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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
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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.
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TO
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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.
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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.
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