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unci be f m uÀove PCGGV f iiR N T H E STORY T i l l ’S FAR: Amos, An nie's huxband. revealed that when he was coming home late at night he saw a ghost bury something In a graveyard. Also, Amos revealed that he had seen deg with Tom Fallon that night. Law rence enlisted the aid ol Bob Reynolds, a detective, and they set to work to solve the mystery of Alicia's murder. After careful checking, they were Inclined to believe Amos' story. Jim MacTavish came in as L arry. Reynolds and Megan were ready to eat. He was tired, his shoulders drooping. Reynolds announced abruptly that It was an open and shut case, and Jim almost dropped the carv ing knife. Later Meg tells L arry that she and Tom had met accidentally. C H A PT E R XIII “ N ot as to the id e n tity , no, ' ad m itte d Bob. “ B u t I'm convinced th a t it was some p ro w le r—a would- be b u rg la r who was frig h te n e d off before he had a chance to steal any th in g . Though, o f course, i t ’ s not usual fo r a b u rg la r to be supplied w ith a k n ife as a weapon— I don't believe he bro u g h t the weapon w ith h im . I believe th a t he used one of the v ic tim 's own knives—a la rg e kitch e n kn ife — ” He broke off, scar le t and em barrassed as he saw Me gan's w hite, tw iste d face. He apolo gized h a stily. “ Good g rie f. Miss Mac- Ta vish — I ought to be kicke d ! Please fo rg iv e me— I'm thoroughly ashamed—L a rry , you ought to have b e tte r sense than to allow me out w ith y o u r friends. I ’m so rry. Miss M acT avish— I do apologize— ” Megan m anaged a fa in t sm ile and said h u skily, “ Please d o n 't—I — I am a b it squeam ish, I suppose. You see— I knew h e r w e ll—” Bob nodded soberly. “ I know — everybody says you are the o n ly real frie n d she had. E ve ryb o d y else seemed to d is lik e her and d is tru s t her. I guess th a t's the reason was speaking so fra n k ly . L e t's fo r get i t A fte r a ll, a m eal lik e this de serves m ore cheerful and a p precia tiv e table co n v e rs a tio n !” When the m eal was over, and the men t\e re settled in the liv in g room , M egan stayed to help A nnie clear the table. A nd w h ile she was thus engaged, Laurence came back into the d in in g room , and stood a t her shoulder and said v e ry low, " I ju s t w anted you to know, Meggie, th a t— e v e ryth in g is q u ite a ll rig h t. T here's n othing at a ll fo r you to w o rry a bout.” M egan locked up at h im , tears th ic k in h e r eyes, her m outh tre m ulous. “ I —m et h im by accident, L a r ry . I d id n ’ t plan it —tr u ly .” He looked down at her, frow ning. “ B u t — good heavens, Meggie, don’ t you suppose I know th a t? ” he protested, alm ost as though he re sented her feeling th a t she should o ffe r such an explanation. She caught h e r b reath and a wave o f re lie f swept o ver her. She sm iled through her tears and said huskily, “ Thanks, L a r r y .” “ F o r w h a t? ” The fro w n s till drew his eyebrow s together. “ F o r know in g th a t you couldn’ t possibly do a n yth in g wrong? F o r know ing that you c o u ld n 't make, o r keep a try s t w ith a m an tied up as F a llo n is? F o r Heaven’ s sake, M eggie— I'v e know n you since you were a b a b y— don’ t you suppose I know you w ell enough to know th a t i f you m et Tom F a llo n on the R idge at m id n ig h t, it was an a ccidental m ee tin g ? ” Laurence hesitated a m om ent and then he said q u ie tly , “ I'd lik e to ask you som ething. M eggie—m in d ? ” “ N *. o f course not.” “ Then — are you in love w ith F a llo n ? ” The words were q u ie tly spoken, but they took her breath so th a t she could only look up a t h im , unable to speak. B ut the way the color flowed in to h e r face, the look in her eyes gave h im a ll the answ er he needed. “ So th a t's why you—c o u ld n 't get excited about m a rry in g m e,” he said a fte r a m om ent, ve ry qu ie tly. She set her teeth hard in her low e r lip . not d a rin g to tru s t her voice to answ er h im , and a fte r a little he said in a tone o f the greatest gentleness, "P o o r little M eggie! A l ways doing things the hard w a y !” B y now she had steadied her voice, and she faced him s tra ig h tly . “ I f —y o u 'll j-j- ju s t give me a little tim e , L a rr y —” she managed. H is brows w ere draw n deep now in a fro w n and his look was puz zled. “ A lit tle tim e , M eggie?" he repeated. “ F o r w h a t? ” "T o pull m y s e lf together and get o ver th is — th is — craziness about T o m ,” she said. “ Because I w ill, you know I ' l l —I ’ ll get o ver i t and —m aybe i f you h a ve n 't got disgust ed w ith me before th a t—” “ Oh, I ’ll be around, Meggie. Is th a t w hat you m ean?” asked L a rry , and now there was a grim ness in his voice, a coldness in his eyes th a t ch ille d her a little . “ You are the only g irl fo r me. You’ve alw ays been I ’ m a slow and plodding cuss, but once I get m y m in d —and m y h eart—m ade up, I hold on. L ik e the good old snapping tu rtle th a t gets a g rip and swings on u n til you have to k ill h im to m ake h im let go. But w hat m akes you so sure that you can get o ver w hat you feel fo r F a l lo n ? ” "B ecause I ’m going to !” she told h im w ith d e te rm in a tio n . He turned away fro m her then as Bob called to him fro m the h a ll, and a lit tle la te r they w ere gone. M egan and her fa th e r sat in the W.N.U. R E L E A S E liv in g room fo r a little In silence a fte r they had gone. It was J im who fin a lly broke the silence. " D id you know th a t she— was m a r rie d ? ” he asked h e a v ily , “ Y e s ," Megan nodded. "L a u re n c e to ld m e ." J im 's face tw isted. “ W hat a laugh she m u st have got out of me— w a n t ing to m a rry her. And she told me she w o u ld —she never fo r a m om ent even hinted th a t she was not a w id o w !" Megan w aited, know ing a little of the release th a t w ould come to h im i f he could rid his m in d o f these revelations. “ I t began, at first, as a s o rt o f— w ell, jo k e ." he adm itted. " I t seemed to amuse her to give the P leasant G rove folks som ething to ta lk about. I was lonely, and I suppose she got a k ic k out o f m a kin g a fool o f me— " He broke o ff and passed a hand across his eyes and looked s tra ig h t at Megan. “ B ut I d id n 't k ill h e r.” he finished q u ie tly, w ith a sim ple ► NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS Pineapple Potholder to Crochet lin e to an u n u su a lly la rg e dem and and c m l e n t c o n d ltlo n a , n llg h tlv m o i «' tim e I t re q u ire d In t illin g o rd e rs f o r .1 fe w o f the lim it |N ipular p a tte rn n u m b - t« Send yom o rd e r to: "D o n ’t k id y o u rse lf, m y d e a r—we h a ve n 't seen the last of th is ! N or heard it, e ith e r,” he co rre cte d her s w iftly . “ Had you realized th a t if Amos was on the R idge th a t night, as he m ust have been to te ll L a rr y R e le a s e d b y W e s t e r n N e w s p a p e r U n io n . the sto ry he did, the chances are ex PEA C E C O N F E R E N C E ’VICTORY* | cellent th a t he saw you—as w e ll as MORE A P P A R E N T THAN REAL the e ig h t-fo o t-ta ll g h o st? " W ASHINGTO N. — 'T is being ad Megan nodded, her face w h ite but j vertised ns a fam ous v ic to ry nt her o u tw ard com posure com m end Paris The accounts fro m there were able. • " I know th a t he did . D a d ," I headed. "M o lo to v F in a lly Y ie ld s ." she said q u ie tly . “ He told L a r r y ." K y o un gste r retu rne d fro m su m H e r fa th e r’ s body Jerked lik e a A w eighing of the event since then m e r ro m p . H is fond p a re n ts w ere m a rio n e tte on a s trin g m a n ip u la t by e xp e rt—and even some o ffic ia l, urns aeeoiint.Hits—has develop« d v e ry intereste d in hea rin g how he ed by an In e xp e rt puppeteer. had spent h is va ca tio n and nsked “ T old L a r r y —th a t you were on the w onder i f it was v ic to ry , and how h im dozens o f questions, one of R idge w ith F a llo n ? " he repeated m uch M olotov yielded. In the firs t place, China was not , w hich w a s : "H o w on e a rth did sharply. m ade a sponsoring nation fo r the they m anage to w ake 350 boys ev M egan nodded. F o r a m om ent J im was ve ry s till, i big peace conference of 21 nations. e ry m o rn in g ? " lik e a m an suddenly paralyzed. And M olotov did not y ie ld on this. The •’ W e ll,’ ’ he said, "th e y blew a then v e ry c a re fu lly he asked, “ Did leading dispatches fro m the co n fe r b u g le --a t fir s t." ence the day a fte r neglected to m en he te ll th a t fe llo w R eynolds?" “ A t fir s t? ” tion th is point. N othing wns said Megan shook her head, her hands about Chinn. E a rlie r both Messrs. •‘ Yeah, but a fte r a w hile they cold in her lap. B yrnes and B evin contended the c o u ld n 't find the m outhpiece of “ He— d id n 't seem to th in k it was om ission of our frie n d in the O rie n t I the b u g le ." necessary»-" she m anaged the w ords ; ns sponsor would be an in su lt to A fte r the boy had gone to sleep, w ith d iffic u lty . "H e seemed to th in k her. M olotov cla im e d China was the p aren ts struggled to unpack that the fa c t that I was there gave not in flu e n tia l in the defeat of the his bags. O u t o f one bog rolled me an a lib i. I f I was there a t that i nations fo r w hich tre a tie s were be a s m a ll, c u rio u s object. tim e, I c o u ld n 't possibly have been I ing w ritte n in P a ris —R om ania. B u l X ’ OT a b it d iffic u lt to crochet On close inspection it turned out across the road—even i f I had had ’ though it looks lik e it m ig h t garia, H ungary, F in la n d and Ita ly to be the m outhpiece o f a bugle. a m o tiv e .” —and th e re fo re she was not entitled be. The " s c a le s " on th is a ttra c tiv e H e r fa th e r nodded. "W h ich , of y e llo w pineapple poth old er are to be a sponsor. course, means th a t L a r r y doesn't ju s t s im p le shell s titch e s raised j M o ra lly , China was e n title d to know I intended to tr y to m a r ry her out a b it. The "s p in e s " a t top are be a sponsor as a big five m em and b rin g her here.” he finished the crocheted leeves of green th re ad 1 ber anti a p a rtic ip a n t in the thought fo r her. Then he sm ile d , a m ade s e p a ra te ly and then sewn w a r. T e ch n ica lly, she m ay not m irth le s s s m ile th a t m ade h im look on top. I t m easures 7 by 5 inches, have used any troops in the live suddenly v e ry old and v e ry tire d and y o u ’ ll need to m ake tw o j countries m entioned, but the “ Now i f only som ebody had seen s im ila r "s id e s " and sew th em to U nited States did not use m any me going fo r m y w a lk —" gether o ver a th in la y e r of lin in g . e ith e r in F in la n d (w ith whom "P e rh a p s somebody d id ,” sa id I • • a we were never a t w a r ) , and Megan e agerly. T o o b ta in c o m p le te c ro c h e tin g In s tru c not m any m ore in the B alkans, He shook his head. " I saw no one tio n s fo r the G o ld e n P in e a p p le P o th o ld e r although the Russians used plen t P a tte rn N o. 57811) s titc h lllu s t i ah-d. »end —a fte r I le ft A lic ia ." he said q u ie t 20 cen ts in c o in , v o u r n a m e , a d d ie h s and ty of our equipm ent. ly and d is tin c tly . the p a tte rn n u m b e r. | She stiffened a little and her eyes POTSDAM A G R E E M E N T C IT E D N ext day F ra n ce w orded the in v i w ere wide. “ Y ou—saw her—th a t n ig h t? ” she ta tio n m ore peacefully, and a m ove m ent to salve China w ith the c h a ir w hispered, her lip s p a llid . " A t e le v e n -th irty .” said J im and m anship upon the second day of heaved a sigh as he ran his fingers the m eeting was attem pted, but Mo through his m a g n ifice n t crop o f s il lotov insisted upon C hina's om ission v e ry -g ra y h a ir. "T h e w ay I figure as a sponsor, pleading th is was it, she couldn’ t have been alone, a ft provided in the Potsdam agreem ent, er I le ft her. m ore than ten o r fif w hich has never been enforced, eco n o m ic a lly a t any rate. teen m in u te s.” Then the big fo u r conference de H is fingers tre m b le d a little as he fille d his handsome pipe and tam ped cided to c a ll the 21 nations, a p p a r the tobacco c a re fu lly in to the m e l ently to approve the tre a tie s they low bow l, but his eyes d id not leave are m aking. T his was regarded as a v ic to ry fo r o u r M r. Byrnes, who M egan’ s w hite, frig h te n e d face. “ We q u a rre le d ." said J im q u ie tly, wanted such a conference. But Mo d is tin c tly , “ when she a d m itte d that lotov w anted to re s tric t the rules of she had not the slig h te st idea of the conference, w hich n a tu ra lly had m a rry in g me. She called m e a no rules, never h a vin g been in as pompous old fool, and a no-’ count semblage. He succeeded in re q u ir stuffed s h irt and a lo t o f e q ually ing th a t each tre a ty go to a com u n c o m p lim e n ta ry things. B u t I did m itte e made up of the leading p a r ticip a n ts in the w ar on th a t coun not k ill her. Megan, I sw ear it . ” Suddenly Megan was on h e r k n e is tr y (w h ich is a ll rig h t), but he said beside h im , her a rm s close about the co m m itte e m ust m ake decisions m a jo rity h im , her cheek hard against his, a ll only by a tw o -th ird s the ugliness and the a n im o s ity th a t (w hich is not a ll rig h t). The com had colored th e ir re la tio n s fo r years m ittees a p p a re n tly had no power w iped out between them in th is m o to m ake any decisions. A t least the m ent when she ached w ith p ity fo r conference did not. I t could not h im , and when fo r the firs t tim e in change a tre a ty , o r no public sug her a d u lt life she had begun to have gestion was m ade th a t it could. It some g lim m e rin g o f understanding was m e re ly called to approve. C er I t y o u b a ke a t h o m e — you cun always ta in ly its com m ittees could not do him . depend on New Fleiachraunn'a Fast Rifting anyth in g it could not do. Yet Rus “ O f course you d id n ’ t, dear—no D ry Yeast to give you perfect risings one could believe fo r a m om ent that sia im posed a tw o -th ird s m a jo rity . .d elicious b re a d . . . every tim e you bake! you d id ," she told h im , her voice upon decisions of com m ittees, w ith Ready fo r in s ta n t a ctio n — New Fleisch shaken w ith em otion. m a jo rity decisions am ong the whole. m a n n ’ s F a st R is in g keeps fresh and W hat th is w ill do, I have not po te n t fo r weeks— lets you bake a t a J im put his a rm about her and ( yet found an a u th o rity to ex •r< m om ent's notice! D o n ’ t risk baking fa il seemed to welcom e her nearness, p lain. A tw o -th ird s m a jo rity ures w ith weak yeast — get New Fleisch- the sheer cre a tu re c o m fo rt o f her w ith o u t a u th o rity ra n only be a m ann's Fast R ising to d a y . A t y o u r grocer’«. w a rm presence and her sym pathy. tw o - th ird s m a jo rity w ithout “ Thank you, m y d e a r—but I'm pow er—except to n u llify any ac a fra id a g re a t m a n y people could tion. be persuaded to believe th a t I d id ,” rW O-THIRDS R ULE A JOKER he pointed out to her a t last. “ The A ctu a lly, the big council of nations c irc u m s ta n tia l evidence against me was insisted upon by Byrnes to let is p re tty strong. We d id q u a rre l. U ndoubtedly I am the la s t person— the s m a lle r nations p a rticip a te in save o n e !—to see her a live . And the decision of the peace. His v ic when I le ft her, in a fu ry of in ju re d to ry in th is respect was fa r from p ride and bruised self-esteem, I cle a r cut. W ill the sm a ll nations be went fo r a long w alk alone, and saw satisfied? The question cannot be no one. I re tu rn e d home here w ell answered u n til you find out what a fte r one o’ clo ck—by w hich tim e the tw o -th ird s-m a jo rity-ru le -in -co m - she had been dead, acco rd in g to the m ittees-only w ill mean to th e ir doctor, fo r a t least an hour. So conference. O bviously Russia drew h e r peace in such a way as to be you see— ” “ B u t you d id n ’ t— you couldn’t — lieve she excluded the sm a ll nations have done it, D ad! Nobody could fro m changing it. This is an old e ver m ake me believe-you d id ! ” she Russian position against sm all na com fo rte d h im , as though he had tions, w hich has taken m any form s since the San F ra n cisco conference. been the c h ild , she the parent. I t was long before she slept th a t A c tu a lly , she does not care what n ig h t, b u t in spite o f the unpleasant sm a ll nations do, but we do care. W hat it looks lik e to me is that tu rm o il and e xcite m e n t of the last fo rty -e ig h t hours, she was m ore at Russia has considerably but yet in peace than she had been in a long definably stu ltifie d the B yrnes-in tim e . She could begin to understand spired conference, firs t by exclud* Foster D. Snell, Inc., well-known consult ing chemists, have just completed a test her fa th e r a little ; and to under ing China as a sponsor, and sec with a group o f men and women suffering ondly by a fool-rule she can use as stand is to forgive. from Athlete’s Foot. These people were She was conscious only o f the fa c t a veto on action. This would deny told to use Sorctone. At the end o f only a th a t she and her fa th e r m ig h t hope the existence of a v ic to ry fo r anyone ten-day test period, their feet were exam to liv e to g e th e r now w ith less f r ic except Russia in her purpose to get ined by a physician. We guote from the tion, less a n im o s ity than before. And the w o rld to accept peace treaties report: the thought had healing and co m w hich (except fo r Ita ly ) she is "After the use of Soretone according to fo rt in it. She was able to fa ll la rg e ly im posing. asleep a t last, e m o tio n a lly and phys The peace then depends actu the directions on the label for a period ic a lly exhausted, and when she a lly upon the te rm s of the of only ten days, 80.6% of the cases awoke in the m o rn in g , she fe lt tre a tie s them selves, and In F in stro n g e r and m ore refreshed than showed clinical improvement of an infec- land, B u lg a ria , Rom ania and in m any months, in spite o f the H u ngary these are being en h o rrd r o f the la st tw e n ty -fo u r hours, forced and imposed by Russia and in spite o f know ing th a t the next Improvements were shown in the symp —in Ita ly by us. few days w ere going to be fa r fro m toms o f Athlete's Foot —the itching, burn- log, redness, etc. The report says: pleasant. IS RUSSIA NECESSARY? She had finished her m o rn in g The illu s io n of a co-operative , "In our opinion Soretone is of very def chores, and was busy w ith a seed w orld peace is thereby becom ing ! inite benefit in the treatment of this catalog and ari o rd e r blank when m ore elusive. The p a rtic ip a tio n by | Laurence a rriv e d . disease, which is commonly known as the sm a lle r nations becomes less Annie, big-eyed w ith excitem ent, gnd less im p o rta n t and m ore and ‘Athlete’s Foot’.” showed h im in to the sm a ll den m ore re stricte d . W hat was won at So if Athlete's Foot troubles you, don't tem where Megan worked, and hovered P aris was th a t we got Russia into porize! Get soretone ! McKesson & Rob anxiously. another h a lf-w o rld conference for bins, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut. “ I t ’ s a ll rig h t, A nnie—we found b e tte r o r worse. som ething th a t proves th a t Amos M y personal opinion is M r. Byrnes was te llin g us the tru th — th a t is. th a t he did see som ething at the old is proceeding on the w rong theory: b u ry in g ground th a t n ig h t," said nam ely th a t we m ust get Russia in to an agreem ent on e ve ryth in g o r L a u rence q u ic k ly . he w ill lose his case. (TO RE CONTINUED) Ci YKljAtcSUJ SoluvL r F Kool-Aid "Then — are you in love with Fallon?” d ig n ity th a t was somehow oddly touching. “ I know you d id n 't, d e a r,” Megan assured h im s w iftly . He studied her fo r a m om ent and then he asked in a puzzled tone, “ Meggie, how did you and I s ta rt d is lik in g each other? I ’ ve been do ing a good deal o f th in k in g la te ly . I a d m ire you v e ry m uch. Y ou’ re a fine g ir l and a b ra ve g irl, and— w ell, I can’ t qu ite understand why i t is th a t we seem to ru b each other the w rong way a ll the tim e. I ’ ll prob a b ly be ju s t as h a rd to get along w ith to m o rro w , as I was yesterday —only to n ig h t. I ’ m — w ell. I ’ m lone ly , Meggie, and tire d , and m aybe— ju s t a lit tle a fra id . Could we sort o f—be frie n d s, do you suppose?" “ O f course. D a d !” She bent s w ift ly and kissed his cheek. J im looked a t her fo r a m om ent and then nodded as though he had reached some s o rt of decision. Both J im and Megan were silent fo r a b it, each w ith his own thoughts o f th e ir new-found relationship. He cocked an eye at her h u m o r ously. " O f course, you understand th a t I ’ m ju s t as lazy and shiftless and ge n e ra lly no 'count as ever, fo r a ll that I'm s u ffe rin g a change of h eart to n ig h t. But, you know, M eg gie, the whole th in g boils down to the fa c t th a t I ’ ve been jealous of you since the day you w ere b o rn .” “ Jealous. D ad?” the astonished Megan repeated. He nodded. “ I adored yo u r m o th er, M eggie. I know now th a t i t was a jealous, possessive love, the sort of th in g th a t m akes a spoiled little boy say, ' I f we can’ t play m y way, then I won’ t p la y a t a ll.' We were happy at first. I was firs t w ith h e r; her every thought was fo r me, fo r m y co m fo rt, m y happiness, m y w e ll being. And then—you cam e along, and took up a lo t of yo u r m o th e r’ s tenderness and thought, and I had to take second place. And lik e the no-good th a t I was, I resented it . ” "O h but. D ad—th a t’ s—w hy, th a t’ s w icked! Poor M o th e r!” she said ju s t above her breath. " I t w asn't th a t she loved m e m ore than she loved you; i t was th a t I needed her m o re .” “ And I resented that, to o !” said her fa th e r. Megan could say nothing. She could only w a it, her hands linked tig h tly together, her eyes c lin g in g to his face. "O dd, w hat a chastening e ffect it has on a man, when he realizes th a l he has m ade a com plete and un m itig a te d fool o f h im s e lf!” he said a t last. “ I feel as though I ’d been k ic k e d —alm ost as m uch as I de serve to be! And th a t is q u ite some, in c id e n ta lly !" " B u t i t ’ s a ll o ver and done w ith, Dad— we can have a lo t o f fun to gether—” M egan began eagerly. "O v e r and done w ith , M eggie? 1 New Fleischmonn’s Fast Rising Dry Yeast keeps for weeks on your pantry shelf “8 0 .6 % of sufferers showed CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT treatment SORETONE >