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FRONT LAWN
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
. BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
Ij.j ..jiy So Fan Unscrupulous
Marina Lome, whos husband's post
office mural has aroused Quanomet,
is murdered by a leI handed blow
from her titter's knife. Suepeoted
Pam Frye disappear! because an un
known person who smokes Turkish
tobacco is trailing her to discover the
whereabouts of $50,000 worth ot ant
bergris she ound the day 0 the lur
der. Agreeable Tim 'Carr, a boarder
at the Frye't Octagon House, is left
handed, smokes Turkith tobacco, and
hated Marina, Asey Mayo, Cape Cod
detective, eavesdrops outside the
Woman's Exchange on gabby Nettie
Hobbs who swears Pam is the mur
derer. Peggy Boone, an artist, tells
Nettle she is a liar. Then Roddy Strutt,
whose plane smashed in the square
the night before, pays Nettie o keep
his name out of her story.
carting off that plane In hJindfuls
You'd think they never seen a plane
before. Well, I don't care, 1 tried
to do my duty, but now I've given
up. Asey. what In the name of God
makes people act this way? What'f
that plane mean to 'em anyhow?
It ain't got a thing to do with the
murder or the mural."
"Well," Asey sat down beside
him, "what's pickle limes got to
do with things? Or flower holders
made out of old coffee tins? Bui
people are buyin' pickle limes an
cut-up coffee cans over at the Ex
change, like this was the last
chance they had to buy 'em in thij
world. Jerry, what time last night
did this plane crash?"
Chapter 16
Roddy' Check
A SEY was brought t earth by
Nettie s voice at his elbow.
"What do you think you're do
ing?"
"What's that?" Asey hastily put
on the gold rimmed glasses Before
turning around. What s that?
"What do you think you're do
ing? Nettie raised ner voice, and
Asey promptly took his cue.
"What sav?"
"What are you doing?" Nettle
Del lowed.
"Paintin'," Asey said, gently.
"Who told you to paint here?
What do you mean, trespassing
and defacing my property get
away, before I call thi constable!"
What say?" Asey asked.
"What's that? I'm a mite hard of
hearin , marm.
He made her repeat It Ave times,
and then he assumed an injured
expression.
"You mean, this ain't the Red
Men's Hall?"
"It's the Woman's Exchange!"
Nettie yelled. "The Woman's Ex
change! Woman's Exchange!"
"They do?" Asey aid. HI want
to know, now I"
"You deaf old fool, this Isn't the
Red Men's Hall, this is"
"Then if it ain't the Red Men's
Hall." Aacy peered down at her,
"then you owe me fifty cents for
time, an' a quarter for paint. I'll
make it sixty cents cash money."
Finally, from sheer exhaustion,
she Rave him the sixty cents. Asey
pocketed it gravely, and removed
himself and his cans.
It was no task to mingle with
the crowd until Nettie emerged
from the alley, and he could hard
ly have helped joining in with the
young mob that followed her up
the street to the bank.
Parking his paint cans on the
back doorstep, Asey strolled in
the bank's rear door and knocked
on the glass of the president's little
cubby hole. He had always won
dered why he had allowed him
self to be made an honorary di
rector of the bank's main branch,
and now, he thought as he waited,
ne Knew.
Seriously Involved
THE amount of Roddy Strutt's
check, which he had in his
hands almost as soon as Nettle de
posited it, startled him.
Five thousand dollars, he
thought as he picked up his paint
cans outside, meant that Roddy
wasn't just trying to keep his name
out of this affair. It meant that
Roddy was seriously Involved.
Roddy had no reputation for open
handedness. It had taken a court
battle to make him pay for smash
ing up Bill Porter s car in that
accident the year b'.tore. And yet
. he'd given Nettle a check for
$5,000, just like thatl
But, he remembered suddenly,
how could Roddy Strutt possibly
be Involved in this mess? Presum
ably he was flying around in his
new airplane and wrecking it.
Pam knew nothing about the
crasn, ana. sne would nave Been
told by Nettie if it had occurred
before Nettie left Octagon House
at ten-thirty. Jennie Mayo said
that Roddy had wrecked the plane
on his way home from tagging his
friend's plane. Marina Lome had
dashed away from the garage,
leaving the ambergris, In order
to see some artist, some friend of
Roddy's, who was shortly leaving
for New York in a plane, presum
ably via Providence.
Sorted out, that meant that the
artist friend had left between six
and seven. Roddy's plane had
crashed after ten-thirty. It would
not have taken all the intervening
time for Roddy to trail the other
plane to the airport, and to return
to Quanomet. Roddy might, of
course, have stopped over en
route, but if he had crashed on
his return late at night, why on
earth was he presenting Nettie
with checks, and lavishly promis
ing her more to kctp him out of
her murder story? ,
Asey strolled back to the square
and to his remote cousin Jerry.
tammMtmrMt- . SI
"What are you doing?"
i Nettie bellowed.
"Between one and two," Jerry
said. "It busted lip a couple of cars,
and bruised up Earl Jennings and
some others. It was Roddy that did
it, but the pilot feller got hurt the
worst."
"Where Is he, In the hospital?"
Jerry nodded. "Someone got an
ambulance and took him over to
Pochet. 1 just heard someone say
mat noddy woman t even pay the
ambulance bill. Said he hadn t or-
The Pilot Feller
"I'VE given up," he said. "I've
1 given up. You might as well
try to stop Ning'ra, as these tour
ists. They don't give a damn how
many cars they jam into this place,
or how many they bump. They've
bustod down the ropes, and they're
dered it. You know. Asev. I keec
hopin' there's a special little cornel
of Hell all set apart for people like
itociay. sometimes ne s so dumB,
you wouldn't believe it. Sometimes
he just scatters money. Then acain
he's so tight with live cents, you'd
like to sock him. And sly say.
he's so oh, damn those tourists!
Look, they're pullin' 'hat othot
wing apart!"
Asey suggested that Jerry might
be able to stop them, if he really
tried.
"I s'pose so," Jerry said. "1 s'pose
I could, if I put my mind to it. 1
would, if It was anyone else's
plane. Somehow I don't care about
Roddy's. I can't see how the town's
liable for any damage people do.
We never asked him to land his
plane here. We say, I wonder if
we could sue him for obstructln'
town highways?"
"You could always try," Asey
said. "Whib you're at it, collect
parkin' fees from him, too. You
got signs up sayin' that more'n
one hour parkin' is illegal, an' that
plane's been there for hours. Nick
him. So the pilot's in Pochet?"
"Yes. poor feller." Jerry said
"He'll prob'ly rot there before
Roddy takes any notice. He are
you goin'?"
"Yup." Asey picked up his paint
cans. You ain t any idea. Jerry,
how many spots there is in this
town that needs a little slappin'
up with paint."
Ctr,ttl ttit rkfttb .IHtflJ T4yl)
More questions arise, tomorrew.
IF
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Med ford will be well represented ai
thl year's encampment of the Beavei
Boys state, nceordlng to report mV
M the ltut meeting of the locai Araei
lean Or. on post. This national proj
ect of the American Legion U nwtlnjf
with aplrndld response here and v
eral local servlrt clubs and t-ther i
panlyatloni are Jolnlna with Medl it
post In "ndlnu hoys to l-.irn iMc
principle of fclf-rfinvcrtinn-i.t. I o
dan, tht following group plan to
sponsor lociil youth In tin Lotion
activity: Med ford post, two boya;
Lenlon auxiliary, one; Klwanla club
one; Hons club, one; Active club
one. and I. O. O. P. lodge, one.
Any other orunnlrntlona o- Indi
viduals deslrluR to pnrtlelptup In the
Legion project are urgrd to contact
Elmer Wilson, chairman, at -'nee.
A report on the Legion Junior base
hall proRrrss was Riven by H. I. Br i
ley In the absence of Chairman b
ert Ebel, Commander Newbury ap
pointed O. L. Overtnyer chairman of
a committee to circulate petitions on
the school tax sponsored by the Le
gion and Parent-Teachers association
It was announced that the auxtlUr
would hold a picnic at Jackson Hot
Springs this evening. All OgUrn
natres and their families are ordmlly
Invited to attend. The follown t
committee was appointed to anlpt 'he
l.id'e In arran:::- tv dotal!' (tfi
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Strange aa It eeems, there are A8 -
369,440 different ways of spelling the
word "scissors' yet only one of them
Is correct!
Lexicographers, always on the alert
to startle the American public with
such observations, figured out the.
amazing number of combinations In
this manner:
There are six elcmntary sounds in
the word, they point out, the first
which can be Indicated by 17
combinations. The second can be In
dicated by 36. the third by 17, the
fourth by 33, the fifth by 10 and the
sixth by 17.
By merely multiplying together the
number of possible combinations,
they obtained the number 60.368,440,
However, qobody has yet been re
ported to have written all the com
binations. Other words and names are almost
equally versatile: the name of the
great bard. Shakespeare, can be spell
ed some 4,000 different ways. In fact,
he Is known to have changed the
spelling of his own name 30 tlmea.
Trnftor to Texas.
A renegade American, John Davis
Brad burn, launched himself on a ne
farious career In the 1820 s wh?n
with a smuggled saw, he filed his
way out of a Tennessee Jail and heid
ed for the Mexican border.
Bradburn Joined the revolution go
ing on there at the time and gained
some reputation as a patriot, as well
as the favor of Iturblde, under whom
he fought.
Eventually he gained a high com
mission In Mexico's army and wns
placed In charge at Anahuac In 18.12.
There he exerted a tyrannical hand
of authority, although Anahuac con
tained an American colony.
Two of the Americans residing
there Patrick Jack and William
Travis objected to Bradburn's meth.
ods and were quickly Jailed. A com
mittee of Americans organized to ob
tain Jack and Travis' release, and u
a consequence a Mexican sentry was
killed--first bloodshed In Texas bla
for freedom. An open skirmish broke
out, and Mexican Colonel Pledras toJk
command, heard charges against Brad
burn and, strange as It seems, or
dered his arrestl The punishment
meted out to him Is unknown.
Tomorrow: Heavenly traffic Jam.
chairman of the Legion disaster relief
committee, gave .a talk on tho woik
carried on throughout the nation In
recent years and urged local pre
paredness at all tlmea. He cited the
Band on fire as one of the outstand-
ng Oregon examples of accomplish
ment in disaster relief by the Amer
ican Legion.
Carl Goettal of Spokane, Wash,
was also a guest of- the meeting and
gave a brief talk on Legion activities
In his state.
Plans for the annual fathers and
sons banquet were discussed and It
was decided to hold this year's event
in October.
Collects Madonna Pictures
MENOMONIE, Wis. (Nearly 1300
different representations of the Ma
donna are In the collection of Mr
B. A. Zimmerman, wife of a Meno
monle pharmacist and a former art
Instructor.
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