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THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYNOPSIS: Kay Crondon 0
the Lazy Hint impuleively hlree
Tad Gaynor, a jobless puncher.
. He help! her tght Josh Hastings,
: a "rlendly" neighbor, toho uianti
. to get her ranch and marry Kay.
Ted and Scrap Johnson, a cow
hand who molcstt Kay, hoo( it
out, wounding each other. Hast
ings tneake up and kill Scrap
with Ted't gun. Arretted, Ted it
tried for Scrap't murder, but Kay
(tope the trial by technical pro
tut. When the pom ie talcing
Ted back to Montana for a tec
ond trial, he escape) and racet to
rescue Kay, whom Hastingi hat
kidnaped and locked in a cellar,
trying to orce her into marriage.
Chapter 45
Proof At Last!
1AY clung to him with muffled
sobi as hii grasp Involun
tarily. tightened.
-"Ted! Tedl It im't youl It can't
bayou!"
There, there!" he loothed, and
again following his involuntary
impulse, he kissed her hair.
With a breathless gasp of hap
piness, Kay raised her lips to meet
the kiss that must next inevitably
find its way to that goal, but with
a startled oath, as though awak
ening from a dream, Ted drew
back.
"I've got to get you out of here,"
he said gruffly. And before Kay
could answer, he stooped and
grasped her about the knees, rais
ing her to the ceiline ODenins.
'. "Hang on," he ordered, "and I'll
nisi you up.
Puzzled and hurt. Kav ffrnd
the edge if '.he opening, and the
next minute found herself on the
floor above. A second or two, and
Ted was beside her.
"Quick!" He crasned her hanii
and pulled her to her feet 'The
flrst thing is to get out of here."
Together they made for the dim
opening that led to the starlit
night outside. As they stepped into
the street, Ted shoved Kay sharply
to the right.
Glancing down to discover the
reason for his abrupt movement,
Kay's eye caught sight of the
crumpled black form, slumped
against the edge of the road. She
snranK Dade against Ted, clutch
Ing his hand still more tightly.
'7s it Josh HastinM?"
"No. Worse luck," Ted growled,
leading the way to his mount.
Kay hesitated as he motioned
ner to tne saddle. "What are you
going to do?" she whispered, in
sudden fear for him, as the signifl
lcance of his appearance became
clear to her. "How did you come
here? Have you escaped? They'll
get you again!"
"Never mind that now." As she
still hesitated, he stooped and
lifted her bodily into the saddle,
swinging up behind her. The next
moment, they were headed for the
open range.
i A Note Of Bitternesi
A WILD thrill ran through Kay
as she remembered that
former ride with him. Tor the sec-
ona ume, ne naa saved herl She
felt again that certainty that he
cared for her as she did for him,
and she relaxed in his arms. What
did it matter where she was going,
as long as it was with him?
For some minutes they rode on
' without speaking, Ted walking his
horse so as to make the least pos
sible noise. The silence of the
mesa closed over them like a ca
ress, and as Kay looked up at the
stars, a great happiness and peace
stole over her. It didn't matter if
neither of them ever spoke again!
Nothing mattered but that this
moment should stretch out to
aternityl
"I'm taking you to Cedar
Gulch." Ted broke the silence at
last, and his voice had a strained,
unreal sound. "A train goes
through there at 4 a.m. It will stop
if you flag it. Get back to Seth and
the ranch as quick as you can."
"And you?" Kay breathed.
"I'm clearing out. There's noth
ing to stay here for, except to be
framed for a necktie party." His
tone had a note of bitterness that
made Kay shrink back as though
he had struck her.
She made no comment, and
again they lapsed Into silence, but
this time the magic was gone from
it Once more Kay felt the bewild
ered hurt that Ted's inexplicable
change of mood gave her. Inex
plicable, at least, except from one
angle: that he was in love with
Marion Howell, and that what he
did for her was simply accepting
the chivalrous necessity of getting
her out of a mess.
If that was the case, she cer
tainly wasn't going to let him
guess her feeling for him, Kay told
herself proudly. She drew slightly
away, and straightened up.
"How far is it to Cedar Gulch?"
About seven miles."
"You haven't told me how vou
escaped," Kay said after another
long pause.
In a few words, Ted related his
getaway from Farley's posse.
"After I leave you, I'm going
back to the mountains to lie low
until the hunt lets up. First I've
jot to see that everything's all
right with Marlon Howell, though.
I've got a hunch something's
mighty wrong." These last words
came out in a musing tone, almost
as though he was talking to him
self. He gave a sudden start as he
heard them uttered aloud. "That's
a dangerous thing to tell you
though isn't it?" he added bitterly.
"Maybe you'll want to use it
again." ,
"What do you mean?" Kay"i
voice was both hurt and Indig
nant. "I don't understand youl"
"Oh no! Sure you don't!'r
Kay winced at his biting Irony.
"I don't!" she declared hotly.
"What do you mean?"'
"I haven't thanked you for
thinking up that clever way to get
me a delay." Ted abruptly changed
the subject. "And you haven't told
me how you got Into Josh Has
tings' hands."
Kay told her story In her turn,
starting with her finding the steel
nail head, and tracing It to Josh
Hastings' gauntlet
Ted gave a sharp exclamation.
'That fits in! Right along, I've
been sure that while I was lying
wounded by the water there, I
came to, and looked up to find him
bending over mel"
"And he said you were by the
water!" Kay excitedly repeated
Josh Hastings' slip to her. 'Ted!
Do you suppose "
I haven't a doubt that he mur
dered Scrap Johnson." Ted de
clared. "But what can you do about
at ur aoout what he did to you?"
"I can show him up to the whole
world!" Kay asserted recklessly.
Ted slowlv shook his head. "Yon
can't do itl It'll be only your word
against his, and he'll talk you
down."
"But you can witness I was
there, in the cellar of that black
smith shop!"
"I won't be here. And he could
easily point out that I have only
your word for it that he was the
one to bring you there."
Dead Girl's Diary
A SUDDEN memory of the note
book she had found flashed
over Kay. Reaching in her pocket
she drew it out. She explained to
Ted how she had found it, and also
repeated what Josh Hantinn had
said in his rage1 about having
usea mat piace Deiore.
"tie said that!" Ted's every mus
cle tensed, and his voice vibrated
with so strong an emotion of some
sort that Kay twisted around in
surprise. "My God! I wonder "
He reached for the notebook. "I've
got to see this!"
He pulled his mount to a halt
and swung out of the saddle. Ga
thering up some dry bits of brush
he struck a spark against a stone
with a flint he had in his pocket.
Kay slid down beside him, and
with bated breath leaned over his
shoulder as he opened the note
book and read it by the flickering
light of the tiny blaze.
The first pages seemed to be
shopping lists and bits of unre
lated memoranda. Then, sudden
ly, the writing became cramped
and uneven, the lines sometimes
crossing, as though it had been
written at random in the dark.
It was all incoherent and mean
ingless to Kay. but Ted muttered
a curse as he turned the pages.
When he finally closed the book
and spoke, his voice trembled.
"Proof at last!" He turned to
Kay. "This changes everything!
I'll be there for the trial! Bin
you've got to let me have this! I've
got Hastings where I want him."
"What is it?" Kay begged. "You
must tell me!"
It was written bv a elrl he kenl
prisoner there in that cellar jtisl
as he meant to keep you. Sh(
knew he had committed a murdei
the murder of the son of the
man I was working for. When she
finally tot out. she was Insane nnri
she committed suicide. He man
aged to pin It on me, at leasl '
enough so I had to clear out." He
suddenly grasped Kay's hand
"Look here! Dn vnn want in hftlr
the now? In spite of what you did
oeroref
"Yes. ves!" In Kav's encempw
she overlooked the last part of his
sentence. "What can I do?"
Get back to Seth. and keen In
hiding so Josh Hastings won'1
know where vou are. I've ont in
see that Marion's all right. Then,
1 11 give myseit up to Zeke Farley.
You keep out of sight until the
trial. Then turn ud and tell vnm
story. Will you do that?"
res," Kay promised quickly.
'Then hurry!" Ted elanced un
at the stnrs. "We mustn't miss,
that train."
Swinging her ud before htm
again, he raced at full speed for
Cedar Gulch. At the outskirts ol
the town, he pulled his mount in
and lifted Kay to the ground.
"I don't dare bo anv farther." he
said. "The station's at the end of
this street. You can't miss it." He
swung into the saddle and grabbed
the reins. Wheeling his horse, he
headed for the mountains.
Hememberr he cal ed hark
over his shoulder. Then without
waiting for an answer, he was off
at a hard gallop.
'CopirieM, 1ST. Ifarie it .Vertaudi
Key lies low at the Laiy Nine, tomorrow.
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GRANTS PASS, Atlg. 36. (API
Scraping tha railing of bridge whn
truck load of hop pickers met an
other car, muRclea on the calvea ol
Florence Mabel Hoyt'i let were torn
loose this morning. She is 1ft. Joyce
Olive Orme, 1ft, suffered alloc k ano
exposure when the accident burled
her Into a slough over which the
bridge ii built west of here Paul
Bull, 13, suffered mild concussion,
which was not believed serious. All
are ol this city.
Bute Officer Gens Reed said Orde
Elden Robinson waa driving th truck
to the Hilton hop yard and the chil
dren were handing their lens ovci
the side He said the truck was
crowded, to the rail by an Approach
ing car which, In turn, was forced
over by pedestrians on the wrong
si do of the road. Reed said drivera.
passengers and pedestrians were ap
parently all at fault.
FARLEY WILL VISIT
SALEM. Aug. 3 tAP) Poetmaa
ter General Jamee A. Parley, chair
man of th democratic national com
mlttee, will come to Oregon, prob
ably in October. W. L. OoeMlii. arc
retary to Governor Martin, enld to
day on tin return from the national
convention ol Young Democrats In
Indianapolis.
Ooealln aaid Parley definitely pro
nuwd to come to Oregon aoon. but
did not art a definite date He may
&e here to dedicate the new 9ilem
p lifllce.
Ooaeun, In belieU of Oovernor
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WrEH HE rNWhKENEP OME NIGHT
VJiTH h SEVERE HErMtocRE:
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Inspired By a Headache
On a visit tn Washington, D. C
during the fiery Civil war days of
1861, Julia Ward Howe, the poetess,
was escorted through the Union en
campment. Here she saw the "watch
fires of a hundred circling camps"
and heard the Yankee soldiers sing
ing their favorite marching song.
John Brown's Body." No doubt it
waa the somewhat gruesome wordlnc
of the line "John Brown's body lies
a mould'rlng In the grave . . ." that
set her thoughts along the line of
writing her own words for theecatchy
tune.
Retiring early to her room at the
ag V 'Vr:
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ACCUSED PERSON'S
THcM CHOOSE BUHVW
T -raps orico owe.
MARKED WlTrr CROSS
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old Wlllard hotel, she awakened at
midnight with a splitting headache
and the "John Brown's Body" tune
pounding through her brain. Arising,
she took a pencil stub and began
writing ...
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of
the coming . , ,"
In February of the following year
as the "Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic" her poem appeared in the pages
of the "Atlantic Monthly."
Two-Family Colony
For manv vearn th tinv uiont f
Patos off the coast of Venpxupin vm
been a sore spot in the diplomatic
relations between Great Britain and
Venezuela. In 1904 the Venezuelan
government Issued a decree claiming
the island, but the British govern
ment still hangs on to It by right of
colonization.
The "colony" with which Britain
holds the island consists of a flag
keeper., an aesslstant flagkeeper and
their families. Practically their en
tire duty consists of raising and low
ering the Union Jack each day. A
signalman at Fort George In Trini
dad 25 miles away from Patos, re
ports daily to the harbor master at
Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad,
that the flag Is still visible.
Tomorrow: Where Were Horse Races
Run Without Riders?
Martin, Invited Oovernor M. Clifford
lownsend of Indiana to come to
Oregon for huntlnir and fuhlnv
Townsend said he would try to make
the trip.
PORTLAND. Am. 28 (API Artlvltv
awards announced bv Htll Mlltrarv
academy today Included Donald Sauer,
niamatn Falls, swimming: Robert
Hagerman, LaOrande. student's ren-
nant. The boys attended summer
sessions.
PORTLAND SCHOOL HEAD
CANDIDATES ARE HEARD
PORTLAND, Aug. 28. (API The
Portland school board gave prominent
mention today to .Ralph B. Dugdale.
former eunertntendent of achonL. at
Toledo. O.. aa successor to Charles A
Rice, retiring superintendent, other
interviewed were J. w. Ramsey, su
perintendent at Port Smith. Arte.
Dr. William S. Ford, chief deputy su
perintendent at Los Angeles; Dr.
Isaac B. Stutsman, superintendent,
St. Joseph, Md.
Sugar cane was Introduced into
Europe by the Moors in the elshth
century.
Honey was the standard sweeten
ing in Europe before the Introduc
tion oi cane sugar from Asia.
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