PXGE EIGHT
MEDFOTCP TSfATL TRTBTTKTE, MEDFOKD, CRF,nO!T, TTTESDXT, AUGUST 3f, 1937.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
They said the plans call for stops
en route to inspect the federal power
navigation and reclamation projects
at Orand Coulee and Bonneville on
the Columbia river.
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