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HENRY HORDED On THE DLUFF Chapter S3 AUNT MARTHA'S MACHINATIONS "I suppose Martha thought she had done away with all possibilities of Mikes hearing about his father. She handed Higgins the gun and went quickly back to bed. Poor Hig gins made sure that he could do no thing for Jude. He cleaned and re loaded the gun and resolved to talk to me before he said anything to anyoody else. "As for me. my situation got increasingly worse from the mo ment I walked Into the kitchen. I felt sure that either Martha or Nor man had done it, but I had not one shred of proof and didn't have until Higgins spoke to me yesterday Martha staged a frightened, elderly woman act. I could get nowhere on her. I did nothing bccuase we were as much on our guard as we could oe and I wanted to avert panic. "How the dickens Norman man aged to elude us when we searched the grounds In broad daylight, I don't know. He may have let him self Into the house more than once with that key. I don't think there's any doubt that he was the intruder who dealt with Cook and Annie. That handkerchief he used on Annie was yours, as a matter of fact, Mike. He d been using some of your cloth es. Higgins was the prowler In the hall. He told me so. But poor Nor man must have ransacked Martha's room and multllated the cat In Just the sort of a frenzy the doctors had predicted. "I'm sure that you and William suffered at his hands. Jim. Then. I Imagine, he let himself into Jude's room with his key and concealed himself in that horrible fashion. Martha must have known that he was there. I suppose she really thought that he was better dead than confined. At any rate, the min ute I realized that he was gone, I could think of only one thing the , spot on the bluff where his mother died and where Martha used to brood for hours as a girl. In her mind she had made a martyr of ncr mother. Something told me that she intended to do the same with her brother. I knew what we would find at the foot of that cliff before I had taken a single step. "You see, I still hadn't talked to Hiirgina. I knew that we were at the mercies of a homicidal maniac, but I had not one shred of proof and my changes of being believed were pretty slender. I put Ikt to bed and I thought she was sleeping when I left her. Apparently she wasn't. Higgins was on the verge of telling you the whole story, Jim, when he saw her standing outside the win dow In my oilskins listening. She frightened him half out of his wit. What she was doing out there I don't know. Looking at the scene of Norman's death possibility. At any rate from thin on she began to dis trust Higgins. After you went look ing for Mike, Jim, he let her In. And she threatened him, poor old boy I He was terrified. He got her to her room and went in search of me. "Meanwhile you got the wacky notion that you were Insane. Mike, and I did Uie hardest thing I've ever don In my lite. I went to Hig gins" room, got the revolver, and walked stralRht down the hall to Martha's door. In view of Higgins' story she must have Just left the oil skins In my room and started to undress. She was at the dressing table and as she turned toward me I shot her. Unfortunately, my aim was rotten. Higgins had caught sight of me in the servants' hall. As I turned around he was right at my elbow. He never said a word. Took the gun out of my hand, wiped It clean with his hankerrhlef. and shoved me to the head of Uie stairs. To all Intents and purposes we were coming up them as you rushed down the hull, Mike. Higgins had an alibi right on Uie tip of his tongue. "When I heard that I had failed, I knew that I had endangered your lives more than ever. Martha knew who had shot her, although I don't think she actually saw me. She knew and she laid her plans accordingly. I was with her for some time. trnn mau ...,,... v. ai . . . ' mma remeiubw. Sht pretended c-7 atwmtm rrtnn to be asleep, but I knew she wasn't. She was my sister practically my mother and and a grand girl. God I How I pitied her! But we sat there within two feet of each other and planned each other's deaths. I waited until she asked for another sleeping powder. I went into the bathroom to fix it, where size could not possibly see me, and I put a half a box of the damned powders into her glass. "But she was ahead of me. I came back to find her crying. It wasn't as if her state of mind had been her fault. Seeing her that way got me. I tried to comfort her, but she wouldn't listen for a long time. Then something appeared to snap in her and she poured out a story. She said that she had lured you into the old loft, Mike, and shot you. Then, frightened, she had put you inside one of the cedar chests and left you there alive. "If I hod stopped to think, I would have known that she was lying. She hadn't been out of my sight since you left the room. But she knew me well enough to know that I wouldn't stop. That loft was used as a sort of strong-room In grand father's time. I had forgotten its existence. I tore up to It, dragging her with me. And when I got to the place where she wanted me. she simply crowned me with something. The rest of that let's not talk about." The Skipper's pauses were becom ing longer and more difficult, but she went on. "I think Higgins suspected her. but the place had never been used in his time. He didn't know how to get Into it. and he knew that Martha IllRDS WITH MUSTACHES By Mary Graham Bonner "Oh, there go the flickers with their mustaches!" exclaimed Willy Nilly. "I thought you were pointing out some birds to its." barked Rip. "I am," smiled Willy Nilly. Flick ers are birds and they have mus taches. At least, I should say that the Mr. Flickers have black marks by their beaks that look very much like mustaches. They have cous- Ins, too, known as the red-shnft-ed flickers who have red mustaches. "They're whistling gaily. I sup pose because they know that soon at least 8 or 10 eggs will hatch Into little flickers. "Don't you think they look some thing like woodpeckers?" Rip. the dog, agreed. "Oh me. oh my. there goes a lit tle ruby-throated humming bird! He's after the honeysuckle bush and will flit about, and then put his long beak into the honeysuckle's sweetness and drink. How quickly he flies!" "They're brave, too. aren't thev?" asktd Rip. who had remembered times when it was hard for him to be brave before creatures stronger and blffgcr than he. The humming bird was so little. "Yes, the humming birds are brave," admitted Willy Nilly. and then, as they passed an orchard they saw a kingbird a fine, big bird with a small patch fo orange colored feathers on his head. "I m glad Christopher Columbus Crow Isn't around now." Willv Nilly told Rip. "Kinebirds dont like crows and will peck at them. Oh. lets hurry and get on a distance, for Christopher may be returning at any time.' i Tomorrow - "Chrlstoph.r . Return " lilllS THE -j By Carl Anderson ' - 'ilJS i was watching him. I heard someone tapping around down here trying to find the opening, and I imagine it was Higgins. Also, he probably wasn't sure of himself. Martha's nearly dying after she finally took the powders probably made him wonder whether I hadn't simply at tempted to murder her a second time and then beat it to escape be ing caught. "I heard him calling to me sev eral times through the floor in his room. He apparently knew I wae there, but thought I could answer him or come down if I wanted to. When Martha knew that I had been found dead or alive she knew that Higgins would talk. Poor old Hiegins had been protecting her with his life. He even removed those letters that she planted In William's room. She begged the originals from me long ago and kept them all this time. Those letters were forgeries, of course. Higgins had saved her life, but now he was dangerous. And so she killed him." The Skipper stopped abruptly and the sudden silence was painful. Michael sat with- his head In his hands, motionless. Gay's subdued face was turned toward him, and her eyes were anxious. But the Skipper sat straight and stiff be tween them, her face a mask and her eyes straight ahead, Finally Michael raised his head. "Is that all?" he said in a muffled voice. The Skipper's smile was twisted. "That's all. If you like, Jim. you can send Jack Blinshop out here to me. I suppose it's poetic justice that I should be the ptTson to tell him." Blindly I grouped for words, found none, and choked out, "I'm telling him." Gay got suddenly to her feet, dropped one swift kiss on the top of the Skipper's head, and went noiselessly from the room. I wanted to follow her, but my feet seemed riveted to the spot. "I suppose." the Skipper's voice went on, '"there's a moral some where in this, although at the mo ment It eludes me. Something about the wages of sin, no doubt. Only, Mlckie, I" Her voice caught and stopped. One instant there was sil ence; the next the room was filled with dry, hard sobbing. Michael crashed to his knees. I slipped through the game room and out the side entrance to the lawn, barely feeling the sting of the cold, salt air. I needed a coat, but not badly enough to go back for one. The foot of the drive confronted me before I was really aware that I was walking. Pausing. I stared out across Uie water toward the main land. A motor dory was hended straight for the spot where I stood. In another minutes the leathery old face of Andie Darrel was staring up at me from under his sou'wester. "HI there!" he trumpeted nasally. THE END ANSWERS to . QUESTIONS I By Frederic J. Haskins ' A reader can get Uie answer to any question of fact by writing The Capital Journal Information Bur eau. Washington, D. C. Frederic J. Haskln, Director. Please enclose three cents for reply. Q. How much money has been paid to Uie Dionne Quintuplets by advertisers? E.G.H. A. The total earnings of the chil dren to date from various advertis ing and picture contracts are $861, 146 39. Q. Please gne some Information about the candlemakers who made the famous Caruso candle. EJ.H. A. The AJellos of New York City are the world's most famous candle makers. The business was started In Sorrento, Italy, 165 years ago. and Is now carried on by members of the family in Chicago. St. Louis, and Beverly Hills, as well as In New York. Their output Is approxi mately 2.000,000 candle a year, it.. ii i . iniiimiH l-lir Wi ll MIUWII ln'ISWi WHO hav. been customer, of tht AJellot CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON are the Duke of Windsor. Colonel Lindbergh, MusioUni. Queen Marie, Tascanini, and a number of presi dents of the United States. Q. How many people in this coun try have defective vision? How many wear glasses? CR.W. A. According to figures of the Better Vision Ins ti Lute. 90.000.000 persons in the United States have defective eyes and 34.000,000 wear glasses. i Q. How much do fishermen spend for tackle? C.B. A. In 1936 accrued and unlicensed fishermen spent $15,000,000 for tac kle. Q. In pronouncing "subpoena" Is the "b" silent? SC. A. It Is not. Q. What was "the scalplock"? G. H. A, In scalping, the portion taken was usually a small circular patch of skin at the root of the scalplock just back of the crown of the head. The scalplock itself was the small hair braid which hung from the back of the head, as distinguished RADIO PROGRAM MONDAY T. M. KC.W ;o Kilocycles I:00 Refreshment Time. 12: IK Oresonlan News. 12:30 Follow the Moon. NBC 12:4 The Ouidin Hunt, NBC 1:00 H oil t wood In Person. NBC. 1:15 Marlowe & Lyon, piano duo. NBC. 1:30 Hollywood News Plashes. 1:35 Ray Harrington. NI1C. 2:00 Woman"! Magazine ot the Air. NBC 3:00 Me and My Shadow. 3:15 Pure Gold Ptld. Council Churches. 3:30 M idee Williams, NBC- 3:45 Curbstone Quiz. 4:00 Strlnmime, NBC. 4:30 Back Seat Driver. NBC 4:45 Jincle Town Gazette, NBC. 4:55 Cocktail Hour. 5:00 Stars of Today. 6:00 Contented Pronram. NBC. 6:30 Burns & Allen. NBC. 7:00 Amos 'n' Andy. NBC. 7:15 Uncle Ezra's Radio Station. NBC. 8:00 Fibber McGee and Molly, NBC. 8:30 Vox Pftp for Molle. 9:00 Hawthorne House. NBC. 9:20 Menkln'fi Musical News, NBC. 10:00 News, NBC. 10:15 Voice of Hawaii. NBC. 10:30 Blltmore Orchestra. NBC 11:00 Ambassador Orchestra. NBC. 11:30 Deauville Orchestra. NBC. To 12 Complete Weather Report. Tt'ESDAY A. M. Kt.tt Uiu Kilocycle 7:00 Momma Melodies. 7:30 Petite Muslcale. 8:00 OreKontan News, NBC. 8:15 Story of Mary Marllu, NBC. 8:30 Stars of Today. 9:00 Mystery Chef, NBC. 9:15 Mrs. WIkks of Cabbase Patch, NBC. 9:30 John's Other Wife. NBC. 9:45 Just Plain BUI. NBC. 10:30 It s ft Woman's World, NBC. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE CERTAINLY THOSE GEMS ARE MINE - DUQ EM UP ON NVY OWN PROPERTY IN A COUNTRY TPN TWfM I5&NP Mil CO CDrtHA HERE -CONFORMED TO EVERY LAW Or- THAT COUNTRY- REG'LAR FELLERS TAILSIMN TOMMY OkEtETE- R , AT THE wJBLUt LANTECH inn JtAQCMIMG FCC TOMMY, saw jusnriA.swtFTWMrr OF- TOW LACtY, SLAIN SPY PllOT,WHOM TOM IS IMPtRSOriATIMa, ATID ItnOCECITLY ASKED THE- GIRL WHE TOMMY HAD eOMt... JUSTIflA SUDDENLY BEALI?ES THAT SHE" HAS BEEN TRICKED. .. MEANWHILE-, TOMMY AMD JOStf; KEY MAri OF" THE" ESPOMAGC 6AMG. PREPARE TO ELY TT SO y'dID FIND YOUR I DIOn'fiND IT.' HAT AFTER ALL MOM FOUND IT rZZ -r X ar' ' !ej THE GUMPS By Gus Edson THE SENSITIVE FLOWER MM f iOOO I HAD M0 tOETA s'' A LOVELY WOMAN IS LIKE A SENSITIVE fell GET IN THERE, LITTLE FRIENDS MOSELLE WOULD ASK ME FOR f $ ' A FLOWER THEY BOTH THRIVE OM LU: s&SJ I'LL SOOM HAVE MORE TO KEEP I A LOAM OF THAT SI7E I b C ' KINPNESS AND SUNSHINE ANP -AiliS feM YOU COMPANY LA-DE-DA- FIGURED SHE ONLY NEEDED A ' - V Vy ; REQUIRE THE TENPEREST CARE (feT ALADDIN MAY HAVE HAD J FEW HUNDREDS OH WELL- J AND ATTENTION OTHERWISE. JsLlpwn? A LAMP BUT BM MAS AM C JUST A CHILD SHE r - i3E WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A rTlgaf! i7 ELECTRIC POWER-HOUSE , ' DOESN'T KNOW THE , 1 - , Ji A MAGNIFICENT ROSE IN rTn! EilltiH Rt VU . . . ' from the larger side braids. It was usually decorated with beads other ornaments. When opportun ity offered, the whole top skin of the head, with the hair attached, was removed, to be divided later into smaller scalplocks for decorat ing war-shirts, leggings, etc. The operation was performed by making a quick knife stroke around the head of the fallen enemy, followed by a strong tug at Uie scalplock. Q. How Is the West Indian swizzle-stick made? J. A. It Is the dried stem of a plant having radiating branches, which are cut off about an Inch and a half from the stem. It Is used to stir a mixed drink. Q. How much money did Alexan der Hamilton leave? J.W.H. A. He died Insolvent. Q. What Is the usual mode of ex ecution In England, France, Ger many, and Russia? H.W. A. England prefers hanging; France, the guillotine; Germany, the headsman's ax; Russia, the fir ing squad. 10:45 Collealans. NBC. 11:00 Peppr Youna's Parally, NBC. 11:15 Ma Perkins. NBC 11:30 Vic and Bade. NBC. 11:45 The O'Neills. NBC. MONDAY P. M. KKX llfW KIlAcrcIes 12:30 Market Reports. 12:35 Tnantcle Visitor. 12:50 Club Matinee. 1:00 Story of Mary Marlln. NBC. 1:15 Younc Hickory. NBC. 1:30 Gentlemen of Rhythm. NBC. 1:45 Kim's Men, NBC. 2:C0 U S. Army Band, NBC. 3:25 Financial and Grain Market. 2:30 Press Radio News, NBC. 2:35 Clark Dennis. Singer. 2 45 Escorts and Betty, NBC. 3:00 Eddie 8artout. 3:30 Food Magician. 3:45 Sam Gordon, Kibitzer. 4:00 NBC Program. 5:00 Oregonlan News. 5:20 Good Times Society. NBC. 5:30 Melodic Strings. NBO. 6 00 Hlmber's Studebaker Champions. 6 30 National Radio Forum, NBC. 7:00 Benson Concert. 7:15 Lum and Abner. NBC. 7:30 NBC Program. 8:00 Oregoman News. 8:15 Industry Talks. 8:20 Conitresa Orchestra, NBC. 8:30 Stanford University Program, BC 8:45 Casine Parlsienne Orchestra, "c. 9:00 Homicide Squad. 9:30 Wrestling Bouts. 10:30 Varieties. 10:35 Blltmore Orchestra. NBC. 11:00 Oregonlan News. 11:15 Paul Carson. NBC. To 12 Complete Weather, Pollct Reports. TUESDAY A. M. REX 11 HO Kilocycles 8:30 Musical Clock. By Harold Gray WHAT? WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU WHERE IT WAS? WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OH, YEAH r AND HAVE EVERY SHARP SHOOTER IN THE WORLD EVERY SWARMING OVER , UVfcK THtKc MAKINQ TROUBLE" By MY MOM IS THE CHAMPEEN FINDER OF THE VORLD.'SHE SH0ULDA BEEN A DETECTIF? By Hal slllll 7 you used x.Wn St V YOUR MtAO, "S '- LActY.... pri J LAMDIMG tj' flM''' HERE- '"STEAD V VJ'' Of- at i he- JrJS ROOM AND BOARD WELL,LADY,I 60T IT ALL HOOKED UT TO HAUL AWAV J TvV ONLY PLACE I KNOW TO GET RID OF IT, IS OUT TO TWCITY DUMPS V WHERE IT WILL. TJURN UP I 7 00 Calvary Tabernacle. Rev. Pope, 7:30 Vic and Sade, NBC. 7:45 The Gospel Singer. NBC. 8.00 Financial Service. NBC. 8.15 Portland Breakfast Club. 9:00 Oregonlan Home Institute. 9:15 All-Star Varieties. 9:30 Morning Concert, NBC. 10:02 Crosscuts, NBC. 10:30 Orrconlan News. 10:45 Trailing Along. 11 :00 NBC Program. 11:15 Alrbreaks. NBO. 11:30 Wrstcrn Farm and Home Hour. NBC. MONDAY P. M. KOIN 949 Kilocycles 12:00 News. 12:15 Pretty Kitty Kelly. CBS. 12:50 Home Town Sketches, CBSB. 1:00 All Star Varieties. 1:30 News Thru a Woman's Eyes. CBS. 1:45 The Journal Newspaper of the Air. 2:30 Newly-weds. CBS. 2:45 Hollace Shaw Orchestra. CBS. 3.00 Western Home, CBS. 3:45 Swlngtet. CBS. 4:00 Variety Matinee. 4:30 Jack and Paul, CBS. 5:00 Radio Theatre. CBS. OH, YOU'D KEEP MY SECRET. EH? HA HA! THAT'S A GOOD ONE- WELL, YOU WON'T HAVE TO, PAL- tU. KEEP IT' WHAT? THEN YOU'LL KEEP THE TEN BILLION IN GEMS? OF YOURS? MY PROPERTY, Gene Byrnes rn m n-1 SHE CAN FIND ANYTHING BUT SHE HAS A TRICK FOR FINDIN' Forrest we oughta mak HEADQUARTERS TmO HOURS.. ITS OMLY A HUMORED , MILE-S m ) MAKE- I it in 1 twe mty - PyiinuTt-s. tuatLl.be great' HERE TAKE THIS! AND GET SOME KEROSENE TO WVKE SURE IT WOKfT . HALF-BURN I 6 00 Wayne King's Orchestra, CBS. 6:30 Your Neck of the Woods, CBS. 7:00 Scatteraood Balnes. CBS. 7:30 Pick and Pat. Comedians. CBS. 8:00 Horace Heidi's Orchestra, CBS. 8:30 Jack Pearl. 9:00 Dorothy Dix, the Journal. 9:30 Leon F. Drews, Organist. 9:45 Five Star Final, 10:00 White Fires, CBS. 10:30 Cole McElroy's Orchestra. 11:00 Merle Carlson's Orchestra. CBS. 11:15 Olen Gray Orchestra. CBS. 11:45 Black Chapel, CBS. TI'ESDAY A. M. KOIN 1140 Kilocycles 6:30 KOIN Klock. Ivan, Walter and Frankle. 8:00 KOIN News Service. 8.05 Sons of the Pioneers. 8:15 Rhythm and Romance. 8:30 Romance ot Helen Trent, CBS. 9 00 Betty and Bob. CBS. 9:15 Hymns of All Churches. CBS. 9 35 Modern Cinderella, CBS. 10 00 Big Sister. CBS. 10:15 Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. CBS. 10:30 Edwin O. Hill. CBS 10 45 Myrt and Marge. CBS. 11:15 Cooking for Fun. 11:45 This and That with Art Kirk ham MOT WITH THE.. , DOU8I-IMG UP wtvt- ) GOT TO DO. . FLY DUt WErST FROM ME-RC-... -V 7 V 7 A -f V rMtniy I J m MONDAY, JUNE 21, 19.17 By Gene Ahern HfA-MVERY WELL, V MADAIA"-AND 1 WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THOSE SAME FLAMES WILL CONSUME YOUR, VACATION TO YELLOWSTONE PARK I DQoP M, JUDGE, AND GET ONE TRIP OUT OP IT ! MONDAY P. M. KOAC .VM Kilocycles 12:00 United Press News. 12:15 Noon Farm Hour. 1:00 Music. 1:15 Variety. 1:45 Music. 2:00 Guarding Your Health. 2:15 Music. 2:3t) Travel's Radio Review. 2:45 Music. 3 00 Homo ma ken' Half Hour. 3:30 Music. 3:45 Monitor Views the News. 4:00 We Listen to Music. 4:30 stories for Boys and Ql Hi. 5:00 Music. 6:15 United Press News. 6.30 Farm Hour. 7 MS Music. 8:15 Men of Vision. N 8:30 Music of the Masters. TI'KSDAY A. M. KOAC 5,Vt Kilocycles 9:00 Today's Programs. 9 03 Homrmakers' Hour. 10:00 Weather Forecast. 10:01 Music 10:30 Story Hour for Adults, 11:00 Music. 11:15 Facts and Affairs. 11:30 Music. SO HE WON'T TALK, EH GO AHEAD- THEY WON'T DO YOU ANY GOOD AND I'M ONE BIRD WHO CAN LOSE THEM AND STILL GET ALONG WITHOUT MAKING A BEEF - NO, I DIDN'T CALL YOU A THIEF I SAID BEEP BUT . YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE, FRIEND - SYSTEMATIC SEARCH SHE SAYS SHE CAN FIND WHATEVER SHE WANTS WHEN SHE DONT WANT IT BY LOOKIN WHERE IT VOULDN' BE IF YOU 010 WANT IT' JOSEF IS CAUTIOUS! ( UNTIL I'M sure Vwe-'R.e- mot Y
