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DAY IN BED
By r.nrvAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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OD THG DQ.UI7F
amwmmm rtrn
xoi'SM. Jude Utiranop, i
mil fcme, is misterlousL shot 1
death. That starts our stormy
weekend at Farrington Bluff,
home e4 Michael's aunt. A scries
o Strang attacks occurs. Then tue
Snd the body of Michael's mad
father beioto the bluff. Aunt Mar
tha is shot in the shoulder, then
nearly finished with sleeping
powders. The Skipper, Mike's tall,
tweedy younoer aunt, disappears
' and we lejreh for her frantically.
Cook, Viliiam. the chauffeur, and
Annie, the maid, suspect Higgint,
. . the old butler. IVittfam tells me
why.
Chapter 42
We Lock Up HiggSni
A SOUND from the stair ratlin!
grated on our earl, spinning ui
II about simultaneously. Higglns.
fully dressed, stood on the landing,
staring down at us. How long he had
been there, we had no way of know
Ing. It Is one thing to confront mur
derous fiends In tabloid headlines,
but it la quite another to stand face
to face with one In the form of an old
family' servant whom you have
known for a good part of your life.
My lips were dry as I slipped the key
case into my pocket.
"Hello, Higglns," 1 said. "Come on
down. We were Just talking about
you."
The silence got under my skin. 1
waited for the man to answer, for
Cook to explode, for Annie to scream.
Nothing happened. For a space of
fully 15 seconds we stood there while
the old man studied our faces.
"Were you, sir? 1 can't teem to
sleep and 1 thought 1 would make
myself a pot of coffee."
He came down the stairs slowly, as
deliberately as he had ever descena
ed them In his life. Habit Is certainly
a powerful factor. If ever I had want
ed to collar a man, Higglns was that
man. And yet I couldn't
1 said casually. "Sure. Make enough
for the rest of us. I guess we can
stand it.'
No one spoke. We sat there and
watched him measure out coffee,
pour In water, and set the pot on the
stove. He turned irom tne operation,
smiling.
"I'm glad it's nesrlj over, Mr. Jim
mle. There will be a boat her by
morning, see If there Isn't."
1 could do nothing but murmur.
"Yes."
He was guilty. 1 was sure of It. But
sitting there looking at him I couldn't
see myself telling him so. I cleared
my throat
"Hlggins," I said, "you've lied to me
on every single question I've asked
you haven't you?"
For one fraction of ( second the
eyes turned toward me were the alck,
tired eyes of a very old man. In the
next instant they were veiled and
calculating.
"What gives you that Impression,
sir?'
1 stood up. "You were seen out of
your room on the night when Miss
Bllnshop waa killed. You were seen
going Into your room fully dressed
Just before Mr. Michael called you
and reappearing as if you had been
esleep a moment later. You own the
only gun In the house. You were seen
coming down the stairs Immediately
before we discovered the Injured cat
when you swore that you had been in
the next room. You were on hand
when Miss Farrlngton was wounded.
You oven tried to get my fingerprints
on the revolver. William and 1 are
going to lock you in your room. You
will be kept there until the police
arrive."
Those strange eyes never once left
my face, not even after 1 had com
pleted my distasteful task.
Making A Mistake?
" U. J1MMIE," he said very quiet
i'l ly. "you've known me for a
long time. Do you believe what you
are saying?"
"I'm sorry, Higglns. Yes."
A ghost of a smile crossed his face.
"1 see," he said. "Do you object to
my having my coffee before you lock
me up?"
"Don't take no chances with htm,"
cautioned William.
And so we sat there waiting for
that coffee, waiting to be served by a
man whom we Intended to deliver
Into the hands of the law to lose his
life. I was too busy with my own feel
ings to notice particularly what'went
on in that room. Once or twice the
clumsy ahuffling of Cook'a feet pene
trated my consciousness, but that was
all. 1 doubt if any coffee on the face
of the earth ever took as long to boll
as that did.
At last Higglns moved to the closet
and set out five cups and saucers.
Cook stood grimly over him while he
poured, her mind running, 1 imagine,
to all the varieties of poison that
could be dropped Into those cups. My
own mind was too full of all the other
rups Higglns had handed me of all
the decent little favora he had done
me 1 choked trying to drink the stuff.
Hlggins drank his calmly and set the
tup down.
"I'm quite ready, Mr. Wells," he
said.
But 1 wasn't Suddenly, strangely.
. :nai 1 was .naicing a great una
.,;. Where and how, 1 could not see
I t ut 1 was sure that 1 was making one
l hflH a mtrnna ennulrtlnn that It Mm.
Cine were guilty, he would nevei
have taken the accusation as be had
if Higgins had done ill the things we
had imagined his doing, Hlggins wai
Insane, for he was without a concelv
able motive. And an Insane man, con
fronted with captivity, Is not ususlly
ss placid as he was. At least 1 didn't
think so. It waa a straw, but 1 gasped
at it frantically.
"Higglns." 1 said, "haven't you any
thing to say to defend yourself?".
"Not a thing, sir."
William and 1 took him upstslrs. II
was consistent with my general stu
pidity that although 1 had many
qualms about hia guilt i no sooner
slipped the key of his locked door intc
my pocket than J regarded the en.
tire eplsod as closed. It was sU over
And noW'-what?
William stirred uneasily at my el
bow. "I feel like a rat sir. He's an
awful old man."
1 wanted to get away from William
Without replying 1 made off down
the corridor to the main hall. Light!
still glared there, and 1 could hear
the Intermittent murmur of voices In
M. Farrlngton'a room. 1 knew that i
should go In there end tell them what
had happened. 1 knew that they were
in all probability working themselves
Into a fine frenzy waiting for me. But
1 was in no mood to face M. Farrlng
tonor even Michael.
The Case Against Higglns
I WENT downstairs into the cold,
1 deserted library, where 1 made s
fire, helped myself to a stiff drink and
sat down to think. For the most pari
1 waa concerned wHh the where
abouts of the Skipper. That Higglns
In his right mind would In any way
injure the Skipper seemed to me oul
of the question. And 1 could not con
vince myself that Higglns waa not in
his right mind.
1 went over and over the qusetion
1 took another drink and then another.
1 threw myself down -t the desk and
tried to write. The feel of a pen In my
hand was comfortingly familiar. More
to quiet my nerves than In hopes ol
proving anything, 1 set to work.
HIGGINS
Knew of the presence o Norman
forrinolon. Whereabouts at the time
of the death of Jude ruspictou. asy
to Imagine him in the confidence ol
every single person molested to dati
-Jude, Norman Farrlngton. M. Far
rlngton, and the Skipper. Seen up
stairs when the cat was killed and (hi
room com up. Lied about it afterward
Only person who might have re
moved letters from William's room
Witness for his alibi on the shootint
of M. Farrington (Skipper) missing
Obtained something frjm drug store
Poison? Started to tell me something
A confession? Tried to get my finger
prints on the gun -ted on M. Farrlng
ton. Carried keys to every room fr
the house.
Note: Standing at my own elbou
uhin Cook was attacked. Locked in
room with others when William and
1 were attacked. Has seemed alraia
of something from the beginning
Seems relieved fo be locked up. Mo
tive inconceivable.
Pausing for a cigarette. 1 surveye:
my results. A pretty disorderly mess
Welt It could o straightened out
later. At least my nerves were steady
ing down.
WILLIAM
Convicted of felony. Served lul
term In spite of uiterea of Mr. Biin
shop. Seems to indicate that no vindi.
eating evidence has yet been found
Knew the BUnshops. Only persor
with conceivable motive revenge
Only person to give evidence againsx
Higgins. Substantiation of alt his evi
dence comes from his wife and Cook
who are clever enough to have foolec
the household over a long period ol
time.
Knew of Higgins' gun and admlis to
being a good shot Alibi covering kill
ing of cat and Kraining of wife and
Cook questionable. Proof ol where
abouts during death f Jude again
rests on those two. Found Jude's body
Might have dealt with me in his room
Might have planted and removed let
ters to cast suspicion elsewhere. Sug
geste the locking of upstairs rooms.
Mai have had Hlggln.-.' keys at thi
rime. May have seen Norman Farrlng
ton when Afichael aau him. Servants'
gossip from the Bllnshcps' might havs
told him who Norman was. Might havs
had Higgins suspecting him.
Strong enough to have overpowered
both the Skipper and her brother.
Seems well versed in drugs. Admits
going to drug store. Note: Was In.
Jured when I was. ( Might have thrown
himself down tne stairsj Did revive
M. Farrlngton. Admits locking us in
cellar.
placed the ia-o lists side by side
and considered 'hem with unabashed
delight It seemed to me that the
case against William overshadowed
the case against Hlgglna.
tCopvright ;ssr ffsra.fr Tvlerl
Tomoriew, I chrrk the easel
aralnst Mike, Gay, Ceok, Annie and
M. Farrlngton.
SEAL SALE PLANS
, Plans for the 1937 Mil tale wrr
dl-KUMfd TuoMlfty by 18 mpmtvrft of
the Jackson County Health moc.a
tton Christmas sral committee, meet
ing with Mrs. Sal die Orr Dunbar, ex
ecutive secretary of the State Tuber
culosis awociatlon.
Mr. Dunbar adrire-ued the group
at luncheon yesterday at the Hotel
Holland, discussing modern problems
of tuberculosis control and cure, and
work of the national and atate asso
ciations. She pointed out that ami
tuberculosis work In the future must
tn concentrated In three fields:
Young women, older men and Ne
groes Mrs. Dunbar stated that the
dagger age for contraction of '.he
disease among men has moved Into
tha forties and flftl-s In rrcfi.t tn:i
Instead of the lower zmf tonmri;
fflOM frequently attacked- This u
particularly true among factory work
era, she pointed out.
The nsttonal antl-tuberculoeta as
sociation expects to raise 40.000.000
this year. Mrs. Dunbar atated. Mrs.
Robert Hart, chairman of the local
committee, expressed the determina
tion of the Jackson county associa
tion to raise the quota assigned this
district and anticipated increased co
operation and efforts on the part of
association members and the public.
Out-of-town committee members
present Included: Mrs. John Fuller,
vice-president of the health associa
tion; Mrs. Elvood Hcdberg and Mra.
Prank Van Dyke. Ashland; Mrs. Guy
Tex, Central Point; Mrs. R. V. Frame.
Phoenix; Mrs. K. S Severance. Jack
sonville; and Mrs. J. w. Lively. Gold
Hill.
Mra Dunbar arrived Monday morn
tug from Portland on a general in
spection of the county health unit.
She spent Monday at the courthouse
clinic and Inspected the new tuber
culosis portable cottage now tinder
construction at the high school. Phe
also visited the prc-school clinic held
it the Oak Orove school.
She acompanled Dr. C. I. Drum-
.n.tnd. county health officer, to Pros
Tt yoterdsv afternoon.
Phone M3. ".Veil hau! sxy your
.lust. City sanitary Service
" J eaibj fa&lish balloonist
xopeji my IN THSAIR
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CUP THEIR HftlR hwT
YatiTliiiT Is,kI Oe6KhtyiW-0trj GJOtr)e..rw.
ft&ftflAJM a Cuban p(tmanwmo
m in frte marathon wriH rtewv wrkok,
fiNisnEP mm in ft pew or w
StrNak fsitstMtlti. lrarJCW35S!S9i
The Aerial lorseman.
A' man with Imagination waa
Charles Oreen, pioneer English aero
naut. Were he living today, he'd
probably be staging motion pictures
on the order of "Plying Down to
Rio?' Did you see It? Remember
the beautiful chorus girls dancing on
airplane wing tips to the accompani
ment of a 40 or 50-plece .orchestra?
It waa colossal, no less.
In spite of the times In which he
lived, Green managed to get pretty
colossal too without the aid of
double exposure. On one occasion he
sent an entire band aloft In bal
loons and had them play while he
attempted to determine the distance
sound would carry through the air.
Remember this was somewhere around
1630.
Other stunts arranged by Oreen
Included dropping monkeys attached
to little pnrnchutea from balloons.
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fireworks displays at high altitudes
and balloon races. His crowning feat
was the aerial horseback ride. Mount,
ed on his favorite pony which was
harnessed onto the underpart of a
balloon. Green sailed off Into the
sklea riding on the back of the
animal one day In 1878. He repeated
this stunt several times In later
years.
In 1840 he tried to promote a
balloon race across the Atlantic, but
failed to get enough financial back
ing. Green't BOOth, and last, ascen
sion was made In 1857 at the age
of 72. He died at 88.
Cuban Postman.
After scraping up enough money
to take him to St. Louis, Mo., for
the 1904 Olymplcr. Felix Carvajal
took leave : of his postman Job in
Havana and headed for the states.
A dice game In Nev Orleans emptied
his pockets and he was forced to
"bum" the rest of the way to St.
Lculs.
Without any track experience or
tralnL.g hia uackground, Carvajal
entered the marathon as an unof
ficial representative of his country.
He appeared for the race clad In
long pants, a shirt ard heavy work
shoes. Needless to say, he was a sen
sation. An official -emedled the
situation somewhat by cutting off
the Cuban's sleeves ar1 trouser legs.
The gun cracked and the 40 entrants
Jogged off.
Carvojal's tactics In the race were
even more sensational than his wear
ing apparel. Along the route he took
time out for conversation wltn
spectators and made frequent stops
to pick apples which he nte while
running. Strange as it seems, he
came In fourth.
...Tomorrow: Jewelry from Elephants!
Sen. Morris III.
WASHINOTON. June 23 (Ar)
Senator Norrls, Ind.-Neb.). 75-year-old
leader among ir ? liberals, was
stricken with an attack of Indiges
tion today. Dr. George W. Calver,
capltol physician, said the Illness
waa not serious.
Barrlrk Salem Director
foALEM. June 23. (AP) The larg
est number of persons ever to vote
In a Salem school election chose Dr.
Leon E. Bnrrlck for the lone school
board vacancy yesterday. Dr. Barrlck,
who eiso Is county coroner, received
l 43! tf the 2.122 votes cast. The
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ISSfiLlfUllOF CSUM85.
6E5 UP 0 BRUSH friEM
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Af LpSf DD2ES OFF
IS WAKEWEP Bf VACUUM
CLEANER IM YiW ROOM
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WORN OUf IFHE&YAVSIN
BED AMY I0N6ER. 6E1"S OP
(Copyright, 1937, by The Bn g radicate. Inc.)
S MATTER POF
By C. M. aYNB
total vote waa 196 more than tne 1
previous record, made in 1926.
TOLEDO, June 23. (AP) Bids ,
will be oalled July 1 by Waldport j
lor a new water reservoir to hold ,
100.000 gallons. The estimated cost .
la S3000. .
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lit JUSTIHA.SWEtT
HfABT OF- TONY LACEV,
SLAiri SPY PILOT, WHOM
TOMMY IS IMPERSONATING
in am tp-roRT to learn
THE" IDtMTITY Of- THE
LEADER Of- THE ESPIOMASE
GANG, WAS CONVERSING
AFFECTIONATELY WITH
TOMMY, BETTY LOU
AND SKE-ETS ENTERED
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