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fEDFORD MATT. TRTBrTNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST 22. 1937
LETTER FROM CAMP
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYNOPSIS: Kay Craruton oj
(he Lazy Nine impulsively hires
Ted Gaynor, a jobless puncher.
He helps her fight Josh Hastings,
. et "friendly" neighbor who want
to buy her ranch and marry Kay.
Ted pummels Scrap Johnson, a
cowhand who molested Kay.
. They shoot it out, wounding each
other. Hastings sneaks up and
kills Scrap with Ted's gun. A girl
named Marion finds Ted and her
nursing saves his life. The sheriff
arrests Ted on a tip unconscious
ly given by Kay. His trial for
Scrap's murder is going acainst
him when Kay stops it by pro
testing on a technicality. She is
kidnaped by Hastings and locked
In a cellar.
Chapter 41
Marriage, Or Else
THE light of Josh Hastings
brought to the surface Kay's
subconscious feeling that he was at
the bottom of this outrage, and a
sense of furious indignation swept
away her fear at this confirmation
of her suspicion.
"How dare you bring me to a
place eike this?" Her voice vibrat
ed with scorn as she faced him,
proudly erect
He came in and started to pull
the door to behind him, without
speaking.
With a broken cry of rage, Kay
sprang for the slowly closing door
and tried to force her way through,
but Josh Hastings closed his hand
over her wrist like a vise and
pulled her back, as he slammed
the door. Kay tried to wrench her
self away, and called loudly for
help, but the grip on her arm only
tightened.
"Don't be a fool!" Josh Hastings
finally made himself heard above
Kay's shouts. "There's nobody to
bear you.
Panting, and with her breath
coming in great suffocating gasps,
Kay braced herself against the
closed door. In the darkness she
could make out the bulk of Josh
Hastings' figure, and feel his pro
truding eyes peering at her.
'There's nothing for you to wor
ry about," he said at last, "if you'll
behave like a sensible girl. The
time has come for us to reach an
understanding."
Kay's eyes burned at him out of
the darkness, but she made no an
swer as she waited, every nerve
tense and tingling, for what was to
come How far would Josh Has
tings dare to go?
He paused a few moments, as
though summing up his arguments
to himself, before he brought tbem
out When he finally spoke, his
voice had the coaxing tone that
one might use toward an unreason
ing child.
"Now there's no point In getting
all wrought up." He loosened his
grip somewhat, although it still
held with a firmness that admitted
of no pulling away. "I had to get
you somewhere where I could
make you see reason, even if It took
some time to do it"
There was no mistaking the
venea mreai in nis suave tone.
Kay held herself rigid and motion
less, waiting for him to go on.
The first thing to get clear Is
that I intend to marry you," he
went on. "The sooner you give in
on that point, the easier it will be.
Not that it will make-any differ
ence in the long run.1'
"I'll never marrv voul" Kav said
through clenched teeth.
"I expected you to say that." he
observed calmly. "But in an hour
or two, or a day or two, or" he
paused for sinister emphasis "a
week or two, if necessary, you'll
think differently."
A deadly weakness gripped
Kay's knees, and she nearly col
lapsed at the realization of how
completely she was in this man's
power. It would be easy enough
for him to ffive out some nlaiiKihl
explanation of her absence to Aunt
--ate, and no one else would have
any way of knowing she had dis
appeared. Shrinking back, she
stared at Josh Hastings and waited.
He'll Hang. Cnless . . .
"IV'HY you pulled this fool stunt
"at the trial, God knowsl" he
went on at last "unless you think
you're in love with that murderer."
He wailed a moment to gauge the
effect of this remark, but Kay pre
served her same attitude of rigid
attention.
He gave a disagreeable laugh.
"Not that it matters to mel I'll soon
cure you of that, after we're mar
ried. But it struck me that It might
be a good bargaining point."
"What do you mean?" Kay hard
ly recognized her strangled voice.
"Just this. You've succeeded In
delaying his necktie party, I'll ad
mit. But it is nothing but a delay.
A necktie party in Montana can do
the trick as well as one in Idaho,
and, believe me, Ted Gaynor'll
have one, in a week or less.
Blazing indignation got the bet
ter of Kay's caution for the mo
ment. "Don't be too sure I"
"I couldn't be," Josh Hastings
answered coolly. "He'll hang as
jure as you and I are talking here.
Unless " he left his snnlcnce un
finished, waiting for Kay to take
him up.
"Unless what?"
"Unless I tell something I hap
pen to know. And that something
won't be told until after you are
Mrs. Josh Hastings. It's up to you,
whether or not that necktie party
comes off."
A muffled groan escaped Kay as
she realized the diabolical clever
ness of Josh Hastines' scheme.
"I thought you'd see the pointl"
His voice held a cruel satisfaction.
"How about coming over now, and
getting the holy knot of matri
mony tied good and tight? Then
I'll tell my story, and your friend
Gaynor can clear out, with his
neck saved, anyway."
Kay's mind worked like light
ning while Josh Hastings was talk
ing. Her momentary weakness left
her. and she determined to meet
his brute force with cunning, in
stead of futilely trying to defy it
"How can I tell you could save
him, if I did marry you?" She had
an air of considering his sugges
tion. "How do I know this thing
you say you know isn't all a bluff?"
- rouvii nave to taKe my word for
that," Josh Hastings growled.
"You can't expect me to trust
your word, when you treat me like
this, can you?" Kay gave her arm
a sudden jerk but his grip tight
ened on her wrist as though op
erated by an automatic device.
"It's all one to me." Josh Has
tings observed. "I'll wear you
down In time." He glanced around
the cellar. "Not such a gay place to
spend a week or two If vnn act m
I'm giving you the choice of marry-
.V? X "u savlng me necK of
this Gavnor bird, nr nf nm,:..
me later, for the sake of getting
out of here."
You can't force me to marry
you! ' Kay blazed. "No matter how
long you keep me. I can refuse to
marry you when I do get Out!"
"Sure. There's a ehnnro nt that
Josh Hastings admitted with an a'ir
of brutal detachment. "That's the
reason i m maKing this other prop
osition, so you'll have an incentive
to go through with the marriage
without any fuss. On the other
hand, I kind of reckon that by go
ing easy n food and keeping you
here long enough, I can break your
spirit so you'll be glad enough to
say "yes.' The way I figure it, it'll
be a lot Dleasanter if you say 'yes'
now, and save your boy friend into
the bargain."
A Rash Accusation
"WHAT is il you know-that wiu
ave him?" Kay demanded.
I m not telling that to anyone
but the sheriff."
"I don't believe you have any
thing to tell," Kay taunted.
An ugly look flashed in Josh
Hastings' eyes, but he made no
answer.
"Unless you're the murderer
yourself," Kay goaded.
"I'd be apt to mention that if 1
was, wouldn't I?" he sneered, but
Kay detected a strained note in the
hoarse laugh with which he greet
ed this suggestion. "Look herel"
he temporized. "If I tell you what
I ve got to tell the sheriff, will you
agree to marry me now?"
"I'm not making any promises,"
Kay answered warily, "but I'll
never marry you without hearing
it first I happen to know that you
were up there at the scene of the
murder, and that you haven't said
anything about it1'
Josh Hastings vmhhA1
other arm. and.swinirinp her mn'nA
so that she faced him, he bent down
ana peered into ner eyes.
wnai are you talking about?'
he demanded roughly. "You're
crazy:
Already Kay was regretting
her rash statement. She'd have to
ue cieverer man that to trap Josh
Hastings!
f erhaps I am." She felt his grip
luuaen m ner inojnerent tone, f ol
lowing a sudden impulse, she
twisted herself free, and made a
aive ior me aoor.
The next instant, she was rudely
pulled back and held in a suffocat
ing embrace. Blind panic seized
her, and she struggled like a mad
ming to break away, but the
powerful arms only held her the
uKnier.
Forcing her head back, Josh
Hastings deliberately kissed her,
then carried her in snltn nf all hr
desperate struggles to the far end
of the cellar. Kay twisted around
ana sanK ner teeth into his hnnd.
With a howl of nnin and
dropped her and made for the
door.
Before Kav couM rrnvr h
had rushed out and slammed It be
hind him. The next Instant there
was the grating of a kev in the
lock, and Josh Hastings' muffled
but - raging voice came to her
through the heavy wooden door.
"Have it vour own wnv. vnn
little devil!'1 he shouted. "I'm
through with barcaininirl AnH I'm
through with proposals of mar
riage, too! I've used this place be-
uiro ana i Know wnat it will dol
I'll be back to take what t mini
when I'm good and readyl Then
we'll see how VOU feel ahnut rH-
ding bells perhaps!"
With this sinister threat, he
stamped up the stairs, leaving Kav
crouched in shivering despair on
the floor, where ha had flung her.
reopirtfM, J7, Uaris is VsrvnuriJ
Ted mtiaiii a ronversstloa
through bis cell window, tomorrow.
RALPH MOODY DENIS
GUBERNATORIAL HOPES
SALEM, Ana. 21. IAPI AMlmint
Attorney-General Ralph L. Moody,
who la leading a wsr on ptnhall and
marble game, spends considerable
time denying rumors that he ut polit
ically ambitious.
After the death of Supreme Court
Justice Jamea U. Campbell, he was
mentioned by lb-publican as a prob.
able successor.
Now plnba' operators In southern
Oregon blame his attempu to oust
them on "politics because) he Is going
to run for governor and wants to
maJte a big name.1
Moody, when Informed of the
charges, smiled and Mid. 'that's nil
ab Me MI ojwslM have to sf.
They'll say anything to altempt to
Justify their position."
Four Injured When
Car Goes In Ditch
LA GRANDE, Ore., Ann. 31. API
Pour of five occupant of an auto
mobile received InttirlM 1n.t .mnln.
I when the car waa ditched on the Old
j Oregon Trail highway near Meerham.
A tire blowout caused the accident
The Injured: Edgar A. Banders. 80,
Dillon. Mont., fractured pelvl and
collarbone; Mr. Martha M.vtensen.
, Homrrlale. Ida., minor Injuries: Mrs.
I Christian Buker. Baseman, Mont.,
lacerations, severe nnilses: Mrs. Car
rie Vanderhoff. Homedale, Ida, In
juries to right shoulder, hand and
wrist, bruises and cut. Sanders.
moat erlouly hurt, was expected to
recover
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Mystery Ship of Jutland
At death grips In the greatest
naval battle In history from a mod
ern standpoint, the High Seaa fleet
of Germany and the Brltlah Grand
fleet poured death and destruction at
each other in the North Sea, May 31.
1U10.
Ouns roared at 3:48 p. m. as both
fleets opened fire almost simultane
ously at a range of about 18,000
yards. The ships closed In for a
more lethal range, then raced back
and forth over a wide area In a series
of maneuvers wherein each fleet trle4
for strategic positions.
At the very height of the combat,
directly In the way of the charging
ships, appeared a large square-rigged
sailing vessel. Becalmed, she was
helpless to move out of the battle's
path. Like a ghost out of the past she
lay, her panic-stricken crew lining
the sides, as ship after ship surged
past her, hurtling tons of steel ex
plosives over her head. Almost along
side, a German shell found a vital
mark and sent the H. M. 8. Queen
Mary to the bottom of a pall of
smoke and flame. The battle took a
turn and the men-of-war headed off
to another position. What happened
to the aged soiling vessel that went
through the thickest fighting of the
Battle of Jutland or who she was has
never been determined.
Land of Cave Dwellers
For centuries peasants of the
Shansl province In China have found
It easier to dig homes than build
them. Carved out of clrffs of loess,
a loam, their caves are exceedingly
sturdy when properly constructed.
Over a million persons live In the
csves of Shansl, earning a scanty liv
ing by means of primitive farming.
Vet, from this humble land have
emerged some of China's greatest
men.
Pine Business In
West Slumps Again
PORTLAND. Aug. 31. (API New
buslneaa In the western pine Indus
try continued to slump In the past
week, dronclni off seven ner cent
from the revioim week, reporta from
1IB mills showed today.
Orders totaled 62.145.ooo bnrd
feet, a decline of 4,800.000 feet, while
shlmenta slumped 2.000,000 feet to
6;. 353.000. Production was virtually
unchanged at 00,663,000 feet.
For the year to date, orders ran
115.000,000 ahead of last year, ship
ments were up nearly 400.000,000 feet
and production Increased about
350.000.000 feet.
SOBERING-UP RECIPE
LEADS TO $20 FINE
PORTLAND, Aug. 31. (AP) Gov
Long's Idea on how to sober up his
girl friend cost him 20. He told
Municipal Juritre Julius Conn he took
her false teeth in the hope she
would follow him to a cafe, where
he could get her some food and
"sober her up a little."
GRANTS PASS. Aug. 31. (AP)
Jemes G. RIggs, president of the Gold
Bond placers and one of the found
er, of what Is now the local branch
of the United States National Bank
of Portland, died in Portland today
His survivors Include Mrs. Lillian
Hagman and Mrs. Elmer Saslnger of
Klamath Palls, sisterr.
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