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MEDFOTtD MATT; TRIBUNE. M"EDFORD, OREGON, THTRSDAT. JTTNE 24. 1937.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address the author, lnclotlnf lUmpod enrelope for reply. Res;. V. 8. Pat Off.
On tlE DB.UFCF
SYNOPSIS. Jude BUiuhop, my
old flame, it mtstenously ihol to
death. That start our ttormy
weekend at Farrinototi Blu0.
horn of Utchael't aunts. A teriet
0 strange attacks occurs. Then tee
find the body at Michael's mad
father betou the bluff. Aunt Mar
tha it that in the ihoulaer. then
nearlu finished ujith sleeping
powders. The Skipper. Mike's tall,
tweedy younger aunt, disappears.
Cook, William, the chauffeur, and
Annie, the maid, suspect Hfogins,
the old butler. 1 lock him (n hie
room, belieuing him the killer,
then write out the case against
each perton.
Chapter 43
Evidence Anil Motive
(FUMBLED for more paper end
hurried on.
MICHAEL
Hat refuted point blank to an.
suer questions. Received tome
mytteriout communication from
Jude perhaps the last she ever
made. Wat outdoort at some time
near that at which Jude met her
death. Furiously opposed to any
investigation. Suggestion of hush
ing up whole thing uncharacteris
tic No proof that he did not kill the
cat and wreck his aunt's room.
First one on the spot after the
shooting of M. Farrlngton. Would
of my head told me to go on. 1 must
think quickly, and my thought on
paper were worth a dozen of my
thoughts .eft to themselves. 1 needed
another drink, and I took una.
COOK
A dope fiend at some time in
her life. Very hot-headed. Strong
at a bull. Capable of cleverly man.
aged deceit over a long pcriou.
Possible motivesame as William's
plus the slightly unbalanced mind
of the addict.
1 wrote my next idea down with
fingers that trembled with excitement
Episode In the kitchen might have
been an act desigred by her to
throw the authoritiei of the scent
Same applies to mysterious appear
ance and disappearance of William's
Uttert. No evidence of het where
abouts at any time given by anyone
but William and Annie. Curing the
episode in William's room, William
might have acted for Cook, whom
he was fond of.
The mess in M. Farrington'e room
was the sort of thing that might b
expected of a drug-crazed person.
Both of the Farrlngton sisters
trusted Cook. She it at ttrong at a
man. Might have bodily removed
either the Skipper or M. Farrlng
ton. Note: AH hypothetical. No real
evidence.
Nevertheless, I experienced a thrill
over that possibility. In Its light, I
could explain the entire performance.
Cook, aiding William and Annie to
I brooded over that sheet for several ninutes, cursing
Michael.
execute revenge for hts Imprisonment,
might have been obliged to go to ap
palling extremes fn order to cover
thelt own tracks. It was highly pos
sible that the poor old lunatic, wan
dering around in the dead of night,
bad observed something he was not
meant to see and had, accordingly,
been done away with. The only sub
stantiating witness to Higglns' alibt
had thus been removed.
Perhaps M. Farrlngton had seen
something, too. That would explain
the several attempts on her life. What
could she have seen? Apparently she
was unaware of Its Importance. The
coat-sleeve that she thought she saw
In her mirror might have been William's.
have been trusted by all the victims
even more than Higglns. Might
hove pocketed William's tetter.
Seem to have had some Inside
knowledge since the first nfpht.
Nora: Could not have beaned
either Cook, Annie, William or my
self. Ignorance of his lather's ex
istence singular. Bare pojs.btl.t,
that hit dive over the rocks was an
attempt at suicide. Motive incom
prehensible. .
1 brooded over that sheet for sev-,
ral minutes. Not much evidence,!
aside from his queer actions that first 1
night. Nothing definite. Just a vngue, ,
Insistent undercurrent of duplicity!
totally unlike Michael. His rows with
Gay were encouraging In that they1
might have been expected. Mike wasl
set up rather like an August day I
warm and sunny with occasional j
thunder-storms. For the dozenth time
I cursed him for not taking ma into)
his confounded secret, whatever It
was. That close-mouthed attitude was
not like him. !
Gay, I wrote next and stopped at
a complete loss. As far 1 could re
member at that moment we had not
one shred of evidepce against Gay
Palmer. True, no one had actually
seen her In her room on the night of
Jude'i death, but nc or.j had seen
her out of it. The same applied to the
episode of the cat and the dismantled
room. She had been In the library
when Cook and Annie were attacked,
m her own room with all the others
when William and 1 were brained.
She had not been at the scene of a
crime In one single Instance.
Her actions, as far as I could see,
had been perfectly natural and abso
lutely predictable. There was no trace
of a motive, jnlesj we were to go
back to that tittle flare of Icnloiisy
so characteristically exhibited on
that first evening. Her slate was so
clean that for a moment my mystery
writing habits sen! a thrill of suspi
cion buzzing through my head. But
I was obliged to bugh at my own
lusplcions. 1 wrote:
Guide ncs none. Merit's none.
Case Against Cook
MY temples were beginning to
pound tike steam pipes I knew
that the time which 1 might decently
allow myself (or sulking in a corner
nad long since elapsed. 1 knew that
the others upstairs must be getting
Impatient But something, in the back
Must Bag The Culprit
TIME was passing. A very few hours
remained before the probable ar
rival of a rescue party from shore.
Unless we were to go through a worse
ordea) than any we had yet encoun
tered, it was vttal that w have our
culprit bagged and ready tot delivery
when that first boat touched shore
Gritting my teeth. 1 pushed on with
my notations.
ANNIE
Also capable of good bluff. Least
so of the three. Was certainly tied
up bt someone else. Hysterics might
have been due to strain instead of
Irlght Has seHtked unafraid of
empty house since first night. iVo
definite evidence. incapaMs of any
of it alone. Might do anything for
or with William Motive plausible.
M. FAHH1NGT0N
invited Jude here Heard last con
versafion between Skipper ana
Juttc. With 5ktpps when person
was heard fn upper hall. With others
luring attack on Cook and Annie
and attack on William and me
Brother .could have trusted het im
plicitly iVot strong enough to re
more anyone oodilb.
Last person to see the Skipper
Nearly killed twice. Apparently
withholding evidence, consciously
or otherwise. With Annie when tet
ters were removed from William'
room. Has acted charactertsticall,
throughout. Motive none.
(CovyrioW IDT. ttsther Tyler)
I look over the blaft and tt a
Idea tomorrow.
ENJOY SIGHTS OF
rtT Richard Tlilfrolf.)
SAN FRANCISCO. June 31. tB)
Mall ) We irrlvM in Oakland this
morning, safe and out.rt. Last night
we plckrd up our last load of boys
at Dunnmuir. Thing- would htue
btrn all right from then on If t
had not been for Jlmmle Elliott and
Rogor Olmnchelrt. Jlmmle walked
back and forth alter water, spilling
It on e wry one, and Roger talked aU
night; coiurquently the whole out
fit was up and about by 4 o'clock
this morning.
We spent the day stftMwina.
around the bay. noelnp the China
Clipper, bridges. Pie1dio Alamed
Vube siiu otliet tills poUiu of lu-
tercat. as gunsta of the Standard Oil
company of California.
At noon we visitod the huge tfeish
acker swimming pool and roo. Tlie
noon menl wnjt enten In the peaeti
Chalet overlooking the pacific ocean.
After lunch we went back to the
city and apent the afternoon In the
, Boy Bcout trading post. This pout
nutribute supplies to all areas on
the Pacific coast and Rooky moun
tains. In the evening we went to China
town where a real Chinese dinner
waa enten In the Shanghai Low rea
taurant. Prom their we went to the
Chinatown telephone exchange where,
itutead of asking for a numtvr. the
Chine? gtey the inme of the peraon
to whom they wth to speak. There
are 3S.0O0 nnnir listed in the -change
and the Chine girl oper
ators have niemorljvd alt the namos.
Prom thrrc we had to run to the
Perry building tn order to catch the
last rerry. It is now 9:30 and w
are on our way to Salt Lake City.
The boys had a tlsv full of new ex
prlence. nfw MghiA and thrill and
a cUm- tills little t-pi-tle 1 nut ice
tti.it even Roger and Jim are leady
ioj bvd.
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ffie Wt SHRINK,
near HaAoM, Japan,
tav w i sr u. tr
w faat Dukh statesman.
MO?m W 17 AND WcftWE ,
Hugo Orotlus
Ranted In Ley den, Holland, Hugo
Grot Hi aet a terrific pace in his ed
ucation. At nine he was writing first
oIsm Latin verseat 12 he entered
university. Three years later he edit
ed the encyclopedic work of Mar
tl&nus Capella, then went to the
court of France with a special em
bassy. In 1599. at the age of 17. Orotlus
condur ted bis first law ault, won
widespread fame for the ability he
displayed In the handling of It, and
waa appointed States -General his
toriographer at 30. When 24 he was
made Advocate-General.
Life stopped running smoothly for
Orotlus In 1518. Involvcdln e poll
tlcal oattle, he was thrown Into pris
on under a life sentence, escaped and
went to Prance. Here he Uvel until
1031 when he returned to Holland In
the hope that the charges against
him would be dropped after his long
exile. His enemies were still active,
however, and Grotius was condemned
to perpetual banishment. Sweden
became hts next place of refuge. He
waa gladly welcomed, waa befriended
by the government and won a post
aa Swedsh ambassador to Prance, an
office which he held for ten years.
Returning to Sweden via Holland,
the expatriate was given a rousing
welcome in Amsterdam. Moat of his
onemles were dead and hla country
men demanded his return. Hasten
ing to Sweden, Orotlus wound up his
afaflr there and headed back for ha
native and. At Danzg a storm stop
ped him, he became 111, fought his
way U. Rostock and died, August 29,
1645.
Today Grotius la chiefly rememb
ered for his "De Jure Belli et Pacts,"
regarded as the basis of modern in
ternational law.
Elephant Jewelry
So thick are the tall hairs on cer
tain species of African elephants that
they sre highly valued by natives aa
material for "good luck" rings and
charms. Elephant hair Jewelry la
becoming a popular novelty through
out tr.e world, according to Olga
Trltt. noted New York Jewelry expert.
Tommorw: The Towel That Ended
n Marl
HOOD RIVER GROWERS
PLAN STORAGE PLANT
HOOD RIVER. June 24. (API
Construction work on a new storage
plant for the Apple Growers associa
tion, designed to refrigerate 800,000
boxes of apples and pears, started to
day. The plant, which will be one
of the largest In the northwest, will
be five stories high and refrigeration
costs are expected to run less than
7S cents per box.
Plan Wallowa Bank
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. (API
Transamerlca Corporation's Oreigon
banking subsidiary, the First Nation
al Bank of Portland, will open a
bianch at Wallowa, Oregon. July 1.
Tnere Is no bank in the community.
Mall Tribune want ads.
NEW K. F. BUILDING TO
HOUSE LIQUOR STORE
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ELEMENT 0F1UE NEIGHBORHOOD fo SERVE A
R0ME"R6. If WAS NOf ft SUCCESS
(Oepyrtilrt. 1837, by The Bell Byndicete, Inc.)
WlUJAMS
By 0. M "YNE
KLAMATH FALLS. June 34. (API
Excavation has begun for t new
building- which will house the ate.te ,
I'quor store here. j
The structure will consist of one ,
rcom. 50 by 66 foet. and one atory. !
Cost Is estimated at J7000. i
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