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P2KJE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1935.
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HIGH COURAGE
LJfri-ibr (Je.nn.
Chapter i
MUDDY ROAD
"TT WAS then I sent for Miss Farns.
worth," said John Neuraan.
"knowing aha was the legal owner ot
the canneries."
"You might tell Anne how you
found the other evidence," suggested
Kellogg.
"That was easy," John smiled; "ev.
ery fisherman on the waters was In
terested In freeing her. Bit by bit
they brought In little things and by
piecing them together we built up
the true story of what had happened
And of course I cabled for Judge
Kellogg as soon as I learned MIsb
; Anne had been charged."
"Why didn't you bring this evi
dence to me?" the district attorney
asked.
John faced the man soberly. "I
should have done that," he acknowl
edged, "but It's an old Finnish cus
tom to trust no one while he's in the
enemy's camp. I wanted to wait and
let Kellogg tell you. I felt his word
would have more weight than a fish
erman's." t
There was a knock at the door.
When the district attorney came
back he turned to Anne. "Mrs. Lee
,Farnsworth wants to talk to you."
Anne hesitated a moment, then
squaring her shoulders said, "All
right"
Mrs. Farnsworth stepped Into tho
room, smiled at Anne, and with open
arms came across to her.
Anne watched Charlotte approach
her, and stepped back from the out
stretched arms.
"Dear little niece," she began,
"you don't know my relief at finding
you not guilty of that dastardly deed.
Oh, we've grieved so over you."
"Thank you, Mrs. Farnsworth,"
said Anne.
"Aunt Charlotte, dear."
"You asked me once not to call
you that," Anne countered. "I'm the
same girl now that I was then." f
"I waa distraught, the tragic death
of those two loved ones and every
thing at such odds. You'll forgive
me, Anne?"
It doesn't matter," Anne turned
away, then after a moment turned
back, "and I'm terribly sorry about
Uncle Lee. I loved him, truly."
"You're coming home with us now,
Anne, right back to your own little
rooms and maybe we can find Yvon-
"That Is your borne," Anne coun
tered, and turned to Tocla and John.
"My home Is with my people."
"But my dear girl," Mrs. Farns
worth's sweetness was vanishing,
I "you enn't pretend you can handle
! everything yourself. You come home
jwlth us and we'll take care of you.
I Rob can go right on taking care ot
jtbe canneries, because you must ad
jmlt, Anne, that a mere girl can't
ihandle the business. Don't you think
l'm right?" she appealed to the men
!ln the room.
fpHEIlE was only silence to answer
her question, until at last Anne
went to the district attorney's desk,
asked for pen and paper, sat down
and wrote Industriously.
"Will you sign this please, Judge
Kellogg?" she asked.
"Gladly," agreed her frlond after
glancing over It, and scrawled bis
name on the paper.
Mrs. Farnsworth took the paper
and read It aleud:
"TV Itobert Crockr!
"Vnur ImmcdlAlA rlrnatlftn
from any and nil position you now
holrl in tha KuniHworth Klutmlm,
jT.cnrnorntod. will b, acceptable to
the prxpnt owner.
(Sigurd) "Anna Farnaworth.
"Owner."
"Why, you young snip," Charlotte
Farnsworth'a poise had loft her, "do
you think you can do a thing like
this while there are courts of law In
this Innrt?"
"I'm depending upon the Justice of
those courts," Anne answered calm
ly. Then she turned to tha others,
".May I go home now?"
She pniised and realized the last
time she had made that remark was
two months ago, before the doors of
the Jail clanged shut behind her.
"I've my car here," offered Kel-
lOgK.
"Then will you drive Tecla home,
and glvo her lots of money? We're
going to hnve a festival and I want
everyone In Union Town there. Buy
lota of food and coffee, everything
they like. And Tecla, toll Mtea she
has her Job back, and If any of the
fishermen reach there before I got
,
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home, toll them I'll try to make up to
them for what they lost this last
summer.
"And you?" asked Ansel Kellogg.
"John and 1 are going to walk
home." She tmlled as everyone
echoed, "walk." "You don't know
how good It will seem to walk along
without bumping Into bars."
With John she escaped from the
court-house through a rear door,
then silently they plodded along
through the gathering twilight.
For a while Anne was content with
the Joy of walking, ot taking long
steps, swinging her arms, breathing
deep and looking up with nothing to
obscure her gaze of the sky, a sky
mottled with the faint ambertlnged
gray ot the clouds. And then there
seemed the necessity of words.
"John." she ventured, "remember
tbe night I first came down here and
Tecla met me at the door? Do you
remember how she acted and what
she said?"
"Yes," he assented, "she said 'An
nlkkl, Enkell.' She thought ahe was
seeing the ghost of your father's
twin sister, who's name was Annlkkl,'
and for whom you were named. How
ever," he added, "I didn't know It at
the time."
"Let's take the old road over the
hill top, the one that comes down In
back of my house," Anne suggested,
as they neared a cross street.
"It may be muddy," John de
murred. "I'd like that," she confessed,
"nttrt these weeks of walking on the
highly antiseptic floors of hospitals
and Jails I'd like some nice brown
gumbo on my shoes.
" JOHN," as they turned up a shrub
J lined road, "why did Ilob Croc
ker have the revolver oiled and buy
the cartridges, If Tom was the one
who was going to use It?"
"I Imagine Tom was cunning
"enough to provide that alibi. It the
revolver hadn't been found and Idcn
tided as Luke Pn ins worth's, he
couldn't have been connected with
the sbootlng. To me, Nlkkl, It proves
premeditation. He can say what he
pleases about merely having It handy
for protection of the canncrjos. I be
lieve he hoped to find you alone,
sooner or later."
Anne shuddered, looked at tbe
dense bushes growing along the road
side, and drew closer to John.
""You needn't worry, now," he as
sured her, "Tom was taken to Jail
right away and he won't be allowed
out on bail."
"And Rob?"
"Arrested by the federals as he left
the courthouse. They've succeeded in
connecting him with the bootleg
trap. The men working on tho legal
traps wore willing to Insist they
wore owners, but those on the boot
leg trap confessed in the hope of get
ting Immunity."
"Poor Sharlce," mused Anno, and
John looked down at her with a
queor smile.
"You're generous," he commented.'
"But she wasn't to blame for any
thing. With a mother like Charlotte,
how could she have been different?
John, I hetlevo I'll seo that she and
Aunt Mabel take a trip abroad to for
get." "And Charlotte?"
"As Lilsa says, 'drat her.' My gen
erosity stops there. I believe she's as
guilty as Rob or Tom. She should be
spending the balance ot her days In
the Salem penitentiary, also.
"Nlkkl," they had reached the top
of the hill and were looking down on
Union Town, looking out on the Pa
cific. Behind them night was crowd
ing over the hills, but out there the
afterglow still smudged the horizon
with topar. "Nlkkl, I won't be far
from Salem, after thta week."
Anne felt her breath catch, a pain
stab at her heart. "What do you
mean?" she asked.
"I'm going to Corvallls. Had a wire
from the coach he wants me to
come down and take over the Junior
teams."
"And your boat" she stopped
short. There wouldn't bo any trawler,
because John had prohnhly spent his
money saving hor from prison; per
haps that was why she had roceived
such special care at the hospital. It
hadn t occurred to her to ask who
had paid the hills for all of the ser
vice she had received.
She looked at John. So, like Rob,
ha was going away, going to leave
her to face hor new problems alone.
Only she knew why he was going.
He had tnken the soft hat from hla
hend and was standing, looking out
to the sea. the fine features set In
grim, hopeless lines.
fCorifriplir, UJJ, by Jtannt Bitvmn)
Monday. Anne acciiMB John of
"runnlnfl out on her."
May
Ask Governor
Quarantine Dogs
rORTl-AND. Ore. Dec. II (API
Governor Charles H. Martin will be
aked to quarantine Portland doR
times, the ctty takes steps to stamp
out tables, officials were Informed
here by Dr. E H. l.ytle of Salem, state
veterinarian. Such action would
mean no one would be allowed
take dopi outatde the city limits. Dr.
l.ytle said 30 cae of rablea In Port
land were reported to him since
March.
Use Msll Tribune wnnl 1t.
PEAR GIFT SALES
EXHIBITS APPEAL
Brink tale of gift boxes of pears
wat reported today by merchant
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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Strange as It seems, tho little Island
of Curacao, a Netherlands possession
In the West Indies, has developed a
language all of Its own, complete ns
any, although It waa originated and
perfected by a colony of only 35.000
people. It la the official language of
the island today, now populated by
more than 75,000 persons, and maga
zines, newspapers and legal docu
ments are printed in It.
The language Is known as Papla
mento, and was developed with a
mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, In
dian, Latin. English, rrencii, Dutch
TAILSPIN TOMMY Rescue
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and packing houses, the demand be
ing described aa the largest In years.
The pears are attractively wrap
ped In gift boxes ranging In capac
ity from six to 20 or more. Half
and full cases also are available
for shipment to friends and rela
tives In other parts of the country.
The Increased demand was attrib
uted to the educational campaign
being conducted by the Rogue River
Traffic association, the Fruit Grow
ers League of Jackson county and
Pear-O-Scope as well a to the at
and native negro. It has its own
grammar with its own system of con
jugations, declensions and syntax.
Like tho framework of an nirplnnr.
tluj skeleton of a flying bird .must
be light as well as strong for effi
cient flying. In most animals the
centers of bones are filled with mar
row but In birds, where weight Is
all Important, the center of the bone
Is air space.
Strange as It seems, these air cham
bers in the skeleton are connected
with the lungs through a system of
air sacs thus the bird actually
But WliP.t About Tommy and Skeeter?
tractiveness with which the boxes
this year are done up.
What Is considered an especially
attractive dLaplay ot pears and ap
ples may now be seen at the Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce.
It shows Blue Goose fruit in color
ful packages designed for Christmas
gift. Big blue geese occupy con
spicuous positions In the windows.
The display, arranged by Ameri
can Fruit Growers, Inc., has at
tracted considerable attention and
Is credited with having spurred the
trade in gift fruit.
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breathes with Its bones as well aa
with Its lungs.
The chair constructed by Floyd L.
Bird Inside a small-necked bottle Is
made of pieces admitted through the
neck and then assembled on the in
side. The bottom of the chair Is
woven, top and bottom. When he
completed the chair. Mr. Bird de
vised a cork for the bottle which
hooks down over the cross pieces on
tho back of the chair and the stop
per cannot be removed without
wrecking the chair.
Tomorrow: Fish That Know Their
Names,
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