Illinois Valley news., March 21, 1946, Image 10

Sim ple D esk Unit
T o M atch Shel ves
NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS
OVERNIGHT
' T ' H I S u n it f u r n it u r e f o r y o u r .
* d re a m house is so s im p le th a t ,
th e a m a te u r c a n m a k e it w ith th e
s im p le s t h a n d to o ls.
P a tte r n s
w ith a c tu a i-s iz e c u ttin g g u id e s a nd
d e ta ile d d ir e c tio n s a re a v a ila b le )
TH E BTO BY TH U S F A B : A dam B ru c e ,
f o r th e u n its in th is g ro u p .
F B I o p e ra to r, In s p e c to r Tope and Mrs.
Solving Curtain Problem, at Home
GUEST
8tB E N AMES W ILLIA M «; <
Tope m e t in the M a in e woods.
Tope
found a m an m u rd e re d , who was a» flr s t
Id e n tified as L e ffo rg e , head of New Eng*
land u tilitie s .
When a c a r believed to
have been used in th r m u rd e r was ra ise d
fro m the q u a rrie s it was found to c o n ta in
the body o f a m u rd e re d w om an, M rs.
K e ll.
H er
husband
c o m m itte d
s u i­
cide. Joe D ane, a ssistan t D .A ., accusing
Tope o f bun g lin g the case, took c o m ple te
charg e . E b e rly m e t L e d forg e to go on a
fishing trip . When they got In the canoe
L e d fo rg e upset the canoe. He knew th a t
E b e rly could not s w im . When he saw
th a t E b e rly was not sinkin g he sta rte d
to w a rd h im but was slopped by Tope
C II A P T E It X IV
The desk is show n closed at D between
an end u n it, A and a c o rn e r u n it. C. The
r. u n it is m ade w ith th e sam e p a tte rn as
E b e rly said s te a d ily: “ He over-
th e desk and is the sam e in e v e ry w ay
e xcept th a t the d ro p fro n t and sta tio n e ry
lined the canoe, swam away. Then
c o m p a rtm e n ts a re o m itte d
The use of
n a ils o r screw s w ith m o de rn g lu e m akes i he looked back, e xpecting
••
- to see me
It possible to c o n s tru c t th< se stu rd y pieces dro w n in g . He knew I co u ld n 't sw im
w ith Joinings th a t re q u ire no sp e cia l tools
B u t when he saw m e s till aflo a t—M r.
Tope had m ade me wear a life -p re ­
„ U n s A and
are ,n a de w ith p a tte rn
Z7®j_ «
c o rn e r u n it w ith 271; the desk s e rv e r—he sta rte d back to finish
w ith 272
P a tte rn s a re 15c each o r a ll m e !"
th re e p a tte rn s fo i 35c when m a ile d to one
Ledforge, a b itte r h u rt in his tone,
address
Send requests fo r p a tte rn s d i­
rect to
c rie d . "N onsense! I came to help
M RS H I T il W Y E T H SP EA K S
B edford H ills , N . Y.
D r a w e r 10
Enclose
15 cents
lo r
each
p a tte rn .
N a m e ------—----------------
A dd ress-------------------------------------------------
No \\ under W ere I’layed
Out When N i i i h t ( lomes
I f you are an average a d u lt here
are »sorr e o f the th iiig s you do ev-
r y 24 hours.
Y our h e a rt beats
103,680 tim e s ; you bre athe 23,040
‘ oh - .
\« hi
Inhale 938 cubic feet
j f a ir ; you eat 3% pounds o f food;
you d rin k 2.9 p in ts o f liq u id ; you
tu rn in y o u r sleep 25 to 35 tim e s ;
you speak 4,800 w o rd s; you m ove
Z50 m a jo r m u scle s; y o u r n a ils !
grow .000046 in ch e s; y o u r h a ir
grows .01714 inches; you e xe rcise
Z.000,000 b ra in cells.
T h e re are about 160 h a irs to a
square inch on a m a n 's face. E v-
*ry w ord spoken by the hu m an
no uth re q u ire s the use of 72 sep­
arate m uscles.
M »ny dfwtnrw rem m niend good-
t a s t in v S c o tt'» E m u ls io n be-
cau»c it a rich in natural A A D
V ita m in « and e n e rg y -b u ild in g
o il c h ild re n need f o r p r o p e r
g ro w th , s tr o n g hone«, sound
teeth, nturdy bodies H o lp t build
up resistance to raid* too if diet
1« A A I) d e fic ie n t. Huv Scott*«
today I A ll druggist«.
SCOTT'S EMULSION
J t A H - n O U N D ' T O N IC
f
QUINTS
J fK
always relieve coughing of
<C H E S T COLDS
USTE rql F
WHY BE FAT
Eat plenty yet lose
weight w ifh delicious
candy reducing plan
I’
' ’
N o _n
N odroca W ith the
\ it am.n l .»txly lb
you d o n 't cut out
Starches. pntatora. nx st
ter. >ou sirn|Uy cut the
H otaturr when youeniov
(vitam in fartifird) A Y ll
before meal« AhaoVitrly I
m o o t h « n I N r N ' i o i u f« .< | < ( • | ) , . , v '
• n a Taw » t e k i « , A \ I > » V i t u u h i »
d m In g P la n
POI» OÍ \ \
Its, M O N E Y II At.
L e a d in g D ru g C o u n te rs E v e iy w h e r
Out this Ad as • Reminder
you, C a r ll”
"T h e re was m u rd e r in his eyes,”
E b e rly insisted, not speaking di-
r e c tly to the o th er m an a t all.
L e d fo rg e w h irle d to w a rd Tope, fu ­
rio u sly.
‘ 'Y o u p u t this idea in to
his head! O f course he's shocked,
I doesn’ t know w hat he's s a y in g !”
"H e had a b la c k ja c k on a thong
on his w r is t,” 3aid E b e rly.
L e d fo rg e w ore a stra p w atch on
his le ft w rist. He held it up. “ C a rl
| m u st have seen th is ,” he in siste d ;
| and he said s y m p a th e tic a lly : "G en-
i tlem en, M r. E b e rly is h y s te ric a l
J He has a lw a ys been a fra id o f the
w a te r."
"W h y, yes. d e a d ." Tope assented
1 m ild ly
" I d id n 't know his nam e
was C h risto p h e r, but he looked
enough lik e you to be y o u r tw in .”
L e d fo rg e nodded g ra v e ly "Gentle
m e n ." he said then, "w e can t stand
, here C a rl is freezing, and I'm cold
’ m y s e lf Suppose we go down to the
house I m ust hear the whole story
Tope asked
"Y o u know who the
i dead m an was. th e n? ”
C e rta in ly . ’ L e d fo rg e assented
H is eyes clouded w ith g rie f
"Y o u
said he looked lik e m y tw in b roth
e r W ell, gentlem en, he was.”
At the house, W hitlo ck and Beal
by Tope's d ire c tio n stayed outside
E b e rly disappeared w ith a se rvin g
m an. to d rin k hot grog and find
d ry clothes L e dforge asked fo r Miss
L e d fo rg e ; and the se rva n t re p o rt­
ed
"She had a tu rn , sir. and is ly in g
down T w o ladies are w ith her ”
"G o o d ." said L e d fn rg t.
"D o n 't
d is tu rb her ”
Tope suggested
"Y o u 'll want to
get d ry . y o u rs e lf ”
But
I.edforge
negatived
this
"T h e re 's a good fire on the h earth ”
he pointed out
" I ' l l be a ll rig h t
Com e In .”
So they gathered in the b ig liv in g
room, ric h ly paneled lik e a b a ro n ia l
JUST A
PAS H IN
_
p v a t h ir s
OR S P R E A D O N
h a ll, and L td fo rg e said "N o w then
M y b ro th e r dead, and some one else
too, you s a id '”
M rs K elt, Tope told Aim.
B ut Joe Dane coSld no longer en­
d u re th a t Tope should do m in a te the
scene
And fte ll too. T o p e ." he crie d
RO O STS
I "D e a d as a h e rrin g ! And Holdom
d yin g so we ll never get a w ord
out o f h im .”
•
FEEL OLD?
BACK ACHE?
sor O
# me
b ring s q u ic k r e lie f fer
»muscle pains
due io feitgue, evposure.
io id i or overw ork. ( on
ta in , m rrh vl ••In v ia le . eC
•»»«>»« p a to re h e v in «
agent.
None» ■ Beck Culi m ite
"•<>• O UcÄarraa 1 testin
Ter (sie t r teer t r ä u m
lv v NU T ÍA fÚ fc ts l
a ttend banquets, m ake speeches.
d is p la y h im s e lf.”
He continued: “ B u t it was m ore
chance than a n yth in g else th a t led
us in to it. Some years ago the heavy
dem ands upon m y tim e and m y
energy began to w e a ry me. I had
som ething lik e a nervous collapse,
and I went aw ay q u ie tly to m y b o y­
hood hom e—a rem o te lit t le tow n in
M a n ito b a —fo r a va ca tio n.
“ C h risto p h e r live d there. He was
a d o c to r—surgeon and d o ctor, too,
as sm a ll town p ra c titio n e rs m ust be;
and he to .k me in hand, cured me.
But he reproached m e to r o v e rw o rk ­
ing; and he suggested th a t a m an
as busy as I ought to have a p e r­
sonal p h ysicia n to w atch o v e r his
health. I persuaded h im to come
back w ith m e in th a t c a p a c ity . He
suggested also th a t I ought to have
a social se cre ta ry o r an assistant,
to whom I m ig h t delegate some less
im p o rta n t a c tiv itie s ; and the fa ct,
w hich we discovered b efore we le ft
home, th a t not even o u r in tim a te
frien d s could d is tin g u is h one of
us fro m the other, led n a tu ra lly to
the a rra n g e m e n t w h ich has c o n tin ­
ued t ill now .’’
He looked fro m one to another
“ It was v e ry s im p le ,’ ’ he said “ once
Tojie saw L e dforge s eyes quicken
in a sort o f triu m p h , and the old
m an turn e d to Joe a lm ost roughly
"Joe " he said, "you've a real g ift
fo r ta lk in g out o f tu rn
M r Led-
forge here, can lie a ll he wants to
j now. know ing K e ll and H oldom c a n 't
c o n tra d ic t h im .”
C u m be rla n d and A dam were si­
lent. s tr ic tly lis te n in g : even Joe d id
not fo r a w h ile in te rru p t again. And
L e d fo rg e spoke a little sadly.
I t s h a rd to speak openly about
It.
he confessed
W e've kept it
an absolute secret fo r so long th a t
silence is a h a b it n o w ”
And he said e a rn e stly: ' But you
Nnow. every im p o rta n t m an needs a
double
D id th a t e ve r o ccu r to you?
Im a g in e how m uch e asier it w ould
be fo r the P resident, fo r instance.
I f he were tw in s
W ith one tw in to
a ttend to the business o f the office,
the o th e r to handle the socia l side.
1 I can m ake a guess. L e t me th in k
a m in u te .”
Tope nodded, and w a ite d , and
i c a lm ly fille d and lig h te d his s tra ig h t
) b la ck p ip e ; at la st L e d fo rg e lifte d
j his head. " I t 's p a rt guess and p a rt
c e rta in ty ," he confessed.
"B u t I
th in k I see the a n s w e r.”
Sewitu; C irc le V e e d le rra ft Dent
Box 3217
San F ra n c is c o 6. C a lif.
Enclose 16
Name________
Address______
UfrdL, (J cul L cl
&Ccuk.p d(ai'iL (bh&cunje. ?
She was p re tty and a m b itio u s
and had studied the m a trim o n ia l
pro blem to a nicety.
"Y e s , I suppose I shall m a r r y
e ve n tu a lly ,” she said, " b u t the
only kin d o f m ascu lin e nuisance
th a t w ill s u it m e m u st be ta ll and
d a rk w ith c la ssica l features. He
m u st be bra ve, ye t gentle. He
m u s t be stro n g — a lion am ong
m en, but a k n ig h t am ong w o m en .”
T h a t evening a bow-legged, la th ­
fra m e d . chinless you th, w e a rin g
flan ne l bags, ra ttle d on the back
door and the g ir l knocked fo u r
tu m b le rs and a cut glass dish o ff
the sideboard in her haste to le t
h im in.
And he e x p la in e d : " A week ago.
I would have been as m y s tifie d as
you. because I had a lw a ys tru ste d
H oldom . B ut I know now th a t he
was a th ie f and a rasca l. I learned
la st M onday th a t he had been using
m y c o lla te ra l to tra d e in an account
under m y nam e, to sell m y own
stocks short. I have a lre a d y re p o rt­
ed the m a tte r to the E xchange au­
th o ritie s .”
He paused, but no one spoke. So
he went on:
"H o ld o m d id not know, you u n d er­
stand, th a t th e re w ere tw o o f us;
C h ris to p h e r and I.
A R E y o u r c u rta in s shrunken?
A lT a k e h e a rt . . . h e re ’s not one j
but s ix w a ys of m a k in g the m over
o r o f sew ing new ones w ith litt le I
fa b ric .
The b u d g e t'll bala n ce i f you reuse old
c u rta in s .
Y o u 'll be d e lig h te d at th e ir
sm a rtn ess
In s tru c tio n s 829 has d ir e c ­
tions fo r 6 c u rta in s .
H INT8SS
‘ C h ris to p h e r h im s e lf, p re te n d in g
to be me. m ade a ll these a rra n g e ­
m ents w ith H o ld o m ; so H oldom
w ould n a tu ra lly suppose th a t I was
about to be in ca p a c ita te d fo r a week
o r ten days. Perhaps he th o ug h t I
was lik e ly to die.
Perhaps he a l­
I f the in side o f y o u r a lu m in u m
ready intended m y death. A t any
rate, before le a v in g New Y o rk —and ke ttle becom es discolo red , f ill w ith
tra d in g in m y nam e—he sold m y a m ild v in e g a r solutio n and boil
fo r a fe w m in u te s. W ash a fte rw ’ard
stocks s h o rt.”
OUSEHDLB
“ B lit you know, every im p o rta n t
m an needs a d ouble.”
we began. A lit t le a tte ntio n to such
d e ta ils as clothes, h a ircu ts, and so
on.
. C h risto p h e r, e ve r since, be­
sides ta k in g care o f m y health, has
liv e d the social side o f m y life , leav
ing me fre e to attend to business
w ith o u t d is tra c tio n ."
Tope wagged his head. " I declare,
th a t's a queer o n e ," he adm itted
" I d o n 't suppose m any people knew
about th is th in g ? ”
Not a liv in g soul,” Ledforge dg
d a re d co n fid en tly, "e xce p t m y sis
te r A lic e —and even she c a n 't te ll
us a p a rt, to th is d a y .”
"H o w
th a t? "
about
servants,
and
a ll
" I t h a s s im p ly a m a tte r o f never
a p p ea rin g anyw here to g e th e r," Led­
forge assured them.
"O ne of us
alw ays stayed out of sight when the
o th er was to be—v is ib le O f course,
we used some s»nple disguises at
tim es, to g ive the one who f >r the
m om e n t d id n o t^cxist a L'.'.ie free
dom of m o v e m e n t." And he said
suddenly :
He hesitated, then continued: "So
they le ft New Y o rk on F rid a y m o rn ­
ing. C h ris to p h e r and H oldom , and
K e ll d riv in g . I protested, but C h ris ­
topher assured m e the d riv e would
do h im no h a rm . Before s ta rtin g ,
he took a sedative in o rd e r to sleep,
to escape the p a in .”
Tope p ro m p te d h im .
"A n d you
say you can fig u re w hat happened?"
" I can guess.” L e d fo rg e agreed
"W hen C h ris to p h e r fe ll asleep in the
c a r—K e ll was H o ld o m ’ s m an, of
course—they la id C h ris to p h e r on the
floor, and H oldom too got down out
o f sight, so no one saw them as K e ll
d ro ve past the house to the garage
H oldom was c o m p le te ly u n scru ­
pulous. He dressed C h ris to p h e r in
th a t old g ra y sw e a te r and o ve ra lls,
gagged him , swaddled his hands and
feet and head in pieces o f the dog
b la n ke t so th a t he could m ake no
noise, and stuffed h im in to the ru m ­
ble o f the coupe.
nts fo r P a tte rn .
No__________
The fire had burned low. ‘ ‘I ' l l ta ke
o ff th is wet co a t,” he re m a rk e d , and
stood before th e m in flannel s h irt,
vest, k h a k i trou se rs and lig h t woods
shoes w ith ru b b e r soles; a spare,
g ra y, s m a ll old m an.
" I t was H o ld o m ,” he began then
" I can see w h a t was in his m in d,
w hat he trie d to do.”
Now gentlem en, C h ris to p h e r was
sick. Being a d o ctor, he o f course
knew th a t he had a bad ap p en d ix;
but he was devoted to me. E o r h im
to go to a New Y o rk h o s p ita l would
have been to ris k the d is c o v e ry of
our d u a lity . He was w illin g to take
some ris k to a vo id that, so he de­
cided to come up to H o ld o m ’ s hom e
here fo r the o p e ra tio n
M rs. K e ll
had been a tra in e d nurse. D r. N a ­
son w ould com e fro m Boston to do
the o p e ra tio n , in the room s above
H o ld o m 's garage.
Tope, a fte r a m om ent, spoke.
"W e ll, you see, M r L e d fo rg e ,” he
explained,
a lm ost
a p o lo g e tica lly,
" th e r e ’ s m ore to it than ju s t th is
The whole th in g sta rte d w ith a m an
th a t le ft New Y o rk last F rid a y
m o rn in g w ith M r H oldom , in H o l­
dom 's ca r, and w ith H o ld o m ’s ch a u f­
fe u r d riv in g And the next tim e a n y ­
body saw th a t m an, he was dead
under a bed in one o f the cabins
at a roadside cam p up h ere.”
The o th e rs—save young A dam
B ru ce —were w a tch in g Tope. A dam
watched Ledforge.
He saw the
| m an 's p upils fa in tly d ila te , saw his
j eyes become fixed in a c o n c e n tra t­
ed a tte n tio n
Tope paused, and in
the in s ta n t of silence, Adam heard
M r. E b e rly ’ s teeth c h a tte rin g to g eth ­
er
And he had an im p re ssio n of
ra c in g thoughts behind L e d fo rg e 's
o u tw a rd ca lm . Then the m an asked
c u rtly :
"W h a t ot it?
W hat has that
do w ith m e?”
"W h y, M iss L e dforge h asn't seen
h im y e t,” Tope explained. " B u t
the dead m an looked m ig h tily lik e
y o u .”
L e d fo rg e cried, in q u ick h o rro r
"L o o ke d lik e me? Dead? Heavens
man. d o y o u m e ,in i
Due to an u n u s u a lly la rg e dem a n d and
c u rre n t co n d itio n s s lig h tly m o re tim e i t
re q u ire d m fill.n g o rd e rs fo r a few of the
m ost p o p u la r p a tte rn num bers.
Send y o u r o rd e r to :
GnndMef
HeadCoklsl
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In sta ntly relief from head cold dis­
tress starts to come when you put a
little Va-tro-nol in each nostril. Also
- i t helps prevent many colds from
developing if used in tim e! T ry Hi
Fellow directions In package.
VICKS VA TR0 NOL
w ith soap and w a te r and rin se w e ll
w ith c le a r w a te r.
YOU
— • —
To keep uncooked m ea t in a re ­
frig e ra to r, place it in a d ry dish ,
w ith a lo o se -fittin g l i d ; cooked ;
m ea t should be covered tig h tly to I
p re ve n t d ry in g .
can h a v e a
— • —
w a te r. I t w ill m ake the ric e w h ite
and the g ra in s w ill be Separated
when it is boiled.
The easiest w ay
p la in hot veg etab le
sa lt and pepper is
d rip p in g s o r m e lte d
before se rvin g .
w ith
to season a
in a d d itio n to
to add m ea t
fa t. Add ju s t
— • —
On
h a n d -k n it
or
crocheted
gloves, le ave th re e o r fo u r inches
af y a rn on the in side o f each fin­
ger. C atch th is lig h tly in place
an the w ro n g side. When gloves
begin to show w e ar, threa»! end
;a n be used fo r m en ding.
He sent K e ll aw a y w ith orders
to m eet h im la te r a t some agreed
P re p a re d m u s ta r d a n d fin e ly
spot; then H oldom p i t on a p a ir o f .'hopped s o u r p ic k le s a d d e d to
K e ll s sh«es T h e ir p rin ts would be h i g h l y
seasoned
m a y o n n a is e
easily recognized because o f the H a k e s a p e rfe c t s p re a d f o r fr a n k -
heel-plates.
He knew th a t when 'u rte r s a n d h a m b u rg e rs
C h ris to p h e r's b o d y was id e n tifie d as j
•
me. V a d e -b e c a u s e o f his th re a t- , • one a re th e d a y s o f g lo o m y
? " ' L g ,Le
T e, ' , ^ n d ..b e c ,a,u ? ! h e «ltchens. U se c o lo r to m a k e y o u r
liv e d th e re at the M ill—w ould be at kitch e n a b rig h t and c h e e rfu l
firs t suspected; but if Vade were place to w o rk. Before you select a
exonerated gnd K e ll's fo o tp rin ts color
schem e, re m A n b e r th a t
found, then K e ll would be the next lig h t-co lo re d , sm ooth surface s re-
suspect
I le c t lig h t. D a rk , rough ones ab­
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How To Reliev e
Bronchiti s
Creomulslon relieves prom ptly Mfe-
cause It goes rig h t to the seat of t t -
trouble to help loosen and exryl
germ laden phlegm, and aid ..atcre
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in ­
flamed bronchial m u co u s m e m -
. h ;!?■ T f 1! your druB ^ t to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion w ith the un­
derstanding you must like the wav It
guicitly allay* the cough o r you are
to have your money back.
'So then H oldom and M rs K e ll— s o r b lig h t. I f the k tchen is sunny,
she was his m is tre s s —d ro ve to De­ ¡use cool co lo rs such as blue, blue-
w a in 's M ill, in the coupe, w ith green. green, o r blue vio le t.
I f it
C h ris to p h e r hidden in the ru m b le .” . s d a rk and gloo m y, it needs
th e
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looked
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g
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w a rm th o f ye 'Io w , ye llow -gre en,
" B u t now it's m y tu rn to ask ques­
ly.
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Who told you the dead man,
dem anded
crea m .
C h risto p h e r, looked lik e rge?”
for Coughs, Chest Colds. Branch'** i
'W ell, so f a r . " Tope agreed " B u t I
'M rs. Tope had seen you—o r yo u r — go on
b ro th e r—at a stockholders' m eeting
"T h e y took a cabin fo r the night,
once.”
and H oldom hid C h ris to p h e r where
‘ P ro b a bly she saw C hristopher.
r
you found h im . But M rs K e ll m ust
L e d fo rg e suggested.
"B u t te ll me have protested at the in h u m a n ity of
w hat happened’ Where is C h risto
le a v in g h im there a live , t ill Holdom .
pher? How was he k ille d -" '
in rage o r desperation, stran g le d
h e r"
Tope said g ra v e ly :
W hy—a ll
rig h t. M r. L e ifo rg e
i ' l l te ll you:
He hesitated, and the co lo r fo r
I found yo u r b ro th e r under a bed an in s ta n t le ft his cheeks as though
in a ca b in called F a ra w a y at a Boat w ord had shocked and fr ig h t
roadside ca m p called Dew ain's M ill
ened h im
“ I t ’s s ic k e n in g !” he ex
up above here
He was dead when c la im e d then, h u rrie d ly . " B u t —a ft­
I found h im .
e r th a t. Holdqm would go on to dis
"H e had on an old sw eater and pose o f the oar and o f M rs K il l's
a p a tr o f o v e ra lls
H is hands and body, and meet K e ll, and m ake K e ll
feet were tied w itlb w ire He was g iv e h im a rap on the head and leave
gagged and b lin d fo ld ed w ith tape
h im Io be found beside the road
As
His hands and feet and head were an a lib i! ”
And he said in i low
m uffle d in pieces of blanket.
fu rio u s tone
" I t is In cre d ib le and
ye t som ething lik e th a t m ust be the
"H e 'd been a liv e when he
put there
He died of a rup tu re d t r u t h ! ”
appendix.
He finished and Joe Dane sta rte d
"H e 'd been brought there In a to speak, but Adam touched h it a rm
coupe belonging to Hoi dom . by a and hushed Tiim .
Tope rapped his pipe on his heel
m an and a wom an
1 found th e ir
tra c k s
A fte rw a rd the man k ille d chucked the ashes on the h e a rth
the w o m a n —it was M rs K e ll- and "W e showed K e il the dead m a n .'
he re m a rk e d
"H e said it uasn I
le ft her in the ca r and ran the
— ca r y o u !”
into an old q u a rry up in the h ills
" K e ll would lie. o f course To ave
We found the m an 's tra cks there ”
h im s e lf."
L e dforge m ade an explosive ges­
"Y e s 1 fig u re d t h a t," Top<
tu re " H id e o u s !" he cried " I n c ’-ed
sented; but he said then in a s, >rt ol
I b le !"
ir r ita tio n :
"Shucks. M r. Ledt arge,
"P re tty b a d ." Tope assei 'cd. he a ll th a t's too c o m p lic a te d for
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He seemed not to resent this told h im to .”
for
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accusation
W a lt a m inute, ple a se ."
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c rie d
a n g rily
‘“ t»nt action. Get New Fleischmanns Fast Rising
he said
" O f course I know noth­
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