Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 141, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1952 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT 1 Published Every Evening Except Sunday By H THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO, INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter , Dick D. Heller L President , A. R. Holthouse |Editor J. H. Heller T .» --,-4) Vice-President Chas. Holthouse —>,4U—- Treasurer « 1 » Subscription Rates: ; f By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $6.00. Six months $3.25; 3 months, ||.75. T-By Mai’, beyohd Adams ands Adjoining Counties: One year, ♦7.00; 0 months, $3.75; 3 months, $2.00. I• By Carrier, 25 cents per weefct Single copies. 5 cent#.

Driving through the country these days you will see field after field of corn just through the ground, but keep an eye open. With about twenty days to go it > may be “knee high by the Fourth of Jluly.” u f _— ifjewton county is the only one Jn the state which will levy less taxes for 1953. The average of the others will be more than 13% f ■ ' ' higher, according to Harry Miesse, daddy—of the Indiana Taxpayers Association. He warns that federal taxes.are not the only levies that need Attention and guarding. ■J •' • The unpredictable C,hic ag o Cribs are off on a two weeks trip to the eastern cities which may determine whether they . are as good as they claim or hot. They must play-better than 500 ball to keep"” up the record so far posted and if the pitchers and Hank Sauers keep going .they ought to do it. ’ According to Mr. George Gallop who makes a living by forecasting Wliats-going to happen by feeling thd, pulse, of, the people says if Tait and Kefauver are the candidates for president and unless . sentiment changes, the latter will receive 50 percent of the populari vote while Mr. Taft is greeting only 41 .percent. It may sound like a wild guess to. many but you never can! tell. Remlembef 1948?, J ;. ’ _ Louis Bean, a. nationally known peognasticatoi has put out his forecast for the political race this year. He says the will will-again and elect a majority of both house and senate Merits. A lot of pioplq will laugh but after gll \ thisl man prophesied, the Truman victory four years ago and then pi t dieted the’. Republican election of 1950., jIQ -Q ; M A- fpair of swallows in Korea liaVe taken that the talks Ut Punmunjom will last, for sojne time. The birds have bui|t a nest in one'of the tents occupied by -th.e United Na’rtops negotiators. While staff members prepared ty|)ed transcripts and while the business of preparing foi further talks continued the bird?’ calmlybuilt their'nest arid are pXepariug to raise a family/ ! . ." t-O— O . Emptier Hirohito of Japan ;[po< try. not merely for his own a'piusenjent, but a& a means i l.t

.. . 5 . 4:.—-—--—-!-4—---Antihistamine Ointment Used To Relieve Itching Os Skin By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. -Of itch, severe insect bites have _ . been treated with great success. M° ST d : rs . Patients suffering from ivy poiItching, which is known medical- son i ng an( j itching skin infecly as pruritus. Anyone can toler-,L ions have aJsO beer j treated, and { ate a slight itch, but when itching a i arge proportion relieved. 4 [is severe there is nothing that can i \ , -I be more disturbing. Type of Eczema . An itch may be painful, but its The ointment has also shown is medically somewhat different|promise in certain forms of atofrom a pain and may require a pic eczema, a skin rash with se-' f different type of treatment. It is vere itching. It is sometimes due of interest that the drugs known ; to nervousness. , as antihistamines have proved ! Certain doctors have found useful in relieving itch. that an antihistamine drug is Oppose Action effective against itching „ . , . ~ . . around the rectum, generally , doctors have thought knownas pruritus ant that the severe itching of skin Some types of itch> howev er, diseases occurs in some cases havenotbeenrelievedsopromptv.’hcn the cells of tlie skin produce jy or thoroughly. These include a substance called his.ampw.The? cases of localized allergy from antihistamines oppose this ac-;i u s i n g cosmetics and other skin ,tion, so it was assumed that these preparations drugs might help relieve much offi ? Doctors will now be on the lookthe itching. ’ | out for other types of cases which An ointment containing yjgjj to this promising and conhistamines, together with itch-* v^ nie nt remedy relieving medicines, has had sbmei Ve e , y ; • ‘very good results with a number! QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS of conditions that produce severe! R. T.: What is intussusception? itching. Answer: Intussusception is a Relief from Hives I condition in which there is a teleIn cases of Urticaria, commonly: scoping of one portion of the inknown as hives, it has given ex-| testines into another portion. . cqllent relief. Many people who| This may cause an obstruction to have an allergy to penicillin anda the normal flow of the intestinal other drugs break out with,an| contents, causing! what is known ■ itching rash When they take theses as a bowel obstruction, with seridrugs. Allergic rashes of this klnd|j ous-symptoms. It is most comare also helped by applications ofl mon in infants and in the aged, antihistamine ointment. tj Surgery is usually Accessary tb *■ l Among the. better knowm. relieve- the condition. ■ j, *.—•.— ' ' , 11 " ' | J - "-y'r. ■— Mt' ■ -p yi ■ . .1 ■ll in* .rr ~

|| of contact with his 15 subjects. Two mH ■ . f . ? !. jof his poems were recently published on his birthday. No American politician has I ever been • yikhown as a poet, and probribly ■piotne would be. The popular reaction might not be favor- . -Jabir. except perhaps in the case ■ sos easily comprehensible verse, |such as limericks. II __ o^__o j’ The regulations to make (the Corner of Second and Monroe gafer for motorists and Ipt'destridris have been completed |and\it is believed will prove satisfactory to the general public. The jineters "along, the streets, at that {point have been: reinoVed and I* I 11 Rhere will be no parking at those |jorners. The cooperation 'of the htubljc by the obeying of the rules fixed by the board is urged, fihat travel over 224 and 33, may safer. We hope it proves an imroiovement in conditions fpr drivers and pedestrians. Traffic is,a Iproblem in every city and any ||ff(irt to correct of this |kind should meet general ap- ' iproval. ■ U I' o o—- — A. ■\- Gasoline Service Stations: — ’ in our ordinary course of daily j-vents. most of us probably don’t \ |top to realize that Decatur has Iriany attributes which makes jt I the number one small city in ! ||idiana. One of these Is the gen-" , ral courtesy extended thri thousands of motbri.-itsi who Ship at lie|hiui’s gasoline service Stations. J Bve take it as a matter of fact ri we drive- into our favoriteTilling station that the attendant will wipe the windshield; cheek jhe oil and water and <jlo a, dozen Mher little courtesies. BUT —try •ft at the stations in many other feearby cities and compare.-. At lots of stations, you almost have 1 j |p present a petition to get a few bugs* and the dust removed from frour windshield. This peems l|ike ■a trivial matter—but the motor|hg public likes to talk—rpspecially when they get home they like to lell their neighbors and' friends frh» re they got the best food arid he’ b LSt ’treatment. , Degatur’s gasoline filling station prqprieiors and attendants are boosting , <Decatur'all the time and possibly jlon’t realize it. You can often jiear a motorist, who has stopped jiere to shop or eat say: | “I’m going to fill up with gas ji tid. . oil because I alw J ays get a flood job here in 1 >< < atUr."

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0 J 0 20 Years Ago TODAY (D j i; 0 June 14 — The national Republican conveution opens in Chicago. The big battle is on the referendum plank in the platform. The Adams county board of review orders tp iiicrease in all. townships of from 5% to 12% for a total of s4S(ir,OOfll. Senator Dickenson of lowa, keynoter, lauds \president for his constructive efforts during the depression. J. M. Doan announces the opening of new funeral parlors at his home at 913 Russell street. ■«Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellsworth and daughter Viola leave for Los Angeles, on a motor trip. ' 1 \ Mrs. Mel Butler, 58, dies at her home in Fremonth. | '-t ——t-A ; 0 — © I Household Scrapbook | ji BY ROBERTA LEE 0— 4 0 Granite Burnt spots on granite can be removed by covering the spots with a teaspoonful of soda, mixed to a paste with a little water, then heating it. Never scrape, it with a knife. Table sLinen Table linen that is strained ,by berries, can be quickly cleaned by pouring boiling! water through the part stained and washing with soap water. Paint on Glass Paint spots dan' be removed from rilass -surfaces bjy use of a little vinegar. - - 0 — ——o ! Modern Etiquette | I BY ROBERTA LEE 0- —0 Q. Should a hostefss proyi<le new cards at a bridge party? A. It is not exactly necessary to ■ have new. unbroken packs of cards, but the hostess must be very sure that the cards site doefe Provide are immaculate and in good condition. I ! Q. Is it proper to sign a letter “Your humble servant"? , A. This is an expression that was employed extensively many years ago, but it is no longer goody form arid should be avoided. Q. If a man is being entertained at luncheon by another man, should the gijiest leave a tip for the waiter, or at "least offer ,to do so? ’ A. No: this is always the duty of the hofct. ' \’ ’ J

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN GAiyiAbGE had turned from the secretary; he was glancing about the room, and beyond into the luxury of the blue bedroom with its glimpses of looking glass vistas and flowered carpet. He said: “The police might think that the lock-ing-in showed jealousy.'* “And Gray hasn’t a Jealous drop of blood!” Miss Austen wailed it. “Now don’t you see that we mustn’t court publicity for cither of them?” ,!■ “What’s against the idea,’’.said Gamadge, “is the abrupt manner of her going. She didn’t even ,pack a little bag.” ' ' “She didn’t even take her handbag,” Miss Austen told him, “or her gloves, blit if she suddenly decided —" “ft doesn’t sound like that sort of decision, exactly.” Gamadge’s eyes met Gray Austen’s again. “What did happen up here, ex-, actly? After you came in.” Gray Jerked tils head forward. “She was reading something out of those bookshelves.” Gamadge walked over to them. “Was she?" He glanced along the shelves. “Nice collection.” , “My tastes don’t rikn that way, but she often took out a book. I went and looked: it was one of those ghastly rehashes of old murder cases. I don’t see the sense of getting all that kind of thing second-hand; having seen a good deal of first-hand killing myself, you know. So, 1 said something. Then she made me feel like a fool —she explained that she only had the thing out because she wanted to stuff up the crack between the dumb-waiter doors back there in our dressing-rooin; they’d been rattling. And. 1 \ was going to apologize, and then she said she was going to leave me.” Hildreth drew a long sigh. “And she seemed so wrought up,” continued Gray in so low a voice that it was barely audible, , “that I did the fatal thing. Locked that door.” He had moved forward from it,, and now turned his head to look at it with a kind of resent'ment. “If I hadn’t, she’d probably be here now/’ r \ Jerome was blowing smokerings. He said: “Well, Mr. Gamadge, there you have it. If lyou scan give Gray any private advice, well and good; you needn’t commit yourself in front of witnesses.” He smiled. “1 don’t agree with my sister, ft was a tantrum, and she might be anywhere.” • “In the river,” said Gray coldly. “Nonsexise.yNonsense. Probably

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if — r _ INSERVICE JO’ Bemont Honored Major Richard L. Bemont, son-in-lrivv of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lamkenau of Decatur was recently presented with the fijjnt oak leaf cluster to the commendation ribbon with metal pendant. The first cluster was awarded for meritorious service ini the atom tests on Eniwetok atoll. ; ; ; ; , ij f Driver Is Killed As Truck Hits Abutment f FORT WAYNE, Ind. UP L liam Beviiiy ton, Wooster, Ohio, was burned fatally SatuMay w hen his tru< k hit a bridge abirtmrint and burst into flames, melting the metal on the bridge and clg®ng. U.S. 21 to traffic Bevington was , driving one of tW<> trucks traveling together for the Wenham Trucking cd., Cleve-. land. Ohio. The fifst truck, cleared Hi<- bridge just of the IndianaOhio line but Bevington’s didn’t. His body was pinned in the wre kage and couldn't be removed uritil the fire slackened hours latB ■ r, ■

working it off—cr — dishwashing. Independent working girl; proud Utile thing, I should say. If she’d gone oft as you think, Hil, we‘d have heard from herMf she’s merely m a temper, we may never hear.” Gray said.! “I have to know.” ! “Well, make Mr. Gamadge tell yoti, then.” Jerome came up to Gamadge and shook hands. “Good luck.” “Thank you.” Jerome Went briskly out of the room, and Hildreth came up to Gamadge in her turn. “I do hope we shall meet again in happier circumstanqes, Mr. Gamadge. Ajid 1 hope you’ll have something !to drink before you go. Gray—yoiihl; see to that, won’t you?” Gray nodded, and she withdrew smiling. Gamadge! turned back to the bookshelves. Gray Austen joined him there. “Very 'nice lot of stuff,” said Gamadge. “That one, and that ope —they’re out of print. Booksellers have a standing order, for some pf these things; scouts always out for them. I’d give something fior those two 1 pointed out, if you ever care to sell." “Don’t think I have a right to,” “That’s so. Life interest, yoli r sister said. Well, at least you c<n read them. But you said .you didn’t, care for criminology, 1 think. You know, you’re wrong there, Austen.” “Ami?” ;\ “1 understand your personal re\ action, but there’s more to thepe murder cases and Trials than mere slaughter and mayhem. Lots of human nature, and wonderful’ contemporary detail. 1 Which collection was your wife reading when you came in here yesterday?” I “She wasn’t reading it; I told you.”' ' 1 ■ “Or said she wasn’t,” said Gamadge* “After all, you were scolding her; she might—” • ' ! “1 believed her. Here it 1 is,” sa|d Austen, pulling a (thick paperbound book out of a shelf: thickish, that is, in comparison with Rena’s description. It was liipp and dog-eared. * 1 Gamadge accepted it frorh hiip. “Murder Cases Retold. Very interesting, I remember this,” said Gamadge, opening it at .random. 1 “Even in those days, in the middle , nineteenth century, they somctimes had the sense to recognise ’ that a doomed wretch was mad. ’ Didn't execute him. These things ■ are of interest to lawyers, ypU know.” ; “I don’t think many people read ’ them for the law in them.” <

-W ; Smith Appointed By Atomic Commission . UP The lajiloniie energy commission anrnfhinced appointment Saturday of ;(]fecar'S. Smith as director of its iljlvision of organization and personnel. Ismith has been director of la;hpr relations for the commission SMice November, 1!H". and deputy director of organization and perl since January, 195(1. He succeeds Fletcher C. Waller who rps&ned to return to private Indus"three Agreements Ratified By Senate UP The scna|v ratified three international ;&reements Friday with only two sijeiiibers present. lllal'itied were consular convent|ns with .Ireland and Great Britain and a supplementary protocol t< the liish agreement. I |ThO vote was 'unanimous. Sen. Jflfjin J. Sparkman 1-Ala., presiding, voted “yes” and Sen. Edward J. T|ye R-Minn. said nothing..

; I \ FBut this might be evidence for ,Us|; you know," said Ga m ad g e, sniffing at him and flipping pages, * Gray Austen raised Jiii eyebrows. feWe could determine by it whether she was only intending to Staff up a crack.’’ Austen stood looking at hihx. fit's rather thick for the purpcfce," suggested Gamadge, still , sniffing. “We might go back to wherever the dumb-waiter is, and set it it would fit in." tAusten, without moving his eyes frpm Ganjadge’s, said after a moment: “She might not have looked j She'd have some idea." fl don't care to check up on Rijna.” Austen took the book from Gdmadge, and turned. "Here, Aby.” |tby squirmed towards him. He tossed the paper book to him, and Aby caught it in his mouth. He took it off into a corner, shook it to! pieces at once, and began to i chgcw the pages. |‘W e 1 J!” Gamadge laughed. . "What a gesture of chivalry! Dol- ■ la£s going down his maw.” , . |"That isn't the kind of- thing I wjmt to know about Rena,” said ' Gfeay. \■ •’ ? . {"No. Well,| let’s see: what can I i suggest that >ou don't know al- , rchdy, far better than 1 do? No i ixfice. No hospitals. No morgue. , f W|iere did you say she came from originally, Mr. Austen?” | Fshc was brought up in New Biiinswick —near it. I have the j name of the town somewhere.” • there.” : j’Np friends left there, she said.” .|‘But they know her." i |“I might send my sister down,” i ss|d Rusten uncertainly. "A woman !l do it bell e r—without so i talk.” . \ ’ o nothing and you’ll get noe. Find out who her friends at that -place where she ed before you married her.” ressons’.” •’ o, \really? My publishers.” he only girl she knew there at ell—the school friend that got the Job —is married and in pe.” ou see how futile I am.” Ga- - nmoge moved towards the door. 1 |;Miss Austen leaned over the . banister of the third-floor landing. 3 "|s Mr. Gamadge going? Just a ■ Mr. Gamadge, I’ll go with 3 you, let me get my hat on and find Aby’s leash." s ' jGamadge went slowly down the 1 stairs. Glancing at his watch, he saw that fit was a minute or sc 1 after six o’clock. * (To Be Continued; . ..

May Suspend luxury Food Items Controls Price Decontrol Is Asked By Retailers WASHINGTON, UP-Price officials said Saturday they are considering suspending controls on some ‘‘luxury’’ items in ths American market basket. They made the statement after four large retail food organizations called for price discontrol of 238 food items, which they said either are selling below ceilipgs, are in abundant supply or are unimportant to the cost of living. The organizations /listed many canned and frozen vegetables and fruits, canned meats, dried fruits, fats ami oils, poultry and eggs, dried peas land beans, peanuts, honey, dried milk arid 169 other foods as “luxury” items. Office^of price stabilization officials said they are considering suspending ceilings on some of the items included in the “luxury” list. They pointed out that OPS recently authorized wholesale or retail pi-ice hikes bn a number of the more important items listed by the organizations. > - ' —‘ G The People’s Voice | This column for the use of our | readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good or discuss questions of interest. Please sign your name to authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it not be. \Q 0 Assessment Dear Taxpayer: Vyhen the assessor sends you a notice of assessments it seems you lire supposed to lay it aside and forget it, but if you appear for a hearing on the date specified you are a heel. _ / ■ It is not true that I complained that I should not be assessed on my partially built home in Hombwood. My complaint was the high assessment for an uncompleted house. ”\ What is the law for assessing of buildings not completed by March 1. i • • Mr. City Officer, I understood building permits were to get appraised value oh property improvements— so the city could collect more taxes. Why is it many of these completed improvements are not being taxed and why doesn’t the Board of Review-/know about speh improvements. ' I stand for equality for all taxpayers. i Harold Rhynurd ■ • ' . —1 J To/tempt American tourists to < xplore tlic far dinners of England, Scotland and Wales, special bargain tickets are sold. iiT tft»e United States good for nine days of unlimited travel .day or night on British railways throughout the British Isles. CHAPTER FOURTEEN GAMADGE and Gray exchanged a wave of the hand; Gamadge went ’op down the stairs, and Aby, with a dog’s sixth concerning walks, humped after hiin like a measuring worm. Norah, alerted by some house bell, came up from the basement and brought him his hat. and coat; but Miss Austen seemed to be taking her time. The three of them waited. ' “The murderer speaks, does he ?” thought Gamadge. “This one, if he is one, talks a lot too much. Cah’t understand him or any of it, except that last play with the book of crimes. He didn’t much like me \for that, Aby old boy. You were a godsend. What an idiot he is, overplaying his hand like that. But ; I have to renumber that so far as he knows Tm hearing all Z know from him." i j Miss Austen came down at last, \ smartly got up for the street. She had changed her shoes, and she carried Aby’s leash in a gloved hand. Aby plunged and' fawned. “Poor liiXle boy," said Miss Austen, fastening the leash to his collar, “did oo miss oo Rena?" Norah puckered up her mouth and opened the door. Miss Austen was .chatty. “You wouldn’t believe it, he backs out of his collar. Such a responsibility. Oh dear,” and she stopped at the bottom of the steps tb look up at the sky. “I think it’s snowing! Well, just a few flakes, never mind. Come on, Aby; which way do you go, Mr. Gamadge? Madison? All right, we go that way this time, Aby.” | Everything was a dirty gray, from sky to street. They went along towards the corner. “Perhaps you’d rather just try for a cab," suggested Miss Austen. “I walk in all weathers myself, the wild west, you know, don’t laugh.” “Always glad of a walk.” “You go up? Then we needn’t part company until the next corner north; with Aby, I’m only going around the block. He’s so afraid of the traffic." She spied a cigaret butt on the pavement and pushed it aside with her suede toe. Suddenly changing her tone and looking at Gamadge sharply, she asked: . “What did you think of him?” “Your brother?" “My brother Gray.” “Well, he’d naturally be much disturbed." “He’s half insane. That boy, Mr. Gamadge, is stoical — outwardly;

OMD i File Appearance Danielj C. Lentz, et al, vs the Berne-French township school, complaint for injunction; DeVoss, Smith 'and Macklin, ana Howard Baumgartner make their appearance for the defendant.

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it’s his training. But—of course he thinks as 1 do. That she went off with someone. I don’t mean that she meant to go at that very moment, she was dressing tor it! But when he locked the door she was so angry—because she’d injured him, you know—that she just flew. Jeroine is soft about \her; man of the world, he makes allowances;” “It must be upsetting to be locked ip.” “Think how upset he must have, been to do it! So unlike him. If ahe hadn’t meant to go, been all set to go, she’d have just banged or kicked the door.” A distinct mental image of Miss Austen’s kicking a door rose up in Gamadge’s fancy as he looked at her. With her broad face and receding chin, her hair and eyes, her red-brown furs, she strongly- reminded him of one of the lesser cats oif jungle or mountain, translated into some Disney grotesque and kicking a door. she didn’t make a noise, oh no," cqntinued Miss Austen, pausing with Aby at the corner. “So sjy of her ; to find that other way out, and to do it all so fast.” The doorman of the apartment house had retired into the warm lobby; there was no one under the canopy as Gamadge, Miss Austen and Aby passpd below it on their way up the avqpue. Flakes of snow fell here and there, melting as they floated to rest. A few pedestrians hurried up or down the street, intent on getting elsewhere. Next to the apartment house, and divided from it by a deep area that extended on into a narrow passage-way, was a yellowish, concrete building, an old relic mouldering and flkking away. There were stores, dark at present, on every floor but the top one, which had a look of shabby neglect from its crooked window blinds to the-’ unlawful flower-p o t on the sill. Some estate had it in a death-grip, no doubt, and wasn’t wasting tiedup money on upkeep. . . The area, railed off from the sidewalk, had steep concrete steps going down to the region of refuse cans below. Aby, fascinated by Die look of the place, sidled up to the railing. “Loves ashcans,” commented Miss Austen, holding on to her fur toque with one hand. The ashcans were congregated on either side of the steps, under which there seemed to be an empty space. Aby pushed his head between the railings and wllined.

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Answer Filed Michigan Motor Freight Lines, Inc., vs Spector Motor Lines, Inc., coinplaint for damages, answer filed by /the defendant < Order Issued Bernice McKean vs Roy McKean 1 , complaint for divorce; order issued for the defendant on hearnig for , allowance returnable June 20. ’ " ‘ • -

I “No, Aby," said Miss Austen, jerking turn. He backed out, ran around her, and made a try for the steps. Annoyed to find herself wound up by the leash, Miss Austen unwound herself by turning in her tracks like a dancer. Aby barked in harsh short yaps. “Rat, perhaps,” suggested Gamadge. “Urrh. Would there be ?” “Can’t tell, in an old barracks like that one. Or perhaps he did see a rat there once, and has hopes always." Gamadge was rather touched that Aby’s terrier instincts hadn’t all been bred out of him. “He simply won’t come.” Gamadge went down a step or two and peered. He descended another step and another, and after a moment looked up at Miss Austen. She returned the Look inquiringly. "Somebody’s in there. Perhaps I ought to see.” "Drunken man?” Gamadge ran down to the area and leaned over rubbish cans. He pushed one aside and went into a dark, high, empty compartment roofed by the underside of stairs. The smallish, crumpled figure lay on its side, and there was something wrong with the back of its head, Gamadge hardly needed to put a finger on one wrist and into the hollow of the throat. Warm, no pulse at all. The body was dressed in slacks, sweater and belted raincoat. He came back up the steps. “Fellow’s dead.” “Oh dear.” ‘“Just a kid, too. Had his head bashed in.” 1 “How dreadful,” said Miss Austen, looking pale. “Hang on to Aby. Look here, Miss Austen, I have to turn in an alarm; would you like to beat it before I do?” "Beat it?” •"I mean there’ll be a lot of questions and waiting around and getting names. No, reason for you to stay around in the cold.” “They’re welcome to my name if they want it." “You’ll stay? You’re a sport; Just sort of bar the way, will you? We don’t want people going down there.” “Os course not." She stood at the head of the steps, Aby drawn up in front of her so tightly that he at last resigned himself and sat on her feet. Gamadge turned to look north and south. (To Be