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By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
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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.
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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
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for Independence from Spain was
brought to a successful ending. Texas
waa Joined to Coahulla to form
state of the Mexican federation. Again
It changed novernmenta when the
Texan army defeated the force of
Santa Ana and declared Texas an In
dependent republic In 1836. NHue
years later, the United States ad
mitted Texas into the Union. The
state seceded during the civil war
and flew the Stars and Bars of the
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During tta varied history, the sent
of the government of Texas has bevn
changed 15 times Under early Span
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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
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served as the first seat of the Texas
republic and was followed by Harris
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Houston, Austin. Hous
ton again, then Wash tng ton -on -the -Brazos
again. These movements,
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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.
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people wero drowned was brought to
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