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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBLRG, ORECON, TUESDAY, AUGUST I f, f936.
Snow Leopard
by CHRIS HAWTHORNE
CHAI'TKIl XXXII
Tho patter auxiped abruptly,
Tools bud never learned tbe strate
gy of retreat a ftmltive always
Invltea a chase. He walked for
ward. Far bank In that black sink
ho a.w a pair of Imli'ful green
eye glaring at lilin.
"Come out In the open, come
out!" he bellowed.
A anarl amwered him; not the
timorous bluff of a scared beast
but the MavaKe defiance of an an!
Dial unaccustomed to refusing
cballenKO. In a moment the crea
ture emerged into llio pule light;
It was a fearsome, gory, full grown
wounded snow leopard. .
"Won't shoot, 'J'oole! He's my
came!"
Strange and hollow as the voloe
came from the black depths, the
detective recognized It tus llun-
ulster's!
A moment lntcn Mully burst
through the darkness and began to
harry the wounded brute.
In un eventful lifetime of forty
six yearn, "One-Armed" Toulo had
heard many sounds that fell musi
cally uK)n his ears. As a detective
on the lookout for "dips" he had
mixed with the crowds in front of
old Trinity, listening to the Christ
mas ohlmes at midnight; he had
heard words of commendation front'
police commissioners for signal
aots of bravery; once a supreme
court justice hud Bpokcn of him
as a "brilliant and courageous
member of the headquarters staff."
But none of those pleasurable mo
ments equalled In sheer Joy the
sensation he felt when he heard
Bannister's voice coming out
from that black pit over tho hunch
ing buck of a wounded snow leo
pard. Dangling an automatic In each
hand, Toole waited. The harried
beast, trapped between two men
who held death in their fingers,
wavered, finally choosing as his
antagonist the enemy .of whom,
as yot, he knew nothing. In a des
perate crouch, ho slithered toward
Toole, his mouth open, his eyes
abla.o with fury.
'J'oole had raised his right arm
again when Bannister staggered
Into the dim light. The detective
saw his friend lean weakly agsinst
the side of the gorge, saw him
bring a gun slowly to his shoulder
and then a fusllade! It wits only
one shot hut It seemed to linger on
la a hundred echoos. Tho leopard
stiffened on ull fours, humped up
-llko a huge cat, sprang' Into thu
air and fell Inertly acroas the thliij
stream that Issued from tho cav
t cnl- .
"Keep away from him, Toole!"
Warned Bannister. "Back Bully!"
' Hut tho leopard was dead. The
brute that had deserted his matu
and, his cub hud been shot through
tho heart. ,
Bannister seemed to hiivo.put
Ills laHt ounce of strength Into that
effort- Dropping tho gun, ho tot
torod toward his friend on loosely
louptou legs.
The detectlvo put a flask of the
llwarrs liquor mlraouioiisly
touched1 till now in the excitement
to the spent man's lips. lliumin-
ter sank to a nick and drank
deeply. Toole took a convincing
ewlg himself und wulted. After u
while he Bald :
"The- air In better further down
the gorge. We can sou the sun,
uuywuy, before'
"Oh, we'll get out of this hole,
, ul liight," Hick sulil weakly. ".I've
been hi It lout mioiiKii to know
something about l lie In renin I
place. Us a runway for leopards
und maybe other lieusts. i think
it must lead somewhere near the
plains below us whero they pick up
ineir nnnrry wild una. nrolinlilv.
Toole glanced at the ghostly car
cass or the snow leopard, grim
.unit terrible even In death. "I
, ilfitnt think yon weru such a nut
as to follow that critter under
ground,'' lie said disgustedly.
"Ain't you got any common sense
lint inn or caution at ull,'
Hers I am and Inure he ts,"
Bannister responded. "And, by the
wuy, how did you huppen lo drop
jn on us?
"Drop In? You said It. I went
after Jeff Whipple In Karon Hiio's
inane and the thing blew up under
Jim. Must have lieeu that orchid
paint. I came down here under a
white umbrella."
"I didn't think," Bannister re
marked, "thut you were such a
muiloiiliuad us lo attempt miy-
inmg iiae mat.
Toole grinned. "Well, here I
nm," ho said, with n ftuu Imitation
of his friend's olie.
"But Where's Jeff Whipple?"
llaiiuistei- asked.
Toolo subsided and drew a puck
age of sandwiches mini Ills pocket,
lie opened them on a Hat rock,
placing the riusk at an Impartial
instance heiween hlmarlf and
Hannleter. I'or rive mlnules they
nte and drunk, while 'I'nole told or
Whipple's arrival at the base of
the niniiutuin. ".Miss Hlro Is with
him and safe, the Abbe thinks," he
UHlfl.
"I've got to tukn the pelt of thai
critter beture we shoie along."
Ilainilater exclaimed. Indicating
inu iirifi icnparci, "Sorrv you
haven't got Jen with yoii." He
threw a piece of meat to Bully.
i nut dog," no went on, "has
-MtgKcrairii nuiion or his own
fighting ability, lie wanted to mix
it wiin tne leopard In the dark
wiuie HHtinisicr was removing
mo leoparos sum the two exchang
ed accounts of their experiences,
girding themselves for ivhai ihm
hoped would be the lliial episodes
the rescue of Karen and tho
capture or "Big Jefl" Whliinlr
llrendii el II I remained outside of
tneir rerunning, ami their Interest
In Hire's vast colonisation scheme
had heroin Hint of meit specta
tors. They miisr get lo Karen and
lier captor and get 'em quirk!
There were surprises uhrurf.
It was a full hour before Buunls-
fier ami Toole began to make their
way down the gorge to what they
hoped would be some vantage
point from which to get their bear
lugs for a return to the hut. II
was another hour before they no
ticed tile receding wails ami the
ever decreasing height of the can
yon, Spots of brilliant vegetal Ion,
the first they had seen slnco their
arrlval at "Our Lady In White,"
began to appear along the more
sloping sides. Once they heard thu
twitter of a bird. Further along
they saw a flock of red vultures.
Bannister showed the resilience
of a rubber mun when he begun to
take In a normal supply of oxygen.
Occasionally he slopped, tossed
Hie leopurd pelt over a Jutting
rock and stood off, inviting Toole's
attention to its great size, the
ichness of the fur and Its beauti
ful markings. Fiis friend under.
stood all this enthusiasm. He hud
heard It said that It was a man's
work to win prizes and a woman's
right to wear them.
Alter one of Buiinlster'H long
apostrophes to the robe Toole re
marked: "I'm beginning to think.
sun, that there's something in this
business they call Fate. Up to
this time I'd thought or It only as
a word out of a book that was put
in for actors so they could explain
the fool things that happen on the
stage. On the level, when . we
started out on this trip I didn't
care whether you shot a leopard
or not and I didn't think Karen
Hlro.bothered her head much about
It. It was. Just a romuutie notion
ke all youngsters get when
they're in love. Hut nailing Jeff
Whipple was something real It is
yot "
Bannister gave him a comfort-
lug pat on the buck. "What makes
you think that Fate works for lov
er alone?" he asked lightly.
"Don't you realize that you're near
er to Jeff Whipple now than you
over wero before?"
Toole, once having found tho
real meaning to the word "fate."
began to fit It in with bis own
hopeful calculations. He didn't
like tne idea of s bar in the fmltt
of his triumph Willi anv mvster.
Ions agency, but if the winds of
loruine were blowing In his direc
tion, why not, he uskod himself,
sail along wilh them?"
The Abbe told us that there was
hidden stream near the n
where Jeff and and his friends are
camping." Toole observer!
'Wouldn't It he funny If this llttlo
siream at our reel led us right Into
neir oainp"
Jt was Hearing uooiL.uud. both
men. were heavy with fatigue und
men, or sleep. In one or .their
pauses, which hail been growing
more irrqueni, Toolo round that
bis rrlend had rullen asleep "dead
iu inn worm. - witn a gentleness
he might not have shown (iud any
,,u,,u nnriou uifJu mm, ae lav
ed Hick's head with cold water.
iiannisler did not slir. ,
"(lame boy!" Toolo mill tared. "1
never know n better. But thero
arc thousands like him back In
Hod's country, sltlln' on threshing
nmchlnue and muybo sellln' auto
mobile: only they don't got a
chance to show their real class."
"Thank yem Karen," lannlsier
said tnlntly. Then lie' was off to
sleep again.
Toole glured at his own large,
rough hand, still wet from his mlie
istrullnn. "The kld' got Imagina
tion!" he chuckled.
After all hour Toole begun to
Ileal' a slight rumble In Hie cunyon.
He placed his huud on a rock lo
catch a vibration hut rait none. It
wus not un earth tremor. The
rumbling grew inure distinct, like
I he lumilisr roar of an elevated
train iu the flowery. He si Ii
Bannister's shoulder iuuI the hunt
er leaped to Ills feet, clutching ut
his holster.
"Whal is it, Toolo?"
.The detective's head was tossed
backward unit Unnnistnr iilso gaz
ed toward I he sky. High above
them. Hying In a "V" formation,
they saw w Heel, of airplanes in
to squadrons of six each, zoom
ing along as casuully us though
l hoy were giving an exhibition
over runt lops of New York.
"What do you make of thai?"
yelled Imnnister. without taking
Ills eyes from Hie fleel.
"Only one thing." Toole replied.
"We have friends iu these pluues.
I feel II In my bones. They belong
lo Maurice Sire. I told you ull
ulong that he was no piker.
They're piohubly living up lo Ibe
lller end of tbe vullt'v where the
hill people live. The big caravan
of laborers must he there by this
lime and these retlow are prob
ably engineer thut Sire bus put
on the big Job."
The sir fleet, had linseed the belt
if sky bordered by (he lop of Hie
cunyon. Iisnnlsler looked nl bis
compass. "Muybo you're right, 1
roole." he suiil. "They're filing
due east."
But Toole bail something more '
lhan u mere "hunch" when he i
spoke so confidently. "What color
lid you soy Karen Sire's lilnuo was
palmed'.'" he asked.
"Orchid."
"Well, 1 gel a good look ill that:
fleet before you came out of your i
ireanis ulioul the little ladv. Thcv
looked that same color lo me. Sire
might huv bought batch of cm !
irom Hie same taclory. He wouldn't
think any imirn of liuvln' a flock ot
those things that I would or blow.
In' In a dollar for ten good ci
gars." "I'erlisps." admitted Bnnnlsrcr.
He wanted lo believe what Toole i
said was true. The walls of Hie
canyon began In oppress him. I
"As usual." he conlluiled bitter- j
ly. "we're In a pnchcl when the!
big llnius uie popping. I'm be-I
ginning lo reel ss iiul-or -action a I
a bench Wanner. Sire, hloiactr, I
probably Is In one id Ihose plnnei, 1
He'll make his own deal with:
Whipple ror Karon's return. And '
here am I dragging a Icoiuud pell I
along un unknown mill with Hie
era.y notion it amy mean ttoino
tiling K her. Now Unit I think of'
it, she always laughed at me
when I insisted upon chucking
everything until k gol this pelt for
ller. What do such Ihings mean
lo a. girl these days? Guess I'm a
throwback, old boy. My brother
Hod has often told me so."
Toole dismissed these despon
dent speculation with a suor(.
"Tuke it fiom,, mo? son," he - con
soled, "there ain't a woman In tho
world who wouldn't rattier have
the hide of a wild animal that her
man got for her In n fair. fight than
all the glory that money could
buy, lie reasonable bow cun you
expect them to fall iu love with
an uutomobile fuotory or a- marble
store run or Joels? It am t In em,
I U-II you. They've got to have
something personal, boy, and
you're delivering! that kind of
goods.
Baniiistar threw the pelt over his
shoulder. "Let's move along," he
said, "there must be some wuy out
or this cut.
A hundred yurds father down
they encountered what looked like
an impassible barrier. Huge hold
ers, with shoulders rounded from
rolling and centuries of weather,
lay like a natural dam across the
canyon.
Hurrah!" yelled Bannister.
"there's a crevusse running up to
tho top."
A IlillS tin,,,. I..,.- I.... II..
...... ....... ,ttt, 1 " unmj
SDCnl men lUAl-n aluiwlltxr n t,.n
of a narrow plateau, gazing up
ward at "Our Lady in White."
, Toole wus the first to put bis
glasses to his eyes. From one of
thoBe vast shelves of rock he could
see a slow pillar of smoke rising.
. , ii mi b noose: ne yeueu
'We'l-a h.imn - I ,II.... ..,
looks as good to me as .Madison
squure"
Bannister was sweeping the sky
In tilt Unit, two., t nlnLJ -I.-
co pii-nii(B "If wte
air squadron. Lowering his glasses
i.muy, ne oegun a long inspection
of the rugged mountainside, pivot
ing slowly lo complete a oirole.
"More smoke," he observed nt
length. "C'an't you see It down
there': We're about half way be-
nut anil JWI1,
Whipple's camp. Which way shall
- - S" , win :
Tllo "one-armeH" ,latn,.tlvj. aton
ed at Dick' fresh discovery,
keeping his back turned from the
blue plume that wavered over the
hut. Bannister saw him take a.
hitch ill hie halt ..... -I
... u,,, j,ni. tne
empty" sleeve.
For a moment tliti detective gaz
ed into' Hie niiru-ol K..t ......... r
. .,c,n ,,,. atU
or his Mend. The night In the
cavern, the day of heavy tramping
with the hot pelt over his shoul
ders, had taken toll from Hie hunt
er's Vllul I-ooin.UA rt ... .1. i-....
, BiieuKUI. JHIL
something more disquieting than
nun whs in me netectlvo s mind.
It. VVnjU llln fa,, ,1-.., ,1.-
..... ., ,)l(. ;,,!,,
young fellow might full Into Whiu-
llln'a na...l I ,.- . "
..... - .. a uu Huoject to ler
rillln tn,-iii.-a ( -
deadly grudge that "Big Jeff" bore
"Bannister," Toole said quietly,
"r lot you go out ror the leopard
three or four nights without mo. 1
said to myself 'Let the boy have
his Tun.' Now I want yon to say
the smite thing; 'Let tho old elite
have his way.' C.o hack to the hut
with Bully, r want to got Jeff
Whipple alone!"
Wrath had been gathering In
BaunlHter' tui.o aa t.., -
I f you re going after Jetf Whip-
. o mtm, you ii neeu a pri
vate secrotarv. nf Inoat r-
you 'one-armed wonder! Vou fot
me gin mo leopard aloiio, bo 1
w on't rook you or I he glory of pol
ling Jefr, unless"
'i'nole knew wh,ii i,a n.
Whipple, had banned Kuren Hh-e,
......iiisicr would Kick him lo death
nifh his behemoth h,,,wd ti.. .i..
roetlve yielded. He and flick both
would tackle the Whipple "mob."
(To be continued)
BUTTE JUNIORS WIN
REGIONAL TITLE
POCATIOI.I.O. Idaho, Aug. II
(Al'l Tlie .'.1110110011 Legion's Jun
ior league ter.in from Butte, Mont.,
.-allied off regional honors (Idaho
Montana l in a thrcc-gamo rerles
wilh the I'ocatello nine here. Butie
mopped the first game to 7 but
won Hie second 4 to 1 and climaxed
the series with snulher 8 to 3 vic
tory yesterday to remain In na
tional competition.
NOTICE
Notice Is hercbv ulvon ii,,.i ,,n
warrant of School I 1mi -i..i n;.. i
lunulas I'niimv n,-un.. .... ... ......
Including No. I9.9M, protested ror
non-payment June 1. 1Mb. are this
dale called lor payment, and ull in
tclesl llierenn ...,.. , ,.,- .,
August in, ia:i. ' '
CLERK.
GOOD USED
PIANOS
$50, S75, $85, S95
Ott's Piano
Warehouse
on corner by the depot
ROAST MALLARD
DUCK
DINNER
with all tho trimmings,
Aio Fritd Chlcktn
$1.00 Per Plate
Deer Park Inn
milts toutli of CanyonvtUt,
Active in Legion
11
Al lop jUuU McGhthey of ivlam
uth Kalis pout, meniberahip cham
pion of Oiojxon in 1935. Lower
Bill Canton, atno of Klamath Falls.
piiKt poat commander and one of
the ouULunding adjutants of the
Oregon department. IJoth veteranu
will altond the convention hero.
Two haacball games, scheduled
for Saturday and Sunday, were an
nounced today by Dr. II. H. Sco
field, maimKor of Llio Eagles lodge
team. Saturday the lodomen wi.l
pluy a travelling team, tho Con
vluts of Seattle, and Sunday will
meet tho Glomiale Loggers, inn
noru up In the Souihurn Utoson
league.
I tie "ConvictB" so named be
cause they "munlor" the ball, "rob"
the hittLTS, "ImriMip" the ba.ses
und "sieHl" the show, aocordlOK to
their publicity compose a ttani
made up of a group, uf hustling
youiiKHteru, vho are out on a Pa
cific ctmHt tour, mooting independ
ent ball teams.
Nearly till of the players are for
mer Legion junior ImbobaJl Htnrs
from the Seattle district.
The Saturday game, slartinii at
5:30 o'clock, is expected to furnish
plenty of excitement.
Sunday s game with the (Ilen-
dnle Lokkoi'b will give the EuHleA
some tough competition, it in an
tlciputed. Two t'onner nieinoers uf
Lhe lode 8fuad, "UricA-" Avery and
Hill Sc ho ni it, will be seen in ui
tiou in tilfiidale uniforms, 'lhe
(tlendalo tc:uu. tied with the Klam-
nth Kails Keel Sox for flr.it place iu
the Southern Oregon league, lost
1-0 In the idayolf ut Urania Pu
Sunday.
Applies for Divorce -Joaeph IK
Murphy baa I'fled suit for divorce
from Hertlia Miiy .Murphy, of Sn
Vamento. at ltmio, Nevada, this
werk. They .were married in Rose-
burg December iyii2. The phtin
tiff charges cruelty.
Pemanont Relief
from Piles and
other Rectal and
Colon Disorders
Why continue to tuiTir? We hava traat
l and permanently relieved ihomarifii
of caici a severe yours. Spc;islii
in Rtcimich, Kecul anil Co' on ailranta.
25 ysarj mccoiiful pfactue.
No1cwp):liTBli.-alorri(lon.Nocon(inement,
Vt'f.rcercallfbrl-'REEdiMCiliXivo Booklet.
Dr. G. J. DEAM CLINIC
Physician and Surtfeon
H P. ri"i?r Btrmldo and Grand Avonuo
To!."-, :io EA1 3J1S rcrtl.md. O.rion
vk
. alt the benefits of a
country estate in town.
Tnmv riding, golf, darxirx), quvrt
f't to incur to und E
tlflt mli at mooVit ftmrfy
pncM Lirgt OuHd roomi wtth
ktth $2.00 and $2Ja Ideal Vxa.
tHA eH filing Goldvn Gt
C&rrAM to til Biy cittM Vrfto
today for oWriptivo bookM
DIZZY, CARLET0I1I
HAVE FIST FIBHT
Cardinals'' Pitcher Loses,
Temper but Wins Game
Against Cubs.
By PAUI, MICKELSON'
(AnBoiiutud Press Spoils Writer)
Should the haHehall fates give
the St. Louis Cardinals the 111.16
National, leaffuo pennant by one
Kiime or less over Chicago Cubs,
Charles Gtlnini probably wuuld go
down in the frayed record books
as the "good time Churlle" who
gave away the flag.
The Cub pilot made the sports
manlike gesture yesterday or al
lowing Dizzy Roan to remain in
the lirst game of the important
Cub-Cardinal series alter the pitch
er wan about to be chased out by
umpires ior fighting Tex Carl
ton.
(Irlmni talked the umps Into let
ting Ulzzy stay, and the Red Bird
star proved his gratitude by hand
cuffing the Cubs, 7 to 3, dropping
them to second place.
The chances are that the Cards,
who drove Wurnehe to cover with
a four-run barrage In tho fourth
inning to- break up a eloso game,
wuuld have won without the great
Dizzy. If that game alone sep
arates the two teams at the finish.
however, (iriliim undoubtedly will
be accused of being too tender
ncarted.
Stung by the quips flung nt
him by Carleton, who celebrated
an off day by doing a lot of
shouting, Dizzy suddenly left the
piicning mound In tbe first Inning
and raced toward the Cub dug
out. The fiery Carleton leaned out.
and they clinched and scuffled un
til piayora separated them, To the
amuzoment of 30,001) rans, Dean
resumed tho mound, and It was
explained that Grimm had plead
ed successfully against his expul
sion. Brooklyn snapped the Giants'
seven-game winning streak, 6 to
5.
Now York's Yankees, rldimr
along wilh a seemingly Invincible
margin In the American league
race, absorbed one of their neatest
lickings of the year yesterday as
Washington pounded three pitch
ers for 18 hits and a 13 to 4 vic
tory. It wus the first Senator triumph
of the season at Yankee stadium,
and Jimmy Deshong. ex-Yankee
liuiler, led tho procession by hold
ing the Now Yorkers to eight hiLS.
The defeat trimmed the Yankee
load over Cleveland's idle Indians
lo 11 games, with. 48 to pla-y.
The Boston Bees rallied sharply
in the closing innings to hand tho
luckless, skidding Philadelphia
Phillies their eighth straight set
back, 0 to 7, Other teams were
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