Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1937 — Page 21

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

By Nard Jones

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BEGIN HERE TODAY When Betty Haynes drove off from the Long Beach auto camp with Jack Speddon and failed to return, Martha Brittain first turned to police. But they were little help. So when mysterious, handsome Gerry Neal reappeared on the scene, Martha leaned on him for help. And she fell in love with him. Neal helped’ Martha search in San Francisco for Betty but with no results. And finally Martha decided that she must not let her love interfere with her better judgment. so she ‘had Neal arrested, charging him with being implicated in Betty's disappearance. Then she sped north, only te find that Speddon had crossed out of California but without a woman passenger. Arriving in Portland, Martha received a strange note from Betty, referring to a Ciznik in Seattle.” Police said they thought Speddon was carrying Betty along “for safety’ and then they hinted she might have heen murdered. Ciznik, they told her, was an underworld character. > Martha went on to Seattle, where she received a letter from Arnold Sloss of the Airspeed Trailer Co., telling her to turn over her equipment to: a designated agent who would meet her at the Yukon parking block. And when she reached the block, Martha was startled to recognize Speddon, in disguise. Terrified, she screamed for assistance. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN UT so quick was Speddon that | no sound issued from Martha's | She .was conscious of his pale fist, crashing down like lightning flash. There were sudden silver streaks against her eyelids as the blow struck—and then everything went black.

throat.

But so swift is the mind that she :

knew, even in that febrile instant, | what was to happen. In less thana | quarter of a minute he would knock her unconscious, shove her into the trailer, and drive away. This was her final impression; and when she opened her eyes she was startled to see, not the smooth yainted ceiling of the trailer, but rough. high rafters. She lay upon several layers of thick, unelean bur‘ap, and her hands. and feet were securely tied. It was not until a monent later that she was aware of | che tight adhesive tape strapped so securely across her mouth. “I mustn't get panicky,” she hought. “I mustn't lose my head.” ; She rolled over on her side, staring into a bleak, almost empty interlor. It seemed to be a poorly stocked warehouse—and then, suddenly, she aeard below her the unmistakabl2 sound of waves against wood piling. She knew then that she was imprisoned in a dock warehouse.

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S far as she could tell, she was | the only human within the ! bare confines of that vast place. The | few window openings were high, and shed little light. Try as she might, | she ‘could not see through the.dark- | ness more than 15 or 20 feet in| any direction. | Her jaw ached from the force of! Speddon’s cruel, cowardly blow. | There was a queer feeling in her | head and ears, too, as if she might | have been under an anesthetic. | Surely, she thought, Speddon’s fist | couldn't have held her unconscious | for so long a time. How far was she frem the spot | where it had happened? | It came to her in sudden fear that she was not in Seattle at all. | Perhaps this dock was on the waterfront of some little town north along the Sound. She might be 100 miles from Seattle. There was no | vay of knowing now. Sometimes | she thought she heard the muffled | sound of traffic, blocks away, but | these sounds mingled with the! slapping waves beneath the floor, | and she could not be certain. Curi- |

| once again. there was only silence.

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| the matter plainly to Madge one | evening.

| most sensible girls I've ever met.

ise was a trap—or the truth. Perhaps Betty was dead, as Marshall in Portland had suggested. Perhaps this was only a trick to bring Martha to the same fate. Yet why should Speddon be so elaboraic about it? He could have killed her a dozen times since they met in the parking lot. And his remark that Betty had talked of nothing else but wanting to see. Martha indicated that maybe, after all, she was still. alive. . ‘ J She had not been in the darkness long . before Speddon returned. Again he ripped off the unpleasant tape, and this time cut the rope which held her hands together. Then he held out to her in the darkness a warm cardboard box.

“But what—what are you going to do with us?” “Just keep you under cover a while, that's all. The Haynes dame is across the Sound. If you be a good girl and not try to yell all over the place I might take you where she is.” “I'll go quietly,” Martha promised. “Just take me to her. That's all I ask.” ” " 2 “g KAY. Tl slap this tape back on your Kisser while I go and get you something to eat. We can’t get over to see your friend: until a little later, and in the meantime I suppose you could eat, couldn’t you?” : It was not until then that Martha was conscious of her gnawing nunger. “Yes,” she told Speddon sullenly. “But I want to see Betty as soon as I can.” “You will]. . . He taped her lips again. smoothing it down tight with fingers that smelled of nicotine. “That's all she’s been talking about—seeing you. You babes must be pretty good buddies.” Speddon got to his feet. “T'll get you something to eat.” She heard his footfalls fading into the darkness. Then, |

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“ HERE'S a couple of hamburg- | ers and some potato chips,” he said. And I got a thermos of hot coffee here.” is Martha was grateful for the food. | But despite her hunger there was {one thought uppermost in her mind. “When will we go to see Betty?” “Go ahead and feed your face,” Speddon said unfeelingly. “We'll start in about an hour.”

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She wondered if Speddon’s prom- | (To Be Continued)

Daily Short Story

| HE WANTED TO BE JEALOUS-—By Paul Devrais

ADGE DEERING was not ex- men, plain men, handsome men— actly a modern Helen of Troy. |all seemed to notice Madge. The | However, her normal expression was | astonished Ashton was filled with amiable and sympathetic, and by no | conflicting: emotions jealousy means unintelligent, and her smile | mixed with pride. was a frank one. Finally, he jumped up and, with | Her competence and common | heightened color and resolute stride, | sense were undeniable. Therefore, | hurried after Madge. He caught up no one was suprised when, at-the | with her just as another man |! age of 24, she took over the man- | turned to look back at her. Ashton | agement of her mother’s little hotel, | seized her arm and hurried her to | and soon made it more prosperous ga less populous spot in the park. | fran hey parent had ever been able | Seating her on a secluded bench | But when she became engaged a own Ramas. her, he Ashton Colby, who was :

generally | ou ) | regarded as the star boarder of the| “Darling,” he said, “I had no

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“YJ OU see, I'm a serious kind of | anos Phe olor £0 Bi. of a fellow, and your sister's | T, the. letter, Gar-

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But | ; T tI you are reserved and sensible and. | hat evening, she told Jane about after ali, beauty’s only skin deep.” |

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wish we could be good friends.”

“I'd love it,” answered Madge. A month later, they were engaged and thereafter, Ashton had lemon pie, prepared especially for him by

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Madge, every other evening. No Ashton was not a jealous | young man, and this fact, after | a while, strangely began to mar his | new-found happiness. He wanted to be jealous, and felt that he could be jealous if he only had cause. His grievance was that he did not have cause!

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ously she remembered Marshall's | church, he and Madge customarily words in Portland: “If you do find | tock a stroll in the park. joining Speddon it will be the last thing the parade of other young people

Q—What is the Spingarn Medal and who won it in 19362?

you ever do!” of the town, among whom there | ”

ND now her tortured thoughts | told her that there must be sonie terrifying connection between _ Jack Speddon and Arnold Sloss. She was certain now that her first fears, there in San Diego, had been valid. There. was something wrong about | Sloss and Carrington. The Airspeed Trailer was a “blind” for something | -—but what? What was this thing into which she and Betty had stumkled so blindly? She recalled Gerry Neal's warning that she had becomed involved in something much more serious than she realized. He must have knowil all along what it was; he was, appar- | ently. involved in the very fiber of | it. And she had been fool enough | to let herself be .attracted to him, | to allow him to mislead and delay | ‘her. She lay there on the rough burlap. her mind in turmoil with thoughts like these, and. finally, from sheer | nervous exhaustion, she dozed. When she awakened she was conscious of a figure standing close. The high windows of the dock were | black now. Martha's heart skipped | a ‘heat. - She ‘tried to cry out, but | the tight tape over her lips prevent- | ed it. The man drew closer. Somehow | she knew that it was Speddon. Martha cringed. wondering if he might | strike her again. Then she heard! him say. “Feeling better?” His voice | was harsh. and there was in it none nf the sympathy connoted by his words. “Hold still now,” he said, kneeling beside her. “I'm going to yank the | tape off your mouth. But if you start to yell I'll give you another | sock.” She felt - his damp hand] against her cheek. and shuddered. | “This’ll hurt less if 1 give it a quick | vank.” he said. She felt his rough | fingers at the end of the tape. Then there was a sudden. smarting pain and the adhesive tape was off. Martha's lips felt sore and bruised, but she cried out instantly, “What have you done with Betty Haynes?” = 8

Ssboy laughed in the darkness. “She's okay.” | “But where is she? You didn’t bring her out of California.” “How do vou figure asked Speddon quickly. “The state patrol told me that you went over the border without her.” There was a moment's silence. Then Speddon said coldly. “So you" popped off? You couldn't take the advice you had.” “You mean those telegrams. You wrote them—not Betty?” “You're a smart babe, ain't you?” Speddon said. Then: “The blond babe is okay. She's got a little cold, that's all, and we're keepin’ her nice and quiet. But she’s all right.” “Then she's near here?” . “Sure. You can see her :f you want,” Speddon told Martha. “I do want to,” Martha an-

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| were many pretty girls. |

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A—It was instituted in 1914 by J. | Ashton began to notice the | E. Spingarn: when he was chairman | tributes their beauty drew from (of the board of directors of the Na-

[Rarions. Invcculin eves, and . he | tional Association for the Advance- |

| ment of Colored People. He presents (a gold medal annually for the | | highest or ncblest achievement by !

approval bestowed on their fair | ; i : an , >- tompanions. But no passing male | Amerifin Nodvo Ss re

r ; °C lceding year or years. rested his eyes upon Madge With president of Atlanta University, re-

(ceived the medal posthumously for 1936. ; Q—1 should like to know some- |

couldn't help envying the pridé that their escorts showed at the optic

This vaguely worried Ashton. Rather tactlessly, therefore, he |

made an observation one Sunday ; ; ; | thing about the cinema actor, Fredmorning as he saw a group of | tic BE

young blades cast approving | . : . | smirks at two pretty girls who were | A—He was born in Racine. Wis.,| {Aug. 31, 1898. His real name was |

| Frederick McIntyre Bickel. His first | | photoplay ‘was “The Dummy.” He | T'S abominable, Madge,” he ex- is married to Florence Eldridge, and !

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I> “the way some of the men along here look at every pretty I'd resent it pretty

stared at like that!” Madge smiled mysceriously. ‘Would you really, Ashton? Well . ...as a matter of fact, I usually am!” “What!” credulous. Madge slipped her arm affection-

Ashton’s tone was in-

| ately through his.

“Not when you're with me, course. You look so masterful. and

are so ohviously my fiance, that no { man wolild dare.

But when I'm out walking alone, it's rather embarrassing the way men smile at me,

though I never give any of them the

slightest encouragement.

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I was waiting for vou out- |°f Whom, 81,622 paid for admission. | ' side the church. no less than four!

strange men smiled at me, and one actually had the impudence to tip his hat. He wasn't bad looking, either—dark and tall . . A thrill went through Ashton.

| “I must look into this!" he said. { muscles and joints has tendency to ! “I wish you had told me before.”

“I—I was afraid to. I know how jealous you can be when aroused. and what a fiery temper you have.” “Have I?” Ashton remarked, genuinely surprised. “I mean you would have, if provoked. Besides, no modest girl likes to appear to boast to her fiance about being—being pursued by other men.” “You're quite sure you're not mistaken—-""

“Of course not, you silly boy! It's |

the sort of thing a girl couldn’t be mistaken about. But it's easy to prove—and there is no better time than right now. Just sit down on this bench, dear, and watch while 1 walk along by myself a little way.”

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[ie him on the bench, she strolled on alone. She had not gone more than 20 feet before two good-looking young men smiled at her in passing, and €ven turned around afterward with every sign of interest. Again and again, as she strolled back and forth near Ashton's bench, the same thing happened. Young men, old

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Q—What is schizophrenia? A—It means the divided mind or the divided self. The combining form “schizo” comes from the same Greek root as the word scissors. Phrenia refers to the brain.

Q—On what date in the Jewish (and the Christian calendars did Thanksgiving Day fall in 1920? A—It fell on Nov. 25, which was the 14th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.:

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