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BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
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rh Story Bo Fri Atey Mayo, Copt
ad dIect(D, fj inveiltpatinp th
uurder of Marina Lomt, whotl hut
and' poit offlca mural hat arouttd
Quanomtt. She uu killed by a I'll
'tanded blow from her lister knle.
Uey knowe Pant Frye le innocent,
u well u Tim Cart, boarder at the
'rye'i Octagon House. Marina wan
'Mirled to Tim, unknown to Jack
jome, and also had played around
oith Roddy Strutt, who It now being
'menaced." Then the barn burn
ioum, Tim and Aeey are knocked out
in the wood), and Pam't other it
ound unconeciouf in the Lorne'i cot
tacre. The problem uppermost in
Aiey'i mind it a f50,000 lump o am
'urorlj Pam found the day of the
murder. Pam tayt the. hid It In the
coal bin. Aaron Frye tayt he moved
it to the barnf
Chapter 29
. Upset And Downcast
"THE bells of Quanomet'i three
churches were pealing out
their summonses the next morn
nf as Asey and Pam emerced
from Aaron Frye's bedroom and
ilowly descended the stairs. The
instant the bells stopped. Aaron's
clocks burst into their tirade
Pegffy Boone, who had been
waiting with Mrs. Carr in the cir
cular hallway, covered her ears
with her hands.
"I hope Aaron's better," she had
to veil to make herself heard
above the din, "and golly, I've
oi to get outi i nose ciocksi '
"Poor girl." Mrs. Carr said sym
pathetically as Peggy rushed
away. "The clocks nearly drove
her crazy last night. They both
Bred me at first, but I'm used to
em. She says she woke up on the
hour every hour, and lust as she
got to sleep the half hour rolled
around. She looks exhausted."
"The cumulative effect is shat
tering," Pam said. "I hate clocks
myself. So docs Peg. But Father
enjoys "
''How is he7 What enn 1 do,
Pam? If on!) I'd known about him
last night, and could have helped
I'll never forgive Tim for letting
me think all the to-do was over
those troopers! Never! Can't I
read him the Sunday papers, or
something? Is he well enough?"
"You might take him up the
funny parts," Pam told her.
"But should he laugh?" Mrs.
Carr demanded. "Won't it be bad
for him to laugh?"
"He won't laugh!" Pam told her
with finality. "Don't you worry,
he won't laugh! He not only can't
laugh, but he doesn't want to. He
wouldn't laugh if he were in the
best nf health, the pinkest of the
pink."
Pam followed Asey Into the
study and threw herself wearily
on the couch.
"In all honesty," she said, "can
vou find any small vestige of sil
ver lining, Asey?"
"Wa-el," Asey said, "Aaron's
aw is broken, an' that tooth can
' ia replaced, an his ankle'll be all
ight in a few days. An' when you
:.ons!der what happened to Ma
rina, it's nice to know nothin'
worse happened to him."
"I didn't mean about Father
I know it's a holy wonder he's
here. I'm thinking about the am
bergris. Oh, Asey, that ambergris!
t wasn't going to tell Father until
he felt better, but the minute his
eyes opened after Cummings' pills
wore off, he raised himself up and
peered out of the window and saw
the ruins of the barn. And then of
course I had to tell. I wish the
filace had been insured. Somehow
t would have consoled me lust to
get $50 out of the mess. I'd settle
for ten, cash Asey, why do you
look so enigmatic?
"Didn't know that 1 was," Asey
returned. "I'm lust sort of wrestl
ln' an' jugglin' things over in my
head, an' I ain't responsible for
what it does to my facial expres
sions." Goose Burns Goose
"1IHAT is there to wrestle
about?" Pam asked. 'The
ambergris is gone. There you are.
That's that I suppose I should be
t brave girl and stick out my chin
and say I don't care, better luck
next time, it's courage to face
facts aren't there lots of worthy
sentiments for misfortune and de
feat? And all I could think of
when I found the ambergris was
it only the day before yesterday?
It seems like 80 years. Anyway,
all I could think of when I found
it was. 'Gee!' Now I can prattle
about counting chickens before
they're hatched, and fools' para
dises, and oh, damn! Aseyl
Damn, damn, damn, damn!"
"I dunno," Asey said. "I don't
think it's as bad as all that."
"Oh, I still have my health!"
Pam retorted savagely. "I know.
Father will be well in a few days,
and I still have my health. Good
old health! Think of all the poor
Spaniards and the poor Chinese
ami the unemployed and the dis
tressed areas sure. We still have
our health, and we still have what
passes for a roof tree. Untold
thousands would consider us
heavily endowed. Overburdened
with fortune. Dear me, yes!"
Asey grinned at her. "Stop bein'
o sorry for yourself." he said, "an'
oausc an' reflect. Why was the
barn burned down?"
"For all I know," Pam said,
1938 SPRING PIG CROP
13 PER CENT GREATER
THAN PREVIOUS YEAR
WASHINOTON. June 30. AP)
The agriculture drpertment Mtlmt
cd today the 1038 spring pig crop
m-fut IS per cnt grretr than that of
year ato and that the number of
hows to farrow In the fall would be
9 Mr nnt grwtcr than lent fall.
The aprliiR pl production was es
timated at 43.3H4.000 head, or OflO.
000 head more than last spring. Nut
ainoe 1933 has tbe crop reached that
figure, the department wild.
The Urgent Inrrroae In production
17 per cent was reported In WMt
north central sUtet, Including much
"someone wanted to toast a marsh-
mallow.
"The barn tot burned." Asev
said, "because someone wanted
me or anyone at uctagon nousa
who might know about the am
bergristhey wanted us to rush
to it and save it from possible
flames, thus pointin' it out, so that
the someone could get a line on it
location."
"Weren't they fooled!" Pam
said bitterly. ''What's the old
adage about the goose and the
golden eggs? It'd make a nice
headline. Goose burns goose."
'Yud. Asev said. But would
the goose have started the fire an'
burned the barn without a nice
careful investigation first? Don't
be silly.
Pam sat undent on the couch.
"Asey!"
'Well, would thev of? Would
you? I wouldn't, myself, an' I give
this feller credit If he had brains
enough to think of burnin' down
the barn to nnd out where tne am
bergris was, he had brains enough
to make sure he wasn't burnin' up
the ambergris in the process."
"But if that's so no, it won't
work out, Asey. Father found it in
the coal bin when he went down
foi coal for the kitchen stove Fri
day night The cops were all over
the place whose car is that out
side? The cops? And. by the way,
if it is, what's Hanson's attitude
toward me?"
"He's too upset about them two
missin' troopers of his to have at
titudes," Asey said. "Don't worry
about him. That's the doc's car,
IC know the sound of that coffee
grinder anywhere. I'll bring him
in."
'Belt In The Jaw
CUMMINGS strode into the
study and dumped his inevi
table black bag down on the table.
'The recuperative powers of
this village," he announced, "are
amazing, simply amazing. The lit
ter's cleaned up, the carnival at
mosphere has departed, and Qua
nomet's going to church as sedate
ly as if things had happened in
two other towns entirely If I
hadn't seen that riot yesterday
with my own eyes, I wouldn't be
lieve it took place. How's Aaron,
pretty unhappy?"
"His iaw looks better," Pam
said, "and the swelling on his
ankle has gone down. I think most
of his present suffering is mental
He's seen the barn."
"He had to know sooner or
later," Cummings said. "But I'd
imagine it would add to his suf
fering. He thought he was doing
such a big thing, to put the am
bergris safely away in the bam
for you oh, Asey. We didn't need
to use the sea serpent "
"The what?" Pam demanded.
'"What sea serpent?"
"Asey's idea,'" Cummings ex
plained, "for distracting public in
Interest. We didn't need it One of
the Barn Players punched another
Barn Player, and Senator Hem
mingwell's sons cracked up their
roadster, and there's a pogy boat
ashore on Black Gull Bar. Be
tween 'em, the reporters are hav
ing a field day. I don't think they'll
be around you for a while. But
orders have been given to have
the serpent spotted the minute the
present attractions die down. You
should see Nettie Hobbs. speaking
of attractions. Piously going to
church, dripping black crepe from
every pore."
"All set, no doubt," Pam com
mented, "to pray for my soul. I
know that crepe. It's a part of her
Good Woman act, and she's worn
it to every funeral since I can re
member. "Well, she had her picture
taken with the minister on the
steps," Cummings said, "and then
dropping a dime Into the foreign
mission box. I hear it's the first
time she ever dropped in any
thing Is Aaron really badly
broken up over the ambergris?"
Pam nodded. "He's utterly
downcast about it, and he knows I
am, too. And even if I could pack
my voice with conviction and tell
him not to worry, it doesn't mat
ter, he'd still be downcast. And
every time he looks toward the
window, his eves get all watery "
"Were the X-rays all right?"
Asey asked.
"Yes. I drove over again just
now. Nothing's broken, though
I'm sure I don't know whv not. 1
think it was that tooth that
messed things up so. and added
such a gory touch have you
found out yet what actually hap
pened to him?"
"We've pieced most of It to
gether," Asey said. "When' he
walked out bacx in the woods with
Tim Carr and his grandmother, he
thought he saw someone lurkins
in the bushes. He slipped off with
out savin' anythin, an' tried to in
vestigate the matter on hh own
Hi thought he saw someone sneak
into Jack Lome's house didn't
have on his long distance glasses
s? he couldn't be sure, but he fol
lowed anyway. He went in. an
someone was waitin' for him b
the door, an' give him that belt or
the Jaw. He didn't see the person
it all happened too quick. In fall
in', he went head over heels down
the cellar steps that lead off th
entry. That accounts for his ankle
an' the gen'rnl abrasions an' con
tusions he's got."
tCftmtit. I'll. fWi AtmetJ T;Le-l
Airy declare on motires, tomorro-t
of the western corn belt. Increase
of U per cent In east north central
states, 7 per cent in south Atlantic.
IS per cent In south central and 9
per cent In western states wore re
ported. The department est 1 muted the
number of sows to farrow this fall
at 4.103, an Increaae of 340,000 over
the fall of 1037.
The department said average pro
duction In the fall would give a t itnl
1P38 pig crop of about M 000.000
head, an Increase of about 7.000,000
head over 1037 production.
550-Pound Oracle
On Weather Dies
BOAZ. Ala., June 30. .(AP, wlt
Cagle, ftand mountain's 530-pound
weather prophet, died today at Ms
farm home near here.
Cable's appearances In Boar were
holiday ocvaalons Thou. -nids
warmed into town Just to see twin,
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Modern Ice Age
Reference to the Ice Age ordi
narily inspires the thought of some
vague period burled In the dim
pa gea of t orgotte n h t story. Yet.
strange as It seems, we are living
In the Ice Age this very mlnutej
This remarkable episode in the
earth's history Is believed to have
begun at leant 600.000 years ago,
when great glacial blankets burled
North America, Europe and other
sections of the globe under their
Icy stillness.
The cause of the Ice Age In dis
puted. Some writers offer the opin
ion that at one time the areas af
fected were at a higher elevation
than they are today, and that snow
consequently lay there the yoar
and hear his forecasts for long, cold,
short or wet winters.
Last year Cagle went to New York
for a radio appearance to tell the
secrets of his weather forecasts. He
said he watched the birds and ani
mals, and If the bird went south
early, and the squirrels stored lots of
nuta, a "hard winter' was coming.
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sun. Instead of nearest to It, as
happens today.
Regardless of the cause, great Ice
sheets formed In three different
sections of North America, In Eu
rope and elsewhere. They completely
covered Canada and the northwestern
part of the United States from the
Atlantic coast to the Mississippi, the
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land, Ohio. New York, Pennsylvania
and part of New Jersey.
The, whole of northern Europe
was covered at som plnces reaching
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Germans Protest
Insult To Hitler
TORONTO, June 30. (Canadian
Press) C. G. Kropp. German consul,
protested today to Mayor Ralph Day
against a recent remark by Alderman
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general at Ottawa, on behalf of the
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