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Murder at Bridg
By ANN AUSTIN.
SYNOPSIS,
The chief suspects in the murder of
Juanita Salim, shot at a bridge party
are: Flora Miles, in Nita's closet reading
s, note which she thinks Is from her
husband to Nita; Dexter Spa': ,e,
wrot, the note, and Lydia, her maid,
Special Investigator Dundee learns
that Nita went out with Ralph Ham-
mond Thursday night, and saw Sprague
Friday night, the night she made her
)villa
After Miles and Lydia 1aixe, Dundee
,finds the kitchen door unlocked. Search-
ing the attic, he finds trades in the
bedroom of a man's havil g slept there.
Re believes that Sprague use:. the room
but does not believe him guilty.
CHAPTER XXV.
Bonnie Dundee's .first thought upon
awakening that Sunday morning was
that it might prove to be rather a pity
that his new bachelor apartment, as
Le loved to call his three rooms at the
tea of a lodging house which had once
been a fashionable private home,
faced south and west, rather than
east. At the Rhodes House, whose
boarding house clamor and lack of
privacy he had abandoned 1pon tak-
ing
aking the flattering job and decent sal-
ary of "special investigator attached
to the district attorney's office," he
had grown accustomed to using the
hot morning ,un upon his reluctant
eyelids as an alarm clock.
But -he continued the train of
thought, after discovering by his
watch that it was only 8.40 -it was
pretty darned nice having "diggings"
like these. Quiet and private. For he
was the only tenant now on the top
floor. His lazy eyes roved over the
plain severity but solid comfort of his
bedroom, and on past the open door
to take in appreciatively the. equally
comfortable and masculine living
room.... Pretty nice! That leather-
tpholstered couch and armchair had
been a real bargain, and he liked then
all the better for being rather scuffed
and shabby. Then his eyes halted.
upon a covered cage, swung from a
pedestal... .
"Poor old Cap'n! .. Must be won-
dering when the devil I'm going to
get up!" and he swung out of bed,
lounged sleepily into the smah living
room and whisked the square of black
silk from the cage.
The parrot, formerly the property
of murdered old Mrs. Hogarth of the
Rhodes House, but fcr the past year
th. young detective's official "Wat-
son," ruffled his feathers, poked his
green -and yellow head- hetweeit 'tile
bars of his caeg and croaked hoarsely:
"Hullo! Hullo!"
"Hullo, yourself, my dear Watson!"
Dundee retorted. "Your vacation is
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No harmful after-effects from As-
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Sc it is needless to suffer from head-
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over, old tap! It's back 'c, the job
for you and me both; , , which re-
minds me that I ought to be taking a
squint at the Sunday papers and see
how much Captain Strewn thought
fit to tell the press."
He found The Hen-ditan Morning
News in the hall just outside his liv-
room door.
"Listen, Cap'n... 'NITA SELIM
MURDERED AT BRIDGE.'.... .
Probably the surcppiesi streamer head-
line the `News' has had for many a
day... Now let's sce-" He was
silent for two minutes, while his eyes
leaped down the lesser headlines and
th . story of the murder. Then: "Good
.id Strawn! Not a word, my dear
Watson, about your absurd master's
absurd performance in having the
death hand at bridge replayed! Not
a word about Ralph Hammond, the
r�- ssing guest! Not a word about
Mrs. Tracy Miles beirg hidden away
in the clothes closet while her hostess
was being murdered! .. In fact, my
dear Watson, not a word about any-
thing except Strawn's own theory that
a hired gunman frons New York or
Chicago - preferably Nita's home
town, New York, of • course -sneaked
l.p, crouched in her window, and
bumped her off. And life-sized photo-
graphs of the big footprints under
the window to prove his theory! .. .
By golly, Cap'n! I clean forgot to tell
my former chief that I'd found Nita's
will and note to Lydia! He'll think
I deliberately held out on him... .
Well -I can't sit here all day gossip-
ing with you. Work -much work -
to be done then -Sunday dinner with
poor little Penny."
Four hours later a tired and dis-
spirited young detective was climbing
the stairs of the five -storey "walk-up"
apartment house in which Penny
Crain. and her mother had been living
since the financial failure and flight
of the husband and father, Roger
Crain.
"Hello, there!" It was Penny's
friendly voice, hailing hila from the
topmost landing of the steep stairs.
"Ali winded, poor thing?"
His eyes drank bee in -the fresh-
ness and sweetness of a domestic
Penny Crain, so different from the.
thorny- little office Penny who prided
herself on her efficiency as secretary
to, the,.: dis limey,-„. , •Fahy in
flowered voile, With a saucy, ruffled
white apron... But there. were pur-
iilish shadows under her brown eyes,
and her gayety lasted only until he
had reached her side.
"Sh-h-h!— Have they found
Lalph?” she whispered anxiously.
He could only answer "No."
"Mother's all of a twitter at my
having a detective to dinner," she
evLispered, trying to be gay again.
"She fancies you'll be wearing size
11 shoes and a "six-shooter' at your
belt- Yes, Mother! It's Mr. Dundee!"
She did not look "all of : twitter,"
this pretty but rather faded middle-
aged little mother of Penny's. A
gentle dignity and patient sadness,
which Dundee as sure were habitual
of her, lay in. the faded blue eyes and
upon the soft, sweet mouth... .
But Mrs. Crain was ushering him
into the living room, and its charm
made hirn forget for the moment that
the Grains were to be pitied, because
of their "come -down" in lite. For
every piece of furniture seemed to be
authentic early American, and the
hooked rugs and fine, brocaded dam-
asks allied themselves with the. fine
old furniture to defeat the ugliness
with which the Maple Court Apart-
ments' architect had been . ercely de-
termined to punish its tenants.
"'Souse me! Gotta dish up!" Pen-
ny flung over her shoulder as she ran
away and left him alone with her
mother.
Dundee liked Mrs. Crain for mak-
ing no excuses about a. maid they
couldn't afford, liked the way she set-
tied into a lovely, ancient rocking
chair and set herself to entertain him
while her daughter made ready the
dinner.
Not a word was said about the hor-
rible tragedy which had occurred the
day before in the house which had
once been her home. They talked of
Penny's work, and the little gentle-
woman listened eagerly, with only the
faintest of sighs, as Dundee humor -
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Was "Spanish cream," the secret of
which she had mastered only that
menthe',
"I was up almost at dawn to.make
it, so that it would 'set' in time," she
told him. Dundee knew that it was
i not Spanish cream which heel got her
/. up
'a"I'in going to help wash dishes," he
announced firmly, and Peilny, with a
quick intake of breath, agreed.
"hadn't you better take a nap,
Mother?" she added a minute later, as
Mrs, Crain, with a slight flush on
her faded cheeks, began to stack the
dessert dishes. "You musn't lay a
hand on these dishes, or Bonnie and
I will have our dishwashing picnic
spoiled, .. Run along now. You need
sleep, dear."
"Not any more than you do, poor
baby!" Mrs. Crain quavered, and then
hurried out of the room.
"I called you `Bonnie' so Mother
would know we are really friends,"
Penny explained, her cheeks red, as
she preceded hint through the swing-
ing door into the miniature kitchen.
"You'll stick to that -being friends,
I mean, no matter what happens,
won't you, Penny?" Dundee said in a
low voice, setting the fragile crystal
dishes he carried upon the porcelain
drainboard of the sink.
"I knew you had something bad to
tell me. ...It's about -Ralph, I
suppose?" Her husky voice was
scarcely audible above the rush of hot
water into the dishpan. "You'd better
b 11 me straight off, Bonnie. I'm not
a very patient person... Are they
going to arrest Ralph when they find
him? There wasn't a word in the
paper about him this morning-"
"I'm afraid they are, Penny," Dun-
dee told her miserably. "Captain
Etrawn has a warrant ready, but of
course-"
"Oil, you don't have to tell me you
hope Ralph isn't guilty!" she -cut in
with sudden passionate vehemence.
"Don't I know he couldn't have done
it? They always arrest the wrong
person first, the blundering idiots-"
It was the thorny Penny again, the
Penn- with glittering eyes which
matched her nickname. But Dundee
felt better able to cope with this
Penny. .
"I'm afraid I'm the chief idiot, but
you must believe that I'ni sorry that
it should be a friend of yours," he told
her, and reached for the plate she
had rinsed of its suds under the hot
water tap.
"Shoot the works!" she commanded
with hard flippancy. "Of course I
might have known that Captain
Strewn's theory about a gunman was
just dust in our eyes, and that only
a miracle could keep you from fasten-
ing on poor Ralph, since he and the
gun are both missing. Naturally
it wouldn't occur to you that it might
be an outsider,. someone who had fol-;
lowed"=Nita • and .her-lov'ei - S ea tie�f
, P g' ,
from New York, to kill her for hav-
ing left him for Sprague... Oh, no!
Certainly not!" • she gibes:, to keep
from bursting into tears.
(To be continued.)
Autumn Ocean
Cold rocks watch the roll of clouds
Along white plains of sky and prowling
Storms s -eep.,dowu the shivering sea
And lock the shore in iron bleakness.
Sombre glint of wave and wild •
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White flash of spray that ohillsthe twi-
light
Stir a weary drift of thought
Bewildered as the weaving waters'
Stumbling on indifferent coasts.
But there is comfort in the roaming
Breakers and the keening gulls
That glean along the wet gray gulches,
And the never-ending war
Of waves with weight of deeper
water,
And the wind's low discontent.
The summer is spent and through t e
measured
Drone of clays beneat- low skies
There wells an autumn presence of
quiet
And the air is drenched with still
Slow turning of earth's thoughts to
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"Bill Sanderson is a nice boy," the
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When the year's gold crest is reached
It breaks in greyness, deeply seeking
Peace within the winter sea
To lull its hunger into sleeping,
-Christy MacKaye, 'Wind in th
Grass,"
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Urges Survey of Weeds
Plant surveys of communities as an
aid to hay -fever control are urged 7Y
Miss Elsa Horn, botanist of the Kan-
sas State College, who has completed
such a project in Manhattan, Kau., a
elle of 12,000 population, according to
The Associated Press.
"Only ten of -these vitally needed
surveys have been made in the United
States," Miss Horn said, "but botan-
ists must tak up this work if hay-
fever sufferers are ever to get , 11uch
relief."
is nice for Penny to Work with an old Three, varieties of ragweed, hemp
friend of the fanilly, or Was until -" and plbweed were identified in Miss
Rorn's'research ,as Manhattan's worst
offenders. among the 250 possible
varieties of trees, grasses and weeds
'which may cause hay fever. She found
that 571,$ acres or 22 per cont. of the.
city, w'as in weeds. A single Acre of
ragweed, which grows in profusion '•i
Manhattan, had been found togive off
sixty pounds of pollen, the botanist
Said.
And that was the nearest she came
to mentioning the murder before Pen-
ny summoned them to the little din-
,
ng room.
Because Penny was wat. hing hien
and was obviously proud of her skill
ae a cook -;;kill ;rEeently acquire!, he
was Sale, --Dundee ate as heartily as
his carefully concealed depression
would permit. Thre was a beautifully
browned roast of beef, pan -browned
potatoes, new peas, escalloped toms
ISSUE No. 47-232
In arguing the importance of weed
surveys, Miss Horn said that 60 per,
cent. of all asthma is hay fever in its
advanced stages,,
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Superb Ctioality ,Always
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"Fresh From the Gardens"
241
The Making of
. A. Race -Horse
Arthur Mann in American Mercury
(July, '32),
Breeding time on a thoroughbred
stock farm Is a period of deep anxiety.
The colts are foaled In April and dur-
ing these days hopes, fears and wishes
are born. The most lowly foal may
become king, and the colt with the
bluest blood may grow' to be a wind -
sucker, or may have brittle Hoofs, or a
weak digestion, or insufficient racing
courage. And always the breeder
dreams of producing another Man o'
War.
You can well ima„'ne the eager-
ness and anticipation which attended
the Man o' War matings and foalings.
The whole racing world talked about
them. Man o' War was a king and 11'e
blood lines of every mare he served
were subjected to the most rigid
scrutiny. And what splendid animals
his offspring turned out to be! All
but one or two won big stakes. To-
day, in his retirement at the Para./ay
Farms at Lexington, Ky., stud service
by Mau o' War is valued at $5,000.
Other outstanding stallions, such as
Reigh Count 'and Gallant Fox, com-
maud service fees of $3,000, while the
average fee for fairly prominent stal-
lions runs from $1,500 to $2,500.
The weanling foal is a gaunt and
awkward animal, and one can scarcely
visualize him as a future champion.
His legs are long and spindled, and his
body stumpy. Spending night and day
outdoors with his mother he becomes
hardened to the mild exposure of Sum-
mer and early Fall His feet grow firm
from constant gamboling. ,. He ]earns
to nibble grass. On January 1, the
common birthday of all racehorses, he
changes overnight from a weanling to
a yearling and is introduced to hardy
meals of oats and mash. Ha Can al-
ways find hay in the corner of his
stall.
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons dean of
American trainers, has had more help-
less weanlings in his charge than any-
one else in, the business. Fitzsimmons'
'greatestArAtimaiili lies in the un
matched career of Gallant Fox. He
took the Fox as a weanling and led
him to -the highest conquests that race
ing offers. He watched the little colt
develop such. intelligence that, he was
regarded as having thi rasoning
powers of a ten -year-old boy. This
amazing horse, winner of $303,00Q fl. i
single s_ -.son, always knew when his
scheduled racing day arrived. On th';
day he would leave a portion of his
noon -day oats while other horses
finished 'everything in their stalls.
Sugar '.i i'le stomach of a horse about
to race may complicate matters. Well,
you could not bribe the Fox to eat a
lump of sugar before a race, although
he'd accept it willingly afterwards.
Most horses search frantically for
water after a race, but drinking before
cooling brings on cramps. Gallant Pax
refused to touch water before ha had
cooled out. In ' is first race lie stood
at the barrier gazing skyward trying
to fathom the mystery of an airplane
overhead. Though he was smarter
than any other colt in the race he was
left at the post, wondering about chat
strange bird hovering over the track.
Forty years of observation and close
study have taught Sunny Jim Fitzsim-
mous what is best for a colt, but he
can never be certain of results. "It's
all kindness and patience," be says,
"You've got to realize that you're deal -
Ing with an animal that's nearest to a
human being in intelligence: If he
can't run fast, a whip won't teach
him,"
Despite a common belief to the con-
trary, the rppetites of thoroughbred
racing colts are not pampered. There
is only one dependable food, and that
is oats. A growing colt consumes ni;se
quarts a day; -three quarts in the
morning, two quarts at nowt, and four
in the evening. If he eats more, be
is overfed.
At the end of his first year of train-
ing the telt has become accustomed to
halter, saddle, aid a boy on his back.
He has been presented :with his first
set of reins, and rcognizca the signals.
to turn, start, stop, and trot. Meal?
while he has grown splendidly. His
shoulders are powerful end his whole
body is 'strong and vigorous, Once,
more lie is turned out into th., paddock
for Winter. He builds «p resistance
by exposure to the elements, for he
goes into his stall only when the
weather is unbearable. He becomes a,
two -year -.old on January 1, and must
:soon start to retrieve some or all o1
the dollars he has cost his owner. The
colt by this time may be a slow or fast
starter. Ie may be a sprinter or a
distance •runner; hemay favor a hard
fast track, or a slow wet one, T' may
be cute, tricky, temperamental. H..
may be a complete failure or a poten-
tial sensation. ,These and hundreds
other possibilities flash through the
trainer's mind as he brings his pre-
cious °hang^ out of Winter retirement.
The colt begins his activity as a two -
,year -old in February, with free -rein
gallops up and down the track. He is
allowet. to romp at a fast canter for
an eighth of a mile, and continues this
pace for a week to loosen up 's
muscles. Then for the first time ih
his life the youngster is allowed to
oe i quarter of a mile against time.
He is paced to cover the distance in' 30
seconds. Unless he is a plu he meets
the assignment wi`h ease. By the lat-
ter part of March•he is sweeping past
the three-eighths post 'n 37 flat. eel
the days when he takes no galloping
exercise he is ridden to the starting
stella 'd the harrier. There he must
learn the significance of that restrain-
ing webbing; it is braelied in .. it of
his face nd eyes to sho .. that it i
harmless.
With '•e barrier lessons complet d
and the woele. •'s producing big -League
speed the colt graduates to the races
in April. Then the Lastern tracks
open and the owners trot out their
proud little charges to fame, fortune,
or failure: The average ()le ser has a]- .
ready spent between $0000 and $7000
on.every colt or filly he sends to the
barrier as a maiden two-year-old. This
does not include preliminary fees •
starting assessments which total ap-
proximately $5000 foe the eight most'.
important juvenile 'stapes. Minim -me
jockey fees are $10 a mount and $25.,ti .-
for a -winner. But 'the' better. k
lcels"'
receive an annual salary and 10 per
cent: of all purses. Ea_I Sande got
$50,000 in salary and commissions one
season on Gallant :ox.
The Most exacting of the two-year- .
old stake- - tho ruturit-. The n-
er pays out $1170 in preliminary fees
for this one race with the odds 20 to .1.
against his getting a penny of it back.
r . the winner's prize is generally
over $100,000, the richest two-year-old,
stake in the world.
The outstanding threw -year-old fea-
tures impose eq•-' aleilt demands, but
the owaer has at least an opportunity
to determine just what he is sending,
to the barrier. Yet there are' always
confusing precedc-ts to upset
soundest reasoning. Many mediocre
two -year-olds have blossomed into in-
vincible three -year-olds. Gallant Fox
seemed to have ordinary ability as a
two-year-old, but no horse could touch
him the following season.
Thorough!_ed racing has prospereit
a.td grown since the World' War, but it
1.-ust still be put down as sort and.
not a business. A sizeable stable .lust'
take in .$250,000 or more in winnings
to break even on a seasoe.' Needless
to say° c lily One or two owners, realize
such a return on their outlay; Yet all
owner's (rerms and hopes often batter
dow-t his discretion and he envisions
all his colts as champions. Aiwa, s
he will recallthe contempt in whi.,ii
Morvich was held at the Saratoga
yearling sales because of his budging
knees. But Morvich raced on to a
fortune because his owner had hope
and kept on racing, training and be-
lieving, •
We must choose between the ro-.
mance of pian and the mysteries of
Goff. Cod only• reveals Himself
through many a veil, but those veils
are pot falsehoods.
•
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went MAO listen and agree.
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