Land Sakes by Margaret A. Graham

Author:Margaret A. Graham [Margaret A. Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781441239167
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

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The rain never let up—broad sheets of it swept over us, keeping so much water on the windshield the wipers could not handle it. Made me nervous hearing the tires swishing on the wet pavement and Percival not letting up on the gas.

As I thought back over all that had happened, I got to wondering if maybe Percival was in on whatever this was—this devilment. At the time I didn’t think much of it, but later it seemed funny that he didn’t want to call the police. And what did he mean when he said he had orders? If he was in on this, what better place to take us than to a lodge out in the woods where there’s no police nearby or anything else to keep thugs from robbing us or holding us hostage or who knows what. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made. I sat there debating whether or not to tell Mrs. Winchester what I was thinking.

Before daybreak, we stopped for breakfast. We had just come off the interstate, and Percival drove the car onto a back road and stopped. There were woods all around, and I got thinking this might be the very place where we’d get jumped. Percival got out, pulled up the collar to his slicker, and headed back toward the restaurant for takeout. I was getting nervous.

With the rain battering down, I couldn’t see for sure if Percival was going to the restaurant or if there was another car parked back there. I couldn’t keep my suspicions to myself any longer. “Mrs. Winchester, you don’t think Percival is involved in this, do you?”

“Percival? Heavens, no. He wouldn’t dare.”

“What makes you so sure?”

“He can’t afford to get caught doing anything illegal.”

“What makes you say that?”

“Trust me. Percival can’t afford to get arrested. That’s the main reason he had us leave Chicago. He was afraid that dog owner would arrest him as well as sue me.”

Well, I was not so sure, and if he made it back to the car without anything happening to us, I made up my mind I would get to the bottom of this.

By the time Percival returned with our ham and eggs, coffee and toast, he was a pathetic sight. After taking off his slicker, he threw it in the trunk, ran around the car, and hopped in the front seat. Even so, his uniform got very wet. Before starting the car, he got busy trying to dry himself off with a towel.

As we drove on, Percival had his breakfast on the seat beside him and ate using one hand. That made me nervous. With the rain pouring down, you couldn’t see far enough ahead to know if there was a washout or mud slide on this road, a fallen tree or a stalled car. And not once did the rain slacken. If anything, it was coming down harder.

On a slow grade, Percival went around a logging truck, which scared the daylights out of me.

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