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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter tt
More Mystery
"VTOT to expect her back when?
1 Tonight?" Asey demanded.
"Who took the callT What did he
ay. exactly?"
"I answered." Freddy told him.
"I said, "Whale Inn,' and a man'i
vole (aid, la thli where Min
Olive Beadle lives?1 Z (aid, "Yes
and he (aid, "Well, don't expect
herl' Then he hung up before I
bad a chance to aik who he waa,
or how he knew about her, or
where (he waa, or anything elaet
I called Hanson and told him,
right away, and he tried to trace
the rail. But he couldn't find out
anything about it except that it
was made in town here. The oper
ator said there'd been a flurry of
calls right about then, and sne
didn't notice who called the Inn.
All she knew was that it wasn't
a long distance or a tou call.
"What d'vou make of that?'
Cummings inquired. That make
any sense to you, Aseyi
Asey shrugged. "Course," ha
said (lowly, "it'( perfectly pos
sible she Just happened to do
somethin' out of the ordinary to
night, an' wanted Mrs. Ooane to
know she was all right, but'd be
late. On the other band
"On the other hand, she doesn't
do things out of the ordinary!"
Freddy interrupted. "I wish I
could make you understand that!"
Freddy broke off as Hanson en.
tered the living room. He looked
distracted, too.
"Where the hell have you been,
Asey? I wish you wouldn't go
dashing off! Peterson wanted to
talk with you before he left Look,
he says there's everything to in
dicate Colt rifling on the bullet
the doc found, and the markings
on the bullet show no slippage as
It took the rifling, so it's probably
from a Colt automatic and not a
revolver."
"Huh!" Asey said. "In other
words, she probably waa killed by
a bullet from the twenty-two that
was there in the booth with her.
Peterson was pretty aura, was
be?"
"He aald there's always the
chance it wasn't, but I think he's
sure. He'll phone us back later,
and he's going to look up and see
if he can t find out who bought
the gun what'a the matter with
her?15
He pointed to Mrs. Clutterfleld,
who waa (till squealing at inter
vals. "Ooooh!"
"What's the matter with you?"
Hanson said brusquely.
"Ooooh I I didn't know a goat
was so important!"
"What's she talking about?"
Hanson appealed to Asey.
"I don't think," Asey said, "It's
worth the time to go into It Tell
me, Mrs. Clutterfleld, Just what
was you lookin' in windows for,
anyway?"
"Ooooh!" Mrs. Clutterfleld said.
"I saw all these policemen mov
ing aroundl Alfred waa afraid.
He said there might be trouble. I
wanted to see what was going onl
Really, if it's a matter of a fine,
I'm sure I can "
"I'm sure you can, too," Asey
said. "Tomorrow morn in', Mrs.
Clutterfleld. I'll tell you the fine,
an'- you will Right now, you go
up to your room an' stay there!"
Mrs. Clutterfleld scurried up the
stairs.
Now For Rankin
"IVHAT did you pack her off
''like that for?" Cummings
ranted to know.
"I can't concentrate with her
tquealin' so," Asey said. "Besides,
I'm sure sha. ain't got a thing to
do with this. Her problem is run
nin" over a goat"
"What was all that about
8nr?" Cummings persisted.
Asey grinned. 'That'e Just a
rharitahle problem, Doc. Where's
Rankin?"
"You'll And your friend In the
smoking room. Cummings drew
on his overcoat and picked up his
little black bag. "A blend of tol
erant amusement and reflned Irri
tation. He was only waiting for
a street car I mean, he was only
chasing someone else. I always
rnjoy that it-wasn't-me-lt-was-two-other-fellows
angle. Have fun
with him, I'm going to Join
Carey."
"You're goln' to do more work
tonight?" Asey asked in surprise.
"Thought you hated workin' up
there at night. You a I w a y a
claimed the place didn't have
enough light."
"It doesn't" Cummings said.
"But there are several things I
wanted to find out I'll let you
know if anying comes up I think
would interest you. uooa-ny.
Asey made nis way to the
smoking room, where Rankin was
reading a Sears Roebuck cata
logue. ''Hullo." Rankin looked up.
"Why do you look at ma that
way? Have I aged?"
"Nope." Asey said. "1 lust never
had a good look at you before to
night what with our either twin'
outside or in a car or in a halL I
thought you was older."
"It's the beard." Rankin said.
"A wise uncle of mine pointed out
years ago that successful geolo
gists wore beards. People some
how connect beards with ances
tor. Tm forty-eight, as matte
of fact Mayo, I gather it's Ann
who's been killed, and not Mix
Olive, and I also gather from
Cummlng's mutterings that ha
thinks I killed her. I didn't I was
very fond of Ann. But, as I told
Cummings, if it'll make tha au
thorities happier, go upstairs and
go through my things. Prod into
anything that strikes your fancy.
You'll And a forty-five Colt in my
bureau drawer, and a license to
carry it in my pig-skin wallet.
And tell me, why does Or. Cum.
mings dislike me so?"
"Wa-el," Asey said, "I think ifi
mostly the bill you owe him."
"The bill I owe him? But !
don'tl I left money with Freddy
to pay that bil' last year, before
I went home! If she forgot, why
didn't he send me a bill? My
God!"
"He said that he did, but"
- "He never did! I never got any!
How utterly ridiculous, to suspect
me of killing Ann because I didn't
pay a bill he never sent me! Was
that the reason he had me eeized
by that trooper? I waa brought
in here and told to wait for you.
Nobody explained why."
"Didn't they bring up tha mat
ter of somebody lurkin' around
pear In' into windows?" Asey
asked.
"I brought up that matter, my
self!" Rankin said. "Look, you
remember my cigarette lighter?
You threw it at Hanson, and in
all that rush after Elissa, I forgot
to retrieve it I'm fond of that
lighter, so I went out to see if 1
could find it And when I turned
the corner of the house, I saw
someone dart away from tha
bushea and waited to see if tha
fellow might come back. In my
own way, I waa trying to be help.
fuL I thought that under the
circumstances, someone darting
around bushea in a surreptitious
fashion was someone to grab and
Invesigate. And while I waa lurk
ing there in the bushes, waiting,
this trooper grabbed me. I'm
sure," Rankin concluded, "that he
meant well. So did L"
Blight Girl
"f SEE," Asey said. "Now, tell
a me about this girl Ann Joyce.
will you?"
"She was an awfully bright
and talented girl," Rankin said
promptly, "and I was very fond
of her. She worked for me as my
secretary the winter before last
It was admittedly a stopgap Job.
She wanted to go on the stage.
She was good-looking, and had
one of the lovliest voices I ever
heard, and I thought she had
ability. So I told people about her,
and nelpea ner get a Job here In
the South Pochet Barn Theatre
last summer. And I don't mind
telling you that whatever suc
cess the Theatre enjoyed was dua
wholly to Ann. Last winter sha
got some understudy Jobs, and
this summer, she came back to
the Bam Theatre to get mora ex
perience." 'Then," Asey said thoughtfully,
"you couldn't hardly, in all hon
esty, refer to her as a star, could
you?"
"No. That's why," Rankin said
In a troubled voice, "I can't begin
to understand this business of net
being shotl Ann wasn't important,
in the sense of her being any
colossal, glamorous success in the
theatre! Sha wasn't She waa Just
a talented, ambitious youngstet
starting to work her way up."
"An' beln' at tha foot of tha
ladder," Asey eaid, "she wasn't
far enough advanced on hei
career to have what you'd call
awful compiles tin' problems, was
she?"
She had problems, Rankin re
turned. "Who doesn't have prob
lems? The problem of getting
three meals a day is no less acuta
in tha theatre than it is anywhere
else!"
"Uh-huh. But there wasn t Hoi.
lvwood agenta flghtin' over her,"
Asey said, "or admirers chat
lengin' each other to duels, ot
people she'd stepped on yeafnin'
to pick out her eve teeth. Nobody
stood to lose millions because shs
did this thing Instead of that
thing. The point I'm makin' hi that
while her problems mattered to
her, they wasn't important an' far
reachin' enough to maka aomeona
want to kill her."
"I don't are why anyone would
want to kill her anyway!" Rankin
said.
"You can't think of anyone you
might call an enemy of hers?"
Asey asked. "Anyone that might
have had a grudge against her?"
Rankin hesitated.
"D'you remember," ha (aid at
last I told you earlier in the
evening that it wasn't fair for
you to ask ma my opinions of tha
people at the Inn until I knew
who was killed? Well, now I know
it was Ann, I m not going to pre
tend to pull any punches. Tha
Barn's success last summer was
due to Ann. Elissa Hingham'a one
of tha Barn's backers. Elissa'a
husband, Horace, Is "
"By the way," Asey Interrupted,
"Just for the record, what'a
Horace's last name?"
"His last name?" Rankin said.
"Why, it's let's see. Sproul, 1
think. No, it isn't It's Henderson,
or Sanderson, or Martinson, or
something. I don't really remem
ber. Anyway, Horace has wit
enough to know that Ann is
good.
Te ee eenUaaid
PHOENIX TOWNSENDERS
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
Phoenix, Dec. 15. (Spl.)
Phoenix Townsend club will
Women lev
men who wtar
Kuppenhaimer Suits.
S50.C0
sold only at
T3aKhC4
Store for Men
meet Tuesday night In the Chris
tian church. AU members are
urged to attend. Election of of
ficers will be main business.
The notice of the meeting, sent
out by the president, C. M. Med
calf, says "come and let'a wake
up to what the Townsend plan
will mean to all during this time
of distress."
I RITES FOR MEEK
i Portland, Ore., Dec. IS. AP)
I Funeral services for Lieut.-
Col. James A. Meek, 43, of the
i 182nd infantry. Fort Lewis, were
' held here today. Meek, a vet
i eran of the first world war,
died at the Vancouver Barracks
i hospital Saturday night of a
i heart ailment.
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS!
Chain affiliation and oboe
they are en the dial:
KALE (MB8) lase, Portland;
BEX (NBC-Blue) I1SO. Portland;
KOA (MW'-Hlue aV MKS) 1.110,
Spokane: KOU (NBC-Blue) SIO,
San rranciscai KGW (NBC-Red)
(20, Portland; KJat (NBC-Blue)
looe, Seattle; KNX ((Bit) lo;o.
loe Ancelea; KOA (NBC-Red) S.W.
Denier; KOIN (CBH) 70. Port
land: KOMO (NBC-Red) .
Seattle: KPO (NBC-Red) H0.
San Franeiseo; KM, (CBS) 1160,
Salt Lake City,
Time Shown Is PST
Monday
(KM) p. m. Adventure Btorlej,
KOO. KJR; Vox Pop, K8U KOIN:
Adventures In Toyland, KEX; aura
of Today, KOW; Jane Arden. KOMO;
Don Wlnslow ot the Navy, KPO.
(:S0 p. ra. News of the World,
KOO, KEX. KJR; Cocktail Hour,
KOW; Bill Henry, KNX: Leon P.
Drews, KOIN; Christmas BellMngers,
KOMO: Waits Rhythm, KPO; Voices
ot Yesterday. K8U
6:00 p. m. Radio Theater, KNX,
KOIN, KSls. Dr. I. Q.. Jim McCIaln,
KPO. KOW, KOMO: Cinnamon Bear,
KEX: Roae Re snick. KOO: Scandi
navian Reporter, KJR.
6:30 p. m. For America we Sing,
KOO, KIX, KJR; mat Brewster
Boy. KPO, KOW, KOMO.
7:00 p. m. BUI ot R.ghta, KSL.
KNX. KOIN, KZX. KJR, KPO. KOW,
KOMO.
7:30 p. m BUI of Rights Day.
KPO. KOMO, KKX. K8L. KOIN: Mod
ern Muale Box. KEX; Greater Wash
ington Hour, KJR.
8:00 p. m. Amos n Andy, KNX,
KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring, KPO,
KOMO, KOW; He-bert Marshall. KOO,
KJR. KEX.
8:18 p. m. Lenny Ross. KNX. KBL,
KOIN: Lum and Abner, KPO, KOMO,
KOW; Shall Bert Wheeler. KJR.
8:30 p. tn. I Love a Mystery. KOO,
KEX, KJR; Alfred Wallenatetn'a
Orch.. KPO, KOW, KOMO; Oay
Nineties Revue, KNX, KSL. KOIN.
9:00 p. m. Telephone Hour, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; True or False, KOO,
KJR, KEX; Sports, KSL.
8:30 p. m. Hawthorne House, KPO.
KOMO, KOW: Hollywood Showcase,
KNX, KOIN; Nat'l Radio Forum,
KOO: News. KSL, KJR; Moonlight
Sonata. KEX.
10:00 p. m. vean Wilde's Orch..
KEX, KOO, KJR: Reporter News,
KPO, KOW, KOMO: Maaterworks of
Music, KSL: i:ews, KNX; Five Star
Final. KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Ed Stoker's Orch..
KOW; Stanley Kenton's Orch.. KJR;
Alvlno Rey's Orch., KSL; Broadway
Bandwagon, KEX; Ran Wilde's Orch.,
KOO: Maaterworks of Music, KNX:
The World Today, KOIN: Chrlstmaa
Fund, KOMO; Concert Hall, KPO.
11 :00 p. m Bob Bradley and Er
wln Yeo, KSL, KOIN; String Sere
nade. KPO. KOW; This Moving
World. KEX; News, KNX, KOO; Rev
eries, KOMO.
Tuesday
8 00 p. m- Advtntura stories, KOO.
KJR; Are Tou a Missing Heir. KSL:
Jane Arden. KOMO: News. KOIN:
Adventure In Toyland, KEX; Stars ot
Today, KOW; Don Wlnalow of the
Navy, KPO.
8:80 p. m. News of the World,
KOO, KJR, KEX; The Arkaneaa Tra
veler. KSL; Horace Helen's Treasure
Cheat. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Today's
Best Buys, KNX; Byes ot the World.
KOIN.
6:00 p. m. Burns and Allen, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; We. the People, KSL:
Ken Stevens and Erwln Too, KOIN:
Cinnamon Bear, KEX; Scandinavian
Reporter, KJR; Second Husband,
KNX.
6:80 p. m. Symphony Concert,
KOO, KEX, KJR; Who, What, Where
and Why, KNX, KOIK: Fibber Mc
Oee, KPO, KOMO, KOW.
7:00 p. ra. Bob Hope Variety
Show, KPO, KOMO, KOW: Glenn
Miller's Orch, KNX. KSL, KOIN.
7:30 p. m. Red Skelton. KPO.
KOW, KOMO; Treasury Hour, KOO,
KEX, KJR: Leon F. Drews, KOIN;
Second Husband, KSL.
8:00 p. m. Amos 'n' Andy, KNX,
KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO, KOW,
KOMO.
8:18 p. m. Lum and Abner, KPO,
NO CO-OPERATION
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
EASttrttOrir POOR OPTO
ART) KITS SfEALTHIlYlfi
1b ATE IF ICS SATE 1b
BRiKfefrlECHllPRPN'J
CHRiSfMto SUP hi
u
HFRRS WIFE REMARK KM5 Gtibm iWfilYHE
SHE M0U6Hf SHE HEARD DArfeER IS PASt AND
SOMEONE AffriE rROftf YriEN RKOMOlTPlS
DOOR.REIKEftfS
W&yu
TlnTMHECOftSfflEAR,
j4P start's in. wife
UJfte1bfHllREKl she
TEE1S A DRAFT", 60 SEE IF
FROUT DOOR IS OPEN
BACKS OUT HORRIEJlY
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WAHVWCOLP,lWliL
MlLDREW HAVE SOKE
UPSTAIRS ASAlN, AKID
CAlHiOlW EASES HIM
SELF WOKCE MORE
WIFE CALLS BRlfcHTLV,
&1rlArrtXJ,TADDV?"
AND CHIIDREH COME
RUrWllte. 6ETS OltT
OUSflrHrlE
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IttUIAtft
(nelcassd ey T1s Betl Byndtpafa, tae.)
SPENDS HALF AM HOUR
HWWG SLED IN 6ARA6FJ
writs in hjiw sr uurco
fo his wife: all
evening
g-lS
KOW. KOMO; Lenny Hose. KNX.
KSL, KOIN.
6:30 p. m Johnny Presents, KPO.
KOMO, KOW: Information Please.
KOO, KEX, KJR; Are Tou a Miasm
Hetr, KNX. KOIN; News. KSL.
80 p. m. We. the People, KNX.
KOIN: Eaay Aces. KOO, KJR, KEX:
Adventures of the Thin Man. KPO.
KOMO, KOW; Sports, KSU
9 -JO a. m. Battle of the Sexes,
KPO, KOMO. KOW: Arkansas Tra
veler. KNX, KOIN; Mai Hallett. KOO:
News. KJR, KSL; Moonlight Sonata.
KEX.
180 p. ra. Henry Busae's Orch..
KOO. KEX. KJR: Reporter News.
KPO. KOMO. KOW; Masterworks of
Muale, KSL; News, KKX; Fire Star
Final, KOIN.
J0:S0 p. m. Tiny Hill's Oreh. KSL:
Charles Dent's Orch., KOW: Stanley
Kenton'a Orch, KOO, KJR; Broadway
Bandwagon, KEX; Masterworks of
Music, KNX: The World Today.
KOIN; Concert Ball, KPO.
1 1 .00 p. m. Chuck Wagon Davs,
KPO, KOW; This Moving World, KEX.
KJR; Anita Carol. KSL, KOIN; News.
KNX. KOO: Reveries, KOMO.
20-30 Favors U. 5.
Taking Offensive
Marshfield, Ore., Dec. 15.
(AP) Governors and congress.
men of the three Pacific coastQ
states were urged yesterday by
20-30 club members of the north
west district to stress offense in
stead of defense In national
activity. They selected Klamath
Falls for the next semi-annual
convention.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
ho Two 5pgciMen9 of
THE, UOC.K.
MOTH ARE
ALIKE IN
COLOR
ANP
MARKINGS
by JOHN MX
On a
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A gttlVSH.
POLONY,
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NOT INV&NTEP UNllU-y
r
fat? TH&TLS f5CAe. .
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OF SCOTLAND KECALrSE
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PANS ONCfc TePPEP
ON. ONE lHWh
,, WAXNINQ THB
fP, 'SCOTCH OF,
H-te
At, -fte gow5eR hotcl bar,
VANCOUVER INLAND MIKE' A A'.f
AQH3R.EL THE ONLY A'-r- .
PROPRIETOR MIKE WOULD BRING '
-TAKE MONEY AMP RETURN ?
rMANiP frill
patrons without o
CHANGE OR SERVICE J,
rm M'.n
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CANINE BARTENDER
Patrons entering the Bowser House bar no longer find Mike, tha uncannily Intelligent
canine, dispensing beer. Mike was struck by a hit and run driver on Jan. 2, 1941.
For eight of his nine years Mike brought bottles of beer to customers, took their money,
and returned change. Though ha often handled a dosen patrons at the same time, he never
made an error. So attached to Mike was owner Charles Winfield that ha allowed the dog to
sleep with him and eat at the earn table! Mike'a daughter, Mitii, is being groomed to take
her famed sire's place at tha bar.
TOMORROWi Pin Head Plantl
LI'L ABNER Safety Firstl
By AL CAPP
WHAT INSPIRING fVSSAGE AnAZING.'-BUT- ( I DON'T
HAVE YOU FOR THE. PUBLIC. I WHY DID HE. SAY J A KNOW.' S
m. voKun 7 L 'cherry blossom- and-what
ws WHAT DOE.S IT A IS WORSE-
f-r-r CHERRY rr MEAN -AND WHY DOE'S HE. DOESN'T
ITS JUST
SOMETHING
THAT COHES
OVfcK
if
THIS IS A FANTASTIC
CASE. -A CASE FOR
PSYCHOANALYSIS.?
SOM&WHE.RE.,
DEEP IN HIS MIND
-IS THE ANSWER
EXPLANATION
r
1
A
WE MUST SOLVE THIS
STRANGE OBSESSION
OR IT WILL CONTINUE TO
PREY ON HIS MIND
AND ULTIMATELY
DESTROY IT MRS.
EOI-'iMIKc.,'-Y01j MUST
PLACE THAT BOY IN MY
hands
COURSE
I WILL.
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By HAL FORREST
Skeeter.,
UNDER. THE
HYPNOTIC
INFLUENCE
OF THE DR.UO
Administered
him bv dr..
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MEMBER, OF
BARON VON
HOPSI EC'S
ESPIONAGE
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ls.HJ& i0,N& TO GET S0ME shot
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PRACTICE TOMORROWS
ABOUT TIME YOU ) ;p ll IHEY.VOU LUG.' I'M .SPEAKING! S 1
COT IN. SKEETS fA I TO YOU.. WHERE'S YOUR, t i 'i ( KK KROAlC
ANOTHER. SECOND I lUTl TONGUE?... YOU LOOK AS I rrj N' rL,
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