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Bronchitis 17. S. Imports At the turn of the century more than half of the United Sta,es im ports were produced in Europe, and only about 15 per cent came from Asia. During the World War I peri od this country’s purchases from Europe were more than cut in two, percentage-wise, while those from the Far East almost doubled. The increasing importance of the Far East as a source of imports is re flected in the figures for the five year period 1936-1940 when 31.6 per cent of United States imports were purchased In Asia as compared with only 25.3 per cent purchased in Eu rope. More Nutritious Cooking In a comparative study of vitamin C contained in vegetables cooked in various ways, the advantage was clearly in favor of the pressure saucepan. Three possible explana tions of this are that only a small amount of water is needed in the pressure saucepan which also means less loss of minerals, the veg etables are cooked tn an atmos phere of steam in which air has beer expelled, and finally, the cookinr time was considerably shortened Duke McCale, private detective. Is Id vestifatinc the murder ot Curt VaUaln court, who was about to marry Veronica Blfelow, heiress to thirty million dollars. She Is the principal suspect. McCale uncovers a deep plot to keep control of the treat fortune In the family through a deal with Vallalncourt. Shari Lynn, Vallalncourt’s former wife, Is shot to death. McCale Is shot In the shoulder. Sybil, Veronica's mother, Is slugged. Sud denly, the truth strikes McCale. Rushing out of the mansion, he approaches a man in sailor’s uniform. He Is Stephen Bigelow, Veronica’s brother. McCale and his aids overpower him before he can shoot. Just then Donlevy drives up, and brusquely takes over. s CHAPTER XVII Donlevy took over with a brusque ness that was unfamiliar. He herd ed them all into the library, where an astonished and shaking butler was fussing around Miss Adelaide. She stood, a figure of stone, drained of all animation. Her face was gray against the mantel, anguished. “Stephen,” she said in a mur mur that became a cry. The young-old face of Stephen looked half ugly, half despairing in the dim light. There was a haunt ed look behind his eyes. He wet his lips with the tip of his tongue. Suddenly he slumped into a chair. “Yes,” McCale said. His sophis ticated mouth curled in triumph and his tone was brittle. “It was Ste phen Bigelow, dressed as a sailor, whom we saw loitering about the entrance to the Common just be fore the murder. He looked up at the house once, remember? He must have seen us at the bay win dow of the drawing room, for the next time I noticed him, he was reading a paper, probably to hide his face. When Vallaincourt ap proached the house, he must have come across the street into the shel ter of the areaway that goes under the front steps—the service en trance. When Curt was passing, he simply stepped up to him and fired pointblank.” McCale looked at Donlevy and his men, who were grouped over the crestfallen culprit. Donlevy looked up at him. It was so simple, really, now that it was explained. He did say, the ghost of derision on his lips, “Peculiar no one mentioned a sailor hanging around.” "I know,” McCale answered bit terly. “My fault entirely. I pride myself on having a photographic mind, and I missed that, too. Men in the service are so common about the streets these days that they go almost unnoticed anywhere. That is where he was so clever. Who would connect a sailor with the Big elows? One thing I should have seen, though, most certainly. I’ll never forgive myself for that.” “What’s that?" asked Donlevy. McCale reached out and took the hat Stephen Bigelow had in his hand. He cocked a finger and spun the thing around like a plate. “Well, I’ll be damned,” Donlevy exploded. “I don’t blame you.” There was chagrin in McCale’s tone. “This hat is perfectly round, which identifies it as the type worn a number of years ago. The style was changed about five years ago. The newer ones tilt up in front like a regiment al officer’s cap without a visor. If I’d only noticed that one thing, I’d have realized the sailor we saw was a phoney.” He sighed. “It might have saved a life.” He thought of Shari Lynn. Donlevy cleared his throat. Then there was a rustle of feathers and satin at the door and Victoria whirled in. Her eyes were bright and her make-up stood out in ghast ly relief against the paleness of her face. Her fingers jerked to her hair and a shriek died on her lips. Two officers moved forward automatic ally. She blurted some wild gib berish that foretold rising hyste ria; then suddenly was quiet. “So you did it," she said slowly. ’’My God, I didn't think you had the guts. You fool, you utter fool. She isn't worth it. you know—not worth it.” Stephen Goes Quietly To Prison By this time Donlevy was rattled. He moved in on Stephen with a circle of his men. He gave the charge so low it was hardly audi ble. His voice dropped for an in terminable minute before he stepped back. As he did, McCale saw Bigelow’s jaw move, his head come up slowly. Tired, furtive eyes lit up as he looked away from the group that surrounded him. A sin gle tear ran out of the corner of an eye He got to his feet, lowering his head as he slowly turned to take them all in. No one moved toward him He gave them a contemptu ous glare. Finally he turned to Vic toria and spoke his last words in their presence “You'll tell—Mother?" His voice broke. She nodded. "Let’s go," said Donlevy. They took him away. They had left the Bigelow house in a storm of questions from the first reporters on the scene, in the din of explosions from photographers' flash bulbs, in the confusion of the comings and goings of officials from police headquarters and the district attorney’s office. McCale was look ing forward to the peace and quiet yf his own apartment. When they reached it, they found Ann Marriot dozing by the dying fire. She jumped up. smoothing rumpled hair into place. "Well,” she said tartly, "are you all rifeht? Running around like that in your dressing gown. My good ness. That's no way to call on the Beacon Street Bigelows. It’s all over, isn’t it? It came over the radio about an hour ago. You would have to wrestle with murder ers, wouldn’t you? You sure you feel all right?" She was trying hard to cover up her concern. She had been worrying about him all eve ning, afraid that he might seriously harm his injured shoulder. “I’m all rijht,” McCale said, "but I’m still wet and very, very tired.” ‘Then you get into dry clothes right away. Rocky, you mix him a highball while I make coffee. While you’re getting the liquid inside of you, I want to hear about every thing. If you think I'm going to tuck you in and go home before I get the whole story, you are sadly mistaken. If you will go out chas ing a murderer all night with a hole in your side, you'll just have to take the consequences. I’m going to ask questions if I stay here the rest of the night." "If you keep this up, spending your nights with me the way you have been doing, you’ll have to marry me to save my good name.” "Your good name. Tsk, tsk.” She laughed and flounced out the door. The three of them sat a long time over brandy and hot coffee discuss ing the case. After a lengthy re sume, they grew silent. McCale finally spoke. ; Why Sybils Life Was Spared “The maddening thing about it all was the motive, you see. Every one who came under suspicion after Veronica was more or less cleared had a motive. But not different mo tives—they all had the same one.” •‘What do you mean?” Ann asked. “Well, they were all in the plot to get Curt married to Veronica and in charge of the Bigelow millions. Then when it was discovered that he didn’t intend to give them a share after all, they all had the same incentive—to keep him from getting control of it. When it was clear that they all wanted him out of the way for the same reason, it became more a matter of seeking out the person with the characteris tics most suitable to committing murder.” “Bright lad,” Rocky grinned. “It’s a wonder you fumbled as long as you did.” McCale scowled. "Oh, I know the old one about everyone being a po tential murderer. 1 had to nose a little closer to the ground than just accusing one right after the other. Some of them had to have a strong er motive than just money. Call it jealousy combined with passion. Karen was the ‘femme fatale.’ of course. I think she knew from the first that Stephen did it. She didn't give him away, though, not until tonight. She'd even thought of helping him to run away again. That’s why she drew the $800. But tonight when I asked her if she knew why Sybil hadn’t been killed instead of stunned, she didn’t an swer. However, as I went out the door, she began to play the Lullaby from Jocelyn. It was her way of telling me about the mother fixa tion Stephen had. He could not bring himself to kill her, even though he realized she had gone to the attic to see if his sailor suit was still there- and the gun.” “Oh, that’s what she was looking for.” "Of course. Funny. All the way along the line, everything pointed to the sailor angle. It wasn’t until I found the black silk square in the attic that I realized what I had missed It was a kerchief, you know, the kind sailors wear knotted about their necks. When I realized what it was, the whole puzzle fell into focus. There was a sailor lounging near the gate across from the house on the afternoon of the murder. Then Miss Bigelow had told me that Stephen had once run away and joined the navy. He even mentioned the fact himself. Then there was the picture missing from Shari Lynn’s wall. The only sailor in all those uniforms. Stephen’s photograph, of course. The picture was taken years and years ago— not a very good one—but if I had given it more than a cursory glance the night I saw it at Shari Lynn’s, I think I would have recognized him." “Lord. The whole business was out in the open all the time." This from Rocky. "Uh uh. That’s where he was clever. It was almost too out fn the open. Stephen told no lies. He ad mitted being jealous of Karen. Ev erything he did was logical, you know, except attacking his mother. He shouldn’t have done that, be cause he couldn't follow through on it. He didn’t have the heart to kill her. It showed that the killer had a fondness for Sybil that kept him from destroying her. That definite ly put the finger on Stephen.” It All Ends With a Kiss Rocky said, surprisingly, "He was lucky about the false clues, too, boss. He didn’t try to leave any himself—false ones—to point anoth er way, like most murderers do. There was the red wig and every body being in the same locality at just the right time to come under suspicion. Those things Just hap pened. All the confusion it caused was lucky for him—for a while, anyway." "That’s certainly right. He al most got away with bumping me off, too." "He’d never been caught if he’d killed you,” said Ann. "Oh, I don't know. Donlevy’s smart and he would have plugged away until he got the right line, no doubt.” “Maybe.” She sounded skeptical. "Good heavens. It’s five o’clock. What about you and your good name now?” She grinned at McCale. Rocky tilted his bulk from his chair, saying,,“I’ll mosey along, too. Come on, Ann. I'll drop you.” “You get right into bed now. Duke,” she ordered. "I hope you’re going to be all right. You aren’t running a fever are you?” She put her hand on his forehead and, bending over suddenly, gave him a long kiss. “I’m fine,” answered McCale happily, "but if you want my tem perature to go up, you’re certainly doing the right thing " (THE END) [SELECTED - FICTION BY/ - GIFTED AUTHORS*0* < ASK ME 7 A quiz with answers offering ? ; ANOTHER: information on various subjects ? tW (V (W (Vs (V> (V. (Vs (Vs (V. (Vs <V ^s (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (V. (Vs (Vs (Vs (V. (Vs (Vs (Vs (V (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (Vs (W / he (JuesttonM 1. Who was the first Roman em peror to protect Christians and be come one of them? 2. What is the method of enam eling metal or porcelain called? 3. 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