La Grande evening observer., April 13, 1945, Image 4

Piitre Four
P. A. X. I
XXI
A ITER the movies Charley had
taken Brenda home and the
tall lights of the station wagon
with Phincas Hudson at the wheel
had already winked out of sight
on the Sandy Point road.
Pat and I were just going
through the door of The Wagon
Wheel when a taxi drove up. I
looked casually, then looked again.
It was a Boston taxi. Boston
cabs were rare in Minot and they
meant either fun or trouble. After
a glance at the taxi's occupant, I
decided that this one didn't mean
fun. He carried a brief case with
undlstlngulshable gold initials on
the side.
' He came briskly through the
I door and it was only by hurrying
,that I beat him to the desk. While
il . registered Pat and myself, he
stood there, a smallish round
man. obviou&lv imDOrtant and im-
nntient. I oassed him the pen; he
ct.ired at me with big: eyes through
' incredibly thick lenses and smiled
without warmth.
" "Thank you," he said In an ac
icent which I could not identify.
I - But I saw that his hair needed
leutting, and his. overcoat was
(much too long. I saw also that
j he, preferred them that way, for
ibis domes were paicnuy ch
. sive. I was conscious of watching
that white, fat hand writing flor
idly In the register, when sudden
ly it stopped.. He stared up at me,
bis thick lips pursed, .reflectively,
and I moved oft. The last I saw
of htm was his yellow spats twin
kling beneath his too-long coat
as he went to the elevator. I was
amused and faintly disturbed
when he availed himself of an
other look at me.
There was no thought of going
to bed. We sat on the big leather
divan in front of the fireplace and
talked. Charley Joined us at 11:30,
quipped aimlessly tor awhile, then
sensing our mood, relapsed into
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a gloomy silence. By 12 o'clock
the room was cold. I got up,
turned over the log, and strolled
over to the desk to glance at the
register. I found the name right
under my own.
PETER A. XAVIER
NEW YORK CITY
the little round man had written.
I had gut halfway back to the
divan when it hit me. Peter
A. Xavier! And before I got all
the way back, the Minot fire horn
let go. Its banshee wail chilled
my blood. Pat started up and
Charley turned curiously.
"Well," I said and went to the
window, the name Peter A. Xavier
still ringing In my brain. Non
chalantly, I looked out. Suddenly
I stiffened. Charley was peeling
over my shoulder.
"Nick" he began, but I cut
him off.
"After all, we've reserved
rooms. Why not use them?"
"Not I." said Pat. "See any
signs of the flre?"
She went to the window, and
there, plainly visible about four
miles to the east, was an angry
red glow from as rousing a fire
as I ever hope to see. Pat turned,
her face white.
"That could be The Ledges,"
she said.
TT'E tailed the last piece of ap
"paratus up to the hose Jlnes
and pulled up. The last half .mile
of the drive had killed our last
hope that it might be some other
building than The Ledges. We
could see the whole south wing
alive with flam.
Tat Just sat, stunned. Charley
and I sot out and drifted around,
seeking some sign of Phineas Hud
son. I ran into Lass napes, m
stared at me oddly.
"Anybody in there?" he asked.
"I don't think so," I said. "We
were all at the movies in Minot"
He looked at his watch.
"What time did you get out?"
"The usual time."
Washington
Merry-GO'Round
Continued From Page 2
O'Konski, who used to lecture
in Wisconsin about his trip to
Russia, although he had never
been there, completely forgot
himself in his rage, shouting that I
he ""never said such a thing.'
Wisconsin's highly - respected
octogenarian Republican Govern
or, Walter Goodland, recently re
pudiated O'Konski's stand on
Yalta, saying O'Konski does not
represent the Wisconsin Republi
cans in his stand.
City
News
In Brief
Roy Bell and Mrs. L. F. Green
were fined S15 each in municipal
court yesterday afternoon for ex
ceeding the speed limit in a
school zone.
George Francis McCann was
arrested by city police las: eve
ning, charged with being drunk,
and Glenn Graham was arrested
on a charge cf drunk and dis
turbing the ".'.(.
Official Records
Water turned off. April 13:
E. S. Bovent, 1816 Penn ave
nue: Mrs. E. L. Bryant, 503 N
avenue.
Water turned on:
C. C. Ellis, 3002 Oak street; E.
S. Bovent, 1311 X avenue: Bern
ard W. Wise, 501 Fourth street.
tern No. 5872) send 15 cents in
coin, plus 1 cent postage, your
name, address and the pattern
number to Anne Cabot, La
Grande Evening Observer, 709
Mission St., San Francisco, Calif.
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50 Amount (ab.)
51 Man's name
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Hapes (till held his witch, rub--,
bing his thuroo (hnugh.ttuA'y 9VK'
the crystal.
"A little late getting back, aren't
you?" T ; . :, '.-
"I suppose you'd be happier If
we'd all been In there asleep," I
said tartly.
"I'd have been a little more 'cer
tain you didn't know it was com
ing," answered Hapes.
For a while we sat and watched
the flre reduce a stately man
sion to a pile of rubble. Then we
took Pat back to The Wagon
Wheel where Brenda met us.
"I heard the siren," she said,
"and tliev told me it was The
Ledges. I'm taking Pat home with
me."
"I'll love you for it," I said.
"This Is too much," she smiled
warily. "The most I had hoped
for was that you wouldn't hate me.
Where is Mr. Hudson?"
She uttered the question under
her breath. I shrugged and shook
my head. She gave me a veiled
look and turned away. Pt and
Brenda gone, Charley and I sUrtr
ed back for Sandy Point, And
Peter A. Xavier got back Into ray
consciousness. ;
"Charley," I said, "a Peter A.
Xavier registered at The Wagon
Wheel tonight." ' ' I
"What an odd name." Charley
said.
"He arrived In a Boston can,
registered from New York City,
and he was as unmoral-looking
an assassin as I've aver aeen." .
'Probably an omciai pi tne a. r.
C. A. with a record for charity as
long as your arm.", i' n J I
"My armi are quite short," J.
replied. "He carried a brief case.
I didn't see, but I bet his initials
were on it." , .
"What are you getting at?"
'Initials," 1 said. "Peter A.
Xavier."
"P. A. X," answered Charley.
"So what?"
Then he straightened slowly
and repeated the letters deliber
ately. "P. A. X. Those are the letters
that were on thai setting Cala
vestrl gave you."
"Sure," I said, "Peace. You
remember?"
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