MTOFORD MAIL TRTBUXE. MEDFORD. OREOON. FRIDAY. MAY 14, 1937,
PACT, TTVO
Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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StNUtSiH. A ruti'nu taunt
an) storm breaks on farrlnpton
Bluff o Michael, hit sweetheart
Gay Palmer and J arriue (or a
weekend ollh hie aunts. That
nlgM, .hide flllnshop. (he fourlh
guest, and the Skipper, Mike's tall
and tweedy younger aunt, disap
pear. Michael It hurl in a fall
while we eearch the Island. But
William, the chauffeur, and 1 con
tinue the eearch, fmdino Jude's
bullet-pierced todv on the bluff.
carry It to the kitchen and the
Skipper tcalke In eaylno ihe'i
been in the stable attending her
rick collie. Mike, Gay and Aunt
Martha take the newt about Jude
rather hard.
Chapter Eight
'Never Repent Thia '
MFARRINGTON'S room wi like
her. Stuffy little knlck-knicks
In glue cases Jutted out ell over the
tablet and stands. From the walls,
morbid looking men in whiskers and
pompadoured women In bustles sim
pered eternally. In an absurd bassinet
beside the bed reposed Christopher,
looking fat and disagreeable, and In
the bed, pitifully white and shaken.
lay Martha Farrlngton.
Something In her face got ma at 1
erossed the room. For all her prudery
nd (usslness, 1 wat fond of the old
lady. 1 wat suddenly keenly aware
of all the Innumerable little kind.
Besses she had done me. All the inv
possibilities of that impossible night
seemed summed up In that picture
of M. Farrlngton lying there help
lent. 1 tat down beside her and took
her hand.
"Aunt Barbara has Just gone to say
good night to Michael," I said. "You
mustn't worry, Aunt Martha. It will
all work out somehow." I realised
how inadequate those words were,
but couldn't think of anything more
Impressive to add to them, ,
Her head moved fretfully from
side to tide. She scarcely seemed
aware of my presence. "1 thought It
would all dnish when you and
Michael came," the tald faintly.
My breath came In to hard that It
teemed to crack my rlbt. with an
my might I wat lighting back the nor
rlbla suspicion that was closing In
on me like a monstrous octopus.
"You thought what would finish?"
1 prompted, loyalty to the Skipper
lying Ilka a ton of lead In my chest.
There was no answer. M. Farrlngton
was crying, not In the loud, ear
piercing hysteria that had greeted us
earlier in the night, but weakly, piti
fully, as if too worn out to do any
thing else.
"Don't cry. Aunt Martha," 1 said.
'Try to rest I'll take cara of every
thing." Wild promise!
The hideous clock on the mantel
ticked persistently over the sound
of her weary sobbing. 1 strained to
make my ,nlnd a blank to forget
the Skipper's stricken face, to forget
Michael's words, above all to forget
that picture of Judith lying In the
light of William's torch. Every nerve
In my body Jangled to the sound of
that clock and of that crying. And
then slowly the sobbing diminished,
paused for an Instant, started again
and stopped altogether. The clock and
I were alone In a nightmare world.
M, Farrlngton't voice recalled ma to
my senses.
"James, promise me something.
I rubbed my eyes dazedly. "Any
thing. Aunt Martha."
"Never repeat what 1 am going to
tell you to anyone."
"You can trust me."
"I know 1 can." She hesitated. When
she spoka again her voice was strong'
er, nearly normal. "Something has
been troubling Barbara for months.
She refuses to see a doctor. She can't
seem to bring herself to confide In
ma. I sent for you and Michael be
cause I was frightened."
I felt cold and clammy. "I know,"
I said.
"When 1 told her that 1 had Invited
Judith, she seemed terribly upset, I
would have undone It If 1 could, but
Judith had already accepted. And
now tier grip on my nana tight
ened. "James, 1 left the bathroom
door open when 1 went to bed. About
half past nine 1 heard Barbara come
up. She dldn t go to bed apparently,
for she didn't come In to say good
night 1 fell asleep and after a while
1 woke to hear her talking with
with Judith. Aftor a few moments 1
heard them go downstairs together.
James, I
Her voice cracked and there was
silence, wa sat staring at each other,
and the horror in her eyes was caused
by the fame thing that was creeping
up and down my spine. I found my
voice finally.
"But what were they talking
about?
"I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear
anything."
Again the clock obtruded Itself
upon my consciousness. 1 counted Its
ticks one two three four And
the Skipper came quietly in.
And So To Bed
I ROSE clumsily to my feet to ftce
her.
"Just dislocated, Jim. I think I got
It, she said.
"That's great," ! said dully.
ine HRiuut!, i.i; tor a mo
ment and I thought she wlncad. "Oat
to bed. Jim," she tald. "Just leave
the bathroom door open and keep an
eye on Mike. We'll be all right."
It was risky to leave tnem aione
like that And yet, looking the Sklp-
Der tauare In the eye. It wat impos
sible to think I murmured a Jum
bled good night to M. Farrlngton and
got to the door. There stood the Skip
per. I kissed ner ana ran ou. oi was
room at fast at 1 could go.
For one moment after I had closed
Michael'a door the ticking of that
infernal clock seemed to have tot-
lowed me. There was Michael and
there wat Gay, both looking Detter
and both looking a bit surprised.
"Where's the ftre7" demanded tne
former with a faint smile. 1 hadn't
seen one In many hours. "I won't run
away not after the manhandling
I've Just had. How's the Aunt?"
WeeDY. but still with us. Beat It,
Gav. and take tome mora aspirin.
Thlt guy's going to sleep. If you want
anything, bang on the wan ana ill
come roaring, armed to the teeth,
Scram!"
Gay laughed. Whatever I had Been
going through In that last half hour,
It was evident that the Skipper had
bolstered up those two very effectively.
In that case, I won I bang. " one
kissed Michael, threw me a "see you
later" look, and took herself off.
Over the weird arrangement of
bandages, blankets, and pillows that
surrounded him, Michael considered
n-.e.
For once." he observed with a
chuckle, "you'll admit that It would
have been a good Idea to nave stayea
In New York."
His chuckle reminded me of the
Skipper,
1 gave him what 1 considered
enough aspirin to numb an elephant
My watch said s: id as 1 put out nil
light The last thing in the world J
had any Intention of doing wat sleep
ing. My program wat all for action.
1 would merely wait until I wat sure
he had dozed off.
As 1 flopped down on my bed. head
In hands, I could hear Gay't restless
footsteps In the next room, 1 meant
to figure tome thlngt out before 1
Joined her. 1 meant personally to In
spect the locka on every door and
window In the house. 1 meant to do
a lot of things. And Ava minutes later
I was stretched out "sawing wood"
for all I wat worth.
Bad Temper Prevails
I HAVE seen many a morning after,
but never one Ilka that. 1 woke
with a pounding head and an un
shaken conviction that It the powers
that be were attending to their Job,
they would dispense with creation In
general speedily. But the powers
must have been otherwise engaged.
I was still sitting on the edge of my
bed, holding my head on with both
hands and experimentally ttretchlng
one stiff leg after another when
Michael appeared in the bathroom
door. At I considered his sling and
the bandage on hit head, dimly won
dering where he got them, ha burst
Into vehement tpeech.
"Perhaps you 11 be through admir
ing my physique by lunch time and
help me get on a shirt."
Memory did tome effective dirty
work that left me feeling like a com
bination traglo muse and Jackass.
"How do you feel? I hazarded.
"If I felt lousier, they'd fumlgati
me!"
AH In all. 1 felt more like the Jack
ass. 1 had slept slept while an un
known killer My thoughts weren't
very pleasant, t cut myself shaving,
burned myself In a scalding shower,
and broke two shos laces. By the
time we were both dressed it wai
0:30 and 1 had exhausted an exten
sive vocabulary.
Michael, disdaining my suggestion
that ha might stay upstairs for a little
while, marched down ahead of me
a bad case of grouch written In thi
set of his chin and the way his one
good hand slapped the banister
Tragedy seemed to have taken a fling
out the window that mornlnrf in fa
vor of common, ordinary bad temper
We found the dining room enveloped
in forbidding silence.
The Skipper was at the table, absent-mindedly
Addling with torn!
bacon, while Gay banged angrily
among the coffee cups on the side
board. The Idea of the women being
up and about while we calmly slept
well anyway, slept annoyed ml
Into speech.
"It Is," I announced with finality,
"a rotten morning."
'Think of your discovering that
all by yourself!" said Gay, and spill
her coffee, to my InAnlte satisfaction.
The Sklppei laughed. "How s youi
arm. Mike? Get any sleep?"
Michael's arm, as he had already
explained to me with some violence,
felt better and he had had more sleep
than any of us. But he slumped into
a chair, took the coffee Gay handed
him, and growled "O.K." In a tons
that made It quite clear that anyone
who wanted to argue about anything
would be accommodated Imma
dlately. rCopyHcM, lsr, Kntr T!r;
We search the grounds for a tramp,
Monday.
ART MOVED FROM
SALOON TO SALON
SAN TRANCloLnj (UP) Arthur
Putnam, fnmou American culptor
whnw work may be found In the
Metropolitan Art Gallery at New
York, haa acen some of hie early art
works transferred from a aaioon to a
a Ion that of a New York art deal
er.
tn hla early daya at Sin Pranclaco,
Putnam produced a baa relief for the
Hippodrome, one of the notorious
dance halla of the Bartmry Coaat. It
wat a baa relief of satyra c has in
nymphi- Some of the detUa of the
baa relief were so frank that even
Jaded Bnrbary Coast blinked So put
nam wax obliged to apply a little red
planter where tt would do the most
good.
Barbrtry Coaat went out under the
campaign of 1917 and the Hippo
drome turned from a dance hall to
the buMneea of fire of the Alaatta
Canneries Worker' Union. The Put
nam baa relief, with the red planter
addition, however, was allowed to re
main) intact.
Putnam, however. In the meantime
EFFECTS
CHERBOUHO. (P) Experiment
designed to anew that flrea caused by
Incendiary bom ha cannot be extingu
ished by any known method hare
been carried out at the naral araenal
here.
Protection agAlnat fire waa accord
ed by coverings of cement, aand.
plaater, milk of lime, the experiment
revealed.
AU efforts of firemen to put out
the conflagration of wodshed hit
by Incendiary bomb were In vain.
But Incendiary bomha encmtlng a
heat Of IfiOO riraree centUrnde had
no effect when dropped on a plank
covrred with aand. Nor did four
thermit'.1 bomb dropped on a ahed
wiih a covering of. planter and milk
of lime on Ua roof.
At the outbreak of the World war
Prance and Germany ea-n had an
air force of iwiit 600 planea
having be-ome a world famous sculp
tor, a New York art dealer discovered
the early ha relief and obtained It.
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Battleship Cost
When the Louisiana territory, cov
ering about 1.730,000 square miles of
land, waa bought from Napoleon by
the United States for ait.000.000 In
1803, a howl of protest waa raised.
"That'a a lot of money to be spend
ing," waa an oft heard comment. Xt
would be Interesting to hear what
those objectora would have to aay
today on being told that the aum
would only pay for one-third of one
of the two battleships scheduled to
be built In the near future by the
V. 8. navy. Fifty million dollars
apiece la the estimated price to be
spent on the 3a.ooo-ton vessels.
when Alaska was bought from Rus
sia In 1867, another moan went up.
The price waa 17,300.000 and the
area B00.6B4 square mllea. Thus, for
a total of 133,300,000. the United
Statea annexed more than 1,763,000
square, mllea of land less than half
the cost of a single "floating fort."
The returns on the Investments In
the Louisiana and Alaaka purchases
are Incalculable. Already Alaska haa
paid back more than 50 timet Its
original purchase price In gold alonel
From 1880 to 1930 Inclusive. It pro
duced (389.336,000 In gold. Through
1930, 1 1,896.000 In silver waa mined
and 313,008.000 In copper, other
minerals, agriculture, fishing, lumber
ing and the fur trade have produced I
millions more. Yet, strange aa It
seems, the 60 million dollar battle,
ahlpt will probably be antiquated
within 30 years.
Maid of Honor
Beautiful even as a girl of 11, Anne
Boleyn waa chosen aa maid of honor
to Princess Mary of England when
she went to France to become Louis
JII'S wile. In Paris, Anne waa taken
Into the household of Queen Claudia
of France a maid of honor and later
won a similar post In the entourage
of Margaret of Nsvarre.
Returning to England In 1633. aha
became maid of honor to Queen
Catherine, whom Henry VIII later di
vorced to marry Anne.
Pay To gee Flower
COLOMBO, Ceylon (UP) Queuea
form up every day at Nugegeda, near
here, to aee a mystery flower which
botanists have Identified aa a rare
apeclea of arum Illy, Admission Is
charged to see the flower and smell
It. One of Ua peculiarities la an ex
traordinarily strong scent.
Policeman Has Luck
PASADENA. Cal. (UP) Good
luck, like misfortune, seemingly never
come, singly. On the day that Lieut.
Harry Thomas of the police depart
ment received a (5000 Inheritance he
caught an escaped Mexican convlcr,
with a $300 award attached to him.
Relics of Fair Found
ST. LOUIS (UP) Remlndera of
the almost forgotten World's fair daya
of 1904 were churned up here by
giant excavators working on grade
separation projects. Masses of wooden-
pilings, burled remains of fair
buildings, were found. The largest
group of plllnga was thought to be
part of an .old railway station used
for transfer of visitors to the exposi
tion grounda.
Voice (shatters Olass
LONDON (UP) John Loverlng.
Welsh baritone, standa alone among
most singers. He has broken a wine
glass, with hla voice. It waa at a
banquet that Loverlng first reallied
hla strange power. He sang a O note
loudly and a wine-glass at a dis
tant table waa shattered by the vl-bratione.
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