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Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS tut vnrunnDunnn ifihitf STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address tie author, tncloetn stamped envelop, for reply. R. V. 8. Pat Oft s8&t3B8 a sssaaoia) , ' JL ' L- -X- ' SYNOPSIS: Whtn Kay Cran don's Lazy Hint ranch houls and barn burn, Josh Wastinps, ovmtr of the Flying Six, tries to buy her ranch and cov-t Kay. But she hates him and is determined to keep her ranch. Ted Gaynor, a puncher he tmpulsloetv hired, stirs (he outit to cut its own tim ber and rebuild without pay. . Hattnps cowhand. Scrap John . son, molests Kay, but Ted rescues her and whips Scrap. When Has tings appears. Scrap takes his ' horse and pun and maJces his Get away. Hastings pursues and at the central divide pass finds both Ted and Scrap wounded ater a pun duel. He schemes his revenge. . Chapter 21 A Fight For Life BENDING down, Josh Hastings loosened the fingers of the hand that ittll gripped the gun Kay had ivxn to Ted. He held It gingerly with his bandanna, so that no touch of incriminating fingerprints could possibly get on it, and slow ly drew it from the loosened grip. .Suddenly, and without any warning, he felt Ted's dark eyes upon him. Then, as suddenly again, the lids droDoed. and the body he waa bending over seemed as inert ana useless as oeiore. josh Hastines doubted the evi dence of his own senses. But with his heart pounding suffocatingly in his ears at the memory of that strangely seeing look from those dark eyes, ne neia nimseu ngiaiy rtilL The weird beauty of the scene was. entirely lost on him. but some thing of the eery quality of that mysterious spot from which waters eventually flowed to the Atlantic and the Pacific made his breath come quicker and raised a momen' tary panic in him. He stared at Ted Gaynor's white face, watching for any further sign oi Hie, out it lay stui as aeau in the moonlight - Hla breath comine more nor mally again, and cursing himself for a fool, Hastings lifted up Ted's gun. Then he walked half way Back toward Scrap Johnson, took careful aim and fired. . The shot reverberated from the rocky walls of the pass behind him, intensified by the preceding silence, so that it sounded like the blast of a cannon. Scrap Johnson s body gave a convulsive jerk, horrible to see. A dark spot stood out on ms tempie, and slowly spread like a thirsty stain. Ted Gavnor continued to lay utterly quiet He could not have been more remote from this scene of violence had he been as dead as the man who had Just been mur dered. Dropping the gun from which he had fired the fatal shot Josh Has tings knelt down and deliberately crawled back to the spot where Ted uaynor lay. Rising to his feet, he looked back critically over the trail he had beaten through the grass. He could see Tea s gun gieamin where he had let it fall, and a crue. smile twisted his lips. He had framed Ted Gaynor, dead or alive. Whoever discovered the two bodies would find it im possible to escape the Implication of that dropped gun. At one stroke, he had been able not only to get complete revenge on Scrap, but to wipe Ted Gaynor from his path forever. No matter what Kay might have thought of Ted, she was not the kind to let her thoughts linger over a proved murderer. From now on, he felt sure the way with Kay should be clear sailing. Walking slowly over to his horse, Josh Hastings swung into the saddle, and headed back to ward the pass. Burning Thirst And Pain THE moon hung low in the west ern sky, and moonlight and dawn were mingling in a cold gray light before Ted Gaynor opened nis eyes again. For a long interval he lay star bis? straight ahead, his eyes dark ened with pain. Gradually the gen tle trickle of the water penetrated to his consciousness, and he be came suddenly aware of his burn- ing throat, and the fever that blazed through him. He tried to pull himself over to the water, but fell back with a groan at the intolerable pain in his chest A wild look came into his eyes, and he muttered incoherently. Slumping down again by the water that was so near and yet so far, he seemed on the point of givln-t up. But with a mighty effort ne roused himself and rolled over so that he was able to reach the edge of the stream. Sucking in a great gulp of the life-giving drink, his mind cleared for a moment He remembered distinctly where he was and what had happened in his third encoun ter with Scrao Johnson, on his wav over to the Clear Water basin to collect his family. Ted had dismounted to get a drink at the head waters of the pass. Just as he was in the act o: quenching his thirst he heard a rasping challenge behind him. Whirling about and drawing at the same time, he had seen Scrap Johnson standing a short distance away. The next instant mere naa oeen the roar and blaze of two guns. Scrap Johnson's bullet had reached its marK nrst, wnue leas wem wild. From that DOint memory registered nothing but a blank void shot through with excruciating pain and norror-nuea mgnimares. Doubtless Scrap Johnson had de cided to ride on, and leave him bere to die. All details of the night blurred Into delirium, as the pain in his chest swept over him again. But while the delirium persisted, he did not completely lose consciousness. Through the delirium ran a sub conscious will to live, a determina tion to pull through for Kay's sake. She needed him. He mustn't fail herl Bv a sieantlc effort and pro pelled by this insistent inner force, Ted pulled himself up on his hands ana Knees ana oegan siowiy and painfully to drag his aching body along the rocky edge of the stream. Two thoughts rtossessed him above all others. He mustn't lose the trail of the water. He must stay by it so that he could quench the thirst that burned in him. And he mustn't let himself relax and lie down. Once he did that he would never get up again. uraduaiiy tne dawn ugntenea into day. Dull clouds scudded across the sky and no sun ap peared to glisten on the headwa ters of the Bitter Root and Clear Water rivers. Ted had managed to drag himself 800 yards or more through the scrub pines that dotted the southeastern slope of the divide. At the point of exhaustion, but still animated by that mysterious will to live that functions without any conscious control, .he pushed on to a small clearing that ap peared unexpectedly through the trees. At the far end of it he could see a tumbled down and apparently deserted shack. Making for it, in a blind instinct to reach shelter, Ted struggled over to this goal, mut t e r i n g in incoherent delirious phrases. Shelter At Last AS he approached, there was a slight movement behind the shuttered window. The next min ute, a feminine figure appeared in the broken down doorway. For a terrified second, the girl on the threshold and the exhaust ed and delirious man stared at each other. The girl clutched the sagging wooden frame of the door. Her brown eyes were wide, and her dark hair seemed in sharp con trast to her face, which showed up without an ounce of color in her startled surprise of the moment The amazement in her look gradually changed to concern as she took in Ted s desperate plight, and with a cry of pity, she ran over to him and stooped down to try to help him. With a convulsive effort, Ted struggled to straighten up, but with a iroan. he sank back un conscious. Her first terrified surprise over, the girl proved herself equal to the emergency facing her. She could not have been more than 18. but she had a wiry strength in her tall slender frame. Half carrying, half dragging Ted, she managed to get him to the door of the shack. The sky had gradually darkened with heavy clouds that piled up in the east ana tnreatenea a sudden down pour. After one glance at the lowering sky, the girl darted inside the tiny enclosure and quickly made up the cot on which she evidently had spent the night. Then, with one last mighty ef fort she pulled Ted inside and managed to lift him onto the cot just as the first heavy drops of the storm splashed on the roof of the shack. Panting from her exertion, she leaned back a moment against the wall, and studied the face of the man she had brought in. Evidently reassured by what she saw, she dropped to her knees with a murmur of pity, and ex amined his wound. Her flngeri worked with a gentle expertness. Rising to her feet, she took a basin and filled it with water. Then she pulled a clean cloth from the drawer of a rude wash-stand in one comer, and deftly proceeded to wash Ted's wound. The rain, gathering with the. swift intensity of mountain storms, beat a wild tattoo on the roof, and gusts of wind shook the tiny shel ter to Its foundations. But the girl was oblivious to the elements out side as she bent, with absorbed at tention, to her battle with life and death. (Copyist, 11X7. UarU it .Vervoudl Kay Is disappointed when Ted (alii to arrive, tomorrow. m . .. .t-k.m. hi uALin tt1Ppi3HT8en'u7m - ml V 7 iA ARMY, Wte WOMAN, m 2tmv H VfeM (1613-1859) TffpWBI&THe RfcUK , Of 1HS HIGHEST row in inc Woman Army Medico. On July 6, 1813, a smooth-faced, slim walsted young graduate of Edln burgh university scrawled the signa ture. James Barry, M. D' in the records of the British army medical tatf and became hospital assistant. Promoted to assistant surgeon two years later, Dr. Barry was made a staff surgeon at the Cape of Good Hope In 1827, was transferred to Jamaica, and subsequently saw ser vice In Antigua, St. Helena, Barba dos, and Trinidad. Stationed at Corfu In 1881. the doctor was made deputy-Inspector Keneral: on September 25, 1897, was promoted to the post of inspecior general of all Canadian military hos pitals, and a few years later Decame Inspector-general of all Brltlsnnoa. Famed Indian Vet Is Called Beyond KAMI AH, Idaho, July 29. (API- Tribesmen prepared today for the burial of Philip Evans, 93-year old Nes Perce Indian warrior. Evans, one of the last of the sur viving braves from Chief Joseph's Band on Refunding Request Studied SALEM, July 28. (API The sute bond commission too under advise ment today a request by officiate ol the flre-ewept city of Bsndon that the atate refund It bonds and war. rant to enable the city to obtain federal aid In It reconstruction pro- rram. Mayor Ed Cspps and city coun oilmen proposed at a hearing today that the state refund atBfl,37S In bonds at 33 cent on the dollar and H02 6H7 in warrants at 38 cent. Warrant Interest also would be re funded at 89 cent. Kern County Cuts Scope Of Relief BAKERS PI ELD. Cel., July M (API Kern countj supervisors unan imously adopted a resolution that vlll be tent to governor of avary sute In the nstlon and the federal government giving notice that this county henceworth will be responsl bl only for It own Indigents. Csring for Indigents from other state la proving so costly that taxes will become confiscatory, the super vlsora ld. Protest Filed On Union High School GRANTS PASS. July 29. (API Fourteen persons from a rave creek have signed protest to proposals for consolidating five school district Into a union high school. County School Superintendent H. H. Wardrlp said today. II vaua. sn election will be re quired. Grave creek, wolf creek, Ue land, Kara and Placer district are affected. The liver-fluke, a small parasite that kills thousands of Mieep annu ally, has attacked man In 28 recorded pltals, the highest post In the medl-1 cat service. Not until death came In 1889, did anyone discover the medical officer's amazing secret. Strange as It seems, Dr. Barry waa a woman masquerad ing in men's clothes! Through her 46 years of army ser vice, she wore the longest sword and biggest pair of spurs obtain able. Her hairless face. In striking contrsst to her bewhlskered and mustachioed brother officers, got her into numerous rows through men tion of her boyish appearance, but a fierce tamper and ready sword kept matters from going too far. Twice she engaged in duels, one of the fights ending fatally for an ad versary. When she died In London, Dr. Barry's true sex waa discovered by a nurse. An official autopsy By the British war office made the astound ing mssquerade a matter of record. Spineless Cactus. Among aU Luther Burbank'a- con tributions to the world of botany, bis spineless cactus, is generally con sidered the most valuable. It has enabled the raising of great herds of cattle on desert lands otherwise worthless, by supplying an excellent food for them In arid lands where other suitable vegetation cannot be raised. Before the development ox the spineless cactus, the water sup ply stored up in the leaf-like stems of the cactus was useless. The spines killed any cattle that grazed on the plant. THE ftm WKrttV MOFEfDUV WHILE TfS ONW 6D0T) PtfCHER WEhff lNfO HIS HOUSE "To ARK&HSE POSTPONING 001N6 SOME CHORES HE WAS SUPPOSED tO HAVE DONE VEStERpAV) BOf AS fl ME PASSEP AND HIS DOCR "DIP NCtf REOPEN, TEAR. BECAME CERIfclNtV THAT surtAS S0MEH1N6 HAD 60NE WR0N6 UlllW HIS ARRANGEMENTS UlU-Llftfe (Copyright, 1837, by The Ball Byndlcste, lac.) ; S 'MATTER POP Rn O M PA. YNE courageous bsnd of 1877, died at his home early yesterdsy. 4 Cow Responsible For Death Puzzle GRANTS PASS, July 29 (AP) The mysterious "human bones" reported In the ashes of a Curry county wilder ness cabin have been Identified, state police were Informed tdday. Investigation showed a cow died In the cabin and that a rancher pre ferred to cremate the carcass rather than drag it out the door any bury it. 1 Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. Lt, 1937, by ra, 9ra TAILSPIN TOMMY Skeeter "Takes a Hand" By HAL FOR&BSX Beside the plame, BOUMD HAMD AMD FOOT j SKEETER HEARS THE GUN FIRE IM THE SPY HEADQUARTERS; AMD REASOhS THAT TOfiMV IS IM TROUBLE. HE WORKS FURIOUSLY AT THE LIGHT CORDS THAT BIND HIM AND SOON HIS LABORS ARE REWARDED. . . 267!. BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Oat and Mouse By EDWIN ALOKB f HEH HEM H6H WELL, I SURE f BUT I KMOW AVi' THIS MEQ.B. 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