S o u th e rn O regon N ew s R e v ie w , T h u rs d a y , N o v e m b e r
14, 1946
Make Two .Aprons
From One Pattern
Gems of Thought
BROW N
W N U M A T U U ll
llu kc M cC ale. private detective, I* In-
vestlgatins the m urder of Curt V a lla la -
ru u rt, who w a i about to m a rry V eronica
Hlgelow. h r ir r iv to th irty m illion dollars.
M c C a le extra cts some dam aging ad m is­
sions from S hari l.ynn. singer and fo rm e r
w ife of V alla in co u rt
l a t e r V ic to ria .
V eronica's sister, calls at his office and
asks his help In recovering somr le t­
ters from V alla In co u rt's ap artm e n t. M e-
C ale teUs her th at the letters a re not
In the a p a rtm e n t, but hints th at Shari
ly n n m ay have them . Because of c ir ­
cu m s tan tial evidence, the police believe
that V eronica is the m urderer. M cCale
does not think so. but has not vet lorm ed
a conclusion. Th ere are m any ro n tra
d n to ry clues.
CHAPTER X I
I ’ ve had a d e v il of a tim e and got
nothing so fa r .”
" Y o u 'll get less, v e ry lik e ly , now
th e y've had a chance to com pure
notes."
There was a pause. Then Don-
levy said, alm ost ch e e rfu lly, "I
guess V eronica's our g ir l.”
"Y o u re a lly th in k so?”
“ The Lynn w om an's evidence w ill
put the finish on it . ”
"O h ." McCale pondered over th a t
fo r a m om ent, then decided to add,
" I 'd keep a sharp w atch on the Lynn
w om an.”
“ W h y ? " D onlevy's in te re st was
im m ediate.
" I would. T hat's a ll."
“ Now, Duke, you m ust have a
reason. Why be m y s te rio u s? "
" I ' l l d ro p in to see you la te r in
the day. O ka y? "
" B y a ll m eans.”
McCale dropped the re c e ive r onto
its cradle. An em otion o f concern
crowded his m ind and he sighed a
sigh o f sheer desperation His b ra in
seemed dulled, in a ctive , depressed.
There was som ething there, some­
thing that would m ake it clear. It
was evading him . U n til he could
grasp it, he m ust blunder along,
w ithout help, w ith o u t even the con­
fidence of the ones he was try in g
to help.
Damn the mecfieval re­
serve of such people, anyw ay.
The telephone was rin g in g in s is t­
ently. M cCale rolled over, opened
one eye, swore, and Anally grabbed
the extra p illo w , bundling it under
his head. He fum bled w ith the lig h t,
snapped it on, lifte d the telephone
off its cradle.
“ McCale speaking,” he growled.
“ Rocky, boss."
“ Where are yo u ? "
"C o rn e r o f A spinw all, opposite
the V a lla in c o u rt den.
D id n ’t you I
te ll me to keep a lookout?”
“ Oh, yeah. A ll quiet'’ "
“ A ll qu ie t now.
Listen, boss,
T W O pretty aprons . , . one ’ long about five this m o rn in g —”
“ A ll rig h t.
What happened at
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Sleep s till hugged him tig h tly and
makes both aprons! Your choice
there was an unreasonable barb in
—applique or plain stitchery.
his voice.
• • •
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“ Who was it? ”
work easy.
“ Hold on to y o u r hat
Sewing C ircle X e e d le c ra ft D ept.
was V ic to ria B ig e lo w ."
Box 3217
San Francisco 6, Calif.
" V ic to ria
B igelow ?”
Surprise
Enclose 20 cents for Pattern.
je rk e d him w ide awake.
No_______________
“ Uh uh. She was a fte r some le t­
N am e.
ters of hers, she said.”
“ Well, w e ll.”
V ic to ria had cer- |
Address-
ta in ly had a busy night, he thought.
"T h e place was clean, like you
said. No secret panels, either. I —
th a t is—I fin a lly helped her hunt
fo r th e m .”
“ Go home and grab yo u rse lf
some g ru b and shuteye.” said M c­
Cale. “ G et here about one o’clock.
I'm going to be busy this m o rn ­
Overcast seam s of rayon, silk, in g ."
or wool to keep them from ravel­ A t eig h t fo rty -fiv e he called Ann
ing. They can be overcast together M a rrio t on the telephone.
or each edge separately as pre­ To her cool “ h e llo ,” he said.
ferred. Do not draw threads too “ Good m o rn in g . T h is is your boss.”
“ Oh, good m orning, d a r—boss.
tight.
— •—
A n yth in g im p o rta n t?
I'm on m y
New clotheslines are clumsy to way in about five m in u te s.”
“ No h u rry . In fa ct, this is ju s t to
put up. To m ake them more soft
and durable, try first boiling the say you m ig h t shop fo r an hour if “ 1 want those letters. Do I get th em ? ”
line for a few minutes in soapy you w ant to and Then do an errand
fo r me. I w ant you to drop in on
water.
The police com m issioner had
— •—
Shari Lynn. Suite 802.”
come and asked a few p e rtin e n t
. . And p ra y w hat shall I use questions, stayed b a re ly an hour,
A strip of cloth or tape sewed
Just inside the edge takes the brunt as an excuse fo r dropping in, as you and departed. A t eig h t o 'clo ck the
say? D o n 't te ll me you’ re sending d is tric t a tto rn e y had attem pted to
of w ear off trouser cuffs.
m e along to smooth the w ay fo r ytwi b u lly the police in charge as w ell
—a m ore subtle approach, so to as the suspects.
He had le ft at
speak?”
eleven in a huff.
"N o — and th a t’ s com edy enough
The body had been rem oved to
fo r now, m y g ir l. ” He grew serious. the m orgue and la b o ra to ry fo r fu ll­
" I saw her m y s e lf late last night, e r exam ination. Lieutenant D onlevy
WAY TO RELIEVE DISTRESS OP
fo r th a t m a tte r.”
and his squad had finished w ith
“ You r a t ! ”
the p re lim in a rie s . The hungry press
“ I ’ d lik e a lin e on how she is this had been th ro w n a bone to nibble
m orning. You know —sad, gay, ex­ on. Men had been sent to V a lla in -
pectant?
Ask her fo r her auto­ c o u rt's a p a rtm e n t to look over pa­
graph. A n yth in g to get in. T a lk pers and belongings fo r a possible
about V a lla in c o u rt i f you can w ith ­ clue. The o rd e rly hubbub of o fficia l
out being throw n o u t.”
procedure was over, fo r a tim e at
“ T h a t a ll? "
least. The n ig h t had been q u ie t—
Yes, you get quick relief fro m snlffly,
“ Yes. Just a check-up to sa tisfy the quiet of nervous exhaustion per­
stuffy distress of head colds w ith a l i t ­
a point th a t's been nagging me. haps, but quiet.
tle V a-tro-nol In each nostril. What's
She's fa irly tra n sp a re n t. I t ought
more—It actually helps prevent many
Then, at nine this m orning, a
colds from developing If used in time I
to be easy."
plainclothes man had in te rru p te d
T ry It! Follow directions in package.
“ Oh, yes, indeed. I t sounds too, b re a kfa st w ith an urgent request
too easy. A ll rig h t. I ' l l do m y best. fo r V eronica. He was p o lite ly in ­
See you when?”
sistent th a t she m ust come a t once
“ A bout noon. Here. 'B ye, sw eet." to the office of L ieutenant Donlevy
He dressed le isu re ly and careful- fo r fu rth e r questioning.
She was
m ak.
. ly. He fe lt lik e a tw e n tie th century not to be a larm ed. I t was a m a tte r
w a rrio r going fo rth to c iv iliz e d bat- of routine. B u t—
yo u r
career i tie. He knew that to solve this
! problem , he had firs t to break down
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McCale did not
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He ra th e r p itie d speak fo r a m inute. The w eight of
j them
m o m e n ta rily ,
and
sm iled his senses closed down on him like
w ry ly at the pure c yn icism of his a sto'ne. He wondered id ly w hether
own thoughts.
it was the gloom or the helpless
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ness in the old la d y’ s voice that
caused th is feeling o f fu tility . He
wondered why Karen B igelow was
p la y in g the L is z t Preludes so pas­
On im pulse he dialed police head­ sio n a te ly—those rom antic things so
q u a rte rs and asked fo r Donlevy. ric h ly
in te rla ce d
w ith
religious
A fte r a slig h t delay, the cu rt, in c i­ m y s tic is m .
A strange woman,
sive voice of the lie u te na n t cam? K aren, but m e re ly m ore obviously
; through.
strange than the others. O nly the
“ D onlevy here.”
wom an before him , resigned, d e te r­
“ McCale, lie u te n a n t."
m ined, w ith g reat courage, seemed
"O h —sure. Not out yet hunting to belong in th a t house. H er voice
I the foul c rim in a l? ”
b ro u g h t h im awake again w ith a
“ On the way. I'd lik e to know s ta rt.
! w hat the B igelow women were w e a r­
"W h a t are we going to do?” she
ing when they came in ye sterday— asked.
I outside of the green th in g a m a jig
" I th in k ,” he answered, “ th a t I
| Veronica sported.”
m a y be able to see a little fu rth e r,
ANU—13
46— 41
“ Of course.
D id n ’ t I m ention get a little m ore than the police
th a t? ”
w ere able to. T h a t is, i f I can gain
H e re ’s O n e O f T h e G re a te s t
"No.”
th e ir confidence.
It you w ill ask
"W e ll, here it is.
V ic to ria , an them to come in ” —he rose as she
j o iled-silk a ffa ir, y e llo w ; Karen, a got up, s m ile d and added— “ one by
b lack ve lve t suit, b lack cape; Sybil, one, if you please. I t m ig h t be eas­
a lig h t brown raincoat. T h a t help?”
ie r th a t w a y ."
“ Uh uh. It was S ybil, then, who
“ To tra p them , I suppose,” she
w alked away into the fo g .”
m u rm u re d , su rp ris in g ly .
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"Y o u th in k so? She cla im s to
“ Why, o f co u rse ." He bowed, the
fou gtrla and women who Buffer to
have been at the d ru g sto re .”
s m ile le a vin g his lips.
from simple anemia that you're pale,
weak, “dragged out"—this may be due
“ N ot fo r m y m o n e y."
He fe lt the subtle antagonism
to lack of blood-iron So try I.ydla E
“ I k in d o f th in k not. T h a t fa m ­ leap between them . Then she came
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a ll pro te ctin g one another. What?
“Forgive me," she whispered.
Sybil Becomes
Implicated
BIM D IRO H
T O M IC S T "
" I t 's only that 1 am so upset. 1
know how things m ust be fro m now
on. I see a whole way o f life dis­
appearing before m y eyes, an em ­
pire slipping away. I know —"
'T h a t below the surface, things
have not been w hat they seemed
fo r a long, long tim e ," he in te r­
jected. keeping the p ity c a re fu lly
fro m his lone o f voice, fo r he knew
that th is she w ould not have.
Yes—yes.
You w o n 't need me
again?” She spoke ns i f that would
be abhorrent to her.
•
No. It is b e tte r that I do m y
—d ir ty w ork a lo n e."
He sm iled
once more, as he w atched her leave
the room.
He stood by the fireplace, sta rin g
m oodily into the ashes o f Inst
night s fire, u n til he heard the door
open and close behind h im
When
he turned, he saw Stephen H igelow
standing irre so lu te and nervous in
the g ray m o rn in g lig h t.
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It was clear, as he sat down In
the c h a ir opposite McCale. that he
was com pletely shaken.
A lthough
it was no doubt p a rtly hangover.
McCale in tu itiv e ly sensed that not
a little of it was due to the fact
that he was on his own. A com plex
lad. this one. he thought, rid d le d by
complexes
He had seen enough
of Stephen to know that in spite o f
his high-nosed arrogance, he wus
lost w ith o u t the support o f his w ife
and s illy m other. He pondered us
to u h ich one of them had been cle v­
er enough to send h im in first, so
that e ith e r o r both could e xp e rtly
deny any break he m ig h t m ake
In a business lik e way. McCale
said, ” 1 am w illin g to take the po­
lice re p o rt o f y o u r actions ye ste r­
day afternoon v e rb a tim . However.
1 m m ore interested in som ething
that m ay not seem relevant to the
m urder. I f you w ill only have con- i
fldence in me, I can assure you it
w ill probably go no fu rth e r. I ask
it e n tire ly in the hope o f helping '
your foster sister. V eronica, nut of i
a tic k lis h situation.
I know', of
course, that you are eager to be of
any assistance possible to her "
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“ Oh, q u ite ." The answ er came 1
re a d ily enough. M cCale studiously
Ignored the contem ptuous curve of
the lips that accom panied the re­
m ark.
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Keep a su p p ly handy. A t yo u r grocar'a.
"Very w ell, then. I'd like to know
if you had known C u rt V a lla in co u rt
before he became engaged to Veron­
ica. W hat you know o f him . What
you thought o f h im , to be exact.
How, fo r instance, did it happen
that he cam e so suddenly to this
c ity to be taken up im m e d ia te ly by
y o u r fa m ily? I ’d welcom e anything
you can te ll m e ."
Since
Do your
He saw re lie f come o ver Ste­
phen's face, re lie f th a t the question
was not the one he had feared. Ste­
phen sm ile d —a thin-lipped, uneasy
sm ile.
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" I m et him in C hicago,” he said
c a lm ly , "a b o u t six years ago. V ic ­
to ria was running around w ith him .
I had gone there fo r a couple of
months, ju s t to renew a few old
a cq uaintances."
"A n yon e in p a rtic u la r? ”
Stephen Tells of
His Chicago Trip
“ N o.”
His hands shook a little
as he fum bled fo r a cig a re tte and
lig h te d it. "J u s t
couple o f fellow s
I had known in the navy. A t one
tim e , you see. things were not ve ry
—w e ll, pleasant a t home.
I ran
away and joined up. I made a few
frie n d s w hile I was in the service.
I corresponded w ith them fro m
tim e to tim e a fte r I got out. We
are not a p a rtic u la rly happy group,
McCale, en fa m ille , so to speak So
when things got boring again, and
—e r—a little squaw ky, I decided to
hop out to Chicago and v is it a chap
who had since m a rrie d and done
q u ite w ell fo r h im s e lf ”
"S o rt of run away again, is that
it?” M cCale's g rin was sardonic.
He thought—as yo u ’ ve run out on
e v e ryth in g unpleasant since you
were a kid, I can bet.
“ W ell, I suppose you could c a ll it
th a t.”
a
“ You took V ic to ria w ith you?”
“ No, she came to fetch me back,
as i t were.
A ll is forgiven, you
know. T h a t sort o f thing. V ic to ria
had m e t C u rt in some o f her w an­
derings. I had m e t Karen by then
and d id n 't w ant to leave u n til there
was an understanding of some sort
between us. We stayed alm ost a
year, u n til I m a rrie d her. V icky
corresponded w ith V a lla in c o u rt fo r
a w hile a fte r she came home. It
was she who fin a lly got h im here.
Ran into him by accident in New
Y ork or something, and she brought
him along fo r a visit.
He ju st
stayed, th a t’ s a ll.”
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He settled back in the ch a ir, a
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M cC ale settled back in his c h a ir
and looked at Stephen B igelow w ith
unconcealed disgust. Then he de­
cided to tr y a shot in the d a rk and
see w hat it would hit.
“ O f course you know th a t C u rt
V a lla in c o u rt was m a rrie d at some
tim e In his liv e ly ca re e r.”
“ Oh, yes. He w as,” Stephen ad­
m itte d , com pletely off guard.
"T o Shari L yn n ? ”
"S a ra h L in s k y to y o u ," B igelow
b lu rte d , then b it his lip, re a lizin g
the trap.
"Y o u knew her, too?"
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