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Soul Catcher
(a.b.e-book v3.0)

Frank Herbert
1972

Eighth printing November 1985
ISBN 0-425-09141-4
For Ralph and Irene Slattery, without whose love and guidance this book would never have
been
When the boy's father arrived at Six Rivers Camp, they showed him a number of things which
they might not have revealed to a lesser person. But the father, as you know, was Howard
Marshall and that meant State Department and VIP connections in Washington, D.C.; so they
showed him the statement from the professor and the interviews with the camp counselors,
that sort of thing. Of course, Marshall saw the so-called kidnap note and the newspaper
clippings which some of the FBI men had brought up to the camp that morning.

Marshall lived up to expectations. He spoke with the measured clarity of someone to whom
crises and decisions were a way of life. In response to a question, he said:

"I know this Northwest Coast country very well, you understand. My father was in lumber
here. I spent many happy days in this region as a child and young man. My father hired
Indians whenever he could find ones who would work. He paid them the same wages as anyone
else. Our Indians were well treated. I really don't see how this kidnapping could be
aimed at me personally or at my family. The man who took David must be insane."

***
Statement of Dr. Tilman Barth, University of Washington Anthropology Department:

I find this whole thing incredible. Charles Hobuhet cannot be the mad killer you make him
out to be. It's impossible. He could not have kidnapped that boy. You must not think of
him as criminal, or as Indian. Charles is a unique intellect, one of the finest students
I've ever had. He's essentially gentle and with a profoundly subtle sense of humor. You
know, that could just be our situation here. This could be a monstrous joke. Here, let
me show you some of his work. I've saved copies of everything Charles has written for me.
The world's going to know about him someday. . . .

***
From a news story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

The most intensive manhunt in Washington history centered today on the tangled rain forest
and virtually untouched wilderness area of the Olympic National Park.

Law enforcement officials said they still believe Charles Hobuhet, the Indian militant, is
somewhere in that region with his kidnap victim, David Marshall, 13, son of the new United
States Undersecretary of State.

Searchers were not discounting, however, the reports that the two have been seen in other
areas. Part of the investigation focused on Indian lands in the state's far northwest
corner. Indian trackers were being enlisted to assist in the search and bloodhounds were