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by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter 20
The Peeper
"OTILL see It?" Asey asked.
O "Uh-huh. Look like a beady
eyed gnome. He keepi ducking
away. I think," Cummingj said.
-at suspects someiningi
"Wonder how I could get out
ide auick." Asev laid. "You lot
any idea where the nearest door
ta from here
"By the time you find your way
through this maze of halls," Cum
roings said, "that gnome will be
an old gray-bearded ogre with
arthritis. Why not Jump him
through the window?
It seemed the simplest way, and
It probably would have been, if
the window hadn't stuck tight and
resisted every effort on the part
of Asey and the doctor to raise it
"Wa-el," Asey picked up a pair
of the doctors surgical scissors
and evened off a broken finger
nail, "that's thatl I never laid eye
on him, did you?"
Cummings snapped off the flash
light and tossed it, with an excla
mation of disgust, onto the bureau.
"I had a fine view of two legs,"
he said. "He's tall for a gnome,
and I think I saw some wings on
his ankles. And if he kept up the
Eace he started off at he's now
alfway to Boston. You might
have one of Hanson's men posted
to catch him if he peeps around
again."
"I mean to," Asey said. Tm
also goin' to locate Jennie, an' find
that sir! Freddy"
"Wait," Cummings said. "Walt
second before you go, Asey."
"Look, Doc, you been givin' us
blazes for dallyin so, an' now
you
"Yes. ves. but that was when
t had a personal interest in this.
Now that I know it Isn't Miss
Olive," Cummings removed his
coat and hung it over a chair back,
"my interest is purely profes
sional. I wanted to warn you
about Jonathan Rankin, Asey."
"Warn me about him?" Asey
asked in some surprise. "What
for?"
"Frankly, I'm amazed to notice
that you're on such good terms
with him," Cummings said. "He's
a slippery individual, Asey. I've
treated him several times, and
I've sent him a dozen bills, and
he's never paid the slightest at
tention to them. That's why I in
quired so tenderly after the state
of his health just now. I thought
if I accented the 'oil' in bilious, he
might take the hint. I don't trust
that man, and I never have, and I
don't think you ought to do any
more confiding in himl"
The doctor was ao vehement
bout It that Asey raised his eye
brows. "I wouldn't say I confided In
him, Doc. He was the first person
I landed on here that I'd ever seen
before, an' I asked him questions.
He once dropped in at the house a
couple of years ago with a letter
of introduction from some friend
of Bill Porter's. He was lookin' up
the Mayo family, an' Jennie give
him an earful. He seemed all right
to me. I don't think I'd care much
for his undiluted company on a
month's fishin' trip, say, but he
seems pleasant enough. I had
quite an entertainin' time with
him that afternoon, discussin' va
rious an' sundry Mayoa."
"Oh, he can be charming as
hell!" Cummings said. "My wife
thinks he's wonderful, and posi
tively distinguished looking. But
I tell you, he's a slippery custom
er, and I wouldn't trust him an
Inch. I don't like men who go
around stroking their Vandyke
beards anyway. And leering!"
Line On Rankin
"IVHO'D you ever see him leer
' at?" Asey inquired.
"Why last summer he used to
hang around the back stage door
at the South Pochet Theater
you know that bam place my
wife's so crazy about Used to
drag me there every week." Cum
mings rolled up his shirt sleeves.
"Well. I've seen Rankin there any
number of times, standing and
leering at all the girls in the
dressing room. Used to make me
sick!"
"Idea you're tryln" to get across
Is that you don't like Rankin,
huh?"
"1 don't trust him," Cummings
returned. "There's a difference.
All right, all ncht, look quizzical
if you wantt You don't have to
believe me!"
"I was Just thlnklnV Asey said,
"you sent me a bill last January,
an' to the best of my knowledge
it's still sittin' on the de.sk In my
living' room. I forgot it"
"Sometimes you're so damn
charitable about people," Cum
mings said, "youanake me speech
less! You take fny advice, Asey,
and watch out for your friend
Tiankin. I'll call you when I'm
through here."
There was no one In the Inn'a
living room when Asey returned
there. A little hand bell had been
placed on the desk, he noticed,
and he rang it, but no one came.
"The service here," Asey mur
mured, "is simply wonderful!"
Walking over to the phone
boolh, he opened the door, pulled
at the cord of the overhead elec-
SABOTAGE REPORTED
ON BONNEVILLE LINE
The Dalles, Dec. 10. (JV
The Bonneville administration
said yesterday 28 huge Insu
lators on a transmission line
south of here had been shat
tered, apparently by high-powered
rifle fire.
The federal bureau of invest
Golly!
The biggest selection of
Xmas ties In Town!
$1 to $2.50
Store for Men
X
trie light, and looked thought
fully inside,
Hanson's men would probably
manage to find some fingerprints
or some bits of microscopic evi
dence. They usually did. But as
far as clues visible to the naked
eye were concerned, Mrs. Doane
had done a fine, efficient Job erad
icating them.
Asey shrugged and walked the
length of the living room and
down the corridor leading from a
door to his left
Almost at once, he bumped vio
lently into Jennie, bustling along
and muttering to herself.
"Where you been?" he held out
a hand to steady her.
"Land's sakes!" Jennie said In
a harassed voice. "You've knocked
the breath out of mel Asey, I
never! I never in all my life! '
"What' the matter?"
"Well, you let me get Into one
of those chairs," Jennie said, "an'
get pulled together, an' I'll tell
you. Here. Come over to this sofa."
Asey helped her get settled, and
then asked her again what the
matter was.
"Well! I come In from the
porch," Jennie said, "an what do
you think, Asey? Mrs. Doane had
only got to callin' the doctor then)
She was Just askin' for his num
ber. What she'd been doin' all the
time after she left us, 1 don't
know! So I said I'd talk to him,
an' I did. I told him what'd hap
pened, an' to hurry over quick."
Asey nodded. "I wondered aboul
that an' why he mentioned you
an" not her. What then?"
Surprise For Freddy
"VTHEN I put the phone down,
'she asked me if I'd had any
supper, an' I told her Just some
sandwiches at the drugstore, an'
right away she had me by the arm
an' was sweepin' me out to the
kitchen. 'Washington,' says she,
'you get busy an' get Mrs. Mayo
a good meal. And,' says she, 'tell
her all about your voyage in the
barque Dexter,' And out she wentl
Well!"
"Didn't you follow her?"
"I started to," Jennie aaid, "but
Washy plumped me down onto a
chair, an' I tell you, Asey, you
might Just as well try to get your
self away from an octopus as
him!"
"Uh-huh. I noticed nut there In
the woods," Asey said, "that
Washy was kind of a hard man
to get away from."
"Hard? I never seen nothln' like
him! Asey, I followed the barque
Dexter from Boston around Cape
Horn to Sydney, an' then," Jennie
said wearily, "all of the way backl
I been through two mutinies, 1
have, an' I lost all the masts three
times. Maybe four times. An' the
beef got weevilly! She was awful
up set Asey!"
Asey gave it as his opinion thai
practically any ship would havt
been upset under the circum
stances. "I don't mean the barque Dex
ter. Aseyl I mean Mrs. Doanel
Somethin's wrong. I think it's th
daughter."
"Where I she, anyway?" Asej
asked.
Jennie shook her head.
"I don't know. I haven't seen
any sign of her. I tried so hard,
Asev. to set awav from that man
an' And out what Mrs. Doane was
doin I But every time I got up, he
sat me down. Asey, what you
laughin' about? It wasn't a oil
funny!"
"Maybe It ain't funny to you
now," Asey said, "but in a day oi
so it'll probably hit your funny
bone, too. How d you manage U
get away?"
"Ho went Into the pantry to get
me some pie, Just now, an' I run
out! Asey. there's the girl, nowl"
Jennie pointed toward the front
door.
Freddy Doane came In, took off
her dripping raincoat, rolled it up
and slung it over the corner desk
into the cupboard beyond.
"Are you two still here?" She
tried to sound severe, but she ob
viously was in too buoyant a mood
to be at all successful. "Look. I
know you're from around here
somewhere, and you've made a
mistake and got this place mixed
up with some other inn. But if
Mother finds you here after ahe's
sent you away once, she'll simply
raise the roof! Mother's in a talky
state tonight anyway. Won't you
oe lamtu ana dash oil before she
sees you?"
"Asey," Jennie said blankly,
"you know what I think? I think
that girl don't know a thing about
Miss Olive's bein' killed! She
don't know a thing about what's
been goin' on here!"
"About what?" the girl walked
over to them quickly. "What did
you say?"
Asey watched Jennie's face as
she looked at the girl. Washy had
exasperated his cousin, and Mr
Doane puzzled her. but the daugh
ter was apparently someone more
to her liking A great deal more,
Asey mentally amended, as Jen
nie held out her hand to the girl.
"Come over here, dear, an sit
down. You don't know. I can see
you don't Well, Miss Olive's been
kii
tilled.'
Ta at eanunae
igation was notified after a
work crew discovered loss of
the 200 pound insulators.
TURKEY SHOW
Boscburg, Ore., Dec, 10. (T)
The thirteenth annual North
western Turkey Shows opened
at Oanland Tuesday with ap
proximately 1.100 turkeys enter-
led by 152 exhibitors from Ore
jgon, Washington and California
with one display from North
Dakota.
NO MORE WEATHER
Tacoma, Dec. 10. lD Offic
ials of the Washington state
highway department said today
they could no longer Issue dBily
weather reports and Information
on ski conditions in the state's
snow resorts because of the na
tional emergency.
Papier-mache, known to the
I Chinese ages ago, was probably
I the first known plastic.
MEDFORD MAIL
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS:
Chain affiliation and srbere
they are on the dial:
KM.K (MUM) mo. Portland:
Kt'X (NRC-ltlue) 1 1 w. Portland:
KCiA (NHC'-Hlue MBS) 1110.
Npokane; kf.O (MIC-Hlue) S10.
Han rranrluu; KI1W MIC-Krd
!, Portland; KJK (MK.'-lllurl
IMIO, Hrattle; KNX 'H 1070.
Los Austin; KIM (NKC-Ked) X.VI.
Drnier; KOIN (CHS) S70, Port
land; KOMI) (MIC-Ked) 8.10
Seattle: KPO (MIC-Ked) l.
San Franrlu-o; KSL (CBS) 1160,
Salt Jke City.
" Time Shown It PST "
Wednesday
too p. m. Adventure Stories,;
KOO. KJR: Big Tovn. KSL; Jane
Arden, KOMO; Adventures In Toy
land. KEX; 8tara of Today. KOW;
Don Wlnalow of the Nary, KPO.
S JO p. m. Dr. Christian, KSL;
News of the World, KOO, KJR, KEX;
Bill Henry. KNX; Eyes of the World.
KOIN: Parent-Teacher Asi'n. KPO.
:00 p. m. Pred Allen, KSL; Fred
Warlngs Orch., KPO. KOW, KOUO;
Secret City, KJR; Cinnamon Bear,
KEX; Judy Splinters. KOO; Scandi
navian Reporter, KJR; Tonight's Best
Buys. KNX, KOIN.
8:30 p. m. Penthouse Party, KOO.
KJR, KEX; Concert by Kalash, KPO;
Big Town, KNX, KOIN; Highlight
Hour, KOUO.
7:00 p. m. Glenn Miller's Orcb.,
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TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
KNX. KSL, KOIN: American Melody I
Hour. KOO. KEX. KJR; Kay Kyaer'aj
Musical Quiz. KPO. KOW, KOMO.
7:30 p. m. News Here and Abroad,
KOO, KJR; Modern Music Box. KEX:
Leon P. Drews, KOIK; Clarke and i
Spraynozzle, KSL. 1
S 00 p. m. uls Kids. KOO, KEX.
KJR; Amos Ti' Andy, KNX, KOIN.
KflL: Point Sublime, KPO, KOW,
KOMO.
813 p. m. Lanny Ross, KNX, KSL,
KOIN.
8:30 p. m. Time To Smile, KPO,
KOW. KOMO; Easy Aces. KOO. KEX.
KJR: Pred Allen, KOIN, KNX; Hymn
Service. KSL.
9:30 p. m. Mr. District Attorney.
KPO. KOMO, KOW; Basin Street
Chamber Music, KOO; News. KJR,
KSL: Moonlight Sonata, KEX.
10:00 p. m. Paul tVhlteman'a
Orch, KEX, KJR, KOO; Reporter
Newt, KPO, KOW, KOMO; Newt,
KNX, KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Stanley Kenton's
Orcn-j KJR: John Sullivan's Orch.,
KSL: Music for Listening. KOW;
Broadway Bandwagon. KEX; Public
Affairs, KNX; The World Today,
KOIN; Christmas Fund, KOMO; Con
cert Hall. KPO.
11:00 p. m. Dancing with Clancy,
KPO, KOW; Wilbur Hatch's Orch.,
KOIN, KSL: This Moving World,
KJR, KEX; News. KNX; Evening Rev
eries, KOMO.
Thursday
6:00 p. m. Adventure Stories.
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
KOO. KJR; Death Valley Days. KSL:
Jane Arden. KOMO: Adventures In
Toyland. KEX: Stars of Today. KOW;
Ken Stevens and Erwln Yeo. KNX;
Eve of the World, KOIN; Don Win
slow of tha Navy. KPO.
6:30 d. m. Duffy's ' Tavern. KSL:
News of tha World. KOO. KEX. KJR; !
Rlcardo's Rhapsodies. KPO, KOW, J
KOMO: Tonight's Best Buys, KNX; I
Leon F. Drews, KOIN.
6:00 p. m. Major Bowea' Original
Amateur Hour, KNX. KSL, KOIN: ,
Blng Crosby, KPO. KOMO, KOW; i
Clnnsmon Bear, KEX: Judy Splint
ers, KOO; Scandinavian Reporter.
KJR.
6:30 p. m. Joe Oalllcchlo'a Orch,
KOO, KJR, KEX.
7:00 p. m. Olenn Miller's Orch.
KOIN. KNX. KSL; Cugat Rumba Re
vue, KPO, KOMO, KOW; Rudy Val
lee. KEX. KOO. KJR.
7:30 p. m. Frank Pay. KPO, KOW,
KOMO, News Hera and Abroad, KOO,
KEX. KJR; Who Dunnlt, KNX,
KOIN, KSL.
8:00 p. m. Amos 'n Andy. KNX,
KSL, KOIN": Fred Waring. KPO,
KOMO, KOW; March of Time, KJR,
KEX.
8:16 p. m. Lum and Abner, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; Lanny Ross, KNX,
"KOIN, KSL.
8:30 p. m. Maudte's Diary. KNX.
KOIN; Saunders of Circle X, KOO,
KEX: Fanny Brtce. KPO. KOMO,
KOW: News. KSL: Flowers for the
Living. KEX; Hot Stove League. KJR.
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DECEMBER 10, 1941.
0 00 p. m- Easy Aces, KOO, KEX.
KJR: Duffy's Tavern, KNX, KOIN:
Aldrtch Family, KPO. KOMO, KOW;
Sports, KSL.
9:30 p. m Music In the Moon
light. KOW. KPO; Death Valley Days,
KNX, KOIN: News. KSL. KJR; Moon
light Sonata. KEX: Musical Quln
ella, KOMO.
10:00 p. m. America's Town Meet
ing of the Air, KOO, KJR. KEX: Re
porter News, KPO. KOMO, KOW;
News, KNX: Masterworka of Music,
KSL; Five Star Pinal, KOIN.
1030 p. m. Ed stoker's Music.
KOW, Reld Taruwr,a Orch, KSL:
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1he mummified m &Jtfa SSJki
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OF 5T. STEPHEN,
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IN 9S8 IT WA5 MOVED FOR THE Fv,T TIME IN 900 YAIZ5
AND CARRIED IN A SPECIAL GLPEP TRAIN ON A TOUR. .
OF HUNGARIAN TOWN
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IN LAUlNia lOW&i
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bOUTH WITH 1T
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Stephen, first Hungarian monarch, was on of the grtat constructive statesmen of history.
His reign (397-1033) resulted In the firm establishment of the Hungarian church and the
Hungarian state. Pop Sylvester II recognised the country's nationality by endowing th young
Magyar princ with a crown. In 1938 hi mummified hand, which ha been kept a a sacrsd
relic in Budapest for 900 yaars, was taken in a specially constructed railway car on a tour
of Hungarian towns. The hand, in its ancient thrin. reposed on a cloth of red velvet and
was guarded by 16 carefully chosen soldiers known as "Guardians of th Hungarian Crown."
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World Today. KOIN; Industry and
Defense. KOMO; Concert Hall. KPO.
11:00 p. m. Etchings in Brass,
KPO; This Moving World. KJR, KEX:
Harry Owens. KSL. KOIN: News,
KNX.
Salem, Dec. 10. (") Secre
tary of State Earl Snell left
for Chicago today to attend a
meeting of the war depart
ment' highway advisory com
mittee, of which- he is one of
five members.
FOUNDER OF THE COUNTRY'S MONARCHY
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San Frnncirco. Dec. 10.-
Mrs. Marie Sayre, 27. of San
Francisco, lay critically injured
at a hospital today, victim of
a bullet fired at an automobile
by a sentry during Monday
night's air raid blackout. The
sentry, stationed at a San Fran
cisco approach to the San Francisco-Oakland
Bay bridge said
he fired after his order to halt
was disregarded.
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