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VOICE OF AUTHORITY
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYNOPSIS: When Kay Cron-
don o; the Lazy Nina loses her
ranch house and bam in a tire.
Join Hastings, ow.tr of the f'lv-
ina Six, tries lo buv her ranch
' and court Kay. She distrust him
' and is determined to keep her
- ranch and rebuild. Ted Gaynor,
a puncher the impulsively hired,
. Jlohts Scrap Johnson, a cowhand
., .who molef ted Kay. They ihoot it
out, wounding each other. Hatt
tnps findi them and murdere
Scrap, using Ted'e gun. Ted
crawl to an unknown shack
where a girt named Marion
nurses him through a week of
delirious ever. The gun is found
and Sheriff Farley trait Ted to
the shack, but puill it by.
Chapter 28
Best To Stay Hidden
IT WAS late afternoon before Ted
came out of the heavy sleep
into which he had slipped after his
lapse into unconsciousness.
In the long day that had passed,
Marion had had plenty of time to
think over the surprising events
of the morning.
It was clear that, if Scrap John
son had been murdered, Ted would
be the one to whom suspicion
would inevitably point. There
were two possibilities either
Ted's shot had not gone wild, as
he had supposed, or someone else
what she'll be thinking about my
not turning up. I wonder if she's
heard this murder talk?"
"She won't believe it any more
than I do," Marion snorted. She
felt his forehead and added with
decision, "You've talked enough,
now. Lie back and rest while I
get your supper. If you want to get
ack to her as soon as possible,
you must do just as I tell youl"
"Gosh, I hope you two will meet
some time," Ted murmured, as he
gratefully obeyed. "You sure
would take to each other!"
"I hope we will meet" Marlon
turned away, then stopped sud
denly, listening. "What's that?"
"What?" Ted asked sleepily. "I
didn't hear anything."
"I thought I heard someone
moving outside." Marlon crossed
to the window and tried to see out
the narrow crack between the
boards, but only the empty clear
ing with the late afternoon sun
light, shining on the too branches
of the pines was in sight
one went to tne floor z::a cau.
tiously opened it, stepping out a
minute on the steps. Then, as she
still saw no signs of life, she came
in again, pulling the door shut
it musi nave oeen some animaj
prowling about," she observed.
There was no answer from Ted.
and she smiled as she looked ovet
at him, deeply sunk sgain into
health-giving sleep. Stepping ovet
ucbiub aim, sno ugnuy pui nw
f IE
" wonder if Kay's heard this murder talk," he said.
had come along and murdered the
man, framing Ted as the killer.
In any case, the longer Ted
' could stay hidden away, until he
. regained strength to fight for him
self, the better. No matter how
much his mother and sister and
the mysterious "Kay" might need
him, everyone was better off for
the moment if he stayed right
where he was.
As for herself, she couldn't leave
her hiding place for another 10
days anyway, and she would In
finitely rather put in the time
nursing Ted back to health and
strength, than to be alone with her
anxious thoughts of her father.
Resolving to make the position
clear to Ted as soon as she could,
Marion came and sat beside him,
as he roused himself.
Outlining to him his side of the
situation, as she saw it, Marion
went on to tell him of her own
predicament
"My father Is In desperate
straits of some sort," she ended,
"and under the circumstances I
have no choice but to let him work
things out in his own way. The
one thing I must do, is to wait
here for the full time he set. Then,
If he hasn't come, I must go back
to find him."
"How about the man you're en
gaRod to?" Ted asked.
"He is off on a prospecting trip,"
Marlon answered, "and he won't
be back for another month. I hope
to Heaven's sake, that my father
and I will be safely back in Mis
soula before that time."
Someone Outside?
'TOD slowly pondered this Infor-
mation. "What you say about
me is true all right," he answered
at last, "I wouldn't be any good
to anybody right now, I reckon. I
can squash this murder talk easy
enough as soon as I'm strong
enough to go back and tell them
where thev set nlT. With m ml...
ing, some of the neighbors will
live my momer and sister a help
nff hand for a while, invwiv Ami
Nay He paused, and a slow
color crept Into his fsce.
"Who is Kny?" Marion asked
gently. "Are you engaged to her?"
"I wish to God I were." Ted
burst out. "But there's no chance
of that! All ! ask is to be near her
and help her rebuild her ranch
house, and . . . look here, I want
to tell you about her!" He eagerly
described Kay, and the problem
she was up against "I don't know
hand on his forehead and, stil'.'
smiling, gazed down at him s
moment. Then, she quietly went
about gottlng supper ready foi
him, when he should wake.
Passionate Outburst .
A S KAY stood at the door of the
mess shnck and watched the
sheriff ride away with his posse,
sho felt stunned with the sick re
action to the news she had just
heard.
One possible solution aitet
another flashed through her mind,
only to be discarded. It wai
all a terrifying mystery, and hei
thoughts kept coming back to the
dread certainly that Ted was dead
or desperately wounded some
where. Dozens of questions that she
had asked the sheriff came to her.
Why hadn't she found out whethet
Scrap Johnson's gun had been dis
charged? Why a long shuddering
breath escaped her.
"There now, honey, don't you
take it so hard!" Scth came up
behind her, and put a comforting
hand on her shoulder. "Looks kind
of black for this Gaynor fellow,
but after all, he's nothing to us
We can go along on our own, re
building, just as well, as though
he was here."
"I think you are all perfectly
heartless!" Kay blazed, whirling
about and facing Seth with flash
ing eyes. "All you think about U
how It is going to affect usl You'ri
ready to use his brains and his
plan, and then Just let him die
like a dog somewhere!"
"Why, Kayl" Scth regarded her
with open-mouthed amazement.
"What's got into you? The sheriff
Is off this m'nute searching fot
him, and"
"Yea so that he can accuse him
of murder!" Kay broke in pas
sionately. "You're all waiting like
a pack of blood hounds to tear him
to pieces on no evidence at all!
He's not a murderer, I tell youl It
he killed Scrap Johnson it was a
fair fight, or more likely, with tha
odds against Ted. He's not a mur
dered!" Kay ran down the steps and over
to her cabin. Seth let out a long
low whistle ns he watched her
flying figure. Thin he slowly shook
his head and made his way over
to the bunk house.
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Kay finds Josh knave a good bit
about the ehootlni, Monday
WILL UP PRICES
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Motors corporation announced today
price Increases on Its models effective
et the clow of butlneaa Aug. 14. The
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Balle an 1100 on the Cadillac.
Another Oeneral Motors dlvuion.
the Olds Motor Works at Laming.
Mich., announced It would iiuptnit
operations Friday for the "chen
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Gold Star Pension
Passed By House
WASHINGTON, Aug. . (UP)
Tbe houw late Wednesday unanl
raously pswed the "gold sur mothw"
bill providing tiensione for fathers
nd mother of dougnboye killed in
the world war. The measure which
will coat the government sa.o.vi.ooo
Annually and replace the preaent
war riak Inatirance paj-ments, now
goes to the senate where favorable
action ts expected. Compenaauon lot
widows is increaaed under the bill
alt hongs paTmrnt o dendent
ni!ciren re not affected
The tirat city e'rortory In the.
United ttata wa ptluted In Ne
Xott to 1764. I
Bailor Athletes
With the Brazilian govornment run
ning too low on cash to toss sway any
largo amounts on such frivolities as
athletics, 69 of Brazil's star athletes
were packed aboard a small naval
ship one day In 1033, were bado the
South Amerlon equivalent to "bring
home the bacon" and headed for Los
Angelea for the Olympio games.
working the ship themselves, the
athletes sailed from port to port
slong tha wny, stopping at each one
to attempt to peddle coffee, (0.000
bags of which they had been provlaed
by their govornment for financing
the trlpl
Tbe ooffeo bualneea wasn't very
good. When tho athletes arrived In
Los Angelea harbor, only 54 of them
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again and headed for southern Call- crasstis piled up o fortune that mode
fornla ports where they hoped to sell htm the richest, man In Rome by
cnougn conee to get tnem Back to 1 rushing to fires and putting them
Los Angeles and ashore for ine games.
Evidently the 'coffee market was
still bad, for only 34 Brazilians who
lanjed competed In the Olympics.
They might as well have remained
aboard with their ship-bound friends
as far as their athletic successes
went. Not one of them placed in a
single event!
Fire Sale
Slave trafflo usury and general
chiseling all added to the weight of
Marcus Crassus' purse, but the stunt
that really made It bulge constituted
out after he bought the burning
properties for a fraction of their
worth.
While the flames licked through a
building, the members of Crassus'
flro brigade stood by, calmly awaiting
word from their master that he had
driven a deal. If no bargain were
struck, the building was allowed to
burn to the ground.
Through bis wealth, Crassus arose
to a high position In Roman politics,
becoming a member of the first tri
umvirate In 55 B. c. along with Cae
sar and Pompey.
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Find Stewarrless1 Body,
SALT LAKE CITV, Utah, Ang. .
(UP) The hoadlcas body of Gladys
Witt, 38, stewardess aboard the Ill
fated Western Air Express plane
which crashed Into Lake Hardy peak
Deo 15, 1036, with aeven passengers,
was brought Into Salt Lake City to
night by Frank Eaetman, eearcn
leader' Her body was found In anow
about IS yarda away from the place
where her skull was found early In
J.une,
Amazon Ilobber.
' PORTLAND, Aug. 8. (AP) A
woman robber buUt along pretty
sturdy lines knocked down Robert
L. Jewell and took. $25 from his
pockets.
Use Malt Tribune want ads.
Name Astoria p. M.
ASTORIA, Aug. 6. (AP) Mrs. Euna
Pearl Burke, widow of the late Harry
Burke, received word of her appoint
ment as ectlng postmaster, filling ti e
vacancy created by the death of her
husband. Other candidates for tho
post were B. F. Laurln, local drug
gist, and Pred Thlele, who was pur
ported to have the aupport of state
Democratic leaders.
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