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ftfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, ftfEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1937.
CLEAN-UP
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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,,PSIS: Kay Crandon dt-
aides to rebuild her burned ranch
house and barn though Neighbor
Josh Hastings, whom she hates,
wants to buy her ranch and marry
Kay. Ted Gaynor, a puncher she
impulsively hired, lights Scrap
Johnson, a cowhand who mo-
. lested Kay. Shooting it out, they
wound each other. ffatttnoi
sneaks up and kills Scrap with
Ted's gun. Ted crawls to a cabin
where a firl (Marion) nurses
him. Kay sew them together, mis
; understand! and deliriously gives
away the hbleout after a fall. Ted
is arrested and taken away. Mar
. ion's insane father, the firebug,
turns up.
Chapter 37
The Sleel Nail Head
SOMETHING deeper and strong
er than the jealous resentment
that Kay had been cherishing took
possession of her, and with a star
tled gasp she; pulled herself up, as
she suddenly saw the whole situa
tion in a different light.
What did it matter whether he
eared for her or the other girl?
His very life was in danger, and
she was doing nothing to help him!
This vital issue surmounted every
thing else.
What could 3he do? What could
she do? Kay clenched her fists un
til the nails bit into her palm..
She must think of something!
She lay back and concentrated
on all she knew of the affair, trying
to piece it together, and turn it
some way to Ted's advantage. In
spite of everything, she still be
ta sight. She tiptoed out of het
room and made her way to Josh
Hastings' door. Noiselessly open
ing it, she slipped in and shut it.
She leaned weakly against the
door and looked around, while her
heart beat like a trip hammer. The
room was fairly tidy. The closet
door was half open, and a gleam of
metal on the top shelf caught Kay'j
eye.
Crossing the room, she reached
up. and nulled down the oauntleti
she was looking for. She hastily
turned them over and scanned the
intricate pattern of their decora
tion. With a easD. she caucht
broken line in the point of a star.
Her hands trembled as she
pulled out the bit of steel she had
found, and fitted it into the gap. It
matched exactly!
Kay hesitated a moment, then
reached up and put the gauntlets
where she had found them, and
tiptoed back to her room. Once
safely back, she sank down on the
bed, weak with the excitement of
her discovery.
Her mind flashed to the possible
consequences, but it was all too
confused to see anything clearly.
However, one thing was certain in
Kay's own mind Josh Hastings
had been at the scene of the trag
edy and for some reason he had
suppressed the fact.
She realized only too well,
though, that her slender evidence
would be laughed to scorn, unless
she had something more substan
tial to support it.
If only she could delay the triall
Why had it had to happen in Idaho
instead of Montana? With Zeke
Farley, she might have some influ
ence; but with an unknown sheriff.
hum mmnww , v""?'' r . TT-muqr; summ
With a gasp, Kay saw a nail head missing.
lieved him innocent. She shut her
eyes, ana pictured again we scene
of the crime.
Josh Hastings' remark about
Ted having crawled to the water
flashed back to her, with his hasty
explanation that he had only been
imagining it His whole manner
had been very queer, and Kay felt
again the conviction she had had
then, that he knew more than he
was telling.
A fresh wave of resentment
against Tom Runyon for having
brought her to the i'lying Six
wept over her. To be sure, she
hadn't seen Josh Hastings since
he had been there, but to be under
this fresh obligation to him was
HnlHAlw flalllnn Vt.an !.. U -U -
had not accepted his hospitality of
her own free will, the fact re
mained that she had been under
his roof all this time.
She had thought it was queer
that she hadn't seen him, when she
was better, but until today no one
had told her anything at all. This
news explained whv he hadrt't
sought her out. He had gone to the
trial to do everything in his power
to convict Ted.
"If I could only have a little
more time!" Kay mooned, half
aloud. There must be more clues
that she could follow up!
A sudden memory of the tiny
steel nail head she had found
roused her. Getting up, she went
to the closet and felt in the pocket
of her leather coat. Her fingers
touched the surface of the bit of
steel, smooth on one side and
rough on the other, where it had
been broken off. Pulling it out she
examined it carefullv.
She soon came to the conclusion
that there was very little help to
be had from that. Ncnrlv every
body on the range wore steel
studded articles of one sort or an
other. She was about to slip it back
In her pocket again, when her eyes
sparkled with an idea.
Josh Hastings' Gauntlets
CHE had seen Josh Hastings with
& some studded gauntlets once,
and this nail head was about the
size that would be used on a gaunt
let. It was almost too small for a
belt or a saddle trimming.
Her heart beating fast. Kav un
locked her door, and ijentlv opened
it to peer into the hall. No one was
there wouldn't be a chance. A vi
sion of the monument marking the
rlivirtinrr lina h&tinn ,1...
states flashed before her. In her
mina s eye, sne couta see its let
tered markings Idaho on the
west side, Montana on the east.
.... LAbiunia.iuu auuuiriiiy es
caped her, and she sat upright, her
eyes brilliant with excitement.
. a MM-"'.t one tall UVCL IU
the window and looked out. Aunt
rwmes rocKing cnair was empty,
and the porch deserted.
She hastily slipped off her dress
nnH nut tn l.n.
Clapping her broad-brimmed hat
over her gleaming hair, she ran to
the living room, and quickly
pulled out some books she had
been mulling over the day before.
Sh t,rtlA.f ll
..w .....iiulu acvcidi paper
pamphlets, chose one and slipped
it in her pocket.
Then, turning to the front door,
she noiselessly left the house, and
ran down to the corn !.
'No Break This Trip'
VHEN Ted was led out of the
shack, and gruffly ordered to
follow Sam Cutter through the
thick hrnvh in th anif u
wncic lliv
horses had been left, such a wave
ui wuaitnras swept over mm that
he felt he never could comply with
the demand.
Realizing, however, that he
would be bound and ignominious-
lv rarriari If t,a n,iMn' u. 11..
grade on his own, he summoned
all his strength, and pushed on.
Sam Cutter motioned him to the
horse h wn trt rM u. -.
a' his wrists, and 'watched him
llllillUU
"Vnil Vnniu n.hqt hm.. I... -
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break meanx riiin't Bftnl" IT. ,.
his hand on his holster.
led nodded. "I ve given vou my
word not to make a break on this
trip." he declared shortly.
"I ain't worrying about breaks
on any other trips!" Sam Cutter
gave a short, disagreeable laugh.
"My guess is you won't be making
so very many more trips."
icti made no answer to this ieer-
inff nhcprvatirtn mil 4K UJ
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the way to the summit of the cen
tral divide, and started down the
west trail to Clear Wat- Basin.
(OrvriuHf, j.!7, ttarie it Xrrntuit)
tri't Irlil ict under way, toner
Earthly Prosperity
Comparative Dross
Pastor Points Out
Fred M. Weatherford, shaking at
the Church of the Nararrne Sunday
morning drew his meaaae from the
73rd Psalm, tulng as hta topic "The
Solution to one of Life's Qrenteat
Problems."
"The problem that confronted the
Psalmist was tho result of his con
templation over the prosperity of the
alcxed as against some of the trials
and burdena of the righteous," the
pastor declared. "He saw that In tem
poral blessings they have more than
one should dealre. yet they were
not smitten.
'The Psalmist had permitted un
believing thoughts to fvrment tn his
mind and the pang of passionate !
discontent to pierce his Inmost soul. :
We had for the moment fnrpotteii ,'
that distance v'alch Isolates flora
and, separate from tlte, and makes
certain the fruit of death. He had
overlooked the tact that temporal
prosperity often proves to be the pri
mary, deceptive symptom of a faul
disease.
"The problem was Insoluble to
him un'll he went into the sanctuary
of Ood. When he went Into the sanc
tuarv he (ound the light turned on.
tn the light ot Ood he easily (III
cemed the solution to hta nerolexlt.
! Communing with Ood reveals the
comparable dross of all earthly prosperity."
Freewater Cannery
Destroyed Bv Fire
FREEWATER. Auff. 17 IAP1 !
apparently caused by defertlve wiring !
destroyed the P. J. Burk cannery j
and the Western Dehydrator Vinegar
and Pickle plant Sunday with an
estimated loss of 40.000. Only a j
change of wind prevented destruction!
of other property. '
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150 feet
PRINK TUB $AME PO40M
THey PUT ON 1HBIR ARROIa
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its
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I'd (son Drinkers
Though a deadly poison when In
jected into the blood stream, the
venom of the puff adder may be
swallowed without 111 effect. The
Kaffirs of South Africa use It tor
poisoning their arrows, and drink the
same poison, believing that It will
protect them If they should be bitten
by an adder.
Snakes are objects of superstitious
awe in many sections of Africa, and
are shown reverence In weird,' cus
toms and ceremonies. Among some
of the tribes It Is an annual practice
to kill a cobra de cape Ho and hang
Its skin, tatl .downward, from the
branch of a tree. All children born
In that year are then taken to the
tree and made to touch the skin In
the belief that this act will put them
under the protection of the reptile.
Kaffirs, when they find a dead
serpent, dress it In clothes and lay
It to rest with an elaborate funeral
ceremony.
Monroe Doctrine
Strange as It sems. It was John
Qulncy Adams, not James Monroe,
who originally formulated the so
called Monroe Doctrine.
With the recently formed republics
In South and Central America look
ing toward their "big sister" In the
north for protection from European
powers who threatened their Inde
pendence, the United States sought
a policy to govern her treatment of
the matter. James Monroe was pres-
Ident when matters came to a head
and It was on his administration that
the problem fell.
Long discussions were held by
Monroe's cabinet which wound up by
Secretary of State John Qulncy
Adams convincing the president that
he should make a declaration of pol
icy. In hls papers on the subject,
Adams formulated the chief points
of the Monroe Doctrine as it stands
today. Most of the presidential mes
sage on the doctrine which Monroe
gave on December 2, 1823, was pre
pared by Adams, even its phrasing
and wording being largely written by
him.
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CAUS frt JOB DONE AND
HEADS TOR BBU FIELD,
LEAVIN6 VARD IODX1N6
NOT MUCH WORSE -friAtJ
BEFORE E CLEANED if UP
Tomorrow: What Great Invention
was Made Possible by a Dream?
Congressmen Plan
Jaunts to Oregon
PORTLAND. Aug. 17. (AP Ex
cursions of congressional committees
to the west to study national prob
lems during the adjournment of con
gress will bring at least two delega
tions to Oregon.
Three members of the house sub
committee on interior department
appropriations will visit Bonneville
dam In September, while a senate
agricultural sub-committee headed
by "Cotton Ed" Smith. South Caro
lina democrat, will ask Oregon farm
ers their Ideas on new farm legisla
tion. Exact dates of hearings here have
not been set.
Girls In Holdup Role
KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 17. (AP)
Lois Cannata complained to city
police today or tne loss of $90 In S10
bills. He said two girls held him
up and took nls wallet.
WINDOW OLASS We sell window
glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably rrowbrldge Cab
inet Works
S MATTER POP By 0 M PATH
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