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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.
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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
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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. . '
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