OUT OUR WAY
By J. R.. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hoopla
i
feV HENRY BELLAMANN ' ' ' .myic
THE TOWER TRACED
, CHAPTER XVIII
TTHEN . Parrii waked, Drake
" wj itanding beiida the bed
VltK breakfajt tray.
,.'.!C!assk' dead, Parrii."
' Parrlf opened hit mouth but be
couldn't make a sound.
"Her father killed her and
committed suicide."
. "Good Cod, . Drake! It must
have been because It was my
faultA . -
".Listen to me, Parris. You can
ruin everything If you don't
watch out It's not your fault.
He- must have been crazy."
, "Drake I've got to go and mid
cut"
"Oh, no you dontl You stay
fight here, and I'll go. But
damn it, kid, dont you see you
might get mixed up in this some
way?" . .
; "Well, we've got to tell them.
I"
! "I swear, I'll knock your head
loose If you don't do what I tell
you. Listen just as a favor to
DC let me go downtown, and I'll
come right back. It everything
looks sU right, you can go out;
yourself. Now, will you promise
met"
TRAKE didnt come back until
noon. He looked hot and
tired.
: "It's all right, kid, as far as
rou're concerned."
i "That's not the question. I'
mean, did you find out why he
killed her?"
V "No. His letter he left a letter
on his study table didn't tell any
season at all. He Just explained'
that he had killed her and was
going to kill himself."
; "Is that all?"
' "There was a letter addressed:
to the bank, and to Colonel Skef-'
ngton a kind of a will. He left
everything he had to you."
"Left it to me! Why? What
for?"
"No explanation at all. Colonel
Ekeffington asked all sorts of
questions. Wondered if you had'
any inkling of mis. But you see
It excuses you, all right; from any.
responsibility in Cassie's death.;
If that had been what he killed
her for, he wouldn't have left you
his property."
Parris beat on the table with!
his fists. "I don't care about that
I dont care about that! It's Cas
aie! Cassie . . . too! What did she
do?" He leaned forward and bent
his head on his clenched hands.;
: "You stay out of it Some--bodyTl
begin to ask you ques-
tions, and just like I said, you!
haven't got any more sense than,
to teU everything you know."
i Parris looked a little blank.
"Everything I know?" -
"You know ' that Cassia came '
running here last night like some-.
thing was after her, and wanted'
you to msnx-ber." - ,
"Well " '
""'CjmUL'iOU imagine what Kings;
Row would make out of that!
Think a little; you numskull!
This town's been talking about
the Towers ever since I can re
Ri ember anything, wondering
about 'em, and the like."
Parris sat rigid, and Drake
waited. Parris face had altered
during these hours. - -
ipABBlS and Drake returned
from the double funeral late
Ithe next afternoon. It had been
snore of an ordeal than either of
Ithem had anticipated. There waa
curious crowd that packed the
idim, shabby house. Everyone
watched Parris.
Whatever the mystery might be
that lay back of this dark and!
Iterrible happening, be felt that!
Dr. Tower and Cassie belonged to
him, and to him alone.
His grandmother, Dr. Tower,
Cassie to lose three people who
were a real part tf your life, all
In one week. Parris felt old,
spent He was thankful for
Drake's friendly assurance in the
days that followed.
killed them both, or was at least
as much to blame as the hand of
Dr. Tower. Somewhere else in a
city some place where his mind
would have been appreciated, his
genius welcomed, and his strange
ness overlooked for the sake of
both, surely Dr. Tower would have
found ...
And Cassie! There might have
been a normal girlhood for her in
a kinder environment Here, locked
away from everyone from would
be friends as well as jealous, gos
sipy Gordons what chance had
she been given for rationality?
He closed the notebook and
passed his hand over his eyes in
the old gesture.
nARRIS and Drake stood on the
little station platform. They
felt stiff and awkward.
A girl came through the station
door and stood looking about She
was very pretty in a husky, forth
right fashion. She saw Drake and
her gray-blue eyes smiled.
Drake turned. "Why, Randy
Monaghan!"
"You going away?"
"Parris is going to Europe."
Drake was looking very steadily
at Randy. A slow warmth of
color rose under her deep tan.
Drake took her by the arm. "Gee,
Randy, I bet you're the prettiest
girl in the world!"
There was a bustle and a quite
unnecessary hurry about the
place as the train of two coaches
clanked to a standstill.
Parris stood on the rear plat'
form and looked back through
the thick smudge of acrid train
smoke as the station slowly re
WITH the thin strength of the
numbed Parris forced himself
to return to Dr. Tower's study
for his notebooks and the letters
from Vienna about his schooling.
That night he was about to pack
the composition books away when
he noticed one, thicker than the
others, closely written in Dr.
Tower's small, difficult handwrit
ing. Parris stared at it for a mo
ment He wondered if he had a
right to read it It was clearly
a sort of confidential record. Cer
tainly, Parris thought, he, more
than anyone else, had a right to:
know what led up to the tragici
outcome of that mysterious night)
He turned tfie lamp up a little.!
Drake had gone to bed. Then he
began to read. .
He grew heavier of heart as;
the naffea tumpri. Thin mam on-
Other man than the one who sat-
and taught him clearly and me-i
thodically. This was the samei
brain, but functioning in an alto
gether different and frightening
manner. It was the brain of a bril
liat mad man. a man who killed
his wife when her mind snapped;!
who killed his daughter because)
her mental unbalance was grow
ing worse with the years; who
took his own life because he kneWi
that he was coldly, clearly insane.!
An arrogant and intrepid intel
ligence flared through the pages,
sometimes wandering, sometimes
driven willfully, along dangerous
ways. -'The Gordons, there had
Deen no doubt for Dr. Tower,
were to blame because he was
refused -a post at the asylum.
From then on he had fed on the
.bitterness of his own solitude.
consoled himself with the assur
ances of his own superiority, and
noted with icy: detachment that
liis own abnormalcy flowered in
Cn.'sandra. ,
Parris shuddered. Kings Row, he
felt vaguely narrow, spiteful,
OShipyu inbred. Kings Row had
- Drake gave deep algu.
He's a nice boy, isnt he?"
"The very best Well there he
goes. Four years! Gosh!" He
turned, and his stiffened features
achieved something of his old
faunlike grin. "Say my buggy's
down here. How about coming
for a ride?"
"All right" she said, "lefa."
(To Be Continued)
No Bananas
Banana oil has no connection
with bananas outside of its banana-like
odor. In reality, it is
isoamyl acetate, which is pro
duced by the union of certain
acetic acids with amyl alcohol.
All federal employes must pay
income taxes, including the
president and congressmen, ex
cept federal judges who took
office before June, 1932.
mm
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
, Ferguson
SERVES IN
AAANY WAVS,
but rr is
IM STOPP1M&
6UN Rie
AT NEW ORLEANS,
IN ISI2-. THE
BRITISH BOIL.T
FORTIFICATIONS
WITH BARRELS
OF SUGAR,
BEUEVIN& THEV
AAOLMD STOP
SHOT, LIKE SAAO,
BUT THE CANNON
eont im st au tnvm. as.
CAN RESIST A
PULXJNO FORCE .:.
OF ABOUT - -. -
on rrs-DOOR-
5-12)
f. a. its. a. a. pat. orr.
SuN2 OF THE
Following animalS ARB
known as what:
mmavso.. wot..
1
ANSWER: Beaver, kitten; hare, leveret; wolf, whelp; elephant,
calf; deer, fawn. -
NEXT: "This way to the egret?
YOUNG ACTRESS
HORIZONTAL
1,6 Pictured-.
young actress.
10 Entices.
11 Proportion.
12 Term in
bowling
PlO.
14 Knave of
clubs (cards)."
15 One who
. prevaricates.
18 Parts of
moldings.
19 Nocturnal
flying
mammal. ,
20 Concluding
clause of a
writ (law).
21 Formed
knot in.
22 Pertaining to
- us.
23 Sacred vocal
compositions.
24 Hypothetical
structural
units.
25 Leases.
27 Pints Xabbr.).
28 Music note.
Answer to Previous Pnxile
HQ AIU5ITRALI I A pHT
X SLJs R a wn E 3 3-1 S
p AnffsPTTRTt tsPle a
N I EjCEUNIOPljErl E N D
ENPRIEPPSHSTIR I DC
RONP6pqApBUNjPER
I Tjg.BOgBBR cgpjj
I YES, I'M GOING I! OH, YOUR, MA MADE UP 4JH
I' II I ILJ EOWKl NOW TO yMj WHLIT YOU WAS SHORT T7 1
' ' I 3 eT MY 90MD- .itM TO BUV A BOND.' GOSH, I i,V )W
W 1-1 I WA3 SHORT BUT OU'VE OOT A VOk) ft ura
M g -TVO DOLLARS, ,fM DERFUL H..' I"M SHORT V ; $ 1'
R &UT MY MOTHER. I fft A UTILE, TOO, FER MY - l W.
m l. made rr up J mfth bono-but-golly, :tW
.V;. !f.. THE 'SMA8.T CRACK' 3-n
DRT 600SA,r4
HS WON EVERV
ROUND No MBTH
ODICALUV AS A
WORKMAN WITH A
CONCRETE HAMMER
BREAKING UP A
PAMEMENT.'-'
already x cai
HEAR 3AKE,
CROVJ LU6TILV
OVER VMiinJNING
M.V VMAGER
IT'S THE LfVfcT ROUND,
CLANCY, AND NOU
hasien't dome ny
better than a
bumble -bee in a
ba&ket op way.
daisies your
only chance is
CHILL eOO&AN
US ROUND,
1
mm m mm it . -x mmm w r i - . mam
WHY DON'T
(SOMEBODY TELL, 1
ME THE.SS
TUlMGSf
fiOOGAN'S TAP6
HAMB ROLLED OFF A
ME LIKE RICS AT
A BEDDING,
I'LL HAN& A
YARD OP CREPE
ON HIS CHIM
TUIC
ROUND;
ViiloOGA
HAS
ROOMDS
RED RYDER
30 Great Lake.'
32 Yes (Sp.).
33 Opera (abbr.).
34 Moccasin.
35 Corpulent
36 Cipher.
38 Part of "be."
29 Man.
40 Concludes.
41 More painful.
42 Let it stand.
43 Foils.
'44 The poplar.
47 Desist,
18 Shakespearean
king.
48 Dreaded.
VERTICAL
1 Shines
13 Inordinate -self-esteem,'
14 She has taken
in many
motion
pictures.
16 Attorney
(abbr.).
IT Postponers.
19 Kind of
biscuit
20 Theme.
22 Whirlwind.
26 Division of the
calyx (bot).
29 Disciple.
31 Male sheep.
32 Tapioca-like
food..
33 Trying
experience.
dazzlingly.
2 Ghastly pale.
3 Mineral rocks. 35 cultivated, a
4 Thing (law).
& Exists.
6 Thick
preserve.
7 And (Fr.).
8 Shoulder plate
in medieval
armor.
9 Reports.
11 Rodent.
12 Lampoons,
land.
37 Entomology
(abbr.).
39 Small rodent.
41 She is a
young
43 Body of water.
45 Rough lava.
46 Mister (abbr.)
47 Symbol for
cerium.
! 2. 3 4- 15 I I 16 17 18 19
To"-" """" I III , :
IT" 13 ' I 1 14 I j 15 l& 1 17
w j fr j zo :
Zl I 1 22 ' I 15
24 -n2s1 " 1 pnJ-'-7 r-i
36 37 V 38" j39
5ZZZ p'
4? 45 4bmmT' 47. '
4ttl 1 1 HM 1 1 1 In
By Fred Harmon
rotott on a V A eCHCOU VIITH
school' ok 4r. y. leACneR, books
(SE.T rtLr 'ill A , THE
afu-Low viVNto f von hurt to
BlLLT O5T0f4, Y -0X T& HiM .'
Alt KJfl FIGURE I STAT HERS., IITTIE
ON HI6 HE..P, fCAve.. Vrt
( i lookinj 1 .11. 1 11.1 rmTTTf "V ( y?J?S?? V
Eosv4 where wuio jn.--' K-A I "iSP.rl ) ,.
;!
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
By Harold Gray
V TWENTY-EGHT
I PffTTEKTS YESTERCVt-l
AMO THEY STWJ.
COMELUCKY YOU WE
HERE. OR. et-UNT-
1
fM HOT
MUCH HEJ
"THEYCO'te "TO SEE
YOU-
wrmtxrrYou 1 cdulomt
HftrOLE HALF OF THEM
BUT WITH VOO To
HERO THEM IN AND
TO DISPENSE"-BUT
fM AFRAID OUR LAB
EXPERIMENTS WILL
PC Ft 1 I I.U
YES-BUT
AFTER
ALL.
HELPING
THE ILL IS
THE FIRST
JOB, I GUESS-
T
I
1
- V .M
1 -AM?
OF COURSE F
ONLY SO MANY WERE
ILL wot MERELY
WASTING A DOCTORS
TIME - THEN THERET)
BE TIME REALLY TO
HELP THE SICK-
TARMRaTl
DR. ZEE 13
mmmtmmmmmmmmmmky
OH. DOCTOR!
I HAVE SUCH FITS
OF Dt-PRESWON ,
rvp TPipn FvpwTHiMt;'
MOTHIMC4 btt-Mi IU
DO ANY GOOD
WALK FIVE
MILES EVERY
DAY-FOLLOW
THIS DIET-
YOUU. EOSSEI
YOUK
DEPRESSION
BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES
By Martin
M& OCKSi
vr
CsUCbS VS'c.
HVt. MOO TO
PXbe. OW tttCtlOKiS TW.WS
NA' 9TW, WSN. i.o&T TV.
rAcVSc. VWTW PAitV6 L DOQtt-
wiiiil wina im
I .I'XiJMI woo
WASH TUBS
By Crane
EASY THANK VOU, MB. OLIVER.
ASKED ME 1 66T MY THWS RMM
TO LOOK I MY ROOM NEAR HOTEL
AFTER VOU, I CATCH BOAT KXt
LISKA J ADEM, OR CAB20, AVX)
XTART OVEB
f I 1J HJl WAIT HEBb, TTVPi
; THAT VOO lij S ViVlVl v V
w
VE6, IS 6ETTGR 1 LEAVE THIS PLACE,
FOR THOSE JAPS WILL NOT EASILV
FORAET WHAT I HAVE PONE,
Fi' 1
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
By Blosser
WHAT WE NEED
IS MORE GUYS
LIKE M3U IN .
POLITICS 1 WHATIL
rr bo ? rrs om
Tue HOUSE
I MILK, I
Joe MAKE
MINE
'S JJ ROOT.
MOO JUCB AND
WITCHES' BREW?
AW, COME ON
BAIT TUB TPAP
BB BIO ORDER.
SOU eTHIN VOU
CIN CHEW
" You'Re A LOCAL, mero, -l
FRECKLES 1 ANO SP PAR, f ..ArJK I
1 HAVE NT EVEN DioORATffO J I WA . ,vj
YOU y A WREATlJ TV f'll
Iff.,,, ' - Vft1rOP MISTLBTOe , Yin
''Vf7 X Njffl UProvep. from I I
-TO 6B USED FOR JUST SUCH EMBPJSENCIES
3
X
' ' '
VcofViwnyiilvifi.iKt. i.M.im.Ofl nrflinnl 0 J
ALLEY OOP
' DAMOED IF rT AlKfT OUEER N fyEZZIR...6HOT DOWN WZLJ l-J-T
( ABOUT OOOLA'a DISAPPEAR.- V OWE Of THE DRA0' ilr 1 L-Tl-
V AMCE...BUTI Q1JE8S SHE OW.' AV4D WKATCHA f THEY'RE VTT
i MU9TA WEKJT SACK FOR s. THIMK? CAPTURED I BRIMOIKX IM1 J-f d
V MORE AMMUMITIOK) . r'V ITS RIDER. THE PRIOOM-L-T T
X- qS-, THAT & I EEL KJOVJ.VOUC I I 1.
V i. " -pAk WHAT A MAJESTY yJ
By V. T. Hamlir 3
J'W . . I ..- . " 1 1 WN B
7 H-Ml.WI-l-.lfcC5e YCllKS !),
a DO I HAFTA FROM WHAT 1 RIOHTl BUT t'O PORSOTTBU At
IRL MAKE WAR ( I'VE HEARD, IT A ITS POSSIBILITIES... GLAD A
. ( OM WOMEM INVIL.L BB NO MBWl- VOU OHONBD UP TO if
tM, il!