PAGE TWELVE
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter 27
At Six Per Cent
-I WAS partners with Sim Smith
In this schooner," Washy said.
That's where my money was tied
up. I knew I'd get the money back
all right, some day, but the bank,
It had to get paid cash money
then, see?'
Asey nodded.
"WelL" Washy continued. "I
was feelln' pretty blue about it all
when Miss Olive come to me one
day, out in the kitchen, an' said
she knew how things was, an'
she'd like to lend me the cash
money to pay the bank. Only she
man t want Mrs. uoane 10 Know,
So
"Why not?"
"Miss Olive said Mrs. Doane'd
make a lot of fuss over her, an'
things wouldn't be the same, an'
nothin' but hard feelin's ever
come when one woman lent an
other woman money 1 think she
was right, don't you, Asey?. An'
when them cussed cops started
pokin' around tonight, I thought
to myself, I wasn't goin' to have
this spoiled now if I could help it.
It'd look awful funny if they
asked my wife to explain about
the notes an' she didn't know, see,
an' nobody'd believe me if Miss
Olive wasn t there."
"Washy, where In tlme'd Miss
Olive get this cash money to pay
you with? They told me she was
a scnooiteacner.
"Oh, she's one of them careful
ones, I guess," Washy said. "Think
of it, my wife not knowin' about
this! When I get the last cent paid
up, I'm goin' to tell her an' show
her the notes, an' that's goin' to
be a peat day, Asey, I can tell
youi Asey, you uuii i imnn, eny
thing's happened to Miss Olive to.
night, do you?"
"I don't know." Asey opened
the tin box. struck a match, and
held up one of the papers. It was
a note, an ngnt, wasny was ap
narentlv tellinff the truth.
"I hope you noticed," Washy
aid proudly, "that I pay her six
per cent interest, too. I pay that
regular, out of my own pay, an'
what I pick up shootin' crap with
fellers like Rankin around the
Inn.
"Where's that gun of yours?'
Asey said. "Got it in your pocket
now?"
"Oh, I giva that to one of them
eops," Washy said. "I told him I
had a gun, an' a license, an' give
em to mm, ngnt away, dui you
know what I was thinkin' to?
night?"
T'What?"
"I was thinkin'. If anyone's
harmed Miss Olive," Washy said,
"I don't know but what I might
cut loose enough to make up for
all them quiet years. I'd like to
locate her, Asey, an' be sure she
was all right. Can't you flgger out
some way we can find her?"
"I done my best," Asey assured
him. 'Tell me one more thin,
Wsshy. This feller Alfred. Lady
Boop's chauffeur. You seen him
go Into the Inn this evenin' "
Mors On Alfred
T TOLD them cops I took a pot
I shot at him," Washy said with
snicker. "I couldn't help myself,
t always wanted to, an' there he
stood outlined against mat ell, mg
as a bargel I knew I hadn't ought
to of. but I couldn't help myself.
I Just had to, Asey."
"Wssn't carryin' anythln', was
he?" Asey asked. "Like a large
bundle, maybe?"
Washy laughed.
"Say, you couldn't tell, with
him! Once I seen him walk in that
kind of waddle of his from the
garage to the car, an' it wasn't till
ten minutes later that I realized
he'd been lucgin' a tire all the
timet He ain t such a bad shot.
Used to be a cop, you know."
"Alfred? He was a cop?"
"Yup," Washy said. "Till he got
kicked off of the force for bribery
an' corruption 'course, he never
told me that part. He Just said he
didn't see no future in bein' a con.
so he quit Say, Asey, anyone
"Whose?"
"Miss Olive's. I don't know'a I
aver knew It to haooen " Washv
satd, "hut I been thinkin' maybe
she might of come In an' gone to
hed with a headache or lomethln'.
Seems like somebody ought to of
seen her come in, if she did, or
her car'd be herejjut she's a quiet
sort of person. Don't make any
noise. She might have come in
without any of us hearln' her.
'Course. I know whoever called
up said not to expect her, but Just
the same, she might be bark any
way. You can't never tell."
"What do you make of that
cailT" Asey asked.
"Oh. I think Freddy got It
wrong. You know," Washy low
ered his voice, "she's got this fel
ler, Freddy has. an' mv wife dun't
like him, an' Freddy's kind of
worked up about things. She don't
pay auemion. jonignt tn there.
SIX NAVY IN DIE
Norfolk, V., Dec. 18. -P
A navy patrol plane crashed on
the takeoff at Elizabeth City,
N. C, Wednesday and killed alx
crew members, the fifth naval
district public relations office
nnounced.
The dead:
Give him . . .
d A SWEATER
$3.95 to $12.50
73aXbva
Stor (or Men
when she was talkin' with that
head cop, I noticed she made any
number of mistakes. I didn't say
nothin', because I knew if I point
ed 'em out her mother" d jump on
her my wife's a great Jumper,
you noticed that?"
"Uh-huh. Mistakes like what.
Washy?"
"Like about this afternoon. She
kept tellin' that cop that there
was somebody in the livin' room
all the time, every single minute,
an' I know for a fact there wasn'tl
She an' Rankin an' Lady Boop
was out in my kitchen at least
twice, all three of 'em, together,
yellin for food. Couldn't have
been anybody in the livin' room
then, now, could there?"
"Huh!" Asey saw the remains
of his theory about the phone
booth's rear door disappearing
forever.
"An" she kept sayln' we was all
In the livin' room durin' that spe
cial broadcast, too!"
"Wasn't you?" Asey said.
"Why, we all come together to
hear it, but we didn't stay put,
like Freddy made that cop think!
The laundry man come just as the
King started to speak, an' I had
to get up an' give him the laun
dry, an" my wife went off while
the Queen was speakin', to get
Lady Boop a handkerchief think
of her, cry in' her eyes out for the
British," Washy said, "but she
wouldn't give 'em ten cents if her
life depended on it! An' Rankin
went out durin' that music in the
middle of it to get his raincoat
he'd left down here begun to
look awful stormy about then. An'
then Mamie Riggs got up an' left
after the President'd spoke a min
ute or two. So what I think about
that call Freddy took tonight,
Asey, is just that she made an
nother mistake again. Between
you an' me, I think he's around
here somewheres."
"Who? The feller that shot Ann
Joyce?"
"I don't know nothin' about
him. I mean Freddy's feller.
'Course, no one's asked me,"
Washy said, "but what I think is,
that someone just asked Freddy
for Miss Olive, an' said she could
expect him to call back, an' Fred
dy got it wrong."
New Problems -
ASEY got up from the bath
house steps.
"Huh!" he said. "Anyway, that
may explain why people been
peerln' around, an' where Freddy
was, an' why she was so gay when
she come inl I think you gone a
long way toward clearin' up some
things. Washy, but you sure land
ed me a flock of other problems!"
Washy said in a hurt voice he
was sure he didn't see how he'd
done any such thing.
"I only told you what you
asked!" he added.
"Uh-huh. An' added a money
problem that's got considerable
ramifications," Asey said, "an' giva
everyone a gun an Alfred a crim
inal career, as you might say, an'
balled up this timin' Dusiness to
a fare-thee-welL. But, anyway, I
think you got somethin' in bring
in' up her room. 'Course, Han
son's boys must of looked it over
by now, but I think I'll take a
look at Miss Olive's room myself.
I wonder, could I get to it without
bein' seen. Washy? People been
gettin' in my hair. Where is her
room?"
"I'll show you," Washy said.
Washy chatted about Cape Cod
clam chowder and his own par
ticular version of it as he and
Asey walked bark to the Inn.
"Gorry," he said, as they neared
the brush pile, "see them car
lights! Looks like there was even
more of 'em millin' around! But
what I say, Asey, is you can't be
gin to tell no New Yorker about
clam chowder because they don't
even anow wnat a clam Is.
"Washy," Asey said, "who do
you think shot that girl?"
"Gorry. Asey, I don't know!
Don't seem to me it could of been
anybody hereabouts! She got
along fine with folks when she
stayed here last summer my
wife always likes to have an ac
tress or two around, or somebody
mixed up with the theater, you
know. Kind of sets up the rest, an'
gives 'em something to gawp at
an' talk about"
"Don't you know somebody that
didn't like her?" Asey persisted.
"Can't you think of any reason
why somebody might have want
ed to kill her?"
"To tell you the truth," Washy
said. "I don't know much about
the boarders I mean, the guests.
Most of the time I'm right out in
my kitchen. This Joyce irl
seemed nice an' pleasant, an' I'll
say for her she always cleaned up
her plate! Always had a pleasant
word when you seen her. 'Nice
dinner,' she'd sav. Or 'Nice lunch.'
Or something like that 'Course,
I did wonder about the Hing.
hams. But then that seemed kind
of silly."
Te ee eentlnse4
Krne.it A. Simpson, 28, of Se
attle, aviation machinist male,
first class, navy aviation pilot
and piloting the plane at the
time of the crash,
Samuel L. Llndcmann, 23. of
BallinKcr, Texas, avlntlim ma
chinist mate, second class.
Robert D. Asquilh, 21, of
Bowling Green, Mo., aviation
machinist mate, third class.
Leon I.. Lei.itner, 19, of Kal
Isprll, Mont., seaman, second
cIbm.
(ioulrlen W. Johnston, 27, of
R.F.D. 1, Gray, Oklahoma, ra
dioman, third clns.
Francis J. A. Suttell, 26, sea
man second class, Baden, Pa.
The crah occurred at B SO a.
m. The bodies were taken to
the naval hospital here pending
funeral arrangements.
The navy gave no further de
tails. Tests show the old-type nail
cut out of genuine wrought Iron
has greater resistance to corros
ion and 72 per cent more hold
ing qualities than steel-wire
nails.
On the Radio Chains
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Seattle: KPO (NBC-Red) SM.
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6:00 p. m. Adventure Stories,
KOO, KJR; Death Valley Days, K8L;
Jane Arden, KOMO; Adventures In
Toy'.and, KEX; dura ot Today, KOW;
Ken Bterena. KNX; Eye of the
World. KOIN; Don Wlnalow of the
Nary. KPO.
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KOMO; Cinnamon Bear. KEX; Judy
Splinters, KOO; Scandinavian Re
porter, KJR.
6:30 p. m. Jos Oalllochlo's Orch.,
KOO. KJR. KEX; Christmas Bell
ringers. KJR.
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7:30 p. m. Prank ray, KPO. KOW,
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6:00 p. m Amos n" Andy, KNX,
KSU KOIN: Fred Wartnf, KPO.
KOMO. KWW; March of Time, KJR.
KOO. KEX.
8:16 p. m. Lum and Abner, KPO,
KOW. KOMO; Lanny Ross, KNX.
KOIN, KSU
6:30 p. m. Ma jd la's Diary. KNX,
KOIN; Saunders of Circle X, KOO.
KEX; Panny Brio, KPO. KOMO,
KOW; News, KSU; Flowers for the
Living, KEX; Captain Quia. KJR.
0:00 p. m. Easy Aoes, KOO, KBX.
KJR; Duffy's Tavern, KNX, KOIN;
Aldrlcb Family, KPO, KOMO, KOW;
Sports, KSU
30 p. m Musle by Moonlight.
KOW; Death Valley Daya, KNX,
KOIN: Moonlight Sonata, KEX: Din
ner at Omar's, KOO; Musical Quln
lla, KOMO; Dance Orch.. KPO.
10:00 p. m. America Town Meet
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porter News, KPO, KOMO, KOW:
News, KNX; Maaterworks of Music,
KSL; Flee Star Final. KOIN.'
10:30 p. m. W Stoker's Musis.
KOW; Reld Tanner's Orch.. KSL;
Maaterworks of Music. KNX; The
World Today, KOIN; Industry and
Defense, KOMO: Conosrt Ball. KPO.
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11:00 p. m Etchings In Brass.
KPO; This Mortng World. KJR, KEX;
Harry Owen's Orch, KSU KOIN;
News, KNX.
Friday.
8.00 p. m. Kate smith. KSL; Ad
venture Stories, KOO, KJR, KEX;
Jane Arden, KOMO: Stars of Today,
KOW; Don Wlnaow of the Ksvy. KPO.
6:30 p. ra. Naws of the World,
KOO. KJR. KEX; Bill Henry. KNX;
Cocktail Hour. KOW: Leon F.
Drews. KOIN; November Overcosters,
KOMO.
6:00 p. m, What'a on Tour Mind.
KNX. KOIN. KSL-, Waits Time, KPO.
KOMO. KOW; Cinnamon Bear. KEX;
Judy Splinters, KOO; Scandinavian
Reporter, KJR.
6:30 p. m Michael end Kitty,
KEX, KOO, KJR; Uncle Walter's Dog
House, K.-O, KOW, KOMO; First
Nlgbter, KNX, KSU KOIN.
7 :00 p. m. Rochester Clvte Orch..
KOO; Shirley Temple Time, KSL,
KNX. KOIN: Wings of Destiny. KPO.
KOMO. KOW: Candlelight Concerts,
KEX; Fish Finder, KJR.
740 p. m. Al Pearca'a Oang. KNX.
KSU KOIN: Orand Central Station,
KPO. KOW, KOMO; Weekly Spectator,
KJR: Modem Music Box, KEX; Ama
teur Hour, KOO.
6 00 p. m. Fred Waring. KPO.
KOMO, KOW: Amos -n- Andy, KNX.
KSU KOIN: Buy Washington, KJR.
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KOO, KEX; Playhouse, KNX, KOIN.
KSL.
BOO p. m. Radio Chatter. KPO.
KOW; Three Ring Tim. KOO. KEX.
KJR; Kate Smith Hour, KNX, KOIN:
Punch and Judy, KOMO; Sports, KSL.
6 30 p. m. Ran Wllde'a Orch,
KOO: Moonlight Sonata, KEX; Mary
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many years was connected with university there. About the time of his arrival in the U.S..
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ber Overeoatera, KOMO; Floyd
Wright, KPO.
10:00 p. m. Hollywood Legion
Stadium Flghta, KOO, KEX; Report
er Kewa. KPO. KOW, KOMO; News.
KNX; Maaterworks of Music, KSU
Seattle Public School Prgm, KJR;
Fie, Star Final, KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Hollywood Legion
Stadium Fights, KOO; Dane Orch.,
KOW: Broadway Bandwagon. KEX;
Northwest Bible Imutute. KJR: Maa
terworks of Musle. KNX; The World
Today. KOIN; Sparkplug and Sun-
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11:00 p. m. Plckard Family, KPO,
KOW; This Moving World, KEX:
Harry Owens Orch, KSL, KO!N:
News. KOO. KNX; Scandinavian Mu
sic, KJR; Reveries, KOMO.
TEETH RECOVERED
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Susie Boyce of Hobart lost her
false teeth 33 years ago. A
neighbor, Ray Loomis, found
them in his potato patch.
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