THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
Ike. HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
SYNOPSIS: After weeks of tralllns
through the New York underworld d
(uUed u Clarkla Lunn, t crook, Colin
Hewitt finds hlmseu, by luckr chance,
member of one of the tansa whose mas
ter la the Mask. And It was the Mask
Colin was searching for, because It was
the Mack who had threatened the author's
life. With Buck O'Mara, head of the
tans, and Benny Malone, Colin Just has
boarded the schooner of one Dollalre, rum
runner, who Is to be put on the soot.
Not a nice situation for a respectable
writer, Colin muses aa Buck beilna to
ipeak.
CHAPTER 39
DOLLAIRES TRICK
Buck O'Mara was shaking hands
with someone and then Colin
heard him speak:
"I'm Buck O'Mara. Heimfe sent
me. You're Dollalre, of course. Glad
to know you."
"Me? Sure, I'm Dollalre!" There
was a tinge of boast fulness In the
other's voice. "So Helmie, he's not
here, eh? He said maybe he'd come
out."
"Heimle out here!' Buck OMara
laughed derisively. "He must have
been corned to the toes If he said
that. He doesn't take any chances of
giving his feet wet, or getting pep
pered by the revenue men any more.
He don't have to. Hcimle's big busi
ness now and nothing else."
"Well, me," said Dollalre. "I don't
give a damn about that. But maybe
he sent something else besides you,
eh? That was the bargain. What you
call It? spot cash before a case
sbi's go over the side. Yes?"
"I've got It here." Buck O'Mara
patted his pocket. "I suppose you'll
want to count It. If you do, wed
better go down to your cabin, hadn't
DRIFTING
By Mary Graham Bonner
"Wo can't let the house go to
pieces or float away Into some
watery field," said Willy Nilly. "We
must all put or
our rain coats and
get a lot of rope
and fasten iu
foundations to th
the trunxs of the
big pine tree;
around. They wll
keep It safe until)
the flood stops."
Jelly Bear, Hon
ey Bear, Top
Notch the Roost
er, Rip, the Dog
and Chrlstophei
Columbus Cron
put on the rnli
coats Willv N1IH
had made for them some time be
fore as protection against very bad
weather. They had never worn the
coats, as they were all used to the
ut-of-doors, but he had thought
Xicy might be useful Borne time.
The Ducks had scorned the idea
rain coats.
Now they all helped to tie ropes
ejround the foundations of the house
a the big pino trees. Then they
dashed through the storm to Top
Notch's shed.
It was standing in a newly made
pond of water some little distance
from Hs usual spot, having drifted
through the flood.
"There won't be room for us In
the shed." said Jelly Bear.
"We'd better divide up," agreed
Willy Nllly, "and you two go to your
cave
So the Bears went through the
ctorm to their cave and the others
went into the shed all except Willy
Nllly, who stood up to his knees In
water and pushed the shed down
to the Duck's pond, men ne, too,
went Inside.
Then they began to drift and rock
as the wind blew them along. "1
hope this shed doesn't collapse,"
Winy Nllly said.
Tomorrow "No Food"
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musical
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13 Infinite
16 Hound
17 Soh-inn
tU'dnrnlton
IS Win ci Minor
19 Withdraw
21. Nn.ol
23 IVirliert
24 Tvne siiutiro
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17. Toll rourso
urnss stem
1ft. Ctinmie
40, l-'ito drink
42 I'uem
43 I'ninoun
44. Until lied
46. Tnke up
wrnnotit
48. Honllle
Invader
81 Kximncr
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Solution of Yesterday! Puzzle
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we? You can't count it in the dark."
"You bet you I want to count it,"
Dollalre asserted bluntly. "Do you
think, me, I am foolish? Helmie,
maybe he Is all right, but the money,
she is talk."
"Got your fingers crossed, eh?'
Buck O'Mara Inquired jestingly.
"Well, lead on. We're wasting time.
The boys probably have to make
more man one trip tonight to land
everything that Helmie said you told
him was aboard. And say, Dollalre,
that goes the other way too we're
counting the cases as we get them.
Pair enough, eh?"
"That part, she's all right,"
grunted Dollalre. "Come on!"
Dollalre, followed by Buck O'Mara
with Benny Malone and Colin trail
ing behind led the way aft.
"Keep your rod handy," whispered
Benny Malone. "You're going to see
something, Clarkle, take it from me
you're going to see that big stiff
down on his knees and the sweat
pouring out of him like he was a
hydrant. And when they hear a shot
from the cabin the boys'U pile
aboard and mop up the rest."
But the sweat at the moment was
on Colin's brow not on Dollalre 'b.
In the darkness he wiped it away
with a sweep of his sleeve. His feet
seemed unsteady perhaps it was
the rise and fall of the deck aft the
vessel rode the swells.
The chattering voices around him
became the screams and yells and
shrieks of doomed men the forms
he saw lining the rail and the fig
ures that flitted here and there
about the deck were but wraiths re
turned to gibber and haunt the
schooner, which once, in' their
earthly existence, had been their
habitat.
And ther was no single thins
that he could do, no warning he
could give that would have any ef-
icct other than to precipitate the
about his own destruction as well.
"That goes by me I" Unbelievably
it was his own voice speaking cal
louslywith even a Jeer in it. "It's
coming to him, Isn't It?"
Clarkle," said Benny Malone op-
en-heartedly, "you're the real goods.
I wish you and me had met up be
fore. Now watch your step, or you 11
bust your neck."
The advice was not ill-timed. The
descent to the cabin was by way of
a short, steep, ladded-like compan-
longway. Colin, bringing up the rear
negotiated itr and stood In the ca
bin Itself.
He swung a quick, comprehensive
glance around him.
The cabin was not elaborate, nor
was It large. Running fore and aft, a
bunk was on one side, a settee of
sorts, with torn covering, on the
other, A swinging oil lamp, lihgtcd,
hung low over a table In the center.
A small safe stood against the after
bulkhead.
There were two chairs, one on
each side of the table and, flanking
the companionway, a locker, whose
top appeared to be a catch-all for
everything from nautical instru
ments and charts to bottles -and
glasses. Dollalre waved his hand to
ward trie locker.
"Help yourselves ," he Invited with
a grin; "and then you tell Helmie
how many bottles he can make out
of one, with the kick she's still
there! By gar! Me, sometimes I
think I will do that like you fellows
before I leave St. Pierre."
"Thanks!" said Buck O'Mara
and, pouring out a stiff portion,
downed It at a gulp. Benny Malone
did likewise.
The bottle was steady In Solin's
hand as he poured for himself.
Queer 1 They were going to kill Dol
lalre in here. And his, Colin's hand
was steady. The fiery three-fingers
was like so much water.
Dollalre took one of the chairs.
Buck O'Mara took the other, facing
Dollalre across the table. Colin, obe
dient to a nudge slumped down be
side Benny Malone on the settee be
hind Buck O'Mara. -Benny Malonc's
hand was thrust negligently Into the
11. Kind of wood
14. Linger on th
way
19. Is abia
20. Suuitnnca
used In
Liul Itl Inn
run da
22. Conflict
25. Conitructed
26. Vrui man
27. ICmlure
28. Little ona
3U. rafiten
32. MiiBttillne
name; nbbr.
84. 8penli from
memory
80. lnru serpent
ay. Sl.nt
41. Avid
45. Allure
47. Written form
of n tills of
aililrcsu
49. Poker term
to. l.l.Hl
ta. Philippine
Negrito
(3. Moved over
tlio suifnca
of
64. Watched
narrowly
55. Public vehlcla
67. Stato of I lie
Union: nbbr.
65. Nolf of tha
seals
4. Inclined chart
nclH for
conveying
wnicr
6. Unctuous
autinlanca
6. Pcrnlun poot
7. Outer cover
ings of
whorl
I. A nil: b'rench
9. llurn
10. Ilk-lily ra
mi nlptl
side pocket of his coat. Dollalre was
In full view from the settee.
Buck O'Mara tossed a rubber
banded pile of crisp new bills down
on the table In front of Dollalre.
"Here's the dough" he said. "Go
ahead and count It."
Dollalre reached for the money
greedily, ripped off the rubber band,
and began to count. He counted la
boriously, steadily, wetting his fore
finger on his tongue. At the end he
snapped the rubber band back Into
place around the bills.
"She's rightl" he announced. "And
Helmie, he's all right, too. I put this
in the safe. Yes? Then we all have
another little drink, eh?"
"I'm glad you're satisfied" there
was a purr in Buck O'Mara's voice.
"We wouldn't like you to feel when
you're sitting in wlthour outfit that
we'd hold anything out on you, or
that you're not getting all that's
coming to you."
"Sure. I'm satisfy," grinned Dol
lalre as he stood up, moved over to
the safe and suwng its door open.
"Sure, I'm satisfy 1 I'm satisfy" he
swung suddenly around, a revolver
In his hand, his face working with
fury, his voice a snarl "I'm satisfy,
by God, it Is a trick. You move one
of you three and I shoot. This mo
neyI got lots like this. I know
where she come from. She's coun
terfeit." No one moved. The metamor
phosis had been dynamic, almost
instantaneous. In the fraction of a
second, Dollalre, the condemned,
had become Dollalre, the execution
er. Dollalre, behind that ugly, un
wavering muzzle, held the whip
hand and Dollalre would not have
the slightest qualm about using It.
And then Buck O'Mara spoke.
"Aw, snap out of it!" he retorted
coolly, contemptuously, "You sound
like you'd got a leak In your dome
cover. If you think there's any
thing phony about that dough, slip
it back to me quick, boy, for, say,
I can use it, believe me. Counter
felt hell! - It's so good It's worth a
rake-off where you come from any
how. What's the matter with you?
Have you gone crazy or what?"
It was an about face and Colin,
listening, as he stared at the re
volver muzzle in Dollaire's hand,
did not need to be told that Buck
O'Mara had no other chance, no
other play to make. Counterfeit
money! So that was It. It seemed
as though he could see again Dol
lalre s attack upon the club. It
seemed as though he could hear,
from out of nowhere, the Mask's
burst of laughter as he had con
ceived this ironic bit of by-play.
But now? Buck O'Mara perhaps
had not expected that the spurious
money would be recognized at once,
and possibly not at all, in which lat
ter case he had obviously Intended
to taunt Dollalre with It in the
end.
On the other hand, should Dol
lalre recognize It of his own ac
cord, O'Mara had undoubtedly ex
pected some sign of the fact, and
had Intended to act accordingly
the moment the sign came. Buck
could not have guessed Dollaire's
cunning, or have anticipated the
lightning change that came as he
turned back to the room from the
safe.
There was Dollaire's gun, and
there sat his three visitors.
(To be Continued)
Miss Rag-on Guest
Monmouth Miss Ragon, assistant
In the art department at the Ore
gon Normal school during the year
1920 and 1921, but now In the Nor
mal school at Dillion, Mont., was
the guest this week of Miss Bren-
ton and called on old Mends and
acquaintances here. Miss Ragon took
a year off from duty, 1930-31, and
made a trip around the world and
of It has many Interesting exper
iences to tell. She had two sisters at
the time who were missionaries In
Burmah. One of the sisters, Miss
Alta Ragon, visited In Monmouth
during the spring of 1921 and made
several public appearances.
FISHING VERY GOOD
Dallas Hubert Dunn, deputy
county assessor and his cousin, Al
lan Dunn, have returned from a
weeks' vacation spent In southern
and eastern Oregon. On their trip
they visited in Burns, Bend, Lake-
view, Klamath Palls and Crater
Lake. At the latter place they re
port there were two Inches of snow.
A high spot of the trip was the ex
cellent fishing enjoyed In the Rogue
river, both mnklng a good catch.
The General's vicious, a frozen faced
cuss.
Says Puffy, "Just why do you guys
pick od ns7"
The General yells, "That's enough
of your Up!
'11 take no back talk from A porky
younf snip!"
Ml ITT AND JEFF
SANtY-tT'S WONJ)CRFUL F
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A ANSWERS TO A
A QUESTIONS tt
By Frederic
This Newspaper puts at your dis
posal a corps of trained reseachers
ii Washington who will answes ques
tions for you. They have access to
the government departments, librar
ies, museums, galleries, and public
buildings, and to the numerous
associations which maintain head
quarters in the nation's capital. If
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dress the Capital Journal Informa
tion Bureau, Fredric J. Haskins, Di
rector, Washington, D. C.
Q. Did Prances Perkins, Secretary
of Labor, attend college? R.FJC.
A She attended Mt. Holyoke from
which she graduated in 1902. She
taught a year in Chicago, spent
some time at Hull House, studied
economics, and sociology at the Uni
versities of Pennsylvania, Chicago,
and Columbia.
Q. What is the extent of bus trav
el in the United States at present?
W.M.C.
A. Of the 104,000 motor buses In
the United States last year, the 32,
213 listed as common carriers trans
ported 1,736,000,000 passengers and
covered 1,797,000,000 miles, grossing
in revenue $348,800,000.
Q. What was the Epitaph which
Andrew Carnegie prepared for him
self? A.D.R.
A. "Here lies a man who knew how
to enlist in his service better men
than himself."
Q. Is "aspirin" a trade-mark or
the name of the product? B.C.
A. It was originally the trade
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mark of a manufactured product.
Upon the expiration of the patent,
the courts ruled that the name had
been generally accepted by the pub
lic as the name of the product, and
must be so considered.
Q. When were church bells Intro
duced into France? M.A.H.
A. They were probably introduced
about 550. In the 7th century Bede
mentions a bell brought from Italy
by Benedict Biscop for his abbey at
of a bell being known at Whitby Ab
bey at the time of St. Hilda's death
(680).
Q. Is the eye or the ear more
sensitive to impressions? C.N.T.
A. The Public Health Service says
that the eye is sixteen times more
sensative than the ear.
Q. How long has Arthur E. Mor
gan been president of Antioch oCl
lege? R.I.
A. Dr. Morgan has been president
or Antiocn since i22. He has re
cently been appointed Chairman of
the Tennessee Valley Power Author
ity. Q. What Is the record made by
Cannonball Baker up Mount Mit
chell? H.A.
A. Baker made the twenty-two
mile climb, which has 378 curves, in
42 minutes 33 seconds. The descent
was made In 42 minutes 15 seconds.
Q. What proportion of the sun's
rays directed toward the earth ac
tually reach It? M.O.
A. The Smithsonian Institution
says that on a clear day at sea
level, with the sun in the zenith,
about 75 per-cent of the solar rays
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are transmitted directly to the earth
through the atmosphere. Of the
remainder, part is scattered and
reaches the earth in the form of
sky light, part is selectively absorbed,
and part reflected back to space.
Q. How much does the average
Llewellan setter weigh? T.S.
A. The mature dog of this breed
should weigh between 40 and 55
pounds and the bitch between 35
and 40 pounds.
Q. When was Uncle Tom's Cabin
first dramatized and by-whom? F.H.
A. The dramatization of Harriet
Beecher Stowe's book was made by
George L. Aiken and was begun
while the tale was running serially
in The National Era. Both the book
and the play appeared In 1852 under
the title of Uncle Tom's Cabin, or
Life Among the Lowly. The play was
first presented at the Museum of
Troy, N. Y.
Q. Are poison ivy and poison oak
the same plant? H.D.
A. They are not the same al
though the names are confused in
some parts of the country. Since
some forms of poison Ivy do not
climb, and some forms of poison oak
so, it is hard to distinguish between
tnem. Tiie iact remains that both
are to be avoided.
Q. What Is meant by the "unequal
treaties" in reference to China? H.S.
A. These are treaties which grant
rights without reciprocity.
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Lesson Furnished with
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Isn't it cute?
Note the upper bodice of the dresi
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older sister is wearing.
Carry it out in tartan plaided
woolen as its inspirator and little
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Size 8 requires iji yards 35-inch
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