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MTIDFORD MATL TRTBrTNTE, fEPFOTtD, OREGON. SUNDAY,. JULY 10, 1938
OCTAGON Hou$&
'THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof addroaa the author, lncloln itataped envelop for reply. Keg. V. S. Pat 0.
6Y PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
v a
Tht Story So Fan Alv Mavo, Capo
Cod detective, ti tnoettioatine the
murder of Marino Lome, whole hui
band'i pott o)7ic mural ita enraged
Quanomet. She woe killed by a let
handed blow from the knife of her
lister, Pam Frte, uho Mum in the
- Octapon House. Interested parttei are.
Tim Corr, once married to Marina,
Jack Lome, the artiet; Roddy Strutt,
U'hoee plane cached the night o; the
murder; Peggy Boone, another artiit;
Jenninpi, an irate plumber; Brigham
Roddy's injured pilot; and persons
unknown who smoke Turkish tobacco.
burned down the barn, biffed Asey,
Tim, Pam's father, and two troopers,
and destroyed Jack's mural sketches.
Af teeing ie a $50,000 lump of ambergris
belonging to Pum, Asey ie interview
ing the pilot at the hospital.
Chapter 36
Rides In The Pretty Plane
"CO that crash was planned."
J Brigham added. "Didn't care
it he killed me."
"He took the chance of killing
himself." Asey reminded him.
"Aw, he probably didn't even
think of that side. You know. Rod
dy can't think of more than one
thing at once,"
The nurse came in without
waiting for her knock to be an
swered. . "The time " Asey began.
"I know it's not up, but would
yoi. help? It's Earl Jennings. We
had some trouble with a pipe in
the lavatory, and he thinks some
one broke It on purpose, to bring
up that mural and the leaking
pipes, and make him mad. We
can't do a thing with him."
"I'll come," Asey said. "Try an'
remember more, will you, Brig
ham, while I go calm this feller"
' Two agitated nurses sighed with
relief as Asey marched into Jen
ning's room. For a moment Asey
stared at the man. His face was
purple with rage, and the veins on
his forehead stood out sharply.
"For a man with a bad heart,"
Asey said, "you certainly manage
to work yourself up. don't you?"
"These women, they busted that
pipe!" Jennings shouted. "They
heard about the mural, and they
busted that pipe to make me mad!
Everyone's laughing at me be
cause of that picture let me up,
I'm going to get Jack Lome and
wring his neckl He can't make a
fool out of me "
"No." Asey observed, "he can't.
You're doin that all by yourself.
Let him get up, Susan. Let him go
kill Jack Lome. He'll die of apo
plexy before he gets there, but
when a man wants to make a fool
of himself that bad, it's wiser to let
him die happy."
"Who do you think you are?"
Jennings yelled. "Who"
Asey came over to the bed and
looked down at him. "I'm a man,"
he said, "with a lot of patience
But you're tryin' It hard. Now.
let's get this straight You're sore
because of the mural. So're lots of
others, but they don t make mat
ters worse by callin' attention to
themselves an their jorcness '
"They weren't made out as bad
"Oh, yes, they were. Now, sore
head, you do one of three things.
You go over and wring Jack
Lorne s neck, or turn jver and go
to sleep. Or. I shall plant my fist
smack on your jaw." he demon
strated, "like that, only harder.
Then I'll pour you into a strait
jacket. Now, what are you going
to do?"
"No man can hit me and "
"Susan," Asey said, "go get a
traitjacket, please.
"All right! Jennings said sull-
1 "All ftV. n
"After we got back from Provi
dence," Brigham said, "Roddy
went tooting off. I'm sure he went
to see Marina. He didn't tell me
so, then or later. But that's what
1 think. There was a note waiting
foi him when we got back. I'm
sure it was from her."
" "Are vou really sure," Asey
said, "or do you just hope that
Roddy'll get nice an' involved in
the murder?"
"He already Is, isn't he?" Brig
ham returned. "What else would
he have staged that crash act for?
Doesn't that land him smack Into
the murder?"
Asey agreed. "I wonder, now,"
he said. "Aaron Frye saw Roddy's
roadster out back by the lane.
Prob'ly Marina did write a note
an' leave it for him. From what
Pam said. Pam don't bear Roddy
any love, an' he prob'ly har got
things against her"
"That's Marina's sister, isn't it?"
Brigham interrupted. "They talked
about her. Not very well "
"I sort of think." Asey said,
"that I begin to get the gist of
things here. You know what am
bergris is?"
Brigham was vague on the sub
ject, so Asey briefly enlightened
him.
"I think," he said, "that while
you was skimmin' over the beach
around by the point, I think that
Marina spotted that hunk of am
bergris an' got to wonderin' about
it She's heard Pam tall, about it
all her life, an' she might have
been curious enough to go see.
That's why she left off flyin' in
such a hurry"
"And why she asked Roddy for
his beach wagon," Brigham said
excitedly. "I remember now she
said she wanted to get something
she left out at the camp. Someone
else wanted the beach wagon, but
Marina insisted she had to go to
the camp. I'd forgot all about it,
but now 1 remember. Sure, that
must have been it. She spotted it
from the plane, and then she went
after it in the beach wagon.
'Hijacking'
"AND when she got out to the
noint." Asev said, "shn finds
I hat s a nice point
enlv. "All right, all r.ght
What a splendid biffer, Asey
thought as he went back to Brig
ham's room. Jennings would have
made. Jennings was born to be the
bifler of the night before But
Jennings had been in the hospital.
'Beach Skimming1
ASEY sighed, and opened the
door. 'Thought of anything
else?" he asked Brigham.
"Well, no. I was trying to re
member If Marina and Strutt had
a fight Friday, but they cooed
around like a couple of doves. All
over each other. Strutt wouldn't
have thought up so many funny
things, if it hadn't been for her.
She thought of everything, she
did. Wanted to skim over the
waves like a bird, she said, and
fly over dunes like a seagull. She
got tired, around four."
"Brigham," he said, "you've
given me an Idea I hndn't Drains
enough to flg?er out all by myself.
Look, you flew over Quanomet
Point, didn't vou?"
"That place? Any number of
times."
"An' Marina was with you on
some of those trips, includin' one
around four in the aft'noon?"
"Marina, and a lot of others.
They came and went in droves, all
day, having nice rides in the pret
ty plane."
"Yup. An' rlcht after that four
o'clock trip, Marina decided to
leave After one of the beach skim
min' episodes. That is very en
liEhtenin" that is"
And it was. It brought up a point
which had not entered his head
before. Marina, and heaven knew
how many others, had seen the
ambergris first from the plane.
point.
Pam there.
Marina prob'ly seen it first, but
Pam got there first. Marina didn't
say" she'd seen it. She knew that
Pam wouldn't believe her any
way, an' she knew she was in the
driver's seat lit'rally. What she
f:ot stuck on was Pam's spirit That
icked her. Yud. I think I begin to
see how it went. Then later. Ma
rina left the ambergris while she
raced after some art'st "
"He was the one we trailed,"
Brigham said. "Something-stein.
Look. Roddv and I didn't see Ma
rina again after she left In the
beach wagon. We were busy with
the plane. That's why she left the
note. We eft before she got a
chance to speak to Roddy."
I think so. Asev said. "Now.
let's see. What did she write him?
Would she have told him about
the ambergris?"
"Oh. his grandmother lust left
him a pile," Brigham said. He told
me all about it. He wouldn't have
cared a hoot about the money.
"Maybe not," Asey said, "but
Roddy has his savin' side. He
wouldn't pay for the ambulance
that brought you over here. Now,
what was Marina's plans? How'i
for hiiackin' sure, that's it!"
"I don't get it." Brigham said.
"She tells Roddy here's a nice
olace for him to ploy a trick on
Pam. an' get evei. with her for
bein so standoffish," Asey said.
"Dear Roddv. we're going to
have a holdup. You're coin' to hold
up Pam an' me. See? That's why he
parked his car in the lane. He was
goin' to the garage an' stage a fake
holdup, an' make off with the car
an the ambergris. Marina was
clever enough to stall him off with
some explanation somehow i
won't think ambergris would mean
anythin to Roddv even if she did
tell him. She'd get her stuff back.
all right an she could also null an
act to make Pam think it was a
genuine holdup.
"But Roddv killed Marina."
Brigham said. "Didn't he?"
"1 wonder. Asev said 'Or did
he come there an' find her dead
prob'ly before Pam did? Must have
been before. An he oaid Nettie
hush money. That mean's that he
seen someone, or someone seen
him. either goin' to or enmin' from
the garage. He thinks it was Net
tie Hobbs, but it wasn't. Yes. this
begins to fit itself some."
But there s the time part of It,
Brigham said. "I think in terms
ot schedules. He left after eight
o clock. Roddy did MarinB wasn't
killed till long later. If Roddy
waited in the lane, or outside the
garage all that time, then he must
hove seen everything. Including
the murder."
"Suppose that .toddy went
somewhere else first," Asey said.
"Suppose the note told him where
Marina was going to be. thevd
have had to lay a few plans Ma
rina was at a party. Ai.yway. Rod
dv didn't have to come there to
the garage at once. But I'll soon
pry the truth out of him. Brigham
vou've been a great help."
I'd feel more of a help. Brig
ham returned, "if I could think of
something to prove that Roddy
killrd her."
fCS-riril. I91t. re4&4 Amtad Ttfir)
More about the mural, tomorrow.
Fern Valley
PERN VALLEY, J'J'.y 8 (Spl.i
Knox McCloy ot the Elliot crvk min
ing district and nephew, Mr Hlbbnrd
of Los Angeloa. were overnight gueeU
it the. L. H. Hughea home 1 ursday
night.
Mr. nd Mrs. E E. MarAhitU, who
Accompanied Mr. and Mm. O Ham
mond of Klamath Falls to 9n Fran
cisco, erturned Monday via the Rrd
wood highway.
Mr. and Mra. O. Peritonei are
pending a short vacation in Ban
Francisco at the home of Mr. Pen
mnd'a daughter.
Guttata at the J. G. Eld ridge home
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs Churles
Hansen and daughter Jane Mr. and
Mra. Olaf Severson nnd lighter
Thelnifc ol Med ford.
Mr. and Mra. Fred WiliiH.ns an
tht proud parent of 4 baby girl.
They have named her Ann Elizabeth.
Those of Fern valley spending the
Fourth at Ashland were the Perdue.
Hughes. Williams. Marshall, Beers.
Kantor and Davis families.
Guests at the Joe Kantor Jr. home
Tuesday evening were Mr. and Mrs.
Den Rogers and family of Derby.
Mra. Refers and Mrs. Kantor are
sinters.
A shower was given at the home
of Mrs. Joe Kantor Sr. In honor of
her daughter. Miss Lillian Kantor,
who will soon be married to Allen
Busey of the U. 6 navy.
Those honoring Miss Kantor with
useful gift were Mrs. Dover, Mrs,
Fred Dusey, Mra. Lewis, Mrs A.
Henslrr, Mrs. Chas. Higdon. Mrs.
Johnson. Mrs. J. o. Elrttlttr. Mrs.
Ivan Olaen, Mrs. Urnnret Uavit.
Mrs. L. H. Hughfs, Mrs. E E Mar
shall. Mrs. E. VV. Deer. Mrs Joe
Kantor Jr., Mlsse Echo Alfoid. Va
leria Whltni'y and I ola U wls s writ!
liwllrs that could not be present sent
tflfU.
i ' i r ' r Am.i w in i
M uu Hopkins, m famnhwoo,
of 'Oakland, Cal
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ttfkniklA-rn Ul Howie X
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in Grove lotinship, Pa., intftb,
1W PicTURg at ft church
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OH 1HB CftNMIftN NfcTiOHiM.RftlLltofcP,tf3l..
Sister Act
Nine championship titles In a single
season Is the record of "Hopkins,
Hopkins, Hopkins and Wood," Spring
field, Mo., swimming team composed
of three sisters and a friend.
The four glrls Bet tie Jane. Anna
Lou and Ellen Gale Hopkins end
Faustina Wood Included two Mis
souri Valley A. A. U. championships,
indoor and outdoor. In their total,
besides seven sectional titles.
Faustina specializes in the breast-
stroke; Anna Lou, the youngest sis
ter, swims backstroke and Is on the
relay team; Bcttle Jane swims back
stroke and specializes on the quarter-mile
and half-milo events; and
Ellen Gale swims all events, espe
cially the 100-yard free style.
"Three of us hold the Junior na
tional 300-yard medley relay Cham
plonshlp." Ellen Gale writes. "Faus
tina swims breaststroke on the team:
Bottle swims free style and I swim
backstroke."
Other records held by the four-glr)
team Include the Doutt's lake cham
pionships; the Capper meet at To
peka, Kan.; the Wild wood Lakes meet
at Kansas City. Mo.; Hie Clarlnda
meet nt Clarlnda, Iowa; the Univer
sity City meet, at St, Louis; tho
Southeastern meet at Memphis,
Tenn.: and the Greater Ozarks meet
at Springfield, Mo., home of the four
girls.
Forest Sbrlne
An old Italian lumberman, wishing
to leave a living reminder of hts
faith. In 1006 carved the picture
of a church on the trunk of a beech
standing In Grove township, Cam
eron county, Pennsylvania.
Witnessing the event was L. C
Wykoff, now a retired forest ranger.
Just the other day Wykoff happened
to pass the some tree and. strange
as It seems, saw the Identical carv
ing, still there after 3a years.
The carving was on the north side
of the tree, according to Wykoff, and
was cut only part way through the
bark so that tho tree's growth had
not disturbed the original picture.
For amusement, an Intelligence test
wns given by Miss Valeria Whitney,
after which the gifts were opened
and admired by all present. Dainty
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Kantor.
Tar Pots set FIro
TACOMA, Wash., July 9. (UP) A
stubborn fire that originated in tar
pots of tho Berkhelmer Roofing com
pany plant late today caused damage
estimated at (100,000 before it was
controlled by firemen. More than
40 persons were forced to flee tho
building.
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EUGENE. July 0. (AP) Hie family
of Donald Erb, new president of the
University of Oregon, became for
mally installed on the campus today
as remodeling of the president's
residence was completed and the
family took possession.
Log Camps to Open.
ASTORIA, July 9. (AP More
cheering news came out of coastal
logging camps today with announce
ments by three operators that they
would resume work Monday. A fourth
operation, however, will clot down
for a three-month period.
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