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THE STAIRWY
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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(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.
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