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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. (TO BX COMTHUBD) I IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday i chool Lesson Bj HAROLD L LUNDQUIST. D. D. oThm Moody Bible Institute of Cfcicage. by VMm Hewspepw Uoboo. Lesson for January 6 Lrnon subjects and Scripture texts se lected end copyrighted by International fruMBrtnif R*"*iou* Education: used by 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. ? ? ? 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