Arf Walker

Alfred "Arf" Walker is a character in the Eden Pond Series.

Biography

Arf Walker served as an Air Raid Warden at the same post as Harry Pond.

People who didn't know him well thought him a heavy drinker, not unfairly as whiskey had been a factor in the fishing accident that cost him two ribs. When he recovered, he was no long able to fish. He survived doing odd jobs and accepting tips from drunks he drove home from the Smokehouse Tavern at the end of the night. He spent a great deal of time at the Smokehouse, sitting at the bar drinking coffee and staring at the half-empty bottle of whiskey he'd been drinking the day of his accident. The level of the whiskey has been unchanged ever since, though the casual observer wouldn't be faulted for assuming he still drank.

Fred Turley was one of the men he drove home.

He got involved in a ring of tire thieves working up and down the coast during the first months of World War II, unaware the ring was involved in a scheme to steal land from Japanese resident aliens and Japanese-Americans. Though not directly involved in the death of Harry Pond, his connection to the scheme proved a weakness in the conspiracy and he was murdered to keep his mouth shut.

Appearances

• Tillamook Guerillas (working title)