Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1937 — Page 42

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CAST OF CHARACTERS PRISCILLA PIERCE-—heroine, woman witorney, AMY XERR—Cilly' murderer's victim. JIM KERRIGAN—Cillv's Rance, HARRY HUTCHINS—Amy's visitor, SERGT. DOLAN—officer ‘assigned tolve the murder of Amy Kerr, Yesterday: Mrs, Downey testifies that the heard a man running down the stairs right after the murder and then in dramatic fashion she went on, “But (hat isn’t all, Sergeant; that isn't an.”

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE BREATHLESS silence fall upon the room. Every eve ‘was fastened upon Mrs. Downey; every ear awaited her disclosure. ‘Gilly wondered if other hearts beat as furiously as her own. She moved | her chair a little to the left in order not to be sb directly behind ‘the woman, She dreaded missing a ‘word of her story, “Yes, Mrs. Downey?” Sergt. Dolah urged. “That isn’t all T know, Sergeant,” Mrs. Downey repeated. She ‘Was sure of herself how; her ‘words ecarried & ring ‘of conviction, Lucille glared at her mother’s back, “This is ‘what Lucille doesh't ‘want me to tell vou,” Mrs. Downey ‘went on,” ‘with maddening complacency, = » » ‘UT was about 4 o'clock in morning. 1 ‘was so upset, that 1 couldn't sleep that ‘hight. T kept that ‘poor girl's screath over and over ‘again. Lucille ‘was ‘up, too, until after 2 ‘oclock, but T pave her ‘one of ‘my sleeping powders she had to be to school in the morning—and she fell asleep. “I stayed awake, 1 was to take a powder myself for fear something else might happen. 1 had the funniest feeling, Sergeant. 1 kept thinking if T fell asleep 1 might walk ih mv sleep and fall out the wihdow just ‘as that poor girl had fallen. tell vou, I'll ‘hever forget it... She ‘paused for breath. tense ‘ihdividuals huhg on her words, The suspense could almost be felt. Mrs. Downey Was ehjoving her ‘moment in the limelight Sergt. Dolan tapped impatiently oh the desk with his pencil. » ” » GUESS it must have beech about 4 o%tlock,” she went on, I kKhow 1 looked at the clock at 20 minutes to 4, and this was some time after that. 1 ‘was out in the kitchen getting a drihk of water— the water is always colder ‘there thah ih the bathroom—and 1 heard the door of the hext apartment that's 4-B—slowly opening. 1 can always tell the sound because the door sgueaks ® little. “Well, I thought it was & Tuhny time for Mrs. Wheeler to be going but. Eveh if she were sick or something, the drug store would be closed. T was a little worried about her. Livihg alone all there like she does, 1 Khew how frightened she must have beeh, just like the rest of us. 1 tell you, if 1 didh't have Lucille, T wouldn't have stayed ih that apartment alohe that night No, I'd rather have slept in the subway. So 1 thought if Mrs Wheeeler were hervous, she might just as well come ih and spend the rest of the hight with us, and sleep oh the couch. 1 went to the door to tell her so » » » " ND then, as T was ahout td unlock the door, 1 heard a low Woice inh the hall. Tt was only & Whisper, but it was a man’s voice-vou know how loud a man usually whispers. So 1 just opened that little peep-hole on my door to see if the man ‘was really coming out of Mrs. Wheeler's. He was, all right. 1 could see him Plain as day, with the hall light shining richt th his face. He Was still whispering: ‘Everything will be all right, Helen. Nobody'll suspect . . .)” Sergt. Dolan straightened, his pencil poised ih ‘midair, “You're sure vou heard that, Mrs Downey? You're sure those were the exact words?” ® ® =

RS, DOWNEY dressed her lips M together positively. “I'th absolutely certain, Sergeant,” she said emphatically. “Mind you, 1 didn just wake up out of a sound sleep like I do sometimes 1 didn't imagine this. T was as wide awake then 2s I am now, and I saw that man as plain as day, and 1 heard those words. ‘Evervthing will be all right, Helen,” he says, ‘hobody'll suspect. . . , 1 tell you, 1 Wish 1 khew then that there'd been & murder committed!” She nodded her sively. “Mrs. Downey, would you recognize this man if you were to see hith again?” “Indeed 1 would hith 8s well as 1 See You there, Sergeant. 1 Tecognized face the minute I saw it again.” “What?’ “1 say I did see him again.” electric shock had

» » » S I an coursed through the room,

every person stiffened to attention. Myr. Corbett gripped the arms of his chair fiercely. Mr. Hunter leaned <b far forward in his chair that his wife laid & restraining hand on his arm. Every eve was glued on Mrs, Downey. “Where did you Downey?” “Tn this ‘morning's paper,” she stated. “He was in the picture taken at ‘the poor w=irls funeral vesterday. He was standing right in front of the camera. Oh, I knew him all vight.” Tense muscles relaxed for the moment, there were a few deep breaths drawn. None of the ‘men here had been &t Amy's funeral. “What paper was this in, Mrs. Downey?” “In the News, Sergeant. TI like to read the News—it's S60 ‘much more interesting. . .." “Martin, Tun out and get a8 copy of today’s News,” Dolan snapped “Thank you, Mrs. Downey. You've been very helpful.” ® x w N interminable silence followed Martin's departure from the room. The scratch of Sergt. Dolan’s pencil, as he made nervous little marks on his pad, sounded like the sawing of a gigantic log. Mrs. Shaw's breath was coming in short, spasmo- | dic wheezes; this emotional suspense | was no tonic for asthma. Tiny beads |

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| Johnson's ‘pale forehead, though he blotted them frequently ‘with & moist handkerchief, Mr. ‘Corbett’s beady little ‘eyes darted ‘excitedly from one | person to another, ‘Cilly felt them [oh her and she looked up suddenly, [her face a ‘mask of cold anger. A sneer twisted ‘Corbetts lips and he

| shifted his ‘eyes ‘quickly.

The ‘clock ‘on the ‘wall ticked ‘off

| the seconds ‘with ‘nerve-wracking | regularity, ‘marking the swift, un-

controllable flight of time oh the

| road to eternity. Like the ceaseless

chant of & jungle tom-tom, it hyp-

grew louder and ‘more intense until one longed to silence it ‘with ® shriek, » » » GES ‘past, though the clock ticked off only three short minutes, ‘until Detective Martin ‘returned, & copy of the paper ih his hand. Dolan sized it quickly. There

on the first page ‘was another of the | pictures taken Vesterday; ‘Cilly no- |

ticed that it was larger than the one | | which she had seen ih her paper. | |

She held her breath, awaiting Mrs. Downey's revelation. “Now, Mrs. Downey, ‘will ‘you point | {the ‘man out to me?” Dolah asked. | | Without hesitation, the ‘Womah walked ‘to the desk wha ‘glanced | [briefly ®t the picture ‘over Dolah's (shoulder, “There he is,” ‘she @h- | hounced immediately, ‘pointing to & | (face in the ‘picture. “This one?” Dolan ihdicated ‘with |

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| notized the eardrums, ahd each beat | the point of his ‘pencil. {

(To Be Continued)

Daily Short Story

LANDLUBBER—By

Harold L. Monroe

™ STROLLING along the boat deck of the ship that's bringing me back from Europe when 1 sees a sailor pouring water, through a funnel, ‘into a little ‘wooden barrel. “What's that for?” T asks and the sailor tells me ahout how ‘it's the law to keep ehough water and hardtack in every lifeboat to last & boatload of folks quite & spell. I've ‘been ‘wishing I didh't have to go back to ‘work, ahd now I gets | idea: I can hide ih one of them boats, I thinks. Then after the ship docks and the captaih has reported me

missing at sea I ean slide down the |

mooring ropes ashore. ‘Once ashore I can lay low until ‘my old lady has collected ‘on my insurance. then sheak ih ‘on her ahd we'll change our hames and skip out of the country, That evening after dark 1 undoes the cahvas cover on one of boats, making sure it's one that has already been rigged out with water and such: then 1 climbs in. T has & kind ‘of hard time gettin’ the cover Jaced back Tight, but I finally does it. It's kinda lumpy sleepin’ on the oars ghd other junk that's in the boat: but by using the canvas sail, T manages to get some sleep during the hight. The hext morhing after a breakfast of hardtack washed dowh with plaih ‘water 1 ‘settles down to readin’, Td brought along a copy of the biggest book T could get in the ship's library. Tt's called “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” and I figures it oughta lasi me the few days until we hits port. 1 coulda stood a smoke, but 1 don’t dare to take ho chances. = » ” HAT night I'm just startin’ to _ doze off when 1 feels something crawlin’ over me, 1 sits up quick, ahd when I gets used to the dark 1 starts to lookin’ around. 1 sees something that looks about the size of a house cat.

“Pussy, hice kitty” I ‘whispers. |

“Come on over here.” The thing jumps up and runs, and T sees it ain't ho cat. Tis a rat, Tt's shaky-lookin’ tail gives me the jitters. 1 grabs the dak handle that they uses to steer the boat with and tries to sheak up on him. It's kinda lonesome here ih this boat: but I don't want hd slinkin’ rats for bad-fellers. 1 get busy with the club and sooh has the evillookin' ‘devil stretched out. Then 1 lifts the ‘cover and slides him overs bogrd. The hext ‘morhing when the sailors with their hose is a scrubbin’ the decks I hears them stop by the boat I'm in. 1 begins to get pans icky, scared they're going to haul up the cover and look in; but they sodh moves oh down the deck.

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AME as the day before, 1 eats |

and sands

me & breakfast, dinner supper of hardtack, Kinda

| wiched ih between the chapters of

“The Decline ahd Fall of the Roman Empire,” and when it's tod dark to read I pulls the sail over

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Test vour knowledge of correct social usage hy answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: 1. Should & person using & telephone be careful to speak distinct? 2. Ts it good manners for & person in business to Keep ans other person waiting on the telephone in order to show how busy he is? 3. Is it good telephone etiquette to answer a call with & rising inflection in the voice? 4. What ‘may one say to the person who calls him on the telephone and neglects to give his name? 5 Does ‘courtesy demand that the person who has completed a telephone conversas tion replace the receiver gente ny?

What would you do if You are answering another person’s ‘telephone and you wish to find out for him the hame of the person who is calling— A. Say, “Would you like to have him call you?” B, Say, “May I take a mes sage for him, please?” C. Say, “Who is this?”

» » » Answers

1. Yes. This is only courte ous, 2. No. Bad manners and poor business! 3. Yes, A slight rise in the voice is pleasant-sounding. 4, “May T ask who is calling, please?” ‘or “I am sorry, but 1 did not get vour name.” 5. Yes. Slamming a receiv. er on the hook is much like slamming & door in a ‘caller's face.

Best “What Would You Do” solution—either A or B.

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| me and drops off to sleep, TI ain't beech asleep Very long ‘Wheh I'th | waked up by somethin’ seratchin’, When T sits up and looks around I sees it's ‘ahother rat, Holy Moses, [ I'd heard these Whar! rats ‘was big

fellers; the ‘ohe Td killed ‘the ‘hight | before ‘was ‘plenty big; but ‘this guy |

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When T gets the steerin’ |

| thing and heads for hith he shows |

| fight, kinda holds his own: but 1 gives him a wallop. He lets out a terrible squeal and I swats him again | before he keels over.

Abbut then |

I could hear someone Tuhhih’® by |

the boat.

| some ‘one shout. | womah screaming.” pulls the sail over ‘me, sittin’ tight, | ‘hardly breathin’ till I hears andther [guy say: “Aw, T guess taint ‘hothin’ but a seagull | squakin'.”

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“What was that ‘hoise®” T hears | “Sounded like ® |

T crouches ‘down Th the boat and |

WATTS awhile until ‘evervthing |

seems quiet, then T lifts the ode Of the boat-cover, kinda cautious like, out, hith ‘out ‘without unlodosehing rope; but Td read somewhere that | rats spread the bubdhic plague and | I didn’t want this bubonic stuff be- | ing spread around ‘me,

This'll never do, I thinks. T gotta ficure some ‘way to stop this. They're liable to tackle me ‘When | I'm asleep. 1 stays awake the rest | of the night, tryihg to ‘think up | something, About daylight T Sees | the stack of crumbs T'd left by the bread box. Now TI knows what's drawin’ them things. I gathers up the crumbs, and I'h just gettin’ set to slide ‘my hand out from under the cover to drop | ‘em overboard When I hears the deck erew slushin’ along with their hose and scrub buckets. 1 ain't | takin’ no ‘chance oh them seein’ | my hand S06 1 decides to wait till after dark to toss the crumbs over. The ‘hext ‘morning Th feelin’ pretty darn good. Nb rats has bothered me the night before and | this is my last day cramped up here in this boat,

and slides the dead rat | He's 30 big T can hardly get | the |

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stretch myself. T'm pattih’ ‘myself ‘on the back for sHppin’ it over | oh em wheh some guy stops along- | side my boat.

» » »

HAT th’ devil?” he savs, and | starts td toarin’ off the hoatcover, I curls up ih the sail and covers up ‘my head. The guy crawls into |

the boat and gives the sail a kick. | His foot catches me Tight in the

belly and T can't help but grunt, |

then: “Come on out of it, Teller,” he

orders, and when I don't move fast |

enough to suit hith he grabs ahold |

of me and starts haulin’. a pal a break,” 1 says, noticing that there's only one guy around. I fig-

{ures that if I can ‘make this guy | think I'm a sailor who got strandad | in a foreigh country and just stowed | away to get back home he might let |

me 0 and say nothin’ t ‘the officers. The sailor just looks at me, kinda funny like, while T stalls along, then he grabs me hy the arm and hustles me off toward the bridge. “You're & damn liar.” “You're not a sailor; onlv a blasted Iandlubber woulda dropped them

crumbs on deck. A sailor would at |

least know which was the outboard side of the boat.”

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