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V "salada; TEA SERIAL STORY Murder on the Boardwalk BY ELI MORE COWAN STONE CHAPTER I As the train pulled into the Surf City station, Christine Thorenson was almost sure that the bare- headed young man across the aisle was on the point of offering to take her bags. During the ride down the coast •he had been aware that his eyes frequently strayed in lier direc- tion Pleasantly aware, for Christine liked the appearance of the young man so much that she did not even mind his wearing glasses. She liked his broad shoul- ders, his bronzed skin, and the sunburned look of his hair, as if he never wore a hat. Christine who habitually \,â€" nt bareheaded, cherish- ed a native belief that all people who disliked hats were inherenrly honest and safe to know. « * * But even if the bareheaded young man were Sir Galahad in person, she could ot be explaining strange young men to Cousin Emma at the depot. Cousin Emma did not be- long to a school that welcomes chance acquaintances. 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SAVt hy Staying at FORD HOTELS E MONfK Modern, Hrtpsef, CMvtn'lMly iKOtxt, $150 ,fl* hi%ktt pttpmM Montreal Toronto and the LORD ELGIN '"Ottawa per person, Ho higher! 400 lovely rooms wifli rodio! at Cousin Enmia's pleasant shore house in exclusive Beachniont, a few miles down the Boardwalk from- Surf City. If Cousin Emma should suggest a loan to cover the last year at art school, life would be much less complicated. A year ago, Christine would in- dignantly have repudiated the idea of borrowing* money. That was because, until the advertising firm for which she had been working during intervals of her life clas.<es had folded up, she had never realiz- ed just how hard jobs were to find. .At any rate, the young man did not offer to take her bags. When Christine looked about the depot platform for Cousin Emma's plain, severely tailored figure, it was nowhere in sight. "She's probably sent Jaspar to meet me," Christine thought. « * ♦ But Jaspar. Cousin Emma's but- ler â€" the punctilious kind of butler Cousin Emma would have â€" was nowhere in sighi. Xo one on the platform seemed to be expecting her. Everyone seemed to be hur- rying off, excein, perhaps, one mar. who lingered by th newspaper stand, his face buried in a paper, and â€" A voice said at Christine's side, "I suppose someone will be here to meet you?" Christine turned to find the bare- headed young man standing beside her. He was older than she had supposed â€" 30 or 32, perhapsâ€" and his voice was pleasant. "Oh, yesl'' Christine said, with just the right smile to suggest amused surprise .hat he should imagine anything else. Yet even as she spoke, she knew her first qualm of uneasiness Suppose the message she had sent telling Cousin Emma when she was coming had not been delivered? But the invitation had sounded, as Cousin Emma's invitations always di'd, like a royal summons; and Cousin Emma was not used to hav- ing her commands disregarded. Telegram or not. Cousin Emma would expect her. The young man confinued to stand ther^. "I only thought" â€" he went onâ€" "it is lateâ€" hadn't I better wait till your friends come?" "VVIiy â€" " Christine found herself disarmed by the straight-forward way he spoke, as if they had known each other for years, "thank you; but someone will be here any minute now." « ♦ * Then she saw an Hnobtni.<ive- looking, spectacled person in a neat gray suit come from an entrance and move toward her. It wasn't Jaspar; but possibly Cousin Eniiua ! had a new butler. .â- \s tlie man came up to licr, Christine asked on a swift impulse. "I wonder if you're looking for somehody? I thought perhaps Mrs. Talbcrt sent you to ii.eet me. I'm her cousin. Miss â€" " The man halted. "If there is anything I can do â€" " he began; but the bareheaded young man cut in; "Are you, or are you not, here to meet this young lady?' ".\s it happens, no." The man's smik was faintly amused. "I am taking a train." lie strolled off, his glance barely ?;razing Christine; but she had a feeling that his apparently incur- ious eyes had not missed a detail. -As he crossed the platform and boarded a train which seemed about to pull out, Christine.' who was us- ed to conducting her own affairs turned hotly upon the young man. "Sorry," he said. "But do you usually run around telling your af- fair to strangers? Surf City isn't the .safest v>lace for that sort of thing. In case you don't know, this town is a resort for shady characters of every variety â€" race- track touts, prize-ring followers, confidence men â€" not to speak of honest-to-goodness mugs from the underworld \nd now you'rs wondering how you can be sure I'm not planning to grab your purse, myself. You, can'i. But jrovj r^gll^- ^o need someone to look aTter you." Because Christine could not |u^s h^^w absurdlv young the looked, she was furious. "If you will excuse nic," she said with what dignity she sould mu.iter. "I think I will call my cousin's heuse." TOJC IN HAWAII Inspection holds no fears for "Tojo," tiny mascot pup of this U. S. Marine, standing in line for inspection following debarkation at Pearl Harbour from a Navy task force aircraft carrier. Cousin Emma's telephone was on a rural exchange. Christine had to call long distance. "Bcachmont 1246," she directed. "I want to speak to Mrs. Emma Talbert." Sh waited â€" in^rminably, it seemed to her. .'\t length the op- erator spoke: "Please excuse the delay. I'm new at this e.xchange. but here's the other girl. She'll talk to you." A second voice asked, "Who is calling Mrs. Talbert, please?" "This is Mrs. Talbert's cousin â€" Miss Thorenson," Christine an- swered, surprised by the question. "Oh! Well, the other oper- ator didn't know. Miss Thorenson, but Mrs. Talber''s service has been discontinued." "Discontinued?" Christine gasp- ed. "When?" "But â€" there must be some n;is- take. I was to visit her." "There's no mistake Mrs. Tal- bert has closed her house. We had notice two days ago." "Do you know where she is?' "I am sorrj-. I cannot tell you that." Christine, who realized t'lat in talking this much the girl had ex- ceeded her authority, said, "Thank you," and was about to hang up when the operator called, "Wait a minutel.... I was to tell you," she went oa hastily in a lowered tone. "if you called the hous while I was on duty, that in case â€" someone doesn't get in touch with you a: once â€" " "Someone?" Christine interrupt- ed blankly. "Who? Are you quite sure â€" " "Please don't talk â€" "' the girl's voice was tense and hurried. "Just listen.... If anyone is listening, this may cost me my job." Chri.=tine, who I. new only too well what it meant to lose your job, said swiftly. "I'm listening." "I am to tell you,'' the girl hur- ried on, "that if there's â€" any trou- ble â€" you're to call Main 2070. any time before .'! p.m. Ask for Lu- cille, and â€" " "Trouble? Who is Lucille?" "Pleasel \\ rite it down!" Something in tlie frightened ur- gency of tlie other girl's voice sent : little chill down Christine.'s back. "I am writing it." she said. "Main 207!) Go.on." (Continued Next Week) *A Package of Seeds'* I p.xid a tlinie for a package of seed .'\n(f the clerk tossed them out witli a flip. We've got "em assorted for every man's need He .said with a smile on his lip Pansies and poppies and asters and peas Ten cents a package! and pick as you ple.nsc! Xow seeds are just dimes to the man in the store .â- \nd dimes are the things tliat he needs .â- \nd I've been to buy tlicni in sea- sons before But have tliought of tlieih merely as seeds But it flaslied t'lrough my mind as I took them tliis time You have purchased a miracle licre for a dime. \ ou've a dime's worth of power which no man can create You've a dime's worth of life in your hand You've a dime's worth of myster/, destiny, fate Which the wisest can't understand In this bright little package, now isn't it odd? You've a dime's worth of sotneth- int; known onlv to God. Huns Rush Tiny Subs To Black Sea The Germans have rushed i score of pocket submarines to Varna Mil Cojistanta, apparently to pro- wit convoys of small boats evacuating strandeci Axis troops from the Crimea, a traveller from Romania said recently The travel- ler said he had been employed in a dockyard assembling the sub- laarines. which were brought over- to the Black Sea ports. ^ PLUMBING & HE ATING • SUPPLIES SNOW WHITE CLOSET .xnoiv White eloNet, •'bronie ptjiteil triniiiiiiiK*«, nna-l>rcnk- uble Hear, hruN„ nnd rublier floor rluniire. I'liinu tOQ OR tank nnd bonl.... ^^•'•^O Porcelain Enameiied BATH TUB Porcelain Enanivlleil ISatiltulj â€" 5 i>«.-( tonj^, 30 incliea wide S*)? R^ II-'ittlnKX extra) 17" .V l»" S;V.\.Mt;LI.KD IROX BAM.V nitli «•;" iiacU nad I" ai>riio. Cunt<-M In sHxeu- ing white porcelain enamel. 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The name of Xew Zealand is being kepi before the eyes of the world these days as a result of the part which the soldiers of the great little Dominion are playing in the fighting for Cassino, says The Ottawa Citizen. The New Zealanders make up but a com- paratively small force in the 5tli Army, but they are the kind of fighters who keep finding thci? way into the news. New Zealanders drove back the Germans in the battered Italian town in bitter hand-to-hand fight- ing. But they have been fighting a long time in the Mediterrean campaign. They and the Indians flanked the Mareth Line under Montgomery w-hen Rommel stopped to make a stand in his -'.ight from Libya. They fought a!', the way from El .•\lamein to Cape Bon. It is probable that almost all the original members of this New Zealand force have become cas- ualties in tile last four years. But there tnust be still a few tough veterans left who fought in the I -rguard action in the drair.jtic British retreat from Greece. 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