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PAGE -EIGHT "M"EDFOTtP MATL TRIBUNE, ftfEDFORD. OREGON'. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1937. FIRST LESSON By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Wet farther proof addres the author, lndotmg a stamped earelopa for. reply. Beg. V. S. Pat 08. SYNOPSIS: Josh Hutlnpt, own er o the Flying Fix, trie to buy Kay Crandan'i Lazy Nin after her ranch hou ami barn burn. H aUo trie lo court Kay. She dUtnutt him and if determined to keep her ranch and rebuild. Haftinai cowhand. Scrap John ion, molest Kay, but Ted Gay nor, a puncher he impulsively hired, reicuee her and tohlpj Scrap. Later they thoot it out, wounding each other. Haitinai, hating both, murdere Scrap, til ing Ted't gun. Ted crawl to a ' e hack where a girl takes him in. Sheriff Zeke Farley brino the gun to Kay to identify, telling her It killed Scrap. She had given Ted the gun. Chapter 28 The Case Against Ted ' . "KJO NOI I'm ill right!" Kay IN pushed away Seth and the sheriff, as they reached out to steady her. "It's Just the horrible thought 01 uaa s gun oeing in volved in a murder, that But, how do vou know it was murder? There might have been a perfectly i aUH' "Where's this Gaynor bird thenT Why didn't he report ill A horrible fear clutched Kay. "Perhaps he's killed, too," she 'al tered. - "We've searched all around there." the sheriff answered. "Of course this two-day storm washed out any tracks or clues, but my hunch Is that he made a get-away right alter the killing." "But why would he have left his gun behind?" Kay protested. "He'd never have done that if he'd mur dered a man! "Search me, but we've no time for guessing," the sheriff answered " impatiently. "Tell me all you know about him." He looked from Kay to Seth. "All I know," Seth broke In, "is that he turned up here the night of ; the fire. Kay had been having him : look over some timberland for her, ' and then decided to have him loin the outfit." "Where'd you get hold of him In the first place?" Zeke Farley turned to Kay, who braced herself for this question she had been dreading. In the midst of her con , fused horror at this terrible news, one thing was clear nothing . would make her give the real ver sion of her meeting with Ted. "Why, I wanted to get hold of some more timberland." she be gan, "and it seemed a good idea to set some one to go over it, so I" "Yes, yes. Never mind all thatl" the sheriff cut her short "What I want to know is, how did you come to choose Gaynor? Why not some one from around here?" "I don't know just why." Kay decided the only line to take was a helpless, illogical feminine one. "I lust thoueht I'd trv him out and then, if I liked him, he could join the outfit. You thought he was a good addition, didn't you, Seth?" She appealed to Seth, with an at tempt to defeat the sheriff's direct questions by Irrelevance. "Sure I did," Seth answered. "He eemed like an Al hand to me. But I've been kind of wondering about him, when he didn't turn up when he said he would." Bis Threat To Scrap 'TTOW long has this man been 11 dead?" Kay tried another tack to turn the line of the in quiry. "About four or five days, I should Judge." Zeke Farley came back to Seth's remark. "What's that about his being expected back?" "I'll tell you how it was." Kay forestalled Seth. "He'd planned to go back and get his mother and sister, and bring them here to live. You see, he'd worked out a plan for rebuilding." With a few quick words she sketched Ted's ideas, ending, "So I know he wouldn't have left us in the lurch unless something had happened to him. He might De wounded, and dead or . dying himself, while you're accus ing him of murder!" She choked up in spite of herself. "I think you ought to be searching for him, to see if he's in trouble instead of fooling around about a gun!" She fixed the sheriff with an indignant eye. "We'll be searching for him all right," the sheriff commented grimly. "I just wanted to make sure my hunch about the gun was right I thought I'd seen your fa ther toting it Now that I know you fiave it to Gaynor, it clears up a ot. and things look pretty black against him, all right You proba bly don't know that he was heard threatening this Scrap Johnson's life before quite a few witnesses?" "Before witnesses?" Kay's mind flashed back to the fight on the mesa, when Ted had told Scrap Johnson he'd kill him it he ever showed up on the range again. "Yes. Gaynor and Scrap John son had a fight at Kelly's one day last week, and Gaynor got the best of it Some of the boys who were there say he threatened to get Scrap next lime." , Wilh a sick feeling, Kay realiied how black the evidence was that was piling up against Ted. "But that's neither here nor FOUND A SUICIDE BELLINOHAM. Aug. 4. (API Coroner It. B. Boettner announced to day that no inqueat would be held in connection with the death of Er nest P. Welle, principal of Belllng ham high school, whose body wu found yesterday afternoon In a clump ot ouihee near the Belllngham rifle club range, a .48 caliber revol rer, which Well had obtained earlier In the da; at the state armory, wu found near hi body. One shot had been fired through the right temple. No eiplanstloo ot Well' act wee forthcoming trom any source. Bo fir a xnorn he left no note. Walla, captain la the national there." The sheriff turned to the door. "The first thing is to join up with Sam Cutter, the Idaho sheriff, and catch the bird. We can save the evidence for later." He slipped the gun in his pocket and picked up his hat "Sorry to be all this bother, Miss Kay. I've go to be get ting on now, but while I'm awa; you try to remember every single thing you can about this Gaynor." "Where are you going?" Kay asked fearfully. "Over into the Clear Water basin to look up his mother and sister first Then I'll report to Sam Cut ter's deputy and come back by the pass and search around there some . more." "You'll let me know the minute you hear anything, won't you?" Kay tried to keep the desperate anxiety out of her tone. "We have no telephone now, but you could get hold of Babs at the Flying Six, and she'll ride over and tell me." "Sure I will." Zeke Farley climbed into his saddle and rode off. Ted's Volunteer Nurse THE early morning sun shone on the glistening dew that out lined the bunch grass in the small clearing on the south slope of the central divide. It tinted the dark green branches of the surrounding pines and tamaracks with golden flecks, and one or two first rays finally searched out the tumbled down shack. The door of the shack slowly opened and a girl stepped out to lean against the door frame. Her whole attitude suggested intense weariness. As she closed her eyes. her face looked deadly pale in its frame of black hair. Straightening, up. she glanced back through the door, then tip toed down the two dilapidated steps and walked through the dew drenched grass to the center of the clearing where the sun was strongest She took several deep breaths, picked a bit of fire weed and stood idly twirling it It was exactly a week since Ma rlon Howell had looked out of her strange abode to find wounded Ted dragging himself toward her. No sooner had she brought him inside, than the storm had broken. Ted had hovered by the slender est thread between life and death, and Marion knew that nothing but her care and nursing had saved him. She had thrown herself into the task as a natural human re sponse to the desperate need of a fellow creature and as a welcome escape from her own thoughts and troubles. Two days before Ted had ap peared, M a r i o n's father had Drought her to this hut stacked it with provisions to last several weeks, and told her that if she val ued her life and his, she must wait there, in hiding, until he came back. His wild manner, comine as It did after a mental breakdown, had terrified her into acquiescing. She was entirely in the dark about hit reason for this move, but she had suspicions that she hardly dared voice to herself. Deciding it was best to humor him, she had lis tened carefully to his instructions, and promised to carry them out to the letter. He had made her swear that on no account would she let there be any sign that the hut was occupied. While it. was extremely unlikely tnat any one wouia penetrate to the tinv clearing, he wanted her to lie low, if they did, and give the place every .appearance of a de serted hut He left her a small oil stove and a few gallons ot oil, which he had packed up, along with the rest of the stuff, on the two pack burroi he had brought with them. Ad monishing her on no account to light a fire, he had gone off, taking both their horses and the burros. after a scene that made her shud der even now. w It was her promise that had made her hesitate a moment when her horrified glance-had first fallen on Ted. The severe battle she had had to save his life had been her own salvation, Marion realized as the days had slipped by and her father had not reappeared. There had been no time for thought in the intensive nursing she had had to do. It was not until dawn this morning that the fever had broken, and she had felt any assurance that the battle was won. From Ted s delirious mutterlno-a. Marion had been able to piece to gether something of his story. In this close association with a per fect stranger, she had come to be convinced that her first appraisal of him had been right and that she could wait with confidence until he recovered sufficiently to tell the rest of his story. As she stood there In the sun shine, she felt her strength grad ually returning. She decided that as soon tu Ted should be strong enough to leave, she would go in search of her father, if he was not back inside of the three weeks he had stipulated. She would give him the full time he had asked for, but after that she could no longer stand this inaction. fCoeyrloM, JUT, Slarlt da tttmnUI) searchers for Ted And the tint clearing, tomorrow. guard, was one of Belllngham' most popular dtUena. Before coming here Well wa boy advlaer and nrlnclpal of the hieh echool at Lincoln high school, Seattle. PENSIONS URGED FOR GOLD STAR PARENTS WASH1NOTON, Aug. 4. (flV-The rule committee recommended house comldentlon thli wee of legislation to place dependent "gold Mar" par ent and widow of world war Mi dler on a pension baiala. The penalon would mpplant war ru Insurance payment which ex pire during the neit three year. Chairman Rankin (D.-Miaa i of the world war veteran committee ald the legislation would cot approxi mately 14,000,000 annually. mi it!, r m-nz ns7s x HDRltf? OHTrleSrW PAY The "From." In the hope that by entering tfco Arctic near the New Siberian Islands, he would be drifted over the North Pole by a current, Frldtjof Naiuen. Norwegian explorer, built a steamer, the "Pram." with which he attempted the trip In 1893. while his hopes of actually cross ing the pole failed, Nansen did suc ceed In reaching a higher latitude thany any previously attained 8S de grees, 14 minutes, on April. 8, 189S. Fourteen years later, Roald Amund sen secured the use of the "Pram" for an lntanded trip to tho North Pole. Already to difficulties over raising enough funds for the voyage, he gave up the project after henrlng Bolt Catapult Cow. BISBEE, Aria. (DP) Hl-dlddle-dlddle, the cat and the fiddle, and the cow Jumped over the moon or anyway, she went flying 10 feet through the air. During one of the season's heaviest rains the cow was standing next to a wire fence. The wire fence was near a Jilgh tension pole, and when lightning struck the pole It rent a current to the fence TAILSPIN TOMMY A Surprise for Tommy! Through the aid . OP SKEtiTS, WHO ARRIVED IN TIME WITH A MACHINE < TOMMY WAS ABLE TO OVERPOWER THE SPIES AMD MAKE THEM PRISONERS. THEY WERE LOADED INTO THE TWO PLANES OUTSIDE" THE HACIENDA, AND LATECt, THE PLANES LAND ED AT THREE-POINT. . BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER PWt COMES iH-wewAWTOjWt. AwIKlkS M V J VOMXW- O' HCte ,N 0W6 WCEri OA lU Wl rHl6 HtV-vF:--x -1 omihibijSw mSJL. 1 sheriff clear, vou out au' deposit S y g THE NEBBS The Eavesdropper " ' '' ' vv By 80L HESB I 6tSI 1 Looxi at tvIe aS ' suess POTTS was RaSMT uwew:':irTweRes OJE PAETV THATS A CGOVJOTUt-SQJI ! , 'f WE SAJO 1 MAO COMMERCIAL. if it'l SOI MS TO BE IM THERE FOR h," rfjf. MAX WAS SOT. aZ. ' 1 SLEEPlMG S1CKWE5S I'LL SMOA7 I,' . ? ! j 50ME TIME. TWAT5 THAT f , MOST CP "EM ARE EaSsLLX - w . ; VTW'S GLW MAV SOME. ADVERTISIMG . 1 ART WUHTA CROUJD-UJArT TILL 1 !-'" J& MV CUSTOMERS.. J I KJOW OKJ 1 V. CATKEW ET READV TO OCX. it. IN1HE BNawinV pi . 'flJ.-tV7iii rVT fv INniA'fiLlill I 6 1-3&J J. rWRT HA V&Mtm 1000,000 GMfito or ar&ovm mv mpiut o kounv imps mm for 2 MRS-m mimtxm 0NP anMiLPc fe-AJ of Peary's discovery of the North Pole, feeling that nU chance of get ting enough financial backing bid become too slim. Instead, he secretly changed his plans to a South Polar expedition, started on August 0, 1910. and dis covered the South Pole on Decembei 16, 1911. Airport Gasoline Truck. Used for refueling airplanes, a truck at the Eastern Air Lines airport lu Jacksonville, Fla has established a remarkable record for short hauls In operation since June, 1935, It has averaged eight round trips a day, de livering over 40.000 gallons of gaso llne a month. Ons each round trip which in turn sent the cow Into the air. Four Burn to Death, DOLAND, 8. D.. Aug. 4. (fff A mother and three daughters were burned fatally in a fire that destroyed the Prank Campbell farm home near here last night. The dead are Mrs. Frank Campbell; May, 14; Lurene, 18: Florence 7. The Demand! KWHATS THI5 f DUMno! TOMUS f'PHOne THE DEPARTMEnTl rgw""!.- 111 I ALL ABOUT, Jl EXPLAIN! J OP JUSTICE. CHIEF.' WE'VE U I llf55JjJ Mil Horn poLimx-m iad9- arc kf.&rmm.n V the truck travels only 70 feet from the side of the landing field to a plane and back. gong of the Shirt ". . . Stltchl Stitch I Stitch I In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a volec of dolorous pitch, She sang the song of the shirt." With Its theme deploring the "sweatshop" system of the day, "The Song of the Shirt" was first publish ed In "Punch" In 1843. It proved so popular that It was printed on thou sands of handkerchiefs which sold throughout England like wildfire. Tomorrow: what Bird Can Swim Better Tlmn a Sealv Game Ends; Balls Lost. MARTINS PERRY, O. (UP) A shortage of ball caused the dedica tion game on the new WPA recreation lot to be called In the fourth Inning. Balls that rolled over the edge of the city dump on which the field was built, had been mysteriously disap pearing. Youngatera hod laid In wait for the stray balls, grabbed them and fled. HftS FiRSf LESSON" Id . BASEBAll. HOLDS OUf HAWPS ANMEllS FMMER-rofMROWl' BALL 60ES BETWEEN RUBS CHE5f VI60R0U& fHEM LWJDIN6 SQUARE- Ur FEEUN6 HE'D LIKE LV Ofcl HIS CHEST fo CRV EXCEPT I'M W BAUTLtWERS DOH'f 8 'MATTER POP that's A sign I'm i f j .7 L I NOW, Jc s ! Gf t4a,t doT uTTIat)! I "iat (OoprBt. 197. by The Bn Syna'.cate, Inc.) jj Wrfrf HAKlDS STiLl HELP OUT, WWfcHES BALL. iWL BV. STEMS SUR PRISED rfDlDNrf LAKP LtSffcNS WflfULlV 0 THfrtER'S INSIkUCnONS HOW Tb MOID HIS HANDS fO CAttH BfiLl. M AMA6E& TO INTO H16 6L0VE SACKS (Copyright, 1937, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) COME BIRD SIMS HE DNMRSIfcrJUS AND StREfCHES 1HEM OitfEttOlY AS HE HAD -IrlEM BEFORE FArfHER,STArJDIN6 A WALKS 7R0UDL-V IN TOfrf OR -fWO AlVAV. lb HOUSE SWlrV6IW(2 TOSS BALL HIS 6UWE . fEELS HE'S WHERE A BALL FIAYER NOW By 0 M PAYNE By HAL FORREST WITH ME, TAlLSPIfl j WHO CRASHED YOUR RACING PLANE .' )
