PAGE EIGHT
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter 25
Elissa
"ORAM REID." Aaey Mid. "I
item to connect that nam
with something. Wasn't he in the
movie once?"
"Yea. He waa one of the atrong
client men around the Pearl White
era. Now, d'you get the picture?
Horace knows Ann is good, he'a
doing hia beat to give her the
breaks, and EUssa'a Jealous as
hell. She'a always been Jealous of
hia interest in Ann, which ia pure
ly professional, and she's alwaya
been Jealous of Ann's success. She
doesn't understand why Ann
should get on and get ahead."
"Why not? You aaid the girl
bad talent, an'"
"She hasl But Ellssa's jeaioua
of anyone who seems to be sue
ceeding without pull, and on their
own merits. You see, Mayo, Missa
was a mediocre soprano who kid
ded a lot of people into thinking
the was good. Uod knows now
much money old man Hingham
threw away trying to make an
opera star of herl She'a still try
ing to Buy ner way into me inea
ter somehow!"
"What you mean," Asey aaid,
"is that Mrs. Hingham haa plenty
of motive for killin' the girl, but
while killin' the girl might maybe
ease her Jealous teelin'a, it'd hurt
her pocketbook maybe more."
"Something like that," Rankin
aid. "Of course, Elissa la impul
sive. There's no reason or logic
behind a lot she does. The only
person Elissa think of ia Elissa
and that'a Just another reason
why it doesn't seem that ahe
would harm Ann. She might have
wanted to, but she'd have been
held back by the thought of the
consequences Mayo, when waa
Ann killed?"
"Looks," Asey said, "like ahe
was shot in the phone booth Just
Defore six.
"I'm sure she wasn't killed be
fore five-thirty," Rankin said.
'That was when I left with Judge
Houghton. And Lady Boop and I
were there in the living room all
afternoon. Mayo, where ia Miss
Olive?"
That'a problem. I've been
lookin' into," Asey aaid, "without
success. Can you think of any rea
son why Ann Joyce should be
dressed up in her clothes?"
' i can t tninx or any reason tor
any of this, ' Rankin aaid, "and
that least of all. Of course
"Of course what?" Asey prompt
er
"Well, Miss Olive goes pretty
much her own way," Rankin said.
"Week after next, when the place
gets going, you'll And It full of
Lady Boops. Elissa is definitely
not a Whale Inn type. She adds
glamour to the place, she and
Horace, and I think that'a why
Mrs. D. likes them to stay here.
They make the Boops of the world
feel worldly. Miss Olive isn't a
Whale Inn type, either. She knows
all the townspeople, but she
doesn't have much to do either
with the Boops, or Elissa. She
never had much to do with Ann
last summer. I mean, they Just
noaaea ana saia neno to eacn
other. But thia probably isn't
vinrtk follinat vnn
No Suspicions
"pO ON," Asey aaid. "Right now
J I'm eager for crumbs."
"Well, since Miss Olive's been
here this year, I've noticed her
chatting often with Ann. One day
I don't remember if it waa
Wednesday or Thursday Ann
picked up Miss Olive's coat from
a chair arm and tried it on. Miss
Olive looked annoyed and told
her to take it off at once, and said
something about mockery that I
didn't hear. Now, when the doctor
told me it was Ann dressed up in
Miss Olive's clothes, I just took it
for granted she must have done it
for something at the Theater. But
then I remembered that scene,
, and I wonder. Mayo. D'you sup
pose Ann Just had the impulse to
dress up like her and see if she
could fool anyone? Bram Reid'a
been teaching her a lot about
make-up. Maybe, lust for the hell
of it, she wanted to see if she
rould get away with being Miss
Olive for an afternoon."
"Did you have any ausptclon
about her when you give her the
two nickels for her dime?" Asey
asked.
"Not then. Now It occurs to me
that ahe seemed a little excited
and breathless. And I never knew
her to ask for change before. She'a
the aort who always haa two
nickela for your dime. It doesn't
aeem possible that Ann could fool
me, but I find mvself wondering
if she did! And. Mayo, that brings
up something else. Suppose Ann
did dress up to see if she rould
fct away with being Misa Olive,
r she was keeping it a secret, and
no one knew what ahe intended
doln. then someone killed her
thinking she was Miss Olivel"
"Uh-huh."
"Well, my God!" Rankin said,
"that'a fantastic, too, aa I told
Hanson out there on the porch!
D'you think someone meant to
kill Misa Olive? And why?"
SPANISH SHIP AND CREW
DETAINED IN NEW YORK
New York, Dec. 18 ,P The
Spanish steamship Isla De Ten
erife, ita master, Capt. Jose Al
bert, and his wireless operator,
Eduardo Fernandea, were de
tained today by the combined
action of the roast guard, naval
Intelligence and customs agents.
Thrill him!
With a Christmas
Gift
from
Store for Men
Asey shook hia head.
"Those questions," he aaid,
"been hauntui' me for what seems
like years. Kankin, you wouldn't
know about any play where there
might be a Miss Olive sort of
character, do you?"
"I don't know anything about
the Theater's plans," Rankin said.
'They don't stick to their sched
ule, where are you going?"
"I'm goin'," Asey said, "to see
if I can't get started, like, an' put
my finger on somethin'. I don't
much care what. To quote Doc
Cummings, 'I'm speechless with
too much speculation'."
"Want me to stay here In seclu
sion?" Rankin asked.
"Wa-el," Asey aaid with a grin,
"I don't think you're the peeper
we want unless you waa peepin'
around here a little after six.
"I wasn't I waa with Judge
Houghton," Rankin told him. "He
asked me to dinner, forgetting it
was his housekeeper's night off.
So he and I broiled a steak, and
we were Just settling down for an
evening of the Houghton family
tree when he got a call from some
distressed client up the Cape. I
don't know what time I cam
back but you were here then,
weren't you? Have you tried to
locate Miss Olive?"
"I've scoured around every
where," Asey aaid, "but Lord
knows where she is! I'm torn right
now between the desire to track
her down, an' to get hold of the
Hinghams an' pump them. Only
trouble is, until I find out where
the real Miss Olive went, an' what
she did, it's kind of aimless try in'
to pump anybody. You ain't sure
which you aeen an' give nickel
to, an' I ain't sure which Jennie
an' I seen at the four comers.
There ain't really any place where
you can focus your mind an' start
from."
Stymied
RANKIN said that all he'd tried
to do, personally, was to fo
cus his mind on motives.
"And look at the state of con
fusion I'm in! But certainly Han
son's men can find linaerDrints
and things like that!"
Asey smiled.
"A phone booth." he ald. "Is
sort of a lair for assorted finger
print, when you stop an think
of it Or, at least, it would be if
Mrs. Doane hadn't been kind
enough to clean it out so nice
after ahe moved the body. Just
her movin' it from the booth to
the porch ain't been any aid, ex
actly, either. An' if there'd hap
pened to of been prints on that
gun, Mrs. Doane probably wiped
em off. Wa-el. I'll be seein' you."
The door at the end of the hall
waa ajar, and Asey paused in the
act of pushing it open to listen to
the voice of Jennie soaring high
in argument with Hanson, in the
living room beyond. Then Mrs.
Doane and Freddy chimed in, and
then the bass voice of one of Han
son's troopers.
Asey stood for a moment and
listened, mentally noting that it
he answered half the questions
they professed to have waiting foi
him on the tip of their tongues h
would be talking for the rest of
the night
with a weary sigh, he turned
back up the hall, lie didn't feci
like being pounced on, and ht
didn't want any more problems
broached than the ones which
were already besetting him.
He tiptoed past Rankin in the
smoking room, quietly opened a
winaow ai ine enu 01 ine nan, re
moved the window screen, and
slid over the aill outdoors.
The rain had turned to a drizzle
while he was driving around
hunting Miss Olive, and now th)
drizzle had turned to a thick, wet
clammy fog that cut the light
Irom the street lamps down to a
small, bulging glow.
Asey Walked ovet to a bench
near a birdbath, and sat down. It
had been hard enough trying to
find Miss Olive In a light rain, and
now, with this fog, it seemed 4
little senseless to go driving from
one road to another when vou
couldn't see any more of cars than
the blur of their hradlighti. H
could always round up the Hing
ham and ask them questions.
Horace of the elusive last namt
ought to be able to tell whethei
Ann Joyce waa costuming hersell
for some prospective plav. or
whether ahe waa dressing up tot
fun.
And even if It were for some
play, and Horace knew about it
Asey tnougnt that dictn t advance
things very much. Then you'd
only have to delve around and
find out how many other penplt
might have known, too, and if the
person who shot Ann Jovce in
Miss Olive's clothes had known
she waa masquerading and was
counting on that fart to confuse
everyone, they would hardly ad
mit the fact And if only Horace
knew, then you were right back
where you started, and someone
waa shooting Ann Joyce instead
of Miss Olive, and thinking it waa
ine latter.
Ascv nut his feet un on tha
bench and pulled out his pipe.
Te aa eentlnoad
The 5,113 ton vessel, scheduled
to sail Inte Saturday, was de
tained, officials said, when it
was discovered that it had loaded
aa ship's stores numerous parts
of radio transmission and re
ceiving sets, 100 50 gallon drums
of lubricating oil and $38,000
worth of silk.
SMJ (ml, 40 OnIS
Mlnnetpolln. Minn. (UP) Mrs. W
B MrCallum, of St. Paul, would Ilk
to find the man who bought her
SA& coat ror 40 cents at a rummage
Mir. Mrs. Mi-Callutn was on of the
volunteer workers at the Ml. She
hunt her coat too near a counter.
Another worker pinned a price tag
on It.
Belleville. III. (L'PI Oie Saturday
a fire damaged the garage at the rear
of the home of Herman Lorena.
The neit day his car. parked In front
of the houn. waa atruck by another
machine. The following Saturday a
bit and run driver airurk hia car
again as It waa parked In the earn
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KJR; Are Tou a Mlaalng Heir. KSL;
Jan Arden. KOMO; News, KOIN;
Adventure In Toyland. KEX; Start of
Today, KOW; Don Wlnalow of the i
Navy, KPO.
5:30 p. m Newa of the World.
KOO. KJR. KEX: The Arkansas Tra
veler, KSL: Horaoe Heldt's Treasure
Cheat. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Todays
Beat Buys, KNX; Eyes of th World,
KOIN.
8:00 p. m. Bums and Allen. KPO,
KOW, KOMO; We, the People, KSL: ,
Ken Stevens and Erwtn Yeo. KOIN;
Cinnamon Bear, KEX; Scandinavian
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6:90 p. m. Symphony Concert.
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7:30 p. tn. Bed Skelton. KPO,
KOW, KOMO; Treaury Hour. KOO.
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6:00 p. m Amos n' Andy, KNX,
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KOMO.
8:15 p. m. Lura and Abner, KPO,
KOW. KOMO; Lanny Rosa, KNX,
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8:30 p. m. Johnny Presents, KPO,
KOMO, KOW: Information Pleaae.
KOO. KEX, KJR: Are You a Missing
Heir, KNX, KOIN; Newt. KSL.
:00 p. m. We, the People, KNX.
KOIN; Easy Aces. KOO, KJR. KEX:
Adventurea of the Thin Man, KPO.
KOMO, KOW; Sports, KSL.
8:30 a.- m. Battle of the Sexes.
KPO. KOMO, KOW; Arkansas Tra
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Newi, KJR, KSL; Moonlight Sonata.
KEX.
10:00 p. m. Henry Busse's Orch..
KOO. KEX. KJR; Reporter News,
KPO, KOMO, KOW; Masterworks of
Mualc, KSL; News. KICX: Plve Star
Pinal, KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Tiny Hill's Orch.. KSL:
Charles Dant'a Orch., KOW; Stanley
Kenton's Orch., KOO, KJR; Broadway
Bandwagon, KEX; Masterworks of
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, KPO, KOW; This Moving World. KEX, !
KJR; Anita Carol. KSL, KOIN; News, j
KNX. KOO; Reverie. KOMO. j
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6:00 p. m. Adventur Btorte. I
KOO. KJR: Big Town, KSL: Ken I
Stevens. KOIN; Jane Arden. KOMO;
Adventurea In Toyland, KEX: Stars
of Today, KOW; Don Wlnalow of '
the Navy, KPO. j
6:30 p. m. Dr. Christian, KSL; i
Newa of the World. KOO, KJR. KEX:
Cocktail Hour, KOW: BUI Henry.
KNX; Eyes of th World. KOIN; Par
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Rhythm. KPO.
6:00 p. m. pred Allen. KSL: Pfad
Warlng's Orch., KPO, KOW, KOMO:
Secret City. KJR; Cinnamon Bear.
KEX: Scandinavian Reporter. KJR;
Tonight's Best Buys, K.VX. KOIN.
6:30 p. m. Penthouas arty, KOO.
KJR, KEX: Concert by Kalash, KPO;
Big Town, KNX. KOIN: Highlight
Hour. KOMO.
7:00 p. m. Olenn Miller's Orch..
KNX, KSL, KOIN; American Melody
Hour, KOO, KEX, KJR; Kay Kyser's
Musical. Quia, KPO, KOW, KOMO.
7 SO p. m. News Her and Abroad.
KOO, KJR; Romance of the Ranches,
KNX: Modern Music Box. KEX: Leon
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KOIN: Manhattan at Midnight, KOO,
KJR, KEX; Newa. KSL.
B:00 p. m. Time to Smile. KPO.
KOW. KOMO: Easy Ace. KOO, KEX.
KJR: Pred Allen. KOIN, KNX; Hymn
Service, KSL.
8 30 p. m Mr. District Attorney.
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KNX. KOIN; Maaterworks of Music.
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10:30 p. m. John Sullivan's Orch..
KSL; Mutlc for Listening. KOW;
Broadway Bandwagon, KEX; Rev.
Peteraon. KJR: Public Affairs, KNX:
The World Today. KOIN: Christmas
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11:00 p. m. Dancing with Clancy.
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Salem. Dec. 16. VP) A crew
I of 100 men began work on th
'Salem airport today to prepare
it for use as an emergency army
field in case the army air base
in Portland ia put out of com
mission. Army authorities said
the airport would not be used
on a permanent basis.
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