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MEDFOTW MATL TRIBUNE, tfEDFOTCD, OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1938.
Octagon Hou
BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
Ttaa Star; So Part Attv Mayo, Caps
Cod detective, it inusstloatino the
murder of Marina Lome, whou Aus
band's post otfice mural has enraoed
Quanomet. She was fcflld by a iett
handed blow from the knife of her
sister Pam Frie, who lives in ucta
nnn House. Interested parties are.
Tim Carr, once married to Martna;
Jack Lorne, the artist; Roddy Strutt,
whose plane crashed the night of the
murder. Peggu Boone, another art
ist; Jenninos, an irate plumber; and
persons unknown who smoke Turkish
tobacco, ournea aown mm
biffed Asey, Tim and Pom's father,
and destroued Jack's mural sketches.
Misslno Is a 150,000 lump of amber
oris bclonoino to Pam. nterviewlno
Roddy's mjurea ptiot, naey kut
the crash was deliberate, and that
Manna and a lot of others had prob
ably seen the ambernris from the
plane before cam rouna u.
Chapter 38
Public Eyesore No. One
"I HAD to hear the tory of Rod
1 dy's pilot," Asey told the Con
gressman, "before I could do any
thing. But you don't need to worry
about making the Strutts mad.
Just stick all the blame on me, an
in the end, who knows but what
you'll get a field house an' gym
thrown in with the park? Elliott,
inct hprn thinkin'. 1 never did
get a good look at the mural. I bust
out laughin' so on my first view, I
had to leave before 1 got to the
parts with the local boys In 'em.
YOU got pun enougn to get mc uitu
the post office on Sunday?"
Elliott smiled.
"Have 1 got pull? Asey, I have a
nlH nlated kev. all mv own. If you
want to get into the post office,
we'll go to my house and get the
key, and have a private view of
tuanomets ruDuc cyesoio num
ber One."
"I'll trail you over," Asey said.
Elliott's house was a long ram
bling place with so many ells and
additions that even an architect
would have had trouble picking
out the original Cape Cod half
house that had been the basis of it
all.
"My daughter's around some
where," Elliott said. "I' think she
knows where the key is Jeanl
Hey, Jean where are you? Jeanie,
you know Asey Mayo, don't you?
My daughter, Mrs. Dunn. Jean,
Where's that gold post office key,
d'you know?"
"That thing?" Jean wrinkled up
her forehead. "Teddy had it last.
He was playing St. Peter and the
Gates of Heaven with it didn't
you give it to him?"
"Well, yes, I guess 1 did," Elliott
said. "Bui I need it now. Find it for
me, will you?"
"Father, darling, when Ted plays
with things, it's not the easiest
thing in the world to find them on
two seconds' notice. You shouldn't
have given him the key, if you
really wanted it intact. But I'll see
what 1 can do. Maybe Della'll know
where it is"
Delia, a slightly distraught look
ing nursemaid, admitted that she
hadn't seen the key since the baby
played with it Saturday morning.
"Maybe he swallowed it," Jean
said, as though that were the sim
plest solution.
"Oh, no!" Delia protested. "I'm
ure he didn't He hasn't swallowed
anything for a week. Perhaps the
little Westover girl would know.
She was playing with Teddy"
"Come, come," Elliott said,
"come, cornel We've got to find that
key! Really, Jean, I know I let
Ted play with it, but I see no rea
son why the whole damn country
side has to use it as a plaything!"
"Darling, climb down," Jean
aid.
"I want that key! You go find It.
Go shake the children Dy their
heels. Stand 'em on their heads.
Peer into their tonsils, if you want.
But go find that key!"
"Sometimes," Jean said, "I wish
you were a simple taxpayer. Delia,
come on. We'll see if the Westover
infant has any thoughts on the
matter. What did they put in that
mole hole, d'you kno "
"No respect, that's what," Elliott
said. "They treat me like an elder
ly neighbor, the whole lot of 'em,
and-ft
"An" you love it," Asey said.
"Well, yes, I suppose I do. Come
on In, and we'll wait for 'em to find
the key. It'll turn up. You can't
lose things like that I ve got a col
lection of teeth I've been trying to
mislay for years. I've often won
dered, why do people think that
Congressmen want teeth? I've got
whale teeth and dog teeth and In
dian teeth. All kinds. But would
that stand me a new upper set? Not
on your tintype."
Mad Uouse
AT THE end of an hour, Joan
wandered out to the barn game
room.
"Oh, here you are," she said.
"Look, it's awfully funny. The
Westover child let thj little Lake
boy have the key, and he says with
bland finality that someone took it
away from him."
"Come now, Jean!"
"That's true. Father. I won't go
Into the details of the game they
were playing"
"Who? The Lake boy or the
someone, or what?"
"Don't be so impatient, dear.
They were playing Jail delivery,
and the Westover child was the
Eangster in prison, and the little
ake boy was the mob that was go
ing to get him out "
''The youth of this country," El
liott began.
"Ssh, dear. It took hours to make
sense out of things, and I want to
tell you while I still have things
straight The Lake boy went off to
consult with Ted Ted was the
G-man who was foiling things, if
that makes you any happier and
he left the key with his gun, over
by the lilac hedge. And someone
took it. The Lake boy saw him
running off, and yelled, but the
person Deat it, ana the Lake boy
thinks he went off in a car. Lake
didn't dare tell anyone at the time.
He just said he'd mislaid it, and
Ted was so busy with his new cro
quet set that Ray brought him yes
terday afternoon that he forgot all
about the key. So there you are."
"It's a mad house, Asey," Elliott
said sadly. "Other people's houses
run all right. Why can't mine?
Here's a simple little key. Can it
be found? No. It's St. Peter's key
to heaven, it's the prime factor in
a jail delivery. Babies teethe on
it And finally, strangers swoop out
of my lilac hedge and snatch it
from the mouths of babes and
sucklings, or words to that effect
I ask youl What's the matter,
Asey? What did you say?"
"I said," Asey told him, "that I
wish you'd call up the post master,
an' tell him to meet u- over in
Quanomet as soon as n."
"What oh, Jonah, you mean?
All right, I'll call him. But you
don't really think anyone took the
key, do you? What ever for? Who'd
have known what key it was?"
Elliott sounded a little anxious.
"Wasn't there t public presenta
tion of keys, on the da the office
opened?" Asey asked.
"Well, yes. It was a sort of inci
dent in the opening. You know,
sandwiched in after the soprano
sang, and before the band had its
(ling. They gave out half a dozen
keys, to the Governor and a Sena
tor or two, and me"
"An' plenty of people," Asey
said, "saw you bein' presented
with it"
"Yes, yes, I suppose they did. But
how would anyone know that the
little Lnka child was eoine to nlav
jail delivery with it over by the
lilac neage me next aiiernoonr
Elliott demanded. -.
What Are Sou Waiting For?'
THEY wouldn't," Asey said.
"But if someone was waitin'
around, waitin' for the chance to
swipe your key, I don't see but
what they could swipe it from the
Lake child with the greatest of
ease. An' after all. it'd be easier to
swipe from you man trom tne
Gov'nor or the rest when did they
take the key, in the aft noon?
"The early afternoon some
time," Jean said. "Of course the
children don't know the exact
time. Its rather a wonder tney
remember the day. Look, I've been
thinking Is it right to go strew
ins Dost office keys around in any
such loose fashion? 1 thought the
interior of post offices were like
altars, sort of sacred and all."
They re just Keys to me iront
Dart." Elliott said. "Thev don't let
you in to anything but the front
part where the mural is. But look
here, why wouldn't someone steal
the keys from Jonah? From the
post master? Why should they pick
on me?"
'I wouldn t know, Asey said
tactfully. But it occurred to him
that it would be far simpler to
swipe a key from this easy going
household than trom tne quano
met post master, who took himsell
and his job with great seriousness.
"Oh. this is all a lot or non
sense!" Elliott said. "1 don't believe
anvone took the kev. Probably we
can find It if we get out rakes and
scrape around. I don't think any
one wanted to steal the key. 1
don't believe that they did steal It
what are you waiting tor,
Asey?"
He continued before Asey had a
chance to protest that he was not
delaying the expedition.
"What are you waiting for? Let's
get over and get into the place and
see if anything has happened. But
of course it hasn't" he added, as
though he wanted to convince him
self on the point "Of course not
The child made up that story No
one took the key my keyl My
keyl If someone has got into that
place with my key hurry up,
Asey! But its nonsense. They
wouldn't dare break into the post
office "
"Thev wouldn t be breakln In.
Asey pointed out, with a grin.
Thev ve got a Key."
"Well," Elliott said, "I'm sure
there's some law that covers it
Defacing government property
oh my God! This means still more
headlines for Quanomet! Asey,
can't we keep It out of the papers,
don't you think?"
Half an hour later. In the front
part of the Quanomet post office,
Asey answered Elliotts anxious
question.
ope, ne said, "i don t tninK
you can keep this out of the head
lines. This is too complete."
rcttfiti. if s. nts Am 7w)
What has happened to the mural?
Brad Monday's chapter.
Eccentric Facing
Institution Cell
OKLAHOMA CITY. July M
Woody Hoclcatiay, 62. ot Wichita Kaa ,
languished today In "my 4Mb all"
because be attempted to leap upon
President Roosevelt's automobile and
shine- hla shoes."
Secret 8ervlce Agent John E. Os
born clasard Hockadny aa a 'harmless
eccentric" and added ' probably
will attempt to have blm sent to an
institution."
.Muhnnry On o
KLAMATH FALLS, July 12 (VD
Willis . Mahonev, Democrat !c candi
date for U. 8. senator, returned here
during the week-end from a pe-cam-palgn
political excursion to Washing
ton but prepared to leave oln to
night for Huntington, where he will
Join Postmaster Oeneral tames A.
rarley and party as they nter Ore
gon en route to the young Democrats
gatlouai conventloo at Seattle.
Army Airman Dies
In Bomber Crash
CRISTOBAL. Canal Zone. July 12
(API Lieutenant Paul Oowen waa
killed todoy and two other army
men were seriously Injured when a
United 8tatea army bomber crashed
and burned on the beach at Paltlllo
Point, near Panama Ctty.
Lieut. Kenneth Crasher, nnvlpator,
and Radio Private D. H. Bundy were
badly burned, but were expected to
recover.
Rain Halts Hegira
From Dust Region
PORTLAND. July 12 (API Rain
has returned to the dust bowl of the
midwest and as a result migration
from that region to the Pacific norih.
weft has slarkened greatly. Secretary
ot State Farl Snell ?ald tod.,y
Non-resident permlta Issued o
motorist from Colorado, Kansas, Ne-
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Spaniard Who Went Mnya
One of t e strangest tales In the
annals of exploration on the New
World Is that of Oonzalo Ouerrero.
Spanish navigator who forsook
Chris Liandom to beoome a Maya
chief.
Ouerrero was shipwrecked on the
dangerous shoals of Las Vlboras,
south -south west of Jamaica. With 17
other men. he escaped In a longboat
and drifted turough the Caribbean
for days. Seven died and after nearly
two weeks the survivors washed
ashore on the coast of Yucatan.
Captured by a Maya party, the
survivors one by one were sacrificed
to the strange gods of this western
world. Ouerrero and another, Oeron
tmo de Agullar, oscaped and made
their way inland tnrougn the dense
Yucatan forest, only to ' become
slaves of a Maya ruler, '
Shortly Ouerrero was given or sold
to another Maya dilef, but de
Agullar stayed and rose to become an
Important figure. Guerrero, taken to
Chetemal, Yucatan, was rapidly "go
ing Maya."
In 1619 Hernando Cortes landed
at the Island of Cozumel, off Yuca
tan, and heard of the Christian cap
tlves held Inland. He sent an order
for them to come forth. Geronlmo de
Agullar was freed, and set out to tell
Ouerrero of the turn of events.
The man de Agullar saw amazed
him; Guerrero had married a Maya
woman of c:lgh rank and had three
children. The Maya looked on him as
a chief and war leader. His ears were
pierced and hung with heavy ear
plugs. Hla face was tatooed after the
Maya fashion and he wore the Maya
costume.
Hla lower lip waa - pierced for a
labret and the sun had turned him
tt:e color of the Maya themselves.
Fearing to return to his old civiliza
tion, Ouerrero refused to leave.
Strange as It seems, Guerrero time
and again led the Maya against
Spanish Invaders, saving Yucatan for
his adopted people. He was last
heard of about 1531 when he rebuked
an attack of the Spaniard, Francisco
de Montejo, on Yucatan. Guerrero's
strange story was uncovered by Mau
rice Rles, associate of the Middle
American Research Institute.
braska, North and South Dakota and
Oklahoma, declined more than 15 per
cent during the first five months of
this year, from the figures of 1037,
Snell said.
Postmaster Dies
THE DALLES, July 13. (p How
ard E. Barr, 62, postmaster here for
two years, died yesterday. Surviving!
are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Gen
eva Groves of Portland, and a sister
and two brothers In Texas.
Milk I'sed On Fire
BETHAL. Transvaal (UP) Milk
was used to put out a fire In
farmhouse near here when the water
supply ran out. An explosion In
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