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PAGE SIX MT!PFOTCP MATT, TRIBUNE, lrRDF(mi). OT?EOOV. MTSm.Y. JTJLY 18. 1933. Octagon Howe, EARLY MORNING START By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further' proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope tor roplr. Re. V. B. Pat Oft BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR . i n , fStUYA I I wiutftnS The Story So Far: Aey Ma 10, Cop Cod detective, it tnveitigatlng Iht murder of Marina Lorn, whost nil band'i post offlct mural hai tnraged Ouanomet. Shi was killed by a Kfl handed blow from the knlt 0 her liter Pam ('rye. mtereited partlet are: Tim Carr, once married to Ma. rlno; Roddy Strutt, whott alibyinp , plane crash was deliberate; Peoov Boone, an arilsu Jennings, an irate plumber; and pertoni unknown who burned down the frye'e barn, otffea Asev. Tim. and Pam'M father, de- itroyed Jack Lorae'i mural sketches and defaced the mural iuelf. Missma it a 450,000 lump of ambergrti belong ing to Pam. Then Roddy disappears, and the biffer turn out to be Jen nings, uho tayt he ie very tarry. Chapter 43 Asey Is Wrong "DUT the barn burning, Jen- L nings!" said Tim. "And the contents of the barn. You'll have quite a time before the Fryes for give you that " "How'd you know about the con ' tents of the barn?" Asey asked lharply. "Pam told me, She" "She did?" Asey sighed. "Has he told everyone? An I give her credit for so much sensel" "I think she was sensible." Tim laid. "And anyway, the stuff's gone. But it'll take more than pipes him, you believe every word he says! You don't seem to think it matters, what he did to me, and my drawings, and alll You're In league with him" "Would you," Asey asked with purr In his voice, "like another spankin'? Would you?" "Well," Lome said. "well, why do you uphold him?" "1 don tl I'd figured what part the biffer played, an' 1 was right. I worried for fear he might really be after Roddy, but he's proved that's all Roddy an' Carveth, put tin' on an act. Now. Lome, lake the advice of the old Philistine, an' pipe down. Tim. what become of tne trooper you orougni oven "He's outside. I didn't know until he popped in," Timothy said, "that Jennings was here. I told the trooper to go outside and keep watch. He's tnere now, 1 sup pose" "Who Is he?" "No one I ever saw before." "That's a relief," Asey said. "If it was Shorty or O Malley. Jen nings might have his hands. full Coming over to see Pam an1 Aaron?" Jennings squared his shoulders. 'Hurry' OVER at Octagon House, Pam greeted them wearilv. 'Don't sneak above a whisper," she said. "We just got Aaron asleep I don t know U Uummings gave "Pam. I did it. I'm awful sorry." and a tiled bath to make Aaron and Pam forget. Why did you burn the barn, Jennings? Why didn't you burn two other barns? "But I didn't burn anyl" Jen nings said. Tim looked at Asev. "Jennings hit you," Asey said, "an' then started for Lome's. On the way he laid out the troopers wnat a you use, your bare tist7 "I did on you. 1 used my billy on the others. My old M.P. billy "I see. Well, after the troopers, he came here an' smacked Aaron, thinkin' it was Jack. N'en he beat It He wasn t around while the barn burned, though he may have been while the fire was bein' set. earlier. Tim raised his eyebrows. "Then he came back again," Asey said, "and O'Molley and Shorty chased him, an' some time durin the Interval, him an' me had our set-to. If you really want to go into it, we can take a pad an' time it out But that's the way It all happened, an' it all fits." "I must have been out a long time," Tim said. "Nope, when you consider what you got hit with, an' the stump you landed on. You got to remem ber you was copin' with the pride of Comp'ny B. "I see." Tim sounded dubious. "But are you quite sure, Jennings, that you didn't fire the burn?" 'Puttln' On An Act' "TTONEST, I didn't. I smellcd -l smoke later, but I thought it come from town. They'd been starting fires there. Asey, you be lieve me, don't you?" "I'm inclined to," Asey said, "but I honestly don't know why. Just your winnin' personality, I guess. Now, I got to get along. Ill see Pam inf .re I" "What about me?" Lome asked. "Me, and my drawings, and my my sufferings? And "Just you consider them," Asey said, "the suHcrin's of a true art ist, an' thank God Jennings didn't do more than spank you." "You defend the man!"' "I don't, but I know the part he played in this " "You defend him, you excuse him too many pills, or not enough, but he's been fretful and nervous he's even been fussing about the clocks. I've called Dr. Cummlngs and told him to drop over before he finishes for the night. I'm worried." "Pnm," Jennings said, "I did it." "What?" "I nit him, but I didn't mean to. I thought it was Lome. I didn't throw him down the stairs, he fell. And I'm awful sorry can I fix you up with water and a bathroom, free and the doctor's bills, and honest I m awful sorry, Jennings paused for breath. "Honest I am." Asey didn't know whether Pam was going to laugh or cry or iust whack Jennings in the nose. Did you burn the barn? she said at last. "No, I didn't." "Well oh. damn, there's that phone, and it'll wake Father- damn you, stop ringing!" "Think ,W, morl?" TAnnlnH. whispered as Pam raced off to the phone. I think vou re lucky" Asev said, "in havin' a reasonable wo man to deal with " It was for you. Asev. Pam sa d coming back. "It was Elliott, and he wants you over at Roddv s. He didn't say what he wanted you for. but he said to hurry, and I said you would." Okav. Asev said. "You an' Jen nings solve your problems. I'll be back here for the night oh, hav someone get me some clean clothes from home, will vou? Phone Jen nie or Syl." Elliott was waiting for h m at the driveway to the Strutt estate. They weren t lying, he said. Thev weren't mittinc on an act Asey." "You mean. Roddv has disap peared?" Asey said. "Well, maybe. mil l ve solved Jennings, and 1 know no mcnaccr got hold of Roddy. He may have gone else where, but he went of his own ac cord. You don't really think that noddy is seriously missin. do you?" "Well," Elliott said briefly, "he's dead, anyway." (Cestrilkl. It!! nrt4 Alwtei Tf.lr) Tomorrow: An argomf nt rnstjta. E TO I BAN FRANCISCO (UP) --Science here 1a attempting to develop po tential midget Into a man of -nearly normal size and the flnt resulU have been encouraging. The case la that of John Irman, an 11-year-old boy who Is no larger than a child of 4. The point to be decided durlnj the present at a go of observation U whether his failure to develop la due to malnutrition or to functional dis turbances of the endocrine glands, which are held responsible far the development of both mldgeU and ginnt. The case was called to the atten tion of ("peclsllBla of the Hospital of the University of California in M,h ludiioct mauuex Several we lis ago. resident of Alameda where tho boy Uvea, com plained to the health authorities that the little child apparently wa not getting enough to eat. Investi gation was made, but from the moth er's recital of the failure of her little boy to grow, the opcclftllM were In clined to believe that the trouble lay rather with his endocrine glands than with nutrition. The boy has been removed to the county hospital and If adequate ob servation proves the correctness of the diagnosis, an effort will be made by hormone and glandular treatment to make him develop Into a normal sired boy and man- According to local specialists. If the treatment Is undertaken, it will be one of the first and most interest ing In medical annals since the Im portance of the endocrine glands and their hormones has been discovered. E PLOT) ON F D R. MtWPORT. N. V. July IS -AP-Jchn D. M Hamilton, Republku iM-ie itao Pii.ur- ikj aiuzi? nttil . IHPVl 1111 Wm w HI r, r wri, . r jSlB,ll'C' .J W CftT PKTROU x ' fo RiP trie PORT op ftf)T4 5oM6 ftRE TPiKcM ON ' fR66 4Hlp$ Of VERMIN John mvtm eccentric English Gport'stnail, GPRS AD S'POUNI? Ho7&oNBREP0 ANDfjTeTHBM (m.mt) X , i .j ... The .Money-Eater Probably the strangest appetite on record was that of John Mytton, ec centric Engl UJ i sportsman, who had a taste for bank notes. Strange as It seems, Mytton actual ly, on many occasions, took five pound notes $(25.00) from his pock etbook, laid them carefully on thick sllcea of bread, and ate them. Born In 1706, John Mytton Inher ited a fortune when he was a young man. He was fond of sports and be came famous for his splendid horse manship and excellent shooting. Oc casionally, when snow lay on the ground, tie hunted ducks In the nude. Once Mytton set fire to his night shirt to cure his hlccoupghs and nearly burned himself to death. A llMH ENGLhNp"-- trie NfcMe GIVEN fo frit PMFIC NOfCMW&TW YEARS BEFORE THE rluaRIMv LhNDtV HI PLVAOUTH ROCK lover of fine wines, he dally consum ed from four to six quarts of rare vintage. The First New England Forty-one years before the Pil grims landed at Plymouth Rock. Masachusetts. Sir Francis Drake gave the name. "New Albion" New Eng land to ti e Pacific Northwest coast of America I On June 17. 1570, hts ship, the "Golden Hind." d roped anchor In Drake's Bay, California, to repair a leak. A lone emissary from shore vis ited the ship and, after a long un intelligible cratlon. presented Drake with a bunch of feathers. In return, Drake gave the Indian a battered hat. Believing the gift of feathers to be a si?n of submission, Drake an nexed tt-e Pacific Coast In the name of Queen Elizabeth, calling the laud "New Albion." Strange as It seems, when Drake told the Queen personally of his conquest, she refused to accept the land as part of the British Emplrel She reasoned that it would do no good to claim the territory as no men were available to be garrisoned there. , Thus did Drake's claim to the Pa cific Coast,, along with that of Rod riguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer who had visited the region in 154, pass into oblivion. England later re gretted the fact that she did not seriously consider Drake's claim. Tomorrow: llow monkeys helped England retain (iihraltarl national chairman, Saturday called upon his party to "place squarely upon the ahonldera of President Roosevelt the "blamo for the na tion's economic Ills." Cpeaklng at a rally sponsored by the Herkimer county Republican committee the O. O. P. leader urged halt In criticizing "satellites" of the New Deal, claiming the president i was "alone responsible for conditions and vast expenditures under his ad ministration." "if thero is no grass growing in the streets of America, It la because I it has been trampled down by 13. 000.000 people looking for work," he said. Ose Mail Tribune Want Ads. Hitler Praises Franco BERLIN, July 18. (AP) Chan cellor Adolf Hitler today telegraphed his congratulations to Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco on the occasion of the second anniver sary Monday of the Spanish civil war. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. Waxes up at dawn, rfauziN6 fKlrf -THIS IS 1HE 6REAT DAV "THATf TriEv' SfaRtf ON YrtPiR-TRP OPENS PARENTS' POOR It) SEE lF1rlEv"REAVsAKE. IS SLAP POOR CREAKS STIRS AROUND IM HALl TOR A WHilE.-fHEN 60ES IX AD VWlSPET?S,"lSM'T lf-TlME fo 6EUP AWDSfARf?" RFfURWS To HflU UrfTlL PAR ENTS HAVE 10ZEP OFF A -GAlM,1'rtEN' ASKS WllL IT BE AURISHTIFHESEYS UP UREASES AtJD SPENDS "fiME TRAMPING UP AND DOWN STAIRS To SEE WHAT THE WEPrfHER IS LME OUT OF DOORS AHD WHETH ER PAflErKS ARE AWAKE VET AtlO 50, HAV1N6 FiriALW 60T THEM UP. 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