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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.
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dustrial chemicals, such as car
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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-
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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
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OF CLARENCE BUDlNtjTON
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FOR YEAR'S BETWEEN
MARCH, lfc29, M0 APRIL
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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
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