Newspapers / Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, … / Aug. 22, 1945, edition 1 / Page 7
Part of Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
MARY 1 | „ _™ SCHUMANN © By Author — O/sr^iP. 'so „ ? mb^^T>M,0f 1 11. \ I I • iw MII.A 1 I IMUIl l Valor, Thoron and Doris found C! f of Ih tectives Plant question i; - Mama* a< to every word Eleon i id tillered before setting out. Deris broke in with. "I think we (vi.*ht to tell yon, otlicer, tliat she vv unlike herself last week after Gran died.” "You think she's taken In r life?" ie ki 1 Plant. "She hasn’t; she was too brave for that.” Plant went on with his question ing until '1 heron siigge ted impa tii "tly, “Don't you think we ought to go, Chief?” but Plant continued going over tin* ground, quizzing Mamie until bi inally looked at his watch, and a .1*1. "Pm ready to go now." 1 he two men went out and sat hi the chief’s ear talking for a time, b inally they drove, not up, hut down tin* mountain road. Doris ’phoned Major Tyrell. His wife answered that he had had a call about Eleonore, and had gone out :.n hour ago. lie would take part in the search. Sukey, in long dressing gown and padded slippers, joined Doris. She couldn’t sleep, she whimpered; she had seen a man or a bear going through the orchard, crawling on nil fours, then get up and walk straight into the shadows! "Dreaming, baby,” Doris soothed her. Mamie was reading her Iiiblc and praying in the kitchen. The two sisters stood at the porch Tailing, arms around each other. Presently, Sukey said, just above a whisper: “Something moved there .— over there," she pointed to the up land wl\crc the trees thickened. "Looked like an Indian!” Doris saw it too and whirled. "Let's go inside—quick!” The hours seemed endless until Theron called. His voice had a forced calm. "Get some rest, dear. They're doing all they can, but the. real search will start tomorrow.” "Sleep,” Doris wailed, “you ask me to sleep when it's my sister! I'm — I'm afraid! We've s *en things— Sukey and 1 saw something—mov ing.” “You're surrounded by guards— perfectly safe! Please do as you’re asked." Her husband hung up. The local telephone exchange had never been so busy. Through all the county the news flew. A man would be called from bed by the ringing phone; "Eph,” a taut voice spoke, "this is Ralph. Time to get in and pitch. You know—Minute Man— Concord stuff. Get your gun and thirty-thirties We’re moving on that Nazi nest tonight.” “You mean we’re gonna wipe ’em out?—Good!” “Yep, meet, me at the bridge—'n call Baynes 'n Colby.” A run at the knocker would brinjr amunoi- nousi hi hler to tho door “Step outside. Jim." hi, neighbor w°«ld say. Then in the darkness he «oi,l,| Mult: "Short wavin', phony planes, skullduggery, ever since thosi Jon, -os settle nn v,,V(.mh< r Roa<*» And t -u may be murd, r . t " " ■ <>'.<■ of oar tin, st :■ iris ! We’ll nail tho-,. tonight!" "You bet!" Jim, his eyes ■ • el beneath his shock of hair, cl, Hi' gnail. d lists “Buddy,” sni.i I)r_ Itl-ilio. the dentist, to a ! ,y he i•.. t on the M'"*> “®n n’t you It I, >s bill'.' Wasn't your father on! of the ’Eightin’ Devil ’ n the la«t wai ?" 1 in* hoy stiff, ned w ith pride. “Y< s, mister, that was him.*’ "If 1 told you that the Nazis wore just u few miles away, what would you do?” “Do?" Boh Seymore’s li-juid eyes gleamed. “I’d do plenty! I’m Pop’s boy!” The dentist smiled grimly. "You’re wb: t we want. Come along, son.’’ It was after two when Tod Keat ing wakened his pretty wife, Iieu luh, and told her of his errand, lie was coming from the gun closet, tiptoeing so that ho would not ioni c the children, when he -aw the small figure of his wife coming down the stairs. She wore a dark handker chief over her shilling hair, had on slacks and an old sw, ater, and was stuffing bandages into a bag. She announced, "I’m going with you, Ted.” “Hardly!” he answered. "No one's in the house, the kids might wake!” “I can do something. I've taken first aid.” Ted grinned. “Sorry, dear. It’s men’s work; won’t be any women along.” She tossed her pretty head. “Don t you fool yourself. Ted Keat ing, there will too!” She slung her khaki first aid kit over her shoulder. 1 hey drove for a few miles, then left their car in the ditch behind a long row of others, and joined a straggling line climbing the twist ing road. A group of tough, stringy, weatherbeaten men who looked like farmers, passed them, carrying double-barreled twelve gauges; they caught up with two or three figures who bore old army rifles. llculah dropped behind Ted for a moment. Then she ran up and caught his arm excitedly. “Ted, did you hear that? What those men were saying? ‘Ellic’ Lawrence is missing!” Ted gave a grunt and did not slow his pace. Beulah went on swiftly: “Her grandmother was killed last week. Elbe lives prac tically alone . . . right near those b— beetles. She must have learned some things. So they think she’s—" '1 know," said id I tm ■ !■ “ 1 hey told me on the 'phone i i was not a n I was an aroused group of v u.int'-g out raged by • i .. • t tr< i y in tin ir midst. I In .torn, intent fn> es, the marching feet of n.in women and boys. ereati ! a rlr. thm * f un ion. and Beulah 1 t h< t self in a feeling of one-nes, with them all. At a e'-rlain point in the road they v.ere deployed through the fields and woods to surround the Jones home, keeping at a di lance initil tlie first rim of the sun showed. Then they were all to move in at one time. The password was "lla tan nI Beulah and T. | moved through a gray unreal world, found a fence corner, where they waited. The ground was too soggy to sit down; the mosquitoes, voracious and vici ous. They could see pine trees now that were not visible a moment be fore, and a mist, thicker in some places than others. The silvery light became paler. Then rosy shafts lipped November's dill's; the dew laden grass glittered with rainbow colors. I “Now!” murmured Ted. They crept f< rvvard as all around them were other tense figures tnov j iag in toward the grim mansion 1 whose roof they could now see. l!eu i lalt sprang over the stone fence of the grounds with as much agility . as Ted. j * * • * * Carlotta had risen early to work Ion some correspondence. Now she I could hear the servants padding down the stairs. Waiting for her ' early cup of coffee, ordered for B a. m., she lingered the scrap of scribbled paper which “Doe” had filched from Bill Steuben's desk last night. One more reading of the magic phrases to lvdp her through the heavy tasks of the day! She treatise yon said ;hot hire me, J si ■ in standing in sunlight. . . . 11 'hat color arc //< r cesf ,-l smirch I through gems and r ■ /irv ales [an similes foe floit heart-stealing blue! Xur are tin re words to de scribe ymir run rage. Melancholy moods when I think of your danger, j dreams of a hnyjig reunion—these I arc the emotions that till me. It is I a bond that we work in the same cause.” He had broken off there. Carlotta pressed the paper to her lips. This was what Bill felt in wardly toward her! The beauty of it was that he had never expected her to see these self-revealing lines# “Doc”, in his snooping, had found them under a pile of drawings. Smiling, she slipped the letter into , her bosom. (To be continued' Saw Five Wars CELEBRATING her 103rd birthday is Mrs. Ellen Ingham of San Francisco, Calif. During her lifetime she ha* seen five wars begin and end tiie Civil War, Mexican War, Span ish-Aioerican War, World War 1 and .World War II. (International} rail i-ashion Note j HERE'* one of Lilly Dache’s crea tions for Fall. It's a profile-flatter ing hat of smoke grey felt, has a vide brim with rippled lines, and a lull crown to emphasize the upward sweep. Grosgrain bows are well Plaeed fur accent. (Internationalt “Anything mm can live without is a luxury," says one Washington bureaucrat. Well, we could gel along with a lot fewer of you fellows — Grit. The swarm of bees held up a Brit ish flight mission when they settled inside a bombing plane. NEGOTIATE FAR EAST SURRENDER A REPORT from the Russian radio at Khabarovsk, Siberia, states that the surrender of the Jap Kwangtung Army in Manchuria is under way. Marshal Alexander M. Vasilovsky (left), Russian commander of Far Eastern Armies, is reported to have sent an airplane to Harbin to pick up the Jap surrender envoy. The Nipponese commander, Gen. Otozo Yamada (right) was ordered by the Khabarovsk broadcaster to send his chief of staff to Harbin to board the Soviet Diane. (International) READY TO FIGHT POLIO WITH DDT 'XAM'^NO THE NOZZIE below a B-25 O^teL^ The powerful new insecticide is being used In, an £ JJ* {{£ DDT. It has been used extensively by the Aimy. THIMBLE THEA I HE btArri.i* P'.prvc Wimpy !.c-£5 It Aloft! BLOND IE_« N f»U>nl O.'IW Just Too Busy! By Chu Young A OKAV. U ( VOURE sorpv: 1 > WWAT GOCC -- ( COES TWAT ) \ co nke ? r' j I tITAKETT _____ -:---’ r~:-^—r . - ' » By PAUL. ROBINSON __' I I V . , RAri/. THE GUMPS A WOMAN’S TONCH ail vnnraDWAAto Xf ANP PIP YOU GEE HER^^^^Bfti CASUALLY A\tNT!ON \ SCRUBBING THE CABIN YOU LIREP BLACRBERRV ) THU'S MORNING ? X NEVER PiE- GO -SHE GCOUREP J COULP FINP HER FINGERPRINTS THE COUNTEYSIPE __ri' ON A MOP HANPLE BEFORE1 TILL SHE FOUNP A | AZ> FOR COOHIHG I HAVE AH I — THE OLD HOME TOWN -. By STANLEY SCOTT S SCRAP BOOK By R J SCOTT pSCttAPS’, How many Kinds of Hi ft DS - of' PARADISE ARE <rtf RE IN m! vj C,u l N E A ? ABOU'f BO / , C, f)E B>Iv1KE^S QXY SuPERSIlllON Cp never i'AU^H'T ^ that spilled salt school a day BuT IS An ILL OME N cftEPT HE I.S SAID fo HAVE inTO DA VINCIS iNf lUEnCED EDUCATiOH famous painTinl, l>f in England more 1tlE L A S E SUPPER- THP.u any OTHER MAN H/S FISH'D ON ^juPAS hay jusT school whippings spilled The salt decrease d The evil SHAKER wi1H His ft)cj9 ol)1 OF EVERY wkial l,000! g-u THE C'Rl'CIAL, I’ERIOH AS THE play of a hand gels town near the close and the few cards you have left are in a ten ace position, you had better get on your toes and watch closely. Oth erwise you may find the opponent putting over a lvad-throwmg end play on you Correct solution of your problem then may he the very simple matter of merely.de riding which trick you want to take the current trick or the next one. The situation may he so crucial that the entire fate of the contract depends on your answer to that question. * K 7 4 V A J 7 4 8 6 5 3 * J 104 4 A Q 8 2 - * " 44 10 (3 ♦ 9 4 2 * A K Q 9 2 ♦ J 5 3 44 K Q 9 8 2 ♦ A Q 10 *8 3 (Dealer: West. Both sides vul nerable. ) West North East South 1* Bass Pass 144 l * Pass Pass 2 44 I-ass 3 44 Pass 4 9 Even with the good lortune of having the double linesse 111 dia monds lie just right, plus the spade A being fortuitously under the K, South still was in such an overbid contract that off-hand he seems destined to lose two tricks j each in the black suits. If every thing had lain wrong for him, he could hn\i Ibst three tricks in spades, two in diamonds and two in clubs, going down four. But, in 1 addition to the luck of honor lo Dlstributed by Kins f cation, he was helped by a had de fensive play which enable’1 - ini to make his c,mtra, ' .Vest t'lppe.l oft two clubs and South ruffed the third. He led to the heart A. finessed the diamond 10. led to lhi> heart J and finessed the diamond Q. cleared trumps with tile heart K. and played the diamond A H, li.-tired that on ttie heart K West discarded the elub 2. and ,'ii 1 lie diamond A diseard ed the elub 0. his last of the suit. Four spades were thus retained by West South therr-.:;n.n led the spade 3, hoping West had the A and would play it He did Then lie re gretted it. He had to lead from his guarded Q into South s combina tion tenace of the K in dummy and the J in the los.-d hand, so West could not possibly get an other trick. If lie had played low on the spade 3 and let the K win, the next lead of the suit would have been to him jnd not from him. It would have given him two spade tricks, the second of which would have beaten the contract * * * Tomorrow’s l'roblt^ * J 9 2 ♦ Q5 4 * A Q J ti A 5 ♦ A 7 * A Q J 5 * A V S 7 3 * 10 8 •> A K 10 (Dealer: N’.-ith East-West vuN nerahle.) Who do you think stands to profit most by opening the bidding on this deal V What shuuld be bid!’ eaturos Syndicate, Inc. Wife Preservers Keep h jai at the sink m winch to put all scraps and slivers of soap that have become too small to handle. Add warm l w ater bo the pieces will dissolve into jelijfi ywhfch can be uixd foi dinhm^. ‘ Wife Preservers . ------■ ■ \ ' e i5E OEO-Q*rrrNi When you an j•• »;u inri-.-es. avid one hall’ teMpooitful "l salt 01 vinegar to the water Hreak the eggs m a saiuer. and •lip—don't ,!lt* inl° the Wi, titert reduce the heat—doit l hdiL^
Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 22, 1945, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75