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THE
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“ A llr la
hteveason has been m u r d e r e d !"
The
» lo ry « a s a ll o v e r P le a s a n t G ro v e in
m in u te s.
L a te In the afte rn o o n T o m
stopped hy to get m ilk , and they ta lk e d
abo ut Alicia's d ea th . M eg w as upset,
and in v o lu n ta r ily T o m put his a rm s
a ro u n d her and c a lle d her “ d a r lin g ."
T h a t evening M eg and her fa th e r sat
looking a t each o th e r, each r e m e m b e r
ing th at the o ther w as out la te the night
b e fo re .
“ H id you do it? " she finally
asked “ No— -did you ?“ Nhe was stunned
J im M a r T a v is h suggested they m a k e a
b a rg a in : “ Y ou fo rg e t that I was out of
the house— I ' l l fo rg e t you w ere try s tin g
w ith T o m F a llo n .**
son co v ered M eg.
A
hot tide of c r im
C HAPTER XI
She caught her breath and could
not believe she had spoken, thougn
the w ords seemed to q u ive r in le t
ters o f fire between them. Her fa
th e r stiffened w ith a little je rk His
face was w hite and hard and his
eyes were veiled, so that she could
not guess his thoughts.
F o r a m om ent that seemed a cen
tu ry long his eyes m et hers, and
then he said ve ry so ftly. "N o , m y
d e a r—d id y o u ? "
" F a t h e r ! " It was a shocked, in
credulous gasp that came scarcely
above her breath. "H o w —how car»
you even—th in k —"
Her fa th e r lifte d his shoulders in
a gesture th a t was not quite a shrug
and d ra w led coolly. "W h y not? You
seemed p e rfe ctly w illin g to believe
I h a d !"
"O h, no, Dad ’* In that breathless
m om ent the endearing d im in u tiv e
cam e easily fro m her tongue. "1
d id n ’t th in k you had—I couldn’ t ever
believe you had—"
" Y e t you put the question very
e a s ily ," he rem in d e d her d ry ly
" I t - it was only that I heard you
come in last n ig h t—a little a fte r
one— "
" A few m inutes a fte r you came
In. if I re m e m b e r," said her fa th e r
c a lm ly , his eyes never leaving her
w hite, ravaged face.
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B ut th a t’ s p e r ju r y ," she w his
pered fa in tly .
H er fa th e r’ s face darkened an
g rily . ’ ’D on’t be an id io t! You did
I not k ill her. N e ith e r did I. So w hat
I possible d iffe re n ce can it m ake—if
nobody knows th a t we went fo r a
walk? I'm absolutely p o sitive that
1 wasn’t seen; I feel e qually sure
you w ere not. So w here’ s the h a rm
if we p ro te ct ourselves in a s itu a
tion th a t could easily become ve ry
, u n p le asa n t? "
1
She hesitated and he said q u ie tly.
1
"Because. M egan, if it becomes
known th a t you and I were not in
bed and asleep— th a t you were out
on the Ridge w ith F a llo n —it's not
only going to be e x tre m e ly unpleas
ant fo r you. but it's going to finish
him , once and fo r a ll
H e 'll never
be able to get another jo b as a
teacher no m a tte r how innocent and
accid e n ta l yo u r m eeting was. Peo
ple w ill rem e m be r A lic ia ’s little
th ru s t about yo u r spending hours
together on the R idge.' and people
are good at adding tw o and tw o and
g e ttin g six o r seven."
M egan said q u ie tly . W here were
you. F a th e r? "
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w ith the thing that was in her h e a rt;
the th in g th a t had been there— who
could say how long'’ —b u t whose
presence she had not d iscovered un
t il under the shock of A lic ia 's death
" I lik e to ta lk to h im . M iss M eggie
—e f yo’ th in k he ain* c o rn in ’ any
how. how ’ bout yo ’ c a llin g h im up
and a skin ’ h im to? So I could ta lk
to h im ? " Annie was grave-eyed and
portentous
Megan, je rke d out of her unhappy
a b stra ctio n by A nnie's tone, looked
up at her cu rio u sly.
"W h y. Annie, w h a t’ s w ro n g ’ Why
do you w ant to ta lk to M r. L a r r y ’ ’
she asked, puzzled
Annie d rew h e rse lf up a little and
there was a gentle, yet im p la c a b le
d ig n ity about her as she said firm ly .
" I t ’ s a p riv a te m atte h . M iss M eggie
—but i t ’s pow ahful im p o rta n t
Yo
ca ll him fo ’ m e ’ "
"Y e s. o f course. A n n ie ." Megan
answered and A nnie thanked her
and went out of the room , padding
so ftly in the heelless fe lt slippers
that she wore to "e a s e " her feet
But Megan did not have to call
Laurence, fo r at about fo u r o’ clock
he cam e down the road and turned
in at the gate g rin n in g at her w a rm ly
and h a p p ily
" I cam e over w ith the co ro n e r and
some of the county o ffic e rs ." he told
her ch e e rfu lly, d ro p p in g down on the
steps at her feet and b a rin g his head
to the soft wind
"P le a s a n t G ro v e ’ s
d e rta in ly g e ttin g her nam e in the
papers.
There was a new spaper
correspondent fo r one of the A tla n ta
papers at the in q u e s t."
Megan asked, a fte r a m om ent.
"W h a t—w hat d id the inquest fin d —
"D e a th by m eans of a sh a rp in
strum e n t at the hands o f a p a rty or
p a rtie s u n k n o w n ." answ ered Lau
rence, looking up at her white,
d ra w n face w ith su rp rise
"O h look
here, d a rlin g . I had no idea you
were such a close frie n d o f hers ’ ’
" I —w asn't, r e a lly ." a d m itte d Me
gan.
" B u t— I knew her and it's
been a shock—"
" O f c o u rse ," said L a rr y gently
He took her hand in his and held
it closely
"W e w on't le lk about
it— "
" Y e s ! " said M egan so sharply
th a t Lau re n ce turn e d su rp rise d eyes
upon her. M egan m anaged a fa in t
s m ile and said. " I —1 re a lly w ant to
kn o w —w h a te ve r they could le a rn —"
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W A SH IN G TO N . — The p o liti
cians are c h u c k lin g at the p o liti
cal im p lic a tio n behind the M ay
scandal case.
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The inside s to ry is th a t M r. M ay,
c h a irm a n of the house m ilita r y a f
fa irs c o m m itte e , w alked in to the
d iffic u ltie s w ith the M ead in v e s ti
g a tin g c o m m itte e , and th a t the in
v e stig a tio n was not in s p ire d o th e r
wise. As M ay is a co n se rva tive
D e m ocra t, and Senator M ead of
New Y o rk has a sp ira tio n s fo r the
g o vernorship, c e rta in p o litic a l au
th o ritie s had c irc u la te d the re p o rt
th a t the case ag a in st M ay was
w orked up fo r purposes o f w iden
ing the s p lit w ith in D e m ocra tic
ranks by the lib e ra l side fo r the
purposes o f p u n ish in g a conserva
tiv e Southerner. I f it d id not o rig i
nate in such purposes, it c e rta in ly
had th a t p o litic a l effect.
. H o w ever lo g ic a l th is re p o rt m ay
sound to some, the inside s to ry is
th a t the Mead c o m m itte e m em b e r
ship was m a k in g a rou tin e eheek
into the c o m p lic a te d fin a n c ia l set
up in the Garsson com panies. Some
suspicions about the M ay tra n s
action were uncovered but not
made p u b lic. Then M ay b rought l) r .
Ile n ry Garsson to see Mead to co m
p la in about the com panies being
‘ 'p erse cu te d ” by a m e d d lin g inves
tig a tio n . w hich, they contended,
T ot's P arty D ress
was holding up reconversion to rV A IN TY and pretty and so easy
peacetim e a c tiv itie s .
for M other to m ake—a ch a rm
M E A D H A D TO ACT.
ing round yoked dress for tots
The c o m m itte e m e n c la im other , with a m ere w hisper of a sleeve
efforts were m ade to get them to and baby ducks parading around
desist, but they w ill not id e n tify the bottom of the skirt.
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1 these e ffo rts beyond the p o in t o f '
To ob tain c o m p le te p a tte rn for the A p
saying these cam e fro m w ith in the plique
B aby D uck F ro ck (P a tte r n No
I D e m o c ra tic p a rty .
56001 sizes 2. 3 and 4 y e a rs included in
Despite the im m in e n ce of the
com ing congressional election, the
"Suppose we m ake a bargain, m y
R epublicans co-operated w ith the
d e a r M e g a n ."
Her fa th e r's voice
D e m ocra tic m em bers in a ll ways.
cam e so ftly, low-pitched, scarcely
The R epublican Sen. H om er F e r
a lo v e a w hisper, in the tone of one
guson of M ic h ig a n «who does not
c o n sp ira to r to another
run again u n til 1949i has been
" A — a ba rg a in . F a th e r? " she
term ed the ' b ird d o g " o f the com
m anaged fa in tly
m ittee Ferguson and his Repub
He nodded "Y o u forget th a t I was
lica n colleagues were in a position
out of the house I 'l l forget th a t you
"W e ll, it w a sn 't m u c h ." said L a u to force Mead to act if he trie d
w ere—e r try s tin g w ith Tom F allon
rence
"N o tra ce o f the weapon, a to cover up. Perhaps they m ay
on the R id g e ." he said In that gen
kn ife or a dagger of some ro rt. No have been gleeful at the prospect
tle. yet somehow te rrify in g d ra w l
trace of robbery or a n yth in g o f th a t of roa stin g a D e m ocra t on the eve
A hot tid e o f crim so n poured over
kind. The g ir l at the hank said she of d e p artu re fo r home and election
her face and reached from the c o lla r
had cashed her usual m o n th ly in
A n o th e r in n e r p o litic a l sid e lig h t
(if her neat cotton p rin t frock to th-»
come check for fifty d o lla rs , a few is th a t the Garssuns h ire d as th e ir
v e ry roots of her h a ir
" 'Scuse me, suh—but could I ta lk
days ago. and her purse was found counsel fo r the in q u iry Wayne
" I wasn’t try s tin g w ith Tom F a l to yo’—fo ’ a few m in u te s ? "
w ith m ore than th irty d o lla r» in it. Johnson, a w ell-know n New Y o rk
lo n ! " Her m outh tw isted w ith d is
They feel sure th a t if she had su r C ity Dem ocrat.
taste at the thought, and the im p li
He sat very s till fo r a m om ent,
prised a b u rg la r at w ork, he would
The
evidence
c a rrie d
odors
cation.
his eyes clin g in g to hers, and she
not have le ft the purse. They be reaching to high heaven, but did
" B u t you did meet him th e re —"
thought he scarcely seemed to
lie ve that she was k ille d by someone not prove co n clu sive ly th a t M ay
"P u re ly hy a c c id e n t!" she Hashed
breathe
And then he said casually.
she kn e w —o r at least someone she ever received any m oney d ire c t
H er fa th e r sm ile d th in ly
" I be " I went fo r a w a lk ."
was not a fra id of. There were no ly , although it produced te stim o n y
lieve you. m y dear though I am a
And as p roof that he had had his signs of a strug g le in the p la c e ."
in d ic a tin g money was sent.
The
lit t le do u btfu l as to whether oth er say on the subject and no intention
M egan sat ve ry s till, her hands co m m itte e m e n have been a u th o r
people would, if it ever became nec of speaking again, he got up and
locked tig h tly in her lap
ized to look over the incom e ta x
essary fo r other people to know of le ft the room .
K ille d by lom eone »he Knew! re tu rn s of M ay to supply the m iss
th a t e r—accidental m eeting "
She c o u ld n 't oelieve that her fa
Someone she was not a fra id •>f'
ing lin ks, and w h ile these cannot
She put her face in her hands fo r i th e r had k ille d A lic ia Stevenson
It
"T h e re was one sensation. " said be used as evidence o r made pub
a m om ent and her fa th er watched
was an in c re d ib le th o ug h t; but he Laurence a fte r a m om ent not look- lic in any w ay, the c o m m itte e m ay
her w ith a curious tensity
had been out of the house, and he ing at Megan
His eyes were on tire get some leads to the lin ks. The
" B u t. o f course. I can see no rea
was ve ry anxious that no one should
garden, where, despite the fact that law p e rm its P re sid e n t T ru m a n to
son why anyone save the two o f us know about that
And she thought it was alm ost C h ristm a s a few late au tho rize such looks at the retu rn s.
should know a n ything about i t , " he of he rse lf and T om F atlon. on the
zinnias and m a rig o ld s were s till in
A ll in a ll. the newsmen who sat
went on sm oothly
"S u re ly if my
Ridge
bloom and the ch rysa n th e m u m s a t the press table th ro u g h o u t the
d a ughter and I wish to go for a
were great shaggy things o f glow ing in q u iry thought the whole case
w alk in the fresh night a ir. it is no
And then »tie rem em bered his beauty
"T h a t was when the tele could be put down as a scandal so
body's business but our own
Un
face to n ig ht ,md the tone of his voice
g ra m fro m her husband a r r iv e d —" p la in ly m a rke d w ith evidence that
fo rtu n a te ly , in a m u rd e r investiga
when that little w ord " d a r lin g ” had
" H e r —h u s b a n d *" she repeated in no one could co ve r it on any side.
tio n a great m any seem ingly u n re s lip p e d o u t
th e lo o k In h is
credulously
D e m ocra tic. R epublican. PAC. or
lated facts come out
O f course
eyes naked and ixngnant and un
any other
th e re 's no like lih o o d that we should ashamed. the w a rm th and te n d e r
Laurence nodded
"T h a t seemed
be in any way connected w ith this ness in his shaken voice that had
REP . C O F F E E IN V O L V E D .
te rrib le a ffa ir
N either of us had been lik e a shining garm ent wra|tped as m uch of a shock to everybody
B ut lo and behold, the case p ro
there as it is to you, ' he told her
any m o tive to want A licia out of the shoot her ch ille d body
" B u t it seems that when the detec duced a p o litic a l ta il la rg e r than
way —that is 1 had none
1 hoped
"O h . no no 1 won’ t h a v
it ilk e tive s were going through her papers the dog. The Coffee case, fo llo w
to m a rry h e r ! "
th a t! I won’ t be in love w ith him 1 ye ste rd a y they found that she had ing im m e d ia te ly th e re a fte r, con
She stared at h im caught hy some w o n 't!" she w ailed, deep in her
a husband and th a t he was the one cerned a le ft-le a n in g D em ocrat.
odd note In his voice
And after a frigh te n e d , stricke n m in d
But her who was sending her fifty d o lla rs Rep John M. Coffee, who received
m om ent he answered the look in her h eart went relen tle ssly on. "Y o u
a m onth They w ire d h im and the $2,500 fro m a w a r c o n tra c to r for
eyes. "O f course if it should become ca n 't help it '
You ca n ’t stop it. answ er was b ro u g h t to the inquest services He votes m o s tly on the
known that you were v io le n tly op
You d id n ’ t ask fo r it but you can this afternoon
The husband is Ir ftis h side
|M»sed to me m a rry in g her. that you never deny it!
He knows it. to o — som ew here in the west, but he's fly-
Thus the scandals cam e out even
resented the thought of having her
he feels as you do you saw it in his n in g east to c la im the body Should In D e m o c ra tic ran ks between the
here in the house, and had been un
eyes heard it in his voice to n ig ht
be h e ie to m o rro w or next day. they tw o co n flic tin g factions, and the
able to persuade me to give up rn>
You love h im and he loves you and th o u g h t”
Republicans
gained
the
m ost
plans to m a rry her w ell -’ ’ Once he has a w ife who has a g re a te r
" B u t she was a w id o w ’ " Megan ground fro m the e n tire tra n s a c tio n
again he lifte d his shoulders in that , c la im on him than if there were
protested, dazedly
A t least no one showed they claim ed
gesture th a t was not quite a shrug
ch ild re n
Y u love can never, nev
"A p p a re n tly n o t." said Laurence to have or were s e llin g any influence
but that was an e ffe ctive d ism issa l
er m ean a n yth in g except h e a rtb rea k
looking up as Annie apf*eared be I t was Senator B re w ste r. Republi
Megan drew a long, hard breath
and self d e n ia l'
You know th a t— hind the screen door th. : led into can o f M aine, who to ld the com
"Y o u know 1 co u ld n 't possiMy but you c a n 't stop lo vin g h im ' Any
the h a ll
"Hello. A nnie-how about m itte e o f the Coffee m a tte r, which
have— " She set her breath against m ore than you can stop b re a th in g !*
p u ttin g another plate on the table firs t was m entioned in a m a y o ra lty
the sob that clutched at her th ro a t
and le ttin g me stay fo r su p p er’ ’’
The inquest was held the fo llo w in g
ca m p a ig n in Tacom a. Wash . by
" O f course, m y dear I know that
"Y e ss uh. M is t' L a r r y - us s 'o be R epublicans
afternoon in the ric k e ty nondescript
you are co m p le te ly incapable of any
little fra m e b u ild in g w here the Draft glad to ," she assured him . beam ing.
I th in k thfi sum to ta l of the
such deed of v io le n c e '" her father I
Board m et. and t seemed that, e x <nd then asked uneasily. " ’Sc use scandal m a tte r is th is :
If any
assured her. and there was
» I
cept te r the few bedridden in the me. suh— but could I ta lk to yo' - fo ’ • one sta rte d tu rn in g o ve r e ve ry
w a rm th that was ve ry elo«e to ten
« few m in u te s ? "
town, everybody was there
w a r contract, a t th is p a rtic u la r
derness in his voice
But it won’t
La u re n ce looked surpriaed. but
Kveryb«»dy th a t is. except M«*«ati
tim e o f w o rld c ris is and d iffic u lt
be what 1 know that w ill count. Me
to
his
feet
For c o n tra ry to
peace, even to gain gro u n d in an
gan it w ill be what we can prove and her fa th e r
J im ’ s uneasy fear n e ith e r he im <
"Of COMI »» Annie A m i tell me election,
the
u ltim a te
outcom e
—or disprove!"
you w ant to d ivo rce Amo«, a fte r all w ould be d iffic u lt to fo re te ll. At
Megan had been ca lle d to a^ w ar
these y e a r s '" he laughed excus ng any rate , the Mead co m m itte e
He let her sit h o d ^t-d m u heap I L ittle Hetty H e n d rix. P ill Logan
M rs S tu a rt. and a few of the others h im s e lf to M egan as he m oved to went to w ork on soine p re sum ably
fo r a m om ent as H igh to think
th a t o ve r
And then he said quiet- I who had been firs t on the scene had w ard« th# screen do.,r w hich Arut *• m in o r cases on the P a cific coast
Megan did not q u ite held ey»«n t e r h i m
• • •
iy. 'T h a t's why I say there is no | he en called
" I a m t auah M ist ».ari
di st 1 « kN I U t VAAMtCC r t t l t b o t t »
reason why anyo e should be told know w hether to he m ore relie ved
th a t you and I were out of the house o r m ore frigh te n e d that n e ith er she a to 't «w ine « it n d o dat ahtUteask
The P a ris g a the rin g of 21 nations
nor her fa th e r had rece ive d orders no'-count (Uglier, «hr* m iff’ «h« a«- to consider the B ig F o u r peace
«-though, u n fo rtu n a te ly . not togeth
fr«r«d h im d a rk lv $» she Ird the w ay deal sta rte d off under unique c ir
to apt car
But she had firm ly
e r fo r several hours last n ig h t’ "
declined T its S tu a rt's h e a rty in v i to th« kitch e n
cum stances
The
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m im e o
Whom d id you think I ’d be like ly
ta tio n th a t she go anyw ay
K tcgan got up fr»
la ir graphed pages c o m p ris in g the pro
to te ll? " »he asked hirn husk ly '
.«•here she had been si ttin g for n lo re* posed texts are considered by ex
Megan m ade h e rse lf keep pusv
a fte r a m om e n t in which she fought
than an h.-ui • |M •
« .« ’Tor pe rts to have been v e ry poorly
io p u ll hers»«'f l< aether so that thro u g h o u t a day that seemed age
d b e e n w « »rm d ra fte d fro m a te c h n ic a l standpoint
•
long
When Annie put m tddav dh
speech was at a ll i«**sible
( expression Th.s was charged to
T h e re w ill be an Inquest, ot ner beside Megan and asked a fa in t and pleasant here but a Uh the e
mg o f duhk a c h ill k tie taind got the difficulties f tra n s la tio n As t
c o u rs e ." he rem in d e d her
" U n uneasiness in her voice. "M is s Meg
•
i*es
gie is M is t' L a rr y co rn in ' to m o riu w
the m eanings o f the agreem ents
d o u b te d ly we, as her closest neigh
and guarantees few thought them
p o ts and I suppose her closest ac night?"
any stronger than the governm ents
qua in ta n ce « w ill he called to te stl
" I suppose so, Annie
Megan an
it
w hich would operate them .
fy
And if we S im ply say that wc «wered, and q u iv e ie d a little tns'd*
w»-. • *o bed a lit t le a fte r te n —"
it the thought o f fa c li g La irenc«
p a tte rn . Send 20 c en ts in coin, yo u r n a m e ,
a d d re ss a n d p a tte rn n um ber.
R u n n e rs' H eartbeat
Most g rea t distance ru n n ers
have m ade their records because
their bodies had unique functional
powers, one of which w as a h ea rt
beat slow.er th an the norm al rate .
For instance, G lenn Cunningham ’s
ea rtb ea t is usually around 49,
'.under H ag g 's 47. Paavo N urm i's
5 and Leslie M acM itchell's 40.
F ruit Motifs
1 OOKING for some s i m p l e
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w arm days? H ere a re som e col
orful fru it designs to do in cross
stitch —big pears, straw b erries, b a
nanas, oranges, apples, plum s and
ch erries in lovely shaded effects.
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SEWING C IRCLE NEEDLEWORK
709 M ission St.. San Francisco. Calif.
Enclose 20 cent« for pattern.
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KoolOcd
FLAVORS
For pipe or rolling —there's no other tobacco
like P R IN C E ALBERT!
PACKS
BETTER
IN
PIPES
" G R A N O P IP E IO A D I of the mildest, mellowest tobacco a man
ever had," says Frank Hansen, speaking of Prince A lb e rt smok
ing tobacco. ''I t ’s choice tobacco, that's what. And th a t special
c rim p cut feature makes Prince A lb e rt pack better in any pipe ”