BEDFORD MATT, TRTBTJXE. MEDFORD. OHEGOX. "WEDNESDAY. JULY 21. 1937.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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axNOPSIS: When Ka CTan
don'j Lay "ine ranch hoult and
barn turn, Josh Haitfnoi toho
wanU to buy the ranch and marry
Kay invites her to tht Flying
Six. She refute; dlitruiting him,
but young titter Babe and Aunt .
Kate go. Kay plans to rebuild, but
tht insurance money goei to the
mortgage. Ted Goynor, a puncher
Kay hired impuleiuely, stirs' :h
outit to cut ill own lumber and
rebuild without pay. She i on
her way to but the only available
timber land when a Haetinsi
puncher lauoee her, leave her
roped on the meia. Meanwhile
Ted decide to get an option on
the timber for Kay.
Chapter 14
At Old Man Warren'
RIDING in to Bed River over
the same route that Kay and
he had taken that morning, Ted'i
thought of Kay were so absorb
ing that the time passed almost as
quickly as it had in her actual
company.
It seemed impossible that he
had known Kay only about 24
hours! Because ot that meeting,
which might have had such a dif
ferent ending if anyone but Kay
had found him at that act of des
peration, his whole outlook on
life was changed.
Just the relief of knowing that
his mother and sister had a home
to come to was enough to make
a new man of him. But added to
that the thought that he was to
be near Kay, helping her and
pfenning for her, opened up un
told vistas of magic hopes.
Easily finding Old Man Warren's
Hack, Ted knocked on the door.
After a moment it was pulled
open, and he found himself facing
tho grizzled old prospector, who
eyed him with suspicious surprise.
"What do you want?" he de
manded. 1
"I wanted to see you about buy
ing some of that timber land you
hold on the south ridge of the Bit
ter Root," Ted answered. It was
all he could do to keep from
laughing aloud at the comical
change that altered Old Man War
ren's fierce expression.
-What's that?" he asked, his
face screwed up and his eyes
iquinled as though he doubted the
evidence of his senses. "What'd
you say?"
Ted repeated his words.
"Gosh Halifax Almightyl" The
prospector opened the door wide,
and pulled Ted in, hastily closing
it behind him. "I sure never
thought I'd live to hear that! Yuh
got any real money?" He blinked
luspiciously.
"I've $25 to say I'm in earnest,"
Ted answered. "I'm offering you
$100 for 10 acres and an ODtion on
another 10 at the same price. And
I'm ready to pay that 25 right now
on deDosit."
"Say, young fella, what's yuh
game?" Old Man Warren demand
ed. "Yuh been prospectin up
tnere.
Ted laughed. "No. That's out of
my line. I don t want it for myself,
I'm buying it for Kay Crandon."
Old Man Warren's suspicious
little eyes screwed up still more.
"What's she after? Started already
to have a fling with her insurance
monev?"
"Maybe." Ted gladly let his host
put his own interpretation on
(ay's purpose. The less he guessed
Kay's vital need for the property
the better.
"Well, if she wants It that bad,
strikes me she'll pay more, now
that she's cot all that money to
sling around," the old prospector
announced with cunning. "You tell
her I ain't selling for a mite less
than tin b n nmB
Ted turned carelessly toward
the door. "No point telling her
that," he observed. "There's plenty
of timberland to be bought at $10
an acre and even less. I'll just
pick it up somewhere else without
bothering you any more. Kay
thought you'd like to sell and told
me to give you the first chance."
He pulled open the door. "So long."
"Hi. therel Wait a minutel Yuh
don't need to be in such a doggone
rush! i didn t say i woman t sen,
did I?" Old Man Warren pulled
him back. "Have it yuhr own
way," he capitulated, adding
ircedil. "Where's the 25 bucks?"
"We'll get this down in black
and white first." Ted sat down at
the rough pine-board table and
drew up a memorandum of the
transaction, which Old Man War'
ren signed.
An Optical Illusion?
"LI ERE you are." Ted handed
11 him the money and put
the precious memorandum in his
pocket, smiling as he watched the
old prospector count it over with
loving care. "You're well rid of
it," he observed as he turned to
the door again. "Buyers aren't any
too piemituJ these days.
Old Man Warren nodded Im
patiently, but made no response
as tie started to count his unex
peeted wealth again.
With a "So long" that was ac
cepted this time, Ted went out
and mounted his horse, well satis
fied with his afternoon's work.
r.nino hLi-K at a more leisure!;
pace, he was about Ave miles west
of Red River, when he noticed
far off in the distance a dark ob
ject that looked like someone on
loot, lie reinea in anu Kaiium
the horizon to confirm his impres
sion, but ne couiu see running
Telling himself it was an optica!
illusion, he dismissed tne incident
from his mind and pushed on to
the Lazy Nine.
Th hunk house, he found de
serted. Standing a moment on the
steps, he turned over in his mind ,
the question of waiting until some
one came in off the range to de
liver the document to him for Kay,
or just leaving it with a note for
Seth.
It was a ereat temptation to
wait until Kav came back and give
it to her himself. He could just see
her eyes sparkle and ner nose
crinkle up with amusement, when
she heard of Old Man Warren's
attempt at bargaining.
On the other hand, he ought to
be starting for home as soon as
possible. As it was. he'd have to
ride all night before reaching
Blackfoot creek.
Suddenly he heard pounding
hoof beats, and the next minute
Flicker came in sight, riderless.
His reins were dragging and his
ears back as he headed on a dead
run for the corral. ,
With a fearful certainty that
something had happe. ed to Kay,
Ted leaped down the bunk house
steps and threw himself into the
saddle of his waiting mount,
everything forgotten but Kay's
safety.
A flash of memory recalled inai
Imnroscinn h had had of Seeing
some one on foot far to the north
of him as he rode out from Red
River. Was it possible that Kay had
had the same huncn ne naa naa
about getting the option at once,
and that she had ridden in to Red
River? And that some accident had
happem-d on the way?
Ted cursed himself for not hav
ing investigated then and there,
and headed oft at a hard gallop in
the general direction of the place
where he had thought he had
glimpsed that figure.
Galvanized To Action
LEFT to herself, Kay sank back
and gave way for a moment
to the weak, dizzy feeling inat
closed over her.
In her half-conscious state she
could hear the retreating hoofbeats
of Scrap Johnsons horse grow
dimmer and dimmer. Finally they
died away. The unbroken stillness
of the mesa deepened around her
and seemed to drag her into its
own oblivion. 1
Fighting down the temptation to
let go and drift into It, Kay strug
gled into a sitting position.
ner aws acnea crueny unuui
the tightly-tied bandanna, and her
legs and arms wero unbearably
cramped from their forced confine
ment. HUl, dbq as me pnyaitui
pain and discomfort was, It was fat
less than her mental anguish.
She hadn't a dount out mat an
her plans for rebuilding had come
In nothing. Worso than that, it was
practically a foregone conclusion
that Josh Hastings would eventu
ally get the ranch.
For the first time, Kay admitted
to herself that he was too power
ful and unscrupulous for her to
fight successfully. Even though hot
mind recognized, this fnct, sh
found hope still persisting.
sne realized mat mat nope cen
tered around Ted Gaynor. Some
how or other, he might get around
this last blow, that she had so
stupidly brought on herself.
Despite her effort to thrust the
thought of Scrap Johnson into the
background of her mind and to
cling to the conviction that he
wouldn t dare to do her any actual
harm, a shudder ran over Kay at
the thought of his return.
He had all the instincts of a
bully, and he had shown himsell
capable of sickening revenge fot
me wounas sne nan lnmcieo. iu me
vanity.
Her Hps burned at the memory
of his kiss, and panic seized hei
as she realized how powerless she
was in his hands. Even if he didn'l
do her any actual harm, she would
never get over the sense of degra
dation that he could drag her down
to.
Galvanized to action by this des
perate thought, Kay forgot Hit
ranch and everything else in the
surge of self preservation inai
swept over her. She rolled ovet
ana struggled up to ner Knees.
The Incline of the coulee behind
her shut her off from a view ol
the ranee, and ruined any chance
of her discovery by any passer-by.
Not that there was likely to be any
one, but it was a hundred to one
chance.
Some way or other, she must
get up there. Her courage revived
with the prospect of an Immediate
objective to be obtained. Kay
gazed piercingly about for some
sharp stone on which sho mlghl
saw through her bonds. She could
see nothing but small stones and
Eebbles scattered through the
unch grass of the mesa. Her heart
sank.
tCopvtiaSt, IJjr. lnri its Xerraud)
Ted rides to Ray's rescue, tomor
row, and rights Scrap.
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Author-Detective
In August, 1841. the body of a.
young girl named Mary Rogers wAs
found rioatlnji In the Hudson river,
New York. Murder was Immediately
Indicated by the condtlon of the
corpse and the search for the girl's
slayer began.
Police Investigated several suspects,
among them tho girl's suitor, but got
nowhere fast. Completely baffled,
they were forced to let the matter
ride. It looked like another "mur
dered by a person, or persons un
known'' was to go Into permanent
files.
'interested by the accounts of the
murder as given in the newspapers.
Edgar Alien Poe followed them close
ly. He started to form his own opin
ions on the crime, then decided to
put them Into story form. Several
Tax on Radio Sets
Talked in Roseburg
ROSEBUBO, Ore.. July 31. (AF)
A proposal to tax all radio re
ceivers In Roseburg to provide a fund
to be used In elimination of radio
Interference Is under consideration
by the Roseburg city council. An
annual fee of 60 cents would raise
POLING SELECTED
COnVALLIfl, July ai.-(AP) Dan
W. Poling, superintendent of school
at Myrtl Creek, succeeded Percy
Locey today as assistant to the dean
of men at Oregon SUt college.
Looey will devote full lime to
managing Intercollegiate activities and
the educational activities board.
Poling, whose selection la subject
to confirmation by the board of
higher education, received his de
gree from the school of commerve in
1928. He headed the achool ayttem
at Maupln before going to Myrtle
Creek.
He mill work with the living
groups and supervise rlasa orgatitn'
months after the discovery of the .
body, Poe'a publisher. George Rob-
crts. read this paragraph In a letter I
from the author. '
"I have Just completed an article
"The Mystery of Mnrle Roget." The
story la based upon the assassination
of Mary Cecilia Rogers. I have Im
agined a series of nearly f xant coin
cidences occurring In Paris. A you a?
grisette has been murdered under
precisely the same circumstances aa
Mary C. Rogers. I enter Into a very
long and rigorous analysis of the
New York tragedy. I believe I have
demonstrated the fallacy of tt-e gen
eral accepted version of the death. I
believe the girl was killed by a band
of ruffians, and X have Indicated the
aasaasln In a manner which will give
Impetus to Investigation."
Poe'a story waa Accepted and first
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S 'MATTER POP
published In November, 1843. Under
the guise of fiction. It described step
by step the details of the crime as
he Imagined it took place. Even the
mental reactions of the characters of
the crime were minutely described
Strange as It seems, when the true
story of the crime came to light with
the confessions of two of the persona
Involved In It.- Poe's conclusions, as
given In his "Mystery of Marie Ro
get," were entirely confirmed, along
with the confirmation of all the hy
pothetical details with which he ar
rived at his conclusion!
The confessions which cleared up
the crime came a long time after
publication of Poe's story. The au
thor never visited the scene of the
crime.
Tomorrow: The Army That Copied
n circus!
approximately $300. Mayor A. J
Young told the council. City At
torney B. L. Eddy was Instructed to
determine whether the city has au
thority to Impose such a tax.
AWARD ROAD CONTRACTS
AT MEETING AUGUST 12
SALEM. July 21. (API The state
highway commission will award 9760.
000 worth of road and bridge con
tracts at Its next meeting In Port
land August 12. It was announced to
day. The commission will hold a special
meeting In Portland July 29.
Most of the contracts to be award
ed at the August meeting will be
paid out of federal funds.
By 0. M. PAYNE
Copyright, 1937, by Th, B11 Syndlests, Inc.) pV ssjl
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the political n-lrnce department.
branch of tne course henried by Dt
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fount la a cousin ot Dr. Dan Pol.
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