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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1951-07-06, Page 71A101`'} 1, CHAPTER XIV Synopsis John Saxon, private invests, ;gator, and his, pardner Moe were hued by J. T. Smith to guard Irene, widow of his mur- dered brother. Irene was suf- fering from amnesia and did not recognize her family, in- cluding her daughter Kay. One night Irene became fright- ened and fainted. An investi- gation brought nothing to light. John did determine that either Nancy London, sister of Irene, or Nick Walker, her friend, had lied to him. Nick was in love with Nancy. Johnny found out that Nancy had been in tove with Kay's father. Nancy became angry when Johnny had tried to question her as to her feelings toward Nick. Moe and Johnny were still sit- ting around their bedroom. It was pretty late,. but the heat was still heavy, and try as they might, no TPAOE MARK REG. when friends drop in ST0Pof/ract itITCH Bite_ NeatRash Qaickl Stop itching of insect bites, heat rash. foothives, pimples, scales. scabies, athlete's and other externally caused skin troubles. Use Quick -acting, soothing, antiseptic D. D. D. PRESCRIPTION., Greaseless, stainless. Stops itch or money back. Don't suffer. Your drug• mist has D. D. D. PRESCRIPTION. 1-9 sleep would come. Facts and Races kept whirling around in their heads. "Say!" Moe Martin suddenly looked interested. He was so in terested he forgot about holding the towel around his head. It was now draped down over his face like a shroud. "I've just thought of something! Nick Walker, I'll bet, was plenty, jealous of Smith. That boy was mixed up with women. Hannah, the cook, was telling me." "So?" Johnny lay back, closed hie eyes, waited for the bed to stop whirling. "Suppose there was something between Nancy and Martin Smith, her brother-in-law. Suppose Nick Walker knew about it and also guessed- that's why Nancy wouldn't marry him. Just suppose!" "You can take it further than that," prompted Johnny. "All right." Moe flung the sod - len towel 'on the floor. The Great Dane stirred, went to sleep again. "So Nick Walker arranges that so-called accident, kills Martin Smith, , and thus eliminates the )then love interest in Nancy's lite. Now he ,has a clear field." . to Nancy's fortune," add- ed Johnny, eyes closed as he lay 'at on his back. "Exactly!" said Moe. "Another thing. Nick Walker knew you and Kay were coming back from North - fort early tonight in the speed- boat. He's found. out Kay's with you, and perhaps she's told you something she suspects. So he figures it's safer to kill the both of you. He'd know the boat. It ties 1n!" Johnny was thinking of the im- plication that had been: in Nancy England's words as she angrily talked to Nick Walker on the ter- race. He again briefly reviewed • Your ou Business Directory Y• LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Plumes: Office 173, Residence 781 SFAFORTH - ONTARIO McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS, K.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 MUSIC TEACHER STANLEY J. •SMITH, A.T.C.M. Teacher of PIANO, THEORY, VOICE TRUMPET Supervisor of School Music Phone 332-M - Seaforth 4319-52 AUCTIONEERS EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answer- ed. Immediate arrangements can be made for sale dates by phoning 203, -Clinton. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. JOSEPH L. RYAN Specialist in farm stock and im- plements and household effects. Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed In Huron and Perth Counties. For particulars and open dates, write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN, R. R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r 5, Dublin 4217x52 HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; sat- isfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 661 r 14, Seaforth;' R.R. 4, Seaforth. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE—BEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS: President • E. J. Trewartha, Clinton Vice -Pres. - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Manager and Sec.-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth. DIRECTORS: E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. W. Whit- more, Seaforth; 'Chris. Leonbardt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea - forth; John H. McEwilig, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich. AGENTS: J. E. Pepper, Brucefleld; R. F. McKercher, Dublin; George A. Watt, Blyth; J. F. Prueter, Brod- lhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels. C.N.R. TIME TABLE (Standard Time) GOING EAST (Morning) A.M. Goderich (leave) 5.40 Seaforth 6.20 Stratford (arrive) 7.16 (Afternoon) Goderich (leave) 3.00 Seaforth 8.46 Stratford (arrive) 4.40 GOING WEST • (Morning) A.M. Stratford (leave) 10.45 Seaforth 11.36 Goderich (arrive) 12.20 (Afternoon) P.M. Stratford (leave) 9.35 Sear'oi'th r 10.21 hlfiflerlch (arrive) 11.38 MEDICAL DR. M. W. STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon Phone 90 Seaforth JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensel' JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR, H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth SEAFORTH CLINIC E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. Internist P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. tally, except Wednesday and Sun .qy EVENINGS: Tuesday, Tbursda3 •.nd Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments made in advance "e desirable OPTOMETRIST JOHN E. LONGSTAFF Optometrist Eyes examined. Glasses fitted. Phone 791 MAIN ST. - SEAFORTH Hours: 9 - 6 Wed. 9-12.30; Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. W. R. BRYANS, D.V.M., V.B. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES 1hiropractic - Foot Correction COMMERCIAL HOTEL vtonday, Thursday — 1 to 8 p.m. ACCOUNTING RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant CLINTON — ONTARIO Office: Phones: loyal Bank Office 561, Res. 455 SURGE MILKERS ''DAIRY MAID Hot Water Heaters J. B. HIGGINS PHONE 56 r 2 BAYFIELD Authorized Surge Service Dealer Seaforth Monument Works T. PRYDE & SON Memorial Craftsmen Seaforth Exeter Clinton Seaforth Showrooms Open Tuesday See Dr. Harburn for appoint- ment any other time, or Phone 413, Exeter. the scene for his partner's bene- fit. "How did he react?" asked Moe. "Not the way you think. He dumped the accusation right back in her own. lap." "Then what happened?" "He stalked off the terrace and drove home. He was feeling mad. Otherwise, I don't think he would have sounded off.'' "It was a cover-up on his. part," decided Moe. "That'd be the move for a guilty guy like him to make if he 'thought—" "I don't know," Johnny went on thoughtfully. His eyes were open now and they flickered with in- tense brightness. "Walker is no fool. Certainly he'd know if there had been something between Smith and Nancy. Now, what if Martin Smith had grown tired of the affair between them? If Smith was the romantic blade you say he was—" "Listen," put in Moe, "whenever you want the lowdown on some thing, you ask the cook. 'Hann -t11 knows!" "So," continued Johnny Saxon "Nancy finds herself a woman spurned." He was. becoming so in terested in his story that he prop ped himself up on one elbow an looked intently at Moe. "Do you know of anything more dangerou than a woman given the brush -oft by a guy she intensely •loves?" Moe Martin said sadly, "Well there was a girl named Olive whom I once knew in Fiatbush—" "There you are," Johnny said. "Love and hate are deep emotions. And sometimes there's only a hair breadth of difference between the two. They are both," he added, "basic emotions that lead to mut- der." Moe's eyes were like bright round marbles. "Golly!" he said. "You mean, Nancy could have killed Smith?" "The idea sort of intrigues me," murmured Johnny. He lay down again on his back, eyes studying the ceiling. "She killed Smith be- cause she loved him. Now there's a motive for you." "I think I'll take Walker," said Moe. "Five gets you ten bucks that—" "Wait a minute! Who said Nan- cy and Nick Walker are the only suspects?" "My hat, are there more?" Johnny said, "Kay despised her father. Kay's a very intelligent girl. She knew the raw deal that her mother, unsuspecting, was get' ting from Martin. Parricide is nothing new." Moe was silent, absorbing John- ny's words. "Then, there's the nurse—Karen. I'd like to know where she fits in." "I don't like that babe!" an- nounced Moe -emphatically. "There is something about her . . . as though she is always watching. you!" • "She • was watching , thisroom this afternoon. I have an idea she might have even been in here,lat- er." "And that young doctor friend o!' hers!" Moe added. "I know right well he heard Irene scream to night. I heard it. The dog heard it. That's what brought us up here from the pool. But the doe knew Karen was in the house and maybe he didn't want to hear' Irene's yell." "Don't we have a delightful list of suspects, though?" murmure I Johnny. He sighed, tucked the pillow beneath his head. He thought of getting up and looking for this pyjamas, but was too com- fortable the way he was. "Now I lay me down to sleep," he said drowsily, "counting suspects in- stead of counting sheep. I'll count all the nice suspects leaping ov- er the . "Cut it out!" Moe said, disturb- ed. "You give me the creeps!" They were both silent for a while. Outside, in the quiet night a cricket occasionally made chirp- ing sounds. Moe Martin reached out, turned off the light on the table between the two beds. He was solne time getting settled com- fortab1' in the bed. Then he was quiet. A moment later, Johnny was asleep. It was still dark when he awoke again. The night was eivercaat and quiet—Johnny could catty vaguely make out the long rectangle of the window openings—and 'he had no idea how long he had slept. The sound that had awakenelt him was the dog's whimpering. Johnny Saxoe slid quickly out of bed' The Great Dane was over near the door. He could hear him-, the animal's tail slapping against a chair beside the door. Strangely'. the dog did not bark. He was just standing there, as though knowing who was beyond the door, making the friendly whimpering sounds in his throat. He held the restless dog and called out. quietly, "Who is it?" "It's Kay. Hurry! Open the door!" Urgency was In her voice. "Just a minute." Johnny:flicked the wall switch, was blinded for a moment by the overhead light.. He saw Moe's dressing gown lying across the foot of the bed and quickly put it on. It almost went twice around his tall, slender figure. Moe sat up with a start, his round, sleepy eyes blinking. "For heaven's sake, pull the sheet over you," Johnny ordered, then flung open the door. Kay rusihed into the room. She wore a white robe -around her slim, youthful figure. Her sea -green eyes were startled and worried. ",Toltnny- . . . mother's gone!" she gasped. Kay stood, her sea -green eyes startled and worried. "Gone?" Johnny frowned. "She's not in' her room. A few moments ago I thought I heard something. and got up. I went in CpMme rge Urgai A Chamber of Conan:Woe Was formed ih Zurich Monday night Etit an organizatioi dinner meeting in the Dominion Hotel attended by nearly 50 businessmen. R. W. Illsley was electedd pro - tem president, along witji other of- ficers, until the first annual tweet- ing of the new chamber is held. in September. The motion by Albert KaLbfleisch that a Zurich and dis- trict chamber of commerce be formed was approved unanimous- ly. It was seconded by Keith West- lake. H. T` Smith, secretary -manager of the London Chamber of Com- merce, outlined to the meeting what could be expected from a chamber of commerce, what it could do, and what its advantages would be. Other officers o:f the new organ- ization are: Albert Kalbfleisch, vice-president; C. C. McEacheyn, treasurer; William Siebert, secre- tary. Directors are. Milt Deitz, Milt Oesch, Lorne Raeder, Whitney Brokenshire, Keith Westlake, Earl Thiel and Jas. Parkins. to see if she was all right. And she was gone!" Kay was looking up at him wi h fear -filled, beautiful eyes. He sud- denly felt self-conscious In Moe's ill-fitting robe and his hair stand- ing up at cockeyed angles, "Maybe she went downstairs for something," Moe suggested. He had been sitting up in bed, a sheet around' his figure, listening. But Kay quickly shook her head. "I've looked. She's not in the house. I didn't want to get upset, so I came to you." Johnny touched her arm. "A good idea." "I think she's gone out," the girl explained with alarm. "Lord knee's what might happen to her." Pat- ting the dog's shoulder as the tig animal fondly nuzzled up against her, she said, "I thought if you took Michael he might be able to find her." She looked down at the dog, spoke in a different tone of voice. "You'll find Irene, won't you, Mich- ael? You know . . . Irene?" The Great Dane's tail wagged, slapping hard against Johnny's leg. It was like the snap of a whip through the material of the robe. Johnny moved back. "I think he knows what you mean," he said. Kay said, "He knows, all right. Michael used to go everywhere with mother." Johnny quickly dressed while the girl returned to her room to do the same. She insisted upon go- ing with him. The dog, Michael, was with her now." "You'd better stay here at the house," Johnny told his partner. "Maybe Irene'll come back. Try not to get everyone aroused. It will only create confusion." "Do you think anything's hap- pened to her?" Moe was moving I around the room looking for his clothes, his eyes red -rimmed. "How the devil do I know?" said Johnny. He pulled a lightweight slip-on sweater over his •head. He was wearing a pair of old summer slacks and rubber -soled shoes. He had removedthe heavy .38 and a flashlight from his bag, was heft- ing the gun in this hand, wondering how he could carry it in the clothes he was. wearing. There wasn't a pocket large enough in the slacks. Tossing the revolver on the bed. he said, "You'd better keep it. We'll have the dog, anyway." At the door, on the way out, he add- ed, "See if you can find that guard —Steve. He must be laying down on the job. Funny, he didn't see her." Kay was emerging from her bed- room as Johnny reached the far wing of the hall. She had hooked a heavy choke -collar leash to the Great Dane, She spoke in a hushed voice as she joined Johnny. "Mother can't be far. It was only a little while ago I heard someone moving around. I got right up." Johnny motioned to the closed door of the nurse's room. "How about her?" "I looked in. She was sound asleep." Kay's deep green eyes were troubled. "I hate to disturb her. She's had so little sleep tak- ing care of mother." "No, don't wake her up," John- ny said. They moved along the wall. Glancing back, he noted there was no light from beneath the door of Nancy England's room. (Continued Next Week) Feted on Anniversary About :35 friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jaynes Lockhart gathered rit Harbor Park, Goderich, 011 Sun- day last, to honor them on the 50th anniversary of their mar' riage which. they celebrated a short lime ago. The day was ideal and a happy time was spent. At the home of the bride's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. 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