The Seaforth News, 1947-03-27, Page 3SYNOr8IS
CHAPTER IX: By accident MoCale - on-
ountora a detective from a rival nonoy
teho is wining to sell some information.
Rooky. MoCale'e assistant, reports on
• tho Blgelow'e activities at the mansion.
8o tells how both. VailaineoUr and Chris-
topher Storm called on Veronica- during
the mvenlog. • •
CHAPTER X
I•Ie slid the money over to the
big man. He had the exasperating
feeling, that he'd been cheated. He
chugged it away.
IM cCale had set his alarm for sev-
en -thirty the next morning. It had
shrilled in vain. A feeble ray of
sunshine flickered acrosshis face as
someone shook him by the shout-
, der.
"Hey, boss," Rocky was saying,
"it's almost - nine' o'clock. Your
beautiful girl secretary will be here
any time now. I've got a pot of
Java perking." ,
IticCale began to dress as Rocky
headed for the inner sanctum. ft
didn't take him -long.
"Well," he said, between sips of
the hot black liquid, "let's have
your birds -eye or key hole view of
the goings on of last night."
"Nothing sensational to report,
boss, outside of a lot of nervous
running in and •out till about one
a.m. I had a look-see at about
everyone but the dame called Vic-
toria. She'd gone out someplace to
dinner when I got there and must
have slipped in without my lamping
her, if she came home at all."
"No trouble with the servants?"
* * .
"I only saw the butter. Very su-
perior guy. He kept looking in the
dining room where I was- sitting
with an eye on the door. I don't
know whether he thought I was
going to snitch some of the linger -
bowls or samplethe fancily bour-
bon. Anyhow, he kept popping up
at odd moment until around ten -
thirty. Say, what a parade of junk
they've accumulated."
"Yeah. \Vhat do you think of the
set-up? In general, I mean. Atmo-
pherc—that kind of thing,"
"I may be wrong, but outside of
the little old lady, they're a bunch
of screwballs. She's okay. A little
jumpy, PY, Ilut for that matter, .the
whole caboodle ain't my � iclea of
what I've been led to think of as
calm quiet, t unruffled bht1
oo s.
They're all as jittery as a hang-
over,"
"Definitely."
"Well, here's five to your one
that there's something cooking
that's going to smell to heaven."
"You've no taker in rte." McCalc
grinned and lit a cigarette.
* * *
"Smart, as usual. The old dame
acts as though she was walking
through a bad dream but doesn't
dare wake up."
"Very aptly put"
"She meets me last night, shows
me around, sort of impersonal -like.
So far as she was concerned, 1
might have been the plumber's
helper conte to repair a leak. Very
cool and calm, but burning up with
something inside her. Acts all the
time as if she's scared stupid but
won't admit it if it kills her."
Rocky poured MI -itself a second
cup of coffee and took a deep
breath before he continued.
"She went to her room early—
about nine. 1 didn't sec her after
that. Veronica, the bride and joy,"
he looked at McCale to see whether
he was amused by the play on
words, "of the old lady—she is that,
isn't she—it sticks out all over—
stayed home all evening, too. She
was in the backlibrarymost pf the
time,"
ik * *-
"Did she look good to you?"
"Oh, yeah, if you like the placid
type. She had two visitors. Guess?"
"I'll buy it, Don't play guessing
games with ole so early in the
morning."
"Well, the present and the past
Glamour Boy Number One, and
good old dog -like, ever lovin'
Chris."
"Oh. Ile impressed 'you that
way? Christopher Storm, I mean?"
"Remember, I only got a short
gander at the past and present
crown princes. as they entered and
left. Ile was the second one, by the
way. Mr. Big came first."
"Go on."
"Well, I'd just got settled in the
silver and crockery department
when Johnny Weisnmller cones
swinging from tree to tree calling
for his mate. Such a flutter they get
into over hint, don't they? The but -
kr scuttled around after hien as if
he'd just brought the fatted calf.
Then the bride-to-be conies down
the stairs in a flurry. But a flurry,
I said. And he just tells her he's off
to dinner with some friends. She
looks at hint with the trust of a
bird fascinated by a python, You
know --"What enormous eyes you
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have, Grandmother,' And off they
go to the library."
"I take it you don't warm to.
Romeo."
"Not me. Obvious as heck, don't
you think?"
'I don't' know. The boy's got
something . Just what is it?"
"It's a old as the world, chief.
The Vallaincourt can just make his
eyelashes go boo." 4
"Take that needle out of your
arm. He's in love with the girl."
"All right. So he's in love with
her."
"What's your impression of the
gitd? You didn't show a great deal
of enthusiasm."
"I guess I don't like 'em quite so
wide-eyed, chief. She's nice. You
know what I mean—nice—and
when you've said that, you've said
everything. Right out of a Mignon
Eberhart novel, if you get what 1
mean, Just beautiful and wispy and
too dumb to take off her 'rose-
colored,glasses."
Rocky had already settled for
himself the fact that Veronica Bige-
low was both beautiful and dumb.
McCale leaned back in his chair
and smiled, for Rocky was .a good
guy, most amusing.
Searchingfor the coffee pot,
Duke's eyes slanted up quizzically
at Rocky as he said, "Well, 'boy,
what's the word on Christopher
Storm, now that you've dusted
everyone else off?"
"5. P. Marquand has done hint to
a turn, on both sides and in the
middle. More than once. That guy
was born to the Yankee purple, has
gone to the best schools, and never
stepped out of line in his life. He
may be a little shocked at the Bige-
lows, but they are Bigelows, aren't
them? So they couldn't be wrong.
Veronica has tossed hint overboard,
lett would he say a word about it?
Would he ride up in his Stanley
Steamer anti rush her off to the
nearest Justice of the Peace before
she makes a fool o herself? No.
sirrec. It just isn't done by people
in our set, doncha know?"
"Ste did come to see her."
* * *
"Olt, yes, lilac a short confab
with her in the library. I didn't get
a chance to eavesdrop, of course
I cid see they
but id e them when said
goodnight at the door. He had the
most miserable little -boy -who -has-
been -kicked expression on his puss
when he kissed her good -by."
"He kissed. her?"
"Don't let it throw you, It was
just the old I'll -be -a -sister -to -you
act. She sort of put her head up
aol he gave her a soienn brotherly
kiss on the forehead before he Went
into the eight like the last act of
an old melodrama, I could have
spit in his eye, the dopel"
"My, my. You are taking this to
heart"
"Not so you'd notice it. Well, do
I go on in the 'order of their ap-
pearance?" he asked, a sour smile
on. his lips.
Rockey waited a moment, look -
"Oh, of course. No offense, pal."
TRocky, waited a moment, looking
at McCale skeptically, not quite
sure he wasn't being made fun of.
Then hs resumed.
"Let's see, First there is Mr. Ste-
phen. Now there's a jumpy guy.
Sorly, wedded to the bottle, too.
Comes in all decked out for the
night life. Soup and fish. Gave me
the once-over and had a few quick
straight ones. When the butler
stuck iris nose in the door, he spat
out, 'Tell my mother I'm going out
this evening,' Not his wife, mind
you—his mother,"
"Mama's big boy."
"Oh, sure. He and his wife don't
get along, T take it?"
"Your surmise is a good one, I
think."
PPO BE CONTINUED)
New Method Used
to Harvest Honey
A streamlined tcduciquc for har-
vesting honey from Northern Man-
itoba's wild flowers is being plan-
ned by a farmer in the :small Sas-
katchewan town of Tisdale, 70
miles west of the Manitoba -Sas-
katchewan border.
The farmer, B. Baines, last year
shipped more than 50,000 pounds of
honey from his mobile .apiaries,
His •technique is described as
being simple, In the spring he
spots three ,or four hives in iso-
lated areas, surrounding therm with
electrically charged fences to dis-
courage roaming bears. In the fall
he garners the honey and prepares
the hives for the winter.
Northern flowers, Mr. Baines
says, appear to enable bees• to pro-
duce a more concentrated honey.
than the normal, generally pure
white and greatly in demand on
the market.
ENGLAND HIT BY FLOODS
First it was snow storms, now floods that are trip
Thames River has contaminated the municipal wa
truck loads of drinking water. At Maidstone, in
27 years, flooded its banks and then the town. The
get a'drtnk at the bar and a housewife (right) wea
ters, another round of blizzards and gales hit the
piing England. From London where the swollen
ter supply an emergency call has gone out for tank
Kent, the River Medway rose to its highest level in
customers at an inn (left) wade through water to
rs boots to do her housework. To complicate mat -
country over the week -end,
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
i. Should a woman's title be left
off the envelope when writing a
business letter to her and one does
not know whether or not she is
' married?
2. Is it good form to talk about
one's self?
3. What is the most popular way
to make a public announcement of,
an engagement?
4. Is it proper to place the elbows
on the table while eating?
2. Is an entire outfit of new
clothes necessary for the bride-
groom?
6. At what age should boys and
girls be introduced in proper form?
ANSWERS
1. No; address the envelope with
the prefix "Miss". 2. There are
many people who have the idea
that to talk about one's self is bad
form; however, most people do not
think so. If the story one has is
amusing or inst-uctive, there is no
reason why it should not be told.
3. The newspaper announcement is
the most popular. 4. This practice
How Can I ?
ByAnne Ashley
s ley
Q. Ilow can 1 remove clogged
ink from sled pens?
A. Dip them in a strong solution
of ammonia water. This softens
the ink and it can be easily wiped
off.
Q. Ilow can I prevent olive *oil
from becoming rancid?
A. Add two medium size lumps
of sugar to each quart of olive oil
as soon as it is opened to keep
it front becoming rancid.
Q. How can I clean white kid
gloves?
A. Pure alcohol is preferable to
gasoline for cleaning white kid
gloves. It dries quickly and with-
out the unpleasant odor of gasoline.
.Q How can I tell if an egg is
fresh?
A. A fresh egg is indicated by a
rough surface' and how quickly it
dries when it is taken from boiling
water.
Q. Flow can I clean the window
shades without using water?
A. The effect will be very satis-
factory if a rag is slightly moisten-
ed with paraffin oil and then rubb-
ed over the window. After a few
minutes, polish with a clean dry
cloth.
Q. Flow can I make a needle
book that will not permit the
needles to rust?
A. If a needle -book is made of
chamois, instead of the usual flan-
nel, the needles wilt not rust.
New Director
Alfred Pittman succeeds W. Stu-
art Booth on Board of Directors
of First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist, Boston.
The Christian Science Board of
Directors has announced the resig-
nation of W. Stuart Booth, C.S.B,,
for eight years a member of the
board, and the appointment of Al-
fred Pittman, C.S.B., to succeed
hint. As Mr. Pittntan's successor as
Publishers' Agent, the Trustees
under the will of Mary Baker Ed-
dy announce the appointment of
Hudson C. Burr, C.S., who resigns
from the Board of Trustees of the
Christian Science Publishing So-
ciety.
FORBAdeAi/
Main
YOU CAN'T BEAT
Sunday School Lesson
Jesus Lays Down His Life
John 18: 37-38; 19: 10-16, 25-30.
Golden Text.—For. God so loved
the world, that He gave His only
begotten son, that whosoever be-
lieveth in Flint should not perish,
but have everlasting life.= -john
3':16,
Palestine, the homeland of the
Bible, has been strangely a land
of great beauty, idyllic happiness,
and somber, terrible tragedy.
Goodness, wisdom, visions of
peace and happiness and plenty,
and ideals of righteousness and
ttuth are forever in the heritage
it has 'given to the world. But
violence, Hatred, evil, and all the
fruits of evil have been all too
manifest from the beginning in
Cain, who slew his brother, through
C.N.E. BULLETIN
IN
Prize of $100
For Best Quilt
"11vu'r
you're proud of your quilt-
ing and you want to make $100
for yourself or your women's
organization, there's a real
chance to do it by entering the
special "Canada" quilt competi-
tion at the Canadian National
Exhibition this fall," according
to Kate Aitken, Director of
Women's Activities for the
C.N.E.
Mrs. Aitken explains that the
$100 prize will go to the winner
of the most artistic quilt in the
form of a picture map of Can-
ada. It should be done on a
white background with the Pro-
vincial boundaries outl:ned, The
industrial and natural resources
of the nation are to he shown
by embroidery or applique.
"Open to individuats and or-
ganizations in which several
women may wish to combine
their artistry in producing the
finest piece of Canadian quilt-
ing, this contest is a challenge
to the ingenuity of Canada's
best quitters," Mrs. Aitken says.
Particulars about the special
"Canada" picture quilt may be
obtained by writing direct to the
Canadian National Exhibition,
Toronto.
all the history of the Jezebel's,
Herods, and other perpetrators of
iniquity.
All the beauty, tenderness, and
goodness of that land, with all the
tragedy of hate and violence, were
comprised in the brief earthly life
of Jesus of Nazareth,
* * *
The law of vicarious sacrifice,
of suffering, and of giving of life
far others was written deeply into
the history and religion .of Israel. s
Among biblical scholars there has
been much controversy as to how
directly and in what way the 53rd
Chapter of Isaiah, with its por-
trayal of the Suffering Servant, re-
ferred to Jesus.
But plain readers, whose com-
mon sense judgments are often
sounder than those of hair-splitting
critics, have had little doubt about
"the matter. They have read that
chapter seeing how Jesus fulfilled
its vicarious law and its spirit,
* * *
Just how early in His earthly
ministry Jesus became conscious
that His ministry was to be ful-
filled in His death is not clear. Nor
is it clear h
tt etherr
o not He as-
sumed at first, as the disciples did,
that His ministry might involve the
setting up of an earthly kingdom.
What is plain, however, is that
Jesus came to foresee and to accept
fully the fact of His sacrificial
death. He was the Good Shepherd
about to lay down His life for the
sheep.
We tend to speak of the cross
lightly, We wear it as a piece of
jewelry or a symbol, but how
much does it mean to us of the
reality of sacrifice and suffering?
How much are our lives given for
others?
Stop Worrying
Learn to Rela*
If you take frequent short rests,
you can work longer and harder,
Dale Carnegie promises, In . the '
periodical, Your Life. The more
rested you are, he says, the less
tendency you will have to worry,
"You cannot continue to worry if
you relax." Carnegie writes (neg-
lecting, however, to tell us how to
relax when worried.)
Carnegie says that the secret of
'Winston Churchill's phenomenal
energy during the war was the fact
that he worked in bed until 11
a.m., slept for an hourafter lunch'
and for two hours before having
dinner at 8. He was thus able, Car-
negie declares, to work "fresh and
fit" until long past midnight.
Eleanor Roosevelt has told him,
_he discloses, that before meeting a
crowd or inakinb . a speech, she
often closes her eyes and relaxes
for 20 minutes.
For those who cannot indulge 'in
afternoon naps, Carnegie recom-
mends an hour's nap before the
evening meal, This, plus six hours
of sleep at night, he writes, "will
do you more good than eight hours
of unbroken sleep."
—St. Thomas Times -Journal,
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