PAGE TWELVE
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
OUT of the NIGHT
JY MARION WHITE Copyright, 1937, NEA S.rvic., Inc.
CAT Or CHARACTER
miarll.l A piPHcr rl,
ymmnm v om atlrar.
AMY KKHH lllly'a NMRHl
a MiNmr'i victim.
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IIARHY III TI HI.M-AI'I
lninii vlattnr.
HKKUFA.NT IMI. W4IHr "
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Amr Kam
.
YMtvra'arl Nni Iwar teatl-
a that aaa Brar4 a Mia rua
ulna; dawa IB stair rlaat aftrr
ta MaraVr aaa thra la traaa.
draaiallf faaklna Mr wrl a.
-Hal that laa't all arraraatl thai
laa'l all."
CHAPTER XXI
A BREATHLESS silence fell
upon the room. Every eye
vbi fastened upon Mrs. Downey
every ear awaited her disclosure.
CUly wondered if other hearts
beat as furiously as her own. She
moved her chair a little to the left
In order not to be so directly be
hind the woman. She dreaded
missing a word of her story.
"Yes, Mrs. Downey?" Sergeant
Dolan urged.
"It was about 4 o'clock In the
morning. I was so upset, I tell
you, that I couldn't sleep much
more that night. I kept hearing
that poor girl s scream over4 and
over again. Lucille was up, too,
until after 1 o'clock, but I gave
her one of my sleeping powders
(he had to be to school in the
morning and she fell asleep.
"I stayed awake. I was afraid
to take a powder myself for fear
something else might happen. I
had the funniest feeling, ser
geant. I kept thinking if I fell
sleep I might walk in my sleep
and fall out the window just as
that poor girl had fallen. I tell
you, I'll never forget it . .
Sergeant Dolan tapped impa
tiently on the desk with his pencil,
a
T GUESS it must have been
about 4 o'clock," she went
on. 1 know I looked at the
clock at 20 minutes to 4, and this
was some time after that. I was
out In the kitchen getting drink
of water the 'water is always
colder there than in the bathroom
and I heard the door of the next
apartment that's 4-B slowly
opening. I can always tell the
sound because the door squeaks a
little.
"Well, I thought it was a funny
time for Mrs. Wheeler to be going
out.- Even if she were sick or
something, the drugstore would
be closed. I was a little worried
bout her. Living there all alone
like she does, I knew how fright
ened she must have been. Just like
the rest of us. I tell you, if I
didn't have Lucille, I wouldn't
have stayed in that apartment
lone that night. No, sir. I'd
rather hava slept In the subway.
So I thought if Mrs. Wheeler were
nervous, she might just as well
come in and spend the rest of the
night with us, and sleep on the
couch. I went to the door to tell
faer so.
"And then. Just as I was about
to unlock the door, I heard a low
voice in the hallf' It was only a
whisper, but it was a man's voice
you know how loud a man usu
ally whispers. So I Just opened
that little peep-hole on my door
to see if the man was really com
ing out of Mrs. Wheeler's. He
was, all right. I could see him
plain as day, with the hall light
shining right In his face. He was
stni whispering. I heard him
say: "Everything will be all right,
Helen. Nobody'H suspect . . .""
Sergeant Dolan straightened, his
pencil poised in midair.
"You're sure you heard that,
Mrs. Downey? You're sure those
were the exact words?"
a
Tips. DOWNEY pressed her
lips together positively. "I'm
bsolutely certain, sergeant," she
aid emphatically. "Mind you, I
didnt just wake up out of a
sound sleep like I do sometimes,
t didn't imagine this. I was as
wide awake then as I am now, and
I saw that man as plain as day,
and I heard those words. 'Every
thing will be all right, Helen,' he
says, nobodyH suspect.' ... I
tell you, I wish I knew then that
there'd been a murder commit
ted!" She nodded her head expres
sively. "Mrs. Downey, would you rec
ognize this man if you were to
lee him again?"
"Indeed I would. . . . Why, I
saw him as well as I see you sit
ting there, sergeant. I recoimiied
his face the minute I saw it
gain."
What?"
"I say I did see him agnin."
As if an electric shock had
toursed through the room, every
person stiffened to attention. Mr.
Corbett gripped the arms of his
rhair fiercely. Mr. Hunter leaned
m far forward in his chair that
his wife laid a restraining hand
in his arm. Every eye was glued
n Mrs. Downey.
'Where did you see him, Mrs.
Downey?"
"In this morning's paper," she
itated. "He was in the picture
taken at the poor girl's funeral
yesterday. He was standing right
In front of the camera. Oh, I
anew him all right."
Tense muscles relaxed for the
moment, there were a few deep
breaths drawn. None of the men
here had been at Amy's funeral.
"What paper was this In, Mrs.
Downey?"
"In the NEWS, sergeant. I like
to read the NEWS it's so much
more interesting . , ."
"Martin, run out and get copy
of today's NEWS," Dolan snapped.
"Thank you, Mrs. Downey. You've
been very helpful."
a a a
AN Interminable silence fol
, . ... .... . .
www Aiarun i aeparrure rrora
the room. Tha scratch of Ser
geant Dolan's pencil, as he made
nervous little marks on his pad,
founded like the sawing of a gi
ant log. Mrs. Shaw's breath was
coming in short, spasmodic
wheezes: this emotional suspense
was no tonic for asthma. Tiny
seads of perspiration stood out on
Mr. Johnson's pale forehead,
though he blotted them frequent
ly with moist handkerchief. Mr.
Corbett s beady little eyes darted
excitedly from one person to an-
ther. Cilly felt them on her and
the looked up suddenly, her face a
mask of cold anger. A sneer
rwisted Corbett's lips and he
ihifted his eyes quickly.
The clock on the wall ricked off
Jie seconds with nerve-wracking
egularity, marking the swift, un
xmtrollable flight of time on the
oad to eternity. Like the cease
ess chant of a Jungle tom-tom, it
hypnotized the eardrums, and
sach beat grew louder and more
n tense until one longed to silence
t with a shriek.
Ages past, though the clock
deked off only three short min
ztes, until Detective Martin re-
urned, a copy of the paper in his
land. Dolan seized it quickly,
rhere on the first page was an
ther of the pictures taken yes
day; Cilly noticed that it was
erger than the one which she had
leen in her paper. She held her
breath, awaiting Mrs. Downey's
revelation.
"Now, Mrs. Downey, will you
Mint the man out to me?" Dolan
isked.
Without hesitation, the woman
walked to the desk and glanced
oriefly at the picture over Dolan's
shoulder. "There he Is," she an
nounced immediately, pointing to
t face in the picture.
This one?" Dolan Indicated
adth the point of his pencil.
"That's the one." She nodded
ler head positively.
"Harvey Ames." Dolan spoke
'he name uncertainly. For a mo
nent he stared at it fixedly; then,
with his pencil, he drew a circle
iround the face.
(To Be Continued)
School children saved their
pennies and donated them toward
the building of many monuments.
among tnem Being tne uunaio
Bill monument, James Whltcomb
Riley memorial. Eugene Field
memorial, and the new Liberty
Bell.
On small Danish farms, stable,
granary, and family living quar
ters are all In one building, with
hay being stored over both fam
ily and stable quarters.
Agriculture In Florida is di
versified. Including tropical,
subtropical, and temperate types,
200 different kinds of tree and
field crops are grown there.
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RIGHT- WHATS TAKING THEM
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