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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MATE TRTBTTN"E, fEDFORD, OREOOy. MDyTUT, HAY Sf, 1937. - C3UDDGD On HE DfLUUU ttvmam rt SYNOPSIS: A mysterious shot kill attracltv Jude Blliuhop on a wild, stormy nloht at Partington Bluff, home of MichacVt aunte. Everyone marooned on thla Island if suspect: Mike, uho talked with Jude alone that aiflht; tht Skip per, hie tall and tweedy younger aunt; Aunt M klha, (tout and prudish; Gay Pc'.mer, Mike's red headed sweetheart; Htggint, the elderly butler; William, the chauf. )eur; Cook; Annie, the maid wen ;, Mike's closest ,rfend. Then we find tract! of an outsider, per haps a maniac, who must be loose in the house. Our $ earch if ulile. Chapter 22 The Horrible Farce GAY, Michael and M. Farrington came slowly In. Their general as pect was gloomy. "Perhaps," said Gay, after a long interval of staring at her own feet, "we had better hold a seance. It's done In all the best thrillers.' Mike's face was worried. "Rot!" he aid sharply. "Don't get siUy, for God's sake!" Her laugh was shaky. "Why not? People are killed and slugged and tied up by empty air. There must be a ghost! We owe It to ourselves not to miss anything." "Stop It!" Michael crossed to her swiftly. "Stop It! Get a grip on your- seui uont " Too late. She col- lapsed against him in a tearful fit That evening had pretty well ex- nausted my stock of sympathy. stepped Into the conservatory. But Its heavy scent of roses reminded me of nothing so much as a funeral. thought of Juda Bllnshop's funeral. 1 selected a casket for Jude not heavy one blue, deep blue. No roses. Just The realization of what I was doing struck me as a revolting shock. My foot sent a pot of American Beauties crashing to the floor. I swore frantically. "Exactly," said M. Farrlngton's voice at my elbow. "Must have brushed against It, Aunt Martha," I mumbled, stooping zor me roses. "With your foot," said the dry voice. -jamas, you are not to lose your neao. bit aown, please." I sat dismally under an appalling rubber plant I wished that I were dead, recollected that I might very shortly get my wish, shivered, and brought my wavering attention back to M. Farrington. She was speaking u ner dry, precise little voice. The greatest danger of all, my dear boy, la that we may allow our imaginations to run away with us. Our predicament Is unpleasant In the extreme and entirely unexpected. The thought of the supernatural In connection with these strange occur rences Is Inevitable, but thoroughly absurd. If we think" From behind the rubber plant, I gaped at her. The supernatural! M. Farrington arpuinp; about the super natural! Were we all going crazy? ! Action For Everyone "T-kONT worry. Aunt Martha," I ' eJ aald. "Cook of course would think banshees were after her it a match blew out But I'm aura the rest of us are too" The picture of Gay In hysterica In the next room stopped me. I fa-oped Impatiently for a cigarette. "Grace Is not herself, James." Con found the woman! Did she think me deaf as well as dumb? "In our present overwrought condition, we tend to re duce perfectly normal happenings to the basis of superstitious phenomena. We must retain self-control. I advise you to provide Immediate physical action for everyone. This waiting la unpleasant" I exploded. "But damn HI" I roared. "We can't keep pussyfooting around the house playing hide-and-seek. We've done enough searching for 10 housesl What the devil can we do?" "How do you usually amuse your self?" She was laughing at me. Her lips never moved, but she was laugh ing. 1 got to my feet and lunged Into the living room. Higgins' back waa just retreating through the hall door. In a far corner of the room Michael was bending over Gay with a glass of something in his hand. The Skipper glanced around from the window, but returned im mediately to her survey of the dark ness outside. "How about bed?" I meant to say It cheerfully. Mike straightened up. "Don't be fantastic." "All right." My voice started out Jauntily and ended in a ghastly croak. "Then let's do something to amuse ourselves. Bridge? Billiards?" "Dominoes?" Michael leered. "Anything," Gay's voice was shrill and shaky. "We can't just sit here. Let's do something!" And so we tried It I dragged out a table, located some cards, drew up chain. M. Farrington. Gay, Mike end myself played. The Skipper refused to leave her window. The horrible farce went on for hours or seemed to. We overbid wildly and underbid foolishly. It was diffi cult to remember trumps. Scoring was erratic. In spite of all pretense, every ear in the room was straining to catch sounds from the silent house. Nerves twltchd t the soughing of trees and rattling of blinds. Finally Michael threw down his cards. "This Is the worst Idea you've had yet!" he snorted, moving toward the brandy bottle. "Let's try billiards." My own voice was barely recognizable. "You move playing billiards." The Skipper and M. Farrington remained in the living room, the lat ter patiently trying to read a book, the former stir motionless at the window. We left the connecting door open, and Gay, Michael and I went Into the room where the whole ghastly mess seemed to have started. Not 48 hours ago Jude BUnshop had stooa right where 1 was standlna. holding thst very same cue, waiting tor me to leave ner alone witn Mike. dropped the cue as If it burned. "Oh, hell!" I groaned desperately. Gay seated herself on the table, ner toot swinging rapidly. "Mike," she said. "It isn't lust curl. oslty, I must know. You ought to trust me enough to tell me why you went outooora last nignt" Grisly Diversion! WE WERE right back at the be ginning. What possible difference could It make now? What possible use In dragging It ud aaain? DIvar. sion. Damned grisly dlverslonl STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor farther proof edVees the author, inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Ret. V. 8. Pet Oft My foot se.it a pot crash ing to the floor. started for the door, but Mike blocked me off. 'Stay right here, Jlml" Then, verv patiently, "I've told you a dozen times. Gay, that It had nothing to do with all this. 1 went out to look at the bridge." You re lying!" At the fury In her voice the sickening whirl In my head began to tighten. There was no stop ping her. "What did you go outdoors for? You were out there at 10 o'clock You said so" I had had enough of It. Pushlnt Michael out of my way, 1 barged Into the living room, banging the door behind me. The Skipper turned from the window. It's nearly daylight." she said Thank God. What time Is It?" I blinked at my watch. Tee) min utes of seven." On the davenport M Farrington was fast asleep. With all my heart 1 envied her. "What's going on In there?" 1 tried to smile. "Oh curiosity- nerves. No telling." "Yes. She was swltchlne off llahts 'Listen, Jimmle, I'm toinl to taki Martha upstairs with me. It's me to- a cold shower. Tell Hlgjins to star' some breakfast and break up tha uonnyoroox rair in there. Its day light and we're civilized supposed ly. Have you our keys?" fOspifV. ittr. -.; Trt") The Skipper and I And a body down the bluff, tomorrow. WAR DEBT UNPAID WASHINOTON, Msy SI. (TJP) The American government tonight went through the routine of formally no tifying the rearmament-occupied gov ernmente of Europe that they haven't paid for their last war. The state department, at the re quest of the treasury, aent "due bills" to ia defaulting debtor governments reminding them that another semi annual installment on their debta falla due on June 19. together with the total of that Installment and of payments past due, unpaid and now In detault. Polar See Deep. MOSCOW. May 31. i API Soviet tussle's north pole weather outpost measured the Polar en todar and found It far deeper than scientists tnorlrlng establishment had estimated. ' air station at Alameda, Call!. LAS VBOAfl, Ner, May SO. (VP) Martha Rare, singing comedienne. and Hamilton Weatmore. movie make up man. were married here Sunday In a surprise elopement from Holly wood. MIm Rare gave her age as 90 and her legal name aa Margie Yvonne Reed. Westmore, youngest Brother of Welly, Pere and rn Westmore. prominent studio makeup men. aald he waa SI. They lett for an unan nounced destination for e one-day honeymoon before returning to Hollywood. Alameda Rase Okayed WASHINOTON. May Jl.-iAP) President Roosevelt signed a ill au naval 3511 Be CMW Of RBMflA?f,l4ce- waemaiizcoriana. To coiiHTfue wfcRDEM,e&crt cm left ft rone 3n h v&h? MP RCMOVEP M f He RETURNED in A KifcrteK CftfiNtrcoMsTrtucTet? k owMbiftusene nerve, "Id? Mm TUM" TOLVOWS ITS STirf 1HC CONDVWRft MOWS.. . eutven-fbirCeD'Sffir? rHir?trsii.-7isf ..i t.llJfitJl Gfr&VO IN Trie PARlS-MrWlD' VJSKE WRECKED tNROliTs SCORES W6r?e Or? INJURED P& DRIVERS C!) 'frtROiert CROWDS OpPBClM&R PlLgt? LKfoSMHcffittR Or? Turned over Hell On Wheels Uttle la lacked In the way of thrills for the spectators at the an nual Memorial day race at Indian apolis but he may well thank his lucky stars for the fact thst It does not bold quite aa much thrill aa did the Parla-Madrld race or 1903. Of Sia cars and 60 motorcycles that alerted out from Versailles, It miles from Parle, less than half arrived at the finish line In Madrid, Spain. Crowds lined the entire route to see the aa yet little known horseless car riages tear by. The reckless contest- ante eoomed along the narrow dirt roads at speeds never before recorded. One of them waa actually timed at SO mllea an hour I The Ignorance of the spectators ac counted for many of the accidents. Aa a driver passed them, they rushed out Into the road to watch him die- the dust, following drivers plunged Into the crowds or swerved olf the road and cracked up. No accurate computation of the Injuries or deaths which resulted from the race was made, but the number ran Into the scores. Winner of the race was M. Oabrlel who averaged 65.3 miles per hour for the 343-mlle race. He drove a 70 horsepower Mors. To this disastrous race can be di rectly attributed the change-over from road racing to circular track racing auch aa Is held today. Though the 600 miles of today's Indlanapolla race Is considered gruel ling even from modern standards, strange ea it seems It is SHORTER than the world'a first official auto race. This was run from Versailles, Prance, to Bordeaux and back, in iowo. ine aiatance covered was 732 appear In a swirl of dust. Blinded by miles. It wsa won by Emlle Levn: P4l W JliuU StdOmU, lac. 9?f" ? In a 4-horsepower Panhard at an av erage speed of 14.0 miles per hour. Cigar Box Cabinet Built by his grandfather some years ago. a cabinet owned by Eugene Henle, of Kane. Pa., consists entirely of materials from old cigar boxes. It took about ten months to con struct and la made up of thousanda of cigar box pieces. Star-Nosed Mole Largely confined to northesstern North America, the star-nosed mole haa a star-like fringe of cartilage around Its nose which earns Its name. The reason for the peculiar nasal ap pendagea la not definitely known, but they are believed to be a delicate organ of touch, constituting an aid to the animal In lta wanderings through underground paasagea. Coos Project Approved. WASHINGTON, May 31 (API The war department advised Repre sentative James Mott. Salem. Ore., to day It baa approved the report of dis trict engineers recommending a de tailed flood control survey of Coos river In aouthweatern Oregon. Wheat Harvest Delayed. THE DALLES. May 31. (API Prolonged rains of late winter and Twins Joined PORTLAND. Ore. May 31. (AP) Twlna tolnerl tiiMtha- MM -t.. early spring, retarding seeding, and i shoulder to hip were born to a couple the continued lnw tomiwrAlnr.. il-hi In ,- ... 1 , .... . . . . . : , i ... -..a BTi.ciai nuapiuu coany out tne make the wheat harvest of north cen- I babies died within a few minutes tral Oregon unusually late this year. The mother's condition waa described growers predicted. as natlsfnctorv. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS THF. WflRl T) AT ITS WORST AFfR GROWING FftMlLV AND 1V1E USHERS )N0 A -TURMOIL SV IMASIN1N6 -IrAftf V00 "DROPPED THE KEV OT THE CAR, V0U REMEMBER THAT V0U LEFf THE CAR. UNLOCKED WITH THE KEV IN THE KSNVTION ?LUVh5 toitiiArJft 8 'MATTER POP Bv 0. M. (l UMBE-e stamps) " ' i , Bve.TtVTtiW6 Voir O f ANToTVrMtAeS I J SAV! S V &AW SOMtTUjlMe, Kv'S i, m S Lr S (Oopyrirlit, 1987. by The Bell tyaaieats. Ine ? TAILBPIN TOMMY Concerning Tommy! By HAL F0ERE8? 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