La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 07, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, April THE LA GRANDE EtMWS OWBftVER; QTGlUNDE, OREGrON ' 1 AN UNWILLING TOOL? XVI T WENT bnck down Into the eel lnr. Eric hnd Just finished put ting coal on the tire and Charley was standing by the corridor en trance scratching his chin thoughtfully. "Look." He pointed beyond the set-tubs to u duur that I had not noticed before. Apparently it gave access to the south wing of the house, "We found a bed in. there, Nick,, recently slept in, some clpnret butts, and a pair at sport shoes." "Shoes?" I looked carefully at Eric's feet. I had never noticed them before. They were big, but not big enough to make the foot prints I had seen. I went through the door into the roohi. The- stale odor of cigarets assailed my nos trils. There was a cot against the side wall and by the cot u pair of white and tan saddle-straps. And they were us big as Erie canal boats. The maker's name was plainly visible: Illakcly und Hod gon, They made a good shoe. There was nothing whatever In the room besides the bed not even u window. Evidently, the space had been used for storage and our intrude hnd utilized it for tho simpln expedient of stor ing his big-footed body by night. When we got back upstairs Pat had a cup of black coffee for me. "It's the bent I could do, chip ling." She smiled contritely. "You've a Jailed look." "Thanks, I'at." I took tho cof fee, but it was strong and brack ish. I couldn't get It down." "It was left over from this morning and I heated it over," apologized Pat. "Maybe I shouldn't have." "Pnt, my love," Brcnda re marked, "many a maiden has lan guished in spinstcrhood till death lor less." ' i "There could be worse fates,' replied Put lightly. pHARLEY ond I sjit on the rocks In front of The Ledges. The sun was high and the warmth of it swarmed through my Jacket. The air was so still that the smoke from our cigarets hung almost motionless before me. Pat and Brenda bad taken the station wagon to Minot for provisions and at the last moment Eric with his self-assured civility had tagged ulung to do some errands of his own. 'Tramps don't wear Blakcly and Ilodgon shoes," Charley reflected. "Why would anyone want to sleep in that stuffy hole In the wall?" I asked. For concealment. It's a beau tiful hide-out." Charley tossed o stone into a moss-green pool. And you almost stumbled Into who's using it." "I didn't stumble. I was on tho hunt." Charley looked nt me oddly and told him about the intruder In my room lost night and the big footprints on the cellar floor this morning. When I hai". finished, lie leaned his back against the rock and locked his hands behind ills head. "Nick, has it seemed to you that the whole atmosphere since we've been here ot The Ledges has been well rather theatrical?" "Phony, you mean?" "I suppose that's what I mcun. Doesn't it seem odd thut Phlneas Hudson was so anxious to get down here the moment he heard :ifooiil your plan . to rusticate here?" "Pat's plan," I corrected him. Again he looked at me strangely. "Mr. Hudson explained," I went on, "that he is here only becnusc he is distressed nbout Pat's Involvement in this mess I appear to be In." But Put wouldn't have come down here at all if it hadn't been ror her father's coming down," Charley pointed out. I hadn't thought ot that. Phlneas Hudson was the last man I would suspect of guile. He had no need for It. Or had he? . "AND the Temples' continued xv Charley. "What are they do- ing here? And Eric Woolf?" "And the guy who slugged me In the cellar," I concluded dryly. "I don't believe It was Eric," said Churley, "or Bruce Temple, for that matter." "You certainly don't think It was Phlneas Hudson?" He didn't answer immediately. Then he said: Maybe indirectly. Didn't Put suggest thut you go down to fix the fire this morning?" "Look, Charley," I said. "Get this struight: if I thought Put Hudson waE trying to murder nie, I'd be out hunting for the beat crimlnul lawyer in the country to get her off. And Just remember this. There isn't a single person n our chummy little group except Pat, and possibly Brendu, who could furnish a good alibi If he were pinned down concerning this morning's fracas." "You forget me," Charley said mildly. "I was In the kitchen when Brenda heard the scuffle and Pat was cooking the eggs, In order to And a thing, Nick, you have to look where It Isn't. I'm not suggesting thut Pot Hudson is out for your sculp. But has it occurred to you that she might bo an unwilling tool of someone's?" It hud. But I merely said: "Go on." "Suppose Phlneas Hudson knew all along that there was some body here at Tho Ledges possi bly somebody who:,e presence, ho had reason to conceal. That would account for his sudden desire to indulge In this for him entirely unnatural outing. It would ex plain bis wanting to beat you down here." "But who the devil could It be?" Charley turned out tho palms of his hands. I don't know. It's on'.y n the ory. We have to consider all angles." (To Be Continued) 0 With Major Hoople Out OUr Wmf Play Set 5750 By MRS. ANNE CABOT There's nothing so clean-cut. und comforUibio under the sum mer sun us snuirl cotton shorts und n wcll-lailorod beach und sun-tan bras. Make them of blue and white checks, of brilliant plaids or of soft blue denim. To obtain complete pattern und finishing directions, sizes 1-1, HI, 18 included in pallein for Slinrls und Bra (pattern No. !)7f)0) send 15 cents in coin, plus cent post age, your name, address and pat tern number to Anne Cabot, La Cirundc Evening Observer, 709 Mission St., Sun Francisco, Calif. Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from page four) border of Mexico when no Latin American nation would have voted with us. And if they now follow us us a bloc it is only bc enuse we have reversed our pre vious high-handed policy and treuted thorn as neighbors. As long us we lire fair und honest und don't trample on their rights, tho chances are they'll do right by us. And I for one have found this usually works with most things, from small nations and people lo u loam of horses plow ing in the field. I've been to your country, Mr. Stalin, and I like the people. I was up with tho Red army in Sicberiu when they euscd out the last remnants of the Japs in 1922. And I have seen u lot of them in other places 'I hey are good people and not hard to gel along with. And if you ever come over here, you will find that our peo ple are the same. They lire very easy to gel along with. T h e y are generous, open hearted, don't want much for what they give in fact pretty much liko your people. But like yours, they can be hot tempered, and they get awfully sore when somebody lets them down. Now there is only one thing tin; American people want out of this war. They want no territory, no reparations, no pomp or fol-do-nil. They want only one thing a fair deal for all nations, big and small, ami tho pcrmaiX'iit peace that goes with it. The alternative is the biggest I army the world has even seen, j lb.' biggest navy, and rockets that will pulverize cities, 5,001) miles awcy. That would mean the eventual end of civilization. I am sure your country will not make the same mistake we did ufter the lust war. You can not let us down. , Yours truly, DREW PEARSON. 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