The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, October 21, 1940, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. SERIAL STORY y NEW YORK JUNGLE BY WRAY WADE SEVERN COYRIOHT. IMO. NKA sanvici. inc. TTICHnAVl Hoaa aaeata lark ih door aa laa alarm rraihea abnat farm. Hnahlat; ap alatra, (ae mra And all aonra and 'irtadomi larkrd, a aa Tlaal-a af aa laraar. Taara la a tram laa Jnaa-lr. ' raadlra ara arnaakt. Braltwnaa' im Ada!. Iraalaa alr aaalaai ka iloaaaa. Maria MrrapSald la at ala at. Kaar kr aaae la AdaM'a DEATH IS THE JDNOLI CHAPTER IV A DAM LANGDON'S hands hum V" stiffly forward, his feet ex tended toward the floor like flgure hung on a gibbet. A small . red spot stained the bosom of hit , .shirt. The gaping rigidity in his face told the rest. So might some dreadful scarecrow have appeared to a passing farmer on a moon less night tn a fingering ray of lantern light. Langdon'a buttoned coat had caught over the lioness' head and the scimitar, fastened to the beast's neck, had penetrated be neath his shoulder, both helping to' hold him in crazy erectness.j All this Braltwood saw In a glance. "Is it a double murder?" Craig Gundrum asked. . "Murder! Not thatl" Hugh groaned. e 'T'HK word had an eerie sound in that dark room. Yet it was no stranger there. The shad owy beasts crowding the darkness had all known violent deaths. The weapons on wall and rack had drunk deep from the wild, free life of Jungle and veldt; the ancient blunderbusses and obso lete daggers had been employed .. to grim purpose more than once. But the six persons in the room ' reacted to It in oddly .different way. It sponged the blond vigor from Hugh Langdon'f powerful face; Nella, had refused to uncover her eyes and face the horror that had been her uncle a few short moments before. At the table, Patricia Langdon bad frozen in her seat, apparently unable to utter a sound. Tog! trembled per-' ceptibly. Cundrum'i eyes were, ; brilliant with excitement Bralt : Wood was shocked, but calm, ' Sidney had dropped to his knee beside Marta. It was only after wards, when he tried to recon struct the scene, that he recalled hearing Gundrum whispering to Pat Langdon. e e fARTA wis alive. Her pulse, however faint, her breathing. told Sidney that She stirred slightly as he bent ever her. "Marta has only fainted," said Hugh. 'who had joined them. "I thought at first it might be mur der and suicide." ('Between them they carried Marta to the window teat Sidney -brought liquor from the table and "forced It through her bloodless lips, while Hugh and Togi began a search of the Jungle for traces icf ,tba murderer. It seemed in possible he could have passed them, on the stairway and made his escape through the floor above, hut there was no other exit ; ' Marta stirred. Her eyelids flut lered'and then she had caught .the Jewyer's hand in a desperate .grip. ..: .."Adam la dead, Sidney," she whispered. "I felt hi face." "Do you know who killed my husband. Miss Hempfleld?" Pat langdon had crossed to them. All the strength of her young will lay behind the question. . "No, I do not know who killed Adam, Mrs. Langdon," Marta muttered, "but I know he is dead." "Please do not question Miss Hempfleld. She is too weak to talk," Sidney said, sternly. "Marta. you are not to discuss this with anvone." a a TIE was certain Langdon had not ahot himself. No powder burns framed the red spot on his shirt front And above all others, Marta had a motive for murder. She had been found lying at Adam's feet all but grasping the weapon with whteh he had armed him self. She had admitted she knew he was dead. Alert in her de fense, the lawyer realized the need for caution. "Sorry." Pat turned toward the lioness and its dreadful burden. Sidney followed. "Nothing must be touched," he cautioned them. "We must wait . for the police." "Do we need to call the police?" Nell a questioned plaintively. "Can't you all see how this hap pened? Uncle Adam was stand ing on the lioness' block. I don't know why, but he must have been. Like the floor, it's highly waxed and slippery. He slipped forward. His coat caught and jerked him back against the scimitar. It's like a razor. Nat urally his gun fell from hit hand. There there it is." She pointed to the old-fashioned weapon on the floor and burst into a fit of hysterical weeping. "I differ." Instantly Gundrum had lifted the back of Adam's coat "The scimitar hasn't penetrated deeply," he aaid with relief. "It could not have caused death. I shouldn't like to believe that my carelessness had been responsible for a tragedy, but there is no doubt about the block being slip pery." "In cases of violent death, no matter what the cause, the police must be summoned, Nella," Sid ney said gently. a a 'T.IOW extraordinary to have them in on one's first house party after marriage," Pat breathed. "N'ella, you had better go up to your room and lie down." She was calm, apparently emo tionless. How can she be so cold, Sidney thought with Adam. . . . "It's my unpleasant duty to in sist that we all remain together until the police come," he said, again the formal attorney. "You understand that we shall all be searched for the weapon that killed Adam." "Weapon?" Nella sobbed stub bornly. "Adam was shot" Sidney said. "There is a bullet hole in his shirt front' Nella. The rest of ua no ticed it" "The police will not have far to look. Miss Hempfleld all but had the gun in her hand," Pat put in quickly. "A ballistic expert will have to determine whether or not a bullet from that gun killed Adam, Mrs. Langdon," Sidney reminded her. "We don't know yet who handled it" "You knelt beside Miss Hemp fleld, Mr. Braltwood. Could you, by any chance, have wiped off her fingerprints?" "Not by the remotest chance," Sidney replied, evenly. "I come In with Mr. Braltwood, He no do," Togi Interrupted ex citedly. "Mr. Hugh, he no wipe off. I see both." "Let's get upstairs into the light," Hugh suggested. "The thieves, if any, will have left the house long ago after nil this com motion. I need a drink." Led by Hugh, and with Sidney supporting Marta, they walked from the room of death. (To Be Continued) OUT OUR WAY r On a bulletin board in his cam paign car, Wendell Willkie keeps score on the rocks, eggs and assorted fruits and vege tables thrown at him or his train. So far there have been no duect hits on the candidate recorded. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson IF VOU WERE TOO ILL. TODAY TO CO VOUR wox, you i-lad PLENTY OF COMPANy IM YCPtjee . 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