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the georgetown herald wednesday evening september 17 194 1 hawk in the wind by helen topping miller d applewocttntuir oft wnu serjrtc chapter the lawyer who came at noon with wallace withers was a suave tranger he was so he stated from balti rr re he represented the messrs payne cragg and hooper and withers added yirgie i do not represent mr withers 1 am not connected with the local enterprises of my clients mrs mor gan i am retained to prosecuts a suit for damages for mr cragg against your superintendent i be lieve mr thomas pruitt you didn t overlook anything did vol drawled virgie it is the function of an efficient aiiorney to overlook nothing very v sely we think mr pruitt accept d our advice which was to settle out of court with mpre serious ac tu n pending it would be urifortu rate for him to be involved also in civil matters to which he could not give his attention so he decided to make suitable settlement with my client mr cragg and i have here he enfolded a paper an order u you mrs morgan to deliver ty n ofl shares of stock in the you art being very unreasons ble mrs morgan soothed the law yer we are being very lenient with mr pruitt my client has been per manently injured without just nca lion or excuse you might as well hush de clared withers patiently come along and we 11 fetch somebody she will listen to the door banged behind them virgie stood still in the middle of the room still shaking with white rage the thieves she muttered they would be back presently with some countcy constable who would turn red when she looked at him but who would drag from an unsavory pocket a paper with tl t seal of a magistrate upon it and compel her to open the safe a sudden thought came to her swiftlv she bent and twirled the combination of the safe the heavy door moved open slowly and she ilung it back and unlocked the in tier compartment flat taped bun dies qj paper slid out into her hand he sat on the floor turning them uver rapidlj all the papers on the lazel fork property she knew hose well she had had them out the lay before with wills her own a ock in the mill tied in an envelope she counted the shares all there but that was all twice she turned over the entire ontents of the compartment then a panic flurry she pulled every thing out old ledgers old bills con tracts and leases papers that da id had hied papers she herself had ut carefully away tax receipts leeds to timber lands insurance j ilicies she unfolded each shook t opened and shook every book t arched frantically tom s stock and marian s was none but how who no one but lucy knew the com nation lucy dnd tom and tom as locked in jail she was still s hint there s jk g out pipers stdnne al the ei ply aces in the s le when the do i lned she stutttd t en sa h i was mar an who stood theie mi llier t ai has hoppei ed 1 t i lam v rgle t ed u vl he alt cl 1 fl t ts wdllace si i tl awer e tht tricked tom into s jninj his stick 1 st nil1 i lie ii 1 l i nk w ll art oil eer t it ki t t up and i sn i t in m and yi ur st ik tl t k fathti lcfl for y u it l i l man it closed the do 1 d iu you tricked him a helpless old man in prison nl s the property of mr spi an inck s ek up tom wouldn t sign it the m il he didn t k wl d e was signing he told n ou tr iked him a helpless o o i an in prisun i a sure vou mrs morgan that vtr d ument was carefully read u mi pit wldi jl f he wouldn i under s ana he v as scared and numb y tu at lure tom to death with a it fo paper you tricked htm he ould hj e killed all of you belore he d give up his stock in th s mill i can believe that mr pruitt s mania for homicide must be embar rassing to you but we do not trick people mrs morgan we find it unnecessary the oily voice ran like horrid fingers over her so if you will read this order please you will notice that you are directed by mr pruitt as the custodian of his stocks and property to deliver to me fifty shares of morgan mill stock to the amount of fifty thousard dol lars par value i won t deliver it i 11 fight you through every court in thin coun first of course you understand that that attitude is quite futile we can compel you to deliver the stock mrs morgan we can bring an officer here with a writ bring a dozen officers u you can find one who 11 serve a writ against me you exaggerate your importance and your m vulnerability i fear the stock will be taken to mr prviu for signature to transfer transfer uhom mr w has cont acted to purchase u nderstahd i thought s look here virgie you re wast ing your breath wallace put in this is afl settled you can t do a thing about it i 11 see about that 1 reckon we 1 have to fetch a constable wallace mustered pious patience with an obdurate woman she s hartmieaded talk won t be any use she keeps it in tha safe- how do you know where i keep it virgie flashed at him i sup pose you ve got some more spies on my pay roll your mr daniels has done pretty well i suppose you set those fires yourself mother ll u md bit d re you re white s a si i i u re bh ikme all over 1 can i sit down they 11 be t i i y minute they won t bel ivi n e me fool took it i suppose s mt the sneaks who ve been wotkne r wdluce ll c uldn t be lucy oh no not lucy she knows enough lo know that l e stock s useless unl 1 it s signed er but nobody else knew the c mbination tom knew it and 1 know it you ton wrote it down for me moth i sit here and let me bring you ume cold water the stock isn t ne mother it s safe 1 took it virgie sank limply into the old i air that had been david s you took if i took it over to the court house 1 o be registered tom signed tl er to me a week aeo it s mine e couldn l give it to anyone else lcause he has already s gned n er to me he was going to leave to me in his will he told me and 1 saw the will he left it re with lucy that day when he ent up tt hazel fork tom wdnteo e to bie it so the lasi t me i eni lo the jail he was worrying ut t and i wanted ihjt stick ii er il m as amed iu tel u i 1 w inted it i wanted to coi trol the mill i wanted to make you fire branford wills and now i m ashamed but the stock is safe they can t touch it virgie s hands fell limply pick up that mess she muttered sag ging back in her chair i give up here drmk this i m all right it s just too much has been happening hohind my back even you i told you i was ashamed but anyway we saved tom s stock maybe we can beat them yet virgie looked numbly at her child j avid s chilawith her finely cut profile her dark eyes and resolute mouth gallant and splendid and ndomitable like david so you own the mill she said are you angry mother i don t know it was a shrewd thing to do your father would have thought of it i seem not to think i things soon enough you re wonderful mother i don t want to run the mill i uldnfl i m not wise enough or nirong enough i seem not to be wise either lck the safe baby those men will e back they re coming now it looks like an army no one noticed lucy coming in at he back door becaustso many peo i le were entering by the front way lucy s eyes were blazing and a i n tie wild her chin hod a dogged ngle and scarlel coins burned in r cheeks she lookefl younger i aglow with a sort of fan tic triumph almost defiant she died out her chair then waited as the odd procession riled in mr payne the lawyer intro- ced the newcomers and mr hooper and this offtcer 1 suppose you knowf the shamdling curia able looking tiwkward and nr flrt with curiosity jiiked at hi hat and said howdy mis motgun hello ed greeted virgie you travtl in poor cumpany this here is somethin 1 got to do fumbled ed i ain t so set on it but you krtow how things is go ahead ordered virgie urtly ed rummaged out his paperwal lace withers pulled out his heavy old watch and ran his thumb over tl e crystal thudded tt back again lucy s eyes were big and anxious only marian stood calm smiling a nc sided smile i got an order here began ed for some stock belongs to tom pruitt go on and serve uie paper snapped withers i got to get home it s most time to milk don t bother ed virgie said 1 know what s in that paper it won t do you any good to read it to me these gentlemen and their at torney are very astute they know exactly what they are doing you investigated the ownership of this stock i suppose gentlemen certainly i snapped the man payne you re just stalling virgie and it won t do you a bit of good i m not trying to do myself any good wallace i m doing you good you got that order by fraud and i can prove it that might not sound so well in court we got it squarepruitt knew what he was doing he knew he was signing away his stock he had 10 save himself sounds funny virgie s voice drawled i ve known tom a long time he was a shrewd old moun 4atn man he knew what he was d ing most of the time except when he lost his head because he was be ng robbed it s hard to believe l l d sign an order to delivpr that tock to you yesterday that was wl en he had already transferred t a week alo 1 don t believe it barked with is the transfer is recorded you in see the record at the court use that will be about all today i nllemen virgie drew herself up superbly no not quite all said a quiet ice from the door branford wills stood there lean d calm and tall a folded pnper u his hand mr payne 1 assume he s ud and mr hooper i have just come irom hazel fork gentlemen the lawyer interrupted this is other matter sir we do not i i ow you 1 am employed by mrs morgan my name is wills formerly wilh 11 e naljonal park commission i have been investigating the area on hazel fork upon which i under stand you gentlemen all of you in tend beginning some extensive op erations in lumber and pulp wood what s your business demand td withers if you ve been inter fenn up there virgie morgan mrs morgan has not been inter fenng wills said mrs morgan knows nothing about this i happen 10 be a government cartographer formerly as i have said with the park commission i made the road maps for that area there has been evidently some confusion and delay in surveys and condemnation suits owmg to the confused condition of the title to the land a condition you gentlemen were very quick to take advantage of but i would not advise you to begin timbering opera uons on that land gentlemen now r ever you re very smart young fel low snapped the man hooper but i happen to have a court order that illows me to timber that area to atisfy my claims and those of m associates do you think i d be fool enough to invest money in a propo sitton like that if i dtdn t know what i was doing unfortunately wills smiled a slow dry smile i do not know what sort of a fool you are mr hooper i am merely advising you for your own good i have sent to washington for plats and surveys for confirmation of what i know to be the truth they should arrive by monday but i happen to know that i am right i went over the land today to be sure i do not think you will cut any timber on the land formerly belonging to tom pruitt what are you crashing in here for anyway demanded wallace w ithers angrily and what are you tting at anyhow i m advising you not to cut tim i on hazel fork mr withers u n r inyone else of course i j t prc nl you bui i can bring i the uontion of people who can c pni you tl at land up there ntit in helur lp to the pebjple th lnited iiates yi u te a middling ounj fool rn ed tt ll irs whit do you dl ui if perl s hukresird the- lawyer t asilv it mjhi le well to look tu th s matter gent inen we ii look nti u and we 1 look nto thi sutk irons eti n too it i is a fishy s und lo me by all means nvestigale thor oughly you 11 find asu found gen tlemen that that area of land up there ts included in the boundaries o n park probab t condemnation suits to establish own ership are lost somewhere in the maze of other law u its and claims concluded on page fl hbmcdtdne nilswers the crll hamilton by cok c ham- swo- t0 oo customs xit i xr- tpp plnokwr do you know taeanswersi here are some questions about an industry whose welfare affects you and your community see how many of these questions you can answer then try the questions out on your family friends and neighbours 1 are any products of the pulp and paper industry being direcdy used for war purposes 2 canada makes large shipments abroad of pulp and paper products it also exports wheat and gold which of these brings the most money to canada 3 what particular industry owe most of its growth to the pulp and paper industry 4 what other industries derive large benefits from the pulp and paper industry 1 yes pulp for explosives wrappings and containers for munitions and food board for army buildings 2 pulp and paper products newsprint paper alone is canadas largest single source of u s dollars 3 the electric power industry 4- nearly every other industry in canada because of the large purchases of th pulp and paper industry for its diversified requirements partlo ularly our railways and steamship lines because of the amount of freight shipped our mines and heavy machine industries our farms the 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