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TGV. TO? WDFOTm MATL TRTBTTNT;, "MTDFOTCT). fYRF.OON". RTTDAT. .TTN"E K. 193? WOMENFOLK By CLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof addreis th Author, faclocfa ft Ump4 TIop for rep-7- XT. 8. Pmt Off. OD THE DEL U 17 17 iiwmam rirAWmm SYNOPSIS, firtl it is the mys terious shooting to death of at tractive Jude Blinshop which makes us all jittery on this wild, stormy weekend at Farrinaton Bluff, home ot Michael's aunts. Then a series ot strange attacks occurs. Present ere: Mike: the Skipper, his tall, tweedy younger aunt; Aunt Martha, stout and prudish; Cay Palmer, Mike's red headed sweetheart; myself and the lour servants. It Is a relief to find the body ot Michael's insane father, supposedly long since dead, below the bluff; It explains so much that has happened. Chapter 27 'The Danger'! Not Over' fiyHATS th matter, Hilni?" He I ' in ftlll whit. 1 "Fd like to talk to you mlnutt, ilr. Somewher whert w can't be heard." 1 itared at Mm. "What about? There'! do one to bear us, Hijgins. What's on your mind?" "Would you come into the Uvinj room. slr7" Reflecting that the poor old boy probably wanted to relieve hut mind by telling ou bli version of the itory I followed hlro Into the living room. "WelL wbat is it. Hlgglns?" "Mr. Jlnunle. the rarringtona bave tlwaya been almost like my own fam ily, u you might aay The old gentle man was very good to me when I was ust a boy. sir. and alone la this to on try. If you see wbat 1 mean." I smiled a him reassuringly. "1 see wbat you mean. They've been pretty swell to me, too." Wbat the deuce ailed him? If be trusted me tnough to tell me the story, why all the preliminaries? "This sfltlr has been most unfortu ste. sir." My patience was getting a bit thin. 1 bad many things to say to Michael, tnd 1 wanted to say thera before be tad soaked blmselX Into a complete tupor. 1 frowned. 1 said sharply, "What's on your Bind?" "Mr. Jlnunle," he stepped closer to vie and spoke In a hoarse whisper. the danger's not over There's " He stopped suddenly, and an amaz ing thing happened. His eyes, fixed on the window behind me. seemed about to pop from his head and under my rery nose the man seemed to shrivel op 1 wheeled toward that window, there waa no one there, and my pa tience snapped. "Hlgglns. what the devil are you looking at? What are you talking about?" He passed a trembling band over bis eyea "11 don't know Possibly sir, 11 bave been Imagining things. Please forget it sir " With a certain dignity be straightened himself. Exasperated beyond all endurance. I fairly roared at blm to speak bis piece. "Nothing, sir. 1 bave been forget ting mysell Please excuse me." 1 made a wild lunge, but he got to the door before I did. Crossing to the window, I leaned against it. staring out at the dismal lawn, my brain In an uproar. Footprint On The Tile THE danger's not overl" Wbat did that remark bave to do with the depressing secret of Farrington Bluff? Wbat 7 My eyea bad fallen to the tiling on the porch floor lust out ide the window There, clearly de fined In rapidly hardening mud. was the Imprint of a rubber boot Hlgglns had seen someone at thai window someone who might or might not Jisvs heard wbat he was starting to aayt The wild thought crossed my Blind that maybe he was right that 'there was more trouble to come, but I rejected It Impatiently. What a hair trigger state we had all gotten Into! jl went of? to search of MichaeL I He was not In his room A disorder fly confusion of clothes, books and (papers gave mute testimony to bis jatata of mind, and a nearly empty de canter of brandy told me that the Skipper's tears for him were luitlned X thought first of the boutprlnt out ialde the living room window end then ,of Norman Farrington lying halfway down the blud Farrington Bluff was no p. ace tor a drunken man partic ularly a drunken man In Michael's irame of mind. In a vain bone of finding him. J rushed through the bathroom Into my own room tie wasn't there And I ivas reasonably certain that be wasol downslalra There were only two pos eibllitles Cither be must be tn talk ing to the Skipper or he must be out ide. 1 rushed Into the ball and raced with all my might to the Skipper's door. Without waiting to knock. I flung It open The Skipper's oilskins lay on the bed and ber boots on the floor beside them, but there was no one In the room. I had barely time to realize that fact, when a deafening report of a gun shook the entire bouse. For e second I was too petrified to move The sound had seemed to come from the direction of the next room M. Farrlneton'a t dove through the Sardine Creek SARDINE CRKKK. Jim 3 (9(fl ) Mr. nnd Mr. ftobrrt Sutherland of Portlftwl motored down .HutvirOav to spend th Memorm holrty here rl siting friend and retat.ve. return 1114 bom Monday. MIm Loulav Hirnlh of Med ford pent th week-end litre vlKlng her in end and former Klioolm..tf. ai via croft The (title attended the enr n.val in Grunt la aaturda) jve n;nj. Mr. H II Elhitrt und not. IAILj 01 Ar-hlnr-d. 1.JMMH Mnnorial day and Mundt . y v I : 1 1 nr re In 1 1 ve ncre Mr and Mrs. Huward UunUp Jiid da,ijltr Vivian vuiUtJ Mondny ve- n:n nt the 8. A. Duwtiwrry home Jean ttmit... Merle and Hnei Ken .'all a ml IV lore lrr, n na n a re e m iJltnixi at the Dei Kio orchard tli.n mi 14 frutt. Ed HhipW v f.pcnt Sunday and Mon vtaKlng friends In hl old hrtrne ijttitt V;-Ili'y. GfoMr and Ivju Smith made a bua ineea trip to ft tn.na In the Appleexat country laat wee It. M r. Pau 1 1 ne r a rt , Mr C a Smith and chiiur- n attended the Ulrl Joining bathroom and pulled up with a bang. M- Farrington lay face downward on the floor beside the dressing table, one arm thrown out at ber side- Aa 1 dazedly knelt to turn ber over, the ball door flsw open to disclose Ml chael. his eyes red and bleary, blink inn : k In ixazement We stared st t .-.t utner. "Sr-e's nurt Get some water!" I managed flns'lr through stiff Hps. lie hesitv.i'i, and 1 sensed more distrust In tat pause than 1 could see oo hu - edulous face. His eyea fell snd be movel unsteadily toward the bathroom. I wrenched my atten tion trcm n,y own appalling predica ment to the old ldy. Sne was al va A bullet bad torn through ber left shoulder. Mecbanl call" I ncted that she bad been shot from the rer at close range. Thare were podcr marks on the back of her lavencer robe, and the profuse bleeding In front seemed to Indicate that tho bullet had torn straight through. So Hlgglns had been right! We ware still In danger! Ciumily Mike deposited a basic of water betide me. He seemed hyp notized, lncipable of speech. And I was gl&c of It. "Find the Skipper!" 1 said hoarse ly, starting to bathe the wound with my handkerchief. "Hurry, Mike! Hei heart's bad and" The Skipper was there beside m before he could seem to move. Hei face was grim and set. "Give me that. Jim." she sale sternly, kneeling beside me. There'! a flrst-aid kit in the bathroom. Gel it. please." Uiggltu At The Keyhole I GOT up with difficulty, t couldn't seem to get my mind away from the tact that 1 would be suspected ot this shooting. It took me at least three minutes to find the Brst-ald kit In the cabinet over the basin. While 1 was tumbling around In the process. I could bear Gay's high excited voice The tiling must have been heard all over the house. In another minute the servants would be tumbling In on us Vaguely 1 wondered, as 1 crossed the few steps to the Skipper's side, wbat bad kept them of? so long. Mike and I were of about aa mucb use as an oil burner In the Sahara But the Skipper worked quickly and carefully Between us. we lifted M r arrlngton to the bed and stood wait ing while the Skipper applied restor ativea Slowly, In a series of unpleas ant groans, the old lady came out of It and was Immediately acutely UL I made for the door as fast as I could go. only to bump smack Into Hlgglns. straightening himself from an obvi ous keyhole attitude In the hall. "what baa happened, sir?" he said wlthou' a trace ot embarrassment 1 closed the door behind me with a ierk. "What are you doing, Hlg glns?" I countered. "Miss Barbara waa giving me some instructions in the lower halL We heard what sounded like a shot and hurried up here I stayed In the hall at her request to keep the servants out of the way. sir." "Very pat Hlgglns." Glaring at nun. I ooticed suddenly that he was holding something In bis band something wrapped up In, a handker chief And he saw my look. "I found this on the stand here Just now I thought perhaps you bad bet ter take care of It until the police arrive." Deliberately he unwrapped from the handkerchief bis own revolver, to my knowledge the only one on the Bluff I reached for It Involun tarily and to this day I don't know what stopped me. Perhaps it waa the sudden realization that even aa be offered It to me. Hlgglns was care fully avoiding direct contact with the gun I managed to take it handker chief and all. without touching the metal Furiously I hurled questions at blm. No results that meant any thing. Cook was in the kltchea He waa sure of it because she had been there when he answered Miss Barbara's ring and both William and Annie were certain that she had not come up the back stairs They had lust left him They claimed to have been tn thslr rooms when they heard the shot tnd he believed that they were be cause they bsd not been In the kitch en when the Skipper rang. They ap- peareo immeaiaiely alter the shot waa heard II waa all very upsetting, luat when we had been sure that the trouble was all over He would very much like to know what had hap pened "Someone shot and painfully wounded Miss Farrington." 1 said bluntly. He staggered back against the wait 'Painfully wounded." be repeated tn a thin whisper 'Palntu'iy " A thought was dawning tn my nead "Merely a flesh wound." 1 said deliberately, with my eyes on his face "She's quite conscious and there's oo danger " It didn't work. His eyes were on the floor, bis face expressionless. ICatvrtoht itJT tilhst Tflar; W realise that the killer Is sUII el larte In the bouse, tomorrow. Sontit picnic st JiK-kon Mot Spr!i(ji Wednesday. Mr. and Mr, hooert Dunlap of , Klamath rails vtned Sunday at hi j bit. t tier Howard's home hero. Yhey wwrc accompanied home by Edna ! Dunl.ip for wee' visit, i The tlold Hill Oraiun served a hot I cltiefcen dinner Tuesday evening at I Mie Orange hall to about per i sons. Those from here who attended were Mr. and Mr. G C. plena. Mr (and Mrs. P. L. Watt, Mrs. Oa Croft ! And datwhW-r Svlvla. Mr. and Mrs S. A. Du.-Mitxrry en ten tuned at Hund-iy dinner Mr. and Mrs Hobt-rt Sutherland of Portland. Mrs H. H. KlhArt and son Qiliy of 1 A-JUand. and Mr aud Mrs P. U Walt, j Afier dinner the pr,T v sited (he U(h- Point and Hum Vallry ceme j terles and In the veiling nvMored u j Grants to visit Mr. and Mrs Rob : Dusenoerry and children ew t iiixr-s-lMial H. WA.SHINUI-ON. June 5. -TV- Differences net wren -nate and nous proposals o apply TV A principles tm tonally artHied expectation to day of a congre.iMonal dispute t.iat may extend Into the IVMl session. lie Correc'iy Oorseted in AN M( 1 ia 1 moum by tthelwjn a Hoffmann BOTH mWwWII, nC nvv ni- i. mm fcuNi tafAE am wo VU i k, ilkn jmu. UbikAfSf! r JJft :m tTlltfiaalanJ m r tll,it HfV5 VtsrSi T Texas. Standing unique among her siator atatea as the only state in the Union to have once been an Independent republic, Texas h&s had a colorful history. First explored by shipwrecked Ca- beza de Vac In 1MB. the territory was claimed for Bpatn by right of discovery. France protested the Spanish claim when La Salle founded a French colony at Matagorda Bay in 1685, but the settlement waa soon abandoned. The Spanish were suf ficiently awakened by the French threat, however, to start settling and fortifying the vast land, dotting It with presidios, missions and puebloa. In 1737, it was formed Into a royal Spanish province and named TeJaA or Texas, after the confederacy of Tejae Indiana. A new flag waa hauled ' up over Texas In 1837 when the Met! ran war Track StaP Fatal. EUGENE. June 8. hi) Because bis motorcycle stalled on the rail road track. W. R. Steinhauer, 29. of Yoncalla. was fatally Injured Thurs dav afternoon. Brought to Eugene TAILSPIN TOMMY A Secret 5KtE-T...AD THE- F-E-DE-RAL AGtNT LANDrrD IM Dt-ADOfl GRIME'S' PASTURE-.. AMD 'PHOME-D TOMMY TO WAIT FOR THE-M... THtM SKtE-TS BORROWED A RIG f-ROM THE- DEACOM... 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During tta varied history, the sent of the government of Texas has bevn changed 15 times Under early Span ish rule, it was governed from Mex ico City From 1720 to 1722 it wrj ruled by a Spanish governor In Lo Adaes. now. Robeline, La. Next was tin n An tonlo. wh leb remained tho capital for over a century. Salttll'i served as a provisional capital from 1824 to 1B33 when Monclava was made the capital of Texas-Coalhuila. It following the accident he died at o p. m. in a local hospital. His brother. Kerby Steinhauer. riding with him on the machine, escaped uninjured (7e Mall Tribune want ads Conference! The Flatterer Orief fa'if 4'fefi?t (TM 1 MUST WHAT DO YOU . M'J NS56"6" u.-in r walt! suppose- he- ' ft KvK CiwU?TA.Pa-ATfr l THIS IS ) WAMTS WITH ue l v.w.vrs tm-t eL."2i!v.v? njCuj . p NCi-a kamv love affa.ss "rrr aisiy kjo lon ,1m" i a-od tme: guests are j AfoD "-ow Njir life are. ivjrea- actahs . it-s pll.if ojs.z. plvims, 1 CO-lPlAlKJlNJS THAT TME SERVICE ) FEQ:V.3 VUiTW NC't5. WCS S'OOD GETTER II CAVE LUTh-E TO uC DCMT DO IS S-AO AO TUE POOD 15 ' f VE CS. TA.E A AC ATOSJ , SET C-0 GOuD-M'VS 'T .JT.-- -S- Vwjccse than) tu- l&ZZZMi Vca mcvss' ;o-e cwre I u.ov) oHaJ;-iu5fftc .E,CE!ir, -7f; -C AS.O THBNj ,F VK-rSX'TS MO no More eTftR4 bmzhw of fcTROttOMZt& ft was moved to San Felipe de Austin in 1835. Washington - on - the - Braze served as the first seat of the Texas republic and was followed by Harris burg. Galveiaton. Velasco, Columbia-on-thc-Brazoe. Houston, Austin. Hous ton again, then Wash tng ton -on -the -Brazos again. These movements, made between 1836 and 1842, were caused , through fear of Mexican at tacks. In 1845 the capital was re established In Austin where It ha& remained ever since. Name Colnrldenret. None of Lester Brlant's blood re la t tons are related by blood to his wife's relatives. In addition to the name 'similarities cited In the car uxm. he had two uncles named Wilbur Thomas, one on his mother's side and the other on his father's, and bu two aunts named Alice Harris. Mnnduy: Human ! mil piiiff -lark. MANILA, F. I.. June Word of a shipwreck in which 39 people wero drowned was brought to Ahlug Cagayan province today by the master of the sailing ship Cuatro Hermanon. AW,ViOW, JLS"t A M0CfcT A5, UoUAL,AR&sU"! YOU, BUT t- YOU CAU'T FOOL AW OLD-HJAtR UKE Mfc -1 OUOHTA TURU YCU OVB. AAY K4 AS.0 6?AV4. -savoBsw - 1 comjs in from piov, -Throws sisfre a dimy cowm, si6H9, aw carries SrStER REfUNDlNG HIM 100K AND PICKS BAf 6RANDMA, VAS<6 8Y, BAf "fo COAT ClOSff Ncrf-Co' LEAVE HIS 8Af UP fROM "fABlE REMARKIN6 HE I5N'1" ON HAll "TABLE 60IK6 1b LEAVE If -THERE, IS HE, PEAR ? I AUrJf HAfTiE 5BV5 WEASE vcti'i puf if ik -There, lf'5ALWAVST:ALim6 OVER WHErt SHE feoES "fo 6Ef HER COAf OVi S MATTER POP " 6 WEAB.0 VJHAT YOUe OONt FOS. 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