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fRDFOTfT) MATE TRIBUNE, TvrEDFORD, OREGON'. TCESTUY. .TTJNE 29. 1937.
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
SLEEP
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYNOPSIS; A mvttirimu fhol
fcitts Jud flliiuhop, mil old flamt,
at th ttart 0 our ormv mrt
end at Farrinoton B'.ulf. horn of
Michael's aunts. After a lertei of
trance attack. ue J.nd the body
o Michael's mad father oelou the
bluff. Then stout, Victorian Aunt
Martha Is hot in the shoulder and
nearly finished with ileepinp
powders. Evidence pile up aaitut
Hipglm, the old butler, and i re
luctantly lock nlm in hie room.
The Skipper, Mlke'e all, tweedy
younger aunt, disappears; we find
her sir hours later, bound in a
cheit In the duty old lot.
Chapter 47
A Shot In Higglnt' Room
ET WlUlam," 1 wheeled. "Yell
VJ for him."
Michael yelled, his voice ringing
wildly through that empty loft. An
answering roar camb Immediately
from below, and the next initant Wil
liam's head appeared through the
trap.
"Get down a few rungs!" 1 panted.
"I'll hand hei down."
William was quick and efflclei.t
Slowly we lowered our limp bundle
Into his waiting arms. 1 followed him
will. Michael clattering behind me. 1
could hear M. Farrlngton's excited
voice In William's room, Interrupted
by Gay's soothing one. 1 saw Annie,
white and trembling, in Cook's door
way. But William was halfway down
the corridor. 1 caught up with him as
he strode Into my room and laid his
burder on my bed. His large hand
went Immediately to the Skipper's
heart and stayed there for at least 10
seconds.
"Get a mirror," he said at length In
a hushed voice. '"
1 leapt .o obey him. Without a
Word he held the thing over the Skip
per's nose and mouth. 1 was obliged
to hold on to Michael to prevent In
terference. And then William turned
the mirror up. It was covered with
a fine mist.
His voice barked at us, "Open the
windows! Quick!"
1 did and a great many other
things In the next half hour, until 1
became violently ill myself and had
to be taken out
William was just lowering the Skip
per's head to the pillow as . reen
tered the room shakily a long time
later. The glass he had handed Gay
was empty, but the patient's face was
still ghastly, her eyes closed, and her
breathing now palnfuny audible from
serosa the room 1 caught sight of
Michael. Beads ot perspiration were
standing out on his forehead. His
banda were clenched, his eyes shut.
1 went out Into the hall, groping
for a cigarette and trying to deafe.
my ears to the sounds from the othsr
room. 1 had had enough. Even the
thought ot the approaching hour of
reckoning failed to move me. me
Skipper would tell her story. The po
lice would come. And tor my part
at that moment, 1 didn't care what
she might tell them or what they
might do about It I was through. Or
so 1 thought
It must have been a good 10 mln
utes before 1 realized that Michael
had Joined me.
"Got a cigarette?" he said.
The gloomy vigil had Just begun
After a long time I becamj conscious
of the scene outside the window
The trees along the drive were stand
ing out In sharp relief. 1 could even
see the outline ot the drive Itself In
the misty gray light My watch said
five minutea of six. We were within
a few hours of the end.
"It's getting light Mike," 1 said
polntlessly.
A Hollow Feeling
MICHAEL, staring fixedly out of
th window, didn't stir. 1 put an
Impulsive hand on his shoulder, half
expecting 't to j shaken off. It wasn't
And so we stood there. A hollow feel
ing In my middle and a lightness In
my head spelled breakfast, but I had
a feeling that once confronted with
food I would not be able to eat It.
Suddenly 1 wanted to get back Into
that sick-room to find out whatever
there was to find out But 1 didn't like
to propose that to Michael and 1 didn't
like to leave him alone.
A hand falling on my arm made
me lump. Gay was standing there.
"She i going to be all right She'
asleep Anally."
Michael spun around. "Are you
sure? It msy be hours before we can
get a doctor."
"Of course I'm sure. Her breathing
Is all right now and her pulse
good. I took it myself. Mlckle " Her
voice was doing things that could
mean only a sentimental Interlude. I
Interrupted peevishly.
"Did she say anything?"
Gay glanced at me briefly. "She
said she was sorry to be such
damned nuisance. It anyone should
happen, to ask me. I'd say we got out
of this pretty darned lucKyr
I tiptoed Into the Skipper's room.
She did look letter. There was a
slight tinge of color in her face. But
God! How haggard she was! Her
cheek bones stood out sharply; her
eyes were great black hollows; and
her hair In the dim light of the bed
lamp showed almost entirely Iron
gray. And only a few months before
It was unthinkable!
I found myself reverting to one all
Important question. Jude's family.
Who was to tell them? It would be
sheer cruelty to leave the Job to any
one of the three Farrlngtons. Gay had
never met the Bllnshops. And that
left me.
Rliht then and (here I began to lay
nlans. We would say absolutely noth
ing to the natives who arrived from
the village. 1 wouia go Dae wun
them and straight to George Foster,
the coroner. 1 knew Foster, a fat old
boy who loved above all things to
troll tor bass. 1 would tell him the
whole story and leave it up to him.
He had spent a lifetime In such
messes, and he had been a lifetime
friend of the Farrlngtons. If anyone,
knew what to do, he would. Then 1
would either hire a car in the village
or borrow Foster's, and head straight
for Blinshop
Screaming through that silent
house came the unmistakable sound
of a pistol shot Bred at no great dis
tance from where I sat
'He's Done It!'
MY eyes darted to the Skipper's
face. She hadn't stirred. Reach
ing over, 1 found her pulse to be
strong and steady. Without hesitating
1 dashed Into the hall In the direction
from which the sound had come
the other side of the house, near my
room. It must be In the servants'
quarters. As 1 crashed through the
swinging door 1 saw the door of Ilia
gins' room standing open, and two
more steps orougnt me wumn range
of all 1 wanted to see.
Hienlns lay sprawled grotesquely
over the bed. In one hand was the
much discussed revolver. A small,
blue hole showed In one of his tem
ples. There was a great deal of blood
on the coverlet. The house was ring
ing with poui'dlng feet
"Has done It!" shouted William.
'He's done himself lni"
1 tried to answer, but I couldn't gel
out a single word. So It was Higgins
after all. Hlgglns, the dignified.
pompous old codger, to die like thlsl
There were screams In the hall,
screams and babbling voices. M. Far-
rington was resisting Michael's at
tempts to turn her away from the
ghastly sight and Gay on the other
side of the old lady was doing her
best to help. Beyond them In the hall,
Annie was standing In her nightdress,
wide-eyed and shaking. I took Gay's1
arm rougbqj.
"Go bacH . the Skipper." I said.
"Don't leaw'trf for any reason." Gay
seemed to b. the only person there
with even a mild trace of sanity. She
went Ithout a word.
"Please. Aunt Martha!" Michael
was saying. "Come away. Please"
M. Farrlngton'a volco went zoom
ing up the scale wildly. "1 will look!
1 mustl 1 don't believe it! He was here
before 1 was bornl Ho"
, I tried my hand. "Aunt Martha," 1
said, shaking her none too gently.
"Mike can't stand any more of this
He's all In. Take him out of here."
Far an instant It was touch and go.
whether the ruse would work or
whether she would go oil In hysterics
1 could see them rising In her spas
modically working throat And then.
"Of course. Of course!"
The look of relief o.. Michael's face
was enough for me. 1 turned back
Into the room, 'hearing William's
voice In the distance ordering Annie
to go back and watch Cook. Once
more William and 1 faced each other
over the body.
"1 suppose," 1 said through stiff
Hps, "we could do something to stop
this bleeding. It's messy."
William's voice wasn't steady. "1
wouldn't touch nothing, sir. The po
lice will want to see It Just like It Is."
"It seems beastly to leave lt
alone like this."
"Well, wait a minute, sir."
Before 1 could stop him. William
was out of the room. It was all 1 could
do to keep from shouting after him.
1 turned away from the sickening
sight and leaned heavily upon the
dresser. Something bulky under the
scarf attracted my attention and I
lifted the thing automatically. Lying
face upward on the dark oak surface
were the two letters that had so mys
teriously disappeared from William's
room. 1 was still glaring at the things
when William reappeared with a
dark blanket which he drew care
fully over the bed.
"Look here, William."
There was more curiosity than sur
prise on his face as l,e took the things.
"So that's It He wasn't a bad sort un
til something got under his skin
whatever It was."
fOnvrtoM ISJ7. tjthtr Tuler!
A splotch In the wall platter of lllg
gins' room Jolts me, tomorrow.
ALLOWED BY LAW;
REPEAL IS SOUGHT
SANDUSKY. O. (VP) Th atwl
rigid Uw of 1B40 wilt b revised and
repealed under a city commlaaioner'a
drive against obsolete regulation.
The lawt at that time were o nu
merou and quirky, that even law
abiding citizens "looked before they
acted." Iet they, break some miuty
unknown regulation.
One regulation, pawed In 183 and
unrepealed to date provide! (or nude
bathing In Sandusky bay between
sunset and aunrl&e. The regulation
state that "It ahull be unlawful tor
an) person. In an unclothed and Halt
ed condition, to go Into or bathe in
the open waters of Sandusky bay,
wlthtn the corporate limit of the
city, at any lime after the rising f
the sun and before dark."
A law passed In 1883 forbade throw
ing objects at horse, carriages, wag
ons and birds. In 1873 It was unlaw
ful for "any boy under the age of 18
year to jump on or off from any
railroad csr within the corporate lim
its of the city.
"No lamp-pole climbing." lighting
or extinguishing public lights, were
"shalt nota," and carried heavy pen
alties. The "drugstore cowboys" were with
out prairies under the law which said
"loafing on sidewalks" and aUo
"fences adjacent thereto." were mis
demeanor. Use of obecene. Insult tug
or abusive (angiiane In the hearing
of citizens made a person mbject to
penalty.
An old statute stated, "Street car
shall st no time be driven at a great
er rate of speed than fl miles an
hour" and that at certain Intersec
tions "the rate of peed shalt not be
faster than a walk."
Stacking of hay. straw or fodder
within five rods of any building where
fire was ued waa also punishable.
Other laws provide agatnM hang
ing on moving vehlclrs: music, stalls
or women In places where Intoxicat
ing liquor was sold, and the keeping
of certain qualltlt of gunpowder for
longer than 4 hours.
Police contend ordinances are In
such aha fie it la impossible, without
searching for hours and tven days, to
find which ordinances have been re
pealed or amended.
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Hone Market ftnam
WALSENHURa. Colo. UJP1-A boom
in the market price of bones has
caused Junk buyers to search the
prairies for skeletons of cutle. The
price of nones ha jumped from 9
a ton In IPS to the prewnt j7 M
The ooom Is attrlbutrtt to European
rearmament.
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BY
BERLIN, June 39. (Pi Adolf Hl
ler npplauded today while nazt Ger
many, through- her nlghest apostles of
economics, made known to the Inter
national chamber of commerce her
demand for a share In the world's
raw materials and It trade.
Col. General Hermann Wllhelm Go
erlng, virtual dictator of Germany's
4-year plan for self sufficiency, and
Dr. HJalmar Schacht, her economic
minister, spoke out to the 1.500 dele
gates from 40 countries to seek a Ger
man place In the economic aun and
the return of war-lost colonies.
Der fuehrer led the applause from
the president's box.
Only last night, at Wurzburg, Hit
ler had hla own tay on the relch's
shortage of raw materials. Then he
declared Germany would welcome an
Insurgent victory In Spain because,
"as It Is generally known, we try to
buy ores everywhere." Spain la rich In
the minerals that Germany needs.
. "Sqtilrk"
TOLEDO, June 30. (yp) Two doc
tors recovered an open safety pin
.wallowed by month-old Sharon Ann
Ounderson. When the delicate ;per
ctlon was over, the Infant gurgled
"rqulrk."
CORVALLIS. June 30. (AP) P. L.
Ballard, vice-director of the extension
service at Oregon State college, left
for Washington today to assist in
formulating the 1038 agricultural
umsorvatlon program for wheat pro
duction. Refuses Strike Duty
CLEVELAND (UP) Police Captain
Eugene Aufmuth rejected an assign
ment that would havo made him tlie
commander of all police strike details,
because, he said, he didn't want to
be "a public relations dlrectpr."
PORTLAND, June 29. (fl) Federal
Judge James A. Fee signed a tempor
ary Injunction Monday restraining
the teamster's union from Interfering
with the delivery of "Red Label" beer
from the brewers' union.
The teamsters must appear on July
8 to show cause why the order should
not become permanent.
The teamsters placed a boycott on
the "Red Label" suds last Thursday
and refused to permit Its distribution.
Coming chiefly from California and
eastern states, the beer handled by
the brewers' union represents about
one-third of Portland's supply.
WASHINGTON. June 2o7 ;p
Hugh R. Wilson. Chicago, c ireer
d plomat and now minister to Geneva
wns nominated by President Roose
velt today to be an assistant secretary
o. Btate.
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PARErHS tiPTOE UPfOBED. CAUSING
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SQUEAK. WAKES UP
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