M"EDFOTCD MAIL TRIBUNE, fEDFORD, OftEGOy. TTEPyESDAY. "Nf AY 12. 1937.
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SPRING TELEPHONE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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. .. 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-
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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.
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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
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