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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
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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?"
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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
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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:
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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)
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early spring, retarding seeding, and i shoulder to hip were born to a couple
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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.
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