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MTCDFOTIT) MAIL TRIBUNE, M"EDF(VRD, OREGON. MONDAY. -MAY 30. 1938.
Octagon Uou&
BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tot further proof address the author, Incloitnj a stamped e&rriop for reply. Ref . 17. & Pat Oft
COURT OF APPEAL
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
The Storj Bo Far Sleep!
Quanomet on Caps Cod wake.
up with a bang when all iti cfti
zens are caricatured in the nev
post office mural While (rupee!
ing the cause ol the upfieatra.
Asey Mayo, homespun detective
meets engaoini Pamela tryt
who Ilvei in the old Octagoi
Howie. She tells him her brother
in-Iata, Jack Lome, li the arils;
but that her sister Marina is thi
one rejponjlble for the mallciou
trick. Asey hat never heard more
hatred in a voice than when Pan
speaks of Marina,
Chapter Two
Murder!
ONCE in the headlines, Quano
met stayed there. Those pierc
ing optics, the Eyes of the Nation,
focused themselves on the town. It
became, ar a Boston newspaper
fTudgingly admitted, a cynosure,
n 24 hourt, the average blindfold
ed residen. of Walla Walla or El
Paso could have navigated Qua
nomet's Main Street with greater
ease than he could circle his own
back yard. Aunt Nettie Hobbs, the
Pickle Lime Lady, was Woman of
the Week in three news magazines,
banishing the bud;(et and wars
way back among the dandruff
curer.
that's the worst," Pam said. "Asey.
they'll be after me now. Huntinj
me. It was my knife that killeo
her, you know. Jack Lome recog
nized it. He knows it's my knife
There there isn't any way out ol
iti"
"Pam Frye," Asey spoke almost
In his quarterdeck voice, "snap
out of ltl You didn't kill her, did
you?"
"Of course notl Of course I
didn't. But," she added, honestly,
"I've often wanted to. I wanted
to this afternoon."
"There's a vast difference," Asey
said, "between feelin' an urge to
kill someone an' actually killin'
'em. If you didn't kill her, don't
worry."
"But I did want to, and It's my
knife, and they think I did. They're
hunting me now, probably. I heard
them a thousand times while J
waited in the last hour. Some
body's sure to come to you and tell
you and as your help, even though
they aon t Know i n nere
Pam's voice broke. "They'll arrest
me and"
Asey held a match for her cig
arette.
In another half minute, he
said, "I'm coin' to begin to wonder
if you didn t kill her Pam, I know
you're all worked up, but you've
got to quiet down an' tell me
things. Until you do, we can't get
"What're you doin' here, child? What's wrong?"
The continued headlines, of
course, were not due to the post
office, or even the mural. But like
the Octagon House and the Pickle
Lime Lady, they continued to pro
vide an important and bizarre
background. They were what the
?ress meant when it referred to the
ncredible Background of These
Startling Incidents.
The first incident which startled
Asey Mayo happened in the bright
moonlight at two o'clock that
morning as he rowed back to his
landing.
His mind occupied almost en
tirely with the new sailboat which
he had Just returned to her moor
ing, Asey didn't see the figure lurk
ing in. the shadows on his wharf
Until a hand reached out and
rrabbed the prow of his sharpie.
Shipping his oars, Asey jumped
lightly onto the landing.
"What the who Pamela Frye,
lhat ain't you?"
"Yes, Asey, I "
"What're you doin' here this
time of night look, child," Asey
discovered that she was trembling
from head to foot, "what's wrong?
"Asey, you know today you
laughed about my always hunting
ambergris, and I told you that I
(till did, and"
"But God A'mighty, child, you
lin't found some!"
"Asey, I havel I did, this after
noon, on Quanomet Point. A huge
lump. It's 100 pounds, anyway."
"What!" Asey did some rapid
calculating. "That's more'n $50.
000 worth no wonder you're
quiverin'l I know what you want.
Sure, I'll help you lug it to Boston,
an' get it to the right place, an' "
"But that's not what I've been
waiting for. Asey. It's about me
ind Sister. She
"Your sister Marina? Oho," Asey
laid. "Did she find it with you?"
"No, but she helped me take It
home. And tonight I went over to
get it, and Asey, she's been
killed!"
"What?"
"Murdered. And they say I did
It!"
With My Knife'
ASEY stared for a long moment
at her face, chalk white in the
monnlinht.
"Sit down, Pam," he said gently.
"Here, on this clam drcener, be
fore you tremble yourself oT into
the water. Now," he made fast the
sharpie, "tell mc everything, just
as short an' s..t as you can make
it. Bejin back with the ambergris
ambergrishonest, that amazes
me morn'n the rest!"
""""t it's the rest that matters
any place at all. Begin with thi
ambergris."
1 Bawled
"I FOUND it around live this af
1 ternoon," she made a valiant
effort to pull herself together. "On
Quanomet Point. 1 thought at first
it was a lump of tallow oh, Asey
after all these years, I couldn't be
lieve iti There it was, staring me
in the face. A chance to get a way
from that Godforsaken town, and
that tumbledown rat trap of e
house, to get Father away, to gr
places ana no tnings art scnool
everything. I just sat down and
bawled."
Asey lighted his pipe and wait
ed for her tears to pass.
Tq, a certain extent, he thought
he understood how the girl must
have felt. That afternoon he had
driven past Octagon House, as
massive and ark-like as it had been
when he first saw ir years anc
years before. The sides facing the
road were bravely painted, thi
lawns and the flower beds wen
well kept. Even the stilT-nockcr
iron stag by the elm tree secme
to be doing his gallant best to ben
up past tradition.
But the rear of the house w;
bare of paint, and the back non-
sagged. The old octagonal bar
was warped to a circle that ho
ered uncertainly on rotted undo;
pinnings. No electric wires, he w
ticcd, ran to the house. That mcar
kerosene lamps and a hand pum
and all the drudgery that wei
with old time housework. And ,
casual inquiry hnd brought fort
the information that Pam Frye, a
23, lived there throughout the yea;
supporting herself and her fathe;
and somehow keeping the old place
going. They were completely ig
norea oy me Dewucning Manna.
"I'm Dulled together now." Pum
said. "Asey, after I finished bawl
ing, mo problems Involved sud
denly burst on me. There I wa
three miles up the beach. The tici
was coining in, lickety larrup. Tr
ambergris was almost awash,
couldn t carry It, or even lift it.
didn't dare leave it, to go back f:
a barrow, or a car. or anythin
And I began to wonder what wou!
happen if anyone came.".
"Uh-huh." Asev said. "It am
like $50,000 worth of stocks o
bonds registered in your name. 1
you happened to meet someor.
who felt like claimln' it, an' if the
happened to be bigger than you
nail squarely on the head."
"You have." slie said, "hit th
(Cetyrir. MS. rct rr.--
What happpnrd to the ambergris'.
Continued Monday.
61
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SACRAMENTO, May 80. (AP Six
million can of fruit and vegetable.
Including a lnrge ahipment denrlned
for the United 8tats navr. was
almost totally defttroj-ftf lute Satur
day afternoon when flame swept
the mnln warehouse of the Bercut
Rlchnrris parking plant, one of th?
nation's largest.
Company officials valued the ware
house's stock at $1,500,000.
Plr Chief M. S. Dumphy Mid he
was doubtful If any of the tvk
could be Mved, but that firemen
had confined the flames from spread
ing to the remainder of the plan.
Tom Richard, general managnr oi
the company, tentatively estimated
the lata at f (3 00, 000. but Ml 4 It could
not be determined exactly until ths
heavy smoke cleared and an account
lug made.
Both the building and the atoc!t
were "fully covered" by Insurance,
he aatd. It was Richards' belief upon
taneotu comoustlon caused the btaxe.
TOUT COLLINS, Colo,, May 30.
(AIM Exception to the action of the
McClave, Co'.o., hUh ftcl-.oM In pub
lishing In the commencement uwue
of it piper the banner headline
"WPA. Here We Come." waji taken
by state Senator Jnm-i R. Miller of
Fort Cellini, in a commencement ao
p. mmmm t?. hardy, jr,
i MuiM, rnesr,
COLUMBIA UHlVSRSif
A7t2ANPAT20
HPI O IL DMPftB
"7- v
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HesSLI on
Aklt, ". a rtMV.A B 11 Ml . t i
WW !fto0 f$" COUNTRY CHIP OMRS. 9faU$ MVM-
No dlHefl couKfrT iNTrie , V jSlSAlZy
worm? riftspertrso much M fmfflw-Ap jf&
Spain at War
Into the home of Spain's Royalist
Loader. Jose Calvo Botelo. one July
day In 1936 marched a body of the
Assault Guard of the Popular Front
Government, at that time In power
five months.
Brutally murdered, Calvo's body was
unceremonlou&ly dumped In the Ma
drid Municipal cemetery. Jose Calvo
Sotolo, It was rumored, was to have
been set up as a new president of
Spain by rebellious army leaders. Hit
death opened the way for Spain's
newest era of war.
From hie post on the Canary lal
ands, General Francisco Franco Ba
hamodo deserted to Join the revolu
tion, centered In Morocco. In one day
the rebels had control of the region,
dreas at the Waverly high chool.
"The statement used In a com
mencement publication la unfortu
nate." Miller said. "It la unfortunate
because It makes burlesque of the
commencement season which, even
In a materialistic age. should bo per
mitted to retain at least a vestige of
hope and Idealism, rt la unfair be
oauso It makes the WPA the symbol
planned an advance on Spain proper
an advance that was destined to re
solve Into a civil war of many months
duration and to become entangled,
with many International aspects.
In this manner, Spain set out to
fulfill her destiny fl7 years of war
fare out of every 1001 This strange
destiny was discovered reoently In an
analysis of 903 years and 1.815 In
ternational dlsturbancea In the past
3.S00 years, conducted by Professor
Pltlrlm A. Sorokln of Harvard.
Professor Soroxiii round that the
war Index for the 20th century reach
ed a total of eight times greater than
all the preceding centuries. Spain led
with wars occurring during 67 per
cent of the years of her history.
Lowest was Germany, with 28 per
cent of her years of history Involved
In wars. Rngland was rated at 66 per
cent: Franoe 60 per cent; Italy, 36
per cent; Russia, 46 per oent; an
cient Greece, 67 per cent and ancient
Rome, 40 por cent.
Man of Many Degrees
In May of this year r. degree of
Master of Sacred Theology was hand
ed the Reverend Dr. Edward R. Har
dy, Jr., 26-year-old assistant priest at
St. Andrewa church, Astoria, Queens,
New York.
Dr. Hardy entered Columbia unlver
alty at 12; at 14 he won a ,'hl Beta
Kappa key; at 16 s Bachelor of Arts
degree: at 16 a Master of Arts degree;
at 18 a Bachelor of Theology degree,
and at 20 a Doctor of Philosophy do
greel The latest Is his fifth.
Tomorrow: The know-lt-all" clock!
of despair and defeat, when as a
matter of fact, despite Its defects, It
Is the only salvation of several mil
lions of our people at this time."
Lewis Lubers, editor of "The Mav
erick" at McClave high school, turn
ed out the graduation edition with
this bright red headline:
"McClave to Graduate 12 WPA,
Here We Cornel"
TAILSPIN TOMMY Bad News!
TALENT CLUB TO HOLD
ANNUAL GUEST PARTY'
TALENT. May 30. (Spl) Talent
Community club will hold Its an
nual guest day party Wednesday,
June 1 at 2 p. m. at the city hall.
All ladles are Invited, esneclallv
elderly ladles and strangers.
srnmons herseif uwer sets hes-To wiudow h
bedroom WIKPOW Where insf andshdutS juhio-
mTrllRISlWh'SI'oREST WorWl.Ef HER HAVE A
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SlSfER. IMMEPIWQV APrlS
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FOUlfoO RIDES AROUND BLOCK
AKD SHE F6R OrJW ORE '
(Copyright, 1938, by The Ban gyndleate, Inc.)
MOTHER RW.ES VD.&C1PHPE IS TO BE
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SQUABBLING CANTHeY HhVE lTA6AlhJ?
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By EDWIN ALOF.ft
WHILE BEN CARES FOR THE FLOCK ON THE
FARM, RUSTy McGURK 15 IN THE VILLAGE
OF WHIPPOORWILL HOLLOW TO DRUM UP
TURKEY BUSINESS IN ADVANCE HIS
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