courteous thing
to do.
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