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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1942)
THE REGISTER. GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON. w o . t- .1 r r THi IMPORTANT THIN, SURB-t KNOW THAT MIS JUST PRS NOW IS TO HEP OUR SOUXERS HEALTHY--ND TO PATCH NtXJRE OCXW TH RIGHT TH IMG" BUT AFTER TH TIMfi YUM SPENT IN 6PA1N. I STUFF-THIS K THI REAL THING -rVB MAO FHONT-UMI TRAINING, ANNIE NOW IS MY CHANCE TO USE IT WHERE IT f MURDER IN FERRY COMMAND I . . .1 VROIPN UP THOSE WMOCrrCUPPEO- i wt loss- th or. wex. folk meSIwont tSp PGQEREO VOUO rjONg WtU DO THE MOST GOOO" RY A. " . Ml tlKViei. INC 1 I vice. jv- I ncT rrtvtsf I I OUT MHHT MKJUT I WHAT TWtT I I I DO YUM t5 HM ENOUGH TW SICK FOLKS CXD BEFORE I I 1 I TO GO INTO' DOCTORS I I rJERE? YOOROflTCl I- CAME-IM NOT 1 I TM ARMY? ANNIE- J I l5TUU.OM THE ONLY DOCTOR I I 1 I I. HAErr THEY I EVERY W-WHflnX IN TOWN- J TK-r 7. frt1" fc su A. F. mi; i; tm. . , cHorusfl gift V .woin car was uncom- tMii from bi. - - l-i Stran enn' afternoon . cable had r. j fmm Ottawa Informing him id. Chicago. h.d 4red , m believed the man fprdJa.ion in 1920. .non decidrf to trr another "Ths lot into his dressing n and ilippm i" tJ1Vcramped rwtnd weaved his way - tb( bumping tisle between SJU. berth, to ft. (cmbiMtion washing ana tig compartment at the end. it irinsin door separating oxtail compartment from tst rf the car moved inward ,' i cold draught evidently i by the door at the far end it car being opened, .nog hoped that it was the jttor-lied have a talk about '.fating system. But fully a u passed by and nobody ep id. Tbt door Into the car had d, there wai no doubt about '-patiently he etoed up and "a through the glare down the iMBfiy Dawson wai On the L Dowa near the end of the i muffled man wai pulling 1 the eurtaini of a lower berth ralihy faahlon and It wai to'i berth! ir i iplit second he caught i of white face aa the figure jffly withdrew from the tj berth and took i quick look rf the smoking compartment re wheeling and rushing out TSON was yardi behind and the chase wai difficult due to nciioil of the train. Between tan hi lost one of hit slippers tt snowy platform but kept I one bare foot Abruptly 'iltari thrM para hevond hll Tbt did had vanished either ha had hopped Into a berth Dawaon already paased or wai la a berth still further back. Returning to hi car, Dawson went directly to the berth ha had occupied and twitched on the light. Ha whittled loftly through the monotonous clickety-dick of the wheel. Hli pillow wai badly (lashed by what must have been a sharp "Now what la hall waa that for?" Dawson muttered to himself. The next day ha kept strictly to himself, aboard the train. This be havior wsa prompted by thinking things over during trie early morn ing hours following the knife slashing episode. He realized that in the dim light ha hadn't seen anything that might prove a clew to the would-be killer's Identity. If ha acted like a person looking for somebody the following day It would only serve to put Mr. X on his guard. There wet only one thing to do. Act indifferently In the hope that it would invite the Killer to try again. However, nothing unusual hap pened during the long (toy at the Overland Express puffed through tha bleak country. It wai running four hours late as a result of the long fight against tha btiziard. Port aux - Basque, a lonesome little fishing village now ten times busier than in pre-war days, wai reached thortly before midnight. The train pulled in directly onto the wharf beside which a fleet of fishing boats, their tailless masts towering forlornly above tha topi of tha cam, rested at anchor. Down the wharf, waiting for the passen ger and cargo load from the train, was the ice-breaker Caribou, a sturdy veteran of many rugged battles on the turbulent Cabot Strait. e e 'J 'HE railway company had re A served a cabin for Dawson and he went to It after hurriedly re porting to tha purser. It had four bunkt, two at right angles and two parallel to tha door. He nodded approvingly at tha lay-out, then stepped out on deck. There wit a dark corner directly above the deck onto which tha gangplank led and ha wanted to study the passenger! at they came aboard. It took lest than half an hour and Dawson found grim humor in the fact that one of those passen gers wai apparently boarding the boat to murder him yet ha could only guest at which one Or ones it could at. But imprinting menial pictures of them all might com in handy later on. About 1:30, Dawson wandered lata tha corner of tha lounge where the purser wsi completing hit endless form for tha com panyt recordi and the Canadian immigration authoritiei. A group of American and Canadian sol diers homeward bound on leave had started a poker game while another was blowing laty tunes out of a mouth organ. "Pardon me, Mr. Purser," aaid Dawson. "I was expecting to meat up with tome old friend tonight hat anybody asked for tha whereabout of my cabin?" Ha gave hit name. The purser shook his head. "No sir nobody hss asked for you. But it might not hav been necessary your pal or pall could have teen your name On this big sheet and noticed the cabla num. ber beside it." Dawson nodded. "Uh-huh, that'i probably what happened." Mr. X would hardly have done anything to risky ai to ask for hit victim's cabin number. With every sense alert, tha in vestigator lighted his pipe, walk ing slowly and deliberately down the passageway towards his cabin. The Caribou had cast off and was already grinding into the lc with strong, tireless lunges. From a nearby cabin came soundl of some poor landlubber in distress after the first few rolls. At his cabin door, Dawson paused, opened it Just enough to switch on the cabin light and pushed the door, meanwhile bend ing down to pick up his lighter which he had purposely dropped. With on fast movement of his head, his eyes swept through the interior of tha cabin and up and down the passageway . . . nobody anywhere. Inside the cabin, Dawson shoved a small suit case beneath tha blankets of tha lower bunk paral lel to the door. It wasn't enough to form the shape of a sleeping man and he picked up tha blanket rolled at the bottom of the other lower berth. As he did so, a pack age dropped onto the cabin floor. Quickly he picked it up and read hit name printed la bold, block Ink letters. Gingerly Dawson unwrapped It and found a cardboard box. Ha lifted tha lid and looked at th contents ... a sudden nausea rushing over Mm. It wai a human hand hacked off at the wrist. But what left hit Stomach feeling troubled Wat tha horrible realization that ha recog nized that hind beyond any shadow of doubt The one badly twisted "base ball" knuckle and the partially twisted one told Dawson that hand had belonged to tha hanged Lamoy St tier! (To Be Coottnue) EFi?' A.T pAAMfA. CALIf, JUNIOR COLLIDE make spectacular serial jaunts as part of r item for Victory prorram. 2- r yyyiiii$ SIDE GLANCES II 1 the hote in tha - 1.- . .-A .k- aj ii a juaji uio PLAN SILVEK TEA THURSTON The T hut I ton Ladies' Aid society Is sponsoring a silver tea Friday afternoon, July 17, at the home of Mrs. Charles Ttylor. Th plant ire to htva an outdoor meeting on th lawn. Mrt. Victor P. 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