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THE ARMY POST MURDERS
1 By Virginia Hanson
The Character
Catherine Cornlib, mtel vis
siting the colonet't daughter on
a mid-western Army post.
Charlie Spencer my fiance.
Adam Drew, one of the nicest
men I know.
Yesterday: Adam is knocked
out on the polo field. Elizabeth
carries a pun in her car.
Chapter Five
'Feeling Humble'
'YOU are you lure you're not
hurt?" 1 asked Adam.
"On the contrary, it hurts like
the dicktns. but I'll recover. I got
out from under very neatly, out
one hoof caught me in the midriff
and knocked my breath into the
middle ol next week. I was con
scious but numb when young Tar
zan, here, snatched me up and
swung off through the trees."
Everyone was suddenly help-
less with laughter everyone but
Elizabeth.
"That's all very well." she said
calmly. "But don't forget you've
promised to stop at the hospital
for a thorough examination before
you go home. For all you know you
may nave a Droken no.
Adam grimaced. "I've had spills
Before.
"Please." I said.
He looked at me very soberly
for a moment, an odd, questioning
look in his brilliant eyes.
"Of course," he said gently. "But
I won't stay home from the party
tonight ir 1 have to come In a wheel
chair. And if anyone makes a
crack about Adam s rib . .
The same had been abandoned
the horses led awav. Somewhere
close at hand a bugle broke into
urgent summons, races turned to
ward the flag that floated high
over headquarters.
Adam released my arm, settled
his helmet and stood at salute.
Across the Held the cannon
crashed and the band struck up
the first measured bars of the na
tional anthem. Gracefully, slowly.
the nag dipped earthward, tug-
Sing reluctantly at Its ropes,
oated and dipped again, lower
and lower, caught at last by many
hands and furled before it could
touch the ground. Across the
lengthening shadows on the plain
the last notes of music died away.
"And so goodby until later."
said Adam.
"Not vet." reminded Elizabeth
"We're going to drop you at the
Hospital.
We did. Adam submitted grace
fully, even saluting us gaily from
the door before he disappeared
inside. Then, and not until then,
did Elizabeth drive on.
She delivered me at the house,
gently ordered me to rest and de
parted again in her little car. mur
muring something about sewing
and a sergeant's wife.
I wandered into the house, found
the colonel's den, shabby and filled
with books. I inspected the shelves,
hoping to find something distracting.
There was a well-worn set of
Dickens; a shelf of biography:
shelf devoted to heavy tomes on
military nistory, science and tac
tics: and a stack of decorative vol'
umes that caught my immediate
interest. Howitzers, the West Point
yearbooks.
Titian O.A.O.
I DREW out the top one it was
three or four years old and
carried it to the Colonel's chair.
It fell open with the obedience
of a book often spread at the same
page, and I found myself staring
at the face of Barney Nelson.
He had not changed that I could
tee. The same rather withdrawn
eyes, the immaculately modeled
features that made him almost too
handsome.
Bclcw the picture wis a brief
biography. I read it with Interest.
His name was not Barney, but
Bjorne. and his nicknames were
many: Swede, Handsome, Barney,
Julian. This last was too obscure
for me until I glanced at a snap
shot in the lower corner of the
?age. At first sight It was a beau
iful, stately blonde in floating
draperies and a picture hat. Then
I realized that it was Barney,
dressed for a Hundredth Night
show.
I sat there giggling, picturing
the size of him masquerading as a
woman. A brief list of honors con
firmed my guess: Football Squad,
Baseball "A," Corporal, Choir.
Hop Manager. Hundredth Night.
The biography, rich in Idiom,
made cryptic allusion to "you great
big handsome man"; to a mysteri
ous talent for falling out at pa
rade: to his gifts as a snake, a
apoonoid: to his bevy of femmes.
I leafed through the book, look
ing for more acquaintances. I had
Pharlie's volume at home, two or
three years later in date, for he
was only a year out of the Acad
emy, I had been pleased by al
lusions to a Titian O.A.O. short
for One and Only.
I turned another page. Ah, here
was a member of the garrison,
Philip Shaw He and his wife were
friends of Anne Carewe. She was
the kind who allowed no one to
forget that she was from the East.
He had a round, babyish face and
itrove for a cynical manner.
He had been undistinguished at
West Point. Nicknames: Phil.
Tubby. His record was In one
word: Sharpshooter. Mis oiogra-
Kher chronicled a long list of mis
aps: in the riding hall, at pa
rade; femme trouble. The closing
line arrested my attention:
"Chief claim to distinction: the
man who tried to spoil Swede's
beauty.
Hearing Elizabeth's step on the
porch, I replaced the filotoitzet
and chose Little Women at ran
dom from the shelves. Then I stood
for a moment unnoticed in the
library doorway, thinking thai
Elizabeth looked drawn and tired
end realizing for the first time
that the evening might prove an
ordeal for her too.
She placed her car keys on a
card tray that stood on the hall
tabic turned and saw me. Her
usual gentle smile crossed her face
"Oh. there you are. We can resl
for an hour before we need to
dress. Dinner will be at seven
thirty, but I told Anne we'd drive
over early. Is that all .right with
you?"
"Why, certainly," I said, but I
was a little puzzled. I had expected
Charlie to come for me. Would I
never get a word with him alone?
You, For Instance'
I CONTINUED to ask myself thai
' question with growing resent
ment; for Charlie, tight lipped and
evidently strioken. escaped a.'
soon as we rose from the dinnei
table, with the muttered excuse ol
an errand at the troop. No one be
lieved him: but Adam tried hi?
best to keep me from noticing tha
he did not return.
We rode over to the hop to
gether, danced haltingly once
around the floor Adam's danc
ing is not all it might be and re
tired to the club veranda.
Even here the heat was stifling
The hot black folds of the man
darin coat enveloped me like t
blanket. Why didn't I take it off'
I don't know, except that Eliza
beth's views were rather over
powering. From the dusk besidr
me Adam spoke diffidently.
"If vou don't mind being alone
for a few minutes I could see il
Charlie needs anything. I'm afraid
the champagne ..."
"It Isn't the champagne, and you
know It," I said wearily. "He's
just sulking over Anne's engage
ment. Let him alone."
Adam can be trusted to say
nothing when there is nothing to
say.
"Not that I mind being left." I
added tardily. "Men are scarce
tonight. You go in and dance."
"Not on your life. I've done my
duty often enough on this post
Tonight I have a good excuse
I'm a casualty."
"How do you fool, honestly?"
"Too good to risk a change of
scenery. ... All right then, hor.rst
ly, Doc Moore couldn't find any
thing wrong with me."
"Did he take an X-ray?"
"Persistent, aren't you?" He
sounded amused. "Yes, he took an
X-ray, but it hadn't been devel
oped. So you see, I'd better be very
quiet until All is Known."
"Are you sure you wouldn't
rather go back to quarters where
you can be comfortable?"
He was silent for a minute.
"Feeling humble tonight?"
"You might call it that."
"You'll find it won't last long
Why don't you take notes on the
symptoms? Writers are supposed
to capitalize on everything. I sup-
fiose you carry a notebook in that
ittle ieweled affair. Go ahead,
don't mind me."
Adam's teasing is gentle, but he
gets things across.
"I don't take notes. It's more fun
just to sit and watch people and
imagine things about them. I've
made up long stones that way in
a restaurant, on the el. I expect I
embarrass people."
He chuckled. Not hair as much
as I do. I'm no good at imagining
I have to know."
He hesitated, went on smoothly
"There's you, for instance. All
during your last visit you were so
busy matchmaking for Elizabeth
and me." he chuckled, "that all 1
learned about you is that you live
in Chicago with a kid sister who
studies music, and that you write
for a living."
Anne and Harney skipped out ot
the club hand in hand, singing
lustily. For two or three bars
Barney's rich baritone almost
drowned Anne's thin, high mono
tone; then he leaped to a silly fal
setto as he swung her about in the
path of light from the door and
stepped back, hand slapping, while
she executed a surprisingly capa
ble tap dance.
They were dressed alike In
white slacks and white cotton Jer-
sevs in a manner to emphasize
the contrast between them. I
thought they were both rather
pleased with the idea that they
were perfect foils for each other,
but I wondered how they would
like sharing the limelight
To the breast and back of each
white jersey. In the appropriate
anatomical position, had been ap-
gliqued a crimson heart Merced
y an arrow. It had been Barney's
dca to let the costumes sneak for
themselves. No other announce
ment had been necessary.
tCopvright. I9SS. Virginia Rantonj
Tomorrow: Elitabeth and Barney.
The Grange
Tulrnt Ornnj
Talent arni met with Muter
W. W. Robison in the rtiur. Regular
biifln followed, with Gladys Rob
bin elect Ml lecturer. Mftnter Robi
son rut an lntremtnti irport of
Nation! OrimRf, km did Mr. anrt Mr
Mtlo Kan. Mr. nnd Mm. S. B.
Rohhbm. Beatrice Werth nd Flor
encr Hnrtlpy. wno attended national
mid ton the 7th decree.
Bellvlew Orange viMtrd Ui. and
printed an Intereatln program
ronsltUtif- of the following mimbeiv:
Soim, by future grangers; kit.
y the ypung people: aong. Mra
Arthur Petera and Mra. Tnylor Wil
llBins: monologue, Mra. Wade Wallls;
lap dancing. Marytln CrteatHeb
Forty,
Forty-five members of Bell view
ernnur wete prenrnt.
R,frehmtnt were aerved by the
H. R. rlub, and dancing followed.
Krai meeting of the H. B. club
he n all-day m-etlng at the
home oi Mi- Stanley Robbiut, De
cember IS. Thin win be our Chrlat
ma party and all attending are
asked to bring a amall gift wrapped,
but bearing no name. Thoae wishing
to remember their Polly annua with
Chtintmas gift a may do ao at thU
meeting.
rent ml Point Orange.
Home Economic club of Centra!
Point Orange will arrve a turkey din
ner, atartlng at fl o'clock, December
B.
These turkey dinner are an annual
nltrtlr and always well attended by
both grange membera and the pub
He. The dinner will consist of turkey
and dieting, era r. berries, mashed po
tatoes, r.ravy. gnen brans, salad, rolls,
butter. Jelly and pickle with Ice
cream and enke for dessert.
The dinner will be followed by a
dance and the dinner tiekrt will in
clude dancing until 1'J o'elivk. If de
aired; Anyone t" attend the dance
may do so for a nominal dixir charge.
Dinner will be served (rum a until
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The public l cordially Invited to
attend.
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CONDITIONS IDENTICAL WITH THOSE Of A
PROPHETIC DREAM Hi WhV EXPERIENCED
trwticsiu.
(June, 1658)
Mark Twaln'i Dream
As a young man on the Mississippi.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) ex
perienced one of those strange co
Incidences whose explanation appar
ently oan He only In the realm of
the supernatural.
Ono spring night In 1858 Sam
Clemens slept at his slater's hsusc
111 Bt. Louts and had this dream: He
saw hJs. brother, Henry, a corpse, ly
ing In a metallic burial casket in
the sitting room, supported on two
chfllrs. He was dressed In a suit of
Samuel's clothes, and on his breast
lay a bouquet of white flowers with
a single crimen bloom In the cen
ter. In the morning the dream was
still S3 vivid that he at first thought
It was real. Then, realizing It was
only a dream, heboid It to his sister
nnd put It out 'of his mind.
The two brothers aboard the river
steamer "Pennsylvania" made a wfe
trip to Now Orleans. There Samuel
left the boat. At Ship Island, 60
miles below Memphis, with Henry
still aboard, the "Pennsylvania"
blew up killing over ISO people.
Henry died as Samuel arrived at the
scene.
While most of the victims were
placed In pine caskets, Henry was
laid In a metallic case by sympa
thetic Memphis women. He was
clothed In one of Samuel's suits.
Samuel suddenly recalled his strange
dreflm.
Even as he stood there a lady en
tered the morgue and placed a large
bouquet of white flowers on Henry's
breast and in the center was a
single red rose. Thus each detail of
Mark Twain's amazing prophetic
dream was fulfilled.
Tomorrow: The one-cow dairy.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (AP) A
total of 365 Oregon farmers have
applied for federal crop Insurance
and 4.141 have paid premiums up
to December 1 on Insurance against
losses on next year's crop, the fed
eral agency handling the Insurance
said today.
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The short days are Just a little
tough on the poultry business, be
lieves Morris Byrne, young poultry
man here. Even though egg produc
tion Is at Its lowest ebb at present.
Mr. Byrne says he was rewarded with
two eggs one day, one of which was
cracked. This defect, he thinks, was
due to th short days, when the
hen went to roost early and after
ward laid the egg.
Pry leader Passes
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 6. (AP)
Jamea Arthur Edgerton, 69, pro
hibition party candidate for -vice
president In 1928, died here today.
Edgerton had been in polltlca in
Nebraska around the turn of t he
century.
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