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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
ay GLUYAS WILLIAMS
is? ac&iB83 ids sssswatipiD
MtiOPSIS: Jutt at Ted Cai,
nor it desperately about toitli
yen )lr to dt a Job, Kay Cron
torn statu him, liket hit look!,
givet him a plan at the Lazy
Wiac Josh Hattingt, owner of the
flying Six, tries to buy tht Lazy
Mine and court Kay after her
ranch Houh and barn burn. Sht
hotel him and it determined to
keep her ranch and rebuild. Ted
ttirt the outfit to cut iU own tim
ber and rebuild without pay. Hat
tingt triet to tie up the only aoaiU .
able timoer land, but Ted wine the
race for an option, then whips a
Haetinoe puncher for molertino
Kay. Tom Runyon, fin patrol,
ealle at the ranch.
Chapter 18
Strange Newt For Kay
X f ARSHALLTNG her wit to
ll meet the coming interview,
Kay walked the short distance
from the bunk house to the cabin
in silence.
She felt that she would give
anything to be rid of Tom Runyon,
and have a chance to rest. But
some instinct warned her that it
would be foolish to let him go away
with the suspicion that she could
. .till harbored affairut Ted.
Tired us she was, she would have
to change his line of thought, or
he might maice irouDie. ,
"Shall we sit out here?" Kay
nnlc Hnwn nn the too sten. and
leaned back against the post that
held the rail ol the tiny porcn in
place.
"Sure." , , ,
Kay couldn't quite read the look
In Tom Runyon s dark eyes as he
Saied at her. Her thoughts sud
enly flew to those luminous
black eyes of Ted's, so different
from the ones bent on her now.
Ted's eyes had a light that seemed
to come from within, while Tom's
.were just black and round and
staring, but no whit less intent
"You make some picture there,
do you know it?"
Kay smiled a faint response to
his admiration. "I don't feel much
like a picture," she admitted. "I'm
terribly tired."
"I'll bet you are." He put one
foot on the lower step and leaned
toward her, his elbow resting on
his knee. "I'm not going to keep
. you, but I just want to get one or
two things straightened out in my
mind. Just how long have you
known this Ted Gaynor?"
"Goodness! I never can remem
ber datesl It seems as though I'd
known him for ages! But then. I
feel as though I'd known you quite
a long time, and we only met yes
terday." Kay glanced up at him
from under her dark lashes with
deliberate coquetry.
"I certainly feel that way about
you!" Tom Runyon gave a flat
tered laush. addine. "Sav. what is
it about you that Keeps a fellow
looking at you, and forgetting
wnai ne wants 10 sayr
Kav lauehed. "Why sav anV'
thing?" she asked demurely. "It's
too lovely here in the twilight to
be asking questions. I know what
I would like to have you tell me,
though!" she added as an after
thought "what?" He was all eager atten
tion. "Tell me about your work as
(Ire patrol, You did it before you
tame here?"
"Sure I did." He cleared his
throat with a pleased air of super
iority. "That's why the Protective
association sent for me to come
up here and see if I couldn't get
to the bottom of these mystery
fires. I've been handling a situa
tion a whole lot like this In Wyom
ing, and believe me, I ran that
firebug to earth!"
"Tell me about it!" Kay fixed
him with her eyes full of flatter
ing inquiry.
"Well, It was this way" Tom
Runyon settled back, and Kay was
just breathing a sigh of relief at
getting him side-tracked, when he
leaned forward once more, and
broke in abruptly on his narrative.
'So He Didn't Tell Tour
"DEFORE I get going on that, I
- want to ask about this Gaynor
guy." He looked keenly at Kay.
"Did he tell you about the fight
he had today?"
Kay looked at him with startled
yes. How could Tom Runyon pos
sibly have found out about the
fight on the mesa?
"Fight?" she echoed faintly.
"So he didn't tell youl" Tom ex
claimed. "I had a hunch he
wouldn t!
Kay gazed at him with be
wildered amazement. What was he
driving at? If Tom Runyon knew
about the fight at all, he must know
that she had been there and had
seen the whole thing! But there
was no possible way for him to
know. He had come to the ranch
from the opposite direction, so he
touldn't have run across Scrap
jonnson ana nave neard it trom
Ml
"I don't understand what you're
talking abou? Kay said finally
"Are you sure he was In a fight?"
"Sure as shooting," Tom Run
yon assured her. "The guy that
came out to relieve me saw the
whole thing."
"But he couldn't have!" Kay
burst out Then she hastily tried to
cover up her break. "I mean, he
must be mixing Ted up with some
one else."
"Not on your life he wasn't,"
Tom declared positively. "He was
right there in Kelly's joint when
it happened."
"Kelly's joint!" Kay echoed in a
relieved tone. "Oh that wasn't
Ted! He was waiting for me out
side the bank. I remember now he
did say something about having
seen a fracas of some kind at
Kelly's."
"'Seen' it!" Tom scoffed. "I'll
say he saw itl He was the one who
started it!"
"But how why " Kay bit her
lip and broke off short. The last
thing she wanted to do was to dis
cuss Ted. and she still felt sure
Tom Runyon was mistaken.
rrnat s just what l mean, Tom
leaned forward and shook his fin
ger impressively at her. "There's a
lot you don't know about that Gay
nor guy." Tom Runyon was so
positive, Kay felt it would be bet
ter to sift this rumor to the bot
tom. "He was fighting with a fellow
named Scrap Johnson, about
some girl," Tom answered. "I
reckon that's why he wasn't so
keen about mentioning it to you!"
His tone had a malicious edge,
but Kay hardly caught his words.
Her mind was flashing back to
the events of the morning. It
mieht have been possible, while
she had been in the bank, for
this to have happened, lane naa
been so preoccupied with her own
troubles when she came out that
she had not noticed Ted particu
larly.
Shesuddenly remembered some
thing Ted had said when he had
announced on the mesa that he
meant to fight Scrap Johnson. He
had said he was going to give him
a "second" lesson! Kay had no
ticed this remark at the time, with
a wondering conjecture, but in the
fast moving events afterwards,
she had forgotten it.
"Yeah, the two of 'em had it
out, hot and heavy." Tom's voice
was recounting the story as he
had heard it. "Everybody thought
this Scrap fellow was going to lick
the stuffing out of him, but Gay
nor Eot him down bv a trick twist
Then he threatened he'd kill him
if he ever heard him mention his
girl's name again."
A 'Black Haired Filly
TDM paused to let this piece of
information sink in, his eyes
never leaving Kay s face.
Feeling his gaze on her, Kay
steeled herself to hide her sur
prise and confusion. Pride fame
to her aid, and helped her con
ceal the hurt reeling mat leas
lack of confidence gave her.
"There was no reason why he
should have mentioned It if he
didn't want to," she observed
lightly. "Perhaps as long as he
won out, he might have thought
it would have seemed like boast
ing." "He probably won t mind
boasting about it to the black
haired beauty he was fighting
for!" Tom chuckled as he scanned
Kay's expression for her reaction
to this remark.
"How do you know she was
black haired?" The involuntary
question burst out before Kay
coma stop 11.
"Because Scrap Johnson had
said something about a 'black
haired Ally!' " Tom Runyon went
on, deliberately giving a garbled
account of the Information he had
received, his eyes narrowing as
he observed the flush that spread
over Kay's cheek. "That's what
started the fight!"
"Well, he evidently had his rea
sons for not mentioning it." Kay
tried to speak lightly and inrtil-
ferently, but something seemed to
give way inside her. She felt she
couldn't nossibly go on with this
conversation. She simply had to
be alone.
She abruptly stood up, and held
out her hand.
"I'm afraid 1 11 have to say good
night." With the greatest effort of
will. Kay kept her voice from
trembling. "I've had a strenuous
day, and I guess I haven t en
tirely got over the shock of yes
terday. "Poor little Birll" Tom Run-
yon's voice was a trifle over-sym-
painetie as ne toon ncr nana in
both his, and bent his face close to
her. "You go and get a good sleep,
and any time you need any help,
you call on Tom Runyon! Just you
forget about this investigating
business leave that all to me."
"Thanks." Kay smiled faintly at
him as she drew her hand away.
"I hope you'll come over any time
you feel like it."
"Trust me!" Tom Runyon
boomed heartily. "You're going to
be seeing a whole lot of mc, young
lady, and don't you forget it!"
reeling a weak dizziness gradu
ally overcoming her, Kay turned
without further ceremony and
bolted into her cabin.
Tom Runyon strode off to the
bunk house with a half smile of
satisfaction.
ICopyrieht, tut, Kuril lie Xtrvavi)
Scrap Johnson "resigns" and makes
a fool of his boss, tomorrow.
E
AT
OREOON CAVES (Bpt) Ext-n!vc
Improvement work vu ramed on
And eomplftfd hre during th patu
fighl months by the civilian con
servation corps.
Approximate! j 1000 (ret of new
two-Inch water line were laid In
the Chateau area, providing distri
bution improvement and (ire pro
tection. A hew underground tele
phone ajatrm was 1m tailed within
the monument bound arte. The en
tnntt roa4 wm widened and graded.
Improvement were made on the
parking area. Including guard rail.
Development work waa completed on
the Cliff nature trail, la mllea long
fmm th cave exit over the cliff
top to the chateau and on a nature
trail from the chateau to No Name
creek.
FVjrty-ftve table and bench com
bination were built during the
winter. The- wens placed in the
monument picnic ground, and In
the 5-acre Gray bar rampttrounda in
the adjoining 81 k I you national for
et. Kew water and aewer line were
lmtaJled In the picnic and camp
ground. Nearly S00 tree and hrub
were planted a pari of a land
praoe program to replant denuded
an a.
The moat Important Mngle Item
of work waa the boring of a tunnel.
150 feet long, within the .cavern.
Eighty feet were through solid mar
hie The tunnel eliminate the neo
ftwlty of retracing tep in explor
ing the cave, it w dug almost
entirely by CCC la bo,
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Lee' .Mansion
A young lieutenant In the U. 8.
army at the time he married Martha
Custts, great-granddaughter of George
Waahtngton. Robert . Lee onme Into
poAseaslon of the Arlington house
which waa owned by his bride.
Shortly after Lee's departure to
head the forces of the Confederacy
In 1861. hi Arlington estate was
seized by Union forces and made a
headquarters. Bold at sheriffs ale
few month later, the property
panned Into the hands of the United
States government because of a pal
try 02.07 In delinquent taxes.
In 1864, part of the Arlington es
tate was made a. national enmetery
for the burial of soldiers and sailors
of the United State. Strangely
enough, though, the first soldier to
be burled there wss a Confederate
who had died In the hospital.
Baer-Doyle Fight
Under New York boxing rules, e
foul loses th round for the man
who commit It but referees are pre
vented from stopping a fight because
of one. When "Buddy" Baer dropped
Jack Doyle with a blow below the
belt at Madison Square Qarden In
1035, the brother of the ex-heavy-welght
champ lost the round yet
won the fight In the same round on
a technical knockout.
Original Yacbts
The first yacht were the early
Dutch equivalent of modern coast
guard cutters. Used for running
down pirates and ships carrying con
traband goods, they derived their
Dutch name "Jaght from the verb
Jnfren.' meaning "to hunt.
Derived from "Jaght," the English
word 'yacht" refers only to vessels
used for pleasure of matters of a
state, a great departure from Its orig
inal meaning.
Political Complaint
Backed by the Dutch government,
Geooge I became king of Great Brit
ain In 1714. Strong opposition wo
raised against his crowning because
of his German birth. The Jacobites,
one of the major anti-Oeorge parties,
were the originators of the "Hark,
hark, the dogs do bark" Jingle in
which they derWed the advent of
the king and his lol lowers, with Its
origin almost forgotten, It' has be
come a popular. If meaningless, nur
sery rhyme.
Ruler Twice
Tomorrow: What
Crowned Himself?
During the winter 1150 man day
were devoted to emergency snow re
moval to keep roads open to traffic.
The Grayback fire guard station and
garage wo remodeled by enrol leea.
Time waa devoted to pointing mon
ument, sign and rebuilding the
monument entrance motif. Other
project claiming the attention of
enrotlee Included topographic sur
veys, cleanup, guard and retaining
walls, and sidewalk and footbridge
construction.
Allen Votes 40 Year
MOMENCE, HI. UP) Leonard P.
Bradley votel In national and state
elections for 40 years before he wss
challenged. Then It was found he
was cltlcen of Canada and had no
right to ballot In the United 8tates.
He has taken out citizenship papers,
however, and expects to vote again
in 1940.
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PERLEV A FRIENDLY SEND-OFF ON HIS UACAflON . AND
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