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PACE TEK MEPFORD MATL TRIBUNE. ftfEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, - AUGUST 8, 1937- READY AND WAITING By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot further proof 'address tha author, tDdoatiic stamped enTolope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat. OS. SYNOPSIS: When Kay Cran don of th Lary Niiw loses her ranch houje and barn in a Ire, Joh Hastings, owner of the Fly ing Six, trie to buy her ranch and court Kay. She hates him and is determined to keep her ranch and rebuild. Ted Caynor, a puncher she impulsively hired, fights Scrap Johnson, a cowhand who molested Kay. They shoot it out, wounding each other. Haitingt finds them unconscious and murders Scrap with Ted's gun. Ted crawls to a shack where grl named Marion nurses him through a feverish week. The gun is found and Sheriff Farley searches for Ted while Kay anz-. iously awaits news. Chapter 29 'Reconstructing' The Crime DY THE next morning, Kay had sj reached a point of tense anxi ety that demanded action. There was no use denying to herself any longer that Ted meant more to her than any man she had ever known. The sympathy for his desperate plight . that had first drawn her to him, had changed to admiration, for he clever way in which he had helped her. And this - feeling again had given way to gometning mucn deeper, as sne had watched him fighting for her, and during that magic ride back in the . sunset, before he had said goodby. She admitted now the cause of her intense restlessness when he had failed to appear at the time sne naa expected mm. sne was in love with him, and somehow she knew tnat he cared for her too. The first thine to do. she decided. was to ride over to the Flying Six and see if there had been any news from the sheriff. Babs wouldn't be able to come over with any mes sage until after school, and Kay simply couldn't wait until then. After the way she and Josh Has tings nad last parted, it was rainy certain that he wouldn't take the trouble to bring any message over. In spite of her vow not to go near the Flying Six again, Kay felt she couldn't possibly wait until afternoon to hear any news there night be. Let Josh Hastings think tnything he wanted to I She. was going over there. , Eating a hasty breakfast, she ran down to the corral, saddled Flicker and was off. In the morning sunlight, her fears of the night assumed less tragic shape. The fact that Ted hadn't been found anywhere would seem to indicate that he couldn't have been so severely wounded. The only thing for her to do was to have faith in him, and try to talk down the ugly rumors that were running rife about him. u t.u un.tM. ..... nowhere in sight as she rode up to the ranch house of the Flying Six. Aunt Kate was sunning herself on tne porcn. one waved a greeting. "I'm Rlad to see you ain t such a tool, after all," she said compla cently as Kay came up the steps. Ignoring this remark, Kay ran over and Kissed her peppery old relative, then eagerly asked, "Has Zeke Farley telephoned any meS' sage for me, here?" "Not that I know of." Aunt Kate wrinkled up her face and squinted speculatively at Kay. "He stopped here on his way to And that fine new puncher of yours! I don't know any stronger proof that you need a husband to manage you and your affairs, than that you go off and get a murderer in your out- nti And give nim your father s n to do tne murderlnff with!" ihe gave a snort of disapproval. nay uh ncr lips lo Keep dbck me angry retort that sprang to them. Quarreling with Aunt Kato wasn't oin to set her anvwherel On the contrary, here was her chance to set her straight about Ted. - "I thought you had more fair ness than to Jump to conclusions that way," she began, in a carefully controlled voice. You . . ." How Do Ion Know? WIO'S lumping to conclu sions?" Kay started as Josh Hastings appeared suddenly in the doorway. He had a sly smile of satisfaction at seeing her there. It made Kay regret her impulsive haste In coming over, especially as there hadn't been any message for her after all. "Why, Kay here says I am!" Aunt Kate answered In an ma. grieved tone. "We were talking ped It before he dragged himself over to the water! He " "Dragged himself over to the water?" Kay echoed. "You mean he was wounded? How do you know" "I don't know," Josh Hastings snapped. A dull red came into his face, and his eyes shifted from Kay's inquiring gaze. "I'm only re constructing the picture as I im agine it must have been." His man ner was suddenly blustering and confused. "Like as not I'm mis taken. Gaynor probably wasn't wounded at all. He just snot Scrap through his arm, and then, when Scrap dropped his gun, Gaynor finished him off." "I didn't know Scrap Johnson had been shot twice!" Kay ex claimed. A rising excitement made her breath come fast. How did Josh Hastings know so much? Why was he so red and angry? "All I know is what the sheriff said!" Josh Hastings turned to Aunt Kate, and fixed her with hyp notic glaiwe. "You heard him say that!" he declared. "I don't rightly remember that." Aunt Kate pursed her lips reflec tively, "But land sakes! I was so excited, I don't know half he did say." "But you did hear him say that!" Josh Hastings Dersisted. his eves stifl dominantly holding hers. "I reckon I did." Aunt Kate agreed doubtfully. "Anyway, I rec ollect wnat ne said aoout it's being my brother's gun!" Her beady black eyes turned accusingly to Kay. "The idea of your giving your father's eun to a man like that! Josh Hastings has told me all about him." "That s easy to see. Kav com mented bitterly. She turned an grily toward the steps. "I may as ih about that man the sheriff is after. i didnt expect you to have proof of whet I was telling you, so sopn," Jorh Hastings looked tri umphantly at Kay. "There's no question of jumping to conclu sions. The man's a proved mur derer. And If he hasn't escaped over the border, he'll be brought back and hung." He watched lor Kay s reaction to these words. Kay controlled her exp.-esslon by a mighty effort. "Fortunately, very one isn t as ready to condemn man unheard as you are," she an swered coldly. "Don't be a fool!" Kay's coolness touched off Josh Hastings' easily aroused temper. "The Gaynor man's gun was found with two car tridges exploded, where he drop- well be going on, as lone as you have your minds made up already about an innocent man s guilt. She turned back to Aunt Kate. "If there should be any message, have Babs ride over with it, will you?" "I will, unless someone else wants to take it!" Aunt Kate gave Josh Hastings an arch look, which made Kay's blood boil. Turning and bolting down the steps before she should say some thing she might regret later, she sprang into Flicker's saddle and was off. A Plan of Action THE same early morning sun light that had tempted Marion Howell out into her tiny clearing on the morning that Ted finally was out of danger, shone on Kay's cabin and wakened her from the exhausted sleep into which sho had fallen at early dawn, after a second wretcneo night. . There had beennomessairenf anv sort from the Flvine Six and. un able to stand the suspense, Kay had sent snorty over atter supper to see if any late news had come in. It was midnight before Shorty had come back, and with her first glimpse of his face, Kay had had her answer. "No news Is good news, Kid." Shorty had tried to be comforting with his clumsy sympathy. He seemed to sense, in some strange way, what Kay was going through. "I'm with you about there being something phony going on. That Gaynor guy's no murderer, or I miss my guess." "Thanks, Shorty," Kay had said. "I know he isn't. But everyone hut you and me seems to think he is!" "Josh Hastings sure is hell bent against him," Shorty had ruminat ed, shooting Kay a quizzical look. "Reckon you're being for him don't help none in that quarter!" inis remaric lingered with Kay after Shorty had left, and she had gone to bed. She must be carefu! not to raise antagonism to Ted, by being too violently partisan. Putting aside the negative wavs In which she could help, Kay tried to concentrate on something posi tive she could do. The thing that would mean most to him, would be lor her to get in touch with his mother and sister herself, nnrl bring them over to the Lazy Nine, as had been originally planned. She had resolved to wait one more day for news of Ted, and then to put this plan into action. Finally she had dropped asleep. Now, as the sun gradually brought her to full consciousness, this plan came back to her mind, and she sprang out of bed and be gan to dress with feverish energy. Why wait one more day, before acting on her own? She wanted to be back at the ranch house that night, because the sheriff would surely have some news by then. Meanwhile, however, there was no need to have another wretched day of anxious, interminable waiting. sne would ride up to the central divide and do some scouting. Knowing that her olan would stir Selh's opposition, and would certainly make him insistent that one of the Vovs eo with her. Kav carefully avoided the bunk house. supping into the mess shack, she foraged some breaknfnst for her self. Then she grabbed up some bread and ham and a canteen of water, and made for the corral. fCojiyrlpM, ISJ7, Harts is Ntrvaui) Kay summons the fir patrol, to morrow, to enlist Runyon'i aid. IN CRESCENT AREA KLAMATH PALLS, Aug. 7 APW Work atrtd today on oonatruotlon of a railroad and pond for an ex tensive mill development by the Oil ehflat Umber company at Creaoent, on The Dallee-Callfornla highway in northern Klamath county. T- V. Wright, representative of the company, stated that Kern and Klb bee company haa the contract (or construction of 11 miles of railroad which will connect the mill at crea oant with the main line if the Southern pacific railroad one mile north of Mowicn. The contract also calls for con struction of a dam In the little Dm enutea met which will back up water lot .0U pond to bold from 60 to 70 acre i of water. Wright aleo aald that the company expecta to start It mill operations next spring. The alte of the mill la one milt north of cmarent, a short distance from the highway. Resi dences for workers will be erected on the highway. TRADE SWINGS UP NEW YORK, Aug. 7. APW Wit hot weather spurring demand for summer goods retail trade volume ea tabllsr.d further gains In many areaa during the pant week. Dun & Brad street aald today in their weekly re view, AU leading entries of distribution reported larger sales than for the week preceding, the gains renting Lrott 1 to pel oeau To review 011-jm rnir M" iimav; I VMM BttdhiHH J.e.4CfcRl.TT, ' ' UTlf3fNT4 iHfsCWILSUfl; JsVtfyWlNTHElK 9 -ido county. Ml,, IW- OESiST- JoHMrtyNSfWEDM fle fiW HMO tShQUS. He tVERfW (AND MPfVC ft UOUPIX i uSrRRSriiN6HM7 "tfrTrffiT IIS ft .urrTAtesWAfHip was comhm&Rtv eviH C0N$f&MTlNOfLE, ANP MU THiPiLQBRlM Hfl6f .foot 2. Under a Forelgln Flag From the 16th century through the early part of the 19th century commerce and travel In the Mediter ranean were at the complete nvrcy of the Mohammedan states, Morocco, Tunis, Algeria and Tripoli. The four powers depended almost entirely on piracy or extortion for their means of income. To prevent their ahlpa from being preyed upon by the government controlled Barbary plrutes, nation that could afford It paid annual tribute to the Mohammedan powers. The United States fell In line with this system when her young ahtpplng business started to poke lta nose Into the Mediterranean and. In 1784, paid (80,000 for Immunity. Regular pay ments were made for some years crew Imprisoned and war . declared thereafter, born to the rulers of the on American shipping, there was pirate states by naval ahlpa nothing for Captain Balnbrldge to In September, 1800, the U. S. Frig- do but agree. -The trip was made ate "George Washington," command-! with thd flag of Algeria flying from ed by 26-year-old Captain .William Balnbrldge, sailed for Algiers to de liver "protection money" to the Dey. The distasteful Job was done and the ship was about to head back for America when the Algerian ruler made the humiliating demand that the "George Washington" perform an errand for him In carrying gifts and an ambassador to the' Sultan of Tur key. To top off the insult, the Dey ordered that the United States flag on the ship he hauled down and re placed with the Algerian flag Under threat of having his entlrenystem in 1819. the mainmast. When the "Oeoiee Washington" returned to the United States, . Balnbrldge was completely absolved of any biams by his govern ment for the Incident. In 1815, Decatur took a. fleet to Algeria, captured the, chief etty and forced the Dey to sign a treaty abol ishing all future paying of tribute by the United States. In a like man ner he made he rulers of Tunis and Tripoli sign similar treaties. England followed in this move and France finally ended the Barbary ' tribute noted, however, that except In those districts where buying was brought to a standstill by last summer's drought, there was little Improve ment over the provlous year 'a total. .. The estimated volume of reatll dis tributions for the country as a whole was estimated at from 8 to 20 per cent larger than for the correspond ing week last year. Wheat Shortage In Europe Helps U '. 5. PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (AP) A wheat shortage in Europe and the biggest crop In 10 years for the Unit ed States made Kenneth Stuart Tem pleton. president of the Chicago board of trade, smile for Interviewers today. - He changed trains here en route to Vancouver, B. C. "For the first time Europe la in need of some grain," he said, "and thank God, we've got some to ex port. There la a world shortage and we already are exporting thla year's wheat out of Chicago with much of It going to the United Kingdom." B6frflK0HIS'ffWEUI CUrfriES ANDDSIMO WAif QUIElW WHILE MOrtViER AHPPATOV finish pkih6 up IS DISCOVERED PRE5Dff W.miMMflttolH L REAtV ?ftKEP S0)iCP&t, lOGK)K6FOHISWmS-lXE SUBSIDES OH CHAIR lWArrWMlHUKf0WE4 "IbDOoR. 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