Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1955 — Page 4

PAGE FOUR

* DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller President J. H. Heller Vice-President Chas. Hoithouae Secretary-Treasurer •übecrlption Rates: Z By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. Six months, $4.25; > months, $2.25. By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. 88.00: 18.00; 8 months, $4.75; 8 months, 83.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: 8 oenta.

Are you •till writing it 1884? It’s the middle of the month now and we should be learning how to write 1955. The president of Niciaragua wants to fight a duel with President Somoza. That's fine. Get them a pair of boxing gloves and let them go to it. 0 0 Bluffton authorities have decided to put an old ordinance into effect, forbidding children under 18 to be on the streets there after ten P.M. unless accompanied by their parents. That ought to be easy but you may have to call on the National Guard. 0 0 r Won’t you please drop a five of ten dollar bill into the hopper for new band uniforms. We feel sure Hugh Andrews and the members of the organization will appreciate it and that seems to be the only way they can present proper appearances. 0 o The eight above zero weather tailed to materialize we are happy to say. but wo are promised a real cold wave today. Some one has said we mostly spend January dreading February but when it gets here it isn’t near as bad as expected. 0 0 The G.O.P. National committee are out with a campaign to sell President Eisenhower’s recent message to the people. They have sent out 300,000 letters in support of IL Think that's necessary? All you need to do is carry into effect _ the promises made. The ten million jobs promised if and when then public works program becomes effective ought to take care of those on the unemployment lists. 0 0 Mike Pryor, co-chairman for the polio drive, the March of Dimes has a new idea. Ha is urging as many as will tp drop a few dimes into the parking meters. Os course you will have to also add a few pennies to cover your rent for use of the machine and to pay for parking but the dimes

How to Help the Baby Who's Down with a Cold

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. A little cold In * big person can develop into • big cold in a little person. So, while a cold may be merely an Inconvenience to you, it might easily turn into bronchitis or pneumonia in your baby. What can you do if your baby comes down with a cold? There are several ways you can help him. Usually your baby will sleep 7 longer if he has a cold. If a stuffy nose makes his breathing difficult, then he’s going to be awake more often. The best way of clearing his head is with steam. There are many vaporizers of one sort or another on the market which will produce steam satisfactorily. Moisture Beneficial Various substances such as benzoin, menthol, or eucalyptus may be added to the water being vaporized, if your doctor advises it, but it is the moisture itself which is really beneficial. If you don’t have a vaporizer, you can boil water on your kitchen range in an uncovered pan and then place it in the baby’s room, well out of his reach. If you have a hot plate, it will make the Job easier. Bring the water to the boiling point on the kitchen range to save titne, and then place the pan on the hot plate. 7’ You can even use a wet sheet to add moisture to the room, if you are unable to use the steam method. Hang the sheet in the baby’s room; don’t put it over the bed. It’s a bit messy, but better than no additional moisture at all. Keep the room warm both day and night. I think you’ll find the best temperature is about 70 to .72 degrees. i Ordinarily, a baby with a cold will sleep better on his stomach. , If your tot tucks his knees under bias. ttut’* swell If he doesn’t.

will go through and Mayor Doan will see that they are turned over to the Polio Fund. Hope he gets a thousand or two. 0 0 The fact that Decatur retailers carry fine lines of merchandise is evidenced by the number of shoppers in Decatur every day. Ever since last November there is scarcely a vacant parking place in the business section. Merchants should be glad to leave their cars at home as long as their parking spaces are occupied by shoppera If you trade in Decatur you will get more for your money, and you’ll be helping build a better community. 0 0 If we are going to have toll roads, and it appears that it is inevitable, why not consider declaring the toll highway system a public utility and place the entire plan under scrutiny of the public service commission? The toll road commission could submit plans to the public service body and petition for approval; the same could be done after a toll road was completed for setting of fees. This would give the popple, who after all are going to pay for the roads, some statecontrolled protection. It may have some flaws, but doesn’t it sound at least worth investigating? i A 0 i— About every week there is talk about the need of an escalator in the Court House. The stairway from the main floor is steep and every week hundreds of people have need to go to. the second floor. Several of the older Court House buildings in northern Indiana have been remodelled to include an elevator. This is ndt"b lifltury; county commissioners in several counties have submitted <to the desire of their people and have provided the automatic lifts. For years the subject has been shied away from officially here, but it has lots of merit and there is no doubt if one were placed in the Adams County Court House, it would prove well worth the cost in the years to come.

you can stick a couple of book* under the foot of his crib to raise it a few inches higher than the head. You can do this even if he does sleep on his knees. _ This will help drain the mucus out of your baby’s mouth and nose onto the sheet. You don’t want him to swallow it, or to suck it into his lung*. If his nose is stopped up, and ho has to breathe through bls mouth, his throat will become dry and might get sore. Sometimes this might Interfere with hi* eating, since he can’t breathe through his mouth and eat at the same time. Give the baby plenty of lukewarm, boiled or specially prepared baby water. You can continue his regular feedings, if he has no fever. If he does have a fever, and is bottle-fed, you can use less milk and more water in making his formula. Don’t force him to take any food he doesn’t want, and don’t take him outside until his fever has subsided. Give him a sponge bath Instead of his regular tub bath. Wipe his nose frequently if It is running, and spread a little cold cream or boric acid ointment on his upper lip and on the edge of his nostrils. QUESTION AND ANSWER K. W. f Four of my fingernails turned white and they are brittle. I have been Informed that it is due to lack of something in the diet. Could you advise me? Answer: Deficiency in the diet may be responsible for the condition of the nails. On the other hand, there are certain disorders which may also cause a disturbance of this type, such as psoriasis, eczema or ringworm of the nails. Careful study by the physician Would be advisable to, determine the exact cause.

20 Yoon Ago •| y Today January 17—Dale W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar company, announces formation of the McMillen Feed Mills and will enlarge local plant. Babe Ruth says he will stay out of baseball In 1835 unless he is offered a player-manager contract. The Postal Telepraph company donates Its wires to people of Adams couwty„ permitting each person who so desires to send messages to the president and 70 percent of the money thus raised will bo returned to Adams county. A severe sleet storm slows down communications and traffic over northern Indiana. iC. A. Stapleton, manager of the local gas office, attends the 70th birthday anniversary of his mother. Household Scrapbook I BY ROBERTA LEE j ——« Fem Fertilizer, Use sodium chloride eight parts, potassium nitrate four parts, magnesium two parts, mix and bottle. Dissolve a teaspoonful of mixture in a quart of water and water the fern about once a week. Mattress Springs If the mattress springs are rubbed occasionally with a cloth that has been dipped in melted paraffin, it will prevent rust. Tender Meats A pinch of soda put in with the boiling meat or chicken will help to make it more tender. Court News Marriage License Gary D. Hershell, 22. Canton. 0., and Anne Elaine Beach, 18, Canton, O. Estate Cases The supplemental report of distribution of the Mae Hocker Lehman estate hfts been filed and approved. The administrator has been discharged and the estate is closed. Proof of* the publication of notices of appointment and final settlement of the David Falb estatehas been Hied and the executrix has been ordered to make distribution according to the report. The final report of the Willmott D. Bohnke estate shows a balance of 81,831.55 in addition to real estate for distribution to the only heir, Lehnford Bohnke, a brother pf the deceased. The inheritance tax appraiser’s report for the Clarence E. Bell estate shows a net value of $36,550.71 with 8311.01 tax due from Jessie M. Bell. No tax is due from Franklin College and from the Baptist church. f _ A petition to reduce the executor’s bond in the estate of Martha D. Smith has been submitted and sustained.

M King FrattirqJywgeaU |t| ■ < . — - -

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE THERE was a moment till it landed, then I heard it bounding down the steep slope through the leaves, ft got reactions. — “Luger, down here. Quick." Th* other tight was stabbing at the trace below. 1 heard Luger take off the boulders and hit the ground running. I heard feet running, too. The rocks were completely dark now and I started back, my Leica hanging from my neck, my raw hands groping and feeling every foot, but each foot was that much farther away from the sounds growing faint behind me. After tong enough, it really was ‘there —the end of the rocks, the path to the road, the Jaguar. I pulled myself in, started the engine and tot it take me down the mountain. Back in town I went directly to to the courthouse. At the foot of the stairs to the basement 1 found what i was looking tor. One door said West Virginia State Police, Private. The one next to it said West Virginia State Police, Entrance. The room 1 stepped into was dark but I could see through an open door into the next one, fully lighted. There were two men th uniform sitting across a desk from each other. The one with Che hat on was the corporal Td seen at the inn. On the wall beyond him there was a bulletin board with a SneUen eye test card and a printed motto that said, “A man isn’t a failure till he blames someone else." When 1 stepped through the door the two stopped talking and the one without his hat looked up as though this were a lodge room I hadn’t any business coming Into. “I’d like to talk to you as soon as 1 can, “ i said. Neither of them spoke. The corporal got up and walked out past me as if the gun on his belt were too heavy. The sergeant pointed to the corporal’s chair and I sat down. “Have you found Purcell?" I asked. He watched me with a tired expression and. said, "No." “1 think 1 have something for you,’’ I said. 1 He reached for a memo pad and dragged it to him. “Last Saturday I saw a man up on—”

THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. DECATUR, INDIANA

THE CASE OF THE SLASHED SOMBRERO

Buysdiealth Bond The VFW ladies auxiliary has voted purchase of a $5 health bond, Off!cials of the Christmas ]? ]'*—*> seal cam- X 5 paign in Ad- Q ' ~ am a county J > annou need * > ti today. All] proceeds Q ? 3" from the an- * £ >"* nual Christ- ”* mas seal Q_ 08 sale are used v» s 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. <1 — o Modern Etiquette j I BY ROBERTA LEE <» —' — e Q. How close to the dinner or banquet table should one sit? A. The best thing I can suggest is for you to sit close enough so that you can reach your plate without leaning forward awkwardly, and far enough away so that the elbows will not be cramped. f&gs it required that the mothers of the bride and the bridegroom be invited to all bridal showers in the bride's honor? A. This is not necessary. If, however. one of the mothers is invited, the other also should be included: Q. Is it customary to tip ushers in a theater? A. Not in this country. It is a European custom.

“What's your name?” He held his pencil ready. \ « “Gratton. I’m a photographer 1 from—” “What’s your full name ?” he re- ’ peated without looking up. We did the drill, everything in I proper order including my date of birth, like checking in at a hospital. Still without raising his head he said, “Last Saturday you saw a man.” I told him most of it, all the way i through this afternoon .and evening. It didn’t excite him. i "Everybody’s seen him,” he said and looked at me for a change. ' “With a man like Purcell, it gets too important. They’ve seen Cadillacs all over the county, they've seen a man walking along a road at night, they’re all using their imaginations. But has anyone seen the car go over into the river ?’’ ’Tm not imagining this." I showed him the back of my neck. He looked at it and said, “Sure, an eagia hit you.” -

"But there’s the connection with this Metcalf,” 1 said. “Yoke Gairdner can give you that." “Ws’v* heard from him, too, along with all the others, including Washington, D. C. It'S not fully my fault we’re not getting anywhere. They can’t blame me if everybody keeps dumping a lot of irrelevant material on top of me.” He pushed the memo with my story away from him. “We’ll get after It.” “I think if we went up to those rocks with enough men we could find him,” 1 said. He looked at me as if I’d suggested the Marines. “We’ll get after it," he said as if he were trying- to contrdi his temper. “We can’t do it tonight.” As I stood up 1 felt awfully tired. “If you want me I'll be at the inn." He said, “Yes* 1 left him sitting at his desk, staring at the eye test chart. 1 drove over to the inn and parked in my usual place by the hedge. Then I took out my case of photographic stuff and lugged it inside. Tonight it felt full of bricks. Up In my room I got to work. In a short time I made the bath into a fairly efficient darkroom.

Youth Fined Here Following Accident An accident in front' of the American Legion building on Madison street caused *175 damage Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. and resulted in the arrest of Dale A. Addy, 18, 121 South Fourteenth street, for failure to yield the right-of-way. Addy pulled away from the curb suddenly, and hit a car driven by Maynard A. Hetrick. of 126 South 6th street. Damage was estimated at *75 for Hetrick's vehicle and *IOO for Addy’s. Addy was fined a total of *14.75 by justice of the peace Floyd Hun- ! ter for the offense. 1 Blames Skidding Cars ' For Two Accidents I A wreck causing *325 damage occurred at 12:35 o'clock this morning on North Second street, , the city police reported. - Thomas Briede, of 509 West Jefferson street, reported that a car driven by him skidded on the ice, went out of control, and struck a parked car belonging to Harold Strickler in front of his residence at 904 North Second street. Police estimated *2OO damage to Briede’s car, and *125 damage to Strickler's car. Earlier in the evening a car djjyen by Melverd R. Ladd, of route 2, had skidded into a parked car at 715 Elm street, belonging to Betty Hackman. About *25 damage was done to the ;Hackman vehicle. I ‘ i Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

1 didn’t have equipment to blow up my prints but I could use my magnifying glass to study the 35 mm. contacts. Most ot this roll was unexposed. I skipped the two pictures of Butcher Boy alone and concentrated on the flash exposure. While I was about it 1 made a print ot my shot ot Dana throwing off the peregrine. ' ■ Back in the bedroom I laid the tiny, still-damp prints under the desk lamp and sat down. The flashlight exposure had been good—a thin bareheaded man, 1 couldn't tell how tall, tn a belted coat showing breeches and boots below like an old hunting print, with a flashlight in one band and a pick or mattock in the other. It was a nice candid shot with the subject unaware of the camera. It was the large aquiline nose and uncombed hair, black and long over the ears and neck, that made me certain it was the same person as in the pictures up at the Metcalf place, but he looked old.

I’d thought of him as an arrogant kid only a few years older than Dana. Maybe It was Yoke Gairdner's speaking ot him as Young Anson, maybe those pictures taken years ago. I remembered now that Gairdner had said Anson was past 17 when his mother married the second time. So he would have been past 18 when Dana was born. If she was less than 18 now, that would put him around 36. Something had cut deeper than that into the face I had in front of me. More than the face or the feral attitude of an animal that has tripped a flash exposure while on the prowl, what chilled me was ■the idea of that mattock in his hand and what it had to do with me. 1 turned to my picture of Dana. Under the magnifying glass she seemed very real, her bare arm thrown out, the motion ot launching the hawk stretching her body under her clothes, lifting her to her toes like an adagio movement in ballet. 1 studied the upturned eager face, ecstatically half-closed eyes, the parted lips drawn back in the wind, looking at that hawk. 1 looked at my watch. It still wasn’t midnight. (To Be Continued)

Homemaking Tips ■y Mlsa Berth* Landis Home Demonstration Agent The packed lunch is an important part of th* day’s meals. The pep and energy that a child or adult worker has in the afternoon depends largely upon what he eats for hi* lunch at noon. Since the lunch is one of three meals of the day, it should be planned with the other two in mind, ft should supply one-third of all the health foods the body needs tor the day. Recent scientific studies indicate that there is a direct relationship between healthful food and the progress the child makes In school, as well as the efficiency of the husband on his job. Frozen sandwiches, a* well as many other foods, may bo taken from the home freezer and packed into the lunch pail. If the pail is set at room temperature, most of the foods will be thawed out by mealtime. They should be left In the freezer wrappers until meal time. Many homemakers are finding it save* time when they prepare a quantity of nourishing foods for the lunch box at one time. Sandwiches should be wrapped separately in moisture-vapor-proof paper. The “drug store wrap" 'should be used. This is a double fold on top with ends tucked under. Tape may~be used to make a tight seal before each package is labeled and put into the freezer. Waxed cartons with tight-fitting lids are recommended for fruits and other desserts. Individual serving* of fresh or canned fruits may be frozen for the lunch box. Cup cakes and cookies also may be put into the home freezer for a future lunch. Time may be saved by keeping napkins, plastic or wooden spoons and forks in a place convenient for packing the lunch. Research shows that blood and tissues of the body must maintain a proper balance of vitamins, italnerals, proteins, fats and sugar* at all times. For this reason it is very important that the lunch be planned carefully. A meal of sandwich, soft drink and pie does not meet the body’s needs to maintain health and efficiency. Homemakers who pack lunches may find additional ideas in the extension leaflet 314. “Packed Lunches for Health ". Other suggestions included in this leaflet are sandwiches, filling ..preparations. raw vegetables and fruits, soups, desserts, beverages and “freezing your lunch.” You may obtain a copy of this free leaflet from your county extension office. Rapid City—South Dakota's Famous Blgck Hills are covered by dark pine forests." • -f ' — - Detroit — George B. Seldon in 1895 was granted the first U.S. patent for an internal - combustion automobile engine.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX I PICKED up the phone and asked for a town and a name. It took a little while to get him. When he answered, it sounded as if he’d already hit the sack. “Hello, Red," 1 said. “This is Grat. Will you meet me tomorrow, •arly, at the crossroads? 1 need some help up on Spine Rocks.” “You still think something happened up there Saturday?" “Yes—and the same thing nearly happened again today.” “What?” ”1 believe you heard me.” "Anything tor do with that eagle?" His voice was hungering. “Yes. Just about sundown tonight it was flown at me.” I heard him whistle, and then he got it. “You say flown at yoaf” he demanded, his voice rising. "" “I’ll tell you about it when I see you. Can you make it about daylight?” “If the eagle came at you that late today he’ll be perched near there now,” he said. “We’ll have to get there before daylight or he’ll move out on us when It gets light.” “Say that again,” I said. "If the eagle didn’t make a kill —and 1 take it he didn’t,” he laughed flatly—“he’d hang around there all night. In other words, being as near evening as that, I wouldn’t expect him to go back to wherever he came from until daylight tomorrow." He paused. “Are you still there, Grat?” “Yes. I’m just thinking,” I said. “That changes things. When could you meet me if you left Romney right now?” “Now?” he asked incredulously. “In the middle of the night ?” “Yes.” “Well, taking time to dress and grab a bite to eat, 1 could get there about tWo-thirty.” He Bounded puzzled. “Good!” I said. “11l eat, too, and Hl meet you at the. crossroads at two-thirty. And Red, bring a gun If you have one,” “What kind of gun?" "Something that would kill an eagle or a dog. And one more thing, Red,” I said—“bring something we can dig with.” • • •

“That's the way it happened,” I said- We were sitting in my Jaguar with Red’s jeep parked behind us in the dark. “I wanted to fill you in before we go up on the mountain. 1 imagined the eagle would have gone back to him till you said you didn’t think so. That gave me hope.” “Yes.” Red said, down in his throat. *T think we stand a chance

New Income Tax Law, How It Affects Payer

(Editor's note: This is the eleventh article of a serie* giving you helpful hint* on how to figure your 1954 federal income tax under the new law passed by congress last year. The deadline for paying these taxes ta April 15). \ By FELIX COTTEN WASHINGTON (INS) — If you operated a farm in 1954, you can deduct in figuring your income subject to tax the amount you. spent for soil and water conservation up to 25 percent of your total farm income. However, if you spent for these purpose* more than this amount, you can carry forward the excess and deduct it in succeeding years. This process can be continued interminably, except that in any one year you cannot deduct for soil and water conservation outlays more than 25 percent of your gross farm income.

If you operated more than one farm and yet made such expenditures on only one farm, you can deduct for soil and water conservation outlays on that one farm as much as 25 percent of income from all your farms. This privilege is the main concession made to farmers in the new tax law. However, beginning with 1956, you will be allowed an additional half-month in which to file your income tax return in case you do not elect to file a declaration of estimated tax by Jan. 15. In 1955. you must follow the old procedure. That Is. you can file your farmer’s daclaration of estimated tax for 1954 and pay the estimated tax by Jan. 15, and then file your final return by April 15. But if you do not file the declaration, you must turn in your final return by Jan. 31 together with full payment of your tax. The new law provides that in 1956 you will have until Feb. 15 to file your final return for 1955 if you do not submit the declaration by Jan. 15. Otherwise, the tax law as regards farmers is the same as before. All farmers under 65 who had a gross income of *6OO or more in 1954 are required to file a return. If you are 65 or over, you need not file unless you have a gross income of $1.20(r or more. You still have the choice of using the cash or accrual method in figuring your Income, and the same deductions for business expenses and other purposes in determining your "adjusted gross income,’’ which is entered on page one of the income tax return. The short foVm 1040 can be used to make out the return. But you “Cannot use the~ puncard form 1040A, since farm income is not subject to withholding. Those who use the cash method of computing income must fill out form 1040 F. Those using the accrual method

of getting it.” His hands Knotted into big fists on his knees. “The important thing,” I said, “is to keep the eagle alive.” “What?" He was staring at me ’T think Anson Metcalf would have killed it last night if it had come back to him. This way, we just might be able to stop him.” From the sound Red made, I could tell he wasn’t happy. “I don’t follow you about keeping it alive,” he said. “He has that eagle trained to fly at white objects—white rabbits, white chickens, that white furlincd hood on me. How he’s done it I don’t know but he’s a falconer and there must be ways. I’m certain there was something white on Harrison Purcell." I heard him sigh restlessly beside me. “Yes,” I said, "it was just bad luck that Charm was white.” “But why—” He made a hopeless gesture and gave up. “I don’t think he ever meant to kill Charm," 1 said. “It just happened the eagle was being flown then—or it got loose or something. My point is, if Anson gets his hands on that bird and destroys it there’s much less chance of pinning all this on him. I can’t understand why he didn’t dispose of it after he used it to kill Harrison Purcell." “How do you think you can tie it to Purcell?" he asked. “We didn't find anything up there." “We looked on the wrong side,” I said. “The eagle came from the east, the way it did at me. If it knocked him off he went down over the west side.” “What you plan, then, is to go to their house?” “After we look below these rocks. You brought a digging tool ?”

“Yes. But in this darkness?” "I think with your jeep lights we’ll manage,” 1 said. “There's an old road we can drive back on. And I think we’d better get goIhga “You want to leave your roadster here?” he asked. “I’ll take it up to the gap," I said. “We might need both." The gap on top of Sleep Creek mountain looked the same as when I’d left it. 1 drew the Jaguar off the road and pulled the brake. Then I walked back and climbed into the jeep with Red. 1 steadied the shotgun leaning against the seat between us. “This loaded?" "I never put a loaded gun in a car,” he said. - ~ .“1 know,” 1 agreed, "but this is

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, I*sß

can elect to use this form or schedule C with form 1040. The accrual method ia based largely on the value of inventories taken at the beginning and end of the year. In figuring soil and water con-' ! servation practices, no allowance 5 is made for the cost of equipment or improvements which are subject to a deduction from Income for depreciation. The outlays have to be for such as the treatment or moving of earth, including- leveling, grading and terracing, contour furrowing, the construction of drainage dicthes and earthen dam*, control and protection of water courses, outlets and ponds, clearing of brush and planting of windbreaks. Assessments levied by a soil and water conservation district to help defray the expenditures of the district for soil and water conservation can be deducted up to 25 percent of farm income so long as the district uses the money ex- . pressly for this purpose. The farmer is required to include in his Income soil conservation payments by the government 1 (Next: Installment buying, and I your taxes.) n ’■ -W M mi—l ft. i. MARILYN MONROi, who has been resting in seclusion for several weeks, poses tor cameramen at a special cocktail party given for the press in the New York home oTKer attorney. The film actress confided to reporters that she is an independent “new woman.* She said: “I have changed my hair and I have formed my own corporation so I can play the kind of movie roles I want*

different. I think it-wouldn’t hurt to have it ready.” He dug into his jacket pocket and handed me two shells. I loaded it and laid it across my knees with the muzzle sticking out ’ ■ through the door. “Follow that old road,” I said. “It’s grown up but It’s not too bad." , f He swung the jeep off the highway, its lights boring deep into t the opening, and we bounced along the irregular surface of the road. “There’s been a car in here tonight,” Red said. “See those weeds flattened there?" I could see a double track showing lighter in the glare from our head lamps. We Boon came to where it ended. “That’s as far as he went,” Red said. “He's backed out.” “Suppose we could identify tire tracks?” I asked. “Not in this grass. Maybe back at the road if there was any soft mud. How far do you want me to go?” “Keep on till I tell you.” The jeep pushed ahead, forcing through the briers and small growth in the road like a tank mowing down brush. “What about the girt?” Red asked. “She’s out of it," I said. “Harrison Purcell waa her father.” •That’s what you said," Red said. “But I wondered.” After a little while he asked: “How do you think this Anson knew Purcell would be here at just this time ?” “I think he intercepted Purcell’s letters to Dana.” “I mean up on these rocks,” Red said. "He did that himself. The telephone operator at Fairfax Springs heard the message. A man telling Purcell to come here." “She heard this Anson tell him that?” Red asked. “Not just that way. She heard * someone—she thought a colored man—say he was a hired hand. He gave the message.” I didn’t go into the part about Dana’s name. Red was still quiet and I said, "There isn’t any hired man up there. Anson was away from the house at the time the call was made. There’s no doubt in my mind that he drove to a phone and impersonated a colored man. Nearly anyone could do it on a telephone." I held up my hand. "We re just about under the cliff where 1 was this afternoon. Head it tn toward the base of the rocks and leave your lights on.” He did so, and turned the engine . off and immense quiet seemed to press in on ur„ (To Be Continued J