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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1941. by Phoebe At wood Taylor YESTERDAY. Aiey Mayo 1 the famous Cop Cod detective, but toniont ha if merely helping Jennie deliver lomi clam her htuoand dug. Aiey had a lot o troubpt reaching the Whale Inn, and when he and Jennie Inaily pot there, the place ivas deserted. At least there uxu no living per son around but trhen Jennie looked in the phone booth, there ivas a corpse sitting on the little chair. Chapter Four Nickel In Her Hand " JENNIE, hold that candelabra J thing high, an' hold it straight, an' don't sob so! This is the strangest business 1 ever" "Iff terrible. Ajey," Jennie aid. "Look, there's a stain on the back of her coat, see It? Somebody shot her, Aseyl" "Uh-huh. I know it. Shot her in the back. An' someone's trod on her glasses. The rim's all bent. But, Jennie, I still'' There a nickel in her right hand!" Jennie interrupted. "She was goin' to phone, an' someone come in here an killed ner. That's why there isn't anybody here! Everyone s run away! The furrow between Asey's yes deepened. "Jennie, put that candle thing en the table, an' bring the rest of the candles over here. This is just plain strange. Did you see that little sedan outside anywhere when we comer I don t remem ber it." ' "My mind wasn't on cars when we come here. Jennie returned. "My mind was on clams. - I wouldn t have .noticed a dozen cars. I s'pose hers is parked round toward the back some- wheres. It must be. Asey turned around and stood framed in the closet doorway as Jei...ie brought over a third can delabrum and set it on the table. "Know what I think?" he said. "I ' think this must be that woman's twin. I don't think this Is the same woman we seen. I m almost positive sure it can't be ner. Jennie." That so?" Jennie said. "Well, you take a look at the initials on that bag. O.E.B. The woman (t the red lights had initials on her pocketbook with the white Jtitchin', an' they was O.E.B., too! near twisted my neck out of oint tryin to see what they was Without gettin' rained on. I thought of twins right away rhen I opened that closet door, bi when I seen them initials on that bag, I knew it was the same one." Asey leaned against the door Jamb and looked again at the slumped figure in the closet, and tried to conjure up a mental pic ture of the slight figure under the umbrella. He could remem ber her voice. It was a little breathless, but low and firm and as determined as Jennie's had been. He remembered what she said k the soldier with the red lan tern when she urged him to let her pass the fonr corners inter section. It was a condensed, logi cal appeal with no touch of emotionalism like Jennie's fren tied exhortations about the im perative need for delivering her husband's clams. And Asey could remember the rain pouring n(T her umbrella in series of little jetting streams, and her quick impulsive gesture as she extended her umbrella toward Jennie. Vaguely, he remembered her tweed coat. But other than the fact that she seemed adequately clad, Asey could recall nothing personal about her at all. But women noticed things, per sonal things, about other women, and Jennie's power of observing insignificant detail was nothing short of phenomental. Jennie could tell unerringly what dress member of the Sewing Circle wore to a leeting the week be fore Christmas. She could re member, item by item, the menus of dinners she had eaten twenty years ago. Just how everything was cooked, and just what the pattern was of the plates they had been served in. She remem bered how furniture was placed, and what flowers grew in whst pot in people's gardens. And when she was confronted by a strange woman, Jennie's observational powers reached heights. In short, Jennie was probably not mistaken. "Except," Asey said, "there's one thing. Her shoes, Jennie. That's the rub. She's drvl Her hoes an' storkin's an' all!1" "Nylon stockin's," Jnnnle said promptly. "They dry in two shakes. An' when I said to her that we'd probably both catch our death of cold from wet feet, she said she was lucky enough to have a dry pair of shoes in her car. Said she'd picked 'em up from the cobbler's this afternoon. An' tha tweed in her coat's most like ly been waterproofed by that process they have. Like Syl's Mackinaw. It never even gels damp. I tell you, Asey, It's her an' no mistake about HI It's herl I know" The Chase CHE broke off suddenly, and " when she spoke again Aseyl could Dareiy hear her husky whisper. "Asey. you hear that noise?" "Noise? I hear rain, an' gut ters gurglin'." Asey said. "I dont mean that I mean out side. Listen. Someone's out there on those front steps! Don't twist around an' look, just you listen I" Asey listened. "I can't hear a thing, Jennie," he said at last. "I think it's just your imagination. An' I'll grant you," he added, "that this's enough to set anyone's imagina tion leapin' around in circles. I still" From the steps outside there came a thud and a rattle, and then smaller rattles, and finally a good-sized bang. ' There was someone!" Jennie said. "He's knocked over a bucket of clams!" Asey raced for the door. There was no one in sight, but he could hear the sound of foot steps pounding around the side of the Inn. Disregarding Jennie's plaintive protests that she didn't want to ' left alone in that place, Asey promptly set off in pursuit He followed the sound of the footsteps as they crunched along the Inn's heavily graveled drive way, and swung or! to the right when they did. For a moment the noise of the rain and the wind drowned them out but then he heard crackling sounds, as if someone had plunged into a pile of branches, so he set off again. That was just what had hap pened, he told himself as he ran toward the continued snapping. is fellow had slammed into a brush pile, and now he was foun dering his wsy through. Asey lengthened his stride, and almost at once fell headlong into a puddle. Picking himself up, ha shook t . water off his coat, brushed the mud from his chin, and lis tened. From somewhere behind him, a Quisset church bell began to peal out urgently, completely drown ing out any other possible sounds. Asey wiped his face with a muddy handkerchief and waited for the bell to stop. Then he real ized that the bell was signaling, four long peals and two short ones That meant that the Quis set Fire Department unable to use its regular siren with the electric current off, was utiliz ing the church bell to call its members, and tell them where the blaze was. And, Asey thought, If he knew anything about fire departments, that bell would be rung until every last man Jack in the de partment had phoned in that he was on the way. Footsteps IVTTH a shrug, Asey turned ' back toward the Inn. It was pretty much of a wild-goose chase anyway, this was, and he shouldn't have left Jennie there all alone. At least he should have waited long enough to tell her to phone Hanson of the state po lice and report this business. The bell finally stopped, as he strode along, and at once he heard footsteps, very near and moving toward him. Swinging around, Asey dashed for the person, who nimbly ducked and raced away. And again the church bell started ringing, a carefree, con certed pealing which Asey diag nosed either as Quisset's "All Out" or its "False Alarm" signal. There was no doubt in any event but what the fire department meant everyone within a radius of ten miles to know that the sit uation was under control. He was glad for Quisset but under the circumstances he couldn't have followed the sound i scissors-grinder with a bell. Huh!" Asev said aloud, and marched for the Inn. tor his part he couldn t Imag ine why anyone should be sneak ing around the front door of the Whale Inn, anyway. A person .1 oeionRea mere wouia nave entered without any preliminary lurking. Conversely a person who didn't belong there, and had de signs on the silver, say. would hardly reconnoiter around the front door. And, finally, anyone involved with the shooting of the wo. an in the ielrphone booth would. If he had anv sense, stav away from the place. He was so busy thinking about the Inn, the prowler, and the woman in the telephone booth that it didn't dawn on Asey for some time that, in spite of his being constantly in motion, he didn't appear to be reaching the Inn. He stooped and looked around him. There were no lights to be seen. anywhere. No houses, not even a tree, loomed In the rain. Asey sighed. It had been many years since he'd been forced to use a com pass on Cape Cod, but he had to admit the need of one now. He was lost He fished around In his breast pocket for a full minute before he remembered that he wasn't wearing his everyday clothes or carrying his big old-fashioned watch with the compass face. Oh, well. Asey murmured wearily, and turned to the right Vu . was a small village, dui it wasn't so small that you could lose touch with it entirely in such a brief tramp. He walked on. sloshed through a small brook, and then, ahead, he saw someone duck nimbly be hind a pine tree. He was just gathering himself together to lung forward and grab the man, when the man lunged first and grabbed Asey. Te be eentlnaeg Manufacture of chemicals, eluding coal Ur products. SEE THE NEW BRIGADE STRIPES Arrow's newest Shirt with tie to match Store for Men dustrial chemicals, such as car bide, sodium, and magnesium metals, and like products, is now nearly a billion dollar an nual industry, according to the census bureau More than 60, 000 people are employed In the Industry and the annual payroll is over $100,000,000. Such chemicals are produced In S43 factories. A typist, copying names at the rate of one every five sec onds, would require over SO years to copy the names In the rensus list of nearly 132,000, '000 pmons. On the Radio Chains ' STATIONS: Chain affiliation and ber they ere on the dial: KALE (MH liM. Portland KLX (NHC-Blue, IIUO. Purtland: , (MM -Blue MBit) ISIO Mpukane: KliU (MU'-Blue) aio Kan rranrlM-o; Kliw (NH(-Med) flu, Portland; KJK (NHC-Hlurl looo. Krallle; KKX CHi IO10 lot Antrles; KOA (NKC-Krd) M Denier; KOIN (CHt) sill, Port land: HOMO .NrM'-Ked SSO. Brattle; kPO (M1C-K-I) no Sen r ranrluro; gSL (CBS) I ISO ilt lake City. " Time shown Is PST rrlday 8.00 p. m Kate 8nlthHour, KSL; Adventure Btorlee. KOO, KJ1. KEX: Jane Arden, KOMO; Stars of Today, KCW; Eyes of the World, KOIN; Don Wlntlow of the Navy, KPO. ft:30 p. m. News of the World. KOO. KEX; Bill Henry. KNX: Cock tall Hour. KOW; Leon P. Drews. KOIN; Three-Pour Time. KOMO. e:0O p. m Secret City. KOO. KEX; Whafa On Your Mind. KNX, KOIN. KSL: Walts Time. KPO, KOW. KOMO; Scandinavian Reporter. KJR. fl:30 p. m. Michael and Kitty. KOO. KEX: Uncle Walter's Dog House. KPO. KOW, KOMO; Pint Nlghter. KNX, KSL. KOIN. 7:00 p. m. Hollywood Premiere, KSL. KNX. KOIN: Wlnga of Destiny. KPO. KOMO. KOW; Candlelight Concert. KEX: What's Doing Is Orew's Orch.. KOMO; Eight Mystcr 8 porta, KOO; Fteh Plnder, KJR. loua Hats, KPO. 7:30 o. ra. Piera'e Oana.' KNX. I 11:00 P- m Ptckard Family. KPO. KSL. KOIN; Orand Central Station. I KOW; This Moving World. KEX: Ken KPO. KOW. KOMO: Weekly Specta tor. KOO. KJR: Modern Music Box. KEX. 8:00 p. m. Prod Waring. KPO. KOMO. KOW: Romance and Rhythm, KOO. KEX. KJR; Amoe 'n' Andy. KNX. KSL, KOIN. 8:15 p. m. Lanny Ross. KNX, KSL, KOIN: Lum and Abner, rpo KOW, KOMO; Along the Sidelines, KJR. 8 80 p. m. Don't Be Personal, KPO. KOW. KOMO; Gang Busters. KOO. KEX, KJR. Playhouse, KNX. KOIN, KSL. :00 p. m. Radio Chatter, KPO; Pigskin Party, KOO, KJR. KEX; Kate Smith Hour, KKX. KOIN; Univ. of Oregon 4orum, KOW: Along the Side line, KJR; Sport. KSL. :30 p. m. Paul wnlteman'a Orch.. KOO. KJR; Chuckwagon Days, KPO. KOMO; New. KSL. KJR; Moonlight Sonata, KEX; Symphony of Melody, KOW. 10:00 p. m. Hollywood Legion Stadium Plghta. KoO. KEX. KJR; Reporter News, KPO. KOW, KOMO: News. KNX, KOIN; Maaterworke of Music. KSL. 10:30 p. m. The Land That Never Wat, KOMO: Hollywood Legion Sta dium Plghta. KGO: Dance Orch.. KOW; Broadway Bandwagon. KEX: Northwest Bible Institute, KJR; Masterworks of Music, KNX; Bob Mc- Stevena. KOIN. KSL: News. KNX: Scandinavian Music, KJR; Reverie. KOMO. Saturday 8:00 p. m. Ran WTlde'a Orch.. KOO, KEX: Musle of the America. j KPO. KOMO, KOW; Sport Story. KNX. KSL. KOIN. 5:30 p. m Ed Stoker's Orch.. KPO, j KOW, KOMO; Boy Meet Band, KOO. KEX: News Review. KNX. KSL; News. KOIN. 6:00 p. m . Tour Hit Parade. KSL; Bam Dance. KPO, KOW, KOMO; Message of Israel. KOO. KEX: HI. Neighbor. KNX, KOIN; Scandinavian Reporter. KJR. 6:30 p. m. Prank Black Preaenta. KJR. KEX; Sport. KOIN, KNX. 7:00 p. m. Hemisphere Review. KOO. KEX. KJR: Sport Newsreel. KPO, KOMO. KOW. 7:30 p. m. Orand Ole Opry. KPO. KOW. KOMO; University Explorer, KOO, KEX, KJR; Dr. Pepper Parade. KNX; Leon P. Drews. KOIN; Amerl- Ican Challenge, KSL. 8 00 p. m. Bishop and the Oar- goyle, KOO. KJR. KEX: Truth or Consequence KPO, KOW. KOMO: Ouy Lombardo's Orch.. KNX. KOIN, KSL. 8:30 p. m. Knickerbocker Play house. KPO. KOMO. KOW: Spin and Win. KOO. KJR, KEX; Hobby Lobby. KNX. KOIN. KSL. SCO p. m News. KPO. KOW, KOMO; Paul Whtteman's Orch.. KOO. aXX: Your Hit Parade. KNX. KOIN: Serenade. KJR: Sport. KSL. 0:30 p. m. The Edwards. KOO. KEX: Beat of the Week, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Newe, KSi KJR. 10:00 p. m. Two Round Jamboree, KOO, KJR. nE Larry Carr. KOMO; News. KOW, KNX. KOIN, KPO; Maa terworke of Music. KSL. 10 a p. m. Two Round Jamboree. KOO, KJR; Reld Tanner's Orch.. KSL: The Quiet Hour. KEX: Peoyle'a Platnrm. KNX; World Today, KOIN; Bob McOrew'a Orch, KOMO; Con cert Hall. KPO. 11:00 p. m. Prince Wei ner. KPO. KOW; Martha Mean, KSL. KOIN: Carl Ravazza'e Orch.. KJR. KEX: Newa. KNX: The Quiet Hour. KEX; Reverie. KOMO. LICENSE DRAWING SET Salem, Nov. 21. iJP) The annual drawing for the first 100 of the 1942 automobile li cense plates will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday, Secretary of State Earl Snell said today. About 23,000 applications will be in the d.'awing. THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE By GLUT AS WILLIAMS a second-string sussiWe: was the tihal FOR -IWE ELM STREET USERS BECAUSE HE t WfVb PLFMN6 IN HIS OLDER BROTHER'5 UM)f0RM,WHlCH WAS SO MUCH 100 m TOR HIM THfrf WHEN TACKLED HE MERELY RAN OUT OF IT AMD COHTiNUEP ON ACROSS THt 60AL LINE JN Hlb UNPtKWfctfrc- II--SM 6lLVA CORVALLIS WILL BUY 499 ACRES FOR PORT Corvallis, Ore., Nov. 21.-MP) The city council has authorized purchase of 499 acres three and one-half miles south of here at t"5 an acre for municipal airport. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by JOHN HIX 0 Auto licence plate , OF CLARENCE BUDlNtjTON 5U0" KELLAND FAMED AUTHOR... AnzortJ... FOR YEAR'S BETWEEN MARCH, lfc29, M0 APRIL PARLIAMENT PID NOT M5BT ECAUSE CHARLES I HAD Di-rftOLYED THE BODY IN AN ,. ATTFMPT TO MAKE HIMSELF A PEPOT Summer housb mavb com -TvAA I-VFAR-OLD Horns of Charles Appleby. ' .' - aV J 1 4 ' r-3; -iw'5,Se-' mm.. LI'L ABNER Lover's Lamantll lll L RACES FOR THE TITLE OF BEST CATTLE BREEDER OP THELAHD" ARE HELD ANHUALLV ON THE INLAND OF MADURA... The driver crouche between 2 julu, riding a ,hu 'fCHAR,0T,, wrfH K0 WHEELS Jaw... H-2II -All rlfhU reMoast BULL DERBY Tha Island of Madura, wi'h a population of about 2,000X00, lies Just off Java and Is a part of the Dutch East Indies. In the famed bull races, usually held in the fall, the owner of tha animals acts as his awn "jockey." Large amounts are wagered on the outcome of these contests. PARLIAMENT ECLIPSE Because Parliament would not agree with him on the policy of certain tax levies, Charles I dissolved the body and it did not meet again for 11 years. This is the longest period in English history in which a Parliament did not meetl SUNDAY: First Armored Car! By AL CAPP 1T--?AS" HeSTSX" SHE'S YOUNG AN AH M-MEBBE..r-EUT-HE.'LL a n,BFTnHc fiX?REED JLTTrpr-2 MOUNTAIN GAL 7 MAE. OVER HE.R J , ,Ti DESIRE TO MEET YOU f I ri I .TLJ- rs. 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