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THE AUDIENCE
By CLUYA5 WILLIAMS 1
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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