fEDFORD MATTJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREOOK FRTDAY, .TTTNTE 11. 1937.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
I C3UDDGD
LAST CALLS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof sddrm tk author, lneloetnf Itinpe4 einvalopej for reply. Keg. TJ. 8. Pt Of.
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PAG3 TWO'
SYNOFSIS. Our wild, stormj
weekend at Farrington Bluff,
home of Michael's aunts, opens
. with th mysterious shooting to
death of attractivt Juie BHnshop.
A series of strange attacks i$ ap
parently explained when u find
belou the bluff the body of Mi
chael's mad father, supposedly
long etnee dead. Then Aunt Mar.
tha it that In the thoulder by an
umeen hand, and the Skipper,
Mike' tall and tweedy younger
aunt, disappear!. I leave Mike
with Cay Palmer, hie fiancee,
and go with William, the chauf
feur, to search the stable and
garage for the Skipper.
Chapter 32
Find Thoie Powder I'
IT needed no flashlight to tell me that
the room war empty empty and
exactly ai we had left It Walking to
the wardrobe door, William flunf It
open. The cap and trousers still hung
where we had found them. Picking
up the former, William turned toward
me, a puzzled expression on hla face!
-What's this?" he said heavily,
pointing to the bullet bole la Its
crown.
Like a flash of lightning another
brainstorm struck me. 1 had fired
Higglns' gun In the garage yesterday
morning. The Skipper had fired It In
the library yesterday afternoon. But
only one bullet had been fired from
the revolver which Higglns claimed
to have found in the hall. Unless
someone had cleaned the butler's gun
at least toftee, there must be another
revolver on Farrlngton Bluff, and
that revolver must be In the posses
sion oi we murcereri
' My stare was making William un
easy. "That's a bullet hole," he said.
"I'm sorry, William. 1 did that yi
terday morning. Miss Barbara and 1
thought we heard someone In that
closet and we weren't taking any
chances. I'll get you another cap.1
He' didn't believe It I wondered
what sort of evidence he could be
piecing together in his stubborn mind
around a bullet hole in a discarded
old cap.
"Come along." I said briskly. "It's
still light enough to take a quick look
around outside, If we hurry."
We hurried. Clumping down the
stairs, we raced Into the open air.
This time It In no way revived me.
I felt as If a tremendous weight sus
pended over my head was being
lowered by a slow. Inevitable pulley.
It was much darker than It had been
for our search the day before, but the
clearness of the air made It possible
to see farther with less difficulty.
It took but a fraction of a minute to
ascertain that the rocks on which the
buildings stood and the beach below
them were deserted. 1 was already
sure that there was nothing between
the bluff end the house, for I had stood
staring In that direction when I first
stepped outdoors. I figured that by
following the driveway we could get
a pretty good view oi the entire
northern lawn.
Accordingly, down the drive we
went, William watching to tha right
and I to the left. There was nothing
unusual. Only Lumerous sticks and
limbs blown down by the storm. In
one. place halt of a huge elm had been
napped off an4 hung suspended on a
few retentive fibers, waiting for a
breath of wine to send It hurtling to
the ground, At the foot of the drive,
water still seethed through the nar
row gut separating us from the main
land. From thla point, where the bridge
usually stood, the driveway of the
Stuff sweeps oft in a rough circle one
lection going tuward the garage, the
other toward the house. We followed
the latter, and at the house we
branched off to the path which runs
from the west terrace to the tennis
courts and beyond them to the boat
house. Even less of the pier was
standing now. A few piles still held
their ground, but they were shaking
prophetlcnlly In the boiling water.
The boathouse wa still completely In
undated. Slowly with difficulty we
tllmbed the rocks, scene of Michael's
downfall. No one and no trace of any
one. I Look Over Tha Bluff
XIELL, William," I said, "we may
T as well go back to the house."
He made no reply. I puffed down the
rocks, nursing my stiff lingers and
treading gingerly on numb feet The
weather was getting colder by the
minute and our raincoats were not
exactly adequate. The storm, decided
ly, was over,
William had nothing to say through
out the walk back to the house. 1
fancied him busy with his own
thoughts, tn which he was no doubt
hanging me with the last bit of evi
dence. My own thoughts were dismal.
1 was thinking that the things hap
pening during the Skipper's first dls
appearance weren't exactly calculated
to cheer us up about this second one.
Where the devil could she be? She
had been left taking care of M. Far
rlngton before lunch, and no one had
seen her since but Hlgglna, when he
received hts orders for an early lunch.
That was three or four hours ago.
Avoiding the game room door, we
swerved along the rear terrace In the
direction of the kitchen. As we did so,
1 was struck by an appalling thought
My eyes swept toward the bluff.
"We forgot one place, William."
Ha got what meant- and showed
it plainly.
We crossed that strip of lawn like
two old men whe have Indulged in a
skating spree and have difficulty with
their underpinnings. X forced myself
to look over the edge of tha bluff.
There was nothing but sand, water,
and dead scrub grass. The tide was
well out
If there had been anything there a
few hours ago, It had long since
washed away, and the chances of Its
ever being found again on Farrlngton
Bluff were slight The sight of Norman
Farrlngton's body there that morning
had been pretty bad, but tha mental
picture of the Skipper floating for
days in that churning, half-frozen
water was worse. Wa turned dumbly
back toward the house.
We let ourselves in at the main door.
An unearthly silence seemed to settle
down upon you In that house, envel
oping you like t blanket It was dark
much darker than It had been out
side and more terrifying. 1 didn't want
to face Michael jug then, and the Idea
of my own company was Insupport
able. I followed William Into tha
kitchen.
They were waiting for us at the
kitchen table, rilgglns with a dilapi
dated old pipe In hla hand and Annie
trying furtlvelj to extinguish her
cigarette. Cook's face was red. het
eyes bleary, and her breath strongly
alcoholic.
"Did you find her?" burst out Annie.
Under drawn brows. Cook was re
garding us oddly.
"No," 1 said. "Which one of you fed
the dogs last?"
There was dead silence. Then Cook
rumbled, "They ain't been fed, I forgot
'em, and so did Miss Barbara, The
meat's there In the Ice box like al
ways." "Who fed them Friday?" I de
manded. Cook's voice, if anything, was
little thicker. "Miss Barbara fed 'em
of course. They ain't been fed since."
"Are you sura?" I snapped.
"Sure I'm sura. I handle that Ice
box I"
"Feed them now, will you, Wil
liam?" I said. Since Hlgglna had ob
viously told some of the story, there
seemed little un In keeping them tn
the dark. The results might be disas
trous when the police arrived.
"We can't find Miss Barbara," I
told them. "There seems to be some
danger of her having fallen over tha
cliff. Did any of you see her this after
noon?" There was no answer. They were ill
staring at me. 1 turned to Higglns,
"When did she give you the order
for an early lunch?"
His reply was prompt. "At 11:30.
When I heard the bell, 1 glanced at the
clock to be sure I had not failed to
start things at the usutl hour,"
"Where did she ring from?"
"She rang me on the house phone
and gave me her orders then."
"You mean that you didn't actually
see her at 11:30?"
"No, sir."
More computations. "How many
rooms are connected on the house
phone?"
"All of them, Mr, James. You may
overhear a conservation from any
room In the house, but the buzzers
ere Independent for each room. You
push the one yor. want"
Then the Skipper might have called
from any room in the house or some
one else might have called for her.
Had the early lunch been part of the
plan? For the life of me I couldn't see
why. I turned wearily to the door.
Ipecac!
I PAUSED for a second outside ol
M. Farrlngtor's door to let ms
breath before I went in.
(Jay and Michael were both leanlni
over the bed, and the faces they
raised to mine were drawn. I shook
my head.
"Not a trace o. her."
Gay's breath came sharply, and
Mike turned away from us. My eyei
fell to M. Farrlngton's pillow. Her face
was colorless. Even In that silent room
her breathing uas Imperceptible.
"Uiok at her, Jim." There was I
catch In Michael's voice. "She looks-queer."
Queer was hardly the word for It
Her mouth was drawn and tight hei
throat working spasmodically, a rop
ing or her pulse, I found her hand
to be like Ice. If her pulse was stlrrlni
at all, It was stirring very feebly. 1
stared up Into Michael's smoulderlni
eyes.
Find those damned powders!" I
ordered. "Gay, see If any of the serv
ants know anything about this stuff.
Hurry!
I was trying to remember what I
had ever heard about poisoning, and
I couldn't remember a single thing.
One used a stomach pump. I supposed,
but where the devil were we to get a
stomach pump?
White of egg? They had given me
that dose once when a. a kid I had
amused myself by eating toadstools.
But was that of any use a long time
after the poison had been taken? The
memory of a very poor collegiate
practical Joke flashed acrot, my mind.
Ipecacl There might be Ipecac In the
house.
fCoeyrteM. tJT, KttSer Tvlr
Mike and I frantically searek the
cellar for the Skipper, Monday.
YEAR IN JAIL 10
BEATER OF BABE
noscnima. or4 Jun n
Leonard Hopkins, CanyonvllU barbtr.
and hli 22 -jr oar -old wife, Cordelia,
entered toddy upon a long wpnratlon.
u tha woman left for Salem to bo
Bin a arnlence 04 13 yaara for tn
Yoluntary manslaughter, and her
hutband was plneed in a cell in the
Douglas county Jatl to which he was
sentenced today for a term of one
jesr. Thus the lUti closed a chap
ter In a child beat in caae which
aroused more widespread sentiment
In Douglas county than any criminal
action to be heard here In recent
years.
WINDOW OLASOW asU rtna.j
glass and will replace youi orofcet
windows reasonably Itowbrldis Cao
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MAHONEY INVITES
N0RR1S 10 VISIT
WASHINGTON. Juns 11. (Af)
W1UU t. M honey, former mayor of
Klamath Falls and frequently men
Uonrd as a senate candidate against
8nator Frederick Stetwer. Invited
4etor Clcorwe w. Norris o( Nebraska
today to visit Oregon and speak on
hts power program.
Norris said he would attempt to
arrange the trip wt alter congress
ndJourns The eenator said he was
interetted in carrying his message for
a Columbia river suthority to the
people moat directly at fee ted by the
legislation.
The Klamath Fa Hi visitor left for
Oregon last night after discussing the
Onon senatorial elevfon with
Postmsiter Jme Farlty. chairman
of the democratic party,
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Solution -h yesferchij's puzzle
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North went Passage
For centuries navigators and ex
plorers sought the Northweit passage,
a waterway north of the equator
over which a ship could sail west
ward from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific and onward to the Orient.
Century after century they mlsatd
their goal until Roald Amundwn
finally hit It In his sloop, the "CI Jo"
only seven and a half years before
man constructed a "Northwest Pas
sage" with the . Panama Canal.
Strange as it seems, the centuries of
search had gone for naught. No
other voyages have been made
through the watery trail which
Amuncleen blazed In 1006, for Its
treacherous Ice makes It of no prac
tical use to commercial shipping.
The Panama Cnnnl. completed In
1914, did away with any necessity
for nature's long-sought Northwest
Passage.
Search for this passage began not
long after Columbus' first voyage,
for It we soon discovered that he
had not found India, but a continent,
in between. Explorers firmly believ
ed that by Bailing northward and
westward they would discover a
waterway to the Orient. First trips
made with this definite purpose In
mind began with the voyages of the
Cabots in 1497 and were continued
from time to time by English expe
ditions until 1847 with the Ul-fa'-ed
Franklin expedition.
Many discoveries were made by
these explorers, but never the North
west Passage. In 1903 to 1906,
Amundsen made the trip by wwy of
1omi wiwi
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Lancaster and Peel Sounds to King
William's L&nd, then westward
through channels between the- Amer
ican mainland and the Islands, ar
riving near Herschel Island on Aug
ust 31. .
Mighty Mite
With a fighting weight of about
ISO pounds, Tommy Burns never
topped 180 pounds during his ring
career. The shortest of worlo 's
heavyweight champs, he put in his
bid or the title In 1906 when he
punched out a 20-round decision
over Marvin Hart, followed that up
with a victory over Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien and then mopped up a batch
of British contenders.
The tallest of champs was Gar
ners, who was a full foot taller than
Burns nnd weighed 960 pounds.
To Return Suspect.
SALEM, June 11. (AP) Pennsyl
vania officers are expected here to
morrow to return William Meyers,
murder suspect, to that state, Salem
police said today,
Mt. Hood Lodge to Open
PORTLAND, June 1 l.p) visitors
at Portland's Annual Rose festival will
get a look at thettlmberlln lodge on
Mount Hood Sunday when the new
government-owned hostelry la opened.
PORTLAND, June 11. (AP) Steve
McPherson, Portland matchmaker,
received weather faded letters today
taken from the wreckage of the air
line, in the mountains of Utah.
Bar Wreck Reports
PORTLAND, June 11 (pv Aocept-.
ing the new state statute, the Port
land police department said today
traffic accident records will no long
er be available for public inspection.
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