Saturday, April
THE LA GRANDE EtMWS OWBftVER; QTGlUNDE, OREGrON '
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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)
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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.
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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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