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...divorce, his doctor-mistress Monique suggests dissolving it through murder. As the efficient Monique drowns the wife in a bathtub and then makes her appear to drown in a stream-a Lady Macbeth superintending an Ophelia's fale -a scared Fernand quivers like jelly and wobbles like a tenpin. And then, when he can hardly stay on his feet, he suddenly discovers that...
...Twice, trying to knock down a lone pin, he committed the amazing error of guttering the ball, like any Thursday-night office league dub. The crowd jeered. Not until Wilman's last ball was bowled was the championship decided. Joe needed a strike to win, and left the tenpin standing...
Over he went like a hard-hit tenpin. He scrambled up again, clubbed Mrs. O'Brien with his gun. That was the last she remembered. When she came to, her assailants had gone. She grabbed the telephone, screamed: "Help-police-holdup...
Those who expected a tenpin tornado were not disappointed. Although no one managed to get a perfect score, the Superb Beer keglers marked up 91 strikes, smashed their way to the biggest scoring jamboree in the history of the A.B.C.- a team total of 3,234 (640, 599, 712, 615, 668), which set a new A.B.C. record...
...Trouble is brewing about the Gymnasium. Tenpin ball and Indian club do not get the needed rest upon the Sabbath, and the Gymnasium officers are accused of carelessness...