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I —— By BRUCE HAMILTON
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CHAPTER 40
ONE AFTERNOON about three
weeks before Christmas, Tim was
visited at his surgery by Bennett,
the landlord of the Goose Quill.
Bennett was a former Sussex
cricket pro, a very decent sort of
man who had been an irregular
patient for years. He held a high
opinion of Tim’s professional skill,
and was also linked with him by
the fact that his daughter had
spent three very happy years as a
parlormaid at The Wilderness be
fore leaving to get married.
Today, he was unable to point
to anything particularly wrong
with his teeth. “Just thought it
was time you gave me a once
over, Mr. Kennedy,” he said; but
after Tim had poked about for a
while and declared there was
nothing requiring attention, he
showed a disposition to linger.
“Your man Adams not about to
day?” he asked at last, with an
assumed casualness.
“No, he’s got one of his nervous
headaches,” replied Tim. “I told
him to rest.”
Adams had actually laid claim
to a headache, and expressed his
intention of going back to bed for
a few hours. “I may be down
later,” he had said. “Meantime,
you can carry on for yourself all
right for a bit.” Today Tim had
been obliged to let in his own pa
tients, leaving his work to do it.
Adams had not turned up.
“Well, I hope you don’t blame
me for his headaches, sir,” said
Bennett.
“I certainly don’t, Mr. Bennett.
Why should I?”
“You might argue that he picks
'em up at my place.”
Tim picked up one of his instru
ments and began to clean it.
“I know he goes there at nights,
of course,” he said after a pause.
“He’s putting away a lot, eh?”
“He certainly is, Mr. Kennedy.
. . . Os course you understand, sir.
We can’t refuse to serve anyone
with liquor within licensed hours
ao long as they don’t actually
make a disturbance. But you’ve
always treated me very well, Mr.
Kennedy, and I thought I ought
to give you a word of warning.”
“Has Adams been making a
nuisance of himself, then?”
“Not exactly. It’d be easier to
deal with if he had. But he’s been
talking wild.”
Tim turned to face the man.
“You’d better tell me what you’re
getting at, Bennett. It’s no use
making half-confidences. . .
Strictly between ourselves, of
course.”
“It’s a bit difficult for me to tell
you, sir. . . . Truth is, when he’s
got a skinful inside him, he be
gins to talk wild, as I say. . . .
Disrespectful about you, sir, I
mean.”
“What has he been saying about
me exactly?”
“Well, sir, he’s called you an old
humbug, and names like that.”
“Anything else?”
“He’s kind of hinted that he
knows a thing or two about you.
. . . Understand, sir, v nobody takes
him seriously when he starts talk
ing like that. But, of course, it
looks bad.”
“I wish you’d be as precise as
you can, Bennett. I want to get
this quite clear.”
Bennett fidgeted uneasily in the
chair. “I don’t like bearing tales,
sir, and that’s flat. But, to give
you an example, last night, some
body had been saying you looked
a bit ... off color, since Mrs. Ken
nedy died, and how it must have
affected you. . . . All quite nice and
sympathetic, sir, nothing to give
offense.
“Then Adams said, ‘Broken up
nothing,’ or something like that.
‘He wasn’t sorry to get rid of his
missus, take my word for it he
wasn’t. . .
"Someone told him to shut up,
that was no way to talk. Then
Adams got excited. He said, ‘I
could prove it to you if I wanted
to, perhaps some day I will.’ He
Was pretty far gone, you see, Mr.
Kennedy. ... It was just on clos
ing time, anyway, so I put a stop
to it, hustled*’em all out a bit
quicker than usual. ... I tell you,
I’m not surprised he’s got a head
ache this morning.”
- Tim went over to the wash
basin, and soaped his hands for a
few moments in silence. “I’m glad
you’ve come to me, Bennett,” he
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Joseph B. Keenan Charles West
A peculiar situation has developed in the Cleveland mayoralty race.
New Dealers are supporting both sides. Joseph B. Keenan, left,
Democrat and assistant U. S. attorney general, is supporting Mayor
Harold H. Burton, Republican, for re-election. Charles West, who
ran for the Democratic nomination for governor in Ohio and who
now is undersecretary of the interior and liaison man for President
Roosevelt, is supporting John O. McWilliams, Demorcatic candidate
for mayor. Burton has had a reform administration. Keenan, who
is from Cleveland, was an "original Roosevelt man”. The Roosevelt
administration lets it be known, however, that it is maintaining a
hands-off policy in spite of conflicting activities of Keenan and West.
T -Central Press
“Has Adams been making a nuisance of himself, then?”
said at last, without turning. “Is
that all?”
“Yes, I can’t say there’s any
more. Except general disrespect
fulness, if ever your name’s men
tioned.”
“I see. . . . You know, Bennett,
Adams has been with me a long
time. I dare say you’ve heard he
saved my life in the war; that’s
not a thing one forgets easily. . . .
And, of course, he was genuinely
devoted to Mrs. Kennedy, there’s
no mistake about that.
“I won’t conceal from you I’ve
been very dissatisfied with his
manner lately. He’s been idle and
uncouth in his behavior, he’s
talked wildly and rudely to me
personally, just as you describe it.
You see, he was very upset by my
wife’s death, and it’s made him
hostile to me; he seems to think I
could have prevented it.
“But I feel a responsibility to
him, and I want to give him every
chance to get himself straight.
He’s a good fellow at heart, only
a bit unbalanced. I’m inclined to
bear with him a little longer, but
I see I shall have to talk to him
seriously, without mentioning
what you’ve told me, of course.
“In the meantime, Bennett, I’d
be very grateful if you’d try to
check him as much as you can,
when he’s at your place, you know
best how. . . . And if he starts any
more of this wild talk, you might
let me know.”
Bennett got up.
“I’ll be very glad to, sir,” he
said.
After he had gone, Tim wiped
the perspiration from his fore
head. He had handled that pretty
well, but the danger remained im
minent. There were no more pa
tients due for half an hour; he had
time to think. He sat down before
the bureau.
What was to be done? It was
clear that the present state of af
fairs could not long continue
without disaster. It could not be
permitted to continue. Now
Adams had started talking, it was
almost certain he would do so
again. Allow that this was a
drunken indiscretion he was prob
ably repenting in sobriety this
morning; the fact remained that
a man who has once talked reck
lessly in drink will do so again.
And the next time he might be
more explicit, he might let things
out to an extent which could not
be ignored, fading to police in
quiries, and Adams having to tell
the truth i" self-defense.
Adams r.ust be disarmed. But
how? Tim was no longer in a
position to make a bid outright for
the letter, a bid likely to be suffi
ciently attractive to be taken up.
He had been spending money free-
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, SATURDAY'. OCTOBER 30, 1937
ly lately, first over Alma, thei
over the distraction by which he
had sought to forget Alma. His
balance at the bank had shrunk
to near the £SOO mark. Besides,
he would have to move shortly,
and the move was bound to in
volve him in considerable expense.
Very few checks had come in
lately.
There were certainly a few
long-standing accounts, but they
were mostly with patients whose
credit was excellent; to press for
immediate payment would be to
reveal his own financial stringency,
and still further prejudice his
reputation in the town. Suppose,
though, he were able to repeat his
offer of £SOO. Was there a rea
sonable chance of Adams accept
ing? Probably not. He had re
fused it contemptuously a few
weeks before, and he was unlikely
to have changed his mind so soon.
else remained? He would
gladly have killed Adams, con
trived another accident. But mur
der here did not meet the case.
Its only effect would be to precipi
tate disaster, if Adams had spoken
the truth. J
If Adams had spoken the truth.
. . . Tim struck his fist violently
on the desk. Had Adams been
lying to secure himself? He had
the letter no doubt, but the story
of confiding it to a solicitor, “to
be opened after my death”, after
the manner of detective stories,
was on the face of it improbable.
Men of Adams’ class did not go to
solicitors.
Had he got the letter close at
hand? Not on his person, that
would be altogether too hazard
ous! nor at the surgery, but at
The Wilderness, in his room, either
locked in a trunk, or concealed in
some well-contrived hiding place?
Tim got up. His mind was
working again; the stimulus of im
mediate fear had revived his facul
ties. The more he thought of it
the more certain he felt he was on
the right track. And the thing
could be put to the proof; it would
not be hard to contrive a search of
Adams’ room. .He could easily
make arrangements so as to do so
with the minimum risk of inter
ference. The sooner the better,
too.
On leaving the surgery, Tim
looked in at the Royal cinema,
and bought two ticrcts for the last
performance that evening. Possi
bly they would be wasted; it was
more than likely that after his ex
cess of the night before Adams
would elect to spend a quiet eve
ning. The tickets were, of course,;
not for Adams, but for the cook
and housemaid, whose bedrooms'
were close to that of Adams’.
(To Be Continued'
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Women chained to doorway
To prevent intended evictions ol
two families-at a New York apart
ment house, Mrs. Helen Fichten
baum, left, and Mrs. Jennie Go d,
members of'the executive commit
tee of the Brooklyn Rentpayers
association, chained themselves to
the main doorway. Police finally
dislodged the -chained pickets and
took them to a police station.
*. —Central Press
Hero Is Witness
Dr. Frank L. Hardy
Hero of the recent attempted Mid
land, Mich., bank holdup, in which
he shot and killed Bandit Jack
Gracey and wounded Anthony
Chebatoris, Dr. Frank L. Hardy,
Midland dentist, is identifying
Chebatoris, on trial at Bay City
for the death of a truck driver
shot during the holdup. Dr.
Hardy fired from his second-story
office window on the bandits a
block away as they emerged from
the bank.
Wife Preservers
Too little sleep or irregularity
in going to sleep often causes
malnutrition in children. A warm
bath before bedtime for clean
sing and relaxation, is an induce
ment to sleeD.
Safe Driving Made Compulsory Study in This City
Racine junior police members make complaints
Offenders in junior traffic court
Racine, Wis., is the first city in the United States
to make safe driving a compulsory subject of study
for junior and senior high school pupils. It thus
hopes to set an example for the nation. Road
rules, regulations, courtesies and methods of safe
driving are taught. An added inducement is the
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George T. Backer
New York City is observing with interest a three
way fight in the “silk stocking” 17th congressional
district for the seat left vacant' through the death
of Representative Theodore Peyser, Democrat.
The candidates are Bruce Barton, advertising man
and writer, Republican; Stanley Osserman, law
yer, choice of the old-line Democrats, and George T.
acker, real estate man and civic worker, named
by the American Labor party Barton is making
ms camDaign as an opponent of New Deal laws.
WONDER WHAT THE NEIGHBORS THINK?
Youth studies book on safe driving
formation of the Racine junior police, members of
which are equipped with stars and who assist sen
ior officers in regulating traffic. Duties of junior
police deal particularly with children. There is also
a bicycle court in which “cases” against youthful
violators of bicycle ordinances are “tried”.
Stanley Osserman
whereas Backer is standing on the platform of the
American Labor party, which supports generally
the Roosevelt program. Osserman gives his sup
port to “the broad Democratic position’', but is not
stressing especially the Roosevelt program. The
district, normally Republican, has of late been car
ried by Democrats. Mayor La Guardia, supported
by a coalition of liberals for re-election, indorsed
Barton, much tq the displeasure of the American
Labor party and other liberal forces.
Bruce Barton
DEALINGS SLOW IN
THE STOCK MARKET
Apathetic Trend Slightly Backward;
Transfers Arc Around
7,000,000 Shares
New Ybrk, Oct. 30\ —(AP) —An
apathetic stock market today general
ly tilted backward, although a num
ber of issues managed to contest the
trend with modest advances. Deal
ings were comparatively slow from
the start, with the ticker tape seldom
pressed in its recording work. Trans
fers were in the neighborhood of 700,-
000 shares.
American Radiator 13 1-t
American Telephone 154 1-3
American Tob B 73 1-2
Anaconda 31 7-8
Atlantic Coast Line 28
Atlantic Refining 23 7-8
Bendix Aviation 13 7-8
Bethlehem Steei 65 1-2
Chrysler 76 1-4
Columbia Gas & Elec Co 9 5-8
Commercial 9 1-8
Continental Oil Co 11
Curtiss Wright 4
DuPont 125 3-4
Electric Pow & Light 13 1-8
General Electric 45 1-4
General Motors 43 1-4
Montgomery Ward & Co 44 3-8
Reynolds Tob B 47 1-2
Southern Railway 15 1-2
Standard Oil N J 53 1-2
U S Steel 63 1-2
FURTHER DECLINES
SCORED BY COTTON
Market Is Only Slightly Weak on
Close, However, Down but
7 to 8 Points
New York, Oct. 30.— (AP)—Cotton
futures opened steady, down four to
six points on lower cables and week
end hedge selling. March recovered
from B.CO to 8.04, and later was 8.03,
with the list 3 to 4 points net iower
aiound the end of the first hour.
Futures closed steady, 7 to 8 points
lower. Spot quiet, middling 3.24.
Open Close
Decern,her 8.06 8.05
January 8.02 8.01
March 8.01 8101
May 8.01 8.00
July 3.01 7.99
October 8.12 8.11
Huge Sum Likely to be Put
In for Applying on Debt
(Continued from T’age One.)
received $218,780,088.74, the blind $7,-
538.416.89. and dependent children,
$26,120,833.82.
Chairman Copeland, Democrat,
New York, of the Senate Commerce
Committee, took preliminary steps to
ward investigation of what he called
“communistic influences” at work on
American ships.
Terms Far Apart for Two
Nations to Get Together
(Continued from Page One.)
sion of fuel for airplanes, tanks and
motorized equipment will enable China
to continue her defense indefinitely.
6. A rigorous winter campaign would
be disastrous to both China and Japan,
but especially for Japan.
7. The slaughter at Shanghai, with
the killing of foreign soldiers, increas
es the danger of international compli
cations, which Japan seeks to avoid
8. China, facing a power which con
trols the seas and is trained for mod
ern methods of offenses, can afford to
negotiate an honorable peace, and
then build up a powerful nation cap
able of resisting aggression in the fu
ture.