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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREfiOy. MONDAY. JUNE 14. 1937.
by GLUYAS WILLIAMS
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tot farther proof address the anther. Inclosing a stamped envelope for. reply. Reg. V. B. Pat Off.
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SYNOPSIS- Jut wild, (lormv
unkind at Harrington BtuT.
home of Michael's aunU, opn
with tht misteriouJ shootina to
death ol attractitw Judt Blinthop
A aeriee ol ftrangt altacfct ii op
parent'v explained when wt find
the body of Michael's mad father
below the bluff. Then Aunt Mar
tha I ehot in the ihoulder by an
uneeen hand, and the Skipper,
Mike'e tall, tuecdv younaer aunt,
dijappeare. Sleeping pouideri
nearly finish Aunt Martha. Leav
ing Gav Palmer, Mike'e fiancee,
with her, Mike and I search the
cellar, desperately hunting the
Skipper.
Chapter 34
Locked In
I TRIED the next closet and tht
next end the next Splintered
wood, broken glatt, end a men of
truiti and vegetable!. Mike took tht
ax from me and 1 atood hanging on
to the light while he bashed in two
more doors. Then 1 took another
turn and he took another. Before the
last closet we paused, looking at each
other.
I went at It quietly. Perhaps wa
were lucky that It was to be In the
last one. I shuddered to think of the
effect our wild smashing would have
had on a person inside any of the
others. It took more time this way.
The wood gave way slowly with a
lull, tearing sound. I seized a loose
With a screech of tearing wood
we tumbled pell-mell into the entry
and threw open the kitchen door
upon an empty room.
The picture in my mind sent me
tearing up the back stsirs. On the
landing, Mike nearly knocked me
down, attempting to pass me. 1 flung
open M. Farrington's door, but Mike
was Into the room ahead of me.
M. Farrlngton was sleeping. Gay
waa aittlng beslda her. and in a far
corner of the room William and
Annie were whispering together.
They all turned sharply toward lis.
"All right, 1 think." Gay answered
our unspoken question. "Mike, what
under the sun"
1 Interrupted her. It seemed to me
that this was no place for telling the
story.
"My fault, kid," I said. "1 though!
I'd had a revelation or something."
"But"
"Not here. Mike will tell you
about it Vou two go on down and
start Higgins rustling up some food
I'll stay with Aunt Martha."
I shoved them both Into the hall,
still protesting. Why had William
bolted that cellar door? 1 was almost
positive that be had, and 1 was
equally positive that there would be
no use in asking him. Ha had cer
tainly saved M. Farrington's life,
but At any rate, I sent both him
and Annie down to help Cook. Alone,
I sat down beside M. Farrlngton.
She looked better, but not enough
better for much rejoicing. The Skip
per's words, "Her heart Is bad,"
Mike took the ax and basked tn two more doors.
board and ripped It away then an
other and another. Mike's face was
turned awoy, his shoulders hunched.
Snatching the light from his hand. 1
flashed It upon six orderly rows of
canned lima beans.
"I suppose," poor Mike's voice was
hollow, "wo'd better get back to the
others They'll be wondering."
I couldn't look at him. "I'm sorry,
Mike." I said. "I I'm ditmned sorry."
"Forget ill" His laugh was a pretty
weak attempt. "Boy! Will Aunt Mar
tha be wild when she sees this!"
It struck mc that M. Farrlngton
might never see It
"Let's got back upstairs."
We left the ax where we had found
It, and started down the passago. our
light dashing ahead of us. Mike's
hand closed on my arm suddenly.
"Jim," he whispered, "wasn't there
I light over the stairs?"
I stared into the blackness ahead,
tnri my heart did a flip-flop.
"It was an old bulb," 1 said. "Prob
ably burned out." But the echo of
my voice wasn't reassuring. 1
breathed a sigh of relief as we gained
the top of those rickety steps and
my hand found the door knob.
Crashing In The Door
the devil's tht matter?"
' demanded Michael.
1 had to swallow before 1 could
answer.
"The door's locked on the outside
boiled." The reflected light from
the kitchen shown clearly through
the keyhole when I extinguished our
torch
I handed Mike tht flashlight and
without a word ht went back for
the ax. 1 put my shoulder to tha
door. It was useless. On that narrow
top step there was barely room for
steady footing, let alone for bracing
yourself for a pusu. The steepness
of the stairs made a running leap
out of the question.
I was obliged to stand there wait
ing tor Mike, my ears cocked for
sounds from the kitchen beyond
sounds that never came. By the time
an advancing ray of light appeared
down the passage, my Imagination
had me on the run. I imagined that
the killer had come down Into the
blackness of the cellar to finish his
work. I Imagined that I had sent
Mike down to his death while 1 stood
at a door. I saw the glint of light on
the steel ax, and swallowed hard.
"Here you are. Hurryl" Mike's
voice wsa urgent
It didn't take me 10 second, to
crash tn that door.
Vdenian
were drumming In ,ny head. Well,
as long as she was sleeping there
was nothing more we could do. Sit
ting there with anxious eyes glued
to the old lady's face, 1 went through
a bad half hour.
A Conviction Gnaws Me
ONE terrible conviction was gnaw
ing at me persistently the con
viction that the Skipper alone was
responsible (or our weekend of hor
rors Her peculiar actions had been
the direct cause of our presence at
the Bluff. We had only her unsub
stantiated story to explain her Invi
tation, and that story was bizarre, to
put It mildly.
It was possible, of course, but It
was difficult to believe that Norman
Farrlngton had lived all theso years
unknown to his own son. Was It
plausible that Martha Farrlngton,
who possessed above all things e
generous amount of common sense,
would have insisted upon harboring
a dangerous lunatic in that deserted
spot?
Another stumbling block was the
presence of Jude Bllnshop. Surely a
person of the Skipper's determlna
tlon could have found a dozen pre
texts for revoking a commonplace
Invitation when sh- realized the
very real danger Involved. And why
tht unusual attitude of both sisters
toward poor Jude? With Michael
flaunting Gay under M. Farrlngton'r
nose, the old lady had almost Ignored
Jude. And the Skipper's "Keep,
Michael away from Jude!" still rang
In my ears unexplained.
Step by step 1 once more recon-'-structed
the events of tht case. We
had come there because of tht
Skipper. Her attitude had been
strange, particularly in regard to
Jude. She had beon out of doors for
an Indefinite spact of timt on tht
night of tht girl's death, and her
actions were none too satisfactorily
accounted for. She would have
known mora about the whereabouta
of firearms at the Bluff than anyone
else In the house. And Jude would
have followed the Skipper Into the
storm without 1 moment's hesita
tion. She had been in my own sight dur
ing the episodes of Cook, Annie and
Christopher, and she had been In
the sight of all the others when Wil
liam and 1 met our assailant. But
again, we had Norman Farrlngton
to reckon with.
'CopvWcM iijt. dinar Tvlarf
We find Cook "doped la the tills,"
tomorrow.
SPANISH IRKED iNAME AT
BY MOVIE TABOO FORF.D-R. WEDDING
VAfAVriXK. CiU Sunt 14. (UP)
Excitf ment running hU:h tn
the Spanish qimrter of Vamrille to
night n-ftrr the city council, for the
ccond time within ft week, refund
permisalon to show an Mitt fuse ut mo
tion picture of the Bptnlih civil war.
A prevtou refusal to Allow an
other film to be ahown resulted in
rioting and the aeiiura of the film
by police, mho claimed no motion
pictures could be shown without H.e
sponsors having a proper city license.
It was reported a refusal to allow
showing of "Spain in Flames. ached
uld foe tonight, Inccntted the Span
ish sympathl7ers Handbills m-ere dis
tributed stating the film would be
Mown regard If of police.
WILMINGTON. Del.. June 14.
t AP) Miab Alme On Pont will be
maid of honor, ana Mrs. John Bot
llRcr. of Seattle. Wash., matron of
hinor. at the wedding of Miss E'hel
UuPont to franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
son of Preaident and Mrs. Roosevelt,
June 30.
Miss At met DuPont Is a sinter of
he bride, snd Mrs. Bctttger, a sitter
of the bridegroom. ,
Roosevelt's best nun will be his
r.unger brother. John A. Roosevelt,
Christ churrh. near Greenville, t .
home of the brides parents, Mr. and
Mrs Pugene Pupom, ui be tht
sune of the wedding.
1 1
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at? w&v&m
Safer m&mt im imae wokid
1fte REEDS OFWrWHE 1SW.M fcRE COMPOSED
m NSO L&EP fbR tolKe 6OKT-0IMW1MS
MCW VoRK. A. I., htto
5 HOMB RUN BACH
IN THE GAME GAMS .
- May 22, 990-
VlflbR Crtf VM4CR, notorious ,
fttir'OPniir'y french criminal,
ik "ik if". 1 rs v I f 1 it
III
UtNiitf hi 8J1MIK4U. Im. (f) - -3 7
Betrayed By Ills parrot
Head of a notorious gang of
French criminal, M. Chambon, who
went under the name of Victor Chev
alier, successfully eluded capture by
the Paris police again and again.
About 1888. however, the gendarmes
were hot on hi trail. Tha livery
stable which he kept as a front for
his real activities was located and
the police raided It. Chevalier had
flown the coop with his pet parrot.
Only his wife, Marie, remained. The
authorities could get no Information
from her.
Time passed, Chevalier became
more and more a thorn In the side
of the police force. They followed up
lead after lend, but their quarry was
alwayu one Jump In front of them.
Flnnlly th chaw led to the Mont-
ia.i.Lr district where several houf-es
were talded. Aa the police broke In
the door they heard a shrill cry:
"Totorl Rlril Totorl Rirll"
Guns leveled, the Investigators
rushed Into the room from v.-hence
the cry came. There they found a
caged parrot. The head of the raid
ing prty recognized the parrot's ut
terances as the nicknames of Victor
and Marie. This bird, then, might he
that of Victor and his wife Mane.
Here waa a clue worth following up.
A aytitrmattc search of the house
waa made. It disclosed a letter from
Chevalier who was going under the
name of Felix Crouzet in Bordeaux.
The trail waa followed and Chevalier
was captured. One of the worst crim
inal bands in Paris was broken up
because its leader's parrot hd
"squawked."
Living On Reeds
Sol building material of the Uros
Indians living on Lake Tltlcaca 1b
the reed which flourishes In the lake.
Growing in tangled floating masses,
these reeds even make up the islands
on which the natives build their reed
homes.
Charles Penle
Chiefly noted for his many paint
ings of George Washington. Charles
William Peole (1741-1827) was the
father of ll sons, each of whom he
hoped might follow in his footsteps.
He gave them such names es Van
Dyck, Titian. Rembrandt, Raphaellc
and Rubens after ell old masters.
Three of hia sons did become artists
Ralphflelle, Titian and Rembrandt.
Tomtrrow: Through the Looking
Glass
hiss r-m
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TIRED PERIEV WA DEFlNrffW IN AN
' EMBP1RRP1SSIH6 POSlliON WHEN HIS WIFE,
IN OM OF HER KOf UNU6UAL MOODS WHEM SHE MlA"b
UP REVERSE AND LOW SPEED AHEAD, DROVE "THE CAR.
wro-ftfE bpick Yard of ihe neighbor wrfn whom
FRED 15 NOf ON SPEAKING "fERN.5
(CarrjTtght, 1937. by Tht Bell BTBillctle, Ine.)
SIAJYAS
WllLlAMS
S MATTER POP
By 0. M. PAVNF
Wool Mart Brighter
BOSTON, Juno 14 .-t-V. 8.
Dupt. Agr.) Moat woo houses In Bea
ton expressed a fair degree of confi
dence the lest week. Trading showed
moderate expanalon confined to
relatively few llnea.
THK DALLES, Ore., June 14. (AV)
Sale of the Inat remaining prop
erty of the old Dufur Orchard Co..
later known as the pufur Farm it
Fruit Co., baa been mode to Harry
A. and Sarah H. Miller of Bend.
Sdlom Mill ueta Contract
8ALEM, Ore, June 14. (API The
Salem Linen mills received tcday a
contract from the navy department
at Washington to furnish the Boston
navy yards with 61.000 pounds of '
flax twine on a bid of approximately !
39.000. I
WASHINGTON. June 14. (API 1
Fiscal officials said today that, after 1
six yeara of hpavy borrowing, the :
government may operate In the next
fl8cal year without going to the
money market for new cash.
J r (.,-4 ) (Too KIEAU A-U
m (Copyright, 1037. by The Ball Syndicate, fnc.)
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By HAL FORRES'1
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