Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 172, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1932 — Page 11

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begin here today amo DY i • w * r ir coaila of ; LINDA AVERILL, fall* to his death Irom 'he second floor balcony of the ; AvrrtlU' Long IMand home. Linda reaches him Just before he dies. In time to hesr him easp. "Ha pushed me-—!" I Linda, realism* her cousin had tried I to tell her he was murdered, rushes up- j stairs to the balcony. Someone steps behind her. tries to strangle her and sne ] falls in a faint. Her husbend TOM, sees her fall and rushes to her. There are four guests la i the house ant? they all appear. _ The guests are: MR. STATLAMDER. ", business associate of Tom's; CAPTAIN IE VOS, handsome Belgian; MARVIN PRATT, former suitor of Linda's, and LIAN SHAUGHNES3EY. Irish wrltter. Kach of them has quarreled with cousin Amos. DR. PARSONS takas charge. It Is assumed cousin Amos' death was accidental and that Linda fainted from shock. When she Is Anally able to tell Tom what happened, she persuades him that they must keep the four guests with them until they discover who is the murderer. They ere unexpectedly aided In this plan when DR BOYLE, official medical examiner, tends word that every one In the house must remain until he hss questioned them Bovle Is on a Ashing trip and can not return for several hours NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY a CHAPTER SIXTEEN (Continued) | It’s true, though. That fool Boyle -—he’s county medical examiner, Mrs. Averill —a political job and he pays about as much attention to it as a horsefly would —has got up on his high horse because—well, because I let them move the body this morning. “That isn’t strictly legal. I should have had his permission or waited longer to get It—and Boyle chooses to make trouble and says that no one can leave the house until he has questioned them all.” “Linda!” Kathleen Averill was entirely sympathetic as she turned to the daughter who seemed unexpectedly calm under this untoward happening. “What a shame! You’ll have those—’’ “Sh, darling!” Linda pointed upward where doors might be open. "I don't mind—in fact, I’d a little rather they were here!” “Gives you something to think About, I suppose,” mused the older woman. “Not gpd at that. I was going to wander off toward my own house now, but perhaps you'd like me to stay?” “Not a bit of it! You’ve done everything you could. You were, a dear to get up at such an ungodly hour and fly to me! Rosie and Annie will more or less take charge.” Dr. Parsons broke in abruptly. "Car’s here,” he said. “If you could call it a car. Drop you off if you like. Hop in. I’ve got a call to make out West road.” As the tw'o women kissed lightly their eyes met in amusement. “I’ll hop,” said Kathleen Averill with serene dignity and left a smiling Linda, who for a moment had forgotten her crowding troubles. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN IN the silence after the little car shot out of the stone gateway, Linda heard Tom emerging from upstairs room and caught the words, ‘very good of you ” As he stopped at another door she suddenly remembered that only three of their guests were here in the house. Tom still had one of them to notify as well as the one whom she had quartered in the garage. “I’ll run over myself and tell Mr. Ehaughnessey,” she thought impulsively and had pushed the screen door open before something checked her like the touch of a cold hand. She stood on the threshold of their house and looked across the road and little lawn toward the garage. A silence so profound that it seemed to have weight and depth lay over the peaceful little scene, so k clear was the day and so hot the air that clothed the world. Each pebble in the roadway stood out distinctly from its fellow, each blade of grass held itself erect and

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alone, unswept by the slightest current of air. The slight roughness of the stuc-co-called garage showed like the moon's surface, pitted with little dark valleys, high-lighted with tiny pinnacles. Above, the roof was a red that hurt and where the scalloped tiles met the walls the shadows were geometrically even and dark and flat. There was a sense of unreality about all she saw—and yet it had a terrible, pressing nearness which made her want to scream and run. Anything to break that air of still suspense! The garage—that was where she had started to go. And in the garage was a man. Just an ordinary, pleasant, well-dressed, well-man-nered man. Or rather perhaps not quite ordinary, for genius—if ne was a genius—never is that. Certainly Lian Shaughnessey, in both appearance and behavior, -was rather unusual, though on the side of distinction. What was there, then, about the thought of him that

THEY'TELL ME.'JfJ;

Killing the Primary Out of the “smoke-filled” rooms which novelists and motion picture directors like to use as the locale of political plots and stratagems come whispers of another fight on the primary. In 1929 a Republican Legislature abolished the presidential, senatorial and Governor primary ejections in Indiana. This put nominations for all state offices in convention. All that were left to the primary were county and city posts. Now It is proposed that the next legislature abolish the primary election for municipalities. A bill for repealing city, county and congressional primaries was introduced in the special session last summer, but died in committee. Machine politicians now bewail this oversight, “because, with a Republican senate and a Democratic house, neither party could have been blamed for the repealer.” n a t> , The direct primary was won in 1915 only after years of bitter fighting and a campaign of education. Men of -idealistio and progressive temperament, such as Albert Beveridge, led the fight in Indiana against the machine politicians, because they felt that it was the only route to representative government. The greatest and strongest objection presented against the direct primary is that it permits, in some instances, nomination by an organized minority bloc, such as the dry league or the Klan. The obvious answer to this is through education of all the citizens to vote in a primary. On the other hand, the county and city convention is controlled easily by the “bosses.” The precinct committeemen do the nominating and those who control the organization tell them how to vote. # * Incidentally, in connection with this, an error was made in a recent issue of this column. It was stated that city precinct committeemen are elected in the city primary. They are not. Those committeemen elected in the biennial county pri-

had stopped her as though by an invisible hand? She did not know, but she knew she was physically incapable of forcing herself to step into the roadway, walk across the lawn and go up that short flight of steps. In fact, she could not even face the idea of it. n n n 'T'OM, swinging downstairs with J. the satisfied air of one who has accomplished what he set out to do, found her sitting on the little hall bench and he did not guess the effort it took her to smile up at him as he stopped before her. “How did they take it?” she enquired. “All right—l’ll tell you laterupstairs.” She nodded as his voice dropped warningly. “I’ll just run over to the garage now and tell Shaughnessey,” he went on and the words, so exactly her own thought of the moment before, brought her instantly to her feet.

mary, who reside within the city limits, automatically serve in the same capacity for a city election. But to return to our knitting. County and city conventions in the past were putrid scandals. It was an accepted custom to barter openly for votes and to nominate hand-picked slates. The history of Marion county illustrates this to be' true and many recall conventions in Tomlinson hall where emissaries of some candidates openly purchased votes. Such a condition should never be permitted to again exist. Admitting that tlje wrong men offtimes are nominated in a primary, yet, as a whole, such a method is much more representative than a boss-controlled convention. In the opinion of this commentator, at least, a mistake made by the people is better than a list of nominees selected by “bosses” who hope and know they will profit personally from their handpicked crew. Abolition of the primary means abolition of representative government and those interested in keeping the voters all-powerful would better prepare to fight for their beliefs in the coming legislature session.

TTTirrjK A DAY BY BRUCE CAJTON

The rise of saint Calvin,” by Duff Gilfond, indicates that the American nation has produced another folklore figure, a creation into whose making fact and legend have contributed almost equally and Which, in consequence, is deeply and typically American. The book is simply a collection of anecdotes about Calvin Coolidge—and, I hasten to inform you, it makes elegant reading. Mr. Gilfond has gone away back to Mr. Coolidge’s boyhood for his earliest tales, and by a judicious selection has compiled them so as to provide a sort of informal and sketchy biography. His book may not give you a full picture of the ex-President’s career, but it certainly does give you a good picture of the man himself. Thus we see Mr. Coolidge, as an Amherst senior, joining a newly formed fraternity with laconic and unemotional brevity; finding his way through the tortuous mazes of Northampton polices with a sure footing; rising as a power in the state with the support of both “the interests” and the common people, and following an extremely lucky star to the White House with an uncanny political shrewdness. You can read here, too, the rather surprising inside story of that famous Boston police strike; and if the story doesn’t increase your appreciation of Mr. Coolidge’s adroitness, nothing will. “The Rise of Saint Calvin” is published by the Vanguard Press and sells for $2.50.

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‘Til—l’ll walk over with you." It was unbearable that Tom : should go off so cheerfully, alone, Into the little building that had once seemed so commonplace and now had grown so strangely alien. Disregarding his surprise, she walked primly beside him. If she talked her teeth would chatter and that would hurt her pride! But she was entirely willing to re - main downstairs while he ran up and knocked on the door and, startding on the first step of the little flight, she had no need to strain her ears to catch Tom’s part, at least, of the ccnversation. “Hello, Shaughnessey! Oh. sorry —didn’t mean to wake you up!” (He could sleep, exhausted, whatever had happened this morning!) “I won't be a moment. Just wanted to ask you if you would mind staynig on the rest of the day.

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“There's been a little misunderstanding about the accident this morning. Our doctor's a bit apt to go his own way regardless of the regulations and he shouldn’t have permitted the body to be moved so quickly. He okayed our taking it to Port and now that’s got us all in dutch. “The county medical examiner is away, but he's coming back and, just to show he’s boss, he’s ordered us all to stay until he can go over the ground and go through the proper formalities. He’s due around dinner time so if you don’t mind—” Then a sleepy murmur and when Tom spoke again his voice sounded decidedly relieved. “That’s fine. Luncheon won’t be for an hour or so. Will you feel like coming over or would you rather—?” Again the murmur and again Tom sounded relieved.

“Good! We’ll look for you at 1 then." J man LINDA was strolling toward the house when Tom caught up with her. “So that’s all right, Binks, my child,” he said cheerfully. “The beggar was still half asleep when I left, but he knows he’s to stay and since he hadn’t made a move toward going so far as I could “Well.” Linda tried to be just. “He was up early this morning—as you remember!” “Yes—l remember.” Instinctively they lowered their voices. “I told the others to come down whenever they were ready,” said Tom. “That you would be down to luncheon, but would rest until then in your room.”

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Pat’s father was hurled against a windlass by the first terrific shock. Painfully picking himhelf up, failing to see his daughter, he fought his • way through suffocating smoke, below decks, in a vain attempt to rescue her.

“Where you will Join me—for our first conference?” Linda answered grimly. “That’s the idea.” “11l go into the kitchen.” she said. “I have to break the news to Rosie and Annie that the house party still is on their hands. I’ll go up the back stairs and meet you in our room in five minutes.” “Ye-es,” said Tom. stopping with his hand on the latch of the door. “But Binks—be careful!” “What could possibly happen in five minutes—?” She stopped. What had happened in five minutes, early that still, hot morning? Not trusting herself to speak, she nodded and hurried over the grass toward the service entrant* She presumed she gave intelligent directions, for after their first expression of concern neither Rosie nor Annie seemed to regard her with any degree of alarm.

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But until she got upstairs again —rafely and without meeting any one—she moved with abstracted haste, her mind concentrated on that fierce desire to see "rtm again, alone, to begin with him their secret. urgent, dangerous hunt fee her cousin’s murderer, still within her house. nan A T her husband s step in the hall Linda flung open the door eagerly and he was hardly inside and the door closed before she spoke. “Tom—do any of them seem alarmed by this business about Dr. Boyle? Did you get anything from the way they took it?” (To Be Continued)

—By Edgar Rice Burroughs

Meanwhile, the girl found herself trapped in her cabin, amidships, sensing her danger, she saw escape being cut off. Twice beaten back, she gained the companionway’s stairs when the second explosion half buried her tmder debris.

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