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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. 1937.
HARMONICA
By GLUYAS WILLIAMSi "
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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' SYNOPSIS: Kay Crandon of
.. th to2 Nine impulsively hir
- Ted Gaynor, a joblett puncher.
He helps her fight Joth Haitinpi,
a "riendly" neighbor who wanti
to get her ranch and marry Kay.
' Ted and Scrap Johnson, a cow
hand who mcleite Kay, ihcot it
' out, wounding each other. Hast
' Ingt ineakf up and fctlle Scrap
with Ted'i gun. Arretted, Ted it
tried lor Scrap's murder, but Kay
stops the trial by technical pro
test. Ted learns Hastings has kid
- naped Kay, so he makes a daring
': dash or freedom and etcepee the
posse which is taking him back
T to Montana for a tecond trial.
Chapter 44
At The Ruined Smithy
fED dismounted it the first
strangling hut and tied his
' horse to a sagging gate post. Then
he stealthily picked his way to
ward the long low building that he
. judged must be the blacksmith
shop that the two men he had over
heard had referred to. He crept
forward silently.
Suddenly he shrank back
against the wall of the shack next
to it, and held his breath as he
watched a dark form detach itself
from the black mass of the build
ing and take a few steps into the
load.
Ted discounted his first idea that
it was Josh Hastings, as he studied
the tall slender figure of the man,
who now stood in a listening atti
tude, one hand at his hip. Deciding
that it must undoubtedly be one
of the two blackmailing villains he
had overheard, Ted crouched for
a spring.
In spite of his exhausting night
ride, he still had a goodly measure
of the pent-up energy of his week
in jail. This new obstacle in the
path of his rescue of Kay, far from
discouraging him, brought a sud
den wild exhilaration.
He sprang out and grabbed his
unknown enemy about the neck, at
the same time wrenching his hand
away from his holster and twisting
his arm cruelly as he tried to force
him to the ground.
After the first second of surprise,
and before Ted could down him,
the man recovered his balance by
a mighty heave of his shoulders
that sent Ted staggering with him.
They both reeled in a deadly em
brace of straining and bulging
muscles.
As the man made no outcry, Ted
felt sure he was there for no good
purpose, and struggled to regain
the advantage he had had in the
first moment of catching him off
Sard. But Ted was hampered as
did not dare release his right
hand. This made it doubly hard to
combat the wrestling tactics the
man now adopted.
Back and forth they rocked, Ted
still hanging on like grim death to
the gun arm of his opponent, and
struggling for position to land a
telling blow with his left.
Unable to make out anything In
the darkness, he hit out blindly.
To his own intense surprise his
- first thudded with sickening force
, against a jaw bone,, and the next
instant the man he had been strug
gling with slumped at his feet, un
conscious. Ted seized the stranger's ban
danna and his own, and bound his
. wrists and ankles. Then he pulled
his victim's gun out of its holster
and moved swiftly toward the
ruined smithy.
The Hidden Notebook
rR what might have been min
utes, or might have been hours
sifter Josh Hastings left her, Kay
lay on the smithy floor in a stupor
of despair.
Long before her temporary
physical paralysis lessened, her
mind waked to painful realization
of her situation, and to a flashing
review of the succession of events
leading up to it.
Through it all, ran the main
theme of hurt bewilderment at
Ted's behavior. Her own personal
nopes nad revived involuntarily at
the statement that it had been a
"red-headed girl" that Ted had
fought for. Tom Hunyon, whether
deliberately or unknowingly, had
put her on the wrong trail, and it
had seemed for one glorious mo
ment that all her wild jealousy had
Deen unrounded.
But how exDlaln Ted's curt re
fusal to see her, and the scornful
way in which his eyes had passed
ner Dy at me man
In her semi-conscious state.
Kay's fears, for the moment, were
dulled, but her love for Ted surged
through her, overcoming for the
moment her pride and resentment
of his attitude toward her.
Perhans. after all. he tviu In love
with that girl. Marion Howell. But
somehow, as he had told his story,
Kay had felt that that part of it
was Impersonal, and that gratitude
for having saved him was the key
note of Ted s feeling for this black'
haired stranger, who had o tor'
hired her thoughts.
Her eyes. Rraduallv erowlnj te-
customed to the darkness, peered
around ner prison, and a sudden
terror sent her leaning to her feet.
Stumbling over to the door, she
beat frantically against it, crying
out until her throat was hoarse and
parched.
Kay took a mighty grip on her
self control, and forced down her
panic. She must thinkl Think!
Nothing but her wits could save
herl
A memory of Josh Hastings'
words that he had shouted back
through the door in his parting
rage Hashed over her. What had
he meant by saying that "he had
used this place once before?" Kay
shivered at the thought of the sin
ister, gloating tone in which he had
said that. And his threat to come
backl How soon would he make
that good?
Kay groped her way around the
cellar, feeling the damp walls,
from the rough rafters overhead,
to the floor.
Even though all attempt to es
cape was futile, anything was bet
ter than inaction. Systematically
starting at one end, she examined
her prison, bit by bit. The only air,
apparently, came from a grating
In the ceiling, which gave into a
darkened room above.
Half way around the second
wall, she pulled away a piece of
scrap iron that seemed to be stick
ing out of an angle of the wall In
a peculiar fashion. It was much
longer than she had expected, and
thrusting her hand into the hole
that it left in the wall as she drew
it away, her fingers encountered a
smooth object that made her ex
claim and draw back in sudden
terror.
She steeled herself to investi
gate, and put her hand in again.
Shu drew out a smooth flat object
which turned out to be -a small
leather notebook. It might have
been a diary or address book.
Exclaiming over her discovery,
Kay held it close her eyes and
opened it, but strain as she would,
she could make nothing out of the
pages, which might, or might not
have been merely blank.
Bread And Water
A RASPING of the key in the
door startled her so that her
And dropped to the floor, and was
temporarily forgotten at she
rushed for the dim streak of light
that showed for a minute, as some
thing was thrust inside the door.
Before she could reach it, the door
was slammed, to without a word
having been said, and the key
turned again. On the floor, when
Kay got over to the door, she found
a canteen of water and a loaf of
bread.
With a strangled cry of rage, she
snatched up the bread and would
have flung it from her, but sober
second thought stopped her.
If Josh Hastings really meant to
carry out his dastard threat to
starve her into submission, she
needed every ounce of strength she
could get. Deliberately she gulped
down some of the bread with the
aid of sips of water from the can
teen, finishing as much as she
could, then groped her way back
to about where she had dropped
the notebook. Feeling around on
tne noor, sne nnauy louna it, and
slipped it in her pocket.
Then she settled down beside the
old forge, leaned her head against
it and determined to think her way
out. But exhaustion mercifully
overtook her, and she dropped into
a restless sleep.
How lone she sleDt. Kav never
knew, but she was finally roused
by thinking she heard footsteps
overhead. A startled scream broke
from her as her fevered imagina
tion, stung to the highest pitch by
the nightmares that nad been tor
turing her sleep, pictured the
bulky lorm ot Josn Hastings about
to descend on her.
In answer to her scream, the
footsteps rushed across the floor
above, and the next instant, she
heard Ted s voice calling her name
in a hoarse subdued tone.
Certain now that she was still
dreamine. Kav struggled to an
swer, but her voice died in her
throat. That was the way it was
with nightmares, she thought, des
perately. You always tried to call
out. and couldn't.
Kav Knv Again Ted s voice
called, with its hushed but per
emptory note, "Where are you?
Answer me!"
This time. Kay s dumbness gave
way to the ioyful realization that
she wasn't dreaming and that, in
credible as it seemea, Ted was ac
tually there.
"Here!" she called. "In the cel
lar. The door Is locked!"
"To hell with the door!"
Another moment and Ted was
wrenching with an Iron bar at the
grating in the ceiling above Kay's
head.
"Keep clear frem belpw there!
he called, and Kay shrank back
and waited, ner heart beating a
wild tattoo, and her breath coming
fast through her parted Hps.
There was a splintering sound,
as the wood at last gave way, and
the Iron grating was torn loose.
The next instant there was a
swish, ss of a body slipping
through the opening, and a thud on
the floor.
Kay stepped blindly forward
and Ted's arms closed about her.
tCervrioM, isjt, Ifnrie ife Kervaui)
Ted and Ray plan to it Josh Ru
tlnrs as they etcspo from Clear
Water, tomorrow.
You're Almost Perfect
If You re Good Camper
By JOAN Itl HIIAM
(A. P. Feature Oerttce Writer )
A wuonf4 camper ts at unmis
takable aa a sunburn.
He doesn't rely on anybody lor
anything.
He bring hi own match, hi
own abating equipment, hta own
Jacket and sweaters.
(U the seasoned camper Is a she,
she brings her own make-up, un
Un lotion and bathing cap )
He Inftlsta on taking his turn at
preparing "grub" and cleaning up
afterward and does not get under
everybody else feet.
Nothing Is an much in tinman d at
eamp aa water. It's needed from the
time the masculine population dcrIm
to ahav U Uja morning until aXtti
the fire are put out at night.
fto your seasoned camper Is always
willing to carry a pailful or two or
three.
Canoea and row boat especially
the former requtra a certain amount
of care. So he la careful to lift his
canoe aahore at nlht and turn It
over so the rain won't get In It. He
aim sees to It that paddles, bark
rest, pillows and ot her equipment
are put In their places.
He make his bed the first thing
In the morning because he knows
it will take Just that much edge off
the general wear and tear.
He la careful to put phonograph
records In piles where they can't be
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Elected U. S. representative from
Ark ansa In 1902, the late Joseph Tay
lor Robinson held the post continu
ously until January 14, 1913, when
he resigned to become governor of his
state, a position to which he had
been elected In the preceding Sep
tember. On January 28, just 14 days
after be was Inaugurated as governor.
Robinson was selected to finish out
the term of Jefferson Davis, a U. 9.
senator who died In office. Prom
1930 to the day of his death, July
14, 1937, Robinson was the leader of
the Democratic party In the senate.
Only 12 when he came to Ametica '
from China, Lue Olm Gong worked
his way to Boston and obtained em
ployment. Here he displayed such a
high brand of Intelligence In matters
pertaining to plant raising, he was
given opportunity to study, went to
De Land, Florida, and took up his
permanent residence there. Hts skill
as a nomologist won him world re
nown. Among his contributions to his
adopted land's citrus Industry Is the
Olm Gong grapefruit, a species that
will withstand at least 10 degrees
more cold than other varieties. One
of the Chinese plant wizard's per
fumed grapefruit, when fully matur
ed, will throw off enough scent to
fill an average sized room.
Starting the string of consecutive
hits that eclipsed the old world's or
ganized baseball record with a single
on August 9, 1929, George Quelllch
batted out nine more singles, one
double and five home-runs before
flying out on August 12. three days
later. Between hits. Quelllch receiv
ed two walks which didn't constitute
official time at bat.
ASKS CCPIE SU1FRI F0U6W5 HIM AROUND, EDPlf At USf RELIN- TRIES OUT A TEW
WHERE HE SOI HIS ' STEMJILY CAN HE WISHES K 6RUD6IN61.Y, FLOURISHES., EDDIE
NEW HARMOhflCA ? ftY rf ? WOW CAN HE SAVltfG HE CM PLAV SAVlMS TO 6IVE IT
have a Turn ? just ohe tune buck now
EPPIE,rAlUH6 TO 6ET OilES Of" A 6RME OF
HARMONICA BflCk BY SCRUB SfftrHlN6 COME
EDDIE'S REACH WHILE HE PEACEFUL METHODS, FROM BALI FlELP, BOTH
PLAYS SOMETHING RE- 60ES lH FOR DIRECT trSTANTLY L051N6 flU.
SEMBUHS A TUNE ACTION INTEREST IN HARMONICA
THRUSTS If BEHIND HIS MOVES AROUHD, KEEP
BACX,C1A!M1N3 EDDIE INS HARMONICA OUT OF
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ONE TUNE AND THAT
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(Copyright, 1937, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
8 'MATTER POP
By 0 M PAYNE
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Tomorrow: What great American
marching song resulted from a headache?
suit on the floor for somebody else
to wring out and hang up.
He Joins In the general fun at all
times and under nearly all condi
tions. If he doesn't know bow to pitch
horseshoes, he learns how.
If he can't swim he goes In any
way and sticks close to shore so as
not to cause any undue anxiety.
He arranges to bring his share of
the food and then quits worrying
about It except at meal times.
He keeps his own belongings to
gether so they don't get entangled
with anyone else's.
And he never bums cigarettes.
He knows they are doubly valuable
at camp where there's no outside
source of supply.
CAPITOL COMMISSION
WILL MEET MONDAY
SALEM. Aug. 26. (JPt The Capitol
reconstruction commission will meet
In Portland Monday to consider the
acquisition of property for the new
$1,000,000 state library building In
Salem.
President Roosevelt removed the
last barrier for construction of the
building when he approved last week
a $450,000 federal grant.
The building will be located across
the street from the new $2,500,000
capltol. Options for some of the
property already have been obtained.
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