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TirEDFOTCD MATL TRIBUTE, TfEBFORD. OT?EGQy. fSTiyDAY, 'AUGTJ5T 15, 1937.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
AT THE TENNIS COURT
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SYNOPSIS: Firt destroys Kay
Crandon't ranch house and barn.
Neighbor Josh Hastings trie to
buv her ranch and court Kay,
' but she hates him and is eager to
rebuild. Ted Gaynor, a puncher
$he impuWuelv hired, fights Scrap
Johnson, a cowhand toho mo-.
Jeited Kay. Shooting it out, they
wound each other. Hastings finds
them unconscious and kills Scrap
with Ted's gun. Ted crawls to a
. cabin uihere a girl (Marlon)
nurses him a week. Kay sees
. them together, misunderstands
and deliriously glues away the
'hideout" after falling off her
horse. Ted is arrested and Sheriff
' Zeke Farley quizzes Marion,
Chapter 35
A Disturbing Return
"tTOWD you come to be here in
xx
the first place?" asked Sheriff
Eeke Farley.
Marion steadied herself !d meet
this question she had been dread
ing. "My father and I were on a
camping trip," she began, agree
ably surprised to find herself
speaking so easily and naturally.
"He had to go back for a week or so
on business, and I decided to wait
for him here."
. "All alone?" the sheriff exclaim'
id. "You weren't afraid?"
"I'm never afraid in the moun
tains." Marion smiled faintly at
him. "As it happened, it was lucky
I stayed. Ted Gaynor wouldn't be
alive today, unless someone had
taken care of him.
"Reckon that may turn out to be
wasted effort," Zeke Farley com
mented grimly. "But that's neither
here nor there. What are you aim'
ing to do now?"
Marion looked at him with wide'
tyed surprise that he should ask
uch a question.
"Why, wait here until my father
comes back," she answered.
"What's your father's name?"
the sheriff asked abruptly.
"Chris Howell, and we're from
Missoula, i m Marion Howell.
"Chris Howell." Zeke Farley re.
peated the name reflectively.
Strikes me I've heard something
mout unris rioweii, ana just lately,
too."
Marion paused a moment, to be
sure her voice was under control.
. what rumors had he heard? And
how much truth was there in
them?
"You may have heard that he's
been sick," she said finally. "That's
one of the reasons we came up
here, to give him a complete rest.
He'd seen this old deserted shack
once, and always had a notion that
he'd like to camp out here some
time."
"Maybe that was it," the sheriff
agreed. "It 11 come back to me
later." He rubbed his chin in a per
plexed fashion as he gazed at Mar
lon. "I reckon there's nothing I can
do about you, if you're hell bent to
" stay here," he said at last. "But you
must let me know when you leave.
You'll be wanted as a witness at the
trial."
"I'm ready to do anything I can,"
Marion promised. "I ra convinced
this charge against Ted Gaynor is
all a terrible mistake. That man's
no murderer."
"He sure has a way with the
women, all right," Zeke Farley
commented. "That's what Kay
Crandon says."
"Oh, you've seen her, then?"
Marion asked with eager curiosity.
"Sure I've seen her. It was her
Dad's gun, that she'd given to Gay-
Sor, that the killing was done with,
ut even in face of that, she's sure
he's innocent. Or "was, when I
talked with her, at least. Seems
like she'a changed her mind,
though!"
Zeke Farley stooped down and
picked up his hat, preparatory to
joining the others outside. Then he
paused, as a sudden thought struck
him.
"Do you know Kay?"
Marion shook her head. "Ted
Gaynor told me about her. I'd like
to meet her some time."
"She's an Al girl," Zeke Farlev
answered. "And smart, too. I don't
know just how she found out Gay
nor was here, but she sure did Cut
ter and me a good turn when she
tipped us off."
"What's that?" Marion asked In
horrified amazement. "Kay Cran
don tipped you off?"
"Sure she did. Or rather, she got
( friend of hers to do it." Zeke Far
ley pulled open the door as he
spoke, and before Marion could say
anything more, he had waved his
hat to her, and stepped out to join
the others.
Thoughts About Kay
d'"y sense of having
' ' passed through a nightmare of
unreality, Marion held on to the
door frame of the shack and
watched Zeke Farley and his men
ride off.
Sam Cutter had left with his
posse and led. while she and Far
ley had been talking inside. Marion
felt a sirk disappointment to think
that Ted had had to go of! without
one word from her.
A wave of svmpathv swept over
her. as she thought of what the
Vierifl had said about Kay Crandon
having been the one who had tip-
peu mm uu as iu icui w, ic. c
abouts. It would just about kill Ted
tn know that the eirl he was so
crazy about had done a thing like
that.
"How could ehel" Marion ex
claimed aloud, an angry resent
ment against Kay possessing her,
and excluding for the moment all
thnneht of anvthini else. "She
can't be as fine as Ted imagines her
to be, she went on scorntuiiy,
then stopped abruptly as another
thought struck her and sent the
blood flooding into her face, as it
quickened her heart beats.
How had Kay Crandon found
out? How could she possibly have
found out, except oy iiavmt seen
them there herself?
A memory of the noise sne
thought she had heard the night
hefore flashed over Marion's mind.
Was it possible that Kay Crandon
had crept up ana looxea in ine
window, while she and Ted had
been talking together?
The irony of the fact that at the
very minute Ted had been talking
to her about Kay, nay nerseu
might have been gazing in at them,
unable to hear anything they said,
but putting a wrong construction
on the whole scene, brought a
stifled cry of dismay from Marion's
lips.
In a Rash she could see me wnoie
thing with Kay's eyes. Suppose
Ted has been mistaken, and Kay
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her?'How must she have felt then
to find him alone with another girl!
Crimson flooded Marion s cheeks
again, as she rememoerea now,
just before she had heard that
sound which she had taken for an
animal prowling about the house,
she had felt Ted's pulse and put her
hand on his forehead.
How must that have looked to an
observer from outside? Of course,
Kay's jealousy would have been
aroused,. if shr had been in love
with Ted!
"But jealousy or no jealousy, she
shouldn't have given him away to
the sheriff!" Marion agonized
aloud, "I must go and tell her "
"Who shouldn't have given who
away to the sheriff?"
A voice behind Marion made her
spin around in amazement. The
next moment, she was flying down
the steps, and over to the edge of
the clearing behind the hut.
"Dad!" she exclaimed, her voice
vibrating with joy and relief. She
started to throw herself into his
arms, but he held her off, and with
a rush of her old fear, she rec
ognized the terrible wild look in
his eyes.
Cold Fury
"T7HO were you talking about?"
' her father demanded. "What
sheriff? Where?"
"It has nothing to do with us."
Marion said soothingly, her eyes
anxiously studying his haggard
race, ' i n tell you an about it later.
But first, let me get you something
to eat. Why don't you wait out here
and let me bring it to you?" she
ended, with a sudden realization of
the disorder of the hut, and the in
evitable explanations that would
be demanded if he saw it. before
she had a chance to efface the evi
dences of Ted's occupancy.
uuick suspicion nared in his
eyes, and without a word, he thrust
her aside, and walked to the door
of the cabin. Her heart in her
throat, Marion followed him, and
stood tremblinf,, as she awaited the
inevitable explosion of his unrea
sonable wrath.
He took one look In the door,
then turned with a cold fury to
Marion.
"What Is the meaning of this?"
The dangerous quiet of his voice
was more terrible than if he had
shouted at her. "Nice way you've
followed my instructions!"
"I couldn't help it. Dad!" Marlon
reached out an appealing hand and
put it on his arm. "Two days after
you left, a wounded man suddenly
crawled into the clearing here. He
was nearly dead, and if I hadn't
brought him in and taken care of
him, he would have died. You
wouldn't have wanted me to do
such an inhuman thing as to leave
him there to die like a dog, would
you?"
"Ha, ha!" her father suddenly
gave a wild laugh, that made Mar
ion start with horror. "Of course
not! Don't let a stranger die! Kill
your father instead!"
A feeling of helplessness and a
nameless horror deprived Marion
for a moment of all power of
speech. This was just the war her
father had been when he had first
had his breakdown! He had come
back from a mysterious absence
like this one. wild and uncon
trolled, and it had been all she
could do to manage him.
It was from some of his muttered
ravings then, that she had had an
inkling of what he had been doing
while he was awav, but she had
closed her mind to tne terrible sus
picion which his words had
aroused.
Now was it all to begin over
again, just when she thought she
had succeeded in bringing him out
of his mental unrest to a more
reasonable state of mind?
frorvrtsM, IJJ7, Marie tit .Vi-Mnaiitl
Mnrlon far? tha truth about her
fathtr, tomorrow.
PORTLAND SLAYER
IS
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 14 (UP)
In Roy H. McCarthy, 37, confed
killer of Floyd Feulner, Standard OH
company employe, during a service
atntlon holdup Tuesday night, Ore
Ron'i lethal gas chamber may have
tU first victim. Deputy DUtrlrt At
torney Tom Work aaid today.
Work kald the atate would Inalat
on a Jury trial rather than allowing
McCarthy to plra guilty to murder
In hopes of netting a life sentence.
If a Jury finds him guilty It may fix
the death penalty In which caia Mc
Carthy would be rxivutrd by an-i
Ida iumoa truttad of by the rop.
McCarthy has been eharaoterlred
by police aa "cnllouaed and heart
lew" They Mid he admitted killing
Keulner without any apparent re
morse and that he declared he would
have killed hla captor. Patrolman
William Langley, had hla gun not
Jammed
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MIAMI, Arlr.. Au. 14 ( AP) A
10-foot wall of water roared down
motintalnalde aa reult of a terrific
cloud burnt In thta mining area late
Thuraday, submerged an automobile,
drowned a 10-year-old woman baa-
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to her death.
The automotui. driven by John
Executed by the Man He Saved.
Strange as it seems, the word
'derrick" la derived from the name
of villainous English hangman or
the 16th century, George Derrick-
Official executioner for George Deve
reaux, earl of Essex, during a mili
tary expedition In France. Derrick
waa arrested In Calais for ravishing
woman, was tried, convicted and
sentenced to death. Only the Inter
vention of Devereux saved him from
the death that he meted out to so
many others.
Returning to England. Derrick was
appointed crown executioner In rec
ognition of a new type of gallows he
Invents. It consisted of a mast,
booms and a pulley arrangement for
hanging several persons at a time.
Because of the fame of Derrick's gal
lows, his name came to be applied
to all hangmen and gallows, eventu
ally arriving at Its present usage In
meaning various kinds of hoisting
apparatus.
At the start of the 17th century,
Derrick's one-time life saver, the Earl
of Essex, fell under the displeasure
of Queen Elizabeth, was convicted
of high crimes and sentenced to the
chopping block. Detailed to perform
the execution, Derrick displayed little
squeamlshness tn beheading the earl
on February 25. 1601.
Warm Ice
Failure to let ice of low tempera
ture "warm up" before using It to
cover shipment of vegetables may
freeze some of them In transit. In
vestigations by the Bureau of Plant
Industry. U. a. Bureau of Agriculture,
show. Freezing damage can be pre
vented by allowing the Ice to gain a
bit of heat before It Is crushed. It
will not melt until It reaches 33 de
grees Fahrenheit.
Prehistoric' Monument
Fitting Is the monument to David
White on the campus of the East
Central State Teachers college at
Ada. Colo. An outstanding paleobo
tanlst and geologist, he made Impor
tant contributions in the study of
prehistoric plants. The petrified tree
monument dedicated to his memory
Is estimated at well over three hun
dred million years old. ,
Monday: In What
Three Klnpn siuln'?
Battle Were
Carey, road construction worker, be
came stalled when the crushing
waters hit it. Carey's wife drowned
while he carried their two children,
three and five years old, several feet
from the wash, the sheriff's office
reported.
At the same time, Mary Lewis,
three-year-old Indian girl, walking
along the road with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs.. Albert Lewis, was swept
away and drowned by the raging torrent.
Cardinal Hayes
Much Improved
NEW YORK. Aug. 14. (AP) Car
dinal Patrick Haves was reported
"much Improved" today at St.. Vin
cent hospital where he - became a
patient last night after suffering
an attack of Indigestion at his sum
mer home near Montioello. N. Y.
There Is no cause for alarm, the
hospital said, adding the 69-year-old
prelate probably would . remain a
few more days for observation be
fore returning upstate.
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