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MTDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 20. 1937.
C3UQDGD
u a wild, tlormy
.... at rarrtnglon Bluff, ftomtof
.tiicnaet'j aunts, when attracltu
,ud Slfruhop is shot to death on
the bluff. Mike dislocates a shoul
der tunting or the missing Skip
per, his tall anc" tweedy younger
aunt who turns up with an alibi.
Cay Palmer, Mike's red-headed
sweetheart, worries about him.
Next day stout and prudish Aunt
Martha proposes that i lead our
group Investigation of the mur
der, for we are marooned on this
small Island. A scream draws us
to the kitchen where Cook lies cm
the floor, a gash on her head.
Chapter 13
Bound And Gagged
"I yATER," I ordered. "Cold with
, tee If there is any. Qulckl"
t It was Hlgglnt who moved to obey
me. William stood there staring down
at her. Over and over beneath bit
breath he was muttering, "My Gaw.il
My Gawd I" The monotony of It wasn't
particularly helpful. I tolf him to get
bandages.
"Bandages?" he repeated blankly
nd .umbered toward the stairs. I
was glad to be rid of him.
Cook was bleeding profusely too
profusely to make my handkerchief
very effective as a bandage. By the
time Higgins plopped a basin of water
at my elbow, the handkerchief was
saturated. Between us. Higgins and
I staunched the wound and bound it
up with the bandages silently offered
by the still dazed William. Michael
and Gay had Joined the party long
before I rose trom my knees. I
William's face was whJte. "She
ain't upstairs, lr 1 lust went la her
room after the bandages."
"Perhaps." Gay was talking to con
vince herself, "perhaps she's cleaning
or something upstairs."
Higgins frowned. "I doubt It, Miss
When Mr. James told me, I left ex
plicit orders that they wasn't to go no
place outside or the quarters. Annie's
a good girL Shu does as she's told."
That was too much for Cook. She
struggled to her feet
"Good?" she shrilled. "Good? Why.
that iirty little"
"That will do. Cook." The Skipper
stood grim and determined behind us.
"We've had enough of this nonsense.
Michael, go stay with your aunt Oon'l
stand there gaping."
Michael went, the Skipper shutting
the door deliberately on his back.
"Jim, that girl is in this house be
quiet. Cook anu we're going to find
her. If we have to tear the rotten place
apartl Is that duor locked?"
She referred to the back door. 1
stepped to It eagerly, but It was locked
and the key was on the inside.
"Higgins and 1 will take the lower
floor. You and William take the upper
one. Hurry!"
There was a bread-knife In the
midst of the mess on the table. 1
picked it up anil started for the stairs
with William a- my heels. But we
didn't get very far. For distinctly
through the silence cams a sound a
vague, shuffling noise, indescribable
and rather horrible.
8creams And Hysteria
FOR a split second we stood listen
ing, spellbound. Then the Skipper
moved. She sprang to the back door,
turned the key. and threw the door
open. On the floor at her feet lay
Annie, bound hand and foot with
Wijiy ,t3 i nisi, i iB,yr-,.t ,e .
Cook stirred at last. Her lips moved.
Neither of them had anything to say.
Apparently the pictures thelrlmagina
tlons had been able to conjure up in
the other room made the actual sight
eem negative. Here at least there
was no question about the weapon of
attack. All over the noor and even jq
the table were scattered broken bits
of a flower pot. Cook jtlrred at last
Her lips moved and her eyes fairly
new open.
"The eyes!" she cried wildly. "The
yesl Get them, I'm telling you! Get
them before they get you!"
Higgins tried to calm her, "Be quiet
Utile," he said, rathei ineffectually.
Michael nnally asked er what hap
pened. That provoked the explosion.
"Happened? Mothei of God! 1
should have known better than to stay
in this God-forsaken place! I sent
that good-for-r.c thing Annie out here
for my glasses, and when she didn't
come back, think . I 'I'll Just teach that
young tool a lesson.' 1 had a good no
tlon she'd sneaxed off upstairs. So I
got Into my kitchen, meaning to get
the glasses myself and accuse her it
awlpln' 'em. And I'd no sooner got to
the drawer they was In" here Cook's
lip began to tremble "than 1 could
feel the eyes borln' Into my backl'
Michael sniffed Impatiently.
Cook glared at him. "Rot is It you
think? And 1 suppose It's rot I've got
on my head?" Mrangely enough, no
one laughed. Cook was gathering mo
mentum. "I felt them, I'm tcllln' you.
Cold, they was. I turned quick to
care them off art1 there they
was! Her freckled hand was point
ing to the outer coor. "Like pieces of
fire. Before I'd had time to so much
as give a decent yell, they stabbed
me!" Her voice rose higher and higher
and ended in a blood-curdling whoop.
'Where Is Annie?'
1 SEIZED a ragged bit of pottery
from the table. "Cook," 1 said stern
ly, "be quletl Someone came in that
door. You saw the reflection of the
light In his eyes. You weren't stabbed
by anything. You were hit with a
flower pot. Look here."
But Cook wat too fai gone for
Bower pots, "li s the devil, I'm tell
ing youl" she shrieked. "And that
Annie "
"Great Scott!" cried Michael.
"Where is Annie? She couldn't help
tearing this!"
piece of clothesline andgagged with a
white handkerchief.
A harsh, Inarticulate roar boiled
from William's lips. R6ughly he
brushed past On Skipper and knelt
beside the girl His large, capable
flngjrs had the handkerchief off in, a
moment and were at the knots In the
rope before Annie's preliminary
screams split the silence and stirred
us to life.
The girl was hysterical and In no
half-hearted fashion. There was no
piecing together her Jerky words. Re
moved to the iift in the dining room
and treated with cold water, smellina
salts and aromailcs, she continued o
send scream uter scream echoing
mrougn me nouse. The Skinner shook
and even slapped her. Cook, a terrify
ing spectacle in her bandages, addej
to the general uproar by favoring us
wun a vigorous description of her
feelings toward Annie.
"Beg pardon, sir," said William
In my ear. "I think If you was all to
leave her to me for a minute. I could
quiet her."
We Bled Into the kitchen thankfully.
In the same room with the girl the
racket was unthinkable, but trom be
hind closed doors It was still bad.
"Your party, Jim," said the Skipper.
I said. "Thanks " bitterly. Thev were
all looking at me waitlna. I Blared
desperately back, and my eye fell first
of all on Cook.
"Did you hear anythlna at all In
here alter Annie left you?" I
demanded.
"1 did not!" her retort was spirited.
You won't be hearing the Old Wick.
He's"
'Just answer mv aueitions. nlentn.
How long had Annie been gone before
you went alter oer?"
How would 1 know? I didn't lime
her. A couple of minutes, mavbe.
She's that lasy, 1 never thought"
"What did you do while you waited
for her?"
Cook looked uneasy. "Well, nnw
I wai lyln' there on the sofy and J
maybe took a couple of winks. I
wouldn't know tor sure."
And that wai lhat. For all the value
of her evidence the might just as well
have been at the South Pole.
(Copyright, ifS7, EMthtr TyUr)
I find a dlsturhlnr doe to Annie'a
assailant, tomorrow.
BIDS OPEN JUNE 3 WORK SOON
SALEM, Mny 20 API Cnnfttme
tlon and Improvement covering 8J
ml lea of highways and erection of
three bridge and an overcrowing wiil
be Included in the bid to be opened
at the meeting of the state highway
com m 1m! on in Portland June 8. Ihe
awards will total about l.ooo.OOO the
highway repartment announced.
The work will be done In seven
counties: Clatap, DNwhutea. Jackson,
Jefferton. Tillamook. WftAhhvtton and
Yamhill. The J obi for which the bids
were called today include:
Jackson county-Phoenlx-Brar creea
ectlon of the Pacific highway. 3 24
tnlles grading and Portland cement
concrete pavement and ooe 33 -foot
pan oo oc re te bridge.
A blister run control camp com
prising about 100 men will be estab
lished above Union Creek the f;rt
of the week. It was stated today ty
Conrad P. Wtvwela. In charge of the
traduction program In this district
As soon an the camp Is established
the men mill begin working tn the
forest to wipe out the disease that
n caiieM suMtantiBl 1oe In me
timber btcw. it m-aa Indicated
A smaller blister rust control camp
of about 30 men as transferred re
cently from the Siskiyou national for
est to Prespect in the Rrue river na
tional forest.
WINIXJW OLASA-W sell window
tiase ana t replace rout orker
fVtndow reasonably, ITo brio Cao
met Work.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof addreas the author, inclosing a stamped ,BTalope for reply. Reg. Tj. s. PL Off.
i SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
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Everlasting Life
The amazing vitality of California's
Big Trees Is perhaps best evidenced
In the fact that even after they are
cut down their foliage remains green
and fresh for years. No Instance of
a Sequoia glgantea dying of a nat
ural cause has ever been recorded.
Plre, lightning and man have thin
ned out the ranks of the huge trees,
but they are seemingly Impervious
to the onslaught of disease or old
age.
Because the Big Trees reproduce
only from seeds which require spec
ial sou conditions m which to root,
the species faced strong danger of
extinction In spite of Its hardihood
until the establtshmpnt of state and
national parks for their protection.
Fossilized trunks of the Sequoia
genus have, been found throughout
the world, but bo far as ta known,
the live tree has become limited to
California.
The oldest and largest of the Big
Trees is "Oeneral Sherman." A bor
ing taken on It in 1031 Indicated It
as being from 3500 to 4000 years old.
Champion At 17
"My legs a as too weak I can't go
on." Trailing her opponent, Helen
Jacobs, 6-8, 6-3. 0-3. Helen Wills
Moody brought to a dramatic ending
her attempt to regain the Women's
National Singles title In 1033 a title
which she had first won at the age
of 17. ten years be for.
HtJfeufct 8rMlirt. lac, 52Qi7
Introduced to the game by her
father, a Berkeley, Cal., surgeon, lit
tle Helen showed tremendous ability
and was placed under the guidance
of a noted professional, "Pop" Puller.
Knocking over minor Junior tourna
ments with monotonous regularity
in San Francisco's Golden Gate park,
Helen entered her first national tour
nament In 1923. Waltzing through
the opening rounds, she found her
self up against the veteran - champ
ion, Molla Mai lory, In the finals and
won In a startling upset. Miss Wilis
won the championship again In
1924-25-27-28 and 29. winning It
again in 1931 after her marriage.
Tomorrow; The Royal Flutist.
YONCALLA WOMAN DIES
IN AUTOMOBILE PLUNGE
ROSEBURO, Ore., May 20. IAP)
Mrs. Alice Stlnson, 24 wife of A. L.
titlnson, YoncAlla sawmill worker
6Ied at Mercy hospital here this after
noon from Injuries suffered late this
morning In an automobile accident
near Boewell Springs. Evelyn McCoy.
Ip, of Vonralla. suffered minor head
and neck Injuries in the accident.
The car occupied by the two women
was reported to have gone over an
embankment. .
SALEM. May 20. (AP) Total en
rollment of the Salem Indian school
at Chemawa will be Increased to 350
with authorization of 50 additional
students b? the Indian service, Super
intendent Paul T. Jackson said. It
Alii provide the greatest U tend nee
since reduction of the school buogei
in 1933.
MARSHALL NAMED HEAD
OF FOREST RECREATION
PORTLAND, May 20. AP Ap
pointment of Robert Marshall, for
ester and author, as chief of the di
vision of recreation of the U. S.
forest service, was made today. Mar
shall has been chlpf forester in the
Indian service for four years, and u
widely known throughout the north-
1 weest.
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vaH!LE TRVIW6 1b IMPRESS THE SDCIM
LEADER Of THE NEI6HB0RHDOP WITH A VEPV
COURTLV 5BEET)N6, ERNIE PlUMER HAD T
MISFORTUNE -TO HAE HIS BA6 07 ORAtffSES BREAK
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