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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Wot farther proof idareu the author, Inclosing s stamped envelop for reply. Rett. 0. 8. Pit Oft NOT GUILTY H)y BC&IB8IJ ids sssswatsa) SYNOPSIS: Whtn Kay Cnm don't Lazy Nine ranch house and barn burn. Josh Hastings, owner ol th Flying Six, tries to buy her ' ranch and court Kay. But n hates him and it determined to keep her ranch and rebuild. Ted Gaynor, a puncher the impulttae ly hired, (tin the outjtt to cut Us own timber and rebuild without pay. Halting tendt his cowhand Scrap Johnson to tie up the only available timber land. But Ted wins the race or an option, then uhlp Scrap tor molesting Kay end leaves him unconscious on the mesa. Chapter 19 Turning The Tables IT WAS a good half hour after Kay and Ted had left him on the mesa before Scrap Johnson came back to consciousness. He stirred painfully, tried to sit up, then fell back as he felt himself constrained by the ropes that bound mm. Swearing to himself, he strained against his bonds, and gave a snarl of satisfaction as So felt them give slightly. Alternately resting ana working to loosen the knots in the rope, he finally cleared himself and staggered to his feet His jaws ached and his face was uelv with raee as he slowly started back to the Flying Six on foot. He had not gone iar wnen ne saw a cloud of dust in the distance, and emerging from it the figure of a horseman coming toward him at a iuu gauop. As he recognized Josh Hastings, Scrap Johnson's jaw set and his hand made an instinctive grab for his gun. A savage oath burst out as he encountered the empty holster. He had no illusions as to the re ception he would get from his boss. Failure was the one thing for which Josh Hastings had no pa tience or sympathy, and his fiery temper when he was thwarted was something to reckon with. grabbed his shoulder. "Give me this whole thing straight!" "You've got the whole thing straight enough!" Scrap wrenched himself away. "I'm resigning from your outfit anyway, here and now." ".Resigning HKe new ' josn Has tings roared. "You're fired, and the quicker you vamoose from this range, the better!" This don t seem to be my popu lar day!" Scrap Johnson swag gered insolently. "Your sweet heart's boy friend threatened to kill me the next time he saw me. Maybe you can figure why?" he taunted. A look of cunning flashed Into his face at an idea that suddenly struck him, and he reeled over close to Josh Hastings' mount, where his eye had caught sight of a gun in the saddle pocket Before Josh Hastings could re cover from his renewed conviction that he was dealing with a drunken man, Scrap had grabbed the gun and covered him with a lightning draw. 'Hist 'em!" There was nothing drunk about Scrap's tone now, and Josh Hastings dropped his reins and reluctantly obeyed. "Seein' as how I'm through with this range anyway, I'll make my exit in style," Scrap sneered. "Sup pose you unfasten that belt of yours and toss it over here?" "You'll pay for this good and plenty," Josh Hastings raged as he obeyed. I'm not sticking around to majte any payments." Scrap stooped to pick up the Belt wun us noister and gun attached, with his left hand. He never took his eye from Josh Hastings or shifted his aim. That Hike Back HOOKING the belt over his arm, Scrap reached over and grabbed the bridle of his victim's mount. "Get down!" he ordered, his gun unerringly trained on his former boss. "Now. vamoose yourself." he ended ferociously, when this last A ft TV,,;- 1 -M .Sit Scrap fired a shot that sent Josh Hastings' hat spinning. command had been obeyed. "You can have that hike back instead of me!" As Josh Hastings hesitated, Scrap shifted his aim the fraction of an inch, and sent a shot thnl nipped the brim of his victim's 10 gallon hat, and sent it spinning to the ground. Without waiting for a further reminder. Josh Hastings turned and headed for the Flying Six spluttering with inarticulate rage After watching him for a second Scrap Johnson swung into the saddle, and headed at a gallop foi the distant blue ridges of the Bit ter Root mountains. By the time Josh Hastings reached home, his rage was no longer inarticulate, but it was none the less intense. In the two hours during which he had indulged in the unaccus tomed exercise of trudging pain fully across the hard sun-baked surface of the range, he had had plenty of time to face the bitter truth that he had not only been made a fool of by his former cow hand, but by Kay Crandon as well. Just when he had seemingly had everything in his own hands, the tables had been turned, and he was now apparently farther than ever from accomplishing his ends. The appearance of Ted Gaynor on the scene particularly enraged him, and the taunting hints that Scrap Johnson had thrown out about his being Kay's "boy friend," made him see red. The thought of any rival was intolerable, but the idea that the man whom he believed he had put down once and for all In the past should come back to challenge him was an added outrage. (Copyright, 1J7. Jfarle it Xtnnud) What's the meaning of this?" posh Hastings pulled his plunging mount to a sliding halt as he came BDreast oi tne pioaaing puncner. "Where's your cay use? And Where's that option I sent you to get?" ' Resentment flared Into Scrap Johnson's eyes, and In his reckless mood it was well for Josh Hastings mat nis noister was empty. "You were too damn slow," Scrap Johnson snarled. "They beat you to it." A dark flush' came over Josh Hastings' florid face. He swore. "You mean you let Kay Crandon get there ahead of you?" "Sure I didn't," Scrap answered sullenly. "I stopped her all right But when I got to Old Man Warren, I found one of her punchers, a guy named Gaynor, had got there ahead of me, and bought up the ridge you wanted and an option on the rest" Taunts For Hastings HASTINGS exploded Into a string of oaths. "The foxy little n'lyl" he raged, then broke off short and looked keenly at Scrap. "What do you meon about stopping her? Where is she?" A reckless disregard of conse quences suddenly possessed Scrap. He was slated to be fired anvway, so he might as well get all the re venge he could. "Wouldn't you like to know?" he Jeered. "I've beaten you to It with those red lips, anyway! And be bclieve me they ain't waiting around for youl That same Gay nor guy came up and caught me off guard, damn him, but I'll get even yet!" Ho gave a wild inco herent laugh at Hastings' expres sion. "Some rival you've got there!" he ended, "and is she sweet on him? Oh, boy!" "Shut up, you drunken fool!" Josh Hastings reached over and Josh Hastings nnils his two enemies at hli mercy, tomorrow, and plots revenge. L CUTS WEST COAST EXPORT MARKETS SEATTLE. July 3?. D The Went Coast Lumbermen's association com mented ruefully In a bulletin todsy that "Canadian (lumber) export in to the United states for June were approximately four times greater than U. 8. export to the United Kingdom and British possessions." It stated that while Washington. Oregon and west coast Canadian lum ber errvtrtB wm ii ail in r. , - month, asalnat ISO 732.495 feet In j May, Paella lumber Inspection bu-1 reau figures Indicated Canada still grips SO to 60 percent of the export trade from this International lumber territory. "The lag. which has dropped the U. 8. behind Russia. Canada, Swect-n and Finland as a lumber export na tion, continues with a special em- j phasls on the west coast." it added j "Oregon and Washington lumber ex ports are less than a third of what they were In average or normal peri ods before the erection of the Brit Ish empire preferential tariffs ' while 13 percent of Canadian west coast lumber exports for the first six months of 103 7 were Into U. 8. territory." It stated western Csnada exported 98.331,371 feet Into the U. 8. the first half of tills year, against 1.859, 604 feet sent by Washington and Ore gon to British empire points. Total U. 8. west coast lumber exports for Janitsty to June Inclusive was 3ft.. 8GI in, feet; for weatern Canada 833,. 171.470. mw warren 14NC01W KlIHi Vet tlNCOW USfcP OMW to vwRpsTomi UK wfc &it UV LWnUTvb??f YIN new, If. Al.tii .lAll. 9m. uMjc?. NV1VHp,L. Lr-hAllfc liZ7AirrZJr IS pope puRirtaTrte common, s. liil. (14 1AIVI l.hV.il lie-. Seir-Croivnecl King und Emperor Veritable dictator of Prance aa the nation's first consul, Napoleon made up his mind to put an end to the constant plotting for the restoration of Bourbon royalty by becoming royal himself. A vote waa held on the matter and by & majority of over three million to less than three thou sand, French voters showed their fa for of hla plan. Choosing the title of emperor In preference to that of king because of the centuries of easocaltlon be tween the latter title and the Bour bon family, Napoleon requested Pope Plus VII to perform the coronation. The pope agreed and arrived In Paris for the ceremony December 2, 1804. Religious solemnities were observed and the actual moment of the crown ing came. As the pontiff raised the golden laurel wreath over Napoleon's head, the emperor snatched It from hla hand and placed It on his own head. In hla coronation as king of Italy In 1805 Napoleon again Insisted on crowning himself with hts own hands. As he did so he said: "God haa given it to me woe to him who touches It I" Lincoln's Life Story It has been said of Lincoln that more books have been written about him than any man other than Christ. Yet, Strang ens it seems, when Lin coln waa asked for hla autobiography i as material for Lanmnn's "Dictionary of the United State Congress" In 1858. he replied with an account of his life In Just 47 words. In editing Lincoln's biography for the Congressional dictlonacy, Lanman added a few words. It appears In the edition as follows: "He was born In Hardin county, Kentucky, February 12, 1809; received a limited education: adopted the profession of law; was a captain In the Black Hawk war; at one time postmaster of a small village: four times elected to the Illinois legisla ture; and a representative in con g ress , from Illinois, from 1 84 7 to 1849.' PEACE AVID QOlEf DCSCEND UPON HOUSEHOLD tea HE 15 Tucked up for -the nigh miES, 10 PUf HIMSELF 0 SlfEP PKBDV. HEftRlHS -friE CRKtttR, BV -lAUONO TO HIS T1S6ERS COMES 8USIUN& IN, 5UKt 1HAT HE WWtt& S0M-frUJ6 ESllrlS PRAU6Ht, APfER -lESt BLANKETS, EltDADDY DECIDES TRIES fo IWOCATE HEDOEStW WANT ArWHm6, ESPECIALLY WATER SPILLS. FEELS To SEE HOW WET HE IS WHILE DADDY IT l"W5f BE A DRINK OF U(rfR N&T WATER, BV PUSHIN6 MU6 CALLS HELPLESSLY FOR KOtrlER HE WAN'S AWAY N OTHER WlTrl A 500D WArJY DADDY HOLDS HIM WHILE 15 TUCKED UP A&AIr), PEAU2JK& 51&HS rUi& Mil" INTO DRY 1HE BED CLOTHL5 6EI CHAN6EP HE l& IN DtobKflCt BUI rttuno NI6HT CLOTHES 7-a. SOMEHOW THAT IT WASN'fAll m FAULT (Copyright, 1937, by The Bell Syndicate, Tne.) 8 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNE Tomorrow: What Tow n f One Country is the rnpltal of Another? Army Veteran Dies BROOKY1NE, Mass., July 37. (AP) Major General Samuel Starrow Sum ner, 88, retired U. S. army cavalry officer, died at his home here yester day. A veteran of three ware, Ooneral 8umner was a native of Carlisle, Pa. Ha retired in 1908. f THE DALLES. July 37. (AP) The United States army engineers will call for bids soon to construct two trunk sewer mains replacing those submerged with the comple tion of Bonneville dam. 1 Edward Ostrancler Dies CORVALLIS, July 37. (AP) Ed ward Oetrander, one time member and secretary of the Oregon public service commission, died here Sat urday. He formerly managed the Oregon-Washington Lumbermen's association. Pioneer Jeweler Dies SALEM, July 37. (AP) Charles T. Pomeroy, 73, senior member of the Jewelry firm of Pomeroy 4c Keene of Salem, died at Seaside Saturday, of a heart attack. He was a native of Oregon. 4 WINDOW GLASS We Bell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet works. IT J tEM-? Bl W (Copyright, 1937, by The Btll 8yndlcate, lac.) 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