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THE ARMY POST MURDERS
By Virginia Hanson
The Characters
Kathertne Cornlih, myself, vit-
iting Elizabeth on a mid-western
Army post.
Elizabeth, th colonel' daugh-
.
Yesterday! On tht train a girl
ttara at mi. She teem itrangtly
familiar.
Chapter Two
The Mandarin Coat
T HOPE you don't mind Annie,"
1 Elizabeth was saying hurried
ly when the kitchen door opened
again. This time only the head
came into the dining room, an ex
pression of elaborate innocence on
the aggressive face.
"I suppose you'll be wanting the
oar thu afternoon?"
"Certainly." Elizabeth's manner
was cold.
"All right All right. I lust
thought if you wasn't usin' It I
might run into town and do me
week-end marketing. . . ."
The head withdrew and indis
tinct mumbling could he heard.
"She's so provoking about my
ear," Elizabeth murmured indig
nantly. "Ever since I got it shes
been at me to let her drive it. She
knows better than to ask Father
for his, but she can't seem to real
ize that I'm grown. She's been with
tion, I couldn't for the life of me
remember whether there had been
anything strained in her words or
manner. It was true that she had
referred to Barney as Mr. Nelson,
but that was like her.
I haven't really described Eliza
beth yet. She was built proudly,
like the ancient goddesses, tall,
and with lovely curves that she
kept under rigid control. She bore
herself royally, even in a rocking
chair, and her fine flaxen hair was
wound around her head like a
coronet She had good features
fine clear skin that was as innoceni
of make-up as a baby's, and blue
eyes that were grave and honest
She wore no look of conscious
beauty; and that, perhaps, is why
so many who knew her looked on
her and found her plain.
But I can't describe her better
than to say that no one ever called
her Betty.
Costumes
"TpHERE was something else I
1 wanted to tell you," she pon
dered, a thoughtful line between
her brows. Tne rocker creaked.
"Oh, I know. Mr. Nelson tele
phoned last night he's chairman
of the hop committee and said
they'd decided to make it a cos
tume affair. They thought being in
costume might liven people up a
bit."
"Is there any place In the village
where I can rent something?" I
Elizabeth thought the Mandarin coat would be a.
more modest costume.
as for years, of course since
Mother died just after the war
and she thinks of herself as one of
the family."
"Can she drive?"
"She says she can, but I'm sure
1 don't know when she learned,
unless it was while her husband
was alive. He was a sergeant in the
regiment, you know killed in ac
tion. Of course cars are very differ
ent now, and I don't suppose she
realizes that"
"I never heard her so talkative
before."
We sat on the veranda for a
while, talking lazily and listening
to the drowsy hush of the after
noon. "I'm afraid you'll be bored here,
it's so quiet" Elizabeth said apolo
getically. Although I protested the sugges
tion I could not know until later
how great was her understate
ment. I was to be anything but
bored.
Announcement Party
SHE rocked and smiled. 'There's
polo at four. It won't be a good
game, but if you like we'll drive
over."
"You said we're going out to
dinner?"
"Yes. Anne Carewe is entertain
ing before the hop. Did you meet
her when you were here before?"
"Once. They had just come.
She's the pocket-size Venus, isn't
she, with the pansy eyes?"
"Isn't she lovely?" Elizabeth's
tribute was a shade more serene
than mine. She hesitated, went on,
"Men find her very attractive."
"I know. I noticed that."
She rocked slowly, hands calm
In her lap.
"I believe it Is to be an an
nouncement party," she said a
shade too steadily or was I imag
ining things?
You read that expression about
your heart standing still. Mine
certainly stumbled and took a long
time about starting on. I don't
know what I was thinking for a
minute. Charlie may be careless,
but I wouldn't expect him to get
engaged to two girls at the same
time not in a rational moment, I
wouldn't. But I had not been ex
actly rational since that queer ex
perience on the station platform.
The rocker creaked. "Yes." she
said calmly. "I'm almost sure that
she and Mr. Nelson arc engaged."
For a minute 1 wasn't thinking
nuch about anything but my re
lief, so that afterward, when 1
thought back over the conversa-
asked, but without much hope.
'That won't be necessary. I must
have something that can be taken
in to fit you. There are at least half-a-dozen
costumes in the attic.
We're always having them in the
army costume parties. I mean.
We can look now if you like."
I followed her up three flights of
stairs. The storage space was bare
except for four or five trunks
which stood in an orderly row
against the wall. Elizabeth began
to delve into one of these a bat
tered veteran with half - legible
labels from all oyer the Orient
filastcred haphazard over its sur
ace.
It was a strange collection that
she lifted out and placed on the
clean sheet which she had spread
on the floor a pith helmet, out
moded party dresses, a handful ol
old - fashioned hop cards, theii
small pencils dangling, a brilliant
embroidered shawl which, when 1
lifted it, ran through my fingers
heavy and fluid.
She delved once more and
brought to the surface a suit of
Chinese pajamas of a heavenly
shade of peacock blue. I reached
for them covetously.
"I'm sure they will fit you," sht
said, but with an odd note of doubl
in her voice. . . . "And they're f
lovely color with your red hair.'
She paused and thought deeply
"You know the Chinese girls realls
wear them on the street, so they're
not actually immodest I knowl'
Her face brightened. .She dove
back into the trunk, explaining as
she worked.
"A mandarin coat that you can
wear with it, so you won't look as
if you were just wearing ordinary
pajamas." Finding what she
sought, she held It up for my in
spection a lavish garment ol
heavy black silk, richly embroi
dered In gold thread.
"Of course it's a man's coat, but
that won't mntlcr. It will look ever
so much better, don't vou think
so?"
There Is really no explaining
Elizabeth. She stepped bodily out
of the nineties.
And that was why that warm
night I was to wear the lovely blue
pajamas almost entirely concealed
under the hot black folds of the
mandarin coat a gorgeous, con
spicuous garment whose damning,
bloodstained appearance was to
lead me before mornmj! perilously
near to a charge of murder.
(Copyright. t9S9. Virginia rtanton)
Monday! An old frlrnd. ,
World at Crossroad
Is Hull's Warning
CRISTOBAL. C. Z., Dee. 1 ,VI
Secretary of Stat Hull said today
tht world was at a crossroads, with
one course loading to rteace and the
other to war and anarchy.
He iMIlrd a statement of Rreetllld
on his arrival here on the 8. S. Santa
Clara, enroute to the ran-Amerloan
confrrrnce at Lima, Peru.
High Climber Dies
From Fall Injuries
HOKEllt'HO. Ore.. Dec. 1 -CloII
Calkins, 30, high climber tor
the Hnniwn-Wakt'tleld tog gins
company at Camas Valley, died this
aft moon irotn Injuries, suffered
while engaged In topping m tree for
i:" n a par tree.
The top of the tree kicked bark n
tf nns nil. alrlklnR Calkins with suf
Itc.rnt forre to brrnk his niriy ielt
and eause his tall to the ground, It
wai reported.
Idaho Legislature
Votes Relief Coin
BOISE. Idaho. Dec. 1 A1 Iilriho'a
legislature appropriated sluo.OOO to
provide relief for S3 .VH destitute
person, raid Itself 1.000 and ad
journed sine die today.
With hut a few hours remaining
until terms of legislators expire nt
midnight tonight, five minor bills
Introduced In the apeelnl session
were not brought up tor vole.
LITTLE PLANE SPANS
CONTINENT NON STOP
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in mi tiOO-poumi nnrt'att'r pl.ine
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117 pm, tr.'Ml. ftMnpt'M'n the
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Combating almost Insurmountable
hHrtshlps, John "Portugre" Phillips,
Wyoming frontiersman, saved old
Port Phil Kpftrncy from complete
destruction by Sioux Indians tinder
Chief Red Cloud during the bitter
winter of 1866.
One of a line of forts along the
Bozeman road to the west. Fort Phil
Kearny wss In command of Col.
Henry B. Carrlngton. On December
21, & wood train from the fort was
attacked by the Sioux and cut off
Near midnight Phillips set out on
Trom retreat. Brevet Lt.-Col. William
Judd Petterman, with 80 men. set out
to relieve the train.
The 81 men walked Into an In
dian trap, and to the last man they
were wiped out. Col Carrlngton, real
lzlng he was undermanned by the
Petterman massacre, saw as his only
hope reinforcements from Port Lar
amie, 236 miles distant.
At this poin PortU(?ee Phillips ft
civilian guide, volunteered to go
through the Indian lines for aid.
Carrlngton 's horee. A blizzard was
raging: It was 25 degrees below zero.
All that night Phillips rode on.
and near midnight on Christmas
eve he rode into Port Laramie,
frozen and exhausted. His horse
dropped dead at his feet. Phillips'
ride brought relief to Fort Phil
Kearny by January, 1867, before the
Sioux had renewed their attack, and
the crisis passed.
Tomorrow: The man who broke
the bonk at Monte Carlo 19 timefll
JOSEPHINE LEVY
TO BE SILLER
Q RANTS PASS, Dec. 1. (AP) A
decrease in the Josephine county levy
for the coming year was promised to
day by the court and budget com
mittee. Exact figures were not giv
en while word awaited from Salem
on state taxes. A reduction of state
property tax and $15,000 from state
sources accounted for the expected
decline.
The budfiet committee decided to
abandon the county poor farm effec
tive January 1, when a new county
court takes office.
Exports from the state of Georgia
during the first eight months of
1038 amounted to $12,713,240 against
Imports of 96.009.361.
Traffic laws were In effect in Eng.
lend as early as 1835. long before
the invention of the automobile.
Tuna Plant Odor
Bothers Astoria
ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 1 (p) A
method of controlling the odor from
tuna fish reduction plants was sought
yesterday by J. O. Convill, city
manager who left for southern Cal
ifornia to study deodorizing systems
and municipal ordinances in cities
where the industry has long been es
tablished. The tuna Industry developed here
two seasons ago when the first runs
appeared off the Columbia river In
commercial quantities.
DRESS PARADE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS f
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SfARfS DRESSIH& JOHlOR
1URHS BMX FROM 6Cf1W6 HIS
01rlEf SlbCKlKS AND FlHDS HE
HAS VANI5HEP
UCAfES HIM IMDER BED lOOKlHS
F6R BAIL HE WOPPTP MSI NlfiHIJ
ANI 8V HRN6IK6 OrifO HIM 6Ef5
HIM IM1b Sf0KlH6 AMD ifcoOSERS
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6Ei5 CLEflM SHlfff TW)M DRAWER
AtJD SEE6 HIM DISAPPEARING W
-Co HAIL to SEE IF "THE CAT HAS
COME UPSTAIRS
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WHEU READV 1b POfrllS SHOES
ON, W6 1b SEARCH ErtTIRE UP
PER FWOR BEFORE FlrJDW6 HIM
Irl STOREROOM IDOKIrte AT HU
SlEP
F0U0WS HIM DOWriSTfllRS WITH
HIS SWEA1ER. REFlECfifte fHAf
ROUER SKBTE& WOUID BE HAN
DY WHEN JRESSIKS JUNIORj
(Copyright, 1938, b7 The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Determines to Sell His Life Dearly
By HAL FORRES'"
OLLINQ. OIVIMG,
ZOOMING, LOOPING,
TOMMY RESORTS
TO EVERY TRICK
OF HIS FLY I MS
SKILL TO ESCAPE
THE HAIL OF
BULLETS PROM
HE. AIR PIRATE.
SURGE OF RAGE
.vEEPS OVER HIM
AS HE REALIZES
THAT THE OTHER
PILOT HAS THE
ADVANTAGE, WHILE
he, tommy, is
unarmed except
for the pistol which
skeeter. gave
Him iJ5.
'flHEN HIS RAGE 18
JA
REPLACED BY
COLD FEROCITY OF PURPOSE.
he would die, of that he feels
sure , but he determines to take
theblack pirate with him in dsath!
grimly, tommy dives, them climbs.
And. ,
THE
PIRATE.
I CAN AFFORD N
TO PLAY
AROUN' VITH
HIM. . BEFORE
I DUST M I M
onarmed!
AS TOM MYS SHIP THUNDERS OM
AMPAn A IANA t INP Of
vivid crimson snaps out
from the pirate plane
TRACER BULLETS!
ftut sudoenly the mercury whips
over and dives olrectly at
The pirate craft. . the maneuver
is obviously clear. . tommy
intends to crash his ship
heaolons into the other plane'
D-25
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Bad News I
ey EDWIN ALGER
WONDER WHEN DR
KIUEY'S COMING
BACK? ONE OF US
HAS TO GO TO TOWN H
SOON WITH SOME M
EGSS BUT HE SAID
TO WAlT-
I HAf?
A CAR
COMIN1
'ROUND
THE
BEND
WHY, IT'S WILFRED
JIPPEM. THE LITTLE
TOOTSIE-WO0TSIE! Ui
OLtM Hl ntRK 1
HI, WILFRED! WHAT! YOU TWO
KINDA POISON YA 1 GUYS
SERVIN TODAY? I STARTED
PACK1N1
YET?
ipl WHAT DO V I MEAN PACK1N
g YOU MEAN, THE EXTRA SHIRT
I PACKING? I EACH OF YOU OWN,
Y3 If M, M PACK1N1 .r CAUSE YOU BOTH
'THWrtP52 YET? IT ARE LEAVIN1 THIS
rrr rnr-S DUMP TONIGHT! J y,
THE NEBBS A True Nobb
Bv SOI HESS
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