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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS a,4 WU PLj THE STORY THUS FAR: Adam Bruce, Tope was a man not easily shakFBI operator, Inspector Tope and Mrs. en; but he was shaken now. He sat In woods. met the Maine Tope down as Top though wearily; and Joe found a man murdered at auto camp Dane said derisively: Your evi operated by Bee Dewain. At first he was dence isnt coming through. Tope. believed to be Mr. Ledforge, head of New England utilities. Iloldom, a friend ol Quite a bit of static. Adam cried loyally: But theres Ledforge, had his chauffeur, Ken, Lit him over the head and leave him along- still Holdom and Kell!" side of the road. A car believed to have Mat Cumberland Why, sure, been used In the murder was raised from agreed, relieved. Well send for A found. was It where the quarries them. Joe, you go telephone. Inside. discovered womans body was Joe Dane went out; but Tope said Having received proof that dope was You know, Mat, Ive got found in the stomach of the murdered slowly: man. Tope asked doctor to examine the an idea that this whole thing has woman In the car. He also asked New busted on me. Well have to figure York to check on the pilot of Ledforge. something else some other way. And he added, almost apologetically: Its just a hunch; but I'm willCHAPTER Xn ing to make a small bet that nei- He was glad when at last Doctor Medford arrived, and Tope roused to hear what the medical examiner had to say. She was strangled, Tope, the An Ignition wire Doctor reported. knotted tight around her throat. I haven't had a chance to check on the drug end yet; came ahead so as to get things ready here. Is she big or litTope frowned. tle? he asked. "Large for a woman. "Then she was drugged first, He couldnt Tope said crisply. have overpowered her. Hes a small man. ther one of them He had no time to state the wager. For Joe Dane returned. Youve spilled it now. Tope! You wouldnt Dane cried furiously. let me question Holdom! And you told Kell his wife was dead! You've had your way so far, made a mess of the whole thing. Now Ill take charge. Tope looked at him thoughtfully. and Cumberland Steps outside; and Joe Dane were here. Banlons right behind us with the ambuCumberland reported. lance," Tope, Joe says he cant stand this waiting any longer. Says if you - dont do something, hes going to. Adam saw Joe Dane grin slightly. Why, Joes right, Tope agreed. I guess its time to clear it up. Well want to get ready to make the arrest. Pm glad to hear it, old said with a is it? If I told you Tope hesitated. myself, you wouldnt believe me, I want you to hear he confessed. two or three things first from others. Then you11 see Im right. Who? Cumberland asked. Who are your witnesses? said Tope, calmly yet Well, with a deep triumph in his tones, first one is Holdom. I know enough about what happened so I can make him talk now. He wont want to, because hes in it; but he doesn't know theres murder in the business. When he does, hes bound to tell the truth. He wasnt in on the killing just the kidnap end. Hell talk, to clear himself of a murder Well, man, Cumberland heavy relief. Who . Get out! Youre through! charge. He had their still attention now. And the next is Kell, Tope conHe knows just as much as tinued. Holdom knows. Hes lied to us so far; but he wont lie now. Hell tell all he knows because his wife was murdered, and he loved her. I saw him awhile ago. Hell talk. He looked from one to another; Youll think Holwagged his head. warned them. he is dom lying, Youll say it couldnt have happened the way hell tell you it did happen. But Ill show you that it could. Bob Flint was Holdoms pilot. He flew up here Friday night with a passenger; spent most of the night up here. But he had a girl here, Sally Tennant. Her fathers Holdoms gardener. If I know anything about the way a young fellow acts, Flint saw Sally while he was up here. Probably told her who his passenger was, warned her not to tell. But shell tell now; because that passenger drugged young Flint, after they got back near New York, and after he got out of the plane drugged .him so that Flint went to sleep in the air and crashed and was killed. Im having an autopsy on Flints body to prove he was drugged. He concluded: So there you are! Sally Tennant will tell you who Flints passenger was that night, and Kell will tell you what happened to Ledforge on the way up here Friday; and Holdom will tell you why it happened. And if you dont believe them, Doctor Loud, the dentist down in Ridgcomb, can possibly tell you what kind of teeth Ledforge had. Doctor Medford protested in some surprise: "Doctor Loud? But hes dead. Tope. The Inspector whirled on him, stared at him. Dead? he echoed. Why, yes. He dropped dead two or three weeks ago. tremble. to seemed Tope Dropped dead? he repeated. He We needed him, shook his head. be confessed. Ned Quill came in; and Tope spoke quickly. You see the Tennant girl, Quill? Sure, had a long talk with her. the trooper replied, and he added: Shed been to New York to young Flints funeral. Or whatever you call it. They had him cremated. CreTope suddenly was pale. mated? he protested in a deep dismay. He whirled to Doctor Medford. "Then they cant do an autop-sy- . Doctor Medford shook his head; and Joe Dane said, almost exultantly: Not on ashes. Tope, old man! Tope hesitated, then turned to Did Miss Tennant Quill again. he see him last Friday night? asked. Quill shook his head in some surWhy, no. Hadnt seen him prise. e weeks, he answered. for She says he hasn't been up here! two-thre- vestigations to the point of completion, only to see it collapse like a COME earnest and able compiler house of cards, Mrs. Tope and Bee of facts and figures has estimated Dewain and Mr.. Eberly waited at there are over 30 million citizens the Mill. Presently Ned Quill arand old, male and female, young was rived, seeking Tope; but Tope who are directly or not here. indirectly interested He ought to be, by now, the in baseball. five-ten He left trooper protested. I believe these minutes before I did. are on the figures asked. Mrs. where? "Left Tope side. We have short Was he coming here? 22 million high I thought he was," Ned declared; school kids for a and their questions prompting him starter, and most of he told the story of that scene in these follow baseWill Banions chapel, when Topes ball, in one way or case crumbled and Joe Dane took another. The range charge. is from 8 to 80 Id like to slap Joes facel said years, and this inBee hotly. cludes those who But Mrs. Tope only asked: Where at the game, see the games, play Is Inspector Tope? follow the box scores and the standWhy, maam, he left us there in ings in the daily newspapers or hear Banions. I stopped in here to tell games over the radio. My estimate him not to take it too hard. Ill Jog would be 40 million, including the up to the quarry now see how fanatics and the only mildly intertheyre doing with the car. Tell the ested. old man I'm for him, will you? This is only a guess. But that He started his engine with a kick, many through newspaper and radio and wheeled out into the highroad must follow a world series. and so away. Many or most of the regulars Ten minutes later, Tope and have their favorite ball players. two Mill. These the Adam reached may dig back into the past, had been some time in finding, in They or they may pick a few from the North Madderson, the things Tope modern library. The leading favorsought; and when they had secured ite in the long history has these objects and stowed them been Babe games Ruth. the in well concealed, somehow, Proof here is simple. Babe has back of tiie little car, Adam looked gone into such cities as Philadelphia at the old man inquiringly. Whats all that for? he asked. and Boston when they- were trailingat and drawing less than a thousand Why, Adam, he Tope chuckled. said cheerfully. "I thought Id take home games. But when the Babe came to town they had to call poyou out to shoot a fish! Adam looked at him; and after a lice reserves to the scene. Next to Ruth wed have Ty Cobb moment he said gravely: Inspector, Ive gone along blindly so far. and after Ty Cobb there would be But if youre suggesting that I Honus Wagner. Among those of shoot anything but fish, Ill have to more recent date, there are four who know where we stand. belong among the rafters of the roof Pepper Martin, Dizzy Dean, Carl Why, Tope looked at him. And you and Bob Feller. Hubbell saw if he you Adam, suggested, out Hank cant leave Greenberg. one man trying to kill another man, Pepper Martin, one of the greatand no way to stop him but to shoot hustlers baseball ever knew, est for wait explanahim, you wouldnt was everybodys favorite, wherever tions, would you? You expect some one else to be he played. You got the idea that he was willing and ready to break a killed? I expect therell be a try to kill neck or a leg to get where he was two people, before night, Tope ab- headed for, and you were usually right. sented simply. "What Who? Adam demanded. The 1946 Favorites two people? Who will carry most of the pubMr. Eberly, said Tope. "And lic favor from city to city through Miss Ledforge. 1946? In Boston the leading candiAdam ejaculated: Why? Who dates at this spot are Ted Williams Tope hesitated. Well, Adam, he and Dave Ferriss. Among the Yansaid, you ought to be able to see kees you will find Bill Dickey, Joe it by now. And while Adam drove DiMaggio and Joe Gordon with Phil more slowly, listening, he explained: Rizzuto close up. Stirnweiss will This business builds up like a be another. Terry Moore and brick house, one brick at a time. Marty Marion will lead the CardiFirst thing, a dead man under the nals, who have several other candibed in Faraway. Second thing, two dates. Hank Greenberg and A1 people put him there. Third thing, will head the cast for the they stayed in Little Bear, and one of them was a woman. Fourth thing, Tiger zoo. For the Giants youll find the man was small, and he knew Mel Ott and Johnny Mize in front Kell. He knew Kell because he imi- when the season opens. tated Kells way of talking, and he What about the Dodgers? In this wore Kells shoes with the heelland of Bumdom they change dizzy on them. Fifth thing, they with plates startling rapidity from day to came in Holdoms coupe, and the Dixie Walker has been the civday. woman was Mrs. Kell. ic nomination, or the peepuls choice He added: "Those were facts; and for some years. Whether Dixie will Bob Flint being dead was another retain the affections of the nation's fact And that telephone call from most turbulent and tempestuous New York Saturday to report the baseball crowds remains to be seeh. stolen car was another fact. The If anything happens to Dixie, or if it dead man being Ledforge wasnt a happens to be untrue what they say fact, but it might get to be. Then about Dixie, an early nomination the hair-oi- l on the dead mans head Is Peewee Reese. on the was a fact; and the hair-o- il The Cleveland situation Is simple. pillow in Little Bear was a fact The Indians contribution to the faThe two of them together made an- vorite class will be one Robert Felother fact. ler who will lure out the multitudes Here we are But Tope said: in fancy numbers at each start. heres the Mill. Wait till, we leave What about the Cubs? Andy Pafko will be one of them and so will Phil here, son. We wont stay long. Bee and Mrs. Tope were quick to Cavarretta and Hank Borowy. The meet them. Bee voluble with sym- able veteran Stan Hack will also get pathy for the Inspector. But Mrs. some votes. Tope, watching them, thought him At times it is hard to tell just in no need of sympathy or reassur- what qualities are needed to make ances. some ball player the crowds faWhy, I take that kindly of you, vorite. Hustle is always one of the Miss Dewain. But he couldnt be main points. The populace likes to Joe Dane and do different, the In- see the athlete giving all he has. hitters always have a Dont go ex- Home-ru- n spector assured Bee. pitchpecting people to be different from strong call. So do strike-ou- t He turned to Mrs. ers. Good people who are there in what they are. he said, the clutch or pinch also harvest Tope. "I was thinking "that before we pull out of here, you their share of fanvilles affection. might want to make a call someAll-Time Best where. Like as not Miss Dewain The Who been my ten favorite have would go with you. Mr. Eberly still ball players? It doesnt matter here and all right, is he? Babe Everly said from the doorway: much, but here they go Ruth, Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Tris "Quite all right. Inspector. Speaker, Hans Wagner, Dizzy Dean, And Mrs. Tope asked, surprised: Pepper Martin, Rube Waddell, Call? On whom? Mathewson, Pete AlexanChristy on Miss LedTope said: Why, der. Plus Walter Johnson. Old Barforge. Shes a real nice woman. motion and the ball Why dont you get Miss Dewain to neys pitching follow were still somecouldn't you He looked drive you down there? at his watch. Its going on three thing to look at. Carl Hubbell also oclock. Time you get prettied up belongs in this group. So does Bill As an and get there, it will be just about Dickey. Ten isnt enough. time for her to give you a cup of artist, Hal Chase has no equal. Just what favorite crop the new tea. I think I know season will give us is in the She hesitated. laps of the gods. There is whats in your mind," she admittime later on to take this up. enough us Ned Quill told ted. you sent for Mr. Ledforges dentist But is that possible? Bow and Arrow Records "Its bound to be, he assured her record improves in sport Ill be andEvery soberly. And he added: has made a big archery with Mr. Eberly, and youll be with advance since the days of the Sioux Helooked at Miss Ledforge. Bee, and the Apaches, the Iroquois and You ladies, like here beside them. Their range was Mohicans. the as not youll meet Mr. Ledforge. 200 yards. But in 1941 beyond rarely this afternoon. home Hes due Curtis Hill of Dnytor,, Ohio, set a And Bee, watching him, cried softnew mark at 614 yards, 8 inches ly: You havent given up? Youre a new record for what is known still working on it? Ill take Mrs. as free flight shooting. Hill's recHer eyes were shin- ord for the Tope down! flight shooting, regular ing. "What do you want us to do? according to Frank Menke's book, is 517 yards one foot BE (TO CONTINUED) Kell kill himself? he asked in mild tones. Yes! Joe Dane retorted. With his own suspenders. Hung himself to his cell door. And Holdoms got a concussion, unconscious. Theyve taken him to the hospital, and the doctor thinks hell die. So he wont talk, either. Blast it, if you hadnt meddled. Id have had his story, had the whole thing by now! Get out! Youre through! Im taking charge! Tope got up slowly, like an old he said, Im man. Why, Joe, sorry. I hoped I could hand this case to you on a platter. But I can stil- lYou can get outl young Joe He appealed Dane shouted. "Mat! to Cumberland. If you let this dodfiddle around dering old has-bee- n here any more, Im through. Ill resign. Tell him to drag himself out of town! Cumberland hesitated; but Tope "Dont bother, Mat, he spoke. said. Im going. Joe, I hope you get it all straight, spite of the trouble Adam Bruce, watchIve made. ing him, could have wept for this old man. Then Tope caught his eye. "Adam, you want to drive me back to Mrs. Tope? he asked. said sure. Inspector, Why, Adam. In a sober silence, while the oth- ers watched them without speaking, they moved out to the curb and the waiting car. They got in; and Adam, at the comer, turned toward Ridgcomb, but Tope spoke then. Wait a minute, Adam," he said. I want to buy some things before we go. Drive downtown. What Is it Adam obeyed him. I he asked. you want. Inspector? can get them for you. But Tope, instead of answering, You a good rifle-sho- t, inquired: Adam? Adam whirled toward him, startled, incredulous; and he saw Tope was not downcast and humiliated, not the crushed old man he had seemed a moment ago, but alert, his eyes intent, his color high, almost beaming. Why, yes," Adam admitted. "Pretty good." "Then well buy you a rifle, Tope You pick out one that youre said. sure of at anything up to say two hundred yards. And after that, we want to get an outboard motor that will start every time. He saw Adams incredulous bewilderment. and chuckled. he And the only other thing, concluded, "is one of these vests padded with some patent stuff that makes them float like Now go along, Adam. Lets see if we can find one in this little town. 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