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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, M"EDFORD, OKEGOy. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937,
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tot farther proof addren the author, inclosing t stamped envelope for reply. Bee. V. 8. Pit Oft.
SYNOPSIS: Kay CniuUm o;
th Lazy Nine impulsively hir
Ted Gaynor, a joMei puncher.
He he!p her fight Josh Hastings,
a "friendly" neighbor Mho uianu
to buv her ranch and marry Kay.
Ted pummels Scrap Johnson,
cowhand who molested Kay.
They shoot it out, wounding each
other. Hastings sneaks up and
killi Scrap with Ted's pun. A
' girl named Marion finds Ted and
her mining saves hit lie. He is
arretted and about to be con
victed of Scrap's murder when
Kay stops the trial by a technical
protest. Hasting kidnaps Kay,
locks her in a cellar and tries to
force her to agree to marriage.
Chapter 42
Kay' In Trouble I
TED'S first reaction, when Joe
had taken him back to his cell
and left him, was an immense
relief and thankfulness for the de
lay that, for the moment, crowded
out thoughts of anything else.
There was no doubt In Ted's
mind that if the case had gone to
the jury then, the verdict would
have been guilty. But for Kay, all
hope would be gone.
For a few minutes, thoughts of
Kay filled his mind. How sweet
she had looked! And how hurt
and wistful her eyes had been as
they met his hard, scornful glance
that passed her by. Yet, how could
she expect him to look or feel any
other way? In spite of his deep
resentment against Kay, he felt a
glow of pride as he remembered
how straight and defiant she had
stood, as she challenged Sam Cut
ter. She hadn't stopped to measure
what people might think after
that remark of Sam Cutter's about
Ted having fought Scrap Johnson
lor something He had said about
a "red-headed flllyl" Naturally,
everyone would know she was the
girl involved, after that. But, in
spite of it, she had proudly ignored
the possibility of gossip, and had
gained him this respite.
Ted's eyes narrowed, as he fo
oussed his thought on just what
advantage the change of venue of
the trial might bring him. His first
Instinctive relief was premature,
after all. The same forces that
had undermined him here, would
be brought to bear at the new
trial And If the Jury In Idaho
had not been impressed with the
truth of his story, why did he hope
to impress a Montana jury?
Ted clenched his hand and
struck it fiercely against his cot
as though sealing a sudden decis
ion. Just sitting passively wasn't
going to get him out of this messl
He'd had proof at this trial that
the knowledge of his own inno
cence wasn't enough; and while he
stayed In jail, how was he ever
going to find new evidence to con
' vince anyone else of it?
For the thousandth time, he
prowled around his cell, trying to
find some loophole of escape. He
could hear the crowds that had
come out of the court room tramp
ing past outside. Through the
small grated window, high up in
one side, he could catch bits of
conversation and comments about
the trial, but there was no chance
there of making a break. Even if
he could have succeeded in
wrenching the grating out of place,
the opening was too small for him
to squeeze himself through.
Some way or other, he must find
his chance while they were trans
porting him from Idaho over into
Montana. He must play the role of
being pnssivelj acquiescent, and
then watch his chance to make a
break.
For a long time ha thought out
the possible openings there might
be. When Joe brought him nis
lunch, he tried to find out whether
they were going to take him
around by train, or ovr the trail
pn horseback. But If Joe knew, ht
refused to telL
Two Voices
IT WAS along some time In the
afternoon that Ted's attention
was attracted by two voices, in
angry altercation outside his win
dow. The crowds had ceased to
pass by, and the small alley way
that ran along the side of the jail
had long since been deserted and
quiet.
Impelled by a sudden curiosity,
Ted dragged his cot over under
the window, and stood up on It
to listen to what the two men
below were saying. The window
was too high for him to see out.
but he could distinctly hear their
voices, which had now dropped to
hoarse whispers.
"Shut up, I tell yuhl" one of
them growled. "I won't go divirs
with yuh at all, it yuh're goin' to
be a fool."
"The red head was a dead game
little sport, the other voice pro
tested, and at his words, Ted's idle
curiosity changed to tens atten
tion. "I m for getting her out of
a mess like that."
"Yuh do, and everything's over
between usl" The first voice
frowled. "And when I say 'over,'
mean 'over!' Get me?"
Ted heard a shuffling movement,
then the second voice gave sullen
assent.
"All right. Have It your own
way! Where'd you say she was?"
"I ain't just rightly sure. Here's
the story. I was upstairs in Red's
joint, looking out the window and
I seen the kid that upset the trial
running down the street. All of a
sudden, she falls flat, and this Has
tings guy, who! Deen running
Bfta- k., ninl,. hat. i.n anrl nitpltAE
Site Ml, JllklU, 1,1 ut B1u f
her into his car and heads for the
north end of town. Being kind of
curious, I gets down in record time
and on my cayuse tnat s waiting
there, and Doints after him. He's
got too much head start, though,
and I loses track of him.
Tm lust about decldln that
there's no business in it for me,
when I sees his car headed for the
station. The Overland's just about
due, and I gives chase. He leaves
his car this side of the track and
runs over to the platform where
there s quite a crowd minin aDout,
that's come from the trial. The
train comes in, before I gets across
the track, and while I m waitin'
for It to pass, I have a look at the
car. It's empty.
"I hang around until the train
has started, and he comes back
talking with a guy. He says. I ve
just got Kay Crandon off on a
train. That's where I smells a rat
in earnest, because I know damn
well he hasn t got ner oil on tne
train. So, I high-tails it back to the
north end of town, and do a bit of
investigating on my own. And I'm
satisfied he's got her hid in Ran
Simpkin's deserted blacksmith
shop there. That information's
worth money, boy. And he's got
enough dough to pay through the
nose!"
Standing at rigid attention
thrniiuh this rppitnl. TVH fplt a
surge of rage through him that
sent the blood pounding into his
bead, so that for a moment the
sound of the voices outside was
drowned out. When he heard them
again, they were moving off, and
had changed the subject
"Yeah. The fire's been burning
five days, now. Creepin' up toward
the Bitter Root, they say. Thev
sent out a call for Runyon to "
the voices died off in the distance
Ted. after listening to the retreat
ing footsteps, stepped, heavily
down from the cot.
'He'll Go Easy Enough'
THE astonishing information
that he had overheard filled
Ted with desperate resolve. If he
had determined to make a break
before, it was a thousand times
more necessary now.
All memory of Kay s treacher
ous betrayal of his hiding place
was wiped out of his mind, as Ted
thought of her present predica
ment. The fact that she was at
Josh Hastings' mercy made it all
the more devastating. Somehow.
somehow, he had to get free to
save her!
He dragged his cot back to Its
original position, and paced back
and forth, listening with strained
nerves for any sound in the cor
ridor. At last a door opened at the
far end, and he heard Sam Cut
ter's voice, then the tramp of foot
steps.
Hon go easy enough," Sam
Cutter was saying. "Too bad you
missed taking him on the Over
land, but you'll make better time
now, cutting across the mountains
You can take the same horse that
brought him over."
' O.K., Zeke Farley answered
Which cel is he in?"
Ted dropped down on his cot
and looked up with an expression
of stupid apathy as the two sher
iffs appeared at the door.
"Why in hell couldn t you have
finished up the trial here?" he de
manded Irritably. "For Pete's sake
get a move on and get me over to
Montana where I can get this
business cleared up once and for
all!"
Sam Cutter threw a significant
look toward Zeke Farley as though
saying, "You seel I told you, you
wouldn't have any trouble."
"Believe me. we're not wasting
any time." Zeke Farley stepped
over to Ted. "How about my put
ting you on parole?"
'1 got here all right, didn't I?"
Ted snapped. "Ask the sheriff
there."
"Sure he did," Sam Cutter an
swered, adding with thinly veiled
sarcasm. "I'm not afraid of a pris
oner giving me the slip, when I've
got my gun on mel"
"Neither am I," Zeke Farley
countered grimly. "Come on."
(Copyright, ISST, UarU d N'ervoiMi;
In a daring break, Ted escapes, tomorrow-
APPLEGATE FARM
PROVIDES PICKLES
BIO APPI.FOATE (Ppl A glimpse
t the Journey of a little cucumber
from Ha shady ret rent In the field
to It bottled dlrvplny of dignity on
the. grocer's shelf la afforded the
victor Inspecting the E. H. Taylor
farm where, 30 acree of cucumber
are being harvested. Row upon row
of healthy green vines stretching
Heroes moist dandy soil constitutes
(he county's most extensive cucum
twr acreage.
Csrold J. Parker of Med ford, oil
known producer of Parker'a potato
chip and other food products, is
apsoclaied with Mr. Taylor In the
project, having contracted his entire
crop. Mr. Parker haa a portion of
his pickling equipment set up at
th" Taylor ranch where from a ton
snd a half to four tons of ruc.im
brra ara handled dally from thf
field.
At the present 100 barrels of dill
are In the making, and Mr Taylor
hopes to supply a thousand barrels
during the season, which will end
about mld8eptemher. Huge quant!
tie of cucumbers are In salt stock,
where they remain for 30 or 40
days. Following this process they
will be made into aweot, mustard,
and other kinds of pickles, Includ
ing rellshee., which development Mr.
Parker will complete at his South
Riverside plant In Med ford.
Cucumbers are trucked In lug
boxe from the field and poured
Into a vat, where they are washed
and graded. Mr. Parker, who has
carried on hla present occupation
for 11 yeara, says his pickles win
be sold from Rugcne to Redding.
Cal.. to stores and Jobber and in
barrels to buyers who will repack
them.
Twenty workers are engaged In
the harveat at present, 14 of th
being employed as pickers. They are
kept busy continuously, progressing
over the same vtnea every third day.
One man ts employed to do the
irrigating alone, covering the ground
once every 34 hours.
Mr. Taylor planted 60 pounds of
eed late; in May, using a grain
drill. Plckera keep the vine trained
In distinct row by replacing the
runners as the vegetable is picked.
Mr. Taj lor haa obse rved tha t cu-
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I neon scions ii tors
The announcement that the United
States team won the Olympic games
of 1900 came aa a complete surprlsn
to its members aa well as to the
members of most of the other teams
that competed. No notice wna given
them of the fact that they were
competing In an Olympiad until It
waa all over I
Second of the modern Olympic
games, It was held In Paris, Finnce,
at the same time the Paris exposi
tion waa being; ateged. The various
teams that had gathered for the
Olympiad were pressed Into service
for a number of the exhibition meets,
run off in a poorly organized and
mildly publlclred manner. At the
end of a meet which most r of the
competitors bad thought to be Just
another exhibition, offclals an
nounced that the meet had consti
tuted the Olympiad. By virtue of
17 victories In the 32 events run off,
the American team was named the
winner.
. Living Statue nt Gold
No myth waa the story of El Do
rado (Spanish for "The Glided
Man.") One of the majoh factors
motivating Spain's conquest of South
America In her explorers search for
treasure, the El Dorado story was
based on accounts of the ceremony
used by the Chlbchas trihe of Bo
gato. New Omnada, for inducting a
new chteftflln into office.
At the start of the rites, the chief
tain to be "Inaugurated" was strip
ped and covered with resinous gums.
Qold dust was then sprinkled over
him and he was taken to Lake Oua
tavlta, embarked on a raft, and fer
ried to the center of the lake. There
he Jumped Into the water Bnd
washed off his coat of gold while
members of the tribe threw Jewels
and gold into the water.
From the Spanish name for this
ceremony has come our modern usage
of El Dorado signifying a place
where wealth can be rapidly acquir
ed. Fourteen American towns have
adopted the name.
Tomorrow: The Stamp or Klght
Million Deaths!
cumber grow more than an Inch
In 34 hours. In the event that he
plants the same crop next year, he
will bow vetch on the ground this
fall, which, when plowed under next
April will supply free nitrogen and
sulphate, which the cucumbers re
quire. Mr. Taylor has not centered his
Interests entirely on cucumbers,
however. He haa five acres planted
in onions, this being the second
I year he has devoted to this project.
ne a iso nas tt.uuu caooagc pianis,
seven acres of potatoes, In addition
to cauliflower and horse-radish,
which he will contract to Mr. Parker.
Lane Fire Checked
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 33. (AP)
Willamette national forest offtclnls
said a 100-man crew had controlled
a 15-acre fire In northeastern Lane
county.
Plate Identification
HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 23. (API
An upper plate was tho means of
establishing tho Identity of a body
found near the head of McKay creek
as that of Sven O. Lundstrom. 55,
who dlsnpepared in 1934, Coroner F.
J. Sewell said today.
The English residents of Delhi.
India, were massacred en masse In
1857.
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