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PAGE STX rEDFfmn matl tribune, mfdforp. orfciox. monday. mat 17. 1937. UDDCD DIFFICULT DECISIONS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot farther proof address the author, inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. B. Pat. Oft rm wm ww w m wre wr n rt it. w - ir 1 bbbbbv mm mhkh mm am m mmm mmm mtmw raw jfttlWJS. in one unld, i.e..., night at Forrinoton Bluff, home ol Afichoel'e aunu, (wauliul Jude Blinshop it ihot to death an fit bluff; the Skipper, MUte'r tall and tweedy younger aunt, disappears, -and Mike dislocates hie shoulder in a fall. The Skipper turni up, laving she's been in the (table u-ith her tick ecliie. Aunt Martha, stout and prudli h, has hys tertci a couple 0 timet, but Gay Palmer, . Mike's red-headed sweetheart, keeps fairly tane. Next morning, -with William the chauffeur we tet out to search the groundt or an intruder. . ' Chapter 10 'Hie Room Over The Garage TT HAD been yean since horses had graced the premises of Farrington Bluff. The six large box stalls cow enshrined the Skipper's various dogs. The stalls ran three on either side of the opening which reached to the rafters, and above them on both sides former haylofts bore discarded relics of Farrington carriages, harnesses and boats. The one thing that 1 wanted to look t In that building was Diana, the collie bitch, but 1 hadn't the nerve. I propped a ladder against one of the lofts and mounUu it cautiously. Junk the melancholy, once-valued posses sions oi a former generation, covered with dust, bedraggled, and horribly dcprcsilnf. I - scouted through it, sneezing Into the remains of an old Victoria, barking my shins on the grinning skeleton of a battered dory. . n d sending a chokln. cloud of dust Into the air as I bumped Into I venerable horse, hair sofa. There was no one In that loft and no sign of anyone hsv lng been there since the time of old Michael Far rlngton. One glance at the dim of dust in the other loft told the same atory, I went back down the ladder. The Skipper was kneeling in the stall at the foot of it Diana's. On an old plaid blanket lay the colli and beside her pup pies. I felt much better than I bad for two days. "Meert Toby." said the Skipper, "Look at his ears, Jim." But I'm afraid my interest In Toby was purely perfunctory. The Skipper gently de posited him on the plaid. "Come on," she said, "let's finish this business." The plan of ie . garage was very simple. It was a two-story rectan gle, facing the rl-lva and wide enough to run three cars into it easily. There were lust thru, in it th.n Mike's, the Skipper's, and M. Farring ton i. ine snippers was nearest to us, and I noticed with a start that It was splashed with mud. Had she used It since the rain started? 1 nnlnterf silently, but she had already noticed. mat s oao, Jimmle." 1 said, "Yeah," and 1 didn't say it very enthusiastically. There was noth ing in any of the cars, but spreading in confusion irom the door of the Skipper's all over the floor of the gar age were smudges of the red clay of the tennis courts The 3klpper's eyes were very large and very dark as I stared Into them. 'Come Out Or I'll Shoot!' "CK1PPER," 1 said, "get Into the big J car and lie down on the floor of It quick!" 1 had Hlgglns' revolver out. I had remembeied something. There was a room over that garage where William slept tn the summertime. "I'm going with you," said the Skip per. "Behind you if you insist, but I'm goingl" There was no time to argue. "I do Insist," I said, and started for the stairs. 1 suppose thai If my life depended en It, I might possibly hit the broad side of a barn with a double-barrel shotgun at five paces. With a pistol at the ssme distance and with the same target, my expectation of life would be very slight I thought of that as I went up those stairs. I thought of Jude on the bluff and Michael on the rocks. The roar of the wind was tn my ears. The Skipper's stiff oilskins were brushing mine and her breath was warm on the back of my neck. Gripping the revolver jnlil my flngera : ached, I pushed open the door at the To all Intents and purposes the room and the tiny bathroom beyond it were empty. My eyes swept it rapidly dresser, book rack, chairs, bed. And then i jammed u.yself into the door way In a wild alUmpt at shielding the Skipper. That ned had been slept In recently. Was someone under It? 1 dared not stoop to look, for In the far corner of the room stood a large, old fashioned wardrobe and in that ward robewhat? 1 made a quick decision. Kneeling swiftly with my gun still trained on the wardrobe, 1 took one quick, desperate look under that bed. Nothing. I got to my ftet "Get outside, Skip per, 1 said, and my voice was ridic ulously near to cracking. "You, in the wardrobe! Come out or I'll shoot!" No answer. Only a rervous chuckle from the Skipper behind me. For a frac tion of a second I hesitated. Then 1 pulled the trigger and 'fired point blank Into that wardrobe door. The report of the gun was like the crack of doom. Deafened, hardly breathing, we waited. No movement from behind that door. 1 walked across the room and jerked it open. Hanging inside were one pair of dark trousers and a chauffeur's cap. The bullet had pierced the cap neatly In the middle. Back To The House ONLY once in my life have 1 ever' experlencto anothei sensation like that one. Some idiot had put me mm: kiMWAi For a fraction of a second I hesitated. Then I pulled the trigger. In charge at a dinner party, and In m; fuss and flurry i found myself Intro duclng the guest of honor and his wifi to one another. Standing with tha wardrobe door in my hand, 1 rellvef that memorable sensation. Dully I waited for the Skipper's laugh. Bu It didn't come. "Jimmle," hor voice was hoarse "let's get back to the house. 1 was too grateful tor the absenci of that laugh to protest Without i word I followed her down the stain and out of the garage. While 1 wi: fumbling with the lock, 1 could se her signaling to Gay, fai down thi drive, that the hunt was over. As we turned toward the house, tht wind from straight off '.he blurt wai terrific, and the torrents of rain onci again assured us that if there had beer any traces of red clay on the drive they had long since been obliterated Fro.n the corner of the house, we ges tured to William and made our way to the front door. Hlgglns had already admitted Gay and Michael by the time we got there. M. Farrington was alone In the hall for once without any questions. She favored us witn one quick look and took decisive action. "Don't wait to talk about It Bar bara," she said. "I've sent the others up to change, too. Take a hot both, both of you." We went giatefullv, parting In silence In the upper hall. rcopvrlont, Ml. gather Ttftr) M. Farrlnston gets me to head an organlsfd invrstlratlon, tomorrow. Mothers Honored In Program At Beagle BEADLE. May 17. (Spl ) A de lightful and Impressive service atnd program were presented by the Autl och Sunday school of Beagle, to com memorate Mother's Day, after which the men and children of the congre gation placed flowers on the graves of 11 mothera. Those taking a apeelal part were: Song, Mrs. Grant's class of girls: reading. Ruby Schulta; song, Jack Fdler; reading. Ethel Hull: ttirH' chorus, of Anttoch Sunday school; reading. Rimer Lucas; violin tolo. Walter Foote: duet, Mr. and Mrs Myron Rromewood; quartet. 'Tell Mother Ml Be There". Mr and Mrs Ray Bowen: Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bromewood. Record Mushroom Found Near Ruch BIO APPLEOATT. May IT. (Spl I A prlre winning mushroom, measur ing three feet, two Inches id circum ference, waa discovered recently by Mrs. dene Mee near her home at Ruch. The fungus wss of the puff ball variety, and weighed slightly less than eight pounds Al Smith Off For Europe Cheered NEW YORK. May 15. (API Al fred B. Smith, whose knowledge of the sea has never been extended very far beyond the waters or Conry Ulanrl, sailed for Europe Saturday, tor the first time In his life. And for the friends of the former governor and hta wile It was a gala occasion, something of major im portance. The friends seemed to swarm over the Italian liner Conte 1)1 Sax-oia. They Jammed the corridor outside the Smith stateroom, they trailed the onetime democratic presi dential candidate from the boat deck to the upper salon deck. Women kliw. ed Mm. men shook his hsnd as though they hadn't seen him In years. Ilm Hln Verillrt TILLAMOOK. May 17. (API A Jury gave Alice Ward, suing tor her eight-year-old son. Keith, a verdict of 14374 for leg Injuries the boy suffer ed In February. 1030, when he fell through a plaster-ooard celling into the main school room. The mother sued teachers of the Neskowln school and the school board. Her husband was a Junior memher of the board at the time of the accident Use Msll moune waut Ma. L tts. -.fl -"Se-t-a. IIV.ii pthces THew in TREE FORKS IN ORDER 10 REST . COIN rS HM.f-DlME, IN IgMeoRENO AAFrlTInU OF Jfrlfi I1N.T6D 3Kfe Ifctmim Champion hoK&hoe pitcfiet'. Mail - tKN wot uiTU Ui m Ml r' A riLlrVMlN6 50UND, UKt 1H CrtoRP Of r 6I&NT PIPE OR6M,4 HErNRD OVtR ftVXOUSmt MO -SHOSHONE NO OHS KHOM lT 4 Singing I ,n k OH Usually heard In th parly morn- Ins, a Bound like the chord of a huge pipe organ sweeps across Yel lowstone and Shoshone lakes, sounds loudest as It passes over the head of the listener, then fades away In tho opposite direction. No one knows what causes the atrange "music," according to Yellowstone national park officials, though various explan ations have been offered. Some say the sound Is due to an escape of volcanic gues. Others as scrlbe It to nn echo from a dis tant noise, an electric current, or a flight of birds. One theorist at tributes It to the rush of wind de flected by the peaks of the Grand Tetons after crossing the Continen tal tal Divide. This might be accept able were It not for the fact that the "lake music" Is heard over Sho shone lake as well ns Yellowstone lake.. The former would not be in line with this wind current. Klephnnt T links Tuska weighing 100 pounds and more apiece are not overly uncom mon on old bull elephants. Toting that sort of weight around some times becomes a real problem and the aged animals have frequently been observed In the act of putting their Ivory between forks of trees for a while to give their necks a rest. What Is believed to be the world's record pntr of elephant tusks Is on exhibition In Bronx Park. N. Y. Taken from a Sudan elephant shot near the Ethiopian border some 33 years ago. the pair weighs a total of 293 pounds. One of them Is 11 feet, 6 Inches long and Is 18 Inches In circumference at the base. Ted Allen A wizard at the sport of "barnyard golf," Ted Allen can perform a good many amazing feats with the horse shoes In addition to his "foot ring ers." His repertoire of stunta In cludes: ringing a peg with a person's chin on the stake, knocking the ashes off a cigar In the mouth of a man standing in front of the stake, and ringing a moving stake. Tomorrow: The O-host Handicaps! Fishermen Suved OREGON CITY. May 17. (API Three Portland fishermen swam to safety Saturday when a river boat swamped their rowboatjn the Wil lamette near Jennings lodge but their little Cocker Spaniel drowned. Lnhnrite Accused PORTLAND. May 17. (AP) A charge of assaut and battery rested today against A. E. Rosner. business agent of the Teamsters union, on the complaint of his former wife. Kath leen, that he slapped her Monday. Rosser was freed on his own recogni zance. Recently the former wife par aded before a home where Rosser and his second wife were visiting. Police Work Fast! MANILA, P. I., May 17. (UP, Twenty-six years ago, Edward Stock -ley, an American, reported to police that his watch had been stolen. To day police announced they had found the watch, but they can't find Stock-ley. IX THE E-fcRNAL QUES-fiON. WHEN VOOR WIFE THIS 1b ME6f YOU IN rtE CAR: WHETHER -fo WALK, AND RUN IkE RISK 0FMI5S1NS HER , ltPJH& HER SrflN6 AflHE SfAf'ON waiting for later "trains, or whether -to walf.and run -The risk of her haviN6 for6ottem all about meeting Vou ? 5-11 (Copyright, 1937, by Ths Bell gyndlcata. Inc.) UllUAf?5 S 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNE PORTLAND, May 17. (API Work on the scenic Larch mountain Bum mlt road will begin immediately fol lowing an agreement reached Thura day between the WPA. the C. S. for est service and Multnomah county for cooperation in construction. JZ J2 ( M- )( ATE T 4VVUT To ME. I .( ' "v5! 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