PACE STX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1941.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chapter 33 1
Buck Private
TIALF an hour later Dr. Cum
mlnga sat down on the bath
house steps beside Ajey and tossed
the bedraggled remains of
chewed-up cigar at horseshoe
crab.
"Never In all my days," ha
clamped a fresh cigar between his
teeth, "have I aver seen anything
like this. Never! I'm speechless,
Asey. Speechless, I tell you. Asey,
who was that soldier who popped
out of the fog and helped the
troopers hunt? Was he the same
soldier they found hanging around
before? Who is he? What in blazes
has he got to do with things?"
"Wa'el" Asey puffed at his pipe,
1 got him cleared up, Doc. Seems
he's Freddy's beau.
That buck private?"
"Uh-huh. Seems he was gettin'
along fine in the world bein' a
copy writer in an advertisin'
agency, an' then he done some re
cruitin' sds, an' he got so fired
with patriotism he up an' enlisted.
Seems whereas Mrs. Dome could
tolerate the idea of a copy writer
as a son-in-law, she couldn't stom
ach the notion of a buck private.
an' so a considerable number of
problems arose. If Washy d only
f:one into more detail about him
ast night, I'd of got him settled
sooner.
"What's he doing, lurking
arouna nerer u ne on leave?
"Nope. Seems the next problem
of his outfit is the defense of Quis
set Harbor from attempted inva
sion, an his colonel got the idea
that the other side might be doln'
some preliminary spyin', so he
hit on the idea of preinvasion
counterespionage, as you might
aav. This feller's It."
Cummings kicked at a piece of
aeaweea.
"Asey, why In blazes was this
fellow Smith shot?"
"Smith?"
"That's what the draft registra
tion card in his wallet said, nor
ace Smith what's so funny about
that? bometimes, Cummings said.
"you stump me, Aseyl Anyway,
of all the innocuous-looking in
dividuals did he lisp?"
"Not exactly. Whvf"
"Oh, he looks as if he might have
lisped, that's alL Why was he
shot, Asey?
"He knew too much," Asey said.
"An' I'm inclined to think. Doc,
that someone's made i mistake in
killin' him. I think if someone had
left him alone, an' let him talk to
me, the chances are good that he'd
have answered some questions but
just set up a lot more, like every
one else has done to date. But now
that someone's gone so far as to
kill him, I kind of guess I'm on
the track at last. I guess it was
the girl was meant to be killed,
all right. I guess someone besides
Horace knew about her intention
to dress up like Miss Olive, an' so
they grabbed the opportunity to
kill her while she was dressed up,
to spread confusion. Which, I must
say. they sure done!
"Humpr. And you said you
thought Miss Olive knew d'you
realize, Asey, that woman's never
turned up yet?
"Uh-huh. I do. How long was
Smith you can't guess how funny
that Smith part is. Doc! How
longs he been dead?
Oldest Inhabitant
HOUR or two. I don't
i think." Cumminea said un
happily, "that I can face going to
work on him. I know just what I'll
find, that he wasn't shot by that
twenty-two, either. I know itl
Asey, who awiped that gun from
me living room7
"You ought to be able to guess
more about that than me," Asey
saia. - iou was mere, so was nan
son."
"Well, It's Hanson's fault!" Cum
ming's said defensively. "I brought
the gun there, but he ought to
have known enough to take it
back when he left Someone must
have sneaked it out of that fancy
ca.se we!!, someone had every
chance. Thev could have taken
it any one of half a dozen times
when the living room was empty,
before you came back with Mrs.
uuttpffield."
"Clutterflcld
"Buttcrfleld. C! ut tern eld, what
d-?j it matter!" Cummings said
wearily. "You know who I mean
and suppose mv God. I'm tired
of supposing! Let's get back to
the Inn. You got any plans now?"
"I wonder, Asey said, as they
walked through the beach grass,
"whst time an oldest inhabitant
gets up? Early as six, you think?"
Cummings stopped and atared
:t him and shook his head.
"Are you stark mad. Asey?
Jennie told me how you raved and
raved about a tomato pincushion,
and then hurled yourself out of
an upstairs window!"
"I feel fine," Asev said, "except
I'm hungry an' I m tired. But
havin' hung on this thing thii far,
I'm goin' to see it through to the
bitter end."
"Of course." Cummings said,
"those clothes you have on make
you look different Asey, where
In blazes are your shoes, man!
Why are you going arcund bare
foot? You haven't look here, you
haven't Joined a cult, havt you?"
sev Knnnea.
"AN
th!
NOTICE!
Barker are Still Selling
ARROW SHIRTS
at the
Old Prices
2.00-2.25-2.50
Arrow Shirt increase in
Price January 1st
at
Store for Men
'Nope. 1 had shoes, but I shed
'em for some second -story work,
an' I had socks, but they got so
torn while I was patterin around
huntin' Horace, I shed them, too.
Let's see, now, I could rouse Bram
Held an talk to him, even though
I don't think he knows a thing
about this masqneradin'. I ought
to talk "
Have you forgotten Miss Olive
entirely? ' Cummings interrupted
acidly. "She's missing, you know!"
"Uh-huh, but one of Hansons
troopers said that a description of
her an' her car'd been put over
the teletype, an' it seems to me
that oucht to bring her to light
sooner or later. Doc, if Angie Har
ris's aged mother can only remem
ber about Ferdinand's picture of
Old Whiskers an' the baby. I'm
foin' to be a lot happier about this,
think!"
"Mad! Cummings said unhap
pily. "Stark, staring mad! Mad
as a hatter what's the matter
with her?"
He pointed to Jennie, who was
running down the path to meet
them.
"I seen you," she said breath
lessly. "I been waitin' for you
Asey, there's a soldier up there to
the Inn! D'you suppose he's after
me for bustin' up that line at th
four corners? Do you?"
"No," Asey said. "I'm sure he
ain't. He's Freddy Doane's boy
friend."
"Oh, myl" Jennie fanned her
self with her hand. "My, I been
all a twitter! Asey, I guess you
better just drive me home! If what
I been through since six last night
is detectln', then I don't want no
more of it, ever! Will you drive
me home7
"Sure. By the time I got you
home an' had a bite to eat" Asey
said, "I guesa even the oldest in
habitant ought to be up an atirrin'
what is It?"
Jennie drew him to on side,
out of earshot of the doctor.
Jennie's Bis
"ASEY. will you do something
s for me before we go? I fee)
terrible about it Kind of ashamed.
But I went back up in Miss Olive's
room, again, after 1 was there with
you. Just to look around again,
that'a all. But I played with them
Venitian blinds I know I hadn't
ought to of. But I did. An' an'"
'An' what? Don't look so down
cast, Jennie! What happened?"
"I broke 'em," Jennie said in
a small voice. "Asey, you suppose
you could mend the old things?"
"I guess I maybe most likely
could7" Asey told her. "Sure."
"Can you? So's Mrs. Doan
won't know? She's looked down
her nose at me so much already, I
don't know's I could stand her
smirkin' at me any more! Could
you manage to slip up an' Ax 'em
now, before we go home?"
"I'll take a whack at 'em," Asey
said. "Was it one of the tapes that
busted, or the roller ?dget that
angles 'em, or what?"
"I don't know what It was, but
I got the pieces right here." Jenni
opened her pocketbook. "They
almost been burnin' hole In me!
They sort of popped an' scattered
around all over the floor, an' you
should of seen me scurryin to
pick 'em up an' put 'em in my
pocketbook before aomebody
come! I been so worried I hate
bustin' other people's thirrsl
Here. Here's the spring plrt
Here's metal thing. Here's that
round part like a fountain pen, an'
this other big piece, an' here's th
two little pieces. There! You
think you can fix it up?"
Asey stared down at the aix
pieces she had deposited in his
hand.
"What's the matter?" Jennl
demanded. "Oh, dear! Can't you
fix it so's she won't ever know
what I done?"
"Jennie, where did these come
from? From a Venetian blind?"
"Yes," Jennie said miserably.
"I was flddiin' with It, an' Asey,
come back here! Come back here
Doc, yell at htm to come back
here!"
"No use," Cummings said.
"Man's msd. Can't do a thing with
him. Going barefoot, you notice
that?"
Bv the time thev reached the
Inn, Asey was striding toward
his roadster, talking earnestly to
Washy Doane, and before they
could do more than yell at him the
Porter streaked out of the drive
way. Cummings shook his head and
frowned.
"Usually when he drives thai
wav. he's got something!" he said.
"Washy, what did he say to you?
Did he make sense?"
"Told me he wanted his shoes,"
Washy said. "I picked 'em up when
he kirked 'em oft last night I
give him the shoes, an' off he went
Doc, ain't anyone found out yet
where Miss Olive went?"
"Nobody," Cummings said, "has
found out nothing I mean, any
thing! My God. how do I get
mixed up in this kind of thing?"
"I wish," Cummings said slowly,
"I wish I knew if he'd reslly got
this, or if he's as daft as he seems
I guess, Jennie, that I'll sit down
and wait with you!"
At noon they were still waiting
for Asey, and Wa.hy Doane was
still audibly wondering where
Miss Olive could be.
It was after one o'clock when
the Porter slipped into th drive
way, Te e eenUnvte
(Chapter SB appear en Pg 7.)
BACK HOME
Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 27 (CP)
Pte. Harvey J. Peiry. young
American who enlisted In the
Royal Canadian army medical
corps at Victoria and waa
thought to be with the Cana
dians at Hongkong after stow
ing away on a troop ship, is
back In Canada.
VICE CLEAN UP
Pendleton, Dec. 27. (Pi
Mayor C. L. Lieuallen today
announced that police have been
ordered to notify any house of
prostitution that they must be
closed and all prostitutes must
'eave the city within 12 hours.
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