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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."
: '
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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
. Ferguson
AN -ELEPHANT propep.lv harnessed, can DRAG
A LOAD OF FOUfii ZOAJIS, OVER ROUGH GROUND.
A PAIR OF
IOWA PIGEONS
BUILT THEIR NEST
ENTIRELY OF
ANSWER'-, Martinique.
LATE JURIST
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured late
. jurist, George
JO Farts of the
ankle bone
(zool.).
11 We.
13 English wren.
14 Color.
16 Margosa. .
17 Siamese coin.
10 Move
smoothly
on water.
21 Symbol for
radon. ''
22 Function.
23 Kite end.
25 Small candle.
27 Thus.
28 Vegetable.
30 Indigo.
32 Oleum
(abbr.).
33 Small bottles.
36 Scrutinize.
38 Markers.
40 Paid (abbr.).
42 Son of Selh
(Bib.).
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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44 Clothing,
45 Copse.
47 Surpass.
48 Broad smile.
49 Variety of
cloud.
51 Compass point.
52 Ages.
53 He was a.U. S.
Supremo
Court
in 1922-38
(pl.).
55 Get up.
56 Adorned
with
crescents.
VERTICAL
.1 Goads to
action.
2 Size of shot
3 Strike.
4 Black.
5 Rhymer."
(var.).
6 Concealed.
7 Mohammedan
religious
teacher.
: 8 Insect egg,
, 9 Ambary.
12 Chair.
15 Dainties.
17 On the sea.
18 Sea swallow.
20 Falsehood, '
22 Not down.
24 Prying device,
26 Be indisposed,
27 Slope.
29 Rationed item,
31 Frozen water.
32 Concession. '
34 Like.
35 Athletic
games.
37 Midday.
38 Wiser.
39 Wash lightly?
41 Rustic.
43 Make haste;
45 Judicious.
46 Leader (It.).
49 MongreL
50 Siamese
. measure.
53 Junction
(abbr.).
84 Street (abbr.).
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UNCLE MALCOLM'.
HERE WE ARE---
fD HAVE 'PHONED.
BUT THEV SAID
VOL) DONT HAVE
ANY PHONE-
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AH SALTS? HAVE
MISS ANNIE'S BAGS
PLACED IN HER SUITE
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ANNIE" DONT KNOW
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HERE WE ARE "GET WARM
FIRST, EH r THEN DINNER"
MY. WHAT A FINB DOG
Little Orphan Annie
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By Harold Gray
WHERE OVER. TO MRS. DUNKS HOUSE 1
"TO LARD WAS HAVING TROU6LE
NOW? I WITH THE VACUUM CLEANER.
Freckles and His Friends
WHAT I PONY .
HAPPENED KNOW YeT
WHEN 1 GOT
OVER THERE,'
HAD ICY TURN
ABOUND AND 60
BACK TO MRS. ,
BRIG6S HOUSE
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A SANO TABLE HAS BEEN
PREPARED FROM AERIAL MAPS.
IT REPRESENTS A TOWN IN 6ER
MANY WHICH WE WILL CALL'X'.
YOU WILL WOTICE THE TOWN IS
SURROUNDED BY A MEDIEVAL
WALL, HAVING THREE SATcS
THE TOWN HALL ...HERE... IS
OUR OBJECTIVE
Wash Tubbs
FORTUNATELY.
TOWN'X'HAS BEEN V v '
TOURI5T&, ANU MnNT
PICTUHfci AHc AVAIL
ABLE. STUDY THEM.
LBARM EVERY
STREET,,, EUERy
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TOWN'X AS THOB
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LIVED THERE. I CAW
NOT OVER-EMPHASIZE
THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS. OUR LIVES
AWD THE SUCCESS
OP OUR RAID
DEPEND OKI IT.
THERE MUST BE
NO MISTAKES'
K. NO DELAyS J
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