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M"EDFOTCD MAIL TRIBUNE, fEDFORD, OftEGOy. TTEPyESDAY. "Nf AY 12. 1937. PAGE EIGHT i . . SPRING TELEPHONE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, inelosui- tmp4 envelope for reply. Re . TJ. 8. Pt. Oft i.on Tne piLtipg n;ZS&h . .. on tarring .,iet Mictoti, nu etieetutari Gay Palmer and I ex rive for a weekend with hi aunti. That night, Mike waktnt me, ihouling rhal Juda Blinsiop, th fourth guest, and the Skip per, his tall and tuxedu younaer aunt, have disappeared. While William, the chauffeur, Michael and t are searching the Island. Mike falls into the surf and us barely save him. We get him back to the house with his injured arm and set out again, finding Jude, without hat or coat, face down ward in the mud on the bluff. Chapter Six The Skipper Returns WAT the devil was Willlsm wait ing for? ' 1 snouted something unintelligible and flopped down on my knees. 1 tried to raise ber. And then, as Jude's face came Into the light, 1 knew Her face and dress were streaked with some thing far brighter than mud. Through the middle of her forehead was a rag ged, bleeding bole. Lone, before 1 found her puis 1 knew that Jude Blinsbop was dead. There Is no point In dwelling on what 1 went through In the next few minutes. It has no bearing on this story. Crouched In the mud. staring at that still, ghastly fsce, 1 waa re living a nlckerlne succession of scenes MllU IC UMUAI i slag gered. but before i cumd reach her she was leaning against the door Jamb. "My Cod!'' she whispered. "Ob, my Godl" I forced myself to speak. "We were looking for you. We found Jude on the bluff." She passed shaking han'd over ner eyes, and when she spoke her voice was flat and dead. "Where's Michael?' William and I exchanged glances. "In bed." I said. "We we haven't told anyone." Every inch of me howled to know where ihe had been, to ask ner what had happened. But I couldn't seem to budge. "Get something to cover Miss Blinshop. William. Both oi you gel into dry clothes and meet me In the dining room." My "Right" was purely automatic. In the hall Kiggins was hovering around the front door looking un happy. When he caught sight of me he gave vent to a most un-Higginslsb yelp of Joy. "We've found them." 1 managed. "Where la everybody?" "Thank Heaven, sir!" Then with an obvious effort at control. "Miss Fax rington la In her room. Cook and An nie are with her. With your permis sion, I'll tell her at once, sir. She's been a bit difficult" "Wait a minute, Hlgglna. How II Mr. Michael?" "Resting quietly, sir. Miss Palmer Is with him. I" I acted on Impulse. 1 wanted time It was Jude . . . young, beautiful Jude, with a fiirl who laughed, who danced, who From a great distance and after a tong time 1 became aware of the storm once more of William's frantic grip on my shouldet and his voice rising meanlngjessly above the up roar 1 moved without knowing what 1 was doing, raised her in my arms and started for the house without know ing where 1 was going. Mostly i was thinking of blue eyes, alive, laughing, and eager. J was feeling a girl's warm arms around my neck, feeling Sud denly t was In the kitchen doorway with William hanging onto my arm "Don't you think, sir, we better leave her here until 1 mean, Miss Farrington. sir. If she was to see us." 1 stared at him. Dimly there came to me a recollection of M. Farrington and her hysterics, ot the missing Skipper, of Michael and Gay upstairs. I nodded. William was helping me lay her on the kitchen table. Limp, sod den thing In a blue dress. Jude. Jude Blinshopl A blanket of some sort seemed to be over me. 1 couldn't think, i couldn't feeL There was empty space all around me and empty space Inside of me. Then through that empty space a voice cut like a rifle shot It was William's. And he was babbling some thing about murder! Impossible! My stunned brain re jected the thought automatically, but even in the process it mulled over other facts. Dead. Shot! And the bridge was down. Suppose Jude had been shotT Then the rerson who shot her must be 1 opened my mouth, but the words never came, for just at that moment a sound from the door sent us both spinning wildly about to confront the Skipper standing calmlj on the threshold. The Thing Behind Us THE Skipper closed the door. "Well," she said in a perfectly nat ural voice, "whit goes on here?" Just that 1 tried to say something, but I was too late. The Skipper caught sight of the thing behind us. She stood Stock still, gripping ber sou'wester, to get a grip on myself and to get things straightened out as much as possible before 1 faced M. Farrington. "Then we'll wait a while before eve tell them, You might be sure the outer cellar door Is locked, Hlgglns. Then Miss Barbara wants you In the dining room. Ml be down in s min ute." 1 was halfway up the stairs before he managed a bewildered, "Very good." He forgot to add the "slr.M - Jangled Nerves FORTUNATELY the doors of M. Farrlngton's and Michael's roomi were closed and the racket of the storm served as a good blanket to the sound of my steps. 1 was in no state to talk to either of them. My brain was numb. Unspeakable things had hap pened and were about to happen, but It was important only that 1 dress and get back to the dining room. I did Just that The Skipper was at the sideboard, busy with a decanter A roaring Are burned In the fireplace and before It sat William with a smok ing drink In his hand. As 1 entered Higglns appeared 'rom the kitchen with another. "Get In front of the Are and drink up, Jim," said the Skipper. 1 obeyed It was all like a nightmare. A feeling of Jangled nerves and a conviction that at any moment some unknown force would explode u- t.11 into atoms. But the heat and the drink did their work. At length out of the ghastly silence came the Skipper's voice. "Sit down,- Hlggins over here. Higgins sat. hard, as if another mo ment on his feet would have finished him. The Skipper went on slowly and quietly. Diana the collie bitch was about due for a litter of pups. 1 was rather worried about her nearly lost her last time. When 1 couldn't sleep In all this racket 1 had her more or less on my mind About 10:30 I decided to go out and have a look at her. So J dressed and went out the back way to avolc a little of the storm. I've been out there ever since." fCopyrioht 1937 Ksthir Tyler) Mike clearly shows whom he sus pects, tomorrow. HEAVY DAMAGE AWARD SALEM, May 13. (AP) The su preme court upheld Tuesday a 134. 538 Judgment for personal In June to the Ut Arthur A. McKay against the Pacific Building Materials com pany and the Readymli Concrete company, even though it "realised the Judgment la large." McKay waa Injured while working with the Dinwiddle construction Co. of San Francisco in constructing atorage tanka In Portland. Death re sulted after a load of concrete waa dumped onto McKay, the complaint allrgtd. Gladys M. McKay riled the suit, charging negligence against the two defendant com pin lea, also work ing with the Dinwiddle firm. Both were registered under the workmen'a compensation act. The opinion, written by Justice P. R. Kelly, affirmed the lower court's Judgment and decree of Judge Jacob Kanzler of Multnomah county. One-half of the wheat farms of Oklahoma are represented among lite membership of the states cooperative elevators. SALEM. May 13. (AP) The state highway commission and department of engineer will be gue.ita at a luncheon at Grant Prm next Mon day noon and at a dinner In Ashland that evening, H. B. Olaisyer, secre tary. Informed today. The commission will leave Sunday for southern Orrnon and hold con ferences with the Josephine and Jack son county court Monday. Inspec tion of the Plara eectlon of the Pa cific highway in Ashland la also on the program. , ... id Is Blamed By Bank Robber PORTLAND. May 13 API Cupid found himself accused today as an unwitting accomplice In the 118.000 robbery of th Rose City branch of the First National bank. Oscar Hter, 35, brought back from Los An?eles to face a robbery charge, aald he let hlnwU be talked into the holdup several weeks ago be- Cup f i . i ice ox Gam .'U".tC;: mm lii MS 'AT lite coffrNftlioH of Mwat Louise, 2nd M'fp of Napoleon, IL QUBSHZ ChRRlBO I T1HS SMPRS&TRhlH! -Til US II II i,im-r pw pi.fuifi.PiNo ire compmw. IN Ife f0O0 COKPrSfllMSNT fcUTrte. trucks riuirp CWrSCiTV of hooo POUNDS m. k1 Mt SjeaSfh). tm. ttien of Queens. Josephine was growing old and had given Napoleon no heir. Anx ious to ensure a succession to his empire and to establish royalty In his family, the French emperor de cided to seek a new wife. His thoughts turned toward Russia. A marriage alliance with Czar Alex ander would do much In the way of securing his position. Negotiations for auch a marriage failed and Na poleon turned to Austria for a wife. , The head of the house of Hapaburg gave htm the hand of his daughter. Marie Louise. Divorce proceedings between Jose phine and N'apoleon were rushed through and his marriage with the Hapaburg princess toox place by proxy In the church of St. Augus tine. Vienna,, on March U. 181U. Queen Caroline of Naples, Napoleon's sister, escorted Marie Louise to France and then served aa one of tne four queens who bore the train for the coronation of the new Empress of France. The other three train bearers were Queen Catherine ot Westphalia, wife of Jerome Bona parte; Queen Hortense of Holland, wife of Louis Bonaparte; and Queen Julie of Spain. Diphtheria. Because of the membrane coating formed on a diphtheria sufferer's air passages, the Qreeka used their word for leather, "diphtheria," as a naraa for the disease. British Flag. Though all seven of the animal of the royal flag of Great Britain are known aa Hons, actually six ot them are leopards, the Hon of Scot land In the upper right hand corner being the only true lion. According to the custom of ancient heraldry, lions are always shown with their head In profile, and leopards are shown in full face. The armorers who made up the royal arms for King Richard the Lion Hearted made the error of using leopards, and tne figures have been followed ever since though they are known a the "Hons of England." Tomorrow: Roads of Molasses! cause he wanted to get married and wasn't making enough money. He- said he was invited to take part In the robbery while he waa cm ployed In James Courey'a garage In Los Angeles. Courey took hla own life when detectives cornered him after he fled to California. PHOENIX. Aria.. Mnv 13 ( API Mrs. Eva Regtna Bumstead. 60, nat uralist, worm traveler, big game hunter and society leader, died today. Sitlem Tians Float SALEM. Ore., May 13 (AP) Sa lem will enter a float In the rose festival parade at Portland In June. Sufficient funds have been raised by the Cherrians, civic group, to con struct a replica of the new capitol, the design to be used In the Salem floral float. rtLJL urnoi v. ivi.fio uftMc ill) . -fft 'PHftrtr .lU.vf oA Arf TdiaIM WuiLE JON- -(RIK 'PHOHE A6NK It) f -faEPHOtfE AND JOtJiOR Pitts H ANOTHER I0R DlStUSSES 1rlE A TEW MlrMEJI)DlH6 MAnn irvr wirrcu roil CnMii M.mft A JllNlOR 6IV1N6 5IAN BUn U-WfH W1H BUD NlNe) A BAWUK6-0W ftR REM Ntf COMlto-TOrWrtai Srf6 DOWN, MVRfLE STARft 0 6E0P, BW WIFE BE61KS JMOffeR TAMII.V 5BR6 FOR K DEMAND1N6 "fHAf JUN- HEAR6 JUNIOR 6E EBRL SHE'S SIMPlV 6W0 6EvfiK6 THERE AS IT : IQO RF FnHRmnnl fUf PEWLFVOHIiiri.lrtE'fh fflLL UP MRS. WIMPLE. RlNfcJj - EDDIE SELZER 'PHONE, SHE'S EXPECiK6 DISCUSS PVfCHERS TOR At WHICH TOlHf JUNIOR. WANTIN6 o SPEAK 0 A CALL NEjlf SftTi)RDWr"S 6AME IS HEARD 10 LEAVE 'PHoriE JUNIOR (Copyright, fl8T, by Th. Bell Syndicate, Inc.) S 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNB PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 12 (AP) Mrs. Ellen Porde Hansen Allder dice, 68, who In 1887 won the first national women's championship, died today. HONOKONO, May'ia (AP) Health I authorities announced the discovery I or two cases of yellow ever, hitherto i unknown in Asia, today tond blamed I the airplane for Introduction of the disease to the continent. I (y.T3'RlEIC6-MAWA4ET52 vj-' -J-U) W (Copyright, 1837, by Th. BeU gyndlette, Inc.) '4 TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Badly Hurt By HAL FORRES! AUTO, TOMMY ,'"C K 01 fei lAjiSOi KlfaLJ pcxice-mam CTs m thats sad, lad' 1 TOMMY STUMBLinS W HtRf"'.. LtT Mt i rwt my. .'arm ilfS BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Right Back at Him! By EDWIN ALOES THtttE WOVO. MRS. Hl(3(3U? JU5T DR.IMK. A LUMt OP THIS WATER. - AUO OOM'T WOB.R.V ABOUT AMVTHIWG - Jl)T RET HE-RE- dL HELLO, MR.CRUMCHEM-c.OB.RV T.0 KEEP YOU WAW1U6 BUT MRS. HlfiSlUS JUT FA1VJTE0 -VJHAT i IT f WHAT IS IH fff FAIUTE0, EH ? 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