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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, AfEDFOTlD, OREGON-. RTJXDAY. JULY 3, 1938
OtTAOOU UoUfe
BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
CHANGE EN R01TT1
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address the author, Inclosing- a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. U. 8. Pat Oft
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The Story So tar: Asey Mayo, Cape
Cod detective, it investigating the
murder of Marina Lorne, whose hus
band's post office mural has aroused
Quanomet. She was killed by a lelt
handed blow from her sister's knife.
Pam Frye is Innocent as well as agree
able Tim Carr, boarder at the Frye'e
Octagon House. Marina was married
to Tim, unknown to Jack Lome, and
alio had played around with wealth
Roddy Strutt. Then the barn ii set on
fire; Asey, Tim and Pam's lather are
knocked out, and two troopers dis
appear. The problem uppermost tn
Asetft mind is a 150,000 lump of
ambergris which Pam found the day
of the murder and Aaron Frye hid in
the barn. He Is convinced that the
amberaris was not in the barn when
it burned down.
Chapter 31
Tracking The Troopers
"VyELL," Doc Cummings asked,
'what do you make of things.
Asey?"
"I don't. If you want to know the
truth." Asey said. "We've got one
shrewd an' canny soul who set the
barn on Are to set us runnin'
around locatln' the ambergris for
him. An we got a violent num
. ber well, 1 dont know what he's
after, unless it's lust a series of
punchin' bags. Maybe his got broke
an' he's huntin' a substitute."
see him this afternoon. Aftet him
we go to Roddy. In one sense, )
don't want to wait one bit. I've go'
a feelin' Roddy might try boatin
it, though I don't think he'll dare
to. An' on the other hand. I don't
think I'd ever get the truth from
Roddy unless I got somethin' solid
on him first. If I get Brigham's
story, I think it'll be worth the
wait.''
"Brigham," Cummings said. "Oh.
yes. I'd forgotten that pilot. So
vou're going to let Roddy slide?"
"I'm goin' let him sizzle." Asey
said, "on the theory that the longer
he sizzles, the better it'll be when
we do get him. You go see Aaron.
Doc. I want to run to the village
an' find out how Hanson's comin'
on with his trooper hunt."
"Where can those fellows be?"
'"I wish I knew!" Asey said. "I
wish I knewl"
As he went out on the back
porch. Tim Carr drove up in his
little coupe.
"I've been helping the blood
hounds, but there's no sign of
O'Malley and Shorty." he re
ported, "Hanson is now little bet
ter than a psychopath."
"How's the reporters?'" Asey
asked. "Where are they?"
"Gorging themselves on shore
dinners at that roadhouse near the
junction. They ought to be logey
and waterlogged for hours to come
I mean, vou can eat iust so many
steamed clams and wash them
down with lust so much beer be-
Tim blinked as the speedometer swung around the dial.
"But what about the third per
jn, the one who took the amber
4ris?" Cummings asked. "That's
.vhat interests me the most. Who
took It, providing they did take it
before the barn was burned, and
how? Why couldn't the burner
have taken it before his burning?"
"Your guess," Asey said, "is
very bit as good as mine about
the whole business. I don't know,
n' I don't know how we're goin'
to find out. I Hist hope 1 get a crack
it this biffer, though, before this is
over with. I got a sock to repay. I
want to meet up with that violent
Dne."
Cummings laughed. "Speaking
. of violence, you should have seen
Earl Jennings over at the hospital
this morning. H- was being mad
with Chase, the traffic cop. There's
i man that's sore at that mural "
"Chase, you mean?"
"No, Jennings. He's a big husk,
and Lorne put him in as Industry
Mending the Leaking Pipes of
Civilization. Jennings is taking it
as a personal affront, and an insult
to his business. Particularly as an
insult to his business "
"Are you talking about Jen
nings?" Pam passing through the
halk stopped long enough to stick
her head in the door. "I thought so.
He was simply enraged I think
myself that's why he did such a
rotten tob on the plumbing over
at the cottage, as a sort of revenge.
You know, that bathroom over
flows copiously and hideously."
"An' no one," Asey said sin
cerely, "could think of a much
worse revenge than that. It occurs
to me that Lorne ain't goin' to have
an easy time gettln' his vine an'
flgtree repaired."
"Not to speak of his grocery
bill," Pam said. "His credit is nil
look, I'm going to yank some car
rots and thinss for dinner. I'll be
jti the garden if vou want me."
Waterlogged
" IERRY CHASE kidded Jennings
J about the leaking pipes," Cum
mings went on with his story, "and
they had to be forcibly separated.
Asey. what about Roddy, the men
aced? I think you ought to see
him."
"Yup."
"Well, why don't you. then?"
Cummings demanded.
"I'm waitin' to tal': with that
pilot of his, Brigham, first," Asey
explained. "They told me last
night at the hospital that I could
fore what's the matter with
you?"
"Timothy, my son," Asey said,
"crawl back into your little low
backed car. I just had a brain
wave."
Sea Hunt
"yOU'VE had something," Tim
agreed. "This rosy glow look,
you don't think you know where
the troopers went to, do you?"
"I don't know where they went
to," Asey said, "but I bet you $10
I know where t' ey are now let
me drive, d'you mind? I'm in sort
of a hurry, like. Waterlogged
That's the answer. Waterlogged
Hang on, Timothy."
The coupe backed down the
driveway at a speed that made
Timothy blink behind his glasses.
Before they reached me corner, ne
was gripping the door strap with
both hands.
"The right rear tire," Tim re
marked in what he hoped was a
conversational tone, "is quite old
and very eccentric.
"Is it?" Asey said. "Handle;
nice, for a little car. don't she? W.
had one at the Porter testii
grounds, an' it run circles arouni
our sixteen. If only they'd stani
up"
"That's exactly my point abou
the rear tire," Tim interrupter
quickly. "If only it'd stand ui
when you go over fifty-five. But
no matter what tubes you put in.
it always seems to blow "
"Don't seem to be blowin' now."
Asey said.
Tim watched the speedometer
needle swing around the dial. At
least, he thought, if the tire stood
up, he could truthfully report to
his grandmother that those last
figures were not the fakes thev
had always imagined.
"What ahout the troopers?" he
asked, suddenly remembering that
the speed of the ear and the stam
ina of the rear tirr were not. after
all. the principal issurs.
"Oh." Asey said, "you gimmr
the idea when you tnlkcd aboi:'
the reporters hein' waterlogged I
iust occurs to me that we done
lot of land searchin'. hut we so
of Ignored the yitcr. Prcttv si'
of me nVit to think of it befcr;
There's so much water around."
"So we're going to sea hunt, hp
we?" Timothy sounded very dubi
ous.
fVtj. 11t. Unto 4tre4 Tlvltr)
Will Asey find the trooneri? Con.
Untied tomorrow.
DEFENSES IN EAST
SINGAPORE (UP) Now that ti:e
forttflcatlona t Singapore, Great
Britain's 150.000,000 naval air baae
In the lr east, are nwrlng comple
tion, authorities arc concentrating on
the defenses of Penang.
Penang, the most northerly of t!ie
straits settlements. c:minncii one of
the entrances to the Mnlvca straits,
through which alt dipping between
the Indian ocean and the China aea
has to pass.
Port CornwalHs, the historic fort
In Penary? built In the early days of
the British settlement, la not to be
modernized. H e civilian pcpuistion
vuh it to reuiflia aa cy?u space. I&e
wlah has been respected, and ft site
near by has been selected for new
fortifications. Reclamation worV to
permit extension!, la being carried
out.
Thousands of Asiatic laborers are
worktng on the military contraete.
which provide for barracks, an aero
drome and an office building. Oun
emplacements are being prepared.
The Pennng K. A. F. aerodrome
and nnother at Sunget Patanl, on
the malnjand. will provide the Key
to tr.e defense of north Malaya.
Eventually a third aerodrome at K.ua
Bahru, on the wist c"ast at the
Malay-Slam border, will be built, the
landing having nlready been acquired.
FASCIST CHIEFS HURT
IN SHOWOFF FOR DUCE
ROME. July 3. OTi Four fascist
party chiefs were injured trday at
tempting to show Premier Mu&xolml
their gymnastic ability.
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Independence Day.
For the past 163 years the United
States has celebrated the anniversary
of its birth of Independence on the
fourth of July yet. strange as, It
seems. It was on July 3 that the
American colonies voted themselves
"free and Independent states, ab
solved from all allegiance to the
British crown."
July 4th, on the other hand, la
merely the anniversary of tho adop
tion of the epeclflo document which
proclaimed to the world the decision
of the second Continental, congress
to free the New World from Old
World alliances.
A daring prognostication was ad
vanced on July 3. 1776. oy John
Adams, one of the committee of five
appointed to draw up the declaration
and later second president of the
United States. In a letter to his
uncle, Adams wrote:
"Yesterday the greatest question
was decided which was ever debated
In America, and a greater, perhaps,
never was nor ever will be decided
among men. A resolution was passed,
without one dissenting colony, 'that
these United Colonies are, of right
ought to be, free and independent
states . . . '
"You will see, In a few days, a
declaration setting forth the causes
which have Impelled us to this
mighty revolution, and the reasons
which will Justify It In the &ight of
God and man. A plan of confedera
tion will be taken up In a few days.
"The second day of July, 1776, will
be the most memorable epoch In the
history of America. I am apt to
believe that It will be celebrated by
succeeding generations as the great
anniversary festival.
"It ought to be commemorated as
the day of deliverance, by solemn acts
of devotion to God Almighty. It
ought to be solemnized with pomp
and parade, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bonfires and Illuminations, from
one end of this continent to the
other from this time forward forever
more." Adams, strange as It seems, correct
ly forecast the observance, but missed
the date by 48 hours. He died on
July 4, 1826, as did Thomas Jefferson.
Monday: Was the Declaration of
Independence unanimously adopted
on July 4, 1776?
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points of bayonetB over which they
were trying to Jump from a spring
board. Anothr was scorched leaping
through a ring of fire.
A party Inspector landed on top
of a tank and Injured his chest.
FUEL FROM WOOD TO
' RUN FRENCH TRAINS
PARIS (API French gasoline
motored outorlol trains wll Isoon be
powered almost exclusively by "gaso
gene." a fuel made from wood.
Trial runs by suburban trains have
shown railroad officials that the
new fuel is practical and can be
made cheaper than gasoline for such
traffic.
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