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a Chapter 25 A’ Hardin’s ominous words some of the other loggers looked up. Their eyes were hard and solemn and inquiring. “Norway didn’t keep his date with Lily,” Hardin explained. “Miss Larson just checked with someone at the Inlet. Lily’s date with Norway was indefinite and when he didn’t show up she thought he’d changed his mind.” “Then he didn’t go to the Inlet at all?” Doug asked. “Tt doesn’t seem likely,” Har- din said soberly. “He’d hardly go there without stopping in to see Lily.” “What time camp?” ‘ Hardin looked around the room hopefully and finally a logger sitting in the shadows spoke up. “T figure it was just about half an hour after you left, Hardin.” Hardin frowned. “Then he didn’t go down on the truck?” “No,” Doug answered, “I took the truck myself. Norway wasn’t on it. When I left he was getting himself slicked up,—I think he ee keeping that date with i we His eyes met Hardin's again. That shot, peng said, it was just about half an hour after you left camp, Hardin. The boss logger nodded almost imperceptibly. “This looks bad,” he said to the loggers. “Let’s hope it isn’t. Charlie, you and Thorsen come with Andrews and me. We’re go- ing to search that trail.” ‘How about taking the rest of us, boss?” a logger suggested. “No thanks, too many would just trample out any signs along the path. You men keep your fingers crossed and don’t let on to Ollie that anything’s wrong. If something’s happened to Nor- way he'll know soon enough.” They left the bunkhouse singly, skirting the cook shack so as not to arouse Ollie’s suspicions then joining forces inside the deep Shade of the pines edging the open camp site. “Andrews and I met down b the ravine,” Hardin explained, “He was coming up and I was Little Linda Has _ - 11 Grandparents MT. VERNON, Ill.—-(AP).—-Lit- tle Linda Jane Page, born re- ' cently at nearby Ewing, has a! surprise in store when she be- | gins to sit up and take notice— | of eleven grand-parents. ' The areas include a 39- ) year-old grandmother, Mrs. Le- na Page of Ewing. Altogether there are four grandparents and seven great grandparents. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. ; Russell Roe Page, both 21. did. he leave ‘ i i ! St. Paul’s Auxiliary | 3 In Monthly Session The regular monthly meeting } of the Woman’s Auxiliary of St. | Paul’s Episcopal Church took | place Monday afternoon in the }{ Parish Hall. Mrs. Joseph Ladd presided. Re- | ports were made by officers. De- | votionals were led by Mrs. Milton Sawyer, and the program was | under the direction of Mrs. Jas. | MacConnell. After the business session, re- freshments were served. | Those attending were: Mrs. Milton Sawyer, Mrs. Eliza- | beth Reese, Mrs. Dagny Porter, | Mrs. Ellen Tynes, Mrs. Myrtland | Cates, Mrs. Harry Baker, Mrs. | Clarence Allshouse, Mrs. Mervin | Russell, Mrs. Emma Ayala, Mrs. Ralph Russell, Mrs. Ralph Pin- der, Mrs. Louise Grant, Mrs. | Hilda Sands, Mrs. Will Curry, | Mrs. Joseph Ladd, Mrs. James | MacConnell, Mrs. Raymond Lord, | Mrs. Gloriana Bayly, Mrs. Mary | McCowan, Mrs. Violet Landuyt, | Miss Jennie Seymour and Miss | Leila’ Pitcher. Apply To Wed | | ! A marriage license was taken | | ! out by George Allen Warren, 35, of 511 Eaton street, and Miss Vera Edwina Sterling, 29, of 709 Division street.at the office of | County Judge Raymond R. Lord. They announced that the mar- riage will be performed by the || Rev. Melrose Avery. | : Seek Divorces | Petitions seeking divorces were | filed yesterday with Circuit | Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer by | Robert Lee Smith against Leslie | Smith, and by June Pent against | John W. Pent. Dividing and replanting Tris | plants in August improves the | display of bloems in the follow- | ing year. | In 1945-46. about pieces were added to the Libra- | ry of Congress’ collection. Air consists of about 78 per | rent of nitrogen by volume. | if 4,000,000 | Oe te en i going down so we won’t have to search beyond that point,—there’s no way Norway could have passed us on that trail without being seen. While we were... ah.. he grinned faintly, “settling a little matter we heard a rifle shot. We didn’t think anything of it at the moment but it was just about half an hour after I left camp.” His voice dropped significantly as the others stared. “ oug, you and Charlie take the left side of the trail, Thorsen and I will take the right.” i WAS a difficult search. | When Doug and Chatlie paused to wipe the sweat from their faces Doug took advantage of the moment to unriddle a problem that had been bothering him for weeks. “Charlie, I’ve been meaning to ask you something. Be honest now—it’s important. Did you tell anyone that the cable that in- jured Elmo’s hand had been pur- posely severed?” Charlie’s eyes rolled guiltily. “Funny you ask me that, An- drews. I didn’t tell anyone but the word seemed to spread all over camp so when they dis- cussed it, naturally I did too.” “But you didn’t tell anyone first?” “No. I tell you something though—I overheard Mr. Frawley telling Barthrop about it. Queer he'd do that, eh, after asking Nor- way and me to keep our mouths shut?” “Yeah,” Doug nodded, “ver queer. Well, let’s get on with it.” The men called back and forth softly, asking if the others had discovered anything, They moved in and out of the shadows strain- ing to peer into dark pockets of the forest where something as big as Norway might lie concealed. Doug pushed the word body from his mind, still hoping. They all stiffened apprehensively when Thorsen’s voice echoed through the stillness. “Hey, I think I’ve found some- thing important!” “What is it?” They converged on him. “The trail splits here,” Thorsen pointed out, “It’s narrow: and longer down to the Inlet® but I is Guaranteed PURE Place Your Refrigeration a on @ REAL ICE BASIS and You Will Get GUARANTEED Refrigeration Service PHONE NO. 8 ‘}out for their clothes. They REAL ICE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. (ICE DIVISION) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN © remember Norway saying he liked to take it around sunset be- cause it comes out and follows the river and looks’so pretty then, . |He’s keen on that nature stuff, you know.” Hardin looked undecided. “It’s a possibility. You and Andrews take it and Charlie and I will follow the main trail. down to where I met Andrews. If we don’t find anything. we’ll join you at the. river.” Doug and Thorsen plunged down the confining path, a eae. off the stiff pricking fingers. o pine and wild holly that reached at- tained the river bank without - seeing anything. e Doug peered along the widening waterway. Fringing both sides of White Rapids river were the boulders that gave the stream its name but in the center where it had been dredged, it ran sluggish and fairly deep making the chan- nel down which the logs would be floated. His eyes followed the shoreline then jerked to a stop as Thorsen’s voice, taut with fear, came to him. ; “Andrews! There’s something caught on a snag offshore here. It —it looks like Norway’s macki- nawi” The two men plunged into the eddying water; its icy currents swirled around their ankles, then their knees and hips. It was ob- vious now that what had resem- bled a dead-head log was Nor- way floating face down. Only the. jagged branch had caught at his shirt and kept him from being swept out into the Inlet. Thorsen and Doug grabbed. the big logger’s boots and towed him in, horror and grief making them ° sclamargrt speechless. Norway’s face was as ruddy and calm. as though he had just stepped out of the bunkhouse shower, but the . neat round hole in his temple denied the peacefulness of hi death. , Doug’s muscles tightened. A blind savage rage swept over him -° as he stared down at his friend.’ His voice treanbled as he turned to Thorsen. “You guard Norway. I’m goin into Queets and phone the sheri This is murder!” (To be continued) a is More Economicall It Is PURE Healthy and Safe KEY WEST. FLA. 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