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MEPPOKP MATL TRIBUNE, "MEDFORD. OTtEGOy. MONDAY. AUGUST 2, 1937.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By olXTAS WILLIAMS,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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.
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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
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THE GARDEN OF THE
SPY HEADQUARTERS.
HE CLIMBED A NEAR
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OVER THE WALL JUST
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BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
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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!
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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.
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HDME AT ONCE BECAUSE HE HAD F0R60ffES 1&
TAKE THE ROAST OUT OF THE CAR AND HIS WIFE
wa$ ; 5TartK6 "To set dinner
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