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The Gold H ill News, («old H ill. Oregon Thursday. May 2(1, 1937 MURDER MASQUERADE child It w as sev eral m onths a ft er tins discovery before she saw Ace Blaikie. At th eir first m eet ing, she told him th a t she w as going By I to m ake their m a rria g e public. She w as kind. We w orshiped h er— could see, as she told m e subse INEZ HAYNES IRWIN m She y wife and I .” quently, that Ace Blaikie w as ap Copyn<ht I ne* Haynes Inna Doctor M arden ca m e to a full palled at th is discovery. He tried By Lem uel F. Parton WNU Service. stop. He p u t his hand over his to get her to w ithdraw from the eyes and san k back into th e p ast hospital and go to A m erica And Presently with a deep aigh he if not to A m erica, to Italy or Spain TH URSDAY—Continued em erged into th e p resen t again. E leanor steadily refused. Finally, G allan t C ru sad er A gainst “ When the w ar cam e, I enlisted she told him if he gave her no the M arijuana Weed " I ’m afraid. Doctor M arden.” P a tric k said his la st word, " I shall as a volunteer in the F ren ch m edi help, she m ust apply to m e—th a t EW YORK.- •The good men the m u rn a g e m ust be announced cal service. I will say h ere th a t have to ask you not to leave the do isn’t necessarily in H ead until I give you perm ission." we a re a m edical fam ily, so to Thereupon, he told her th a t she was, in reality, not m arried at all " I give you m y w ord I shall not speak. Before th e w ar w as over, That, a few y e a rs before, he had terred with their bones if they th e re w ere a h alf dozen M ardens have co-operating wives. The leave it.” w orking in F ra n ce . When th e Unit secretly m a rrie d in the United “ Well, M ary ," P a tric k said in a ed S tates ca m e in, I w as tra n s S tates an ac tress by the nam e of late Ham ilton W right’s world w eary tone. “ It all m akes sense w ar on narcotics has been D rina Demoyn ferred to the A m erican se rv ic e.” H ere we have a perfect design— “ D rina D em oyne!" I in terru p ted . | shoved on down through 19 He paused and looked inquiringly T orriano first, M a rg aret next, then “ I ve seen D rina Demoyne. Why, M arden. No one of them seem s at P atrick . P a tric k nodded. He w hat w as it I read about her ju st y ears of tireless fighting by his to have told anything but the truth. did not speak. I knew th a t no the other day? She died recently.'* I widow. m o re than I would he have in te r T h ey 're all dying to tell the tru th At Richmond, Va., recently, Mrs. “ Y es," Doctor M arden answ ered. If som ebody would only lie, m aybe rupted th e flow of th a t story. W right pleaded to the N ational Con- D octor M arden w ent on. "M y “ H er death has a g re a t bearing ; gress of P a re n ts and T each ers for I could get the answ er. Of course M a rg a re t said she thought she wife threw h erself into w ar work on this story. T hat revelation of united and effective action against heard som ething stirrin g in the too. F or four y e a rs she worked Ace B laikie's w as really E le an o r's | the m ariju an a weed, m urderous bushes. M arden apparently noticed daily at the A m erican A m bulance d eath w arran t. She never saw him | Mexican n arco tic sm oked by school nothing like th a t. Now there m ay in Neuilly. E lean o r—p erh ap s now again. But she com m unicated with I children. She calls it the “ m ost have been another person involved I had b etter tell you about E lea m e once. I got a perm ission and I pernicious of d ru g s.” cam e back from the front. She or any num ber. F o r th a t m a tte r, nor. In New Mexico, tw elve y ea rs ago, M a rg aret F airw ea th er m ay have “ E lean o r w as a n a tu ra l n urse. told m e the whole story. My wife the sta te narcotics com m ission retu rn ed and—Oh. I don't know She n ever took a course in n u rs and I had but one idea—to save who killed Ace Blaikie. I'm no ing, but I tau g h t h er everything E lean o r’s reputation. Now it h ap found grow ers and c ig arette m anu n e a re r knowing th an I w as S atur I knew. She volunteered w hen I pened th at m y w ife's son by her fac tu re rs pressing a cam paign am ong children, and they found the day. W ho's th a t? ” did and the F re n ch sent h er to the first m arria g e, Theodore P re n tiss, I children sm oking m a riju an a. Thev w as living during the w ar in a re hospital a t Courcy-sur-Seine. She V aguely in the back of m y m ind m ote village in southern F ra n ce . : passed a law. The use of the weed I had heard D octor M arden drive stay ed th e re for about a y e a r. I He volunteered for both the F ren ch crept on to New York, Rhode Island. off. In the back of m y m ind I saw h er only a t irre g u la r intervals. and A m erican arm ies. But he had M assachusetts, P ennsylvania, Tex heard a second m otor tu rn into the I had an occasional perm ission alw ays been an invalid and as and sev eral southern states. « \ V I 1 Y Mollie R drive. It stopped. P resently a light, from the front and then she and my could not be used eith er as a sol * ’ y o u g o in g At the Richmond congress. Mrs. sw ift step cam e through the hall wife and I would try to m a n ag e a dier or in any civilian cap acity . I again? My own m o th er W right rep resen ted the federal bu and into the living room —a light, reunion at our hom e in P aris. But He w as m a rried and his wife w as has becom e u gadabout sw ift step—stran g ely stiffened by I did not see m uch of E lean o r d u r pregnant. I sent E leanor to them . reau of narcotics. In 1921. she be and a l l b e c a u s e s h e determ ination. ing the first m onths of the w ar. I My step-son’s wife died bringing a gan her serv ice as one of th ree in m ad e h erself such a p retty new 8 req u ires 1% y a rd s of 35 inch ternational m em b ers of the opium " I ’ve com e back to tell you the w ent through w hat m any husbands dead child into the world. T heo advisory co m m ittee of the League d ress. Really, Mu, those soft m a te ria l for the blouse and I S re st of m y story, Mr. O 'B rien,” w ere going through in F ra n c e then. dore survived her only six m onths. of Nations, and has since w aged her g racefu l lines m ak e you look lots y a rd s for the apron. said M yron M arden. “ I haven’t told I saw m y wife g etting m o re and In the m eantim e, E lean o r bore a fight ag ain st the drug traffic in ev slim m er. I think the long rippling N e w P a tte rn Book. m o re fatigued—nervously ex h au st perfectly healthy baby whom she you all of it y e t!” co llar has a good deal to do with Send for the B a rb a ra Dell ery country w here it originates. She ed. But E lean o r stood up to it nam ed Caroline a fte r m y wife. This it. Or m aybe it's because the skirt Spring and S um m er P a tte rn Book. E lizabeth W ashburn, the Involuntarily we all three sat m arvelously. But every tim e I saw w as the Caro whom you know. Be d was fits w here it should and has plenty Make yourself a ttra c tiv e , p ra c ti au g h ter of the late Senator Wil her, it seem ed to m e th a t she had down. fore he died, Theodore suggested a liam Drew W ashburn, who had been of room ut the b o tto m .” cal and becom ing clothes, select “ I will begin it by telling you,” becom e m ore of a w om an, m ore plan. We ca rrie d it out. We reg i m in ister to F ran ce. ing designs from the B a rb a ra Bell “ Yes, My D arling D au g h ter.” D octor M arden took up the story and m ore beautiful. Then Ace istered her in the M arie of L aitry “ D aughter, d e a r, how you do well planned, easy-to-m ake p a t Ham ilton W right traveled, a g ita t B laikie ap p eared in h er life.” as Caroline Blaikie. We reg istered in the quietest voice I had ever ru n on! Im ita te S is; put your tern s. In terestin g and exclusive A gain D octor M arden cam e to a h er u nder th at nam e as an A m eri ed, organized, w rote and lectured h eard from him , “ som ething th a t apron on and have the dusting fashions for little children and the for y ea rs ag ain st narcotics. When, will, I think, com e a s a g rea t su r p ause and now he did not cover his can citizen, with the consul of M ar done when I get back from the difficult ju n io r age; slenderizing, , in 1913, he went to P aris as a m em prise to you.” He paused as though face w ith his hands. He presen ted . seilles. I can show you th a t she Civic Im p ro v em en t L eague m eet well-cut p attern s for the m a tu re ber of the peace conference, he w as b ears th a t nam e on her passport. to sum m on his stren g th for the ing. And speaking of aprons, th at figure; afternoon d re lea for the killed in a stre e t accident. Mrs. But we told all h er friends in P aris revelation. “ Ace Blaikie is the fa is th e clev erest one Sis ev er had. m ost p a rtic u la r young women nisi Wright, highly placed socially in and have told them ever since th a t th er of m y g ran d d au g h ter Caro I love the w ay it cro sses in the m a tro n s and other p a tte rn s for she w as T heodore’s child. As soon Washington, left her p leasan t home P re n tiss.” special occasions a re all to Is- b ac k .” and her four children and picked as I could get leave, I took my found in the B a rb a ra Bell P a tte rn H e paused again as though for a “ So do I, Mom, and see how it ( up her h u sb an d 's gage w here it had wife and d au g h ter to S p ain." question or com m ent from us. fallen. covers up m y d re ss all over. Good- Book. Send 15 cen ts P stay for your copy. He paused. F or an in stan t he bit by, Mom, have u good tim e .” But neither P a rtic k nor I spoke. In China, Turkey and P ersia, she his lower lip as though to fang out Send your order to The Sewing We did not stir. H is sta te m en t had S isterly Chit Chat. of it the em otion w hich m ad e it fought ag a in st the world tide of poi C irc le P a tte rn Dept., 149 New worked too g re a t a p araly sis for son. She trac ed the green capsule “ Sis, run u p sta irs for m y apron, trem ble. M ontgom ery Ave . San F rancisco, us eith er to speak or move. of the poppy, from the fields of Yun w on't you? I w ouldn't h av e a spot Culif. P a tte rn s 15 cen ts (in coins) “ T here m y d au g h ter killed her nan and Shensi provinces to the “ I ’ll have to go back of course to on this, m y beloved m odel, for each. self.” tell you how it cam e about. I will slum s and stew s of world capitals. all th e w orld. I t’s m y idea of C Bell Syndicate WNU Service N either P atric k nor I m ad e com She rounded up the story at the for begin with m y own m a rria g e. My sm ooth: all these buttons; no belt; m ent. He him self m ade no fu rth er eign w ars waged ag ain st China to wife w as a New York woman. th ese h ere new puffed sleev es; com m ent. “ When we retu rn ed to m ake her ad m it Indian opium. With When I m e t her, about forty y ears and th is flare th a t’s a flare.” P aris, how ever, th e re w as never Ellen I.a M otte, who w rote "T he ago, she w as a widow. She had “ J u s t you w ait, Miss, till I grow any question of E le a n o r's not be Backw ash of W ar," she pieced to been widowed tw ice and both tim es up! Your clothes won’t have a ing Theodore P re n tiss's child—C ar gether a n a rra tiv e as unlovely as under trag ic conditions. H er first look in becau se I'v e a lre ad y be oline P ren tiss. And so she ;rew any chaplet of h o rro r which ever husband, Theodore P ren tiss, also a By gun to Sew-My-Own. All right. I ’m up. She has no m o re idea of her rested on the brow of the nations. New Y orker, w as throw n from his going.” C C I K Ì C Ann Harding relationship to Ace th an you had horse a m onth afte r th eir m arria g e. And so on well into the a fte r T here are so m any things to be Z ActroM before I told you this story. As He died instantly. She becam e the noon! she is a m inor, I got her passport. ag ain st these days, it is h ard to m other of his posthum ous child—a pick your opponent. Why not ju st The P a tte rn s . She h as n ever seen it. boy, T heodore P ren tiss. F iv e y ea rs Chicken Salad. take m a riju an a weed? This w riter P a tte rn 1268 is for sizes 36 to 52. later, she m a rrie d again—Addison 1 q u a r t c o ld c h ic k e n “ Concealing her rea l n am e from speaks with feeling on this subject, 1 p in t fin e ly c u t c e le ry Size 38 req u ires 51 /« y a rd s of 39 D acre. H e too w as a New Y orker. Caro has been one of the m inor having observed one citizen chew 3 h a rd b o ile d « inch m ateria l plus l ' i y ard s of 11Y While they w ere traveling in 2 c u p fu ls rftayoiinulM ? troubles of m y life. But I ’ve a c ing an o th e r’s e a r off in a m ountain inch bias binding for trim m ing. F ra n ce , he died in P a ris of a case S m a ll b o ttle o f o liv e » com plished it. I brought her up ham let in southern Mexico, quite a S a it to ta»te of pneum onia. She w as p regnant P a tte rn 1292 is designed for sizes in P aris, as you know. But as few y e a rs before the weed becam e P a p rik a a t the tim e and the shock brought 12 to 20 (30 to 42 bust). Size 14 she grew older, I w ondered about an e x tra -c u rric u la r in terest in Jo in t the dressed chicken and on the p re m a tu re birth of a little req u ires 4 ’ m y a rd s of 39 inch m a h er fo rb ears in A m erica. I knew A m erican high schools. hod until tender. Allow ft to cool, terial. girl who w as to be nam ed E leanor th a t people thought of Ace Blaikie D acre. I w as established as a I had joined in singing the quaint P a tte rn 1255 is designed in sizes then cut into .small pieces until the as a rich m an. I knew th a t he had physician in P a ris and I w as called “ La C u c arac h a" song about the 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 y ears. Size req u ired am ount is obtained. Use p roperty in Satuit, M assachusetts. in on th e case. This w as im m edi only the w hitest celery, and none Then He Took Up His Story I began to w onder if, as he grew cockroach th a t got so full of m a ri ately a fte r the funeral—I nev er m et ju an a weed th a t he couldn’t walk with co arse strings. C ut two of older, he would not w ant his only Again. Addison D acre. the eggs, not too tine. Mix chick Foreign W ords child—if only child she w ere—to in home. T here w as nothing in the en, celery, eggs and seasoning. “ M rs. D acre w as a beautiful unscreened, the h ard b itter eyes, herit th a t property. At first I put song about the d ru g 's peculiar in a n d P h rases ® Allow the m ix tu re to stan d with w om an—a very lovely w om an. I the tight-shut lip s; th e setness of this thought out of m y m ind. But citem en t to m ayhem . The song will a little F ren ch d ressing for an felt th a t if th e child died, h e r very every line and curve. it kept recu rrin g . It troubled me. becom e distasteful to anyone who has seen m a riju a n a a t work—also reason would go. I threw m yself T o u te m édaillé a son rev ers. hour o r m ore in u cool place. “ I know th a t you, M rs. Avery, I finally fju n d it w as keeping m e my experience n ear M azatlan, ( h ea rt and soul into saving th a t pre (F .) E v ery th in g has its good and To serve, the m ayonnaise m ay be are acquainted w ith the facto rs of aw ake nights. Sleepless nights be w here a peon w as shooting up the , m ixed with the chicken o r served m atu re little waif—and I did save its bad side. gan to rec u r a little too often. I Ace B laikie’s w ar experience be and lunging at passersby with ' her. I took c a re of h er for m onths. Chacun pour soi et Dieu pour ns a top dressing, according to m ade inquiries and found th a t Ace town cau se I ’ve h eard you discuss them a m achete. Of course th a t constant attendance so often.” tous. (F .) E verybody for him self taste. B laikie w as not only accepted as a brought M rs. D acre and m e very S erve on fresh lettu ce leaves. and God for all of us. It was about eleven y ears ago bachelor but th a t nobody knew th a t “ And besides,” I rem inded him , close. By the tim e E leanor w as a G arn ish with slices of the third L aissez ces vains scrupules. th a t the Brooklyn police a rrested he had ev er been m a rrie d . Ulti year old, we realized th a t life "m y husband w as in F ra n c e .” (F .) D iscard or lay aside those egg and stuffed olives. Sprinkle m ately I decided to com e to the Andrew H u erta, a M exican sailor, with paprika. “ Well then, I will m erely say m eant nothing to either of us w ith vain scruples. United S tates, to estab lish m yself who w as selling m a riju an a ciga C o p y r le h t.— W N U S a rv lra out the other. Six m onths la te r we th a t it w as w hile he w as in the a t Satuit. It m ade things easy for rettes. In a back y ard in Queens, he J e suis. (F .) I am . w ere m a rrie d quietly in P a ris. My F oreign Legion th a t he m et E leanor. m e because I had n ev er m et Ace showed them a knee-high crop of Ad n au seam . (L .) To the point practice w as th e re and we have It seem ed to have been a case of of disgust. m a riju a n a . This led to the a rre s t lived in P a ris, except for our holi love at first sight. C ertainly with Blaikie. In the w ar som ebody s ta r t of rac k ete ers, growing the weed and HERE'S A REAIUT A rgum cntum ad ab su rd u m . (L.) days, ever since. My wife died E leanor. And as she afterw ard told ed calling E leanor ‘S ister D ora ’ selling cig arettes to soldiers. An arg u m en t intended to prove MARVELOUS two y ea rs ago and, after I had a m e. D octor B laikie said it w as so a fte r an old novel, th e heroine of the ab su rd ity of on opponent’s a r BARGAIN IN which w as a nurse. I confess I E v ery y ea r or so th ere is an ar- ' little recovered from m y grief, with him . But when it com es to have never read it. Ace Blaikie SEIF-POLISHING rest. The cig arettes a re m ad e 1 gum ent. decided to re tu rn to A m erica. But D octor B laikie and love----- ” Bon m arch e. (F .) A b argain. never called her anything but S ister from the dried leaves and the flow FLOOR W A X -A I am running ahead of m y story The expression on D octor M ar- Dora. E m p resse m e n t. (F .) E ag ern ess Although E le an o r’s nam e ers of the weed, which is known as I m u st go back to E leanor. FULL QUART FOR d en ’s face deepened so horribly w as D acre, the nam e of M arden “ wild tobacco" and looks like a to P a te r p atriae. (L.) The fath er 85< NO RUBBING- “ T here could not possibly ever th a t it w as as though the blood m ight of course linger in Ace of his country. have lived a m ore lovely child than behind the flesh had turned to ink. B laikie’s m ind. Still, as I said be m ato vine. It is a tough grow th Chronique scandaleuse. (F .) A NO BUFFING WITH E leanor. And when I use the word F o r a m om ent the te rm my hus fore, th ere had been a t le a st half a and so is the habit. If som ebody scandalous story. THIS AMAZING N?W on the subw ays bites you, you will 'lovely,' I use it advisedly. She band used to use in reg ard to box dozen physicians nam ed M arden E m b a rra s de rich esse. (F .) know w hat is the m a tte r. was lovely in face and figure; love ing and boxers ca m e into m y mind w orking in P a ris during the w ar. O versupply of m a teria l. All sta te s, as M rs. W right reports, ly in h e a rt and spirit. I adored —fighting face. E n tr’acte. (F .) Betw een the L ast spring, as you both know, I h av e law s ag a in st its growth or use, her. acts. “ —he did not know really w hat cam e here to Satuit. I m et Ace except “A beautiful child, E leanor grew love w as. On th a t side he w as not Blaikie socially, of course, although T ennessee. But, so fâ r as this w rit- to be a beautiful wom an. I do not I m ade no effort to m eet him. Pr e r can can ,Parn learn, th hpr„ e re has been no think th a t this is prejudice. E v e ry m an but beast. At any ra te they C aro ’s nam e w as n eith er his nor unified or vigorous action, th ere is Voyage o f Life w here, h er ap p earan ce m ade a sen. m et as often as his perm issions and m ine. If the coincidence of a phy m e ag er inform ation and th ere is ac hers allowed. W hat happened of Today, in the voyage of thy life sation. T hat w as not entirely due sician from P a ris by the n am e of cum ulating evidence that, with r e down the d ark tide of tim e, stand to h er beauty perhaps. It w as p a rt course w as th a t Ace Blaikie dis M arden gave him pause, he did not peal, som e of the m ore resourceful boldly to thy tiller, guide thee by ly h er coloring. It w as the m ost covered th a t in o rd er to possess m y d aug h ter, he m u st offer h er m a r let m e know it. He m ay have liquor rac k ete ers becam e agricuk P O L IS H th e pole s ta r, and be safe —M artin delicate blonde I have ever seen— thought of m e only as one of the turists. M O P S • W AX F . T upper. ethereal. Often Mrs. M arden and riage. U n d erstan d —“ D octor Mar- M arden connection in P aris. den’s voice shot to us a perem p I discussed th e p roper adjective to tory o rd er. “ U nderstand th a t this “ In the m ean tim e I studied my apply to E leanor. She was not an Lost A tlantis Again. was not a su b je ct th a t E leanor gelic nor seraphic nor cherubic. would discuss with any m an. He m an. I found th a t he w as engaged For m ore than th irty y ea rs P ro to be m a rrie d to a beautiful, She w as too tall to be fairy-like. had to learn th a t—to sense it. And ch arm in g and estim ab le young fessor Leo F robenius has been ta k She w as sprite-like. H er h air w as he w as ap p a ren tly ex trem ely acute the palest gold, h er features w hat in sensing th e reactio n s of the oth girl. T hat girl becam e C aro’s m ost ing the shine off our m odern civili we used to call mignonne, her eyes e r sex. At any ra te they w ere m a r devoted friend. I confess to you zation by dem o n stratin g th a t a lot I did not know w hat to do. If he of it is old stuff. The fam ous G er deeply violet. i o r io u s 11-day, 2000 mile vacation cruises ried secretly. T h at w as before the m a rrie d , Ace Blaikie w as likely to m an archeologist, lecturing in the “ The F re n ch alw ays stared at United S tates ca m e in. It w as in leave children. In the m a tte r of in- United S tates, is one of the leadiiw; ................ .. X through A n Aisle of Wes, the land-locked her and in Spain and Italy she c re the su m m er of 1915. I will not h eritan ce, his leg itim ate heirs defenders of the lost continent of [OOOOQO Im ide Passage, with calls at Ketchikan, Petera- ated such a sensation th a t she did go into all the ins and outs of this. 00' would of course ta k e precedence A tlantis theory. Now sixty-four ‘ burg, W ran g ell, Juneau and S itka. M o d e rn , not like to go out on the stre e t will say only th a t m a rria g e in o ver Caro. And the la st thing in y ea rs old, he delves tirelessly in In- yacht like eruise (hips with every comfort and alone. She had courage enough, F ra n ce is a v ery com plicated m a t th e world I w anted—for C aro’s d*a > Africa, E gypt, Tripoli and Tur- convenience Sailings from Seattle 10 a m. every but she hated the little incidents ter. Ace Blaikie had m ad e friends sa k e—w as a scandal. I let the ^ef- The son of a G erm an arm y , Friday, M a y to Septem ber inclusive. W r ite which o ccurred h ere and th e re with a F ren ch officer who had a su m m er d rift by in a w elter of in officer, also an au thor and scholar, along the way. I will not say th a t long pull. He fixed it so th a t Ace decision.” 7 - for illustrated, fu lly descriptive folden. he m ade hia first expedition in 1904. E leanor w as an angel, although and E leanor w ere m a rrie d secretly. I t ’s a vacation you’ll never r e g re t-o r forget! He paused again and seem ed a " savar,f3> he has turned up the she w as a kind of m odern angel. “ P resen tly E lean o r found herself rem iniscently to survey th a t long m ost convincing evidence th at She w as too vigorous to suggest pregnant. She told m e afterw ard direful period. Then he took up hi m a.n y s tr a ta of g rea t buried civil!- northmnd t r w o r t a t io n th a t sort of thing. But she w as th a t th ere w as nothing in the world sto ry again. zations underly our house of life absolutely honest. She w as sw eet she w anted so m uch as to bear a © Conaolf d a t e d N - w , F e a tu re «. (TO BE COtVTINUED/ W N U S e rv ic e . W HO’S NEWS THIS WEEK... A tlj rTcLVOlite fê e c n OCEPAR^ O(£dar VACATION VOYAGES ca