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Evening star., 1941-07-06
Miss Gibson
At Resort
For Holiday
Craighills Leave
For Camp at
Goshen Pass

LEESBURG, Va. July 5.-Mr.
Stephen Loud of Detroit, has joined
his wife and small daughter at Mrs.
Loud's grandmother's, In Leesburg,
for a visit.
Miss Betty Gisbon Joined her
mother at the Hotel Commander In
Ocean City, Nd, to remain over the
Fourth.
The Rev. and Mrs. George Peyton
Craighill and their sons. Mac and
Lloyd, have gone to their camp at
Goshen Pass, Va, for q month.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Armisted
Melbourne entertained at o buffet
supper Tuesday evening.
Miss Emily Lewis is guest ut q
house party in Fredericksburg over
the Fourth of July.
Mrs. G.. Winthrop Sands, jr, left
Monday to spend several days In
New York.
Mrs. LeFevre Luke and Mr.. STIR
ling Harrison are spending the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Phil
lips at Solomon's Island, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Legg, IT.,
have house party of eight at their
home near Leesburg over the holi-
day.
Mrs. Charles Tittman and her
daughter, Merriam, Of Washington,
are spending the summer months
in Leesburg.
Miss Elizabeth Saunders is visiting
Miss Elizabeth Wilson at Edisto
Island, near Charleston, S. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Ashbrook
of Waterford, have gone to their
camp in Holderness, N. H., for the
summer
Mrs. B. F. Rittenhouse and Mrs.
Granville Meade are the guests Of
their sister Mrs. Gray Clagett Storx
| in Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Mrs. James Jackson and children
have returned home after a visit
| of several weeks in Tennessee.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

The bridesmaids were Miss Emily
Reneley and Miss Billie Agee, who
wore blue marquisette and carried
summer flowers.
Mr.. Robert w. Cavanaugh of Oil
City, Pa, was best man and the
ushers were Mr.. Auher Nelson of
Washington and Mr.. Clifford Brink
man of New Jersey.
The home of the brides aunts,
Mrs. Mary Gwymie and Mrs. Anna
Willett, was the scene of an informal
reception following the ceremony.
The bride is a member of the
staff of Garfield Memorial Hospital
and the bridegroom is a graduate
of Columbus University School Of
Law and a member Of Sigma Delta
Kappa.
Following the reception Mr.. and
Mrs. Hill left for trip to New York,
Chicago and the West Coast, the
latter wearing a two-piece suit of
yellow linen with brown accessories.
They will be at home after August
l at Arlington Village, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Evelyn Wingfeld
Becomes Bride of
Philip Angelo Hill

Simplicity marked the wedding
yesterday afternoon in st. Matthews
Cathedral of Miss Evelyn Elizabeth
Wingfield, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles William Wpgfield of Brook
neal, Va, and Mr.. Philip Angelo Hill
of Washington, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Hill OF Davenport, Iowa. The
Rev. John B. Argant Of st. Mat
thew's read the service and the
wedding music was played by DR..
Nation Boyce.
The bride, who was escorted to
the altar by her father. wore white
marquisette with a veil Of finger
tip length and carried shower bou-
Quet of white roses and gypsophila
Miss Jansy Wingfield was maid OF
honor for her sister, and she wore
pink marquisette and carried an arm
bouquet of summer flowers.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

asQuiet
Holiday
Mrs. Bradford
Hostess to
Bridge Party

MANASSAS, Va, July 5.-Mrs.
James E. Bradford, sr, will enter
tain at q bridge luncheon Wednes-
day at her residence on Grant
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Lynn are
spending months vacation in
Lithia Springs, Ga, where they are
guests of Mrs. Lynn's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Henslee.
Mr.. ana Mrs. j. Jenkyn Davies
have as their guest over the week
end Miss Mary 10 Stoner Of New
York City.
Mrs. M. p. O'Callaghan Of Athens,
Ga, has arrived to spend the sum-
mer months at her home, Shamrock
Cottage, near Manassas.
Mrs. Hebie jackson has as her
house guest for a fortnight Miss
Lizzie jackson Of Culpeper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Owens and
their daughter, Mary Oliver, are
spending two weeks at Lake jackson.
Master Connie Wynn Kincheloe
is visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Gilly, in Axton, Va, for
several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Ratcliffe, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Waters and their daughter. Patricia
Of Culpeper, have left for Saluda,
Va, to stay over the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Hayden are
at Rehoboth Beach for fortnight's
stay.
Mrs. E. B. Hughes and Miss Iris
Brooks left Thursday for a motor
trip through North Carolina. They
will spend some time with relatives
in Leaksville.
Mrs. r. c. Roszel of Washington is
the guest of Mrs. c. Wade Dalton
this week. The Daltons have visit
ing them over the holidays and the
week end Mr.. Francis Roszel of
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Mrs. E. K. Evans will be hostess
at luncheon Thursday at her home
on Prescott avenue.
Mr.. John H. Bradford of Rich
mond is spending the holiday with
his brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Bradford, ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Allen are en-
tertaining at house party over the
Fourth at their cottage at Mormusco
Bay. Guests are Mrs. James Walker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ballinger,
Mrs. Clint Wayland and Mr.. Clifford
Wayland of Alexandria.
Mrs. w. r. Myers has gone to
Danville, where she will visit her
son and daughter-in-law. the Rev.
and Mrs. Harwood Myers, for six
weeks.
Mrs. Warren Bauserman and Mr..
Herbert Hibbs have returned from
two-week motor trip through Flo
rida.
Mr.. George Dessler and Mr.. Alex
ander Schattman of New York are
spending the week end at the Dess-
ier home on South Main street.
Miss Sue Ayres left this week for
a months trip to Colorado, visiting
her former home in Leemont, Va,
en- route.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Bauserman
and Miss Marie Bauserman have
returned from a trip to Gettysburg,
Pa. The Bausermans have as their
guest this week end Mr.. r. E. Fisher
Of Washington.
Mrs. Wheatley johnson and her
nephews, Jimmy and David john
son, are spending a two-week vaca-
ton in Clinton, S. c., where they
are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ.
Pitts.
Mr.. Frank Parrish has returned
from trip through Southwest vr-
ginia and Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Lyon are vis-
iting Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Elliott
at their cottage at Wrightsville
Beach, N. c., this week end.
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row to join her daughter, Mrs. Leon
ard Weyl of Philadelphia, in Vent
nor, N. j., where they have q cot
tage.
Mrs. Myron Hess Visiting
Mrs. Leo S. Schoenthal.
Mrs. Myron Hess of Margste, N. j.,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Leo S.
Schoenthal, over the holiday week
end. She will be accompanied home
by her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Pach, who
will make her a visit.
Miss Nancy Weyl returned yester-
day from a Today visit at Forest
Hills, Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Frank are
spending the holiday week end at
Hershey, Pa.
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Palkin
spent the Fourth and the week end
in Connecticut. Their daughter, Sue
Palkin, is at Tripp Lake, Me-. for
the summer.
Mrs. Louise Simon will go tomor-
row to New Rochelle, N. Y. to visit
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Merryle S. Rukeyser before
going on to Star Lake in the Adj
rondacks for the rest Of the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cohn and
their son, Michael, again are in their
apartment at the Westchester after
months visit at Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Gassen-
heimer will leave this week for a trip
to California.
Mrs. Howard Sigmund has re-
turned from a visit in Bridgeport,
Conn, with her son-in-law and
daughter, DR.. and Mrs. Leonard
castillo and their young son, Michael.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F. Levi are
at the Ritz Carlton in Atlantic City.
Miss Rhoda F. Hollander of the
College Of William and Mary, who
has been visiting friends in Newport
News and Petersburg, Va, and spent
Evening star., 1941-07-06

MIS-. ATLIluT -. MAI kS ID SpcudAlie
the month with her son and daugh-
er-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur D.
Marks, jr., and their family at Wood
mere, Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian BrylaWSki
are entertaining house party at
their summer home on the Patuxent
River. Their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian BrylaWski,
ir.. are with them and also Mrs.
Alexander Wolf.
Mr.. Sidney H. Reizenstein has
Joined Mrs. Reizenstein at their
apartment in the Riviera in Vent
nor, N. j., over the week end.
Sidney Lusts and Daughter
Back From Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Lust and
their daughter Geraldine are back
from four-week trip to Los Angeles
and Yellowstone Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Nordlinger
with their two children, Marian anc
Tommy, are guests of Mrs. Nord-
linger's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Greentree, at their summer home
Tree Lodge, near Richmond, Va
Miss Ruth Simon, accompanied them
to spend 10 days. Mrs. Nordlingel
and her children are there for the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Frank left
yesterday for Bangor, Me, to spend
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lehman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Pocker, Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Sigmund, DR.. and Mrs. David
Weinstein, Mrs. Barney Lehman
and Mr.. and Mrs. David Stern spent
the Fourth and this week end at
Bedford Springs Hotel, at Bedford
Springs, Pa.
Mrs. EstelIe Nordlinger
Returns Today From Indiana.
Mrs. Estelle Nordlinger is return
ing today from Evansville, md, &C
companied by her son-in-law anc
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Marks
and their son Kenneth, whom she
has been visiting for the last three
months.
Mrs. Birdie Samuels left Wednes-
day for a three-week trip through
the Canadian Rockies.
Mrs. Lille Luchs, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Jane Luchs
left Friday for Yellowstone Park and
Grand Canyon for two weeks. Mrs
Samuels and Mrs. Luchs were given 8
farewell luncheon Wednesday by q
group of friends at the Old New Or
leans.
MI. and Mrs. Jerome Horowitz and
DR.. Melville Fischer are guests Of DR.
Fischer's brother-in-law and sister
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Silverstein In
Charleston, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Levy are In
Atlantic City for the holiday week
end.
Mrs. M. Herman will leave tomor-
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Parties Honor
TakOma Park
Visitors
J. C. Knott Family
Here From
Pullman, Wash.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Carver en-
tertained at an outdoor supper party
last evening at their home in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Knott, who
with their son Robert, arrived We'd
nesday from Pullman, Wash, to
visit friends with whom they were
formerly associated at Washington
State College in Pullman. Mr.. Knott
is an assistant to the dean at the
college.
Among those the Knots are
visiting are Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund L.
Green of Takoma Park and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hodgson of College Park. Fri
day evening the Greens were hosts
at a supper party for Mr.. and Mrs.
Knott. The preceding day about
80 persons from Washington, for
merly connected at the college at
Pullman, held picnic in honor of
the visitors. Mr.. and Mrs. Carver
also had as guests the early part of
the week, Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Hunt of
Pullman.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. McDermid, with
their son David have left for Spring.
field, Mass, where Mr.. McDermid
has been transferred by the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Mrs. Fred Duehring is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Charles Crisson, in San
! turce, Puerto Rico, for two months.
Mr.. David M. Saunders, senior
at Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
is spending his vacation with his
parents, Capt. and Mrs. Harold E.
Saunders. Mr.. Saunders remained
after the close of school for special
summer course of three weeks.
Arthur Tabbutt Family
Are at Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tabbutt and
sons Jack and Robert are spending a
month at Bar Harbor, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Kerns have
as house guests their son and
daughter-in-law, the Rev and Mrs
Harper Kerns, and their three chill
dren, of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Bunton have
left on a trip to the West.
DR.. and Mrs. J. D. Eggleston have
as their house guests their son and
daughter -in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. J. D
Eggleston, and their daughter, Miss
Eugenia Eggleston, of Detroit.
Mrs. G. Burton Queen Is visiting
relatives In Sibeka, MINI.
DR.. and Mrs. Irl Schoonover ano
their daughters, Beverly, Marjorie
and Elizabeth, have gone to Elkins
w. Va, where Mrs. Schoonover and
the three children will stay at their
lodge until mid-August. DR.. Schoon-
over will return here today and join
his family over the week ends.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Crittenden and
the formers sister, Miss Marian
Crittenden, are returning early this
week from a vacation in Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Lawrence Plaster of New
York City is spending week with
her sister, Mrs. Donald Bliss. Mrs
Plaster is the former Miss Eleanor
Normandy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Dewey are
visiting relatives in Maine.
Mrs. Leo r. Hubbard and her
daughter, Miss Eleanor Hubbard
have returned from Carthage, Iowa
where they visited Mrs. Hubbard's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Van
Wrinkle. Another daughter, Miss
Vivian Hubbard, who accompanied
them on the trip, remained in Iowa
to spend the summer with her par
ents.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

ldSC thursday ana stopped LOT
week at Atlantic City on their re-
turn.
Walter Furlows Vacati0ning
In Northern Minnesota
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter s. F1rlow
OF Kenwood are vacationing in the
lake region of Northern Minnesota
On their return trip they will spend
q few days with Mr.. Furlow's
brother, former Representative
Allen Furlow and Mrs. Furlow, In
Rochester, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Johnston OF
Yorktowne Village will take trip
to Niagara Falls and the lower st.
Lawrence Valley for their vacation
They expect to start the early part
of the week.
Mrs. Gertrude Ray Schultz OF
Bethesda has gone to Bremerton,
Wash, to visit her son, Mr.. George
Schultz, and his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Norma
entertained at an outdoor supper
party last evening at their home
on New Cut road. The guest OF
honor was Mrs. Christine Adams
of Pittsburgh, who is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Walter E. Perry in Be-
thesda. Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
and Mrs. Adams, guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Dunbar Stone, Mr.. and
Mrs George H. Forbes, Miss Vivian
Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mac
Donald and Mrs. Claire Stacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Morris OF Alta
Vista are at Bethany Beach, Del,
for part of July. Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
Cowie, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Mills and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Morris, jr., are
with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bogley
of Bethesda have gone to Maine for
a fortnight's vacation with Mrs.
Bogleys father and mother, DR.. and
Mrs. c. C. Clark, at their summer
place near Wayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Dulln, Jr.,
are again at their home in Friend
ship Heights after seVen-Weeks'
absence while they were in Honolulu
with their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, 1t. and Mrs. Grant Heston.
Their trip also included short visit
with Comdr. and Mrs. George c.
Cairnes, former residents of Friend
ship Heights who now live in Cleve-
land, Ohio, and an overnight stop
with 1t. Heston's father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Heston, in
Cumberland, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs Everett j. Boothby
of KenWood will leave tomorrow for
Kennebunkport, Me, to attend the
wedding of Mr.. Boothby's sister,
Miss Ruth Boothby. They will also
spend few days in West Southport
before returning late in July when
Mrs. Boothby will take up her work
as roll call chairman OF the Mont
gomery County Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

a week at the Hotel Chamberlain at
Old Point Comfort and in WASH
ington. is now in Newark. N. j. She
attended the wedding of her cousin,
Miss Bernice Steubens, at the Wal
dorf-Astoria last Sunday and will
60 to Ithaca, N. Y, tomorrow to
attend the summer session Of Cor
nell University.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
DIR. Herbert Feis
Goes to Long Island

The adviser on economic interna-
tional affairs, DR.. Herbert Feis, is
with Mrs. Feis in their cottage on
Long Island over Sunday. Mrs.
Feis went there last week and
opened the cottage, which is not far
from the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Stanley Brown.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Social News of Bethesda,
Lower Montgomery County
William Kerkams Go on Cruise;
Middletons Back From Trip;
Furlows Go to Minnesota

Mr.. and Mrs. William
cruising in Chesapeake during holiday
week end.
Both enthusiasts
Kerkam which
week end the weather favorable
but often with small congena friends Mr.
Kerkam will Marbehead n
Mr. and Eliot Middleton Edgemoor their Robert
Farragu Military Camp
Evening star., 1941-07-06
OF Personal Note
Miss Marilyn Sworzyn Goes to
Campobello for Youth Conference

Miss Maryn SwoZn daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Reuben
wellesley College International
Campobelo
youths girls taking special leadership
studies in the fall Connecticut
College, wher she be a o junior
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-03
BY LOGAN CLENDENI\G. NJ. D.

. Ny friend, DR.. Horace W. Sop =
OF s.. Louis has sent me a charm
ing book called, Heolth: WcHtai,
Mofdl aHd Physical, Christopher
Publishing House, Boston, L. s. 4.
discern SO much of the person.
atty of Dr.. Soper in this, that it
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month eooirsr II hn{ thcra waa
not enOuoh r1oistlrp f, do him anv
GOOD and the earth had a mustv
horrible taste to it because of the
rotting wood
The hole was almost up to his
waist when suddenly the loose pile
of earth and broken timbers gave
Wav and came tumhling down. He
barely esrapol hginp framed. He
dragged himself up the falling pile
and lay there exhausted, eyes STAR
ing up at the almost binding disk
of sky.
1t must be nearly midday. He
wondered if Jones or the police
would hunt for linn. They wouldn't
find the pasSageWay into the we'll,
because IL was pIoCked-ahu Jones
"ouIdl look 'haI low Town any
way ne lladh peloie'
fleliy Jay SUN listening. ii only
rlhn ~ o'e '"'',.S &c.,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-03

the floor IF the tunnel. He decided
to poke around Il little on the lower
part OF the pile next to the walls.
Lying among the rocks against one
wall h. saw several wide piauks
only one inch thick and badly
rotted. He wondered why such light
timbers would be used in a tunnel.
He moved them with his foot.
There was a hole underneath!
His heart increased its beat. Re-
moval of a second loose plank re-
vealed a DassageWay, not through
the tunnel, but off to one side. into
the mountain,
He got down on hands and knees
and thrust his nashlieht into the
hole. Five feet ahead Of him were
the rungs Of n ladder nailed against
the side Of A vertical wood-lined
shaft.
Henry shut off the fashligilt
quickly, fearful that someone
might be in the hole.
He waited several minutes.
There was no sound. He craWled in.
His hands felt emptiness below and
in front.
A faint light came down the
shaft. Far above was a disk of blue
sky. He was in a well.
The flashlight showed the bot
tom of the we'll filled with rocks
and dirt almost to the level on
which he lay. He pulled himself
INTO 1t and stood up. The hashlight,
turned skyWard, cast deep shad-
oWs where the curbing had rottcd
away in several places and earth
fallen.
Fresh marks on the rrngs of the
ladder told him that this was the
way Of escape taken by the man
they chased into the tunnel.
He thought of returning outside
and climbing the hill to locate the
mouth of the we'll, but realized that
he would be exposing himself to a
rifle shot II the man were anywhere
in The neighborhood. Much better
would be to climb the ladder and
pttl OUT, COllCtdlet by lIe brush he
could e growing Yer the edge of
the hole against the sky.
Flashlight in pocket, he started
up. The disk of sky enlarged. One
ladder rung broke under his feet,
but his ~handhold saved him. Fear
ful, he continued upward. One, two,
three-a dozen steps. Another rung
broke, and the handholl loosened!
He grabbed desperately. Some
thing else came loose. Horror
erlppod the pit of his stomach as
he fell backward. The world fell
with him-planking. rocks, dirt.
There vas a terrific roar in his
ears.
He landed half buried in the
debris, after falling only half the
distance he had climbed. The hole
through which he had entered the
we'll was buried beyond reach, and
escape through the top OF the well
was impossible because The ladder
was no longer there!
(To BE tunijlE"N
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-03
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN


HENRY FEARED that more
earth would fall from the sides OF
the Well, burying him alive. In ter
o he struggled to pull his legs
free of the grip of rocks and dirt
piled tight around him. He claWed
with his hands, tearing at the
broken, rotten timbers.
1t was ten minutes before his
legs came loose. He stood on top of
the pile, staggering and weak, and
looked up at the disk of sky that
let in the faint light for his dark
prison.
In his extremity he gasped aloud,
Must be a hundred feet deep. I'll
never get OUT"
His voice was loud in the narrow
hole. He stopped. A deadly silence
fell, like a giant hand shutting
over his ears. The inanimate earth
became dreadful. 1t seemed to take
on life. He was so small, so DOW
erless against it.
A clod came tumbling down.
Henry ducked, expecting another
cavern. The clod glanced off his
shoulder. A trickle of earth sound
ed above him for a moment, then
was still.
He pictured the vertical walls,
already broken, loose and ready to
fall at the slightest touch. He did
not dare to climb, even if he could.
The f1ashlight was in his pocket
unframed. He brought it out with
trembling hand and played its light
over the pile of debris on which he
stood. To dig his way back intot the
tunnel looked like the best chance,
but there was no way to measure
how far down he would have to go.
The earth which had fallen under
him might have raised the bottom
of the well ten feet or more. He
couldn't tell.
Il mustn't lose my head!" he
warned himself.
The spoken words were comfort
ing. He didn't feel so alone. The
tone of his voice was different in
this confined space, as though a
stranger were trying to encourage
him.
1T is only a few feet into the
tunnel. The engineers must have
just missed this we'll in making the
bore for the railroad. The sprino
condition this Well tapped was
what made the tunnel collapse.
Maybe a big rock, dropping from
the roof Of the tunnel, rolled and
broke through into here"
Trying to figure out what had
happened was good mental exer-
else. There W. no emotion in it.
Henry began to Grive the terror
out of his mind.
Lets e if I can remember
what place would be located at the
top Of this we'll? 1t wouldn't be
Kings. That's too far north. l
think it could be seen from Kings
house, though. And the Hardness
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-03

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-03

l0laCe is too far south. It must be
about half way between. There:
an old road somewhere along there
I've walked along that road. J
ought to remember. Oh-h, 1t must
De a well on the old Fletcher place
There's a deserted house half hid
len III the brush"
He remembered it nova lonely
| place. No one would be likely tC
find the Well-eXcept the murderer,
of course.
Henry wondered why the muir
derer had come this way. Maybe
to cover his tracks. If he thought
anyone would be likely to trail him
he could lose them in the tunnel"
If such reasoning were true it
meant that the murderer did not
necessarily live at the old Fletcher
place, or even in the vicinity. He
merely used the tunnel and well as
a sort of dividing point between his
law abiding life and his crimes.
The old Fletcher place was near a
road. From that road the murderer
might have gone most anywhere.
He must be a small man."
Henry reasoned. MY weight broke
the ladder, but his weight didn't
That was very puzzling, because
Henry was small himself, ana he
didn't believe any member Of the
model railroad club weighed less
than he did-eXcept the women.
The women. | can't believe it,"
More likely was the supDosition
that the murderer had weakened
some of the ladder runss on pun
pose in case he were pursued. He
himself would avoid them.
Henry started to work on the
pile of debris at the bottom of the
Well, digging in the semi-dark to
conserve his fashlisht. He stacked
the broken timbcrs to one side in
the cramred space. and on top of
them piled rocks and handfuls of
earth.
Il was a slow, heart breaking
task, In a short time he had a fairly