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MEDFOKfl MAIL TRTBtTNTE, fEDFORD, OREOCS". FRIDAY. JUNE 1. 1937. r C3UDDGD SENSE OF HEARING By GLUYAS WILLIAMS' STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tar farther proof aJdWi the author, locloftaf iUmpe4 aarelope for reply. Raff. 17. 8. Pat Off. on the Qnvnu a aw mam vitmWmm, PAGE FOURTEEN' , r ii jtttOPSlS: The inisterloua nootinp to decth of Jud Blin sho;, rnv old lame, opens our tformy weekend at farrinoTon BluJ, home o Micltoel't aunU. A series of strange attacks is ap parent! explained when w find the body of Michael's mad father below the bluff. Then Aunt Mar tha Is (hot in the shoulder by an unseen hand, and the Skipper, Mike's tall, tweed younger aunt, disappears. Sleeping powder s nearly finish Aunt Martha, and Cook pere "doped to the pills." Searching the bedrooms, Mike, Cay Palmer, hit fiancee, and find proof that William, the chau feur, is an ex-convict. Chapter 38 Nightshirt Apparition 'TF William if our nun, we're on t 1 bad spot," I laid. "It he's the murderer, I'm pretty sure he has mother revolver. And furthermore, he knows how to use it." Michael gave a violent start. "He aas alone with Aunt Martha for ' He didn't finish it. He didn't need to. We were all thinking the same thing. We started down that hall In a body. All In a heap, we burst Into M. Farnngtona room. Annie had been sitting beside the bed, reading. On the bed M. Farrlng ton, wide awake, was surveying us with a chilly eye. "Are you running away from some thing?" her dry voice demanded. Michael found his tongue first, "Sorry, Aunt Martha. We got wor ried about you." "Quite sudden, wasn't It?" Despite everything, I couldn't con. trol my laugh. Good old M. Farrlng- tOn. Queen Victoria perched on cyclone! I roared, and the others ilong with me. Queen Victoria con tinued to sit sedately waiting until we gradually subsided. Cay was still giggling when the old lady spoke. "Sow, if you have all had your little joke, perhaps one of you would tell me what this Is all about?" Michael sank down on the bed be side her. "Aunt Martha," he said, "you're marvelous, only in our pres ent weakened condition we aren't up to you." "Hmmph!" observed M. Farrlng ton. For want of something better, I asked her- how she felt. "Amazed." The dry voice was get ting drier. "Well?" Mike took a deep breath and plung ad in "Well, you see none of us had been in to.see you because we didn't want to disturb you, and we the idea struck us all at once that you might not be all right. We er we got worried. I opened my mouth to elaborate upon the subject, when Michael's foot dealt me a savage kick In the ahln. He glanced significantly at Annie, and I realized that 1 had been about to narrate our whole case against William In front of the girl, And it would not be safe to send her out of the room. She would head straight for William, and the door of his room was probably standing wide open, exposing a perfect record of our activities. "We're getting a little Jumpy." put In lamely. "Do you mind a bit of company for a while?" We had not bluffed the old lady, I was glad to see. M. Farrlngton's advice was something I could do with right then, If only I could get the coast clear to ask for it. All Obvious Ruse ANNIE," said M. Farrlngton, "I wish you would find my glasses. I think I left them on the table In the library." I nearly swallowed my tongue. Annie was going to get a sight of ither William's room or the living room only over my dead body. I said. "I've forgotten my cigar ettes. I'll be right back." It was an obvious ruse too damned bvtous. But Gay didn't understand. I have some here, Jimmle." "Wrong brand," t said, glaring at her and edging myself toward the door. I followed Annie Into the hall. I stepped Into the living room and watched her until she disappeared In the direction of the library. Our little tableau was Just as we had left It. Whether or not it bad been dis covered by anyone, I couldn't tell. I switched off the radio, shoved the furniture bsck Into position, and yanked the dummy sleepers apart A food alibi was on the tip of my tongue for anyone who might Inter rupt me. I was looking for my cigar ette case. But no one Interrupted me. Galloping up the stairs, I cut down the hsll and into the servants' quar ters. William's door was cloyed. The shock of that sent me crashing through It The light had been ex tinguished by someone someone who waa no longer In the room. Drawers had been returned to their places. Everything had been tidied. In the faint light from the hall I eould see that even the cushion had been returned to Its place at the window. I strode over to the thing. Its snaps hsd been refastened. Some one possibly William himself had been covering our tracks. Why? I closed the door and crept to the head of the narrow, staircase. From below I could hear the faint rumble of voices William's and Annie's. Not William then. Not unless he had been standing just outside his door as we rushed out of it worked with remarkab'e speed, and rushed down to the kitchen when be heard my steps in the hall. I had lost all con ception of time. Whether or not such action would have been possible, 1 couldn't say, Hrd we been gone from that room more than five minutes? If William were eliminated, only Cook and Higglns were left. Cook's room was s'rtlght across the hall from the scene of activity and Hig glns' was right next door to It They were both in their rooms. It was poi slble. But why should they cover out tracks? Why should anyone do that, unless the thought struck me like a thunderbolt unless the Skipper was still In the house? If the Skipper was In the house, her disappearance must have been of her own choosing. Why? In my excitement 1 bumped smartly against the wall. Higglns' door new open and Higglns, an apparition of nightshirt and spindly legs, confronted me. Nervous, But No Fool WHO'S there?" His voice was ner vous. "What do you want?" 1 had no Intention of frightening him. 1 didn't answer him at once because I expected him to step Inte the hsll where he would have seen me standing against the wall next te his door. "I heard you," he Quavered. "And 1 know where you're hiding." ' "It s only me, Higglns," I said, step ping into his range of sight "Don't be alarmed." Whatever he had been afraid of, 1 apparently had not been Involved in it. With a gusty sigh of relief, he leaned heavily against the door. "Oh, It's you, sir. I I wasn't sure. My nerves aren't so good any more." Waa he acting or wasn't he? I said, "Have you been In William's room at all tonight?" He stared at me blankly. "No. sir. Why?" 'Have you heard anyone In there since you've been in your room?" Sleepy or not, his eyes were on the alert. "No, sir." . . "Thst's odd. Mr. Michael. Miss Pal mer and myself were searching that room Just a few 'minutes ago." I was giving him his chance. If the confidence he had' almost given me concerned William, there would be little point in his withholding the information now, He was no fool. He would normally conclude that If we had searched William's room, we must In some degree suspect William. . "That's strange, sir," he said. "I've been asleep, and I, didn't . hear sound.".. i Whether he was Jyipg or speaking the truth, 'something was troubling him. It suddenly flashed across my mind that he might be speaking the truth for an excellent reason. Per haps Higglns had not been In his room at all. Perhaps "Higglns," I said point-blank, "is Miss Barbara in this house?" He blinked at me like a great sleepy owl, but the eyes behind the drooping lids were not sleepy. "I'm sure I don'l know, sir." I gave It up. "Albright. Go back to bed. Everything is fine. I wss Jusl looking around." 'The instant his door closed upon me, I stepped quickly to Cook's door and listened. Not a sound. I knocked softly at ftrst and then louder and louder. No answer. I tried the knob and the door swung open easily to my hand. Dim light permeating the room from be hind me showed me at one glance all I wanted to know. The bed was tumbled and untidy, but the room was empty. I made my way qulcklv and as quietly as I could to the head of the back stairs and listened. The words were indistinct, but there were two voices neither of them the strident tones of Cook. Why I did what I did next Is a ques tion. For once I had an opportunity for a little Investigation before lha entire household Joined In the sport The Immediate thing was to And Cook. And one room on the upper floor had not been searched recently the Skip per's. I made tracks in that direction. The proximity of M. Farrlngton's room made me doubly cautious. sidled through the Skipper's door and closed It behind me, My extreme caution was creating certain difficulties. I couldn't And the light, and there was considerable dauger of my clattering over some of the furniture in the dark. Frantically I searched my pockets for a match, found one. after three attempts man aged to strike a light and took one step forward. That one step did the trick. My foot caught on something on the floor, and In another moment I was crashing head over heels In an uproar At to rouse the militia. (Centrtrfit, rJT, tsther Tyler t catch William. Annte and Ceea plotting In whispers, Mondar. PERIL OF RABIES By STRICT LAWS HONOLULU (UP) HmwsU. whl-h hntuta that It ha no nnake. it trt of (mother omf tlmra langerous reo.-iyf. rabies. A d. . wmcn has ueen noted In many aetlona of the Unfed State and in simost erery other nation, nev er ha been found In the "praita.' of the Pacific," rurlhermore, It never will be, health expert predict. The most Hrliyent animal quarantine law enforced un der U.-ft. Jurisdiction are aomint term in Hawaii. No dog or cat brought in from outMde p.-lnta may b taken home by Its owner until n hat been thoroughly examined oy ter ritorial veterinarians and kept in quarantine 120 days. 'This is the only place in the Ifnlttd Bute where such (juarautiD lawa are tn effect." explained Dr. B Gallagher, territorial veterinarian In chtye of the station. "White the eatrlctton my appear severe we be believe them to be entirely teaiioii able. "By valiant enforcement of the quarantine laws diseased dcya and ati are refused admittance to the territory. No complaint are made I by doc owners after the fairness and i pi.rpnae of the quarantine are j plained. I "Ownera are permitted to visit the kennels at any time and thetr own ! eterlnarlans may care for the pet If they winh." Dr. OaUaher a:d .Not all Incoming pel and warm blooded animals pas lhnMi;h the nodernlred territorial s?alon. So natiy dnga were being brought in by irmy personnel that over-worked ter ritorial authorities peraunded the ftrmy veterinary service to assume quarantine responsibility for such hp i mail. Navy nets still go through hhe territorial station since their J number haa proved amaller. Capt. E. . Hodgson. In charge of jthe army station, reported that from mne 87. load, to January 15. 1017. 6S ! pets owned by army officers were j i and led throtwh his office Oilier I nniiii-uivnuri lllliima nit- lUUJTCIi MJ i a four-day territorial qufiruntlue, plus 1 II. 1 ItUUM ZUrtRMM QOCtRlHB Woctitz Wis ofw 5TROh3 M ZIJPPRKSIOH OF We WEAK 'MP UNFIT, Wft$ HlMSELf h fWSlCftL Uf8 I i rwm rjr im?& P0U6Hf3oV - I- i- - i a WV r a KtvOUu' w WeML TO Superman Ever since Nietzsche, the famous German philosopher, propounded nla doctrine of fhe "Superman." It nea been the subject of hot debate. Hla balf-tionlcal, half-pathetic style or writing leaves a good deal of room for doubt as to the true meaning of hla beliefs. Briefly, It seems to suggest tearing down of civilization's bulr warks of charity and kindness, offeri Ing in place of these a plan to pro duce a world of supermen by means of thi trampling 'down of the lowly and tre weak-spirited, mithlppsnms. strength and pride were offered as the cardinal virtues of his teachings. Nletzche, himself, fell far short of his Ideal, the "superman." A pro fessor of the University of Basal., he was forced to retire by ill health. Wandering from health resort to health resort, the philosopher event ually went insane. Ho died In 1900. Home Kun Grounder At bat for the Boston Bed Sox against the St. Louis Browrui some 2S years ago, Billy Purtell crocked a hot grounder down the third base line. Art Orlggs, the Browns' third baseman, reached down to scoop up NFIHP Uti PUfffgU, HIT 1H6 fcfrserAPN ON THE the ball. Hitting a bump, the ball bounced up. struck Orlggs' forehead and glanced off Into the atands. Purtell rounded the bases' and came tn for his team's winning score on the "grounder home run." , Doughboys Widely used today to denote Amer lean foot soldiers, the term "dough boys" was previously applied aa a name for the brosa buttons which Infanlry soldiers formerly wore, rile brass buttons derived the name from their resemblance to the shape of a dough-coke customarily baked tor sailors. a 31-day Hrmy Inspection period. During the last five years more highly bred doo hove been brought, lo the territory than ever before. Ex tension of American Kennel club shows to Hawaii has resulted tn grow ing demand for better canine types. .1 Close watch must be maintained over auch animals, which are more susceptible to dlseoso than mongrels, due to their breeding. Feeding la a problem, alnoe the quarantined animals vary widely In Ms and nge. A charge of J5 cents a nay la made to cover all food Bnd medical attention. 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