Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1937, Page 34

DAILY SHORT STORY A NICE GAME By Vic QN HIS way to Borax, Ray Longworth stopped by at Jules Win- gate’s ranch. The house was locked, but smoke was curling from the chimney. Ray be- came curious and peered in at one of the windows saw Jules before the fireplace, either unconscious or dead It was only 5 miles to Borax, and rather than force an entrance, Ray decided to ride for help. He had pro- gressed less than a mile when he met Sheriff Sol Rock coming from the opposite direction. The two men returned, forced the door and found that Jules was dead from a bullet wound in his head. An old-fashioned six-shooter, with one shell exploded, lay on the floor at hls\ feet “Don’t blame the old cuss murhl for committing suicide,” Ray re-| marked He was getting old and going 1n the hole every year. No ves an' few friends.” *Joe Blossom was his friend,” Sol | said. “And as soon as he hears about | this, the fur'll fly. He'll contend that Jules was murdered, an' go rantin’ around lookin' for the killer. “Mebbe it was murder!” Ray claimed “Mebbe,” Sol agreed. “Leastwise we can depend on Joe thinkin' it | was. The old man once did Joe a favor. He ain't forgot it.” That afternoon Joe Blossom paid 8ol a visit. *“Hello, Sol. Bunch over at the Red Dog said you wanted to see me?” “That's right, Joe. Guess you ain't heard, eh?” | “Heard what?" | Jules. He shot hisself | ex- | } “HE cigarette paper into which Joe was shaking tobacco, fluttered to the floor ‘Shot himself?> You | ein't kiddin', Sol?" | “Sorry, but it's a fact. Ray Long- | worth was ridin’ by an' stopped in. | Found the old man had a bullet in his head. His six-shooter was lyin' on the floor nearby, with one shell | exploded.” | Joe Blossom swore softly. “Don't let this throw yuh, son, Bol said. “Guess you was Jules' best friend.” Joe got to his feet. There was a strange glint in his eyes. “You know how me and Jules stood. Sol. He done me a favor once I| ain't never been able to repay. That is, I ain’t up to now. Ten days ago Jules told me he'd have to sell his place for the mortgage unless he | could raise $10,000. He had $5,000 | saved up. Well, I see a way to do him a favor. J Yardman. Joe's mouth sud- denly grew hard. “Look here, 8ol, you sure it was sui- cide? There mighta been some one knowed about that $5,000 Jules had saved. Don't it seem strange to you the door was locked?” Sol considered. “Seems like that would strengthen the suicide theory. Jules didn't want no interruptions.” “But Jules wasn't the sort of jigger to shoot hisself, no matter how black the future looked. No, let's see what we can figure out before doin’ anything. How about Ray Longworth? I ain’t above suspectin’ no one, when $5,000 is concerned.” “You can figure Ray out of it. If he shot Jules he wouldn't come runnin’ to me with the news, like he did.” “Met him on the trail, didn’t yuh?” “Ray ain't no actor, an' he was plumb awed by what we found back in the house. Nope, Ray ain't guilty.” “Well, who is then? Sheriff, you ought to do something.” “I aim to.” * % K x OE'S eyes gleamed fiercely. “Well, what? Sittin’ here won't help any!" “Sittin' here,” said Sol after A moment, “so far has helped matters | agood deal.” Joe swung around glaring. | “Fifteen minutes ago, Joe, when | you came in here I was plumb sold | on the idea that Jules had shot his- self. T had it figured out that upon hearing the news you'd take on some an’ make a lot of talk about a | murderer. But the more yuh talked | the more convinced I become that | it was all a game with you, that you knew in the end I'd have to let the| killing go as suicide, because I couldn’t | | prove anything. An' that would free | you of guilt and suspicion for good.” | “What you drivin' at, Sol?” | “Just this! Sol suddenly leaned‘ forward. Simultaneously he Whlpde‘ his six-shooter from its holster and balanced it on his knee. “Just this: ‘ That $5,000 you got in your pocket, | Joe, was never borrowed from an | up-State friend. It was stole from | Jules Wingate, and in stealin’ it, you | had to shoot him. A nice little game, | Joe, that might have worked out ex- | Jolly Polly A Little Chat on English BY JOS. J. FRISCH. DAD JUST LOVES COCKTAILS. HE SAYS THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN TRAILERS SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE MIXING COCKTAILS ON ROUGH “I saddled up an’ headed north. An’ this mornin’ I got back in town with the money. Planned on ridin out to give it to Jules this afternoon. Sort of a surprise.” Joe hesitated | and swallowed hard “Doggone 1!,‘ I was a fool not to tell him I had a chance a gettin' that money. Poor old cuss thought I musta deserted him.” | | Brain Twizzlers BY PROF. J. D. FLINT. WILLY, YOURE | AGENIUS ) ; | ITTLE WILLY had always been a problem child in a way. Ha‘ wasn't too mischievous or hard to| handle, but he took interest in doing things alone and didn't seem to care about playing games that most chil- dren his age played. One of his| favorite pastimes was poring over books and magazines and selecting | words which he liked especially well. | These words he would place mnelhflr‘ in sentences and phrases whether they | made any sense or mot | One day Willy sat in his room look- | ing at a magazine which was de- | voted to gardening of all types After | looking at it for a while he started | to write on a piece of paper. Some time later his mother entered the room and looked at the paper. On it were several phrases which meant | little or nothing to her. They were: | I near gum, a low life cur, a sugar | #ap, I hate cork, asp chin, it ram us nut. Willy volunteered an explana- tion and said that the idea for each phrase had come from the letters in the names of things which grew in gardens. Can you tell what each was? 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