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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
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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
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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. I
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