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FXQft SIX frfEDFOftD fATL' TRTBTTNT?. HrEDFORD. OT?EGON". MONDAY. TTTXE 21. 1937. - C3UDDGD OD TOO DD.UL7L7 ti4 imvmam rirj SYNOPSIS: the myaUnuu. jhootir.0 to death ol Jude BUn ihop, my old lame, open our stormy weekend at FarringUm Blufft home of Michael's aunt. After a eerie of grange attack, we find the body o Michael mad father Oelow the bluff. Aunt Mar tha i$ hot In the shoulder, then nearly drugged to death tctth sleeping powder. The Skipper, Mike's tall, tweedy younger aunt, disappears and Cook takes dope. William, the chauffeur, proves an ex-convict. eavesdrop on Cook, William and Annie the maid, who are talking a pa i nit Higgins, the butler, then 1 quiz William, Chapter 41 What About Higgins? NOU'D better answer questions, all 4 of you," 1 said at last "How did you manage to get here, William? Did Cook arrange lt?M "No. I told you once, Mr. Blinshop did. Cook's been here a long time. She got Annie this job when they sent me up. And then I just happened to get here. 1 might have known there d be some hitch to a break like that!". "Did anyone here know that you were related?" William shook his head. MI didn't want to take no chances." Every word he uttered dovetailed with a wild Idea forming in the back of my mind. Right then, it seemed too -.lybody," 1 said pat.e.nl.v. Tm trying to find out what happened. Two people are dead, and if we don't want to be in their shoes, we've got to And out what happened. We won't find out anything until everybody tells all he or she knows." I paused to gauge the effects of my words, it was considerable. "Now," I said quietly, "did either of jou straighten up William's room after we searched It a few minutes ago? No one can hold It against you if you did. It will lust keep us from running up any more blind alleys." "No," said William earnestly, H) swear 1 didn't!" Annie's negative was thin and wavery but Cook's came forth tor-rentially. "Very well, Cook," 1 said curtly. 'Annie, did you leave Miss Farring- ton alone even for a second after William came downstairs?" Annie answered without the slight est hesitation. "No sir. Not for a sec ond even." Only Higgins Could ONE point was settled then. Almoii anyone In the house might have placed those letters in William's room, but there was only one person who could have removed them Higgins. Everyone else was carefully checked. Unless the Skipper was In the house! Or either Gay or Michael was with holding them for a purpose. The only purpose that 1 could imagine for such an act was to conceal the tac that either had put them there. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor farther proof ddrara th author, incloilnf itempod nrelop for reply. Kef. V. 8. PiL Off. lost my temper. "This won't get you anywhere where are the letters?" bizarre to be true, but I wai to think better of it "What did you do with thoie let ters?" 1 said. "What letters?" Hit fact wai be wlldered. . "Don't be fool," I mapped. "Wo aearched your room Just now and found the letteri from your warden and from Mr. Blinshop. A few minutes later, when we came back, the letters were gone. What did you do with them? William's face was twisted In terror. As God's my Judge, Mr. Wells," he (aid, "1 didn't have no such letters." 1 lost my temper. "You had them ur someone in your family did. I saw them. This won't get you anvwhere. The first policeman who comes Into this house can have you Identified. Where are they7 "Do you know what he's talking about?" William turned dazedly from Cook to Annie. They both shook frightened heads. "What what was in them, slr7 Where was they?" "They were In your driving cush ion, i saia. biowiy, as accurately as I could, 1 repeated their contents. Be fore 1 was halfway through, my be wilderment redoubled. As surely as I was sitting there, not one of the three had ever heard my words before. It was Insane and pointless. They had absolutely nothing to gain by denials. William voiced the conclusion that was formulating In my own mind. It's Cmy!' "COMEBODY put 'em there! Put O 'em there and then swiped 'em." "Did you ever have such letters?" I demanded. His eyes clouded. "1 don't know. 1 had references from the warden and Blinshop once, but 1 forget what 1 done with them. I think 1 showed 'em to Miss Barbara when 1 got thi lob and then chucked 'em. It's craiy." It was all of that. 1 turned to Cook. "How long have you been down here?" I inquired. "Huh?" Cook's heavy Jaw dropped and then snapped together. "In this kitchen? I come down with Willie to git him some supper." "Has she been here ever since?" I directed the question at W.lliam. His face darkened. "Sure, she's been here. What do you think? You needn't try to pin anything on her, too." "I'm not trying to pin anything on I picked my words slowly. It was Important that William should tell mi all he knew about Kiggins withoul being frightened Into withholding any Information. 1 wanted to know what he had been on the verge of telling the others when my blundering entrance Into the kitchen cut him short. 1 had constantly In mind the fact that either William was a felon or William had served three years In Jail rather than give Information about someone else. "We're all in the same boat." 1 said. "Either we catch the culprit red handed or one of us Is ant to become his third victim. And another one ol us Is pretty certain to be tried for these killings." 1 didn't point out which one of us. 1 left that to William'i imagination and he got the ooint. Hii hands clenched convulsively. "What have you people noticed about Hig gins?" I Inquired as casually as I could. "To my mind he is the only person who has had access to Wil liam's room recently." In the heavy silence It seemed as II my attempt had failed. Just as I wai about to try again, William spoke. "He's been funny." he said. "Long before you and Mr. Michael came h was funny Jumpy, Used to go roam ing around the house at night and nearly went craiy If you caught him at It or asked him a question." William paused uncertainly. "That wouldn't hang a man verj high." Maybe not That flrst night the night you folks got here he acted al most nuts. Had Cook In such a fuss about the dinner, it's a wonder you got anything to eat at all. Laid me out in fine style for not bringing him some stuff from the drug store, when I'd already told him I couldn't get It un less Miss Judith's train was late. Made me go all the way back to town after It "And then, when Annie and Cook was both downstairs. I heard him talk Ing In his room. Thinks I. 'The old boy's gone screwy.' So I knock at his door. And was he wild! Told me he was reading poetry out loud and I'd better mind my own business If I didn't want to start looking for a Job. Threatened to knock me down. Can you tie that?" fCopyrljM. ISJT, gather Tvltr) The net of evidence closes In en lllfains, tomorrow. BOUNTIFUL CROPS, COUPLE HELD FOR PRICESJORECAST WASHINOTON. June 31,wp) Oorernment farm leaders foresaw bright prospects today tor a bountiful 1937 harveet both in the flelda and In congress. Agriculture department msrket ex perts said that probable large crops of wheat, rye. corn, oats and other gralna would cause a downward ad justment In prices to the farmer, but that greater volume would offset lower prlcea and Increase total cash Income. Perm cash Income In the first four montha of this yenr amounted to S3.691.ooo.000. a gain of I5tl.000.000 over the same 1938 period. Government economists said the 137 13-month total la approaching ,000.0O0,0O0. This would surpaa the H.8MO00.0O0 total last year, highest since the depression Tin 1MB peak Waa 11.479.000.000. DEATH OF INFANT SEATTLE. June 31 (API Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Algeo were held tor the corner late today alter Dr. Oils K. Wilson, rounty autopsy surgeon, said a postmortem examination snowed a new-born baby boy had met death trom a rng being stuffed In Its throat. The infant was found early today In a ahopplng hag resting on a sec ond floor fire escape landing on the apartment houae where the Algeos live. Harlan 8. Callahan, chief deputy coroner, salrl Mrs. Algeo told nlm the bohy died at birth last night. and that her husband waa unaware of the birth and death. She was sent to a hospital afler questioning Algeo. 3D. ssid he heard his wife stream Isst night but did not know the reason. He in an unemployed sailor His wife is the daughter of a retired Tecoma sea captain. III 1 SZss'tW- III VJTJl'sta 111 I ill I LuJkflA to UAtQ OHlta LCNfifit ins tm NMilRtUW MARKED David N, tooKP. of fretttoood, Ma U.. WPi twm mwuui fin rvrxntiu nnn ON Trie GROUND." 1AS DRoPOFkPlH CfcN&e f ?0K Ott ENP TO (X2S0FBet Am n PiNcH-rtflTina PiTcHei? AND PlHCti-HlTlH ZO oTrieRs in Trie '1730- By GLUYAS WILLIAMS eiuwo ft 70O0CR.WHEK THE COMMUNITY1 CLUB MEMBERS WERE 6frfriER)M6 HUN6R11Y FOR THE ANNUAL 6ARDEH SUPPER , FREP PERLE, WHO WAS IM CHARGE 0? ARRANGEMENTS AND HAP OOST DISCOVERED THAT THR0U6H A SUP-UP-IN PATES HE HAD ORDERED The caterers tor -Tomorrow NienT, was waiTims aTTe sTaTiom for a train. to Take him anvwhere else . (Copyright, 1B37, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 6-5 S MATTER POP Mormon Tabernacle One of the largest auditoriums In the world, the Mormon tabernacle In Bait Lake City. Utah, seats some 8.000 people, la 350 feet long. ISO feet wide and 80 feet in height yet, strange as It seems, was built without any plans of.ier then those marked out on the ground where It was built. Construction of the architectural wonder began on September 1, 1865. It arrived at a sufficient stage of completion for religious services to be held in It about two years later. Practically the entire Mormon com munity took part In Its erection, either through financial eld or by actual manual, labor. Tha huge roof of the tabernacle waa constructed without the use of a single nail, bolt or screw. Con sisting of lattice-arched bents, each of the roof's arches converge and meet at the highest given point of the main outside bents where they are fastened with wooden pegs and cowhlne. The roof waa first covered with tome 400.000 shingles, but a metallic covering replaced the shing les In 1900. Perhaps the most amazing featuie of the tabernacle Is Its acoustic properties. There la remarkably little echo In the building and a speake.'s voice carries distinctly and with stronn volume. A pin dropped at ; one end of the Interior can be clearly uctua nt vne other end. Preacher's Son Killed PORTLAND, June 31. ivon Wahl, 13, son of the Rev B. p. Wahl. pastor of the Second German Baptist church, was killed Instantly when an automobile In which he waa riding with hla father and J. O. Wah", of North Dakota, collided with a trolly bua Saturday. Bv 0. M. PAYNE (I NWlfrouU J. w4v UL-f T GAlsJ. J -LSLTS ,L r?VOMVVouMA See, I'll Kiero mess. Almost every town had its 111 Jl YJ Oc TZJUTf iff own system, varying widely from the 1 JTjl fj V I XWOOS M i standards of others. In the time of I I - K&J "fQC'j I ' I d) Henry I, England made an effort to III I PtI aw Vllio' ' , overcome thla confusion by setting I I ?-Slf v iv V r aZZT) II Jt up a system of weights and meas- L I JJC ISU $ W$J 1 STTj' Sf?T ures based on miscellaneous stand- -iyf W" I t ArT'tTSnl S a ) erds. Some of these have survived CvO Ljj f (V J 1 """flflJL U to our own day. among them being k V 1 IV i" I A 1 I iX'"' the standard of ' measurement for am&-'5" Vaf.j -1 - 1 iV L fSmA shoes. They are still numbered ac . -r cording to the length of a grain ot j i ' ' ' bayrleth,rtenen:. 6V!tem nUm"','"n (AULA-4AZAM! ) 1 S Cl An.'ther interesting survival in f'noL ( "P'ZE.STo! 9) If 1 standards Is that of the fathom. De- SoA SKlTJ-Boo! ) C" JTA fJM 1 rived from the Middle English word, CV 1 at "7 ,aS3f7 I J I oi, w meaning emorace," ts ri-& f I t 1 I n v t l Shoe Measure icgf, was based on the length of XlLfia VimrvS ( ) W ff ( 3 During the middle ages In Eur- two arms from tlp to tlp WOrV Jfjf 1 V J CfJ y a , ope, the standards of weights and ' . afS 1 I ' '-'"W?? IV i measure, were . confusing. Jumhlod Tomorrowt The Fatal Cockroachl VrSsb '. , ?;1 Z 'i,B'a" An""""nCe Vault Lock Stick, jd ftt'4l rmjSK 7' PORTLAND. June .-(AP)Bsr. SALEM, June 31. (AP) Officials .TVA 51 I f km uLBUCl,nd R0Je.rt Nr8,,r1' P0rt" ,n tnt treasurer, office had I ' Jd I 1 HJN mA JL-k PT and ambulance drivers, arrived too to borrow money from a local bank lAWjt JM V) I lifrr late wher , they were .called to tr.e to carry on Saturday's bu.ln. wh" ?T'V If CP V home of Mrs. Draco Bartlett, an ex- the lock on the vault failed to re- idJ , t 7) I S , ? VU pectmt mother-too late, that Is, to spond to the combination as usual. S?T r, nWvl1 .iTX) ' 5TT .. 1 tfi) rush Mrs. Bartlett to the hospital. It was the first time In 65 years tre KJ XO f 'Jw d V T IA VT5r3jV WT )C u But they got there just In time to lock had gotten out of order of tic- 1 711" ' VwejHaVQis assist In the delivery of a babv elrl. lals said. tta -'A Mfrw.M ior k. m.. -Z. . ' TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy "On a Spot I" - TOMMY StnStS THAT IT ! i j I II M i ITU fl U '",., II r . ftl'Vn P (O? -I STIMA MUST BE- WWi.M.UM.JtUJfi- hKi . 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