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A t •*â-  I ♦ â-  â- â- *- S X «• .i 4- m ♦ I t « T * 1 > t •4 « « * •• A * » 4 ♦ ! i * •« 4 « ^ * â- f « Jk • -* ♦ » * » â- â€¢ â- â™¦ * A « • t .) A '^^^c^oud "SALAM TEA BAB 6Â¥N0P&]£> CHAPTER XVI: Victoria Biselow calls M llcC&le at hla office In the middle of tk« nlffht. She asks him to obtain some Icttcra from A'allalncourt's apartment. Chapter XVII She seemed suddenly drained of vitality. There was a thwarted look on her face. "So that's that." "Just that, I'm afraid. However, I think you'll hear from your let- ters." He followed her to the door, watching her down the. stairs. At the turn, she looked back at him. She stopped, waiting a moment un- til he became aware that she in- tended to explode a farewell bomb- â- hclL "If they don't turn up, Sherlock, I'll go to Shari Lynn for them, â- what?" She laughed insolently as •be coiitinuc'l down. McCale shook his head in utter weariness as he went back in. He was sure the interview had been a fiasco. At least his share of it. Things were piling up too quickly, too fast, one conclusion contradict- ing another. • • • The telephone was ringing in- sistently. McCale rolled over, opened one eye, swore, and finally grabbed the e.xtra pillow, bund- ling it under his head. He fumbled with the light, snapped It en, lifted the telephone off its cradle. "McCale speaking," he growled. ."Rocky, boss!" "Where are you?" "Corner of .^.spinwall. opposite the Vallaincourt den. Didn't you tell me to keep a lookout?" 'Oh, yeah. All quiet?" "All quiet now. Listen, boss, Hong about five this morningâ€"" "All right. What happened at five o'clock?'' Sleep still hugged him tightly and there was an unreasonable barb in his voice. "Okay, okay, .\round five, a girl showed up with a key to the Vallaincourt ron-day-voo." "What did she look like?" "Just my type, boss. Sort of dark and well-rounded, you know. Big eyes. .A. gorgeous damsel, she was trailing Persian lambs in the gutter. Very snazzy." "Come in a cab?" "Yeah. She left at the corner.'* "Did you get the cabby?" "Nah. 1 followed the girl." » • • McCale stifled a chuckle. -Well?" "1 cornered her in the apart- ment. She turned tough, but I only got a scratch here and there. "Who was it?" "Hold on to your hat. now. It was Victoria Bigelow." "Victoria Bigelow ?" Surprise jerked him wide awake. "Uh uh. She was after some letters of hers, she said." "Well, well." Victoria had cer- tainly had a busy night, he thought. "The place was clean, like you said. No secret panels, eithoi. 1 â€" that is â€" I finally helped her hunt for them." "Go home and grab yourself some grub and shuteye." said Mc- Cale. "Get here about one o'clock. I'm going to he busy this morn- ing." "Right. Signing off." • » ♦ The line went dead. McCale sat there, forgetting the telephone in his hand. His eyes were bright and exasperating as hi"; mind la- bored in a disturbing whirl of the' unexpected. At eight forty-five ho called Ann Marriott on the telephone. To her cool "hello", he said. "Good morning. This is your boss." "Oh, good morning, darâ€" boss. ••Anything important? I'm on my way in about five minutes." "No hurry. In fact, this is just to say you might shop for an hour if you want to and then do an •errand for me. \X eleven you might be around Broadmore." "Broadniore?" "Yes. The Baysrcuth, to be exact. I want you to drop in on Shari l.jnn- -"^uiic Wi." " , , . And pray what shall I BROWN wN.Ul FCATURCt use as an excuse for dropping in, as you say? Don't tell me you're sending nie along to smooth the way for you â€" a more subtle ap- proach, so to speak?" "No â€" and that's comedy enough for now, my girl " He grew serious. "I saw her myself late last night, for that matter. "I'd Hke a line on how she is this morning. Y'ou know â€" sad. gay, expectant? .\sk her for her autograph. Anything to get in. Talk about Vallain- court if you can without being thrown out." « « • "That all?" "Yes. Just a check-up to satisfy a point that's been nagging me. She's fairly transiiarcm. It ought to be easy." "Oh, yes. indeed. It sounds, too, too easy. .â- Ml right. I'll do my best. See you when?" ".\bout noon. Here. 'Bye, sweet." He knew that to solve this prob- lem, he had first to break down the buttress of tradition that sur- lounded the Bigelows. He knew he was up against something that even the overestimataed awe, or if you will, majesty, of the law could not upend. On impulse he dialed police headquarters and asked for Don- levy. .-Kfter a slight delay, the curt, incisive vaice of the lieu- tenant came through. "Donlevy here.' "McCale. lieutenant." "Oh â€" sure. Not out yet liunt- ine the foul, criminal?" . ♦ • * "On the way. I'd like to know what the Bigelow women were wearing when they they came in yesterday â€" outside the green ihingmajig \'eronica sported.' "Of course. Didn't I mention that?" "No." "Well, here it is. Victoria, an oiled-silk affair, yellow; Karen, a black velvet suit, black cape; Sybil, a light brown raincoat. That help?" "Uh uh. It was Sybil, then, who walked away into the fog." ''Vou think so? She claims to have been at the drugstore." ".Vot for my money." "I kind of think not. That family! It's almost impossible to get them to admit anything. They're all protecting one another. What? I've had a devil of a time and got nothing so far." "You"ll get less, very likely, now they've had a chance to compare notes. " There was a pause. Then Don- levy said, almost cheerfully, "I guess \ eronica's our girl.'' "Vou really think so?" "The l.ynn woman's evidence will put the finish on it." "Oh." McCale pondered over that for a moment, then decided to add, "I'd keep a sharp watch on the Lynn woman.'' « * • ''Why?" [')onlcvy"s interest was immediate. "1 would. That's all." "Now, Duke, you must have a reason. Why be mysterious?" "I'll drop in to see you later in the day. Okay?" "By all means." The body had been removed to the morgue and laboratory for full- er examination. Lieutenant Don- levy and liis squad had finished with the preliminaries. The hun- gry press bad been thrown a bone to nibble on. .Men had been sent to \'alIaincourt's apartment to look over papers and belongings for a possible clue. Then, at nine this morning, a plainclothes man had interrupted breakfast with an urgent request for \ cronica. He was politely in- sistent that she must come at once to the office of Lieutenant Don- levy for further questioning. She was not to be alarmed. It was a matter of routine. But â€" To Be Continued 16 BeKsâ€" All's Well The only time during the year when more than eight hells ?rc sounded on shipboard is at mid- night New Year's Eve, when 16 bells are sounded ALL ONTARIO AIDS FLOOD RELIEF DRIVE Today, under the auspices of the Provincial government, every Ontario community is collecting food and clothing for the Ontario British Flood Rehef Campaign, whose chairman is the Hon. Russell T. Kelley, Ontario minister of health. Shipments will shortly proceed overseas to aid people in areas such as Maidenhead, Berk- shire (above) where a pohceman is seen aiding a woman who got into deep water. The Ontario campaign continues until May 15 under the executive directorship of Christie A. McDonald. Head- quarters are in the Parliament Buildings, Toronto. I ANN£ KIRST 1 You Must Decide Your Own Future DEAR ANNE HIRST: Shall 1 re- * marry my first husband, or an * older man who loves me now? .\t 17 I ran away and got married to a boy the same age, and both our parents demanded it be annulled. H e went off to school, I had a child and stayed home to care for her. Now 1 * am 2S, and engaged to tnis man a dozen years older. I admire him, * and he can give me and my httle * girl everything. She loves him as * though he were her own father. * But recently I met my first hus- * band. Not knowing [ was engaged, * he came the next day, and he * wants us to marry again ! 1 know * now that is what 1 want, too. My * little girl, however cried when I * told her and said she would never * stay with him. (She doesn't know * ,he is her real father). My fiance * is away so I haven't talked w-ith * him. Do you think my child will * learn to love her father? (He * can't provide for us as well). Or * shall I go ahead and marry my * fiance? â€" Kitty. « * * * WAIT You are indeed in a dilemma. Un- lit vtiM sazv your first husband again, you felt you could be a good tcife to this other man ezxn though you did not love him. But nozv you reat- i:e where your heart really belongs â€" and you knozv that marrying him leould HOi be fair. I'm afraid you would find it imfossible to be a loyal wife, with your nature calling out to this first love you knew. And you ivouldn't want to marry any man merely to giz'e your child a home. I'm sorry you sprung the idea of marrying your first husband so suddenly on this child of yours He is a stranger to her. i'he had al- ready accepted the older man as her stepfather, and naturally she resents anyone else Had she met her real father merely as a friend of yours, she might have grown fond of him. That can happen, even yet // you lun'e niaae .ip your mind you can marry no one but your first husband, tell your fiance. 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Nowhere, perhaps, in all the history of nations are there to be found more indealistic regulations for the prevention of social injustice than among the Jews in their an- cient homeland. One recalls the Cities of Refuge, the land laws, the provisions for the protection of debtors, the Year of Jubilee and other regulations all designed to safeguard human rights and welfare. Yet, in spite of all this, injustice and oppression were prevalent. Then, as now, there were grafters and exploiters. • * * Imagine some thoughtful, intelli- gent, hard-working farmer who un- derstands the conditions upon which our life and welfare depend coming into one of our modern cities. He would observe the ease and luxury of those making no real contributic>n to society, not to men- tion the evil and corruption that are so flagrant. Then you can un- derstand something of what the Prophet Amos was to his times in ancient Israel. Amos was a herdsman, accus- tomed to clean living. 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