DEATH WRITES
By Adeline McElfresh
THE BLUB COUPE
CHAPTER VH
DAT tared, dumfounded, at
Randolph Alherton's departing
back, why should he deny sena
lng the flowers? Surely there wu
no reason for It And, if he had
not sent them, why should anyone
, sign his name to tne carar
Atherton slammed the front
door behind him. Pat shook off
the astonishment that had held
her in its spoil and hurried to the
window. She could see him rush--tng,
almost running, across the
- street to his office.
But he did not go in. Instead
he Jumped into his car wmcn was
narked in front of the building.
' and backed out into the line of
traffic. Pat wailed until she saw
him sneed out Main street, then
she grabbed her hat and coat from
the halltrce. sue snaicnea up ner
purse as she passed her aysk.
' "Elinor," she called to the girl
in the circulation department,
"give me the keys to your car,
, quick!"
Once out of town, Pat relaxed
a little. She saw no sign of Ath-
erton's big black sedan on the road
ahead of her and wondertd, for
the first time, if he had followed
this route.
She sighed, leaned back against
the cushions. She had been so
sure that Atherton was heading
for the highway bridge that his
' company was building!
' Then she saw the big sedan. It
was far ahead of her, going up
Indian Hill, and burning the wind.
Twenty miles ahead, she knew,
was the Atherton construction
camp and , the new munitions
plant
The little blue coupe leaped for
ward like a frightened pony as
Pat jammed the accelerator to the
floor. She had to see whom Ather
ton talked to at the bridge! It
might mean a lot, for she was
beginning to have suspicions.
Could it be that . . . She pushed
the thought from her mind. It
was too horrid
JLINOB ROBERTS finally lo
cated Dave Elson and Clem
Evans at the school building,
where they had gone to talk to
several of the teachers who had
not seen Dave since his return
from New York.
"If s for you, Dave," Principal
Jones said as he handed him the
telephone, then stared, pop-eyed,
at Dave's shout:
' "What? Where, Elinor?"
He listened intently for a mo
ment, then:
"Thanks, kid. Call Sam Blair.
Tell him we'll pick him up in
nothing fiat" He banged the re
ceiver back on its hook. "Come
on, Clem," he snapped. "Pat's
just pulled one."
: Clem Evans was at his heels.
'When they were at the car, Clem
puffed:
"Mind telling me what this is
all about?"
, "I'll drive."
Dave slid under the wheel with
out giving the sports writer a
chance to remonstrate. He' started
off with a jerk.
"Atherton came in," he ex
plained tersely. "After he'd gone,
Pat tore out hell-far-leather in
Elinor's car. She went east on
Main, Elinor said."
"How do we .follow?" Clem
asked after he had thoroughly
. digested the scant information. He
winced at the thought of his
precious tires as the car skidded
to a stop at the police station.
One blast of the horn brought
Blair out, his ruddy face puzzled.
. "Get in, Sam," Clem invited,
moving over to make room for
him. "We're traveling fast"
The policeman listened closely
as Clem recounted Pat's wild de
parture and Dave's suspicions re
garding Atherton. When Clem
finished, he nodded.
"Something screwy,- all right,"
he admitted, "only Say, Atherton
Is building a bridge out this way.
The one at the powder plant He
might oe heading that way."
JpAT cut the ignition and let the
car roll to a silent stop. Just
around the next turn was the
Atherton bridge crew and Ran
dolph Atherton, she hoped.
. There was small chance that
anyone would see her car, for reg
ular traffic was routed around the
construction project while the
new bridge was being built It
was half a mile to the gravel road
that was the detour. Of course,
FUNNY BUSINESS
'
"tit stuck those phony feet on
v .thy from the
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truck might pass, but she would
have to chance that
She slipped out of the car, leav
ing the door open so there 'Would
be no telltale bang, however slight
and ran down the road. Almost
at the turn she cut into the brush
that grew in a tangled mass at
the edge of the woods.
Briars tore at her hair and her
clothes. Her dress and coat were
being picked to ribbons by the
stubborn brush, but she pushed
on.
The wind seemed colder here on
the hill than it did down in Mid
vale and the snow, covering thick
layers of fallen leaves, sifted down
Into her black pumps.
By now she could see the half
finished bridge. The workers were
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ton, wtu wwt Kt.imf.i.
scurrying' ba'cV and forth', operat
ing their various machines, appar
ently engrossed in their job that
would soon be another improve
ment in Halstead county's system
of better roads. Or would it?
She heard a truck crumbling
down the road where she had left
her car. As soon as it came into
sight below her, she left her look
out post and struggled back
through the woods. There was a
little tug of fear at her heart as
she wondered it the driver had
been curious about the car.
A few seconds later she was on
the highway. Never was there a
more welcome sight than that blue
coupe!
Then icy fingers clutched at her
heart She choked back a scream.
Slumped over the steering wheel
was Randolph Atherton dead,
(To Be Continued)
Award for Valor
Pvt Paul J. Agnew received
this Purple Heart after braving
enemy fire on the Sicilian front
to bring a sergeant of his unit
to safety.
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