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Show N I y THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH 5 ASK ME mowm Xin So they departed toward Cascade together; and Adam wondered what instructions Tope was giving Mrs. Tope. Then the old man returned alone, rod in hand, pockets bulging. Ive got all youll need, Mr. Eberly, he said. Now I want to make a phone-ca- ll to Whitlock we may need him. Then Ill be with you. Upon the dot of half-pafour, Mr. Eberly, alone, wearing riding breeches, a loose flannel shirt and a bulky hunting coat buttoned to his throat, came in his own car up the drive to the Ledforge place in the hills above Ridgcomb. Mr. Eberly was rather pale, but steady. The driveway forked, a little below the house; one way led to the house itself, the other toward the garages and the service wing. Mr. Eberly turned in that direction, and as he came to the court upon which the garages faced, he pressed his horn. There were living quarters above the stalls for the cars. At one of the windows there a man appeared, called: Right, Carl. IU be down. Mr. Eberly stayed in the car, kept his engine running. A pulse was thumping faintly in his throat. Ledforge, his fishing gear in his hands, a moment later appeared. He came briskly toward the car, a grayhaired little man with a long nose, deep lines framing his mouth, something suggestive of the Oriental in the cant of his eyes. He glanced behind him toward the house, climbed into the car, grasped Eber-l- y by the hand. How are you, Carl? First rate, Eberly assured him. He added: I phoned to make sure you had arrived. You so often have to change your plans. Ledforge Lucky you did, My sister has callers. agreed. Your Miss Dewain, and an st shoe-pac- s, ' sisted. Come. Get in! He slid busy somewhere in the small rooms The Answers the. canoe into the water: behind. Mat Cumberland scratched 1. The Gulf Stream. I feel a lot more secure in the his head. 2. .Astronomical bodies whici rowboat, Eberly suggested. It was just past five when they And so do the trout, Ledforge came up the drive to the Ledforge give true light are called stars. 3. Because of the many inlets retorted with a laugh. They hear mansion. Joe recognized Bee Deextend along the coastline which the rowlocks as soon as we leave wains car at the steps. Whats 4. By his weight. the dock. Time you got over be- she doing here? he wondered; but 5. A peak of 10,300,000, approxiing afraid of a canoe, old man. the district attorney had no answer mately one munition worker foi Oh, all right. to propose. Eberly grinned. every man in the army and navy Joe rang the bell and asked to My life is in your hands, he said, 6. More than 10,000. However and took the front seat. He held to, see Miss Ledforge. She came to termined? emwe use very few, since the musi were How workers 5. the edge of the dock while Ledforge them in the small reception room, many ployed in munition industries dur- cal scale is based on the limited got in, then took his paddle, and they and Joe said grimly: human voice. moved away, out of the little cove, Miss Ledforge, Ive an unpleas- ing the war? around the wooded point, across the ant duty. This is District Attorney pond. Cumberland. Jm Mr. Dane, his as- SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK Once Eberly turned half around sistant. Weve found a man dead; in his seat to look back. The boat- and some people think it is your house was completely hidden by brother, Mr. Ledforge. Will you the wooded point between. The wind view the body, identify it? To obtain complete crocheting instruc The frail old woman turned white was behind them, toward the mouth tions for the High House Boots (Patten as snow. whisof the gorge where the dam held No.- 5455) sizes small, medium and larg My brother? she included send 16 cents in coin, youi back these waters. Ledforge, when pered. name, address and pattern number. Yes. Rufus Ledforge. they were a hundred yards offshore, Send your order to: But Rufus is here! Miss Ledsaid: Stop paddling, Carl, and lets try forge protested, her weak voice SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK them here. Well drift with the somehow desperate. 709 Mission St., San Francisco. Calif. Here? It was Joes turn to be wind, fish the shoals here first, and Enclose 16 cents for Pattern shaken. Then he smiled. Now, the deep water afterward. Miss Ledforge, Im sorry, but you Good enough, Eberly agreed No He laid down his paddle and began mustnt try to deceive us. TJamn But he is, she insisted, urgentto cast, turning a little sidewise so fishAddress at trout the ly. Hes up pond ing with Mr. Eberly. Joe Dane looked at Mat, and he demanded angrily: Where is this Political Parties trout pond? A recent survey of the presenl Why, you take the road past the garage, Miss Ledforge told him. political organizations in 57 counYou cant miss it. Her voice was tries, excluding Germany, shows tremulous, her white hand pressed that 5 of them have no politicai to her bosom. parties, 6 have only 1, 25 have Dane turned. Come on, Mat, from 2 to 5, 18 have from 6 to 10, he said harshly. Well soon see! and 3 have more than 10 parties. But Mat said: Look out, Joe! Miss Ledforge, swaying like a reed, had slipped softly to the floor. They were alone in the reception room, but the door into the hall was open. At Mats ejaculation, Bee Detwo-thir- ds . , Warm, Brightly Colored Slippers ed woman I dont know. Alice fusses about my wearing woods Now, Miss Ledforge, Im sorry, clothes in the house. Thats why I bat yoa mustnt try to deceive as. told you to come here instead of the And he said: The that his back cast would not interfront door. trout should rise. Winds wester- fere with Ledforge. Thus he was able to see the other man out of the ly. corner of his eye ; and this somehow Eberly made no comment. He was was consoling. The back of his neck guiding the car up the winding road no longer crawled ; his spine was no toward the trout pond, and a thick longer cold. growth of hemlock and pine had alYet his line a tangle cast he ready hidden from their view the on the water. badly, But Ledforge, he saw, house below them. line did no better. The Im in a splashed and slatted others Ledforge remarked: the against fishing mood, Carl. Sick of New side of the canoe. Ledforge may York. Id like to stay up here a have felt Eberlys sidelong glance, month and do nothing but fish with for he said: you. This lines sticky. Need a new How are things in New York? And then he said: one, I guess. Ledforge said, moving his shoulHullo, youre perspiring, Carl! Betders as though to shake off a bur- ter unbutton that coat. den: Well, Ive had an unpleasant I am a little Eberly hesitated. few days. Holdom has gone wrong, hot, he agreed, and his back toCarl. But let me forget business. ward the other man he loosed the Been doing any fishing? ' buttons. He said: Youve Got a new rod, Eberly replied. upper how to cast, Rufus. forgotten And Ive gone back to snelled was a momentary pause. There flies. had drifted, Eberly perceived, The trout wont know the differ- -. They out into the deep water where the Well, old ence, Ledforge chuckled. ran. here we are. And then Ledforge said: Eberly pulled up beside the boatIll try it standing up. Always house, and they got out and began could do better so. Were here to set up their rods. He got uncertainly to his feet, and just at the right time, Ledforge seemed to totter. And suddenly they decided. Best fishing is from now were both in the water. The canoe, till dark. in falling clung to it, as Ledforge Eberly nodded, and they turned dipped one gunwale and thus overtoward the boathouse. turned, the other gunwale coming Ledforge was ahead, Eberly be- down hard across Eberlys hips as, hind; and Eberly cleared his throat belatedly, he scrambled clear. rather loudly, and he asked in a The point that hid the boathouse strained tone: was well over a hundred yards Rufus, you feel all right? away; the dam and the near shoulLedforge whirled to look at him. der of the gorge perhaps fifty yards. Certainly! Im tired, but Im al- Ledforge, without a word, began to ways tired. Why? swin toward the rocky shore beI dont quite know, Eberly ad- side the dam. about you mitted. Something Eberly did not call out as he seems different. Your voice, and watched Ledforge swim so quietly the way you handle that rod; and away. you look a little thinner. Joe Dane, in the hour of Topes Ledforge laughed, not mirthfully. humiliation, was quick with a theory If youd been working as hard as of his own. The whole things plain he declared. I and Ive a slight cold. enough, Ledforge So have I. was having an affair with Mrs. Kell, Eberly nodded. , Thats why I bundled up against this brought her to Dewains Mill that I night; and Kell trailed them there He added insistently: wind. is. The it what way you and killed both of them. dont know look You taller They stood in Will Banions chapwalk, maybe. Nonsense, Ledforge curtly in el. Quill was gone, Doctor Medford brook-chann- f i - The human ear can distin guish how many musical tones? 6. one-ninetie- th Led-forg- e, iron-jaw- quiz with answers offering information on various subjects j A 1. The greatest river in the world has no shore line. What river is it? 2. Why is the sun called a star? 3. Norway is only the size of Africa, yet has as much coastline. Why is this? 4. The locks of the Panama canal once opened to allow a swimmer to pass through. A charge of 36 cents was made. How was this de- THE STORY THUS FAR: Adam Bruce, FBI operator, Inspector Tope and Mrs. Tope met In the Maine woods. Tope found a man murdered at auto camp. The body was first identified as Mr. head of New England utilities. A car believed to have been used in the murder was raised from the quarries, with a womans murdered body inside. Proof had been found that both the murdered man and the woman had been administered dope prior to their murder. The case, with the suicide of Kell, seemed to have blown up in Topes face' and Joe Dane, assistant D.A., took over the case. Tope, however, still had plans and asked Bruce to help without saying what he had in mind. CHAPTER 1s el wain appeared there in the doorway, Mrs. Tope behind her. Joe had tried, too late, to catch the fainting woman; he was on his knees now, beside her; he looked up stupidly at Bee, and the girl with a gesture swept him aside. Get out of here, both of you! You heartless idiots! she cried. Well take care of her! Adam carried a rifle; Whitlock, the last to emerge, carried a small outboard motor, awkwardly. All right, Adam, Tope said You and Beal get out on briskly. the point, where you can see. Whitlock, put the motor on the rowboat, and dont make any noise. Adam, we wont start till you shoot. Miss him once; but hit him if you have to. Adam nodded, moved quickly away. Behind him, Tope and Whitlock were busy for a while. Then they waited, silent, ready. Adam lay prone in the underbrush on the point, the rifle trained. The canoe was well offshore; he saw the men in it stop paddling and begin to fish. His pulse was shaking him. ' Later, Ledforge stood up in the canoe; and then he lurched overside and fell. The canoe overturned, floated with its bottom just awash. Adam, his eyes peering through the sights, saw Eberly floating with his head well out of water, saw Ledforge swimming toward the shore. Ten yards of open water lay between the two men. Ledforge turned to look back. And then he began to swim back toward the other man. Eberly threw up one arm! Adam pressed the trigger; he saw the water leap upward where the bullet hit, midway between the two men. Ledforge looked toward the sound of the report; and .at the same instant the outboard motor on the rowboat in the cove started with a staccato roar. Adam threw in another shell; but then the boat, racing toward the two men in the water, came between him and Ledforge. He leaped to his feet as the boat came to where the two men were. Whitlock handled the boat; Tope was in the bow. Whitlock cut off the engine, and they coasted to a stop. Ledforge had reached Mr. Eberly, was supporting the other man in the water. Its all right, Carl! he said reassuringly, in the sudden silence as Take it easy. the engine died. Youre all right now. Then Ledforge cut in, his face white with anger. Just a minute! he exclaimed. Ive a few questions to ask, myOf course, Mr. self, he added. Eberly and I are grateful for your rescue; but after all, youre tresHe glanced at the gun passers. in Adam's hand. ' Poachers too, apparently. Out of season, and on private land. May I have an explanation? (TO BE CONTINUED) bedroom slippers that GAY littlelike Cossack boots. Warm as toast. It takes 2 balls of plum or other brightly colored cotton rug yarn for the thick soles 4 ounces of green or your favorite color for the snug uppers. Pretty as can be and a grand gift idea! 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