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IPXGE ETGTTT THE AUDIENCE By CLUYA5 WILLIAMS 1 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof addrsn the utbor, tnrfnrfny tUnped enrelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. PaL Oft CJj)Va ffitf BASSS Chapter SO Race Against Fire 'A GREAT iweep of wind bent the treetopi with a roar u of distant ocean waves. Both men started, and glanced up. then Josh Hastings slumped back again. "Get me out of this damned un comfortable position, can't you?" he rasped. Ted made no answer, as he gazed anxiously at the white clouds that scudded past overhead, and sniffed the faint acrid smell that began to penetrate the fragrance of the pines. Ignoring Josh Hastings' groans and protests, ha pushed ahead, his alarm growing as the hours passed, and the wind con tinued to rage with ever Increas ing velocity. There was no telling how fast the fire might travel under these adverse conditions! A brownish haze obscured the sun. and already it was hard to make out the out lines of the distant ridges. He could lust see the bold profile of the central divide, with the cut of the pass through it. as he plunged down into a canyon. The next time he emerged it was lost in the fast growing smokiness of the atmos phere. Josh Hastings, who had lapsed Into a semi-conscious state of wrathful resignation, scanned Ted's face as he came back from his last survey of the ridges. The light had perceptibly dimmed, and the two men coughed continually with the irritation of the smoke in their lungs. 1 t 4 . i f i Ted pushed ahead, ignoring Josh Hastings' groans and protests. "Nice mess you've made," Hast ings groaned. "Head over to the west, can't you? Or do you want Us both'to be cremated?" "I've got to get to the south ridge of the central divide." Ted doggedly set off again, pushing his way through the timber as the darkness fell, and ignoring the sporadic outbursts of Josh Hast ings, who alternately commanded and pleaded with him to make for the western divide. But though Ted could ignore Josh Hastings, there was no ignor ing the conviction that if Marion had kept her promise and stayed In the shack, she was in definite danger of being cut off. He came to a sudden decision. "I'm leaving you here." he an nounced gruffly, and pulled Josh Hastings off his horse roughly. "I've got to make faster time. The chances are a hundred to one you're safe here. And they are a hundred to a hundred, I'll be bark!" Disregarding the curses Josh Hastings screamed after him, Ted raked the flanks of his reluctant horse, so that with a wild snort, he finally plunged ahead into the darkness. At The Murder Scene AFTER a few hours together, Kay and Marion felt as though they had known each other al ways. Their eager exchange of confidences had left very little that they did not know about each other, and their mutual liking had ripened to a real feeling of friend ship. Taking a chance on leaving the hut long enough to let Kay show Marion where sha had found the steel stud that she had later iden tified as coming from Josh Hast ings' gauntlet, they went up in the early afternoon to the scene of the murder. Kay carefully stepped off the distances and outlined her theory, after relieving Flicker of his sad dle and tethering him by some of (he luscious feed near the water. COHVALLIS, Sept. 1, fTV Polk. Coos and Tillamook rialrlea divided July cow testtnp association honor, R. W. Mow, extension dairyman at Oregon State college, announced to. day. W. B Allen's purebred Jersey from the Polk county association took high Individual acore with a production ot 1240 pound of milk containing 0B.3 pounda of fat, A registered Jer My owned by Alfred Ewnld of Tilla mook wan second with 9B.7 pound .f fat. A Coos Riiv a,m-intlon hTd owned by A. H. Colver won 11 rat place with IDS SSSBWaUJU) "We have nothing but the vaguest circumstantial evidence against Josh Hastings," she ex- Elalned. "But what we have com ined with the proof of his guilt in that other case, should at least prove strong enough to discredit him, if nothing more." 'The trouble is, that discredit ing Josh Hastings isn't going to ba enough to clear Ted's name," Ma rion worried. "1 wonder If it wouldn't be better for him to dis appear for a while, after all?" "No!" Kay declared proudly. "This Is the time for him to clear his name. And then, if what you say about his feeling for me is true " She left the sentence un finished, but the color that flooded her cheeks ended it for her. "If only Dad is safe, and I ean make him see reason, we might have a double wedding," Marion suggested. "I know you 11 like Hal as much as I do Ted." Forgetting their anxiety for the moment in their absorbing plans for the future, the two girls made their way back to the shack, push ing against the wind that swept up from the south. The Smell Of Smoke "T HOPE this wind will die down," 1 Kay exclaimed anxiously. "I don't want any more fires to rec kon with! And there might be a chance of its reaching our timber ridge, although Shorty assured me it couldn't." "Of course. It can't," Marion soothed. "These winds always spring up around noon, and die down again almost as soon as they've started." "It seems to me the smell of smoke is much stronger." Kay sniffed the air. "Of course it is, with this wind." Marion pushed ahead. "That doesn't mean anything. But we must get back! We've been away too long now." Once back at the clearing, shel tered by the surrounding timber, the acrid burning smell was less noticeable, and the girls forgot the fire in the absorbing discussion of their more personal affairs. They decided to have an early supper, and then take turns watching, so that one would always be on the lookout. Marion insisted on Kay having the first rest, and promised to wake her at 10 o'clock. Leaning back on her bunk, she watched Kay in the flickering light of a single candle. Kny had thrown her self down on the bunk that Ted had occupied, and in no time at all. was fast asleep. Watching her through half closed lids, Marion mused on the strange coincidence that had brought these two to her, and she let her thoughts wander dowu the vista of the years, seeing a wonderful friendship ripen be tween Hal and herself, and Kay find Ted. Gradually her eyes closed en tirely, and her head drooped to one side, as the relaxed sleep, that had so long been denied her in her lonely vigil, orept over her un awares. The candle flickered low er and lower. Finally it sputtered and went out, leaving the shack in inky blackness, but there was no movement from either of the ex hausted girls. It was hours Inter, when Marion suddenly snt bolt upright cough ing and rubbing her eyes. "Kay! Kay!" The note of terror in her voice roused Kay, who struggled to a sitting position. "What is it? I" she broke off coughing, (t'opyrltfllf, JS.1T, Maria At XervnuA) Td resrufi the girls as the flnmtl clone In about the cabin, tomorrow, an averfpe production of ftfl.l pound of fat for 33 cow. Alol Weber of Tillamook, who has led with tht highest producing herd for three montha, was second with an average Just one pound below the winner. The two Tillamook association continued their leadcrchtp of the 16 herd improvement association with the owner-sampler avwyMatlon first tht month with an average produc tion of SO 66. The 1868 cow In tht Tillamook county association aver aged an even 30 pounds, Total number of cows tostcd In July et a record at 11.637 In 48.1 herd compared with U.184 In 407 herds the month before. China May Embargo Tungsten Shipping WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. D The American consulate general In Hong kong reported today rumor that Chin mav shut off the export of ltungttn snd other metal of import ii.mui iiii.iiiini (nmmi -me MassachiisettH Witch Trlnli. Confens or else . . ." That was the keynote of the trial for wjtch oraft as conducted In MawachUMtt during the witch scare of 1693. Court granted Immediate freedom to any person who admitted being a witch but hanged everyone who was accused of being a witch but refused to ad mit it. Breaking out in the town of Salem. the witch frenzy started when a group of young girls beRan acting In a weird manner, barking like dogs and screaming at unseen things. Whether It was a case of. mass hysteria sim ilar to that which recently caused a number of girls employed In a French factory to periodically faint by the scores, or. whether it was simply a desire for publicity that brought on anca to American Industry for the duration of hostilities. A dltapatch received by the bureau ! of mines reported the Central Wolf ram administration had made no sales for some time past and, accord ing to Hongkong exportoia. It was believed that while the Slno-Jnpan-esa conflict continued China would TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER THE NEBBS-Crushcd CjUTHEI? seems to ee avoidiioQ HIS FRIEJODS MCU1 S1AWO THE HUMILIATION op peiwe lOHIFPeDBMA-! MIS3 UtteCl'MTIKAS, CHAPEL HILLTEX.,' MOTES FOR MAV VJURITES "IF EMMA HAS ID MARRV FOR MOME( IT might a5 well potts: 01 1 I "ikitf -fcM WOMAN DID IMP ERSOMATC 1 SCHEME. Vfl?r. lffl fcWM&IVZ FIRIMS MISS BARhES If WE LU.. WHAT's CATCH THE- sTgOLLY' 1 I MRS. BfrriTLY AMD USED SIR...'0 WMm III g B fc li C-A AND MYSELF FOR M I LIKE THAT 1 MURDERER OPi,feBd r A 'CHUTE TO BAILU R FOR? J M RS. BE tu Lt-m Ifll 7CiS VU1 YWUUM't 0ARt,BH? , f VPO.IWi' WE OOW'TfTAeBBE VOU'RE IrAU-Wem. FOLLOW TfOKAY, OS, - S, U 00 lT- AJ NOUL0U"t DRfc, f WHY MOT t VJHO "5 60iu' ) ; ' A 00 Ttl THtU WeT-UUClt CAltft'S f Mfc, AU' CUT YOUR. Jf K 1 i 3" iis? PRAYERS &?5 sue.- IZ9 their strange demonstrations ceems to be undetermined. The diagnosis of the town's leaders, at any rate was that the girls were bewitched. A witchcraft court was hastily formed, an aged Indian servant waa brought to trial, and forthwith convicted as being In league with the devil. In the following months, person after person was haled Into the court, accused by some fellow townsman of being a witch. Fifty-five were sub jected to torture in attempts to bring from them the confession that they were witches. Anyone that spoke tn their behalf Immediately fell under suspicion of being a witch. The ac cusations knew no rank nor any other discrimination. Some of the most respectable people In the community were haled into court, tried, and sen not appear as a seller of tungsten on world markets. BUTLER VEHEMENT IN COMMENTING ON WAR BUFFALO. N. T Sept. 1. ( API General Smedley D. Butler said to day hp thought United States citi Seta the Stage! Follow Me! lutwejs'. coot to ta.lv i to sou : -fa pghK ofHCU (Pico PfcTeipe), THROWS ft f HMW OVER Mitt t-vrtu i tenced to death if they failed to con fess. Twenty persons were executed and 160 awaited trial when the ghast ly proceedings came to an end brought to a stop when the governor of the colony, Sir William Phlps, found his own wife accused of being a witch. The Peak of Hell. Visible 150 miles at sea under fav orable conditions, the Pico de Heidc, native name meaning "Peak of Hell," Is the highest point in the Canary Islands. About 13,180 feet high. It casts a shadow more than 125 miles long. Strange as It seems, in spite of the natives' name for it. the peak is also revered by them as being the seat of the Deity. Tomorrow: He Who Saw Beyond Life." zens should "get the hell out of China and stay out." The former marine officer express ed his sentiments In an Interview with the Buffalo Evening News. He said he looked for an "adjust ment" of the troubles in China within 60 days. Use Mall rrlbune want ads. FOR THE WHAT ACeNOU WG.ARIM' TMOSE GLASSES PORT- DID M ENES rS PLAVIH6 Wl-frt HER DOLL WHDJ BUPDV BEX)r5 H&S WOULP tMZ IWt HIM 1b 3H6W her how rwNV -Times he CAN CHIW MMSD-F FiHR SOU'S SHOES AS BUD" IV6RUHfS,ALKfi.E00F BREATH, IS SHE WACHiW6? -1b 8 'MATTER POF LAJODAKES- AS - KTfOOC VOUR. LUEAr ( SflVi NO, SHEWOUlDrTf, SHr6 BOS', 8UDDV DECtfiR Mfc HTU SHOW HER ftrWWW rmU RONS A LrflLE HUsB AS . BUDDY 6RUrtfS WwtfS fHE USE OF HIS TJ0IN6 ft IF SHE POESXf WAftH, M) SHE ASKS HOW CAN SHE IF SHE'S BU5V (Copyright. 1937, by Th Bell Syndicate. Inc.) HE DiD NJOT WE X w CAU&WT ME uim-i Xu, jfn Mat. (Oopyrlflit, 1937, by':cell BrJllnc A LUCXTV UMFAiQ. )WASCX) A DESEft'EO 1 wurvJ(.M .Htu n.vt.i5LAVJQ UJ1TH A CRATE P. 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