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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1943)
US .wan K.nr 40 . -rti SERIAL STORY' : 'I AM A MURDERER' BY MORRIS MARKEY AT some minute past 8 o'clock , (Daylight Saving Time) ot a September evening In the year 1040. I stood In full view of per- !'? haps 30 men and women, all of iMby whom were acquainted with me, .! at least by sight, and shot two bullets Into the heart of Col. Wes ley Hope Merrl wether. I then' moved, with such swiftness as may ( bo forgiven In the circumstances, '"-it away from the scene. This could lead you to believe j that I am a fugitive from Justice.! But that is hardly the case. I am J not a fugitive in the sense of' the! word as one in flight I live: fa ' surroundings of the utmost! charm and serenity, with no carej at all upon my mind and certainly i no fear, while police officers oi a whole continent search among the byways of a hodge-podge so ciety for some trace of me. Such a trace they can never, possibly, find. . W My well, I suppose we must' call It a vendetta, though I despise! ,wn the word has been accomplished. ! '-A- Perhaps, Indeed, the whole pur-', Ma pose of my existence has met, andl passed, Its climax. At any rate,; jvi. that is the best explanation I can! " provide for my present compul sion to set down these facts upon paper. . ,, , -.., Ci, I is no doubt odd, at the age; of 34, to be a man who has.com-. pleted his work upon this earth, to be sitting beneath the awning which covers the afterdeck of his yacht, glancing out over the blue waters of the timeless sea, and dwelling upon memories after the fashion of an ancient veteran of long-forgotten wars. ' But such, las, is the truth of it. . .. Beally? Well, perhaps within a certain while I shall hitch my wagon to another star. Though bo star in all the heavens could be so glitteringly compelling as the last one. The pursuit of no dream so fascinating, so magnifi cently satisfying, as that which left Merriwether dead, and fin ished, and even a trifle pitiable because even in the extremity he did not lose his elegance. - Be that as it may. Would you care for the story? CHAPTER I crtHE station wagon rolled along the level paved road, past the elms and the broad lawns of the manor houses. Cynthia Merri wether. was driving, and it. was an astonishing thing that she could invest even so commonplace an occupation: with a spirit of zest and gaiety. She was a lovely crea ture, with golden red, hair, and bright blue eyes, and laughter that trailed through the open' windows of the wagon to hang in the soft ir. It was: in the nature of things that she should have not one com' p anion, but three, and all" of these j wree men . xienxy . rrenuss was beside her , on . the front seat. amiably assuring her that within the next two hours she would be bankrupt "You havent a chance In the world, Mist Pretty," he said. "Even If your precious Whirlwinds had Tommy Hitchcock playing i; number three, they couldn't beat a iy crowd today. We're hot, I tell - trou." But . remember," she .said, You're out of it How can Clover1 get anywhere at all. without the magnificent Prentiss wonder of the west, southpaw marvel ot the times?" ; , Prentiss laughed., "Clover goes op three goals, Pretty, when Pren tiss takes to the sidelines. I'd rather have Mike in there any day, if Mike is mounted right He will be today." He was an easy sort of man. His blond hair was burnt with the sun and wind. His very blue eyes rarely lost their touch of laughter, of some profound and secret amusement that nudged his soul, Eay in,: day out He was strongly lade, and his shoulders seemed, Iperhaps, a trifle broader than they really were beneath the exag. (Berated checks of his pale tweed Backet Toby Parker, leaning between (them from the back seat, was tight end nervous. "How do you get rated, anyway, Hank?" he asked. ("I thought they ruled out left handers three or four years ago." I, Fred West .who sat beside him, was in quick agreement "Its dangerous stuff, you know, Hank. fTo tell the truth, I always go hay wire when I see you coming down Ion the ball. Haven't the faintest pdea which side you're going to play. Horror of smashing into you ': f head on." JJOTH of the younger men were m- in boots and white breeches , o and the' absurd gray-and-green ;! checked shirts of the Whirlwind 4. side. Behind them, on the floor 1' of the wagon, were sticks and -,.-' helmets, spurs : and whips and spare tack and camel's hair coats and gaudily striped towels. Prentiss grinned at them. "Well, it's a little like the time they ruled out gspltball . pitchers In COPYRIOHT. IHt NEA SERVICE. INC baseball. All spitballers in good standing could keep on throwing in their rather unsanitary way until they workout, but no new ones were allowed. Same as mi in this same. The left-handers with a rating could go on playing, at least until that head-on col lision removed them from the lists. I even think about, its possibilities myself, sometimes." Cvnlhia turned her head about to regard the younger men. The station wagon, by some special miracle, continued true upon its course. "You hearties are begin ning to sound a liitle Jittery," she observed. "Get your minds off the game. Think about Ginger Sogers Fred AUen. Because you ve igot to win, you know. I've got jmillions riding on you. But mil Jions!" I'd feel a lot easier," Toby iParker said, "if you hadn't put all that jack on us. Even if it is only thousands instead of your crazy exaggeration. I don't like to play for anybody's chips but mine. And if it doesn't annoy you too mucn, Cvnnie. there's a Mack truck com ing out of MiHer's drive." She lauehed and turned her eyes to the road. They slipped around the truck, and Cynthia exchanged quick, amused glance wiin Henry Prentiss. "You know," she said, "I dont really mind if they re "a litue ner-vl-ous." Cynthia Merriwether tooled the station wagon down the length of the field, just beyond the side boards, until she came up to theH little cluster of men and horses gathered at the far end. She jumped from her seat and called out gaily to players and grooms, and patted a lean brown pony on THIS CURIOUS WORLD ftSS1 1 SWWglSAMEM CAN4 COPS. 19W BY NEA SERVICE. INC T. M. RES. U. S. 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