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PAGE TEN ' rrrFQT?D matl TurnmcD, nrrwRn, p-REnoy. Sunday, tcly 24, ms OCTA60M BY PHOEBE ATWOOO TAVLOR DIFFICULT DECISION? By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Beg. U. S. Pat OS. iL. . . - Chapter 48 tiie Plot Thickens A FEW minutes before nine that same morning, Ascy slid his Inne Porter roadster ud the Octa ?on House drive so quietly that he woman standing by the back door didn t even turn tier neaa. With a grin, Asey recognized Nettie Hobbs in the trailing black dress she reserved for funerals, and doing good. "I tell you," Nettle said shrilly, "it's some calves' foot jelly for poor dear Aaron Pam's laugh rippled out "Nettie, she said, "I'm sure you mean well, but the last thing la ther wants to put into his mouth at this point is a call s loot, tie can Just manage a thin straw. "I must say," Nettie observed acidly, "I guess I know when I'm not wanted! "As a matter of fact," Pam re turned, "vou don't. If you did, you'd have gone straight home Friday night, and all this wouldn't nave nappenea. it s a painiui point, but very true." "You're mad." Nettie said, "be cause I thought you killed your sister. And it you want to know, I'm not at all sure that you didn't, so there! "Oh, come," Pam said. "Would you want to be even the step mother of a murderer?" Nettie switched around so quickly that she nearly tripped. Her eyes lighted on the roadster, and she stopped her flouncing-off-in-indignation act "Oh It's Mis-ter Mayol" she said, walking over. " Mis-ter Mister oh." An odd expression came over her face. "Oh." "Yup," Asey said, fishing In his pocket "Mister Mayo. You can tell him by his car. When he has the car with him. Nettie, here s a nice shiny SO cent piece, an' a nice shiny dime. Ord'narily I don't make no refunds, but this 60 cents has been burnln' holes in my pockets " He held out the money, but Nettie fled. Pam strolled out of the house. "Asey, what did you do to her? She's simply deflated! She scut tled!" "If ever vou have anv trouble with her," Asey said, "just ask if one iiccus u jtuuu paim juu uune. Where's everyone, an' how's Aaron?" "Peg's up with him now," Pam said. "He's loads better, even man aged to eat a soft-boiled egg for breakfast. Tim and Gran went tearing off a telegram came. Some friends of theirs landed in Provincetown, or something. Good Lord, Asey," she added as he got out of the roadster, "what sar torial splendor! What what ele gance! 1 hadn't got the full force of you in the car. Ain't you some thin'?" "Uh-huh," Asey said. He saw no need of telling her that Jennie mayo naa siooa over mm and al- he knew, U Aaron's clocks were right "Just Peg oh, who Is it, Peg?' "Your plumber friend. Jen- nlngs," she said. "He wants to come in. I think you're about to have water laid on, from the looks of nis trucK, Pam sighed, and went back to tne door. Asey strolled alter her. "Earl," Pam said, "I told you" "Mornin'," Jennings said blithe ly. 1 m a mite late, but somethm come up that required me as a selectman. Somehow my two jobs always seem to be gettin' in each other s way. II I got a pipe to nx. then I got papers to sign, and if'1 "Earl," Pam said, "I told you yesterday that Aaron and I will forgive your bashing around. You were drunk, and you weren't re sponsible, and if you Dav the doc tors Dills, that s all right. But don t try me, Earl! Please don't rouse mel Because if I should begin to think of what vou did in burnine mat Darn I didn't, I keep telling you ' Then." Pam went on. "I mieht lose my temper, and it s a nendish thing "Pam," Jennings said, "when vou get to be able to r'lax in your new meu mo, wnen you con ion around in the porcelain luxury" The Octagonal Well A SEY bit his lip to keep the cor f ners of his mouth from turn ing up into a broad grin. Jennings was doing well. He was almost do ing too well. That lolling in the tub business was an nhvinii rrih from his own conversation. "You know perfectly well that it's silly to talk about tiled baths," Pam said. "We haven't water, and we can't afford electricity" Pam." Jennines said. "I ant that all thought out. You know, it was my grandfather that built this place, and I found the original plans to home. We'll just fill in that wen you got now. and the cistern, too, and then we'll go buck to the original well. It's a spring, real ly" "The old well, out by the barn?" Pam said. Jennings nodded. "Used to be a windmill on the top of it," he said. "The old octagonal well. I forgot you had one till I looked it up on them old plans. It's about 100 feet west of the barn, and we.can build your look, let me see Aaron, will you, an' talk with him?" "What octagonal well?" Peggy Boone demanded. It used to be Marina's favorite thing about the place," Pam ex plained. "She loved it. She fell Into it so often that Aaron had the top' boarded up, years ago, when we were children. Marina used to brag that she lived in an eight-sided house, with an eight-sided barn, and an eight-sided well. It never mattered then if some other child said that her father made more money than our father. Marina would just curl her lip and say that they didn't live in an eieht-sided house with eight-sided barns and (v cow 5fMe eiRTH 1b ft HfclfER Chi? CM -fa 3 HIGHEST RANKS IN THE HhW 0 rioNORIHS ShtAEMM OftVlD 0. FARRA6UT ( Rear Admiral- l8bZ; ViceMtnipalt8&f! Admiral- IBbb) Cs& (3AIN6.V. Vunrt.Norfh Catblina.nefr'L nd r 1 (Owned hu ' Al.ViinzfaH Ir N. Tahoka, TeAas) ASasa-- JOT5 till t- A RUM ON A MNK in Davenport. Ibwa. 1H6 MU-SIC SooTriED Trie f EAR'S of THE PEPOSflbR; WUOSOUflrlT To withdraw TrieiRfiJNPs MAW RePEPolTEP 1HEIR (WNcynHcN ANP IHcRc ... 1 u most forcihlv rpmnvnrf hia naint wells. There was something flnnl clothes, and ' thrust him into the about that. Well, come on up. Earl, white flannels, the while keeping an.d talk to Father. Maybe some- up a steady conversation about his promise to dress up. "So Aaron s really better? "He seems almost himself. But I thought" Pam said, "that I'd better nip the calves' foot jelly in the bud. I mean, on the hoof where are you going?" she asked Peg Boone, as they met her at the door. Peg smiled. "Whenever possible," she said. "I avoid the hour. Nine o'clock Is going to strike, very shortly. I do wish I hadn't this complex about clocks! What about Jack. Asey? Does Hanson still have him?" "Oh, Hanson's wanderin' around with him. I guess he's got his case. an rignt. The clocks began to strike as he and Pam went into the circular hall. Asey listened appreciatively, and stared intently at the small est clock, in the shape of a cat. 'He Drips Eyes' "CEEMS to of lost an eye," he Jsaid, knowing full well that the eye was lost, and where it had been found. "That little one? He drips eyes," Pam said. "I've got an old evening bag, an old yellow bended thing, that I just use to replace them." "Yellow evenin' bag, huh?" Asey said. ' I hadn't got that far." "Cats " Pam chatted on gaily, "are a sore subject here this morn ing. Emma Goldman went for Toots at last, and we rescued Toots just as her tail feathers were go ing down Emma's throat. Toots was very rullled. I thought for a moment she was going to talk she never has. you know, since I salvaged her from Marina. Some Argentine gave her to her, or it to her or for all I know, him to her. Look, Asey, if it's my hands you're staring at, don't stare any longer. I can explain what seems to be gore. It's red lead. You see, Tim and Peg and I had one last grand final hunt for the ambertiris in the cellar this morning, and I tipped over the red lead" I "I see," said Asey. "Ilon't I hear j someone at the door?" There should be someone there. I thing can be done, if vou think so. But we simply haven't got a cent to put into anything. Come on and advise us, Asey. Come on, Peg." "Wait'll I get some cigarettes did that Timothy take all his with him?" "I hope so," Pam said. "It's dls- graceful, the way you've- been umming them and making them run out of their own fancv kind. Come on, and let's get this settled." Jennings looked at Asey. as they followed Pam up to Aaron's room. "Talk!" Asey barely moved his lips. "Talk!" Jennings embarked on a discus sion of electricity, its cost and up keep, and the advantages of a mod ern water system. "If you think." Pam said rather crossly, "that we keep a hand pump because we don't hold with these modern innovations, or we're scared of a faucet you're crazy! No one would be more modern than I, if I were given half a chance. I personally want a house that looks like a tin biscuit box. with inserts of glass and colored bricks, and a top that tilts Aaron, here's Earl Jennings again. Can you trust yourself to listen to his newest ideas? He seems to mean what he said about laying on wa ter." "What a Biblical sound that has!" Aaron said. "Come in" They had got to the stage of fig uring things interminably on the block used by Aaron for his con versations the day before, when Asey heard a car in the drive. He Eot ud casually and looked out of the window. Pam and Aaron were too en. grossed in the figures to hear hi; snort of annoyance. "Be richt back." Ascv said, an.' rushed for the stairs. Those Carrs! That Carr f.imih He had told them to go awav anfl stay away, and here they weir blundering back at this time, of all times! Before he reached the bottom of the stairs, a flock of shots rang out. fCctmtl. f't. r.v.l A:rreed Tiller) Music In a Bank The Union Savings Bank and Trust company of Davenport, Iowa, faced a crisis on September 30. 1931. Someone started a run on the bank. The situation grew more tense hourly: hundreds of people Jam med the lobby of the bank In an effort to withdraw their savings. Mob hysteria, that dangerous, driv ing force that does not listen to reason, threatened to result In trag edy. The officers and directors of the bank were at a loss to control the mob and subdue the run. Despite the fact that business men of the communltv hnrkerl fho hnnV nnri the bank itself was on a sound ' basis the depositors were not In a reasoning frame -of mind. Next morning the run continued: the mob still clamored at the bank's windows. Then Fred Zabel, vice president of the Institution, got an Idea. Working on the assumption that "music hath charms" to soothe disturbed temperaments, a Jazz band was hired to play popular selections from the balcony. Almost like magic the rhythmical atrolna took effect. The crowd re taxed. Customers tapped their feet on the marble floors changed their minds and left the bank. Many actually re-deposlted their money which they had Just taken outl Next morning found the Union Savings band .bock on a normal operating basis; the music had com pletely swept aside the unreasoning fears of the public. Aged Automobile Seventeen years ago Gus Gafney. Dunn, N. C, negro, bought an aut omobile for 800 cash. The dealer, to close the bargain, threw In five gallons of gasoline. Happily Galney drove and drove until he ran out of gas. The speed ometer showed 100 miles. Disgusted ly. Galney pushed the car under a shed and decided it was too much of a financial strain to keep It In gas. Last spring Galney died, and among his effects was found the car of 1021 vintage The speedometer still showed 100 miles. Y UllUIAWS W0rraiH6 WHAT fO DO AB0OT VOR OAK) SANDWICH WHICH VOU PUT DOWN WH11E VOL) WENT" TO GET SOME MORE SINSER ALE, NOT KNOW1N6 TMT UNCLE HORACE WOULD CHAM6E HIS SEAT" (Copyright 1838, by The Bell Syndicate, Ice.) tho leaue. It Is expected that the department of physical education an. recreation of British Columbia will co-operate In the movement. 'You novo probably been readln the glowing reports of the physical fitness movement which Is now sweeping arent Britain," the league'- letter to government officials de clares. "You have possibly seen news reels of similar movements In Ger many. Czechoslovakia, Russia, France, and other European countries. "Canada Is on the threshold of such a movement A national fitness league has been organized. Our aim is to Interest Canadians In a move- standards and bring physical fitness to every man. woman and child in the dominion. Such a project wli; require the united efforts of every expert In the field of physical edu cation and recreation in Canada." Hhone 543 Well haul away youi ment that will rolae the health refuse City Sanitary Service. TAILSPIN TOMMY Villainy Unchecked I 3 MATTER POI By 0 M ( (5-POTS A12E CAU-d) V G? V AT TE.T3. ' 16V 13TlN$, V O ) " "' . : tmsm. By HAL FORRf Jfha It he murderer? Concluded c morrow. CANADA LAUNCHES FITNESS CAMPAIGN AS HEALTH BOOST MONTREAL (UP An attempt tD orinlwf a CnmdawUle "fitnesi" cb ni pain n tlmilflr to thow In Ortux Britain and other turopran coun tries ta to be made shortly oy the National Fltnpu league of Canada It was learned here E. orlk-Jc, en Morn urHnlrer of the new movement, anlo that Nathan. H A. Beach. phyMt-:!l drrrt'r "f V.NTt college, Brlievtlle, Out . mi un dertake a two-month tour ol Ontario and western Canada, lecturing on physical culture and MtabiinMiv: branches of the league In the larger centers. Meanwhile, the league's representa tive In England, Mlas Veronica Whal en, gnthers Information on the phys ical culture movement In Britain, Crechoslovnkln, Huwla, France an.l other countries, and will return to Canada early next year to lecture on the overseas movements and tj establish branches of the league In eastern Canada. lhe labile will attempt to enll?t the aid of every expert In thr fie:d of physical education and recreation In Canada and the camr!!, will be carried out with complete co operation between the east and west It la understood. y Hie league l,i wndlng out letters outlining the purpose of the move ment to the various members of frdcr.i!. provincial and civic ,;overn ment i.itHi!hout runu-ia 'tUltliut their aid In permanently establishing BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Jippem's Final Stroke! 13 EDWIN ALGi TTnVjAnt C TT cunont-ec I' v olGf-?-rf "Sr6 (SfTM 'OFpSceI) W PW ffM THAT Se'N ill ' WS STILL HOLD A TRUMP RECENT ATTEMPT , JSrLU WlmTf REMEMBER . .HE M CARD. 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