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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
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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."
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