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PACE TEN MEDFOftD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OKEdOy. THTTRSDAY. .TCLT 15. 1937. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot further proof address the author, Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat Oft THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By CLUYAS WILLIAMS SYW OPSIS: Saving a detperaie 1ounp man (Ted Gaynor) from tettlng a forttt Ire to gt a Job, Kay Crandon pluee him a place at the Lazy Nine; the Jcnow he it decent Whtn her ranch home -and barn burn down, Join Haft inoe, oumer of the Flying Six, uiho wants to buy the Lazy Nine and marry Kay, invitee her there. She refuiee, dietruitfng him, but young titter Babt and Aunt Kate . gladly accept. Banker Dan Steele dathet Kay't hopet of rebuilding the inturance money hat to go Award the mortgage. Ted. wait- v tog out tide the bank, heart two punchert tlurring Kay and fol low! them. Chapter Nine ' . Fighting It Out PUSHING !n the bright red doori of Kelly's to-called "toft drink parlor, Ted entered a large iquare room that had all the ear marks of an old time bar room, from brass rail to sawdust on the Boor. Several groups of men were seated at the square pine tables, and at the far end of the bar leaned the two punchers Ted had followed. They were still chuck ling at their joke and Mike tvelly grinned in sympathy as he stood behind the bar, polishing a glau and waiting for their mirth to subside enough for them to give an intelligible order. . Hit blood boiling at the cer . tainty that Kay was the subject of their coarse hiiarity, Ted stepped up to them and peremp torily tapped the shoulder of the man who had done the whisper tag. '. "I'm giving you notice to cut out the mention of the young lady's name in this or any other public place." Ted's voice had a drawling intensity that made no effort to veil the threat beneath bit words. . . , The man swung around, sur prise and anger lighting up hit) mean gray eyes. They were set closely on either side of a thin nose that wa& disfigured by a badly'set break In the bone. "You don't say!" His eyes trav eled significantly to Ted's belt, with its empty holster. "And just what's goin to atop me?" He fln- Sered his own gun and laughed isagreeably. "Reckon you need a lesson!" "Cut that out, Scrap!" Mike Kelly's voice matched the bulldog expression that wiped out his genial grin, and proclaimed him a man who was master of hi own domain. "No pulling on an unarmed man in my joint," he declared. "You can get outside if there's going to be any of that kind of play." Mike Sees To Fair Play HPHE man addressed as Scrap 1 took his hand away from his gun vvith another sneering laugh, as his eye measured Ted's emaci ated figure and drawn face, which still held the lines of his recent privations and despairing defeat against overwhelming odds. Then he insolently turned his head away from Ted, and addressed his com panion again: "Looks like the little red-headed fllly had picked herself up a kind of a scrawny new champion from omewheres." No sooner were the words out than Ted's fist crashed under Scrap's jaw with a force that napped his head back and made him stagger away from the bar. The next instant he recovered hlmseh and with a roar of rage reached for his gun. Cut Mike Kelly had been too quick for him. Foreseeing the inevitable outcome, he had reached across the counter and snatched Scrap's gun from his holster in that moment of inaction when Scrap had staggered back from Ted's surprise attack. "I'm keeping this for you," Mike Kelly announced. "Go ahead and fight it out man to man it you've got to." "Are you ready to swear off from mentioning that young lady's name, or do you want some more?" Ted faced his panting op ponent whose rage for the moment had been deflected to Mike Kelly. These words swept Scrap back to the real issue at hand. "Like hel I am!" he roared, making a lunge. Ted deftly side-stepped and came back with a left that carried aa vicious a wallop as hit right had. Before Scrar. had time to re cover, Ted closed In with an up percut. The next instant they were locked in a rigid hold. As the sweating fighters rocked back and forth, the quickly-gathered crowd watched with breath less interest and offered advice. Ted tore his right free and ham mered away at close quarters. Gradually he felt Scrap7s knees begin to give. He knew the mo ment had come. Breaking away with one mighty Jerk, Ted stepped back, spotted a corner on Scrap's chin and let loose. He connected. Scrap crashed to the floor with guttural croak. Ted heard the crowd cheer as he knelt beside the writhing Scrap and gripped his right wrist. With a alow, relent less twist, he threatened to wrench the arm from its socket. "Are you ready to leave that young lady's name alone?" Scrap gritted his teeth, then yelped with pain and rage aa Ted Eut on pressure. "Yes, damn you! et me go!" Ted dropped the arm and stepped swiftly back as his victim tried to struggle to his feet, then sank back in an exhausted stupor. . "Don't forget!" Ted warned. "If it ever happens again, I won't stop short of broken neck! Get me?" With a nod and a "Thanks for the fair play," to Mike Kelly, Ted turned and strode out. To his re lief, Kay was nowhere in sight, and the horses were waiting as he had left them. Panting from his exertions, but with a wild sense of elation count ing through him, Ted. mounted his horse again and watched the bank door for Kay'a reappearance. 'He'e A Snake!' HER eyes half blinded with tears of rage and disappointment, Kay stumbled out of the bank and ran over to where Ted was' wait ing with the horses. She was absorbed in her own troubles and hardly glanced at Ted, so failed to notice his new look of power and restored confi dence that the fight with Scrap had given him. He resolved not to mention his encounter, handing Kay Flicker'! reins in silence. "Hurry up and get away from here," she gasped, seizing Flicker's reins and flinging herself into the saddle. A touch of her heel to Flicker's flank sent him ahead at a startled bound. Without questioning her haste, Ted followed suit, and the two pounded down the main street of Red River at breakneck speed. For several minutes after they reached the range, Kay set the same pace, not pulling in until she felt she had herself enough under control to speak without having her voice be tray the panic that possessed her. The blow she had had was all the greater because she had never for a moment doubted that she would have the insurance money to re build. Her thoughts ran in incoher ent circles, seeking a way out, but apparently there wasn't any. No matter from what angle she looked at it, she was trapped. With out money to rebuild, how could she carry on? Even if they went without the house, the barn was the heart's blood of the ranch in winter time. And Aunt Kate and Babs couldn't go on visiting for ever. Perhaps they could all get on in the two cabins, but how could she break her promise to Ted Gay nor? "Would you rather not tell me what's happened?" Ted's voice brought her back from her desper ate future plans to the present. Kay pulled in, and turned toward him. "No, you may as well know now, as later. I can't get any of the in surance money . With a rush, the whole story poured out in answer to his unspoken sympathy. "And somehow, I know Josh Hastings Is behind it all!" she ended passionately. "I wouldn't even put it past him to have burnt down the ranch to get his own wayl" She stopped short, . suddenly aware that she no longer had Ted's attention. "Josh Hastings!" He echoed the name, without hearing any of the rest of her tirade. "Is Josh Hastings the owner of the Flying Six? You never mentioned his name " be fore." "Yes," she answered breathless ly, held by his hard set look and changed expression. "What do you know about him?" "How long has he been here?" Ted Ignored her question. "About three years. Why? Do you know him?" "Is he a big man, with a red face and very blue eyes?" "Didn't you see him go into the bank?" , Ted shook his head. "He must have slipped by me while I was watching a fracas down by Kelly's joint." He evaded a more explicit account of the use of his time dur ing Kay's absence. Yes you've described him. That's the one. Tell me what you know about hlml" Kay demanded eagerly. "I know plenty," Ted answered with grim emphasis. "I won't tell you any more now, but perhaps I will some day. He's a snake, and damned clever one." "I've known it all along," Kay took a long breath, "but you're the first one I've met who agrees with me on that subject. Even Dad didn't see through him, although Im willing to bet some of the troubles that have hit us since Josh Hastings bought the Flying Six can be laid at his door. He's deter mined to be the biggest cattle man In Montana, and to pull that off, he s got to have our ranch added to his. fCepvrtoar, HIT, Uarit it Ntnavi) Ted eatieata a plan to uti the L117 Nine for Kr, tomorrow. IS KEEPING PACE WITH L IMPROVEMENT rEDOBMt, July 16. (API The church U looping pace with general Improvemente In bualneae and aociai conditions In Orrgon, it nt an nounced today t the 47th annua, eaaaion of the Preabyterlan tynod ot Orrgon. In eeaalon on the University of Oregtm campu. Mrmberahlp In the Preebylerlan church In thl Mate hat now reach ed 30.650. a lubttantlal gain over teat year. It wis officially reported, unday school membership now to tals more than lo.OOO. alto reported a gratifying Increase. The church aleo Ini-roued Ita property by more than aan.ooo during the year, mak ing a tola! valuation of 13.333.000 In the etate. The treaaury of the tynod U In eioellent condition, with a eubetan tlal oath balance on hand. It waa announced by W. B. Marion.' tiate olera. The irnod heard detalla of the plana for a world-wide communion aet for October 3. Report on mia alon wor Indicated that In 1837 there were but 33 mlaalonarlee work ink at four mlaalona while today the forre numbrra I3M. located In IM autlone. ami 1380 located in mlulona In IS foreign lands. The tynod voted to place Albany collet of Portland on a permanent baala. with the eventual ettenalon of the preaent two-year couree to four years In view. The institution at Albany will continue aa a four-year unit. The Rev Orover C. Blrtrhfl ot Salem waa chosen medfraror. Other new offlcert Include the Ii ' L a. 1 .1 mm mi V 17 ouetH MftR6ftlT 0?4CoTUM9 III A f fffaeTTn 1 ut :aj unic in h t rcimcf SMI fAMTt. UHhSSlSIfeP iRip puws iNifte ' .11. I I L y 1 1 e f f lUlti ,11 II -irr:.l 23 1 7 Kin cirrtwr rnemmcun ttinn Muftis fcT h MMHSrHlZ As 1 Ik. Al k.iliiiil t . . t ( f 1 fS. a s,wb,icf Win?? dounOH? fill&sk IK Trig HoM&s OFTrte iWan cmw fWDVlCtD1bACC0MfAOPfte ine KEPmts pit if 'c.fes?i s - v r : Txii 1"" n 1 an .jrfx.xa'n mi 1 ' sa Dinner for Four Uncovered by Sir Arthur Evans, eminent English archaeologist, a number of pieces or furniture taken from the ruins of ancient Crete ahow members of the Mlnoan civilization to have treated snakes as honored guests In their homes. The "snake table" pictured In the above cartooon waa constructed of terra cotta and designed to conven iently accommodate the dining of four reptllea at a time. Snake rings and Idols evidence the fact that the Mlnoans were devoted snake wor shippers. In Lithuania, the practice of pro viding "banquet taoies" for snakes survived as late as the 16th century, according to Sir Arthur, Queen Who Never Saw Her Country The daughter of the king and crown of Scotland would fall to Mar In Norway In 1283. Her mother, a daughter of Alexander III of Scot land, died soon after Margaret's blrtb and In 1284 It waa decided that the Son of a barber-surgeon who held garet If the Scottish King died child less, i Two years later Alexander was killed In a fall from his hors and Margaret became queen. At the age of seven she sailed for Scotland to claim her throne but died en route in September of 1290. Musical Kt?lt?l Son of a barber-surgeon who held both music and musicians In hearty contempt, slx-yenr-old QeorRft Fred erick Handel was forced to give se cret expression to the music In his soul that had to out. The boy man aged to have & cllrlchord smuggled into the attic of his home In Halle, Saxony. There, when the rest of the family slept, he softly played to bis heart's content. Discovered at this by his father one night, he was fore id to discon tinue his secret practice. A while later, visiting the court of Saxe Wetsenfela with his father, the boy sat down at the church organ and played with such beauty that the duke, who accidentally heard the per formance, prevailed on the musician's father to allow him to study music. Handel became one of the world's greatnt compos?rs. ' ' Rev. O. M. Wilbur, Salem, temporary clerk; the Rev. B. E. Clark, Eugene, reporting clerk, and the Rev. Q. W. Laufer, Philadelphia, chorister. Last .Mlatak9 ONTARIO, July 15. ( AP Leaving a note In which he said: "I have made mistakes nil my life; I have the best wife In the world. God bless her; no one Is to blame for this mistake." E. P. Scrlven. B5. a rancher living eight miles north of here, shot him self through the head on the porch of a neigbor, C. A. Harding, today. Fire on Oregon Trail. BAKER, July 15.(AP) Fire, start ing along the Old Oregon Trail, de stroyed two vacant residences owned by the John Troy estate in Pleasant Valley 13 miles east of here Wednes day afternoon. The roof of the com munity church caught fire, but the AFfETR S1ANDIN6 ON YOUR HEAP A 6REA"f PERSONAL. DISCOMFORT TOR FIVE MlWUtS, FOR. -frtE edification of -the yolms l&dies of "the neighborhood, . . you discover -That You lost your audience some time a60 -fo a puppy -that happened arounp 1-1 (Copyrigat, 16W, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) S 'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE flames were extinguished before much damage was done to the building. Negress Freed. PORTLAND, July 15, (AP) The 1 county grand Jury freed Ludie Belle HolJoway, negro, today by voting a not true bill for the death of her nusoniia cam, juiy one ciaimea t she choked him to death in self-defense when he broke Into her room in a drunken frenzy. 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