Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1955 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunder By » THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO, INC. Entered nt the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Claes Matter Dick D. Heller —-— President J. H. Heller ----— Vice-President - Chas. Holthouse —. Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. Six months, $4.25; S months, $2.25. By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; ~ $9.00; 6 months, $4.75; 8 months, $2.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: I cents. ■ I ... ~

Decatur merchants are continuing to offer the public the same fine lines of merchandise which was on thetr shelves during the ■1 Holiday season. It's a good habit to form to trade in Decatur the year around. —0 0 Decatur's industries are booming right along without much fanfare. We can well be proud of our local industries which have meant so much to Decatur. Our city has never felt the severe blows of a depression because our industries are diversified and well managed. 0 0•— The Democratic party will take over control of both houses of the national Congress this week. It remains to be seen if the Democrat leaders will be able to get along and go along with the President. At the moment it would be a good guess that the Democrats won’t stand still for the DixonYates power contract, at least until it is watered down considerably. 0 0 Substitution of a sales tax in Indiana for the gross Income tax will no doubt hit many snags. Several strong state-wide organisations are opposed to a sales tax. while others favor that method of collecting taxes. The ' Advocates are preparing for a quick introduction of the measure in the Indiana general assembly. That should cause lots of interesting scenes in the State house. —o—o——of interest is being manifested this week concerning the Adams cOtfhty hD?h'scliOol'basketball tourney, scheduled for this coming week-end at Adams Central. A walk down the street almost any hour of the day thia week will get you expert opinions on who wil Iwin and why. It's a great game and it's wonderful that a community can work up to such a fever pitch and then get over it just as fast. May the best team win!

Value of Fresh Air In Treating Anemia

By HERMAN N. BUNMSEN, M.O. JUST because you look pale, does not necessarily mean you’re suffering from anemia But it might mean that In anemia you see the red blood cells and the amount of coloring tn the blood decrease In severe cases, the number of red cells may drop to on* million per cubic millimeter of blood instead of the normal five million In other cases, the number of red cells Is only moderately re* duced. but each cell functions well below its normal strength. Cousm of Anemia ~ > There are three causes of anemia: loss of blood from hemorrhage; increased destruction of blood; and deficient blood formation. Sometimes you may be bothered by more than one of these factors. There are several different types of anemia, the most common types usually coming as a result of other diseases For example, prolonged infection, tumors, tapeworms and diseases of the kidney or liver may be accompanied by the reduction of hemoglobin, or coloring in the blood. Maybe there Is bleeding in the stomach or bowel Improper Diet An improper diet, especially if you don't get enough iron-con-taining foods, can also cause anemia. If you don't get enough iron tn your foods, or if some condition in your body interferes with the absorption of that iron, your red cells may contain less than the normal coloring matter and become reduced tn size. Before your doctor can do much to help you, he’s got to determine just what is causing your anemia and then eliminate that condition. Then he can help you build

People throughout the nation often get printed speeches of members of Congress. Usually there is a notation at the bottom of the first page which says “not printed at government expense." However, the pamphlets are mailed free under the mailing privilege of the member who delivered the speech. Wouldn't it be a good idea to ineert on the front page at whose expense the “stuff” is printed and how many have been mailed? It seems as though “pure stuff” which most of it is should also bear regular postage. How about it, Mr. Postmaster General ? 0 — Spiritual Emphasis week, which closed Sunday night , with a rally at Decatur high school auditorium, was a splendid success. The committees of the Associated Churches of Decatur and the Ministerial association are to be congratulated. The meetings stirred up among the cooperating Churches a feeling of smallness in many individuals-~*-to such an extent that Sunday attendance in many churches was the largest in many weeks. When people take the time to think a little along religious lines, they realize that they need the guidance of some Church to make their life more worthwhile. 0 0 The Indiana general assembly will get down to its first full week of work starting today. It ie the hope of many people in the state that the question of toll roads and their control will get a lot of airing. Maybe the toll road plan is the proper way to ade- ; quately take care of the mounting traffic problem. On the surface it * appears to be expensive and far too much room for graft. The toll road commission, as it is present—ly set up. is not- under state control and the funds raised for the purpose of toll road construction apparently can be disbursed any way the commission sees fit. That always is bad. because people are human and humans often yield to temptations—of which there are many whtn it comes to spending huge sums of the people's money.

, up your iron supply He probably > will give you special preparations i, containing iron which you can take after your meals. I You'll probably have to take 1 these doses for three to four . months, because you not only I have to correct your Iron defi- - oiency, but you also must store I away an extra supply Excessive doses, however, won't do any good, f and they might even upset your stomach and bowel. ; Rich Protein Diet If your doctor thinks you should have a special diet, he’ll give you . one. Generally, though, an ane- . mic's diet should contain a good r deal of animal food such as beet, mutton or chicken. Meat contains , from two to eight times more Iron j than rice and other starchy foods Spinach also has a high iron con- . tent So do apples and oats. If you've got the common kind 1 of anemia, you’ll probably im--1 prove by taking iron Plenty of fresh air and sunlight are going to help you. too. ’ QoanoN aAd ambwek i T. C.: lam annoyed with a per- , sistent scaly scalp What is the best thing to do for it? , Answer: in most instances, a condition of this type results due to seborrheic dermatitis. The treatment for it consists in 1 building up the general health by ■ getting plenty of fresh air, sun--5 shine, rest and sleep, moderate exercise, and a restricted diet, i Pork, butter, cream, cheese, and i other foods rich in fat may well ! be limited. 1 In the beginning, the scaling ! may be treated with soothing • ointments It might be well to avoid the use of soap and water i until the condition has cleared up. • Vitamin 8,, and estrogen also, to i be Used only under the direction ■ of a physician, have been found 1 to be helpful in some instances. 1

♦ ' ■ Q 1 20 Tears Ago I Today » — ; . e January 10 boys and girls wilt grad ue from eighth gradp to high school tomorrow. _ Senator T. A. Gottschalk of Berne is named head of finance committee by the legislature. Col. Reppert gives graduating address to 2$ students at the auction school. Arlin Andrews appointed manager of the Franklin Security com; pany office in Decatur. The members of the Monroe M. E. church are raising funds to improve the church building. Gabby Hartnett, catcher, is first Cub to sign a 1985 contract. Buys Health Bond The Decatur Lions Club has voted purchase of a $lO health bond, offi- — clals of the $ Chri atm a s J? s seal cam- *< J paign in Ad- H — am s county s annou need £ s ti today. All 3 <q proceeds a < ar from the an- * Z >•* nual Christ- g* -I mas seal Q_ > 03 sale are used 5 In the fight | o n tuberculosis and to provide tree clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association. Court lews Agreement Made In the complaint for separation filed by Lou Anna Birch against Russell Birch, the defendant has agreed to pay support money and attorney fees. The restraining order has been modified to permit the defendant to visit minor children. Estate Cases The last will and testament of Mary A. Beavers has been offered and accepted for probate. Ed A. Bosse has been appointed special judge for the estate. The will bequeaths most of the estate to a daughter, Irene Fryback. and a son, Glen Beavers, IA petition to sell property at private sale without notice has been submitted in the Jesse A. Byerly estate and sustained by the court. •—— - - 0 Household Scrapbook | I BY ROBERTA LEE i • e 4 Butter Economy Bring one-half cupful of good milk to a boil, then set aside to cool. When Just lukewarm, add *4 pound of unmelted butter and beat with eggbeater until mixture is thick and creamy. Put in ice--box to harden. ----- - (

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m» Fmiuiw Syw CHAPTER TWENTY ' I LAID the brooch back in its glass box without stepping from the end of the dresser. 1 put the lid in its place but tny hand -<tayed where it was. outstretched above the box. Something to the light of the dresser had moved. It was the other narrow door. It took longer swinging open than 1 nad any way of Knowing. My hand was still extended over the dresser. For a second after the door stopped moving there was only the empty frame. Then Cricket stepped through. She stood, turning her head from side to side, as if she could get my scent “Who in here?" 1 didn’t stir. Slowly she started coming toward me, her groping nanus exploring the space ahead of hpr like some insect with inquisitive antennae. ■ i x >, 1 was cornered between the end of the dresser and the window with Cricket moving into the narrow space formed by the dresser and the oed. 1 thought of the closet beside me but she would hear me open the door. 1 froze and waited. She was only a few teet away now. one hand pointing toward me, the other feeling along the top of the dresser— running over each article as though to check its position. When the skinny fingers found the glass box they paused and removed the lid. Having felt the cameo they replaced the lid and continued their course "oward my end ot tne dresser, manipulating slowly like someone playing silent notes on a mute keyboard. When she reached the end ot the dresser she was so close 1 could smell her breath, heavy wjth prune-like aroma ot snufl. I was almost certain then that she couid see, that her playing blind was a grotesque ruse. 1 flattened oack Into the window, making the most ot the deep-sllleo recess, but Uu>re was no place to putmy x legs. Her hands played across the curtains withm inches ot my tacc. 1 stopped breathing and tried to subdue my heart as 1 watched the pinkish-tan palms make passes back and forth like the hands ot a hypnotist. 1 had reached the point where 1 thought 1 couldn't stand it any

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Setting Colors To set color and shring new goods before making it into a garment, dissolve one pint of "salt into four of water and 1 soak the material for at least an i hour. v 1 Stopping Leakage 1 Mix whiting and yellow soap into a thick paste, with a little water. Apply to the leak and it will be stopped at once, until a plumber's services can be secured. - g i Modern stiquette i \ [ | BY ROBERTA LEE > . g | • —Q. How long is it correct for a hostess to wait for a tardy dinner guest? A. Fifteen or twenty minutes. It is said that nothing short of Illness in the family excuses one for being late for a dinner engagement At any rate, the tardy ■ guest's excuse to his hostess should be a very good one. 1 Q. Is it considered improper to use the knife in cutting the lettube in a salad? A. There is no ban at all against cutting the salad with a knife. Lettuce can sometimes prove very, stubborn when one tries to cut it with a fork. Q. Is the prefix “Mr.” ever omitted from a man's card?” —A. It is Omitted from his business card, blit ngver from the card which uses socially. Tokyo — Fish are the principal source of animal protein for the Japanese people and provide an estimated 85 percent of their total supply of that variety of essential I food products. 1 !

•*' — <sfcW.fr ■ r -— longer. She turned and, opening 1 the closet beside her, explored it i carefully. Closing it and nearly : stepping on my foot, she went back I along the bed and the dresser and i began circling the rest of the f room. ! At the doorway to Anson's room she found the door open and 1 stopped, whispering, "Mistuh Anson ?" Getting no answer, she swung . around, pulling the door shut ! Then she crossed the room again to the little doorway she had come through. • As she disappeared I heard her footsteps going down some stairs. It must be a service stairway from the rear of the houae. 1 got across the room as fast as 1 could, through the door into An- ; son's room and out to the hall Once on the front stairs, 1 knew I could on Cricket. I I got down to the library and was Bitting m front of the fire by the time she groped her way to the library door. She stood a moment, listening I stirred the fire for her benefit, rattling the poker against the brass andirons. , She waited, giving me that uneasy impression once again that she could see, then, slowly, she moved back, along the nail. The i creaky board "Under her toot was the only sound. When my breathing slowed a bit I walked closer to the portra.t m the frame. This Belle, looking unsmilingly at me from the gold frame. What person had she been? This morning Yoke Gairdner had said he wanted to help Harrison Purcell, but there had been a time he hadn't Had Belle put her spell on everyone who knew her—Harrison Purcell, Anson's colorless father whatever his name nad been, on her Son? Or was it that Young Anson did something to tilings he touched that kept them in a state of lileiess suspension, like those dusty hawks up m hia bedroom ? - 1 moved over to the shelves ol books. Down on the lower shelf beside Robert E. Lee's biography, 1 found what 1 was looking tor— T lie Gentlemans Recreation: Being a Trcatwo oj Hawking and Eaulcon- j

Trade Highlights WASHINGTON, (INS) —Following are highlights ot President Eisenhower’s special message to congress today on foreign ’ economic policy: Tariffs —Renewed’ his request of last year for a three-year extension of the reciprocal trade act with authority to reduce tariffs as much as 15 percent. Investment Abroad —Proposed legislation giving American firms doing business abroad special tax i concessions to encourage the flow al U. 8. dollars to other countries; recommended exploring the fur- | ther use of tax treaties; urged congressional approval of U. S. membership in the proposed International Finance Corp. Travel — Proposed an increase American tourists traveling abroad from the present SSOO to in the duty-free allowance for SI,OOO, noting that tourists’ spending is an important source of dollars for many U. S. allies. Technical Cooperation — Said the & S. has a responsibility to make its practical and scientific know-how available to underdeveloped areas of the world and said technical cooperation programs should be carried forward. Trade Fairs — Will ask congress for funds to continue the international trade fair program, which gives this country an opportunity to tell the story of the free enterprise system to other nations. ; Cukloms — Recommended further customs simplication to streamline administrative procedures and improve standards for the valuation of imports. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

ry. It was in an old half morocco binding, published in London in 1868, not a large book but a beauty. There was one called Coursing ana Falconry and several others, all on falconry, that looked like Items tor a collection. 1 took out a couple and thumbed through them, looking at the old plates. 1 carried one book to the settee be lore the hre and, after lighting a cigaret, leafed through the text. It was laced with odd words like wiping and hunger trace and mutes. Thgre was a pleasant little tip on making a hawk kene tor flight by keeping him awake the night before by the use of drogge.s. It was also suggested that the hawk be made ready for the by the otter of a taste of warm blood several hours before being flown. It didn’t say what kind of blood. A sound made me turn around. It was Lana, standing in the doorway. 1 could see a change in her. More sharp-set, to ust a phrase from the book I was holding. "Cricket let me wait,” I said. "I’ve been learning a little about falconry.” As 1 laid the book between us 1 noticed she was shivering. She saw me watching her and said, “It’s cold outside." 1 had a pretty good fire going but she got up and piled on- more wood, sending sparks up the chimney. When she came back to the settee she kept her arms wrapped around herself as if she could still be cold with that blaze in front of us. Turning away from the fire and looking me exactly in the eyes, she .said, "Who are you?" “My name’s Charles Gratton. People who care to bother call me Grat. As I told you yesterday. I’m down here to take some pictures." "Where do you live ?” It sounded naive. It might be something more. I took a drag on iny cigaret. "I'm not like you. With nice roots in an old homestead. I'm one of those people who move around." 1 told her a little about the kind of places I've been. | {-'io be ConhnucdJ

Navy Pilot Enroute Home With Infant Races On Dwindling Supply Os Diapers PATUXENT, Md. (INS) — A U.S. nhvy transport roared through the skies over the Atlantic today in a race against a rapidly dwindling supply of diapers. Aboard the plane are Lt Norman K. Donahue, a 27-year-old navy pilot, and Roni Marie, the 17-month-oid Greek orphan girl which he and his wife adopted. The lieutenant's wife, Mrs. Helen Manos Donahue, is waiting at her sister's home in Brooklyn, where Roni Marie will be welcomed to America with a party. Donahue and his adopted child are expected to arrive at Patuxent air base in Maryland sometime tonight. Donahue, who is stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas, set out for Greece after his sister-in-law, Mrs. George Carayiannis, learned from friends that a baby was available for adoption there. - Arangiag a 80-day leave, he hitch-hiked to Greece by air and arranged the adoption without trouble But he was faced with a dwindling supply of time and diapers. Donahue solved the time problem by getting a ten-day extension of his leave. He met the diaper problem, temporarily, by buying a huge stock of disposable diapers. When he left Naples Sunday, however, the lieutenant was not certain'that he could lick the sup-ply-and-demand problem before his reunion with Mrs. Donahue. Two Runs Made By Fire Department Decatur firemen made two runs Saturday, both to extinguish fires in motor vehicles. The first was at 2:50 p.m. to the residence of Mrs. Katharyne Nelson on Seventh street, where a motor scooter caught fire. The scooter was not badly damaged when it backfired and „set fire to the carburetor. Little damage was caused to a car driven by Mrs. Leo Teeple a hen the emergency brakes caught fire at the corner of Fifth street and Nuttman avenue at 7:50 p.m v

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE . DANA listened and I thought she seemed slightly more at ease. At least, she wasn't shivering now. I had unfastened my jacket but with my sweater and the overheated room I was nearly steamed. "You say you may go to Europe. When do you expect $p lekve?" | asked. "I don’t know," she said. "When my father is ready to go, I guess." •T suppose you and your father have talked about it a lot," 1 said, watching her. “Planning a thing like that is half the fun.” She had a strange unhappy frown. "We haven't made plana." "But he's told you where you’re going—the places you’ll see?” "I’ll probably have to be tn a school.” She made a grimace. "He wants that Some place like Paris.” "You’ll love Paris. Has he told you what school?” "We haven’t talked about it for a while.” "Since Saturday?” 1 tried to make it sound commonplace, leaning forward to toss my cigaret butt into the Ore. As I turned toward her, 1 sensed a quick movement of her head >as though rfhe’d been staring at me and tried to hide it as 1 looked around. "Since Saturday?" I repeated. She didn’t answer. "When have you seen your father last?" 1 asked. “He was here last April." “You mean you haven't seen him since ?” “No." She said it very carefully, but she wasn’t looking at me now. I thought 1 heard the creaky floor board in the hall but I couldn't see the door without getting out of my seat. i “Mind if 1 shed this thing?” I stood up and took off the bush jacket. As 1 tossed it over the back of the settee, 1 watched the doorway. There was no one there. “That’s interesting—” 1 was going to try Lo pin her more definitely about Purcell but she was standing now and I could tell by her eyes it wasn't going to get me any place—“that portrait aabove the fireplace,” 1 stalled. “Your mother ?” She turned her eyes to it. “Yes." Her voice was husky and she had the inaccessible look again. “She looks like the woman in these photographs.”, “It was painted soon after mother was married. ’’ “It’s very charming." I moved closer and tried to find a signature. “I wonder who painted it.” “Grandfather Metcalf had it done by an artist he knew. There’s a painting he did of grandfather in the dining room." It was a chance to get, a look into the hall. “Would you mind showing it to meT" 1 asked. Her eyes were that pale honey color but 1 couldn't see behind them. She seemed to examine me and my question tor a moment and then, without speaking, she moved toward the door. 1 followed her into the dim hall, trying to epot the creaky floor board. It came sooner than 1 expected—Just to the left ot the door. i Dana led the way toward the rear

New Income Tax Law, How It Affects Payer

(Editor’s note; This is the seventh article of a series giving you helpful hints on how to figure your 1054 federal income tax under the new law ' passed by congress last year. The deadline for paying these taxes is April 15.) By FELIX COTTEN WASHINGTON (INS) — If you have a child who earned S6OO or more in 1954, you can take the S6OO exemption for the child under stated conditions in case you furnished more than half his support. This provision of the new tax law extends to stepchildren and legally adopted children You can take the exemption for the child if he is under 19, regardless of whether or not he is a student. But if he is over 19 and earned S6OO or store in 1954, you cannot take the exemption for him unless he is a student, even though you furnished more than half his support. To be classed as a student, he had to attend a full-time school at least five months during the year. The school had to be an institution with a regular faculty and student body — not a correspondence or night school or employer training school. In case the child received a scholarship, it can be ignored in figuring his support, provided the conditions are fulfilled with regard to exclusion of scholarships from income. The new tax law makes scholarships non-taxable if the student is seeking a degree and if the scholarship is not payment for part-time employment as teacher, researchist, etc. If teaching research or other services are required, the scholarship is taxable in the case of a candidate for a degree, unless such services are required of all those seeking degrees, whether or not they received scholarships. If the student is not after a degree, his scholarship is taxable unless the grantor of the scholarship is a taxexempt organization or government body. In that, event, there may be at least a partial deduction for the scholarship. Here are some examples: Suppose you have a child of 18 who was not a student in 1954'and who earned SBOO from various

I ot the house and 1 walked behind, watching the smooth, unconscious grace of her. The dining room was back of the library, under Belle s room. It was dark with dusty looking drapes at the windows and old scenic wallpaper above a dado. In the shadowy space on the wall, hung tt pbrtriirt 'bt M 1 hriuL The painting had the same primitive bleakness of technique as the small one in the library, hard and cold as the figurehead ot a ship, but it was still a man looking out at me from the canvas. There wasn't much color to it except the face, an island of ruddy flesh tones in the black background. 1 examined the rather long upper Up and smooth Jowls. I doubted if he looked much like his grandson. In this shadow it was impossible to make out a signature. Dana bad moved up beside me. ’Light one of those," she suggested, indicating a candelabra. 1 struck a match and touched it to the candles, lifting the silver candelabrum close to the surface ot the painting. If the artist had signed it, it was lost in the smoky depths of paint “1 can't see a signature," I said, "but it's a nice job. You must be very proud of it." I don’t believe she'd ever thought of it that way. 1 watched her eyes reflect the candle flames as she stared at the painting. "He isn’t really my grandfather," she said. “Tell me about it." “My name is Purcell." 1 waited. “Thia was mother’s first husband's father.” She actually laughed. “Does that sound mixedup?" "I think I get it." I said. “This is your half brother's grandfather." If she was surprised she didn't show it- “His name was Anson, too,” she said. “You never saw him, of course? The grandfather?" “1 can’t even remember mother." i It was a Mttle girl in the dark. "She died when I was born." “I’m sorry. But you suU have : your ( father.” She looked dreamy and complacent like a child who has some secret wrapped inside her. "I’ve 1 only seen him the once that 1 can remember. When he came here last i spring.” “You say your name is Purcell,” ■ I said. “1 guess you knew that a man named Purcell came to the I inn at Fairfax Springs on Saturday.” The brows stretched back and 1 the pupils contracted. She didn’t i answer; she Just kept watching i me. "But you had to know it or you : wouldn’t have sent hun that mesI sage,” I said. Her eyes were wide as ts the ’ skin on her face was being pulled I back from behind but she still : didn't speak. t "The colored boy who works i here delivered your message Saturday—to Mr. Purcell.” , “1 don’t know what you mean.” ’ 1 hated to see her change back • into something cold and hostile but . I'd come up here to find out two : things.

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Jobs. He saved $390 and spent the remaining SSOO on his support. However, you put up >550 toward his upkeep. In that case, you can take the child as an exemption. However, if the child spent the entire >BOO on his support and you put up $550, you would not be entitled under the law to take him as an exemption. The child, of course, must tile an income tax return on his >BOO of earnings and pay the income tax due, If any. All persons under 65 earning >6OO or more must file a return. In that return, he can v take himself as an exemption. But that does not prevent you from also claiming an exemption for him as a dependent if you furnished more than half his support. Suppose your child Is 21 and attended college during 1954. He received an SBOO scholarship. Also he earned >7OO. of which, he saved >2OO. Meanwhile, you pnt up >550 toward his support. You can still take him as an exemption. The reason is that the taxable money which went toward his support amounted to >1,050, of which you advanced more than half. The scholarship, even though for tuition and partial living expenses, did not count. - The . new tax law also allows these other concessions to taxpayers with regard to dependents; You can take the >6OO deduction for a dependent, even though nn- ‘ related to yoh. provided the dependent had less than >6OO of in- > come, resided in your household for the entire year and was a member of your household, and you furnished more than half his support. Where you Joined with others In furnishing support for a dependent parent, etc., you caa arrange with the others to rotate the deduction, or to have one of the contributors take it. even though no one of you furnished half the sup- ’ port. In that case, you must keep the required conditions spelled out in the instructions. (Next; Taxes on dividends). If von have someth!: ig to sell of rooms for rent, try a Democ.-I Want Ad. It brings results.

"Saturday—the day your brother Anson Hew bis eagle" "We fly a peregrine" She recited it, not letting her eyes move from mme. "He flew a golden eagle Saturday,” I said. Fear or shadows from the candles skinned the flesh from her race The Bhties were beautiful. 1 shrugged, and then an Idea came to me. "At one-thirty Saturday he was near the bouse here and flew IL" I watched the blood come back to her face and she started breathing again. "If you were a falconer, you’d know it's Impossible to fly any kind of hawk u> Um middle off the day. Warm air currents carry them away. And anyway, brother wasn’t here at one-thirty Saturday. I’m sorry if someone's setter / got killed but we re always getting blamed for things passage eagles do, just because we fly hawks." "If your brother wasn't here Saturday at one-thirty, where was he?" 1 asked carefully. "He wasn't here any time near one-thirty." She waa almost haughty. "He took the car and drove over to the rocks. Do you * believe me now?" “Yes, I do believe you, Dana. One more thing. What waa he doing ?- “If you must know, he went to tie a rabbit over there.” She was a litUe less sure of herself. “So he wasn’t here from about one until maybe around two?" "Yes." My estimate seemed to surprise her. “That rabbit he tied out over ak the rocks—tt seems like a strange way to treat rabbits. Won’t something kill it?" She was on guard again. "We use them tor training.” “1 see." It seemed a low thing to do but 1 had to do it "You keep trying to convince me that you only fly a peregrine. I suppose it’s toe uncertain trying to find wild rabbits to fly your peregrine at and. as you have pointed out, tarnishing your own targets saves the wild game." She nodded, watching me uneasily. "May I quote from one of your ' books on falconry: take ■ their quarry on Um wing, Um 1 broad-winged hawks and eagles kill their prey on the ground. That may not be verbatim but I think you follow me. if your brother ‘ tied that rabbit out for bait, just 1 what kind of hawk are you training ?" If I had hit her she would have I looked the same It took a moment but she came back loyally. “I : might have been mistaken about it betee » -rabbit.” She wm a little 1 breathteas. , “You mean ft might have been one of those Chickens I saw m ■ your pen yesterday? 1 don’t think it would make a very effective fly1 Ing target" She looked as if she hated me i, “Go away. 1 don't want to talk to you any more." Her eyes were dilated now, like the peregrine's when it watched ■ me from the perching block. “All right, Dana,” 1 said. “I'm i sorry." (To Bt C'oHtttiuedj dBUfl