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I THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1037 HENRY By Carl Anderson r -a-fr. i it 6L f Awa3a; OD TC1E DLUFF SYNOPSIS: First tt ti the mysterious shooting to death of attractive Jud Blln. shop which makra ua all littery on thin wild, stormy weekend at rarrlniton Bluff, horn of Michael's aunts. Then a aeries of strange, atlarks orcurra. Present are Mike; the Skipper, his tall, tweedr younr er itunt; Aunt Martha, stout and prudish; Oay Palmer, Mike's red-headed sweet heart; myself and the four servants. Is a relief to find the bodr of Mlchael'i Insane father, supposed!' Ions since dead. farlow the bluff; It explains so much that has happened. Chapter 87 "What's the matter, Higgins?" He was still white. "I'd like to talk to you a minute, Mr. Somewhere where we can't be heard." I stared at him. "What about? There's no one to hear us, Hlgglns, What's on your mind?" "Would you come into the living room, sir? Reflecting that the poor old boy probably wanted to relieve his mind by tell in me his version of the story, I followed him into the living room. "Well, what is it, HigRins?" "Mr. Jimmle. the Farringtons have always been almost like my own family, as you might say. The old gentleman was very good to me when I was Just a boy, sir, and alone in this country, if you see what I mean." I smiled at him reassuringly. see what you mean. They've been pretty swell to me. too." What the deuce ailed him? If he trusted me enough to tell me the story, why all the preliminaries? "Tills affair has been most un fortunate, sir." My patience was getting a bit thin. I had many things to say to Michael, and I wanted to say them before he had soaked himself into a complete stupor. I frowned, I said sharply, "What a on your mind?' "Mr. Jimmie." he stepped closer to me and spoke in a hoarse whis per, "the danger's not over. There's He stopped suddenly, and amazing thing happened. His eyes, fixed on the window behind me, seemed about to pop from his head and under my very nose the man seemed to shrivel up. I wheeled toward the window. There was no one there, and my patience snapped. "Hies ins. what the devil are you looking at? What arc you talking about?" He passed a trembling hand over his eyes. "I--T don't know. PosMbly sir. I I have been Imagining things. Please forcet It, sir." With a certain dienity he straightened himself. Exasperated beyond all endur ance. I fairly roared at him to speak his piece. "Nothing, sir. I have bren for getting myself. Please excuse me." I made a wild Inner, but he got to the door brforr I did. Crossing to the window. I leaned against it, staring out at the dismal lawn, my bin In In an uproar. "The danger's not over!" What did that remark have to do with the depressing ,-ecret of Parrlngton Bluff? What? My eves had fal len io the tiling on the porch Just outside the window. There, clearly fir fined in rapirlh hardening mud. was the imprint of a rubber boot Hisnins had seen someone at that window someone who might or might not have heard what he was starting to say! The wild thought crossed my mind that maybe he was right that there was more trouble to come, but I rrjeeled It impa tiently. What a hnlr-trtw.r state we had all gotten into I I went off in search of Michael. , He as not in his room. A dis orderly confusion of clothes, books J and papers gave mute testimony to i his state of mind, and a nearly I empty decanter of brandy told me, that the Skipper's fears for him I ere Justified. I thought first of, the1 oootprirt outside the living room window and then of Norman Farrington lying halfway down the bluff. Farrington Bluff was no place for a drunken man particu larly drunkm man In Michael's rushed through the bathroom Into my own room. He wasn't there. And I was reasonably certain that he wasn't downstairs. Either he must be In talking to the Skipper or he must be outside. I rushed Into the hall and raced with all my might to the Skipper's door. With out waiting to knock, I flung it open. The Skipper's oilskins lay on the bed and her boots on the floor beside them, but there was no one In the room. I had barely time to realize that fact, when a deafen ing report of a gun shook the en tire house. For a second I was too petrified to move. The sound had seemed to come from the direction of the next room M. Partington's. I dove through the Joining bathroom and pulled up with a bang. M. Farrington lay face down ward on the floor beside the dress ing table, one arm thrown out at her side. As I dazedly knelt to turn her over, the hall door flew open to disclose Michael, his eyes red and bleary, blinking at me In amazement. We stared at each other. "She's hurt. Get some water!" I managed finally through stiff lips. He nesitated, and I sensed more distrust in that pause than I could see on his Incredulous face. His eyes fell and he moved unsteadily toward the bathroom. I wrenched my attention from my own appall ing predicament to the old lady. She was alive. A bullet had torn through her left shoulder. Me chanically I noted that she had been shot from the rear at close aid T- TRIP TALK Br Mary Graham Iloniirr Yes." asrecd wtlly Nilly. "wc hawn't ald a word about where w were going." I remember," quacked Mrs. Quacko, "the time you made up a little boat ca!!ed the Q. Duck arc! we took a trip and saw a few bird.-. and beavers. Only wo ducks went on that trip and It was a very thorl one." You've given mo an Idea," .mid Willy Nllly. as he patted Mrs. Quh- cko'a wing. "Lot s go all around the countryside and see how other am- mals and bird live how they m.ikt their homes and learn about their habit and ways. We've been so wrapped up In ourselves and in Pud dle Muddle that we haven't both ered to see, and find out about, a lot of Interesting cretitures. "Then. too. so many visitors and adventures have come to u. But li would be a complete change, as the doctor said, to take a real holiday." Oh, that would be wonderful!" bleated Sweet Face, the lamb. "I've never really travelled in my lamb life." Well biop wherever we pleae." continued Willy Nllly happily. "We won t nave any set plans, oh. I led rested already at the thought ol such a wonderlul trailer trio!" But you must go to sleep now. It's your bedtime." cackled Top Notch, who was beginning to feel somewhat rooster Wily sleepy himself. All right." agreed Willy Nllh meekly. He was still a mile tireu and there mere a number ol thing: he wanted to do before thrv started The doctor Mopird in lust before Willy Nllly was going off to sleep and pronounced him well! range. There were powder marks on the back of her lavender robe, and the profuse bleeding In iron seemed to indicate that the bullet had torn straight through. So Hig- gins had been right! We were still in dangerl Clumsily Mike deposited a baln of water beside me. He seemed hypnotized. Incapable of speech Ana i was glad or It. "Find the Sklpperl" I said hoarse ly. starting to bathe the wound with my handkerchief. "Hurry, MiKPi Her heart's bad and The Skipper was there beside me before he could seem to move. Her lace was grim and set. "Give me that. Jim," she sternly, kneeling beside me. "There a first-aid kit in the bathroom. Get it. please." I got up with difficulty. I could not seem to get my mind away from the fact that I would be suspected of this shooting. It took me at least three minutes to find the first-aid kit in the cabinet over the basin. While I was fumbling around in the process, I could hear Gay's high excited voice. The thing must nave been heard all over the house. in another minute the servants would be tumbling in on us. Vague ly I wondered, as I crossed the few steps to the Skipper's side, what had kept them off so long. Mike and I were about as much use as an oil burner in the Sahara. But the Skipper worked quickly and carefully. Between us, we lifted M Farrington to the bed and stood waiting while the Skipper applied restoratives. Slowly, in a series of unpleasant groans, the old ladv came out of it and was im merit ately acutely ill. I made for the door as fast as I could go, only to bump smack into Higeins. straight ening himself from an obvious key hole attitude in the hall. "What has happened, sir?" he said without a trace of embarrassment. I closed the door behind me with a Jerk. "What are you doing. Hig gins?" I countered. miss Barbara was giving me some instructions In the lower hall We heard what sounded like a shot and hurried up here. I stayed In the hall at her request to keep the servants out of the way, sir. "Very pat, Hlgglns. ' Glaring at him. I noticed suddenly that he was holding something in his hand something wTapped up in a hand kerchief. And he saw my look "I found this on the stand here Just now. T though perhaps you had better take care of it until the police arrive." Deliberately he unwrapped from the handkerchief his own revolver, to my knowledge the only one on the Bluff. I reached for ft involun tarily, and to this day I don't know what stopped me. Perhaps It was the sudden realization that even as he offered it to me. Higgins was carefully avoiding direct contact with the gun. I managed to take it, handkerchief and all. without touching the metal. Furiously I hurled questions at him. No stilus that meant anything. Cook was In the kitchen. He was sure of it because she had been there when he answered Miss Bar bara's ring and both William and Annie were certain that she had not come up the back stairs. They had Just left him. They claimed to have been in their own rooms when they heard the shot, and he believed that they were because they had not been In the kitchen when the Skipper rang. They appeared im mediately after the shot was heard It was all very upsetting. Just when we had been sure that the trouble was all over. He would very much like to know what had happened. "Someone shot and painfully wounded Miss Farrington." I said bluntly. He staggered back icauvt the wall. "Painfully wounded." he re peated1 in a thin whisper. Pain fully" A thought was dawning In my head. "Merely a flesh wound." I said deliberately, with my eyes on his face. "She's quite conscious and there's no danger." It didn't work. His ec were on the floor, his face expressionless. ! 'To Be Continued' ANSWERS to QUESTIONS A reader can get tha answer to any question of tact by writing The Capital Journal Information Bureau. Washington, D C. Frederic J. Haskln. Director. Pleaaa enclose three cenu lor reply. Q. How much gasoline is used in motor travel in the United States yearly? W.A. A. Last year over 18000.000.000 gallons were used. This was almost 11 per cent Increase over the gaso line consumption for this purpose in 1935. Q. What per cent of the persons arrested are found to have finger print cards in the Federal files? J. B. A. During 1936. 39.7 per cent M83.140) of the persona arrested al ready had fingerprint cards on file In the Identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In addition, there were 9996 records bearing notations indicating previ ous criminal histories of the per sons concerned, although the fin gerprint had not previously been filed in the bureau. This makes total of 193,136 records containing information regarding the prior criminal activities of the persons arrested. The records disclosed that 139,707 (72.3 per cent) had pre viously been convicted of one or more offenses. This number con stitutea 30J per cent of the 461,589 arrest records examined. Q. Row much money Is collect ed by the Empire State building in admission iees7 J ri. A. Entrance fees to the tower average $1000 a day. Q. How long has the Maryland preaitness been run? t H. A. The race was first run in 1873 and has been continuous except lor i years irom ibso to 1909. Q. What university offers a course in weather forecasting? W.H. A. There is one at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. RADIO PROGRAM FRIIMY P. M. K.W Hi(t KilorrrlM 12:(H-RrrrMhmnt Time. 12:15 Oreuonliin Nwn. 12:10 Follow Ihf Moon. NBC. H;4f The GuidiriK LiRht. NBC 2:00 Woman' Maeiizln of the Air, NBO S 00 Smillu Ed McConnell. i n-Pure Gold. 3:10 Me and My Shadow. 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