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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter 22
The Ooanea Confuted
THAT'S Mrs. Hinghm' name,"
Freddy went on." You see---this
is rather complicated, I'm
afraid but people aiwaya call her
by the name of the husband who
bought her the opera company. I
don t know why. I presume it'a be
cause she waa Tuiown to more
people as Elissa Hingham. She
waa Mrt. Hingham when ahe first
came here, and we've never called
her anything else."
"That -till," Asey pointed out,
"don't solve the problem of
Horace's last name."
Freddy bit her lip.
"Honestly, I can't remember It!
Here's Mother," she called to Mrs.
Doane, who was just coming along
the hall from the kitchen.
"Mother! Mother, what's Horace's
last name? Isn't it something like
Prang?"
Mrs. Doane looked startled.
"Your father asked me that
when they came this year, and I
really meant to find it out and
learn it. We shouldn't call him
Horace all the time, and Mr.
Hingham would never do isn't it
Anderson, or Patterson, or Peter
sen? I think it'a Patterson. Re
mind me that I must find out and
learn it. Freddy!"
Asey suggested that they might
aiwaya loon in tne notei register.
"You eot one. ain't you?"
"Of course!" Freddy went over
to the desk and picked up a tooled
leather book. "Here. They came
two weeks ago. Mrs. Hingham
signed. Elissa Hingham well,
what do you know, she forgot to
put Horace down! Well, anyway,
whatever his last name is, he's
Elissa HinEham's husband, snd
he'll be sure to know why Ann was
dressed up. Mother, it wasn't Miss
uuve at all, Dut Ann Joyce dressed
up In her clothes?"
"Whatl" Mrs. Doane almost slid
into a chair, and for the first time
since Asey had met her, she smiled
a genuine smile. "It's not Miss
Olive? Oh, that's the best news
I've had of course," the smile
disappeared as she added hurried
ly, "I'm sorry about Ann Joyce!
That will only add size to the head
lines, what with her being on the
stage. ' But anyway, she wasn't
staying here! How did she hap
pen to be dressed up in Miss
Olive's clothes? When did she
tome hsre? How"
"Let's get out of this hen-party
powwowP' Cummings said. "May
be I should call it a powhow get
that, Asey? That wasn't bad. Pow
how." "It was terrible," Asey told him,
"an if you want to know the truth,
I can't think of anythin' but a lot
of how's, myself!"
Trouble is, you're t r y 1 n g too
hard," Cummings said. "You won't
tee the trees for the forest. Come
up along the hall to this little
smoking roof." He led the way to
it "Now, ait down and listen to me.
You thought I was just takine
cracks at Rankin because I don't
like him. But I meant what I said
I don't trust him. And let me tell
you this. No strav Dot shot from
Washy Doane or anybody else
Kiuea mat gin. mat was a neat,
cold-blooded, well-thought-out bit
or snooting, someone stood behind
her, Asey, took very, very careful
aim. and shot her through the
heart She couldn't have suspected
what was coming, and ahe cer
tainly never knew what hit her.
And your friend Rankin "
Crack Shot
"IVHAT about him?" Asey asked
' ' as the doctor relighted his
elgar.
"Remember the Pochet Home
Guard they organized last fall,
about the same time all those wo
men started up their Rifle Corps?
Were ycu here on the Cape Labor
Day? I didn't think you were.
Well, to stir up enthusiasm, the
Home Guard and the Ritle Corps
had a ehooting match. And your
friend Rankin won it with his little
pistol. The girl was killed by a
good shot Your friend Rankin is a
good shot."
"So, presumably, Is Washy
Doane," Asey said. "At any rate,
he practices.
"But Ann Joyce," Cummings re
torted, "was never Washy Duane's
secretary! Instead of bowing and
whating around, you get hold of
RankinT Kind out where ha was
and what he was doing from four
till six!"
"From four till six?" Asey said.
"You mean, she might have been
killed as early aa four. Doc? Be
cause Miss Olive used the phone at
half-past four or so, an' Fredilv
us-d it later. You sure about your
timin'. Doc?"
"Of course I'm not sure!" Cum
mings said testily. "If I've said It
once, I've said it a thousand times
that you can't look at a body
and say that person died at two
minutes and sixteen minutes past
twol My gurss is between four to
Six! You certainly can find out
from someone when the Joyce uirl
came here, and who saw her last,
and all that sort of tiling. You can
make some time estimate yourself,
on the basis of her coming here.
"There a little problem nere.
Doe." Asev went on. "that maybe
you ain't considered. That's what's
got me feelin' a little floored. Ran
kin says he give Miss Olive two
nickels to phone witn. An
"What have Rankin's nickels got
to do with the time Ann Joyce was
killed?"
"Wa-eV Asey said, "he says ha
give 'em to her, an' Freddy says
she seen Miss Olive leave. But was
it Miss Olive, Doc? Was it her, or
the girl dressed up like her? Jennie
an' I take it for granted it was Miss
Olive we seen at the four corners.
But was it? We don't know her so
well we could swear up and down
it was her. Lots of folks has seen
Miss Olive, but nobody's seen the
girl Ann Joyce. Now, people know
pretty much what Miss Olive
wears. They see her coat an' they
take her for granted. Nobody a
goin' to begin any intensive ex
amination of her, like you did.
Now, Doc, s'pose the Joyce girl's
been goin around all day as Miss
Olive?"
"What? Asey, you're crazy!"
"Could be," Asey said. "Maybe
we seen the girl dressed as Miss
Olive, actin' Tike her. She could
have driven back here an' been
killed like we liggered at first,
around six. Until Miss Olive her
self comes back, an' we can And
out from her just where she really
was, we always got the possibility
that sometimes maybe folks who
thought they was seein' Miss Olivs
was really seein' Miss Joyce."
"My God!" Cummings said. "I
never thought of that angle let's
And Mist Olive! Where is she?"
He went to the door. "I'll bring
Freddy here. She ought to know
where Miss Olive Is."
Freddy shook her head when
Asey told her he wanted to find
out about a few odds and ends.
Radio Program
"I'LL gladly tell you anything
can, but don't expect me to ba
too alert, will you? I'm Just getting
myself adjusted to all this. And
Mother's just confessed she moved
the body from the phone booth,
and Father's confessed he was
shooting at his target this evening
he knew Mother was out, and
that I'd never hear. He even says
he took a practice shot past Al
fred, too! Alfred's Lady Boop I
mean, Mrs. Clutterlleld's chauf
feur' "I know him well," Asey said.
"Why'd your father want to scars
him?"
"He claims he couldn't resist Al
fred's broad beam," Freddy said.
"Anyway, Mother's giving him
hell, and we're all awfully con
fused. And none of us can remem
ber seeing Ann after she was here
this morning. Mother was at the
desk till three, and I was there
from three till the lights went out
And wa know Ann never came
through the living room!"
Asey suggested that there was
always the possibility of Ann's
having entered the Inn by a rear
door.
"I suppose to," Freddy said, ''but
I don't see why she should come in
the back way! She never does. Of
course. If she sneaked up and
swiped Miss Olive's clothes to
dress up in, as Mother and I sus
pect she must have, maybe she did
come in the back way. I don't
know. I'm so confused I can't even
guess what might have happened!"
"Where's Mist 01ive?,f Cum
mlngs ssked. "Do you know where
she is tonight?"
"Now there." Freddy said, "is
something Mother Just asked me.
She just went off, that's all
I know."
"Didn't drop any hint as to
whera she waa eoin'?" Asev
asked.
Freddy shook her head.
"S'pose," Asey said, "we phone
around to places where she might
be. Will you do that Freddy? An"
Doc, I hear a noise out there that
suggests Carey an' Hanson's crew.
We better see 'em."
"Just one tiling first," Cummlngt
said. "Where was Rankin this af
ternoon, Freddy? Say, from three
o'clock on? I) you have any idea?"
Freddy sighed.
"I certainly do! He and Lady
Boon and I listened to the radio in
the living room."
"You don't mean," Cummings
founded incredulous, "that all
three of you were there all after
noon?" "Weren't we Just!" Freddy said.
"I never put in such an afternoon!
You see, they were both really
waiting to hear that special broad
cast of the King and Queen
and the President probably you
heard that. Everyone listened. And
to kill time," she went on as both
Cummings and Ascv nodded,
they bickered. Lady F.oop wanted
to listen to the continued stories
she a so crazy about and Rankin
wanted war news and some sym
phony orchestra. Between the two
of 'em, I waa almost frothing at
the mouth!"
Te as renllnaew
NUT DIVERSION PLAN
SAME AS LAST YEAR
Los Angeles, Dec. 12 (JP)
The same diversion program
that hat obtained for the past
six seasons will cover surplus
tinthelled walnuts in California.
Oregon and Washington this
crop year, the department of
agriculture announced today.
It provides for bonus pay
ment! of 33i cents per pound on
walnuts diverted or exported.
SKI AND SKATING
SWEATERS!
Jantttn'a Norwegian
westers for men and
women
73axk$a
Store lor Mea
BRIDGE GUARD'S DEATH
DECLARED UNAVOIDABLE
Newport, Ore., Dec. 12 (41
A coroner'! Jury decided last
night that the death of Orville
Garrison, Taft, was unavoidable
Garrison, a civilian defense
bridge guard, ws struck aa he
attempted to halt a car driven
by Jerry Sllser, Do Lake, to
advise of blackout regulations
Tuesday night.
Sitter waa slightly Injured as
hla car caromed into the bridge
railing.
BULL KILLS FARMER
ON WAY TO PASTURE
Hillsboro. Ore., Dec. 12 )
A Chehalem mountain farmer,
David A. Otto, about 83, was
trampled to death by a bull he
was leading to pasture yester
day. The bull was shot as it stood
over Otto's body, preventing
anyona from nearing it.
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS:
Chain affiliation and wbere
thv are on the dial:
K.lLK (MBit 1X10. rotllind;
KKX (Ml:-lllil-) IISW. Portland,
hOA (NHT-HIM MHi I5ltl.
fcpukane; KOO (NBC-Blue) 810.
han Iranrlaro; KGW (NBC-Krdl
Sill. Portland; hJK (NHOBIu-l
Kwo, Heatu-; KNX ftBs) Mio.
Lne An(H-a; KOI (MIC-Krd) SMI.
Drnter; KOIN (BI 9?u. Port
land; KOM'I (MIC-Krd) M.
femttle; KPO (MIC-Krd) Km.
San franilvo; KSL (CBS) 1160,
Halt Lake City.
Time Shown la PAT """
Friday
p. m. Kat Smith Hour,
KSL; Adventure Stories, KQO, KJB,
KEX; June Arden. KOMO-, stars of
Today, KOW; Don Wlnslow of the
Navy, KPO.
8:30 p. m. News of the World,
KOO. KJR. KEX; BUI Henry, KEX:
Cocktail Hour, KOW; Leo F. Drews.
KOIN; November Overconters, KOMO.
6:00 p. m What's On Tour Mind.
KNX. KOIN, KSL; Walts Time, KPO.
KOMO. KOW; Clnnsmon Bear. KEX;
Judy Splinters. KOO. Scandinavian
Reporter. KJR.
S:0 p. m. Michael and Kitty.
KEX, KOO, KJR; Uncle Walter's Dog
House. KPO. KOW, KOMO; First
Ntghter. KNX. KSL. KOIN.
7 00 p. m. Shirley Temple Time.
KHL, KNX. KOIN: Wlnga of Destiny. I
KPO, KOMO, KGW; Candlelight Con- I
certs. KEX; What's Doing In Spona. ,
KOO.
! 7:30 p. m At Pearce'a Ganf . KNX
' KSL, KOIN: Grand Central Btatlon.
r, ry, nun, mjaayj; " i j Dnw j
I tor. RJlt; Modern music box, ala,
' Amateur Hour, KOO.
i 8:00 p. m. Fred Waring. KPO.
1 KOMO. KOW: Amoa -n' Andy, KNX.
i KSL, KOIN: Buy Washington. KJR.
I 8:15 p. m. Lanny Roaa, KNX,
KSL, KOIN: Lum and Abner, KPO,
I KOW, KOMO; Along the Sidelines,
! KJR.
18:30 p. m- Don't B Personal,
KOO, KJR. KEX; Playhoun, KNX,
KSL, KOIN.
j 8:00 p. m. Radio Chatter, KPO,
I KOW; Three Ring Time, KOO, KJR,
I KEX; Kate Smith Hour, KNX, KOIN;
Along the Sidelines, KJR; Punch
and Judy, KOMO; Sport. KSL.
0:30 p. m Ran Wilde'a Orch,
KOO, KJR; Dark Fantasy, KPO;
Monnltttht Sonata, KEX; Mary Bul
lock. KOW; November Overcoaters.
! KOMO.
10:00 p. m. Hollywood Legion
Stadium Flithta, KOO. KEX; Report
I er News. KPO, KOW, KOMO; News.
I KNX: Maaterworks of Music. KSL:
Seattle Public Schools, KJR; Five
Bur Final. KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Hollywood Legion
Stadium Flghta. KOO; Dance Orch..
KOW; Broadway Bandwagon, KEX;
Northwest Bible Institute. KJR;
Maaterworks of Music. KNX: The
World Today, KOIN; Bob McOrew's
Orchestra, KOMO, Eight Mysterious
Hats, KPO.
11:00 p. m Ptckard Family. KPO.
KOW; This Moving World, KEX:
Harry Owens' Orch . KSL, KOIN:
News. KNX. KOO: Scandinavian Mu
Uo, KJR; Rsverlea, KOMO.
Batordav.
8 :O0 p. m- Ran Wilde'a Orcb., KOO,
KEX: Muale of the Americas, KPO.'
KOMO. KOW; Spoils Story, KSL,
KNX, KOIN. j
8:80 p. m-Ed stokera Music, j
KPO, KOW, KOMO; World Peace- j
wave, KOO, KEX; Saturday Night
Review, KNX, KSL; Newa. KOIN;
Along the Sidelines, KJR.
6:00 p. m. Your Hit Parade. KSL:
Barn Danes, KPO, KOW. KOMO,
Message of Israel, KOO, KEX; Who.
What. Where and Why, KNX, KOIN;
Scandinavian Reporter, KJR.
6:30 p. m. Toacannl Treasure Con
cert. KJR. KEX: Sports, KOIN, KEX;
This World. KOO.
7:0 p. m.Toaeanlnl Treasury Con
cert. KOO, KEX. KJR; Sports News
reel. KPO. KOMO. KOW.
7:30 p. m- Grand old Opry, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; HI. Nelgnbor, KNX:
University Explorer. KOO. KEX.
KJR; Leon F. Drews. KOIN; Ameri
can Challenge. KSL.
8:00 p. m. Bishop and Gargoyle,
KOO. KJR, KEX: Truth or Conse
quences. KPO. KOW, KOMO; Ouy
Lombardo-a 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.
8:00 p. m. News. KPO. KOW.
KOMO: Henry Busses Orch, KOO.
KEX; Tour Hit Parade, KNX, KOIN;
Serenade, KJR: Sports, KSL.
8:30 p. m. The Edwards. KOO.
KEX: Best of the Week. KPO. KOMO,
KOW: News. KSL, KJR,
10:00 p. m. Two Round Jamboree,
KOO. KJR. KEX; Larry Carr. KOMO;
News, KOW. KNX. KOIN, KPO: Dance
Orch, KSL.
10 30 p. m. Two Round Jamboree.
KGO. KJR: Harry Owens' Orch,
KNX. KSL; Tha Quiet Hour. KEX:
World Today, KOIN; Bob McOrew'a
Orch.. KOMO: Concert Hall. KPO.
1 1 00 p. m. Frances Welner, KPO.
KOW: Martha Mears, KSL. KOIN:
Carl Ravazza's Orch.. KJR: News.
KNX. KOO; The Quiet Hour, KKX;
Evening Reveries, KOMO.
FIRST AID CENTERS IN
SCHOOLS OF PORTLAND
Portland, Dec. 12 (JP) Port
land's school buildings will be
prepared ai emergency first aid
centers with cots, blankets and
first aid equipment. Supt Ralph
E. Dugdale said today.
Teachers are to be trained in
first aid and students unable to
reach their homes witnin iu
: ,. alarm an ft tit
milium
relieved of classroom wotk.
A practice evacuation reveal
ed that only 240 students in 3S
reporting schools needed that
much time.
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