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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.
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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
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"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
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department ycfrday nJirrnoon pre-J
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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.)
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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,
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