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PAGE ETOHT
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof addresa the author, tacloilng a aUioped envelope for reply. Beg. TJ. 8. Pat Oft
BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR
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rhe Story So Fan Altv Mayo, Cape
f'nrf rirrttt)e. li Inueftioating the
.niiW nf HfiWn Ijirw tuhoifl hu-
iiand'f post ofllct mural hat enraged
Quanomet. sn wot Kiuea oy a in
lister Pam Frye. nlerested parllee
are. itm uarr, once munwu w
rlna; Roddy Strutt, whole alibiins
plane crash was deliberate; Pegav
Boone, an artist; Jennings, an irate
plumber; and persons unknown who
burned down the Frye'e barn, biffed
Asey, Tim, and Pam'e other, de
stroyed Jack Lome's mural tketchet
and defaced the mural itself. Missing
is a 150,000 lump 0 ambergris belong
ing to Pam. Then Roddy disappears,
and the biffer turns out to be Jen
nings who has just spancea uorne.
Chapter 42
Strange And Beautiful
"T'LL murder him. I'll"
1 "II you insist," Tim said, "let
me give you me aaaresa ui w
nH 1 knniv. He's a Drofessiona)
builder-upper. Maybe inside of
two or tnree years, you nugm wo
a whack at Jennings, but I'd just
give the whole idea up."
"No one can do that. Lome said
dramatically, "to met And livel '
He got up from the couch and
strode around the studio.
"No onel" he yelled, and hurled
a glass vase at the fireplace. "No
nnp"
"Not that," Tim said. "Don't
throw that. Jack. That s a nice
Tnhu far too anod for vou to smash
for demonstration purposes. Take
this highball glass, if you have to
express youiacii m wumcij.
Asov waited for Lome to calm
dowt.. "Now," he aaid, "tow long
ago was Jennings here 7 lugger it
out, because it makes a lot of dif
"rence." "Oh, about a quarter to eight
between seven-thirty and eight
or so," Lome said. "No earlier than
seven-thirty. He came in. and
picked me up, and spanked mel'
"Then what did he do? Where
did he go?"
"I don't know, but when 1 see
him again oh, you can laugh, but
the next time I see him, I'll break
every bone "
Asey looked toward the door
way and began to chuckle.
"And if you don't stop insulting
me," Lome said, "111 begin on you.
I mean( what I say about Jen-
"'ifnTsmiled. "Well, begin," he
said. "Aren't you," he inquired po
litely of the man standing in the
doorway, "aren't you Mr. Jen
nings, of the tall, dark and mad
Jennings?"
Lome wheeled around.
"You you " ,
"Wait," Jennings said. "Don't
start anything you might regret
I told you that once I had my in
nings with you, I lost all my hard
feelin's. All of 'em. But," he added
simply, "if I hadn't had my innings,
I'd have gone plumb off my head.
Asey, I just had to sneak out of
that hospital. I hod to."
"Where've you been since you
spanked our friend Lome?" Asey
asked him.
"Down fixing up the tank and
the drain," Jennings said. "Thats
what 1 came in for. I got to get into
the garage and it's locked. Got the
keys, Lome? Honest, I know it was
a dirty trick to stop your plumb
ing up, but I said to myself, I said,
I'll show the little cuss how pipes
can leakl"
Asey pointed to a chair. "Sit
down, an' let's weed. You beat it
from the hospital soon after I seen
you yesterday. Why?"
With utter honesty, Jennings
explained.
"The money there was being
made," he said. "I lust couldn't
bear lying there and thinking of
that money, and me getting none
of it And then up town, a reporter
spotted me and asked if I was the
man with the leaking pipes lots
of people who'd seen the mural,
they all recognized me and they
kept kidding me, and I got sore.
And by the time I got all set to
cash In on the tourist money, why
the outsiders had come with their
midways, and there wasn't any
money for me to make. And then!
had a couple of drinks, and then
more people recognized me, and I
kept getting sorer."
"And started off after Lome."
'I Seem To Get Mad'
"VTES. Honest," Jennings said,
I "I'm sorry 1 whacked you. 1
was so mad, I didn't know what I
was doing. And I thought you was
Jerry Chase. And those troopers,
they got in my way. And then
I sneaked in this house, and I
thought it was Lome coming, but
it was Aaron Frye I'm nioful
sorry about that I'll pay all his
bills and damages and alL You
know, I did think he was Lome.
And then when I seen what 1 had
done, I beat it. And then I said to
myself, Earl, I said, you go back
and see how much damage you
done, and be a man about It But
when I come back, the troopers
was out and they chased me "
"To the river, an' you foxed 'em
at the pond." Asey finished up. "If
it'll make you feel any worse,
neither one of 'em can swim worth
a cent and it was the will of God
that they somehow managed to
land on Dune Island and not in
Davey Jones's locker."
Jennings shook his head sorrow
fully. "Well," he said, "1 guess 1
got a lot to be ashamed of. Any
way, 1 went back to town and had
a few more drinks, and then I went
to Strutts'. 1 was sore at Roddy by
then. Honest 1 don't why it is, but
the minute I get a few drinks in
me, I seem to get mad."
"You do," Tim said.
"And then," Jennings went on,
"my wile made me come home,
and this morning she got the doc
tor, and they made me go back to
the hospital. Then I met Jerry
Chase, and he got me mad again,
kidding about those pipes, and
then this afternoon well, 1 had to
leave, Asey. I'd have burst if 1
hadn't come over here and given
Lome what was coming to him. Ol
course, if I'd got hold of him last
night I might have hurt him bad.
But just spanking him, it eased my
feelings right away. Like magic.
Ain't that strange?'
"Strange," Asey said, "an' beau
tiful. Beautiful to think you're
back to norma) again. Now, when
you came back here last night an'
biffed Aaron"
"That's something 1 want to talk
to you about," Jennings said. "I
thought of this plan last night be
fore I come back, and the troopers
chased me. Pam's been wanting
water laid on, and a bathroom,
over to Octagon House. Do you
suppose, if 1 fixed 'em up free,
they'd forgive me? 1 like Aaron,
and I'm awful sorry this happened.
I didn't know he was hurt so bad
till I heard them talking in the
hospital. I didn't throw him down
the stairs, cither. He must have
lost his balance. Do you suppose I
could fix things up?,f
"You could try," Asey said.
"What do Tim anr I get? An" the
troopers?"
Jennings sighed. "Can I take it
out in plumbing?"
"What about my drawings.
Jack Lome demanded, "that you
stole? Oh, don't stare and pretend
you don't knowl You can pull the
wool over Mayo's eyes, but you
can't fool me. What about my
drawings?"
"I don't know anything about
your drawings," Jennings protest
ed. "Except that thing in the post
office now, why do you have to
keep reminding me of that, just as
soon as I get my mind off of it?
Serves you right, if someone stole
your drawings. They ought to be
burned say," he added regretful
ly, "Whyn't I think tol Why"
No Hard Feelings
'"TpHEN who stole them if you
I didn't?" Jack asked. "There
isn't anyone else who could have!"
Jennmes looked pityingly at
him, and then turned to Asey.
"I'm sorry," 1 he said. "That's
about all I can say, I guess. I'm
sorry I banged you up, and the
rest. But mostly Aaron, nes a
good man. I'll try to make things
up, somehow."
"Been to Roddy's this evenin'?"
Asey asked.
'No. I had to thumb a riae to get
here," Jennings said. "I found this
pair of overalls and this sweater
out in the hospital shed. I didn't
have my clothes, or the car. I just
came over here ana tenaea to
Lome, and then I went to work on
the niDes. just to show I hadn't any
hard feelings at all."
Timothv was srinnins broadly,
and Asey couldn't hold back a
chuckle. There was something
rather amazing about this big husk
of a man, and the simple directness
with which he went to his point.
What about Hoddy an' the
plane crashin' into you?" Asey
asked, "an' his uncle In Washing
ton that got the contract for Lome,
an' that got your face in the
mural "
"He did not get that contract for
me!" Lome said.
"Ssh! What about all of them,
Jennings? Ain't you still mad
about them?
About the accident. Asey. Jen
nings said, "well, Strutt'll pay for
that And the mural well, he
waved his hand. "I Eot that all out
of my system on Lome, here."
Come over here, Asey said,
an' let me see your hands."
"Sure, look away. There's some
poison ivy on this one, I got it last
night in the woods."
"Done any painting with red
lead, lately?1'
Not since I was here the other
day see, Here's some under my
thumb nail. It's hell to get off, that
stuff is. My wife's got some soap
she makes me use, but what's the
use? That takes off the skin, too.
Asey looked at him. "Can you
prove what time you got over here,
or when you left the hospital?" he
said.
'Why, I don t know as I could
tell you exactly. They got my
watch at the hospital, you know.
But it was the minister that give
me the lift. I guess he could tell
vou, all right Look, can I get Into
the garage?"
Asey shook his head. "The cops
got the key."
1 wen, then, Jennings turned to
Lome, "I can't do any more till
that's open. Say, Asey, can I see
Aaron? I'd like to get it over as
soon as I can. If I could just make
Pam and Aaron understand that 1
really didn't mean a thing "
(Cvfvtlt. lill. rl.-tS Atm?4 Tsfltr)
Tomorrow: The murderer strikes
afaln.
THREE SMS LISTED
FOR POLITICAL PROBE
WASHINGTON. July 18 ;P) The
pedal trnate campaign exptndtturrs
commute decided today to Inveitl
gat chargei of political abuaea tn
Kentucky. Pennsylvania ani Tennes
see. rhalrman Sheppard (D-Tunas, aald
four member of tht commute had
voted to aend Investigator into the
three atatea.
: Senator Bark ley (D.-Ky Demo
cratic leader In the aenate. who haa
received unqualified backing of Presi
dent noosevelt, la opposed In the
Kentucky Democratic prlmnry. Au
jruat 6. by O over nor A, B. "Happy"
Chandler.
Corvallis Chosen
By Presbyterians
EUGENE, July 10. (AP) The Ore
gon Presbyterian synod selected Cor
vallis Friday for Ita 49th annual
conference next year.
The church board of pensions re
ported It paid (3.150.000 to 6350 per
son during the paat year. Mission
ary work In China and Africa will be
continued despite military conflict
and generally adverse conditions.
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Hammer Thrower
So consistently can Fred. Tootel,
track coach at Rhode Island State
college, throw the 16-pound hammer
around 200 feet that he la considered
'off form" if the weight drops In the
neighborhood of 180 feet, ey3 Inches
the recognized world's record for
this event 1
Strange as It seems. Tootel actually
threw seven 16-pound hammers In
succession over the 200-foot mark
one toss reaching 210 feet 7 Inches.
Thla remarkable feat was performed
In May. 1925. Tootel was then coach
nlg at Mercersburg Academy and In
eligible for actual competition.
Oddly enough, the world's record In
this event, held by Pat Ryan, an Irish
New York "cop" haa stood unbeaten
since 1913 at 189 feet 0! Inches.
Tootel in 1922 won the national
championship event and also cap
tured the 1924 Olympic event at
Paris, but his record-breaking heaves
were not recognized by the Interna
tional Amateur Athletic Federation
Tootel's first throw In his fresh
man year at Bowdoln college, 1919,
nearly resulted In disaster, according
to John J. Magee. his coach there.
Tootel became excited, danced around
for five turna, then let go of the
weight in the wrong direction. It
flew out of the field and lit In a
passing farm wagon.
Many of Tootel's proteges have led
the sports field In hammer throwing
Out of Rhode Island State have come
Henry Dreyer, 38-pound weight
world's record holder; Irving Fol
wartshny. who held the same title
for a week In 1936: and William
Rowe, National AAU hammer cham
pion In 1936.
Bay Bridge Gadgets
Complete even to a 6-by-6 foot
Jail, the new San Francisco-Oakland
Bay bridge Is appointed In all the
latest gadgete -for safety and conveni
ence.
Along the four and one-half mile
span are spaced call-boxes for two
car service or for summoning the
bridge's fire truck. A miniature
weather bureau under Tower Two
analyzes the air for destructive ele
ments which might do harm to the
bridge.
Monday: The money eater!
THREE P0WDERMEN DIE
IN PREMATURE BLAST
COCHRAN. Ore., July 16. (AP)
Three Portland men, members of a
powder crew for the Standard Lag
ging company construction gang.
were killed yesterday In a premature
dynamite blast.
Dead were Harold Olson, 54; Hans
Anderson, 51, and Nels Erlckson, 29.
Hie men. Instantly killed, were
working on a new mainline railroad
about 12 miles southwest of the
prlncnpal logging camp.
ICKES APPROVES HIGHER
TREE PROTECTION SUM
WASHINGTON. July 16 (AP)
Secretary Ickes announced today ap
proval of the first of a proposed series
of agreements to Increase forest fire
protection on 2.500,000 acres of tlm
ber land tn Oregon.
The agreement was made with the
state forest fire association of Oregon,
Ickes aald. to safeguard 1,670.000
acres of land In Lane and Benton
counties.
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