The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-10

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COLONEL BICSBY 0STRANDER
........ A retirsd army officer
WIlllAI q. xONARTY 49,.
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.....:.. OF The firm q Suit
and Mccoy, Public Accountants
MAURICE DtNWIDDlE ........
Aseietent Dhtriet Attorney
eoant q the Homicide eursau
BURKE. SNlTKlN, EMERY ....'
Oetsctjvee Of Homicide Burooa
BEN HANLON $3.50. Command.
Ing O6icer Of Detectives ~
0igned 20 District Attorneys offIeo
t4ELPS. TRACY, SPRINGER,
alCclNB0THA1 ...........
............... Detectives as.
oigned % District Attorneys Uffiee
CAPTAIN CARL HAGCDORN :.
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FRANK SwACKER :. See
yeta!y 70 The District Attorney
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THIS HAS HAPPENED
Pfyfe had been n Alvin Benson's
power because of a~for9ed check
and had given him Paula Banning's
jewelry o. security for q note.
Leacock eonfesses to the murder,
but Vance exposes the confession
% = lie to shield Miss st. Clair.
Vance tells Markhsm to come to
his. apartment the following day
and he will tell him who killed Ben.
son.
NOW BEGIN The STORY
CHAPTER l.
"It's surprisin', " know, the
erroneous ideas people have about
melons. There are only two species
the muskmelon and the water
melon. All breakfast melons-like
cantaloups, citfons, nutmegs, Casa
bas, and Honeydews-are varieties
Of the musktnelon. But people have
the notion, d. We see, that cantaloup
Is q generic term. Philadelphians
call al melons cantaloups; whereas
this type Of muskmelon was first
cultivated in Cantalupo, Italy. :"
Every interesting" said Mark
ham, with only partly disguised inn
patience. ibid you intend by your
remark last night"
"And after the melon, Currie has
prepared special dish for you. It's
my own guastat'ry chef d'oeuvrc-
with Currie's collaboration, Of
course. I've spent months on its
conception composing and organ
izing it, SO to speak. ! haven't
named it yet,-perhaps you can
suggest a fitting appellation. .
40 achieve this dish, one first
chops up a hard-boiled egg and
mixes it with grated Port du Salut
cheese, adding a soupcon of TARA
gon. This paste is then enclosed
in . filet Of white perch-like a
Fresh pancake. It is tied with
silk, rolled in q specially prepared
almond batter, and cooked in sweet
butter.-That, of course is the
barest outline of its manufacture,
with all the truly exquisite details
omitted"
ut sounds appetizing." Mark
hams tone was devoid Of enthusi-
asm. but I didn't come here for
. cooking lesson"
"Y' know, you underestimate the
Importance of your ventral pleas
ures," pursued Vance. eating is
the one infallible guide to a peo-
pies intellectual advancement, as
well as the inevitable gauge Of the
individuals temperament. The saw
age cooked and te lie q savage.
In the early days Of the human
race, mankind was curse. with one
vast epidemic Of Indigestion. There's
where his devils and demo. S and
ideas of hell came from; they were
the nightmares Of his dyspepsia.
Then, as man began to master
the technique Of cooking, he became
civilised; and when he achieved the
highest pinnacles Of the culin'ry art,
he also achieved the highest pin
nacles of cultural and intellectual
glory. When the art Of the gourmet
retrogressed, so did man. The taste
less, standardized cookery Of Ameri-
ca is typical Of our decadence. A
perfectly blended soup, Markham,
is more ennoblin' than Bethoyen's
C-minor Symphony.
Markham listened stolidly to
Vance's chatter during breakfast.
He made several attempts to bring
up the subject Of the crime, but
Vance glibly ignored each essay.
Il was not until Currie had cleared
away the dishes that he referred to
the object Of Markham's visit.
did you bring the alibi reports :"
was his first question.
Markham nodded.
"And. it took me two hours ia
find Heath after you'd gone last
ASad," breathed Vance.
He went to the desk, and took q
closely written double sheet Of fools
cap from one Of the compartments,
II wish you'd glance this over
and give me your learned opinion
be said: banding the paper + Mark,
ham. II prepared It last night
after the concert"
/ later took possession Of the
document, and filed It with my other
notes and papers pertaining to the
Benson case. The following IL Z
verbatim efaRYTpiorHEs1s
Nry. Anna Plats shot and killed
Aiyin Benson on the night Of June
place