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CHAPTER VI
He looked at Joe Dane in mild tri
onph. "So that was pretty good (or
asipb in the dark, Mr. Dane!"
"What's that about heel-plates?"
young Dane demanded. *
"Well," said Tope, "somebody
with heel-plates has walked through
Hie woods near Faraway; and a man
with heel-plates left some tracks up
at the quarry; and Kell, Holdom's
chauffeur, had a pair of shoes with
heel-plates on them. They're in his
alnei t down at Holdom's right now."
"Then we want Kell!" Dane ex- I
claimed. "And?Mrs. Kell? Was
hhe running around with Ledforge?
We're got to find her too!"
Tope nodded. "It would help a
let," he assented, "if we could talk
to her." He took Mrs. Tope's arm.
"Let me know when you're ready to
salvage the car. Mat. I want to be
tee. m be at the Mill if New
Task calls."
And despite Dane's efforts to de
tain them, be and Mrs. Tope went
Mown the stairs, and got into the
little roadster at the curb. When
they were under way, she said
thoughtfully:
"I don't like that young man, but
he's right about one thing: You've
got to find Mrs. Kell, make her tell
???
"1 guess we'll find her," he re
plied grimly. "But I don't expect
her to tell us anything!"
She looked at him. "You know
where she is?"
"Well," he confessed, "there were
two or three little things I didn't tell
html That gray suit in Kell's clos
et, I looked at the name on the
tailor's label. The name was Led
iorge."
She uttered a low ejaculation.
"But Mr. Ledforge might have giv
an it to Kell?when Kell worked for
him."
"It wouldn't fit Kell," Tope told
her. "Kell's a big man. His uni
brms were big. This suit was
antaU."
She frowned in bewilderment.
"But even so," she insisted, "what
has that to do with Mrs. Kell?
Where do you think she is?"
He said heavily: "I think she's in
fee coupe in the quarry."
"Why?" she whispered, in a still
terror. "Why?"
"Adam and Bee found a man's
tracks leaving there," said Tope.
"Sloes with heel-plates. But there
were no woman's tracks! And that
gray suit in Kell's closet, there was
hlood on the sleeve of it, and the
dea4 man hadn't any cut or wound
feat would have bled at all!"
When Mrs. Tope and the Inspec
tor reached Dewain's Mill, Tope
himself went indoors, but she stayed
outside. The camp seemed desert
ed, till Adam Bruce and Bee De
wain, hearing the car arrive, came
together from the direction of Far
away.
"Well, you located the car. That's
food."
Adam said: "Yes. And 1 don't
know when I've ever had to do any
feing that scared me more than div
bg down into that gray water; but
??t the axle, and a wheel." Ha
added : "4nd while I was doing that.
Bee found the man's tracks. What
Be they mean?"
xou re as Dad as joe Dane, al
Ways asking questions. Son," he
Wintered, "how long are you going
la hoM out on me?"
Adam protested: "Hold out?" But
his (ace was red.
"Why, yes?just that. Why, (or in
stance, does Raiser Vade dislike
you?"
"He's just a harmless crank,"
Adam insisted.
The Inspector relaxed in his chair.
-AH right, son," he said. "You do
as you like about telling me."
Adam hesitated in some distress.
-Any idea yet who the dead man
may be?" he asked at last.
Tope answered mildly: "Yes, in a
way. Mrs. Tope thinks he's Led
fcagi, the Utilities?Why, what's the
matter, Adam?"
Pbr at that name, young Adam
?nee bad come to his feet in quick
astonishment, stood now leaning
aaer Tope, and cried out:
"Ledfrrge?"
"Mrs. Tope says so," the old man
taassted. "She saw Ledforge once
at a stockholders' meeting."
Adam relaxed; he chuckled. "You
slaatled me (or a minute," he con
v "Yes, I noticed that!" said Tope
Aryly. "Matter of (act, I meant to!"
"But Mrs. Tope is wrong, Inspec
tor," Ad Am declared. He hesitated.
*T telephoned our people in New
York this morning, from Ridgcomb,
to ask about Ledforge. He's in New
York! 1 checked on that!"
"Yea, ao did we," Tope assented.
"Ledforge is fat New York, all right.
Bat Adam, haw did you happen to
think it might be Ledforge?" He
looked at the young man shrewdly.
"I'm wondering," he said, "if Bal
aer Vade?you said he was a letter
writing kind of a man?ever wrote
a letter to Ledforge."
Adam surrendered. "All right,"
he yielded; and he grinned. "I give
in. Here it is. But I think Veda's
harmless. Tope. Only, Ledforge
ruined him, ten years ago, in a wa
ter-power project. Since then Vade
has been a little cracked on the
subject of brooks and streams. I
told you about that. He blames Led
forge for spoiling the rivers. Led
forge's office sent over to our peo
ple half a dozen letters, pretty wild
and extravagant, from this society
for the protection of rivers, signed
by Vade as secretary, and threat
ening Ledforge with?fire and brim
stone! One of them said > something
about snatching him up in a fiery
chariot, like Elijah or whoever it
was; and that suggested kidnaping,
so I tame up here to see Vade."
He added: "Vade admitted writ
ing the letters, and he dared me to
"No, the dead maa Isn't Mr. Led
forge."
arrest him. He seemed to want to
be persecuted, seemed to want pub
licity, and a chance to tell the world
what sort of man Ledforge is. I
think he'd like to play the martyr,
but Ledforge didn't want to prose
cute." He added: "I suppose Led
forge was as anxious to avoid pub
licity as Vade was to get it."
Tope nodded understandingly. "But
after that, naturally you thought of
Ledforge?"
"And I checked up," Adam
agreed. "And Ledforge is in New
York."
Tope beamed. "So this can't be
he," he assented. "And Mrs. Tope's
mistaken." And he went on to re
cite to Adam the discoveries of the
day. He told the tale of the stolen
car, and of Whitlock's inquiries, and
of the visit to the Holdom place,
and of Miss Nettie Pineyard.
"And Mrs. Kell and Kell have dis
appeared," he explained. "Holdom
was expected home Friday, but he
didn't come. Kell came, in the lim
ousine, and drove away in it after
ward ; and Mrs. Kell drove the coupe
away."
Adam ran to quick conjecture.
"And Kell joined her later, came
with her here? Then they dumped
the coupe to the quarry and headed
for Canada?"
weu, miyot, lope aa mil lea.
"What was itT Jealousy? Is Mrs.
Kell?the flighty kind?"
The Inspector said reluctantly:
"Well, it looks as if she spent last
week-end?ten days ago?with Led
forge somewhere. And if she'd go
away with him, maybe she'd go with
others. Maybe this dead man?long
as he's not Ledforge?was one ' of
them." He slapped his knee in sud
den recollection. "We ought to have
sent a tracer out after the limousine
that Kell drove away in. Adam, do
that, will you?"
Adam nodded. "Yes. Whst else?"
"Why, it just might be that Led
forge is really missing, and they're
covering it up in New York."
"I'll And out," Adam promised.
"And one other thing, Adam: May
not have any connection, but I'd like
to know. Holdom had a plane?pi
lot named Bob Flint?and it crashed
in Long Island Sound on Saturday
morning. Flint, he was killed. I'd
like to know what made that plane
crash. Maybe you can And out
through the Department of Com
merce."
Adam said: "Sure."
Then they heard voices outside;
and Mrs. Tope and Bee Dewain ap
peared in the open doorway. Bee
had sandwiches wrapped in a nap
kin, and a glass of milk.
Tope chuckled, and looked at Mrs.
Tope. , "I declare," he exclaimed,
"I forgot all about food!" He took
the sandwiches and began to eat
them comfortably.
Adam said: "Bee, I've ot to do
some telephoning; don't ant the
neighbors listening In. Want to ran
me to town?"
"Take our car," Tope suggested.
"No need to bother Miss Dewain. I
want to tell her what's been happen
ing." He added with a chuckle:
"You'll get back quicker if I keep
her here!"
So Adam drove away alone; and
Tope told Bee what there was to
tell. The girl listened silently till
he finished. Then she said:
"No, the dead man isn't Mr. Led
forge. I had a letter from him this
morning. Or rather Mr. Eberly
did!" And she explained: "You see,
Mr. Eberly and Mr. Ledforge are
old friends. The bank had some
Utilities bonds, and that was one rea
son it had to close; but Mh Eberly
never blamed Mr. Ledforge. Mr.
Eberly left Saturday morning to go
Ashing in New JJrqnswick, and?I
used to be his secretary?he ar
ranged to have his mail delivered
to me so I could take care of it.
He's not married, so he often does
that when he goes away."
Tope listened without questions,
and she went on:
"This letter came this morning
from Mr. Ledforge. He wants Mr.
Eberly to come over and Ash with
him in the trout-pood above his sum
mer place, tomorrow afternoon. Mr.
Ledforge wrote the letter himself."
"You sure?"
"Yes, of course. I've never seen
him, but I know his handwriting,
ril show you the letter."
Tope said mildly: "Why, I'd like
to see it" And he asked: "Any
way you can get in touch with Mr.
Eberly, Miss Dewain?"
"Telephone," she said. "Or tele
graph."
"I wish you'd call him up, tell him
about this invitation." And he add
ed disarmingly: "If he doesn't want
to come back to Ash with Mr. Led
forge, ask him to Ax it so I can go
in his place. I like to Ash."
"All right," she assented, amused;
and Tope asked:
"Mr. Eberly seen Ledforge late
ly, has he?"
She shook her head. "No. Mr.
Ledforge called him up about ten
days ago?Saturday, I think it was.
Wanted to see him; but Mr. Eberly
was in Boston over that week-end.
The operator knows I handle some
things for Mr. Eberly so she shifted
the call to me."
wnere aid Ledlorge call from?"
Tope wondered.
"Up here, I think," Bee replied.
"He said something about 'dropping
in.' Something casual. Not as if
he were in New York."
Tope nodded, and then they heard
a car turn in and stop by the Mill,
and Bee looked out and said: "It's
Mr. Cumberland, and Joe Dane."
"Call them up here," Tope direct
ed sharply. "Before the whole world
knows they're here!"
He came to the door as Bee made
haste down the drive; but she was
too late to avert the danger Tope
foresaw. Joe Dane was inflated by
the prospect of handling what prom
ised to become a celebrated case. So
when they turned in off the road and
stopped beside the Mill, where Earl
Priddy was working, Joe called in
important tones:
"Hi, Earl! Where's Inspector
Tope?"
Priddy straightened up and
scratched his head and stared. "In
spector?" he echoed, his eyes wide.
"Inspector of what? What's he In
spector of, Joe?"
Bee, arriving just then on the spot,
hushed him sharply. "Never mind.
Earl! tit's none of your business.
Go on with your work." She sum
moned Joe away; the car moved
on to Cascade, where Tope waited,
and the two men alighted there.
Tope looked at Dane in mild dis
approval. "Young man," he said,
"you advertise too much!"
"It's all right," Bee said reassur
infflv. "I told Earl it ?>? nnne n#
his business!"
Tope chuckled. "Why, that's line,
miss," he assented. "After that.
Earl Priddy won't five it another
thought, I know! You certainly fixed
that." And he added gently: "You
I go along now and telephone Mr.
1 Eberly. And let me see that letter."
And as the girl turned away, he said:
"Come in. Mat. Come in, Dane. I
guess Earl doesn't matter. We
couldn't keep this thing dark much
longer."
And he added slowly. "They've
located Holdom. He's in a private
toqrital down near Hartford with a
broken head, a concussion, maybe a
fractured skull."
Cumberland nodded, and ha ex
plained:
"New York says Ledfo-ge and
Holdom started up here last Friday,
in Holdom's limousine, with KeU
driving. They left New York early,
about nine o'clock. Holdom went
around to pick Ledforge up at his
apartment; and the officer on the
beat saw Ledforge come out and
get in.
"They don't know when Ledforge
came back, but he was in his office
Monday morning, and be was at the
bank and in his office this morn
ing."
Tope nodded, and Cumberland
went on:
"Well, today, when they had made
sure about Ledforge. they sent a
man to Holdom's office, and the
staff there was aD excited, because
they had just had a telephone mes
sage from Holdom. He's in this pri
vate hospital in a little town just
this side of the Connecticut line.
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A PEOPLE OPPRESSED
LESSON TEXT?Exodus ISM 11?
GOLDEN TEXT?And He uld. CerUlnlj
I wUi be with thee.?Exodus 1 11
God never forgets His people. We
can fee assured of that even though
at times we must wait for His com
ing to bring us deliverance.
The history of Israel repeatedly
demonstrates the faithfulness of
God; hence the lessons of this next
quarter concerning them trill be a
source of real belssing to all who
need and seek God's help.
The family of Jacob?or, as the
Bible calls them, the children of Is
rael?prospered in Egypt particular
ly as long as Joseph and the rulers
who remembered him were alive.
But they soon learned one of life's
bitter lessons, namely, that:
L Prosperity Is Not Always a
Blessing (1:S-U).
The Hebrews were a peaceful,
law-abiding people. They were God's
chosen people, and as He blessed
them they prospered, and thus in
nocently they brought upon them
selves the hatred of the suspicious
Egyptians.
Prosperity U never an unmixed
blessing. We as a nation know that
to be true. Not only does it lead to
a certain softening of the sinews,
but all too often it results in a weak
ening of the moral fiber, which
makes man easy prey to the attack
of the enemy of our souls.
We have just passed through a
great war which has demonstrated
to the world that in a time of crisis
America can be strong, but now that
it is over we are ready to fight one
another to gain advantage. Many
who have profited by war are not
content to have less gold in peace
time, and so the old delusion, the
love of riches, is about to ruin many
lives.
It should bt said that the Egyp
tians had reason, humanly speaking,
to fear this great nation which was
growing up in their midst. The new
rulers did not know Joseph and had
forgotten the spirit in which he
had brought his family into the land.
The leaders of the Egyptians there
fore made plans which appealed to
their brilliant leaders as politic and
wise. But they reckoned without
God, and the burdens and the afflic
tions they placed on the Israelites
only served to bring further bless
ing.
So Israel learned a lesson which
our presunt sorry world can profit
by, that:
U. Persecution Is Net Always a
Burden (vv. 12-14).
The people at Israel did not appre
ciate it, but the bitterness of their
bandage was a blessing in disguise.
1. It Kept Them Separate as a
People. Affliction often serves to
keep God's people separated from
the world. It is doing so today.
2. It Disciplined Them and Pro
pared Them for the Hardships of
Their Wilderness Journey. Ws, too,
do well to remember that "whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth," and
that if we are properly "exercised"
thereby, our sorrows may yield rich
fruit in our lives. *
a. it Threw Them Back upon uod.
Many are the taints of God who
have found that the flery trial, the
burden so hard to understand, or
some affliction of body, has caused
them to bring their burdens to the
Lord. We have traveled far on the
road of faith when we have reached
the place where we learn that
"mail's extremity if God's opportu
nity."
They had only one place to turn.
They were hemmed in on every side,
but, as ever, they found that no man
can close the way up. They called
on their God.
m. Prayer Always Brings Deliv
erance (2:23-29).
Does God really know when His
people suffer? Does He really care?
Yes. He does. "They cried," and
"God beard" and "remembered."
That's all we need to know. The
groaning of His people had already
stirred God's gracious and tender
heart But He waited to bear their
cry before He answered. Such is the
law of prayer. May we not forget it
Far too often we turn to everyone
and everything else, and finally, in
desperation, to God. Why not turn
to him first?
Does God hear and answer pray
er? Yes, but remember that real
prayer is the cry of faith coming
from the heart of an obedient child.
God may answer other prayers, but
He always answers the prayer of
faith.
His answer may not be in accord
with our opinion of what it should
be, for His wisdom is infinite. He
knows better than we what the an
swer should be. Let us trust the
Judge of all the earth to do right
(Gen. 18:25).
A world thrown into unspeakable
fear by the development of the
atomic bomb is now recognizing that
the only hope for the future is s
spiritual revival. Many who scoffed
at the idea of prayer to God ar<
ready now to bear the witness of s
church that really knows how u
pray and to bring deliverance f'orr
the band at God.
Jjf&w
hl Phillipr Jr
Man in Search of Hotel Boom
Applicant.?Can I get a auiteT
Clerk?You're in the wrong line;
the psycopathic case* are in that
other one.
Applicant. _ I'm not crazy; I'm
]ust over-planning.
Clerk.?Please stop annoying me.
Applicant. ? Very well. I want
to be reasonable ... I'll forget the
suite and take a double room with
bath.
Clerk.?You Just wish to be real
fair?
Applicant. ? That's H. I might
even consider a single.
Clerk.?For what week next July?
Applicant.?Don't make K that dif
ficult I've got to have a place to
sleep tonight.
CMrk.?Anybody who sleeps here
tonight has been booked since Pearl
Harbor. ?
Applicant. ? There must have
been somebody cancel since that
time.
Clerk. ? There is no such thing
as a cancellation any more. If a
man decides not to come be raffles
off his reservation.
? ? ?
Applicant (confidentially). ? Lis
ten, h^bave a reservation. I wrote
in four'months ago.
Clerk.?What was the name?
Applicant.?Eisenhower.
Clerk.?There are M Eisenhowers
here now.
Ap^Meast.?Come to think at it,
my name is Chester Bowles.
Clerk. ? We have 11 Chester
Bowles. 18 General Marshall* and
? MacArthurs ahead of you.
Applicant.?You look like a feller
I went to achool with back In
Anson ie.
Clerk.?That's an old one
Applicant. ? How's your mother?
Clerk.?That's been tried, too.
Applicant. ? What of democ
cracy? ... the pursuit of life, lib
erty and indoor sleeping?
Clerk. ? Don't rub it in. I tell
you flatly there are no rooms.
Applicant. ? Then why do they
put clerks at these windows?
Clerk. ? We're being DISCI
PLINED!
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THOUGHTS IN A
^ HOUSING CRISIS
Ob ase be has the laagbter:
He digs himself a winter heme?
And palls the thing la after!
I'm even lesleas af the sknak?
His edar I'm fergMa':
I'd gladly smell that way it I
CoaM dig a place to Ut? ta.
? ? ?
The bousing crisis has reached a
point where it is suggested that
"Tenting Tonight" or "Home, Sweet
Home" was an American folk song.
? e e
Six Argentina autoists have com
pleted a trip from Buenos Aires V>
New York by automobile over the
Pan American highway. They report
the most disturbing feature of the
trip to have been those constant
cracks, "Hey, where do you think
you're going?"
? ? ?
The German general staff ranked
Ike Eiseabewer as the greatest atlH
tary man ea ear die, with Pslton
the meet feared lommeadm la the
?eld. They reached the tsarhntsa
?pea recoveries eaaactaaaaaaa,
e e ?
Elmer Twitched la writing a book
about congress. Title: "Forever
Yammer."
? ? ?
Henry Ford is considering an an
nual wage for employees instead of'
a weekly one. Under such a plan
a worker will know that then will
be no season of the year when he
trill be driving in neutral.
? ? ?
The Ode* af Price ?tshlBaallta
says the seat af bring tocrease
siace January, 1M1. tea been n par
seat. Tea can tab frees Me that
It hasn't tried to bay an apple pie,
a pair af seeks, a bathtab faneet er
toy tor Jaator In aB that time,
see
Barney Olddeld has remarried toe
wife he diverted she set a quarter
af a e eatery age. The aU medato
are the bast.
? ? ?
Mac Arthur's war criminals hunt
is now so close to the throne that
Emperor Hirohito must feel as if
he were sitting on one of those dis
appearing chairs at Steeplechase
Park.
? ? ?
There Is every ladicattoa that
aaseng their New Tear usatotlsiii
far 1M* many people teak a pledge
to give ap working.
? ? ?
Travel Nate
Let grandma tote the suitcase.
Let baby fetch and carry.
For now, alas, the Red Cop
1s purely legendary.
? ? ?
The sentence Imposed an Tana
shita ends the philosophy af the
Japs that ne naaaa is gand news.
? ? ?
One billion, three hundred and
six million dollars were bet on
horses at the tracks this year. This
is not hard to explain: Horses ware
the only things not hard to gat.
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The Japanese people me Slip a
mountain peak 12 JM feet high
called Fujiyama, 70 miles from
Tokyo. Each citizen of Nippon
considers it his duty to climb the
steaming volcanic peak eace m
his life.
The last eruption from the crater
occurred early in the Fifteenth
century".
Lamb chops taste better if they
are dipped in lemon juice before
broiling.
Take year sufrwtecd gantlet or
your elaborately trimmed glove
and cut it down to a wrist-length
shorty?this season's favorite.
Windows win gleam if washed
with water containing a little witch
hazel.
8qeeaky boars can be made
noise leas by sifting talcum powder
between the boards.
Keep a pair af eleaa gloves near
your supply of hosiery during the
winter, and don them before put
ting on hose. It will save many
snags caused from hands that are
roughened by cold weather.
Never starch linens that are to
be stored, since starch tends to
make the fabric crack. Wrap in
blue paper to prevent yellonring.
Mattresses should be tamed
from top to bottom one week and
side to side the next to prevent
sagging.
Far boring small bales in plate
glass or ordinary window pane, a
triangular saw file makes a good,
drill. Apply the file with light
pressure and dip in water from
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