anaheim-gazette 1931-10-22

Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 22, 1931 SIGHT UNSEEN by MARY ROBERTS RINEHART COPYRIGHT 1931 / BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART FOURTH INSTALLMENT SYNOPSIS Six people, Herace Johnson (who tells the story), his wife, old Mrs. Dane, Herbert Robinson and his sister, Alice, and Dr. Sperry, friends and neighbors, are in the habit of holding weekly meetings. At one of them, Mrs. Dane, who is hostess, varies the program by unexpectedly arranging a spiritualistic soance with Miss Jeremy, a friend of Dr. Sperry and not a professional, as the medium. At the first sitting the medium tells the details of a murder as it is occurring. Later that night Sperry learns that a neighbor, Arthur Wells, has been shot mysteriously. With Johnson he goes to the Wells residence and they find confirmation of the medium's account. Mrs. Wells tells them her husband shot himself in a fit of depression. Now Go On With The Story Believing then that something might possibly be hidden there, I made an investigation, and could see some small objects lying there. Sperry brought me a stick from the dressing room and with its aid succeeded in bringing out the two articles which were instrumental in starting us on our brief but adventurous careers as private investigators. One was a leather razor strop, old and stiff frost disuse, and the other a wet bath sponge, now stained with blood to a yellowish brown. "She is lying, Sperry," I said. "He fell somewhere else, and she dragged him to where he was found." "But—why?" "I don't know," I said impatiently. children and went up the stairs. When Sperry came back with the opiate she was nowhere in sight, and he was considerably annoyed. "She knows something." I told him. "She is frightened." "Now see here, Horace," he said. "suppose we had come in here, without servants' entrance. It is dark there." The key is always lung on the nail when they are out! "Yes. If any one of them is out it is left here. There is only key. The family is out a great deal, and it saves bringing some one down from the servants' rooms at the top of the house." But I think my knowledge of the key bothered her, for some reason. And as I read over my questions, certainly they indicated a suspicion that the situation was less simple that it appeared. She shot a quick glance at me. "Did you examine the revolver when you picked it up?" "I, monsieur? Non!" Then her fears whatever they were, got the best of her. "I know nothing but what I tell you. I was out. I can prove that that is so. I went to a pharmacy; the clerk will remember. I know, monsieur, he will tell you that I used the telephone there." "Now see here, Horace," he said. "suppose we had come in here, without the thought of that seance behind us? We'd have accepted the thing as it she—well she's as innocent as but take Herbert, for instance suppose he'll believe she had side information?" "But it was happening we were shut in the drawing-room." So Elinor claims. "So Elinor claims. But if anything to hide, it would have time. An hour or so, perhaps, see how Herbert would jump off I said irritably to him. "I go home, it is 1:30 in the morning. But as it happened, I did not my house when I reached a wide awake, and I perceived, ing up at my wife's windows, lights were out. As it is her to wait up for me on those cusions when I spend an event from home, I surmised that comfortably asleep, and made to the pharmacy to which the governess had referred. The night clerk was in the tion-room behind the shop, fixed himself comfortably on two with an old table-cover over and a half-empty bottle of sand on a wooden box beside him. It waken until I spoke to him. "Sorry to rouse you, Jim." He flung off the cover and up, upsetting the bottle, which a stale stream to the floor. "Call right, Mr. Johnson, I wasn't anyhow." I let that go, and went at objects lying there. Sperry brought me a stick from the dressing room and with its aid succeeded in bringing out the two articles which were instrumental in starting us on our brief but adventurous careers as private investigators. One was a leather razor strop, old and stiff frost, disuse, and the other a wet bath sponge, now stained with blood to a yellowish brown. "She is lying, Sperry," I said. "He fell somewhere else, and she dragged him to where he was found." "But—why?" "I don't know," I said impatiently. "From some place where a man would be unlikely to kill himself. I daresay...o one ever killed himself, for instance, in an open hallway. Or stopped shaving to do it." "We have only Misss Jeremy's word for that," he said, sullenly. "Confound it, Horace, don't let's bring in that stuff if we can help it." We started at each other, with the strop and the sponge between us. Suddenly he turned on his heel and went back into the room, and a moment later he called me, quietly. "You're right," he said. "The poor devil was shaving. He had it half done. Come and look. But I did not go. There was a pitcher of water in the bathroom, and I took a drink from it. My hands were shaking. When I turned around I found Sperry in the hall, examining the carpet with his flash light, and now and then stooping to run his hand over the floor. "Nothing here," he said in a low tone, when I had joined him. "At least I haven't found anything. How much of Sperry's proceeding with the carpet the governess had seen I do not know, I glanced up and she was there, on the staircase to the third floor, watching us. She came down the stairs, a lean young Frenchwoman in a dark dressing gown and Sperry suggested that she should have an opiate. She seemed at the idea, but Sperry did not go down at once for his professional bag. "You were not here when it occurred, Mademoiselle?" he inquired. "No doctor, I had been out for a walk." She clasped her hands. "When I came back——" "Was he still on the floor of the dressing-room when you can in?" "But yes. Of course. She was alone. She could not lift him." "I see, Sperry said thoughtfully. No, I dare say she couldn't. Was the revolver on the floor also?" "Yes, doctor. I myself picked it up." To Sperry she showed, I observed, a slight deference, but when she glanced at me, as she did after each reply I thought her expression slightly altered. At the time this pubbled me, but it was explained when Sperry started down the stairs. "Monsieur is of the police?" she asked, with a Frenchwoman's timid respect for the constabulary. I hesitated before I answered. I am a truthful man, and I hate unnecessary things. But I ask consideration of the object of our visit. Yes, he hered the governess, knew her matter of fact. The Wells? good many things there. Ask her telephoning, he thought about nine o'clock, maybe can questioned as to what she had led about, he drew himself up. "Oh, see here," he said. "I well tell you that, can? This has got ethics, all sorts of ethics. He enlarged on that. The city, he maintained lofts in the hands of the pharmacies a trust that they kept. Ever from dope to drink, and then a boasted. When I told him that Arthur was dead his jaw dropped, he was no argument in him. I very well number the governors. "She's done it several times," I'll be frank with you. I go after the third evening, and myself. You know the trick, out it was the Ellingham he State Street." "What was the nature of versations?" "Oh, she was very careful, open phone and any one caller. Once she said somebody to come. Another time she was Suzanne Gautier. 9:30 And tonight?" "That the family was going to call." "It met the detectives outside doctor," he said. "It's terrible thing sir." the object of our visit. Yes, he hered the governess, knew her matter of fact. The Wells? good many things there. Ask her telephoning, he thought about nine o'clock, maybe can questioned as to what she had led about, he drew himself up. "Oh, see here," he said. "I well tell you that, can? This has got ethics, all sorts of ethics. He enlarged on that. The city, he maintained lofts in the hands of the pharmacies a trust that they kept. Ever from dope to drink, and then a boasted. When I told him that Arthur was dead his jaw dropped, he was no argument in him. I very well number the governors. "She's done it several times," I'll be frank with you. I go after the third evening, and myself. You know the trick, out it was the Ellingham he State Street." "What was the nature of versations?" "Oh, she was very careful, open phone and any one caller. Once she said somebody to come. Another time she was Suzanne Gautier. 9:30 And tonight?" "That the family was going to call." "No, I dare say she couldn't. Was the revolver on the floor also?" "Yes, doctor. I myself picked it up." To Sperry she showed, I observed, a slight deference, but when she glanced at me, as she did after each reply I thought her expression slightly altered. At the time this pubbled me, but it was explained when Sperry started down the stairs. "Monsieur is of the police?" she asked, with a Frenchwoman's timid respect for the constabulary. I hesitated before I answered, I am a truthful man, and I hate unnecessary lying. But I ask consideration of the circumstances. "I am making a few investigations," I told her. "You say Mrs. Wells was alone in the house, except for her husband?" "The children." Mr. Wells was shaving, I believe, when the er — impulse overtook him? There was no doubt as to her surprise. "Shaving? I think not." "What sort of razor did he ordinarily use?" "A safety razor always. At least I have never seen any others around." There is a case of old-fashioned razors in the bathroom. She glanced toward the room and shrugged her shoulders. "Possibly he used others. I have not seen any." "It was you, I suppose, who cleaned up afterwards." "Cleaned up?" "You who washed up the stains?" "Stains? Oh, no, monsieur. Nothing of the sort has yet been done." I felt that she was telling the truth so far as she knew it, and I asked about the revolver. "Do you know where Mr. Wells kept his revolver?" "When I first came it was in the drawer of that table. I suggested that it be placed beyond the children's reach. I do not know where it was put." "Do you recall how you left the front door when you went out? I mean, was it locked?" "No. The servants were out, and I knew there would be no one to admit me. I left it unfastened." But it was evident that she had broken a rule of the house by doing so, for she added: "I am afraid to use the essay for her to go to the pharmacy, and she muttered something about the sort of grooming feeling." The house was an old one, and in the center of the high ceiling a plaster ornament surrounded the chandelier. Our search gradually centered on this ornament, but the chairs were low and our long-distance examination revealed nothing. It was at that time, too, that we heard some one in the lower hull, and we had only a moment to put our chairs in place before the butter came in. He showed no surprise, but stood looking at the body on the couch, his thin face working. "I met the detectives outside doctor," he said. "It's a terrible thing, sir. A terrible thing!" "I'd keep the other servants out of this room. Hawkins." "Yes, sir." He went over to the sheet, lifted the edge slowly, and then replaced it, and tip-toed to the door. "The others are not back yet. I'll admit them, and get them up quietly. How is Mrs. Wells?" "Sleeping." Sperry said briefly, and Hawkins went out. I realize now that Sperry was—I am sure he will forgive this—in a state of nerves that night. For example, he returned only an impatient silence to my doubt as to whether Hawkins had really only just returned and he quite missed something downstairs which I later proved to have an important bearing on the case. This was when we were going out, and after Hawkins had opened the front door for us. It had been freezing hard, and Sperry, who has a bad ankle looked about for a walking stick. He found one, and I saw Hawkins take a swift step forward, and then stop, with no expression whatever in his face. "This will answer. Hawkins." "Yes, sir," said Hawkins impassively. And if I realize that Sperry was nervous that night, I also realizes that he was fighting a battle quite his own and with its personal problems. "She's got to quit this sort of thing," he said savagely and apropos of nothing, as we walked along. "It's hard on her, and besides——" "Yes?" "She couldn't have learned about it," he said, following his own trail of thought. "My car brought her from her home to the house-door. She was brought in to us at one. But don't you see that if there are other developments, to prove her statements..." ANAHEIM GAZETTE On the Sidewalks of New York By OBSERVER (Correspondence to The Gazette) MONSTER OF THE AIR— New Yorkers by the thousands have visited the D.C., the giant flying boat which is now hauled ashore just across from the Bronx on Long Island. It is being refitted at the Curtis flying field. It is a sight that stirs even thrill-hardened city people. Standing beneath it, the huge airship towers as tall as an ordinary three-story house, and it will "sleep and eat" three times as many people. Had it never flown, it would seem impossible that such a huge structure could ever be lifted by its own power. But it has flown across four continents. It is not an experiment any longer. SOUVENIR COLLECTORS— The Do-X has not been immune from the depredations of souvenir collectors, its owners complaining loudly that all the gadgets on its instrument board have been pried loose and stolen. Rungs from chairs, pots and pans, and everything removable has been carted off by the insatiable mob. Perhaps the owners have a legitimate complaint, but to those who have seen the thousands who have streamed daily through the giant ship—at fifty cents a head—it seems as though they have no great kick. If it was our boat we would buy up a lot of knick-knacks, strew them around, and let the public do its worst, knowing every prize would stimulate more visitors into showing up. The owners must have taken in enough to more than half pay for the craft and certainly enough to pay for the costly repairs rendered necessary by its epoch-making flight. A COSTLY FARM— RECIPES FOR POTATOES Potatoes au Gratin 1-1-2 cups milk 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons butter or other fat 1 teaspoon sale 1-4 pound cheese, grated 4 cups cooked diced potatoes 1 cup buttered bread crumbs Prepare a sauce with the milk, flour, fat, and salt. Add the cheese, and stir until melted. In a shallow greased baking dish place the potatoes, pour the cheese sauce over them, and cover the top with the buttered bread crumbs. Bake in a moderate oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the crumbs are golden brown and the potatoes are thoroughly heated. Serve from the baking dish. Potato Soup 2 cups diced raw potato 1 quart boiling water 1 pint milk 1 onion 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley 4 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon salt Pepper Cook the potato in the boiling water until soft, drain off and keep 1 pint of the potato water, and rice the potato. Heat the milk in a double boiler with the onion. Cook the parsley in the fat, add the flour, stir until well blended, combine with the milk and potato, and potato water, stir until smooth, cook for 2 or 3 minutes, and the salt and pepper. Remove the onion before serving. Quick Turnip Soup 1 quart milk 1 onion, cut in half through the giant ship—at fifty cents a head—it seems as though they have no great kick. If it was our boat we would buy up a lot of knick-knacks, strew them around, and let the public do its worst, knowing every prize would stimulate more visitors into showing up. The owners must have taken in enough to more than half pay for the craft and certainly enough to pay for the costly repairs rendered necessary by its epoch-making flight. A COSTLY FARM— Iowa and Kansas farmers who complain they cannot make a living on land at $400 an acre won't want to farm on Manhattan. Recently some 200 school children harvested a crop on three acres. On this land the children grew sweet corn, maize, carrots, sweet potatoes and beets. Some of the children went further and grew cotton, tobacco and peanuts, surprising even adult agriculturists who had not looked upon this region as a good growing place for such crops. The land on which these crops were grown is worth exactly half a million dollars, or $166,666 an acre. The explanation is that the city owns the land and donated its use to the young farmers and farmerettes. ANOMALIES— New York is a crazy town to get around in, unless you stick to patas you are well acquainted with. For instance, West Fourth Street crosses West Twelfth Street. There are two Empire State buildings, the original one being at Broadway and Bleeker streets. There is no chance of mistaking the two however. Another thing—the shortest distance between two points here is often the longest way around, if you take the subway. To go to the Bronx from Astoria—about one mile—you have to travel six miles to get there quickest. That's the way everybody here travels. Some day, short cuts will be built between these hundreds of points but it won't be for ten years or more. International Sunday School Lesson for October 25 PAUL IN CORINTH Acts 18: 1-11; I Corninthians 13 By REV. SAMUEL D. PRICE, D.D. Many items of fascinating interest are omitted in the lesson text. The careful student will, however, become thoroughly familiar with all the in-between portions. Right now we are passing over the visit of Paul to Athens and especially that great address on Mars Hill, when Paul told those who worshipped many gods about the one Cook the potato in the boiling water until soft, drain off and keep 1 pint of the potato water, and rice the potato. Heat the milk in a double boiler with the onion. Cook the parsley in the fat, add the flour, stir until well blended, combine with the milk and potato, and potato water, stir until smooth, cook for 2 or 3 minutes, and the salt and pepper. Remove the onion before serving. Quick Turnip Soup 1 quart milk 1 onion, cut in half 1 tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons melted butter 2 cups grated raw turnip 1 teaspoon salt Chopped parsley Heat the milk in a double boiler with the onion, add the flour and fat, which FUMIGATING DUSTING AND SPRAYING NEW TENTS R. DELEON Coffman Avenue, Anaheim Telephone 4586 A SELECTIVE SCHOOL FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE We have been training young men and women in Orange County since 1909. 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But Paul was God's man and was not afraid to settle down for work in any place that his Lord directed. Again, as speaker in the localagogue, there was opportunity of declaring that Christ was the long expected Messiah. Both Jews and Greeks were attentive listeners. When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia a school was set up in the home of Titus Justus, and there were many converts. Cripus, ruler of the synagogue, was also a belliver. All confessed their faith in the sacrament of baptism, which is still the approved way of giving personal testimony to the new birth in Jesus Christ. Repeatedly visions came to Paul in times of special need. Strength came in Corinth for further service by one of these nocturnal messages in which the Lord said: "Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace; for Lam with thee, and no man shall set on time to harm thee; for I have much people in this city. Thus encouraged the saint was continued in Corinth for a year and six months. 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