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Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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i..v'JPSJS: firs dtroy Kay
Crandon's ranch hoiuf and barn.
Neighbor Josh Haitinst ris to
buy hr ranch and court Kay, but
ihe hates him and Is determined
to rebuild. Ted Gaynor, a puncher
he impubtvely hired, flshu
Scrap Johnson, a cowhand uiho
moleited Kay. Shooting it out,
they mound each other. Halting
finds them unconscious and kills
Scrap toilh Ted's oun. Ted crawls
to a cabin where a girl (Marion)
nurses him. The gun pute Sheriff
Farley on Ted's trail. Kay sees
Ted and Marion together in the
cabin, and later, delirious ater a
all,, babbles all. The sheriff
breaks into Marion's cabin at ;
dawn. , . .
Chapter H
Taken Prisoner
pHE sheriff's eye travelled swift
1 ly over Marlon. Convinced of
the truth of her atatement that ahe
hadn't a gun, he motioned her to
one side.
"You keep out of this now," he
ordered. "141 be wanting you to
answer some questions later."
Striding past her, Zeke Farley
crossed over to. Ted's bunk, just
as one of his posse was making a
rope fast about Ted's wrists and
ankles.
"Thought you'd given ua the
slip, didn't you?" he gloated.
"Well, it ain t so easy in these
parts to get past the law."
Ted, who had been so rudely
awakened from a sound sleep, took
rapid measure of the situation. He
struggled to a sitting position and
faced the sheriff with steady eyes.
stamping up the steps and crowded
into the shack.'
In the confusion, while Zeke
Farley was explaining the situa
tion to the new arrival;, Marion
slipped around beside Ted.,
"Try to get them to leave you
here a few days longer," she whis
pered, "and don't mention Dad
whatever you do!"
She shrank back, as Sam Cutter
came over toward them. He was a
powerful man with a bull dog jaw
and a shrewd glint in his squinted
gray eyes.
. He took both Ted and Marion In
for a minute without speaking.
Then he said, with heavy sarcasm,
"I'm sorry to break up your little
outing, but your boy friend will
have to come along with me.".
Marion flushed at his tone, and
an angry oath escaped Ted in spite
of his resolve to keep cool.
"But for this young lady, I'd be
dead now," he declared. "She has
nursed me through this crisis, and
anyone who insults her will have
ma :o recKon wun later. lie
glared at the men crowded around
him.
"He isn't strong enough to be
moved yet," Marion broke in, but
Sam Cutter interrupted with a
hoarse laugh.
"I reckon he'll atand the trip,"
he jeered. "And if he doesn't,
that'll save us just so much
trouble." He motioned to his men
to ret Ted outside.
"I
ran ride, all right, if vou'll
untie my ankles," Ted protested.
"You needn't worry about my try
ing to mf.ke a break. I'm as anxious
as you are to get this thing cleared
up."
Ted struggled to a sitting position. "If you're looking
for murderers, find Scrap Johnson.",
"I don't know what this Is all
bout," he declared. "If you're
looking for murderers, the man to
find is Scrap Johnson. He did his
best to murder me, and darn near
succeeded."
"We've fcund him," the sheriff
answered grimly, "with a bullet
through his temple.'.'
From what ?.'ed had overheard
from the first searching party that
had passed the shack, he was pre
pared for this answer, but his ex
pression of intense surprise
couldn't have been more natural,
if it had been real. It was up to
him, he felt, to tell a straight and
convincing story of what had hap
pened, and not complicate it by
anything he had overheard.
"Never from any shot of mine,"
Ted explained. "I was taking a
drink of water, and turned around
to see him stealing up on me and
pulling his gun. He got the drop,
and my shot went wild. It might
have nipped him, but it never hit
a bull's eve like a shot in the tem
ple. But even if it had, it was a
plain case ot sell defense. He '
"You can tell that at the trial,"
Zeke Farley broke in gruffly. "Sam
Cutter'll be up here any time now,
and he'll take you in charge. Scrap
Johnson was murdered just over
tne Idaho state line, so that means
you'll be tried in Clear Water
Basin.
"You may as well know,
though," he added, "that your
story s full ot holes. The bullet that
killed Scrap Johnson came from
your gun. "We've got both the gun
and the bullet, and the report just
came in yesterday."
Ted's surprise at this statement
was genuine and mixed with in
credulous dismay,
"Must be some mistake there!"
He caught Marion's eyes on him,
with a mute warning in their
brown depths, and the angry retort
he was about to make died on his
lips.
She was right about going slow!
Anything he said now might be
twisted to count against him. The
only thing to do was to so peace
ably, and trust justice and fairness
to acquit him at the trial.
A Whispered Word
A SHOUT from the woods broke
in on them. A minute later
Sam Cutter and his posse came
Sam Cutter gave him a long look
and curtly ordered his men to cut
the ropes that bound his feet to
gether. "I ain't worryin' about his mak
ing a break," hi remarked, "and
it'll be a whole lot easier going."
He turned to Zeke Farley. "Thanks
for the Up about this bird. I'll try
to do as much for you some day. I
reckon the girl friend comes in
your territory." He gave Marion a
boldly admiring look, and added.
laceuousiy, "borne guys have all
the luckr
Zeke Is More Gentle
WITHOUT giving Ted a chance
'I to have a word with Marion,
they hustled him out. Zeke Farley
motioned his men to follow and
wait for him ouLude.
Left alone with Marion, he stud
ied her carefully.
She waited, resolved to have him
break the silence. With every
nerve tense, sho was determined
not to say anything that could be
used against Ted, or that would
involve her father. She was thank
ful that she had Zeke Farley to
deal with instead of Sam Cutter,
whom she put down as a bully and
a brute.
"Let's hear your story, now,"
Zeke Farley said finally. His voice
was more gentle, but none the less
Arm.
"There's not much to tell," Ma
rlon answered. "I came out early
one morning to find Ted Gaynor
crawling across the clearing deliri
ous and apparently dying from loss
01 Diooa. now ne ever got as lar
as this. I don't know. I got him
in just before the storm broke, and
naturally did what I could for him.
He pulled through, but it was a
narrow squeak."
"Had you known Gaynor be
fore?" the sheriff asked.
"I never saw him in my life be
fore," Marion answered, looking
straight into Zeke Farley's eyes.
"Humph!" was his only com
ment, but his eyes held an un
willing admiration for Marlon's
straightforward manner,
i (OpyWoM, JJT, JfdH. ita Strvaud)
Marlon's itranie falher
mentally npsft, Monday.
AUTUMN FASHIONS
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EXHIBIT REVEALS
PORT WORTH. Tri. (UP) Faun
Inn for American womto thla UU
mill show definite? coronation in
fluence, displays at thff recent Na
tional Pnahlnn Exhibitor conveutton
here indicated
Hardly an Item In mllidy'i fall
wardrobe will eacp the touch ot
England! apectacular coronation ol
King Oeorge VI. Panhlon expert de
clared that England dominate uotn
color and teiturt change next ,
eaaoo.
Coot are designed In richer tab
rlca. with the trend toward cloth
rather than fur. For the mora gnia
occaalnita, aome coat are trimmed
in Peraian lamb; blue or allver tox
fur.
From the military pomp that aur-
rminded the coronation hai come
fall tendency toward ao.ua red t.mil
der dMtgn, with padded rather than
puffed ahouldern. Tailored cloihea
are even more military with dounle
hnaAtd coats that are belted In the
back.
The English influence extends to
collar, the styles revealed, with
smaller collars or none at all ana
seaming, at tchlng and welting ueed
tewnrk that sin u ks of London,
Tailored suita Mill promise to be
modish, with moat attention given
to the Jacket. Two-tone lonibina
Uotie with either plaid Jacket or
aJtlrt are recommended by designer.
The maactUlne Influence extends to
swagtfVr -length coata.
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The Novice Olympic Champ
Btrange a It eoems, George Bon-
hag, a TJ. S. Olympic runner, failed
to place better than fourth in any
of the events for which he bad
been made a member of the team
yet took first place at a sport in
which he participated for the first
time I
The fourth place Bonhag had
managed to eke out In the five
mile race left him pretty well dis
gusted with himself and anxious
for another opportunity to compete.
No other running races remained
for him to enter, however, so almost
Jocularly he entered In the 1500-
meter walk though he had never
been In & walking race In his life.
Quite a fuss came up before the
race. None of the Olympic officials
wanted to Judge the event because
of the trouble that usually arose
In walking races In determining
whether or not the racers ran in
stead of walking. Eventually Prince
Oeorge of Greece agreed to Judge
the race and It started.
Man after man was disqualified
for breaking rules governing walk
ing races a the contest progressed,
leaving novice Bonhag far out in
front. He crossed the finish line an
easy winner with a time of seven
minutes and 13 and three-ftfths
seconds.
ItcNatjffct Si-ndauu, lat
Trinidad Indiana
Dependent almost entirely on ag
riculture and asphalt mining a her
mean of subsistence, the British
Island colony of Trinidad was faced
with ruin upon the abolition of
slavery In the early 19th century.
Ex-slaves demanded ruinous wages
for their services and almost all
Industry was forced to halt.
The introduction of cheap labor
from India proved the solution to
the problem. Today there are over
140.000 former native of India or
their descendants living In Trlni
dad out of a total population of
387.000.
lng surfaces of lustrous satins and
ribbons are used. Borders and bands
encrusted with sequins, rhlneatones,
and other sparkling effects are pop
ular. Waistlines are lower, more slen
der and sometime beltless.
Whether the men like It or not.
the brims on women' hat are
wider for the fall and the crowns
little higher. Turbans reflecting
the Indian princes who attended the
coronation have been modified for
the feminine taste.
Accessories have an even wider
variety than usual. Gloves, flowers
and feathers will be the mode again
for the well-dressed woman.
Lire Begins at 70
OSAKA, Japan (UP) Life begins
at 70 for Takematsu Kataube, who
at that advanced age has started
to learn watch repairing so that
he can "make a new start." Prev
iously he had been a school teacher.
Knot ball Drinking Banned
COLUMBIA, Mo. (UP) Drinking
at University of Missouri football
games ha been banned by the com
mittee on Intercollegiate athletics.
Special police will attempt to en
force the order.
Wonderland Dolls Shown
OKLAHOMA CITY (UP) Alice
would have thought she was in
Wonderland had she attended tne
fourth annual doll show here. Te
dolls, and there were about tJOO,
were made of nearly everything that
a dolt could be made of. Including
peanuts, walnuts, pipe sterna, wax,
fur, cloth, automobile Inner tube,
tin. soap and rice.
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