Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 31, 1937, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPXGE EIGHT MEDFOTCP TSfATL TRTBTTKTE, MEDFOKD, CRF,nO!T, TTTESDXT, AUGUST 3f, 1937. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot further proot addren tha aathor, Inclosing s stamped envelop for reply. Re. U. S. Put Ot GOOD BEHAVIOR By GLUYAS WILLIAMS SYNOPSIS: Kav Cranion in pulilvtlv hires Ted Guvnor, job It is puncher. H htlps her fight Josh Hastings, a "friendly" neigh bor toho wants Kay and Jiff ranch. Ted and Scrap Johnton, a couj hand una moleiti Kay, hool it out, wounding ach other. Hat tinat sneak! up and fcillt Scrap with Ted's oun. Ted it arretted and tried for murder, but Kay ttopi the trial by technical pro test Ted etcapet and retcuet Kay from Hastings' cellar lock-up. Then he noes to aid Marlon who Matted hie iie with her nurtiny. He finds her lather dying at the edge of the forest fir he started. Chapter 49 Revenge Misfire DITCH 'em, damn , you, and , quick about it!" Torn rudely from hli muting, red whirled about to fact Josh ' Hastings, gazing exultantly at him over the barrel of his gun. Ted obeyed with a grim smile, the ironic thought flashing through ilia ilium mat licit WW ina proD' tble ending of his career too, be tide Marion's father. Lifting his eyes a second as he raised his hands, Ted saw a gleam In the topmost branch of the pine tree that spread over Josh Hastings. Instantly, his fatalistic acceptance of the inevitable, of the moment berore, gave way to a re newed hope that reawakened all his natural instinct of self preser vation. By one of those extraordinary ireaiu ox loresi nres, a sparK nad been carried an incredible dis- Uri'nInM .1 I -.1 ...l.U Mi.bG. fAlUKllliC UUUULUUII W1UI it If he could keep Josh Hastings irem nnng me iaiai snot until "Reckon you won't need that second trial!" Josh Hastings' voice brought Ted back from his desper ate speculations. "I can save the state a lot of money, and nobody i be anv the wiser!" "Why didn't you do It in the first flace, up on the central divide?" ot grasped at anything to prolong me moment. ' "Because I intended to have you branded as a murderer in Kay Crandon's sight, and I expected you 10 oie anyway," Hastings ex plained with brutal Insolence. Out of the corner of Ted's eye he could see the blazing branch directly over Josh Hastings' head. At all costs, he must hold his at tention! "Kay Crandon will never be lieve rm a murderer!" he chal lengea. "Wrt' ah .1 V. tl.U I.I ...... auc, uiuugiu X1U1Q in Hastings barked as Ted shifted from one foot to the other. "I've got a tning or two to tell you be fore I give you a duplicate of the shot that killed Scrap Johnson." He tfave a harah lmicrh at TH involuntary start "Too bad you can't use that information, isn't it?" he sneered, in evident enjoy ment of his revenge, and loath to terminate it too soon. "Well, you know now it doesn't pay to try to get the best of Josh Hastings! You pin uie worst or 11 oeiore, and thlt time A (treat renriinff vumi! r.i,f him short Glancing up, he saw the Durninit orancn crasning through the lower branches of the pine. With an oath he sprang back, his Sun exploding harmlessly as Ted ueked. But Josh Hastinffs run ihm frae. tlon of a second tnn lat. Th hurn. ing branch struck him a glancing blow on the head, and he pitched iui waru. Saving The Murderer 'TAED sprang to his side, and dragged his unconscious form away from the Are that licked up the dry pine needles, creeping to ward him. With superhuman jirenijin, nan dragging, nail carry ing him, Ted made his way back to where he had tethered his mount. He seized his rope and tied Josh Hastings' wrists and ankles. Then nc slung him over the saddle and, guiding his frightened horse, start ed to retrace his stnns. In the far distance he could hear nouis, as the tire lighters rallied to this new area of danger. But after a moment's hesitation, Ted pushed on. with an anxious eye on ius unconscious ourden. One thought was uppermost In Ted's mind: He must save Josh Hnstinjjs until he could repeat that confession before witnesses. His ireenom and his whole future de pended on It! If Josh Haatinsa died now, even though Ted might es- i-npe, nis name would never be cleared. Suspicion would alwavs cling to him and he would be han dicapped by this cloud on his repu lion, wherever he might go. He must get back to Marion, with the news about her father, and between them they must re vive Josh Hastings enough lo force the confession from him that he had killed Scrap Johnson and framed Ted for the murder. Riding-when possible, and walk ing over the steep places where his mount could not carrv double, Ted pushed ahead over the Intermin able backward trail to Marion's shack. It had been hard enouzh before. Now, as he left the illumi nation of the conflagration behind, Ted found it almost impossible to negotiate the return trip with the double handicap of his unconscious burden and the darkness, with no stars to guide him. After pushing on blindly for what seemed an eternity, he de cided finally that he would save time in the long run by waiting for the dawn. He called a halt and lifted off the bulky form of Josh Hastings. Laying him on the ground he bent close to feel his Erisoner's pulse and listen to nil eart. Reassured as to his condition, in spite of the coma into which he had sunk, Ted threw himself down beside him, and was soon lost in a sleep of utter exhaustion. When he woke, he uttered an exclamation of amazement and dismay to find the sun so high. His exhausted frame, worn out by the strain of the last few nights, had played him false, and instead of the short nap he had expected to take, he must have been asleep for hours. He glanced over at Josh Hastings and breathed a sigh of relief to find him about as he nad been before. still breathing heavily, in the stupor in which his blow on the head had left him. Ted rose to his feet, and went a short distance to a rocky projec tion to get his bearings. A long low whistle escaped him, as he gazed incredulously at the Danorama stretched out before him. Hastings Tries A Dicker HE GLANCED up at the sun, as though challenging its right to be where it was, then looked once more at the cloud of smoke that hung heavy over the ridees. But instead of being behind him, it was to tne norm and east, and the mountains Ted had expected to get his bearing by, had shifted to un familiar outlines. Admitting finally the evidence of his own senses, Ted was forced to tne conclusion that he had com pletely lost his way in the dark ness the night before, and had gone off at a tangent to the southwest, instead of retracing his steps to the north, as he thought he had been doing. led cursed his imnetunua haste that had led him astray, as he hur ried back to Josh Hastings. Before preparing for the long ride, he ate a bite of the lunch that Marion had insisted on tying to the crutch of his saddle. Refreshed bv the fnnri .inrf M long sleep, he hoisted Josh Has tings' unconscious bnriv norns hia horse, and started back. A fresh breeze had snrunir nn. and Ted glanced uneasily at the tree tops swaying above him to gauge its velocity. It was charac teristic of the mountains to have a wind start up around noon, but this one seemed to be gnthering alarming force. Once get a strong wind behind the lire, and there was no predicting the extent of the rie. struction that would most certainly ensue. Ted resolutely nnshed on fnl. lpwing the same method he had the nieht before, of somptimp rirf. Ing, but more often walking. Only this time he was traveling in the right direction. He hated to think of the added anxiety Marion would have over his delay, but there was no help for it. There was one good point, anyway. He was well out of the probable range of the Are flirht-r- and therefore stood a better chance to escape premature deliv ery into their hands. buddcnlv. as he walked nn steep incline beside his mount, Ted became aware of a groan and eyes staring at him. Glancing down, he saw that Jnsh Hastings had re gained consciousness. tie made a tentative strnpirlA in free himself, but Ted called a ner. emptory halt. The tables nre tnrnpn1 tin.., he explained curtly. "If you know hat s good for vnn. vnn'll still!" A look Of hatl'rtfi flnnhfri In Inch Hastings' eyes before he closed tnem, and let his head flop back My head " he croaneH "Wn. ter!" Without a word. Ted took hi canteen and put it to Josh Has tings' lips. He took greedy sips of the warmish liouid. then his eyes again. What's the rioa?" ho rfomnn,)- ed, glancing at his bound wrists. wnere are you taking me?" "Where vou can renent what onu told me back there, before a wit ness," Ted answered irrinilv "It would be a hell of a lot easier to have left you to be cremated, as you planned to leave me. But vou ave some information that han. pens to he useful to me." A shrewd look narrowed Josh astings' eyes. suppose I give vou a slened tntement, will you let me go?" And have von drnv It lntr" Not on vour life." Ted gave a short angh. You ve framed me nnp tnn often! I prefer a witness." fCopirripal. J7, Uarls it Xsrmu4) Ted puahri on, rarlnr atalnst tha flame f, tomorrow. T 10 K. F. KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 31. (AP) City police tod ft y Knight narcotic addict in their drive to tolve a wve of nurglcal kit thefts. Two local physicians reported their case had been taken from their can ovrr the weekend. Late lust week three other were similarly stolen. Physicians' automobiles at Weed mid Med ford have also been robbed irerntly, police here learned. SALEM, Aug. SI (AIM The atatc land board will meet here September 13 at 10:30 a. m. to determine the beat method of blocking 750.000 acre of eastern Oregon grar.lng land Stat Treasurer Rufua C. Holman aid today. 10 VIE AT YREKA YREKA. Oil.. Aug. 31. (Spl.) Hard roi'k mlnera from nil part of northern California and aoulhern Oregon are ripened to take part In the rock-drllllng contest, which will be a feature ot the Yreka Miners Oold Rush at Yreka. September 10. 11 and 13. Prlrea totaling HM are being of. fered for the two event, which will Include a tingle Jack and a double Jark contest. Three prtrea, will be given In eaeh ei-nieet; for the double Jack first money I1S0. second 7fl and third MS. Prlrea for the alnnle Jack contest will bo 1100. ."0 and :'5 Orante from the Humbug dlMrlet will DO use! for the contest, which will be under the direcUon of Lon HE l3rWC ur ICC ftTtAE OWtZt mo MosruNiverm eftwetiNeewAfc in CftU rCK OP Of eVfRYNbTioM novelist MfgrAPTTo PR0M0UHCe HER REN. MMAE. SfTJKieP ZOO FEET IN THE fMR foziPAY? Kfolfc ITWfHSCM'peD-. wmiom million WffltMf&O.l WERE 8 dm 1 lU&lHJiUfl ;l i ill M m m 1 mftm a ' fVw 0 GROW UP... Of MEXICO, PEHOS T5 ENTIRE LIFE ITS 3IU6 (W SECOND ftN jH III ; Animal Tltnt FoircIs to Grow tp Only through accident was the strange phenomenon regarding the perpetual larval life of the axolotl discovered. Classified by naturalists as a distinct kind of animal, the axolotl waa given the scientific name of Slr edon lichenoides and for years after Its discovery in the Inkes surrounding the City of Mexico was so listed. In 1865 several specimens of the axolotl were brought to an aquarium In the Jnrdln dea Plantes, Paris. Here they were subjected to routine scrut iny and then, to the amazement of attending scientists, were found to bo losing their gills and turning Into an ordinary species of adult salaman der. Ambly&toma trlgltub- common throughout southern United States and Mexico. Why the change from the tadpole stage to the adult salamander stage does not take place in the native lakes of the axolotl has never been determ ined. The fact that It becomes sex ually mature when about six months old and la then capable of breeding, though It Is still a tadpole, is perhaps the oddest characteristic or the axol otl in a biological light. Its common name is Mexican for "play in the water." Curse of (he Arcs "Daddy needs a new pair of shoes c'mon seven." was possibly the ex pression used by the Greeks la woo ing Lady Luck around the year 1244 B. c. It Is thnt year to which histor ians attribute Palamedes' Invention of dice as we know them today, but the use of numbered cubes as gamb ling devices predates thla by cen turies. Throughout the world various forms of gambling In which dice were used dates back to time immemorial. Dice are depicted on the earliest of Egyp tian monuments and have been found In excavations of ancient ruins throughout the world. r5MlDrJl.-f0BE0rlBSl' BEHAVIOR BECAUSE fHERE rS COMPANY FOR WMER RIAU2ES SUDDEHiV HE HWrlRoHtum-fOtl fcUB-f'S.Arto MOVES Iter" ',1W IS SO EMBARRASSED Btf ivWo OaORREKCE.HE SPltlS SPOOMFift OF 50 DP DRIB fo WIPE If UPWrtft NAPklH,krIW6-fW0 SPOOUS ArlP A KlJlfE 0TT Picks upshierware, ais0 napkin which has MEANWHRE Dropped (unvx. Uimmrri -g-25 TRIES 10 COVER MOrrCl TiCAfiON BV TAKIN6 A DRINK OF WATER. SETS 6LASS DOWe) Oti A SPOOH, 61.AS5 ORSE-fTiKfS W0MDERS, ASMEW.6EfS IMDER WAV A6A)K WHV HE HAS SUCH TROUBLE MAWtfCi HANDS AND FEtf do What he Wants IhbiIo (Copyright, 1337, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) S 'MATTER POP Tomorrow : For What Trl me Were Prisoners Once freed If Tliev Pleaded ; ul It v.- Collins, who la an old-time hard rock miner. The revival in quartz mining wh h has taken placo In this region in the last few years Is expected to add greatly to the Interest In the event, which will be held on Saturday, Sep tember 11. Phone 54a refuse City We'll naul away youi Sanitary Service ROOSEVELT ROUTE WEST WOULD MISS MEDFORD WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (AP) Informed po Moris said today If Presi dent Roosevelt couio carry out pro jected plana for a Pacific northwest visit In lato September he will go to Seattle by way of Wyoming. Yellow stone park, southern Idaho. Spokane. Wah., and Portland. Ore. 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