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t MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTNT:. MEDFORD. OT?EGfN. TUESDAY. .TTTLY 13. 1937. PAGE EIGHT THE STAIRWY By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof addrasa the author, ladoeuur a stamped envelop for reply. Reg. V. S. Pat OaT. sex 7-7 7 hi&bbs its ssssasj SYNOPSIS: Saving a deeper- . ate young man (Ted Caynor) from letting a forest fire to get a job, Kay Cr anion offers him a place at the Lazy Nine because .' she Intuitively knows he is de cent. She rides home to find her ranch house and bam lost in flames. Seth Jordan, her faithful . foreman, has saved the insurance papers. Josh Hastings, owner of . the Flying Six, invites Kay there, but she dtitrutt him. Her young sister, Babs, and peppery Aunt Kate gladly accept the Hastings invitation,- Kay stays in a cabin on her ranch. That nioht Ted shows up and encouraoee her, of fering hit help in rebuilding. . Chapter Seven An Unexpected Blow IN spite of her exhaustion and loss, Kay slept well. As she met Ted Gaynor at the corral the next morning, life seemed vaguely ex citing and full of promise. Ted had Flicker saddled and waiting for her, and a few min utes later they were pounding across the open bench of the mesa toward Red River. "Was Seth surprised when you turned up last night?" Kay glanced over at Ted with that strange feel ing that she had never seen him before. It seemed incredible that he was the desperate man she had encountered yesterday. His whole bearing had changed, and he seemed years younger. "He certainly was," Ted an swered with a laugh, "but he made the best of it." "I fixed things up this morning so that he'll know what to say if Tom Runyon shows up." "Did you think Runyon sus pected anything?" Ted asked after a pause. "He did at drat," Kay answered frankly, "but I think he got over it." "To think you'd do that for me, and then come home to find your golden brown eyes wide with sur prise. "Rid of what? The ranch?" She shook her head at him re- froachfully. "You don't suppose d be so easily discouraged as that, do you? Of course I'm going to rebuild. That's what I came in to see you about the insurance." She pulled her policy out of her pocket, and laid it on the table. "Aren't you proud of me for being a good enough business woman to renew it?" Dan Steele looked from Kay's bright face to the policy, and his eyes clouded. He picked it up and examined it, as though playing for time. When he Anally looked up, his face was grave, and he cleared his throat several times. 'The trouble is, Kay," he said finally, "that this insurance money has to go toward paying off the mortgages." "I don't understand!" Kay took a quick breath "The house and barn are insure, .'or ten thousand, aren't they?" "Dan Steele nodded. "Yes. But" "Why can't I have the money. then?" Kay interrupted. "They're burned to the ground, and I've paid all the premiums." "I know, my dear." Dan Steele's voice was as troubled as his face. "I wish I didn't have to bo the one to break this news to you, but the law says that any insurance money must first be used to pay off the mortgage. And the ranch is mortgaged for $20,000." "But we've always met the In terest," Kay protested. "Why can't it stay just the way it Is?" "With present values, twenty thousand is a good deal bigger mortgage than the property really rates, he answered. "So the bank will insist on that ten thousand being used to reduce it." Hastings' Offer "RUT that's plain robbery! They s- can't do thatl" "I'm afraid thev can, my dear. And it isn't robbery," he ex plained patiently. Tm thankful II . if w 1-r: A? ' Jt bjLlf BEJJ r, r AT They clattered down the main street of Red River. own house burned to the ground!" Ted burst out with savage rebel lion, "It certainly is hard to figure out where there's any justice In this world!" "It would be pretty bad If I didn't have the insurance," Kay observed gravely. "But as 1 have, there is some justice after all." 'Uncle' Dan SPECULATING together on the cause of the Are, and discussing her plans for the future, it seemed no time at all to Kay before the first straggling houses of Red River came in sight. They clattered down the main afreet and stopped at the one story building that housed the bank. Kay sprang out of the sad dle and handed tne reins to Ted. "I won't be long," she promised gaily, and with a wave of her hand, turned into the bank. Going at once to the office of the president, who had been one of her father's best friends, she tapped on the door lettered "Dan iel Steele." She opened It in re sponse to the booming; "Come in," and stood a moment in the door way, waiting for her host to look up. "Kay Crandonl" He caught sight of her, and stood up, com ing around the desk to grasp her hand. "You poor child! I heard about the fire last night, and I was going out to see you the mlnuto the hank closed." 'That was awfully good of you, uncie nan, out you see, i Deal you to it." Dan Steele glanced at Kay's flushed face and sparkling eyes that still shone with the exhilara tion of the ride. "I'm glad to see you taking it like such a brave Sirl," he said, "but perhaps, after lis hard year, it will be a relief to be rid of it." "Rid of it?" Kay echoed, her mv bank doesn't hold the mort gage, but if it did, in fairness to my depositors, I'd have to make me same decision. Kay bit her lip and faced him with flashing eyes, not daring to speaK lor tne moment. A suciacn memory of Josh Hastings' trium phant look when she had spoken of the insurance, came to her mind. So he'd known about it all the tme "What am I to do then, Uncle Dan?" She made a brave attempt to be calm under this unexpected blow. "Can I borrow enough money to remum: ' Dan Steele shook his head. "Not a chance. Kay. I may as well be frank with you, and not raise false hopes. You'll have to put any thought of rebuilding out of your mind. But there is a way out that is pretty nicKy, considering the nam times. "What is it?" "Josh Hastings was talking with me on the nhone Inst nipht. nnH he's ready to take over the re maining mortgage, and pay you five thousand cash. That s a fair offer and my advice is for you to lane it. iou coum invest that five thousand now, so as to " "It isn't a fair offer!" Kay blaied, .her eyes dark and enor mous with anger. "Josh Hastings has been trying to make me sell ever since Dad died! And now he's taking advantage of my trouble to force me into it. Never, never, never! I'd rather give it away than let him have it." "You're talking like a child now, Kay." Dan Steele reproved. Then his look softened at the mis ery In Kay's eyes. "I know how much the ranch means to you. but as I've told you before, it is too big a load for you to carry." (Copyright. It SI, Unif rff Servant) Ranker and rancher dlicuu Kay tjmorrovr. ROOSEVELT FENS VETO ON EXTENSION OF LOW WASHINGTON, July 13. (AP) President Roosevelt vetoed today J bill to extend for too years low in tereat rates on federal land bank loans. In a message to the house an nouncing hl action, he eald the veto was baaed on a general lowering ol (arm mortgage Interest rates, an In creae In the ability of farmer to pay Intere.t and on the admlnlMrn Hon pollrv of trying to baUnc tin budget dating tne lucal year 19JS. The bill also would broaden the feld of loana on which Interest re duction were granted by Including a 4 percent rate on land bank com mluloncr loans. Tula would be cut from a percent. Explaining that a majority of these loans were on second mortgages and that there were other "factors ot rlak1- Involved, the president eald the 3 percent rate vim not excessive. The bill would have extended through thU fiscal car the 3 3 per cent rate on federal land bank loam throildh the wronH vpat nrtlt,CT .tima ... . .... , . ....... 30. 1B39. would have provided a a percent rate. Indiana llrtate llornan PORT WASHAKIE. Wyo. (UP) The Arapahoe Indiana, who ehare the Wind River reervatlon with the 8ho Rhone tribe, have mattered tradition again hy elevating Mm. Nellie Scotl Burru In the pomwi p( chairman ot tut IJK'oI council ol caicliana. VVJ - Of Alt Al&fHlfNs , a er we m fUeMifu. j 1 ffil TU&hin6hnandLee - 'mm- j ( j basKetMl coach, JJ 'Q, W-Ttt jmiftW1 u COMTROl - (cNuekl SnSkmU. 1m. 7-l3-7 Hl-l.cllcr Man Harry (Cy) Young, varsity basket ball coach, freshman baseball and football coach, and alumni secretary of Washington and Lee. shouldn't havo much trouble deflating "swell heads" among his charges, a simple recitation of his own athletic success at the university should suffice to humble the most boastful undergrad uate. From 1013 through 1917, Young tarred In football, baseball, basket ball and track. He won his letter In each sport for four consecutive yeBrs, giving him 18 letters In all. In his last three yeara of football he was selected for the All-Southem team, made the All-Southern . basketball team In his last two years, led the university baseball team In hitting, stolen bases and runs In '15, 'la and '17: and madn a school record for the dement of ike lafe John V. RockefPller 100 -yard dash, 9 8, that atlll stands. Young was elected captain of the track, football and basketball teams in the same year. 1916, and was cap tain of the baseball team In 1917. waa captain of the baaeball team In 1017. He was a member of practically every honorary society on the campus and waa elected president of the final ball In his senior year. Cell Mates The cat and the linnet, strange friends of California's state prison, Polsom, arc both "lifers" In the truo sense of the word, for both were born behind the gray walls of the Insti tution, neither has ever seen the world beyond, and both will probably die without leaving them. Raised with an eyerdopper by a peg-leg, Italian convict, the linnet it was given the run of the prison when large enough to shift for himself. Falling In with a torn cat owned by Polsom 's convict photographer, a Jap anese, the bird showed no fear of hts traditional enemy. The odd pair have become almost Inseparable friends, even eating and sleeping together. One of the linnet's favorite forms of recreation consist of riding around on the cat's back, according to C. A. Larktn, Folsom warden. Albania Population Albania has a total population of about one million three hundred thousand, some 02 per cent being of true Albanian stock. Hhere are ap proximately a million and a. quarter true Albanians living in countries other than Albania. Tomorrow: rim.e! NO-flCES Wlfrt IrtfERCSf friM NUP.SERf DOOR 1$ OPEN CRRWL& IH0 HM.L LOOKS HOW1 S-fMRS . HAS ALWAYS WANTED To CRAWL DOWN THEM Hi W0WERS HOW TO 60 ABOOf IT". DECIDES IT'S UttTER 1b SO REACHES roRrEnf STAIR BOY DOWN BACKWARDS rfSEEJOS A L0K6 WAV OTf SlN6mV ENDS FEET BltfCn-lW Contact ANvtytiKC BUT SPACE Y7f J 0 REVERSES HIMSELF AMD 6EfS ONE FOOf OVER EP6C AM ONE HAUD ON NEXT" STAIR, DEClDK BOTTOM IS A L0M6 WAV OFF AiND PVL1S HAND AND FOOf BACK TO THE TOP CRAWLS BACK fO NuRSEWArlD IS RAfHEX SLAB TO BC N FAMI LIAR -feRRlfoRV A6A)h (Copyright, 1937, hj The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) S 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNE The Longest Wild tiousc I.ohster Fisherman, S3 CHOWLEV'S ISLAND, Me. (UP) Joseph Y. Crowley. 83, la believed to be the oldost Maine coast lobster fish erman. Crowley has been hauling lob ster traps tor more than 50 years. He makes the rounds or his 80 traps dally and hauls tn about 35 pounds. OH Development Shown HARRISBURO, Pa. (UP) More than 200.000 oil and gas wells have Barraeks for Haifa HAIFA, Palestine (UP) The Pub lic warks department of the Pales- been drilled In Pennsylvania alncj i tine government la preparing plana and seeking tenders for the construc tion here of army and air force bar racks costing approximately 12,500.-000. 1859. statlctlcs of the state Interstate affairs department disclosed. Or this number, available figures show, 3.313 were drilled In 1930. TAILSPIN TOMMY-Skeeter Falls Into the Trap! (TArr-ea. MVj Hv -rsAIu ) VirAT 6OOT J (J.M-M Za-V! Mli-TE-K"1) 3v 71? rKrr)A.T3IA. 1i By HAL FORREST KECTE-R. in HIS ANXIETY TO AID HIS PAL. TOMMY, DOES MOT REALIZE THAT JU5TIMA, EXOTIC MEMBER OP THC- eepioMAse gamg, IS DRAWIflG HIM ITTO A DEADLY TRAP DESIGMED TO frMSMARe TOMMY ALSO... .illjr'ai"w;ji'ijiiiii.. By EDWIN AtOZB . t r Li, i. , iLYKEETER., in V TOMMY AMD I F- M -3 H V. . '5 1 ARE WORKIMS AgSm ( HUH? 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