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BY PHOEBE ATWOOO TAVLOR
DIFFICULT DECISION?
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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
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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
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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
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