Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, January 12, 1943, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Texthe 9 I SERIAL STORY - 1 AM A MURDERER BY MORRIS MARKEY AT... TIIH (WIIYi Thl. la aa alorr of. tap prrtrrt crlmr' Ihr hun r of Col. Ulpr llnpi Mrrrl rrllier In hi llhrnrr or ala l.onj? Jaland mint? nnd uf la rvrnta . Iradlna; up lo If. A part? at Ihr JHprrtwethera' haa lirrn cnllv.aed hf lha arrival of a alranacr, VaOKhon lllinhar, n ftirclRn cor- . rraponernt llo brlnin word from lllll atr-iTart, Jnurnnllal, to (.Trn fhla. the Colonel nltrarlive i annnhlrr. "ha Invllca him lo n Roto iramr the follonlnir Snartay, ilrr drarrlbra Ihr visit lo llrnrr Prrntlaa. a cloan frlrnd win had been nnnhle to nttrnd taa partv. ABOUT MITCIIKLL GRACE ; ' . CHAPTER VII , -TPHEY sat at a small table at the Margucry, and took their pleasure of Daiquiris (not too ' sweet) and gave enough attention to avoid being noticed for the lack ' of- it to the young woman who occupied, as the columnists have it, the exclusive table reserved for glamor gals. A more beautiful ' woman sang songs. Her name was ; either Dolores or Carmencita. It was the season of the Good Neigh- . bor. ' And Cynthia said, "How's the mitt?". Henry Prentiss looked wistfully at his mitt. "I'm sorry to say that it is just about all right, and I'll be able to hold a stick by Sunday. I'd rather have Mike in there, even if your little pretties did give' him a going over yester day." "You know something?" "I know everything." "I mean this something: Old Lady West is fit to be tied." "Old Lady West should be tied. Has' she any special reasons of ber own?" '' Cynthia laughed. "She's sure that you are spoiling the beautiful romance. She's got V son, you know." He said, with a sound pretense of dreamy delight, "What a lovely role in life giving misery to the hearts of scheming mothers with marriageable sons." . "How do you say it tonsillec tomy, appendectomy I'm going to prescribe for you a full-sized vanity-ectomy." "I can tell right now, you've got something on your mind, Miss! Pretty. Give." "There, now! How did you guess? Anyway, I'm giving you the fatal blow .all at once. Mrs. West had better stop worrying about you and cast those shifty old eyes of hers somewhere else." TTE kissed her hand (clowning -in a deplorable fashion) and told the waiter to hurry with more Daiquiris. Which made Cynthia laugh, and made Cynthia's eyes brighten like a dial of a radio machine brightens after the switch has been turned on for a moment or two. "Yes, fellows. A rival, no less," she, said. She did not pretend to simper, which Is a tribute to Cyn thia and should be remembered when her accounts are cast. 'He is, my darling Hank, a man who amounts to something." "Yeah? I yawn." . -. "Yes, sir, the distinguished cor- Irespondent, newspaper reporter to grou, Mr. Vaughan Dunbar citi zen of the world, consulted by the tinner cabinets of great govern ments, and furthermore a friend . of Bill Stewart's." .' "By the way,, how much money did you really win yesterday?" "Oh, no. None of that, my bearty. You are going to hear about Mr. Vaughan Dunbar, and you are not going to like it. Sayl That was pretty good!" "I am ashamed." "The first honest emotion you' have felt in 10 years." Henry Prentiss settled the whole matter by observing that Mr. Dun Ibar seemed a thoroughly re spectable sort of rat to him, and by saying, "Let's go down to 21 lor dinner, and pass up the the ater." "Fine! Then .we'll go- other places." ' . . "Searching for Mr. Dunbar?". -"Naturally." : ' . MITCHELL GRACE was a - young man of rather curious attainments. He had been born in .Waxhaw, S. C. He had won by sound merit and not prefer ment the ..competitive examina tions which gave him the right to attend the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He had arrived at Annapolis in. the charge of his father, Lee Grace, and in the body of a wretched automo bile whose engine was a disgrace. He had failed his first physical examination because he was un der weight the same being due to the under-consumption of pro teins and other foodstuffs bearing the vitamin B-l complexes. Mr. Lee Grace had put forward a plea, and the plea was heard, and the gasoline money with which Mr. Lee Grace proposed to get him self,; somehow, back to Waxhaw, S. C, went into steaks and pota toes and leafy green vegetables in a Baltimore restaurant whose cuisine does not entitle It to men tion in these pages. Wherefore, abetted by new pounds of body tissue, Mitchell Grace won acceptance at the Naval Academy. (The record con-i cerning the return to Waxhaw of Mr. Leo Grace is not germane to this research.) Mitchell Grace labored with an admirable singleness of purpose. Ltko so many men born far from the sight of blue water, he had !t passion for blue water, and his dreams held a steady course upon such matters as tossing waves and swaying decks and winds that came mightily out of heaven. Wherefore Mitchell Grace led hla classes, or came just short of lead ing them, year after year for all of the four. When graduation day came, that fine day. of speechmaking by the Navy's secretary and of tossed white hats in Bancroft -Hall, his place was high among the precious , numbers. In addition, he had done a mile in 4:11.6. In addition, he bad been Kigh-scoring forward on the basketball team, in additon, he had been literary editor of The Anchor. But Mitchell Grace was not commissioned to the Lino in the United States Navy. For such is the nature of this formidable organization that cer tain requirements, as rigid as tha barrel of a 16-inch turret gun, must be met by its future officers. Mitchell Grace's poring over books had made him put on eye-glasses. His strenuous training for that mile of running had drawn him too fine to climb the rope in 40 seconds. So the gentlemen said he could not go to the Line, but was wel come to the single ensign's strip of the Construction Corps. Which offer Mitchell Grace viewed scorn fully, because ho had wound his dreaming about the business of sailing in ships, not bending over blueprints of ships that one day would sail. And so it was that his scorn and his frustration brought him 'one fine day in 1940 to a listing on the manifest of Col. Wesley Hope Merriwether's sailing yacht Dawn Shower. The listing was "deck hand." It had been quite simple and natural after that. Mitchell Grace, even to the most preoccupied re gard, was not of the common order of deck hands. There had been a cruise. At some port or an other, certain matters of business readied Colonel Merriwethcr by the radio, and it had occurred that Mitchell Grace made himself useful in the preparation and sending of letters, wireless mes sages and such. In the most casual fashion, some time thereafter, he found himself off the deck of Dawn Shower and in a pleasant suite of bedroom, bath and office at Stone House. The new envh-onment seemed to fit him well. Very rarely indeed did the sad little lessons he had learned in Waxhaw. S. C. breaK fhfougn the composure and self- i respecting civility which he had learned on the banks of the Sev I ern. (To Bo Continued) I HORRIBLE MISTAKE NEW HAVEN, (A1) Public works department employes, col lecting tin cans for the salvage drive, found that one household er had put out a wrong box a very wrong box. So, instead of dumping It into their truck they rcturncd.it to the householder, who was de lighted to get back the 10 pounds of sugar and one pound of coffee inadvertently placed at the curb. fit fill.: W At SEARS . . . IT'S NOT THE IDLE RICH WHO CLIP THE COUPONS No indeed) It's tha regular folks who sometimes run short of money and like the convenience of Purchase Cou pons In their purse. Get a bookful today and spend them like cash when you need them. Small down pay ment, usual carrying charge. GET YOURS TODAY AT Your SEARS CREDIT Office THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William . 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