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Chapter 52
How Jade Died
'T'HERB ni la twful wilt before
the Sklpptr'i level, expressionless
.Voice went on.
"I wit ibout 1 1 ind Jick mint hive
hive been 23. He'd been iwiy it
school, end he'd come home to hii
Itthir's lew office, which he hi ted,
end mirried sir) hli family liked,
only to find out that he hited her, too.
Be wu wretched, end I (elt sorry (or
Mm. I wouldn't listen to Mirtht'e
wirnings. Neither would Father. He
told her to mind her own business.
' "The upihot of the whole thlnf wu
thit J luddenly found myself violent
ly In love. He m handsome kid.
"In those diys you couldn't divorce
person Just because you hated the
eight ot her. Jack hid no grounds ind
his wife refused to divorce him;
Bounds silly now, but It didn't then.
People had habit of being pretty
. consistently horrible to anyone who
. even mentioned such a word. And
he was the sort of person who cared
a great deil ibout whit people hive
to siy. 1 didn't blime her much, but
, I wisn't that type.
"So Jack and 1 were gloriously
happy for short time, and then
our kid wis born. Mike no mtstike
bout It, Mike. You were born be
cause 1 wanted you. 1 knew whit I
wis doing. You were i cute little
devil, It I do say so myself. I wsnted
, to mme you ifter your ftther, but no
one would heir of It
"It wis In Februiry." There wis a
mile In the quiet voice, "You have
no idea what in uproir you caused.
In her wiy I don't think Mirthi
bltmed me, but (he hid been teering
her hilr for months. She hid thinned
'the servents down to the few old
fiithluli imong them Hlgglns. The
entire household knew, end the stage
wis set for a nice, privite, Victorlin
tctndil the one thing ibove all
then that I wanted to avoid.
- "We had some lovely scenes. I In
tended to flaunt my child in the fece
of ill society, ind Mirths 'i rivlngs on
the side of convention meint nothing
to me. But my fsther did. He blsmed
himself for ruining my life ind went
en in awful ftshion. Jack's wife near
ly died of shime. the entered the
final count thit licked me. She point'
d out thit I would be pliylng filthy
trick on the child. Thit got me. So
they ell took up the refrain and
rubbed It In.
"As a result, old boy, you'll never
And enother person who will admit
that you were bom here on Farring
ton Blurt one February day. Six
months later an infant named Mi'
chael Farrlnaton II suooosedly sr
rived from the far south where young
Norman rarrtngton and bis hypo
. thetleal wife had met with a fatal and
hypothetical potting accident.
' "That ended (he chapter or should
nave ended it. It ended a lot of things
for me. at anv rata. Thev did snort
lob on me when they set about show
Ing me what I hid done to you. Your
ftther ind I hive never been tlone
together since you wer two weeks
old. The risk wis too greet, I made t
little nightmare of any sins to brood
ever when the nights were long end
lonely. Perhtps If I hidn't, this hor
rible thing would never have hap-
penea. out its too lit now.
Then Norman Escaped
SHE smiled wtnly, "On the whole
it's been worth It or I thought it
hid until recently. You're not a bad
brat, Mike. 1 used to flatter myself
thit you hidn't suffered because of
my plghetdedness. You hsd every
thing a kid could need. You end your
father were good friends. I was t
pretty hippy old fooL And then
poor Normin esctped.
"I've told you ebout thit, but I
didn't tell you all of it, He turned up
here tt night In the middle of snow
storm. He wis pitiful. Half-froren,
half-starved tnd entirely lucid. He
wanted protection from the entire
world and above ell from 'that
place.
"Mirthi wit frantic. If you've been
my fetish, Mike, Norman was hers. 1
knew from recent alienists' reports
that for ill his teeming ssnlty, his
condition wit in reality worse thin
ever. But Mirthi wouldn't believe It
Norman pleaded end wept; Martha
begged and stormed. You see, Ftther
hsd left the money and everything
else In my hands and it wit up to me.
I finally agreed to let him stay for
while, but 1 Intended to tend him
back ind Martha knew It.
"It was then thet I realized my mis
take. Mirths was not merely upset
ane wat insane as insane at ever
her poor mother and brother were,
but In a craftier, deadlier way. Sud
denly she began urglnf me to send
for you kids, and when I flatly re
fused, she threatened to write and
tell you the whole story. I wu in ass.
1 see that now, but 1 didn't then. 1
would have walked off the bluff to
keep you from knowing the truth. 1
wu dumb trough for thit I sent for
you.
"On the night you arrived, the
sprang her whole amazing trap on
me. She told me that she had also
Invited Jude, whose mme I hid men.
tloned In my invitation, more to make
it sound nttunl thin for any other
reason. She slid that Jude wis arriv
ing within the hour. Her proposition
in a nutshell was that either 1 prom
ise not to send Norman back or she
would arrange a marriage between
Blinshop't daughter and Bllnshop'i
son.
"1 didn't know about you, Gay
Mike is a close-mouthed lnfsnt when
he wants to be. I did know thet Jude
wis a stunning kid and that Miki
used to be fond of her.
"I was on the verge of doing almost
anything when Jude't arrival di
verted me. 1 left her with Martha tnd
went out for i tramp in the riln tc
try ind collect my wits. That wai
another fittl mistake. It seems thtl
Jack hid Just told hit diughter whil
I didn't hive the courage to tell my
son. And Jude, poor kid, proceeded
to confide her knowledge to my sis
ter, blowing the whole plan sky-high
unless Martha could prevent both Ml.
chael end me from talking to Jude
If Michael had heird that atory, Mar
tha'! list hold over me would hive
been gone. To make mitten worse
Higgins, In the dining room, heard
it ell. If only he could hive told mi
so before he did!
Knew Her Game Wit Up
"TT7ELL, anyway, you three walked
Into a pretty mess when you
came here Frldey night Martha knew
thet her game wit up. but I didn't
tnd her one tim wis to keep me from
knowing It She mtde one bid slip.
She didn't know thit you talked
alone with your titter In the geme
room. She didn't know thit Jude hid
told you the whole thing. And I knew
nothing. I lived centurlet Friday
night when I realized thet you were
together. I threw out one desperite
line to you, Jlmmle, ind you must
hive thought I wu crtzy.
"Upstilri we hid an awful session,
but the storm cut it short You see,
I consented to let you come on one
condition that Norman was not to
be allowed In the house until after
you had left Late Friday afternoon
we fixed him up In the boithoute
where there wis heat, ind he seemed
quite comfortable. But In the middle
of our row we realized that the storm
wis whipping up s flood tide ind thit
the boathousa wetn't sife. He hid in
old skeleton key of Fither's, but hi
might hive fallen isleep ind would
be tripped there.
"I thought of Wllllim'i summer
quarters over the enrage, I got Into
my oilskins and went down the back
stairs and out ilong the porch. You
were still In the game room, Mike,
nd I suppose you saw me through
the window. I siw you."
Michael nodded.
"Yes. Well, Normsn hsd left ths
boithouse ind I couldn't find him. 1
thought thit sooner or liter he would
hud for either the house or the a a
rage. I got to the gnrige Just is you
were coming out of it Norman had
already tried to escape In one ot the
cars. I doubted that he would go to
we nouie. as a matter of (act, 1 most
ly told the truth ebout where I wis
thit night The poor collie wis In I
bid way when I got to the stable. 1
stayed there a long time, and when
Normin filled to errlve I started
DacK.
"As luck would have it I didn't lei
a chance for a private word with Hls
gins. He told me his story Just before
lunch yesterdiy. It seems thet he hed
Kept his eye on Marthas door. At 1
went down the bick stain. Jude cimi
up the front ones, looking for me.
jnartni met her in the hall, crying
tnd wringing her hinds. She told
Jude that 1 hid Just rushed out the
iront aoor snouting thit I wis going
to throw myself off the bluff. Jude
rushed out ifter me. Mirthi stood
behind her on the porch end shot her
with Higgins' revolver before the old
man could stop her."
(Copvriaht. ISST. Idler TvUr)
The Skipper finishes her treglc
atory, tomorrow.
IS
TO HELP BEAVER
RESUME IIS TOIL
NSW HAVEN, Conn. (OT) Oeo.
A. Cromle. New Haven naturalist,
uggeeu the beaver be put back to
work again.
Their dame would be useful not
only In flood control, but would aid
other forme of animal life which
heretofore have thrived In the water
mat net Decxea up oenina tnoee
dame.
"The beever'e whole manner of
life depended on the dams which
they built on email streams." tatd
Cromle. "There have been hundreds
of thousands of these skillfully con
structed engineering works scattered
throughout the United States and
Canada. The dams held beck the
flood waters, high up In the sources
of the rivers, during timet of heavy
ratnfell or sprint; thaw, ind dealt
them out gradually afterward.
"The beaver's engineering feats
Id other animals. Trout thrived In
the cool depths of the stored witert.
Muskntt fed on grasaet end Illy
roots growing along the edge of
dame end bunt their hornet in the
thillowt. Valuable fur-bearing ani
mals like the mink end otter lived
on the fish and smell animal life
In the dams end their nearby wat
ers." According to Cromle. besver once
were numerous In Vnnectlcut. Many
of the sttte't upland meadowa are
met of old beever dame , which
gradually filled up with swsmp
growth, fellen leavea ind silt. The
accumulations resulted in fertile
soils which otherwise would have
wished down to clog river chsnnels.
"Here Is a natural method of check
ing soil erosion."
Betver can be brought beck, Cro
mle trgited. "Canada." he as Id, "Is
attempting It In certain regions. The
Hudson Bay company has established
e sanctuary and breeding ares of
7,01X1 square miles in the James ind
Hudson Bay districts. The dominion
government hss placed the care ot
Its beaver In several national parks
under talented Indian. Orey Owl.
who has long been Identified In
writing end practice with efforts tor
beaver protection."
Ordinary ground will support J5
beaver per acre. And wherever the
beaver Is found, thsre will be the
muskrat. The pelt of i beaver will
bring is much u the pelt of i cow
at the present market.
Cromle makes the suggestion that
beaver be Introduced in atate for
ests tnd that meant be taken to
protect them from natural enemies
end greedy hunters.
"Besldee being of Interest to ttu
dente of nature." he said, "their
work toward flood control In such
btckwood sections would be of e
lest expensive tnd probtbiy more
durable chsrscter tsan similar con
struction by the CCC."
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Most expensive Stamp In History.
Until 1705. resistance of the Amerl-
otn colonlet tgalnst British domina
tion wu weak and unorganized. Men
such it Wsshlngton, destined to be
leaders in the War for Independence,
were loyal in their devotion to the
crown. There waa little agitation or
thought of a break from British rule.
The stamp act changed all that.
When news of the act that Imposed
taxation on the colonies, through a
stamp duty, come to America It
raised a rumbling growl of protest
from the throats of the colonlste a
rumble that culminated In the roar
of cannon.
Leaders of all the colonlea except
New Hampshire, Virginia, rrorth Caro
lina ind Oeorgla hastily banded to
gether In a "Stamp Act Congress,"
Thla body drew up an addreea ot
protest to the King, petitions to
parliament and a declaration of the
rlghta and grievances of the colo
nlea. It demanded the right of tax
ation by the colonlea' own repre
sentatives, claimed right of trial by
Jury and protested the Stamp Act
a tending to subvert the rights and
libertlea of the colonlea.
Taken aback by the unexpected re
sistance to the measure, the British
government hastily repealed the act,
but It waa too late to stem America s
growing opposition to crown rule.
Matters came to a head when, In
1770, all duties In the colonies were
revoked, with the exception of the
tax on tea. In leaving a tea tax In
effect, Oreat Britain atuck by Ita
guns against the colonists' chief com-plalnt---"Taxatlon
without representa.
tlon." The famous "Boston Tea
Party" resulted, acta of violence He
came the order of the day, and the
Inevitable war came. The fighting of
the Revolutionary war cost Oreat
Britain approximately five hundred
million dollars. The Stamp Act which
precipitated the war wu intended
to bring in about three hundred
thousand dollars annually.
Father of the" Atlantic
Priest for the Breton fishing fleet
which each year spends eight months
off the cossta of Newfoundland and
Greenland, Father Yvon has the
largeat parish In the world. It
stretches from the fleet's home port,
St. Malo, Brittany, to the Grand
Banks. The priest's rectory Is his
ketch, the "St. Yves."
Tomorrow: Skipper at lfl!
Betiy Stages ".'lege"
CANTON, O. (UP) Firemen had
tc climb through i window to cap
ture i two-yeir old boy who locked
himself In the bsthroom st the
epsrtment of Samuel Koteen, turned
on the water In the tub ind defied
ill comers. The wtter erei flooding
the room when they entered. !
Judges wrong S to 13
PHOENIX, Arts. (UP) Arizona
Judges split thirteen to three on a
question of law 13 were wrong and
three right. The 13, all superior
court Juatlrea, sought Increased pay
under terms of a low enacted by the
13th legislature; three supreme court
Justices ruled they could not receive
psy Increases during their terms.
Convention CHy
PHILADELPHIA (UP) Philadel
phia la fast corning the sobriquet
of "the convention city." Frank L.
Devine, director of the convention
and tourist bureau of the chamber
of commerce, said that there are
118 conventions booked for the rest
of the yesr, msklng a total of 31S
for the 13 months.
May Be Renamed
SAN JOSE, Col. (UP) At a prune
breakfast-given by the California Chi
ropractors' association the suggestion
was msde that the prune should be
renamed "Petite Pomme Nolr d'Am
our," or "Little Black Apple of Love."
Local growers think that If change
In name Is necessary "Pom" would
be sufficient.
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PERLEV WHEN.Pi.AV.NG BRID6E Otf
friE PLUMBS' PORCH, A &iSi OF WIND
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