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TirEDEOTO MATT, TRTBITNE, fEDFOTlD, DREG ON. WEDNESDAY, .TTJLY 13, 1938.
LAYER CAKE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
QtTAOOU Hoo&
BY PHOEBE ATWOOO TAYLOR
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof addreaa tb author. Inclosing. stamped envelope for reply. Ret. V. .8. Pat OS.
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The Story So Far: Atev Maya, Capt
Cod deteclivt. Is IntisstioaUno the
murder ol Marina Lome, whote hut'
band's poet office mural hae enraged
Quanomet. She tool killed 01 a left
handed blow from the knife ol her
titter. Pam Frye. Interested parties
are; Tim Carr, once married to
Marina; Roddy Strutt, uhoee aliby-
ing plane crash wat deliberate;
Peggy Boone, an artist; Jenningt,
irate plumber; and persons unknown
who burned down the rrye t barn,
biffed Asey. Tim and Pam'e lather,
and destroyed Jack Lome's mural
sketches. Missing is a K0.000 lump
of ambergris belonging to Pam
which several people must have seen
on the beach from Roddy's plane.
Atey gelt into the post omce on Sun
cay Jor another look at the mural.
. Chapter 39
Agreement All Around
"THE miscreanUI" Elliott aid.
'The miscrfeantsl Thu is an
outrage. This is why. there's not
single inch of that mural or of the
side panels left! Not an inch that
isn t covered by that red Damn It
Jonah, don't you think that this
U an outrage?
Jonah, the dour post master,
looked carefully at the Congress
man and then at the red smeared
walls before replying.
"Well, he said cautiously, "yes,
an' no. Yes, an' no. if you ask me.
It's a crime to hurt gov'ment
prop'ty. They hadn't ought to of
touched eovment prop'ty. But I
tell you, it seems awful good to be
able to look around the inside of
this place without bllnkin an
wincin . Red lead, am t It, Asey?
Asey nodded. Red lead seemed
to be playing quite a part in this
case.
"Put on," Jonah continued,
thrusting out an exploratory fore.
finger, "put on around the middl
of last night. I'd say. Kind of a nea
Job. They didn't spill much paint
an' they didn't do any tramplin1
around In what thev did spill
either. No. sir. this wasn't no mad
lob. This was delib rate.
"I am profoundly shocked," Elll
ott said. "Profoundly, Im at
loss."
His voice was entirely serious.
and so was his face, and both were
impressing Jonah enormously. Bu
it seemed to Asey that underneath
his seriousness, tlliott was consid
arably pleased, and considerably
relieved. It had solved his prob
lems. anyway.
"I s'pose the picture's ruined?"
Jonah asked hopefully.
Elliott looked inquiringly at
Asey.
I guess so," Asey said. "1 don't
think you II be able to do much
reclaimin'. an' it'll cost a pretty
penny "
"Asey," Elliott said, "you have
hit the nail squarely on the head
Any sort of reclamation would
necessarily be a most expensive
lob. a burden on the taxpayers, ol
ready burdened and so on. And
after all, you can t expect the gov
ernment to pour more money down
the sewer I mean, down the
pipe."
You don t ngger there s any
cnance that they might, do you?
Jonah asked.
"I would not like to go on rec.
ord," Elliott cleared his throat,
"but I think I may safely say that
im speaking for myself, vou
understand. This is not an official
statement It should not be con
strued as such.
Jonah nodded. "I see."
"But I think I mavsafelv sav1
Elliott went on. "that the chances
of this work of er art, this work
or art being reclaimed or reno
vated are well, they're remote.
Jonah. They're remote."
He spoke with such relish that
for a moment Asey wondered If
Mliott might possibly have lost
his key on purpose.
"That's fine," Jonah said. "I
don't mind tellin' you. I sort of
wanted to paint the thing out. my,
elf."
"Off record." Elliott said heart
ily, me too, Jonah.
A Silly Story"
"CAY!" Jonah, who had walked
over to the front door, beck
oned to them. "Say. looky here, in
the inside of the lock here. Looky!
This gold key. This"
"In the door?" Elliott asked un
happily. "Right smack In the front door
it's unlocked, an' this key's sittln'
here on the inside. Say well, whnt
do you know about that, this's
your key. Elliott!"
"Impossible." Elliott said with
prompt firmness. "Ab: jlulely im
possible. I don't believe it!"
"Well. It's got your name on the
tag," Jonah said. "U P. Elliott
That's you. ain't it? Say." his dour
face lighted up. "Say, vou oughtn't
of forgotten this. El. You'd ought
to of been more careful"
"Jonah, vou don't think that I"
Jonsh winked elaborately.
"But. man alive. I had nnthlno to
do with this! If that, is mv key. It
was stolen. As a matter of fact. I
knew it had been stolen. A man
came out of my hedge" Lllio't
stopped in confusion.
"It is," Asev said sympatheti
cally, "kind of a silly story, ain't
it?"
"But It's true! Jonah, you've got
to believe me "
"I won't say a word," Jonah
said. "Not a word. Here, take it.
Now, you know what I think? We
came in the back way, an' no one
seen us. But if they did, we can fix
that up. I think we better get
along"
"What?" Elliott said. "Justice"
"I know," Jonah returned. "But
there still might be time for some
one to salvage that damn painting,
for all we know, but if we wait till
tomorrow when it's good an'
dry"
We can't do any such thing!"
"Come on, El," Jonah said. "Lefts
let it get found tomorrow, just to
be on the safe side. I'll find it my
self, when I come over early to
morrow for the up mail. If any
thing') said about your bein' here
this evenin', why, you fust come
out back with me to get a valuable
doc'ment that got mailed by mis
take. We didn't even come In this
part of the buildin' at alL Come
on, now. We don't want to be in
here too long hurry!"
He shepherded them out. despite
Elliott's voluble protests.
"Now see here," Elliott said as
they paused on the rear steps, "see
here, Jonah. I did not have a thing
to do with that! 1 give you my word
of honor that I did not
"Go long." Jonah said. "I was
your sergeant in France, remem
ber. I know how straight a face you
can lie with!"
But I didn't!"
'Listen." Jonah Inserted a fineer
In Elliott's vest buttonhole. "Lis
ten, this'll get Quanomet and the
towns around all so roused up in
your favor why. a hundred per
cent! Just you consider the next
election all over an' done with. EL
We thought you was shilly-shally-in',
not wantin' to get involved
with Strutt's uncle in Washington
that chose Lome's picture. They
been callln' you a fake, an' a strad
dlcr. But this'll save you, this will.
An' don't think anyone'll ever let
on, or give vou away. You won't
got involved a mite. I'll see to that.
if Asey don't. We'll what's the
word, Asey?"
No Wild Geese
" A LIBI, I think," Asey said in a
1 1 strained voice.
"That's itl If it should happen
that you get mixed ud. whv. we'll
alibi vou. We'll lay it all to the
tourists in that mess last night."
Jonah patted Elliott on the shoul
der. Now. you get along, El. I n
goin' to be late for evenin' serv
ices, as 'tis. An' don't you give this
a thought we all wanted to do it
ourselves, an' we'll show you how
we appreciate your doin it for us.
We know now that you got our
wishes right to hjart!"
Elliott gazed blankly after Jonah
as he got into his car and went off.
Asey having restrained himself as
long as any human being could,
laughed until the tears streamed
down his cheeks in rivulets.
Whee. Asey said at last. "I'm
exhausted. I'm all wore out. Oh.
golly. I think this is the funniest
thing that's haDDened to vnn vet
about this edifice. Elliott. I think
say, you didn't do it. did vou?"
"What?" Elliott veiled at the ton
of his voice. '"What? Listen to me!"
After ten minutes. Asey stopped
him.
"I didn't reallv think so." hs
said. "Honest, I didn't. Look. 1 got
to get over to see Roddy Strutt.
I'm ashamed of mvsolf for not
havin' been there hours ago. Are
you comin' with me?"
"Well." Elliott said with resiff-
nation. "I've apparently eat the
native vote, solid. Mnvbe I don't
need the Strutts. Who knows?
Sure. I'll come along, but if you
find me being political, please
don't take it seriously. If Roddy
airuu actually is involved in this.
I'll do everything In my power to
help you get the worm. Only, it's
just possible that I may have to
pretend otherwise."
I understand. Asev said. "Let's
get on."
He stopped by the telephone ex
change to talk with Hanson, whe
hailed him wildly from the side-
a ik.
I ain t got time." Asev taiii
drawing Hanson aside, "to go intc
lot or details, but this's what 1
ant you to do. I want vou to check
up on Elliott "
Him? The Congressman?"
"Lower vour voice, an' don't
point." Asev said. "I mean him.
the Congressman. Check up on him
from when the post office closed
last night till this afternoon. Got
that? And for the love of heaven
don't let him or anyone else sus
pect that you re doin any checkin'.
lther ihen vou phone your bost
n Boston, an' tell him thnt I wnni
him to get from the newspapers
the best pictures he can find of the
mural. The best pictures, of all ol
it, and I want 'em enlarged so's I
n see all the details. Got that?"
"But vou can eo over to the nn.i
office, an' see it for yourself," Han
son said.
Asey drew a long breath. "Wil
oil do what I tell voir nr llcton
do I usually ask vou to chase wild
geese? Well, then! You get aftei
them two items, pronto, an' I'll see
vou later."
tCtrr.,H. till. Atveed Tnltr)
Tomorrow: A visit to the Strutts.
IS
FOUND BY POLICE
ROSEDURO. Ore., July 13. tf,
BUte police offlcera today are in
vestigating discovery of the charred
remnants ol tn automobile found
near Leona and believed to be con
nected with thefta of ft car at Eu
gene and licence platci and accesso
ries at Roseburg. Servant Paul Par
toni of the atate police aald today.
The car. a Pontine coupe, waa ap
parently abandoned and purposely
burned Thursday night. Sergeant
Parsoni aald.
Sergeant Parson reported that In
hla opinion the burned car la con
nected with the theft of a car stolen
night at Med ford, and with license
plates stolen from similar makes of
car at Roeeburg.
The machine recovered here Mon
day night was a 19.17 Chevrolet coupe
owued by E. E. Wyatt of Eugene.
It was found abandoned on East
Fourth street in the 100 block. Ac
cording to local state police orflrfra,
the burned automobile discovered
near Leona was a California car.
Jihit Kira MclKmell
PALO ALTO. Cal.. July 13
John Ezra McDowell, 66. former
slumnt secretary of Stanford univer
sity, died at his home at Lo Altos
today after a cerebral hemorrhage,
McDowell waa graduated from Stan
lord in 1000. then became alatant
registrar. Later ha was alumni sec
retary and then academic secretary
until his rottrement year ,'0.
More than 1 3.300. ooo tree
planted In New York states
from JEugene mid recovered Mouday I reforestation program.
were
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medan tradition saya la supported by
8.000 massive columns, the citadel
was tax en In 1400 A D. by Tamer
lime, who entered through Bab-ul-Hadld
(The Iron Gate.) With 50,000
men he marched up the hill to wrest
tho old fortress from the Syrians.
Legend states that Tamerlane waa
forced to sacrifice 10 000 men to form
a human bridge over the water-filled
moat aurroundlng Aleppo ro that he
could march to the citadel with the !
rest of his foroo. 1
Aleppo haa been oocupled In turn
by Egyptians. Persians, Arabians,
Turks, and, recently by the French
Foreign Legion. The center of tho
great caravan trade between Bagdad
and Damascus, Aleppo still carries on
important export and Import trade.
Pair of shoes
Strange as It seems, one pair of
child rep's shoes, size 5, ehod eight
members of six different families,
representing three generations In
Yadklnville, North Carolina
Purchased 73 years ago in 1866. tho
shoes were first worn by BetMe Ris
sell. Next Bob Dixon inherited thorn,
then Dixon's nephew, Charlie Wil
liams, who wore them to church a
few times.
Two sons and tare grandsons of
Dijon next founa use for the shoes,
still In good condition. All eight of
the "shoe relatives" are alive ttxlay.
"Terra-planing."
During the heavy rains which
flooded Southern California last win
ter, two boys found a way to turn
misfortune Into fun.
Allen Couse and Clyde Eaton, of
Lynwood, hooked up an aquaplane
behind an automobile and drove
through the streets which were cov
ered with foot-deep water until the
ignition wires dampened. Kayaks
and paddle-boards were a common
sight on the city streets.
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PAYNE
Tomorrow:
ventluns.
Man of a thousand ln-
Kennedy In Plea
For Toleration
WINCHESTER, England, July 13.
(AP) With a plea to democracies
to resist "Intolerance such aa Is
abroad In, so mucu of the world,"
Joseph P. Kennedy, United States
ambassador, today unveiled a cathe
dral window aa an American mem
orial to the late King Georve V.
Kennedy urged sympathy for the
task of 32 -nations refugee committee
now In session at Evlan-Les-Bains,
France.
The memorial waa suggested by an
American citizen living in the Unit
ed States, whose name waa not dis
closed and who paid half the cost.
The rest was met by American resi
dents in Britain.
The czarina of Russia paid $2,500
for an embroidered handkerchief
which took 70 years to make.
f .
band ruff is believed responsible
for 90 percent of cases of baldness.
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