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TAon six MEPPOKP MATL TRIBUNE, "MEDFORD. OTtEGOy. MONDAY. AUGUST 2, 1937. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By olXTAS WILLIAMS, STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Far fBrtber proof addressj Om snrtkee, rrtrioerrag s (tampers ssitaalupe for reply. Reg. TJ. B. Pat Oft , -jiuiriyjl---,,,,,5r afc I id? ucaaisa SYNOPSIS: JosH Hasnngs.ovnt r of Um Flying Six, trie to buv Kay Crandon's Lazy Nim ater . her ranch houxs and barn burn. Ht also Iries to court Kay. She ' distrusts Mm and is determined to keep her ranch and rebuild. Hastings cowhand, Scrap John son, moUsts Kay, but Ted Gay - nor, a puncher she .impulsively hired, rescues her and whips . -' Scrap. Later they shoot it out, - uoundina each other. Hastings, ' hating both, findt them and mur ' , . ders Scrap, using Ted's pun. Ted crawl to a shack where a girt . takes him in. Hastings escorts x "". Kay home one night, telling her an ugly story about Ted. Chapter 24 Don't B A Fooll' 'IVTHArS the hurry? Josh Hast legs pounded up beside Kay . end, reaching over, put a posses sive hand on her arm. "It's a crimt to (o rushing through moonlight Bight at this pace! Slow down and ril promise not to tell you any more sordid stories." ' Kay's only answer was to shake her arm tree and urge Flicker on to greater speed. An ugly look settled on Josh Hastings face as he was forced by , her action to follow suit. Flicker was a faster horse than his, and he had no more time for talking, if he was going to keep up. . Already, he was losing ground a bit, and as Kay glanced over her shoulder and saw him falling be hind, a reckless spirit of mischief overcame her prudence. . She knew it was a silly thing to rouse his temper, but she couldn't resist the temptation to pay him back foi telling her that story about Ted. Realizing perfectly that nothing was more galling to a man's pride than to be left behind by - girl, she deliberately pushed Flicker to the limit, and streaked ahead of him. 1 She had arrived at the corral, turned Flicker loose, and was just starting back to her cabin when he came pounding up. . . : He pulled up so sharply that his ' horse slipped to his haunches and .almost went down. The next in stant he was off, and before Kay eould guess his intention, he seized her in his arms, and pressed his lips savagely to hers. "That'll teach you not to play monkey tricks with me!" His voice was thick with rage and passion, as he held Kay's shoulders in an iron grip and bent his face close to her. "You'd better learn it nowl Be cause I mean to marry you, you little spitfire!" Regardless of Kay's blazing eyes, and her choked "Let me go! as she writhed in his grasp, he kissed her again. Then he sprang into his saddle and galloped of! without a backward look. Panting and trembling with fury, Kay watched him go, her - mind seething with the outrage. It had all taken place so swiftly, that she could hardly believe It had happened at all. With a gasp of disgust, she wiped the back of her hand across her lips, and clenched her fist as she gazed after the retreating fig ure in the moonlight Much as she had disliked Josh Hastings, she had never thought to be on her guard against an act like this! Why, he was old enough to be her father! She grabbed her hand kerchief and scrubbed her lips as though to cleanse them of his pol luting touch. . Marry himl A shudder ran through her, and a weak, helpless feeling of dread laid a cold clutch on her heart Suddenly she felt ut terly defenseless and alone. Who eould she turn to? Aunt Kate and Babs were completely under Josh Hastings' spell; she could expect no help from them. And if Ted failed her , Summons To Aunt Kate JOSH Hastings' insinuating story flashed in her mind, and in spite of her disbelief, she found herself going over it bit by bit Even if the worst implications about the girl were false, Ted had probably been involved In some sort of affair with her. And there was that other rumor about the dark haired girl he had fought ever, that very day when he had later come so splendidly to her rescue Kay straightened up suddenly and walked quickly back to the cabin, her head proudly high, though her breath still came in quick, uneven jerks. It was cer tainly nothing to her how many girls Ted had! All she wanted him to come back for was to rebuild her house and barn for herl Memory of Josh Hastings' kiss flashed over her again, and running up the steps of her cabin, she hasti ly lit a candle and flung herself down at her nther s desk. Some thing in its very solidity, and the associations that clung to It gave her a truly comforting sense of strength. "He thinks he's going to marry me. does he?" Kav savaeelv nulled pen a drawer and took out a sheet WASHINGTON, Aug. J. (AP) Senator Alva B. Adema of Colorado said today a special committee, which for two years baa been gathering data on wool marketing operations, toes about completed Its work and that bearings would probafly be held after cons rest adjourns by December at least. IV T. Haskell, secretary of the ape clel committee. Is concluding his na tionals Investigation by gathering Information aa to owners and oper ators of wool and mohair warehouses In Texas and other states. He also studied Um account of many large ids sssawaisa) U note paper. "Well see about mat!" She scribbled a note to Aunt Kate, saying that she was going to send over for them the next after noon. They could have her cabin, and she could sleep outside in her sleeping bag. Signing it without further explanation, she left it on her desk, so that she could give it to one of the boys to take over the first thing in the morning. Then, with the same feverish haste, she undressed and flung herself Into bed. After a restless night of both waking and sleeping nightmares, Kay was out at the crack of dawn, and over at the bunk house with her note. After she had actually dis patched Shorty with the summons to her family to leave the Flying Six, she felt better, and by the time breakfast was over, she had per suaded herself that Josh Hastings had made up that story out of whole cloth, for the sole purpose of damaging Ted in her eyes. "When Ted comes back, I'm go ing to tell him the whole thing," she resolved, as she made her way over to the bunk house to consult Seth about getting another cot put up in her cabin for Babs. It was nearly 10 o'clock before Shorty came back from the Flying Six. Kay hastily tore open the note he handed her, addressed in her aunt's cramped, old fashioned handwriting. A slow color rose in her cheeks as she read it through, and then started it over again. She was suddenly aware of Shorty's eyes on her. Biting her lip to steady herself, she looked up at him. "Thanks, Shorty. There isn't any answer." She turned away with the note clenched in her hand, and ran down to her cabin. Seated at the desk, she spread it out before her, and Incredulously read its surpris ing contents again. Dear Kay: Don't be a fool! You're not the first pirl to be kissed on a moonlight night Josh Hast- ings has told me alt about it, : and his generous and honor- -able intentions toward you. .' I certainly have no idea of coming back until the house is finished. You can insist on , Babs coming, but you'll be pulling a hornets nest about your ears if you do. I lay again don't be a fooll Your affectionate Aunt Kats Kay drew a long quivering breath as she settled back ana gazed at the door, where some flies buzzed drowsily in the heat Suddenly, one of them brushed against a cobweb and became more and more enmeshed as it tried to get away. With an impulsive movement Kay jumped up and put a finger through the web, thus setting the fly free. "If only someone would do that for met" she murmured, as she set tled down and read Aunt Kate's letter again. Forcing herself not to let her Judgment be influenced by her indignation, she tried to con sider it calmly. No Way To Fight Him . V17HAT Aunt Kate said about ' Babs was perfectly true. Kay realized that she hadn't any too firm a hold over Babs' headstrong and self-willed nature. And if she Insisted on her coming back in the face of Aunt Kate's determination to stay, life wouldn't be worth living. Viewed In the light of Aunt Kate's scornful "don't-be-a-fooll", it did seem ridiculous to make such a fuss about a moonlight kiss. And by forestalling her, and telling Aunt Kate about it, and his desire to marry her, Josh Hastings had cut most of the ground for right eous Indignation from under her feet There just didn't seem any way to fight this insidious move of Josh Hastings, to get her family under his Influence, and lined up against her. She could tell Aunt Kate about his plot to get her timberlnnd away from her. But that would involve telling the whole beastly experi ence with Scrap Johnson, and Kay had none too much confidence In her aunt's discretion, to want to trust her with that story. Besides, she'd probably explain away Josh Hastings' part in it by saying that he'd been trying to pro tect her from making a foolish move. As long as she was caught In the trap, she might as well accept it gracefully. To have Babs at home, in a rebellious mood, when there was so much to be done, would be anything but a help. And to put such tragic emphasis on a kiss snatched in the moonlight was to magnify the importance of It out of all proportion. Reluctantly admitting that per haps she had been a fool to be quite so nasty and dramatic about it Nay crunched up the note, and threw 11 Into the waste-basket fCopyrlekt, 1J7 Marie is Xsrvaui) The sheriff brlnti Ted's un U thi Lair Nine, tomorrow, for Kay M Identify. wool operators in Boston and Chi cago. "Naturally, I cant disclose the In formation -e have obtained during the last two years.' Haskell said. "We gathered (acta and will lay them be fore the senators when the bearings begin. I can only say they will be very Interesting." 4 The Guillotine Drone. BERLIN, Aug. 3. (API Three men from the Saar basin and one from SIlMla. ooth frontlet dlatrlcta. were guillotined todey on conviction of high tresaon. Tranlent Killed. SUDBURY, On;, Aug. 9 (Cans dlan Press (light transients were killed and eight tetously injured to day tn the derailment of a Canadian National freight tram 87 miles north west of here. In 1895 Stimuel P. lsngley built a steam-power airplane that flew tor six seconds. I iS" . tirJ OKLV A Men Only. In recent years, the use of per fume hea become almost as mucn a feminine prerogative aa the chang ing of minds, but In the days of 'Good Queen Bess" the aet-up was far different. By act of Parliament, women were forbidden to use aro matic for fear of cutting down the supply to an extent where there wouldn't be enough for the men. Babe Ruth. First assailed by the lure of the diamond while at the Bt, Mary's In dustrial school In Baltimore, George Herman Ruth took up the game as a catcher. A left-hander, he had to wear a catcher's mitt designed for a right-handed player because it was the only catcher's mitt the Woman Flying Doctor OLONOURRY, Auetralla. (UP) Dr. Jean White la believed to be the first woman flying doctor In the world. Bbe haa been appointed ea ststant to Or. a. w. Alberry, who la obliged to make practically all of hie calls over a vast territory by air. Old Hiillillug Air Cooled COLUMBIA. Mo. (UP) The old- TA1LSPIN TOMMY A Surprise KEETER SOLVED THE PRO"'.EM OF GETTIMG OVER THE ELECTRICALLV ' WIRED WALL IMTO THE GARDEN OF THE SPY HEADQUARTERS. HE CLIMBED A NEAR BY TREE AMD SWUNG OVER THE WALL JUST 1M TIME TO LAND OM AM ARMED GUARD BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER THE NEBB3 I Can't Mistake HELLO, 1 AinJT HOUJ IS MOUU'S TIPS? .simce. VESTHROAfV 50 I-1 WOW THAT WAS TMt . " ii..mnsu,1..i,j,ej ,uoWeT. PUfWEfcT AWJ tor. '-""-i a M0St Powerful x1 o' . -, , . . ,i U -. as' LAUGUAOfc NC -ft J Pfl A -Ij LUViG. IMTO A ! uNCHfw Ll.g tfcLtPHOUE (VIA k ' rami lrwb ieM "V fV9 n wynbn. uavlnevi K n! i.lrtilm school owned. This meant that In making a throw, he had to flip the mitt off his hand. Realising that left-handers never got very far aa catchers anyway, Ruth took up pitching. His ability In this position came to the notice of the Baltimore Orioles and he was signed up by the team In 1914. By 1918, Ruth had become one of the outstanding pitchers In major league baseball, but longed to get more opportunity to bat. In the fol lowing year he became an outfielder so his batting ability' could be used more regularly. Ho became the "King of Swat," rolling up a world's record of 714 home rune before he retired. The Lost Balloon. Lat tn 1936, a passerby stumbled eat building on the University of Missouri campus, Bwltzler ball, haa been air conditioned since It was con structed tn 1873. Contractors remod eling the building discovered a for gotten 10-foot air shaft connected In the basement with brick tuunels and running up through the three stories providing cool air In the aum- for the Spies! Service, Please 'AM' It OH.EVE.RVTUH06 IS TWe 5WE. TDDAfV THE SAME i-TOMORROVU-l GUESS VT LUIL.L BE A.LUJA.VS TUE. SAME ..TIPS MERE IS A. LOST AT 0. fAJM I ,S1DE THE IfHOLD THAT STArtCE."' ALlVSS IjjJf SKE BTS .' MftM opVjj jljljl n v i J J II I W aX a am rri 1 X.lZKrt I LI ijia mi Z9 yenns menr- CrSUM on an object partially burled In the sand near Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif. It was found to be a balloon meteorograph No. 250, which had been released by the U. 8. Weather Bureau at Santa Catallna Island nearly a quarter of a century be fore 1 Made of metal. No. 350 was still In good shape, and many of the tracings on Its recording plate could stilt be deciphered. They showed that the meteorograph had been re leased at 5:05 p.m., July 25, 1913, from Avalon, Santa Catallna, Calif., 122 feet above 'sea level temperature 75 degrees P. It had risen to a height of . 13.8 miles, where the temperature was 71 degrees below zero. Tomorrow i What Man's Shadow Lived After Him? . SACRAMENTO, Cal. (UP) Oov. Prank P. Merrlam during the recent legislative se&slon won a position 88 the state's third greatest blll-klller. He either pocketed or vetoed 418 bills. During the past 33 years, however, he haa been outdone by Gov. Friend W. Richardson, who killed SIS legislative measures, and Oov. Hiram W. John son, who vetoed 433. VLL 6tT n 6A66tD THAT 1 VOUW1S WWWtR-eUAPPEO. P VifcU.,UO USE 1U VNAMIVT - RtCVLOM '0 BET ACT FA&T AM moo? DOWM OM THE HULL KIT AM KABOOPV.6. OF , EAA RIGHT V40W II U I Sr. -7, 77 IP ' VJELL, MV K1EW FELLER 13 5T1LI COMINJ' UP TO HOUSE. ALLOiWS HE'5 BEEKl AMD HE NEVER HADf THE SAME SUT -TVUICE. was FRED PERLEV Wft SO UP5tf ThW HE L0S1 AN ER5V PU1Y AND THE NAtCH WHEN J MESS A6E CAME FROM fME CU38 BOUSE 10 OMl HDME AT ONCE BECAUSE HE HAD F0R60ffES 1& TAKE THE ROAST OUT OF THE CAR AND HIS WIFE wa$ ; 5TartK6 "To set dinner (fjopyritht, 1937, by The Bell Syndicate Inc.) 8-3 8 'MATTER POP WIS THE. 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