Southern Oregon News Review, T hursday, Septem ber 26, 1946
B edside Tables
O f Orange Crates
S E W IN G C IR C LE PATTERNS
¿iaAit to
b b a in ty
D uke M r C a lr , p riva te detective, i> en
gaged by w ea lth y old M iss B igelow , to
gu ard her niece's wedding prevents. M o
r a le guesses there Is something sinister
In the situation, and so accepts.
He
m eets M rs. Sybil B igelow , the brid e's
m other, V ic to ria and Stephen B igelow ,
the b rid e's brother and sister, and M rs.
Stephen B igelow , a strik in g ly beautifu l
blonde w om an.
L a te r he becomes a c
quainted w ith Christopher S torm , a not
ed arc h ite c t, who Is too in quisitive to
suit M r C a lr .
Then he m eets V eronica,
the bride-to-be. an a llra c U v e and in te l
ligent g irl, and the bridegroom to be,
the e x tre m e ly handsome C urt V a lla ln -
court, big and m aste rfu l. He gives V e
ronica a strange, m eaningful glance.
LINE CRATE W IT H
I O IL C L O TH T A C K
1 C H E C K E D SKIRT TO
< S ID E S W H IT E F R IL L
EDGES COVER FOR TO P
''P H IS crisp green and w hite bed-
* room is proof th a t it is not
w hat you use but how you use it
th at counts. O range c ra te s for in
stance. The problem alw ays is
how to cover all of the rough wood
inside and out if you w ant to use
them for cupboards or tables.
CHAPTER
IV
Here It is done with oilcloth and ging
When C u rt began to take his
ham with muslin (n ils a ll to harmonize
with the bedspread and lamps.
leave, he doled h im s e lf out. Stephen
More complete directions for covering
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rections for making monograms from
straight strips of fabric such as the one on
this bedspread are in BOOK 9. Books are
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w
he tre a te d like a brother, S torm as
an affectionate frie n d . It was the
women who b it at his heels m ost
a v id ly .
Miss
A delaide
glowed,
turned coy. S yb il shook h e rse lf out
of the sulks, sim pered.
V ic to ria
looked at h im h o tly, and K a re n 's
eyes k in d le d w ith an icy fire.
V eronica w aited to le ra n tly , as if
she could w e ll a fford to do so. He
crossed to her fin a lly in his n e g li
g ently g ra c e fu l stride. He took her
hands in his big ones and, leaning
over, w hispered in her ear.
She
la id h e r bronze head against the
massiveness of his chest fo r a m o
m ent.
E veryone m ust have heard her
say,
. . B u t it's a ll rig h t now,
d a rlin g . A ll rig h t. I ’ m so glad— I
was devastated.”
V ic to ria 's eyes w ere half-closed,
m ere pencil strokes in her Beards
ley face, and K a re n 's only m ove
m e n t was the tapping of a ca rm in e
fin g e rn a il on the a rm of her chair.
C u rt kissed his fiancee. And then
M cCale knew . T here was no a ctin g
in th a t kiss. This was no em brace
in the th u n d e rin g a n im a l way o f a
T arzan. This was not the se lling
pow er behind p e rfe ct m erchandise.
In spite o f the stories, in spite of
the m an’ s reputation, he was re a lly
in love w ith V eronica Bigelow . It
was in his eyes. I t was u n m is ta k
able.
How could anyone in th a t
room not know it?
Then the p a rty broke up. It was
a fte r th a t th a t V ic to ria laughed de
ris iv e ly , and in passing C h ristopher
said s ly ly , "Y o u big, big fo o l! To
give them The Nest. D on't te ll me
you wanted to .”
C h risto p h e r sm iled in a depressed
m anner, got up and took her a rm .
As they headed fo r the door, M c
Cale heard h im say, ‘ ‘C alm y o u r
self, V ic k y , m y g irl.
‘To the v ic
to r belongs the sp o ils '.”
“ R a ts,” she answered. " Y o u ’ re a
congenital id io t.”
A delaide B igelow had been snuff
ing out candles here and there. She
sw itched o ff a table la m p and came
o ve r to McCale, who stood in the
fire lig h t, a d a rk figure, sorting his
im pressions. The old fu rn itu re and
tra p p in g s seemed to flic k e r and d is
solve in the h a lf-lig h t.
The fire
pulsed in the grate.
“ You won’ t need me to n ig h t? " he
asked, as i f i t were finished.
"N o — I th in k not—“ she fa lte re d .
“ W ill you telephone me in the m o rn
a
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“ O f course.”
" I shall need y o u ," she said w ith
em phasis.
She looked older and
m ore haggard in the gloom.
He nodded as she followed him
to the door.
" I th in k I should have one of m y
operators on du ty here to n ig h t.”
“ Oh, no— it won’ t be at a ll neces
s a ry .”
" —The w edding g ifts .” There was
an oh-so-subtle tinge o f sarcasm in
his tone.
She
s m ile d
u n co m fo rta b ly.
“ T h e y ’ ll be a ll rig h t.”
“ V e ry w e ll."
“ He was outside, in the co rrid o r.
" M r. M cC ale.”
"Y e s .”
“ You saw the bridegroom . What
do you th in k ? ”
He hesitated. “ V ery handsom e.”
He knew th a t w asn't the answer
she wanted.
" Is th a t a ll? ”
“ C haracter?
I c o u ld n 't say.
I
s im p ly recognize h im as a typ e —
one over w hich I ’ m not enthusias
tic .”
“ 1 w atched you this afternoon.
You are so calm . D on't you ever
get e x cite d ? ”
He chuckled. " I have a ve ry even
te m p e ra m e n t.”
She looked disappointed, but he
would m ake no fu rth e r comm ent.
“ Good n ig h t.”
“ Good n ig h t.”
Dinner Date at
The W hite Abbey
As he w alked crosstown, he fe lt
s tra n g e ly disem bodied, lik e some
one com ing fro m the th e a te r—a
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th e a te r where one had seen a queer-
ly d is tu rb in g d ra m a .
On im pulse he entered the firs t
drugstore th a t he saw. He dialed
the B igelow num ber, w a itin g im p a
tie n tly u n til he heard M iss Ade
la id e 's voice.
“ On second th o u g h t," he said,
I " I ’ ve decided th a t it is necessary
B e a u tify
to have m y assistant in yo u r house
tonight. A M r. B jo rk la n d . He w ill
re p o rt to you at eight. Good night
w ith
a g a in.”
He hung up before she could
acquiesce or dem ur. Then he called
his own num ber. Rocky answered.
a v a ila b le a t a ll stores
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“ Okay, boss.
W hat's cooking?”
“ Something — yes — but nothing
that I can get m y teeth into.
1
know
th e re ’ s som ething wrong,
though.”
. "D o you w ant m e to w atch out
fo r a n ything in p a rtic u la r? ”
"No-o-o. Just keep yo u r eyes and
ears open. I w o n 't even g ive you
m y reactions to tlic B igelow clan.
I w ant an unbiased opinion fro m
you in the m o rn in g
Y o u 're sup
posed to he g u a rd in g those precious
w edding g ifts .
Miss B igelow w ill
be expecting you ut eight o'clock.
Ask fo r her. Y ou'd b e tte r run along
now and get y o u rs e lf some grub.
Put Ann on the line, w ill yo u ? ”
"T h e pow er behind the th ro n e ,”
quipped R ocky, "to o k her ro y a l de
p a rtu re at the stroke of s ix ."
“ Just lik e th a t? ”
"Y e uh . She had a w icked gleam
in her eye v^hen she sealed the note
she le ft fo r you. I ' l l lay odds th a t
she's up to some d e v iltr y ."
"N o doubt.
W ell. I 'l l be seeing
you in the m o rning. D o n 't let any
of 'em ra ttle you. Be seeing you.
N ight, now .”
The desk lig h t was on in the outer
office. In the sm a ll, round pool of
lig h t it th re w lay a note fro m Ann
n u ,
2 > a , j t i ine ^Jroch
7 JoLe b b , •rJJ f o r f i t n if f J o t
cd to recount ca re fu lly the a ffa ir
B igelow us fa r as it went.
When he fin a lly paused, she said,
"N o m o re ? ”
“ No m ore.”
“ So fa r as I can see fro m where
w e’ re s ittin g then, there Isn't any
m yste ry
unless i t ’ s y o u r Irish
hunch.”
“ Have I ever been w rong?”
“ Oh. you m ust have been, once or
tw ic e ."
“ But 1 swear there is som ething
going on there— some deep trouble.
I te ll you. the whole fa m ily has the
jum ps. T hey’ re shaky, n e rvy—out
o f sorts. It sticks out lik e u sore
th u m b ."
Ann selected a suited nut and b it
into it w ith her strong w hite teeth.
She said, an amused look in her
eyes, “ W hat sticks out is that the
whole fa m ily is crazy about the g o r
geous C urt. And he takes the one
w ith the money. He m ust be quite
a b o y."
" I assure you he is. C a n 't you ju st
see them a ll fro m m y description?
The old lady at w it's end; Sybil
dro w n in g som ething o r oth e r in
sh e rry; K aren cold and lax. ta kin g
i t out on the piano; Veronica daz
zled: V ic to ria cruel and fighting
back; Stephen lost and floundering
Why—"
" O f course, d a rlin g , I see them
a ll.”
"B u t w hat do you th in k? ”
“ I th in k yo u 're sm itte n w ith this
Karen w ench.”
McCale roared. “ Good Lord, are
you jealous?
Of me?
Now, see
here— ”
" If
course
I'm
jealous,
you I
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w re tc h ." She w aggled a finger at
h im , then pointed.
"A n d here, if
I'm not m istaken, comes another
P ractical Daytime Dress
m em ber of our cast.”
A
BEAUTIFULLY
simple day-
L ig h ts went down suddenly and a j
* * tim e frock th a t’s so easy to
g irl stepped in to the ye llo w o val of
m ake — ju st two m ain p a tte rn
a spot. She was dressed in some
pieces 1 The button front m ak es it
silv e r business so cunningly draped
easy
to slip on, and easy to laun
that it turned her Into a s h im m e r
der. B rief sleeves a re p ra ctical
ing p illa r. She had a w ide rasp
and c o m f o r t a b l e . If you like,
b e rry m outh and d a rk brown h a ir
w ith strange lig h ts in it. The saxo- > b ra celet length sleeves are in
.
phones w ailed and subsided to a cluded in the • p attern
• •
moan. The d ru m s were a tom -tom
Pattern No 808.7 Is designed for size» 12.
accom panim ent. She stood p e rfe ct 14. 10, 18. 20: 40 and 42 Sl/i- 14. cu p
ly s till, a c ig a re tte hanging from •leeves, 4 yards of 35 or 391nch fabric.
the corner of her m outh w hile she
sang. H er voice was a husky con
tra lto and she wrenched the ly ric s
fro m the com m onplace in to the
re a lm of the boudoir. It was top-
notch old-school singing.
“ W o w !”
exclaim ed
McCale
"T h a t's showmanship.
What were
you saying, m y pet, when Love j
Shoes th a t a re not to be worn for
W alked In ? "
a season should be r e p a i r e d ,
cleaned, and polished, put on shoe
“ T h a t was S hari L y n n .”
McHale raised an eyebrow. The tree s to keep shape, w rapped in
g irl had w alked out onto the floor tissue p ap er, and stored.
— • —
again to take a bow She accepted
Soak wooden clothespins in w a
the a ccla im in the same slow, sul
te r a few m inutes before using.
tr y way she had sung.
” 1 hope you w o n 't go in to a je a l This way they a r e n ’t a s likely to
ous rage if I say I th in k she’ s got split when fasten ed to the line.
— • —
som ething th e re ," said McCale s ly
To install glass in a w arped win
ly-
“ N ot at a ll. She's got som ething dow fram e, screw the fra m e tig h t
w ith her, too, if y o u 'll look wlrt?re ly ag a in st the sill so th a t it is pulled
she's headed."
back to its original shape. Then
M cCale turned and saw the top put in glass and release screw s.
— • —
of a c u rly black head, the set of
To keep putty m oist place it in
unm istakable shoulders.
He w his
a g l a s s co n tain er and fill with
pered under his breath.
“ C u rt V a lla in c o u rt,”
he m u r w ater.
m ured.
Ann sighed. “ So th a t's the boy A GOOD WAY TO REMEMBER
him self. I can c e rta in ly see why BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
the g irls d rop th e ir handkerchiefs If you wish to be su re your gift
w henever he goes b y.”
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••I'll a d m it he's handsom e.”
highest ap preciation, ju s t send a
“ Handsome, d a rlin g , is not the box of our fam ous Chocolates,
w ord fo r i t . "
Date-N ut-Candy or D ate Confec
“ Ann, I ’ m ashamed o f you. I did tions. I t ’s the th rill of a lifetim e to
open a box of these wonderful con
not dream th a t g irls —”
“ You listen to me instead
A l fections. The donor is alw ays
m ost any m an w ith a lo t of money g ratefu lly rem em b ered . Boxes at
is on the hunt fo r the best deal he $l-$3 and $5, G IF T W R APPED
can buy. W hat's the m a tte r w ith a and m ailed postage paid. Address
woman w ho's got a few m illio n ly THOM PSON’S, P alm Springs, Cal.
ing around loose buying herself a —Adv.
gorgeous piece of fre ig h t —like
th a t? ”
He was shocked, even though he
knew she was enjoying his reac
tions.
For the Sweet Little Miss
C U E 'L L look ns p retty as u pic-
tu re in this dainty little yoke
dress. P leats give the full sw ing
ing sk irt little g i r l s love, and
th e re ’s a tiny P eter P an collar
edged in narrow lace. P an ties to
m atch. Use a soft checked or
flowered cotton with crisp white
collar, or for dress-up, pastel crepe
or organdy.
8083
Lights went down suddenly and a
girl strpped into the yellow oval of
a spot.
M a rrio t re m in d in g h im that he was
ta kin g her to dinner. She had u n
derlined the final w o rd —dress.
He knew w hat th a t forecast. It
m eant The W hite Abbey, the sea
son’ s so c ia lly renowned "sa lo o n .”
He grunted, turned off the desk
lig h t, and went through the qu ie t
in n e r office to his bedroom and bath
at the back. He shaved and show
ered, dressing a u to m a tic a lly , his
m in d busy in a tre a d m ill of its own.
He went over the events of the
afternoon, try in g to docket his im
pressions in some way, to relate
them to the d a rk omen he had c a r
rie d away fro m there. He wished
Rocky w ere w ith him now to ta lk
i t over.
He called a cab and rode cross
town, deep in the groove o f his
mood. They drove up to a row of
old brownstone houses w hich looked
deserted, th e ir flat, unlighted fro n ts
a deceptive sepia blank.
One of
them had an o yster-w hite door. M c
Cale made fo r it.
Ann Sizes Dp the
Situation
A fte r a w a it of less than five m in
utes, Ann came fro m behind a door
m a rke d "P o w d e r R o o m ." She was
slender and s m a rt in a green draped
a ffa ir th a t ended in 'a lot of g ray
foam . The gown had no straps that
he could see and it seemed she
m ig h t be ris in g out of it to be w ith
h im m inus the s u rf she was rid in g
a t any m om ent.
They clim b e d one o f the s ta ir
cases and were bowed in to the d in
ner room by another in te rio r deco
ra to r. There was a lo t of diffused
lig h t in here w hich m ade it ra th e r
be tte r, although the w hite p re
vailed. They sat on one of a n u m
ber of s e m i-c irc u la r velvet divans
w hich form ed a series of alcoves
around the room .
They lingered over the e x o rb ita n t
ly priced dinner, M cCale preoccu
pied, bored by the place.
" A ll rig h t,” Ann said fin a lly. “ It's
not so hot—but I had to see it . ”
“ W hat do you re a lly think of it? ”
“ It's fa s c in a tin g ly —d u ll. H owev
er, th a t's w hat i t w ill be like when
you m a rry me. Y o u r week w ill be
a ll mapped out fo r you. I 'l l w ant
to dress up one n ig h t and go out
to the place of the m om ent; a regu
la r n ig h t fo r the m ovies; then we’ll
have to take in a ll the good plays;
m aybe go dancing and—”
“ W hich leaves— ”
“ One nig h t a week fo r me to sit
by the fire at y o u r feet while you
discuss the in tric a c ie s of your la t
est case. Yes, I know. Y ou're fu ll
of the blasted Bigelows now Tell
me a ll.”
“ I hope th a t's only yo u r way of
te llin g me th a t y o u 're burning up
w ith c u rio s ity .”
“ And so I a m .”
He lig h te d a cig a re tte and sta rt-
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“ T h a t's ju s t it , " was his re jo in
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“ I t ’ s ju s t the fa c t th a t i t ’ s
m erchandise th a t makes it so—so
cheap.”
“ W ell, it's perfect merchandise,
and any w om an—”
“ Women are supposed to have
m o ra ls.”
«
“ Phooey, d a rlin g . W hat a m illio n
d o lla rs or a real m in k w ill do to a
g a l’s m o ra ls ju s t is n 't fu n n y ."
She'd stuck her chin out w ith th a t
last
observation,
and
McCale
couldn’t resist the tem p ta tio n to
take advantage of it.
" I ' l l get you a p la tin um fo x ," he
said w ith a p e rfe ctly serious ex
pression.
" Y o u ’ll do nothing of the k in d ,"
she flared up, then suddenly dis
solved into convulsive laughter.
I t was true, however, th a t C u rt
V a lla in co u rt, th a t h ig h ly salable
male, was going to the highest b id
der on S aturday next.
McCale
thought of the cla irvo ya n ce that had
made him sure only th a t afternoon
that the man was tru ly in love w ith
Veronica
Bigelow .
It
h a rd ly
seemed cre d ib le now th a t he saw
him here in a tete-a-tete w ith Shari
Lynn. But there they were, a table
or two a w a y ,1 deep in conversation.
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