Southern Oregon News Review, T hursday, O ctober 10, 1946
A Dressing Table
For That Corner
BROWN
CINNAMON BUNS
W N U PEATUR ( »
Duke M c C a lc . p riva te d e te rliv r, 1« I fishy
1 w a sn 't pulled rig h t o ff the
lu a rd .n s the wetMlnc prevent, at the , t l u | s e c > j , w a s o v c r „ w c c k b f .
illgelow m ansion.
lie sense* th at old
fo re Stevey cam e in to pay up. We
M is* A delaide Bigelow I* a fra id of some
h a d n 't heard fro m h im to the con-
thing m ore serious than theft. He meets
the bride and (roo m -to-be, V eronlea and ! '■‘ary. so I kept on the Job. B ut the
l u r t V a lla ln r x u r t. and V ero n ica’ , m oth ' blonde bom bshell never w ent near
»r, Sybil, and ber brother and . l it e r , j P a re c in i's studio again. She m ust
I s v
v rs rr
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u
_ t . r O U b Ie
Se<S
Stephen and V ic to ria , w h ile at a m th i I
slob M c C a le spots V a lla ln rx u rt In com- I
«any of the club's « in te r. S hari Lynn, lie
talks lo J e rry T a le , a newspaper m an,
tn d learns lh a l V aU alncourt Is a b l(
and
ler, « " and Stephen
lh a l he H.«e-
was
* ipender
•
< « • g
" a • « m b »«
ing the back o f y o u r s m a rt new |OW for a short
h a ir-d o , here is a d re ssin g ta b le As soon as he
th a t solves the p ro b le m . I t fits baled on her
in to a c o rn e r and is so designed ___________
th a t you can s it up close to the
tim e , according to rum or,
m et ve ro n ica , he concen-
CHAPTER VI
t r ip le m ir r o r .
I t is easy to m a k e fro m a th lrty -s lx - ,
Inch square of plyw ood w hich also pro-
have backed down som ewhere ulong
the line.
"T h e y p robably had a nice old-
fashioned heart-to -h e a rt ta lk a’nd
patched it up. M y guess w ould be
th a t she wanted to continue her
studies w ith the ideu of going on
the stage, or som ething o f the sort,
but Stephen put his foot down. The
fa m ily probably w o u ld n 't stand fo r
it . "
"Y e ah . F unny, is n 't it? N ot th a t
e ith e r of them seem so cia lly con
scio u s."
“ Y our in s ig h t is am azing. They
are both good fa m ily , but not quite
—as you s a y ."
"W e ll, w hether you know it or
not. Stevey was q u ite a gay dog
once Used to do a b it o f chasing in
the old days.'
"1 do n 't doubt that, but 1 th in k '
he's in love w ith his w ife.
"U m m . B e tte r to have loved, et j
cetera. He sure seems nuts about
I
h e r."
"D e c id e d ly ."
"She meets me last n ig h t, shows
me around, sort of lm |>vrsonal-like.
So fa r as she was concerned. I
m ig h t have been the p lu m b e r's
helper come to re p a ir a leak V ery
cool and calm , but b u rn in g up w ith
som ething inside her
A cts a ll the
tim e us If she's scared stupid but
w on't a d m it It If it k ills h e r."
Rocky poured h im s e lf a second
cu p 'u f coffee and took a deep breath
before he continued.
"She went to h e r room early.
about nine. I d id n 't see her a fte r
that. V eronica, the b rid e and jo y ."
he looked nt M cC alc to see w hether
he was amused by the play on
words, " o f the old la d y—she is that,
is n 't she?—it sticks out a ll o ve r
stayed home a ll evening, too. She
was in the back lib ra r y m ost of the
tim e ."
" D id she look good to yo u ? "
"O h, yeah, if you lik e the placid
type. She had tw o visito rs. G uess?"
" I ' l l buy it. D on't p la y guessing
games w ith me so e a rly in the
..
w e ll, the present and the past
G la m o u r Boy N um ber One, and •
good old dog - like, ever lo v in '
C h ris ."
"Oh.
He im pressed you th a t
way? C h risto p h e r S torm . I m e a n ? "
"R e m e m b e r, I only got a short ,
gander at the past and present j
crown princes, as they entered and
left. He was the second one, by the
way. M r. B ig cam e fir s t."
“ Go o n ."
but thanks
^ o r a ‘ n lo s ' n o th in g
A nyw ay."
He le ft the C lub and trudged
_ .
through the m id n ig h t c ity , a sullen
fu lly in ^ S E W IN G ' R o c k 's w h ie h ^llo 'c o n ' R’ 00r” c u rta in in g his thoughts,
tains illu s tra te d directio ns fo r m o re than
The lig h ts of an a ll-n ig h t lunch
th irty o ther things to m a k e fo r vo u r home, room w in k in g through the m u rk
¿ L Z
5 y drew Duke inside
It was a dism a l
sending 15c w ith n a m e and address d i
re c t io :
enough place, peopled w ith a few
Send y o u r o rd e r to:
down-at-heels stragglers.
The re sta u ra n t door banged and
MRS. R V T H W Y E T H SPEARS
Bedford H ills . N . Y .
D ra w e r 10
a ta ll, wasted figure in a bedraggled
Enclose 15 cents fo r Book No. >.
coat and hat slouched to the coun
ter. There was som ething fa m ilia r
N am e
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about th a t back. In s tin c tiv e ly . M c
A
d
d
r e
s
s
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Cale h a lf rose to his feet to see,
but his m ovem ent was too late. Joe
Leach saw h im as he turned, tra y
in hand. He shuffled over and sat
down.
“ H i. sh a m u s." he said. "W e ll, a ll
turned out in ta ils , I see. Excuse
“ Well, I'd ju s t got settled in the
me, but you look as though you'd
s ilv e r and cro cke ry d epartm ent,
helps build real
ju s t been th ro w n out of the Ritz.
when Johnny W e ism u lle r comes
W hat are you disguised as—a m a
sw inging fro m tree to tree c a llin g !
g ic ia n ? "
fo r his m ate. Such a flu tte r they get
M cC ale grunted n o n c o m m itta lly
into over h im . d o n 't they? The b u t
"W o n ’t ta lk , huh? I t ju s t happens
le r scuttled around a fte r him as if
Enjoy the feeling of energetic well-
being ! Take good-tasting Scott’s
I'm a b it of a d ic k m yself, bud, so
he'd ju s t brought the fatted calf.
Emulsion right away, if you feel
I ’l l dig down in m y bag of tric k s
Then the bride-to-be comes down
tired, rundown, unable to throw off
and p u ll out the fa c t th a t you’ ve
the sta irs in a flu rry . B ut a flu rry .
worrisome summer colds—because
your diet lacks natural AAD Vita
been hobnobbing w ith the elite— the
1 said. And he ju s t te lls her he's
mins and energy-building, natural
B igelow trib e to be exact. What
off to d in n e r w ith some friends. She
o ils! Scott’s helps build
have they been having— a so ire e ? "
looks at h im w ith the tru s t o f a
ilumiiM, rests to nr«. Buy today
"G ood God. H ave you had a ta il
b ird fascinated by a python. You
on m e?”
know— ‘What enorm ous eyes you
have. G ra n d m o th e r.’ And o ff they (
'D
eduction,
shamus.
No.
To
be
Y £ A R R O U N D T O N IC
go to the lib r a r y .”
honesty, e ve ry agency in town knows
yo u 've knocked off the B igelow job.
" I take it you d id n 't « a rm to
R om eo."
H ow ’d you do it?
W hat's it all
a b o u t? "
"N o t me. Obvious as heck, do n 't
"W h a t'd you give to know ?”
you th in k ? "
Relieved la 5 m an tes or double four money beck
When ezecM stomach acid causes painful, suffocat
“ Oh. Lord. I'm ju s t c u rio u s ."
" I don’ t know.
The boy's got
in g gaa. sour stomach and haartourn. doctors usually
proscribe the fasteet-acting medicine* known fo r
“ I t m ig h t be w o rth y o u r w h ile .'
som ething Just w hat is it? ”
symptomatic re lie f — medicines like those in Bell-ans
“ Look. I w on’ t argue w ith you.
" I t ’ s as old as the w orld, ch ie f
TAblets. No laxative Bell-an» brings com fort in a
jif f y or double your money back ou return o f bottle
E ith e r you te ll me o r te ll it to the
The V a lla in c o u rt can ju s t m ake his
to us. 25c a t all druggists
m arines. I'm in d iffe re n t now. What
eyelashes go boo."
does i t m a tte r? " He m ade a s lig h t
"T a k e th a t needle out of your
One night late she came out w ith a rm . He’ s in love w ith the g ir l.”
m ovem ent as i f he w ere about to
m iddle-aged guy.
get up and go.
" A ll rig h t. So he's in love w ith
h e r.”
" A ll rig h t, a ll rig h t. I ju s t thought
" T h a t’ s a ll o f m y little offering.
“ W hat's yo u r im pression o f the
I m ig h t soak you fo r a five. I lost
Do I get the fin ? "
g irl? You d id n 't show a g reat deal
m y pants in a gam e tonight. The
"Oh. sure. . . . Take it . ”
o f enthusiasm .”
tru th is, Stephen B igelow called our
He
s lid the money over to the
office to get the low-down on you
" I guess I d o n 't lik e 'em qu ite so
big man. He had the exasperating
la te th is a fternoon.”
wide-eyed, chief. She's nice. You ,
feeling th a t he'd been cheated. He
know w hat I mean— nice—and when 1
“ C alled yo u r office? To get dope shrugged it away.
you’ ve said that, you've said e ve ry
on m e ? " Duke gave a raucous, de
M cCale had set his a la rm fo r sev thing
R ig h t out of a M ignon E b e r
ris iv e howl. “ T h a t's too darned fu n
ny. W hat's the connection—between e n -th irty the next m o rning. It had h a rt novel, i f you get w hat I mean
y o u r o u tfit and Stephen Bigelow. 1 s h rille d in vain. A feeble ray of Just bea u tifu l and w ispy and too
s u n lig h t flickered across his face as dum b to take o ff her rose-colored
m ean?"
someone shook him by the shoul glasses."
"W
e
did
some
w
ork
fo
r
him
onight. . . do what most
der. Shrugging out fro m under the
once.”
Rocky had already settled fo r
mothers do to relieve mis
none too gentle pressure, he blinked, h im se lf the fa ct that V eronica B ige
“ You did ? ’
eries of children’s colds:
yawned, and saw by the clock th a t low was both b e a u tifu l and dumb.
Simply rub warming, sooth
“ Uh, uh.”
it was m uch la te r.
“ W hat kind
ing Vicks VapoRub on
M cCale leaned back in his ch a ir
M cC ale began to dress as Rocky
throat, chest and back at
“ Sure.
and sm iled, fo r Rocky was a good
headed fo r the in n e r sanctum . It guy. m o stly amusing.
bedtime. Results are so good
"W ho was
because VapoRub’s special
d id n 't take him long. His to ile t com
"H is w ife ."
Searching fo r the coffee pot,
relief-bringing action starts
pleted. he went d ire c t’? to the office Duke's eyes slanted up q u izzica lly
M cC ale’ s spine began to p ric k le
instantly . . . and keeps on
windows to pull back the curtains
He hoped his sudden in te re st did
at Rocky as he said, "W e ll, boy,
working for hours during
not show too much on his face. He on another d re a ry m orning. He took w h a t’s the w ord on C hristopher
the night while the child
the cup of coffee his assistant hand Storm , now that you've dusted ev
not show too much on his face.
sleeps. Often by morning
ed h im and w aited u n til they sat eryone else o ff? ”
most misery of the cold is
facing each other across the desk,
gone. Remember, Mother...
before beginning conversation.
be sure you get the one and
O f In fo r m a tio n
“ W e ll." he said, between sips of
only Vicks VapoRub.
"Y o u m ay not th in k it's w o rth the the hot black liq u id , " le t's have
five, but here it is. About six yo u r birds-eye or keyhole view of
"J . P. M arquand has done h im to
m onths ago this Stephen B igelow
the goings on of la st n ig h t.”
a turn, on both sides and in the
came in to see W atkins. Wanted a
m iddle. M ore than once. T hat guy
ta il put on his w ife
He d id n ’ t say
was bom to the Yankee purple, has
m uch, but the boss figured it was
gone to the best schools, and never
the old d ivo rce routine. I got the
— Helps
Save the Day"
stepped out of lin e in his life
He
n ig h t jo b —fo llo w in g her around to
m ay be a little shocked a t the B ig e
"N o th in g sensational to report,
the nightclubs
She went out a lot boss, outside of a lo t o f nervous ru n lows, but they are Bigelows, aren’ t
THE - A r W \
alone. I tra ile d along fo r a couple ning in and out t ill about one a. m. they? So they c o u ld n 't be wrong.
TIME TESTED lnh»1' 'hr rich, sromatic
INHALANT
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of weeks. She’ d stop in at a lounge I had a look-see at about everyone V eronica has tossed h im overboard,
nT
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H tN
nrr i MANN
asthmador
■ a ta
iin
the nex( s lime
yOU 1 ^ ,, Jn
b a r now and then, alw ays m et peo but the dame called V ic to ria . She’d b u t would he say a w ord about it?
stuck of bronchial nth m i A STH M AD O R
ple she knew, but never seemed to gone out someplace to d in n er when Would he ride up in his Stanley
is inrxpenuve —easy to us« —nothing to tike
ga th e r in anyone p a rtic u la r. Then I got there and m ust have slipped S team er and rush her o ff to the
internally —a dependable, effective treatment
one n ig h t I follow ed her as fa r as in w ith o u t m y la m p in g her, if she nearest Justice o f the Peace before
that helps relieve the sgony of ihe attack-
aids distressed breathing. Sold by druggists
a studio b u ild in g in Copley Square
cam e home at a ll.”
she makes a fool o f herself?
No
everywhere under our money-back guaranree
A dum b e le va to r boy co u ld n't place
-th re e convenient forms A STH M AD O R
sirree. I t ju s t isn’ t done by people
"N o tro u b le w ith the servants?”
her o r te ll me where in the b u ild in g
powder, cigarettes or pipe mixture
“ I only saw the b u tle r. Very su In our set, doncha know ?”
he took her. I ’d w a it and in a few
"H e d id come to see h e r."
p e rio r guy. He kept looking in the
hours she’d come out—alone. This
d in in g room where I was s ittin g
"O
h. yes.
Had a short confab
happened two o r three tim es a week
w ith an eye on the door. I do n 't w ith her in the lib ra ry . I d id n ’t get
u n til one night, late, she cam e out
know w hether he thought I was go a chance to eavesdrop, of course,
w ith a m iddle-aged guy. They w ent
ing to snitch some o f the flngerbow ls but I did see them when they said
to a quiet little re sta u ra n t around
o r sam ple the fa m ily bourbon. A ny goodnight at the door. He had the
the corner.
I tagged along.
It
how, he kept popping up at odd m o most m iserable little-boy-w ho-has-
looked lik e the old. old sto ry to m e ."
ments u n til around te n -th irty . Say, been-kicked expression on his puss
"Y o u found out who the man w h a t a parade o f ju n k th e y’ ve ac
when he kissed her good-by.”
w as?”
c u m u la te d .”
“ He kissed h e r? "
"S ure. Well, here’ s where the
"Y e ah . What do you th in k of the
" D o n 't let it throw you. I t was
d ram a fa lls apart.
H m m , I see
set-up? In general, I mean. A t ju s t the old I ’ U-be-a-sister-to-you
where I don’ t get paid off. He was
m osphere— that kin d of th in g ."
act. She sort of put her head up
a piano teacher, name o f P arecini.
and he gave her a solemn b ro th e rly
"
I
m
ay
be
wrong,
but
outside
of
N ot an old foxy grandpa w ith a
kiss on the forehead before he went
i weakness fo r blondes, a fte r a ll. We the little old lady, th e y’ re a bunch
in to the n ig h t lik e the last act o f
turned the news o ver to Stevey boy, of screw balls. She's okay. A little
an old m elodram a. I could have
and damned i f he d id n ’ t seem re ju m p y , but fo r th a t m a tte r, the
spit in his eye, the do p e !”
lieved. He came in a week o r so whole caboodle a in ’ t m y idea of
"M y , m y. You are ta kin g this to
w
hat
I
’
ve
been
led
to
th
in
k
of
as
a fte rw a rd s to pay his b ill. He told
h e a rt.”
’ us his w ife had once shown g re a t ca lm , quiet, unruffled bluebloods.
One of the best home ways to
"N o t so you’ d notice it. Well, do
ta le n t fo r the piano, but had lost T h e y’ re a ll as jitte r y as a hang
I go on in the o rder of th e ir ap
the use of an arm fro m nervous o v e r.”
“ D e fin ite ly .”
pearance?" he asked, a sour sm ile
shock o r a rth ritis o r som ething.
“ W ell, here’ s five to yo u r one that on his lips.
She was getting back her old w al-
“ Oh. of course. No offense, p a l.”
j lop again, slow ly She'd been going there's som ething cooking th a t's go
Rocky w aited a m om ent, looking
to the old b ird fo r lessons, keeping ing to sm ell to heaven.”
if you lack BLOOD-IRON
"Y o u 'v e no ta k e r in m e ." McCale at McCale ske p tica lly, not qu ite
It fro m the fa m ily fo r a surprise,
You girls and women who suffer so
sure he wasn’ t being made fun of.
o r so he said. Now. how do you grinned and l it a cigarette.
from simple anemia th a t you're pale,
lik e th a t? ”
weak, "dragged out”—this may be due
"S m a rt, as usual. The old dame Then he resumed.
to lack of blood-iron. So try Lydia B
" I lik e It.”
acts as though she was w alking
“ L et's see. F irs t there is M r. Ste
P ln kham ’s TABLETS— one of the beat
"Y o u th in k It was the tru th ? Now. through a bad dream but doesn't phen. Now there's a ju m p y guy.
borne ways to build up red blood—In
euch cases. Plnkham 's Tablets are one
•ee here, in spite o f the fa c t th a t it dare wake u p ."
j S urly, wedded to the bottle, too.
of the greatest blood-iron tonics you
looked on the levei, I th in k it was
" V e ry a p tly put.”
can buyl At all drugstores
vides the m a te r ia l for the
head shelf.
. . .
H igh E he / w
useful over-
tonic
• H o t, luscious C innam on Buns at
a m om ent's notice! F leiachm ann'*
Fast R isin g D ry Yeast is always
ready fo r qu ick a ctio n . . . keeps
fresh for weeks on y o u r p a n try shelf.
IF YOU B A K E A T H O M E -ju st dissolve
according to d ire ctio n s on the pack
age, then use as fresh yeast. A t your
grocer's.
Stays fresh. on your pantry shelf
Statiffw
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4 Jittery Family,
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