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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter 31
The Peeper Again
FREDDY'S blithe buoyancy had
completely disappeared. She
hook her head alowly as the
tared from Asey to Jennie.
' 'You're not joking." ahe aald
at last "You seem to mean it. But
look, that aunply can t be true!
'. Jennie assured her that it was.
"When Asey an' 1 come here
with Syl's clams at six, she was
in that phone booth yonder. She'd
been shot"
"In there? At six? Oh. there's
been some frightful mix-up some
where, then!' Freddy sooke with
more than a trace of her mother's
emphatic manner. "I was in that
booth myself at least twice after
Miss uiivo leu nere una ancr
noon! She left around four-thirty.
And now that 1 think of it, she
did KO in the booth and make a
phone calL But 1 was in that
booth later, and besides, 1 saw
Miss Olive drive away!"
"Asey an' I both saw her up to
the four corners," Jennie said,
"but here she was in that booth
when we come at six! You listen,
now, an' let me tell you about
things!"
"Better wait, Jennie," Asey
aid, "until"
"I say it's high time she knew,
an' I'm goin' to tell her!" Jennie
Insisted. "You hush up!
She went on to relate her ver
sion of the story, and, after two
fruitless attempts to interrupt
and explain that Dr. Cummings's
discovery had considerably al
tered the situation, Asey gave up
and let her continue, wnue sne
was still wondering what the ef
fect on Jennie would be when
he found out that the body
wasn t Miss Olives at all, uunv
mines appeared in the hall door
Freddy, i say Asey, I think that
gnome's back again why don't
Hanson a men gei onto tneir jodi
"I don't even know where Han
son is," Asey said, "or if his fel
lows are here yet What did you
find out Doc?"
"You don't know where he Is!
For the love of God," Cummings
said vehemently, "what is the
matter with yeu, Asey? This
rushing around with Bill Porter's
certainly done something drastic
to your efficiency! Find Hanson,
ana get someone to chase that
fellow you ever had any Peep
teg Toms here before, Freddy?
T"Peeping Toms?" Freddy re
peated. "You mean uh some
one looking In windows? Why
no!"
"WeH you've apparently got
one now. Where's your father,
Freddy? In the kitchen? Where's
your mother? Hanson's probably
with them. Where are they?"
"I don't know," Freddy said. 1
Just came in. I er I've been out
Up to the village. I was just do
ing an errand. She hesitated a
moment and then rather unneces
sarily amplified her statement
"Just an errand for mother."
Cummings, mistaking Asey's In
terest in the girl's hesitation for
indifference to the Peeping Tom
problem, expressed himself rather
forcibly on the topic of soft liv
ing and Its relation to brain ac
tivity. Ana Joyca
HE MARCHED out, and again
before Jennie could pick up
' her story, Asey tried to correct
her impression of the identity of
the woman who had been shot
Once again, he had to give up
"Never saw anything like this!'
Cummings said when ne marched
back a few minutes later. 'First
It's you, gabbing with two women,
and then it's Hanson and three
troopers and this is a murder,
mind you! There they are, out in
that kitchen, listening to Washy
Doane telling them about mutiny
n the high seas sboard the
schooner Snowdrop, and eating
coconut cake! Well, I've got them
started, I can tell you!"
"Now you got all that worked
out of your system," sey said,
"what did you find out, Doc?"
Cummings sat down in .ne of
the chintz-covered chairs and
lighted a cigar before replying.
He was tremendously ' pleased
with himself. Asey knew all the
signs.
,'Tva found out," Cummings
aid, " a number of interesting
and Instructive things. Freddy,
I'm going to describe someone,
and I want you to see if you rec
ognize her. You might know her,
too, Jennie. You've seen her, I
know. Now, the girl I'm going
to describe is about Ave feet four.
She weighs about a hundred and
ten. She has light blonde hair,
comes about to her shoulders.
Her face is pointed and she has
gray eyes. Who is she?"
"Betsy Porter's cousin" Jennie
said triumphantly. "That one
from Los Angeles!"
"Who ever said anything about
Los Angclv?" Cummings re
torted. "I didn't! Freddy, don't
you know?" he repealed his de
scription, and then added, Slie
has a small scar aboui two inches
long above her left wrist"
"It sounds," Freddy said, "like
Ann Joyce. She's a girl who
tayed here at 'he Inn last sum
mer. She'a in the regular cast of
the South Pochet Barn Theater.
I didn't recognize her Tilly until
TOU mentioned hr lilt!, u-ar
Somehow. I always thins: of Ann's
U.S. SCRIBES IN BERLIN
TOLD TO STAY IN HOMES
Berlin, Dec. 11. (P) United
States newspaper correspond
ents were dismissed from the
daily press conference today and
Give him . . .
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voice Instead of the way she looks.
She has a lovely voice."
"Oh, that one!" Jennie said.
"If you'd only said om-lhin'
about that voice of hers. I d irve
remembered her, too! You an'
your flve-foot-four! Think peo
ple carry yardsticks artund with
em?"
Cummings said tartly that
height and weight were usually
the first details given in lnv de
scription. "Well," Freddy said, "she has
a lovely voice, and she's love.y
looking, and I'vt always liked her.
She intended to stay hert again
this summer, but then she decided
she'd better be nearer the Thea
ter, so she's living over at Mrs.
Thome's place in Pochet The
Beeches. But she's here a great
deal. Once or twice a day: She's
a friend of the Hinghams."
"And isn't she also a friend,"
Cummings demanded, "of Jona
than Rankin?"
"Oh, yes. She used to be bis
secretary. In fact it was Rankin,"
Freddy said, "who helped her get
this job at the Barn Theater when
it started last year."
"Hear that, Asey?" Cummings
demanded. "Good! Now, Freddy,
when you were in my office a few
weeks ago, we spoke of Rankin,
didn't we? Now, I shan't embar
rass you by recalling any of the
ribald detail, but without com
promising yourself you cjuld as
sure Asey, couldn't you, that you
don't accept Rankin's invitations
to the movies, or to dnaces, or the
theater?"
Hint From Cummings
LL," Freddy's face
crimson, ye
"Thank you, Cummings said.
"Hear that Asey? Well, bear all
this in mind. You see, this Ann
Joyce got a touch of laryngitis
last summer, and 1 sprayed .ier
throat hourly so she could go on
with her part I knew who she
was the minute I got that wig
off." He ignored Jennie's excla
mation and Freddy's bewildered
murmur. "But I wanted to estab
lish a few facts for you before
people knew about her, and be
fore their opinions might be col
ored, so to speak. Now"
"What are you talkin' about?"
Jennie interrupted.
"Ann Joyce. Now," Cummings
said, "1 don't know snything
about these new laissez-faire
methods of detection you seem
to have embraced lately, Asey,
but in my feeble opinion, I think
I should be inclined to toy with
the thouffht of summoning Mistpr
Jonathan Rankin and asking the
gentleman a few questions."
uoctor, i m awlully mixed upl
What's Ann got to do with
things?" Freddy asked.
"Why, she's been killed! She's
been snot! For the love of God,
haven't they even got around to
telling you what's happened
here?
Jennie uttered a shrill yelp.
"Another? Somebody else been
killed?"
"No. no!" Cummings said. "The
asme one! The woman you saw
wasn't Miss Olive at all, Jennie
didn't Asey tell you? The woman
you found was this Ann Joyce,
dressed in Miss Olive's clothes,
and made ud to look like her.
Good job, too. Fooled me till I
started to work with a dozen
lights on. Freddy, why in blazes
would Ann Joyce be dressed up
in Miss Olive's clothes? Can you
understand the reason for that?"
rreddv said unhanDilv that aha
didn't understand the reason foi
anything.
"Mrs. Mayo'i just got through
telling me a long story about Mutt
Olive and you say now it isn't
Miss Olive at all, it's Ann Joyce
dressed up like her! I can'l
imagine why. 1 suppose it musl
have something to do with
Horace's play. Or some othei
play. Was she really dressed in
Miss Olive's own clothes?" VrrA.
dy asked. "Really? Miss Olivt
won t like that part at all. She'!
funny about her clothes."
"Just What do vou mean. ftin.
ny?" Asey inquired.
Its hard to exDlaln" FrrtH
said. "She buys quite expensive
things. Nice tweeds but look
this doesn't matter, does it? The
point is that Ann's been killed
and I think it'a horrible! Why.
she was here this morning! That a
wnai matters, not the clothes.
"Maybe not," Asey said, "but
beln' as how Ann Joyce was
dressed like her, tell me about
Miss Olive's clothes anyway."
"Well, she buys nice things,"
Freddy said. "But well, they're
always a lime ooway looking,
somehow. You can't tell her new
things from her old. I ran across
a picture of her taken oh, fifteen
years ago and, except that the
skirts were longer, you couldn't
have told her outfit from the one
she wore today. But it must be
something to do with a play. That
must be the answer. Horace will
know.
"Who's this Horace?" Asey
asked. "Rankin spoke of him a
couple of times "
"Horace is Elisss Hlngham'l
husband. Mrs. Hingham's one of
the backers of the South Pochet
Bam Theater. She"
"Horace Hingham." Cummings
said thoughtfully. "Funny. I don't
remember ever seeing his nam
on the program."
"Oh. his name Isn't Himrham
ireddy said quickly.
Te ba contlnard
Instructed to go to their homes
not their offices on grounds
that axis newspapermen had
been arrested in the United
States in violation of Interna
tional practice.
GIRLS TO AID
Taroma, Dec. 11. P) State
headquarters of the national
youth administration announci'd
today the work of 2.000 girls on
the state NYA proitram hereaf
ter would be directed towards
making Red Cross gowns, sur
geons' gowns, surgical dressings
and other medical equipment.
Youths in Seattle shops have
been put to work making
stretchers.
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ttrattle; KPO M1C-Krd) SSO.
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ft 00 p. m. Adventure Stories,
KOO. KJR: rath Valley Days, KSL;
Jane Arden. KOUO; Adventure 1 1
Toyland. KEX; Stars of Today. KOV. ;
Ken Stevens and Erwln Yao. Kit::;
Eyes of the World. KOIN; Don Win
slow of the Navy, KPO.
s:80 p. m. Duffy'a Tavern, KSL;
News of the World. KOO. KEX. KJR;
Rlcardo'a Rhapsodies, KPO, KOW.
KOMO: Tonlght i Best Buys, KNX:
Leon P. Drews. KOIN.
8:00 p. m. Major Bowes' Original
Amateur Hour, KNX. KSL. KOIN;
Blng Crosby. KPO. KOMO, KOW: j
unnimon Bear, iusx; Judy splint
ers, KOO; Scandinavian Reporter.
KJR.
8:30 p m Jo GalllochlCa Orcb.,
KOO, KJR, KEX.
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KOIN. KNX, KSL; Cugat Rumba Re
vue. KPO, KOMO, KOW; Rudy Val
lee. KEX. KOO. KJR.
7:30 p. m Prank Fay, KPO. KOW,
KOMO; News Hera and Abroad, BOO.
KEX. KJR; Who Dunnlt. KNX.
KOIN, KSL.
8:00 p. m. Amoa n Andy. KNX,
KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO.
KOMO. KOW: March of Time, KJR,
KEX. 1
8:18 p. m. Lum and Abner, KPO,
KOW. KOMO; Lanny Rom, KNX,
KOIN. KSL.
8:30 p. m. Maudle'e Diary. KNX,
KOIN; Saunders of Circle X. KOO.
KEX; Fanny Brlee, KPO. KOMO.
KOW; News, KSL: Flowers for the
Living. KEX; Hot Store League. KJR.
00 p. m. Easy Aoes. KOO, KEX,
KJR; Duffy's Tavern, KNX, KOIN;
Aldrlch Family. KPO. KOMO, KOW;
S porta, KSL.
9:30 p. m. Music In the Moon
light, KOW, KPO; Death Valley Days,
KNX, KOIN; Fsws. KSL, KJR; Moon
light Sonata, KEX; Musical Quln
alla. KOMO.
10:00 p. m. America 'a Town Meet
ing of the Air, KOO, KJR. KEX: Re
porter N'ewa. KPO. KOMO. KOW;
News. KNX; Maaterworka of Music.
KSL: Five Star Final, KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Ed Stoker's Music,
KOW, Reld Tanners Orcb.. KSL;
Masterworks of Muale. KNX; The
World Today. KOIN: Industry and
Defense. KOMO; Concert Kail, KPO.
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11:00 p. in. Etchings In Brass.
KPO; This Moving World. KJR, KEX: '
Harry Owens, KSL, KOIN; News,
KNX.
Friday
8:00 p. m Kate Smith Hour.
KSL; Adventure Storlea. KOO. KJR. '
KEX; Jan Arden. KOMO: Stan of
Today, KOW; Don Wlnalow of the !
Navy. KPO.
8:80 p. m. News of the World, j
KOO. KJR. KEX: Bill Henry. KEX;
Cocktail Hour. KOW; Leo F. Drews.
KOIN; November Overcoat!, KOMO.
8 :00 p. m. What's On Tour Mind,
KNX. KOIN. KSL; Walts Time. KPO.
KOMO, KOW; Cinnamon Bear. KEX;
Judy Splinters, KOO; Scandinavian
Reporter, KJR.''
40 p. m. Michael and Kitty.
KEX, KOO, KJR: Uncle Walter"e Dog
House. KPO, KOW, KOMO; first
Nlghter, XNX. KSL, KOIN.
7:00 p. m Shirley Temple Time,
KSL, KNX. KOIN: Wlnga of Deatlny,
KPO. KOMO. KOW; Candlelight Con
certe, KEX; What's Doing In Sports.
KOO.
7:30 p. m. -Al Pearoe'a Gang, KNX.
KSL. KOIN; Grand Central Button,
KPO. KOW, KOMO: Weekly Specta
tor. KJR: Modern Music Box, KEX:
Amateur Hour, KOO.
8:00 p. m Fred Waring. KPO,
KOMO, KOW: Amos 'n' Andy, KNX.
KSL. KOIN; Buy Washington, KJR.
8:1ft p. ra. Lanny . Rosa. KNX.
KSL, KOIN; Lum aju) Abner. KPO,
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8:30 p. m. Don't Be Personal.
KOO, K.IR. KEX; Pli..:houae. KNX.
KSL. KOIN.
8:00 p. m. Radio Chatter, KPO.
KOW: Three Ring Tim. KOO. KJR,
KEX: Kate Smith Hour. KNX. KOIN;
Along the Sideline. KJR: Punch
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9:30 p. m. Ran WUde'a Orcb.,
KOO. KJR: Dark Fantasy. KPO;
Moonlight Sonata, KEX; Mary Bul
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STUYVESANT'S STUNT '
The original bounds of what Is now the city of Albany, extended about 3.000 leet and
Stuyvesant originally called the village "Beverwyelc," or "Town of the bearers,"
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
While making a routine check-up after an alectrical storm, J. D. Shillito, power company
engineer, found a snake hanging over the ground wira of a transformer pole. It had been
electrocuted by a 2,300-volt wire while trying to get at a sparrow's nest which had been
built between the transformer and the pole. Shillito believes the snaka was able to scale th
pole by securing a hold on ihe nicks caused by linemen's spurs as they ascended.
TOMORROW: Color of Deathl
HE. IS TRYIN' T'KILL
US.' THASS LF.M SCRAGG,
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10:00 p. m Hollywood Legion
Stadium Fights, KOO, KEX: Report
er News. KPO, KOW. KOMO; News.
KNX; Maaterworka of Music. KSL:
Seattle Public Schools. KJR; FIT
Star Pinal. KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Hollywood Legion
StadJum Fights, KOO: Dane Orcb .
KOW; Broadway Bandwagon. KEX;
Northwest Bible Institute. KJR;
Maaterworka of Muale, "".NX: The
World Today. KOIN: B McOrew'a
Orchestra, KOMO; Eight jlyaterloua
Hat. KPO.
11:00 p. m Plckard Family. KPO.
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KOW; This Moving World. KEX;
Harry Owens' Orch., KSL. KOIN;
News. KNX. KOO: Scandinavian Mu
ale, KJR; Reveries, KOMO.
REAR ADMIRAL KILLED
IN ATTACK ON HAWAII
Washington, Dec. 11 lPV
The navy announced today that
Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell
Kidd was killed in action dur
ing the attack on Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, Sunday.
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