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question« M e * at her home. T h ere 1« a
knock a t the door, and M a rth a E vans,
T o m F a llo n 's sister-in -law . enters. She
w an ted to te ll them about the knife.
M a rth a 's story Is th a t A licia was not
m u rd e re d w ith the kn ife that was found
T h a t k n ife , she d eclared , was one she
and T o m had ta ken aw a y fro m Tom s
w ife , L e fty , the in v a lid and m e n ta l p a
tie n t. M a rth a d eclared th at To m did not
know his w ife's true condition, believing
her to be getting be tte r. " H u t she Is
vio len t at tim es.** M a rth a insisted, as
she told how L e tty had attacked her
w ith the knife one night. “ T h a t night
you said you fe ll and h u rt your an kle? *’
M eg asked. M a rth a denied it.
CHAPTER XV
M iss M a rth a said h u skily, "O n lv
I d id n 't fa ll—she pushed m e down
the steps.”
Bob w aited, and a fte r a little , she
w ent on h u s k ily , “ Tom and I saw to
i t th a t there was never any—any in
stru m e n t around th a t she could use
to h u rt herself—o r anybody else.
T om thought she was bedridden; I
h a d n 't told h im th a t she was g ro w
in g stronger, th a t she could w a lk —
not v e ry fa r, but at least she was
no lo n g er helpless.
1 knew , of
course, the danger th a t was gro w in g
around h e r—danger th a t she m ig h t
s lip aw ay fro m me and—do some
h o rrib le th in g —”
M iss M a rth a flung up her head.
H e r eyes blazed.
“ She d id nothing o f the so rt! Use
yo u r head, young man. It's a m ile
fro m our house to M rs. Stevenson's
place—she couldn’ t tra v e l th a t fa r.
And she hasn’ t been out of m y
sight one single m in u te since the
n ig h t she attacked m e ." she blazed
at h im h otly.
Bob said gently, “ We have only
y o u r w o rd fo r that. M iss E vans.”
M iss
M a rth a 's
stocky
body
slum ped a little and she said w e a ri
ly , "Y e s. o f course—you have only j
m y w ord fo r i t —"
“ A nd the knife. M iss E v a n s ? " |
asked Bob v e ry q u ie tly .
Megan w ent to her and put an
a rm about her, and fo r a m om ent.
M iss M a rth a resisted; then she
turned and hid her face ag a inst M e
gan, w hile the tw o m en w aited.
Laurence was sick w ith p ity fo r this
tire d , harassed wom an who had c a r
rie d her h e a rtb re a kin g burden fo r
so long w ith such in d o m ita b le cour
age; Bob’s expression was intent,
w a tc h fu l—w a itin g .
ove
Theo she turned and hid her face
against Megan, while the men
waited.
the kitchen, got the kn ife , and a
sheet out of the linen closet. I also
took a good stout w a lk in g s tic k th a t
I som etim es use when I go to the
g ro c e ry —th e re are so m any h a lf
savage dogs around—and I put one
of T o m ’ s hats on the end of the
stick, and held the s tic k above m y
head, under the sheet. I im a g in e
I m ust have looked p re tty fearsom e.
But, you see. I wanted anybody who
saw me to th in k he was seeing a
ghost—and i f such things as ghosts
exist, su re ly th e ir fa v o rite place
would be som ething lik e th a t old
overgrow n garden. I never dream ed
th a t anybody seeing me w ould stop
long enough to see w h a t I was do
ing—or, i f he did , th a t he w ould re
p o rt i t to a n y b o d y ."
“ You d id n 't see A m os?” asked
Bob q u ic k ly .
“ N o ," answered M iss M a rth a , and
hesitated so oddly th a t Bob’ s a tte n
tio n was caught and i t g re w s tro n g
er.
“ Whom d id you see then?” de
manded Bob.
“ No one,” answered M iss M a rth a
M is s
M a rth a
w e n t on,
‘I firm ly . Too firm ly . Too e m p h a t
scream ed, and th a t roused Tom , and ic a lly .
“ I saw no one at a ll—no
—w ell, between us we managed to one.”
get the k n ife aw ay fro m her. She
Bob said s te rn ly , “ Y o u ’ re not te ll
fought hard, and then suddenly—she ing me the tru th . M iss E vans. Up
w ent to pieces, ju s t slum ped be to now, I believe you. B u t if you
tween us lik e a ra g d o ll th a t's lost s ta rt te llin g m e lie s now, don’ t you
a ll its sawdust. We got her to bed. see you’ re lik e ly to m a ke me believe
We knew there was nothing we th a t a ll you’ ve told m e is a l ie ! ”
could do fo r her. The doctor warned
M iss M a rth a said g rim ly , “ You
us— any sudden exertion, e xcitem ent can believe a n y th in g you w a n t to,
—w ould alm ost c e rta in ly re su lt in young m an. I ’ ve to ld you a ll I'm
a b ra in hem orrhage— ” She paused going to te ll you. A nd I ’d never
again and then went on. *‘I le ft her have to ld you w h a t I d id i f I had not
w ith Tom. I wanted to get rid o f that fe«t so sure th a t y o u 'd ju m p to the
a w fu l knife, once and fo r a ll tim e.
conclusion th a t the k n ife Am os
So I hid it —w here you found it . "
helped you find was the one th a t
She was lim p w ith exhaustion and k ille d M rs. Stevenson—and once you
ne rve stra in and Bob let h e r rest fo r were convinced o f th a t, yo u 'd not
a m om ent before he asked ve ry stop u n til y o u 'd hauled in some poor
gently, “ And—yo u r sister, M iss E v d e v il th a t was as innocent o f that
ans?”
c rim e as—m y poor L e tty .”
M iss M artha said in a voice th a t
She got up and Bob said ste rn ly .
was a ghost o f sound, “ She—died
'T 'v e not finished y e t— ”
z
e a rly th is m o rn in g ."
M iss M a rth a eyed h im as though
I t was an hour la te r, a fte r Miss he had been an im p o rtu n a te beg
M a rth a had had a cup o f coffee and gar, and said co o lly, "H a v e n ’ t you?
a chance to rest a little , th a t Bob W ell, I have. Good da y to you a ll.” "
w ent over the s to ry o f the kn ife
She looked at M egan and said
again.
tonelessly, “ T om and I are— ta k in g
“ I t seems q u ite a coincidence, L e tty home. We’ re le a v in g today,
M iss Evans, th a t a ll th is happened so th is w ill be good-by—and—thanks
the same n ig h t th a t M rs. Steven fo r a ll you’ve done.”
son was k ille d ,” he pointed out.
“ M iss M a rth a , w hom d id you see
" I d o n 't know a n y th in g about that, th a t n ig h t? ” Bob dem anded sh a rp
young m a n ,” said M iss M a rth a , ly. “ I can fo rb id you to leave, you
w ith the fa in te s t possible trace of know —I can hold you as a m a te ria l
h e r old brusqueness. “ A ll I know w itness— ”
is th a t when I heard yo u ’d found
“ A witness to w hat? I w a s n 't w ith
the k n ife , I was a fra id some inno in a m ile o f the Stevenson p la ce ,”
cent person w ould be accused o f do M iss M a rth a pointed out. “ Am os is
ing aw ay w ith the Stevenson worn- m y a lib i, ju s t as I am his. I'd say
an by means of th a t knife. And I j th a t he and I are the tw o peop!«
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knew I had to come and te ll you
about it. since te llin g you c o u ld n 't
cause m y p«x>r L e tty any tro u b le —
n o w ."
Bob nodded, s ittin g on the edge
o f the desk, his eyes fastened on
M iss M a rth a 's face.
f “ Amos, who saw the k n ife being
hidden, spoke o f a ‘th in g in w hite,
about eight feet t a l i '—” he m en
tioned.
T here was the fa in te st possible
tra ce o f a sm ile in M iss M a rth a ’s
tire d eyes.
“ I know*,” she told h im q u ie tly.
" I t was a b rig h t m o o n lig h t n ig h t
and you never know who m a y be
ro a m in g around late at n ig h t in
these p a rts .” and fo r ju s t the barest
in sta n t h e r glance flicke re d tow ards
M egan and away. " I d id n 't w ant
anyone to see me— you can u n der
stand that, of course. And it oc
cu rred to me th a t th a t old place
would be an id eal place to hide
som ething you d id n 't e ver w ant
found. B u t if somebody saw m e—
and recognized me—you see?"
Bob nodded. “ O f c o u rs e ." he an
sw ered q u ic k ly .
"W e ll, T om was w ith L e tty ," M iss
M a rth a went on. " I slipped out in to
Bob said s w iftly . “ Then you mean
th a t she managed to get away and
k ill M rs. Stevenson.”
She seemed to w ince as though
he had s tru c k her. She drew a deep
b re a th and lifte d her head a little
though her shoulders sagged.
“ Yes, the k n ife ,” she repeated.
" T h a t was—n ig h t before last. As I
said, Tom d id n 't know th a t L e tty
could get out o f bed, o r w a lk ; he
thought i t was a little foolish o f me
to keep e ve ry sharp-pointed in s tru
m e n t in the house under lock and
key. He thought as long as we kept
them out o f h e r room , out o f her
reach—” She shrugged tire d ly and
then she went on in th a t heavy, ex
hausted voice, “ so he le ft a k n ife
out on the kitchen sink n ig h t before
last. I 'd —had a good deal o f tro u b le
w ith L e tty and I was v e ry tire d . I
slept in her room , and I thought
th a t she was sleeping soundly, and
so I le t m y s e lf go to sleep. When
I woke up— I don’ t know w hat woke
me. but — suddenly I was w ide
awake, and—there was L e tty stand
in g beside m y bed, bending over
me, the m o o n lig h t on—th a t k n ife in
her hand— ” She set her teeth hard
in her lo w e r lip , and her hands
crushed each other, and in spite of
her e ffo rts a t self-control, tw o swollen
te a rs slipped fro m h e r eyes and
down her w hite cheeks, leaving little
m a rk s in the th ic k powder spread
so in e x p e rtly there.
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who c o u ld n 't possibly have had any
th in g to do w ith the m u rd e r."
“ B ut you d id see someone that
n ig h t—" began Bob.
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She m et his eyes s tra ig h tly and
said co o lly, “ D id I?”
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but L a u re n ce 's m outh only tightened | fense o f M ih a ilo vite h . hero of the
a little .
Ich e tn iks, was little reported in th is
Miss M a rth a looked s tra ig h t nt country A m e rica n popular interest
Megan and then she sighed and nod in him wuned when he was reported
ded. “ Yes. I saw y o u ." she a d m it to have “ a d m itte d acts of co lla b o ra
tio n " w ith the enemy d u rin g the
ted.
Bob said q u ic k ly , "L o o k here, M is s ' w i,r- O f such a c h a ra cte r is our
M acT uvish, you haven’ t to ld m « !> cu ll! sense o f justice. But in this
a n yth in g about being up there th a t|® *se 11 ba» been successfully abused
and misled.
n ig h t—*•
"Y o u d id n 't ask m e!
Megan re
M ih a ilo vite h spoke fo r fo u r hours
m inded him .
fro m notes he hud made fu r 30
“ I said th a t i f you w ere in bed days, ending his speech at m id n ig h t
and asleep, you c o u ld n 't have heard w ith this fin a l accounting fro m an
a scream —"
anti-N azi resistance soldier:
Megan nodded. “ And I said, no, I
"I had against me a competi
c o u ld n 't—but you d id n 't ask ine i f 1
tive
organisation, the Commu
had been in m y bed a sle e p ," she
nist fiarty, which seeks its aims
re m in d e d h im again.
1 was
•'Who was w ith y o u ? " he asked j w ithout compromise.
s te rn ly.
“ Don’ t te ll m e you w e n t1
out alone at th a t tim e o f n ig h t."
Megan said q u ie tly , “ No, I w a sn 't
alone. I was when I le ft the fiouse
B ut when I reached the R idge—M r.
F a llo n was there and we ta lke d a
little w h ile ."
Bob asked a b ru p tly , " Y o u r fa th e r
was in vo lve d w ith M rs. Stevenson,
w a sn 't he?”
M egan gasped as though he had
s tru c k her, and L a urence said
sharply, “ H i. la y off, Bob. You have
no rig h t to ask h e r such a q u e stio n ."
faced with changes In my own
government and accused of
connections with every possible
secret service, enemy and Al
lied. I believed I was 03 the
right road and called on any for
eign journalist or Red army
mission to visit me and see ev
erything. Hut fate was merci
less to me when it threw me
into this maelstrom (between the
western democracies and Rus
sia). I wanted much. I start
ed much, but the gale of the
world carried me away from
my work.”
Bob m e t his eyes sq u a re ly and
said co o lly, “ H a v e n 't I? ”
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"A s h e r counsel—” began L a u
This is a Serbian soldier o f re
rence h eatedly, b u t B ob's g rin was
fa r , . fro m
the . e a
cool, amused, and i t silenced h im . , sistance,
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, rly tim e
Bob lit a c ig a re tte , firs t securing when hc a" d
B ritis h alone were
p e rm issio n fro m M egan.
, re sislln e «»• Nazis bu‘ Ru” la wus
And then he looked at M iss M a r . '" 01' •P«al‘ in * a f,e r c le vcr Com m u-
tha and said v e ry gently, "M is s n ist to rtu re in a m ockery of tria ls
E vans, ju s t w hy did you k ill M rs I w hich could ftnd a coun‘ c r Pa r‘
Stevenson*’ ”
Moscow treason tr ia ls to r
. . . .
1 Russian propaganda purposes. The
It was so unexpected, and the tone me(hod, of t(jrtu re w hlch broke
of his quiet, even voice was in such nund have bcen (re q u e ntly d c.
c o n tra st to the th in g he sa.d th a t scrlbed UJ booRs a va ila b le a t our
fo r a m o m e n t e ve ryb o d y in the room | , ib ra rie g (Ian V a ltin .f „ O ut o f lhc
w ent r ig id ; and outside the door, in N igh r ) . Thus w a, thc s la v ic tc m .
6 » k a ° " - v
1,1 • 1 e*"e " a s 8 1 peram ent and m in d led to confess
sm othered gasp fro m the unseen, i „
anything his captors w ished fo r
but liste n in g , A nnie.
th e ir purposes o f propaganda in
M iss M a rth a sat v e ry q u ie t fo r a
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I fa irs sub-com m ittee says T ito was
He was w a tch in g her q u ie tly , educated in Russia, was a soldier
steadily, and in com plete silence.
of the Red a rm y and ruled Yugo-
A fte r a m om ent. Miss M a rth a slavia fo r the Com m unists by ma-
sagged back in her c h a ir, lim p and chine guns, although he had the vol-
beaten, a ll her defenses down.
u n ta ry support of only 15 to 19 per
" A ll rig h t.” she said, her voice a cent of his cities and “ fro m 5 to
m ere thread of sound. “ I —d id it. ’ zero per cent” o f villa g e rs and
M egan caught her breath on a fa rm e rs .)
s tra n g le d sob and swayed a little . ! Before the “ t r ia l” of the C hctnik
And Laurence, w ith o u t ta k in g his com m ander-in-chief, on our side up
eyes o ff M iss M a rth a 's white._ ra v - t0 D ecem ber, 1945, his C om m unist
aged face, put his a rm about Megan p a rty a d ve rsa ry T ito w ent to Mos
and d re w her close.
cow. W ith h im he took his m ilita r y
"W h y , M iss M a rth a ? " asked Bob, leaders and the head of his secret
v e ry gently, w ith p ity in his voice.
police—the Ozana. A fu ll m ilita ry
Miss M a rth a d re w a hard b reath agreem ent was reached iT ito can
and lifte d her hands in a little ges co n trib u te an a rm y of 800.000 to any
tu re o f helplessness before she Russian cause) and a propaganda
gripped them once m ore about the agreem ent fo r M ih a ilo vite h .
a rm s of her c h a ir. “ I —hated her
This is the same Tito govern
She was a w icked woman.
She
ment
which later Informed our
m ade so m uch tro u b le fo r e v e ry
state
department
that
the
body.
She had sta rte d spreading
crimes of Mihailoviteh before
lies and slander about Tom . I was
the trial, had been Judged to be
a fra id th a t L e tty m ig h t h e a r—in one
“too great and terrible for any
of her periods o f lu c id ity . Tom told
discussion" — or for Ameri
me about the things she was saying.
can t e s t im o n y . Its foreign
He had been foolish enough to go to
minister had announced before
her house one evening and face her
the
trial (May 11): "Mihailo
w ith a s to ry she was spreading
vitch will be shot.”
about h im a n d - M iss M a cT a vish —"
The Russians took no chances on
The
three m em bers of tht
The tire d voice died and she it.
opened her eyes and looked a t M e “ c o u rt” w ere officers fro m the Tit<
gan and said fa in tly , ‘.‘I'm — so rry, a rm y , and m em bers o f the Com m u
The spectators hissed
but I m ig h t as w ell te ll you the nist p a rty.
and booed statem ents, such as the
whole s to ry .”
“ So M rs. Stevenson was broad- tru th fu l assertion of a defense at-
casting the fa c t th a t M iss M acT av- ' torney th a t the law under w hich th *
ish and M r. F a llo n w ere frie n d s, men were being trie d was m ade up
and h in tin g th a t there was m ore to by the C om m unist governm ent aft
it than th a t, and you decided to e r the supposed “ c rim e s ” were
have a ta lk w ith h e r—was th a t it? ” co m m itte d . The v e rd ic t o f death
Bob’ s gentle voice asked M iss M a r fo r M ih a ilo v ite h was cheered.
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tha.
To ca ll th is propaganda fa rce by
She rubbed her hands together as
though the palm s were dam p and her the name o f tr ia l is an accusation
voice steadied a little , “ Yes, th a t against ju stice . M ih a ilo v ite h fought
was i t , ” she said evenly. “ And M rs. la rg e ly under the supervision of the
Stevenson was curious about L e tty 's B ritis h m ission against Nazis— but
illness and she cam e p ry in g and he did not fig h t foi* the Russians.
snooping. Tom and I knew th a t if This was his real crim e. He fought
the people here in Pleasant G rove fo r the B ritis h and A m ericans as
knew th a t L e tty was—of unsound w ell as his Serbs, but he did not
m in d , they m ig h t be a fra id o f her, fight fo r the Russians.
fo r a ll th a t she was co m p le te ly help
M ih a ilo v ite h was not " tr ie d ” in
less, and th a t Tom m ig h t lose his Belgrade. W hat was trie d in B el
job, o r worse s till, th a t he m ig h t be grade was Russia and com m unism .
forced to— put L e tty aw ay in an— In evidence were her methods and
in s titu tio n .
We co u ld n ’t bear the techniques, her foolish a tte m p t to
thought of th a t." Once m ore the ape Anglo-Saxon ju stice w ith a
voice died away, and w ith o u t a staged “ t r ia l” to create an Anglo-
sound A nnie m a te ria liz e d beside Saxon excuse fo r a Russian propa
M iss M a rth a 's c h a ir, o ffe rin g her a ganda death.
glass in w hich there was some pun RUSSIA BLOCKS PEACE
gent-sm elling, m ilk y -c o lo re d fluid.
J o in t e ffo rts fo r peace so fa r
Bob w aited p a tie n tly u n til Annie have resulted in stu ltific a tio n of
had p e rfo rm e d her act of kindliness U. N. in a series of Russian vetoes,
and had once m ore vanished, as si and adoption o f our plan to get w o rld
le n tly as she had come.
approval fo r a Russian peace along
“ So you went to have a ta lk w ith the Danube and in F inland, togeth
M rs. Stevenson,”
Bob p rom pted e r w ith $100,000,000 of reparations
M iss M a rth a , his tone gentle and fro m Ita ly , in w hich she never set a
frie n d ly .
w ar foot, and a denial of peace to
“ Y es,” said M iss M a rth a , and A u stria o r G erm any, as Russia
now she was p le a ting th t c ris p per wants. Who is m a kin g the peace?
cale of her housedress o ver her Russia. Out of a ll this, we get noth
knee w ith tw itc h in g fingers, her ing, except the d w in d lin g shadow of
eyes on the task.
an ideal w hich Russia has long since
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Doily or R unner
I" HIS a ttra c tiv e , showy 'pine-
* apple' is ideal to use as a i 'Get O'Sullivan SOUS as well as
Heels next time you have your
s e p a ra te doily or com bined in a
ru n n er m ade up of th ree or four
shoes repaired.
MORE MILEAGE
W ITH GREATER
comeort :
To rem ove dust front wall pa
per, wipe with a soft wall brush or
soft cloth. H ard rubbing will streak
and roughen the paper.
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To help resto re tbe original lus
tre of gilt p icture fram es rub with
a sponge m oistened slightly with
turpentine.
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It is e a sie r to iron d resses and
blouses in this o rd e r; sleeves,
back, fron^ and collar.
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H eavy roof paint applied to in
side of m etal g u tters will prevent
rusting for a long tim e.
A M E R IC A ’S
N o .l H E E L
• •••an d
s o lo
A Safe, Sound Investment—
Buy U. S. Savings Bonds!
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Let a child’s going to bed be a
p l e a s a n t experience. Then he
w’on’t be as ap t to rebel at the '
idea. N ever send him to bed as j
a form of punishm ent. Builds up
wrong attitu d e.
KoobAid
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L ate fall is reg ard ed as the best
lim e to do house painting, for by
then the long su m m er sun has re
m oved all m o istu re from the wood.
6 FLAVORS-AT GROCERS
Tempt/ng, /tot
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS
1
• Tasty, tender Parker Housa Itolls
anytime-with Fleischmnnn's Fast Ris
ing Dry Yeast. IF YOU BAKE AT
HOME-you’ll cheer this baking dis
covery that stays fresh for weeks on
your pantry shelf—ready to help you
make delicious bread, rolls, buns at a
moment’s notice. Dissolve according
to directions—then use as fresh* yeast
At your grocer’s.
Stays fresh. or your pantry shelf