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PACE TWO MEDFOKD MAIi; TRTBUyE, fEPFORD, OREO OX. FRTP'AY. MAY 28. 1937. !WM IIIU UUiUlf IT iirmrWI SYNOPSIS: Attractive Jude Bliiuhap 4 mysteriously shot to dath on a wild, ftormy nlpht at Forrlnoton Bluff, home of Mi chael's aunts. Everyone ma rooned on this island is suspect: Mike, who talked with Jude alone that nloht; the Skipper, hit ' tall and tweedy younger aunt; Aunt Martha, flout and prudish; Gay Palmer, Mike's red-headed ' sweetheart; Hlegim, the elderly butler; William, the chauffeur: Cook; Annie, the maid even i loho lead the oroup investigation. While starching the house, Wil liam and are both knocked out by tome unseen assailant. Chapter 20 Don't Watch The Slain' THE narrow corridor was in com x plele darknest, We mad our way lions it slowly wltn the aid ot Mike flashlight In the main hall full lights lull blazed. The alienee wai 0DDrcs rive. As rapidly as my stiff legs and ichfng head would allow, we crossed to Cay's door, where Mike knocked iharply. "Michael?" came the Skipper's role from within. "O.K., Skipper." And the door was jpened. Inside, the room was blue wltb cigarette tmoke. M, Farrlngton was lull in the big chair, one pudgy hand Ranging on to Higgins tor dear lite. William was sitting on the bed with Annie on one side o him and Cook on the other. The man looked as if his last call had sounded. "Jim's all right," aald Michael quickly. Just a little shaken up. How are you now, wiiuam7" "Not so good, sir." The chauffeur was flaring at me accusingly. "It's a nasty thing to be hit on the head from behind nasty." Gay shoved chair at me and I flopped Into It, hardly aware of what I waa doing. "William," I said, "what's the big iaea xnocxing me. out and tying me to your Ded7" Someone screamed M. Farrlnaton. I think and William sprang to his teat, snaking with tury. "You dirty aog," ne said ana started for me. Mike Intercepted him. "Wllllaml' he shouted. "Are you crary?" His left arm shot out, and William spun across the room. "Wo found Mr. Wells in your room Just now gagged and tied to the bed." "What?" In spite of myself I pitied Mm. J'Ciagged and tied" His eyes were those of a suffering dog. "Then wno hit me?" "I didn't!" I said. "What happened to you? Can't you see that time is important? What happened?" He turned to me like a man walking In his sleep. "1 went Into my room 11 Ke you told me, his voice was dazed. "and you hit me when 1 went through me door, only you didn't hit ' Suddenly his voice rose In a bellow, "I'm getting out of herel I'll swim out. We re going to be murdered mup dered In the darkl Let me gol" Mike and I were hanging on to his arms. "Let me gol I can't do no morel 1 " All the strength Mike had left went Into that punch. William crumpled to ine noor. "Be quletl" Coox was shaking Annie furiously. "Start any fuss now and 111 warm you proper! Over William's body, 1 stared at Michael's grim face. "It wasn't Wil liam. 1 guess," 1 said through dry lips. "No. And the rest of us were all here." The Skipper was kneeling beside William, and Gay was bringing water from the bathroom. There IS Someone Else "'pHEN." iilo Michael at last, "there a- is someone else In the house tomeone none of u know about." There seemed to do no other ex planation. Which meant that no one in that room was a murderer. None of us had crept stealthily Into the storm after a friend, and I could have whooped with relief. William moaned and opened his yea. "Better?" asked the Skipper. "You were a bit excited and they quieted you." "Hare," Mike was oozing good spirits, "let me help you. Stretch out on the bed a while. You'll be all rlcht." W helped him to the bed, Annl escaping from Cook and fluttering to his assistance. M. Farrlngton brought us back to the problem at hand. "You really think there Is someone else In the house?" "Not a doubt In the world. Aunt Martha." said Michael. 'And that .vmkes everything all right." "Does It?" the Farrlngton eyebrows went up. "Now 1 should say, Michael, that It makes everything very much wrong. You don't seriously Intend to sit here Idle while an unknown crim inal roams the house a criminal who has mui-dered one of your guests?" M. Farrlngton had a knack for put ting things unpleasantly. I had been considering doing Just that, and so. 1 could see from his face, had Michael. Compared to the sensation ot sus pecting your best friends of an un speakable crime, the feeling of mere ly being pursued by I thing wu I pleasurable one. Michael reddened. "It's this way, Aunt Martha," I ven. tured. "W can't do much In th dark, and he can't get away. And er well, we're a little done up. I think the most sensible thing for ui to do Is to make ourselves as com fortable as possibl right her until morning." M. Farrlngton needed no words te make you feel like something that crawls. The Skipper came to my rescue. "The most sensible thing any of as can do-right now Is to eat Do any of you realize what time It ls7 ' Incredulously w oonpiud watches. It was after one o clock. 'Twelve hours since lunch." con tinued the Skipper. "I propose a kitchen delegation to handle the crisis." There followed something of an argument. The natural thing was to send the servants all downstairs to gether. There were four of them, William in no wors condition than 1 was and not half so bad as Michael. Higgins still had his revolver. But Cook had other Ideas. She would never go back Into that kitchen, not for all the gold in China, as she put It The Sklppet had no objections to taking Cook'i place, but Higgins had never heard of such a thing and so assured us. Annie agreed with him and William agreed with Annl. M. Farrington, quit herself again, let- tied it. Cook," she said sternly, "stop your nonsense. Naturally you will go down to the kitchen. The others will all be with you. There Is absolutely no danger. In fact" with sudden de cision, "I think the rest of us would be mor comfortable In the library." Gay, who had never really seen M, Farrington In action, stared open mouthed. "But" she objected, "there's aomeone down there, I mean" M. Farrlngton smiled thinly. "Of course there Is someone down there, my dear. Therefore we shall drive him upstairs where all the doors and windows ar locked and he can nei ther do any damage nor escape." Well, then, come along with you, Higgins," said Cook. It was settled. Giving 'Him' A Chance WE GAINED the library without incident Wherever our prowler might be, he was not In the hails, the dining room, the library, or-rto Judge by the silence from the other end of the house the servants' quar ters. Chaos of our own making was the only thing that confronted us In the library, M. Farrington, switching on the dining room lights, stood the connecting door ajar. Sit down, Barbara," she ordered, seating herself on the divan. "James, make up a Are. Michael, you and Grace might put some of these books back where they belong." After the high melodrama of the last 24 hours, I thoroughly enjoyed that reconstruction program. 1 fell to work on the fire eagerly, while Gay mounted the ladder and put up the books Michael handed her. The Skip per stood In the dining room door way, smoking, her back toward us, and M. Farrlngton's Incessant prattle filled me with long lost, delightful laughter. This," she commenced In her bast state dinner manner, "is what cornea of Uieir allowing such unemployment to continue. People are not safe in their beds. What 1 am to say to Judith's mother I do not know. It Is the fault of the system. No one Is safe anywhere. Michael, don't put Schiller on the top shelf. Barbara, 1 do wish you would sit down." "Why?" said the Skipper brusque ly, without turning. Because It Is primarily important that no one should watch that front staircase." Everyone turned at that The man cannot go up the back way because of the servants. If he Is not allowed to go up the front way, we shall have him quite near us. Aside from the fact that the thought Is un pleasant, It will be more dlfllcult to trap him down here." "Ill be damned!" said Michael softly. The Skipper sat down. "My only fear," continued the amazing old lady, "Is that the servants may Interrupt him." But ihe servants didn't It was fullv 20 minutes before the rattle of silver announced the arrival of Higgins and Annie In the dining room. They had seen no one, and none of them had ventured into the hall. Incredible as it seemed after such an experience, w were all ravenous. I think that even M, Farrington forgot to make conversation. In any case, no one lis tened to find out At the Skippers suggestion, Higgins retired in search of his own supper, and we were left to eat in peace. But food, far from revtvlni us. nro- duced a lethargy of contentment. 1 was struggling with a cup of black coffee when 1 realized with a start that we had alt been drowsing at the table and that M. Farrlngton's press ing the bell and the subsequent ap pearance of Higgins were the onh things that saved us from lapsing nto a comatose state. tCfirntlt. ltir. liH Tyln) Tortured nerves shriek for last Monday, but we dare not sleep. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof iddresa the author, lncloetag . tamped envelope tor reply. Reg. TJ. .8. Pat Off. BED MAKING by GLUYAS WILLIAMS N.i.6tfntG, POPE ACCUSED OF JEALOUS TRUTH BY BEIiLIN. May 38. ifo Nan Ger many struck new blow todsjr ftt Catholic- publicity organa and the mouthpiece of Adolf Httler'i black ahlrted ftchults Btaffei bodyguard ao curvd the pope ol an "objective un truth." The Gwtapo (state secret police) forbade Issuance until further notice of me 300 Catholic church paper printed by the Eraener Klrchben blactter company of Ken. These parxira correspond to country news paper "patent lnsldea" in the United States, and have the same ten. with open apace for local turn. Oficlally, It waa stated the church papera made faJse atatemenu about nart girls' league nd generally vllU fled Institutions of the nir.i state. A home-made parachute which Babe Smith, girl Jumper, used in more than 100 leaps from airplanes now rests In the Smithsonian Insti tution In Washington. AMUCK, KILLS 15 MANTUA, May 38. 0T F.fteen per sons have been kilted as the result of Kallnga Boll, Jealousy -era red Filipino, running amuck In the vil la$ of Tagan in Cagayan province, report reoeived at conMabularj headquarters today aalcl. Constabulary authorities aald Boll believed his wife waa unfslthful to dim and suddenly ran amuck iat rueedsy. killing her and fire other persons. He Mm rattan, ahoutlnfl he would kill at least 24 peraons be fore he wss through, Today word waa received relatives of the victims attacked Boll's kins men In the village of Abu in and allied seven. Including three chil dren. The Justice of the peace at Knbutfao reported Boll entered that village and killed two other persons and lied with rnnntahularynien in el ore pursuit Cluftiiiti time for Too Late to Caa a.17 Adi la 130 p. m. ;V WkeM ft SfAOtffc CL0U9 HIP THE WO HI Polo Grounds, ri r- 1 1 s. reri ..- jrvtv I v 1 wmm jfcv-.. 1 smfsaishsgK. li & yeRs too 0HIR6 $bm pw pS-THeNhMeCF Towns in -foe u.. IN nun iu-r7 hi A 6PeClftL CLAUSE IH Provides foRTrte Over Or ThE SKUlvop 41H-TM MKVhWAToTriE &UT It HftiS NeVCR BEBl filLftUEp frit 6gRMPA 6ovef?NMENT tteNl&S KNOWING WHERE (T IS The Lost Skull Aa recently aa 193S, the British House of Commona rose up In indig nation to demand why Article 248 of the Treaty of Versailles had not been limited. Article 34a, In Part VIII. Section II, marks one of the atrangest clauaea ever Included In any treaty between nations and la all the more remarkable In that it wns Included in 8o modern a treaty aa thut which ended the World war. The clause fol lows: ... "Within six months of the coming Into foice of the present treaty, Oer mauy will reatore to his majesty the king of Hedjam, the original Koran of the Oellph Othman, which waa re moved from Medina by the Turkish authorities and la stated to have been praented to the en-Emperor William i II. Within the same period Germany will hand over to hla Britannic ma Joaty'a government the skull of the Sultan Mkwawa. which waa removed from the protectorate of German East Africa and taken to Germany." The hlatory behind the odd clause :a this: Some 30 yeara ago, Sultan Mkwawa, former chief of the Wah hehe tribe of Tanganyika, rebelled against German rule and met hla death either by aulclde or execution by German forces, The Wahhche tribe claims that the aultan'a skull waa re moved to Oermany but Qermany claims It waa burled in Tanganyika The natlvea look upon the akull aa a good luck omen and it la In their behalf that Great Britain demanda ;ta return. Three timea alnce the war the nouse of commons hoe Instructed the UluAl SrnSUU. Ik. 5-26-T7 colonial secretary to demand the skull from the German government but Germany holds firm In lie denial of possessing the weird trophy. . Twin Engineers The sons of a track supervlaor of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Cameron, W. Va.. the coglcy twine were given Joba in the company's bhops In 1885. Both were promoted to firemen In 1888 and became engineers on the line In 1808.' They are still employed as engineers on the B. St, O.. having completed 51 years of serv ice. John L. now takes out the first trick yard engine In Garrett yards nnd James E. mnkes regular runs on trains 9 and 10 between Garrett and Chicago. For several years both were emptoyed on the same run. MAKES OP JUNIOR'S BED, SMOO-fH AND NEAf A UflVE LfcfER FitS HF6 8EE W Wlfrl FEEfOH TIUjuW. SMOOTHES SEP WKHKLY VlHDS BH lYfttRED WlfH RM5I0 APPARdrfOS WHICH HE HftSNf lME1bP01'AWrY' BECM&E HE H to Tb CrtAN6E lb 60 ft EPPlE SEIZED TbR UIMCH REMOVES RADIO SfOFf AND 1A1ER IN APfERNBON FINDS HE SHORflY AFfERWflRDS, FlMDS HI& ClDfi)E5 AMD REMAKES BED SR0U6Hf EDDIE HOME 1b TRADE HT TrtE BON'S HAVE HM A STAMPS. 6ET5 BED NEAf WRESTL1K6 MMfcH ON 1"HE SEP. REMAKES IT AND LOCKS ISP BEDROOM ONfiL BED-flME SlUVA (Oopyrlylit, 1937, by. The BeU gynrMcate, Inc.) S 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNE , V f iFlCevrc-rf va- y 1 No Allen Fla(s lo Fly IjORTLAND, May 28. The Me morial day la strictly on American af fair so no foreign flags will appear In the Portland parade, Major George tiandv. chairman, nnlrf tnrinv Ha re ceived a petition from es-soldlcra ask- ing a pan on the nazi emblem. Tillamook K. C. Host PORTLAND. May 38. OP; Tilla mook will bo host to the Oregon council of the Knlghu of Columbus it the annual, convention Sunday and Monday. Representatives from 23 cit ies will be headed by State Deputy George J. Cannon of Klamath Falls. Bam Sale Open. SACRAMENTO. May 28. (AP) The seventeenth annual Calilornia ram sale got off to an auspicious start here today with a price of $300 being reached for one ram and nu merous others selling for more than 100 each. ' V jfW '"HAt I ! E ATI Kl AWV, i LLf S- B" J (Copyright, 1937, by The Bell Syndicate, lac ) j TAILSPIN TOMMY A Change of Looalel By HAL FORREST WHILt- TOMMY, HIS WIMG5 CUPPE-D, PRtPARE-S TO UAVf HIS rRlt-MDS AMD 3-POiriT, LtTl5 SO TO A SCErNf- OH THr COAST OF- MAIMf LATt- AT MIGHT . . . 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