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TXCV TEN frrEPFOTTD MATL TRTBTTN"E, SrEPrOTTO, CREGOX. PTNDAY. JTTST: 27, 1937 on toe dhocc s6s SYNOPSIS: A myittriaut shot kill Jude BUnehop, mv old flame, at (h (tart of our stormy uxekend at Farrington Bluff, horn of Michael' aunt. A irii o ttranoa attack occur. Then to find th body of Michael' mod father below the bluff. Aunt Mar tha, (tout and Victorian, If hot in th fhoutder, and nearly finished with sleeping powder. The Skip per, Aflfc' tall, tweedy younger aunt, disappear. Cook, William, the chauffeur, and Annie, the maid, suspect Higgine, the old butler. lock him in hi room, half beiieuina him the killer. Then find Mike arguing with hi lance. Cay Palmer, . Chapter 45 'Look For The Lofl' . fiLOSJNO the door behind me. leaned against It The person who had forced the door of Jude's room to lure or to force Norman Farrington ;Out toward the bluff must have known that the old man waa there and that he had used a key to get there. No one else should have known of the existence of that key. And Norman Farrington's son had gone In search of it and found HI " Re was standing there gazing at me a a man might gaze at a snake which had sprung at him In the middle of ruth avenue. "You heard that, I suppose?'' Mi' duel's voice waa bleak. "Yes." Suddenly, unreasonably 1 thought, "We are three characters In . a play. Nothing has happened. Noth , Ing will happen until we remember , tne line. Michael's hand shot Into hi coat ( pocket and dragged out something which dropped Into my own hind. 1 found myself staring down at the skeleton key from Norman Farring ton's pocket, staring at it and wishing " violently that I had never seen the aamnea tning. "How did you know It wu there?" "Guilt!" Michael's voice was hurt. not Ditter. And Mike was no actor or was he7 The radio stunt- Gay rushed to his rescue. "This Is rlrliculousl 1 was being sap. That's "So you think!" This time Mlchael'a i eolce was harsh. "But Jlmmle doesn't. Look at his face." "Hold on, Mike." I said. "1 haven't , said a word. Answer me decently, can't you?" He looked at me and suddenly hts ' face crashed into grin. "All right," he said. "X went snooping around. . Saw the broken lock on Jude a door and Just happened to think that If rfmy father had a key In his pocket. wo couia oe pretiy sure mat you were right about his fall not be In a an accl- dent. You see, if he waa the guy who " crowned William, he must have got ten through that door after It was iockco. 1 saw you exam ne It after. ward, and it was all right the second time you locked It.' I didn't believe him. He was follow ing my own train of thought but 1 . didn't believe him. Would anvone , ever be able to trust anybody after wis gnasuy mess was over7 ; "Good." The friendliness of my voice was a little lesson In hypocrisy " all In Itself. "That was what 1 was thinking. We're letting ourselves get mo jumpy. Gay sprawled on a ofa. "I'm euredl" she sighed gustily. "If 1 ask ' another question, wrlns my neckl wno nas a cigareitez . Watching Mlchael'a llehter fW. observed. "A few more questions and we'll all go gaga. It's time this outfit . am a little relaxing." But we didn't do anv too wall it Thero we sat, three people who -. nours Deiore would have sworn on a stack of Bibles that we would have trusted each other till the end of tune. And we hadn t and didn't. 1 was distrustful t' Mike. Gay had precipitated the whole scene becamn she shared the feeling. And Mike. If ne wcrt innocent, could have taken that key for only one reason to pro- ,' vent the murderer's finding It If he v had been sure that neither of ua was the murderer, he would certainly have told us of his discovery. It he i.were Innocent If he had been aure. , Ifl If! Ill The word beat a weary rhythmical rofrain In my head Iho while we chatted aimlessly about , little Tessle Blake and her meander ing husband, about the Inadvtsabllily ' of looking for a new apartment until our plans for the su.nmir were more "definite. Hysterics With Trimmings pilE conversation dragged, dwln 1 died and finally expired. Coherent ' thought, It would seem, expired with It If 1 tried tc think about the Sklp . per whereabouts, the probable guilt . of the Millers obtruded Itself Into the , plcturo. If I tried to come to any con , elusion about the Millers, I Immedi ately thought of ItiKRine. And so It went. Out of the long silence came . Michael's voice. 'They had trouble with Cook alter you went out Hysterics with all the trimmings." I 1 Jumped at a loophole tor escape. "Cook?" 1 said. "Hysterics? i'll Jut have s Icok at her. Be right back." "Meaning that we'll see you St breakfast?" demanded Gay testily. William, hi face decidedly strained opened Cook's door. He didn't seem to have any inten tion of letting me into the room. "She' better, air. 1 guess she'll be all right Has Miss Barbara been" He left the question dangling. "No," I said shortly. "Do you mind?' And 1 elbowed past him. Cook' hysterics bad been genuine enough. Her face waa ghastly. There were great sagging circles under her eyes and her chin waa quivering painfully. "How are you now?" I tried to sound kind. All of her remarkable volubility waa gone. She played restlessly with the covers without looking up. "I ain't so good, sir." It wu the weak, exhausted voia. of s sick woman. "1 ain't so good." Welt, considering the state she bad been in when she had prepared din ner, that was not at all surprising. "It's nearly morning now. It will soon be over." "Yes," closing her eye, "yes near ly morning." 1 waited for William to close the door after me. Then I stepped across to Hlgglns' room, found my key. knocked softly, and went In. The old man had been sitting on the bed, head In hands and fully dressed. His face was haggard. "If only I, Hlgglns," I laid, sitting down beside him. "Don't be fright ened. I came to see how you were." "I'm doing very well, sir." With a start 1 realized that he had been cry ing. "Hlgglns," I said. "1 don't for a min ute believe that you are guilty and I'm trying my best to prove that you're not. Do you believe that?" For a fleeting second his eyes rest ed on my face, but they immediately looked away. "Yes Mr. Jlmmle." he said shak ily. I put a hand on his shoulder. "You almost told me something once." 1 said. 'Tell me now. No one can hear ua, and It may be Important." "1 can't sir. It ain't that I don't trust you. I'd trust you like I would Mr. Michael himself. It ain't that a all, sir." . 'Then what Is It, Hlgglns?" "I was wrong, sir. And you might not believe that I was, and and that would be awful. Awful! I found out how wrong I waa. 1 can't tell you nothing, slrl" "Can't you tell me what you found out? It might be Just as Important." "Not" The fierceness of his answer made me jump. One Last Desperate Try T 1GHTING a cigarette, I got to my - feet and began to pace the small room. His head in his hands, the old man seemed to forget my existence Ha mi not 01,111 n.ii k- 1 i ..... m..,j. llc nnvw wno YjaaA lhnmil.1 Ia AlA , r - holding evidence evidence that J mi tu nave rigni men. J lOOKed at my watch. It was 4:30. 1 made Ana lnt rtarA..t . mxjm.. Barbara la alive." All the conviction 1 could muster rang in my voice. "We know that for a fact Hlgglns. But un less she la found within it, hour, she may not be." He got to his feet like a man stag! gerlng Into a warm house out of a blizzard. "Are you sure of that?" he tvM. percd hoarsely. The pressurt of my clenched fists was driving my fingernails into flesh. "Positive!" 'Then then for one awful ma. ment 1 thOUffht ha nnlna a strangle before he got the words out. won t aon 1 ten no one I said so. 1 ain't sure it's right Look for the old' loft." 1 stared at him blanlrlv. "f.nft?" 1 echoed. 'Yes. Take Mr. Mlrhaal Urn hnnl1 be able to And It. ' "James!" It was M. Farrlneton on the davenport "Stop It this instant! What It It? Whero are you going?" 1 naa scant time for entanalins mv wits with Queen Victoria! The loftl" I shouted. 'The loftl The Skipper may be there." 1 had Michael by the arm and was tugging him In the direction of the door, but he held back. 'The loft?" he echoed "You're eratyl Thero Isn't any." Hlgglns' last words were rlnalns In my ears. Take Mr. MichaeL He should be able to find it Another of your sudden Insulrn- Hons, Jlm7" came Gay' voice sweet- ly. 1 seized Michael. "Don't He to me!' howled. "You're takina me there or I'll break your lousy neckl" .Micnnei tnrew me off easily. "Don't be a fool." he said ouletlv "You're not going to tell me whethei or not there s a loft In my own" His voice trailed off and his eyes sud denly widened. "Good Lordl" he said hoarselv There Is a Come on!" CopvWeM lJT ffjfaet Tvttrl We And the Skipper, tomorrow. NEW TRAVEL RECORD : EXPECTED TO BE SET AT CAVES MONUMENT " ORECION CAVKS. June 38.-Early lndlcatlona point toward another record-brrakllig travel rear for tills pntional monument which brpan its rrrtnlar summer launn May lit, of. fering arhedtiled etude trine through the cavpft and carrying on Reneral servlcea. Trj travel has shown a aubstan- tlal Inrreaae over IP38 figures, eape- flally miring tile past two weeks. Out-of-state Hln1a are Weil repre sented, atteetlna the growing popu larity of the cave area aa a national attraction, nnai prrpartlona for the summer throng of visitors are now being completed. With the arrival of the complete summer staff within the next week or an. evening programs under the slara around a blaring bonfire will hr started, presenting talent from Ore gon colleges tn annus. Instrumental music, readings and other entertain ment. Picnic grounds are available wilMn the monument, providing visitors with benches, tables and other fa. milled. A raiiipuround l.i located at Oravback. eight miles from the monu ment. In the Klfklyou lintlnnnl lores! lor the benefit or monutneut and other vle-ltora. EN HARRISBURU. P. June 37. (API Oovernor Omnpe II tariff Mned tortny bill irmlHinp nr w.vm r men to withhold the hmnvn of their informntton. from y court. The ntwumrn would have Mm Mm urofrnftlnnftl statu v rlrrcvn.rn nrt nhvOHnn. .n. it,. .... ' iw ebnlr. The law U rffrM.iv tm- Tha oowrnftf mm th imiik. laws in other utatev, th Pennavl v uni a itatutn arocta only the art uallr enenerd In the collection writ. Ing and preparation of newa. Summer storairo to pert care and tdcut lnauraoeA niuioiA ru chop 328 W flih. Phone 684 tw Mall rrluuua au, iui , STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot farther proof sddress the Mthor, tnclostog. s stamped envelope for reply. Ref. V. .8. Pst OS. . - II l HEX. ' "I UW i 1 fs a. 1 aa i -ft. 50lARIUM W 14 MOUNTED ON f RCIOWePt)ftOMlTUK RfsYTo INPATIENTS MozarT WTrtc tee oft 01 vr rnuaaeipmz, Tap vm&wtiDmvtt Wring 6KIPPIN6 ROPE ACfERNftftlV Z77 -xa wriifeKfce WrVs confined To tM 2,000,000 orftttMfe 51,000,000 V3liM& tMLfA Of- I ttWO S.IRPfaf!'... eiGKT-MlKTrrS OF TriC thRTH iHOlifirt OTrASR RPC OUTNUM&et?Trie WHltK mm i HImc of I lie White Itace When MiiKROlIni undermined the Ethiopian throne and put the na tion under Italian rule, he added some 440,000 square mites to the 47 milllou (excluding the Polar regional already under the domination of the white race. Strang aa It seema. only four cen- turlea ago white men controlled but wo million square miles of the earth's total land area of approxi mately 67 million square miles. The remainder waa In the complete pos aesalon of the varloun non-white race. In the four hundred year alnce then, the white man has won domination over approximately elght n In tha of the enrthl All the more remarkable Is this "rlae of the white race" when It is considered that the people of the colored races outnumber the whites about three to one. The world's white population Is, roughly, half a billion. The rest of humnnlty is made up of about one and a hall billion non-whit. This overwhelm ing preponderance of the colored races la being Increased every day. Their birth rate Is far higher than that of the white race. The ques tion now seems to bo how long the white minority can keep Its dom ination over the "rising tide of color." ! Symphony At 8 Introduced to musle at the age of three, Mozart (his full name was Joaunes Chrysoatomus Wolfgangus Theophllua Mozart) studied the harplschord with hla slater under the instruction of his father, a not ed violinist. At four, he played mln ueta and had already bpgun com posing his own little ptrcea. Taken on a tour of the "crowned heads of Europe" when he was alx. Mozart remained unspoiled by the attention and praise bestowed on him. In April of 1764. as an eight year old, he was presented to the royal family of Englnnd. Immediate ly anerward, he composed a sym phony (K.16). along with a set of sonatas, dedicated to the queen, and a Uny anthem ("Spruch") for four voices, FINISHING MILK By GLUYAS WILLIAMS IS VERV QOlEfftf EWp Of MEAL. Wlfri A SU5H HEARS MOTHER'S WR1MW.E6 HIS HOSE AND TfcKES HOPING FAMILY WOHf HOflCE FAMILIAR LINE FIHI5H VOUR 1W0 SIPS tUftf HE HASN'T DRUNK HIS MILK fllLtf , PEAR ' ASKS W0ULt)NTlT8ErMl. R16HT IF HE JUST PRAWK 50WN -To HERE WEU.POWNTb HERE? AT This momeUT T-hTHEP SHdUfS Jj&OK GUT, HE'S 601X6 lb STILL ! VVHIW.S, STARTLED, MID DOES SPlLL. iECIDE THAT PtSCRETiOtf PROGRESS SLOWS OP AS HE HEARS) EPWE SR7ER WHISTlE Sl)6fcE6TS HO MORE TlMNY GETS 51DE-TRACKED BLOWING FOR HIM. AND FINISHES MUX BUSINESS,. PRINKS HALT A fclRSS WTO 6LASS, MAK1N6 BUBBLS IN ONE GULP (Copyright, 193T, by Tha Ball gyridiiato. Inc.) S MATTER POP By C. M.,PHR, BONANZA, Colo., June 27. (AP) Flamea left a third of this historic mlnlnp enmp In ruins trwinv. The fire, starting In & store build ing, swept quickly through abandon ed portions of the old camp, moat of which were unoccupied since tho days when Bonanza was a "boom" town. A new camp, established nearly since the revival of mining opera tions In recent years, was not en dangered. A patrol waa maintained over the junoulderlnn ruins. Back To Work PITTSBURGH June 37. (UP) Threatened by International union -fflclaU with having their Jobs taken by union men brought In from other cities, mall room employes late yester day voted to return to work so that Pittsburgh's three newspnpers, sus pended since Tuesday by an "Illegal" strike, could resume publication with today's editions. 1 ( S"PEArf To y- ) tT r ' ( vjiluiam ) y$r Im j TAILSPIN TOMMY Flying Into Danger! urion AIRPORT -ihJwis ..f Kfef. VafS'J IM IT SITS A GROUflDE-D MYctR, TAILSPIN TOMMY, MOW SKRtT AGtnT hO.X-109.. :lfiilll; . Ill, Uis pilot's Lice-nst bcars THE- SIGMATUPfr OF- A DE-AO MAM... IMPfrRSOftaTlNG THAT MAM, WHO WAS A COG"lM THE- GIGANTIC E-SPIOrtAGE- WHEEL, TOMMY HOPES BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Another Idea? By HAL FORREST .TO VtME-TRATE-' THE: STROM G HOLD Of- THE- MASTE-R SPY lur;.-9, AMU (JIHtX CLAM IHft TUTTIUGTOU, AUD TWEV'Re 04"N b.eA0'b n PECN MBKWEU 7Z T EAR'S ? JT TOO T By EDWIN ALQF I l'OUE.lHe COLOUCLJ i- I 7T3v36TirTRiZtr?l I V 6QLrrH iC lie. TTn. 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