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Newspaper Page TextHfEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTXE, MEDFORD, OftEnON.. MONDAY. MAY 24. 1937. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS dUDDGD STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot farther proof address tha author. Inclosing a atamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat Off. OQ TOE DHUIrlr rt.ri.1 SIX SYNOPSIS: Attracting Bllnshop is thot to death un i. uW and ftormy night at Far rington Bluff, horn 0 Michael's aunts. Mtks dislocates a shouldar hunting or th missing Skipper, his tall and tweedy younger aunt toho turns up with an alioi. Cay Palmer, Mike'e red-headed tweet heart, worries about him. Mezt day, stout and prudish Aunt Mar tha gets me to lead a group in sestigation 0 the murder. (Tht itorm maroons us on this islandj Suddenly we find Cook knocked out by a flower pot and Annie the maid bound up. I start Ques tioning everyone. Chapter 16 You're All Lying!' IT HAD been 8:30 bjr my watch when (he Skipper went upstairs. That sprightly conversation In the hall mlfht have taken five minutes, but probably lees. And In any case, ac cording to Michael, the conference In th game-room must have ended shortly after I went Into the library. "And Just why didn't you rejoin the party?" Michael swallowed. "Jude had a letter to write and 1 decided to go out and have a look at things the chim neys and bridge and all that" I could have wrung his neck. If he eye. "1 don't Yes. It must be. ' He went on staring at It. fascinated. "But there is nothing to indicate that Michael took it to the kitchen." That was M. Farrlngton, bristling like a mother hen. "Surely one's handker chief case is not under lock and key. It would be a simple mstter for any one to" For the first time in my life I In terrupted M. Farrlngton, and 1 did It rudely. "Yes, 1 know," 1 said. "Hut It rather conclusively proves tha. the person who hurled that pot at Cook has been In the house long enough to be either borrowing or stealing hand kerchiefs." I should have had sense enough to realise the danger of putting all my cards on the table, but it was blurted out beyond recall. And In character istic ways every person in the room reacted to the statement M. Farrlngton 's hand flew to her throat with a quivering "Oh!" The Skipper sat suddenly bolt upright her face stern. Instinctively Gay clutched Mike's arm, and they huddled to gether. Beyond them I caught a glimpse of Higglns' face and of Wil liam, rigidly motionless. Annie and Cook began to Jabber meanlnglessly. With an almost mechanical rhythm we eyed each other you you you? It was horrible. Had a board creaked or a window rattled, I Armly believe that we should ail have dived for shel. ter under the nearest pieces of furnl ture. But nothing creaked. You? You? Vou? The Skipper broke the spell. Sht had to He to me, why In hell couldn't he He plausibly? My hand came down )n the desk with a whack. "if you're all guilty, there's no point In my going on with this. If rou're not, you might be decent enough to tell the truth!" M. Farrington's voice broke the deadly silence. "You feel that someone has been untruthful, James?" "Untruthfull" I fairly howled. "You're lying, every damned one of you! Do you expect me to read your minds?" The atmosphere was charged with something I could not place, tome thing unhappy and a little eery. There was no answer, even from M. Farrlngton. I should have done any thing but what I did do, which was nothing more nor less than to lose my bead completely. Feverishly I hurled questions at the Test of them at Gay, at William, at Annie, at Higglns, at Cook. I wasted Just that much breath. They knew nothing, any of them. They had gone to bed at houra varying from Cook'a nine o'clock to Higglns' eleven. Gay had taken aspirin and gone to sleep. Cook had slept naturally. WlUlam, Annlr and Higglns admitted to not sleeping,, but had heard absolutely nothing but the storm. "And no one here went into the kitchen at any other time?" My sense of futility Increased with every sec ond of that pause. I whirled on Mi chael. His chin came up aggressively. "Not" My next gesture was even more foolhardy. I reached In my pocket 'Then how did this get into the kitchen?" I demanded, and threw in front of him the handkerchief I had found In the entry. Exposing All My Cards THEY aU stared. AU except M. Far rlngton, I think, realised what It was. Slowly the red mounted In Mike's face. He reached for the thing, and I thought that ha started as his eye caught the daintily executed name In one corner. His voice was the voice of a man who had been hit on the head. "I don't know." His Angers played absently with the thing. "I don't know." He sat down slowly. "But it's yours?" He passed a hand vaguely over his "You're lying!" 1 shouted. pushed back her chair with a clatter "This is ridiculous! Why should any. one in this room strike Cook or An nle? Any one of us could go Into th kitchen for a doten reasons. There'j someone else In this house, Jim. And a person who forced his way through locked doors would have no difficulty in finding a handkerchief." A Low' Agonized Whimper "T WAS merely supposing," I said, s'i'm In a nasty spot, and I'm not trying to wriggle out of It. I'm simply putting it up to you. The murderer Is either in this room or at large' in the house. If he or she Is here, a search would provide a good opportunity for more deviltry. If not, and we fall to search, we are leaving ourselves at the mercy of somebody who has al ready killed one of us. I'm leaving It up to you. I won't take the responsi bility. What shall we do?" "Search," said the Skipper promptly. "Does anyone have a different opin ion?" I said. Breathless silence. "Very well. We'll all go. There are nine of us." I did some rapid arith metic. Four men one along In years and one Incapacitated. Of the five wo men. Gay alone looked capable of walking across a room without stag gering. In my coat pocket my fin gers brushed the revolver with which I had disgraced myself earlier in tho day. "Higglns," I said, "take this revoU er and stand on the landing. If any one you don't know shows up in either hall, you are to shoot do you understand? And shoot straight Wll Ham Miss Palmer, Mr. Michael, and Miss Farrlngton are to go with you. Keep check on every member of your party, and be sure that Higglns is at his post as you come out of ever room. We'll search this room now. Then you wait In the hall and give Higglns moral support When we fin ish the first room upstairs, we'll sig nal Higglns and you can go through the next one down here, and so on. Make sure of all the doors and " From the hall came a sound a low agonised whimper that cut short my orders as If by the push of a button. It came from the hall and with It came another sound a slow, soft shuffling. It was comin; nearer nearerl The hair on my neck was prickling. Nearer nearer It was in the rooml For a moment I could not sea a thing, but one step brought me with in full range of the open door. fCopirloM, IJ7, Rather Tyler) We find havoc in Aunt Martha's room, tomorrow. Chinese Tortured For Coin By White Pair PORTLAND, Ore., May 34. (API Despite hla pleas that he had no money, Chin Soo. SO-ycar-old patri arch of Portland's Chinese colony, was tortured today with a hammer and a blazing candle by two unldcn. tlfleri white men. Chin told dHectlvea the men ac costed him while he wa seeking scraps of old boxes which he sells at kindling, the pair demanding to know where Chin kept his cash box. After the men "rotitthrd" hla face with a hammer, they took off a shoe, applying heat with a candle. Chin finally gave in and revealed the location of the box containing only a thin dime. . The l.an' Inequality. KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 34. (UPl Roger S. Miller waa scolded and given a traiflo ticket for failure to signal a turn In his automobile, div ing on carefully he waa stopped again by another policeman, com mended aa a "carerul, experienced driver." Craters of Mnon Open. ARCO. Idesho. May 34 (UP) The Cratera of the Moon. Iriaho'a only na tional monument, officially opened today with state and local degnitarlea taklci part Invitations Mailed F.D.R. Jr. Wedding WILMINGTON, Del., May 34 (AP --Invltntioni to the weeding of Mi Ethel Pu Pont And franklin D Roose velt. Jr., on June 30 have o?rn mull ed, it whs announced today The Invitations fix the wedding for 5 p. m. (eastern daylight time) at Christ church. Clreenville, near tht homo of the bride'a parent, Mr. and Mra. Kvigene Du Pont. A reception will be held at their home after tht ceremony. President and Mra. Roosevelt an nounced in Washington recently they would attend the wedding and recep tion. COOLER OK ftftH OH 1tteR 5at -the itfX cooler TrtftH TH6 -RlOHTi IN Jill fefete vVU T JT M WWtlfanflM: 1 I I I k II II J rf-l a- WT ' . rr m mm hi hi i i i i m . n v , M--f.K. .XU i , V h 4NWI. 4reU. AT ONB BHD ONiV PUT (F5 0R16INM. SHPiPe NO rnnTiER HOW ' Human hors C0URltfV5ToTr RUNNERS WORK 6IWCR &lT&lNfrln? y w vv & owe of THE MosT PSMBFUL IT has one op we lomer&ucmsf Jtitlre Itrlt lmk 8ALGM, May -4 ( APt Justice Harry H. Belt if the state auprrmr court returned here todav after at tending tht American taw Institute at Waahlngion, D. C. Returning bj a aouthern route Judge Belt motor ed 7.S00 miles FORT WAflHINOTON. Md , May 34 i-Vi Fire of undetermined origin iwept the aupmtruftur of the U fl army transport General Rtivker tied to a dock here today. It caused dam- which post offt.'ers o.-t;riiated un officially as hell 150,000. Monte Carlo Hardly a motion picture or story baaed on the famous gambling casino of Monte Carlo falls to Include at least one suicide, murder or theft. Yet, In reality, Monte Carlo has one of the lowest suicide and crime rates In the world. This Is chiefly due to a remarkable system of espionage de veloped by the management, the "As sociation of the Wrtterlng Place and Strangers Club of Monaco." Whenever possible, an investiga tion la made Into the finances of each gambler who is lured to Monte Carlo by the dream of "breaking the bank." When he loses all that the management believes he can afford to lose, he la politely but firmly re quested to leave. In some canes, how ever, there Is a slip-up In this sys tem and a gambler goes broke. A special fund Is provided for this eventuality. Rather than have a man on their hands who might be driven by desperation to commit sui cide or turn criminal, the manage ment pays for his transportation "back home" after warning him against ever coming to Monte Carlo again. Temperature Pnrudox Whether you are right or left hand ed, the chances are that your body temperature is higher on the left side than on the right, but that your left hand is colder than your right, according to a series of experiments recently conducted at the Worcester State hospital, Massachusetts. Tho differences In temperature are rela tively small but definitely ascertain able. No reason for the varying tem perature paradox has been discovered. Human Horses A weird sight was the crew of couriers maintained by early sultans of Turkey. Decked out to resemble horses, these men ran entirely bare footed, carried plecea of silver bits In their mouths and wore mane-like feathers In their hats. In one hand they carried a hatchet, in the other a water container. From their belts and garters hung tiny bells. Tomorrow: The Broken Hearted Queen. Movie Pickets Irk, Plan "Wreck Squad" HOLLYWOOD, Calif... May 34 (API The screen actors' guild today threatened to organize a "wreck crew" to drive strike pickets away from the motion picture studios If they do not "lay off molesting. In timidating or attempting to Intim idate actors." The ultimatum, in the form of a statement Issued by the guild, fol lowed a series of Incidents at Para mount yesterday. The gasoline was drained from the automobile of an actress, and a rock was thrown through the window of another play er's machine. Travel organizations In South Africa plan to spend 1400,000 annu ally to attract tourists. Salem Ranks Third SALEM, May 24. (AP) Among 33 key cities of the Pacific north west Salem ranked third place in building activity for the first quar ter .of this year, says a statistical report by the Equitable Savings & Loan association. Only Portland and Seattle were ahead of Salem'. Salem's total for the three months was $483,310 of which $122,456 was for residential construction. IMS If LOOKED LIKE A CASE OP A SfOLEW CAR. WHEK FRED PERLEV COMMANDEERED A NEI6H&0R'5 AUfO M0D1LE AND SET OFF AFfER. HIS FLEE1K6 CAJt. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY JOINED IN friE CHASE AND WERE A LrtfLE DISAPPOINTED WHEN HEV FOUND HAf MRS. PERLEV HAD MERELV 60NE OFFWllfo FRED'S &DVF rime, yl -Cat Ap .. . uiumrrsl S 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNE c , L Same, r f . , , TOmcc "XTTPrsM iJis-ae.i NT C-hick'em Comes ( V i aarr vs - mr (Copyright, 1937, by The Bell gyndleata, TAILSPIN TOMMY The Cards Stacked Against Tommy! By HAL F0RRi;',', ft-lf- MR ST WIlMtSS CALLt-0 in THE" CASE- Of THE" DPAITMT) VS TOMNV TONKINS, BECAME- COHNJSE-D, BUT TE-MTATIVE-LY IDE-riTiMC-D TQM as the; pilot who crashed the plane imto the- barm. TOMMY i5 STUNME0 AS THE MASS OF ClRCUMSTAriTl AL C-ViDrMCE PILE5 UP,' TlM, THE- WATCHMAT1, 13 now on thC" ST AMD . MOW, MR O'GRADY... DIDN'T ( TH D'HIRTY YOU. JH THE- POESE-NCE- OF" ) SPAL'PErtHS.1 ' TWO MECHAM ICS.. TELL THE" V DID THE"M cv-wtr- or- THREE--P01MT Agre-ase Mcnics THAT YOU SAW TOM KINS J TE"LL YEr? J TAKE" UP THE- I ( PLANf SHORTLY JjL ! AETER MIDNlGHrtV ; : J VOU WILL 1 Hnawt h THE QUESTION . MR.O'&RADYj t V 7 ( 1 v 11 1 frail 1 n 1 1 a 1 1 1 1 lil I I I M B KKS V WELL, HOW, ... YE" R HONOR... TIS LIKE-LY IT WErRf SOME-OME- fLSE- YE-S , BE-GORRA...ME- EYtS MUST HAVE" O, DECE-IVE-O ME-.... . .7" 1 aVSl 'A L.I, lUlluullllULUUllUJlSIB irtfti will or K-'h, WILL TUMMY TOMKIMS COME FORWARD? TOMMY, rie- LAD.... 'TIS' LITTLE" HE: LP I AM TO YE-, AT ALL.. AT ALL , VM Wu Hi, "ill .. luauuau UiaiaBBBssssiaBaaBr 9 I "-!. r'MiL MZ7 4 r m mm IT'S OKAY, TIM, YOU couldn't HE-LP IT. BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER What's thtf Secret? By EDWIN ALGER 7-" THERE T i, W FULL 7 4550, lUCLUDlWie IHE ' " iivi Ca.L 7 l t v r NCHEM 1 ir 5 I , C siOVW.VWO'O HE TAPS f K c,EWT fER NOLI TWOTE DOU'T TME VJ&BSTEB. SOy7vjEU?fDURU TOOTid i , . FR AU, "WVi? 60At- LA0 'CAUSE. 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