Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1937, Page 27

A-1 CONDITION By Karl Grayson. “Oh, Kevin, why couldn't she have told some one? Why did she have to be so quiet and shy?” “You mean about her heart? Did Dr. Graves say it was her heart?” “Yes. The poor child must have been suffering tor- tures. And no one knew. Not even Lew. She was like that; didn't want people worrying | about her.” “How long after Dr. Graves got here did she live?” “She died almost | instantly. There| Was nothing Dr. | tal Lydia was glad. Graves could do.” It gave her a comforting feeling to Before he left the house Kevin was going 10 be near, | saw Lew Colburn, slumped in a chair 1 | outside on the terrace, & bottle and 1z of adora- | glass at his hand, a haggard, miser- in a mnsl}ab]:‘ look on his face. Kevin didn't since child- | speak to the other man but went out fire and flamed | and home. and understood | It was toward evening of the next him, and this was | day when Kevin came back to tre se pride for-|house. With him was a thin, sharp- things he felt | faced man. Mrs. Pearson, having come 1 » mad. He would | over to help arrange for the funeral. have forgot and everything | was there with Lew. | for one thing. That Fall| “I'm sorry to have to do this, M ned from a trip to Geor- | Pearson, but after all it's necessary.” | mother, and she was| “Do what, Kevin?" \ Kevin looked at her in surprise. | 1 was tall and handsome | “Why, I thought of course you kne It was easy to under- | Lydia didn’t have a stroke, uccess in sweeping Lydia | murdered!” so different, so| Kevin turned suddenly, son that had never | &ccusing. “What's more, of her own. You could | band poisoned her!” in Lydia's eyes, * ok X % d come | T EW might have managed to act it the laug through, but you could see the part of her | accusation came as a shock. And glad in the months | when the thin-faced man producer a he was blessed | pair of handcuffs, guilt was written in 1 Was part i his face. He had been drinking - He could re-| heavily, and the thing was on his 0 one would wonder \ mind. iTer, and no one | geyin explained it all to Mrs. Pear- | son in easy stages. 1e months passed, he | somewhat. He had suc-| ‘He waited, of course, until he keeping his secret from | thOught I'd left on my vacation. He toward him were | 41dn't want me called in. The poison oot Ihe used left scarcely any effects, and ext vear Kevin made | R00d Dr. Graves could easily mistake rip to the Ad-|the cause of death. Besides Coiburn | did mention to him that Lydia had cal school, | Complained of pains about her heart.” alone, with | “You understand, as Lydia's hus- it to relax and rest | band he would inherit her entire fortune, and that's what he wanted The man had a mania for money. I JHE PLANNED to leave on June 5, | went to the trouble of looking him up. | but had to postpone his departure | They had cocktails before dinner, il the 8th, because of unexpected | Which is when he managed to admin- developments at the hospital. The de- | ister the drug. I saw him drinking oJav was, in a way, fortunate, for it Yesterday afternoon, and it gave me was on the 6th that Lydia had her | the idea, that's all. €troke. Mrs. Pearson. Lydia's mother, | “Oh, yes, and you know how close called old Dr. Graves, because she |friends Lydia and I were. She came Kevin had left for upstate. |to me a week ago. She was going to didn't hear about the trag- | have a baby. I gave her a complete intil that evening, when he|physical examination. Her condition ned to say good-by. He talked to a | was perfect. No sign of trouble. You . and what the servant told |see, she hadnt told Lew about the 1im to the Colburn house | baby. He didnt know she had been Mrs. Pearson was|examined and found in A-1 condi- ved, brave in her mLs-lt‘.on." NO ONE sus- pected there was anything wrong physically with Lydia Pear- son. And by the same token no one suspected that young Dr. Kevin Elridge was in love with her. They were pretty much these two, t-spoken, assertive. They had grown up together neigh- bors, their parents fast friends. When Kevin fin- {shed his time as an 1 e in Buf- falo and was as- signed a post the Temple H. She was | grim, cold, | her hus- | s success G ia recovered ceeded in (Copyright. 1937.) The average price paid for sub-' The week of seven days and the nal land by the Resettlement day of 24 hours were measured and stration in 1936 was $4.50 an | established by the ancient Babylon- ians. WOODWARD & LOTHROP O™ I F sv G Sterrre Prove Dismrcr 5300 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1937. —_— B—=7 the Cotton Textile Institute, is chair- man of the committee, which has been studying tax legislation for sev- eral months. On the capital gains tax the com- mittee recommended immediate repeal O the provision affecting sales or ex- changes of capital assets held for more than one year and repeal of the $2,000 limitation upon deduction of capital net losses sustained from the sale or exchange of assets held for one year or less. Further, the committee declared itself in favor of legislation to amend the corporate surtax provisions of the revenue act of 1936 to provide for credits, deductible from adjusted net income in determining undistributed net income subject to surtax. CAPITAL GAINS TAX CHANGE IS URGED v Consumers’ Goods Industry Group Acts After Months of Study. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 4 —Partial re- peal of the capital gains tax and major revisions in the surtax on un- distributed profits were urged yester- day in a resolution unanimously adopted by the Consumers’ Goods Industries Committee, which repre- sents a considerable section of the manufacturing industry. George A. Sloan, former head of PENAL FUGITIVES LOLL IN SAFETY OF TRINIDAD Escaping France's Cayenne Col- ony, They Withstand 600-Mile Trip in Open Boat. By the Associated Press. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, August 4.—Seven fugitives from the French penal colony at Cayenne, French Guiana, relaxed in safety here today after 18 days at sea in an open boat. The were without food and water for the last four days of their more than 600-mile flight, they said. The men escaped from the Cayenne prison on July 14, while the Prench colony celebrated Bastille day—French Fourth of July. Maurice Dekerckove, sentenced for a shooting affair, said it was his fifth attempt to escape, and that he came to Trinidad this time because he had heard of a recent ruling that Trini- dad would not deport fugitives. The new group, which arrived Sun- day, imcreased the colony of known French fugitives in Trinidad to 30, LUMBERMAN DIES MINNEAPOLIS, August 4 Anson Strong Brooks, 84, nationally known lumberman, died yesterday. He was chairman of the board of P)— B—7 the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., Inc., and prior to his semi-retirement was treasurer of the firm. Since 1911 he had been in the business of manu- facturing newsprint. Founder and operator of the largest single unit newsprint mill in the world, at Powell River, British Columbia, Brooks' business interests extended PSYCHOMETRY DELINEATIONS Grace Gray Delong Life Reader Adviser 11 AM to 9 PM. 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Graceful Colonial style. Was $395. Now 3 Paldoa and dark pear wood, 3-piece. Were $145. Now 1 ltalian classic decorated. Light colored woods. Was $295. Now__%$225 5 Mahogany, Sheraton design with inlaid borders. Were $221. Now__$185 10 Walnut, 18th Century style. 3 Prima Vera Wood, modern style, long mirrors. Were $250. Now___%$215 1 0ld Colony Mahogany, Chippendale style. Was $411. Now —__-___$350 1 Light Prima Vera Wood, modern lines. Was $155. Now _ 1 Acacia and Gum, Louis XV style. Was $277.50. Now __ Were $169.50. Now Summer Furniture 6 Gliders. Black with white piped cushions. Were $22.50. Now_-_$16.75 100 Tiffen Stands, each with two trays. 32 Peel Arm Chairs, light and comfortable. Were 95c. Were $3.95. Now _$175 $249.50 Now ____%$2.95 5 Gliders. Brown and yellow piping on cushions. Were $23.50. Now, $18.50 21 Metal Spring Chairs. Green and orange with head rest cushion. $10.50. Now 10 Cane and Malacca Arm Chairs, with curved back rest. Were $8. 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