Illinois Valley News, Thursday, January 3, 1946
Boxes and Trays to
Decorate the Home
MEAT tin or a tomato can
may be turned into a gay tea
caddy with a wooden lid and a
Dutch design on the front. Ar.
easy-to-follow pattern with actual­
size painting patterns for 12 dif­
ferent designs shows you how.
Every step from lid making to
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OVERNIGHTS
GUEST
9BEN AMES WILLIAMS
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THE STORY THL'S FAR: Adam Bruce,
F 111 u|H-ralor, while on a *Mt 1« hi. old
home, ran Into hi, previous bo», Inspec­
tor Tope, and Mrs Tope. He tent them
out to the Dewain's Mill auio camp, op­
erated by Bee Dewaln. Mier that night
Tope phoned Bruce and had him coma
out with Ned Quill, a state trooper. Tope
had been shown to a collate -ailed Far­
away, but seelns that somethin, was
wrong, be had a transfer made to an­
other cottage. Tope had teen told that
no one had occupied the Faraway cot­
tage, yet he had seen slfns that led
him to believe somethin, was wronf He
sent his wife out while he began a search
of the cottase to locate the mystery.
"But if a man is doing something in
antique finish is clearly described. the dark by the light of a match, he
Designs may be adapted for trays will hold it till it burns his fingers.
and boxes of different sizes.
This match would have burned a
MRS. Rt'TH WYETH SPEARS
B-dford Hills
New York
Drawer 10
Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No.
290
Nami
Address
Harp for Ladies
The harp has been a woman's
instrument since the latter part
of the Eighteenth century when
it suddenly became popular in the
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The adoption of the instrument
by the ladies is attributed chiefly
to its ornamental shape and its
unique aptitude for expressing
the grace and tenderness of ro­
mantic melodies.
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CHAPTER III
A few of the hand decorated articles
made with this pattern are shown here.
The cigarette box at the lower left is
made from the smallest size fruit can;
the trinket box at the right from a salmon
can. The Ivy design fits a flat cigarette
box. The strawberry is for the top of a
mayonnaise jar. There is also a Swedish
design for a button box and another style
of tray for the bird design.
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NOTE—Pattern 290, described here, is
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man’s Angers."
And he said: "I looked in the
kindling and the paper and behind
the logs, till I found eleven matches,
all burned down about the same
way. I lighted a match and timed
it.
Handled carefully, it burned
So eleven
over half a minute,
matches would give some light, in
this cabin, for about six minutes.
A let can be done in six minutes "
Mrs. Tope suggested: "You can’t
do much with one hand if you’re
holding a match in the other!”
Tope nodded in quick pride.
"That's right, ma’am! Adam, this
wife of mine is keen. So whatever
was done here, there were two peo­
ple. One of them did it. and the
other held the matches, made a
light."
Bruce said: "I can see that,
on.”
And Tope explained, apologetical­
ly: "So it seemed to me sure that
some one had done something here
Either they came to get something,
or to hide something. I thought they
might have hid something; and I
wanted to—search the place, see
what I could And."
He looked at Mrs Tope. “But—I
didn't want to bother you. or worry
you," he said to her; and then, to
Adam. "So I let her go outside
Then I started to look under the
beds. That was the only place where
much of anything could be hidden
You see how they’re made.”
Adam felt his pulses pounding
heavily.
"I found something under the
bed," Tope explained. The young
man tried to speak, to ask a ques­
tion; but his voice died in a husky
whisper. Tope said gravely: “It's
still there. It's a dead man. I'll
show you!"
But as he was about to draw the
coverlet away, some one knocked.
In a soft, furtive fashion, on the
door. That quiet knock was terrify­
ing! These three whirled as one;
and then a knock sounded again, and
Bruce opened the door. Then he
said in a vast relief:
"Oh. hullo. Ned! Come in." He
drew the other man into the room.
"This is Ned Quill. Inspector." he
said. "You wanted him. and I told
him to meet us here."
Tope extended his hand.
"I've
seen enough of Mr. Quill to know
he doesn't like violins!”
Quill grinned, and took off his cap.
and shook hands with Tope and with
Mrs Tope. "That fiddler makes me
tired!” he agreed He stood looking
at them, waiting
"Well”' he chal­
lenged "What's the matter’ What's
all the shooting for?"
Tope, after a moment and with­
out a word, turned again toward the
•d
They came silently behind
in.
"There's a dead man under
here." said Tope. He removed the
blankets and the sheets, and he took
hold of the mattress at one end.
looked at Bruce "You take the oth­
er end," he directed.
They lifted the mattress, laid it
on the floor There was left on the
bed a spring, made of a square pat­
tern of heavy wire
The electric
light, a shaded bulb, hung almost
directly overhead; and its rays
»hone down unhindered, so that the
wire squares threw a network of
shadow on that which lay in the box­
like space below
This was, as Tope said, the body
of a num
He lay a little on one
side, yet not as though his body had
been arranged in this position, but
in a twisted fashion vaguely disturb-
•ng, suggestive of some spasmodic
effort or movement in the moment
of his death
He was an old man,
his age manifest in thin gray hair,
scantily seen under a ragged cap
pulled down to his ears There was
a prickling of gray beard on his
chin and the upper part of his cheek
But except for brow and cheek
and chin, his countenance was con­
cealed by two strips of black adhe­
sive tape bound tight over his mouth
■ nd os er his eyes
Each band w as
carried clenr around his head, dou­
ble and triple for full security Also,
his hands w ere bound behind him.
with lengths of insulated wire twist-
cd around the wrists; and these
wires held in i place around his hands
a thick fold of blanket
His feet in
th*
w rapt
bound
Through the rents in them no hint
of underclothing was visible.
This was the whole picture They
looked, and Mrs Tope closed her
eyes and clung to her husband's
arm, and Tope covered her hand
with his. Adam Bruce was pale and
shaken, his face a drawn mask Save
for the cheerful murmur of the
brook outside, the night was com­
pletely still.
Tope said gravely: "When 1 saw
the tape. Adam, I thought of you.
The gags and the blindfold looked
like kidnaping
This may be in
your line.”
Bruce nodded. "Who is it?" he
muttered.
Tope shook his head. "I don't
know. I haven't touched him, ex­
cept to make sure he was dead ”
"There's been no kidnaping re­
ported," Bruce reflected. “Or we'd
have known. The Chief knew where
I was.” And he exclaimed incredu­
lously: “I was here last night. Tope!
Do you suppose he was here then?”
"Yes.”
But Tope spoke, in a tone of final­
ity.
“Well, there it is," he said.
"Quill, this is up to you and Adam."
Bruce objected: "I've no standing
unless this chap was carried across
a state line.” And he urged: "Be-
"Some one here wasn't harmless."
Tope suggested.
"How about
man with the violin!
Know
thing about him?"
Bruce hesitated. "Why, his
ticular hobby is rivers and water­
falls. He's the secretary of an as­
sociation for the protection of our
streams. I don't know whether there
is any such association, but he’s the
secretary of it. anyway!”
Tope looked at the young man
thoughtfully.
"Your—vacation up
here have anything to do witfi him,
Adam? I gathered he didn't like
you."
Bruce chuckled. "You’re cute as
a weasel, Tope, for smelling out a
trail, but you can cross Vade off.”
The older man did not press the
point. "All right,” he said. "We’ll
cross Vade off. But two men came
in tonight after we got here. One
of them—called himself Whitlock—
was talking to Priddy after supper.
I think they're after something; but
— they
Saturday
weren't
here
night?”
"No,” Adam agreed,
••Nobody
here by those names ”
"How about the Murrells?”
Adam chuckled. ‘‘Out,” he said
positively.
"And Miss Dewain? She doesn't
seem as stubborn and cantankerous
as you said she was. What about
her?”
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"Why, I met her two or three
years ago,” Adam explained. "While
I was working in the bank commis-
sioner’s office, I came up here to
look over the local bank, and she
was secretary to the president. A
man named Eberly.” He spoke rue­
fully. "I liked her, and she liked
me, but the bank was in bad shape.
After I made my report, the com­
missioner closed it, and she has held
it against me ever since. Or at
least she pretends to. She was de­
voted to Mr. Eberly. . . But Tope,
WHEN CONSTIPATION mike, you feel
For boring small holes in plate
this doesn’t get us anywhere. Not glass or ordinary window pane, a
punk as the dickens, brings on stomach
upset, sour taste, gassy discomfort,
on this business. I don't see that triangular saw file makes a good
take Dr. Caldwell’s famous medicine
we've got any place to start, on drill. Apply the file with light
to quickly pull the trigger on lazy “in­
this.”
nards” and help you feel bright and
pressure and dip in water from
chipper again.
"Well, son, we know some things,” time to time.
DR. CALDWtl t'Sis the wonderful sen­
Tope reminded him:
"We know
na laxative contained in good old Syrup
there were two people in it, because
Pepsin
to make it so easy to take.
Take your outmoded gauntlet or
one of them struck matches to make
MANY DOCTORS use pepsin prepara­
your
elaborately
trimmed
glove
a light, while the other did the job.
tions in prescriptions to make the medi­
And by the way the bed was made, and cut it down to a wrist-length
cine more palatable and agreeable to
shorty
—
this
season's
favorite.
take. So be sure your laxative is con­
I wouldn't be surprised if one of
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tained in Syrup Pepsin.
them was a woman. Not many men
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can make a bed right. Then there’s
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another thing: That's electricians' your supply of hosiery during the
that wholesome relief from constipa­
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tape around this man's mouth and winter, and don them before put­
CAUTION: Use only as directed.
eyes; and the wires he's tied up with ting on hose. It will save many
are old ignition wires off a car; snags caused from hands that are
roughened by cold weather.
and the clothes on him are greasy
Maybe whoever tied him up was a
mechanic, a chauffeur."
Never starch linens that are to
"That's just guessing."
be stored, since starch tends to
"Well, I believe in guessing,” make the fabric crack. Wrap in
CONTADO IN
Thin was, as Tope said, a body of
Tope insisted. "Then those pieces blue paper to prevent yellowing.
a man.
of blanket wrapped around his hands .
Mattresses should be turned
sides, Inspector, you’re not going to and feet and head—a dog had slept
A police dog. I from top to bottom one week and
walk out on us! Mat Cumberland on that blanket.
side to side the next to prevent
will keep you on the job if he has to think. You can see the hairs."
"Plenty of police dogs around!”
sagging.
handcuff you."
Tope considered; and then he
"Cumberland?” Tope echoed "Is
On most patterns, seam lines
he still the D A up here'’ 1 worked asked, in the tone of one who has i
made a discovery:
“Adam, why are indicated by small round per­
on the Hichens case for him.”
Quill suggested: "But Joe Dane were his feet and his hands and his forations. Mark these, then when
does all the work in the office He'll head wrapped up in pieces of blank­ sewing, take up their full amount
be back here, later, when he brings et? Why were his hands tied to his for best fit. Match corresponding
body behind?"
notches too. Press each seam as
Bee home."
Bruce shook his head
"I don't it is finished and clip at corners
Adam urged: "It’s not up to us to know!"
and curves so it will lie perfectly
If
call Joe Ned
We'll get Mat
Tope said positively:
"Why, to
he wants to turn it over to Joe. keep him from making a noise, by flat.
— •—
• due to fatigue, expo­
that's up to him.”
kicking, or butting with his head,
sure, colds or overwork.
A
small
child
will not be likely
"You ought to get the medical ex­ or beating with his hands
Contains methyl salicylate,
A noise to lose handkerchiefs if a button-
effective pain-relieving
aminer too." Tope suggested. "But that some one might hear.'
agent.
hole is worked into a corner of
—I've a notion it might be a good
Bruce stared at him. "You mean
idea to keep this quiet, just at first. he wasn’t dead when they put him each handkerchief permitting it to
be buttoned onto the child's outer
Don't use the telephone
It's a par­ here?”
garments. One mother sews a but­
ty line.”
"Well, it's sure he wasn't dead ton inside the pocket of her boy’s
"I left my bike up at Amasa's," when they tied him up. anyway.”
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Ned Quill explained
"I can ride
Mrs. Tope spoke swiftly. "Inspec­ kerchief to this.
to town and get Cumberland.”
tor!" They looked at her. "Inspec­
Tope, when the trooper had gone, tor. no one would kidnap a poor
laid a sheet over the naked springs man! This man has on old. shabby
of the bed. and he and Adam and clothes."
Mrs Tope drew near the fire Adam
Tope watched her
"Oh they
stood leading against the mantel: changed his clothes."
Tope filled his pipe and lighted it;
“Why?" she challenged, as though
and Adam said:
she knew the answer
"Looks like a tough one. Tope."
"So he couldn't be identified by
"Well, it may get easier as we go what he had on.”
along." He puffed contentedly. "Aft­
"You mean they changed hit
We can't make enough Smith Bros. Cough
er I found this man. I did a lot of clothes after they killed him’"
Drops to satisfy everybody. Our output is
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"Why—yes!”
still restricted. Buy only what you need.
she talks without much priKlding;
"But you just said. ’ she argued,
Smith Bros, have soothed coughs due to colds
and there's a woman, a Mrs Mur- "that the reason they tied his hands
since 1847. Black or Menthol—still only 5<.
questions
rell, that likes to ask
and feet, and muffled them with
Maybe you know her?"
blankets, was because he was alive
"Sure.” Adam agreed
BLACK OR MENTHOL-5«
and might make a noise "
"I listened to some of her ques­
"Of course."
tions." Tope explained "And asked
She cried triumphantly:
some of my own They tell me eight don't you see that won't fit?
cottages were full Saturday night. was already tied up. they couldn't
I figure that was the night he was change his clothes without untying
put here " He asked "Adam, how his hands and feet; and if he were
many people were here last night' already dead when'they changed hit
What time did you get here’ You clothes, there wouldn't be any point
weren't here Saturday night, were to tying him up again afterward."
And she urged
"So he was alive
you?”
Bruce shook his head.
"1 was when they changed his clothes;
he was alive when they brought
here Tuesday night." he replied
"Left Wednesday, and then came here, because otherwise there
Bring your favorite recipes right up to
back Sunday That's yesterday aft­ no point in muffling his hands
date by comparing then with the basic
Bee and I went
for a feet and head to keep him from mak­
ernoon.
w
recipes contained in
walk after upper last night upon ing a noise "
They heard the sound of footsteps
the ledges back of Amasa s barn
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There's a moon, you know
We got on the drive—Ned Quill returning,
Your
name and address on a post card
back late But I didn't see anyone. with Mat Cumberland and Doctor
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Medford. Cumberland was a large
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man with an almost b ovine calm;
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both free.
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"Well. Vade and
a hill, for their very immobility.
Guoror.irtd by
and his
Bruce said
"And a rr
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fellow named Bo
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where th e dead man lay. and Cum-
salesman making th
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