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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor i
Chapter Seven
Irate Guest
I'M goin to Uy here till I see
who come out of thU room,
aid Jennie. "An' it ain't that
woman that wa :i the red lights,
I'm goin' to ea. mymy
Asey never knew what Jennie
Intended to devour, for her sen
tence petered out in mid-air as
bedsprnv' suddenly creaked in
side Room Five.
Then someone moved.
Jennie imiled triumphantly.
The door key waa turned, the
door knob waa twisted, and then
the door itself was flung open.
A tall, pale, black-haired wo
man, dressed in a wide-skirted
housecoat of crimson-and-whlte
itriped satin, stood and aurveyed
Asey and Jennie with an expres
uon of one who had been tried
beyond human endurance.
Jennie's eyes bulged, and Asey
bit his lip to keep from smiling.
This woman didn't even bear a
passing resemblance to the slight
woman under the umbrella at the
red light. .
'What you two are doing here,
the woman said icily, "and why
you have chosen this hallway to
imitate a pair of acreaming pan
thers in a cage, 1 cannot imagine.
Move out of my way, please. 1
shall see what Mrs. Doane haa to
say about this!"
Jennie gulped audibly as the
woman sailed past her and dis
appeared, with a great swishing
of her billowing skirt, around a
corner of the halL .
"Well, did you everl Well, for
goodness sakes, what do you
know about thatl Asey, what you
suppose happened to the woman
I seen? Run after her quick an
ask her whera that woman went
to!"
"I think." Asey took her arm.
"that we'd better get out of here
before ahe cornea sailin' back with
Mrs. Doane. From the look on her
face, I think we'll be lucky if she
don't come sailin' back with a
fire ax. Coma on downstairs, Jen
nie!" . .. .
He steered her towaro me wna-
In. .4 a T
m. w..t. " aw M "what
jrou aeen is technically known as
a mirage, an' what you been doln
is harasain' an innocent bystander.
That's that. Nqw, get along!"
Before they reached the foot of
the stairs, snatchea of a heated
conversation taking place outside
on the front steps floated up to
them through the open front door.
Jennie nudged Aaey as she
taught sight of a broad-shouldered
figure in a raincoat
That's Mrs. Doane, Aseyl Syl
says she's the bossiest woman he
ever met. Listen. That girl's
cstchln' it good an' plenty.'
The girl, Asey thought as he
walked quietly across the living
room, certainly waa.
Mrs. Doane. with a sweeping,
peremptory gesture that included
Svl's truck, the buckets of clams,
and the clams strewn over the
steps, wished to know exactly
what her daughter waa thinking
about to permit such an evil
smelling acene.
The trouble with her daughter
Freddy, Mrs Doane announced,
was not that she lacked brains.
Freddy merely refused to use
them. The result was a lackadaisi
cal Incompetence which some
timea terrified Mrs. Doane. Some
times, Mrs. Doane aaid, she waked
In the middle of the night shiver
ing to think what would happen
to the Whale Inn and its clientele,
which ahe had so carefully built
up throughout the years, if ahe
herself were called away Just for
a single day. At once, Mrs Doane
was certain, the Whale Inn's old
and valued clientele would depart
forever. They would be gone with
the wind. The hardi constant work
of twenty long yeara would in the
space of a few brief hours be
Irrevocably and forever blotted
out It would all have been for
nothing.
If that was not so, Mrs. Doane
wound up, then why had Freddy
allowed the clam man to park his
hideous, smelly fish truck out in
front of the Whale Inn, not to
mention all those smelly clams
littering the place?
Tantrum
"tAEAR me. Mother, Freddy
- said, "you're in rare form!
That was practically like launch
ing the curse of Rome. Was it a
flat tire? I wondered what was
keening vou."
Airs. Doane said that owing to
tne incompetence or an ungrate
ful daughter, who utterly refused
to pay any attention to detail, ahe
naa run out or gasoline and been
forced to walk miles through a
downpour whose like she had
never seen, in order to remedy
the situation.
"And with the current off. they
couldn't draw any gasoline from
the pump. I simply hsd to sit
there and wait Freddy, why did
you ever allow Mavo to Dark
there? Why? What would people
think If they saw that thing out
there?"
"I didn't have a thing to do
with it Mother. I didn't even
know It was there till you showed
me. I hadn't looked out But cheer
up, I'll drive the truck around
back and iweerj ud the clams, and
no one will ever guess how untidy
we ve oeen. dear..
"But didn't you hear It come?
What have you been doing?"
"Trving to cet the old light sys
tem working, Freddy said. "The
current was on nerc, too, ana
when I phoned and asked about
it they said it would be three or
four hours before it csme back.
So Dad and 1 went to work on
the light plant. We thought you'd
be so pleased that we thought ol
it I didn't hear the truck. But I
did wonder what those two came
in."
"What two?"
"Well." Freddy said hesitantly,
"I was trying to tell you about
them when you went off on a
tangent about serpents' teeth.
Come inside, Mother, and I'll "
Mrs. Doane stoDDcd short on
the threshold and stared at Asey
and Jennie.
AoDarent v the sight of them
did nothing to improve Mrs.
Doane s state ot mind.
"Who are these people?" she
snapped the question at Freddy.
Iney re tne two, Motner. jne
woman was upstairs. I don't know
what she was doing there, or
when she went up. She must have
slipped in while I was out trying
to get the Delco going. Then ha
came in. He says he's"
Mrs. uoane!
The woman in the crimson-and-white
house coat spoke from th
stairs.
At the sound of her voice. Mrs.
Doane's expression changed from
that of the presiding officer at a
court-martial to one of friendly
and kindly benevolence. It waa
so swift and complete a change
that Asey found himself looking
at Mrs. Doane with new interest
Empty Closet
"-VH, Mrs. Hingham!" Mrs.
Doane walked quickly over
to the foot of the stairs. "Is your
headache better? Should you likt
more coffee?"
"I shall have to ask you," Mrs.
Himham said frigidly, "to call a
doctor. What with this pair
screeching up and down the hall
way, my migraine is worse. I do
think your local friends they are
local people, aren't they? I do
think you should request them to
be more considerate of your
guests.' '
rreaay, Mrs. uoane saia,
helri Mrs. Hincham uft to her
room, and get her some fresh hot
water bottles I'll be rieht ud with
some coffee as soon as I've called
the doctor.
She waited until Freddy and
Mrs. Hingham disappeared from
sight and then she turned and
faced Asey and Jennie.
"Mrs Doane," Asey said before
she could open her mouth, "1
thould've made myself known to
you before now. but I wanted to
find out if you was as much in the
dark about things as your daugh
ter seemed to be. I'm Syl Mayo'i
cousin. This Is his wife. We came
here at six with Syl's clams "
"Whatever your connection!
may be with that Irresponsible
Clam man," Mrs. Doane said
brusquely. "1 do not wish to know
about them. You may take your
clams, all of them, including those
you threw over the steps, and
leave. I don't wish to hear any of
your explanations."
Tin afraid, Asey said, tnat
you're the one that's goin' to
make the explanations, an' I can
tell you I wish to hear 'em, Mrs.
Doane. No. just you wait, please,
until you see what I have to show
you."
Walking over to the telephone
closet, he swung open the door
and turned to Mrs. Doane.
"If you'll come over here an'
look, Mrs Doane," he said, "you'll
And out why I well, for the love
of Pete!"
He looked blankly at Jennie,
and she looked blankly back at
him.
The telephone closet was empty.
The body was gone!
Now, take your clams and your
truck and get out!" Mrs. Doane
said. "I don't know and I don't
care what startling things you ex
pected to bring to light in my
telephone booth! Certainly there s
no body there!"
"No what?" Asey Inquired.
There was a purring note in his
voire which made Jennie prick
up her ears. She knew that purr
as an indication that Asey was
getting down to brass tacks.
"Nooody!" Mrs. Doane said.
"Now. get along, the two of you,
and take your clams with you!
"Mo-ther!" Freddv Doane called
from the stairs. "Mo-ther! Mrs.
Hinghnm's having hysterics or
something will you come quick?"
"Right away'" Mrs. Doane
reached out and slammed the
phone closet door shut, and then,
marching over to the front door,
she swung it open wide and stood
there, tapping her foot "Coma
along, you two!" . -
Asey hooked his arm through
Jennie's.
"Come on. Cousin." he said.
"Lady wants us to leave. Lets."
To Re Continued
LINDBERGH WILL RUN
FOR CONGRESS, CLAIM
New Orleans, 25. (P -Governor
Harold Stassen, here for
a governors' defense conference,
said today that Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh would run for the
United State senate from Min
nesota in 1942.
Stassen predicted, however,
that Joe Ball, the political writ-
GIRLS!
That good-looking man
probably had on a
TIMELY Topcoat!
Sold only at
" Store for Mas
er of the St. Paul Dispatch he
appointed to the senate, "will
beat him (Lindbergh)",
EYE LUMBER PROBLEMS
Portland, Nov. 25.
Lumber Industry problems re
sulting from priority orden.
were considered today by a com
mittee appointed by Governor
Sprague Lumbermen have told
the group that the orders have
materially reduced market de
mand and threatened wide
spread unemployment.
idahoans"drink less
Boise, Idnho, Nov. 25. i-TV
State liquor stores reported yes
terday that sales dropped to
$367,863 last month, $4,820 less
than October. 1940. Store man
agers blnmed higher prices
which went into effect Octo
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COMMUNICATIOI CUT
London, Nov. 25. UPh-The
Exchange Telegraph News agen
cy heard the' Rome radio an
nounce tonight that communica
tions between Saigon, French
Indo-China and France had been
interrupted.
CCC BOYS ARRIVE
Roseburg, Ore., Nov. 25. (JP)
Arrival Sunday of 102 men
from Louisiana brought person
nel of the South Umpqua Falls
CCC camp to a total of 150.
This increase assures continu
ance of the winter program
planned by the Umpqua forest
service.
Sam Breadon, St. Louis bass
ball magnate, played on kid
teams in' New York.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
by JOHN HIX
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HIGH SCHOOL HEROES
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the "Tomcats." before being beaten in 1932,' ran up a string of 35 straight winsl
Tomorrow: Gem of the Seal
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