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and Ramon stood together in the

right away.

Until then, you've got

me, you know—and Bob, too.”

The girl managed a smile at the

The gaiety of the Christmas party | Nying room, waiting for the others at the de Forest hacienda, "Thunder to come to lunch. Mesa has a tragic ending when Pearl | thought of Sam de Forest. aldest of three brothers, “Are you going to say anything | her Wh

is found dead heneath the Christmas free with a knife in his threat. There are many strange things about

Bob asked in a low tone.

Thunder Mesa,” besides the fact that | heir experience with the professor | cach of the three brothers has the first : ” h = ' popping into their conversation, the name “Pearl Pearl John is the young- ‘h , rut ext Pearl Pierre next. Others in the two guests were careiul.

household are: Tante Josephine, o'd and an invalid: Betty Welch, her companion: Ramon Vasquez and Angelique Abevta,

done it, I am,” Ramon answered

to Pearl Pierre about what happened in the library this morning?” After

for any one, True to

“If Pearl John has not already Ramon did

i 2 Pearl Pierre “He's holding us here practically

| Bob asked a

two men to lean on, ite face told that the |

strain she was under was very real, and Bob felt a wave of pity for her. After all, she was young and appealing, and it was a rotten mess

especially a girl. his word, after lunch have a long talk with in his office, but when bout it, he only growled

i Toward evening Pearl Pierre sent

st t . > . earn! TIEN Shaw. | prisoners, and I'm not going 0 | and shock his head. salesman whe stopped at the hacienda stand for it much longer. We've when his car broke down. got to be getting back. Ange-

Pearl Pierre, now head of the family, announces that no one is to leave until after the investigation of the murder. Professor Shaw explains that the knife that killed Pearl Sam was sacred among the ancient Indians. Pearl John ac- ” # » cuses the professor of having had possession of the knife the afternoon before the murder NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

exactly, but hooked that easy.”

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EIGHT terrible?

CHAPTER pean JOHN'S announcement came like a thunderbolt. For a

he usually self-sufficient with

sit me all night.

ligue's family will think I've eloped with her—which would suit them I don't intend to be

QUICK motion of his hand cut off the conversation, as the girl herself came quickly down the corri“Oh, Ramon and Bob, isn't it I didn’t sleep a wink and |

get away from here, Ramon, quick

| word for the whole family to gath-

| er in the family chapel for a short

| service in honor of the dead. The | body of Pearl Sam had been placed lon a low couch before the altar.

| Bob waited

chapels he

one under stances.

until Betty and Tante |

| Josephine came along, then fell in | { behind them and followed into the | | dimly lighted chapel room. i | It was not unlike other small |

had seen in Spanish |

houses in New Mexico, but this was |

.. I the first time he had ever entered | got so nervous I had to have a maid | We must

such strange circum- |

Instinctively, each pair of

toward the altar and a |

sudden hush came over the room.

Prof. Shaw seemed at a loss for a eyes turned ) 1all —today!” rej Finally he said slowly: u . “ . No, Pearl John. 1 have not for- There, there, dear,” he slipped The couch tten that the knife was on the An arm about her shaking shoul- | pear] Sam's desk in mv room I stepped out °TS: Just as soon as the officers come from town we can all leave! (To

i a minute to get a towel to wipe ofl the

which should have held body was empty!

Be Continued)

§ lens of the microscope, and en 1 came back, the artifact was ne I supposed that Pearl! Sam had taken it to put it back in the afe, and 1 went in search of him to tell him I was not vet through my examination. He was noere to be found. Shortly afterwe were served dinner in our , for the party guests had HEY called The Pest in from ir ar 0 | AY ve. atl Johi's Sho the back porch. Belle tied the

pl Then he added, as the proor started out of the door, “My b her and 1 have talked this over, | POW:

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omit any further scientific ac- excited lo mind, for John was pack- | tivities until this thing is cleared | ing things into bags, and that meant up they were going somewhere. Certainly.” The archeologist “He looks sort of cute,” Belle ob- |

bowed and took his departure served, smiling. “Look, son! “That birds as guilty as hell,”| But John was grumpy. “Youll be | asking exclaimed amon, turning to | wanting to keep him, after all.” he Pearl John. “All you need to do snapped. “Come on--let’s get start- | Before sh is tell the sheriff of this conver- ed.” | sation and the case is as good as Picking up the bags, he whistled | YOURg arms or be” kis host d. “Bul to The Pest and stalked out to the a Maybe,” his host answered. "But | car He stowed the bags away, the Cover 231 fon I'm not so sure of that as vou q 8 A hl ering all over . .

lifted the dog into the rumble seat

re. There are a good many things A : : : "| gry too.” we can not yet ert Pearl | Belle, looking just a little bit cor-| : “I'll warm some milk for him,” a Pierre thinks it would be more !Y: Yeached out to pat The Pest’s| oi voice offered. | ing if all the Christmas greens |‘1IKY black head. is were taken down. It does look | “You can't help it that we don't) 5 . unduly festive around here, you like pets,” she told him seriously. HE boy sat down, with The Pest know Would vou fellows lend a 'I suppose it's because you're really | in his lap. and the little dog hand and help me get rid of them?" just a puppy that you drag the rugs | feebly licked his hand. 4 § around and chew our shoes and| “Hey! This ribbons too tight!” FF HE next hour was spent in things.” the child discovered. “And Mother. I stripping the house of the| “Aw, get in,” said John. “We have Here's a note!

wreaths and garlands and piling the great mass of evergreens on a large

canvas which Pearl John had |the folks.” spread in the middle of the living! “I hope Joe and Margie will like | room floor him,” Belle worried. “But of course, 1f Bob had thought the house | if they don’t they can follow the in- | gloomy and forbidding before, he [structions on the card.” found it doubly depressing now | 8. B® that the walls stood in their stark bareness. He wondered where the HEY started.

two girls were. and if thev. also. Pest thought it lots of fun. He were feeling the suspicion and dis- | stood up and watched the houses trust that hung over everything. flash by. Most of them had trees, I'his waiting around for the offi- : : : : Pare tn oa oor they AS ~ | hung with bright things, in the cers to come—if ever they did—was ¢ : : Abbie Fabs , dor tn | Windows, Wreaths with big red getting on his nerves, In order to bows like tt 2 f hi NY itdoors, even though the snow | "OWS like the one ol his neck, hung

cot on was now knee-high, Bob offered to two Mexicans who were ry away the bundle of Christma Pearl John assented, readily enough, and, getting his Bob plowed his way through the drifts with the men, holding one side of the canvas,

I As usual

at the doors. But after awhile, the wind began to feel cold, whistling around the sides of the car. He settled down , patiently, wishing the car would hurry up and stop. For miles and miles, now, there were only fields and trees. The sky had turned

help the carrvin

qreens

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the servants did not of- | ¢ . for anv comments. but gave little into the air. The Pest shivered and grunts of discomfort as the cold | Whined uneasily. He flattened himwind, sweeping across the mesa, Self abjectly against the cold leathcaught them in its grasp er seat and laid his nose on his cold With nothing to break it, the paws. drifting snow swirled in blinding | When, at last, the car drew to a

| stop, The Pest sat up expectantly but, though Belle and John got out, | they did not call him to come with them. He watched them hopefully until the door of a small eating house closed behind them. Then he sat back, puzzled and

waves at times, and Bob had all he do to keep his footing and his share of the canvas.

could il carmy ” = » FTER several minutes of A breath-taking exertion, a gutteral warning from one of the men him that they had come to the edge of the mesa. Here they piled the contents of the canvas shelter of some huge rocks, back to get the Christ-

food that came from the building. He sniffed, licked his chops expectantly and barked coaxingly. Finally he jumped out of the car and scampered to the door through which John and Belle had vanished. He clawed politely, but no one came to bid him enter. He dashed around to the back and barked at the first door he saw.

warned

in the an " ent mas tree Bv this time Bob had had all he wanted of outdoor exercise, so he the men to get the tree down | and went in search of Betty. Perhaps could give an explanation of Tante Josephine’s hysterical cries the night before. Beides, Bob wanted to assure himself that the girl was safe. Hearing voices in a glassed-in that opened off the dining Bob moved in that direction. The porch was small and filled with potted plants, Evidently Betty had been working with them, for a tin watering pot stood in the doorway. He could see her bright head above the rows of ferns ard took a quick step forward, then stopped on the step and went to sleep. suddenly, for she was not alone.! It wasnt a long nap, and he Pearl John was beside her and, as awakened the moment he heard Bob watched, he took her hand in John start the motor, but when he both of his in a way that could not be misunderstood.

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she looked out. “Well, look who's here!” he exclaimed. “Belong to the folks inside, T suppose, and want a bite, too. Well, here's a nice bowl of stew, but you'll have to eat it outside. No dogs allowed in the kitchen.

norech porch

room ” » ”

HE PEST ate the stew and licked the dish. Then, because he hoped the cook would come out with more stew, he snuggled down

house, the car was already rolling

“If you really mean what you away, up the mountain road. As say, Betty, promise youll marry fast as his stubby legs would carry me. Then I'll know everything will him, The Pest ran after it, barking,

the big red bow bobbing, but in no time at all, the car had disappeared. The Pest ran on and on. John and Belle were all he had in the world. He had to find them. His feet were getting painfully sore. His lungs ached from the cold mountain air, » a nally, he uid no J Hs " a : e could only limp along, H, Pearl John!” Betty's voice tight ribbon bothered his breathing. was breathless. Bob strained Darkness came early, and now the forward to hear the rest. He had lights of passing cars bewildered to know, even though he despised him. He came to a crossroad and himself for listening. paused uncertainly. A car, roaring

“I—1 didn't mean that,” Betty around a curve, made him leap went on. “It was only that I

wanted you to know how sorry I he did not go back to the highway. am for you, and—" | “Then it was just that you're | grr» sorry for me—nothing more?” | FTER a weary time, the road The hurt in his tone made Bob came to a little cluster of stride quickly down the hall to | buildings. The Pest's heart thumped his own room. There he flung him- | hopefully. He limped toward a self into a chair and lighted a cig- | house with lights in the windows, aret. Betty; that was plain. Bob felt a | steps, and fell, exhausted, on the great pity for him. But she—was | porch. she being coy and flirtatious like Lying there, gathering strength, Angelique? He knew the answer he listened to the voices inside. to that, too. Betty was a different | Then he heard a piano, and the voices began to \ was getting toward and Sile Night! Hoty ight!” D the trail ; : an rug hh ida X

be all right. We'll make my brother let us out of here. We'll go to Santa Fe or any place you say and forget that there was ever such a place as Thunder Mesa. I love you, dearest, I've tried to show you how I felt but maybe you didn't understand. = =

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ribbon around his neck, fastening a card securely beneath the big red | The ribbon was tied too tight- | f. Shaw. and we wish vou to |l¥,» but the little black dog was too |

to reach the summit by dark if we| {want to spend Christmas Eve with

tantalized by the aroma of cooking |

A man in a white apron and cap |

scrambled up and darted around the |

into the less traveled roadway, and !

Pear] John was in love with dragged his aching body up the!

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By Vada F. Carlson

off. There lence, and opened.

in, fellow!” | A woman,

| read. been shoved “That mea body's dog,

keep him?”

| “We wouldn't think of passing At first, The [him on” the man said, and bent to [look The Pest squarely in the eyes.

(“You don't 1 | ittle fellow.” it The boy Ss | not to be call | just an alias {I call him?”

called: “Come on,

Tommy the warmth sleepy and

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his nose upward, and joined in the singing, only his was a howl. The music inside suddenly broke

“Well! A Christmas visitor. Come

her, appeared.

Santa for! ready to hang on the tree.”

ing, The Pest was swept up into

“If you don’t like The Pest, pass (him on, as we're doing,’ ” the woman “So the poor

asked eagerly. “And I can really

His sister saved him further pondering. Coming in at that moment with a steaming bowl of milk, she

the supper you sang for.” Tucker, [slid out of the boy's arms and, with grey, and a chilling dampness crept | in the fireplace making him feel

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was an instant of sithen the door was

said a man’s deep voice. with a small boy beside |

The dog you've been All tied up,

e had finished speakand a boyish voice ex-

He's ice cold and shiv- . I'll bet he's hun-

little fellow’s out in the cold—" ns he’s really just anydoesn’t it?” the boy

ook like a pest to me, aid, indignantly, “He's

ed that! It musta been Let's see, what shall

Tommy Tucker! Here's alias The Pest, from the biazing logs

secure, gave a great being and ate his sup-

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