The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, January 02, 1935, Image 3
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Anna McClure Sholl
Copyright by W. O. OlUMUB
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CHAPTER IX? Continued
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Too talk as if the establishment
?01? Set6 wouI^1,,t ??l anybody epy
log. The psychologist in him waa up
permost now, obliterating even his
sense of danger In the effort to track
down the curious states of mind of
Gordon Haskell and hJa confederate.
??And when I find an old Christmas tree
ft I1*- atand carefully preserved be
hind a locked door, I know that fear la
back of Its being there. Too were
afraid to burn it I Somebody might
be looking on, end you were afraid
they would see In your face that this
tree la *a horrible tree ? a tree of
death.' Oh, a murderer Is always see
ing trifles as huge signposts. The uni
verse Is one great eye, and the eye is
on him. You bring it down with Its
flag on ? because you don't dare not to
notice it when Jerry Is with you. If
you're careless toward that tree? if
you leave it up here, Its very look will
tell some passerby there's something
wrong with It." ,
Balder grunted. "You know a lot?
you dor
*Yes ? I know that undiscovered
murderers can poison the very air
about them. The Infection of small
pox would be tight In comparison, peo
ple weren't afraid of those figures.
They were afraid of what they stood
for? horror and a strange, hidden kill,
ing, and a wrecking of all the Joy and
innocence of life."
??Ya.ahl You've talked too much I
Tou I never talk again 1" He rose
alowly; then, with a spring like a jun
gle beast, he leaped for his prey. Wil
ton had already calculated that he had
but one chance for life?to face his
foe, neve*- taking his eyes from him.
and, when he sprang, to dodge him
with the hundredth chance of him
self hurling Balder Into the whirlpool.
As the huge creature Jumped, Wilton
dodged. Balder had over-calculated
the width of the ledge and landed on
its extreme Ice-covered edges. He
slipped, and for a fraction of time per
formed a strange, wild plroutte, his long
arms like the huge wings of a sawmill
in motion. Then, with a shriek that
echoed and re-echoed between ' the
black walls of the gorge, he plunged
into the whirl. His great body was
swung around, and around lllie a cork
for a moment, then disappeared,
snouts at the same moment ..?everber
ated above the roar of the fall
"Wilton I Wilton I" ?" ^ VJ
Wilton had suddenly sunk down on
the rock, feeling faint, not really sure
that Balder had been gulped down the
black, icy throat of the whirl. He
turned his head and saw Arthur and
Jerry hurrying up.
"Thank God, we're not too late."
mt! T?? ,ater he P?,nted to the whirl.
He s gone? there's no getting him out
of there nowl"
"You don't want him out, do you?"
"He sprang at me ? he meant ? to
throw me In."
"That's plain enough. We saw It
ail! We came up like mad? nearly
fell In ourselves once.* /
here?"* 0n earth ?ld yP" track trfe* up
"You dropped this," he held out the
J ^u by five minutes.
This bit of paper was lying near the
gate Looked to me like Berenice*
handwriting? and I couldn't help but
read It I went in and asked Jerry
If you had gone to the whirl, because
it seemed strange to n>e I Berenice Is
sick In bed with a cold."
Tj"The...?hlrn' 1 SQy8'H brok?
Jerry. No man In his senses would
go up that ravine In dead of wlnter
it s known to be dangerous.' "
" 4A man in love might,' I told Jerry,
but as It happens Mlss< Bracebridee
couldn't keep this appointment, If it's
a genuine one."
"I knowed it wasn't when I read the
bit of paper. It had a Queer, fishy look
to me. I says to your friend, 'Miss
Berenice never wrote this note.'"
||Who did, then?" Wilton broke In.
I asked that same question," said
Arthur. "Jerry wanted to know if I
nad seen Balder anywhere, and then
we both agreed that, wftWer wrote
the note, only Balder could keep an ap
pointment at the whirl. Haskell has
never been up the ravine since the
j!2J! ?Cn,dr'ftn WGr? downed
there, Jerry tells me. We decided at
?no* to come to the mouth of the gorge
'ook 'or footprints, we both felt
th?r* # .ad deco*Gd ' you up
there with a fake dote. It was fn*
Milling short of murder. We found
S?r^r,nt!i at. onc#~*Ila,der's huge foot
?2# ??.- ?J?-1* *neS knew
ware^ yours. Then we hbrrted like
Wilton grasped their hands. "Ood
bless you I ( made him know 1 knew
"*4 ""'?o
ttt$ two companions gasped
"? nnvo,
denied the charge. There's his
weapon l" He pointed to the tree
Arthur gased in horror at it
** ^.i'^ys kwm "omethln* was
wrong," Jerry muttered.
"Be struck me first with the base?
?JJinat the shoulder: bfit l slipped on
the tee and the blow glanced off
?-?_*? i**""1* ?">?>?> hi >h.
"'?""it out
?gainst those Innocents
gjjl Jrtrtngth to shove them <*veH
Well he ha? paid. The man? back n?
Balder?hasn't pgfd."
Jer ty took a step toward Arthur.
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His kindly faes was stern and solemn.
-Is Ms na tile? Gordon Haskelir : . . r
"Who else? unleea Balder Ucd? He
told me." kJu 0-v'- ' r ?*,
"Coma straight back to the farm,
Jerry commanded, cutting him short
"We're got to talk, t And we cant talk
against this fall. No use lookln'
there," be added as Wilton glanced
fearfully down at the whirl. "They
never come up under twelve or eight
een hours?he can swing around and
around Until mornln*. I'm the sheriff
of this lonesome county, and ths cor*
oner of this neglected township, and
ru take down your deposition by a.
hot Ore. , , . Balder," he added sol*
-eranly, "You Jumped too far and too
fast**
It was twilight When thSy reached
the farm. Jerry made some steaming
coffee, and over a red-hot stove, Wil
ton told the whole story from his first
suspicions of HaSkell to the conversa
tion with Balder above the whirl.
"Now," he concluded, "Is there the
slightest chance of bringing this man
to Justice-?"
Jerry, rocking In his chair, the big
gray cat on his lap, pondered the ques
tion. "No, there ain't I" he answered
at last "Not the ghost of a shadow.
First place, he's probably? Just what
Balder says? an evader. He waa an
gry with those children; he wanted
power, money."
"Great Caesar I" Wilton ejaculated
suddenly. "Arthur, do you remember
what I told you about the diary; and
the sums of money stolen ? and Doctor
Bracebrldge suspecting Balder?"
"Why, yes ? "
"Suppose It was not Balder after all
? Haskell was the doctor's secretary,
had constant access to the desk In the
library, where money had to be kept
for the servants' pay and other ex
penses."
"What's this ? what's this about a
diary?" Jerry asked.
Wilton related what Berenice had
requested him to do, and of his read
He Plunged Into the Whirl.
Ing of her father's Journal. "And the
thief was never found," he added;
Jerry was looking from one to the
other In astonishment "Things come
risln' up In my memory-? things I'd
clean forgot; X heard about them rob
beries at the time. 1 remember now?
an Incident just before the accident?
murder, we'll call It."
"And what was this Incident?" Ar
thur asked.
"I was down with a load of apples
to the academy. Little Norman was
In the kitchen, and 1 remember sayln'
to him, 'Caught the thief yet?' He an*
swered up right bright and. smart,
*1 caught him red-banded this mornln'.
We'll have fun with him now. We're
goln' to keep him on the rack a bit,
before we tell I' Then he laughed and
ran off. I Bays to the servant, 'la It
true Norman's caught the thief?* She
laughed and said she guessed Norman
was strlngln' me. Haskell was passln*
the kitchen entrance, and I says to
him 'Norman says he caught the thief
red-handed.' 1 remember he gave me
an awiul stare. 'He's a little liar,' he
says, his fnce queer and white. The
girl she looked after him and laughed.
'He hates 'em. He'd like to kill 'em
all four of 'em I"*
A profound silence followed thts
reminiscence? then Wilton spoke. "Do
you think he ? did this awful crime be*
cause he was afraid, saw his finish
when Norman found him? If he did
find htm ? with his hand on the money
till? Even so, the child might have
been very much mistaken as to the
meaning of the Incident Doctor Brae*
bridge probably sent Haskell ae his
secretary many times to unlock the
money drawer In the desk. We can't
say certainly that Haskell was ths
thief and had four children killed to
protect himself.**
"No more than we can prove," Ar
thur Interposal, "that Balder nun.
mltted the murder at the Instigation
of Haskell ? and not for his own ter
rible satisfaction."
' TO Bit OONTtNUWD.
PlrtUu Cookers Not New
Pits which had been used aa fire
Ass cookers some 25,000 years ago by
the Ihhabltantir of what Is now Art*
r.ona were uncovered by an expedition
from the University of Arlnona. They
were five feet deep and the same In
diameter. Kvldehtly a fire was built
In the bottom of the pit and after It
died down hot rocks were placed on
the bottom4 A layer of greens came
next followed by the food to be cooked
with a final layer of greens for ?
covering. .?
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
BV WAY of keeping properly in
formed as to the high-spots which
loom on fashion's horixon, let's talk
about lace. It Is not only that the fu
ture of lace looks wonderfully bright
and promising but lace in the scheme
of styles-current is playing a most out
standing role. ?? '
Lace in an endless variety of new
and unusual weaves and textures Is
being used in ways we would not have
dreamed of a generation ago?not only
for dresses and negligees, which be
speak romance and leisure and pret
tily: feminine wiles, but for tailored
suits and blouses and various apparel
for the more practical hours, lace reg
isters as dependably wearable and
chic, Then, too, one of the most fas
cinating chapters being written into
the story of fashions present and com
ing has to do with shoes, handbags and
gloves which are Ingeniously styled
of lace, '
It goes without saying, that In this
emphasis given to lace for every oc
casion there needs must be a right
lace for the right {line and place, as
we now have laces at our disposal
as filmy and fragile as cobwebs, laces
as sturdy and wearable as tweeds, and
in tune with the trend to elegance
comes along this season rich and lus
trous laces shot with gold apd silver
or sparkling with glitter of sequin em
bellishment
Lace blouses are particularly high
lighted" In the present mode. We ar?
picturing three which will add varietJT
and interest to the winter velvet or
cloth suit, making It ap
propriate for any more
or less Informal occa
sion. The lines are as
smart and new as the,
laces which fashion
them.
To the left In the
sroup we have a trig
little blouse, smart, tai
lored and youthful. In
teresting, too, because
of the very new fabric
like lace ? gold snot metal sephyr lace
knit ? and It comes In a wide choice of
colors such as candy beige, clay rust,
Chinese coral and mahogany brown.
The lace blouse with the polka dot
pattern gives Just the right accent
when you don't care to look too tai
lored. Soft, feminine and quite new in
line and medium Is this woolette lace
blouse.
If you want a blouse to dress up
your suit for an afternoon bridge or a
matinee or three o'clock muslcale,
here's the very thing centered in the
picture ? a fine Alejicon lace In a
thoroughly wearable style.
The new lace tunica are wonderfully
good looking* Whether Id the modish
dark colored laces, wine, hunter's
green, rust brown or in the delectable
Ice blue, . bluBh pink or pale cham
pagne tints, these knee-length blouses
are fascinating. Wear them over a
velvet or crepe skirt or that which Is
the last word in chic? ? sheer skirt
knife pleated all around, for. evening.
' It you want to be assured of al
ways looking beautifully gowned dur
ing the formal after-flve hours enrich
your wardrobe to the extent of one
exquisite black lace goWj& The HI my
Ctiantllly black laces are competing
with the heavier, grandiose Spanish
types at present. To varjf the appear
ance of the black ^ace <fte?* of your
choice have It made with a' neckline
which lends Itself to ,jew<fetfed clips.
8186' to the wearing of ftirtw&rs across
the front peckllbe. ?
WMtwti Newspaper (Jnloa.
:b>. .?Vr- v <
"BLANKET" COAT
fty CHBRIK NldtOl.AA
Heres the latent imiiK m the way of
a sport* and practical daytltae coat
fichlaparelll make* this daubing mode)
of a brilliant red, greeh And blue plaid
blanket wool. It IS ahown here worn
over a dark blue orie<pl&e wool dree*.
The flaring linen am very new.
-tr- it- - i' "'V i, "fi'
C?p?? Curry On
' Obviously the small round cape Is
carrying over for spring, llardly a day
model la shown without one, and the
little evening cape la practically In
evitable. Ribow or waist-length is the
sire of them. ' ?
NET IS FAVORITE
AS WINTER FABRIC
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Fashion designers are well aware
that many women aren't satisfied un
less they are wearing furs In summer
and filmy garments In snowstorms. So
for winter evenings, they are recom
mending the most transparent of fab
Hcs. net, The most arresting model
seen In al representative collection.
Is designed along shirtwaist lines and
has silver cross bars to decorate the
net. A turnover collar with ruffled
edge, short sleeves with rufTled cuffs
and a skirt which bunches Its buoyancy
at either side, are noteworthy features
of the mode.
A square dotted mesh Is the most
old-fashioned of all the netted themes
to appear this season. An overblouse
of this quaint stuff Is recommended
to cover a simple but julte formal
black crepe evening gown.
New p iiee Treatment It
been in Late Collection*
The bloused silhouette has been
gradually growing to Importance and
gives promise of coming through to an
Important Way. Leiong and Molyneux
both showed the bOdlce that Is bloused
st the back.
Collections prepared for resort w?er
are playing np?the bloused bodies, In
sll'ioiind and Just-at-the~back treat*
tnents; the resort group* suggest It
In sportsy versions, which will doubt
less have much to do with Its ac
csptance. Shlrrlngs snd smocklngs ars
Important In gaining the blonsed line,
introduced In yokCs and sections, the
?mocklngs not to be confnsed with tha
peasant blouse type.
Dainty Foolwt**
If rolladjr Intends 'driving her car to
the party when she Is wosrlng delicate
slipper*, she would be wise to wear an
Old pair of slipper* and change In Hie
cit before going In to the party, 7; An
unexpected smudge of oil or freaiM
could rain the whole aftsrnooft.
dust
MISLEADING MELODY
x - . ??> f - " i ? - - -
??You can learn a great deal from
old songs," Remarked the light-heart
ed statesman.
- *T?hey may be misleading," an
swered Senator Sorghum. "Wbt>n
posterity revives *We Have No Ba
nanas' a large number of persons
may be led to Infer that with all
our crop failures the most we have
had a contend with was a scarcity
of tropical fruit." ? Washington Star.
Promising
Mr. and Mrs. Penley were honest,
hard-worklug farmer folks. By self
denial they had managed to send
their son to Harvard. One day a
letter arrived. "I know you will be
pleased," wrote the son, "to learn
that I have won the squash cham
pionship."
"Well, well!" beamed Father Pen
ley. "We'll make a fanner out of
that boy yet, mother."
Why tho Old On* It Comfy
"What would your wife say if yon
bought n new car?"
"'Look out for that traffic light 1
Be careful now I Don't hit that
truck 1 Why don't you watch where
you're going? Will you never learn?"
And a lot more like that," ? Boston
Evening Transcript.
She Wti Willing
Curate (admiring a bowl of bulbs)
. ? How lovely to think It will soon be
opening time, Mrs. Bird.
Mrs. Blnks ? Well, now, and who
ever would have thought of you say
in' a thing like that ! But I'm game
to pop out for a quick one If you
feel like It. ? London Tit-Bits.
Buay
Caller ? I would like to see the
Judge, please.
Secretary ? I'm sorry, sir, but he Is
at dinner.
Caller ? But, my man, my errand
is important.
Secretary ? It can't be helped, sir.
His Honor- is at steak.? Pearson's
Magazine.
SHE KNEW
"It eoBts me $40 a month Just to
keep my hair In shape."
"Yes ? petting musses one's hair
terribly."
Caie of Nccanltjr
"What was the Inspiration for your
success?" the rich man was asked.
"Well, frankly," he grinned, "It
was the meals my wife cooked when
we were first married. I renll7/ed
right off I'd have to earn enough to
hire a cook If I didn't wnnt to die
of indigestion."
Lofty Anumptloni
"You have been getting some bad
advice in business."
I "I have," answered Mr. Dustln
Btax, "I had a highbrow group of
advisers. But highbrows are always
suspected of high-hat inclinations.
Instead of a brain truKt I got merely
a brain crust"
Youthful Assumption
"How 14 your soi^ getting' on in his
??w position*/"
ITir^t rate," answered Farmer
Oorntossel. "He knows more about
the business now than the boss does.
All he has to do Is convince the
bow."
M'-1 \ ?.
* j Did Ho Get the Job 7
Kmployer ? Personal appearance is
a helpful factor In business success.
Wmployee ? Yes, and business suc
ceSfc.li h helpful factor In personal
appearance. . y . .
GET SMARTNESS
IN SJATIN frROCK
jPATTEAN *029
Probably about now you have de
cided that you Just must have a
satin frock. You're right! And here
la the model you have been seeking
la which to make It It la a dress
you can wear afternoon or evening,
and always look smart The Jabot Is
not Just an ordinary Jabot but some
thing cut Jn one with the yoke and
Joined In the bodlc* on new ana
very chic principles. The sleeves,
too, do things differently, and whll*
there Is nothing different about tho
pleats at the bottom of the skirt,
front and back, they afford graceful
movement for the slim panels.
Pattern 2020 is available in sizes
16, 38, 20, 34, 86, 38, 40, 42, 44 and
46. Size 36 takes 4% yards 39 Inch
fabric. Illustrated Btep-by-step sew
ing Instructions Included.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) In
coins or stamps (coins preferred)
for this patteru. Write plainly name,
address and style number. BE SUREJ
TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders to Sewing Chrcl#
Pattern Department, 243 West Sev
enteenth Street, New York City.
SHREWD POLITICIAN
"What la the secret of your repu
tation as a great leader?"
"My skill In guessing what wai
sure to occur, and then loudly advo
cating It." ? Washington Star.
Woof! Woof I
"This 1b a retail store, isn't It,"
asked the old lady.
"Certainly, madam," said the clerk.
"Well," snld she, "some friend*
gave my grandson this pnp, and It
has had Its tall cut oft and I want It
retailed, plense."
Defined
Wee Hetty ? Mother, I feel ?o
'cited !
Mother ? Excited, dear? I don't
think you know what excited means.
Wee Betty ? Why, it's being In a
hurry all over.
Couldn't Blame Him
Blinks ? It always surprises me t?
see a big, strong fellow like you
shudder every time there Is a peal of
thunder.
Jinks? It always reminds me of
what I get at home.
If Only Our Fir?t Mother Had
Mother ? \Vhy did you strike your
little sister?
Bobby ? Well, we were playing Ail
am and Eve, and Instead of tempt*
ing mo with the apple Bhe ate M
herself.
The Answer to That On*
"Were you ever kissed?" the *14
maid was asked.
"Well, If I should die tomorrow H
would not bf! from curiosity," ?he re
plied.? Cincinnati Enquirer.
So It Goei
Barney ? Did the doctor cureKellj
of Insomnln?
Tim ? He did. Now Kelly can**
Bleep nights wondering how he's ffl
Ing to pay the doctor 1