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Chapter S3
Aunt Martha' Machinatloni
"I SUPPOSE Mirth! thoufht she
had dont away with all posslblll
tlea of Mike's hearing about hli fa
ther. She handed Biggins the fun and
went quickly back to bed. Poor Hlg
f ini made lure that he could do noth
ing for Jude. He cleaned and reload
ed the gun and resolved to talk to me
before he laid anything to anybody
else.
"As for Tie, my situation got In
creasingly worse from the moment
1 walked Into the kitchen. I felt sure
that either Martha or Norman had
done It. but 1 had not one shred of
proof and didn't have until Hlgglns
spoke to me yesterday. Martha staged
a frightened, elderly woman act I
could get nowhere with her. I did
nothing because we were as much on
our guard is we could be and I want
ed to avert panic.
"How the dlckent Norman man
aged to elude us when we searched
the srounds In broad daylight. I don'l
know. He may have let himself Into
the house more than once with that
key. I don't think there's any doubt
that he waa the intruder who dealt
with Cook and Annie. That handker
chief he used on Annie was yours, aa
a matter of fact. Mike. Hed been
using some of your clothes. Hlgglns
was the prowler In the hall. He told
me so. But poor Norman must have
ransacked Martha's room and muti
lated the cat In just the sort of freniy
the doctors had predicted. .
"I'm sure that you and William suf
fered at hla hands, Jim. Then, 1 Im
agine, he let himself Into Jude'a room
with his key and concealed himself in
that horrible fashion. Martha must
have known that he was there. 1 sup
pose she really thought that he was
better dead than confined. At any
rate, the minute I realized that he was
gone, 1 could think of only one thing
the spot on the bluff where his
mother died and where Martha used
to brood for hours as a girl, in her
mind she had made a martyr of her
mother. Something told me that she
Intended to do the same with her
brother. 1 knew what we would find
at the foot of that cliff before 1 had
taken a single step.
"You see, 1 still hadn't talked to
Higgina. 1 knew tha. we war at the
mercies of a homicidal maniac, but I
had not one shred of proof and my
chances of being believed were pretty
slender. I put her to bed and 1 thought
he was sleeping when I left her. Ap
parently she wasn't Higgina was on
the verge of telling you the whole
story, Jim, when he saw her stand
ing outside the window In my oil
skins listening. She frightened him
half out of his wits. What ah was
doing out there 1 don't know. Look'
lng at the scene of Norman'a death
possibly. At any rate from then on
she began to distrust Hlgglns. After
you went looking for Mike, Jim, he
let her In. And she threatened him,
poor old boyl He was terrified. He
got her to her room and went in
. search of me.
'My Aim Waa Rotten'
"A fE AN WHILE you got tha wacky
1,1 notion that you were Insane.
Mike, and I did the hardest thing I've
ever aone tn my lire. I went to Hlg
gins' room, got his revolver, and
walked straight down tha hall to
Martha's door. In view of Hlgglns1
story she must have lust left the oil
skins In my room and started to un.
dress. She was at the dressing-table
and as she turned toward me, I shot
her. Unfortunately, my aim was rot'
ten. Hlgglns had caught sight of me
in the servants' hall. Aa 1 turned
around he was right at my elbow. He
never said a word. Took the gun out
of my band, wiped It clean with his
handkerchief, and shoved me to the
head of the stairs. To all Intents and
purposes we were coming up them
as you rushed down the hall, Mike.
Hlgglns had the alibi right on the tip
or ma tongue.
"When 1 heard that I had failed.
knew that 1 had endangered your
lives more than ever. Martha knew
who had shot her, although I don
think she actually saw me. She knew
and she laid her plans accordingly.
"I was with her for some time, you
may remember, She pretended to be
asleep, but 1 knew that she wasn't
She was my sister practically my
mother and and a grand girl, Godl
How I pitied herl But we aat there
within two feet ol c. . , an"
planned each other's dealu i waited
until she asked for another sleeping
powder. 1 went Into the bathroom to
fix it, where she could not possibly
see me, and I put a half a box of the
damned powders Into her glass.
"But she was ahead of me. I came
back to And her crying. It wasn't as
if her state of mind had been her
fault Seeing her that way got me.
1 tried to comfort her. but she
wouldn't listen for a long time. Then
something appeared to snap in her
and she poured out a story. She said
thai she had lured you Into the old
loft Mike, and shot you. Then, fright
ened, she had put you inside one ol
the cedar chests and left you there-alive.
If 1 had stopped to thlru, would
have known that she was lying. She
hadn t been out or my sight since you
had left the room. But she knew me
well enough to know that I wouldn't
stop. That loft was used as a sort ol
strong-room In Grandfathers time.
had forgotten Ita existence. I tore
up to It dragging her with me. And
when I got to the place where she
wanted me, she simply crowne mc
with something. The rest of that
let'a not talk about."
The Skipper's pauses were becom
lng longer and more difficult but she
went on.
'1 think Higgina suspected her, but
the place had never been used in hit
time. He didn't know how to get intc
it and he knew that Martha wa;
watching him. r heard someone tap
ping around down here trying to Bnr
the opening, and 1 Imagine It wa'
Higglns. Also, he probably wasn'
sure of himself. Martha's nearly d;
lng after aha finally took the powdc
probably made him wonder whetl
1 hadn't simply attempted to mure
her a second time and then beat It
escape being caught.
I heard him calling to me seve.
times through the Door in his roo
He apparently knew I whs there, L
thought 1 could answer him or con
down if 1 wanted to. When Mart!
knew that 1 had been found del
or alive she knew that Hlggii
would talk. Poor old Hlgglns he
been protecting her with his life. H
even removed those letters that sh
planted in William's room. She begge
the originals from me long ago anc
kept them all thla time. Those letter;
were forgeries, of course. Hlgglns hac
saved her life, but now he was dan.
gerous. And so she killed him."
A Moral Somewhere
THE Skipper stopped abruptly anc
the audden silence waa painful
Micnael sat with his head In hli
hands, motionless. Gay's subduec
face was turned toward him. and hei
eyes were anxious. But the Sklppei
aat straight and stiff between them
her face a mask and her eyes stralgh'
ahead. Finally Michael raised hli
head.
"Ia that all?" he said In a mufflet
voice.
The Skipper's smile was twisted
"That'a all. If you like, Jim, you car
send Jack Blinshop out here to me
1 suppose It's poetic justice that I
should be the person to tell him."
Blindly I groped foi- words, found
none, and choked out "I'm telling
him."
Gay got suddenly to her feet
dropped one swift kiss on the top ol
the Skipper's head, and went noise
lesaly from the room. I wanted tc
follow her, but my feet seemed rlv.
eted to the spot.
"1 suppose." the Skipper's voice
went on. "there's a moral somewhere
in this, although at the moment it
eludes me. Something about th
wages of sin, no doubt. Only. Mlckle
I" Her voice caught and stopped
One Instant there was silence; thi
next the room waa filled with dry
hard sobbing, Michael crashed to hi
knees.
1 slipped through the game roon
and out the aide entrance to th
lawn, barely feeling the sting of th
cold, salt air. I needed a coat but no
badly enough to go back for one. Th
foot of the drive confronted me be '
fore 1 was really aware that I ws
walking. Pausing. I stared out acros
the water toward the mainland.
motor dory was headed straight foi
tha spot where 1 stood. In anothei
minute the leathery old face of Andif
Darrel was staring up at me from
under his sou'westet.
"Hi there!" he trumpeted nasally.
THE END
AT CRATER LAKE
CRATER LAKE. flpD Purk Nut
uralUt John E. Dorr, Jr., hta an
nounced member of the 1037 nttur
alUt ataff hero to carry on a aummer
pro ram of reaearch. guided field
irlpa and other aervlcea. The men
are trained tn different field of nat
ural science and will continue actlv-j
It lea begun tn previous year. '
Geologic research will be under
taken by Wayne Kartchner, geolctgy
profewor. flan Jone -Stat Teachers'
Colleae, Calif., in roHnboratlon with
Loren r. Miller. Santa Cnir. cllf
high school science instructor. The
two men will work closely with Doerr.
Dr. Arthur D. Hauler. Voratown, Va.
1 1 mo nolo 1st. trained In freah water
bloloxy, will study Crater lake fish
life, including food sources, propaga
tion, ae, abundance and other prob.
Jems. Dr. Hauler, formerly with the
U. S. bureau of fisheries. Is recognised
as anauthority tn his line of work
Wildlife aspects of the park will
rlatm the attention of Dr. Ralph
Heustla, professor of zoology at the
University of Oregon for the past 13
years. He will study habtta of all
birds and mammals in the park
Waldo Osmond of the Piedmont. Cal.
ntagh school, Is Interested In park bi
ological research. An accomplished
musician, he will assist in the presen
tation of community house programs
He win also assist In the preparation
of Crater lake nature note and spe
cial scientific papera.
Dr Elmer I. Apple state, acting cu
raW of the Dudley Heroarlum of
Stanford university, will continue hi
botanical research at Crater lake, as
well as at the Oregon Caves and Lava
Bed national monuments. He has
classified 650 plant and shrubs in
ths Crater lake area, 300 at Lava Beds
and a largo number at Oregon Cvea.
Gordon Heggeneaa of the Washington
State College will assist Dr. Applegate
in the botanical research.
B CGC AT LAVA BEDS
UVA BROS, Calif. (Spl.) Devel
opment and construction of two self,
guided trills In Captain Jack's strong-
noin or nistorical erea, of thla na
tional monument have been placed
underway, David H. canflrld. super
intendent, announced today. When
completed, thene trails will permit
visitor to explore the area, through
ineir own efforts, gaining a general
undemanding of the Modoc Indian
ar toutht here In 1873-73.
A short trail, alx-tentha of a mile
long, passes by a number of Inter
'ting polnta such as Captain Jack's
headquarters. Indian entrenchments,
council arra and caves where Indian
families made their hemes. Kxplsn
atory Information will be placed on
Rigns at different points of the
stronghold. A long trail of VI, miles
covers the entire battleground. In
cluding corral., where Indiana kept
stock for food, first lines of detenu,
communicating trenches and a string
of crude fortifications constructed by
soldiers durtrar the war.
mis work la being accomplished by
enrollrea of the Lava Beds camp,
which la canjing on general im
provement protram In the monu
ment Use Mai) rnouua wanl aua,
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11 r ut 18
It waa Corellua Vanderbtlt who
founded the vast form no that es
tablished the Vanderbllts as one ol
the most prominent families in
America. The son of a Dutch farmerr,
he was raised near Stapleton, Staten
Island, N. Y. His education was mea
ger, but his driving ambition, his
shrewd business head and his amaz
ing faculty for sizing up men over
came hla lack of schooling.
The age of 16 found him already
embarked In shipping, the business
that was to be the stepping atone to
wealth. Owner and commander of
a, ferry boat he scraped up enough
money to buy, he operated a profit
able passenger and freight business
between Staten Island and New York.
Twa yenre Inter ho owned another
ship and was captain of a third.
At 33. Vanderbllt was operating
the first steamship ever run between
New York and New Brunswick, N. J.,
and was already a powerful figure In
American shipping, California's gold
ruati netted him about ten million
dollars when he established a fast
line to California with passengers be
ing transferred across the Isthmus
of Nicaragua. The Crimean war
brought him Into the International
shipping limelight. English shipping
forsook the seas and Vanderbllt
cashed In by establishing a steam
ship line between New York and
Havre, Prance.
Cornelius Vanderbllt died In 1877,
leaving a fortune estimated to have
been In the neighborhood of one
hundred million dollars. Most of It
was left to his son, William H. Vanderbllt.
Woman Mali Man
When world war enlistments thin
ned out th ranks of Uncle Sam's
msll carriers, the government Issued
a call for women to fill their shoes.
Miss Anna McDonald of Anaconda.
Mont., Is said to be the last woman
still on active duty of those who
took the Jobs.
In line of duty she has walked
about 58.500 miles, averaging 11
miles dally, alx days a week. With
her average, two-a-day load weigh
ing about 95 pounds, she has carried
a total o more than 253 tons of
mall.
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frock!
Talent (p Full sway. '
SAN LEANDRO, Cal. (UP) The
parents of 18-year-old Vicky White
consented to her carrying out an am
bition that had poaseased both her
mother and three sisters to become
a roller aknte top dancer. In prepar
ation for the ncces.ary training the
family moved from an apartment to
a privoto residence.
Record Clnlmed.
LONDON. (UP) A world record
milk yield for a Shorthorn la claimed
for Bcggarmald, a cow owned by
Capt. E. S. Fielding Johnson, of Man
or Farm. Campion Bt-Mctt. Wiltshire.
In 24 hours sub guve 72 pounds of
milk, bringing her yield up to 32.715
pounds In 357 days.
Lilliputian Village Built.
LORAIN, O. (UP) Mr. and Mrs.
P. 0. Falrhead have transformed their
back yard Into a Lilliputian village.
The miniature town contains a caa
tlc, a church, two small houses and
a tavern. All buildings are made of
small stones gathered and cut by the
Falrheads themselves.
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