Roseburg news-review., July 23, 1927, Page 5, Image 5

ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, SATURDAY. JULY 23, 1927. ,
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THIS HAS HAPPENED
Attempts have been made on
tlio life of Kllus Murborry, Uio
on property adjoining the queer
little jungle-bordered town of Por
to Verde, la weat central Brazil, i
Several mysterious deaths have
occurred, but so tar Bhe hau es
caned barm, due to the shrewdness)
ot her couslu and protector, Vlluk,
who masquerades us her uttoruey
under the uume of Davis. Vlluk Is
a curious mixture of Amerlcun aiul !
Urleutal blood uud a student of
ti luimuiugj. jib uifo iu utuauuuu
Kline to leave the country, leav
, ing blm there with btB friend, Lin
f colu- Nunnally, uu elderly Ameri-j
can chemist, to solve the mystery.,
Kllso at first refuses, but after'1
her two-year-old orphaned nephew,
is kidnapped, to be touud uguiu by
the alert Vlluk, aud another at
tompt is made on their lives, Bhe
ugruea and prepares to take the
next boat.
Her departure Is prevented by :
the threat of floods. Messengers
ride through the countrysldo warn
ing the natives that the dam at
Avllos has burst. Thou Vlluk de
cides to proceed to the bouse of
Uaylord Prentiss and warn him, of
the danger. Prentiss Is a recluse
and a forbidding man, as well as
an enemy of Kiise's, and she su
spects him of some knowledge of
the conspiracy against ber. Never
theless, she agrees that It is their
duty to warn him.
They learn that the flood warn
ing Is just a ruse to get Prentiss
.out of his house. Vilak persuades
Prentiss to admit them and they
barricade themselves In a small
stone tower. Unknowa attackers
begin firing from the barricaded
i. gale. Nunnally is wounded.
NOW BEGIN THE STORY "
V ' CHAPTER XXIX
Vilak turned his blackened lace
from hiB rifle .an Instant, shot a
glance at the chemist, squeezed
bis shoulder affectionately. .."Hard
luck, Nanny,'! he suld . cheerily.
. "Work for you, EHse."
He Tiwung his head back to his
riflo and began to redouble the
rut of bis already rupld fire.
"Cheer up, Nanny. Needed another
wounded man to keep me company.
You with your arm and I with the
wrist I got the other night will go
around singing with a grind-organ.
alter we get out of this.' -Wake
more that way than-you do with
chemistry," -. . i ,
1 Ellso had hastened forward to
examine the ' wound. ' Nunnally
tried to prevent her. "No tir
No," he stammered. "It isn t '
anything Just a scratch A
splint of steel a er splinter.
Fix it myself Need you at the
window."
Elise"lia: not . heed him,'-. She
looked at the floor, now in places
covered with an inch or twoof"-wa-Y
ter from the spring trickling in the
corner. She found a clear pool
and in one instant had brought wat
ter, from It and washed the wound,
iu thje next had torn a strip of
cloth from her dress and tied It iu
a tight bandage, checking the How
of blood.
The gray silk appeared like a
great butterfly which had settled
on his wispy arm. , A bell begun to
ring: in some far off part of the
house. The dog bayed loudly.
Prentiss cadaverous body writhed,
bis angular face contorted .wilh.
fear, his eyes were the eyes of a
trapped beast. "They've gotten In
" he panted. "Gotten In"
Vilak shook his head. "No. Sure
they haven't. I can seo too piain-
lv A hullo miiol l.ntro nt
the electric wires around the lock."'
A man's silhouette appeared oil the
barbed wire which overtopped the
wall. "Good idea that extra wire.
Wakes them perfect targets.
Don't think they'll try that again
even if thoy do know now, that It
i isn't carrying high voltage. 'V
me oesiegers nring necame
desultory. Vilak took advantage of
the interval of inaction to stretch
flilH cramped muscles and light a
clgaret. The match sputtered into
the water at bis foot. He gazed, at
it philosophically, "Hope none' of
you the susceptible to pneumonia,
with all this water on the floor.
Seems to mo I've been living in the
liquid for the past month."
He splashed over to the box of
cartridges, - which for security
iigalnnt a stray bullet hud been put
behind a -heavy wooden chest, Ho
fingered the bullets thoughtfully.
"No use losing our heads, but the
cold fact has to be admitted that
we're in a pretty situation. Our
ammunii ion's running very low,
our enemy is superior In numbers,
at least four times oursnlves, I
should say, judging by the rifle
ballots. At the most, even with no1
change of tactics on their part and!
with everything In. our favor, we
can nolo tnem oil only two hours
or. so while it will he morning be
fore anyone learns that the report
of the flood is false and returns to
Porto Verde. So we can expect no
help there. A beautiful job this.
Perfectly planned. Perfectly plan
ned. I extend our friends outside
my compliments."
He flicked the ash from his cl
garet. "If any of you have any
Ideas, they'll bo welcome."
Elise and the old man looked at
him nnd shook their heads. Pren
Ush did not turn front his window,
hut kept his eye fixed now on (he
gate, now on the house. Vilak
stretched again' then returned to.
bis post. A sound of chopping rose
tip from the creek, followed soon
after by the rumble of a falling
tree. .
Eltse glanced at Vilak question
Ingly. "A battering ram, prob
ably," he KRftl. "About time they
thought of it. They'll try to break
( down the gate. And at tlm Inns
of a few men they'll undoubtedly
do It, for moat of them can keep in
the shelter of the wall."
A few moment later they hear!
the dull, muffled booming of wood
against Iron as a log struck th
gate. They fired. The muffled
thunder continued. In short, regu
lar Intervals like the reports of
some dlstaut artillery regiment
la Ben Lucien Burmon
practicing on the range. The pile
of cartridges grew smaller.
Tho old man, despite his wound
ed arm, hud resumed llriug. His
rifle jammed. Vlluk cleared It. i
"Gate can't last much longer," bo
muttered. I
't he spring in the corner gurgled :
softly, the water rcuo an instant,!
then trickled uosily over the stone:
door-sll). A brilliant green cater-1
pillar, Irritated by the acrid smoke
of the guns, crawled out of a crack !
in the rocks ami begun climbing j
the wull. Some frightened, unseen l
nighthird dashed against-the win
dow; a jaguar howled fur off in
the jungle.
Vlluk took betel. He became ab
sorbed in contemplation, bis fin
ger mechanically pressing tho trig
ger of his rifle; his eyea became
the dull, dreaming eyos of a philo
sopher In some Tibetan lamasury;
the thin film like a bird's Inner
eyelid, crept slowly over the white
eyeballs again. :
Suddenly ho put down his rifle.
"A perfect idiot," he flushed, as
he hurried to tho other side of the
tower uud began surveying the
low plateau back of Prentiss'
house. "Completely losing my im
agination. For the second time in
a week I've ignored ameans of es
cape .when It was crying to be
used. Any powder or dynamite
here, Prentiss?" ' .
Tho other whipped away from
the wlndow. The mark ou his fore
head was quivering. "Dynamite?
Not much A little," he whlsper
od feverishly. "Left over blast
ing for wall." Hls face was flam
ing. "Got a plan? Got a plan?"
Vilak nodded quickly. "Where Is
It?"
"Let's get It."
The crept out the door, keeping
to the shadows. Thoy were not
perceived by the attackers; in a
moment they had ro turned to the
tower room with two packages
wrapped - in dirty newspapers.
These Vilak untied and, exposing a
number of sticks of dynamite, ex
amined, them closely. ; "Still good
all right. Not- touched by damp
ness." He shot a glance toward
the old man and the girl. "Eire as
fast as you can. Delay them.
Time's the important thing" now."
The log boomed monotonously
against the gutu. " Ho; . took the
piece of twine in. which one pack
ago had been wrapped and began
rubbing it with 'the1 explosive- to
make a fuse. '
"What's your plan? What's your
plan?' Prentiss panted. -
"Not , mine. ' Nature's. Should
have thought of it at once, with
that spring gurgling there - .and
soaking our shoes all the time. The
water up in those little lakes1 on
the high ground all around you is
doing its best to break through aud
come down. on hs.' We'll just give
It a little assistance." ' '
Hefsearched 'among tho iiiuwb;
l papers for-a detonator. . "ijior tip
part of that retaining waif -4 .nof
itlcecl damning mat rtrst rainy
large lake back of. your- house.. Do
j it iwifh a; pick if 'we have' to, but
I the dynamite's quicker. Our friends
outside said there was a ' flood.
We'll give them one. Nothing ori
ginal. 'The Dutch did it nil the
time when the country was 'Invad
ed, Cut the dikes, if you i remem
ber." Ho tied the clicks in series of
throes. "Not so safe hero. Taking
chances. Long chances. '. A lot of
wator up there. Don't know exact
ly how much. And we'ro only ten
feot or so higher that the creek
bed. Perfectly apt to get us as
well as the others. But it's ttic
only chance we'vo got."
The booming of the log ceased
probably to allow the attackers to
rest. Prentiss 'stared at Vilak,
half fearful, half incredulous. "Go
ing to let tho lakes down on
us?"
"Yes'
"Wash us away everything
away."
"If you have a less : dangerous
plan, we'll be delighted to take It."
Prentiss shook his head sullenly.
Vilak swiftly rebundled the ex
plosive In. a newspaper and start
ed toward tho door. He turned to
Prentiss. "Any way I can get
through tho wall? Don't want to
climb over unless I have to. Al
most sure tq be seen." .
"There's a place. Old drainage
sewer. Barred up now. Hut can
get through if you know how.
GIRLHOOD TO
E
Iowa Woman Found Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Always Helpful
"When I was
old I had to
stay at home
from school. I
finally had toqult
school, I wan so
weak. I Buffered
forabout two
years before I
took Lydla E.
Pinkham's Vege
table Compound,
then I picked up
one of your bonks
and read it. I be
gan taking tho
medicine. N6v I am a house
keeper with Blx children, and
I have taken it before each one
was horn. I cannot tell you all
the good I have received from it.
When I am not as well as can be I
take It. I have been doing thin for
over thirteen years and it always
helps me. I read all of your little
books I can rot arid I tell everyone
I know what the Vegetable Com
pound does for me." Mrs. Frank
Sellers, 510 7th Avenue, Vinton,
Iowa.
Many girls In the fourth genera
tion ere learning thru their own
personal experiences the beneficial
effects of Lydta E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. Mothers who took
It recommend it to their daughters
ss a d'-i'tudabie medicine.
Vinton, Iowa,
seventeen years
if
Our regular summer offering of big
WW
A big selection of merchandise, 25c to 75c values for 19c
Enamelware - tinware - kitchenware - glassware - chinaware - hardware - toys
; dry goods - drug sundries, etc.
Hundred and more items - Come in and see them - Watch our windows - New specials every day
Straight line from kitchen."
"Better come and show : me.
Save time." - . " ,
"All right, Want to get outside
anyway." Tho two men disappear
ed into the darkness. Kllso and
Nunnally turned their black, sweat
Ing faces an instant to. watch them
go, then silently resumed their
vigil at the windows. 1 The batter
ing of the log recommenced. The
two defenders renewed their fire.
Once more the battering ceased.
. (To be Continued)
V Vilak' looses the flood. But when
danger has passed, Prentiss Is un
accountably missing.
. How good news, does .spread!,
General Gasoline is still .tlitv.best.
JACK DOYLE'S OLD
ARENA DESTROYED
VERNON, ' Calif., July 23.-ck
Doyle's old Vernon arena, ' scene
ot many of soutliorn' California's
boxing inatcneB.. during. . tl'a four
round daya, was virtually destroyed
by fiie early Uiis morning, j, .
A nearby baseball park, where.
the blazo iB believed ito have 'or
iginated was partially destroyed.
'The loss was estimated at $100,'
000.' . -
WOMAN WHO SLEW
MOTHER ASKS FOR
' ; DEATH; 30 YEARS
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V Associated Pros. I.enscu Wire.) i
r IIUSHVILLE,. Neb.,. . July 23,-r
A sentence of 30 years at hard la
bor was pronounced ' upon Mrs.
Roy Wilson, 31, a farmer's wife,
when she stood, before a juilRO
last night and asked that she be
sent to the electric chair or the
-murder of her aged mother.
The woman was sentenced. .only
a few hours after she had confess
ed to tho slaying of Mrs. Daniel
NEW CHAIN
Competing Networks Plan Best Radio Entertainment to Draw Most Fans
' BY ISRAEL KLEIN
. Radio' Editor, NEA Set-vice.
Introduction of a new chain of
4-adio stations this autumn will
pormit every part of tho United
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'siiiuis uiuiunou
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WliltA H ' " '
"UHO i d 30 x a 's.nuif:
reader. Operatic stars of world
wide renown will sing Into tho mi
crophones of each of the foul
great chains. Enlarged 'orchestras
will cast classic tunes over the air.
All will Im Tree . lo . tho greater
part, of the 6,500,000 radio fans,
and what, is estimated lo be their
2.000,000 relatives and guests,
who will listen In on these great
programs.
This Is promised by the tenta
tive plana of the newcomer in the
business of dial
broadcasting.
The new-
work, organized f, , ( J
hv tlic rnlumMl, . V.
Phonograph To.,
enters 11 of the
29 cities listed ou
the red and blue
networks of lln
National Broad
casting Co., and
adds five luqre
elites so far ex
nliisive to IU
chain.
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Mixing It in First Round of Dempsey-Sharkey Go!
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This NEA Service, Inc. telephoto to News-Review shews Dempiey
the first round of the battle that started Dempeey ba ck on the road of
Q
Loomis by giving her capsules con
taining poison. Her father, .to
whom sbo also gave poison, Is re
covering. : '
Mrs. Wilson concealed tho mo
lira, of. her. crime.
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Fish at Idleyld Park.
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r- COLUMBIA NETWORK 4 f I
RED NETWORK f TIL-J W'
BLUE NETWORK - Dallas i- ") , ( f
I 'ORANGE. NETWORK L, XlXCKu ' '
East, south, middle west and wait are assured of high class racto programs next season, due to the completion of the new Columbia
network with the red blue and orange chains. The map shows how these chains cover all of the country except the mountain states,
Afford Choice For Fans
All Um id Btations enuaeorl for
for
the nrw- Columbia network are so
Isltuated as to afford ken coniD"-
nuuu ui liih rtMi aim oiue cnajiis
of the N'aiimial BroadeaHtine com
ipauy, Evvu Uie live cities of ihvjahlft frum one to another hUUWji
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PRINCE OF WALES AND ;
PREMIER BALPWIN COMING
(.iwoclatril I'rcu Lcawf Wire)
' LONPON, July 23. The , Prince
if Wales, ' his brother, Prince
Gcorgo, Premier Stanley Baldwin
and others of the party left Lou
-Columbia chain, where tho others
havun't enteral, are closo enough
haven't pnterari. are rlnHn nnwh
to iml or blue network ntaltoiiH
Rive their fans this opportunity of
(Hwiirninf; over in me new syiem.
! That ilivrv will m
KHiifial
special values. See our big ci
. i
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andlSharkey mixing things up In
flatianic comeback, - : 1 '
.
don this morning on tho first lap
of their journey to Canada.
On August 7, it) was officially an
nounced they will motor from
Niagara Falls lo meot Vlco Presi
dent DawoB and Secretary of State
Kellogg on the . newly Greeted Buf
falo ooaco bridge. ' ' '
on Dm H la I nt nvon ihv alnmlnHt
rnrHlvnrH thin full miiv hr nnlli-l.
tnitifltnl aftT elRnclnir -over thn ton-
jtatlve proRrsma and plans of both
i the new coitimnia network
i thottu of th National Uitiaiicaatitig
company.
FINER PROGRAMS
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James McLusky, ager 17 years.
and Chuck Walker, '18 years, both
or i Butte, Montana, were' arrestee!
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This Car
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HATiSEN CHEVROLET CO.
In the cane of Columbia, lis
president, H. O. Cox, and Louis
HtoilliiK. chairman of the board of
til rectors, announce a highly amhS-
tlnua protr rani of pure entertain-
nnnl, with none of the dlteet ami
impertluoiit ort of adveiUlug that
with the theft of ail ambulance
from. Eugene. Officer GeoiKO
Dietsch received a telephone cull
from Eugene lato lust night stat
ing that an ambulance had been
stolen and wan apparently. ( head-!
ed towards Koseburg. About tho
time the officer figured that tho
machine waB due to urrive.lu thoi-
city, ho went to the ueer creek
bridge and waited and about 15
mluutcB later the machine came
Into -town, driven by the two boys.
Both were' placed under' arrest
and wero put in the city jail, to boi
held, for the Eugene authorities
who came after thum this morning.
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Plantftjtt Idleyld Park.
V3SU.
Star Sedan, 1924 podel .V........... ...$150
Star Touring,. 1923 model' ....j...;... , ..7S
; Ford Ciiupe, '1923 model i.:.:,;:i.J..!..I....j. ; ISO
'.Ford' Touring, 1924 model ..... .i............ 125
i Ford Ton Truck, good order .1.. 95
These prices are for quick sale. . Easy terms
can be arranged.
for Advertisers
has been fhrust tit fans. Thy
huvo put Mio cllreutlou of progrunm
Into tho hands of AHhur JtuH.011,
ono of tho moat outHtiintliiiK Hk
uroH In the concert world, and (ho
1 0 c h n I c 11 1 nr-
ruiiKeiuents into 1
the experienced
control ot Major
J. Andrew White,
pioneer b ro ad-
caator and fa- j
nioiia announcer.
More Opera Stars
Under the tli-
reotiou of Judsou
rnna may expect
to hear tho elite
of the opera thru
the Columbia not
work atara who.
hucau.se of contracts with tho Col
umbia I'hnnoKruph company, could
not appear heretofore in any of
the proRnmig arranged by A. Al-water-Kent.
Now Mich Rieat mu
sical Rnntusea hh Chaliapin. Mni'
tihelll, Alfred Cortot, Kva (laulhhu-,
Sophie Itrealau, Kl'iralm ZimbalUt,
LouIko Kerch and Mabel Garrison
Will thrill the heartu of tho faint,
llneideet thene and a long array of
other aololsts Judaou 1b coliecMnK
a pormniient Byiuphony orclnmt 1a
or ;i0 piucea, all
piece danco band
and ether xniupi
of players and
ainpers that will
enli-rtaln the ra
dio audience idth
tr under the sub
tle sponsorship oT
a national adver
tiser, or under
tho direct control
of tho network.
The Columlii '.
network pro
unmiH, it Is fuifti
(r promised, will
JiuImjU
dlHcnrrl the old wlap-Mtlck method
of aflvtTtibinfe lor only subtle sug
gestion. - - . .
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