davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trace1Dell.

inches or l8 feet is no Jump for one Of
these high-fy.ng rodents.
Yet our guess L. that some bird got
those robin eggs.
We have detailed here the killing Of
three baby cardinals by purple grackles.
This nefarious work was conducted
with very little noise. 1t took place Just
after daybreak.
Probably all three birds were DESTROYED
while the parents were away from the
nest.
Grackles and jays are always to be
suspected in such cases.
The blue jay is notorious for liking
| the eggs Of other birds.
Audubon's famous plate shows one of
these robbers consuming an egg, the
| yellow of which drips down on the
| branches
1t is significant that the great natural
! ist portrayed the jays on the dead
branches of a specimen of the trumpet
flower, Bignonia capreolata, evidently
far from the nest.
One bird has an egg crushed on the
| limb Another carries an unbroken egg
in it's bill
Perhaps this explains the mysterious
disappearance of our correspondents
robins eggs.
1t would be interesting to look at the
| base of trees, or out under the branch
| spread Of trees in the immediate vi
cinity.
1t might seem delicate task for bird
| to bear away an egg unbroken, but there
is no doubt in the world that they can
| do it.
Jays also consume baby birds.
Such disappearances always strike the
interested person as mysterious, because
they do not realize that it is possible for
another bird to carry them away un-
broken.
Our guess is that jay or grackle was
responsible, in this case.
Birds which find their nests despoiled
seldom return to them
And, of course, you can't blame them
X ~
Efforts to protect nests are mostly
futile. Not only are the birds frightened
away, but any protection really ade-
quate would keep the parents out, too.
Loss of young birds does, indeed, have
a very heavy depressing effect on those
| who watch.
Let us hope that the parent birds do
| not feel it as keenly
AS for the specimen of wandering Jew
so-called, which lived through the WIN
ter-this is unusual, but was due, no
doubt, to southern exposure and COM
paratively mild winter.
Nature is full Of surprises.
The wonder is that any baby birds ever
grow up, in view of the many enemies
they have, among the worst of these be-
ing other species of birds, and, among
these, probably the worst being the blue
jays and the grackles.
Evening star., 1939-05-08
Whittier Russia?

Wh1le the world waits 10 see
whether compromise, surrender or
war will be the issue of the Polish
German duel over Danzig and the
Corridor, interest shifts to the dra-
matte struggle between the axis
powers and the democracies for the
adhesion of Russia to one or the
other of the new European power
groups in feverish and fuctuating
process of formation. Reports that
Britain had contrived to overcome
Soviet reluctance to join the Anglo
French anti-aggression bloc are now
succeeded by circumstantial state
ments that Hitler and Stain are on
the verge of a get-together.
Such a development would nullify
the Chamberlain-Daladier "encircle-
ment" vision. 1t would be more than
a knockout blow for Anglo-French
diplomacy, which has been marking
more time than victories. 1t would
almost mean the enlightenment of the
encirclers. Beginning at the Baltic,
and inclusive of Latvia, Estonia and
Lithuania, all of which were recently
brought within the German orbit of
influence, German-RuSSian entente
would completely envelop Poland
and Rumania, and dominate the
Black Sea, while the German-Italian
axis, just welded into military alli-
ance, holds Yugoslavia, Greece and
Bulgaria in its grip Should Turkey,
wavering like the U. S. S. R. between
the Establishments of London and
Berlin, decide to cast her lot with
the totalitarians, the Anglo-French
grand alliance" would be shrunken
into relative helplessness, as far as
Germany's vulnerability is concerned,
If it did not altogether collapse.
The Associated Press trained OBJ
server at Berlin, Mr. Lochner, sup
plies corroborative details to support
the suggestion that Hitler, for all his
six years of anti-Communist vitu-
peration, is ready to become a politi-
cal bedfelloW of Stain. The Fuehrer's
last two foreign policy addresses
in the Reichstag on January 80 and
on April 28-Were significantly de-
void of any consequential mention of
Russia. Marshal Goering and Ger
man Foreign Minister Won Ribben-
trop. who are now in Italy to tighten
axis bonds, are expected to confer
with Soviet Rome Ambassador Stein,
who rates as jealous apostle of
Soviet-Nazi rapprochement. Hitler
plans shortly to send to Moscow as
Ambassador General Baron Won
-Equord, German ex-
ponent Of Russian German friend
ship.
It is still a moot question whether
Berlin talk of negotiations with the
Soviet Union is preliminary to real
Russian-G German rapprochement, or
a shrewd, calculated drive to disrupt
efforts to construct British-French
bridge to Moscow Even if Hitler is
only maneuvering, he may continue
to deter the Russian fly from walking
into the democratic parlor. One
thing is fairly certain-Mr. Cham
berlain has no time to lose if the
Soviet Union is to be induced to re-
main anti-axis.
Evening star., 1939-05-08
Poland and Its
Martial Past.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Poland seems to be on the spot. Con-
fronted by Germany that vast store
house of arms and men" (Schiller), it'll
have hard row to hoe. It is a country
with a colorful past and peopled with
hard. bitter fighting men. Extending
at one time from the Baltic Gncluding
East Prussia to the waters of the Black
Sea, it was, during the Middle Ages, one
of Europe's first lines of defense against
Mongol and Turk.
About 1910 AID. the knighthood of
Poland and Silesia repelled the Mongol
invasion of Ghengis Khans successors,
which threatened to engulf all Europe.
At Tannenberg Q410 ADJ the allied
Poles and Lithuanians broke the power
of the Teutonic order which had con-
quered and settled Prussia. AS late as
1888 the hero King John II Sobieski rode
to the relief of Vienna. Sword in hand
this paladin of Christendom cut his way
up to the tent Of the Turkish grand
emir, where Tamellari shock troops
guarded the green standard of the
prophet" Wrestling it from the grasp Of
a defender, he sent this sacred emblem
to the Pope.
Only shadow Of its former might, the
country was. .partitioned by three power
full neighbors at the end of the 18th CEN
tury. Spirited resistance was offered, but
to no avail. It was during this era when
Count Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus
Kosciusko also fought in the cause of
the American colonies.
AS to the military renown Of the Poles,
there is Bismarck's testimony. For rea-
sons of state he carried on determined
Germanization in Prussia's Slavic Sec
tions. But once when heckled by their
representatives in the ReichStag he paid
high tribute to the fighting qualities of
the Polish nobility. "They always sacri-
feed their lives with reckless abandon. "
OF course, he referred to the "schwert-
adel' (the old nobility of the sword), to
lately ennobled brewers who have it
out with bung starters-just like any
bartender.
During the war of 1870 some Of Prus-
sia's best regiments came from the Polish
provinces.
And this Is enough Of Poland for the
present. The next chapter viii b writ
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The Naturalist

He wisely says, Il do not want the whole;
Give me one glowing flake of yellow sun
Upon a lacquered leaf. Give me Just
One instant aspect Of the woodlands
soul.
Nor need I turn from this pine-fragrant
knoll,
In search of things which never can
be won,
While in a trembling raindrop there
is spun
The riddle of the oceans mighty roll"
He sees Gods purpose in the green
winged teal;
The goldfnch and the painted bunt-
ing's nest.
He hears a symphony when bluebirds
sing;
A scented jasmine blossom makes him
feel
That he, among all men, Is doublv
blessed
For having learned what 10y small
things can bring!
r. p. sToppARD.
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Sees America Right or
Wrong as True Attitude.

To the Editor Of The Star:
ALT Landon expressed yesterday the
only true American attitude in foreign
affairs-America, right or wrong.
II we are committed to one side in the
European quarrel, as we are told, those
of us who don't like it are going to sink
our personal opinions and go along. Well
stand together for the duration, as We
always did.
If peace is kept 1t will be due to the
efforts of Chamberlain. Let's not en-
courage his enemies in the notion that
we'll fight for any country but our own.
But If we do get into it-America, right
or wrongi THOMAS McMORROW.
Nay 4
Evening star., 1939-05-08

Two members of the outlawed Irish
Republican Army shouted God Save
Ireland!" as they were sentenced for
bomb outrages in England. God un-
doubtedly will, but not just along the
lines they seem to prefer.
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Kept Out.

IF time hangs heavily on your hands,
why don't you go into politics?"
"A man as rich as am" answered Mr..
Dustin Stax, doesn't dare go into poll
tics. He is considered lucky if they let
him shove card under the door with
check attached to it."
Evening star., 1939-05-08

ten-either in bluster or, maybe, in blood
by Der Fuehrer. 1t all depends on how
he feels-and how the Poles feel
May s. FRED VETTER.
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Shooting Stors
Deceptive.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Deceptive.
The overly wise men were baffled one day,
Their faces showed signs of distress.
"A man has rushed into affairs mur-
INJURED they.
Whose methods nobody can guess.
We credited him, as we'd darkly surmise,
With cunning well worthy of dread;
We discounted his words and we find
with surprise
That he really meant all that he said!"
made by knave;
You can cope now and then with fool.
'Tis easy to fathom the people who crave
Success meath hypocrisy's rule.
But candor is something so new in the
That even the cleverest head
Is baffled and maybe left dropping in
shame
BY the man who meant all that he said.
On His Guard.
II see you always wear smiling coun-
tenance"
yes" answered Senator Sorghum, a
little YEARLY. II have to. There is no
telling what moment the candid camera
may turn up"
Restraint Is never appreciated, SAID
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, a sensible
dog should be grateful for muzzle, but
he never is.
Evening star., 1939-05-08
Early to Bed.

The busy bee can work all day
Because $50 nature takers say
He doesn't stay up nights to mix
With crowds discussing politics.
Evening star., 1939-05-08

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the use for republica ton Of all news dispatches
credited 20 1t or not otherwise credited In this
paper and also the local news published herein.
Az rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also reserved.
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Entered Is second class matter post ofhce.
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Familiar.

The optimist grew Thoughtful
And his words were sadly terse,
"The world is growing better
But the climates getting worse"
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de difficulty bout some O. desc pliti-
cal speeches." said Uncle Eben, "is dat
dey makes me so powerful enthusiastic
dat can't remember jes' whut de gem
man were talktn' bout"
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of the most excruciating travail, the is
the rack and inquisition.
Hence, however repugnant and dis
tasteful, 1t is but the part OF common
sense and wisdom to join forces with
other countries in this particular cause.
in order to minimize the catastrophe and
secure more safe and sane outcome.
In the meantime we should have a
thorough ouse-cleaning. We annually
appropriate vast sums for the eradica-
ton of contagious and virulent diseases,
which manifests a highly commendable
attitude toward the welfare and safety
of the public. But on the other hand
we look with complacency on all manner
of cankerous, fostering conditions of the
body polite, and, under the camouf1age
of protecting personal liberty, refuse to
do much about it.
The Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities should be given adequate finan-
clal backing to enable it to search out
the remotest recesses and crannies Of the
land for intrigue and traitoriSm.
Our boasted, transcendent freedom
does not contemplate permitting alien
agitators, propagandists and thugs to
come here and violate their oaths OF
allegiance and our moral and civil codes
with impunity. A great deal Of our in
ternal strife, such as unwarranted
strikes, riots, white slave and dope ped
ding and other crimes, is due to our
laxity toward this carrion from the sluns
OF other countries. r. B. JONES.
May &
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BUFFELEN heavy plsner ends: un-
steamed core blocks; log ends; dry
slab. DORWIN FUEL, MA 1882.
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HEAVY dry upl. tie slab, s525 guam
tity lots. GA 0602.
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6C IN No. forest wood; alder.
> , -OO 1850; o. g., $3.50. GA 527o.
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And Now There Are Twol

FURN. CoIThoEs-se.50 month up
IND. Manager. 5panaway Park.
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Motorcycles. Bicycles

Harley Davidson Motorcycles
CLARENCE POTTER
1OO6 Tacoma Ave. Main
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FIR SAWDUST SPECIAL - TWO
UNITS. %. GA 2272-W.
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FOR RENT Partly furnished three
room house. sl5. 2s5g 80. both.
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THREE CORDS, SIS
BONE DRY TIE SLAB. GA 1o2s.
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SLAB, $3.50 BIC LOAD
BUY your winters supply.
AABeRO'S BR 1900
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PAY cash for old cars. iron, steel.
Call GA 2262-J for truck.
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RAGS-Bring them to ala so. 23d
st. We pay &c ID. Main 1858.
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CTCEI SAVINGS az LOAN ACCTs.
, LII iii Pacific Ave. MA sl38
CASH for say. a. loan acc'ts. Richard
W. Mccain, 80 Fidelity. MA 1873.
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BUFFELEN 2-IN. :: g g gP' ma h,s ss sSsd
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TWO CORDS OF FOREST WOOD
$40. George Baker. BR 1859.
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THREE-RooM COTTAGE. partly fur
nished: garage: reasonable. adults
only. 4115 North Verde.
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HEAVY planer ends. %. 90 worth or
by cd. Also 81. slab, blk. GA o74e.
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ORDER YOUR WOOD. COAL. FUEL OIL - TO-DAY
You'll Find the Best Buys in Fuel Here Daily
call These Dealers for

Call These Dealers for
II VELTeX FUEL OIL
Service:
G. Andersen Fuel Company
554e Dock ST. BR 228l
%s
Big Six Service
sth and Proctor Pr 1922
ii Edwards Fuel Company
fI2l East 18th MA $3.50
O..
CIRCUITS Fuel oil Service
b625 So. Yakima GA 1910
o..
Michaels Oil Service
e6th and NJ Streets GA 1865
%
E. A Snipe OIL Service
Kent, Wash. Kent 26l
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FOR SALE CHEAP. TRAILER HOUSE.
800; lunchToom, HOLLYWOOD
INN. Titlow Beach. equipped; part
down.
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DRY green upland block and slab.
s5 and up: forest wood, 800.
Johnson FUEL. GA 2796.
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TlCo BIG CORD old growth fir
p .OO slab, coal, Presto logs. saw
dust. diesel and stove oils, kiln dry
heavy planer ends and core blocks.
JENSEN FUEL co. GA 1882
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Unfinished Apartments

SUNCREST APARTMEETS-S rooms
with three bedrooms. three-room
apartments. 1903 Division.
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SIX ROOMS, recently redecorated:
near stores, bus. walking distance.
318 East 2gtb
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SMALL partly furnished house. $40.
Garage. PR 248l-M. 3ii6 No. 9Th.
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ROOkC Art objects, n I ques
S|O'N1 bought. QUAINT SHOP,
JOB So. 10Th.
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FIVE-ROOM modern bouse. newly
decorated, ogerstuffed. Inquire al
1884 So. Washington.
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MCPHERSON FUEL - Heavy plsner
ends. s275 per rick; $3.50 big cord.
Main 1864
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Wanted to Buy

WANTED AT oNcE-carloads Of
large. smooth, sound alder logs.
higher prices, liberal scale, prompt
settlements. Northwest Chair Co,
Tacoma. Wash. Phone GA 0254.
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HEAVY UPLAND TIE SLABS
$3.50 cord. Main 4573.
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UPLAND TIE SLAB, OA02l5
OLD GROWTH FOREST WOOD
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SPECIALIZE rick 2-in. planer ends.
s275. Quick delivery. GA 1913.
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RENT saved. s5 mo. clean quiet
room, gas inst" l21Slz Tao. ave
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Housekeeping Rooms

FURNISHED housekeeping room
52l4 South Cushman, Garland
2429-R
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SIPS

BEAUTIFUL 1894 Chevrolet Mas
ter coupe; exceptionally good
interior. finish and rubber; Ha-
dees heater; tested. HALE'B,
1903 9th ave.
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HEAVY tie 81. 2 cd. $40: upl, bl. and
81. 2 cd. 90. forest wood. Ma 1893.
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s.RooA esssufstssais hons. ramsahs
ing y acre sulsssAtsd lard.
lets II fruit Taial price sis<o
iecatvi near South sAih ard
Asosla sss a real tsarTsln aes
Mr.. Davis with " n Mahsffay
Co. ia Fidelity isllK. Ma siSa.
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t22.6o: Three room upper duplex. we'll
furnished. near 35th and q. Linz
COLIN REALTY co. III South 18th
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WE PAY MORE FOR USED CARS.
Hostetter-Kraus. 1918 A 1t.
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p;+obv BLOCK d SLAB Il I0
EICHI Ok. FUEL, MA 1880 T'OO
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no M TWO BIG CORDS upland
97 wv block and slab, ready to
burn; also O. g. tie slab. PR l742.
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FUEL DEALERS ATTENTION
.n 49,

GREEN or dry block and slab at mill.
Get wood tickets at CITY FUEL
CO., l947 Jefferson ave.
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Business Opportunities

COUNTRY EfDrsEf. live community.
anlnf ttu daf. no slsIlisafsus 70
huf stusA fAaaa asAsft 81 loo HW
iisnaff. s2s rnsst Al iiens nias
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ATTRACTIVE s.uasn buasslew.
fireplaes. Bdvsszi ftees.. ntlills
fsem. sens found assl Meklns
lev. tssan, 90 terms
STERN 4 nTrhS GA n1as
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$3.50 SPECIAL
PITCHY BLOCK AND SLAB
MOUNTAIN FUEL, MA 1888
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CASH for cars and equities. Reliable
Motor Co, 9f4 Market. BH 1873
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fINE BUNGALOW. t1.17s

ftiNI pkfF&FFNA&t"t t3sff3
kNTHA sasa value hss fsfxbtsue.
hafdesssd fif.ss. he<Assni fAfnsts
klkrhsa wired nsrnf. isetiftss4n.
baIh down tso neagssaas slp. sEass
IA. all pased aislfitf = snais u
bus ana oBly sena dn~n. Gail
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JOHNSON CUPBOARD MOTORS
Repairs--hny Make-Seryicc
ADAMS MARINE. liz SO. 10th. NJ S72G
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TWO and three-room houses: light
and water furnished. 60 and
s1260. Inquire Golden slipper.
Brookdaie.
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$2.5O-Seasoned Edqinas

GREEN block and slab. t5 cord.
Reduction on winter supply. Heavy
planer ends and heater wood. 81,
o. and 90 worth. Sacked coal, 30
pounds to the sack.
.CITY FUEL Main 2l8I
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fire, so Tope could not see her ex-
preston; but he saw Asa bend near
er her, his arms encircling her in a
swift embrace, his face close to hers.
Then someone called TOPICS
name, and the old man saw LISA
slip away into the darkness as Heale
and Clint came to his side. At the
same time Asa recognized Clint, and
he approached them.
''Hullo, Jervies," he said, in a
friendly tone. "What have you done
with June?" Heale and Tope were a
little to one side.
81 took her home," Clint ex-
planned. II thought she ought to get
away from here"
Asa nodded approvingly. cts
been hard on her here, even before
tonight" he assented. "But if you
don't bring her back, you'll have
hornets nest around your head.
They won't let her get away" He
grinned encouragingly. 'sStick to
her, Jervies. Hang on to her. Don't
let them scare you"
"I'm keeping June" Clint told
him stoutly. He spoke to Tope, I'M
easily. "I'm pretty tired" he said.
"I'll go home, if you don't mind.
Be with them there"
Tope nodded; and Asa turned and
saw the Inspector. "Hullo!" he ex-
claimed in surprise. Inspector
Tope, eh?" He looked past Tope at
Heale, a swift conjecture in his
eyes.
Clint departed, and a fireman
joined them. Water dripped from
the rim of his white helmet, and his
rubber coat was glistening. He said
to Inspector Heale: "We can't do a
thing for hours yet. Too hot"
Asa demanded: 'Do what? What
do you mean?"
Inspector Heale hesitated. "This
is Chief Mason, Tope," he ex-
planned; and then to Asa: "Why,
Mr.. Tame, we think this fire was
set"
"Set?" Asa was rigid. Tope.
watching him, thought the man used
an effort to control his voice.
"Why?"
''To kill Mr.. and Mrs. Hurder,"
said Inspector Heale harshly.
For a long moment there was ST.
lence. Chief Mason moved away,
back to the fire. Asa stood thought
full, with bowed head. Then his eyes
shifted, and he looked past Inspec.
tor Heale, and called in low tone:
"Rabi"
Inspector Tope swung around in
time to see Rab Tame coming to-
ward them from the direction of the
old barn. 1
.'Hullo," he said In a level mono
tone. whats the matter. Asa?"
And Asa told his brother: This
is Inspector Heale. He thinks the
fire was set. to kill Grandma and
Grandpa Hurdery'