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Southern Oregon News Review, T hursday. Septem ber IJ. 1 9 4 6 NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS Child, s Prayer in Embroidery Butterfly-Pineapple Chair J>et Duke McCale. private detective, »»' established » enviable reputation In Boa- tod Ul a abort time by aolvln» some difficult eases. He la conaequenU.v aur- prlaed and ehatrlned »hen Mis» Ade lalde Bigelow, extremely wealthy and aristocratic old lady, engages him to guard the presents during the teativitiea aurrounding her niece’s wedding M et ale accepts the commission only because he tenses that Miss Bigelow Is atrald ot something, and that she wants a com petent detective around the house in case ol *ome outbreak. " I t something were stolen. II something did happen, you d have to Investigate, wouldn't you?" in quires Miss Bigelow, meanlnglully. Me- Cale jra s p * the obvious hint. a daughter. V ic to ria T h e ir name was Bennett, but he adopted them , and they changed to the B igelow su rn a m e ." “ Then V eronica, the bride, is a daughter of this second m a rria g e "N o. T ’ne firs t M rs Bigelow died in c h ild b irth —th a t is, in g iv in g b irth to V eronica. The old gentlem an m a rrie d S yb il Bennett three years a fte r. A m I baw ling this u p ? " "N o . indeed. It's very clear. Go on.” "T h e re 's not much more. Stephen was m a rrie d two years ago. He d id n ’ t go to H a rv a rd or G roton, lik e the rest of the Bigelows. M I T.. I believe He’ s an a irp la n e designer at present. He m a rrie d a g ir l fro m St. Louis—Swedish descent, but so c ia l and a ll that. A K aren C ristofen. N ot m uch fuss around here about ety o f liq u o r on th a t ta b le .” shook his head. 5155 He He was obsessed w ith the thought N cW H o rm o n e that although her voice was calm . V J l l x , - u n h urried, there was som ething 1 * , l , e r W t * t (1 F f f ¿ » r fiv t* E ffe c tiv e em pty and tre m b lin g in her. She 2, 4-D W ill Not K ill seemed to be w a tch in g, too. w a tch A ll Troublesome Weeds ing the way the fire lig h t flicke re d across his lean, hard Jaw. and F a rm losses fro m weeds exee< d re aching out to h im in some u n those fro m a ll o th e r causes W ith ce rta in w ay fo r strength. the developm ent of 2,4-d, and o r L e ttin g the smoke out o f his lungs, ganic acid (Î.4 dichlorophenoxyacet- he said slow ly, his voice low, “ P e r ic acid», by the USDA and the New haps you have som ething to te ll me Y o rk a g ric u ltu ra l e xp e rim e n t sta- before the others a rr iv e .” ion, fa rm e rs w ill be saved m il She looked up q u ic k ly , one fist lions of d o lla rs annually. tig h tly clenched in her lap, "O h. W orking d iffe re n t fro m m ost h e rb C H A P TE R I I no.” icides, 2,4-D seems to affect the “ D a m n a tio n ,” thought McCale. grow th m echanism o f the plant and A nu rse m a id ’ s )ot> to a lo t of iced- What is the m a tte r w ith this w om tea spoons. "P hooey! The big an? O r is it m e ’ A m I g e ttin g out young m an hitched his long legs o f practice? I can u su a lly catch over an a rm o f the c h a ir and snort it.” som ething s ig n ific a n t in m y own "W h a t's th a t? " He picked up a ed in irrita tio n . "H o ly M ik e ! W hat subtle way, but th is battles me. I ’ ll are we— broke? I thought we were folded square of paper th a t had stake m y life th a t there is some d e fin ite ly out fo r the b ig stuff no flu tte re d fro m her lap to the floor. thing seriously w ro n g in th is room , "O h, I n e a rly forgot that. I t ’ s a m ore sm a ll tim e . I run m y in this house. Som ething is going legs o ff g e ttin g dope on th is V al- ro to g ra v u re cut of V eronica B ige to happen. The Iris h in m e te lls me low fro m the Sunday H e ra ld o f a la in c o u rt guy—and w hat for? What so. I t ’s c ra w lin g up the v e ry sm a ll few weeks a go," has the b rid e g ro o m got to do w ith McCale unfolded it and spread it of m y back. I ’ve got to have some seeing th a t the frie n d s of the fa m fla t on the top of the desk. The thing to go on.” ily don’ t snitch a ll the s ilv e r p la te 11 She rose and w alked past h im to I suppose you expect h im to ru n likeness of a v e ry p re tty g ir l looked the door, her dress ru s tlin g lik e d ry . around the corner to the hock shop up at h im . I t was a c a re fu lly lig h t- leaves. " I w ant you to see the w ith the punchbowl between the w edding g ifts ," was a ll she said, cerem ony and the re ce p tio n .” closing the door of her m in d sh a rp •K in g ’ B u tte rfly Kudzer responds to 2,4-1) treat Ann M a rrio t came in on the last ly in his face. V E R IT A B L E g ia n t o f a b u t ment. p a rt of the harangue. She set a A q u ic k b lack anger fla re d up in te rfly m e a s u r e s 1U in c h e s f ro m coffee p e rco la to r on the desk, and him . His im p u lse was to sta lk fro m tra ve ls some distance through the w in g tip to w in g tip a n d is e n tir e ly busied h e rse lf w ith cups and sau the house, but reason held h im , re a plant to induce changes w hich cause c r o c h e te d in w h ite th r e a d . D e son and the d is tu rb in g unrest th a t death. cers. s ig n e d a ro u n d th e f a m o u s " p i n e "K e e p yo u r s h irt on. T in y ," she had re m ained in his b ra in and Recent e xperim ents determ ined a p p le ” c r o c h e tin g m o tif, it m a k e s said to the big fellow . "D u k e has a nerves e ver since her v is it to his th a t solutions containing fro m .10 to Easy Em broidery | a c h a i r s e t w h ic h c o lle c to r s o f th is hunch. W hy not le t h im do the office th a t m o rn in g . He follow ed I .15 of 1 per cent were sufficient to 'T 'H E u t t e r s im p lic ity o f th is m o tif w ill b e e a g e r to c r o c h e t. ta lking? We only w o rk here.” I k ill dandelion, com m on p la in tain . her dow nstairs. g r a c e f u l e m b r o id e r e d p a n e l e n R ocky m ade a p p ro p ria te noises, H eavy double doors in tric a te ly ' buckhorn, chickweed and penny d e a r s it to c h ild r e n . T h e y lo v e th e To obtain com plete crocheting in .true- adding. "So th is is a conference?” carved in designs of f r u it opened w ort. b lu e a n d w h ite c lo u d s , th e g o ld e n - tlons for the G iant Butterfly Chair Set "W h a t did you th in k i t was—the (Pattern No 5155) enlarged photographic off the lo w e r h a ll in to an im m ense The cost has been reduced to such c r o w n e d a n g e l, th e p in k tu lip s , th e detail of pattern, send 20 cents In coin, w edding b re a kfa st? ” d in in g room . There was faded an extent th a t fo r fro m $4 to $6 it your nam e, uddress and the pattern num s le e p in g c h ild , th e d e lic a te w r e a th "A U rig h t, a ll rig h t. So Duke has scenic paper on the w a lls and huge is possible to clean up an acre of of flo w e rs a n d th e e a s ily r e a d a b le ber. a hunch. Go ahead, m a ster-m ind. Due Io an unusunllv large dem and and sideboards against opposite sides of i land. le tte r in g of th e p r a y e r . P a n e l current conditions, slightly m ore lim e 1» Go in to yo u r tra n ce and te ll us a ll. the room . T w o exquisite c ry s ta l W ith some weeds lik e Canada required in lining orders for a few of the m e a s u r e s 13 by 11 in c h e s . m ost popular pattern number» chandeliers, w ire d now fo r e le c tri j thistle, 2,4-D has not proven effec M cCale helped h im s e lf to a sand Send your order to: c ity , hung o ver a long n a rro w table. tive in k illin g the roots. I t has been w ich. "T h e re isn’ t a n yth in g defi To obtain transfer design for the Child s Along the dado w hich outlined the successful w ith bitterw eed. bind- nite, Rocky. The old lady Bigelow , P raver Panel I Pattern No. 5179) color chart for working, stitch illustrations, SEWING CIRCI E NEEDLEWORK roopri, a dozen o r m ore A dam chairs 1 weed, w ild m ustard, w ild radish, aunt o f the bride, comes in here to send 20 cents In coins, your nunie, ad 709 Mission HL, San Francisco, Calif. arched th e ir d ig n ifie d backs. Table b u ll th istle , chickweed, ragweed, h ire special service— th a t of g u a rd dress and the pattern number. E nclose 20 cents for pattern. and sideboards were loaded w ith goldenrod, burdock and m any oth in g the w edding g ifts. T h a t's her s ilv e r, lam ps, expensive glassw are; ers in clu d in g such shrubs and vines N o--------------------- — story. B u t look here. She doesn t ra re , b e a u tifu l, odd, pretentious as choke ch e rry, w ild honeysuckle, w ant h a lf a dozen men planted Name g ifts tor the b rid e and groom . here. She’s a fte r only one incon w ild grape, locust. V irg in ia creeper, A ddress- M cCale w alked around the d is sumac and poison ivy. spicuous m a n ; not fo r the day of play slow ly, nodding a t M iss B ig e the wedding, but s ta rtin g now—fo r lo w ’ s re m a rk s : "V e ry va lu a b le ; an the d u ra tio n . T h a t in its e lf is T a k e O ff W a te r C h ill h e irlo o m ; p ric e le s s ," and so on. He screwy. Besides that, she doesn t m a rve le d at the value placed on w ant the police and she's turned L e s s tim e Is r e q u ir e d a n d th e r e H l some sim ple piece, shuddering at down operators fro m a ll the big In 5 nunulat ot doubl» your m o m , back is le s s d a n g e r of d o u g h n u ts slip Rebasad She held up a long legal envelope the ostentatiousness of others. He Whan eseaM «(omaeh arid eaua«« painfal. ■uffueal- agencies. To top i t off, she acts as Ina «auf «Unnach «nil haai thorn. do-Uira »«calls p in g b a c k in to th e f a t if a w ire though the F o u r Horsem en of the that had been lying beside the was ready to g ra n t the necessity of p e o roorrtb« r - ^ b . th «h. eg g w h ip is u s e d {0 lift then» in- 1 model. protection fo r th is collection, was Apocalypse were tra c k in g her Vnfof»tn. N o ! • » • « * • H nìl-nnn b rln < n «wsrofnrt I n a s te a d of a fo rk . Mbl« jri beginning to push aw ay the odd dow n.” druBtflota. a t all to un. 'Ac — • — R o cky’ s eyes narrow ed. "S k ip ed study of the photographer's con hunch he had been p la yin g a ll day, I f y o u r w in d o w s c r e e n s n e e d a when he fe lt, ra th e r than saw, a ping the m ythology, m aestro, I ception of how a w ell-groom ed, lit tle m e n d in g to b e p r a c tic a l, | th in k I do see a g lim m e r o f lig h t. quiet, a ris to c ra tic young woman sudden change in his client. p la c e a p ie c e o f m o s q u ito n e ttin g A q u iv e r rip p le d over her fr a il In other words, she doesn’t give a should pose. o v e r th e h o le a n d c o a t w ith s h e l ‘T h a t re a lly doesn't do her ju s shoulders. H e r hands flu tte re d help hang i f the w edding feast is lousy la c . A fte r t h a t d r ie s , g iv e it a n w ith kleptom aniacs. She's got oth tice, I should say,” mused Ann. “ I lessly as she cam e to a sudden fro o th e r c o a t a n d p e r h a p s a th ir d . TAKE THE CHIU OFF understand she has gorgeous red zen stop. They had reached the fa r e r tro u b le s.” — • — h a ir and a b e a u tifu l fig u re .” end of the table. He heard her gasp “ E x a c tly .” M any gallons o f m ilk are lost by T o p r e v e n t c a k e f ro s tin g fro m "W e ll, we shall see.” said Duke, and looked down to see the stra n g “ Go to the head of the class the average cow due to being forced b r e a k in g w h e n c u t, b e a t a t e a handing i t back to her. "T u c k it est g ift of a ll said Ann. to d rin k ice cold w ater. I t is not too s p o o n fu l of v in e g a r in to i t w h en away w ith the rest of the data and I t was a model, to scale, of a "W e ll, where do we come in ? ” e a rly to m ake plans fo r rem oving th e fla v o rin g is a d d e d . tra n s c rib e R ocky’ s notes fo r a file sm a ll m o d e rn istic house, set in M cCale accepted coffee fro m Ann the c h ill fro m w ater. New type elec — • — on V a lla in c o u rt. I ’ m due at the m in ia tu re landscaped grounds. and l it a cig a re tte . He spoke into W h en s e w in g o n p o c k e ts b a s te ancestral m ansion fo r tea w ith M iss C om plete w ith casem ent windows, tr ic de-icers on the m a rke t have the firs t p u ff o f smoke. proven sa tisfa cto ry. Local costs to p o f p o c k e t in p la c e f irs t, th e n "Y o u ’ve got me there. I ’ m not Adelaide at five—o r thereabouts." sun deck, glass-walled patio, it was should d e term ine the type to be se w a r o u n d th e s id e s a n d b o tto m WAV an a rc h ite c t’ s dream of the plus ; THE "W h e e l” I t was R ocky. "N o sure the lady knows herself, but used. to g e t th e p o c k e t s tr a i g h t. ——— — u ltra in a c iv iliz e d d w e llin g place. i t ’ s ce rta in she w ants someone blesse oblige and old pew ter m u g s." — •— » Made with a Jare cream Ixue Yodora around. W e're elected, anyw ay. So "Q u ie t, stooge. You and Ann hold There was even a tin y roadster on A d d a little s a l t w h e n c o o k in g * ; ' in actually toothing to normal skins. : B a r r e l C h i c k e n C o o p the curved highw ay, a sw im m in g i m y firs t m ove is a file on the fa m ily the fo r t here. I don’t even know d r ie d f r u it s a n d it w ill h e lp b rin g N o harsh chemicals o r ir r ita tin g pool in the re a r, a statue in the and the dashing brid e g ro o m , ju s t w hether our c lie n t expects me to A serviceable brood coop is made o u t th e f r u i t ’s n a t u r a l s w e e tn e s s , E salts. Won’t harm skin or clothing. sm all, g e o m e tric a lly plotted g a r in case. W hat did you get on C urt take over tw e n ty -fo u r hours duty or — •— by saw ing a b a rre l of any kind in “ Stay* soft and creamy, never gets V a lla in c o u rt? ” not. I ’ m darn sure she’ s not re a lly den. The m odel had e v id e n tly been 1 the m iddle, m aking T o p ic k w ild g r e e n s , u s e a la r g e grainy. on d isp la y somewhere, fo r an en w o rrie d about the wedding pres m o is tu r e - p r o o f v e g e ta b le b a g su c h the cut sloping, as Try gentle Yodora — feel the wonderful graved card attached to one corner | ents. I f by any chance she is, you a s th o s e u se d in th e r e f r i g e r a t o r shown in the illu s difference! of the base read: m ay have to put on crepe soles and tra tio n . When an to k e e p th e g r e e n s f r e s h . M odel of 1942 House—The Nest pussyfoot around there through the — e— entrance hole has "N o t m uch. I ’ m a fra id .” Rocky wee s m a ll hours. I ’ ll c a ll you.” C ry s ta l Cove, N ahant D e lic a te f a b r ic s , s u c h a s o r g a n been sawed out on flipped open a notebook. “ Showed d y a n d fine v o ile s , c a n b e r e s to r e d one 's id e of eachj_____ A rc h ite c t—C hristopher S torm up around these pa rts about a year h a lf, tw o coops w ill^ ^ ^ w A J V - to th e ir o r ig in a l c r is p n e s s w ith Beside McCale, M iss B igelow ago. He’ s fro m New Y o rk C ity, or . , . , , ■ be com pleted. When g e la tin . T o do th is , d is s o lv e a te a swayed. H er face blanched. W ith so he says. D e fin ite ly not H a rv a rd | S o m e t h i n g S /tm iS S the h a lf b a rre l is in- pon.w. ciucs«« c«*» sp o o n o f p la in g e la tin in a q u a r t The B igelow house was on that eyes half-closed, she reached fo r j ve rte d , the top w ill nor Blue Book. Seems to have plen o f b o ilin g w a te r . S tr a in th e so lu ty of dough. L ives in a swank mound of Beacon street th a t slopes and held up in her tre m b lin g fingers slope su fficie n tly to tu rn w ater. The tio n a n d u s e a s y o u w o u ld b o ile d a p a rtm e n t on the R ive rw a y. Doesn’ t gently to Charles stre e t and the a long legal envelope th a t had been coop m ust be placed so th a t w ater s ta rc h . F ro m it, w ork. Goes everyw here w ith the Gardens. I t was alm ost in the shad ly in g beside the model. w ill not d ra in into the coop. society Qrowd. The gals a ll do c a rt ow of the State House dome and you she took a folded docum ent, opened wheels w henever he shows up any could have th ro w n a pebble easily it slow ly. Over her shoulder, Duke where. A nyw ay, he’ s m a rry in g fro m the fro n t stoop onto the paths saw i t was a deed, ceding the p ro p of the old Common. F o u r stories e rty and b u ild in g s o f C hristopher tw e n ty m illio n d o lla rs next week M ake a n yth in g m ysterious out of high, its n a rro w dusty b ric k facade S torm at C rysta l Cove, Nahant, gave the lie to the room iness and Massachusetts, to C u rtin V a lla in th a t? ” WELL, WELL, M/i court. ' EZRA IS WEARING M cC ale shrugged. "P le n ty if 1 depth w ith in . ¿4 MY AÖAIN.. A delaide B igelow was w a itin g fo r wanted to le t it run aw ay w ith me. He tu rned to Ann. " D id you line McCale in the d ra w in g room on the Guarantstd by second floor. A b u tle r, old and quiet up the Bigelows fo r m e?” .Good ‘ HoaitkMpin( When you measure the required " W e ll," she began, "th e Perkinses and unobtrusive, had answered his W ordlessly, as* McCale b it his lip and the Bigelows go rig h t b a c k - knock and led h im through a d im of Clabber Girt into your flour, you to keep silent, A delaide B igelow re long before the Tea P a rty —i f th a t’ s h a llw a y, preceding h im up dark the best possible beginning . . . You placed the deed in its envelope. She th ic k ly carpeted stairs. the sort of thing you w a n t.” sure Io get just the right rise in yoi tu rned slowly, m otioning him "S k ip that. B rin g us up to date. The room was at the fro n t of the Ing bowl, followed by that final rls “ Okay. The money a ll comes house. H eavy red d ra p e rie s at the leave the room w ith her. light and fluffy flavor In the oven . The b rig h t b rillia n c e of "T h e fro m cotton m ills in Low ell, and wide high windows w ere already That’s the story of Clobber Girl's b a l F ire b ird ” rip p le d through the gloom c lip p e r ships and the O rie n ta l trade draw n. F ra il M iss B igelow stood anced double action. before that. The Perkinses and the in its exact center, s m a ll and p a tri of the upper h a ll on a sh a ft of y e l B igelows in te rm a rrie d , and so on, cian, against the background of a low lig h t fro m the open d ra w in g room door. Someone was p la yin g A delaide Bigelow, our client, and huge bla ck m a rb le m antel. the S tra vin sky and p la yin g i t well. her brother, Joel, are and were, For better baking use the baking pow de He bowed s lig h tly , and as she M cCale, fo llo w in g Miss B igelow in ECO YARN MADE FXOtA re sp e ctive ly, the last of the line. sank onto a V ic to ria n sofa, he made side, saw th a t the room was now THE THIN, W H IT E 5 J 0 5 T A M C e with the BALANCED double action. A delaide never m a rrie d . Joel m a r a half-hearted gesture of fu m b lin g occupied by three women and a THAT STICKS TD THE lN5iD£ OP RIGHT in th e rie d tw ice. His firs t w ife is dead. fo r a cigarette. A clock on the m an man. SHELLS 15 6EiN<? TESTED BY THE M in in g B o w l Is th a t cle a r? ” DEPAirrMENTDEACie’iCt/i.TUCe. te l tic k e d a long m in u te as he hesi LIGHT fro m As his c lie n t drew h im fo rw a rd , “ P e rfe c tly .” tated to lig h t it. th e Oven to the woman at the piano. She “ Jo e l’ s second wife, S ybil, is ap "P lease do sm oke,” M iss Ade was exceedingly b e a u tifu l in a a l p a re n tly not of the ro ya l purple. H er fa m ily only seems to go {lack laide said in her soft, troubled m ost cin e m a tic way. Her body was K i n d o f P r o t e i n f o r a generation or two. P robably she voice. "T h is room is ra th e r over long and th in and e xq u isite ly draped Poultry anti Livestock I t has never in a w hite je rse y tea-gown, the wide was considered fast or nouveau powering, isn’t it? D iffe re n t protein feeds contain d if been changed since the days o f m y F O R Q U I C K R E L IE F F R O M sleeves of w hich swung rh y th m ic a l rich e o r som ething, as she was a I t takes the c h il ly as she played. The high cheek fe re n t am ina acids, and it is these w idow when he m a rrie d her. She’ s grandparents. dren to cheer it up. They should be bones of her face shadowed the acids th a t are im p o rta n t to liv e a lo t younger than he, too.” along soon. There was a rehearsal fa in te s t of hollows. You could have stock and p o u ltry. T h a t ia why a n i "W h e re d id you get the nouveau at the church this afternoon.” She swept the floor w ith her lashes, be m a ls do b e tte r on one protein sup STIFF JOINTS «TIRED MUSCLES • S rR A IH S J T RAINS« BRUISES rich e stu ff? ” sighed. hind w hich glowed humorous blue plem ent than they do on another, "O h, I d id n 't. Just surm ise. In McCale struck a m atch, th in kin g eyes. H er m outh was sensuous, and according to A. R. P atton of the fa c t, 1 d o n 't know w hether she has th a t there was som ething w icked th ic k w ith v e rm ilio n lip stick. As if Colorado station. Research is fin d any m oney of her own, o r not. He ing out the specific am ina acids was seventy when he died, five about h e re d ita ry possession and a ll th is were not enough, h a ir the needed by d iffe re n t classes of liv e color of flax hung in a long uob to w hat it could do to people’ s lives. years ago, and she was fo rty -th re e stock and also w hat of these acids her shoulders. “ I f you’ d like to m ix yo u rse lf a then. She had tw o c h ild re n by her are contained in d iffe re n t feed. d rin k , M r. McCale, th e re ’ s a v a ri (TO BE CONTINUED) firs t m a rria g e , a son, Stephen, and A i OUSEHOLD Gas on Stomach Yodora checks f perspiration I, odor Mystery Surrounds Vallaincourt McCale Senses That "W E LL B E G U N d o tti" Beautiful Blonde Enters the Scene Wb CLABBER GIRL 'Bahinq TouttUi si MUSCULAR ACHES ttfluit youNEED in SLOAN'S LINIMENT Y