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'ETGHT ftfEDFOTTO MAIL TRTBTTNTC, M"EPFOTtD, OftEflOy. WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST Ii, 1937. 'COMING!" B CLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor farther proof addreai tin author, Inclotlog. a ttamped envelope for reply. Bee. V. ft. Pat Off. mil ii ii 1 1 ii ' SYNOPSIS: fire destroys Kay Crandon's Lazy Nina ranch house and barn. Josh Hastings, owner of the Flying Six, tres to buy her ranch and court Kay. She hate him and it determined to keep her ranch and rebuild. Ted Cay' ' nor, a puncher ehe impultivelv hired, fights Scrap Johnson, a cowhand who molested Kay. They shoot it out, wounding each other. Hastings finds them unconscious and kills Scrap with Ted's gun. Ted crawls to a shack where a . girl named Marion nurses him. The gun is found and Sheriff Far ley hunts Ted. Kay finds the shack, sees Ted and Marion to gether and rides off in jealous agony. Chapter 32 Unconscious Belrayai REALIZING the suicidal chances she was taking, but refusing to heed them. Kay urged Flicker on, in obedience to the compelling de sire for speed that possessed her. Relief at knowing Ted was safe and not badly hurt was complete ly overshadowed by her frustrat ed sense of loss. Her feeling was none the less bitter for her violent self disgust. Fool that she had been, to let herself care for a man who had obviously just been play ing with herl Probably Ted had been flatter ing her, and kidding her along just the way she did Tom Runyonl And she had taken it all seriously, and allowed herself to dream about him, and Imagine all sorts of vague and delightful future possibilities. "Thank goodness that's all over, Flicksl" She declared fiercely, find ing relief in voicing her torturing thoughts out loud. "I've got his measure now and I'll never think of him again. Let them hang him for murder if they want tol" She broke off with a horrified sob. "No, nol I don't mean thatl" She pulled Flicker In as they , came to a sharp curve in the trail and started up a steep rise. Flicker stopped gratefully, but stood blow ing and stirring restively, as though the contagion of his mis tress's mood had spread to him, setting every nerve aquiver. Twilight was almost gone. Knv noticed, coming out of her concen tration on her inner feeling to a startled realization of the present She must at least get down across the valley between the two divides before night overtook her. Fording the stream that raced between the two ridges was no easy thing in full daylight, and to attempt it in the dark would be an insane risk. "What do we care, Flicks?" Kay demanded rebelliously, in answer to her thought. She gave Flicker a sharp click of her heel, and urged him up the slope, then headed down again at a break-neck pace that was even more perilous than before, in the half light Suddenly Flicker stumbled and almost pitched headlong, but re covered in response to Kay's steadying pull on the reins. Before he was able to come to a halt on the steep descent a large rock, loosened from the cliff above them, clattered down at his feet This proved the last straw for Flicker's strained and quivering nerves. With a terrified bound sideways, he plunged and went down on his kne.es, pitching Kay over his head onto the rocky trail. Scrambling to his feet Flicker lumped over the prostrate form ly ing motionless In the trail before him, and ,-aced on in a mad rush of terror. Tom Considers Matrimony TpOR some time after Kay left " him, Tom Runyon watched her as she threaded her way along the trail. "Some girl!" he observed aloud with an admiring appraisal of the perfect poise of her lithe figure on Flicker's back. "The first girl I've seen in a long time that I reckon would be a good bet to corral into matrimonyl" , He watched for Kay's reappear ance around a curve in the trail, and added complacently, "Yes, sir-ee! I've a good mind to make her Mrs. Tom Runyon, damned if I haven't) I could go a heap far ther and fare worse. Even if her ranch house is burnt down, she's got a pretty piece of property there," he went on, ruminating aloud. "And she's some looker into the bargainl" Turning away, as Kay at last passed out of sight Tom Runyon went back to where he had left his horse, a smile of fatuous satisfac tion on his face. He never doubted Kay's acquiescence to the flatter ing prospects he was entertaining of her future, as he went on to plan his campaign to win her hand. "Looks like she's kind of stuck on this Gaynor guy." he confided to his mount as he headed down the trail. "But I reckon he's pretty well out of the picture now. And if he isn't I can soon fix that up!" He gave a conceited chuckle, then went on with his soliloquy. "All's fair in love and warl As soon as I got off tomorrow. I'll go up the way she asked me to, and then I'll hightail it over to the Laiy Nine with my findings! And oh, boy, they'll be some findings!" I Plain,.,.,, diuund on the I chance ot scc.ng K&y on her way : back, Tom Hunyon spent a good part of the afternoon on the look out for her. as well as scanning the ridge for a telltale smoke col jmn. Ever since he had come to patrol this region, the fires had ceased. Today was the first glimpse of smoke he had had. and he grinned with a satisfied memory of the cause of it I "Reckon that firebug Isn't taking any chances now he knows I'm on the job." he observed, as he drew his mount in on a promontory of rock that gave a good view of the trail that Kay would soon be de scending. "I've half a mind to ride back with that little red head and pop the question, nowl" After impatiently waiting an hour or more, Tom Runyon's good humor began to be strained. He had not wanted to take a chance of missing Kay by going back to hit camp to get a bite of supper, and the pangs of hunger were decided ly affecting his temper. The sun dipped behind the cen tral divide, and the afterglow flamed across the sky, but no Kay appeared on the distant trail. Anxiety finally got the better of Tom's ill temper, and he decided to ride on and meet her. As the twilight deepened, he found him self headed down the west slope of the eastern divide. By the time he reached the stream at its foot it was nearly dark. Pulling his mount in, he weighed In his mind the possible causes ol Kay's delay. There was the chance, of course, that she had headed along the ridge, after coining through the pass, instead of com ing back this way at all. If that was the case, it would be a crazy wild goose chase to go up the central divide at night look ing for her. The harvest moon could still be depended on to light up the last half of the night, but he didn't relish the idea of following up Kay s trail ny dark 11 she was already safely back at the Lazy Nine. 1 In Flicker's Wake A DISTANT clatter of hoofs broucht him out of his musinfi to alert attention. With puckered brow, he listened intently, and as the sounds came nearer, he let out a puzzled oath. Kay surely wouldn't be crazy enough to take the trail at that pace, even if she was trying to beat the gathering darkness. Putting spurs to his horse, Tom forced him into the dark waters of the stream, and made his way across, just in time to meet Flicker, wild-eyed and r.c'erless. racing toward him. Flicker wheeled abruptly at the sight of the horse and rider waiting to block his path, and whirled to one side, but Tom Runyon rode him down, and grabbed the bit With wary skill, he checked his plunging, and at last brought him to a quivering halt. Tom was sure now that some thing had happened to Kay. He lost no time in tying Flicker to a tree beside the stream, and took the trail at a run. Ho figured thai Kay must have been thrown at least a quarter of a mile up the trail, before he could have heard Flicker's hoofbeats. He pushed on at full speed, trusting his mount to find his footing in the dark that now enveloped them. After covering the distance that he judged Flicker had covered from the moment when he had first heard him, Tom pulled his horse in and proceeded more cau tiously. He called Kay's name from time to time, aud listened anxious ly for some response. His horse plunged with a sudden snort and refused to go on. Tom swung to the ground, ran up the trail and dropped on his knees be side Kay's prostrate form. Pulling out his pocket flash, he examined the ugly cut on her head, and felt for her heart. It was stronger than he had dared to hope, and her pulse had a reassur ing beat Tom lifted her head on his knee and chafed her hands in the hope of reviving her sufficiently to get her back with more ease than if she were a dead, unconscious weight After a few minutes, she stirred restlessly, shifting her head and muttering. Tom Runyon bent close to hear what she was saving, and a grim satisfaction spread over his face as he caught her words. "What cabin?" he prompted gently. "The cabin by the clearing," Kay moaned, unconsciously responding to his question in her delirium. She drifted again into unintelligible mutterings, then exclaimed in clear tones, "The black haired girll There is h black haired girl!" "Where Is she?" Again Tom's voice seemrd to penetrate to her subconscious. "In the cabin with Ted." A broken sob escaped Kay. "Both of them up there in the cabin." A flicker of triumph gleamed in Tom Runyon's hard eves. "Never mind," he soothed. "We'll fix that" fCopyHcM, tun. Uarit ,Vrriud Tom putt the hrrin on Ted's trail, tomorrow. 1bTr UNKMOWM VZW, d ftcoMCReTecoffiK- i m y v y saftball pricker. Wmzvb Ho-HuemBmioiJ 1-0... Jim? 15,1937 r HI5 10OTH CR06SIH6 OM lUf-SAAr30W rVSC.R.MflHWHOWPrS COMPLETING tffc Hulling Railroad The Idea of utilizing wind power for rallroacU la not npw, but bo far as known, the Chllcnn "sailing i all road is the only successful one op erating today. In the Unltvd State the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ex perimented with a sail car as far back as 1829. It was hoped that It could be operated over railroad tracks In the same manner as sailing ships at sea. A few attempts proved otherwise. The car could not tack, hence could not sail Into the wind like a ship. It moved along fairly well with the wind but could not sail against it. A stiff breeze on the side would blow It off the tracks. FILING IH kNToFfterYsTftj Chile, ARE PROPELLED 3i THE WIND,,. two Trips 6re mme possible bythe fM TrWTHe WlMD SLOWS ONE WAV EVERV MORNIN6 rWTrte cwsife WAV every night. Peculiar wind conditions make pos- slble the success of the Idea, on a railroad In the province of Antofa tjaata, Chile, over a five-mile stretch ' of track. Every morning the wind blows In one direction and every eve ning blows the opposite way. Thus costless and dependable motive power is provided for one round trip every day. moth Cnis-hig. Horace E. Smith, retired banker of Haverford, Pa., made his first trip across the Atlnntlc in 1880. Since then he has made crossings on an average of almost two trips a year. In Miirch. 1937, Mr. Smith completed his 100th transatlantic trip when he disembarked from the R. M. S. Scythla at Liverpool, England. Another passenger of the same last name went down the gangplank at Liverpool on this trip had Just com pleted his 99th crossing. He was C. Harrison Smith, of Broxton, England. Horace Smith allowed only five days to elapse between his 99th and his 100th crossing, so eager was he to pass the century mark. Seventy one yeara old, he travels for pleasure, affirming that he Uvea better, sleeps better and eats better on the ocean. Tomorrow: What Baseball Record Ho No Teams Try to Bcut? Irrigation District Votes Power Plant KT,ANUATH VAT.T.Ct Aiur It (AD1 I A revenue bond Issue of 940,000 rrtta aubiivi lieu , 11 -DM, uj VIWI a Ul the Enterprise irrigation district yes terday for construction of a power plant on the canal power site of the Klamath reclamation project. The plant la to be used for Irrigation pumping purposes. While tho bond Issue is set at 40.- OIL AND FEATHERS GIVEN ORPZER botomi. wh?re his clothes were torn off and the oil and feathers dumpfd over htm. His captors then took him to a busy downtown Intersection at the comer of the Dtillas Npwb building and left him on the otrwt. RillMtn's won lie. WIUMINOTON. Del.. Aug. 10 (API William Leslie Edison, son of the late Thomas A. Ed 1011. inventor, died today at hts .fover hills home alter an illness of six wct'ks. He held patents on many basic radio principals. He retired from active worK two years ago. His widow sur-vles. DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 11. (UP) Herbert Harris, 47, of New Haven. Mo., who said he was a Socialist party organizer, was kidnaped last night, stripped of hit clothing and covered with crude oil and teatners. The kidnaping broko up an outdoor movie at Trinity park, where Harris was showing a film en titled "Millions or Us" and extolling the advantages of membership id labor unions. While the film was being shown a numbrr of men rushed the auto bile, on irhlch Harris had hla pro jection mschlne. The cur was overturned Harris was throw n Into tuoitier died while preparing car and r I shed to tbc Trinity rivarlmeal last night. Find Dead Camper GRANTS PA.SS, Aug. 11. AP; The body of an unidentified man waa being brought today to Orantt Pass from a campsite two miles from the Mt. Reuten forest lookout sta tion Rand rsnner Matttm nMd he was about 70 years ot aa sik1 apparentlj hla eveniug 000, the construction program is based on (35,000 from bonds and a 928.636 PWA grant which the dis trict has secured, making the total cost of the plant something over $60,000. Beer Barred From State Fair Ground SALEM, Ore., Aug. 11. (UP) Thirsty patrons at the Orrgon state fair September 6-12. will take soda pop and like It, the fair manage ment has decided. Nc beer will be sold on the grounds. "The present administration has been opposed to selling beer and there will be no exception to the policy this year." Manager Leo SptUs bart aald. The fair board turned down an offer of $1500 for the beer concession at the grandstand. . 5IE SEUER'S YARtX HEAR SUPPER Cm. AMD SHOlrtS "COVIIHG!" CDUEffS HIS BA5C Dfiil EatliPMErtfAia) HEADS F6R HOME SfoPS "to C0HFER WltH ETD)E ABOltf WHAff -frtEVARE60!H6lbD6 -fRW50NS0PPl6fo IrWESfifcAtE SDME-fHIlte ThW tOOKS LIKE A KlOttlJ BltfJSOtfLVIiM-FOIl. 60E5 ON , S"EPPlNS Crt BICKi CRACK IM PAVE MEHt, 60IW6 BACK Tf HE NIS5E& AHV m. 1b BAT A PEBBlE across -Che sikEE. FINDS tf PREftV HARD fo Hrf PEBBlE AT AU. VAlKS AIDN6, B6l!HClrt6 HEARIH6 R EKE WED- SUP BAU ON BAT. 6ET5 TREtf P CAUS 5H0M5 HE'$ ; TiRED PICKIK6 BAU UP C0MIN6 ASTAST fl5 HE can! wonders whv par ents ARE SO IMPATlEtW (CopyrigM. 1937, by The Btll gynaicate, Inc.) S 'MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNE 8horthand student needing more preparation can pay for coaching by help In office. Box 215. Tribune. If 1avj j Look vj4e.T5E V fl y J W(Oopyrlttit, 1837, by The Bill 8yndlct, Inc.) 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