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PAGE TEN t SETTING AN EXAMPLE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Octaoou House, BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address tbe author, Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Re;. U. 8. Pat OS. rVUIAMS 7-6 TETVFOTvD MATL TRTBTTNrF, rEDFO'RD, DT?EnON'. THL'USDXT. JTJLY 7, 1938. The Story So Fan Asey Mayo, Capt Cod detective, it inuesttoatlno the murder o Marino Lome, whole hus band' post otflce mural has enraged Quanomel. She mm. killed bv a iet handed blow from the knife of her lister Pam Frve. Milling around the Frve Octagon Houee are. agreeable Tim Carr, who wat married to Manna; Jack Lome, who thought he was her husband; Roddy Strut!, u)hot plane crashed the night of the murder; Aaron Fne, Pam's father, Peggv Boone, an artist; and persons unknown who smoke Turkish tobacco, burned down the bam, and biffed Asev, Tim, Aaron and two troopers. Missing is a $50,000 lump o ambergris belonging to Pam, Chapter 34 Art For Art's Sake IT was a perilous trip in the overloaded boat, and the cur rent and Timothy had a vigorous battle all the way. Asey tied up the boat, shepherded the troopers to the car, and proceeded to drive the coupe back to Octagon House. "Now," he said, as he got out of the car, "1 want you to drive these tellers to Hanson, an' then bring your car back, please, an' leave it here for me. I want to see Jack Lome, an' then I got an er rand to do." talent, but she never did anything about it. Never wanted anyone to know about it, either. Always hid away by herself when she worked." "I see," Asey said. "She helped in your early plans with rough sketches. Always dif'rent. 1 s'pose all her ideas was original?" "But of course they were!" So Jack Lome didn't know that Marina had swiped Tim Carr's sketches. And if she had swiped Tim's, she might well have swiped others. Any fool should have been able to guess what Marina had been up to. Of course. Jack Lome had al ways trusted Marina. Why should he have suspected that her ideas were not always original? A brighter person would have caught on, but Lome had admitted that he was not bright. And he cer tainly was notl "Where ar your sketches of the mural?" Asey asked suddenly. "Got 'em here?" Lome waved a hand toward the corner. "In the portfolios there," he said. "But why not go see the mural itself?" "Today is Sunday," Asey point ed out. 'The post office is closed. Whose idea was it to stick in the natives?" "Marina's." Jack said. "It was fun. She knew 'em all so well. Some of them are sore, but that ON TUB 4MB RoUHD weRe scored &y GROVE f? W. CoWIEff, Memphb, Tern, March 8, -RiVenlce 6ofCourse- MOrte 1Hw Boo VAXlifiBG OF CH&SbNThEMlim, IN 0V6R PROPUCfiP INJrSPftN.ee uuvv voic in mm. M3- "Did your wife help you a lot?" asked Asey. Jack was sitting in his studio before a littered table. He was dressed in crumpled green pa lamas, and he hadn't vet bothered to shave off his accumulation of. beard. "Have you discovered," Asey asked him without any preamble, "whether or not anything got taken or disturbed Here last eve ning by the person who socked "Haven't looked," Jack told him with a yawn. "I wouldn't know, anyway. Marina kept everything in order, in the portfolios. I never bother with stuff like that. Say. come see what I've got planned for Senator Hemmingwcll's dining room wall. Marina didn't like my first sketch, but I did another last night." He held out a sketch, and Asey looked at it "Mmmm," Asey said.' "What's that in the comer, the fnttcd calf, or the Senator himself?" Lome snatched the drawing from his hand and started off on a shrill tirade. Asey listened appreciatively as he wandered around the sylio. peeking into portfolios and mting the lids from the countless card board boxes that served as files. Probably the boy thought that this display was temperament. Dr. Cummings would diagnose it as what happened when a man didn'tet enough sleep and plenty of good, hearty food including, a good, hot breakfast Personally, Asey thought the outburst was temper. Just pettish, ornery bad temper, with a little childish tan trum thrown in. Asey crossed over to the fire place and looked into it reflective ly, and then he resumed his steady pacing around the room. There was not, he thought, much sense in telling Jack Lome. Lome would find out soon enough that whoever had billed Aaron Fryc had also removed the contents of all those portfolios and boxes. Removed them, and neatly burned them up. Original ideas '""THAT'S art!" Jack wound up, A thumping the table with his Bst. "That's art!" "Just so." Asey said soothingly. "Just so. 1 don't doubt it a oi't. Tell me, did your wife help you a lot?" "Well, she helped," Lome ad mitted grudgingly. "Not a lot. but she used to have some ideas," "She never went in scriouslv for drawing or painting did she?" Asey asked. Jack laughed. "Oh no. Of course, the did have a certain amount of doesn't matter. They'll get ovei it." A Question Of Caraway Seeds CAN you think of any one per son in town who was more annoyed about the mural than any other person?" Jack laughed. "Oh, Pam was hopping. So was Aaron. And Peg, and Roddv and Nettie and the minister, and the plumber, and say. 1 wish he'd get over here and fix that tnnkl They were all of them sore. Everyone in it. Some of them threatened to beat me up!" "It's iust this lack of annrecia- tlon for true art," Asey said bland ly. "You shouldn't wcrry." Timothv Uarr met him as he strode back to the Frve's. "The car s ready for you. Good, Asey said. If anyone wants me, I'll be over in the Pochet hosnitnl "What's the matter with you, or are you iust visiting a sick friend? "Visitin'," Asey said. "So long.' Timothy shook his head as Tie watched the little car scud down the drive. "Don't look so unhappy," Pam said, coming up behind him. "Asey leads a charmed life, and he prob ably will bring the car back safely. He always does. Did he tell you all about the great ambergris loss?" "What are ambergris?" Tim asked. "And tell me. do you like steak and kidncv pie?" "No. Didn't he tell-" "How about carawav seeds?" "They make me sick." Pam said. "But what's that got to do with " "I never." Tim said, "could think of marrying a woman with a passion for caraway seeds, and steak and kidney pie. Singly or toRether. It's one of those vital points I like to get settled at the start." "Oh. you do, do you?" Pam said. She hated herself for turning red. and not being able to frame a proper retort, with iust the proper amount of sav flippancy in it. The sort of easy and successful retort Marina could always make, tc Pam's deep envy. "Oh. vou dn, do you?" she said again, mentally cursing her in ability to sav anything else. Com pared with what Marina would have said, she sounded like a coy housemaid. Looked like one, too Pam thought, suddenly conscious of her kitchen apron. And het hands. Dishpan hands of the first water. (Cctxkt. 1933. Pkfitft Atvoe4 Tyler) Tomorrow: The tick friend. JACKSONVILLE. July T ISpl I A huge block of native grnnlte has been placed on the premises of tlie old Methodist church here, and with a bronze plaque nil! serve aa a monument to the church, established In 1854 and said to bo the oldest In Oregon. Assisted by Otto Nlcdermeyer, Jim Cantrall and E. H. Mclntyre, ihe Rev. E. N. Maltory cbtnlnert two blocks of the grnnlte at Bybpe's bridge recently. One rock weighs 3000 pounds and the other wclgus 9900 rounds I On the rock In the Methodist churchyard will be placed a bronre plaque with the Inscription. "Dedi cated to the memory of Rev. Joseph 3, Smith, the first pastor ot this church, and others who helped to establish It In 18S4." The Hev. Ml lory plana to plnce ft cement lloor around the rock, and enclose It by a coping. The other atone has been placed in the yard of the Presbyterian church, and will likewise be deco rated by a bronze p'aque Inscribed with. "In memory of Father Wil liams and others who helped estab lish this church." Unveiling of both rocks, with ap propriate ceremonies, will be held lu the near future. PENDLETON MENACED BY HUGE GRASS FIRE PENDLETON. July 7. ( API Prompt action bv the r.nUrt.Mi (ir department ycfrday nJirrnoon pre-J vented aerloua damage to homra on ' flteswo 0NiY VoTe ftm fcsTrtf MM&e? most hksiv 7c?UCCEPINLIFE. YMo VoTe? TbR HIM, fCElVEP.rSllRCMftlNIHfl fa 4 :?t mm "'IWi 7-7-38 Calvin Cool id ge Classmates at Amherst college, Mas sachusetts, In 1803 were Calvin Cool- tdge and Dwlgi-.t W. Morrow, two boys whose Uvea were strangely interlock ed In later life. According to an old Amherst cus tom, the graduating class of '95 voted to select the member most likely to succeed In life. Morrow received all the votea except the one he cast for hla friend, Calvin. Strange as It seems, the man Mor row placed his confidence In greatly helped him achieve ttie success hia classmates believed was inevitable for him. Coolldge, as president of the United States, appointed Morrow to the post of ambassador to Mexico. In this position Morrow made an enviable record. He placed Mexican American relations on a basis of cor diality unknown ror many years, had removed the objectionable retroactive confiscatory act relating to American oil rights. In 1930 Morrow was a delegate to the London conference on naval dis armament. In the same year being elected to M:e U. S. senate from New Jersey. His daughter, Miss Anne Morrow, became the bride of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Meanwhile, Coolldge, the man over looked at Amherst by all but Morrow was making a creditable showing at the Whjte House. He had risen to teat high position with rapid strides; from mayor of Northampton, Mass., to governorship of that common- wealth In 1919 and 1920. On March 4. 1921, he began a na tional career as vice-president of the United States under Warren G. Hard ing. On the latter's detth, August 2, 1923, Coolldge was sworn in as presi dent by his lather, a Plymouth Jus tice of the peace, at 2:30 In Uie morning of August 3. His administration was marked by a period of Industrial prosperity, re duced Income taxes and, in Its first three years, a reduction f national debt by more man 92,000,000.000. He retired after serving five yaera as president, died on January 5. 1933. Tomorrow: Has any man ever been known to walk from Asia to North America? the city's north sldo when a grass fire swept over eight or ten square blocks in that section. - The flames came within 20 feet of the rear of six homes. Two small boys, seen going up a small gulch down which the fire swept are thought to have started It by playing with matches or firecrackers. State Educators To Talk Courses EUGENE, July 7. ff Educators of the state, gathering here July 10 13, will discuss the question of whether high school' courses .should be combined into unified programs or continued as separate and often unrelated term units. Nationally known experts also will address the educators on views of the "core curriculum" question, as the problem la known, under the "core" system, a student taking history would study life of today In the light of historical background rather than take separate courses In "ancient his tory," "medieval history," or "modern history." WAKES UP RESftfSS ON HOf NI&W. StflRfS TO WHIMPER AND W6RK UP ft CM SO MOTHBt WlU COME IrJ HEARS WAILS FROM "frlE HOUSE NEXf DOOR. MUSf BE TrlftT NEW BABV FEELS THAT EvJEH IF If IS ANEW BABV If OO&HT fo KNOW BE-fftR TtfMi To MAKE A RACKEf IIKE1MAT NEJER REAL12EP BEFORE HOW FEAUV IriFAKHUE A LOSTf WAIL CAN" SOUHP POSITIVELY CHILDISH CRIES DIMINISH. W5 MOTHER M05T HAVE 60NE INTO HIM . YES, HE CAN HEAR HER. Slr!6lN6 SOTTlV To HIM OF COURSE HE'S TOO 6R0WN UPfO CRV LIKE THAT, BUT NEVERTHELESS WISHES MOTHER WOULP COME Itf TO HIM. AND 50 To SLEEP (Copyright, 1938, by The BU Syndicate, Inc.) 3 MATTER POI Bv 0 M PAYNE w f -vy jas"" ( VrVT-icf is Tbut-rRiw'j UTS$' &PREA"I lue) Vow r -Aw' ou-fEiw' an' v SwBc OM l"T j li "---NJ TAILSPIN TOMMY The Acid Eats Through! By HAL F0RREP" 7- JUST BEFORE TOMMY MnppEn ope coo tup MIAMI RACES. UERRV REACHED UP AND5HOCK HANDS WITH HIS HERO. wishing him luck I A MOMENT LATER, AFTER TOMMY TOOK 0P, JERRY WINCED WITH PAIN AMD HELD UP HIS HAND, WHICH WAS SEARED WITH ACID I PAUL IMMEDIATELY FIGURED, IF UERRY GUT THE ACID FROM TOMMY'S GLOVE, THEN TOMMY MUST HAVE GOT IT FROM HIS CONTROL WIRES. THEY TRIED TO WARM HIM, BUT FAILED . A tOMKINS . . IN MERCURY GOING TO OPEN V.,'t ... fS- CALLING THQEE-POINT. . F 'BR WIDE NOW. stlB 1 4 I'M DOING TWO HUNDRED TO SEE HCW MUCH THTW ,SHE REALLY CAN 1 THREE-POINT V WHY DON'T 1. YOU ANSWER J" CHECK YOUR SET. . . V ;ffAT SCOTT W 7 ol THE ELEVATQB V f A CONTROL WlREj A BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Dr. Jed Kiley'g Surprise! By EDWIN ALGER C rlOLV SM0KK; BRIAR, PID VOuSiP BEK WEBSTER! WrOU'RE 60lN6 ....Mf YOU MEAN TO TELL ME t fHOW'sA C C0MIN1 AL0N& RI6KF 1 1 lJ P SEE THE LOOK OF AMA7EMENT J WHERE'D YOU LAV HANDS fl BE THE FIRST TO THAT FEEOIN1 HIM MY SUNSHINE ihf IdASON?) PERT, BEN-HEl5 I i Ji Kli ON THE FACES OF JUNIUS J SL ON THAT 6IANT r 1 KNOW, PR. 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