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THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYNOPSli 2 he mytttrlou
(hooting to death o Judo Blin
shop, my old flame, opens our
stormy weekend at Farrington
Bluff, home of Michael' aunts. A
series ot strange attacks is appar
ently explained when we find the
. body ot Michael's mad father be
. low the bluff. Then Aunt Martha
is (hot in the shoulder by an un
seen hand, and the Skipper,
Mike's tall, tweedy younger
aunt, disappears. Sleeping pow
ders nearly finish Aunt Martha,
and Cook gets "doped to the
gMs." Mike, his fiancee. Cay
Palmer, and etart searching
the bedrooms for a clue to the
killer or the Skipper's uihere
abouti. Chapter 37
William1 Secret
AT last only one thing remained to
be investigated the bed and Its
silent occupant. Great beads of per
spiration stood on Michael's face. But
we had failed to look at that bed once
before, and our failure had been dis
astrous. I took a deep breath and stepped
toward it Moving so lightly in my
clenched hand as almost to throw me
left my balance, the sheet came back.
tJude Blinshop lay where I had placed
$er. 1 replaced the cover quickly.
The stillness of that room seemed
Ho follow us down the hall to my
quarters. No one spoke during the
entire performance of dumping all
my things on the Door. 1 couldn't get
Judo's disfigured, staring face out of
!my mind. It seemed to be reproach
faig me for something. I'm afraid I
wasn't ot much help at that stage of
the game. Michael's voice was hushed
as he asked me if 1 was all right.
' I said that 1 was. I stumbled after
them into his room and helped paw
through his belongings. There was
devil of a mess there, but nothing
more. And that brought us to a halt
Aside from the servants' quarters,
there remained only the rooms of the
two aunts. Annie and M. Farrington
were in one of them, and the bath
room door Into the other probably
still stood open. Cook and Hlgglns
hwere in their rooms or should have
been. That left William's room and
lAnnie's. Annie, it seemed to us, would
be more apt to remain where she
was than William. We decided on his
room first.
Breathlessly we tiptoed across the
main hall to the servants' quarters.
Not a sound. One dim light was burn
ing lust above the stairs In the nar
row hallway. We listened at Hlggins'
door. A light was burning inside, but
there was not a sound. We crept
down the corridor to Cook's door
where the sound of heavy breathing
was clearly audible. Pushing open
William's door, I groped for a light
Two Letters Fall Out
THE tumbled bed still bore testi
mony of my struggles there. The
trunk straps that had held me lay on
the floor as Michael had flung them.
Inch by Inch we went over that room
through the dresser, the wardrobe.
his uniform pockets, under the rug,
all over the bed and its mattress.
1 Anally shrugged helplessly and
turned to the door.
"Walt a minute." It was Michael
at the window against which reposed
a small leather cushion of the sort
, used In the driver's seat of a car.
Mike picked it up. We all crowded
around him and as we did so a sec
tion of the cushion unsnapped. Two
'letters fell to the floor I stooped and
picked them up.
They were both In plain white en
ivelopes, one typed and one addressed
iln a vertical. Arm handwriting. In
the corner of the typewritten one, 1
read Office of the Warden, Wethers
.field Prison, Wethersield, Connect!
cut. It was addressed to Mr. William
Wilier, 137 Nassau St, New York
City. My hand shook so that 1 could
Ihardly get the letter out of the en
velope. The data was In July of the
previous year. I read:
i am sorry to team from our
mutual friend that you have en
countered difficulty in securing
employment. It is my suggestion
that you get in touch with Mr.
Blinshop who, in spite of the fact
that he was obliged to take the
stand against you, bears you no
malice, and is most eager to help
you now.
He is a generous and sympa
thetic man. In spite of the trouble
you have caused him, you need
not hesitate to accept his assist
ance. I heartily endorse the plan
of a fresh name and a fresh start
Do not lose your nerve. Please
keep In touch with me.
It was signed by the warden of the
prison.
"Dca Bat." read the other
letter, "I was glad to hear from
you. Vou've been on my mind
for a long lime. I'd hate you to
think that 1 had any grudge
against you because of your
tough luck. I felt then and I still
feet that you were a good chap
In a tight spot
"fortunately, J thlr.lt we can
manage to get you a job where
you will be (tut as well off as you
were here. Then yo'- can forget
i.ie whole business. With your
permission, I'll drop in on you
Wednesday at 11 a. m. and we
can go around and see about it
"It bucks me up to have you
write to me after all Let me
know if Wednesday isn't all
right
Yours sincerely,
John Bunshof."
So William had known Jude Blin
shop Worse than that he had appar
ently gotten Into trouble while work
ing tor her father and been prose
cuted for it For the first time, we
had discovered a clear and plausible
motive.
Another Scrap Looms
MICHAEL spoke first. "The rat!"
he said. "After a guy went to
all that trouble to give him a llftl"
There were several things about
the situation that puzzled me. Why
should William have kept those twe
letters? He was not a sentimental
soul, nor yet an Imaginative one. As
suming that he had been responsible
for Jude's death, he was a treacher
ous, cold-blooded devU, 1 couldn't
seem to Imagine such a man keep
ing Incriminating evidence to gloal
over when the nights were long and
lonely.
The evidence was right under my
nose, but I wasn't satisfied with it
Could this be what Jude had told
Wmm
Breathlessly we tiptoed
across the .nain hall.
Michael? Perhaps she had not beer,
aware that the aunts knew William 'i
Identity and wanted to warn them.
Perhaps
1 asked Michael for the sixth ot
seventh time what Jude had told
him in the game room.
I don't know what 1 expected him
to do, but he certainly didn't do it
His eyes Jerked from the letters In
his hand to my face. They held s
startled, panicky look that turned
rapidly to one ot rage.
"I told you that she warned mi
about the chimneys." His voice wai
thin and tight. "Perhaps you could
understand it better If 1 repeated
that It was none of your business."
Gay's face turned a dull red and
her eyes began to glitter.
"You listen to me " She hid Mike
by the arm, and another scrap wai
close enough for me to see the whitei
of lis eyes.
Cut it out!" 1 snapped. "Gay. shul
up. I thought that It might have been
about William. Mike. That's all. Wai
it?"
"No."
I believed him. Well, at lent I
knew of one thing that Jude had nol
laixea about.
fCoevrteal jut, tiltir Tvler)
Someone aulpklw ..... .
In William's room, tomorrow.
NAZI ITALY BACK
IN NAVY PARLEY
LONDON. June 17. (AP) Or
.tntny nJ Italy formally announced
today their tlwlaton to mum co
opera. If n witti the International non
intervention committee and to tAite
an active part in the neutral patol
or 8pm Uh water.
Oerman and Italian ambaaMdora
made the announcement In a Joint
communique which aald the declaim
waa eached the result of ;ite
ARree.i.ent on Saturday, June 13 be
tween the four powtra reaponair.e
for t e naval patrol."
' Th '.wo countries withdrew from
tr.a oanmltt May 31 after warah.i-s
of bom Italy and Germany had been
bombed, by BpanUh jorernnviit
plane.
During afternoon revival meetings
In rural Georgia towns it is cus
tomary lor store to doe.
BAKER. June 17 (jn Al tele
phone lines in Pine Valley M mUea
Tom Baker, were thrown out of com
mlMion thl morning by severe
tnrm. dwribed cyclone ac
cording to ft telvram received here
Tom Roblnette.
The extent of the d&mtige caused
ny the storm could not &e a-arned aa
he Pacific Telephone and lVegraph
company lines were aluo out of order
aa a result of the storm between
Paker snd Richland. Iha telephone
.lne in Pine Valley are owned oy the
Panhandle Coopeiattva Ipheoe
company and the Pine Vsllev T1
oK'ne ayntem.
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Oorlllaa Attain a height ot six ftvt
but because of their stooping pontine
they riee only about four feet from
the ground.
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IT me UNA Otic OF THE KftUH?OPULPK
WEN IN Trie
Chloroform Coincidence.
As far back aa the days of ancient
Egyptian surgery, science spught
methods for Inducing sleep In pati
ents while they underwent painful
operations or treatment. The Egyp
tians made their contribution to the
science of anaesthetics by knocking
patients Into unconsciousness with
a club. .That was a bit hard on the
patients, however, so medical men
sought gentler methods.
Narcotics such as opium are be
lieved to have been used In various
parts of the world aa "paln-klllers"
centuries ago. but not until the
19th century did the modern anaes
thetic of ethen and chloroform come
Into use.
The latter drug was dlficovered by
three chemists In the same year
1831 though none of the three men
knew of the othera' work and did
their research in different countrieat
The three discoverers were: Samuel
Guthrie of America, Liebig of Ger
many, and Soubelran of France.
Paradox Town.
That water supply of Sweetwater,
Texas, comes from Sweetwater lake,
an artificial lake formed by the dam
ming of Bitter creek. Thus, strange
aa It seems, Sweetwater gets Its water
from Bitter creek.
John Adam.
In his own words, John Adams de
sired "no other inscription over my
grave than this: "Here Ilea John
Adams, who took upon himself the
responsibility of the peace, with
France in 1800."
Adams' term as president was a
stormy one. At its start conditions
offered strong possibilities of drag
ging the United States into a war
with England as an ally of France.
This situation soon went into reverse
and the nation clamored for an alli
ance with Great Britain against
France. Adams stood firmly for peace
throughout both war scares. His
stand is credited with having beep
the major factor in keeping the na
tion out of war in both Instances,
yet it made him one of the most
unpopular men of his time.
Tomorrow: The Superman!
School Fund Per Capita.
SALEM, June 17. &) Common
school funds available for the 1937
distribution will amount to 91,32
per capita compared with 91.25 last
year, Lewis Griffith, clerk of the
state land board, said today.
Klamath Too Hulny.
KLAMATH FALLS. June 17. (fp)
For the first time tn Klamath
county history, farmers today were
complaining of too much moisture.
Democratic Confab.
WASHINGTON. June 17. ($)
President Roosevelt will confer with
more than 400 Democratic congress
men about general legislative prob
lems during an outing at secluded
Jefferson Island club in Chesapeake
bay, beginning June 25.
Would Enjoin Chlloqutn.
KLAMATH FALLS. June 17. (&)
Suit to enjoin the city of Chllo
quin from paying Arthur W. Prl
aulx. Republican state committee
chairman, and publisher of the Chllo
quln Review, for printing, stationery
and supplies has been filed by Nick
Roufos. a Chlloquln taxpayer, it was
learned ' today.
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MIXED AND NO ONE ELSE DRESSED UPTORTHE".
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