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1 AM A MURDERER'
BY MORRIS MARKEY jSTR'.JS.
TUB STOHYl This to too 17
ml turn irrfrct crime1 Ike aiar-
or of Colt Wooler Hope Merrl
' wether la tae llnrair of alo Lobb
lalnnd eataton4 of the otooib
leadlns ap to It Wo hovo met
; the wrnltar Colooel'o attractive
' aaairatrr cratfcla. Wo kaow that
Hearr 1'rentlH lajared hand will
keep him out of the day's polo
Puma, u that another player,
red Wrat. la brlaa; nnrrd to
. knarry Crntkla and replcalak the
family eaancea. ,
EEVERIES AND POLO
CHAPTER III
rpHE only report that cama to
Mrs. Porter West of her son's
proposal to Cynthia Merriwether
was In a chance remark that Fred
delivered as he drank coftee with
her after dinner one night.
"By the way," he said. "Cynnie
told me to go climb a tree. But,"
and he smiled a little wryly, "she
aid it could be a tree in her own
1 back yard."
On the whole, this was not too
disturbing to Mrs. Porter West.
She had learned, with men and
with horses, the inestimable art
of patience and persistence she
did not have to learn because it
was born with her. -
"Keep your head," she replied
quietly, "and don't do anything
young or foolish."
Which seemed fertile advice ex
cept for one element which grew
steadily into the situation. That
element was Henry Prentiss.
Now it should be said at once
that CoL Wesley Hope Merri
wether and his daughter Cynthia
were not old school. They were
not even, in the strict sense, Long
Island. Six or seven years ago
they had appeared at Gull Point,
and the colonel had bought, for
certain holy quantities of cash
. money, the old and altogether
magnificent Stone estate. And
horses once more bad filled the
barns. And a preternaturally shy
Cynthia had taken confidence unto
herself and had grown slowly
beautiful.
Whence had they come? Well,
no advices were offered from
Stone House, and the times had
changed to affect, permanently no
doubt, the asking of direct ques
tions upon such a matter. The
essential fact was, alas, that
Colonel Merriwether was a very
rich man. At least he behaved
like one. Not nouveau riche, not
devoted to crude, extravagant dis
play. Oh, no. But solid, assured,
and in his particularly calm man
ner altogether opulent
Did the Hunt (a trifle embar
rassed for funds) wish the hounds
walked for a month? Colonel
Merriwether would undertake the
burden: daily food for the 26
, dogs and keep for their han
dlers. Not too readily. Not too
eagerly.
He would hear the secretary of
the Hunt and the master of fox
hounds explain the situation
listening most gravely and then,,
after some moments of considera
tion and In the quietest of tones,
he would say, "I think it would
be a pleasure, gentlemen. I am
always glad to be of such assist
ance as I may manage."
Did the beagling crowd look
about a UrHe"wistfully for some
body to serve breakfast after the
Sunday morning coursing? Stone
House was gracious in its hospi
tality, ample with- its food, and
positively distinguished with its
Fish House punch, within whose
aromatic bowls the bouquet of
Clicquot '29 was never missing.
WHEN Cynthia grew of an age
" to undertake the duties of host
ess (no Mrs. Merriwether had ever
been seen or even mentioned) the
entertainments within those broad
and enviable rooms, upon the ter
race, at the pool and the tennis
courts, became more lavish. Ev
erybody who was anybody felt at
home there, despite the magnifi
cence, and in a confused and
troubled world Stone House was
a haven of quiet merriment and
all of its atmosphere was of in
effable security.
There was only one curious
note. The guests at Stone House
were, without exception, the peo
ple of Gull Point (and their own
week-end or summer guests).
Nobody ever appeared from the
outside world, nobody from that
existence which the Merriwether
must, perforce, have lived before
their arrival in the community.
It would not be a precise state
ment to say that Mrs. Porter West
enjoyed the hospitality of Stone
House. Naturally, she was on the
guest list prepared and kept care
fully to date by Mitchell Grace,
the Colonel's secretary. She even
forewent her native antipathy to
invitations-by-telephone, and in
variably accepted them. But the
verb "to enjoy" has connotations
peculiar to itself. Mrs. Porter
West was too shrewd a woman to
spend her opportunities in the
vain pleasures of the fleeting hour.
And she found out, early indeed,
enough to convince her that here,
despite certain unsatisfactory de
tails, was the Main Chance for
her Frederick, and not inciden
tally by any means, for herself.
Then the insufferable Henry
Prentiss appeared. Four years
ago, wasn't it? Yes, about four
years. He, too, seemed to come
out of nowhere. Oh, one or two
of the boys remembered playing
polo with him on the coast, at
Midwick and the Uplifters. But
what was that? Hollywood! And
before Hollywood? Who could
know? Probably bom in Flat
bushl She had addressed her son upon
the subject within a month of
Henry Prentiss arrival. "By the
way, Frederick " (fluttering of
the newspaper and sudden interest
in some obscure item).
"You were saying something."
"Dear me what could it have
been Ohl I was just wondering,
who Is your friend Henry Pren
tiss? Seems a rough and tumble
sort of chap."
'Hank?" Fred laughed. "Salt
of the earth, Mother. Don't bother.
He'll not contaminate your pre
cious Gull Point. The man's posi
tively morM. By Joe, Mother, the J
"I dont care for your language.
I asked you a simple question.
Very simple."
"To wit: Who is my friend
Henry Prentiss? Let us reply,
then. He is a guy from California
who had a six-goal rating there,
sood for a three-goal rating in
our own high-class backyard. He
plays a nice game and he s got
top ponies to do it with. He lives
in the Brewer cottage, which he
rented, and as far as I know he
pays his rent along with his other
bills.
"I never saw him fumble the
check at 21 or the Stork Club or
the St. Regis. He doesn't gossip
and never boasts. He's good com
pany, and personally I like him.
But, wait a minutel His neckties!
I knew something was wrong with
the guy. He wears lousy, noisy,
viciously expensive neckties.
Guess I'll have to drop him after
all."
pYMTHIA gave a shrill cry, jump
ing to her feet and clapping her
hands. And Mrs. Porter West
swam out of her bitter reveries
and lifted her eyes to the soothing
green carpet of the playing field
to the little clump of horsemen
pulling up their mounts at the
mouth of the north goal
Her son had just scored beauti
fully from a wide angle, and the
scoreboard told that his Whirl
winds were leading the Clovers,
5 to 3. Henry Prentiss was enjoy
ing Cynthia's excitement to toe
utmost. He looked with delight at
her pink cheeks, her eyes glowing
with all of her grand vitality, her
small fists beating against each
other1 and he laughed aloud,
slapping his thigh.
Mrs. Por.rjr West murmured to
herself, "Gauche individual!" and
kicked the bench in front of her
with her elegant toe, in a manner
of such vigor that it would cer
THIS CURIOUS VORLD
EACTHS FIRST YmffM$?
AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS sl'v
LEARNED TO WALK ON LAND W&kmgmSSi&i-ifeSm.
BECAUSE THEY WANTBD ' '. : fTTi . Xf
EREHISTIC CREATURES
ffr ,. SAW THEIR. BELOVED POOLS DRYING
HP Sm. up THEY STARTED OUT IN SEARCH CP
3T o-Jfc'V" DEEPER. ONES, AND FOUVD THE
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SALT
IS ONE OF THE MOST VITAL.
WAR MATERIALS, BUT IT
WILL NEVER NEED TO BE
RATIONED
THE U.S. ALONE HAS AN ALMOST
INEXHAUSTIBLE SUPPLY, WHICH
INCLUDES THE WORLDS LARGEST
SALT MINE, AT RETSOF, N.V,
4000 AO?S A AVO
IOT3 JT OV Dfm.
ANSWER: Webster's dictionary
long "A" preferred.
TCJ 1-7
LATE ACTRESS
HORIZONTAL
1,9 Pictured late
screen and
stage actress,
Hope
6 Dance
(colloq.).
14 Genus of
geese.
15 Harem room.
16 Badgerlike
mammal.
17 Christmas
carols.
18 Lease.
19 Aftersong.
20 Conclusion.
21 Garden tool.
23 Age.
24 New South
Wales (abbr.)
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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42 Bone.
43 Be ill.
46 Large tub.
48 Genus of
25 Nothing.
26 Myself. .
28 Run aground
31 Silk fabric.
35 Drop of eye
fluid.
36 Was carried.
37 Edging
machines.
40 Drift along.
49 Hops' kiln.
52 She was a
actress. -54
Lincoln's
nickname.
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many s.
58 Father
(Latin).
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tainly have been frowned upon
by any stout-hearted member of
the old school.
(To Be Continued)
"RED CROSS"
COFFEYV1LLE, Kas., (IP)
The private said ho wanted to
speak to Field Director Dwain
Daughton.
"Name, please?" asked the
Red Crors secretary.
"Red Cross."
"Yes, it is but I must have
your name."
"Well, It's really James A.
Cross, but back in Buffalo, the
guys all call me Red."
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9 Froths.
10 Knock.
11 Short jacket.
12 Marries.
13 River inlet.
22 Aged.
25 Nostrils.
27 Noblemen.
28 Female saint
(abbr.).
29 Scatter.
30 Tatter.
32 And.
33 Girl's name.
34 Seine.
38 Venerate.
39 Body of water
40 Frothed.
43 Snakes.
44 Italic (abbr.).
45 Malayan
Jumping
disease.
47 War machine.
48 Hammer head
49 Elliptical.
.50 Locality.
51 Golf mounds.
53 Obtain.
55 Honey-making
insect.
57 Unit.
60 Growing out.
61 Reprimand.
62 Cognizance.
63 Removes.
VERTICAL
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2 Soon.
3 Consumed.
i Relative
(abbr.)..
5-Turkish
measure.
6 Pit.
7 Poem.
8 Top of the
head.
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