Zurich Herald, 1932-10-06, Page 2cc$
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Murder at idge
By A.N.N.e AUSTIN.
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SYNOPSIS.
Juanita, Selim is murdered at bridge.
The replaying of the "death hand" shows
that Clive Hammond and Polly Beale
were in the solarium; Flora Miles, in
Itilta's closet, reading a note sent to Nita.
Lydia., the maid, who says she was
asleep and did not hear Lois Mullen,
who was in the dining room with Tracey
Miles. Judge Marshall and John Drake
came in separately. Dexter Sprague,
who was in the dining room with Janet
'Raymond. Dundee tells the group that
a gun with a silencer was used. To nis
/surprise, be learns that Marshall had
ouch a gun, that the whole group used
it in target practice, and that Nita was
the last to use it. Dundee asks Marshall
where he knew Nita before she came to
Hamilton.
CHAPTER XVIII.
"You are damned impertinent, sir!"
Judge Marshall shouted, the ends of
his waxed mustache trembling with
anger.
"Then I take it that you do not wish
to divulge the circumstances of your
friendship with Mrs. Mint?" Dundee
asked deferentially.
"Friendship!" the old man snorted.
"Your implications, sir, are dastard-
ly! 1 met Mrs. Selim, or rather, Nita
Leigh, as she wee introduced to me,
only once, several years ago when
was in New York. Naturally—"
"Just a moment, Judge. You say
she was introduced to you as Nita
Leigh. Then you knew her as an
actress, I presume?"
"I refuse to submit to such a Cow-
ardly attack, sir!"
"Attack, judge?" Dundee repeated
with assumed astonishment. "1
eaerely thought you might be able to
shed a little light on the past of the
woman who has been murdered here
today, with a weapon you admit to
having owned. . . However—"
The elderly ex-udge stared at his
tormentor for a moment as if murder
was in his heart. He gasped twice,
then suddenly his whole manner
"I apologize, Dundee. You must
realize how— But that is beside the
point. I met Nita Leigh at—er—at
a social gathering, arranged by some
New York friends of mine. She was
young, attractive, more refined than—•
er—than the average young woman in
inusical comedy. Naturally, I told her
If she was ova in Hamilton to look
rem up. And she did."
"And because she was 'more refined
than the average young woman in
comedy'—than the average
ehorus girl, to put it simply," Dundee
took him up, "you co-operated with
111rs. Dunlap to introduce her to your
most intimate friends —including your
wife?"
"Oh, Hugo! Why didn't you tel
me?" Karen Marshall wailed.
"You see, sir, what you are doing!"
Judge Marshall stormed.
"I am truly sorry if I have dis-
tressed you, Mrs. Marshall," Dundee
protested sincerely. "But—" Ho
shrugged and. turned again to the
husband: "I understand you were
Mrs. Selim's landlord . . May I ask
how much rent she paid?"
"The house rents for $100 a month
—furnished."
"And did Mrs. Selim pay her rent
promptly?" D-andee persisted.
"Since this is the 24th of May, sir,
Mrs. Selim's rent for June was not
yet due."
Not before poor little Karen could
Dundee force himself to ask what, in-
avitably would have been his next
'question—one which could not have
been evaded, as the ex -judge had
evaded the other two questions: "Is it
not true,Judge Marshall, that Nita
Leigh Slim paid you no rent at all?"
But there were other ways to find out.
"Look here, Dundee!" a brusque
vcice challenged, and the detective
whirled to face Polly Beale. It was
like her, he thought with a slight grin,
to address him as one man to another.
"Yes, Miss Beale?"
"I'm no fool, and I don't think any
my friends here are eithee—though
two or three of them have acted like
it today," the maw line -looking girl
stated flatly. "You've made it very
plain that any one of us here, except
the Sprague man, could have stolen
Lugo's gun and silencer. . . . Has
the gun been found?"
"It has not, Miss Beale."
"O.K.!" The queer girl snapped her
fingers. "I move that you or Captain
Strawn search the men for the wea-
pon and that 1 search the women. . .
Wait!" she commanded harshly to a
flurry of feminine protests. "I'll ask
you, Dundee, to search me first your
sol:. 1 believe the technical term is
'frisking,' isn't it? . . . Then 'frisk:
me. . . Here is my hand bag. I wore
no coat, except this—" and she point-
ed to the jacket of her tweed suit.'
As she strode toward the detective
Clive Hammond sprang after her with
an oath and a sharp command.
"Shut up, Clive! I'm not married
to you yet!" she retorted, but her
eyes were gentler than her voice.
His face burning with embarrass-
ment, Dundee went through the tra-
d tional gestures of police "frisking"
running his hands rapidly down the,
girl's tall, sturdy tdy, slapping her
pockets. And his fingers fumbled sad-
ly as he opened her tooled leather
hand bag.
"Satisfied?" Polly Beale demanded,
alai at Dundee's miserable nod, the
girl faced her friends: "Well, come
along, girls!"
"Lord! What a girl!" Dundee -nut-
tered to Strawn, as the young Ama-
zon herded Flora Miles, Penny Crain,
Carolyn Drake, Lois Dunlap and Jan-
et Raymond into the dining room.
Silently, and almost meekly, as if
ashamed into submission by Polly
Beale's example, John Drake, Tracey
Miles, Clive Hammond, Judge Mar-
shall and. Dealer Sprague permitted.
Captain Strawn and Sergeant Turner
to "friek" theme. ee • , •
"How about the guest closet and the
cars?" Dundee asked of Strawn in a
low voice when the fruitless, unpleas-
ant task was finished.
"Gone over with a fine tooth comb
long ago," Strawn assured him gloom-
ily. "And not a hiding place in or
outside the house that the boys haven't
poked into—including the meadow as
far as anyone could throw from the
bedroom windows."
The women were filing back into
the room, some pale, some flushed, but
all able to look each other in the eye
again.
With surprising jauntiness Polly
Beale saluted Dundee. "Nothing more
deadly on any of us than Flora's
tripledeck compact."
"I -thank you with all my heart,
Miss Beale," Dundee said sincerely.
"And now I think you may all go to
your homes. . . Of course you under-
stand," he interrupted a. chorus mi
relieved ejaculations, "that all of you
This lady says
her curtains
took like new
A letter from a lady in Quebec teflB
about the wonderful success she had
freshening and recoloring her
living room curtains. "They were so
grey and dull looking they pade the
whole room look shabby. Yet they
were perfectly good and I couldn't
afford new ones. A nel.hbor•told me
about a new kind of tints called
Diamond Tints, made by the makers
of Diamond Dyee. I know the splen-
did quality of Diamond Dyes—have
used them often for dyeing dark gar-
ments. My neighbor explained that
Diamond Tints are for lighter shades
and they need no belling. t got a
package of Ecru and gave my curtains
a good rinse in the tint water. When
my daughter came home she asked
where I got my new curtains! They
surely do look as crisp and fresh as
when brand new and they cheer up
the whole roam!" ,
DIAMOND
TINTS
AT ALL
DRUG STORES
will be wanted for the inquest, which
will probably be held Monday."
"And what's more," Capt. Strewn
cut in, to show his authority, "1 want
all of you to hold yourselves ready
for further questioning at any time."
There was a stampede for coats and
hats, a rush for cars as if the house
were on tire, or—Dundee reflected
wryly—as if those he had tortured
were afraid he would change his mind.
Rushing away with hatred of him in
their hearts.
Only Penny Crain held back man-
oeuvring for a chan,:e to speak with
him.
"I doe't have to go with the rest,
do I?" he begged in a husky whisper.
"And why not?" Dundee grinned at
her.
"I'ni 'attached' to the district at-
torney's office, too, aren't I?"
"Right! And you've been a brick
this evening. I don't know what I
should have done without you—"
"Well, I can': see that you've done
much with me," she gibed. "But I'd
like to stick arou.'d, if you're .going
to do some real Sherlock-ingae-"
"Can't be done, Penny, 1 want to
stay here alone for awhile and mull
things over. But I'd like to, have
long talk with you tomorrow.', •
• :!•Qtnue alpo5,144, . •
• roVe:i. Metrrder mysteriee,' bested. Then realization swept over
her. Her brown eyes widened, filled
with terror. "Stop thinking one of
us did it. Stop, I tell you"
"Coat you step, Penny?" he asked
gently.
But she fied from him, sobbing.
wildly for the first time that long,
horrible evening. Dundee, watching.
from the doorwny of the lighted hall,
saw the chauffeur open the rear door
of the Dunlap limousine, saw Penny
catapult herself into Lois Dunlap's
outstretched arms. . .
"Whe I did the D inlap chauffeur
call for his mistress?" he asked
Strawn, who stood beside him.
"About ten minutes after you ar-
rived," Strewn an wearily.
"Said he"d dropped Mrs. Dunlap and
the Selim wanner. at about 2.30 and
had been ordered to return around
(L30— . Knows nothing, of course."
The chief of the homicide squad drew
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'i deep breath. "Well, Bonnie, he has
nothing on me. In ..pite of all the pal-
aver I don't know nothing either."
"You need some dinner, chief," Dun-
dee suggested, "And the boys must be
getting hungry, too."
"Somebody's got to guard the
hLuse, I suppose," Strawn gloome.1.•
"Not that it will do any good.
And what about that maid—that Carr
woma•n? Shall I lock her up on gen-
eral principles?"
"No. I want to have another talk
with her, and if she bucks at spending
the night here, I'll take her to the
Rhodes House, and turn her over to
my old friend, Mother Rhod s. We
haven't anything on her, you know."
"No, nor on anybody else, •exeept
that old fool, Marshall, and we can't
clap bine into jail—yet," Strewn
agreed, his gray eyes winking.
"Take your crew on in, Chief,"
Dundee urged. "I'll atick till midnight
or longer, if you don't mind. You can
arrange to have a couple of the boys
relieve me abut 12. . And by .the
way, will you telephone me the min-
ute you get hold of Ralph Hammond?"
"Well, maybe not so quick as all
that," Strawn drawled. "I'll take the
first crack at that baby, my lad! Not
so dumb, am I, Bonnie -boy? Not so
-
dumb?. I can put two and two to-
gether as well as the next one—
pretty near as well as the district at-
torney's new 'special investigator.'"
(To be continued.)
The New Loyalty
Let us no mare be true to boasted
race and clan,
But to our highest dream, the brother-
hood of man.
Shall Babel walls of greed and selfish-
ness divide?
Shall not the love of friends Plume the
patriot's pride?
For moated arsenals let shrines of art
atone;
Where armies met in blood, let garden
plot be sown.
Let royal hunting grounds be parceled
oat anew
That little children's feet may know
the grass and dew.
No more shall Mammon play with.
pawns of toiling men,
No more shall blood be spilled that
Greed may count its gain.
Quality Has 140 Substitute
'Fresh from the Gardens"
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Amusing Anecdotes
Of Famous People
Henry Thompson, famous surgeon,
who was called in to operate on Na-
poleon III. In his last illness, also num-
bered Thackeray among his patients.
On one occasion, recalls Anthony Hope
of "Prisoner of Zenda" fame (in "Mem-
ories and Notes") lie asked Thaekeray,
whom he was visiting, professionally:
"About how many bottles of wine do
you drink a year, Mr.Thackeray?"
Thackeray affected to think.
"Well — roughly about five hun-
dred, Mr. Thompson."
The doctor looked grave—or as
grave as he could—and the patient
added, in deprecation of imminent re-
buke:
"But it's almost all other people's
wine, you know."
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Laughs from "TrOmboners, Or Musi-
cal Anecdotes"—being the favorite
jokes and anecdotes of some of the
leading lights of the musical world,
ancient and modern:
Leopold Damrosch, during a re-
hearsal, was startled by hearing, dur-
ing a pause, a loud note from the
tuba. He rebuked the player, who re-
plied:
"Ach, mein Gott, it was a fly! And
I played him!"
Reginald de Koven once took a re-
calcitrant and unmusical friend to a
Paderewski recital. After a Bach
fugue de Koven asked:
Let patience be our power and sym- "Well, what do you think of that?
pathy our court, Isn't it wonderful, masterly, sublime,
With love our only law and faith our that delivery of touch, that thundering
only fort. fortissimo?"
New thought, new hopes, new dreams, "Where's the rest of the show?"
new starry worlds to scan, asked the recalcitrant friend.
As Time proclaims the dawn, the bro- "'Why, there is no show; it's Pad-
therhood of man. erewski alone."
"Do you mean to say that the whole
—Thomas Curtis Clark, in .he Chris-
tian Century. entertainment is Jim this one man at
the piano?"
"Why, yes, but it's Paderewski."
Transportation Troubles "Well," said the friend, looking
Proves to be World -Wide. around the crowded house, "if this
Canada is not alone in facing au
isn't the greatest scheme for money-
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acute problem in transportation, ac-' making Ive ever seen!"
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Comment": Jo
her railways to New York, when the theatre down -
meet changing conditions. stairs was in operation, a cycle of
South Africa has an imniense terri- works by Victor Hugo was being
tory to serve; railway upkeep is high,
and a plan has been adopted of build-
ing new highways at right angles to
main
railways, thus establishing feeders for hall, the doorman announced to
them. Roads paralleling railways are patroes driving up:
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not kept in a condition to encourage • Paderewski upstairs, Les Miser -
truck
"
competition, and should this oe-
elites downstairs,
cur, the road is declared "closed to ak* *
heavy traffic." alascagni, asked to conduct in Milan,
Australia is also compelled to fare demanded the same honorarium as
the issue. The late Labour Govern- Toscanini and one lira more. The
ment in New South Wales appointed . manager agreed. After the perform -
a "Transport .Co-ordination Board." .anee Maseagni received an envelope
The State has made large investments wining one lira.
in both railways and tram cars, the; "How is this?" he thundered.
operating loss in 1031 amounting t "Where is my fee?"
about £4,000,000. To relieve the! "You asked for the same Inc as Tos-
situation, bus services were elimin- canini, and one lira more," said the
ated, except those feeding the railway manager. "Well, Toscanini offered
lines. A heavy fine was imposed upon his services tree."
anyone carrying either freight or pas -I* * *
Sengers in direct tquitpetition with the One of the most profitable—and fan -
railways. niest--farees in the history of the
France too is much concerned. The ; Stage was Brandon Thomas's "Char -
gross receipts ot the French railwaystley's Aunt." It cleaned up a fortune
declined 17.7 per cent. up to the mid- not only for its author, but for many
die of February, 1932, and the accumn-lothers concerned in its produ.ction,
lated deficits approach the $200,000,000 1 However, there is one man, Captain
mark F.
while facing a less acute le. V. HugheHallett, who cannot hear
the title of that play mentioned with -
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condition, found her railways barely out a pang, for he was offered, and
paying their way last year. They are actually turned down, a third share in
showing a heavy decline this year. 1"CliarleY's Aunt" for a mere one hun-
Denmark, Holland, Norway and dred pounds (then about $500). That
Sweden all find their railways in a I was before it was produced, of course.
very similar position of financial em --I
barrassment. Captain Hallett woefully recalls (in
United States' conditions are even his reminiscences "Bran Mask") that
worse.Enactor-manager who
England finds her railway losses produced W. S. Penley—th"Charley's Aunt" in London,
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have been very heavy, and two of the and played the title role—wanted
four male line companies have already three backers at one hundred pounds
forfeited their 'coveted position on the each and begged him to be one of
trustee list. Investors have had their them. But Hallett said "No," figuring
dividends reduced or passed entirely, that "If the piece was so great a
'catch' how was it that Penley was in
such pressing need -oil three hundred.
pounds?"
given. One night when "Les Miser-
ables" was the bill at the theatre and
Padereswki was the attraction in the
ing easier. Ask for Gillett's Pure Flake Lye. EATS 14.11trt
"Could you learn to love me?"
"I don't know. What is your par-
titellar system of iestruei 1011 ?"
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Eventually the piece was produced.'
Captain Hallett was present at the
first performance.
'Immediately the curtain fell," he
says, "I ran around to the back, and
i made prodigions.efforts to get hold of
I one•of those shares! But it was then
I
too late. I saw the piece eightteen
thnes.on its production; the first half
dozen for my own Neasure, the re-
' mttining twelve as a punishment for
my crass stupidity in having missed
so golden, an opportunity."
At a modest computation, Captain
nallett figures that lie threw away at
least $210,000!
"SVhat's dtilnlen'en;adtitsearg7eolh with
By Cho way, has the thought ever oc.
'Well, I certainly adtoire its coorage." eurred to yen that all you have to de
to 'Ave on "Easy Street" far the'rest of
your life, is to write "best seller?"
Suppose—for a moment, at least—
that you were, fortunate enough to
write one, fiction or non-fiction. Well,
we will say that your book sold 200,-
000 copies. Not an impossible figure.
We will also say that the book retailed
at $2.50. Total sales gross $500,000.
Your royalty is ten per cent, of the
retail price—the minimum royalty
given by most publishers. Therefore,
your share would be $50,000.
In addition, you would still have the
dramatic and film rights to dispose of,
not to mention the serial rights, all or
which might well bring in another
$25,000 or more. So, you see, there is
a cool $75,000 in sight for the writing
of an outstanding "best seller."
Having "whetted your appetite," so
to speak, I will leave it to you to de-
cide your medium—fiction or non-fic-
tion. The novel has a better .chance
of course:
Sir Harry Johnston, famous explorer
and administrator, who, late in life,
turned novelist and wrote "The Gay
Dombeys" and several other good
novels, relates in his reminiscences
("The Story of My Life") how when
h.e was staying with H. G. Wells on
one occasion, Wells turned to him and
said:
"Why have you never written a
novel? Every man who has been out
in. the world and seen the world, ought
to write at least one novel."
And why not?
Bess- -"Do you think you could
swim out to that buoy?"
Dot --"Is he rich and handsome "
True Men
Are true men that live, or tit over
lived, soldiers of the same army, en-
listed under Heaven's captaincy, to do
battle against the same enemy—the
empire of darkness and Wrong? Why
should we misknow one another, light
not against the enemy but agaiaet our-
selves, from mere difference uni-
form ? --Carly] e
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