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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 n d i
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Tope
fo u n d a m a n m u rd e re d , w h o w a« a t f ir s t
Id e n tifie d a« L e d fo r « e , hea d o f N e w F.n<-
la n d u t iiit le » .
W hen a c a r b e lie v e d to
h a v e been used In th e m u r d e r w a» r a is e d
fr o m th e q u a r r ie s it w a s fo u n d to c o n ta in
th e b o d y o f a m u rd e re d w o m a n , M rs .
K e ll.
Her
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T o p e o f b u n g lin g th e c a s e , to o k c o m p le te
r b a r g e . F b e r ly m e t f.e d fo r g e to go on a
fis h in g t r ip . W hen th e y g o t in th e ca n o e .
L e d fo r g e u p s e t th e c a n o e . H e k n e w th a t
F b e r ly c o u ld n o t s w im .
W hen he saw
t h a t E b e r ly w a s n o t s in k in g he s ta rte d
to w a r d h im b u t w a s s to p p e d b y T o p e
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a n e n d u n it. A a n d a c o r n e r u n it. C
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bunt,
E b e rly la id ste a d ily: "H e o v e r
turned the canoe, swam away. Then
he looked back, e xpecting to see me
d row ning. He knew I c o u ld n 't sw im .
B u t when he saw me s till a flo a t—M r.
Tope had m ade m e w ear a life -p re
s e rv e r—he sta rte d back to finish
m e !"
Ledforge, a b itte r h u rt in his tone,
c rie d : "N onsense! I cam e to help
you. C a r ll"
"T h e re was m u rd e r in his eye s,"
E b e rly insisted, not speaking d i
re c tly to the o th er m an at all.
L e dforge w h irle d to w a rd Tope, fu
rio u sly.
"Y o u put th is idea in to
his head! O f course he's shocked,
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,” said E b e rly.
L e d fo rg e wore a stra p w atch on
his le ft w ris t. He held it up " C a rl
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m ust have seen th is .” he insisted;
and he said s y m p a th e tic a lly : -'G en
tlem en, M r. E b e rly is h yste rica l.
He has a lw a ys been a fra id o f the
w a te r.”
Tope, a fte r a m om ent, spoke.
"W e ll, you see, M r. L e d fo rg e ," he
explained,
alm ost
apolo ge tica lly,
-'th e re 's m ore to It than ju s t this
The whole th in g sta rte d w ith a m an
I th a t le ft New Y o rk last F rid a y
m o rn in g w ith M r. Holdom , in Hoi-
do m ’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 e re ."
The o th ers—save young Adam
B ru ce —were w a tch in g Tope. Adam
watched Ledforge.
He saw the
m an 's pupils fa in tly d ila te , saw his
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 sta n t of silence. A dam heard
M r. E b e rly 'g teeth c h a tte rin g togeth
er. And he had an im p re ssio n of
ra c in g thoughts behind L e d fo rg e ’ *
o u tw a rd ca lm . Then ihe m an asked
c u rtly :
"W h a t of it?
What has that to
do w ith m e ? "
"W h y, M iss Ledforge h a sn 't seen
h in t y e t,” Tope explained. " B u t—
the dead m an looked m ig h tily lik e
y o u ."
Ledforge crie d, in q u ick h o rro r:
"L oo ke d lik e me? Dead? Heavens,
man. do you m ean C h ris to p h e r? ”
I can m ake a guess. L e t me th in k
a m in u te ."
Tope nodded, and w aited, and
I -
c a lm ly fille d and lig h te d his s tra ig h t
b la ck pipe; at la s t L e d fo rg e lifte d
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 answ er.”
The fire had burned low. " I ’l l take
o ff th is wet co a t,” he re m a rk e d , and
stood before them 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 man.
“ I t was H o ld o m ," he began then
" I can see w h a t was in his m in d , |
what he trie d to do.”
And he e xp 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 truste d i
Holdom. But I know now th a t he !
was a th ie f and a rascal. I learned
last M onday th a t he had been using
m y c o lla te ra l to trad e in an account
under m y nam e, to sell m y own
stocks short. I have a lrea 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 oldom d id not know, you under
stand, th a t th e re were tw o of us;
C h ristop h e r and I.
"N o w gentlem en, C h ristop h e r was
sick. Being a doctor, he f course
knew th a t he had a bad appendix;
but he was devoted to me. F o r h im
to go to a New Y o rk hospital would ¿ A T a k e h e a rt . . . h e re 's n o t one
have been to ris k the d is c o v e ry o f b u t g ix w a y g o f m a k in g th e m o v e r
our d u a lity . He was w illin g to take o r o f s e w in g n e w ones w ith t it t le
some ris k to a vo id th a t, so he de fa b r ic .
cided to come up to H o ld o m ’ s hom e
here fo r the op e ra tio n
M rs. K e ll
T h e b u d g e t 'll b a la n c e if y o u re u s e o ld
had been a tra in e d nurse. D r. N a c u r ta in s .
Y o u 'll be d e lig h te d a t t h e ir
s
m
a rtn e s s .
I n s tr u c t io n s 829 ha s d ir e c
son would come fro m Boston to do
tio n s f o r 6 c u r ta in s .
the operation, in the room s above
H oldom 's garage.
“ C h riito p h e r h im self, pretending
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
would n a tu ra lly suppose th a t I was
about to be in ca p a cita te d fo r a week
o r ten days. Perhaps he thought I
was lik e ly to die. Perhaps he a l
I f th e in s id e o f y o u r a lu m in u m
ready intended m y death. A t any
k e ttle b e c o m e s d is c o lo re d , f i l l w it h
rate, before le a v in g New Y o rk —and
a m ild v in e g a r s o lu tio n a n d b o il
tra d in g in m y nam e— he sold m y
fo r a fe w m in u te s . W a s h a f t e r w a r d
stocks s h o rt."
w ith s o a p a n d w a te r a n d rin s e w e ll
He hesitated, then co-’ tinued: "So w ith c le a r w a te r .
they le ft New Y o rk on 1 rid a y m o rn
— • —
ing, C h ristop h e r and H oldom , and
T o k e e p u n c o o k e d m e a t in a re
K e ll d riv in g . I protested, but C h ris f r ig e r a t o r , p la c e i t in a d r y d is h
topher assured m e the d riv e would w ith a lo o s e -fittin g lid ; co o k e d
do him no h a rm . Before smarting, m e a t s h o u ld be c o v e re d t ig h t ly to
he took a sedative in o rd e r to sleep, p re v e n t d ry in g .
to escape the p a in .”
— • —
Tope pro m p te d him .
"A n d you w a te r. I t w ill m a k e th e r ic e w h ite
say you can fig u re what happened?” a nd th e g ra in s w i l l be s e p a ra te d
“ I can guess,” Ledforge agreed w h e n it is b o ile d .
"W hen C h ristop h e r fe ll asleep in the
• —
c a r—K e ll was H oldom 's m an, of
T h e e a s ie s t w a y to season a
course—they la id C h ristop h e r on the p la in h o t v e g e ta b le in a d d itio n to
floor, and H oldom too got down out a lt a n d p e p p e r is to a d d m e a t
of sight, so no one saw them as K e ll [d rip p in g s "or" m e lte d fa
A d d ju s t
d ro v e past the house to the garage ¡be fo re s e rv in g .
OUSEHOLD
IH T S
“ B ut you know, every Im p o rta n t
m an needs a double.**
I
C ir c le N e e d le e ra ft D e p t
b a n F r a n c is c o 6. C a lli.
16 c n t * f o r P a tt e r n
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cl y o i u i q .
¿ i c i d i p G ic i'- f L ( b t e W i l i L ?
She w a s p r e tty a n d a m b itio u s
a n d h a d s tu d ie d th e m a t r im o n ia l
p ro b le m to a n ic e ty .
“ Y es. I suppose I s h a ll m a r r y
e v e n tu a lly ," she s a id , " b u t th e
o n ly k in d o f m a s c u lin e n u is a n c e
th a t w ill s u it m e m u s t be t a ll a n d
d a r k w ith c la s s ic a l fe a tu re s .
He
m u s t be b ra v e , y e t g e n tle . H e
m u s t be s tro n g — a lio n a m o n g
m e n , b u t a k n ig h t a m o n g w o m e n ."
T h a t e v e n in g a b o w -le g g e d , la t h
fr a m e d , c h in le s s y o u th , w e a rin g
fla n n e l ba g s, r a t t le d on th e b a c k
d o o r a n d th e g ir l k n o c k e d f o u r
tu m b le r s and a c u t g la s s d is h o ff
th e s id e b o a rd in h e r h a s te to l» t
h im in .
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— • —
d e tails as clothes, h a ircu ts, and so
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sides ta kin g care o f m y health, has th a t oid gray sweater and o ve ra lls, g lo ve s, le a v e th re e o r fo u r in c h e s
liv e d the social side of m y life , le a v gagged him , swaddled his hands and ¡ j f y a r n on th e in s id e o f e a c h fin -
"W h y, yes. d e a d ," Tope assented ing m e fre e to attend to business feet and head in pieces of the dog ge r. C a tc h th is lig h t ly in p la c e
m ild ly
" I d id n 't know his name w ith o u t d is tra c tio n ."
bla n ke t so th a t he could m ake no in th e w ro n g s id e . W h e n g lo v e s
was C h ristop h e r, but he looked
noise, and stuped him in ti the rum - ¡begin to sh o w w e a r, th re a d e nd
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Tope wagged his head. " I declare,
enough lik e you to be yo u r tw in ."
ble of the coupe.
;a n be used f o r m e n d in g .
th a t's a queer one,” he adm itted.
Ledforge nodded g ra v e ly "Gentle " I don’ t suppose m any people knew
"H e sent K e ll a& ay w ith o rders
— • —
Buy U . S- Savings Bonds!
m e n ." he said then, "w e c a n 't stand about th is th in g ? "
to m eet h im la te r at some agreed
P re p a re d m u s ta r d a n d fin e ly
here C a rl is freezing, and I ’ m cold
"N o t a liv in g s o u l." Ledforge de spot; then Holdom put on a p a ir o f c h o p p e d s o u r p ic k le s a d d e d to
m y s e lf Suppose we go down to the
seasoned
m a y o n n a is e
cla red co nfidently, "e xce p t m y sis K e ll’ s Aioes T h e ir p rin ts w ould be ¡ h i g h l y
house I m ust hear the whole s to ry ."
te r A lic e —and even shio ca n 't te ll easily recognized because o f the m a k e s a p e rfe c t s p re a d f o r fr a n k -
Tope asked
"Y o u know who the
heel-plates.
He knew th a t when fu rte r s a n d h a m b u r g e r s .
us a p a rt, to th is d a y "
dead m an was. th e n ? "
Christopher's body was identified as
• -
"H o w about servants, and a ll
" C e rta in ly ." L e d fo rg e assented
me. V a d e -b e c a u s e o f his th re a t-
G one a re th e d a y s o f g lo o m y
His eyes clouded w ith g rie f
"Y o u th a t? ”
ening le tte rs to me, and because he k itc h e n s . U se c o lo r to m a k e y o u r
“ It was s im p ly a m a tte r of never liv e d there at the M ill—w ould be at - K itc h e n a b r ig h t a n d c h e e rfu l
said he looked lik e m y tw in b ro th
C reom t'ision relieves p ro m p tly be
ap p ea rin g anyw here to g e th e r," Led firs t suspected; but if Vade were Ip la c e to w o r k . B e fo re y o u s e le c t a
er W ell, gentlem en, he w a s ."
cause i t goes r ig h t to th e seat o f the
"O ne of us exonerated and K e ll's fo o tp rin ts o lo r
A t the house, W hitlo ck and Beal forge assured them .
schem e,
re m C T n b e r th a t
trou b le to h e lp loosen and expel
a lw a ys stayed out of sight when the found, then K e ll would be the next iig h t-c o lo re d , s m o o th s u rfa c e s re-
germ laden phlegm , and aid n a ture
by Tope's d ire c tio n stayed outside
to soothe and h e a l raw , tender, in
E b e rly disappeared w ith a serving o th er was to be—v is ib le O f course, suspect
i.Tect lig h t . D a r k , r o u g h ones a b -
flam
ed b ro n c h ia l m u c o u s m e m
man. to d rin k hot grog and find we used some sim ple disguises at
"So then Holdom and M rs K e ll— ¡-o rb lig h t . I f th e k tc h e n is s u n n y ,
branes. T e ll y o u r d ru g g ist to sell you
d ry clothes L e dforge asked fo r Miss tim es, to g ive the one who fo r the she was his m is tre s s —dro ve to De- use c o o l c o lo rs s u c h as b lu e , b lu e -
a b o ttle o f C reom ulsion w ith th e u n
dersta n d in g j ou m ust lik e th e way It
L e d fo rg e ; and the servant re p o rt m om e n t d id not exist “a little free w a in 's M ill, in the coupe, w ith ; g re e n , g re e n , o r b lu e v io le t. I f it
dom
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And
he
said
q
u ickly alla ys th e cough o r you are
ed
C h ristop h e r hidden in the ru m b le ." ‘ -« d a r k a n d g lo o m y , i t needs th e
to have y o u r m oney back.
"She had a tu rn . sir. and ts lyin g su d d e n ly
He looked at them all, c h a lle n g in g -| w a r m th o f y e 'lo w , y e llo w -g re e n ,
down T w o ladies are w ith h e r."
" B u t now it's m y tu rn to ask ques ly. "D o e «n 't th a t fit the fa cts? ” he ’ ra n g e , y e llo w - p e a c h , ta n o r
Who told you the dead man, dem anded.
"G o o d ." said Ledforge
"D o n 't tions
fa r Coughs. C hestColds. Bronchitis
c re a m .
d is tu rb her "
C h risto p h e r, looked lik e m e? "
"W e ll, so f a r . " Tope agreed " B u t 1______ _________ _____ _____
Tope suggested
"Y o u 'll want to
"M rs , Tcpe had seen you—or your —go o n !"
get d ry . y o u rse lf "
b ro th e r—a t a stockholders' m eeting
“ They took a cabin fo r the night. I
But
l.e d fo rg e
n egatived
this
once.”
and H oldom hid C h ristop h e r where
"T h e re 's a good fire on the h e a rth ."
"P ro b a b ly she saw C h risto p h e r," you found him . But M rs. K e li m ust 1
he pointed out
- 'I 'll be a ll rig h t.
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
Come in ."
w hat happened1 Where is C hristo le a vin g h im there alive, t ill Holdom,
So they gathered in the big liv in g pher? How was he k ille d ? "
in rage o r desperation, strangled
room , ric h ly paneled lik e a b a ro n ia l
Tope said g ra ve ly:
Why —all h e r ! "
h a ll; and L e dforge said: "N o w then
He hesitated, and the co lo r for
rig h t. M r. L e d fo rg e
I 'll te ll you:
M y b ro th e r dead, and some one else
l found yo u r b ro th e r under a bed an in s ta n t le ft his cheeks as though
to t', you s a id 1''
in a ca b in called F araw ay at a th a t w ord had shocked and fr ig h t
" M r s K e ll." Tope told him
roadside ca m p called Dewain's M ill, ened him . " I t 's s ic k e n in g !" he ex- ;
B ut Joe Dane could no longer en up above here
He was dead when cla im e d then, h u rrie d ly . " B u t —a ft
dure that Tope should d o m in a te the l found h im .
er that. Holdom would go on to dis- J
scene
"H e had on an old sweater and pose of the car. and o f M rs K e ll's
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"A n d K e ll too. T op e ." he c rie d
a p a ir of o v e ra lls
His hands and body, and m eet K e ll, and m ake K e ll |
"D e a d as a h e rrin g ! And Holdom
feet were tied w ith w ire He w a* g iv e him a rap on the head and leave
d yin g , so w e ll never get a word
As
gagged and b lin d fo ld ed w ith tape. h im to be found beside the road
out o f h im ."
•
And he said in a low
His hands and feet and head were ar. a lib i! "
fu rio u s tone
" I t is in c re d ib le , and
Tope saw L e dforge s eyes quicken m u ffle d in pieces of b la n k e t
ye t som ething lik e that m ust be the
in a so rt o f triu m p h , and the old
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"H e 'd been a liv e when he was
tru th !"
m an turn e d to Joe a lm ost roughly
put there. He died of a rup tu re d
He finished and Joe Dane sta rte d
“ Joe " he said, "y o u 'v e a re a l g ift
appendix.
to speak, but Adam lou •hed his a rm
fo r ta lk in g out o f tu rn
M r. Led-
'•H e 'd been b rought there In a and hushed h im .
forge, here, can lie a ll he wants to
Tope rapped his pipe on his heel,
now. know ing K e ll and H oldom c a n 't coupe belonging to H oldom . by a
m an and a w om an
I found th e ir chucked the ashes on the hearth,
c o n tra d ic t h im "
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"W e showed K e lt the dead m a n ,"
C u m be rla n d and A dam were s i
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lent. s tr ic tly lis te n in g , even Joe did the w o m a n —it was M rs K e ll—and he rem a rked
le ft her in the ca r and ran the car y o u !"
not fo r a w h ile in te rru p t ag a in And
Into an old q u a rry up in the hills.
" K e ll would lie. of course To save
L e d fo rg e spoke, a little sadly,
We found the m an's tra cks there "
h im s e lf "
" I t 's hard to speuk openly about
L e dforge m ade an explosive ges
I t . " he confessed
"W e 'v e kept it
"Y e s, I fig u re d th a t." Tope as
an absolute secret to r so long th a t tu re "H id e o u s !" he crie d " In r r e d
sented; but he said then in a so rt of
t b le l”
silence is a h a b it now "
ir r ita tio n :
"Shucks, M r. Ledforge.
I F \ O U B A K E A T H O M E — b a k in g d a y is
" P r e tty bad
Tope assented, he a ll th a t's too co m p licate d fo r me
And he said e a rn e stly: " B u t you
any
day you feel like it , w ith New Fleischmann s
H
oldom
was
in
it,
sure;
but
m
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idea
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attend banquets, m ake speeches,
d isp la y h im s e lf.”
He co n tin ue d : " B u t It was m ore
chance than a n y th 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 home— a re m o te lit t le tow n in
M a n ito b a —fo r a va ca tio n.
"C h ris to p h e r live d there. He was
a d o cto r—surgeon and d o cto r, too,
as sm a ll tow n p ra c titio n e rs m ust be;
and he took m e in hand, cured me.
B ut he reproached m e fo r o v e rw o rk
in g : 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 ve r his
health. I persuaded h im to come
back w ith m e in th a t ca p a city. He
suggested also th a t I ought to have
a social se cre ta ry o r an assistant,
to whom 1 m ig h t delegate some less
im p o rta n t a c tiv itie s ; and the fact,
w hich we discovered before we le ft
home, th a t not even o u r in tim a te
frie n 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 hich has c o n tin
ued t ill now "
He looked fro m one to another
" I t was v e ry s im p le ," he said “ once
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