FACE EIGHT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter S
Another CorpM
"TTORACE kepi watchin' the
door," A icy laid, "an' after
gulpin' down about half hit din
ner, he went out to hii ear an'
drove away. Miss Olive an' Brim
Reid finished their meals, an' then
she made off in her car, toward
Provincetown, an' Bram Held
made a phone call, an' then he
went off In his car toward Quis
set!" "I think I see what you mean
Mrs. Clutterfield said. "My, my.
it's rather provoking. Isn't it?"
"That sort of sums it up," Asey
Mrs. Clutterfield clucked her
tongue and said she personally
felt this whole affair was harder.
much harder, than any mystery
cartoon she'd ever seen.
"I still don't see why Horace
was here," she added, "ft appears
as if they had a date, doesn t itT
What do you make of that, Mr.
Mavo?"
This is all SDeculatln'." Asey
said, "but 1 think that Ann Joyce
wanted the middle-aged part in
the play Mrs. Hingham told me
about, imow, Mrs. ntngnam saia
that Horace an' Bram Reid had
been arguin', presumably about
the castm' of that part If Bram
Reid wanted Ann to have it, there
wouldn't hardly be no argument
So you can fiueer that he didn't
think she could do it an' Horace
thought she could. See?"
"Not quite," Mrs. Clutterfield
said. "But do go on, Mr. Mayol
This is fascinating, listening to
you! I feel like Dr. Watson!"
Aey swallowed.
"Wal-el, Doc." ne said, "s'pose
Horace asks Miss Olive to dinner
to meet Bram Reid. I wonder,
now, if that wouldn't be how It
happened that Ann got Miss
Olive's clothes? They ask her to
dinner to meet Bram on one hand,
an' then in the next breath, they
beg her to lend Ann an outfit of
her clothes uno, im dumb! I m
gettin' old an' feeble, Mrs. Clut
terfield! I Just begin to catch on!
Miss Oilve was goin' to help, see?
Get it?"
"No, but do go on! It's fright
fully exciting! How could Miss
Olive help? Not that she wouldn't
Srobably have been terribly
irilled to!"
"Sure, that's itt Bram 9:ld an'
the Theater an' all is out of her
line. She'd jump at the chance of
helpin'l Look, Horace an' Miss
Olive an' Bram Reid are to sit
down an' have their dinner. Long
bout dessert, say. Miss Olive is
to skip out to powder her nose "
"She doesn't use any make-up,
ever!"
"Wa-el, she's to skip out An'
Ann Joyce, dressed like her, is
to come back. Now d'you see how
that would work out? If Bram
Reid didn't catch on right away
an' with all them rose-shaded
lights in there, I think he'd have
been fooled for a few minutes
then Ann had him. see? That ex-
Klains why Horace phoned I bet
e was the one who called an'
asked for mess beetle! That's why
he was so nervous an' worried!
Ann never showed up, an' he went
off to try an" locate her!"
"Where," Mrs. Clutterfield In
quired, "is Miss Olive now?"
Fnrloas Doctor
"AT LEAST we made some prog-
ress." he said. "We know she
headed toward Provincetown
around seven-thirty. Mrs. Clut
terfield, we'll go back to the Inn
now. I still got this yen to chat
with Angie Harris's aged mother,
an' I want to see Bram Reid. But
I bet you he don't know a thing
about this plan! I bet nobody let
on, when Ann didn't come. An' I
bet you Horace knows lots golly
to think I had that child by the
arm an' let him go! Back to the
Inn, Mrs. Clutterfield, an' you
needn't spare the horses, this
trio!"
Mrs. Clutterfleld's face was
flushed with triumph when she
headed the Porter into the Whale
Inn's graveled driveway.
"If Alfred." she said softly,
"could have seen that! My, my!'1
"Alfred," Asey returned as she
drew the Porter up smoothly by
the porte-cochere, "would've died
of apoplexy just the other side of
North Quisset. Huh! Just for fun,
take Rankin for a drive tomorrow.
He don't relish speed You're good.
Lady Boop! I hand it to you. Come
the revolution, I'll get vou a )ob
at the Porter provin track."
"It sounds too. too fascinating
oooah, there's Horace's car, see?"
Mrs. Clutterfield pointed. "He's
gone and left it out by the turn
table again, and Mrs. Doane will
be so provoked with him for not
putting it into the garage. But
Horace claims he's so tired when
he gets back that simply the
thought of the garage doors utter
ly exhausts him. and"
She broke off as Dr. Cummlngs
stomped down the front steps to
the roadster.
"Asey Mayo, I wish to God be
fore you go tearing off on Junkets
you'd have the common decency
to tell people where you could
be found! Didn't anyone give you
my message? Didn t anyone tell
you I was coming back here with
NOTICE!
Barkers are Still Selling
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at the
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some highly Important Informa
tion for you?"
"Golly P' Asey said as he got
out of the car, "now you speak
of it Jennie did murmur some
thin' about your havin' phoned."
"Indeed!" Cummings retorted.
"And did Jennie happen to mur
mur that I was up at three this
morning, and do vou realize it's
now practically three o'clock to
morrow morning? When people
all but break their necks to try
and supply you with vital infor
mation, it seems vou might "
"You mean, Doc, you found Misi
Olive?" Asey demanded.
"Who said anything about find
ing Miss Olive! Cummings held
open the front door for Mrs. Clut
terfield and informed Asey in
whisper that the woman ought to
diet. "My God. man. haven t you
found her? Finding scl oolteacherl
isn't my department look, what
I've got to tell you is about that
gun, Asey. The tool marks on the
rifling of a bullet from that twenty-two
we found with the girl
don't match those on the bullet
that killed her. Hear that?"
"Honest? What "
"Furthermore," Cummings said,
"I know it'll interest you to heal
that it's Mrs. Hingham's gun.
"She bought it" Cummings said.
"When I came back here, I brought
the gun with me, and Hanson con
fronted her with it when she cams
in a while ago. After a stormy in
terview, she admitted the gun was
hers, and even dug out the fancy
case it came in see it on the
table? She claims the outfit case
and gun, was in her bottom bureau
drawer and someone must havs
stolen it"
Gun For Horace
"TJUHI What in time." Asey
said, "would she be buyin'
guns for? Did she explain that?"
"Claims she bought it for her
husband to practice shooting
with," Cummings said, "so if he
was drafted he'd Know which end
of a gun you pointed, or words to
that general effect Washy Doane
says that Horace has used the gun
perhaps twice. Says he closes his
eyes"
"Uh-huh. Washy told me about
Horace's shootin' an' after havin'
had a glimpse of the fellow, I un
derstand that part," Asey said.
"Horace ain't too rugged they all
gone to bed?"
"Mrs. Hingham's retired with
acute migraine genuine. I think.
Hanson was feeling so thwarted
by the time she came, he let loose
in his best manner. You know,
finger pointing and yelling 'Aha
and generally acting like a trial
lawyer in a B picture. Your
charming friend Rankin has also
retired, yawning, after a few
gentle cracks at me "
Before I forget It. an' before
you malign my charmin' friend
Rankin any more. Doc, I must tell
you that he never got any of the
bills you sent him."
I don't believe it!"
'He told me he left monev to
pay you with Freddy, an' took it
lor gramed sne did, an now was
he to know if you never billed
him for his debts, ' Asey said. -
"I tell you, th.it man's simply
a fourflusher. that's all! And look.
one of the troopers chased some
one he thought was a prowler.
out it turned out to be a soldier.
And"
"Again? Is Freddv ud?" Asey
Interrupted. "I'm b?ginnin' to
have this suspicion that maybe
perhaps this comes in her depart-
"She's In the kitchen with
Washy and Jennie. We were ply
ing ourselves with coffee." Cum
mings said, "to keep awake. Why
should Freddy"
"You go get her," Asey said, an'
while you're doin' that' I'll go
rouse Horace. He's the feller I'm
most eager to see, right now."
"Wait!" Cummings said. "Horace
Isn't here, Asey. He hasn't :ome
back yet That sent Sister Hing
ham into a frenzy, when she found
that out."
"But his car", here!" Mrs. Clut
terfield said. "Down by the turn
table. Those lovely headlights of
Me Mayo's car showed it up the
n -te I turned into the drive
wa! Of cours, he's home!"
"Maybe his car's here," Cum
mings said, "but he certainly isn't
We went through all that with
Sister Hingham half an hour or
so ago. She didnt say anything
about his car. She simply said he
had to be here. But he s not. And
he certainly hasn't come in since.
I've ben right here, and 1 know!"
"Is Hanson nere?" Asey asked
suddenly. "No? Well, he left some
men, didn't he? We'll get 'em to
gether. Doc, an' vou an" Washy
an' I, we'll have a hunt for Hor
ace! If his car's here, he must be.
An' I want him!"
It was after five that morning,
when the fog at last lifted, that
Washy Doane found Horace, down
on the sand by the bathhouse.
Like Ann Joyce, he had been
shot in the back, through the
heart
There was a gun lying beside
him, and Dr. Cummings gulped as
he picked it up.
"Asey, look at that tag!" he said
in a weak voice. "I put on that tag.
myself! Asey, this is the same
twenty-two that Ann Joyce wasn't
shot with before!"
Ta be eantlnace'
Gen. Harmon Hinted
Army Air Chieftain
Washington. Dec. 27. (P
Major General Millard F. Har
mon, veteran flier, was reported
reliably Friday to have been
chosen to head the army air force
combat command and thus to be
general field director of army
air fighting operations.
! General Harmon, recently
commander of the second air
force with headquarters at Fort
George Wright, Wash., succeeds
Lieutenant General Delos C. Em
mons, who has been put in
charge of Hawaii's defenses.
J An air force officer since he
flew into Mexico with the 19 It
i punitive expedition. General
. Harmon is S3 and a graduate of
tli military academy.
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Jungo Kino, 55, Japanese
garage attendant, was killed
here Friday by an unidentified
Filipino.
Another Japanese was talk
Irnt with Kino when B young
Filipino opened the door to th
garage office and killed Kino
with a single shot.
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