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T- -i-tT1-fi'ir irtitW(i1firirfirfi- i i PXCE EIGHT M"EDFORD MAIL TRTBTJKE, BEDFORD. OREGOX. SUNDAY. JFLY 4. 1937 1 C3UDDGD STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof addreee tie author, Inclosing a it-amped envelope (or reply. Reg. TJ. B. Pat OB. BAGGAGE HELPER Br GLUYA5 WILLIAMS OD YC1E D0.UCFGF Chapter SI '1 Have You Covered!' MFABR1NGTON was dressed ind ' wilting. I could see it glance that iht hid been crying, but her mood ui fir from mellow. -It's about time you put In in ap pearance, young man, she said curt lv -Where under the iun il Michael or that Palmer girl? Am 1 to lit here all morning waiting Cor my breakfast?" No. mellow was not the word. "I'm sorry. Aunt Martha. Mike'a been having a bad time trying to dress himself. I sent him down to Gay to tee if she couldn t calm him. It Was the wrong approach. "Calm hlml" snorted M. Farrlngton. "That little red-headed thing has had him on pins and needles ever since she got here. How Is Biroara7" "SleeDine." 1 tried to make my voice soothing. "She'll be O.K. when she wakes up. "Hmmph! Under the circumstances you might find a better word for it 1 suppose that if 1 am very good my chauffeur will Ulow me to see her for a few moments just before dinner. Come along, Jamesl Now what la the matter?" i was hesitating with my band on the door. "Aunt Martha, there's something 1 wanted to talk to you about before the police arrive." Her eves blazed Indignantly. "Po lice? Ii that quite necessary? You may tell George Foster that I won't allow It!" "I'm afraid it wfU be out of his hands." I said. "He can help with the tPspers. of course, but Aunt Martha, .we ought to establish the fact that Higgini was a suicide, before the po lice get here ana ana "Don't stutter. I shan't scream. And tuhot?" i "And In order to prove that, we must prove that the bullet which killed him came from the gun in his hand," Her eyes widened. "Then find the bullet, jamesl" she said sharply. "I've been trying to. It It just isn't there." "Nonsense! It must be. Old you look In his head? "It passed right through his head.1 Her chin went, if anything, little higher. "James, you couldn t find any. thing if it were tied to the end of your nose. Never could. Open that door. She wai something to look at, I can tell you, with the tears still wet on her face, striding down that hall like a major-general. The rest of us might be ready for sanatorium! before we were through, but not Martha Farrlngton. "Children should be brought up with a little self-reliance," she stated. "If a man is shot, he Is shot by a bul let. Obvious. "Yes, ma'am," I said meekly, and we paraded forthwith Into Higgini' room. 'Stand Over There' HER face grew grim aa ihe caught light of that bed. But her voice was ragged. "Poor Higgini," she said, "Poor, loyal fellow. Jamesl The last word came with auch un expected force aa to make me jump. -ies, mmmr 1 said in ine invoiun' tary tone of my youth. "Were you the first person to find him?" "Yes. He was tying Just as he la . now.' "1 see." Her face screwed In thought. "He was about your height. jbtana over there by the wall." Without a word I obeyed her. ' "Now then, a man about to kill himself Is in no slate of mind to ill down, He must have been standing here," she suited the action to the word, "with his gun in his hand like this." She stood facing the bed dra matically. "He pulls the trigger, Is spun completely around by the force of the explosion, and landa on his back on the bed. Thu bullet must be over your head there. James." The blanket over tl.e dead man's form had not been moved. From the moment that I realised that M. Far rlngton, who had known Higgini all nis lite, waa depicting that death scene with the Imaginary revolver held in her right hand, my limbs had gone suddenly stiff. Even after she had finished speaking, 1 could not move. Her voice rang out sharply. "Don't move, Jamesl As the expres sion goes, I have lou covered.'" She had reached under the blanket ind removed the revolver from Hig gini hand. It waa trait.ed itralght at my heart 1 muttered something that dldn'l make sense. "Quite so. James." Her smile wi unpleasant "You see it happens that my brother Norman was not insane. Barbara did cot believe that i would have showed her quite convincingly if that fool Hlggins had held his tongue. Norman could not see that he might better be dead than back in that place. Therefore, 1 showed him. As for Judith, she was In the way. So waa Higglna, much aa 1 regret that fact So are you. James. Therefore " ' But she never finished. 1 made the most perfect football charge of my career. We went down In a heap to gether, aimultaneously with the deaf ening report of the revolver. Long before I managed to get to my feet 1 knew that Martha Farrlngton was dead. Iht Skipper Talks 1 STOOD at the living-room win dow, gazing out across the clut tered sweep of lawn and drive toward the gut where a boat from the main land should be appearing. Breakfast, such as we could manage to choke down, waa over. William and Annie were clearing it away. Between Michael and Gay on the davenport sat the Skipper. She should have been in bed, but we could do nothing with her. A very short time would bring relief, and with II a doctor. There was r weird sense ol unreality In the room, a sense ol awakening from a bad nightmare, an illusion intensified by the Skipper'i quiet voice. "Your grsndfather, Mike, was u pretty unlucky person. He was only a kid when he married Martha Waterman. Pretty little thing, I've been told good family. They had about Ave years of happiness and then with two kids on their hand! it developed that the wife was In sane. "They didn't put people In asy lums those days If they could possibl help It He kept her here for three yeara. And then In one of these win ter itormi, she got away from hei nurse and went over the bluff. She waa killed. "He got over It In time. There were two kids, both seeming er normal and healthy. Eventually he married my mother, whohi he had known all his life. I was born about a year later, and the three of us grew up together. For a long time the other kids didn'l even know that my mother wasn't theirs. But servants talk and there waa gossip In the village. They found out and they brooded about it. When Norman was about 18 and Martha about 20. he began to show unmis takable signs of Insanity. Whether he had actually Inherited it or brought It on by brooding and fear, we nevei knew. Anyway, It was there. "1 waa about 13 at the time and I didn't understand much about it bul I knew that Father was in a terrible state. Remembering what happened to the mother, he clapped the young ster Into a private nursing home. 1 think that when Father died, he wat still expecting Norm to be cured. He never was. He came heme once for s short time, but we couldn't manage him. We sent him back and he nevei came out again until a few monthi ago. "Martha had always been crazy about the boy. When they sent him away, they had a time with her, 1 can tell you. She accused Father of trying to kill him, among other things. In sisted that he had also murdered her mother. But the doctors assured Father that she was merely neurotic not In the least insane. Father al ways felt that Martha's attitude had a great deal to do with my mother'i death. But that wai absurd. My mother died of pneumonia shortly after Norm was taken 111, and thai finished Father. He drew Into his shell and left us to our own devices. "I'm not trying to excuse myself now. I Just want Mike In particular to understand how things were. You see, the servants had adored my mother. Consequently, they took great delight In pampering me. And Martha, for such a proper soul, got a big kick out of my escapades. "And then" The Skipper's voice faltered but Immediately picked up again. "Then something happened. There was a youngster 1 used to play with Jack Blinshop. I used to golf with him, gun with him. boat with him. We'd alwaya been cronies" Again the Skipper paused. (CepyriaM. IS?. Either Tller) The Skipper tells how Jude met hei death, tomorrow. T TENTS iN DELUGE By nnui'as Janny WASHINGTON, June ST. (Special correspondence. 1 The B7 Scouts of Crater Lake council arrived here at 10 &. m. today. We went directly to the camp, which la Columbia Island, across the main part of the Potomac river In Virginia. We started right In pitching tenta. building tables and getting settled generally It beaan to rain, which la very unusual. Just aa we got through for the day. On June 28 we ftntahed setting up the camp and cleaned up the grounda. There arc three large tent with eight bunks In each and there la a patrol for each tent. June 29 waa started by gettlnii ready for Inspection which was at 10 a. m. Then wo went to the doctor for a second medical examination At nine o'clock the scouts from the Wil lamette council Joined us. They will be with us for the rent of the time, we practiced marching tormattona for half an hour. In the afternoon me drilled some more and fixed our exhibition. nine ItiirkT Run? THE DALLES. July Ss ,! rlah ermen observing a run of blue backs. a email species of salmon prized by cannera for their rich, oily fieah. said today run ladders at Bonneville sp pared to be functioning efficiently. The run Is one of the heaviest In re cent seasons. Closing lime foi too Lata to CUa if j Ads la 1:30 p. m. j OLD BELL PEALS TOZIER REQUIEM HILLS BORO. Ore., July 9. The old Methodist church bell Albert Toiler rang to greet the New Year for three score years and five tolled for his funeral yestcrdsy. Friends and officials from many parts of the state QAthered to pay laat tribute to the pioneer Ortyon newspaper man and historian who died at Portland Sunday. A state police escort accompanied the funeral-procession to the little country cemetery. Until last year. Toeler came to Hlllsboro annually, aon.etlnies from far corners of the world, to pull the belt rope aa the new yea i dawned. Five Lives Toll Of Week In Industry BAI.HM. July 3. (API The state Industrial accident commission re ceived reports during the pant week that five persons wero allied and ! Injured In Industrial accident over the stste. Thone killed were Charles It. Wicks. Wendllim deputy sheriff, injured June 14; Joirph E aentlemann. Mon mouth tongman. Injured June ft at Ctlenwnod: Leslie B Hatch. Carlton rlrtirr. Injured March a; William O Judklna, Eiwcne messenger, injured May 10: L. c. B.itlcron. Clatakanlii choker aetter. injured June 22 at Seaside. 9 w wa awe 7tn m inn wteK Itwrrt NiONTrt(37 wmzwot WW& MhRRltt? 17 YfcRS oh MhRCH I7frt, 037, m is 0N6 0P 7CHIW7REN.M 51UCK, vwue, owicts w 1fte Uickv ffitoHm mm. crtrWioHSrtip. at v QREMBR THAN THE NUNIpcFs Of jWRlC&H SOW6ft5 KllieD IN Trie Mf? FOR IHOBPBHOBHCB rS&OUT to TtA& fa MPiNV HtYfe ' f .REWORKS f WEffg WOUKOEP ik Trie WM?.. EM UOtl Hi War vs. Klretvork. Strange aa It aeenw. far more Americana have lost their lives In celebrating their Independence with fl rework than were sacrificed to gain ltt The number of American soldiers killed In the Revolutionary War to taled 4044. In the period from 1900 to 1930 alone, American deaths by fireworks In celebration of Inde pendence Day came to 4290. These figures, released by the National So ciety for the Prevention of Blindness, do not Include the many deaths which occurred long after the Fourth of July as the direct result of fire works accidents on the Fourth. The figures also fall to Include the num ber of fireworks deaths not made public. Seriously wounded American sol diers of the War for Independence totaled approximately 6000. Over 16 times as many Americans were seri ously Injured by fireworks from 1900 to 1930. Blnce that time, the Fourth of July fireworks toll has steadily mounted and the "seriously Injured" list stands at about 120.000. A survey for 1927 compiled from 38 states disclosed the following fig ures: 161 persons killed by fireworks accidents from June 10 to July 17. 52 of these were children leas than five years old. 84 burned to death when their clothing waa Ignited by fireworks or bonfires. 20 children were burned to death by "harmless sparklers." 21 Children died as the result of eating fireworks. 32 persons ware shot by "unloaded guns" or stray bullets. 30 persons lost one or both eyes. 300 others suffered eye Injuries. 1900 persons were otherwise Injured Figures for 1935 show that 24 deaths. 539 eye Injuries and 57 eases of loss of sight were caused by fireworks. I.urky Bat Boy. Eddie Bennett, a hunchback, was a major league bat boy for ten years, 1919-1928. During this time his teams won eight league champion ships: Chicago White Sox. I; Brook lyn Dodgers, ; New York Yankees, 6. Monday: Most Expensive Stamp In IIMnn! RAIN AND SUN DAMAGE CHERRIES; LOSS HEAVY MOOD RIVER, July 8. p Heavy showers foltowrd by bright aun took a new toll In the cherry producing area already hard hit by mid-June rain storms, Tho loss In Blng cherries, usually In good demand on eastern market. may reach 90 percent. Grocers said nearly half the Royal Anne tonnage may be lost. Lamberts escaped seri ous damage. Find Skeleton." HILLSBORO, July 3. (AP) Police sought today to identify a skeleton found on a farm near here and which apparently was the remains of a prnon who had died alx or seven wstr. years ago. Nearly $45 In gold and silver coins waa found near the skeleton and the name of Charles F. Oolble waa Inscribed on a watch. EUOENB, July 3 . ( AP Sylvester C. Lewis, 69, drowned Wednesday when a log., slipping off Its blocks, rolled Into horse creek, carrying Lewis with It and pinning him under auwriiiMY ca -Co rMirp aV hpr px firiYitJA While father ft SlbvT- HE HAS BME 0uf fo HELP trlE STRAPS REAW U BA6S OW RACK, HIM SlRAP"frlE 5A66A6E WHIRIA StRAPUKE A OM-fHEfAR 1ASS0, CMHlM6 TA1MER A CRACK ON MrS EAR fefSEfWMOLrf OffrlE W.fAtrlR SENDS HIM IH 1b ASH IF MOWER. S ALMOST ffEACrV f) FATHER CALLS HIM I3ACK ATYER CONSIDERABLE WATCHES rDTrlER FtfflSH, StVS HEftttefofaL TO DEMAND WHAT DID SEARCH RfMtnotrra HE SLOWING IrllNfcS UKJOMf Min "mm ntnnm wmi: HE DO WlTM THE OTHER TiED if AROUND T?EE RR WHAT BV UNWlTT'iH6lY THE BLACK BAfe IHSiPE STRAP SPirC-KEEPINfe STANDING OH END Or 5iW THtCflK, Btlt 11 HASfME LUritH IN If (Copyright, 1987, by Tha Ball gyndialA Ilia.) S 'MATTER POF By 0. M. PAyNB jr "ls Jj a (Copyrltht, 1M7, by Ths BU gdlcs'hc.) . 1 j TAILSPIN TOMMY Skeeter Innocently "Spills tha Beans!" By HAL FORREST We ltfT TOMMY, POSING A3 LAC6Y, LATE- SPY PILOT, AHD JOSt ORT, KtY MAM Of" THE- tSPioriAee sahg PREPARING TO FLY TO THE: OR&TIIZATICXl's Ht AD QU ARTE- R S . . . WHE-RE- TOM HOPtS TOLtARM THtr IDENTITY Of" THE LEADER.. MEANWHILE, SKEETER RETURNS TO THfc BLUE LAMTESM in.N, SEEKING HIS PAL 'SCUSE- ME-, MA'AM. DO YOU KNOW WHERE- I CAN EIND TAILSPIN inwo M new MnL Of A DRINK YOU MIGHT TRY THE COCKTAIL LOUM6t At J BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Answer' By EDWIN ALOES 50LO T ALL IU HALF- AU HOUR.?, UCm'D Vt AAOV6 THAT FA"T ? A WO HAVt VOU O0.DtR.E0 SOAAE AAOBx FROM THE BAKER? WT 1 e 1 HAVE V - A r VOU'JE GOT THE (jO-EATEST PjOCbTER u tovju u old colowel J TUTTlUCiTOU HIMSELF HE TALXE0 ten at rotarx sewtROAy, kmamis the Llr jn 1- DAV 6EFOR.S AUD- 3 5 - r 3 AT THE VWOMAU''; CLUb, PAREU.T 1EACHERS. A5.0CATlOU, AUY WUM6ER OP THE CHURCHES, CHO0La AV40 HE' EVCM TA-Kr4Cj ABOUT , REUTUCj THE OPERA HOUSE- I f 9 f PAl LCi Ul& lf.TllO" IUAUT Tn LMt TO E 00 V AWO n'i ALL A&OUT THE BR-EAO-AMO.dO&H, Mt6 r-ovf AREW T BUYIV46 V IT THE NEBBS Hit and Run r OW.MELLO.MISS GCUMTLEY, IT'S f NJICe TO HEAR, vfOUft VCHCE- 1UAS lCOa3 FORLUARO TO A VISIT LUTW NOU TOMI&MT eOT fOMETWIKJG CAME UP Ak)D TVS IMPORTANT TMAT 1 LOOK INJTO IH- IM 5CKV ITS MY WINDOW OLASS-Wf Mil iml...v lass and will rvpiac yuur nroKf ftindoas reasonaDly. Iruftbrldg CS'. mat Wurluv LOSS 1M TOO. 1 HCv'E A HW-IBORoER STEAK TWilk:e.R;Kj A Bls OVCTICWARV 6CC. AauvDAVJCE FOR- twree am' wouj sou AikA- COMiM'-PAPFV WIUU O.'EU EAT AJAiiJ & HAMSUCtoEQ STEAK. MQfE ' COOKEXJ, AMO WOUJ 1 LOVE 1T TLt CALL WHR. 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