PAGE EIGHT
by Frances
YESTERDAY: Devoe tells Mi
chael, Tuck and gunny that Af ur
chuon has duappearcd, urarnj
them of Mist Liuey't icandat
mongering, and clumsily trie to
throw tufpicion on Duncan.
Chapter 22
Walk In The Woods
1ICHAEL, coming home after
a harrowing day at the office,
decided to leave Christabel at the
garage nearest the campus and
walk across to the Horseshoe. As
he explained to Tuck later, Chris
tabel's congenital defect had
cropped up again. Her congenital
defect was a certain tendency
toward collecting, in some mys
terious and wholly puzzling man
ner, rust in her gas tank. No one,
not even the blackest and most
greasy mechanic could explain it.
When it happentd, when sufficient
of the rusty particles had climbed
warily into ner bronchial tubes,
Christabel coughed and choked
and spluttered like an old lady
with the asthma and finally re
fused to go until some ministering
spirit had blown down her throat
Michael passed through the pine
grove and turned to the right on
the path that led directly to the
back gate of the Murchison house.
As he did so he saw before him on
the path the flutter of a light skirt
and thought instantly that it was
Tuck, come to meet him. But be
fore he could make out the identity
of the skirt's owner she had left
the path and turned off among the
trees along the river bank.
So Michael turned off the path
too, into the trees at the left, and
dodged quickly from tree to tree,
trying to Keep Tuck as he thought
in sight and not letting her see
him. Apparently she was out for
an afternoon constitutional. From
where she had left the path it was
nearly a quarter of a mile to the
edge of the river, but she traversed
it quickly now and then he
caught the gleam of the sun on her
dress as he followed warily. At last
she reached the edge of the wood
and was walking out in the open;
and Michael halted as he came to
the edge of the shelter, and stood
there behind a big pine watching
her, for he had realized at his first
clear glimpse of her that this was
not Tuck, but an older woman with
whitening hair Alix Lissey. He
was about to turn and slip silently
off to the path again, having nc de
sire to talk with her or be seen by
her; then he saw what she was
doing.
Miss Lissey was making her way
through the undergrowth and over
the rocks very slowly; bent double
as if she had lost something and
was looking earnestly for it. But
tho strange part of her searching
was that she was doing it with one
of those large reading glasses to
be found on most elderly desks.
"Sermons in stones and good in
everything," Michael muttered.
Once in a while she got right
down on her knees and surveyed
the rocks with extreme care; and
again she would stand and stare
ahead of her for several moments
before progressing a step.
"Now what in the devil," Mi
chael asked himself, rubbing his
chin, "is she looking for?"
He moved silently along the
wood as Miss Lissey moved. It was
low going. Eventually she had
reached the end of the stretch of
ground in which she seemed to be
Interested. Here a larger gully
came down into the river, its banks
thickly wooded, and she did not
descend into it. Rather she dropped
the glass into her pocket and went
out to the very edRe of the river
cliff, which here was sheer and
stark, grny rock dropping straight
Into the river. She shaded her eyes
and looked up-stream, along the
bank. She looked down-stream.
Then she peered earnestly across
the river, deep and swift here, and
widening after the rapids above.
Her pose was one of complete ab
sorption, of tense interest.
Michael moved restlessly and
stepped on a twig.
'Spying On Me
TT CRACKED like the sound of a
shot through 'he still afternoon,
and Alix Lissey iwung round from
her contemplation of the land
scape. Her hand was pressed to her
breast; her face was chalk white.
There was utter horror in her eyes.
She saw him. Afterward he re
alized that she could not possibly
have recognized him in that mo
ment; what she saw was a man, a
blur of white face and dark clothes,
lurking there among the trees spy
ing on her. The sight unnerved her
completely. She put a shaking
hand over her mouth, bu' she made
no attempt to run; rnther she stood
there as the rabbit might have
stood, confronted with a snake.
Michael remembered that. too. af
terward. He stepped out from under the
trees.
"Sorry If I frightened you, Miss
Lissey." he said apologetically.
She stared at him.
"I thought you were my wife,
out for a walk, and I followed you,"
he explained, as she still seemed
unable to talk.
She dropped her hand. The
rouge on her cheeks stood out tn
two brilliant hectic spots.
"It's a beautiful day, isn't It?"
Michael continued, stepping out
beside her. She drew a deep breath
and straightened her shoulders.
"I thought you were a a bear,"
she said angrily.
"Bear? Are there bears In these
woods?"
CALIFORNIA VOTE
Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 5.
(!') More persons voted Nov. 7
when the Hnm nnd Eggs pen
sion pliin was defeated than at
any other election special or
regular in California history.
Secretary of Stntc Frank C.
Jordan announced today.
The official declaration of the
special election vote showed
2,874,406 persons voted, repre
SET NEW RECORD
Shelley Wees-
"Why not? Why did you come
sneaking along there in the dark?
You must have seen 1 wasn't your
wife, the first time you looked at
me," she said with a trace of bitter
ness. "Spying on me. Following me
around. Spying. That's what you
were doing."
"More spied upon than spying,"
Michael paraphrased to himself in
a murmur. She had the grace to
flush.
"What I am doing Is my own af
fair," she said with acerbity,
"Certainly," M'chael agreed po
litely.
"If I choose to come out for a
?uiet walk in the woods by myself,
see no reason why I should be ac
cused of ... of anything under
handed!" "Of course not, Miss Lissey." His
eyes, perhaps unconsciously,
strayed to the handle of the read
ing glass which protruded from the
pocket of her jacket. She put her
hand over it hastily, and turned
defiantly away from him.
Michael gazed out across the
river. "It's rather a beautiful view,
isn't it?" he inquired courteously.
Across the river the low hills
rose smoothly, crested with dark
pines and groves of poplars. Far to
the right the smoke of the city rose
slowly into the summer air; on the
hills straight across were innumer
able white sheep dotting the green
grass. One white curl of smoke rose
hazily from the chimney of the old
stone house on the promontory,
set in a deep grove of dark green;
the only other sign of human habi
tation was the low compact group
of farm buildings on the hills at the
left.
Miss Lissey snorted.
Michael turned to her suddenly.
"Did you send that letter?" he
asked.
"What letter?"
"The one about the diamonds?"
"Diamonds?"
Michael did not elucidate. He re
garded the sheep gloomily.
"I don't know what you are talk
ing about," she broke out at him.
"I never in all my life met such an
objectionable young man. Dia
monds, indcedl Why should 1 write
a letter about diamonds? To
whom? What diamonds?"
'Lady's Maid'
"DROFESSOR Murchison's dia-
monds," Michael said gently,
and looked at .her.
There was not a trace of confu
sion on her face. "I didn't know
he had any," she said.
"His wife's, then?"
"His wife's? She hasn't got any
diamonds, that little upstart I
Where would a lady's maid get
diamonds? Diamonds, indeedl"
Michael raised his brows.
"Lady's maid? Oh. come now, Miss
Lissey I"
She pressed her lips together.
"You're clever, aren't you? Very
clever." Her eyes went over him
swiftly, over his thick black hair,
his keen gray eyes, his firm mouth;
over his broad shoulders and his
slim height. She sighed. "Very
clever, Michael Forrester," she
said a little wearily.
There were a thousand wrin
kles under her eyes and around her
mouth. Michael was suddenly sor
ry for her.
"Supposing you tell me all about
it, Miss Lissey," he said gently.
"This isn't a woman's business.
Tell me what you know, and then
. . . go away and take a holiday.
Forget it."
She turned on him angrily again.
"I nm not going," she said.
There was a certain astonish
ment in his glance, at her fierce
ness. "You needn't pretend you don't
understand me. You used to fool
mo with thnt tTKaly-mouthed look
when you didn't know your Latin.
I am not going. I am going to stay
right here and see it through. Al
though . . ." she softened surpris
ingly, "I'm glad ycu came. You and
those two other children ... I was
afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
"Oh . . . afiaid somebody might
get awny with something.
"And you don't think that will
happen now?"
"No."
Michael made a Inst appeal to
contradictory femininity. "Miss
Lissey," he said hopefully, "don't
you think we'd better join forces?
That you'd better tell me what
you I'now?"
She shook her hend. "I can't,"
s j said unhappily. "I daren't. It's
all right if you . . . find it out for
yourself I can't." She looked at
him sharply. "Jared Devoe." she
said, "what did he want of you
this morning?"
"Nothing."
Shi compressed her lips. "Very
well," she said. "That's only fair.''
She pulled the bramble off her
dress, and started back toward the
path, walking very quicklv. Mi
chael followed in silence. She did
not speak to him until they were
almost at his fjato. Then she turned
suddenly, as if she had mnde her
mind up. and said. "What do you
think of Duncan Murchison?"
"He seems to be a very nice boy."
"Yes He does. Well . ." she
turned oil toward her own house,
and then rnme back. "There's one
thing I will tell you. If vou happen
to be interested in hats . . there's
a stray one over nt McBjin's. It
was left there on the night Dr.
Murchison left. You might get
somewhere if you slirled follow
ing that up instead of fiddling
around spying on lonely old
maids."
Continued tomorrow
senting 82.48 per cent of the
3,605.007 total registration.
The previous high vote was
2.712,342, cast nt the 1937 gen
eral election.
Poet-Soldier Diei
IViping, Dec. 5. (.!) Marsh
all Wu I'cifu, 61, poet-soldier
of republican China, died today
after nn operation for an iufec
ted tooth, the Japanese news
agency, Domct, reported. Wu
had lived in obscurity since
the armies were routed by
Chiang Kai-Shek, now general
issmo of the national novrrn
ment, in 1926. The Jay:.:.. . l-ad
tried vainly to euLust hi aid.
MEDFORD MATT
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Killed In Action
Helsinki, Dec. 5. fP) Lieu
tenant Vuurima Gallen-Kallela,
son of Finland's great national
painter, has been killed on the
eastern front while leading a
patrol against the crew of a
Russian bomber fighting in a
forest. The whole bomber crew
was killed.
Washington, Dec. 5. fP)
Resident Commissioner Santiago
Iglesias, representing Puerto
Rico in congress, died today
in Garfield hospital after a brief
illness. He was 67 years old.
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THE "HUMAN" ROOT
When in 1860 the grave of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, was opened noth
ing remained of Williams not even a bit of bone. But in place of hia body was found the
weird sap root of an apple troe that had forced its way Into the coffin, assuming the exact
position in which Williams had been buried 177 years previously. The root now is deposited
with the Rhode Island Historical society.
MAN-O'-WAR
Commander-in-chief of the combined French and British Armies is Maurice Gamelin, a
67-year old soldier. Gamelin was born at 262 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, across from
the war ministry on whose lawn he played war games as a child. Now he holds more mili
tary authority than any French officer since Napoleon.
Tomorrow: Strange "Cat-astrophe."
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accept the position of chairman
of the board of the Standard
Gas and Electric company but
would remain with the FDIC
several months to clean up sev
eral problems.
Crowley discussed his plans
with reporters after talking with
President Roosevelt about "the
whole banking situation."
Asked whether he might re
main with the FDIC for as much
MAURICE AMAeUM-CommanJet4-
fo- chief
of he French Amy,
WA $orh IN A House
ACROSS THE STREET
eonM tup Popkish I
MINISTRY OF WAR
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as six months. Crowley said
"for a few months, put it that
way."
Mayor by Coin Flip.
Jefferson, O. J. Gilbert
H. Myers won the office of
mayor of North Kinssville by
the flip of a coin. Myers had
tied with P. H. Boerngen. Both
declined a recount of votes, and
agreed to let the coin decide.
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