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Newspaper Page TextJPA03 TWO' METFOKP MATt, TTCTBTTNTg, T)FORD. QRTWQy, FRIDAY. ArdUST 27. 1937. THE FAMILY ALBUM PUTTING AWAY" By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tat fartier pree ad drew tse author, toetostag a it&mpd tavelope (or reply. Ka. V. 8. Pat. Oft I'l j I III .1 l lH I y , i j IttNOPSIS: Kay Crondon of th Latv Win tmpuUiut iy hire Ted Caynor, a jobless puncher. He helps her flpht .loih Hastinos, a "friendly" neighbor, who wants to get her ranch and marry Kay, Ted and Scrap Johnson, a cou). hand who molests Kay. ihool fl lit, wounding each ether. Han. sncs eneaki up end Milt Scrap ullH 7ed'f pun. Arrested, T$d if tried or Scrap's murder, but Kay steps the trial by technical protest, Ted escapes and rescues Kay, whom ffasllncs hat (eld. naped and locked in a cellar. Ted asks Kay to hide at her ranch and turn up at hie tecond trial when he hopes to prove Halting? villainy. Chapter 48 In Hiding KAY cautiously relied her head anH Innlrmt nut th urlnrlnur f the cabin she had Axed up (or Ted'i mother and (liter in those days that now aeemed to be agea ago. For two daya ahe had been thore In hiding, and the confine ment was beginning to wear on her. In the sunset light she looked longingly down toward the cor ral. To think of having been home two whole days, without seeing Flickerl It hadn't been as easy aa It sounded to keep her promise to Ted. but she managed it. First of all, she had changed trains, and waited at a station where no one would know her, for the afternoon train, that would land her at Red River late at night. Slipping off the end car without being seen, she had gone by a cir cuitous route to Old Man Jennings' livery stable. Housing him, she had dream of looking for her In the de serted cabin. It wouldn't ba safe U stay in her own, but in the othei cabin they felt sure she could hidi Indefinitely. Kay had agreed to have Shorty let in on the secret, so that he and Seth could take turns smuggling food down to her. and it would be less consoicuous than if one alwavi (disappeared. Kav Save a great sleh and leaned her forehead against the glass Then she ducked suddenly, as iigui vjwfimu mo nse leading irora the bunk house and strode down In her direction. A few minutes later there was a tap at the door and Hhorty demanded to be ad mitted. "Shorty!" Kay hurriedly let him in. "Wasn't it riekv ta eama an soon?" Most of th outfit's oft (Ire fight- Ine. Shortv answered. "Thav inf n truck way up from Branchtown, so the boys piled in and wen! along. "nil BhMrfnl V. I - 4 shouldn't thev nava aiavari hml ii u am spread mis way-" JNOl a Chance." Hhnrtv vaaa. sured her. "It's a pond ish ,-ir an miles from here. And the boys kind ui nxea ine notion or getting g bit of Are fighting money?' "Of course they did," Kay pay them anything, it is only fair "Cut It out" Shortv hrnlra la gruffly. "I didn't mean that. Hare's your supper. Eat it, and I'll spill a viiv ncwa. Hastings' Fredlcamcnt "UTHAT news?" Kay demanded TV "Has Josh Hutinn hn around?" Shortv nodded. "Sav. vni,'. .m that bird so worried, he don't know wnemer nes comin' or goln ," he chuckled, "He's about erazy. I had HoRSt RfveeS IN.RtMt Wet?6 RISK HflHouTRiPSR fromihe Itth io ihekie flth century 1 'JvJv.f.yyf Wt- " " 1 iiaaeaaweaaaMaag 1 . 1 ,l. Ml j ig f-Htt!', .4 aj - r.- -"-'-i5Vi-rfi'-a-' .. r London-" m f I0V6 UhKK Conducting a Fjjnbral neat tortopd, c3i. IN fUfe 6RrVe. IKTeRRliPTEO Renting a horse, Kay rode out to her ranch. taken him Into her confidence to the extent of telling him no one must Know sne was buck and swearing him to secracv. Did Man Jennings never talked anyway, if ne couio. neip u, ana Kay Knew aha could trust him to keep quiet about her return. She had taken one of hla horses and ridden out to the ranch, arriv ing in the dead of night. She had given her rented mount a sharp cu oi ner quirt matseninim rusn ine on his wav back. It would never do to have the outfit And a strange horse In the corral, if she was to keep her presence at the L.asy nine a secreti Awakening Seth FlitST she had gone to her cabin and found hex flashlight. Then she had tiptoed into the bunk house, and singled out Scth's bunk. Creeping over to It, she had gently laid her hand over his mouth and flashed her light In her foreman's eyes. Smothering his startled oath as he blinked at her, Kny had put her finger to her lips, and then beck oned him outside. With astonished but muted mumblings and grum- Diings beih had drawn on his boots and followed her. "Wbat the hell " he had growled, pacing beside her to a safe distance. "When" "Sshl Seth!" Kny had whis pered. "1 don't want anyone but yon lo know I'm here." Interrupted only by picturesque eath of varying degree of blas phemy, Kay hart nourcd out her atory. "I dnn't know Jut what Ted means to do," she had ended, "but I think It's up to me to carry out my promise." After a few minutes of careful deliberation. Seth had agreed with her. On planning wavs and means of doing this, it hnd finally been de eidea that no one would ever a long talk with him tartar, and between what I know and what ht told me, I doped out the whola business. Only I sure earned me a good big crown In Heaven for keeping from giving him a sock In the iawl" "Well, go on, Shorty," Kay urged, impatiently. "What did you dope out?" "Klrst place, he'd written your Aunt Kate you'd gone on a visit to some friend over in Idaho, and might not ba back for aavtral weeks. So now he can't let an you've disappeared, and he'a like locoed rattler In August. Ready to ui" mi anyming, oui noi seem where to strike!" "Has he any suspicion that I'm here?" "Not now. Wt pulled his leg good and plenty! 'Pears he's so fed up with your Aunt Kate naggln' him, that he's cleared out to ioln Zeke Farley and his posse. When anyone mentions Ted Oaynor, he's fit to be tledl" "They're still searching ths mountains for Ted, are they? Kav nclrart 'Tenh. But that guy'i pulled as complete a disappearance as the dodo bird." Kay breathed a sigh of relief, and a faint color came into her face as the changed the subject "I suppose you won't be getting ny more or mose tamarack logs In right now with the bovs off fire fighting," she observed. "How did this thing start anyway?" enrcn mei it looked like lightning strike. It started in far o(T from anywheres. It must have Durnen a good 24 hours before It was discovered. Only trouble with j that theory is that there haven't been any thunder storms lately a. least, mat a what the weather Diiremt savs." fCorvrtoM, I1T. Marie it XerrauA) ' Funeral oeld IB th roaring days of the Osllfor. gold ruan, tmteher, biker and leandlutlck maker had but one I thought discovery of the preotoua Iuiowi. wnn many men roroed to work at their trades to ftnanoe proapaot lag trips, they etui kept one eve hopefully pealed for signs of gold Wherever they went, auch a man wae I the preacher officiating at e, funeral lone day on the outskirts of fionora I lo the gold country. ooiemniy the owrarman Intoned I the words of the burial service as the coffin wae lowered Into the open I grave. Re stopped in the middle of sentence, his eyes open wide and I etarlng at the pile of fresh dug earth I py tie aine or tne grave, nipping the Hopper Massacre Staged On Lawn KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 37 (UP) John P. Roberta declared a person al vendetta against gnuwhoppers that were gnawing at his lawn, trees and flowers. He etarted killing the insects last Friday and kept count on the , COIN MINTED IN rNrAERlCfc f AW NO WfWIWHW Trie IHSCRlrTlOH, Mtf SHANK Wf tY'AL ) COM0UCT69 X A fly leaf out of the prayer book from wnica he had bean reading, he pulled a panel! from his pocket, scribbled a few words on It, laid the paper down on the ground and proceeded with the eervloe. At the end of the cere mony he explained to a group of curious mourners the cause for the Interruption. To them he pointed out several good Used nugget lying partly obecurad on the pile of earth dug out for the grave. He had pauwd In the funeral services to write out a elalm on the cemetery! "Value As You Please" Issued by John Hlgley of Oranby, Oonn., In 1737, the first copper coin minted In America bad no standard value. On one side It bore the In scription, "I am good copper," On the other side the words, "Value me as you please." Known as "Oranby Tok ens" they were widely and aucceee fully used as a medium of exchange. SFUD6 WlfC to RESY WHILE rlEPtKfjfUlrteS AWAY. FOllOWS HE 1b A6K WHERE THESE COOKIES 60 rifOlTUrJ-frlECOOKlI flrJ, AMD (SOW OlX X16HUK6 OWE 01 fHE CO0K1E&. wiuiwsioiivwa soon mostly to ak- where 16 THE COOKIE Yin? IS fOlD ON THE SHUT IK 1HEPAH- TRV. SAVS, OH, AKD DEPAR1S SEES SEtERAl-flrft, AND EATS AKOTrlFRj COOKIE WHIICWON &ERIKG WHICH I51HC COOKIE flN i2L WttilRHZ TO UVlhfi ROOM 60E& BACK 10 PAVJTrtV TO ASK IS THIS THE W6HT AND EvEMittllY flNDS ONE THAT HAS THE Hit COOKIE TlH D0U6HNW6 IN Iff (Papyri CM, 1WT, by Tas Bell gyadlaite, Ine.) There bew6 onlv one cookie lef-Toh piaTe, EAfS If AMD 60E& OUT. FORSEtYirfe To Pl)f COVEaj eK ON COOKIE TiH 8 MATTER POP By 0. M PAVNB casualtlee. Today he had tabulated 1,133 grasshoppers. All slain on his own property. Would-Be Suicide Balks At Charge TAILSPIN TOMMY Murder Buspeotedl Kay rides Monday. op te Marlon's eabla E orboon crry. Aug. J7. (UP) On request of District Attorney rrrd A . Miller, the CUickflnyia county grand ury was summonr-d to inves tigate the 141.000 shortage In the ui department while Dave Palmblad waa enter deputy tax collector under Sheriff E. T. Mess. Palmblnd. who Is now serving s Ov-yiMr sentence In the state peni tentiary, confessed to converting to Ota own use lis.ooe. A recent audit wealed that the actual shortage was over 142,600. Palmblad made an af fidavit ome time ago In which he again admitted the 116 000 abortac. but dented he had token any more than that. He said he knew money waa being taken and. while he ac cused no one, he snid atvera) others la the department knew toe oombl- J station of the oflloa safe. I ES ALLIANCE. Neb. (P Patrolman U E- PUkiugton noticed a ladder leaning against a theater building and scented a roboery. He removed the ladder, waiting patiently In the oeuef ne had trapped burglars on the roof. Next day, 1. E. Hughes, theater manager, reported th thelt of a ladder winch he said had been lean ing against his building more than two years. nig lloy. TULSA. Okie, Aug. S7. (UP) Phillip. Laos la unusually large for his 11 years of age. He has to argue with movie tlrket takers who a mend he buy adult tickets. Today be paid oi-er 60 rente to County Hcgis- trar Sally Jordan for a birth ceriiti rata te settle all argument at in movies. 1? ipMJ& The last of the style of horse races I-W g- l gm f ' " " t mtWX popular In Rom from the early 16th ; . .. I century wa. run off on February I, . 1 . 1883. The horsea, racing without rid- r BIfV ' Ski ers, ran along a course laid out on r (' jl Mtp.T) iy ALI 1 Y s the main street of the "eternal city." V ffi ' 1 ZT H I C) nY " Pear-shaped goads hanging from their I DrlV- J .( f , ) flank and withers took the plaoe of WrJ-" I Tn u; ac L-,a I a an urging Jockey. SliJ V V, io YtA" " - XS. Tomorrowi How Long Was the 3Bb S" -00) W ' ak It V Centra, Emergency Hospital for ob. WS OL A 7fj servatlon todav after he refnj ..1 . J 7 11 lilt, ew I cW 1 pay her faro to cross the bridge. "Why I CsLJ 7f5 WjDr do I h.v. to drop a nickel In?" .hi V ft asked. "All I want to do Is jump off." f ) 9w C Cloaing time tor Too Late to olaa- I J Cy J ) J I , vV'ae . SAN PBANOISOO. Aug. 27 -(OP) 'y Ads IS 1:30 p. m. U Vv V ll U OKiJ Traffic authorities on the Golden , IL a Cv )A 4 -DJ J Oate bridge sent a young woman to I Use Mall Tribune want ads ' 3 yM pr Pepyrlght, 1W7. by The Bell gyndlcite, Inez) Pn Uil PAD Df fil ll j 1 i r ... mi i n.- ii n aalTTT .By EDWIN AtOEB fsAD LMEMl!r HelrAI) C9? OM.ilAXJL) TCKUE Nf T VdOsjTvmear, Bv SOT Firm rv ruecKOvi i jtw r& - , ct J I lestx- j circus, te ? new r aJ AU QPFOM UMCLS I Y7:-, "tW W 1 f A 3 TOMMY, SKEETS AND BETTY-LOU BBCON3TRUCTB0 TMB TRAGIC DEATH Oa MRS. BPItTLY WHO LEAPCO PROM THPIR SHIP OURIMS A STORM AT TIGHT BUT7Y ADMITTED THAT THE- AOMAN HAD DISAPPEARED DURING THE: HOUR WHEM THB AIR LIMER HAD BEEM FORTY MILES OFF ITS REGULAR COUR56. 2900 THE NEBBS ririt Round At last "rue cavoftme ARRIVES BRUOHAKOJEy IS IKE REFEREE ..LUTHER IS BUBBUMGOJER WTW ODMPO- EKJCE AMD 13 HAVWGA(SREm ACTS LIKE WE VJA5 0MTWE UAVTOTWE Electric Chair BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Oh, Yeah?