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Newspaper Page TextTHE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON Gamblers Throw srMOrsia: Jtrrr Calhoun, who bu a B toWas limw " sane atona in, anivM at Ahoaa" Ultnd fcaaSattarUn. hapllls W Be DtlMnres ft cut' away. Ht hu flown to 0 nearby Utand with a detective and friend. Aihwood b holding nrlaonet Nncy wentworth. eb tiucMd ivit Jerry's defetiM. and lite Ben. Chapter 17 HORNET'S NEST "I've been rending the newspa pers, Mr. but you haven't In troduced yourself," said Jerry. "How neglecful of me," apolo gized the cripple. "I am called Llmpy Ashwood." "Sorry," Jerry shook his bead thoughtfully. "That doesn't mean a thing to me. But, as I started to explain. I do read the newspapers and I'm afraid that 1 ve stumbled Into a hornet's nest. There are a Jot of people In this country who would like to be introduced to Miss Wentworth and One-shot Luccl. right now." "Then I'm sure you'll under stand." murmured Ashwood suave ly. "why you may as well settle down to become a member in good standing of our little houseparty." Jerry grinned ruefully and nod ded. Then he patted his dripping clothes suggestively. "A thousand pardons!" exclaimed the cripple. "Alfred, show Mr. Pea body to his room instantly. Well complete the Introductions at your convenience." The first oblique shaft of morning sunlight snapped Jerry out of a sound night's sleep. For a moment he gazed in bewilderment around the plain, comfortably furnished room. Then, with a wide grin of an ticipatory excitement, he leaped out of bed and strode to the window. CUNDOWN --oWtV THE PARADE STARTS By MARRY GRAHAM BONNER At the first sound of the drum people came out of their houses to see the parade. First came Freddy beating his drum, "d-r-u-m, d-r-u-m, d-rum. d-rum, d-rum, d-r-u-m." Next came Pauline, Alice, Ade laide, Mattie and Emily dressed very prettily, Jumping and canter ing as though they were ponies. They neighed every so often. Then came Betty and Peggy, John and Bill, and as they marched along they shouted out to the onlookers along the street: "The big show begins in exactly tialf-an-hour. Come to Rlverbank "where you will see the most mag nificent, the most stupendous, the most wonderful circus to be seen In the world. You will see breath-taking tricks, you will see the girl who climbs a tree and you will think, for the life of you, that she Is a wild animal rather than a girl. "Come to see the big show and laugh at the clown the funniest clown In all the world. Lemonade and peanuts at the big show. All fou want." Dick came next In the parade and ow everyone did laugh to see him. He walked as though he might fall over any moment because he was so fat. Then came the express cart, drawn by Ada. In It were some toy animals, a Hon, an elephant, a monkey and a pig, and In the cen ter sat Nip, the fox terrier. "Bark, Nip," Ada whispered, and Kip obediently barked. "The wildest animal In captivity," shouted Ada to the crowd. Just then Nip saw something he thought he would like to chase. Out of the express cart he Jumped and Ada couldn't catch him! The Oulf of Mexico was an Infinite ly vast lake of molten silver, shim mering under the cloudless sky. An other hot day was indicated for not the slightest whisper of wind rippled the surface of the water. The palms leaned this way and that as though discouraged and weary. Their leaves were dry, browning at the tips. No wonder, thought Jerry, these people were unstrung and ready to leap for one another s throats at tne flicker of an eyelid. Never, even dur. lng those last hectic days at the front when pilots came in from pa trol cursing at the tops of their vole es, had he known such nervous ten sion. AU evening, as the "guests" had sat about the living room he had ex pected to witness a riotous outbreak among the fidgeting, taut-nerved men. Luccl and Mallory, their puffed and bruised faces covered with ban dages, regarding each other with malevolent eyes, greedy for an op- portunlty to finish the struggle of the evening before. Those two strange, silent men, Martin and Williams, gazing steadfastly at Miss Wentworth with expressions In their sombre eyes which caused the flyer to watch them more closely than he did the others. Luccl and Mallory, whatever they may have been be fore coming to the island, were now savages, knowing It and not caring. But what damage the heat and the unnatural atmosphere of the place had done to Martin and Williams was not so evident. They would bear quiet watching. That devil. Ashwood, had lounged in his chaise longue, playing upon their nerves as an organist manipu lates his banks of keys. A dozen times during the hot, interminable evening, Jerry had tensed his mus cles, expecting the victims of the cripple's thrusts to break into a murderous frenzy and run amuck. But always, at the very last Instant before an outbreak, Ashwood would smooth the other's ruffled nerves and turn his attention to the next. Only two of all those who had dwelt In that house for many days seemed unmoved by his verbal efforts to arouse their anger. Hamilton, con centrating upon -his everlasting soli taire, answered the cripple's quips carelessly, seeming to regard them as only slightly Irritating interrup tions to the vastly more important business of placing one card upon another. And Nancy somehow came through the evening unscathed. Ashwood's sallies in her direction did not cut to the raw. They were kinder, perhaps. At any rate, the girl held her own without great dif ficulty. Jerry had not sought an opportun ity to explain his presence to her. At dinner, he had surprised her study ing his face thoughtfully and, meet ing her eye, had seen her shake her head ever so slightly, then look away. So he knew that she recog nized him and was warning him to make no slip that would betray him. It was with much regret that he gave up hope of drawing her aside for a few moments conversation be fore Emory and Stevens precipitated him how many guards patrolled the a battle royal. She could have told beach, how many machine guns could be expected to open fire upon the airplane and where, perhaps, would be the most likely place for him to start a row to take the de fenders' attention away from the approaching monoplane. He knew, of a certainty, that the extraordinary Ashwood did not be lieve his ingenuous story of being cast away upon the neighboring is land. He did not underestimate, In the least, the difficulties before him. Ashwood would be warned by his suspicious visit and would undoubt edly see that his guards did not re- las their vigilance. This Ashwood was no heavy-fisted moron; ht was infinitely more dangerous as an en emy. Jerry knew that the most practi cal plan would be to find some way to signal his friends to fly to the nearest town and secure adequate assistance from the authorities. But. being young reckless and headstrong he resolutely pushed the conviction away. Suddenly he stiffened in alarm. The familiar bark of a powerful mo tor beat Into his ears. Its throbbing roar mounted as It responded to an advancing throttle until the entire house seemed to vibrate. Then, dying down, it popped and back-fired un evenly. Jerry's first impulse was to rush to the porch to signal to the silver' winged monoplane. But after the first instant of indecision, he real ized that he was listening to Ash wood's amphibian in her hangar at the inlet. He dressed hastily and hurried out Into the fragrant morn ing air Just in time to see the odd shaped plane taxi slowly to the channel and take off toward the south. He stood on the porch, his hands clenching the rail, watching the amphibian's rising flight What a fool be had been to un derestimate Ashwood's shrewdness and not to know that be would make an effort to check up on his story! u tne ampmoian continued on her present course for five minutes her crew could not fail to see the mono plane whose bright wings would loom up in the sand like an air marker thoughtfully placed there to draw attention to the spot. ine wnite-coated steward appear ed at Jerry's side and bowed civilly. Mr. Ashwood s compliments, sir. and will the gentleman kindly Join him at breakfast? ' Jerry hesitated. He wished to watch the course of the amphibian. But the steward waited as though he expected the summons to be obeyed immediately, so the pilot nodded reluctantly sod entered the house. In the long, dim dining room, Ashwood awaited him, cool and Im maculate in a suit of Chinese pon gee. The large table, set with places for two, was covered with napery of magnificent damask, "Good morning, Mr. ah Pea- body," smiled the cripple. "It Is so good of you to Join me. Our other guests will presently have their breakfasts in their rooms and I dis like eating alone." Jerry acknowledged the greeting absentmindedly. He was listening for the faint whisper of the amphibi ans engine. Had it stopped sudden ly or bad it dwindled into silence In the distance? The soft-footed steward placed an iced grapefruit before him. He found that despite his disquiet of mind, he had not lost his appetite. "Nice place you have here," he observed politely. "Is nt it? I congratulate myself up l a happy thought when I pur chased this house in sections and had It assembled here after my plans. The guests Inhabit the west wing which leads off the living room. My rather large staff uses the east wing and some living quarters over the hangar-boat house. An ad mirable arrangement." Jerry grinned whole-heartedly. There was something In the nerve and the imagination of the fellow that was very appealing. "Mr. Peabody," said the other un expectedly, "were you ever in the Q. Is It true that many hundred dollars' worth of clothing has been donated for the American Olympic team inks year 7 wm. A. It has been announced that eighteen different firms have do nated over $8,000 worth of cloth ing to the Olympic finance commit tee. This Is the first year this lias been done. Q. Which of the Barrymores the oldest? E. R. Q. A. Lionel Barrymore Is the old est of the Barrymores. Ethel is next and John Is the youngest. Q. How many women pilots are there In the United States? How does the number now compare with that in 1929? Fa, A. Five hundred twelve licensed women pilots are listed by the de partment of commerce. On Janu ary 1, 1929 there were only 34. Q. In how many years has the treasury shown a deficit? T. N. A. Figuring on the official war- air service." "Yes," admitted Jerry steadily. Why?" "Did you, perchance, know Cap tain Jerry Calhoun?" (To be Continued) rant basis, which means checks drawn In excess of money received, there have been since 1769. 47 years of treasury deficits and 97 years of surpluses. There have been more peace-time deficits than war defi cits. The present treasury deficit is the lafgest ever experienced In peace time. Q. Where are the largest Rus sian colonies in this country? B.8. A. They are in New York City, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Jersey City and Cleveland. Q. What Is meant by a source book? D.O. A. As Its name Indicates, tt Is a book containing sources of lnfor maton on any given subject, in cluding a list of reference books, annotations, and similar data by means of which an exhaustive study of the subject may be made. i Q. Should the Prince of Wales succeed to the throne unmarried would his salary as king be the same as King George's now Is? P.N. A. That is a question to be de termined by parliament but there would be precedent against the J privy purse, as the king's salary lfii called, being as large should he! ascend the throne a bachelor. Queen Victoria was the last sovereign of Great Britain to remain for many years on the throne without a con sort. Her salary was about 300, 000 a year. When, her son suc ceeded as Edward VII, the parlia ment increased the privy purse to about $550,000 a year. This was the amount paid to the last ruler with a living consort, William IV. and It was understood that Edward received the raise on the ground uiat ne was married. Q What does the Indian name Winona, mean? L.F.B. A. It Is a Sioux word, meaning first-born daughter. Q. Does air mall postage pay the cost of air mail service? H.M. A. For the fiscal year 1933 it Is estimated that $20,000,000 will be spent for the air mail service. The deficit would be approximately 60 per cent of this amount. The rev enue received from air mail ap proximates 50 per cent of the cost. Q. What Is the derivation of the name of the dance, Money Musk? E.R.W. A. The terra money musk Is a derived spelling of "mony musk" which is the name of an old Scot tish dance known as the Strathspey which is believed to have originated during the 18th century in the val ley or strath of the Spey. "Mony musk" probably came from the town of that name In Scotland. There are many early Scotch tunes called after towns or places. In Scotch mony" means many and occasion ally means great. "Musk" means a confused heap or a term which Is synonymous with our modern word for fog. It is very possible that the town is named because of the fogs appearing there. The term "money ACROSS t. Strike vim th palm S. I) lie ha rgei 10. frofour.d 14. Outdoor sum 16. Feminine nam 11. Unoccupied 17. Seed covering 18. Prepare for uh acala 19. Gripping dcvUe. SO. Sylvan demlgodi 22. Halo Baiig 24. Portal 2ft. And Dot 17. 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I ; IT-GIVE "EM ARE-JAKE- I TMr IS THE ( V WE'LL BUY IT- TWENTY FOUR. ffSS JOW WOULP 3 6K3GEST PLACE Cr'HSi I 1 ' HOURS TO SAY lT?SLS j, VOU UKE Tj ' 'VES' OR 064:9 musk" s now used refers to the old dance which Is slmilsr to the Virginia Reel, Q. Does much fresh sir come Into s house when the windows and doors are closed? C.C, A. It Is estimated that In the av erage house there Is enough air leakage around windows to be the equivalent of one open window. Q. Have elephant graveyards ever been found In Africa? K.O. A. The many stories about ele phant graveyards have never been verified by the actual discovery of such burial places for elephants. ' Q. Who was the author of "The best of prophets of the future Is the past"? N.A. A. Lord Byron. Q. How much Is our government spending annually to maintain the Yangtze patrol? L.P. A. It costs approximately (750,000. This patrol is maintained for the protection of American nationals and business Interests and is nec essary because the Yanktze river Is frequented by bandits and other outlaws. Who originated the electric dis play sign? N.O. A. William H. Meadowcroft. as sociate of Thomas A. Edison, was the originator of the application ot electricity to display signs. 9urrv This is the day of his birthday surprise, And all of the Barnyard, save Puffy, is "wise. Invited by Whix, he goes out for a trot A trick so the guests may convene on the lot. RKG'LAR KELLERS QUICK RECOVERY Over ak'see buy "A H JJC.' ( PUOOIHHEAO'. 1 ( PwuO V HES STILU'IIS 1 A P f Off- a.iw THE GUMPS t3oW WE MAS CMANf.6t ilNCE HENRIETTA LAST SA.W MlM MANY AAAMV- OW.SO, MANY YEARS AfcrO AMEN IM A PIT OF PASSION HE LEPT HER- 53NC.E THEM NO NORd HAS EVER come from mim Save The one MESSAGE . SHORTLY AFTER HIS DSPARTURE TME NEWS OF HIS DEATH - HENRIETTA BORE UP BRAVELY -IT HAS BEEN A stSlvl,b FOR HER ALL. THESE YEARS A LOME 6-ai TOWNSEND ZANDER ME HA HAt MANY ADMIRERS, S.HE SPURNED THEM ALL UNTIL AT LA'ST- TOM, CARR . APPEARED ON THE SCENE -HER HEART WENT OUT TO HIN IMMEDIATELY TOWNSENB ZANDER- ALIVE' VJHERE HAS HB BEEN Alt -t3 These years?) : 1 s IjSV r h rmr-n-n -n rr-mt: If VVMAT Affl 11 IIQOO? ?HE SAW IN THE FUTURE WHAT HER, iMEART HAD ALWAYS CRAVED - HOME HEAVEIM NAHPINtss -AJvlb SHE SAW IN TOM THE MAN SHE LEAH.NED TO ADORE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD ALL THAT SHE MAC EVKR ADMIRED IN A (VUMM S.ME CAVE UF BIM. GUMP ANO HIS MILLIONS TO become; THE. WIPE OF TOM S. Pit Off. C .nrf- IH ) fcrTt0.ir.K.,-i,,hun S?HE MARRIED HIM AT A TIMS VVHEN & WE VKAS PENNILESS AND NOW- IN HER HAPPIEST HOUR - OUT OF THE DEAD PAST - COANES THIS MOCKERY OF A MAN TO TORMENT HER TOWNSEND ZANDER- HER. FIRST HUSBAND WHOM SHE ThOU&MT DEAD YEARS AND YEARS AfeO - 4P L TOM, AT T P I IF HE SEES I I Jtlr'V i HIM HAN&IN& III V A AROUND If MUTT AND JEFF EASY COME EASY GO AWTT, IN THl ATI. 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