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12 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON WEDNESDAY. APPJL 21. 10H7 HENRY .By Carl Anderson on THE DLUFF firvn rvtfjT Chapter One AN INVITATION TO TIIK HI.UFI- I met Michael at college, where I was .spending more dollars than I like to think about learning Hint a Shakespeare is found once in many centuries, and Michael whs busv spending more than that learning to wear my suits and shirts. After ward we drifted together 'nto a small apartment on West 80th street and I settled down to writing bad fiction while he massacred time In his own fashion. This htory proper begins on the February morning when the Skip per's note arrived. We were at breakfast, and the prospect of a fourth consecutive rainy day had lent the finishing toucli to the ex cellent grouch I had been nursing for a week. Due to a long-awaited birthday check from his a mite, Mi chael's spirits were soaring. "A swell day, old son." he ob served, pinning the check down with the toast tray. My response was brief and to the point. I glanc ed morosely at the envelope labeled m Miss Farringlon's careful hand and added, "There's a note. Aren't joii going to read it?" "You would," said Michael sadly. "Don't miss any tiling. Sometime when you Damn it!" His face fell sufficiently for my attraction. So I reached for the note. "Dear Michael," it read. "Since it In your birthday, Barbara and I en close this slight remembrance. We should be delighted If you could find it convenient to pay us a hhorl visit next week, as Barbara Is not too well and would be better for a little company. Pray ask James also, if he finds tt convenient. 1 shall expect you Friday. Affectionately yours, Martha Farrington." I glanced at Michael. His face was black and I promptly felt cheer ful. Well?" I said. "Well, yourself!" he exploded. "Of all the lousy hick" 1 interrupted hastily. "Their s an other one. Here, I'll read U." The second note una in the skip per's scrawling hand. "Dear Mike, Martlm has deeded that I need company, and I'm alraid Unit noth ing will do but that ou and Jnumie pay your devotional in February. The choice this year is Jutlc lllin shop. bvit 1 have heard no talk on the subject. In any evtnt. bring as many people as you like, I'll du uluu 1 can Hi uauls to Jiminie. Love. AUNT UUU. Michael, let inu lure announce, had more relatives than am three; ivople ol my acquaintance, out Ills ! iiiuncUntle laimly conswed ul two aunts with whom he had liv a as a child Heing unable to tear hnnscll away lrom the unqiie.stinnable I snankiness ol my suits and tics--as lie so kHKt' lutnriiH'd me hi: piv.s- ent p'Mnence at frarrliiRton lllulfl consLsted or an annual viMt theie in ! my company. During college this custom Imci become a lixetl one, nC by the lime o( this yarn it noth Ihlnn short ol an Institution. We usually (nured the Hint I m May or June when swimming Dual inn and lishluu were partial uliiiiikmimi tiom. In Kelmiary U was unthink able 1 ylancid at Micharl "We could," he ventured ieebl. "haw the meales. Ynu could any way, and- " "No we couldn't 1"! fell rotten enuiiRh lor anything that mornuu 'You can take can ot your aunts lor once in mn llle. And I warn you if jou dray Clay Palmer out there and explain her to M. f-ar-ringtun as my hum re. I II break jour neck!" (.lay Palmer was a jmnm l.ul in' hum Mit hael had b'cii uicreasiiiK 1 engrossed for some iiumllu pa;-i A nice kid with red hair and link Irs. a tittle Inclined to bunk lurni ture when aruused and not too dit flcull to a reuse. Mkliael. ol euurse. enjoyed it. The deadlier the row, the milder the reconciliation. To get buck to the ktur, I a fond of the Skipper. Having no aunts of my own. I nad more or less adopted Michael's. Martha Farrlnnton was small, stout and prudish or at least as nearly so as her over -developed sen.se of breeding would allow. It was Mike's story and I have never questioned it that hhe presided over his cradle with Emily Post m one hand and the social directory In the other. Ever since I had known him, she had certainly presided over our annual visits, armed with an exceedingly elimblc young lady to hurl at Michael's head. But the Skipper was different. II I had an aunt. I should like her to be like Barbara Farrington Tall and square, even mannish in ap pearance, and possessed of a deep musical voice and a pair of tragic looking dark eyes. She wore mostly rough tweeds, could noli like h champion, lind taught Mike all he knew about sailing mid fishing, and spent her time diverting: the atten tion of her sister's yearly choices from his luckless head. Yes. 1 was extraordinarily fond of the Skipper. And so we went. By we I mean Michael. Gay Palmer and myself. Mike consumed me to the rumble seat wltli the luggauc. (lointing out that I should have too much tact to break up the tendrr tete-a-tete in the front seat and kindly assur ing me that if the cold got too bad I could yell at him to stop for coffee or get under the suitcases where it was probably quite warm. I didn't argue much. Managing to g"t him i to the Bluff in February was a feat not ruthlessly to be Jeopardized by a mere four hours' t feezing. Generally speaking, I can take it. So I did, Farrington Bluli stands on 4 Christophers Second Prank By MARY MIAI'AM ItOSNKIt WAVING in the sunlight was a clothes line and on the clothes line were a lot of nice, freshly washed clothes. The ground un derneath was o( dirt and cinders. T u c k i n n Hie note under his ii u I'lirislo- pher Mew up to nines lint- One by nne. lie nulled oil the clot Ii e pins and d ro p ed the t i e s h I v wa.s.ied elotlu to t lie u I oiind It 'ink him tin e In do t!n, hul no one was around and it did not ccm as (hoimh he needed to hui rv. ri.,.- ..- ......ii., ...... l ...i i.,ih himself. "Hut perhaps the one who Men ine.e eioihes lieetis in yei out in the good air and i'ftcr wash- inn them once more will have lo hani! Iliein un ;iu;un. Yes. tnavhe that will he wood for her She'll gel added exercise lirst in dome the ;e-h a second lime. "Kmtcisc is good fni anvoiie I kmm how inv erowi-h limits droop when 1 can't pic,.d mv strnni; winys everv so often." But in hi now dealt of hearts lie knew he was heme erv. xerv IKUTL'!lt "They'd p.mk me if thev eaught me." he Ihougnt. "I ll have to rush away ;is .soon as I see am ore," Suddenlv there w as a loud lmut ot anger and ureal, great .initoy. ance ",IikI si-r uh t il, .1 ....... t, .. done'" someone culled "From where did he i-ontr" Oh (!tr, oh dear, mv nice fic-h w.ish' I'M not an old vtirk hikI dne hun oT " ChnMnnlirr uan about to flv awav when number thought e.'nne to him, "On H;ire? Do I dnre?" he asked himself. fwMiMivu ( httphrt t iMa rocky little Island connected with the mainland by a none too sturdy but extremely picturesque bridge Perched directly on the bluff, it looks to the southward over miles of Long Island Sound and to the northward over a long sloping lawn terminating in water and the bridge. East and west lie rocks, and below the rocks, the beaches. The pier and the boathouse stand on the western beach. Between them and the house arc the tennis courts, and on the rocks to the ea.st stand the stable and the garage. Over the entire es tate towers a collection of beautiful old elms. In all, I should say, the island covers about half a mile of dry land. In the proper season it is pleasant to whirl over the old bridge into the shade of the elms. Alter a four hour ride in February it is hardly that. I swore so loudly and so well that Gay rapped applause on the window a.s we drew up to the house. But my fury was short-lived, for once inside the house I had some thing more important to think about. M. Farringlon's vague re mark about the Skipper wa.s tar from unfounded. She was not ac tually 111. but her hair had grayed appallingly and there were tense strained lines in her lace, I was. startled and so, I could see, was Michael. We were established in the library almost immediately. Beiore the numbness was fairly out of my hands and feet M. Farrington was systematically catechizing Michael about his fall and winter activities. With Clay's assistance he launched into a dramatic account of a debu tante ball, and I was left to the Skipper, who siood gazing into the lire, the new silver In her hair glinting in the light and the knuck les of the brown hand resting on the mantel standing out livid, so tightly was it clenched. As I stared at her broad back, feeling more and more disturbed, she whirled and looked me full in 'the eyes. "Skipper," I said, grabbing her hand, "what's wrong?" She smiled. "Great Scott. Jim. do I look as bad as that?" Her voice was natural and easy m its booming cheerfulness. "Good Heavens, boy! You're hall frozen. Mike, take that kid upstairs and pour something in to him. He's cold. Time to dress, any way." Definitely uneasy, I mounted the stairs with Michael. In my room he parked himself in the best chair and fumbled lor a cigarette. "Jiiumie?" -Yeah?" "What the devil do you suppose is wrong with the Skipper? Aunt Mar tha doesn't know. And well, damn it, she looks rotten!" ' You're telling me!" 1 said. "Why the deuce can't you stay here and look alter her?" Michael lighted his cigarette and glared at the end of it. "I should, that's a lact." he said. "II anything goes wrong with t lie Skipler. I'll never forgive myclf." And mlit their, jum in ca.-e ei Iher ol us had chained our opinion of the Ulutl in February, a long, whistling shriek of wind seemed ac tually to shake the house. I thought ot the ride back on Monday and shiwied. 'U.1en to that." growled Michael "Kmnmh lo make anyone sick. And when t tried to talk her into going to Florida this winter, she told me to put on my long underwear 11 thr climate bothered me." 1 didn't point out that the Skip per had listened to that wind all her life and thrived on it. Instead I look-'d at my watch and observed "II we den t get a move on. M. Far ruigion will explode. Scram. Mike!" Still fuming. Michael rammed, i To be Conttnuecli ANSWERS to QUESTIONS A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The CapitalJournal Information Bureau, Washington. D.C. Frederic J. Haskin. Director. Please enclose three cent for reply. 1 40 those golden year of plenty the anabolic or constructive period I in which there is always a balance in the mental bank and Uie credit u still good. Q. How many people have visited the Eiffel Tower? P. N. A. Since it oprned to the public in 1889, alnosi 17.000.000 people have visited U. From the top ot the tower, tt U possible, on a clear day. to see points which are bb miles distant. ROOM AND BOARD ,By Gene A hern Q Wliat was Sir William Osier's statement about men over forty and on what occasion was it made? W. J. A. In a famous valedictory ad dress delivered at Johns Hopkins in 1005, Sir William Osier said: Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art. in litera ture, and while we should miss areat treasures, even priceless treas ures, we would practically be where wt are today . . . the effective, mov ing, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of 25 and, Q What languages arc taken by high school students in this country and which are the most popular? HM.B. A. A survey by a committee ap pointed to study the place of foreign languages in the high school currl culum shows that French classes are far in the lead with 76,000 pu pils. Spanish Is second with 37,000 pupils; then follows Latin with 21, 000; German with 16.000; Italian. 8.000; Hebrew, 15O0; Greek, 121. Q. Who owns Rainbow, the yacht that won America's cup in 1934? A. It has been purchased from Harold S. Vanderbilt by Chandler Hovey. RADIO PROGRAM WEDNESDAY P.M. K,U ti! Ki1ocyrle 12:00 Ppprr Youim's Family, NBC. 12:15 Ma Prrklns. NBC 12:30 Vic and Sndr. NBC. 12:45 Th O'Nellla, NBC. 1:1ft Collmlani!, NBC. 1:30 Follow the Moon. NBC 1:4S The Ciuldiim Light. NBC 2:00 Hollywood News Flafthrn. 2:05 Portland Council ot Churchea. 2:15 Cl-nry and Ollliim. NBC. 2:30 Rifrftimnt Time. 3:00 Our American Schools. NBC. 315 Women" Manarlne ol the Air. NBC. 4 00 Easy Aces. 4 : 1 5 Cti rbxtone QuIt. 4:30 National Tuberculosis Program, NBC 4:45 Mi- and Mv Shadow. 4:55 Cocktail Hour. 5:00 One Man's Family. NBC. 5:30 Hinrs or Today. 6:00 Dinner Concrrt, NBC- 6:30 "Thrills." NBC. 7:00 Your lilt Parade and Sweepstakes. NBC 7:10 NBC Prouram. B:no Anion Andy. NBC. 8:15 umlr Ezras Radio Station. NBC. 8:30 Winning the West. NBC. 8:00 Town Hall ToiitBhl, Fred Allen, NHC. 10:00 News. NBC 10:15 Poet's Corner. NBC. 10:30 Mark Hopkins Orchestra, NBC. 11 :00 Ui'lown Orchestra. 11:30 Dcauville Orchestra. NBC. To U Complete Weather Report. TIU'RSDA V A.M. K. r,:ti KHoorlra 7 M)- Mormiic Mr Indies. 7 30 Petite Mustcalr. 5 00 Financial Service, NBC. 1:15 Stars of Today. 8:50 Orchestra, NBC. 8:55 Little Theatre ot Lite. 9 :00 Oresonlau News. 9:15 Story of Mary Marltn, NBC. 10:00 Music. NBC. 10:15 Mrs. Wiirs of Cahbnee Patch, NBC 10:30 John's Other Wife. NBC. 10:45 Just Plain Bill. NBC. 1 1 00 Standard Scnool Broadcast, NBC 11:45 Hollywood in Person. NBC. WF.DNKSDAY P.M. KKX 1 1 Nit Kilocycle 12:30 Market Iteports. 12:35 Triangle Visitor. 12:50 Ink Spots. NBC 1:30 Club Matinee. NBC. 2:00 Mary Marltn. NBC 2:15 Youn Hickory, NBC. 2:30 At Vierra'a Hawatlani. 2:45 Baseball. 5:00 Orettonian News. 5:0 Jack Meakm'a Orchestra. 5:00 String Symphony. NBC. 7:00 to 8 Silent to KOB. 8 :00 Oresonian News. 8:14 Lum n' Abner. NBC. 8:30 American Legion 9:00 Abe Borcovitz. Violinist. 9:15 Bob Crosby's Orchestra,. 9:30 Wrestling Bouts, 10:30 Blltmore Orchestra. NBO. 1 1 :00 Oregonlan News, 11:15 Paul Carson. NBC. To 12 Complete Weather, Police Reports. THURSDAY A.M. KKX 1 1 Nil Kilocycle 8 30-MuMcal Clock. 7:00 Calvary Tabernacle. KEX 7:30 Christian Science Program. 7: 5 Oregon tan News. 8:00 Vaxabonds Uuartet, NBC 8:15 Larry Larson. Organ!!. NBC. VOP. A 0TCTNi6WT,-BUT I CAM SHOW VOL) TWE TOOV UtA AU1T. IS THE CHOICEST OF PUPPLE-TOWERS rAND IS LAVISHLY FURNISHED WITH ANTIQUES--YE.S,-MUSEUV PIECES' POP. EXAMPLE ;THE BED BELONGED TO NAPOLEON AND WAS GjWEN TO fAAPSHAL ANDPE DONAT D PUFFLE, W ANCESTOR YW0 u i CRAWL OUTA THIS SALOON, N VOU LIZARDS, t SAVS TO TH "BEELER BOYSj TUEV WAS FIFTEEN AGIN rAE. 'OUT COMES THEIR GUNS, AN" I DRAWS IAV CURLING-IRONS AN BLAZ.ES AWAYjTHEY TURNED OVER TH" POOL-TABLES FOR. A BARRICADE, SO I .SES'SHOT A GAME OF ROTATION POOL WITH 'EtvO BUT TH POCKETS I ROLLED EM IN WAS DUG 1 I IH NbXI UA1 ; l PV DONAT D PUFFLE, J lSr Vk lxj s mm - - '" 1 K-ri j rn (- t)lt)NT TAKt 8:10 Vic and Bade. NBC. 8:45 The Gospel Singer. NBC. 8 59 Arlington Time Signal. 9:00 A)l-8tar Varieties. 9 15 Oreaonlan Home Institute. 9 30 Morning Concert. 10 02 Trailing Along. Toley. 10 15 Food Maaietan. NBC 10 30 Love and Learn. NOC. 10 45 Glen Darwin. NBC 10:55 Varieties. 11:00 Program, NBC. U:30 Western Farm and Home NBO. WF.DVFSDAY A.M. KOAC .VWI Kilocycles 9 00 Toilay's Programs. 9:03 Home maker's Hour. 10:nn Weather Forecast. 1001 Music. 10:15 Story Hour for Adults. 10 :45-Music. 11:00 School Of the Air. WEDNESDAY P.M. KOAC j-'ifl Kilsryrles 1 00- Music. 1:1. Variety. 1 45 Music. 2:00-Guarding Your Health. 2 15 Music 2 30 Travel's lladio Review, 2:45 Muse 3 00 AAL' W, Half Hour. 3:S0 Music 3 45 Tlie Monitor Views the News. 4 00 We LiMen to Music. 4:30 Stories For Roys and Girta. 5:00 On the Campti. 5:30 Music. 5:45 Vespers. 6 00 Music. 15 United Press News. 6:30 Farm Hour. 7:30 Mumc. 7 45 Municipal Affairs. 8:00 Mu-lc. 8: 15 Albntiy American Legion Auxiliary 8:30- Pacific College WEDNESDAY P.M. K(IIN Hid Kllnrvclei. 13:00 - Mavaicine of the Air. CI1S Vi 30 Home Town Rkelrhes, CBS. I: no Eyes of the World. 1:30 The Journal Newspaper of the Air 2 30 News Thru a Woman's Eyes. CBS 2 45 This and That with Art Kirkham. lo CBS 3 -OA Western Home Hour, CBS, 4 00 Newly wed. CBS 4. 15 Variety Mimce. 4 45 -CBS 5 ! Leon F Hrews, Oruanisl. 5 30-Cub Reporter. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE By Harold Gray 5 45 Tops Revue. Joe Werner. 8 00 Andre Knitelnneir' Orchestra. CBS 8 30 Beauty Box Theatre. CBS. 7 00 Pin I Lord in "Hie Giiuz Busters. ens. 7 '511-Maji to Man Sporis. CBS 7-4- MuMeal Moments. 00 Scat tern ood Barnes. CPS 8: 15 Preltv Kitty KVllv, CPS 8-30-l,miTh mth Ken Murray, CBS. 9 45 Memory's Corner. 10 110 Fievta. CBS. 10 T.O Fddie Oliver Orchestra. CHS, 10:45 Ted Fiorito Orchestra. CUR 11.00 Tommy Tucxer Orclir.it ra. CBS 11:15 Kenny Allen's Orchestra. 11:10 Kenny Allen'-, Orriirstrn. to CH3. 11 :45 Frcely-Dooley Orctiesiru. lo CBS THURSDAY A.M. KOIN !IHI Kilnrvdr 6 30-KOIN Klock. Ivan, Walter and Finnkle, 7:55 Clniiiro Fnclrieermt: Works. 8:15 Sons of the Pioneers. 8 30 KOIN News a-nicr. 9: 15 Columbia Almanac. CH fl 30 Rninance of H -len Trcitl, enn 10 38 llvmns of All Clmrcllcf.. CBS U:00-Rik Sisler. CBS 11-15 Conkim: For lun 1130 This and Thm unti Art Kuktiam. H-4 Mrl and Mri;r. CBS. (ilANTS IN THOSE DAYS W OH, GOOW ! I rIGOEREO MR. AM WOULD BE Ii SOON - AH0, X ,: if tin WHY. ONE OF THEM Yi.'.'-i MX! WOULP EAT ALLIGATORS MTrMSjCL SAME AS WE EAT ONLY LASTED ABOUT Si-iMWfi A HUNDRED MILLION TtK5- IHUit WtKt m- i, !$. 'J&7i If WELL. I HAVEN'T ALLIGATORS Iho'1 T WHY. I USED TO HAVE TO PUN F Vi I FIGOERED MR.IJ HMUT, BASCa BEEN VERY LUCKY fl HARMLESS I I FOR MY LIFE TO AVOID BEING Tt I 0 AM WOULD BE ANNIE ! Kjfil B S0 PAR" GUESS I LIZARDS-YOU I TRAMPLED BY HERDS OF GIANT (J S iue DOING A S?m I wRitMin vu i w smuulb Hnvt M ibkun iushuki. tftw w LtAST u El LITTLE K IFOR ALLIGATORS B BEEN AROUND PI I A HUNDRED FEET LONG AND Id g a FISHING. VnJ I PTWits nt iuu ji rtw miluun r i wtiijHirsij ihikty ions ok SO-'- LA HUNDRED MILL ON B "9 iccc. V I JITTERY MS YEARS AGO- hi B AND TYRANNOSAURUS REX -HI YFAR5 - TUfKP utrc C:' HEG'LAR KELLERS By Gene Byrnes THE WHOLE WORKS I CAN SEE THE (JAMt JU5 A5 PUIN A3 IF I WAS SITTIN' IN THE qRANIOTANO BARRY 5IK(lf S, JlnDIN SHULTZ HOME SfRAmot STRIKES OUT AN J9HNJ0M SENDS A FLY TO LEFT FIELD THOnWON BUNTS, Bms 5INTJ.ES) THREE 6N BASE AN' HOME RUN O'JHINXKV UP! hepe.pinhead, jti Where's the 02? YOU msS WATCH ? C'' TAKE THE GLASSES r-.-:4jgS-g- -r- ,-frr&r THE Gl'MI'S By Gus Edson COCKTAILS (lE'S DANCE OUR BUT-ANDY-Tw-TrT I '"'"W. jMLrtitUitL IV V 1 t, TTivOU WANT TO Wfew-i TROUBLES AWAY- R TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT E I f1 auZ f I COUl DANCE fjy ; K , A'( 1. Jd IMPROVE ? 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