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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., APRIL 27, 1944 SALAM TEA SERIAL STORY Murder on the Boardwalk BY ELINORE COWAN STONE CHAPTER I As' the train pulled into the Surf City station, Christine Thorenson was almost sure that tie bareheaded young man across the aisle was on the point of, offering to take her bags. During the ride down the coast she had been aware that his eyes frequently strayed in her direction..... Pleasantly aware, for TJhristine liked the appearance of the young man so much that she did not even mind his wearing glasses. She liked his broad shoulders, his bronzed skin, and the sunburned look of his hair, as if he never wore a hat. Christine who habitually went bareheaded, cherished a native belief that all people who disliked hats were inherently honest and safe to know. But even it the bareheaded young man were Sir Galahad in person, she could ot be explaining strange young men to Cousin Emma at the depot. 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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 indignantly 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 classes had folded up, she had never realized 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 limma's butler--the punctilious kind of butler Cousin Emma would have--was nowhere in sight. No one on the platform seemed to be expecting her. Everyone seemed to be hurrying off, except, perhaps, one man who lingered by ttr: newspaper stand, his face buried in a paper, A voice said at Christine's side, "I suppose someone will be here Christine turned to find the bareheaded young man standing >besid< her. He was older than she had supposed--30 or^ 32, perhaps--and "Oh, yes!" Christine said, with just the right smile to suggest amused surprise chat 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 invi'.ation had sounded, as did, like a royal summons; and Cousin Emma was not used to having her "commands disregarded. Telegram or not, Cousin Emma would expect her. The young man continued to stand ther^. "I only thought"--he went on-- "it is late--hadn't I better wait till J "Why--" 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 Then she saw an unobtrusive-looking, spectacled person in a neat gray suit come from an entrance and move toward her. It wasn't Jaspar; but possibly Cousin Emma had a new butler. As the man came up to her, Christine asked on a swift impulse, "I wonder if you're looking for somebody? I thought perhaps Mrs. Talbert sent you to meet me. I'm her cousin. Miss--" The man halted. "If there is anything I can do--" he began; but ' the bareheaded young man cut in: | "Are you, or arc you not, here to meet this young lady" smile -was faintly amused. "I am He strolled off, his glance barely grazing Christine; but she had a feeling that his apparently incurious eyes had not missed a detail. As he crossed the platform and boarded a train which seemed about to pull out, Christine, who was used to conducting her own affairs turned hotly upon the young man. "Sorry," he said. "But do you usually run around telling your affair, to strangers? Surf City isn't the safest place for that sprt of thing. In case you don't know, this town is a resort for shady characters of every variety--racetrack touts, prize-ring followers, confidence men--not to speak of honest-to-goodness mugs from the underworld..... And now you're wondering how you can be sure I'm not planning to grab your purse, myself. You can't. But y_0jU really do meed someone to look Because Christine could not guess how absurdly young she looked, she was furious. 'Tf you will excuse me," she said with what dignity she could muster, "I think I will call my cousin's 'TOJO' IN HAWAII Inspection holds no fecrs foi "To.io," 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. a rural exchange. Christine had to call long distance. "Beachmont 1240," she directed. "I want to speak to Mrs. Emma Talbert." Sh aited - in.ably. seemed to her. At length the operator spoke: "Please excuse the delay. I'm new at this exchange, 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 --Miss Thorenson," Christine answered, surprised by the question. "Oh!____ Well, the other operator didn't know, Miss Thorenson, but Mrs. Talber"s service has been inued?" Chris ed. "When?" "But--there must be take. I was to visit her." "There's no mistake. Mrs. Talbert has closed her house. We had notice two days ago." "Do you know where she is?" "I am sorry. 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