Thursday, May 28, 1953
Age 14
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Oregon
STEVE tOPEE
To Kiss, or Kill
ly DAY KEENE
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CHAPTER I flown all th way Irom Bermuda
Mandril flung himself forward to be with him.
The floor wat wood and oiled. Tbere was a phone book on trie
Then waa a familiar whin over (lie caae. He looked up the num-
his head and a apunter pierced ber of his hotel and called it.
hit cheek aa he tried to make "I beg your pardon." he aald,
hlmeeU email. Another bullet alap- when the girl at the hotel switch-
ped Into the desk. 8UU another board answered, 'but could you
thudded Into flesh. Pour more tell me If a Mrs. Barney Mandell
shots followed In quick succession, lis regisiereaT
Brscketuu Mandell's head. I "Just a moment, sir.'
He mashed his head into the As Mandell walUd, a drop of
wood, helpless. sweat dripped from his forehead
Then the man In the doorway onto the mouthpiece of the phone,
was gone. There was sound of He wiped It off on his coat, grip
running feet In the hall. The ping the phone so hard els hand
heavy door into the lire well turn- acneo.
med. v I Tiu ui t the hotel switch-
Mandril ant tn his feet In board came back on the wire.
throwing himself forward, he'd "Yes, she Is air. Do you wish me
scraped his leg on the desk. He to ring Mrs. Manoeirs suiter
11m ped to the door and looked out. Mandell thought a moment.
Where the man had stood there "No," he said, and hung up.
t . hrtffht annt nf blond on the Let the Dollce find Mr. Curtis.
freshly washed tile, and another He compromised. He would call
spot farther down the hall. and report the shooting. Prom the
"You hit him," he told Curtis, hotel. After he'd seen Oale.
I thought I heard him grunt." His head turned to avoid seeing
He switched on the celling light Curtis, he opened the ball door
Thwi ha turned t its how It was with breathless urgency
with Curtis. The federal man was He reached for the bell and
sitting on the floor with his back drew back his arm as he saw his
against the filing case. Both hands sleeve. It should be tan. It wasn't,
were laced over his chest. His It was red. He brushed It with his
aaonlzed eyes were fastened on other hand, got blood on his fin-
Mandell's face. When he saw gers, and wiped them on the skirts
Mandell looking at him, his lips of his topcoat, tmpector Carlton's
moved with great deliberation, as I imagined voice luiea tne nan:
if he were imparting something "How did you get the blood on
very Important, but only a faint I your sleeve, Barney y
hlnslng sound came out. As Man- "I tried to help Mr. Curtis.
.fell vKb4iHl hla hanria rimnnMf I "How?1
away from his stomach and he fell I "I felt his heart to see If it
on his side and lay still. was atlll beating.."
Mandell knelt beside Curtis to "Don't give me that. You want
see If he could do anything for ed to make cure he was dead,
him. He couldn't. The federal nan Why? Why did you kill him, Bar
was dead. Rising, Mandell stood neyf
with his back to the wall, his "I dldnt kin him."
palms pressed flat against the "No? Then why dldnt you re
plaster, looking at the man on the port the shooting?"
Mandell leanedgalnst the wall
He was sorry Un ourtu was opposite me eivawn, panuns.
dead. He wished he could tell him Well, why hadn't he? Because he
how sorry. Mr. Curtis hsd bean was afraid. Because he wanted to
decent to him. Mr. Curtis dldn t see Gale.
think he had killed the blonde. Mandell walked back to the
He should call -the police. He floor wiui no legina on me gira.
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shoudl tell them what hsd hap
pened. But would the police be
lieve nimr
He would say, "Mr. Curtis and
I were tanung. xnen a man open
ed the door, turned out the light,
and shot nun.
The police would say,' "Is that
so? Who was the man? What did
he look like? Why did he shoot
Mr. Curtis?"
He'd have to aay, 1 dont know.
My back was to the door. I dldnt
see the guy."
Then they would look at him as
though he were erasy. They would
revoke his ball and hold him as
a material witness, without even
giving him time to see Oale.
Mandell began to sweat again.
The police might even think he
had killed Curtis. Inspector Carl
ton thought he was a killer. .
His fingers Mill shaking, he
picked Curtis' package of ciga
rettes from the desk, lighted one.
and laid the package back. The
smoke tasted hot and raw. So Mr.
Curtis was dead; he was sorry.
But no matter who was dead, a
man had a right to see his wife.
Especially when he hadnt seen
her In two years and she had
Now h was uncertain again. This
was what he got for running. The
police knew he naa wit wiui Mr.
Curtis. They would find his fin
gerprints In the office. On the
desk, the chslr. the file ease, the
phone, the pack of cigarettes, the
matches. On Mr. Curtis.
He turned the knot) of the door.
It was locked. When he had
closed It. the spring lock had
latched. Then how had the killer
opened It? That was one of the
first questions inspector canton
would ask.
Breathing through his mouth
again, Mandell took off his top
coat and tried to fold It so the
blood wouldn't show. He was only
partly successful. If he folded It
so the sleeve was hidden, the stain
where he'd wiped his hand show
ed. He solved his problem by
foldlnn the coat Inside out. Then
he dldnt know what to do with
his hand. There was still some
blood on his fingers. And nothing
on which to wipe them. .
(To Be Continued!
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527
Half . Biters! A breath of fresh
air for the shorter fuller figure!
A soft dress with applied bands
of lace or embroidery. Unmounted
sleeves In short and three-quarter
lengths. Plain -neckline or round
ed lapels, tied, tacked-on bow . .
flattering four-gore skirt.
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JK. yds. of 35 in. or 3 yd&. SS-in.
with l yds, eyelet trim or lace.
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Name, Address, style Number and
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REAU. Capital Journal, 661 Mis
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musical vegetables ' are In erlm
son ana lealy green the color
rtgnt in me iranstcri Twelve mo-
tils of 3 3tand inches to use
on kitchen' towels, breakfast
clotha. pot holders, curtains or
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NUMBER to CAROL CURTIS,
Capital Journal, 63 Mission street.
San Francisco S, Calif.
ROOM Si BOARD
By Ahren
HERE'S M IDEA 10 PREVENT VBUT LOOK-WHERE THERE'S
LOSING A GOLF BALL.' V SMOKE. THERE'S FIRE
THE GOLFER CARRIES A SMALL
BOTTLE Or LIQUID CHEMICAL..
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V BEFORE HITTING THE BALL, A f AND PAR ON EACH
DAUB Of CHEMICAL IS PUT ON Hi HOLE WILL BE A )
I IT... AIR FRICTION HEATS THE j V 4 -ALARM y
I STUFF, AND IF THE BALL LANDS y- -
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oh i V wet-uTMEN iwhv L' weut.. when
HAOEN T I DO "OU WANT I DO 66 T ONE JflT
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School Bonds Lose
2 to 1r McMinnville
McMinnville (UR) McMinn
ville school district voters on
Tuesday overwhelmingly de
feated a measure which pro
posed a $890,000 bond issue to
finance construction of a new
high school.
The vote against the meas
ure was nearly two-to-one with
a record-breaking 2,752 votes
cast at the special election. The
vote waa 1,787 against the
bond issue to 96$ for the pro
posal. The total vote was more
than twice that of last year
when a similar measure was
defeated by 117 votes.
ASPARAGUS HARVEST
Grand Island Mr. and Mrs.
George Asher expect the as
paragus harvest at their farm
to last ui.'i' the first of June
because of the rain and cool
weather.
Soviet Newsman
On Security Council
United Nations. N. Y. OT
The deputy director of the Sov
iet news agency Tass has been
named assistant secretary gen
eral of the United Natiwis in
charge of Security Council af
fairs. The post traditionally goes
to a Russian, under an inform
al big power agreement, and is
Ik. L.I.V. a a u . u
occupied by any Soviet citizen.
Secretary General Dag Hasn
marksjold authorized an
nouncement of the appoint
ment of Ilya Semenovich
Chernyshev, 41, In a telephone
call from Geneva Tuesday.
Hammarskjold is there attend
ing U.N. meetings.
Bicycle accidents take about
600 lives a year In the United
States. ;
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