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SYNOPSIS: Mnl, Me il:i. ,
us t hoofing to death of attractive
Jude Blinshop makes tu ait jittery
en thia urild, stormy weekend at
Farrington Bluff, horns o Mi
shael's aunts. A series of stranos
attack is apparently explained
when ue find below the bluff the
body of Michael's insane lather,
supposedly iono since dead. But
our relic is short-lived; Aunt
Martha is shot in the shoulder by
in unseen hand. Who held- the
sun? Mike; the Skipper, his tall,
tweedy younger aunt; Gay Palm
er, his red-headed sweetheart;
Niacins, the old buller; William,
the chauffeur: Cook; Annie, the
maid; mysel?
Chapter 21
The Case Against Me
lyHEN Hljglns Anally spoke. Us
' voice was cool and collected.
' "This li horrible, Mr. Jimmle."
"Yes." My plan crystallised. "Walt
here, Higgins."
1 went Into the Skipper's room and.
after considerable rummaging, locat-
ed a box of bath powder. Holding the
gun by the tip of the barrel with my
Angara carefully wrapped In the
handkerchief, 1 dusted the thing lib
erally with powder and then blew,
A faint white Aim remained on the
hlny metal, but It was an even Aim.
. There were no Angerprlnts on the re
volver. And Higgins, who had pos
sessed the presence of mind to wrap
his own hand In
a handkerchief
before touching
it, had just at
tempted to thrust
the thing Into
my outstretched
bare hand.
"Until the po
lice arrive," he
had said.
That second
shooting was one
of the most sinis
ter episodes of
' those days and
nights of terror.
In broad day
light with every
one up and
about we had
hitherto consid
ered ourselves
safe. It was puz-
' illng, too, for it
teemed to repre-
- sent an lnexcus-
' able slip In the
killer's otherwise
workable plans.
He had managed
. to convince the
entire household
of the guilt of
Norman Farrlng-
ton who would
never be able to
disprove the
charge. Why had
he ruined all his
work and why, of all people, would
he shoot M. Farrington?
Martha herself had little evidence
to offer. She had ust gotten out of bed,
she explained, with the Intention of
dressing for lunch. As she sat down
at the dressing table, someone
knocked at the door. Thinking that It
was the Skipper, she called out,
"Come In," without looking up. And
that was all she remembered. She
thought she caught a glimpse of a
man's coat sleeve reflected in her mir
ror, but she wasn't sure.
We could get nothing more out of
her. She waa panic-stricken and hys
. terlcal. There was no side-stepping
the fact that my presence In the room
was singular, to put it mildly. The gun
which Higgins had found was un
doubtedly the weapon used. One bul
let had been Ared from It And any
one could see that It would have been
a simple thing for me to have Ared
from the door, deposit the revolver on
the stand In the hall, and be the Brit
person on the scene of the accident.
It Looks Bad For Me
WE SAT In the living room, waiting
for the Sklpper'a report on the
effect of the sleeping powder which
she had just administered to her
sister. Higgins had been ordered to
tell the other servanta that the revol
ver had gone off while 1 was cleaning
It, and that no one had been hurt. As
Gsy pointed out, we might at least
have some decent meals for the next
few hours. We were apt to need them.
Gay and Michael sat close together.
I think she was telling him the Skip
per's story. In any case, he was listen
ing Intently, although his eyes strayed
to me from time to time, clouded with
something that puzzled me.
1 had plenty of time to review the
facts and to appreciate the over
whelming extent of my danger. In the
flrit place, 1 had once been In love
with Jude Blinshop. In the second
place, no one had seen me on Friday
night from the time the Skipper left
me until Michael roused me at some
thing after 11 o'clock. True. I had
been In full sight of everybody when
Cook had screamed from the kitchen.
..at a -fejiiw-a , .ident urns
Mike'a father had been responsible
for that mele in the kitchen. Cer
tainly it would explain his reentry
Into the house.
1 hsd been In the living room alone
when Gay and Mikr heard prowling
footsteps in the hail. William had
clearly suspected me of hitting him
over the head and dumping him down
the back stairs. My own experience
at that time could be explained all
too easily by a clever prosecutor.
There would always be Norman Far
rington for him to fall back upon
whenever his logic hit a snag.
1 had been the Arst upon the scene
of the latest crime, found there by
several witnesses. No one but myself
could account for my actions after I
left Higgins downstairs. Good Lord!
That conversation with Hlgglnsl A
first-year studept of law could make
considerable out of that! Murderer,
warned that suspicion still exists, be
comes desperate, etc. My head was
buzzing with it Over and over again
1 reviewed that ghastly moment with
Higgins In the upper halt when by
the fraction of a second 1 had escaped
putting the final, damning link in the
chain of evidence my own finger
prints on the fatal weapon.
A Faustlan Mephlsto
HIGGINS announced lunch rathet
early, explaining that Miss Far
rington was not yet asleep and thai
Miss Barbara had ordered him to
serve at once. But the Skipper's plan
failed utterly. Far from creattna
Dusting the revolver with powder, I blew.
There were no finger-prints.
diversion, lunch was an even more
depressing experience than dolna
nothing In the living room. Without
either the Skipper or M. Farrington
to keep us going, we picked at food
In uncomfortable silence. 1 could not
bear to look at Higgins. Had he offered
me that gun deliberately, knowing
that It had already been wiped clean
of the murderer's fingerprints? Would
he have denied the entire episode in
courir
t thought that he would. In my Im
agination the frail old man was begin
ning to take on the proportions of a
Faustlan Mephlsto. What had hs
started to tell me before he changed
his mind? Anything? He might have
been building up that chain of circum
stantial evidence deliberately. ,
Higgins was the owner of the gun
which had In all probability killed
Jude Blinshop and wounded M. Far
rington. Our searches had disclosed
no other weapon In the house. Who
ever used that gun on Jude must have
cleaned and reloaded It before It was
handed to Michael on Friday night
And who had as good an opportunity
for doing that as Higgins?
True, he had been with the rest of
us when the episode In the kitchen
transpired, and In the room with all
the others when William and I met
our fate. But In both those cases the
active presence of the lunatic waa
not only possible, but distinctly prob
able. The noiseless tread that had
alwaya seemed pleasant to me before
suddenly became threatening and
sinister. I Jumped every time the man
came near me with food.
There was no longer any sense In
dodging the fact that the murderer
must be a recognised inmate of the
house. The possibility of a second
unknown wandering the Bluff In
darkness was absurd. It waa obvious
that the person who shot M. Farring
ton had known lust where to find her,
lust where to dispose of his or hei
gun. lust where to conceal himself oi
herself after the shot had been Ared.
tCorvrioM, JT, Stthtr Tyler)
Tomorrow, I cheek Norman Far.
rlngton's sinister activities.
FILE ROGUE li
GRANTS PASS. Juiw 7 (AP
Tne Curry county court carried out
In Announced Intention nnd directed
tne district attorney at Oold Beach
Wednesday to "inatltute appropriate
proceeding to abate a Id nuisance"
tn a resolution charging great dam
aite to Rogue river and adjoining ter
ritory oy mining, according to -ord
fiom Oold Beach.
The resolution alated: , , me
continued dumping of tailing and
mining deorta into the tald Rogue
river and tta tributaries, haa and
now la rapidly destroying the recre
ational ralue of aald at ream, depre
ciating value of real and oeraonal
property In the county, Impeding
navigation, making the watera un
fit for uaa for Irrigating and 10
meallc purposes. Interfering rtth lah
t-'iopagation preventing flshlnit on
health and aafetyahrdJeu ahrdluetao
aild river, and driving tourUta and
aportamen from the river, menacing
the public health and anfety, and la
causing Irreparable damage . , ,"
A Curry county planning board. In
waalon the name day, directed a com
ml t tee to draw up a similar resolu
tion and place It where It would be
the moat effective, according to the
Curry County Reporter, Ootd Beach
newspaper.
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HI! BY HARMONY
PORTl,AND. June 7.AP,Th
A'lttamette mocrnttr wiety felt
mirt when Hie Multnomah county
rli'b took ovrr the arransemputa lor
the annual it ate picnic.
The appointment of O V. Bad'ey.
niMident of the Willamette group,
ai picnic chairman amoothed over the
controversy.
The Willamette society haa apon
aored the event foi many yearn
- -Mill
Wnrken PnXent
LAKEVIKW. June 7 .-IAP,-The
Limber and awmilt workers union
timed a i-itton (ortav to g to
Willow Rnoh. Calif . to protect the
c.oatng ol a mill on June 1.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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DIFFICULT DECISIONS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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"Trying -to 6EY up courage lb all
THE WHOLE -fRrXNSACYiON OfF WHEN, AF1TER.
. VOUR PURCHASE HAS BEEN WRAPPED UP,
n YOU DISCOVER 1HAf fHE SHlRf VoU SELECYED
BELONGED IN YriE EXPENSIVE PILE AND HOi
wiYh -The mark-downs
(Copyright, 1937, by The Ball gymlieate, Inc.)
S 'MATTER POP
By 0. M. PAYNE
PORTLAND. June 7. (AP Man
agement of the forthcoming annual
Democratic plcnlo reverted to the
Willamette Democratic aoclety ,when
O. V. Badley. Its president, was
elected chairman of the committee
in charge of the affair.
The election, at a meeting at
tended by delegates from the various
democratic organizations, was tne
latest development In a controversy
which began when John J. Beck
man, chairman of the Multnomah
county central committee, appointed
a committee to arrange for the pic
nic. Objections from members of the
Willamette valley society, which had
staged the picnic In paat yeara, and
others In the party resulted In the
meeting.
Beck man suggested that an execu
tive committee of sevon be elected,
the membra to pick a chairman.
Th Badley group objected to the
procedure, demanding the election
or a chairman first.
Charles H. Leach, state represen
tative, was named secretary of tne
picnic committee of which Badiey
la chairman.
Files Bankruptcy
PORTLAND, June 7. (AP) -Listing
9284,588 In liabilities and 27.75t as
aets, Clyde Johnson, defendant In a
suit for $100,721 tn the liquidation
of the American Bank of Spokane,
riled petition for bankruptcy in fed
eral court.
New Pi n Im II Kmv
SALEM. Ore.. June 7. (AP) A new
round of litigation over operation of
marble boarda here opened today
when J. H. Campbell filed Htlt In cir
cuit court for an Injunction restrain
ing Sheriff A. C. Burk and other au
thorities from Interfering with op
eration df 14 machines. .
P Aids Cities
WASHINGTON. June 7 (AP) The
WPA notified Congressman. Walter M.
Pierce It would feature water works
or.d sewer systems In the future be
cause, they are easily adapted to relief
labor needs.
SOCIAL SECURITY
RETURNS PUZZLE
, PORTLAND. June 7. (AP) Em
ployers neglecting to make proper
social security tax returns face pen
alties ranging from five to 25 per
cent of the tax due monthly. J. W.
Maloney. Collector of Interna) rev
enue, said today.
Explaining that -vhllc title IX ot
the act, dealing with the unem
ployment compensation tax applies
to employers of eight or more per
sons, title VIII, having to do with
old ago benefits, applies to all em
ployers of ono or mora not specific
ally exemtp under the act.
"Too many, employers are con
fusing the provisions of titles Vlll
and IX and think that because they
do not employ as many as eight
'persons they are exempt from pay
ing this tax." Maloney said.
The law makes the employer liable
for the employe's share of the tax
whether he collects It or not, the
collector explained.
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