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... THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, GMJim, (MWil
, THE IVORY ELEPHANT
I XXVII
DESPERATELY Xavler took
out his nun. He pointed ot my
etomoch. I had a clear view of the
small black hole In the muzzle
that seemed to touch my flesh
Then came a report so loud that it
filled the room like the blast or o
coast-defense gun.
I Xuvier's pistol was pointed at
the floor. He tried to raise it. An
amazed look crossed his face and
the gun dropped from his fingers.
Then I heard Booker's voice.
' "Xavler." he said ydul.'y, "you
led with your right." The little
round man opened his mouth, put
his hands to his side, and slumped
gently to the floor. I saw a wisp
of smoke curling ceillngward from
the muzzle ot Booker's gun.
Booker looked at me sorrow
fully. Then he cocked an ear. I
heard remote sounds. Someone
running over wood a dock or
pier. A distant shout. Booker
I pulled down the brim of his hat.
"Trent, I'm leaving, you can
explain tills batter than I." He
paused at the door. "But I didn't
kill Phineas Hudson. Killing with
out reason Is stupid."
And with this strange bit of
moral philosophy ho loft me.
Booker had saved my life. But
It was the dogged devotion to duty
of Simms-that led to my discovery.
The policeman had got his coliee
from Slmms In the kitchen. Slmms
had looked in on ma to sco if I
needed anything, hud found the
library empty, gone to the window
and seen Booker and Xavler put
ting the limp form that was Nich
olas Trent Into a car. Slmms called
the policeman who had managed
to commandeer a cruising cob and
keep us In sight until ho lost the
trail on the avenue by the docks.
The gun-shot brought him back
an the scent and not a half minute
after Booker's departure, he found
Me. And Xavler1 body.
T WAS taken to headquarters,
1 When Marks heard the story,
he ordered the detail doubled at
Loulsburg Square, and accom
panied me back to the house.
"You seem to bo the focal
point," he said.
Eric Woolf was Just coming
down the steps when we arrived.
He was all Homburg and pin
stripe respectability.
"But, Nicholas." He was very
facile. "I've Just been in to offer
condolences. Miss Pat was too ill
to see me."
"She's too 111 to see anybody," I
said shortly.
"I understand." Eric looked at
Marks.
"This Is Inspector Marks," I
said. "Mr. Woolf. He was one of
the party ot The Ledges.
"How do you do, Inspector?"
Eric looked at the scars on my
face. Ho smiled. "What hap
pened?" "Mr. Woolf," Marks said, "we've
been looking for you."
"For me?" Eric's eyebrows rose.
Marks nodded.
"Questioning," ho said. "We
have talked with everyone elce."
"Is it something about Mr.
Hudson's death?" Eric asked.
"We call it murder," Murks re
plied. "Where will you be at
noon?"
Eric stared at him soberly.
"At the Club,'.' he said.
Marks nodded.
"If you will hold yourself In
rendlness."
"But, of course," Erie sold.
"Anything I con do." He looked
back ot me. "Nicholas, you must
take care of yourself."
With that he left. Marks looked
alter him narrowly. Ho said:
"So that Is Mr. Woolf."
"He hasn't by any chance a
record?" I asked hopefully.
"Not a blemish," Marks replied.
"A man with so good a record
and so bad a face needs watch
ing." I
VETS wr back In Leuiftourf
Bquat after the funeral. We
had stood In the cold and rfcla
at the little burial ground la
Sandy Point where the first Hud.
sons had ended their careers la
the India trade. I was not three
yards from the tall granite monu
ment that marked the grave of
every Hudson who had died for
the past ISO years. I remember
looking at it and marking it
ostentatlousness.
When it was all over, we crept
away with willing reluctance, got
In the big black limousine, and
drove home.
Pot had gone to her room.
sat in the library with Elijah Hud.
son, who looked disconcertingly
like his dead brother. He had
Just shaken his head and said,
"Why on earth should anybody
wunt to kill Phineas?" when Put
reappeared.
"Nick," she said, "I'd forgotten
something." , :
She held up a little ivory ele
phant. "I don't know how it could
have slipped my mind," she went
on. "At the time I thought I'd
never forget it."
"Forget what?" I asked.
"It was last Tuesday when I
had that talk with futher. I was
not to think it odd or to be
alarmed, he said, and it was very
Important."
"Yes?" I stared . at the Ivory
elephant.
"Ho said if anything should
happen to him. If " Pat shook
her head and closed her eyes, "he
should die, I was to place this
in the family monument in the
little crypt beneath the pillars."
"That doesn't sound like your
father," I said.
"Nothing that Fhineas has said
for the paBt few weeks has sound
ed like him," said Elijah Hudson.
"I was to go there alone," Pat
said, "and to say nothing about 1
to anybody." -
I reached out and took the fig
ure from her. "You've already
had more thun you can stand. I
can take It down und place it ex
actly as your father wished it.
Were there any other directions?"
"No." Put shook her head. "He
merely said to bo sure to say noth
ing about it to anyone."
(To Be Continued)
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City News
In Brief
Homer Conner, Caldwell, Ida
ho, was arrested early this morn
ing at the U. P. depot, charged
with being drunk and disorderly,
and was taken to the city jail
pending court hearing.
Shirtwaister
Library Has Material
On Timely Subjects
Miss Mabel Doty, city librar
ian, today announced that a wide
selection of material is available
at the library on subjects of
paramount current interest.
Among the publications to
which she colled attention are
the following pamphlets:
Proposals for the United Na
tions Charter; what was done at
Dumbarton Oaks, by Clarke M.
Echelberger; Dumbarton Oaks
Documents on International Or
ganization; Dumbarton Oaks Pro
posals, and The Objectives of the
American Association for the
United Nations, Inc.;
Inflation In One Easy Lesson,
Eleven Fundamentals for the Or
ganization of Peace, Itoad to
Koine, Higher Education Under
War Conditions, The Road to
Good Nutrition, What About Us?;
a report of community recrea
tion, He-employment, and Guatemala.
The Apache Indians considered
the dandelion their favorite food.
Coos Hay Harbor
Hearing Is Called
PORTLAND, April 20 (UP)
Col. Ralph Tudor of the U. S.
army engineers today announced
a public hearing will be held
May 4 in Coos Bay to consider
requests for further development
of the harbor facilities.
The army engineers have been
asked to deepen the bar and har
bor entrance to a projected depth
of 40 feet at low water and the
inner harbor ship channel to a
depth of 30 feet at low water.
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WASHINGTON. April 20 (UP)
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irons, radios, lamps and other
electrical appliances in need of
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