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SENSE OF HEARING
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS'
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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
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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
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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. Total cost of
bringing a dog or cat Into Honolulu,
exclusive of steamer fore, therefore
,s MO.
Phone Htrlke Off
WARREN, O.. June 18. yp) Tel
ephones Jangled again today as 87
operators called off their atrlke, went
back lo their switcnooards here with
pay raises and began to ask for your
number and more nickels.
No Lewis Talk.
CHICAOO. June 17. HP) Com
mittee for Industrial organization of
ficials announced today John L.
Lewis. C. I. O. chairman, would not
be able to address a steel strike mass
meeting here tonight "because of
other Imperative circumstances."
Hotel Walkout Kuds
KANSAS CITY,. Mo., June 18.
(AP) A strike of . 480 Kansas City
hotel workers ended early today when
operators of seven hotels signed a
contract guaranteeing virtually a
closed shop to an equal number of
unions
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