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MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1939.
by Frances Shelley Wees-
I YESTERDAY: Tuck felli Mi
chael tvhy the "tmelU myttery."
Mist Litsey teems angry because
the Forrester$ havt come, and
Duncan Murchison it found in the
study "looklno for a book." Later,
Tuck, Aftchael, and Tuck't girl
friend, Bunny, interview Kiootnt,
the oardener.
Chapter Five
Cordon Deane
AT that moment Agamemnon,
who had presumably been
hunting a light lunch in the woods,
tore out from the underbrush be
hind them like an animal pos
sessed. He passed them with the
speed of lightning, and made for
ine open garden gate, through
which he flew.
"What's the matter with your
cat, Tuckie?" Bunny asked, her
arm about her friend's shoulders.
"This freedom goes to his head,"
Tuck said absently.
"I shouldn't be surprised, ma'am,
If it's a skunk," Higgins ventured,
picking up the handles of his bar
row hastily. "The woods here is
full of 'em. It really ain't safe to
leave the paths at all." The last
few words were called back over
his shoulder as he turned at their
garden gate and scuttled down the
path outside the hedge.
The two girls and Michael
brought up laughing at the sun
dial. "He's a scream," said Bunny.
"What's your dog's name?"
"Fred."
"Well, it doesn't sound much
more sensible than Agamemnon to
me."
"Stop your quarreling, you two
kids," Michael put in with a grin.
"Were you out there pretending to
be a skunk?" he demanded of the
youngster.
"Cert'nly not. We were chasing
rabbits, and Fred thought vour
cat was a rabbit. Sometimes he's
got no sense at all." He was sur
veying them with intense interest.
his eyes lively with curiosity. "You
going to be here all summer?" he
demanded.
"Yes."
He hitched at his knickerbockers
and looked dismally out into the
forest. "I don't think vou'll like it
much," he predicted.
What makes vou sav that? We
think it's lovely," Tuck assured
him.
'Well. Its an awful lone wav
from town."
That means it will be quieter."
It sure is auict. But its so fat
the delivery boys are always late
with everything."
1 shall take your warning, and
order way ahead of time."
"I bet your maid won't stay," hi
said darkly.
Michael cocked a reflective eve-
brow.
"' bet she will," Tuck said.
"They never will stay out here
They don't like it. They're scared.1
L
nn tiifr4'' t
"It's really a pretty dang'rous place out here,"
wanted Gordon.
U 1
; u 11; i
'I never saw such a rabbity little
man. Do you suppose it was a
skunk?"
"It doesn't," Michael said lightly;
seem wise to take chances at a
time like that."
"He was awfully embarrassed,
wasn't he?" Tuck murmured.
Poor little man, he hardly knew
what he was saying."
Michael glanced at her quickly,
but her face was serene and her
amile bland. She looked like a
particularly sweet and innocent
There was a crashing In the
bushes beside the path out in the
woods, and loud exclamations
emerged in the wake of a small
nondescript dog with shaggy hair
and a stumpy tail. The exclama
tions came, it appeared, from the
lanky, loose-jointed boy who fol
lowed the dog, hurling Impreca
tions and pine cones after him.
"T h e skunk." Michael mur
mured. Agamemnon, from the shelter of
his mistress' skirts, hissed and spit
as the dog passed the gate. The dog
heard; he pricked up his ears, low
ered his head and dashed in
through the gate. But the boy
caught him by the tail and
dragged him back yelping, until he
was in a position to administer a
sound slapping, which he did lust
ily. The dog lay on the ground with
his paws up, regarding his master
sadly, as if he had been betrayed
"Don't scold him," Tuck said,
cuddling the indignan' cat in her
arms. "It was Agamemnon's fault
He should know enough to expect
it. Dogs are supposed to chase cats,
aren't they?"
The boy stared at her. His eyes
were very blue and his hair verv
bleached and stringy. He looked as
if he had been left in the rain and
the color had run.
Warning
"IVHAT'D you call him?" he dc
' ' manderi.
"Call who?"
"That cat."
"Oh. His name Is Agamemnon."
"Agamemnon! Goshl Why?"
"Because," Tuck elucidated, "he
lsn' Persian."
The boy looked at her. "Humph,"
he said expressively.
"Isn't that all right?"
"It's all right with me. Cats don't
have to have sensible names. Not
like dogs."
"What are they scared of?" Mi
chael wanted to know.
'Murdered In Our Beds'
THE boy frowned. "Oh, just ev-
erything. It's so quiet. Burglars,
prob'ly."
"Burglars?" Tuck ejaculated in
a queer tone.
Michael took a step closer to the
youngster. "Do you mean to say
there have actually been burglars
out here? That these houses have
been molested?"
He smoothed down his hair with
a grimy hand. "Well, not exactly,"
he admitted. "But of course they
might be any time. Practic'lly any
time at all. The police wouldn't be
any use so far out here."
Michael was surveying him
thoughtfully. "Where do you live?"
he nsked.
"Over there." He wnved an arm
at the house on the left. "I'm Gor
don Deane."
Bunny turned to Tuck with a re
signed look. "I suppose we'd better
go in and pack. Tuck," she said.
Gordon gave her an approving
look. "You sure better." he said
"It's really a pretty dang'rous place
out here. So far from the car line,
an' everything. We all might be
murdered in our bods any time
the way things are."
"The way things are?" Tuck said
very quickly. She took a step to
ward Gordon.
But Michael answered before the
boy could speak. "Ile' just kid
ding us. Tuck," he said. Then.
"That's your sleeping tent out in
the yard then, is it, son? Do you
mind showing me how you've got
it reefed down?" He took Gordon's
arm and they started off toward
the gate together, the boy not at all
sure whether or not he wanted to
go.
Tuck waited until they were on
the path leading over to thf
Deanes' before she spoke; and then
there was intense bitterness in hei
voice.
"He's a mean, horrid thing." she
said feelingly, "and I'm sorry 1
married him. So there!"
"Why, Theresa Torrid Such a
temper, lamb. What's he done to
you now?"
"Can't you see?" She turned to
her friend and stamped her foot.
"Bunny, he's got : secret! Michael's
got a secret and he won't tell me
what it is."
Continued tomorrow
CATS URGED AS
TORPEDO PILOTS
Washington. Nov. 15. (U.R
An enthusiastic citizen wrote
the navy department today, sug
gesting cats be trained to ride
and steer its expensive torpedoes
to their mark.
Torpedoes nilnu. the cat
cost $10,000 each and are a dead
loss when they miss their tar
get, the citizen pointed out.
Hence, he argued, his scheme
will save the nnvy much more
than the expense Involved In
collecting and training the tabbies.
The tnme felines, the citizen
said, could bo enclosed in
waterproof cabins and make
every torpedo go straight to its
destination. He i-nclosed n com
plicated plan to insure the suc
cess of his plan, but the navy
would not disclose details, iii
line with its policy of refusing
to divulge "naval secrets."
Hone Ii Hero
Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 15 i.-l')
"Dick" was a hero nmong
horses, as well us men, today.
When fire broke out in Deputy
Sheriff Al Franco's stables,
"Dick," a pet pony, calmly un
fastened the cute with his nose
ns he had been taught, and led
live other horses to snfotv.
John C. Fremnnt wns tin. firi
actually to describe the Omit
On the
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Ab Jenkins Elected
Mayor Of Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, Nov. 15 UP)
A certificate of election pre
sented today to Aavid Abbott
(Ab) Jenkins gave conclusive
evidence that the widely-known
racing car driver, who holds 153
records, would serve as Salt
Lake City's next mayor.
The certificate was issued by
the city commission after an of
ficial canvass put Jenkins 51
votes ahead of Herbert A. Snow,
21,127 to 21,076.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
1 i
New York. Nov. 15 (P) An
estimated $350,000,000 will be
distributed starting December 4
by banks to more than 7,000,000
Christmas club members.
Herbert F. Rawll, founder and
president of the Christmas club,
said today about one-third of the
total, or approximately $113,
400,000, would be used for
Christmas purchases and the
rest for permanent savings,
year-end bills, taxes, insurance
and other purposes.
The saving this year is the
largest since 1933, an increase
of 7 per cent over the 1938 fig
ure, Rawll estimated.
Bridegroom Killed
Lebanon, Nov. 15 (&) A
binding chain on a truckload of
logs loosened yesterday and the
logs rolled onto Merle Christian
sen, 21, bridegroom of two
weeks, killing him instantly.
Christiansen, driver, had dis
mounted from the cab to re-cinch
the load, when the accident occurred.
Closing time for Too Law to Clsa
slfy Ada U 1:30 p m.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. S. Pat Oft.
FRED PERLEV WAS Tit 1b BE 1,D WHEH, AFTER,
SCMTCRIN6 HIS NErVTLV RAKED PILE OF LEAVES L00KIM6
FOR "THE COMPACT THAT THE MEMBER. OF HIS WIFE'S 8R1D6E
CLUB -THOUGHT SHE DROPPED AS SHE 60T OUf OF HER CAR.
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MEMBERS OF THE INTERWTlONhL
Boundary commission,
maintain the world's greatest
Border of friendship
. TriEy HAVE BEEN FhT FRIEND'S
For 35 YEARS 5WCETHEV 6E3AN
suffveyiNSTrie u.s.-cahapian border
IN l?o4-.
TAILSPIN TOMMY Riti, Makes an Indictment!
FRIENDS OF PEACE
Two men, one an American and the other a Canadian, have the job of maintaining the
world's longest unfortified border. .They are Thomas Higgs and Noel J: Ogilvie. who consti
tute the International Boundary commission,
"As young surveyors representing our' two governments in the field, we first met in 1904
at the Skagit river," says Mr. Riggs. "We have been intimate friends ever since. We and our
parties have always worked in perfect harmony."
Above, Mr. Ogilvie and Mr. Riggs (left to right) are shown standing beside monument
No. 1. the initial monument of the 49th parallel boundary between the two countries.
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