Six EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1927 METALLIC TOUCH IN BLOUSES; G A Y FELTS FOR SCHOOL WEAR DADDY’S EVENING FAIRYTALE or midst the tumultuous throng of gridiron fans, bright hued felts are i sure to lend color to the scene. True, I for a time the fate of the felt hat hung ca m *w e rw fjrn r ntw jjw u untar in the balance, but this fleeting hesita­ tion on the part of the mode hus given j THE AIR RIDE wuy to a revived entlfcislasm for felts even greater, if that he possible, than •Toot-toot, honk-konk,” came from In the past. There can be no doubt in anyone's mind of the favor accorded outside the house und Uncle John said that that particu- the felt lint. For tiie schoolgirl the W h a t huniAft heiriK d o es not lo v e a him, hud the old English tradition— ran over In her mind letter boxes, post 1 a r automobile m ystery story? Especially one of felt hat is an absolute essential to and Anne Tracy for Olivia. At thal offices where she might mail it. Were th o s e a f f a i r » in w h ic h a pu zzl in K c r im e which was mak­ youthful and stylish appearance. name Miss Saunders hud exclaimed In the ones iu crowded districts or those fnrddenly difiturbs th e l i v e « o f a g r o u p ing such a great In choosing from among the Intest o f p e o p l e w h o h a v e been g o i n g a l o n g evident pleasure. Anne Tracy would in secluded byways, the safest? It deal o f noise had In a n o r m a l way A l l at on ce a felt arrivals yonng girls are confront­ he perfect, and It would be so lovely wus like walking through grasses de ed of inalevolence la co m m it ted been sent for ed hy two outstanding proposition* liHvIng her. they were such friends. where live wires were hidden. w h ic h t u r n » t h e i r pla cid l i t t l e w o r l d them. distinctly different yet equally charm- to pa y t u r v y N o one k n o w s the p e r ­ “ And I ’m going to give you my best A ring at the bell made her leap to T t sounds like p e t r a t o r o f th e c r im e , but c i r c u m ­ director, llugb liussett. If with you her feet with wild visions of detec­ a big cat pur­ s t a n c e s a r e such that a n y on e o f the and him they don’t pull < > IT a success tives. Hut it was only Anne Tracy, a p p a r e n t l y hon est , s i n c e r e m e m b e r s ring,” said Doro­ the Maine public's dumber than I come In to see If she was baek from o f th e g r o u p may c o m e u nd e r suspicion thy, as she waited N e w a n g l e s o f the a f f a i r and ne w m y s ­ thought." her visit on the sound. It was a com­ on the steps with t e r ie s d e ve lo p , a nd a pe r io d o f the most Iler business accomplished, Miss fort to see Anne, she ulways acted as w r a c k i n g su sp en se e x i s t s f o r all Douglas while if things were just as they had been Suunders went home. She lived iu one In this ca s e t h e r e Is no s u p e r - d e t e c ­ Uncle John was and never asked disturbing questions. of those mid town blocks of old brown t i v e w i th his m a t h e m a t ic s , his c h e m ­ getting his hat icals, his m e a s u r i n g d e v i c e s and his She was Sybil's best friend, wus to stone houses divided into Hats. Let­ and stick. “ And m e t h o d s o f d e d u ct io n to t r a p the c r i m i ­ ting herself In with a latchkey she as­ have been her bridesmaid. But she nal and, by th e v e r y c o m p l e t e n e s s o f something like a cended the two flights at a rapid run. knew no more of Sybil’s secrets since (h.e ca se a g a i n s t him, f o r c e him to a cow, too. Though co nf e s s i o n . N o on e but a f e w con fuse d unlocked her door and entered upon Jim Dullus hud disappeared than any­ They Were So it doesn't sound c i v i l i a n s and a c o u p l e o f f a i r l y a st ut e Ihe hot empty quietude of her own one else. And she never sought lo Far Up. l a w officers« both o f the la t t e r w o r k ­ so much like a know—that was why the friendship domain. She threw her hat on a chair, i n g In d i f f e r e n t d i r e c t i o n s and by the cow, and besides a cow wouldn't stand and falling upon the divan opened the held. v a r i a n c e o f t h e i r t h e o r ie s o b s t r u c t i n g outside the door of a city house! But r a t h e r than a i d i n g a s o lu ti on . It w a s paper that she hud curried since she They had u great deal to talk about, o n e o f those c r i m e s w h ic h se em ed l i k e ­ that purring sound this big car makes left the (Irnml Central station. but chiefly the "Twelfth Night” ulTulr. ly to r e m a in a m y s t e r y unless so me does sound something lika a pussy Anne wus Immensely pleused that She folded the pages hack ut the a c c i d e n t o c c u r r e d to c l e a r it up An d cat." th e a c c i d e n t did o c c u r ; one o f the Sybil had agreed to pluy. She did persouul column and settled over It, Douglas was laughing hard at Doro­ s t r a n g e s t a c c i d e n t s e v e r w r i t t e n Into bent, motionless, her eyes traveling not say this— she avoided any allu a m y s t e r y plot, and so t e r r i f y i n g In Its thy’s remark. “ Perhaps," he said, down its length. Suddenly they slons to Sybil's recent conducting of e f fe c t s that it b r o u g h t a v o l u n t a r y and “ that It will not be until I own an au­ q u i t e u n e x p e c t e d c o n f e s s i o n fr o m the stopped, focused on a paragraph. She her life— but her enthusiuem about It g u ilty party tomobile that I shall stop thinking look a pud and pencil from the desk, all was irresistible. It warmed the G e r a l d i n e IJonner has w r i t t e n m an y they’re wonderful things. Perhaps I sad-eyed girl into Interest; the Viola drew a small table up lo the divuu. c l e v e r s t o r i e s and e s t a b l is h e d h e r s e l f won’t stop thinking that even then. spread the newspaper on it, and copied costume was brought from Its cup­ as a m a s t e r o f th r il l fiction. “ They’re so different from horses Ihe paragraph onto the pad. It run board, the golden wig tried on. When and wagons and yet they do the same Anne took her departure late in the as follows: work. Now think of the difference PROLOGUE day, she felt much relieved ubout her "Sister Carrie: between that shiny automobile and friend—site was “ coming buck,” com­ “ Edmund stoney broke but Albert the double wagon to which we hitch One of the morning iriilnH that tap able lo help him. Think we ought to ing alive again. our horses. Fun and Frolic.“ the little towns along the sound ran chip In Call a date be urranged for Anne occupied another little flat on “ Well,” said Dorothy, “ o f course another of the mid-town streets In an­ Into the Grand Central depot. The discussing his uflairs? they seem more amazing to us than passengers, few in number—for it was other of the browustone houses. Hers "Sam nod Lewis." to most because we have ridden a midsummer and people were going out was one room larger, for her brother, She studied it for some time, the | little b it; still we don’t own any kind Joe Tracy, lived with her when not o f town, not coining in—tiled strag- pencil suspended. Then It descended, of an automobile, as most do.” pursuing his profession on the road. glingly up the long platform to the crossing out letter after letter, till three So they got into the automobile nnd There were hiatuses in Joe's pursuit exit. One of them wus a girl, fair and j Dorothy again heard the sound like during which he inhabited a small young, wifh those distinctive attributes an enortnons pussy cat’s purring, and bedroom in the reur and caused Anue of good looks and style that drew | then they were off. a great ileal of worry and expense. mea's eyes lo her face and women’s to Through the crowded streets they Joe apparently did not worry, cer­ tier clothes. went, and at the corners a big police­ tainly uot ubout the expense. Absence People watched her, noting the lithe man held up his hand for them to of work wore on his temper not be­ grace of her movements, her delicate stop or go on. cause Anne bad to carry the flat alone, Ml I illness, the froth of blonde hair but because be bad no spending money. The chauffeur gave Douglas a little that curled out under the brim of her lesson in driving when they had gone They said it wus Ills temper that hat. She appeared oblivious to the In­ stood in his wuy. Something did, for a little way from the crowd, but he terests she aroused and this inditTer he wus an excellent actor with that kept his hands on the wheel too. enee hud once been natural, for to he power of transforming himself Into un Then the automobile, people and all, looked ut and admired had been tier empty receptacle to be (tiled by the rode in a ferry boat to the other aide normal right and become a stale expe­ F o r A ft e r n o o n O ccasion s. character he portrayed. But directors at the low waistline In frout und flnish lng— no brim versus the wide brim. o f the water, where they saw in a rience. Now it was assumed, an armor w ho hud hud experience of him, talked with a facing. Through these, draw a Just as everyone was beginning to ac­ field a young man and a huge thing under which she sought protection, hid ubout his "uuturul meanness" uud folded strip of metal cloth for a belt, cept the little snug-fitting felt as a on the ground that looked like t) herself- from morbid curiosity and shook their heads, i'eople who tried fastening with a rhinestone clasp or matter of course, in comes a type with beetle, only a thousand times bigger. eagerly observing eyes. To he pointed to be sympathetic with Anue ubout buckle. out ns Sybil Saunders, the actress, There they saw the old man whom Wear a colorful sliuulder a deflnltely wide brim, such us you him got little satisfaction. All the flower, carry un ostrich fan ami presto! wiws u very different thing from being see at the top of this picture. Just as they had met on the previous day. most persistent ever extracted was an one is arrayed betittiug any queen of pointed out as Sybil Saunders, the “ Here are the two children, son,” confidently the piquant Basque beret, admission that Joe was ''difficult.” fashion. fiancee of James Dallas of the Dallas- ns It is culled, priding itself on its ut­ said Ihe old man. “ Didn't I describe Parkinson ease. Hugh Bassett hud boosted and helped Competing for honors with the ter hrimlessness appears on the scene, them well. The girl has deep blue and lectured him. And not for love blouse of cloth of gold or of silver, is The Dallas Parkinson case had been as pictured in all its simplicity to eyes and fair yellow hair and the boy of Joe, for in his heart Bassett thought tiie all-over embroidered crepe or satin a Hcnsation three months hack. James the left. The interesting part o f the has dark brown hair and eyes Just him a pretty hopeless proposition. Dallas, a well known actor, had killed blouse. The white satin blouse Is beret as shown hei-e is that it is a about the color of the girl’s eyes. That evening, alone in her parlor, stuuuiug when patterned all over with Homer Parkinson during a quarrel In “ Aud you see the boy Is taller— and modified version o f the Basque hat Anne was thinking about him. He silver thread stitching. a men’s dull, and tied before the horri­ Sometimes made by native French in the Py­ looks severul years older than the laid no engagement and no expectation wee pearls, paillettes or rhinestones fied onlookers could collect their renees mountains from one piece of girl." of one, and It was not wise to leave are luterworked iu the design. Which smises. Dallas, a man of excellent Douglas and Dorothy were much seamless felt. It surely is proving a him alone in the flat without occupa­ Character, had had many friends who amused as the old man described tion. She went to the window und claimed mitigating cl re u instances— them. "Now I mustn’t talk any more,” leaned out. The air rose from the Parkinson, drunk and brutal, had pro­ the old man said, “ for I told them, voked the assault. Hut the Parkinson Now He Had Grown Bolder, Telling street, breathless and dead, the heated son, that you would take them for a exhalation of walls and pavements clan, new-rich oil people, breathing ride. Her Where He Was. linked all day by the merciless sun. vengeance, had risen t«> the cause of "W e’re nil ready, I believe,” the their kinsman, poured out money In words remained— “ Edmonton. Alberta. To leave Joe to tills while she was I old man said. And as the son shook up effort to bring Ihe fugitive to Jus­ Canada." The sign, .lire she guessed basking in the delights of Hull Island hands with Douglas and Dorothy and as Ihe name lie went by. —apart from anything he might do— tice. and offered a reward of ten thou Uncle John, he said: She burned the written paper, grind­ It wasn't fair. And then suddenly the Stolid dollars for Ills arrest, o f course “ Yes, we’re ail ready, and it’s a ing It to powder in the ash tray. The expression of her faee changed and j Kybll Saunders nad figured In the in splendid day for flying.” vt‘stigation, she was the betrothed of newspaper she threw Into the waste- she drew In from the window— Hugh Donglas knew he had never felt so the murderer, their marriage had been basket where l.uella. the mulatto wom­ Bassett was coining down the street. excited In all his life. To think that The hell rang, she pushed the hut- | at hand. She had gone through hours an who "diil tip" for tier, would llnd he was actually going up in the air— of questioning, relentless gril,: ■*. and It In the morning. She felt certain ton and presently lie was ut the door the thing ht had always longed to do l.uella was paid to watch her. Hut saying he was passing and thought . Imd steadily maintained her i ranee and felt as though he never would! he'd drop in for a minute. lie was a of Dallas' whereabouts; from the she had continued to keep the evil- “ Are we really, really going to tty?” rtfght of Ids disappearance she had eyed creature, fearful that her dismis­ big thick-set man with a quiet repose- asked Douglas. Ircard nothing from him and knew sal would make them more than ever fnl quality unshaken even by the heat. I Douglas had been afraid that some­ He had dropped In u great deal till» | nothing of him The Parkinsons did »vary, strengthen their suspicion that thing would happen to prevent such not believe her statement, the police Sybil Saunders was In communication summer and as the droppings-iu be- i a wonderful thing as a Journey up with her lover. came more frequent Anne's outside en- ; Were uncertain In the air. The deadly danger of It was cold gageuieuts became less. They always | Her taxi rolled out Into the swelter "Y e s : get in,” he was told. “ We lqg heat. Incandescent streets roaring at her heart. She hail heard direc tly simulated a mutual surprise, giving . must lie off.” ulider the blinding glare of the sun. from I i I iii once, a letter the day after them time to get over that somewhat And info the queer-shaped bird boat Ile r destination was the office of he lead tied; Ihe only one that even he. breathless moment of meeting. they climbed, and with waves o f good- reckless in his despair, had dared to They achieved It rather better ttinn Stroud and Wnlherg, theatrical niiinn b.v to Uncle John and the old man jrers. Mr. Walherg offered her a send. In that he had told her to watch usual tonight for (heir minds we - full t they rose slowly, slowly from the the personal column In a certain pa­ of the same subject Bassett had onie friendly hand and a chair. Mr. Wal ground. berg, a kindly Hebrew, was kindlier per and had given her the names hy to Impart the good news about Sybil, The machine of the airplane buzzed than ever to this particular visitor. which she could Identify the para­ and Aline bud seen her and heard all nnd sounded to the children like an He was sorry for tier as who In Ids graphs. Stic had watched and twice ubout It. Elnully when they had enormftus bumblebee. Before long profession was not—and wanted to found the veiled message and twice thrashed out ulL the matters of first they were so far up the houses looked waited in sickening fear for discovery help her along and here was his propo importance Bassett said : small and like doll houses. The people It had not happened. Now lie had stt ion; "l»id you tell her that Walherg | j looked like little A committee of ladies, n high grown holder, telling her where he wanted Aleck Stokes for the Puke?" Insects and the go«defy hunch summering up In Maine, was— It was us If Ids hand beckoned "No. I didn’t say a word about It. ' j trolley care looked her to come She could write to him What was the use? It would ouly wanted to give a play for charity Just like bugs. Thomas N Driscoll, the spool cotton at last, do It (Ills evening and take It have upset her and you'd put a stop j “ How queer It magnate who was In California, had out after dark. Lying very still, her to It." , Is up h e r e ! " offered them his place up there— i lull lianos clasped behind her head, she iT o b e c o n t i n u e d .) thought Douglas. I si and was the name- for an outdoor “ But how mar- pirforniance. The ladles had wanted relous to be fly­ a classic which Mr. Walherg opined ing.” H ats f o r tha S c h o o l g rl. was all right, seeing the slum was for T hope we all goes to show that elaborateness is | winner among the younger generation charity, and people could stand helrv won't wake op, ’ the keynote for the blouse for formal Needs scarcely any trimming, a pom |>ert'<| for a worthy object ’Tw elfth union to study more carefully into the dress. 1 Imve not the necessary personal Night” was the play they had selected pon. a cravat of grosgraln ribbon—bm Dorothy thought, niHRiteflAfii to look a cyclone In the habits of a cyclone, but ns far as I for she was afraid The Indies Imd placed the matter In For afternoon occasions the two- color! Such gay and glorious shades' aiu concerned I coulJ worry along eye aud make It quail. 1 am stern (he m i g h t be Mr Wulberg'» hands, nml lip hml hi I piece frock In the picture is very These two type«, however, are by and even haughty in my Intercourse some way If we didn’t have a treaming. onre thought of Sybil Saunders for charming. Its medium Is plum-colored no means unsorplng the field. There with men. hut when a Mn.nl tt dm phenomenon In the house from one When they land­ Violii. Slip m u In hi. opinion Ihp simoon takes me hy the brow of my year's end to the other. As I sit here, crepe tie chine, with au all over gold is the exquisite velours model, for in Ideal person. Compensation wim not The skirt Is of the stance, as shown below to the left of ed at last In the pant al< Mina ami throws me across with tn.v leg In a silicate of soda cor* embroidery. SO munificent. hut then M:,s Slim Identlcnl material, minus any metal center whose crown is so modishly field once more Little Lesson (l#r* was not yet In tlua slur cast mill township -H, ranu* 1*. weal of the sot and watch the merry throng prom­ creased. Note the hat whose striped Uncle John told Even the Jersey Jumper frock does In Driving fifth principal meridian. 1 lose my re­ enading down the street. I cannot them that he was nil expenses would bp covered. In mental reserve and become anxious press a feeling Inward a cyclone that not escape the Influence of the metallic ribbons so loyally flaunt the college going to take them back to the city ('llnllng n week til Hull Island almost amounts to disgust.— From vogue this season. A recently noted color». This, by the way. Is youth’s under the river. and even taedturn. lip hml no nppd fop further iiersiia "llill Nye. His Own Life Story," by red Jersey two-piece dress showed Pride, to trim its felts with its own As ttie p«*ople came Into the forest »Ion. for Ml