SYNOPSIS
THE STORY SO FARi Janice Trent
runs away from wedding Ned Paxton,
rich, but a gay blade. Unbeknown to
Bruce Harcourt. * family friend, she be
comes secretary an Alaska camp of
which he is chief engineer. Millicent
Hale, wife of the man whom he suc
ceeded, is also attracted to him. Bruce
at first wants to send Janice back. On a
trip to the city, she encounters Paxton
and tells him she is married to Har
court. The latter hears it and Insists on
a wedding that day. After a wedding
party arranged by the Samp sisters, who
run the Waffle Shop, Bruce and Janice
go home, only to be disturbed shortly
by Millicent who tells them her husband.
Joe Hale, has been shot dead. “If you
had only waited,” she exclaims to Bruce,
and crumples. Bruce spends the night
In Investigation. The commissioner ar
rives, and a probe is on. He is asking
Kadyama, Indian, about Hale and Ta
tima, his girl friend.
Now continue with the story.
CHAPTER XII
“Well? She’s not your squaw, is
she?” continued the Commissioner.
“She promise to marry on me. She
work for Meester Hale. She say she
lak dark mans no more, she lak gol’
hair.”
“Where were you yesterday?”
“In morain’ cleanin’ out hangar.”
“Did that take all day?”
“No sirree. Word come dat chief
marry. Mees Samp seesters, they
sen’ me to woods. I cut every
t’ing green. Bring to H house and
put ’em round room.”
“Yourself?”
“Mees Hale come an’ Meester
Chester. Bruder, seester, dey work
togedder, oder mens come too."
“Were Mrs. Hale and Chester in
the H house all the time you were?”
“No sirree. Meester Chester go
first. Say to her, ‘You feenish.’ She
sen’ me for more green. W’cn I
come back—she gone too."
“Gone, had she? Where were you
last night?”
“Squaw-dance."
“Was your girl friend” — he
amended—"was Tatima, this girl
you expect to marry, with you?”
“No. She stay at Waffle Shop for
beeg marriage party there.” He
qualified, “She come to dance late,
stay long night through.”
•Die Indian girl was called next.
Tatima swaggered in, head back.
Her face had the curious color dark
skin has when drained of blood.
“Have a good time at the Indian
dance last night?”
Tatima straightened. “Who, me?
Me go to Indian dance?” Her con
tempt was superb. “I stay at Waf
fle Shop all night, help Mees Samp
seesters clear up after marriage
party.”
The Commissioner grinned at Ka
dyama.
"Sit down.”
Tatima favored him with a dis
dainful glance. "Who, me? I stan’
up.”
"Suit yourself. You work for Mr.
Hale?”
"Who, me? I work for Mees Samp
■eesters.”
"What do you do there?”
"Wait on table. Wash deeshes,
■weep, do much t'ings. Work hard.”
"Yet, you had time to take care
of Mr. Hale’s cabin?"
She tossed her head, set her lips
in a heavy red line of defiance.
Harcourt commanded:
“Answer the Commissioner’s ques
tions, Tatima. We all know that
you worked for Mr. Hale. Tell the
truth.”
She regarded him from under low
ered lids. Hunched her fine shoul
ders.
“Who, me? Tell truth? You not
like it p'raps much as you t’ink. I
telL I work for Meester Hale.” A
spasm of feeling twisted her face.
She bit her lips. A drop of blood
stained her teeth as she went on.
"I tak’ care of cabin w’ile Mees
Hale gone away.”
"Been there since her return?”
, "One tarn, p’raps.”
"Remember losing this?”
The Indian girl bent forward to
stare at his extended hand. In the
center lay a blue glass bead. She
clutched at the string about her
neck. Inscrutability veiled the fright
which had flamed in her eyes. She
drawled:
"Lose bead two days ago. Same
tarn she there."
With a nod she indicated the girl
at the typewriter desk. Janice felt
the color mount to her hair as the
four men looked at her.
“You mean that young lady at the
desk?"
"Sure, I mean she. Meester Hale
he phone for her to come. Say he
have secret letter. First he send
Mees Hale to Waffle Shop. Mees
Trent come. He tell her letter. He
tell her she beautiful. After w’ile
he say, 'I kees yo’ han’s. I—’ ”
“Didn't like Hale to tell Miss
Trent that she was beautiful, did
you?”
“Who, me? I not care. He say
to her, ’You run away from marry
in’. Kees an’ run kin’.’ An’ she say,
to keep to bees-ness. He talk more,
much more. Then beads break. I
busy peeking them up. I hear no
more.”
“Didn’t hear Miss Trent’s voice
again?”
“Ask much questions, don’t you?
P’raps you t’ink Tatima some leetle
detecter. I hear her speak outside,
that all. She speak very mad to
Meester Jimmy Chester, ’fore he
come in.”
"Chester! Did he come into the
cabin?”
Tatima swaggered in.
“Sure, he come. He say very
loud, ‘W’at you mean sending for
Mces Trent, Joe? Try any funny
business an' I’ll shoot.’ An’ then
Mees Hale come in an’ say, ‘W’at
you doin’ with that pistol, Jimmy?
Joe’s frightened!’ An’ then she
laughed an’ laughed ’sthough she
didn't know what she doin’, an’ I
went to Waffle Shop an’ wash
deeshes.”
“You didn't see Mr. Hale again
alive?"
“Who, me? I not see heem again,
never.”
“That’s all. You may go."
She swung out, head up, the Yaku
tat blanket trailing from one hand.
The Commissioner watched her till
the door closed. Made a note on
his pad.
“You take stenographic notes,
don’t you, Grant? Take Miss Trent’s
testimony.”
He looked at Janice. “Sorry to
bring you into this, but I want to
hear about your visit to Hale’s cab
in.” ■
“Mr. Hale phoned me to come
and take a letter from his dicta
tion. A codicil.”
“Codicil! Did he sign it?”
“I don’t know. I put it in shape
and sent two copies to him by one
of the men.”
“Make a rough draft for me when
we get through this afternoon. While
you were at the Hale cabin, what
happened?”
“Tatima has given an exact ac
count.”
“You met Chester as you went
out?”
“Yes.”
“What did he say to you?”
“He asked what I was doing in
Hale's cabin."
“And you answered?”
“That it was none of his busi
ness. The suspicion in his voice
made me furious."
“Mm! All the next day you were
away from headquarters. I under
stand. There was a party here in
the evening. Did you dance with
Chester?"
“Yes."
“Did he mention your meeting of
the day before?”
“Yes. He apologized for his man
ner and I explained why I answered
as I did."
“You parted good friends?”
“The best.” Thank heaven that
was over! She had squeezed by
without telling what Jimmy had said
in reply.
“Was that all that was said?"
Her assurance crashed. Good
grief! She wasn't under oath, she
hadn't sworn to tell the truth, the
whole truth. She would say nothing
which could incriminate nice Jimmy
Chester. She smiled engagingly at
the Commissioner.
“Anything more would have been
anti-climax, wouldn’t it?"
His smile was bland, too bland.
"You were in the H house when
Mrs. Hale came last night, weren’t
you? Sorry to remind you of what
must have been a gruesome intru
sion on your happiness, but I want
to know what happened."
“We were sitting by the Are talk
ing when someone beat furiously at
the door. Mrs. Hale stumbled into
the room. She was breathless as
though she had been running. She
braced herself against the wall, tried
to speak. Mr. Harcourt said, ‘Steady,
Millicent. What has happened?’
Her eyes were wide with horror as
she called out, ‘Joe’s dead! Shot!’
She pitched forward to the floor.”
“You can remember nothing more
that was said? See who’s knocking,
Grant.
Janice’s eyes met Harcourt’s. He
must be intensely relieved that she
had been reprieved from answering
that question. Tubby Grant opened
the door. Martha Samp stood on
the threshold. In one hand she held
a box. Harcourt rose.
"We were to send for you later,
Miss Martha."
The woman’s grim lips twisted in
a smile. "Which’s polite for sayin',
’What you doin’ here?’ Mr. Bruce,
I came to save you wastin' the gov
ernment’s time.” She stepped into
the center of the room. Her voice
quavered with excitement. "Found
the revolver that shot Joe Hale?
Must be somewhere.”
"Obviously.” The Commissioner's
voice dripped sarcasm. Martha
Samp frowned at him.
“What do you mean speakin’ like
that to me, to a woman old enough
to be your mother? I want you
should understand that the engi
neers in this camp didn’t leave their
manners behind in the States. You
et ten waffles for your lunch, Mary
told me. I ain’t under any obliga
tions to feed you an’ your assist
ants while you’re here on this case.
If you try to be a smarty with me,
you'll eat with the men or the Eski
mos, understand?”
Tubby Grant camouflaged an exu
berant chuckle with a racking
cough. Dauntless Martha Samp bel
ligerently faced the Commissioner.
A smile tempered the amazement
on his face as he rose. He was de
cidedly attractive when he stepped
outside his official self, Janice de
cided.
“Miss Samp, if it's a case of love
my waffles, love me, I’m eating out
of your hand. I never tasted any
thing so good. Sit down. We’ll lis
ten so long as you’ll talk.”
She sat down.
“Sakes alive, I guess you don’t
know what you’re promising. I’m
quite a talker when I get goin’. How
soever. I haven’t got so much to
say unless I get started on crime or
matrimony. Surprisin’ how often
you’ll find ’em related. I’ve found
the pistol." From the box she cau
tiously extracted a revolver
wrapped in a soft white cloth. A
revolver with a gleaming mother
of-pearl butt.
The office whirled before Janice s
incredulous eyes. Bruce Harcourt’s!
‘‘I found it on the shore when the
tide went out,” Martha continued.
"When I heard about Mr. Hale, an’
there not being any weapon found,
I says to myself, ‘First thing’ll be
done will be to examine and check
up on every pistol at headquarters.
’Tisn’t likely though that whoever
did it will keep it by him, he’ll get
rid of it. No place I know of better
than the shore.’ So every chance I
had I ran down to the shingle while
the tide was low. I had what you
call a hunch that it wouldn’t be far
away, and it wasn’t.”
The Commissioner broke the re
volver. "One cartridge gone.” He
replaced it on the table. "Ever
seen this gun before. Miss Samp?"
“Yes.”
“Where?”
"It belonged to my nephew, Ar
chie Harper."
"Who owned the revolver after
your nephew—went?”
"Mr. Bruce.”
"Did you know that it was miss
ing, Harcourt?”
"Yes.” Curtly Bruce Harcourt told
of his discovery of the empty holster
on his wall, added that he had in
quired among the engineers if any
one of them had borrowed it.
“Mm. Didn’t connect it with the
shooting, I suppose?”
“The shooting hadn’t occurred at
the time I missed it.”
The door swung slowly open. A
man with dazed eyes swayed on
the threshold. His face was bruised,
his clothing torn. The Commission
er stared at him, open-mouthed.
"Parks! Where did you come
from? Plane crack-up?”
The man’s head achieved a wobbly
shake. “Never got off. Fella grabbed
me as I was climbing into the cock
pit. He flung me down with such
force that I was stunned. I heard
a roar an’ then I didn’t know any
thing."
“What did he look like?” The
Commissioner shook the dazed man
in his eagerness.
“Go easy. I fell on that arm.
Couldn’t tell what he looked like,
goggles on. But when he grabbed
me I noticed a big black seal-ring
on his finger.”
“Who wears a seal-ring in this
outfit, Harcourt?”
"Chester, the second engineer.”
“Mrs. Hale is Chester’s sister?”
“Yes." ■
“I’ll talk with her next. Is she
able to see anyone, Miss Martha?”
“ 'Twill do her good to rouse out
of her d^ze. If M’s. Hale isn’t
roused I’m ’fraid she’ll get lower an’
lower in her mind. ’Twould be a
pity. She's got a lot to live for.”
"What d’you mean, she’s got a
lot to live for?"
“Joe Hale was a rich man. I've
heard. He didn’t need to work,
but he was crazy over bridge-build
ing."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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FLU AND PNEUMONIA
It has been interesting to watch
the progress physicians have made
in controlling certain ailments.
At one time the results obtained
Dr. Barton
in the treatment of
appendicitis brought
praise or blame to
the surgeon who per
formed the opera
tion. The fact that
the patient or the
patient’s family did
not call the physi
cian until it was too
late was never con
sidered.
When it was found
that taking food or a
laxative during an
attack of appendicitis was respon
sible for many deaths, the death
rate in appendicitis immediately
dropped.
The next step in cutting down the
death rate was early operation—
within 36 hours from the beginning
of an attack.
Another dreaded acute disease—
pneumonia — is being fought suc
cessfully by the use of the new
"sulfa” drugs, as they are called.
During the flu epidemic of 1918-19
physicians had no special or specific
drug with wMch to fight pneumonia
which so often followed attacks of
flu. There was always the question
as to which drugs or drug were most
effective and whether the heart
stimulant should be used early or
late in the disease.
During the autumn and winter of
1940 and 1941 there was a wide
spread epidemic of flu, followed as
before by pneumonia. By the use
of the sulfa drugs, the death rate
in pneumonia continued to fall de
spite this flu epidemic.
However, physicians using these
drugs in pneumonia state that "the
prevention of deaths from pneu
monia still depends much on the
promptness with which the patient
calls the doctor. Statisticians point
out that in 40 per cent of the fatal
cases the doctor was not called un
til the fourth day of the illness or
later, and in 12 per cent, not until
the eighth day or later.”
A gratifying point about the new
drugs is that they save such a large
percentage of pneumonia patients
among the young and middle-aged.
In cases of very young children who
did not get a "good start” in life,
and in older individuals with heart,
kidney, bloodvessel and chronic
chest conditions, the sulfa drugs have
not been so effective.
The Metropolitan Information
service points out, however, that too
often the efforts of the physician
cannot save the patient because
delay in calling him has put the
patient beyond help.
Treating Liver and
Gall Bladder Cases
It is known that among the many
duties performed by the liver is the
storing of glycogen—sugar—which
can be used by the body when the
amount of starch or sugar eaten is
not enough for the body’s needs.
An editorial in the Journal of the
American Medical Association giv
ing the results obtained by research
workers, points out that while the
storage of glycogen in the liver is
important, the presence of proteins
in the liver is even more important
from the standpoint of preserving
the liver cells from damage.
Thus a patient seriously ill with
liver and gall bladder trouble, in
which operation has become neces
sary, has heretofore been given
meals rich in starch so that a good
ly supply of glycogen would be pres
ent at the time of operation. The
discovery that protein foods will give
greater protection fn less time is a
great step forward in the protec
tion of liver tissue.
“These experiments appear suffi
ciently conclusive to warrant the
adoption of a high protein, high
starch, no fat diet in the before op
eration treatment of the patient se
riously ill with disease of the liver
and gall bladder.”
Another discovery as to the value
of the protein diet is that swelling of
the parts of the body due to an
excess amount of water in the
tissues following operation, or any
injury in fact, is due to a great ex
tent to lack of proteins.
“Under normal conditions the
swelling (.edema) due to operation
begins to disappear 48 hours to 72
hours after operation, but if not
enough of the proteins is present,
swelling actually increases caus
ing a mechanical obstruction of the
passage of food from the stomach
into the small intestine.
The suggestion, then, is in these
liver and gall bladder cases, that the
diet consist of 80 per cent proteins,
20 per cent starch foods, and no fats.
* * *
QUESTION box
Q —Is there any nourishment in
buttermilk? Why is it recommended
in diet for colitis?
A.—There are 80 calories in a
glass of buttermilk. It is recom
mended because It helps prevent in
testinal putrefaction, is soft and
bland—does not irritate.
Q.— Could you tell me if there is a
; cure for involutional melancholia?
Is gland treatment of any help?
A.—Ask your physician about the
use of ovary extract.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
WARNER Brothers’ “He
roes Without Uniforms,”
a story of the American Mer
chant Marine, will be the first
of a group of films telling us
things that the government
wants us to know. Lowell
Mellet, co-ordinator of gov
ernment films, recently sub
mitted to industry leaders a
list of 30 topics about which the gov
ernment wishes the public to be in
formed. Originally it was planned
to use his ideas as material for short
subjects, but it now seems likely
that some of them, at least, will be
developed into feature-length pic
tures.
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“Parachute Nurse” has what
might be termed an All-Starlet cast,
virtually an all-feminine one. When
Charles Barton, the director, count
ed noses he found Marguerite Chap
man, Shirley Patterson, Alma Car-;
roll, and eight other beauty-contest
winners.
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Now it’s Priscilla Lane who’s hav
ing to learn card tricks. Jan Grippo,
who tutored Veronica Lake for her
PRISCILLA LANE
sleight-of-hand role in “This Gun for
Hire” is doing the same for Pris
cilla, for "Silver Queen,” in which
•he plays opposite George Brent.
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Three of the cast of Columbia’s
"The Invaders” have signed rather
nnusual contracts. Glynis Johns,
Eric Portman and Anton Walbrook
have agreed to appear in Hollywood
within three months after the war
is ended; won't leave England till
then.
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When you see Paramount’s "Wake
Island” you’ll see a setting that’s
absolutely authentic. The contract
ing firm which made the actual de
fense installations for the Wake Is
land marine garrison before the
Japanese attack is in charge of con
struction at the Salton Sea location
for the picture. It is recreating on
the shores of the California island
sea an exact duplication of the Pa
cific atoll establishment. John Far
row is directing “Wake Island,”
with a cast including Brian Don
levy, Robert Preston, Albert Dek
ker and Barbara Britton.
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"Crossroads,” the Hedy Lamarr
William Powell picture, brought up
a slight dilemma at Metro. Powell,
Basil Rathbone and Felix Bressart
all had mustaches, and all were
loath to part with them—but three
was just too many for one film.
Powell is a suave diplomat in the
picture, Rathbone felt that a villain
must have a mustache. Bressart
couldn’t bear to part with his. You’ll
have to see the picture to find out
who lost out.
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That’s Ginger Rogers’ mother
whom you’ll see as Ginger Rogers’
mother in “The Major and the Mi
nor”; she’ll be making her screen
debut. She had been a drama edi
tor and a dramatic coach, she’s been
In charge of the younger players
at RKO and this past year she’s
been installing a dairy at Ginger’s
1,100-acre ranch in Oregon—but nev
er before has she been an actress.
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The famous musicians of the fu
ture may find themselves forming
a "Those Who Wer? Helped by Ma
jor Bowes” association. For in
stance, take the Aquaviva brothers.
Anthony. 17, a clarinetist, recently
on the Major’s program, said that
if he won a prize he’d help his young
1 er brother, Nicholas, to get the kind
; of tutoring he was getting. An
thony won $100, second prize. The
Major suggested that he have Nich
olas audition for the program. Nich
olas. 14, won first prize. So Ma
jor Bowes, with the help of every
body who voted for the lads, helped
them along.
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ODDS AND ENDS—Returning to
; the lot where she was an important star,
Evelyn Brent reported to Paramount to
play a role in “If recking Crew"; Rich
ard Arlen, Jean Parker and Chester
Morris co-star in it . . . Harry Sherman
may reunite several famous western
stars in “Buckskin Empire”—U illiam
S. Hart, Hoot Gibson, William Farnum,
I Jack Holt and Richard Dix . , . Vivian
Leigh is being sought for the lead in
Frenchman’s Creek” .. . William War
! ren is in London during an air raid in
! his new “Lone Wolf’ comedy thriller;
last time he usts actually there was dur
ing m xeppelin raid during the last war.
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