How Sluggish Folks
Get Hoppy Relief
"RIGHT Iront the Start"
GERALD
W N U PI A TU R O
Huke McCale, private detective, is In­
vestigating the murder ol Curl Vallaln-
court. who was about to m arry Veronica
Hlselow, heiress to thirty million dollars.
MeCale obtains some Important clues
from Shari l.ynn, Vallalncourt’s former
wife, and from Victoria. Veronica’s sis­
ter.
Veronica, the No. 1 suspect. Is
called again to headquarters. McCale
qucsllons the mrmbers of the family.
Stephen. Veronica’* brother, tells how
he met Vallalncourt In Chicago, when
his sister, Victoria, was running around
with the handsome adventurer. II was
Victoria who introduced Vallalncourt to
Veronica. McCale considers this signif­
icant. Stephen also reveals that he knew
Shari Lynn In Chicago.
You ila r i right whan you m .o t u r . th .
"She would not tell you. You 'hiqje letters though. You know
know that. She has not udmitted 11 vhat 1 think? I think you know
r . q u i i . d amount o f C labb er G irl Into
even to me. But I saw you. Mrs
where they are I think you could
your flour . , . You o r . tura to g et just
Bigelow. I know it was you.”
get them for me. Why won't you
the right rite in your mixing bowl,
He waited, tense, as she pulled work for me? 1 said I'd pay you
follow ed by that final rite to light
herself slowly together She arose well. I've got enough money.” Her
with cold determination
and
fluffy flavor In the oven , , ,
eyes were bright.
That'« the itory o f C la b b e r Girl's
"Very
well,
then."
she
said
at
"What
good
would
that
do?”
WWEM CONSTIPATION m ake. you f.W
last. " I was going to protect her.
She got up. turned her back to
punk «a the dickens, bring* on stomach
b a la n c e d double action.
“ p1* et,_ , * >4 f
l * “ y discomfort,
God knows why, I didn’t actually the window, and made a quick,
,u k e
Caldwell s famous medicine
see the shooting It was foggy, slip­ pleading gesture.
' 0, rq," ! 'k y 5u2 2 he tngger on *«*y “m -
pery, you know. 1 have very small
"Shari l.ynn has them. She must
narda* , and help you feel bright and
chippet again.
feet and sometimes lose my bal­ You hinted at It the other night.
Pot better babtog via fha buèmg powdff
ON CALDWELL’S is the Wonderful s .n -
ance. 1 was picking my way. I You can act as intermediary—get
t
wflA lAa HAI AN(tO Jovb/a o< how
co" u ‘ne<1 >» Kood old Syrup
had my head down when the shot your cut—anything Only I've got
Pepsin to make it so easy to take.
came. I was so frightened—and for t > have them."
MANY DOCTORS use pepsin prepara­
"Why?"
a moment dazed. I didn't know it
tions in prescriptions to make the medi­
was Curt. 1 only saw a man stag­
CHAPTER \ I I
She was impatient in her anxiety
cine more palatable and agreeable to
H a h i n / j 'R x e d e t
ger a moment. He seemed to re­ boldly took another task.
; - ,
J?e sure Tour laxative is con­
tained in Syrup Pepsin.
‘ T d met her. We all met once or cover himself and walk on—toward
"See here"—she came close to
INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL’S— the fa-
twice. But he divorced her. you me. In my shock I stepped off the him, dropping her voice conspira
thant - ^ 5 " ^ ° “ ’ fo,r 5 0 y « r s . and feel
know." He shut his mouth, and his sidewalk and crossed the street. It torily— "you're working all out for
that wholesome relief from constipa­
tion. Even finicky children love it.
brooding eyes half closed He looked was only when he fell to his knees Veronica, aren't you? Now listen
. at McCale with an expression that on our steps that I knew something If those letters come out. It w ill
CAUTION: Use only as directed.
said as plainly 9s words could, terrible had happened.
It was put her in a worse spot than she's
y o u
"And that’s all you’ll get from me." then I saw Veronica running across in now."
the
Common
path.
Veronica—”
I
ni
sorry,
but
I
don't
follow
McCale changed the direction of
you."
his next questions strategically and she drew herself up majestically.
SEIWAIAXATIVE
“ Oh, Lord, I thought you said
“ Why didn't you immediately
said with the suddenness of a cata­
pult, ’ ’You were spying on your wife come into the house’ I should have you were a detective. Look. Veron­
SYRDP PEPSIN and Curt Vallaincourt at The White thought—”
ica found out, somehow, that I had
"Oh, but I couldn't. Don't you known Curt rather well. Don't ask
Abbey night before last, weren't
you?" He thought he had explod­ see?” She was Cornell now. loyal, , me how. I don't know that. We
had a whale of a row over it, but
ed a bomb with that, but curiously
I I I
| I denied it. Do you see? Now, If
enough, Bigelow was ready for it.
1 they get her for his—his death, and
"No, indeed I just happened to
from common colds
| the letters are found, it w ill prove
be there. I saw them talking. What
she was right. Don't you get it?
of it? Karen comes and goes as
I It w ill give them a motive. If I can
she pleases."
get them back, I can destroy
CreomuWon relieves promDtlv be-
“ You didn’t, then, suspect her, .
« u » it goesi right to the seal o t the
! them."
say,
of
having
an
affair
or
some
trouble to help loosen and expel
He chuckled cynically, striking
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
secret connection with him—say i
I his hands together with a muttered
raw- tender, ln -
something she wished to keep from
exclamation. "No,” he barked, "not
bronchial m ucous m e m -
you?”
Te ^ L our d fW ls t to sell you
really! Don't tell me. in all seri- i
Bigelow laughed hollowly, the
a bottle of Creomulslon w ith the un-
ousness. that you want to protect
watchfulness gone from him, "Not
you must like the way It
Veronica?”
Quickly allays the cough or you are
at all, Mr. McCale." He accented
j “ Of course. Why?"
to have your money back.
the mister disdainfully. "Whatever
"Because it just occurred to me, I
gave you that absurd idea?"
being
a detective, that if you had
McCale thought—he has been ly- I
for Coughs, Chest Colds. Bronchitis
L
those letters you might just possi­
ing to me now for the last three
bly not destroy them. They make
minutes. These were the questions
such a swell motive.”
Rub in gently-warming, soothing Ben-Gay for last
he was so sure I would ask first,
relief from muscular soreness and pain. Ben-Gay con­
He bowed. "Not only that, my
the
ones
he
was
not
sure
he
was
'
m ake
loyal young lady, but you seem to
tains up to 2 Vi times more methyl salicylate and
ready for. And I, like a fool, have
think as a matter of fact, you're
menthol—famous pain-relieving agents known to every
gone
all
around
the
barn,
allowing
your
c a re e r
doctor—than five other widely offered rub-ins Insist
||
practically convinced yourself that
him to collect himself.
Shari Lynn has possession of those 1
on genuine Ben-Gay, the original Baume Analgésique.
He shrugged.
"You haven't a
A e r o ech
’
letters. Suppose I tell you that the
------T
w ill tr a in y ou fo r a suc­
Also for Pain due to RHEUMATISM. NEURALGIA, and COLOS.
thing to tell me that might help
c e s s fu l c a r e e r in A v i a t i o n . A e r o ­
police have them safe under lock
n a u tic a l Engineering — A ir c r a ft a nd
Ash for Mild Ben-Cay for Children.
the growing case against Veronica,
and key. Evidence, you know.”
E ng ine M echanics (A fls E ) courses.
then?” he asked, a reasonable barb
T h o r o u g h , p r a c t ic a l t r a i n in g b y
“ It's a lie !"
ou tstand ing fa c u lty . M o d e rn E q u ip ­
in his question.
\ es. he said, "so far as I know,
m e n t . Im m e d ia t e e n r o llm e n t as­
“ Nothing at a ll."
sured. W r ite for free b o oklet or v is it
it is a lie, but how did you know?"
th e school. A pproved fo r Veterans.
Stephen rose, well aware that he
She shut her lips together and j
IfRI IWISTIHS TECHNICAL INSTITITE
had acquitted himself, in his own
just glared at him.
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mind anyway, with some success—
You may go,” he said uncon­
“ A Hard nut to crack," was all
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that the interview was over. He
cernedly. " I 'll talk to your sister-
McCale
made
of
her.
paused at the door.
in-law next. See you at the in­
’’Who is next for the inquisition?” 1 misunderstood, rejected.
" I f I'd quest.”
he asked mockingly.
' gone right in, everyone would have
A few minutes later, the sound of
“ You might ask vour mother to known, wouldn't they? I ’d have had the piano playing stopped abruptly.
step in for a moment,” McCale an­ to say I'd seen Veronica. I couldn't Shortly afterward, the door opened
swered, wrapped in sudden fury.
| do that—I couldn’t."
and Karen Bigelow came in.
"Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Bige­
"I think," he observed, "that of
McCale wondered why, if she
low’,” he said, somewhat disgrun­ couldn’t face telling it then, she all the Bigelows, you belong least)
tled.
was able to be so glib about it now. of all to this house.”
due to MONTHLY LOSSES?
"You mean, perhaps, that 1 am
"Oh, no, 1 mustn’t be spared,”
“ I slipped down the other side
Tou girls and women who lose so
an
acquisition—let us say—an or­
she
sighed.
“
It's
all
so
sordidly
of
the
street
to
the
drugstore
for
much during monthly periods that
necessary.”
cigarettes.
I met Stephen there, nament?”
you’re pale, weak, "dragged out"—
this may be due to lack of blood-iron
Exactly. You can tell me more
'Why did you go to the White you know—or don't you?”
Bo try Lydia E. Plnkham’s TABLETS
about
them than anyone.”
Abbey
the
night
before
last?"
he
Yes. I have seen the police re­
— one of the best home ways to
S M O K IN G TOBACCO
Oh, but I couldn’t.” She made
asked without preliminary,
ports.” he said gravely. "W ill you
build up red blood—In such cases
a slow, somnolent motion, not so
"Why, I—I wasn't there . . . I—” send your daughter in please?”
Plnkham’s Tablets are one of the
best blood-iron tonics you can buy I
The unexpectedness of the attack
W hether he sm okes a p ip e — or
She accepted her dismissal with much in horror or disloyalty as of
made her forget momentarily her the air of an actress taking a cur­ deadly indifference.
ro lls his own cigarettes— a
“ I think you can,” he persisted.
Dostevski role, Quickly she sank tain call.
C
h ristm a s g ift o f c rim p cut
!
"Let
me
tell
you
what
I
know
to
be
into
a
chair.
IT ’S THE
i ,
"You're making your farewell true. You all were acquainted with
P rin ce A lb e rt is su re to please
“
You
were
seen,
you
know,”
ne
■i
TALK OF
tour,” McCale chuckled to himself, Curt Vallaincourt in Chicago—at
went on. “ Your altercation with his mind busy with her treachery.
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about the same time Stephen Bige­
your daughter-in-law and your en­
You never would have guessed low was, shall I say, rushing you
featuring this 16-ounce tin of
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trance into the club.”
that Victoria had beer, up most of
You knew his
Prince Albert for Christmas
"I'v e got a right to go anywhere the previous night. The circles un- into matrimony?
T w a r,!
.
J
• .
. ,
i
iiig m .
m e c irc le s un-
wife, too, Sarah Linsky, wasn’t it—
gifts. It's all ready to g iv e -
i Tr.™ U S f?r lny daughter- n-law, der her eyes were no darker than the present Shari Lynn?”
I often have to be a bit harsh with usual. She slunk in, her mouth the
gay Christmas w ra p p in g -
She was watching him covertly
her. She neglects my son.”
even space for your own
same insolent gash of red.
from under her long lashes.
"B ut you were heard not to be­
personal greeting-
"A hard nut to crack,” was all
lieve her when she assured you McCale made of her, as he smiled
The Ugly Plot
that the man you came to see was to himself.
not there.”
Hegins
to Show
“ Too bad you weren’t able to find
A hard, beady look came into her
" I know you finally consented to
Her face sagged as if the your letters in Vallaincourt’ s apart­
ment last night,” he opened.
m arry Stephen,” he continued.
ft S T A Y S on y o u r Lips eyes.
veneer were about to crack.
She did not seem startled. She " I ’ll confess. I ’ve wondered why.”
"D id you see him?” McCale prod­
IT'S DIFFERENT!
tossed her dark head.
She shifted her position impercep­
ded.
"Oh, you know that, do you? How tibly, placing her long white bands
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on her knees.
did that get out?”
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CKEAMY
“ I had suffered all winter with a
"M y assistant, who helped you
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search. He was quite smitten by pain here." She touched her arm.
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your charms.”
"A nervous ailment. I thought then
After Breakfast. . . It’s'on'
“ I told you I did not go to—that
"That ox.” Her lip curled. "So that I would never play again. I
is, I did go inside the lobby, but
he works for you. He told me he thought—” ‘ She had thought, of
decided not to go upstairs. I re­ was a policeman."
course, that she could forget her
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turned home."
5 •
"Well, he’d make a good one, at music in the bosom of a rich so­
"You
didn’
t
see
Curt
Vallaincourt
After L U N C H . . . I t ’ s on
cial life. How wrong she had been.
that.”
McCale
chuckled.
"You'd
as you had planned, then?’
She found herself embroiled be­
. " I tell you I didn't go upstairs. have recognized him if you’d been tween a jealous mother-in-la\y and
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home the night before. He was on
Besides, I went there to get
a jealous husband. She had with­
it 's STILL o n
duty
here
all
that
night.
Where
son. He had quarreled with Karen
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drawn, therefore, to her Nordic
and I was afraid he had started out were you, by the way?”
hauteur, u n tif boredom and unhap­
“
That’s
my
business.”
on a a binge ” She said it very
piness had driven her back to the
defiantly.
’■
keyboard to find that sheer neces­
Those
Letters
Could
McCale wondered what her an­
sity enabled her to overcome her
swer would have been if she had tie Damaging
illness, forced her to play again.
not known already that he knew
McCale stood very straight and
Perhaps
it
’s
mine.
Or
at
least
INDELIUM*
Stephen had been there.
still
before the glacial Karen Bige­
the
police
may
want
an
explana­
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He felt he would get nothing of
low. Her hauteur and boredom and
Ali» tvailailt
tion.
Were
you
at
the
Vallaincourt
importance from her now that she
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complete indifference was beginning
apartment, by any chance?”
i» 'A-n. a»»
was back in the groove of the tragic
lul longt
TA. rLAMÍMO
"M y little romp with Curt was to get him.
role she was determined to play. over long ago.”
"Look, Mrs. Bigelow," he said
C e le r L lp e t lc k
One more question, then,” he
METAL
very
quietly, " I know that Victoria
"Was
it?
”
he
asked
quietly,
hard
CASE
•aid, to her surprise and disap­
Gleaming like
knew Vallaincourt and that was
bunches showing along his jaw
For pipes or roll-your-own
teldinfeltpro-
pointment. "What did you see, yes­
still going on even after his en­
"Yes. Who says it wasn’t?”
tector--keep.
pw cigarettes, there’s no other
terday afternoon, when you were in
ALSO IN
csm deen
gagement
to
Veronica,
and
that
he
'The red wig you wore when
tobacco quite like Prince Albert.
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front of this house at the time of
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still saw Shari Lynn as well.
1
you
impersonated
your
stepsister,
the murder?”
I t ’s crimp cut to pack better In a
Veronica, each time you went know, too, that you once had some
pipe, to draw smooth and easy—
The blow of It visibly staggered there.”
connection with him, because you
O1946P
or to roll up fast and firm in a
her. Again there was the automat­
went to the White Abbey the night
"Y ou'll have to prove that.”
“ makln’s” cigarette. Cool, rich,
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ic reaching out for her glass of sher­
before
last
to
buy
back
some
let­
Her eyes grew hooded and he saw
and tasty.
ry.
She
gasped.
Her
eyes
were
ters
from
Miss
Lynn.
They
must
I f roar caemetie d .p ’< cannot copply N A IL COUPON
her hands tremble. His shot in the
have been old letters or Vallain­
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grew slack.
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"Proof?" he said, smiling, " i court would have had them and
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"Oh,
no,”
she
whimpered.
“
I
was
□ M oo d O fw n g .
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you would have had to deal with
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don’t
need
to
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His voice became hard, his look knew than you can imagine in your with his ex-wife proved that.”
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insistent. "You wore a gray rain­ wildest dreams.”
"What else do you know?” she
coat,” he ¿aid. "Both Miss Ade­
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A crooked little smile curled the asked wearily, her voice toneless
laide and I saw you.”
"W ell—” he hesitated. " I know
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