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. S o u th e rn O re g o n N ew s R e v ie w T h u rs d a y , D e c e m b e r 5, 1946 Z Í . z ìi NEEDLEWORI 01 STRESS OF G GERALD a y BRO W N prizes— and fu r y o u r own kitchen. A c tu a l size is given on the p a tte rn c h a rt. Ml N U F t A T U R l t a . iX Penetrates Stimulates into upper bron c h ia l tubes » ith special soothing medicinal tapors. chest and back sur faces like ■ warm in g . c q m fo r tln g poultice. wonderful special pene trating-stimulating action T his —brought to you only by Vicks VapoRub — works for hours to relieve distress of colds while the child sleeps. Often by morning most misery of the cold is gone. Try it V I C K S tonight! V a p o R ub D u k e M c C a le , p r iv a te d e te c tiv e . Is In- v e s u g a lin g th e m u r d e r o f C u rt V a lla tn - c o u r t. w h o w a s a b o u t to m a r r y V e ro n ic a B ig e lo w , b e lre s s to t h ir t y m illio n d o lla rs . She Is th e p r in c ip a l suspect. McCale q u e s tio n s m e m b e r s o l (he f a m ily a n d o b ta in s Im p o r t a n t c lu e s , u n c o v e rin g a d eep p lo t to k e e p c o n tro l o l the g r e a t fo rtu n e In (b e f a m i ly , th ro u g h a d e a l w ith V a t- la ln c o u r t. M c C a le d e rid e s t h a t S h a ri L y n n , V a lla ln r o u r t 's fo r m e r w ife , holds th e k e y to th e pu ss le . lie h u rrie s Io h e r a p a r t m e n t , o n ly to fin d th a t she has been shot d e a d . O n lo o k in g a ro u n d , he no t ie r s t h a t a p ic tu re Is m is s in g fr o m the w a ll o f h e r a p a r t m e n t , li e la t e r ta lk s to V e ro n ic a a b o u t h e r lo ve to r V a lla ln - c o u rt. CHAPTER x iv P o th o ld e r s A nu his throat. “All right." he said what They read: DETECTIVE Then, "I’m not going in with you. SHOT. His mind struggled with To o b tu ln th r e e A n im a l P o t h o ld e rs ( P a t t e r n N o . 8280) a c t u a l alxe fu r e m Things to do. Lots of them. Chin this and he mude u slight motion b r o id e r in g . c o lo i c h a i I, te n d 28 «•unte In up, now. I’ll see you tomorrow. with his head. A golden blonde an c o in , y o u r n a m e , a d d r e M a nd p a t t e r n n u m b er, Good-night." gel leaned over and kissed him D u e to an u n u M iu lIv lu ig e d e m a n d a n d "Good-night.” She made an at lightly on the brow. c u r r e n t u u n d ltlo n a . a llifh tly m u r e li m e is tempt at a smile. “And thank you." r e q u ir e d in ftllln tf o r d e r « fo r a fe w o f th e Where am I?” He mouthed con m o s t p o p u la r p a t t e r n n u m b e r« Of one thing he was sure. Curt fused thoughts. Send y o u r o r d e r to : i Vailamcourt had really loved Ver "Why. darling, this is Ann. You onica .Bigelow. Start with that fact. know S E W IN G C IK C I .K N K K IU .K W G K K where you are." He had burned his bridges, care 709 M is s io n Mt., Man F r a n c is c o , C a lif. Uh huh " Fuzziness began to fully and conscientiously. Includ E n c lo s e 20 c e n ia fo r p a tte rn . ing Shari Lynn? He thought so. leave the edges uf his brain. "This N o __________________ is heaven. Do that again, angel." Funny what love will do for a guy. N am e He started to put an arm about But he must have been aware of his antagonists—of their viciousness her. Pain seared his shoulder. He A d d re s s if what he intended doing became groaned a bit coming wide awake. known. He was certain that he ’’Behave yourself," Ann said. knew of his danger. He had woven \ ou re in no condition to become J hai D)aA Jouqh his spell with the blackest of arts ' amorous Good lord, did you see and had been caught at it. That I that ’ She flung the morning pa- “ Two days without food or wa was his undoing. He must have | per on the floor. "The papers huve ter,” announced the Commando to been conscious of playing a long you at death’s door. Here, let me 5280 an admiring audience; “ think of it.” chance those last few days. But he lift you up a little " “ Pretty bad,” agreed a middle- went to his death blithely all the She propped a pillow behind him aged m an; “ but bow would you same, even welcoming it in the and sat down. There were deep like to have fought in the trenches knowledge that something fine had j shadows under her eyes. happened to him that had never in Flanders? Sometimes we were “Have you been here all night?" happened before. He had been be he asked. up to the waist in icy water and trayed, however, by hope. “Sure, why not?" mud for u week or m ore.” "Call yourself soldiers?” snorted McCale was silently deriding the 1 Why didn’t Rocky make you go a very old man who had hobbled philosophizing he had been indulg home?” Do you think I'd leave you to the i ISE colorful scraps of left-over up. “ Pah! When I was in the ing in when he came abreast of m aterials to make these gay Zulu w ar, a spear kntx'ked me his own doorway. Just when it was tender mercies of that behemoth? that the first warning came, he Every time you asked for a drink, little anim al head potholders. Em down and pinned me to ttie ground. couldn’t afterwards recall. He had he reached for the bottle of Scotch.” broider with bits of floss and I lay there for over u week with you've some ideal gifts for holi out food or drink.” just looked up to see the lights of She scowled. "By Jove!” exclaim ed the Com his office gleaming faintly. He was Just then the door opened and day giving, church bazaars, bridge mando. ‘‘Painful, w asn't it? ” Rocky stuck his head in. He grinned “ Not very,” answered the old broadly on seeing McCale awake r and sitting up. m an; "only when I laughed ” Doc Preble Is here, nurse.” He dropped a curtsey to Ann. I 1 “Preble!” McCale howled. "The HELP BUILD UP coroner! What is this? I’m not dead—or am I?” When you sink a fence post, coat Ann chuckled. She did not look i the end that goes into the earth I too tired or harassed now that she with a good grade of roof paint. smiled. But how can I be sure it’s the emptiness of lost love? It’s more like—oh—” She broke off, burying her head in her arms. “I don’t know.” "I think I understand.” he said quietly. “It hits you sort of in the stomach instead of in the heart." “Yes, yes. That's it." But she grimaced as though the thought so stated was a trifle vulgar. She brushed a tear from the corner of her eye. YOUR “About the scrap of letter you found—a letter to Curt." "Yes, that. I was sure it was from Vicky. She’s always been so funny about Curt. Her attitude seemed to be that because she had known him first, she had priority 1 rights over him. Something like that. I was shattered by that note . A W A Y ............... J Why toss and turn and lose , and what it implied. And when I a precious sleep over acid indi- • accused her, she was so hard in J gestion, gassiness and upset J spite of her denial. In a foolish » stomach? Do as thousands of » moment I gave it to Aunt Addy. J men and women do—sleep J I was so upset.” "I know that," he said. He hesi- » such simple stomach troubles » J tated, not sure whether to go on; J away! Just take swift-acting decided to risk her shock at > Stuart T ablets before you • I | then what he had to say. "It is cruel. — • — [ retire—and wake up feeling » perhaps, i W hen you fell In the doorway to tell you now.” he be- The spread of a erack in glass : > relaxed and rarin'to go! Easy ! last night, you looked pretty dead can be stopped by scratching an ! with ch TONIC [ to take—no messy mixing, no , gan. "but necessary. We haven't I to me. I fainted. Rocky had the arc at the end of the break. 1 A» I f you r a lr h «»Id eaatly— I m t anno i bottle. Praised by thousands, • much time. The inquest is the day 5 / / ' two of us in his hands. Of course, • you lark a il th e n a tu ra l A 4 Ik — • —- 1 used for years. Ask your , ! after tomorrow and—” k V ita n u n a a nd OTh r « •" r. he simply let me lie there. With "Oh. but do. I’m able to stand Frothy and dotted m arquisette 'n a t u r a l <»11» you need V " i m ap > druggist for genuine Stuart I the door wide open, I wasn't un curtains with plump dots the size i anything after—” she shuddered— lx* emased h<»w Scott'» Km ulelott Tablets. In three convenient ra n hdt» build »nerj/V. « to m in e conscious long. I came to and stum- of a pebble will take your eye one and ren afu n ra. T r y it I Kee why sizes—25c, 60c or Sl.20 on ' ; "after this afternoon.” i bled up the stairs to find he had of these days when you are shop- ; “You see.” he said bluntly, "the m any doctors recom m end Lhla maker's positive money-back k'<MMl.ta»tinir, hiirh energy. f'*w l ; stretched you out on the office desk, ping. Straight hanging, they give ! ! thing you suspected, the plot to gain tonic. Huy a t your d ru irria t'a . guarantee. Get them today ... i too much like a corpse for me to i a lift to limp looking living rooms. I , control of your inheritance, was use them tonight . . . be O.K.. I think of anything else. What with i real. It was a diabolical plot—all A pair of deeply ruffled curtains ; tomorrow! j Rocky beating his own brains out will perk up the appearance of 1 SCOTT’S EMULSION were in it.” y f * » N O t/N D TONIC and cursing that someone had your bedroom. He expected her to cry out or to S TU A R T T A B L E T S bumped off the boss, I dialed head huddle away from him. He was —• — quarters. The homicide squad, nearly bowled over himself when One of the ways to keep silver down to the last legman, were here ware bright and shiny is to line the she almost laughed, saying, “But in three minutes flat.” no—no. You’re wrong, Mr. McCale. draw er in which it is kept with Oh, I don’t mean about the plot. Preble was short and thin and dark outing flannel. GUARANTEED CURE You're wrong in thinking I didn't past middle age and sported a know about it. I was so horrified goatee. He had the typical medical rULST g»t a can ol Jolly You’ll be surprised how much a 'Iiro» Pop Corn, be^aua« . . . Well, I went first to Chris— man's all-seeing eye. few touches of white will do for a It ta l»nd»r and hull»»»— and. . th» m o il doliciouo pop He looked McCale over shrewdly, room. Objects such as vases, “You went to Chris Storm?” A corn ever grown. 8 »» He didn’t hear Ann scream. W» will mail you our formula for examined the wound, and reban lamps and cushions in white re back ol can lor boot of fha cure of that horrible faalinq. signal flashed through his mind He oil reap»« lor pop corn daged it in short order. lieve a crowded, color-weary room. You have necessary ingredients af only a few feet from the doorstep balls and carm»i corn. ’ clamped his teeth together hard. home—* • tell you how. Send your Ea»y to mak»! ‘'You'll do,” he said. “Stay in Touches of white also add a mod when it came—that intuitive mes name and address,clearly printed, “Yes. He was furious, of course. with S I.00 enclosed. Follow in- bed for twenty-four hours. Don’t ern note. — ■ ■ He wanted to have it out with Curt sage from his nerves, his glands. want you running a temperature. structions 10 days and if not more Call it what you will, it reaches up then satisfied your money will be I then and there, but I persuaded him cheerfully end promptly refunded. You’re a lucky guy. The bullet was i not to. I said it was my job and out of the vastness of our primeval deflected by the cigarette case you beginnings to warn us. It gripped I would do it.” R&S COMPANY that “And him now, thrusting icy claws down carry in your upper vest pocket." did you?” . P. O . Box 1533 D a l i« . T . x « "Was it a forty-five?" “Yes. I went right to Curt be into his diaphragm. He started to turn; then thought better of it. Then "Undoubtedly, from the nature fore the rehearsal, the day before— of the wound. If it hadn’t been for before he died. But you see. I was he began to run. IVNU—13 49— 4 The report came like a firecrack that cigarette case, it would have wrong in one thing. Curt confessed j to the original plot. That was true er, hard by on his right. He heard ripped you wide open. Well, mind the sound of running feet. He felt what I say now. This girl needs enough, but—” “But what?” McCale’s mind was a ghastly blow near his heart. He some sleep.” He turned to Ann. -¿Xp, working furiously, conjuring up all reeled, stopped in his tracks. A harumphed, and went off, giving low whisper escaped his lips. His Rocky the stare of an anthropolo | kinds of absurd visions. He pulled knees buckled as a pain shot gist ignoring an interesting but in himself up abruptly. "You see,” she said carefully, a through his side. He climbed up ferior specimen. tremor in her voice, "Curt loved the steps somehow. He thought, me. He really did. Oh, I know. “Oh, God, this is how Curt Val- Donlevy Calls He’d been a hellion all right. He laincourt died. I wonder what went told me a great deal about himself through his mind—crawling up And Talks that day—about his past—about those endless stairs?” A half hour later, McCale was in After a thousand years, the door terrupted | Shari Lynn. But for once, it was in the middle of exasper swung open. Ann stood there. She the real thing with him. He could ated resentment at the “light” diet hardly understand it himself, but seemed far away in the dark. He ordered by the doctor and carried there it was. He was truly in love forced a smile. from "Hello,” he said, conscious of out to the letter by Ann. The tele for the first time in his life. He was phone rang. Ann. provokingly CHIMNEYS» 'k going to turn his back on them all. slobbering. placing the bedside telephone out stoves and We were going to be happy togeth “You’re tight,” she said. of his reach, and with a smug ex heating er. There wasn’t anything they pression on her face, went into the I I ...X U N ITS could have done after we were m ar A Narrow Escape outer office to take the call. ried.” N e w Fleischm ann’s Fast Rising D ry Yeast keeps "That was Veronica Bigelow," From Death “Had he told them?” His voice she said matter-of-factly. “I had “No.” His own voice sounded dif fo r w eeks on your p a n try shelf was soft, insistent. the devil of a time before she’d "Oh, no. I think he realized the ferent and from way back some trust me with the message. She's where. “I don’t drink. You know If you bake at home—you can always danger, because someone was that. upset no end. It seems that Don I’ve been held up.” watching him.” depend on New Fleischmann’s Fast Rising levy has arrested Christopher “Yeah—all the way home, m “You mean—” Dry Yeast to give you perfect risings 'Musi What have you done with Storm." ... delicious bread ... every time you bake! "Yes. He told me we’d have to bet. “When?” be careful right up to the hour of Veronica Bigelow?” Ready for instant action—New Fleisch “Last night or early this morn “Don’t tell me you're jealous of the wedding. He joked about it a mann’s Fast Rising keeps fresh and ing. She’s been tryirtg to get the her.” He swayed, hardly aware of lot because he considered it funny. this insane stalling. potent for weeks—leta you bake at a office ever since, I suppose.” *<•», •,w He said, ‘Set a thief to catch a moment’s notice! Don’t risk baking fail gb “You suppose?” It must have been then that she thief,’ or ‘When thieves fall out.’ K A »i ures with weak yeast—get New Fleisch “Well, I—I stuffed blotting paper Things like that. He supposed they saw pain glaze his eyes, bare his mann’s Fast Rising today. Atyour grocer’s. D °S*S . io were suspicious because he’d been teeth. She moved forward, sudden in the telephone bell last night. I up thought the ringing might disturb seen with Shari Lynn. The papers terror striking her. your rest—the doctor said—” “Duke!” she gasped. had got hold of it, you know.” W'Vk H O I any His legs gave way again. Slowly “Didn’t he know who was follow- "God Almighty. Between you and HAW* ’ ing him about? Did he say wheth he slid to his knees, crouching there. the doctor, I might as well be a! His face twitched a moment and corpse. I was all hopped up with' er it was a man or woman?” O O T it dangerous! M ore than half the he made a mumbling noise before morphine, wasn’t I?” He turned accidental fires start in soot-laden chim S he pitched forward. himself around with a painful ef neys. X Z I T S O O T E R A D IC A T O R protects An Attempt on your home from the dangers of chimney fires He didn’t hear Ann’s scream. fort. by removing all soot. Fo r only a half cent • McCale’s Life Once during the night, he became TIGHT, day you can keep your chimney, stove, and "Now. Duke, you’re not to excite heating unit free from soot. T w o tablespoons conscious. It was like being yourself. You’ll raise a tempera “No, He said I wasn’t to worry SORE CHEST MUSCLES of X Z I T sprinkled in the firebox or fireplace about it. That was all.” She began dragged up into the light from the ture.” once a week is all it takes. Get X Z I T from ARE M Z your favorite store today 1 depth and darkness of a great well. to cry softly. "To hell with my temperature. SPECIALTYi 5800 So. Hoover St.» Los Angelee 44, Calif. He helped her out and paid the He felt a breath of cool air and Get Donlevy on the wire.” driver. He didn’t speak until the opened his eyes. He realized his Obediently she called police Head throat was parched. He asked for taxi had driven off. Poor little chest muscles so “That afternoon—the one before water and a phantom floated into quarters, only to learn that the man was on his way there tight they feel "squeezed” ... yesterday — when you and Curt view. It was Ann. She held a glass homicide so sore from hard coughing it came into the living room, he of water for him. Her eyes, he at that very moment. hurts him to breathe? Quick, McCale patted her hand, feeling flashed you a signal with his eyes.” noticed, were big and filled with « M entholatum. Rub it on *’'< ashamed of his irascibility. He re love for him and fear for him, too. “You noticed that?” SOOT ERADICATOR chest, back, neck. Its warm, “Yes. What did it mean?” '"That’s Ann,” he thought. “I’m signed himself to waiting for Don gently stimulating action B e a u tify "It meant that everything was all sick and she's worried about me. levy. helps lessen congesticm with right, that he’d destroyed everything She loves me and she’s worried. In less than twenty minutes, the out irritating child’s delicate | —his letters, his associations, ev That’s great. That’s fine.” lieutenant strode in, in the wake of normal skin. At same time w ith erything that had tied him to the When the black curtain of mor Rocky. The two of them so big, comforting vapors lessen past. It was as if he said”—her phia lifted again, it was another but so different, bulked hugely in coughing spasms. voice broke—“as if he said, ‘Look, day. The room was light. The first the doorway, Donlevy, with a mut darling, the past is all finished. I’m thing he saw was big black letters. tered greeting to McCale, flung him t -»»»right. I »4®. The M entholetom C». a v a il a b le a t a l l sto res clean.’ ” They formed slowly out of the mist self into a chair. Crevices of fatigue BEAUTIFUL» NOVEL» ENCHANTING McCale blinked his eyes, cleared that still clouded his vision some and worry lined his face. ‘TD R E C Q N T IN II E m V STOMACH TROUBLES M E/MM $1«OO bio b a b i M fa ilu r e s BECAUSE YEAST GOT WEAK n » » HALF i& IM r XZIT REMOVES SOOT tfiitrMtnig P * , £> *C0U> BUG' got HIM DOWN? XZIT X X , T RAINBOW COLORS GET M E N T H O L A T U M QUICK!
