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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.
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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
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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
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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." !
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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,
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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.
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