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PA'dlE ETGHT irEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, HfEDFORn, OREfiOy. WEDNESDAY. .TUNE . 1937. HUQDGQ On tlC DILUtTlF fwmam ri SY NOPSIS' Tut myiiartous ' fhootinp to death o attractive Juit Sllruhop makes ut all jU- , tery on Ihii wild, ttormy U)k tnd at Farrington Bluff, noma o Michael's aunt . A e r i e 0 Strang attack! it apparently ex plained when we Ind below the bluff the body 0 Michael's mad father, supposedly long since dead. But our reli is brie; Aunt Martha is shot in the shoulder by ' an unseen hand. Who held the pun? Mike,- the Skipper, his (all, . tweedy younper aunt; Gay Pal mer, his sweetheart; Hippins, the old butler; William the chauffeur; Cook; Annie, the maid? Chapter 30 The Skipper Vanishes H1GG1NS was si much fixture on Farrington Blurt as the old nous itself. With every breath ihe drew, Martha Farrington defended any thing that pertained to the old order of things. But would she defend her butler at the risk of Involving the nephew whom aha regarded almost aa a ion? 1 thought not In short, 1 came to the conclusion that If the angle of the mirror would allow gllmpie of anyone standing In the doorway, M. Farrington had seen a woman's arm. If not, she had merely Imagined that she saw aom thing. The person who had killed Jude Bllnshop was the same person who bad tried to kill Martha ana tne same person who had lured Norman Farrington over the Clin to his deatn. And that person must be in the house, known to every one of us. If that Individual had pried open the locked door of Jude Bllnshop'a room, he was a person of consider able strength. Michael had only one hand. Hlgglni was too feeble. Annie and M. Farrington were not conceiv ably strong enough. William, Cook, Gay, and myself were left possibili ties, but not probabilities, I was get ting too Involved in the subject. "Mike," I said, "there'll be a boat from shore by morning at the latest Have you decided what we'll say to people?" His clouded eyes had a somker look. "We ought to consult everyone before we decide. For Aunt Martha's sake, I think we should hush it up as much aa we can. Old George Foster's the coroner. He can tell us what to do, and we can let him handle the police." "What about the Bltnshops?" Michael'a face waa growing darker and darker. "As soon as we can get across, I'll go down there. I think I should." I knew what he waa thinking. Everything would depend upon Jude's family. We could tell them that ahe had been shot by accident while on of us had been playing with a gun. If they would accept that statement and the coroner In action was no different from the coroner on a Ashing trip, the name of the body In the billiard room might be left out of the case altogether. We could Right there I atopped, struck by an unhappy thought. If we were to smooth this thing over hush It up we .would be running a terrible risk. Either at Farrington Bluff or among us In town there would remain a dangerous homicidal maniac, un known and therefore infinitely dan gerous. On the face of the thing, I wondered that Mike could consider It "Do you think we have a right to risk 1t?" He glanced up at m swiftly, and then back to the fir. "Yes," noncommlttally. "But eupposo something else hap pens?" It was a squeamish way to put It, but he understood me. Leaning for ward, he surveyed me with weary, patient eyes. "You'll have to trust me a little, Jim. I don't think anything else will happen." I stared at him. M. Farrington shot down like a rabbltl And nothing else would happenl "Have you any reason for thinking 10?" "No, of course not." Michael roused himself, knocked the ashes out of his pipe, and slipped the thing Into his pocket "Don't be so Jittery." Three Murders? "V'OU wouldn't be so calm yourself I if the police were scheduled te arrive within a few hours and every one from the kitchen maid up sus pected you of three murders." "Three?" He shot the word at me, suddenly on th alert "How do you figure three?" "Well," I said cautiously, "one cer tainty, one possibility, and one at tempt." "So you think my father was mur dered, do you?" "I think It's damned likely that someone coaxed him out to that bluff." ''You're cratyl" said Michael rough ly. "Why the devil would anyone" Gay's voice lumped at us from the door. "Have you seen the Skipper? I've looked all over the house. I I can't find herl" "She's in Aunt Martha's room," said Michael. "What are you talking about?" uay leanea against tne aoo "But she lsn'tl I've looked three times- And I've been ell over the house u. stslrs and down." Michael went to her. "The Skipper la all right You probably missed her on the stairs or In the kitchen." She shook her head doggedly, "I've been to the kitchen." Michael and I looked at each other. "Is Aunt Martha asleep?" - "Yes. At least, 1 think to. She looked ail right I didn't notice much." If Mike was alarmed, his face didn't show It. "You Just stay here a minute with Jim and I'll find her." It was quite plain from Gay'a face that she didn't in the least relish the idea of ataying anywhere with me again ever. But Mike waa out of the door before ahe had time to object. Eyes big as saucera and her red hair rumpled about her chubby lace, she looked exactly like a terrified 12- year-old. 1 feit sorry for her. Cream-Puff Chatter "rvONT be afraid. Gay. You've been LJ alone with me before without being murdered." It waa the right line. She hesitated imperceptibly and then managed wavering smile. "Come along I continued briskly, steering her into a chair and thrust ing cigarettes at her. If you sea me beginning to look ferocious, Just hum Auld Lang Syne and I'll control my self for auld sake'a sakel" This time the smile was steadier. With my ears straining for tha sound of Mike's returning footsteps, I rat tled on. 'Tell you what You be the Ancient Mariner and reform me. I'll bet thai within 24 minutea I'll be loving man and bird and beast You might even get a confession out of me, and then you could" "Jlmmle," she said, "you're an asi and only another ass could think you guilty of anything. I'm all right really It was just sort of a shock." I could believe that. Not 10 minute! ago Mike had been confidently assur Ing ma that nothing more would happen, and 1 had half believed him Why didn't he come? Waa he build Ing a house instead of searching onel "Well," I rambled, "how did you enjoy your aojourn In the donkej world?" She was listening, too. 1 could set the cords of her neck tight with thi effort But her voice was light "Meaning that I did suspect you' Well, I suppose I did a little. It's Im possible to talk to you and think so but you must admit that the evldenci looka pretty bad." Waa that Michael on the stairs? Gaj had heard It, too, for she was hall out of her chair. He was going down th hall In the direction of the ser. vants' quarters. I continued thi cream-pufT chatter feverishly. Don t mention that evidence. 11. dream of it for months. I'm sun of It." She didn't answer. Our pretense 01 lightness was very flat. We were sit ting there, gripping the arms of out chairs, waiting waiting for an eter nity of dragging time. Then at lasl came Mike's steps In the dining room Gay fairly bounced to meet him. "Well?" she demanded before hi waa In the room. He was worried. There were sharp lines around his mouth, and his scowl was bewildered. Aunt Martha'a awfully quiet. Da you know anything about these damned drugs, either of you?" I shook my head, but Gay was clutching his arm. "Did you find the Skipper?" Michael averted his (ace. "She's probably out feeding the dogs. Poor mutts must be nearly starved. I'll Just run out and find her. I'm sure she's there." Gay looked on the point of scream ing. I shoed In my oar. "Walt a minute, Mike. I don't mind looking. I'll take William along to guarantee my conduct You stay here with Gay." I knew that he wanted to do the searching himself, but one look at the chalky face at his elbow changed his mind. "Thanks, Jim," he said. "William's getting his things on I've already called him. You'll find us up with Aunt Martha." I hurried Into the hall, where I found a conglomerate assortment of boots and oilskins In the closet Kick ing off my shoes, 1 dragged on the likeliest looking pair of boots end headed for the kitchen, struggling Into an oilskin as I went. At the game room door a disturbing thought halted me. Snapping on a light I stepped to the billiard table and lifted the while cloth. This time there was no mistake. The table held what It was supposed to hold. 1 started to replace the cover, when I had another Idea. One by one 1 went through the soggy pockets of Norman rarrington. And sure enough, In the breast pocket of his coat, 1 found what I was seeking a key. (Ccpurlaht, 117. Kirasr TyUr) Our hunt for the mlsslne Skinner goes on, tomorrow. FOR AUTO WRECK VICTIMS IS NEED ATLANTIC CITY, N. J . June (AP) "Beauty aurgery" tor the mangled victim of automobile acci dent Is the newest demand Ojr the American people on medical men a Detroit physician told tne American Medical association today. The need for beauty surgery la the Inevitable result of high apeea driv ing, recklessness, and the beat to let somewhere after lingering during the cocktail hour. Dr. cnariea i. atraltri ol Detroit said. Damage to the face, skulls. Chests and limbs of accident Tlctlma pre tenia to the surgeon a complicated problem of cutting, stitching end re placement of parte, he laid uener ally if they stirvlre. they are more Interested In their appearance than in how they feel. "How do I look?" is a common query In the accident ward of any hospital on the morning after, n said. The rente In "beauty eurgery" that are performed to restore these Indi viduals to aa near normal appear ance as possible are amply Justified, the Detroit phrslclan declared, Be cause the effect which la greater than the physical suffering they en dure, "Is the mental agony which lasts throughout life In the presence of facial disfigurements, however slight." Another triumph In Beauty aur gery wns demonstrated to the pny slclsns by Dr. Robert B Morsn 01 Washington. D. C. who offered a new operation to correct "pop eyes" snd "sunken eyea." STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX tat fortb-r- rf addreaa the author, lncloilnc a stamped envelope for reply. Re. TJ. 8. SL OS. OAKLAND. Calif. .June oiAPl One truck was overturned sno work- era were subjected to a narrge of rocks and bucks today a they neat- mmm ttmcttt of Trig IincoW (Nek) JoaNRL HWeWjWtrfc m THAR &mc& cowmv in one mm), tie couu w'toNttt&MpnpsW-1 ilmmfStmmimSSUHiiHM Snlw. Int. g- 7" J. lbice to com&tifo AMS HOLE,,, hff??6INfrtE CUP KNOCKED Trie, flfT run 7 msi hBBLL ChNHOTi PBhLf in eaypr If Rounding Out Four Centuries. 'Extra Extra Read about De Soto'i defeat of the Indians In Flor ida. Ten Thousand Indiana Killed. 70 Spaniards! Extra Extra . . ." That would have been the yell bawled out by newspaper "hustlers" back In 1639 If modern Journalism methoda dated back that far. It doesn't, of course, but strange aa it seems, the employment of seven men with the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal totals enough years to extend back that far I Reading left to right In the front row of the above cartoon arc: Hugh McVlcker, night telegraph editor; John Cronley, foreman of the stereo type room; Lou Hcllweg, foreman of bindery: and John M. Thompson, state house reporter. Respectively, they have been with the Journal for 54 years, 61 years, 59 years, and 60 years. In the back row, left to right, aie: Al Hellweg. book finisher; Charles Eppens, shipping clerk; and Carl Je rome, book binder. These men, re spectively, have been with the Journal 62 years, 66 years and 64 years. Month differences bring the total service period to above 398 years. real less Dell. Bell ringing Is an anciently estab lished art and has a language all Its own. The ring of a single bell Is called a "chnngc" when followed or preceded by the. ring of another bell. Thus two bells can ring four "changes," number one bell being rung and followed with number two bell or vice versa. On the same sys tem, figured through permutation three bells can ring six "changes," four bells, four times as many, and so on. A "peal" constitutes 6.000 changes. To produce this many changes eight bells are required. Egyptian Mummies. The remarkable method of embalm ing used In ancient Egypt dates back hundreds of centuries. When em balming In Egypt waa largely discon tinued In 700 A. D an estimated 730 million bodies had been mum mified. Millions of the mummies have never been uncovered but are known to be still concealed. The total living population of Egypt to day Is In the neighborhood of 14, 170,000 less than one-flftleth of its mummified "population." Tomorrow : Presidential Para dux. ed the 39th avenue plant of the California Packing company past a Una of 300 picket of the Ware housemen's and Cannery Workers' unions. Forty police patrolled the entrance. They forced pickets to remain across the street from the cannery and helped convoy auto loads of work men Into the plant to prevent re currence of last night's windshield smashing episodes. The new violence followed action by the Alameda Central Labor coun cil In outlawing picketing of local canneries. The council voted to re move four firms from the unfair list, placed there when the council still Included locals affiliated with trie committee for Industrial organiza tion. Charles W. 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CflMK UP WITH H15 UCErJSE Af Lftsf AND FINDS TBAif OFFICER IN COMPLETE DISSUST HAS 6 ONE BACM-fb HIS "Posf S 'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE FPO-P, NO, mo, A-T X J 5Aillt si O) 1 YAK6. ML ) Mct" I A OAMD T r-o u saw' kids, I Let's d,o J HaWwlr iSMLZ 3 ) W M (Copyright, 1937, by The Bill Syndicste. Inc.) TAILSPIN TOMMY Failure means- Death ! By HAL FORREP" Tommy has AGRC-tD to IMPtRSOMATt THt SLAIN SPY PILOT, TOMY LACEY, FOR TWO REASONS... THAT IT IS HIS PATRIOTIC DUTY TO HIS COUNTRY, AMD THAT Ht MAY f-LY AGAIN. .WHILE-THE- DE-PARTMf 1ST OP-JUSTICE- AGREES TO CLEAR UP HIS RECORD AND GET HIS LICENSE BACfc. 2832 WHAT N , ABOUT ( (A SHIP ? J YOU'LL CONTACT .OUR AGENT AT the- union V AIRPORT... IN ? METROPOLIS V cityv i'll give- yrOU THE- KEY ( WORD... , GOSH.1 its takin' .TOM LONG ENOUGH, MISSUS TOMKINS AT THE- 8LUE- LANTERN J L - . 0 YOUR PIRST TErSTv.ir- TOU CONVinCE- roble- b LACEY THE- ( I'LL DO V hp-CT te t acv v mv oe-cr .firSSWM Si. . . I MVtYC W WW X I IT'LL HAVE-TO BE- BETTER N i THAN BEST, TAILSPIM, IT MUST BE" PERFECT! ONE- SLIP ON YOUR PART AMD THE-Y'LL Kill M-ill .LIKE: A WILD ANIMAL' JA s tirm BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Silence Ordered By EDWIN ALGER YOU MfcAU SOU 60U6HT OM6 00004 FROM HERB H0OK.CAA f VJrUTD YOU &UY. MRS. Heej(VJ' we J VJEEOEO, Ol. 6EN.' A I r- i - i n - h'ftUT OOU'T VOU W0R.B.Y,S0V4-H'S "ffl WW Ui 90 DAY i PAY PER IT ALL.fSjs avt the way you'p-e whoovivj ' thmg 1 k.w0w we'll ,eu. it all v A 'fcEU, DOVa'T WAKIT TO it 'A TATTLE" ALE, BUT HETTY oOUoHT EvEUY PcaO CAT THAT UCKEB. HAD OU H , LV5T- r yy i fr a ,T rl W.UOVW; UUCLE WAT - JUST READ THE ORDER.-6UT DOVJ'T SAY AUY- twwcs about T to her-it'd break HER HEART BECAUSE SHE TH1UKS , c,Ufc DID THE RIGHT TH1WS fit THE NEBBS He'i Just No Good By SOT HESS trAH IS OM TOP kjOuJ UUITM OJ THE HOUSE CiVCiKXS fSGT ivjoO POTTS iNJOitCECEMT. HAsl SEEMS TO UAVE. A GREAT CHAMCE But HE3 A BAD THIRD its) THE VOTISJG f 1 CCXA.O TE1-L SCO PLEMTV vTjZ f A CEU.EU THAT'5 GOT SUCM ryf HE'S GOT A LOT OF MOUTH A"OD "X TUlKlGS ArJOUT TWI5 6UV LUTME? j LITTLE STABlUTY TWAT WJW&SJ A, LOT OP UJOROS COMH. OUT OF IT, IP I WAS A GABSESJ. I'M A ? V 11 WE "SJ'" CASH HE 6E.T5 1 SUT NCxJ CA.WT B6UEVE OKJ&OP I SLN TKAT MliODS HIS OCUM fpt EG&S OJ HOUSES AWD VOL) 'HM IP V uuAS A GABSER ANJD I V BUSiKjeSS ANJD 3ET5 PUNJAB nrj p 'IV CAM TRUST HIM AS FAQ. f WAsjTEO TO OPE.SJ UP OJTHIS Jj 1
