Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1937 — Page 18

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

young

roommate and

strange to

Yesterday: Cilly hears the whole tragic story of Jim's misfortune from him. Then he leaves for Amy's office to examine her file of evidence against Worth. A moment later Cilly is horrified to notice that her window near the fire escape is now open!

CHAPTER THIRTY

EEDLESS this time of any danger to herself, Cilly rushed

up the stairs. The Cannon Building was just around the corner, 5 » ”

HE lobby was empty. Usually

a night elevator man remained |

on duty. . . Yes, one of cars was [coming down. Casey, the night man, | stepped out. “Hello, Miss Pierce,” he ex(claimed. “’'Tis a queer time to be | coming to work now, isn't it?” | Cilly dragged him back into car. “Hurry, Casey,” she {“Tve got to get upstairs. . [you just take some one up?” | “Just this minute, ma'am. A young gentleman, it was, saying he wanted

[to go to your office. . . . He had the

| key and all. . | ‘“Was he alone?”

“Sure, he was. Not another soul's

cried, . Did

the |

into the bedroom and carefully in- [been in the building since 10 o'clock.” vestigated the open window. She He brought the elevator to a stop at

TTI ihe A knew, beyond the shadow ‘of R | De Ceti for me, will you

doubt, that she had not opened it. | Casey?” Cilly begged hurriedly as Someone from the outside had |she stepped out. “Go downstairs and reached over and pushed the win- get a policeman—just as quick as something terrible

dow up, very quietly, so that in the |you can

excitement of talking with Jim, she had not noticed. Why had it been done? No one had entered the room. That was certain. No one could have entered while she and Jim sat in the living room beyond, in full view of this window. Then why had it been opened? She closed the window, locked it this time. Perhaps the person intended to return by way of the opan window. But that would be sheer folly , . . with a policeman in the apartment above, listening for any suspicious sound, such as the creaking of the fire escape under a person's weight. . .

tJ »

UDDENLY, Cilly saw the reason for that window having been opened so stealthily. The man wanted to hear

what

{may happen. . . .” | » » ASEY'S eyes widened. “Sure, | &4 miss. Can't T do something?” “No, Casey, no, thanks. Get policeman—get two of them—but hurry!” She ran down the corridor, turned a corner, passed her own office. and continued on to Ames & Wakefield. She noticed the light shining through the transom. Jim was there, alone, and she was in time! Breathless, she opened the door. Jim was trying to pick out Amy's

desk, according to the position Cilly |

had described. He spun around to | face her. t “Cilly! trouble?” “Jim, I know who did it! He

Cilly, darling, what's the

hold of that evidence. Jim, he'll | kill you!” | Jim reached out, put his arms on her shoulders. “Cilly, darling, calm down a bit. You say you know who did it... ."”

n n

HERE was a sound, a sort of | scuffling, out in the corridor | evidently. Jim ran to the door, opened it a few inches and snapped the lock, so that the door could not be opened from the corridor. “There!” he assured her, safe for the moment. Cilly,

“we're tell

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

TUESDAY, OCT. 19, 1937

OUT OUR WAY

FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia

MY BRAKES ARE

DP re I IT

YOU OUGHTA PUT OUT YOUR HAND ER SUMPIN' WHEN YOU'RE GONNA STOP! YOU CHARGE AN' STOP, CHARGE AN' STOP~~/

me, who is it? Who is it? If I

could only get my two hands on |

Mn. “What my hero?” Simultaneously, Cilly and Jim whirled to face this new voice. The door of Harvey Ames’ private office was open; Harry Hutchins stood on the threshold, covering them both with a gun. There was the same old cocksure smile on his lips, but his hand never wavered as it leveled the revolver at them.

» Y dear Priscilla,” he gloated,

” »

| «

do you think you'd do, |

WELL , VOU DON'T NEED ‘TO MAKE A SCENE OF IT.

By Williams Wie

a a on WP WR

“nothing you have ever done | bas pleased me more. Now I have | the two of you here together, the | ‘only two people in the world who | [stand in my way. . . .” | Cilly. thought of Tot's ‘wife, | changed to a pillar of salt as she | | turned to look back. In her case, however, she had become a col- | [umn of solid ice the moment she | | turned to see Harry Hutchins. But | Jim was all fire now—all fire and fury. He sprang forward, heedless | of the gun. Cilly heard the safety catch click. Only a second now— She shut her eyes, afraid to see | Jim go down before her . . . then she heard the shot, intermingled

10-9

LI'L ABNER

(GSOBSz)-SO | CAN'T GO TH \T DANCE WITH

WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY.

\ Hh

: lie Uo 0

18-19

“Oh, he’s marvelous! of believe he'd like to give me the world with a fence around it!”

TR WILLIAMS “Umm-—watch out he deosn't give you the gate first,”

1937 BY %EA SERVICE. INC, T.M REG, U.S, PAT, OFF

eorn

J —By Al Capp

OH THANK YOU,AGNES ’- THANK

N GOWN FOR AND YOU PREFER SILK STOCKING! FULL LENGTH OR ROLLED *

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY | CANT

BUH TID YORUM WiLL TAKE.

GULP) NICE.

listened, Jim, he listened at my | curiously with the sound of crashwindow while you were telling me | jhe glass. . .

was being said! | (To Be Concluded)

He might have recognized Jim. | seen him come to the house. He | might—oh, a thousand might-have- |

about it. He'll be here any minute, | I know it. He won't let you gel!

beens. . . . The thing was that he had heard the entire case against him. Whatever suspicions had lurked in his mind were realities now. He had heard Jim's complete story. He had heard about the evidence against him in Amy's safety deposit box! Cilly stifled a cry that came to her lips. . . Jim's life might be blotted out any minute, even as had Amy's. He was in terrible danger! him was a trivial matter compared to this new menace. The murderer was desperate now, else he would not have taken the chance on coming back here after having so nearly been caught in the apartment above. He would stop at nothing. And his only safety lay in getting Amy's evidence before Jim did! He would kill Jim to get it!

TRANGELY, Cilly did not realize at the moment that she was in the same danger, since Jim had told her everything. All she could think of was that Jim must: be warned. Somehow she must get to the Cannon Building before man who had listened at the window She thought of the officer upstairs in the vacant apartment. But

» »

he had orders to remain there. . . .|

In the end, she left a message with him for Dolan. Would the sergeant follow her to the Cannon Building, just as quickly as he could? It was important, tremendously important, She took the subway to Manhattan. That was fastest. Jim, in his urgency, might have taken a taxi.

OR the first five minutes of the trip. she was in an agony of suspense. It was as if the car were a prison, holding her backward; she pressed her body hard against the seat and beat a mad tattoo with her feet to speed the train forward. At every station she held her breath,

» »

lest she scream out her frantic de- |

mand for haste. Hurry! Hurry! HURRY! Jims life was in danger. Someone he did not know, someone he could not suspect, would meet him in the Cannon Building and lead him to his death. Someone he did not know. . Then, quite suddenly, every muscle in Cillys tense body relaxed. For a long, breath-taking moment she sat there. very calm and very still. She had been asleep, and had just awakened. She knew who the murderer was! on S the train roared its way unA der the river, she went back in her mind over the whole case. The pieces fitted together in a perfect pattern. What she had been! reasoning fool! She recalled followed Amy's death on

» Ed

important the

most in

And then, the piece of evidence

gotten until this minute The dumbwaiter. She had heard it descending slowly; passing the level of own kitchen and continuing down to the basement. That was how the murderer had left the house. Mrs. Downey had heard him run-

ning down the stairs from the rtocf. |

He had reached the second fi~or, entered Apartment 2-A. And from

there he had taken the dumbwaiter |

while Cilly stood in her

kitchen, listening to it, too stunned |

to realize what it might mean. He must have slipped through the basement,

Johnson was out in front with the police. How easy it had been for him to get away, perfect alibi! Fourteenth street , . . vania Station. , . Cilly got off the

this ad to ony candy store f a piece It

of - 1 bble Som Bu 1c || exira one E. Watch for

NOTICE TO ALL ERs ?

Sergt. Dolan's case agaist |

this |

a blind fool | What a stupid, un- |

the events which | Sunday , night; she remembered standing in | the kitchen before going to bed.

whole | case, which she had completely for- |

her |

train and flew |

Daily Short Story

HANDY GRANDMA—By Richard Winkler

Soe people seem born to be im- | posed upon, and because of the timidity which is their dominant | personal characteristic, they are almost powerless in the hands of | those people who take advantage ol | this weakness. | Sometimes, however, | above their timidity. Like Rufus Parker. You'd think a name like Rufus was enough pun{ishment. But no, he was also nat- | urally timorous. His physical ap- | pearance certainly could not betray { him. He was handsome, well over |6 feet, and his face contained an | actual suggestion of power and | firmness. Maybe it was a subcon- | scious longing already seeping to | the surface, a forerunner of what | was to come. But there were those who saw | beyond Rufus’ antithetic face and | bearing, and these people took ad- | vantage of him, People like Mrs. | De Vance and daughter Angela. Rufus Parker had come to Chi{cago on business. Then, too, he | hoped to board the train for New | York after a three-day stay in | Chicago, the train that he knew | Mildred Arnold would be on. Rufus | hoped to change her name to | Parker; but so far he had lacked | courage to tell her his views on the | subject. | n on UFFICE it to say then, that as he alighted from the train at | Chicago, Mrs. De Vance and daughter Angela were standing on the platform. An accidental encounter, of course. “A most fortuitous | meeting,” as Mrs. De Vance said. | Rufus, smiling weakly, wondered how they had known he was com- | ing to Chicago, when he had tried | so hard to make certain that they [should be the last persons to find it out. He was trapped. | Angela fascinated him. Com- | pletely. He was powerless before | her slightest wish. She exerted a [peculiar hypnotism over Rufius and | knew it. And knew also that Ru- [ fus’ business yielded a profit high | enough to make him dread the in- | come tax, Which, I think, is say[ing enough for her motives. | “Wasn't it just too wonderful to [run across you like this?” purred [Mrs. De Vance. “Wasn't it though?” Rufus man- | aged to get out, | “I just know you children are

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 customary to tip a Pullman porter when one has made only a day trip? 2. When traveling should one respect the regulation hours for meals on the dining car? 3. Upon entering the diner should one tell the steward how many persons are in his party? 4. Where popular priced meals are served on trays in a day coach is it customary for passengers to tip the waiter? 5. What is the usual amount of the service charge for bringing a tray to a Pullman berth?

they rise

| |

What would you do if— On entering a dining car you do not see the steward, whose duty it is to seat you? A. Wait for him to return? B. Find a seat for yourself? C. Ask a waiter to seat you? ” ” »

Answers

1. Yes, about 25 or 35 cents. 2. Yes, because attendants are assigned other duties between meals. 3. Yes. 4. No. 5. Twenty-five cents, although some railroads give this service free.

Best “What Would You Do” solution — A, for a moment,

isi C.

” »

| HEY were silent for a while as | the taxi wobbled its way through the dense traffic. Rufus thought wildly for a moment of opening the door and leaving without further ceremony, but a course of action such as that demanded a man of immediate resolution—or, as Rufus consoled himself, a coward.

“You simply must come over [or | dinner this evening, and I won't | hear of you staying anywhere else but at our house while you're in Chicago.” Rufus helplessly accepted the De Vance's invitation to stay at their home during his stay. That night Mrs. Rufus De Vance drifted out, strangely enough, to leave Rufus and Angela alone in the living room. Things began to get romantic. Ru[fus was fascinated by this girl. Things began to get pretty thick for Rufus when Mrs. De Vance came in (accidentally, of course), and found Angela in Rufus’ arms, and Rufus bearing upon his face the greater part of Angela's lipstick. | Mrs. De Vance smiled coyly., know- | ingly: said, “Oh! Excuse me,” and | went out again. Through a haze of confusion Ru- | fus. the next day, realized that he | was considered engaged to Angela. | Whether he had actually proposed or not, he was never quite certain.

Ld »

E that as it may. Mrs. De Vance | introduced them to her friends | as maritally pledged. And on the | third day, in the evening of which Rufus was to leave, she informed Rufus and Angela: “I've made up a little dinner party for tonight, Rufus, before you leave. Just a little informal affair. | And we'll announce the engage- | ment then, dears.” | Have you ever seen a drowning | man clutch at a straw? Neither | have I, but I imagine it is similar | to the way Rufus clutched at one | desperate hope. And here began [the metamorphosis. That subcon- | scious aggressiveness was gathering | strength. | In the afternoon he made a tele- | | phone call. About 5 o'clock a tele- | gram came for him. His interested | audience, as he opened it, was Mrs. | De Vance and daughter Angela. | Rufus unfolded it and read, his | hand shaking. “My grandmother is dead,” he | said simply. “Oh, you poor dear boy!” Mrs. { De Vance consoled him. I'm so | sorry for you. Is there anything we can do?” “I'll have to leave at once,” Rufus said. He packed hurriedly. Mrs. De Vance and Angela helped. Twice Rufus repeated, “Gee! Grandmother!” in a low, broken voice.

” u

T the station he just made the 5:40, which, it happened, was the very train Mildred was on, going through to New York. Rufus was pleased with himself. No longer was he timid! He found Mildred's coach. Mildred was lovelier than .ever, he thought as he approached her, and he determined to propose immediately after arriving in New York. “I'm so surprised to see you!” cried Mildred, when he boldly seat(ed himself beside her. “But glad, [too! I heard—I heard you were beling seen with Angela De Vance.” “You heard right,” Rufus confessed, grinning a little sheepishly. “But it wasn my fault. I got away as quickly as I could.” “How?” “My grandmother is dead.” “Oh, Rufus, I'm sorry! I didn't 'know-—." | “It's all right. T've recovered | from my grief by now. Time heals | all wounds.” “What do you mean, ‘time?’ ” . “My dear grandmother,” Rufus said, “may she rest in peace, has! I been dead these 15 years!” THE END

The characters in this story are Retitious,

(Gopyrighy, 1081, ORied Pesca synarcate

(we're BEHIND BY “Two TOUCHDOWNS! Now 1 WANT YOU TO GET IN THERE AND FIGHT !! WHERE'S YOUR SPIRIT? YOU ACT LIKE A LOT OF OLD LADIES AT A BRIDGE TEA! BF

I WANT FIGHT, You FELLOWS! EVERY MAN ON HIS TOES! THE GAME /SN'T OVER UNTIL ) THAT FINAL GUN POPs) I DON'T MAKE A SINGLE MISTAKE: .... AND CASH IN Ki ON EVERY ERROR THE < OTHER TEAM MAKES !!

—By Blosser

"TALKING

f ITs COACH

TO HIS TEAM !

IT REALLY HAPPENED IN FOOTBALL!|

THEN TLL BE QUIET... AND YOU FELLOWS CAN LISTEN TO HIM! HE'S DOING A BETTER JOB “THAN IT WAS !

DANLEY OF MILFORD .. HE'S IN THE NEXT ROOM TALKING

HE'S GIVING THEM HECK!

BAK in the early days of football, when Alabama Poly was plaving Georgia Tech, the Alabama fullback punted, and the ball went almost straight up into the air, breaking all altitude records. While the 22 men stood in a mass, waiting for it te descend, a small boy on the sidelines added to the confusion by tossing its own football into the air. There was a wild scramble for both footballs. A Terh man Snally got

ohe, a Poly player the other , . . but Tech had the real ball, —By Raeburn Van Buren

IT WAS SHEER LUCK THAT SAVED JUDY/S LIFE AND -=-- ALTHOUGH IT AIN'T VERY | MPORTANT-* YOUR OWN / A RECKLESS DRIVER LIKE YOU OUGHT NOY T/BE ALLOWED ON TH’ HIGHWAYS, I'LL SEE THAT YOUR LICENSE |S

REVOKE

PD==-

FOREVER //

ASK THE TIMES

Inclose a 3-cent stamp [or reply when addressing any question or ract or information to The Indianapolis Times Washington Service Burean, 1013 13th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be wundertaken,

Q—What proportion of Federal employees are in the classified Civil Service and the unclassified service?

A—As of June 30, 1937, the number of civil employees in executive branches who had classified positions subject to competitive requirements of the Civil Service Act and rules was 532,073 or 63 per cent, and Fos:501 or 37 per cent were unclassied.

Q—In a recent broadcast, Jimmy Fidler, the radio screen. reviewer, gave five bells to “The Prisoner of Zenda.” Has he ever given five bells to any other picture? A—"The Country Doctor,” “A Star is Born,” “100 Men and a Girl,” and “Stage Door” were given the high rating by Fidler,

Q—1I would like to correspond with boys and girls who live in foreign countries. Is there any organization that sponsors such activities? A—The International Friendship League, 41 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass, promotes correspondence among students in foreign countries.

Q—What is the average annual expenditure per pupil for public school instruction in the United States? A—It is $64.76, ranging from $18.93 in Mississippi to $124.32 in New York.

Q—What is Lou Gehrig's batting average for the five mid-season AllStar baseball games in which he

‘| has participated?

A—In the five games he was at bat 15 times and made three hits, for a percentage of .200. Q—To whom may I write for literature in the Esperanto language? A—To Esperanto Internacia Ligo,

11244 Pifth St, N. E, Washington,

Q—When was Bloor-Derby china made? A—It comes from the last period of Derby (England) china, (18151848), later than Crown-Derby.

Q—At what temperature will gasoline ignite?

A—About 700 degrees Fahrenheit,

WOULD YOU PEOPLE |] PLEASE LEAVE ME

American Medical Journal Editor HE occupational hazards of wom- | en differ in several particulars | from those which affect men—first because of the difference in the nature of the constitution of the woman worker and second because of the special work in which woman may be employed. The World War mendously the total amount of employment among women. In some populations, notably those of the smaller foreign countries, more than 40 per cent of women are employed. In England and Wales, in Sweden and in Belgium 25 per cent of women are employed; in the United States about 17 per cent of women work for a living. It is well established that industrial disease will aggravate or increase the number of conditions from which young women suffer, including disturbances of the blood, the nervous system and the organs associated with childbirth. According to the statistics published by various sickness insurance groups abroad, the women suffer much more from industrial conditions than do men. The average death rate for women in industry is higher than the general average, and also higher than the rate for men of a comparable age.

increased tre-

T is found that women in industry are more susceptible to fatigue and monotony than are men. In England it was found that women employed in light work for 60 hours a week had 91 per cent more accidents than men doing the same amount of work. When the hours were reduced to 40 per week, the women still had 48 per cent more accidents than the men, Altogether, however, it is the function of maternity which raises the greatest question in relationship to woman and work. Pregnancy hazards are greater for the woman in industry than they would be for the same woman under ordinary conditions, Among the chief dangers to the woman at work are positions which require that the body be held in the same position—either upright, seated or bent—for long periods of time, since such permanent postures have a bad influence on the tissues.

» un n

ECAUSE of the hair and the clothing worn by women, they are much more susceptible to poisonous dusts than are men working in the same industry. Certain positions held by women, particularly clean-fip jobs in large office

| By Dr. Morris Fishbein | | |

GRIN AND BEAR IT

bbw al

—. Nd 7. fl a NY

i= 1#) 'Copr. 1937 by United Feature Syndicate, ine.

“I know you kin read his thoughts, Butch—but wait till he hits you!

So They Say

People must support their government and not expect the governe ment to support them —Jesse H, Jones, RFC chairman.

buildings, may keep them awake | to suffer with deformities of the |

most of the night and during the spine and the pelvis, indicating day they attend to their household | quite definitely that women are not | duties so that actually their hours adapted to heavy weight carrying. | of work are far longer than those of | Finally, all of the diseases pecumen. liar to women are found to be presIn some European countries ent in a much higher percentage | where women serve as porters in the | among working women than among

International armaments are bankrupting the world. —U. 8B. State Becretary