Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1937 — Page 30

CAST OF CHARACTERS PRISCILLA PIERCE—heroine, woman attorney. AM KERR—Cilly’s murderer’s victim. JIM KERRIGAN—Cilly’s fiance. HARRY HUTCHINS—Amy’s visitor. SERGT. DOLAN—officer assigned to solve the murder of Amy Kerr.

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Yesterday: Dolan checks tp on Hutch- . ins, finds he put in a call from his hotel at 12:20 on the night of the murder. That was about the time Amy was killed. Earlier Dolan finds Aunt Harriet of Interlaken has been dead for four years.

CHAPTER EIGHT ERGT. DOLAN looked at the telephone number he had jotted down, the one which Harry Hutchins called the night before at 12:20. “Buckminster 11434, That's Brookiyn. Not your number, by any chance?” Cilly shook her head. “The Buckminster exchange is in Flatbush,” she reminded him. She had an idea whose number it was. Dolan dialed “Information.” He inquired the name of the party at Buckminster 11434 and wrote the same down in his little book. “Party named A. G. Harmon,” he remarked to Cilly. It was as she had thought. Harry had | hurried home to call Gloria rth She was glad that she had made it quite definite that Amy was Rot in love with him. ne sergeant was busy dialing another number. He waited a minute or two for an answer.

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“ |ELLO,” he said finally, “Buckminster 11434? This is Sergt. Dolan, special police investigator. There’s been an accident and we're checking all angles. Can you tell me if a Mr. Hutchins called your number last night? He did? « . . Thanks very much.” He put up the phone and leaned back in the chair, well pleased with himself. : : “Well,” he remarked, “that takes « care of Mr. Hutchins. He phoned Miss Gloria Harmon a little after 12. She was expecting his call. Say, who are these Harmons of Flatbush? They sport a butler to answer the phone.” “Miss Harmon's father established a group of chain stores,” Cilly answered. “The Harmony. Shops. Harry was very friendly with them.” “Harmony Shops, eh? Sure I know them. : Your friend Harry steps in high society . . . old Harmon must have left a couple of million.” ”n ” 2 ERGT. DOLAN stood up. He looked in toward the bedroom. Cilly stood up too, and watched him nervously. *““He’s going to look around,” she thought. “He'll find the postcard under my pillow. He'll surely find it.” But he didn’t go into the bedroom. To Cilly, he said: “I wonder if the young lady left any personal information . . . any letters, for example. Or an address book. Might find some relatives or friends in that whom. you don’t know about.” od Cilly went over to the bureau. “Amy kept :all of her things in here,” she offered. “I’ll look through it... > She opened the top right drawer. ‘~Amy’s black pocketbeok caught her eye. She handed it to the sergeant. “I imagine any letters—or the address book—would be in her bag, don’t you think?” . She continued to rummage through the drawers, one after another. Sergt. Dolan watched her closely. But they contained only the ordinary run-of things. Dolan went through the bag, glancing at each item and laying it on the bureau. A compact and lipstick. . Five dollars and some change. A bankbook. (He noticed that it showed a balance of over two hundred dollars, made up of small, fairly regular deposits. That was not unusual for a girl with a good job.) A booklet on the care of a permanent wave. A timetable.

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E laid the empty bag on the bureau and looked more closely at the timetable. Cilly looked at it too, a little fearfully. “What's this?” he asked. “Southern Pacific timetable. Was Miss Kerr planning any vacation?” . “Southern Pacific,” Cilly thought. “Why, that goes to...” With elaborate carelessness, she said: “Not that I know of. I suppose we all consider a trip to Hollywood at one time or another.” She wasn’t really sure that the Southern Pacific went to Utah. “Hollywood, en? Well, that might be. ... No! Here's some place she’s checked off. Bluefields. Bluefields, Utah. Ever hear her mention that?” Cilly’s eyes widened. Her heart quickened, but ske made a desperate ‘effort to appear casual. “She never said anything to me about Utah,” she answered. That

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mentioned it. But the clipping was from a Bluefields paper. And Jim's postcard, so perilously close. What would Dolan say if he found it under “her pillow? He would know that she had deliberately hidden it. . ; 2 a 8 ; UT fortunately Dolan looked no further in the bedroom. . He put the timetable into his inner coat pocket. Cilly knew that he would get in. touch. with the’ police at Bluefields, Utah. He'd check up with them just as he planned to check at Interlaken, New Hampshire. : What would be the outcome? What mystery would they dis‘cover in Amy Kerr's past? Would it affect Jim Kerrigan in any way? Cilly felt certain that it couldn’t— yet Jim was on his way to Utah this very minute. Her head spun with the ever-increasing questions which popped into her mind.

FJ 2 » t ~NERGT. DOLAN was back in the = living room. He looked at the desk. “Any of Miss Kerr's material in here?” he asked, tapping it with

is pencil. He he shook her head. r this section,” she said, indicatyg the upper right-hand side, “but she has really used the desk very little. Most of these things she kept were recipes. She liked to cook.” | Dolan looked the section over. His eye took in the other sections of the desk as well, but he made attempt to go through them. ‘realized that hi

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exceptionally considerate of her. Apparently he trusted her, so far. He - walked over to the bridge table, looked down at it. Glanced at the score pad critically. ” 2 os

$e HO kept score?” he : asked carelessly. “Harry Hutchins. Why?” “Cheated his opponents out of 200. Should be 1440 here instead of 1240.” He grinned. . Even as Cilly. considered the pettiness of Harry Hutchins, she marveled at Sergt. Dolan’s quickness in catching the error. Nothing would escape the man.’ Not ‘the slightest thing. The bridge table had been set up against the divan, with three smaller chairs at the other sides. Amy had been sitting on the divan. Dolan pulled the table out. He picked up one of the cushions from the divan. “Who sat here?” he asked. “Amy sat there. ‘She and I were partners. I sat over here.” Dolan reached down and picked something up, something which had been under the cushion. . “She did, eh? What's this little note? More cheating?” :

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T was just a scrap of paper torn from the score-pad. Probably the top sheet with some old scores on it, Cilly thought, which they had neglected to remove. : Then she saw that it was nothing so casual to Sergt. Dolan. He frowned darkly as he read it. He looked at Cilly sharply as he held the note out to her: “Who wrote this?” he demanded. Cilly read it. As she did so, the

color left her face. She felt-as if she had been struck a surprising blow. Her knees trembled. A sudden nausea overcame her. The scribbled words on the paper said: “Meet me up on the roof after we break up here.” And they had definitely, undeniably been written by Jim Kerrigan. wii “Who wrote it?” Sergt Dolan repeated. He looked back: at- the score-pad, as Cilly hesitated. = vei «It wasn’t Hutchins. because this

been the other young man. Your Pierce?” : Bon we «qT would seem so,” Cilly admitted, weakly. She sat down in. a chair. Her legs refused to support her any longer. She was frightened—wildly frightened. > “So that’s it!” Sergt. Dolan went on brutally. “Mr. Kerrigan was up on the roof with. the young lady. Now the question is, what were they doing up, there? Was it a friendly visit—or did they have a quarrel? Doesn't look so good, does it, Miss Pierce?” . Cilly did not answer. “You're quite sure,” Sergt. Dolan asked, “that last night was the first time Kerrigan and Miss Kerr mel? Sure they didn’t know each other before?” : iy “I'm - sure the didn’t,” Cilly replied. Yet even as the words left her lips, she remembered the sudden light that had dawned in Amy's eyes as she met Jim ..,.,

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‘GRAY SHOES—By Blanche Roberts

“pon’t let shoes get you info trouble.

HE tips of the shoes that peeped from beneath the drawn curtdins in the Pullman car at Berth 10 were expensive and small. A hig foot could not get its toes under the dainty gray suede. Dave knew; he had once been a shoe clerk in Martin's big shoe store—one of the very best. His sales record had ranked ahead of all the others. - The calculating young man sat down on the edge of his berth and stared at the shoes in deep thought. He would give a lot to see the face of the owner and he could well afford it for he was no longer a poor shoe clerk. He was now a rich man, made that way by some

stock he had thought worthless.

The sight of the shoes carried him swiftly back to the time he had fitted his dream girl with gray sandals. To Dave, she had been the most beautiful, the most desirable young lady in the world. The way she smiled and lingered to talk with him . . . “ “I always wear gray shoes,” she had told him smilingly as she departed. She never came back, but he was sure of finding her some day, and until he did, there would be that gnawing phobia that perhaps he had married the wrong girl. The shoes he now stared at might belong to her.

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AS he was dropping off to sleep, he remembered his wife’s parting words: “This time, Dave, don’t let shoes get you into trouble. You don’t have to flirt with every woman who wears gray shoes, do you. Some day there might be one time too many.” He knew it was a warning, though he had never told her the real reason for his interest in that particu-

Mind Your Manners

Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: : 1. Is it necessary to wait un- . til all guests have arrived to start serving cocktails? - 2. Should the cocktail glasses be removed from the living room. before the guests return from dinner? 3. Would it be correct to serve sherry in a large tulipshaped wine glass? 4, Should one serve cocktails before a ‘meal at which wine is to be drunk? 5. What kind of wine is served with fish?

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9” lar color. -His wife merely thought him a flirt. . Dave was aroused from deep slumber by the Negre porter who came through the car, calling “Corpus Christi.” The porter stopped and called at berth 10; then he shook Dave's curtain and called to him. Dave dressed hastily and stepped out into the aisle. The curtains of berth 10 were parted and the berth was empty.t He hurried down the aisle and out of the train. He glanced around the vacant depot, but he saw only a taxi driver who came forward and relieved him of his luggage. “Hotel, mister?” driver. “Yes. call it.” “Yes, sir. Right down in town on the water front.” Dave looked up as he was entering the cab and was just in time to see a gray foot drawn into another cab. The passenger was evidently in a great hurry, for the cab lost no time in heading toward town,

” ” ” “YPRETTY little city,” said Dave, his eyes following the quickly disappearing car ahead and not seeing the tall palm trees that lined the sidewalks on either side of the street. He wished he dared to tell his driver to follow the other car.” “Yes, sir. Plenty goood fishing and bathing, too.” After registering, he turned to follow the bellhop across the lobby. He had taken only a couple of steps when his eye caught the gray foot; the elevator door closed behind it, cutting off further view of the owner. Again, he was too late. Entering the dining room that night for the evening meal, he mustered up nerve enough to peer at the feet of the women as he made his way through the room to a vacant table in the corner that gave him full view of the doorway. He remained at his table as long as manners would permit and then retired to the lobby to take up the watch. He stayed on the job until 11 o'clock and finally gave up the task and went to his room.

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» on ” E was not feeling very happy over his daunted efforts to find the owner of the gray shoes. All he was asking of fate was one look at her face. . As he was fitting the key in the door of his room, a bellhop came down the hall and deposited a pair a shoes before a door two rooms down. He stared. They were the

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on the train; the ones he had heen looking for all evening. He had a wild desire to remain in the hall all night so he could see the face of the owner. But on second thought he went into his room and closed the door. : Morning came, but the shoes were gone. ; “What a devil of a way to treat a fellow,” said Dave out loud. The hall was vacant and no one heard him talking to himself, so his sani was not questioned. $ The shoes vanished from his pathway and that night he left for home in a very bad humor, disgusted with the world at large. “Did you have a nice time,

turn. “No.” “I'm sorry,” she said, putting on a hat. “Davy—will you get me that short coat out of my closet?” He opened the closet door and reached for the coat. He stared. There on the shelf sat a pair of gray suede shoes. . : And he wondered—and kept on wondering. : :

THE END

The characters in this story are fictitious.

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Q—I have often heard that German submarines visited the United States shores during the World War. Is it true? A—The German submarine U-53 visited Newport, R. I, early in October, 1916. A commercial German submarine, “Deutschland,” made two trips to the- United States before this country entered the World War.

" Q—What is a totalitarian state? A—A country having a highly centralized government under control of a political group which allows no recognition of or representation to other political parties; as Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. . °

Q—How many children were killed in bicycle accidents in 1936?

A—It was estimated that 300 children between the ages 5 and 15 were killed in bicycle and motor vehicle accidents, and 250 between the ages of 15 and 25 were killed.

Q—When was the Gothic period in architecture? A—Between 1160 and. 1530, when the great Gothic cathedrals ' were erected in Europe. Q—I can’t make up my mind how to. write the possessive of women; is it women’s clothing or womens’ clothing? A—The possessive is written women’s, as “women’s clothing.” QT have never been able to get a clear view of the Milky Way and I should like to have you tell me the best way to do so. :

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-'By Dr. Morris Fishbein, American Medical Journal Editor

HERE is no established instance on record in which a cancer dis- | appeared by itself. Cancers sometimes get better, they seem to shrink, they may even seem to disappear from msome single point in the body. Sooner or later, however, the cancer appears elsewhere unless the

original growth is completely eliminated before there has been any opportunity to spread.” . As proof of the fact that a cancer is an overgrowth of tissue of the body, it should be recognized that a cancer in any part of the body resembles the tissues in which it occurs. A cancer of the stomach has tissue like that of the stomach. Cancer of the uterus or womb . has tissue like that of the uterus. Cancers of the thyroid, the adrenal or the sex glands of the body have cells just like those of the glands in which they grow. ”

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Cancer involving the bowels may | block the passage of fcod or it may get into a blood vessel so that there is bleeding. The cancer tissue may decay because it is not well supplied with blood. Then germs attack the tissue and there may be serious infection. Cancer involving the lungs, or the heart or any other vital tissue will bring about death through interference with the action in that organ or tissue. Cancer is truly a fearsome disease. Every one ought to know about the disease and its manifestations in order that he may take measures for prevention, early diagnosis- and treatment when the disease affects someone in his family, !

one must go into the coudtry, away from the city lights, on a clear night near new moon. The galaxy can be seen only when the diffuse light of the atmosphere is less than the small amount of light that comes to us from the Milky Way. Diffused light of the cities make the light of the MIRY Way invisible. : :

Q—Why did Gene Tunney retire from the ring and relinquish. his title of world’s heavyweight boxing champion? A—According to & newspaper story by Westbrook Pegler, published in August, 1928, Tunney'’s real reason for retiring was fear of sustaining: a possible permanent brain injury. This alleged fear was induced by an accident that occurred in Tunney’s training camp at Spec-

ulator, N. Y., while training for his second fight with Jack Dempsey. According to the story, Tunney was butted in the forehead by one of his sparring partners, who followed up with a stiff right to the jaw, | and Tunney remained in a somewhat dazed condtion for 48 hours thereafter, and did not completely return to normal until, in the seventh round of the fight, after Dempsey floored him with a left to the jaw.

Q—Which five cities in the United States have the highest cost of living? : !

A—A survey of 59 cities by WPA revealed that Washington had the highest, with a cost of $1415 for a family of four; San Francisco next with $1389.87; Minneapolis, $1387.79; New York, $1375.13; Chicago,

* AND NOW, JUDY==e YOU JUST. GO A= HEAD AND DESCRIBE ALL THE SPOTS OF INTEREST.

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