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Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday. Septem ber 19, 1946
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Man E n o w
erywhere with confidence.
W N U F i A T U R t»
Duke McCale, private detective, la en­ it o ver w ith .
He sta rte d to ta lk , now and then raises the h a ir on my
gaged bv wealthy old M i l l Itlgelnw to alm ost b lu rte d out, ’ ‘Y ou’ re in some head—”
guard the preaenta (or her niece's trouble. Miss Bigelow . You need
’ ’Who called you In ? "
wedding McCale accepts, only because
’ ’F a m ily .’ ’ To h im s e lf he co n tin ­
he tenses that Miss Bigelow Is alrald help. You do. You came to me this
ol something more serious than a possible m o re in g w ith it w ritte n a ll over ued, "D a rn . T his fe llo w is too In ­
theft McCale sets his assistant. Rocky yo u r (ace. You’ re a fra id of some­ q u is itiv e .” Suddenly M cC ale caught
Bjorkland. and his secretary. Ann .Mar- th in g —som ething th a t has nothing a glim pse o f so m e th in g —som ething
riot, to hunting up bark ground data to do w ith wedding g ifts ." He made ! ugly behind th a t h a il-fe llo w a ttitu d e
on the members of the families involved a gesture as i f he were w aving them that m a n te l o f ja u n tin e s s —-some­
In the wedding. Later McCale inspects aw ay. "Y o u are a fra id . I know .”
th in g he did not like.
the rich presents. One Is a deed to a
" I suppose you d o ." But though
"N o t S y b il? " C h ris to p h e r p ro d ­
modernistic mansion. A tall, beautiful
"N o t d a rlin g S yb il, s u re ly ."
blonde woman playing the piano In­ her hand tre m b le d , her eyes were ded
M cCale was saved fro m m a kin g
trigues his Interest. Two other women vacant.
" T e ll m e w hat it is. G ive me a re p ly by a peal of lig h t la u g h te r
and a man appear In the room. They
are obviously members of the family, yo u r confidence. I f you w ant m y outside the room. A door banged
appearing aristocratic and self-satisfied. help. I m ust have it. What do you somewhere. T here was another rip ­
fear? Who is m a kin g you a fra id ? ”
ple o f m e rrim e n t m in g le d w ith a
deeper
one, ru n n in g feet on the
"N
o
w
I
’
ve
done
i
t
.
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he
cursed
to
C HAPTER III
h im se lf, fo r she th re w h im a sharp, stairs, and V eronica ran into the
Lo st in his re v e rie o f this neo- h a lf-a n g ry glance, and got up. He room, follow ed by a m an.
They m ig h t have been preceded
G rcc vision, M cCale h a rd ly heard stum bled to his feet, blind w ith an­
ger a t h im se lf, but she was s m ilin g by a fa n fa re of tru m p e ts. E v e ry ­
A delaide B igelow speak.
at tw o people who were entering one
stopped
ta lk in g ;
everyone
"M a y I present M r, McCale.
the room .
turned tow ard the door as to a
Sybil? This is M rs. Joel Bigelow.
The g ir l was a ll gold. H er skin stage. It was as i f a sp o tlig h t had
The b rid e ’ s m o th e r." She put her
tones were coffee and cream , in the been turned on, s ta rtlin g the a u d i­
hand on his sleeve. " M r . M cC ale's
liq u id sense of a L a u rencin p o rtra it. ence to q u icke nin g a n tic ip a tio n of
Agency is overseeing—the w edding
She was not b e a u tifu l, but her face the s ta r’s entrance. I t was sudden
g ifts ."
had a depth and a glow th a t was and com plete.
Even M cCale was
W ith an e ffo rt he brought h im ­ cu rio u sly w a rm in g .
T hat was it. checked in the act o f ra is in g his
self back to the woman who faced She was w a rm and golden, and you glass to his lips.
h im . He was conscious of an im ­ knew at once that she wqs in te lli­
Something both e le c tric and a n i­
pressive bust follow ed by about a gent and nice, as w e ll as decora­ m a l came in to the room w ith C u rt
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hundred and fifty d o lla rs w o rth of tive. H e r h a ir was long, n a tu ra lly V a lla in c o u rt. Even if there had not
shaped and g ird le d fig u re , expen­ c u rly , and of a burnished bronze been the little p ip in g e c sta tic th r ill
sive ly tra in e d not to s p lit the seams
o f S y b il’s "C u rt, d e a r ! " ; the qu ick \ rOL'R fall wardrobe won’t be
* complete without a smartly tai­
of a b lack afternoon dress. She
fire th a t lig h te d V ic to ria 's g liste n in g
lored
shirtwaist frock. This one,
w ore fa r too m u ch gold costum e
eyes; the husky overtones o f K aren
je w e lry ju s t below the chin o f an
saying. "B e h o ld the b rid e g ro o m designed for the slightly larger
E liza b e th Arden face topped by a
c o m e th ,"
M cCale
w ould
have woman, has a deeper notched
collar, slenderizing paneled skirt.
soignee up hair-do.
Her m anner
known the id e n tity o f th is p h ysica l ,
was a rro g a n t as she repeated his
rhapsody.
nam e in the cool, detached tone she
Here was a consciously b e a u tifu l
m ig h t use to a chauffeur. She ac­
Vapors Color Hair
young m an in a g re a t b ig w a y: ta ll !
know ledged the in tro d u c tio n , th a t
and wide, d a rk and strong, v ir ile
was a ll, then m oved m a je s tic a lly
and violent. He had a large, c u rly | Through iong daily contact with
aw ay, fo llo w in g h e r bust to a low
black head, d a rk eyes th a t held a certain industrial vapors, human
table in p u rs u it o f a glass of sherry.
passionate prom ise. He was a dy- J hair has been known to develop
A co rn e r o f M cC ale’ s m in d was
nam ic person— the k in d to whom ! various unusual colors.
s till at the piano w here the w hite
things w ere bound to happen.
For example, the hair of work­
goddess now played som ething by
He acknow ledged the in tro d u c ­
ers
in copper smelters and brass
G ershw in in a re a l broken beat.
tio n to the de te ctive in a deep strong
foundries
has turned green, while
He caught an amused glance fro m
voice, w ith a handshake th a t made
M iss B igelow before she presented
M cCale a lm o st buckle at the knees, j the hair of those in cobalt mines
and indigo works has turned blue.
h im to the couple s ittin g on the sofa.
I t was three o r fo u r m in u te s be­
fore the b litz k rie g o f his a r r iv a l set- j
“ V ic to ria B ig e lo w ,”
m u rm u re d
M iss Adelaide, “ and Stephen—the
tie d in to a steady, slow a p p re cia ­
b rid e 's siste r and b ro th e r.”
tion of him .
M cC ale h im s e lf was I
ra re ly im pressed by m ere sensual
The g ir l looked a lit tle old around
a ttra c tio n and was loath to a d m it ■
:
the eyes, a little h a rd around the
the c a ta ly s tic effects of it. Here, !
mouth. She was, somehow, lik e a
i f ever, was its com plete m anifes- :
d ra w in g in the s lig h tly degenerate,
ta tio n , how ever. He backed away
m acabre style of B eardsley—a ll
to w a rd the piano, the b e tte r to take
b lack and w hite, w ith finely draw n
the scene a part. As u n o b tru sive ly i
eyebrows
and smudged
lashes.
as possible, he le t his d a rk hard
There was som ething v ip e ris h in the
stare sweep around the c irc le .
way she held her pointed chin. H er
A fte rw a rd , he was to com e back
body, sheathed in a dress styled fo r
simfeone fa r »beyond her age,
She d id n 't resent his standing to that sh o rt scene m any tim es, !
try in g to put together the pieces of
seemed too assured, too relaxed, too there as she played.
w illin g .
the rid d le as they presented th e m ­
I t was easy to see th a t Stephen color. H e r head was set on a p e r­ selves in the next few mom ents.
B igelow was V ic to ria ’s brother. He fe c tly p roportioned body. Dressed I t was all there, had he known it,
as she was in shades of beige and the wheels w ith in wheels, the red
had the same hard finish, the w hite
brow n, s im p ly and in beautiful thread o f danger, the shadow of
skin, the n a rro w face. In tw enty
taste, she was at once q u ie tly death. Each in tim a te gesture, the
years, he w ould be la n tern-jaw ed
charm ing, assured, thoroughbred.
shading o f a phrase, each b it of con­
and hollow-eyed. A lre a d y there was
v e rsa tio n overheard, held portents
"V
e
ro
n
ic
a
—d
e
a
r."
M
iss
B
igelow
a crease of c ru e lty around his un­
easy m outh. F ro m the way he a t­ pouched her, kissed her. There was deep and in e vita b le .
tacked his h ig h ba ll, M cCale sus­ in her voice a note o f passionate
pected his petulance was p a rtly the concern, of pride— of re lie f.
A delaide B igelow introduced the
effect of a speedily evanescing liv ­
er. He wolfed his d rin k w hile nod­ golden g irl in the doorw ay to M c­
As i t was, the th in g s th a t re ­
ding to McCale, but his eyes were Cale and he was surprised at the
m
ained
in his m in d to puzzle him
fixed on the wom an at the piano
cre a tu re 's th ro a ty , m e llo w voice. It
lacked the s u p e rfic ia lity of the debu­ w ere these: C onversation became i
general though the atm osphere s till 1
tante draw L B u t w a s n 't there some­
th in g a trifle n e rvy, a b it d isq u ie t­ contained a p e c u lia r e fflu v iu m of
He noticed
ing, about the edges of th a t voice? u n d e rly in g edginess.
th a t A delaide B igelow seemed as ’
“ M rs. Stephen B ig e lo w ," said There was.
overcom e by the p o s itiv e ly th e a tri- j
M iss A delaide, and le ft McCale
She pecked a t her aunt, sm iled cal ch a rm of C u rt as the rest, and j
looking down at a p o lite Garbo-ish at McCale. m ade a few quick, n e rv ­
th a t even Stephen had pulled out of
m ask, a slow sm ile, and slender, ous laughing jib e s at her fa m ily , and
his a locholic depression, and was
cigarette-stained fingers p ic k in g out said in th a t m odulated, too-well con­
w a tch in g C u rt w ith an a lm o st phys- '
a lush tone. Yet that sensual un­ tro lle d tone, "A n y th in g new come?
ic a l w orship
K aren glowed, s ilv e r
d e rc u rre n t th a t m ig h t have been Present, I mean. A n y th in g e x c it­
and w hite.
V ic to ria ’s eyes w ere J
p u re ly chem ical, o r even glandular,
in g ? ”
slits. S yb il was w a tch fu l. S torm [
was there. He fe lt it as he knew
Miss A delaide turned a b ru p tly as was quiet, but a p p re c ia tiv e . And
Stephen, the w om an's husband, fe lt she was about to in tro d u ce M cCale
V eronica was c h a ttin g nervously, '
it. He sensed w hat sla ve ry there to the young man who had come in
the same note of s tra in in her gold­
m ust be in lo v in g a wom an lik e w ith her. She m ade a fu tile ges­
en d ictio n . She was lik e a gilded
this, could see th a t p a rt o f Stephen's tu re as if to w ard the g ir l off, but
fra g m e n t tossed in a g litte rin g vor- '
restlessness was a sickness, and that V eronica was out o f .the room be­
tex.
he was liv in g on the cocaine o f fore the m ovem ent was even com ­
I t was when C u rt said, in th a t !
her m agic.
pleted.
co m p e llin g voice o f his. " V e ry m ag­
She d id n 't resent his standing
McCale found h im s e lf hanging in nanim ous of you, C hris, to give us
there as she played.
She d id n 't
the
a ir, so to speak, pum ping the The N e st,” th a t a w a rn in g signal
speak o r sm ile or m ake any e ffo rt
flashed in M cC ale’ s b ra in . I t was
to put h im at his ease. She knew hand of a m an whose name he
h adn't heard.
spoken w ith such c h a rm in g naivete,
1
he was dazzled, not qu ite sure of
as if, thought McCale, the one th in g
h im se lf, but it d id n ’t even seem to
he re a lly lacked was manners. He
amuse her.
B re a kin g o ff in the
was m a kin g a studied conscious e f­
m id d le o f a run and w ith o u t speak­
fo rt.
ing, she reached fo r a coffee cup at
S torm only sm iled, steadily. He
"S to rm , C h risto p h e r S to rm ,” the
the fa r end of the keyboard.
young m an said.
"Y o u 're Duke shrugged, re to rtin g , "V e ro n ic a a l­
K aren had seated herself beside
ways gets e v e ry th in g she w ants.” '
McCale and I ’ ve heard of y o u ."
her husband, and, joined by Sybil,
"O h , C h ris ,” V eronica p u t out her
McCale
stifled
the
im
pulse
te
say,
the sm a ll group was c a rry in g on a
hand to h im , sta rte d to say some- ■
d e su lto ry conversation about the “ Shush." He said, "W e ll,” and let th in g , stopped.
w edding
rehearsal,
the
brides­ go the hand of th is big fe llo w who
C h ris turned to her fo r a b rie f
m aids, and the ushers. I t was the had designed and b u ilt a house m om ent, a blank look com ing over
called
"T
h
e
N
est.”
js u a l h a lf-c a tty post-m ortem .
his face. There was a lost w o rld in
C h ristopher S torm was ta ll and his eyes.
"S he’ s ve ry b e a u tifu l, isn’t she?"
lean
and
a
th
le
tic
.
H
is
face
missed
said M iss Bigelow, catching McCale
V ic to ria
laughed s h rilly .
She '
b e iijg handsome by way o f a ra th e r m ade a q u ick nervous gesture, b it !
again w ith his eyes on K aren.
" M m ,” M cCale grunted, sm ilin g . square ja w and a generous m outh. her lo w e r lip , and looked a sudden [
He had candid blue eyes and c u rly
“ Is she alw ays lik e th is ? ”
sig n ifica n t, pleading question — to
h
a ir of a n ondescript shade.
" A N o rd ic p rin ce ss? " M iss Ade­
C u rt.
C u rt seemed to square off i
C hristopher m aneuvered McCale to her. He shook his head as i f he ■
laide sm iled, s lig h t distaste c u rlin g
tow ard the bottled liq u id s , m ixed were saying. “ N o.”
the corners of her m outh. “ I
I ’ m a fra id not.”
them both a d rin k .
He m otioned
E veryone was co n ce n tra tin g upon
’Ah.
The d e s c rip tiv e Swedish to a seat beside h im se lf, saying S torm and V eronica a t th a t m om ent
b la n k.”
w ith o u t p re lim in a ry , "H e a rd about and M cCale thought no one else saw
you in th a t dyehouse ra cke t. P re tty th a t exchange o f glances between
“ Ju st so.”
"S he’ s ve ry ta le n te d .”
keen deduction.
W hat b rin g s you those o th e r tw o
A fte rw a rd he was
“ Yes, in d e ed ."
here?”
to wonder.
“ Wedding p re se n ts."
M iss B igelow was m ik in g him
V a lla in c o u rt w ent o ver to his fu ­
“ Not re a lly?
D id n ’ t know you tu re stepm other-in-law , alm ost as if
feel lik e Paul P ry . Why had she
been g iv in g him the im pression, w ent in fo r sm a ll s tu ff."
in apology fo r neglecting her. She
“ I have to m ake a liv in g . Cases was a little high on too m uch sherry
in the la st few m inutes, that Karen
was w o rth w atching then?
He lik e the dyehouse m u rd e rs are few and was qu ite crushing to h im . In
and fa r between.”
changed the subject.
a bad-tem pered m anner she shook
S to rm ’ s blue
eyes
narrow ed. o ff his attem pted coddling
“ W ill you w ant me to have m y
W ithout
m an on d u ty to n ig h t? ” He watched ’ ’Well, it ju s t d id n 't seem to m e th a t her fixed cosm etic sm ile, her face
her closely A ll the tijh tn e s s came the a rra y o f b ric -a -b ra c d ow nstairs was an unbecom ing m ask, her I
w a rra n te d y o u r special ta le n ts ."
back in to her eyes.
m ake-up unable to disguise her m id- ;
“ I —I d o n 't know "
M cCale d id n ’ t answer. "T o o true, dle-age. There was a puzzle there
Suddenly he was lik e a man w a ft­ m y
b rig h t young
fe llo w ,”
he in the coolness between C u rt and
ing in a d e n tis t’ s office, w a nting to thought, "b u t i f I told you th a t all S ybil.
■ tart som ething, go in there and get day I ’ ve been coddling a tin g le that
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