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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, November 8, IMS Twin«! They’re the High Point in a G.I.’s Career CAMP LEE. VA. — When Mr». Thomas P Conroy presented her husband, Sergeant Conroy of Natro na. Pa., with twins, she gave him a ticket back to civilian life. Con roy. who has a record of 28 months overseas, had a total of 71 points If his wife had had just one baby, he would have been two points short of the 85 required for a dis charge. The twin boys added 21 points to his total. OVERNIGHT » B . GUEST . 8 m BEN A M E S W IL L IA M S V f îâ t u iu s H ............ SORRY H e cant make enough Smith Bros. Cough Drops to satisfy everybody. O ur output is the brook. . . Did you think to fetch —peeped in the window.” And she still restricted. Buy only what you need. that letter?" said with a rueful gesture: " I don’t Smith Bros, have soothed coughs due to colds It was in her hand. "Here it is,” know how he knows, but he told since 1847, Black or M en tho l—still only It. she said. Mrs. Priddy the dead man was Tope unfolded the single sheet, he found in F a r a w a y !” looked at the letterhead, then read She added, looking at Adam, her BLACK OR M I N T H O l - 5 < the scrawled words. eyes twinkling faintly: "E a rl claims Dear Carl— he has some important information T h e A d v e r t i s e m e n t s M e a n a S a v in g t o Y o u How about some Ashing this that he's going to give Joe Dune! week? Trout ought to take hold. So if you and Inspector Tope don't K e e p P o s te d o n V a lu e s b y R e a d in g th e A d s Shall we try the pond? I ’ll be hurry, Joe w ill be the one to—rcud home sometime Wednesday aft the riddle, after a ll!” ernoon. Come about half-past Adam grinned. "Joe couldn't read four. That w ill let us catch the the alphabet in large type," he told evening rise. You’d better plan her confidently. "And Earl wouldn't to stay the night in case we know information if he saw it." keep at it till dark. No need of "I'm afraid you've always under answering this. because if CHAPTER VII rated Joe." she retorted. "But then you’re not there by four-thirty. you don't know much about real I 'll go ahead alone. Tope exclaimed in a mild exas criminals. You’ve spent your time Here’s luck! peration: "D idn't the doctor know annoying innocent m en!" Leddy Cotton Firehose who he was? Holdom must have The old man asked: "Carl is Mr Mrs. Tope watched them, amused; A new water-holding cotton Ire- had letters, labels in his clothes, and Adam protested: "Bee, I never hose has been developed. The new 1 something. A doctor that w ill keep Eberly's name?” claimed Eberly had committed any fabric may prove very useful as tent "Yes.” an unconscious man for three days “ Ike Crains An final Fseds" — cloth, tarpaulin, and outer rain re "Ledforge wrote this, eh? That crime, done anything wrong. But without trying to And out who he is sisting clethirr the bank had to be closed to protect the way he signs himself?" Kellogg*« Corn Flakes bring you nearly , and let his people know, needs look "Yes.” She watched him almost all the depositors. Those U tilities the protective food element« o f the whole ing into, M at!*’ I grain declared essential to human nutrition bonds—” He checked himself, fearfully. "Holdom told his office he'd had And he returned the letter to her, looked at Tope in a Startled way. I a smash-up,” Cumberland volun touched her hand. "Now, don’t you "Inspector, I forgot about that. It teered. Bafteved tai 5 mtawtM or double noaey back was Ledforge stuff that ruined W lw u « i r e « «tom arh acid cause« p a in fu l, « uffo c a l "Smash-up! Smash-up!” Tope re gaa. sour stomach and heartburn, d o ator* usually Eberly's bank. Do you suppose prrsenbe the fastes t-ac tin g medicines know n for peated exasperatedly. "That's a lie, Eberly—” n m p to m a tic r e l i e f - medieines like those in H e ll-an » ✓ Table«». lax a tive . Bell-ans briny» com fo rt In a ¡Mat! He and Ledforge started up Bee uttered an indignant exclama i f f y o r double your atoney back oa re tu rn o f bottle • pccial o o u itt-o v n to us. 25c a t a ll drugrist.« here together, with Kell driving. tion: "Adam Bruce, if you try to Ledforge came back to his office pretend that Mr. Eberly—" Monday morning with no word of Adam shook his head; he grinned a smash-up! Kell came home with K e e p P o s te d o n V a lu e s at her. "No. Bee," he said. "You're no word of a smash-up! The car a stubborn young hussy, and no one So Seep Va-tro-nol h an d y— When a head cold strikes, put a little B y R e a d in g th e A d s showed no signs of a smash-up! It Va-tro-nol In each nostril. It’a a spe and use It the Instant it Is need can beat any sense into you; but— doesn't make sense, Mat.” ed. Follow directions In th e cialized medication th a t— Eberly's all right. Tope. He threw package. “ Holdom told his office he’d be ✓ Quickly Relieve« all his own money into the bank, there tomorrow,” said Cumberland- made every sacrifice possible to o f heed colds. Mokes breathing easier. Tope looked up at him. " I f he was help save the depositors.” He looked unconscious in this doctor's hospital, at the girl in sudden concern. Do you suffer he didn’t telephone from New York "Bee," he asked, "you don’t think a t the first warning snlBe or on Saturday,” he said. it possible that he would—’’ from MONTHLY "Telephone?” Cumberland echoed "No, no," she whispered. "He's "Some one telephoned!” Tope re too—” minded him irritably. "Telephoned extra light breadi She was interrupted. The door the police at Ridgcomb, and said he with its weak, tirad 1 burst open, violently. Here was was Holdom and that his coupe had I f functional periodic disturbances Earl Priddy, his eyes wide and gog make you feci nervous, tired, restless— been stolen!” gling with excitement, his hands a t such times—try this great medicine —Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com “ Holdom must know something!” shaking. He leaped into the room, pound to relieve such symptoms. Taken Cumberland said. “ I ’ll send for and banged the door behind him, regularly—it helps build up r e s i s t a n c e him, get him up here, as soon as against sucb distress. Also a grand and set his shoulders against it, his stomachic tonic. Follow label directions. he is able.” hands outspread to press hard Tope nodded. “ Of course. I guess against the panels. you'd better send Dane.” he decid "Sh-h-h!” he whispered. "Sh-h-h!” ed. ‘‘Dane, as soon as Holdom can Bee said reproachfully: "E arl, L e t t h e A d s G u id e travel, bring him up here. He's a you're drunk! Don't be a nuisance! material witness, anyway. Make Go out of doors!” him come.” "Not me,” said Earl Priddy hot Y o u W h e n S h o p p in g Dane protested: “ No need of my ly. “ I don't go out there again to going. Any policeman—” night! No sir, not m e." But Tope urged: “ Needs a re Some one pushed at the door from sponsible man with a head, on his without, and he fought to hold it shoulders, son.” He hesitated. shut. The door bulged, and Adam "M at,” he apologized. " I'm speak leaped that way. There was sud ing out of turn. After all, this is your ‘S h -h-h!” he w h isp ered , “ Sh -h -h !” denly a weapon in the young man's show.” hand. He thrust Priddy aside, and always rely on th is g rea t rub for "That's all right,” Cumberland in worry,” he urged again. "M r. Eber Earl stumbled and fe lt and Adam sisted. “ Joe, you do what Tope ly ’s all rig h t." And he asked: "E a rl jerked wide the door, his gun ready, says.” Priddy has disappeared, has he?” expecting anything. Child’s Mild F u ll-s tre n g th y e a s t acts fa s te r b e c a u s e it ’s Dane insisted stubbornly: " I ought But he saw only Vade, and Isaac Bee answered him in some sur to be here. Keep in touch with prise: "Why, yes. How did you M urrell, and Mrs. M urrell and the fre s h I Fleischmann s fresh active Yeao«, goes right to things.” know? Mrs. Priddy wanted him to twins clustering curiously there, work-m akes sweeter, tastier bread . . . helps insure Tope touched his arm. ‘‘We want come and peel potatoes for supper, pale and alarmed. They recoiled tender light texture. IF YOU BAKE AT HOME — before Adam’s weapon; and Ear), to know more about this doctor down but he's gone! Just simply van scrambling to his feet, cried; there, son,” he declared. "Maybe ished into thin a ir !” use Fleischmann’s active, fresh Yeast “ Come in! Come in, quick, every he’s one of the gang. You look him Tope nodded, chuckling: “ E arl’s with the familiar yellow label. Depend Shut the door! Lock it! over, ask him a few questions, size out spreading the news,” he assured body! able America’s time-tested favorite him up, see what you think of him .” her. “ I guess the excitement is due There's a man in Faraway!” Half a dozen people had heard for over 70 years. So Dane was flattered into con to start,” he predicted. “ Country senting. "Well, that’s so,” he folks have tongues like a lot of dom E arl’ s announcement. Tope regret agreed. “ I ’d better do that. I ’ll inoes. You set one of them wag' ted this; but regret did not impose on him inaction. He said briefly: check up on him, and bring Holdom ging and you wag them all.” Many doctors recommend good back. I 'll see what I can get out of ta s t in g S co tt’s E m u lsion be “ I ’ll go after him .” Bee prom “ Adam !” And with young Bruce cause it’s rich in natural A&D Holdom on the way.” ised. “ Find him, make him be beside him, he started up the drive Vitamin's and energy-building toward Faraway. o il ch ild ren need fo r p rop er But Tope objected to this, and still.” She hurried away. grow th , stro n g bones, sound There was never in Tope any par with some violence. "Don’t you, teeth, sturdy bodies. Help» build Tope sat down on the edge of the up reeietance to cold» too if diet ticular capacity for fear; if he knew Dane!” he commanded. “ Don’t you bed. " I ’m getting old,” he con is A 4D deficient. Buy Scott's ask Holdom anything. Just tell him fessed. "Going to catch a nap be danger lay ahead, he was not above today! All druggists. taking precautions, for there was you’ve got orders to bring him up fore supper-time.” here. Let him stew in his own He lay down, and Mrs. Tope cov no arrogance of folly in this man. juice till we're ready to talk to him. ered him over and made him com But tonight he had—or seemed to y £ A R R O U N D T O N IC have—no feeling that it would be It he’s been unconscious since Sat fortable. ngerous to surprise the intruder urday, there's a lot he doesn’t know. As Tope had guessed, Earl Priddy Faraway. He made haste to By the time you get him back here, was busy. When Joe had asked for Good B reakfast Dish maybe we’ll know more than we do Inspector Tope, E arl was startled come to the cabin; and before Adam A hearty cereal mush or porridge, now, be able to ask him some ques into a curiosity that would no long could intervene, he had thrown the which is usually served with, milk, door open and stepped firm ly In. tions he can’t answer." er be denied. An hour later, after is a good main dish for breakfast. Night had by this time almost ful And he added, remembering: “ By various investigations which includ But everybody needs eggs, and If ly fallen, and the interior of the the way, Joe. I want you to find out ed a secret survey of Amasa’s eggs are not included in other meals, some things for me: Ask Medford farmhouse, he came almost at a run cabin was dark. Yet there was light have them as the main dish for about gas from the exhaust, and to the store in Madderson village. enough for them to see the bed— breakfast several times a week. You whether it could get into the rumble- He went directly to the telephone that bed under which a body once might also serve fish once in a while. seat, and whether this dead man and called the D istrict Attorney’s had been bestowed—all In disorder, For example, creamed white fish had breathed any of it, and whether office in North Madderson and with blankets and coverlet and mat flakes on toast, or codfish balls, or he was drugged. And see if you asked for Joe Dane. Of Cumber tress in a heap upon the floor; and a smoked fish. The variety meats make good breakfast dishes, too— can find out where Mrs. Kell and land himself. Earl stood in some a man, with a lighted match in his hand, staring down through the kidneys, liver or brains. Ledforge went last week-end.” awe; but not of Joe Dane. springs at the empty space below. Joe was not there! Joe and Cumberland turned to The man, at their entrance, ward the door; but there they met "Well, you tell him Earl Priddy’s whirled, and the match went out; Bee Dewain. The g irl’s face was got some news for him ,” Earl said but Adam snapped on the lights. white and strained; she would have vehemently. "Something mighty Then Balser Vade came up on the ==OU»=> « spoken. Tope, with a sudden vio important about this case out here. porch behind them, and Tope turned i-Bruth" Applicator 1 lence of words, urged Dane and He’ll know what I mean. You tell and saw him, said curtly: (•«"BLACK LEAF 40*jfl Cumberland toward the car; and him to see me, quick's he can!” .G O MUCH FARTHER “ Vade, go tell Miss Dewain to only when they were gone did he And only then did he turn to re call Mat Cumberland. Tell him to OR S P R E A D O N R O O S T S turn to Bee. cite his tale to the audience that come here." He added: "And Vade, “ Now, Miss Dewain,” he said while he phoned had been quick to don’t you come back!” gravely, " I judge you’ve got bad gather close behind him. “ Hello, Kell,” he said. news?” The big man twitched as though While Earl thus brought the news 'Clancy, I think you done that on purpose I' She nodded. “ I telephoned Ed to Madderson village that there was some secret agony tormented him, Priest’s camps,” she said unhappi a dead man in the small back room but he made no move nor sound. ly. “ Mr. Eberly’s not there. They at Amasa Dewain's, Inspector Tope "What are you doing here?” Tope A t LAST— yon ran buy „// (he May W&rn of Disordered don’t expect him. They haven’t was still asleep, Mrs. Tope on guard asked. Kidney Action fresh, dated "Eveready” flash heard from him.” The answer came stammeringly. beside him. He did not stir till the light batteries you need! Your Modern life with its hurry and worry, Tope whistled softly. "That’s supper-bell roused him; and a little " I —wanted a place to sleep. I ’m irregular habits, improper eating and dealer lias them now, in the size drinking—its risk of exposure and infec where he planned to go?” hunting work, walking—’’ that fits your flashlight. later he and Mrs. Tope came down tion—throws heavy atrain on the work "Yes, that’s where he always to the M ill. Bee met them apolo Tope looked at the other’s shoes, of the kidneys. They are apt to become Naturally, they're still on the over-taxed and fail to filter excess acid goes. That’s where he said he was getically. now wet with dew, though they had job with the Armed Forces—hut and other impurities from the life-giving going.” been faintly dusty. Then Adam blood. there are plenty for civilian use “ I don't know whether we'll get touched the Inspector’s arm, whis You may suffer nagging backache, as well. Tope wagged his head. "Child,” headache, dizziness, getting up nights, much supper, or whether it w ill be pered in his ear. Tope nodded. !•< . pains, swelling—feel constantly he said gently, " I hadn’t ought to So be sure and ask for fresh, fit to eat,” she explained. "E a rl tired, nervous, all worn out. Other signs dated "Evercady” flashlight hat have asked you to telephone up "O f course,” he assented impa of kidney or bladder disorder are some didn’t get back till a little while ago, teries. T he fam ous date-line times burning, scanty or too frequent there. It's just a bad habit of mine, tiently. "This is Kell, all right.” He urination. proves that you get a freth, Jull- working on a business like this^ and Mrs. Priddy had to peel her faced the mustached man again. Try Doan*» Pill». Doan’» help the poirer battery every tim e...you r kidneys to pass off harmful excess body whenever anyone tells me anything, own potatoes. She may take it out "Go on,” he said then. “ You’re out very best assurance of depend on us!” waste. They have had more than half a of work, tramping the country, look to check up and see if it ’ s so. I ’ve century of public approval. Are recom able service and long battery Tope guessed: "Priddy probably ing for a job; you thought you might mended by grateful users everywhere. no notion that Mr. Eberly has any life. A»k your neighbor! steal a night’s sleep here. You have thing to do with this. As far as went to spread the news.” FLA S H LIG H T B A T T E R IE S wondering where he is—” He chuc When Bee returned from the no money. Is that your story?” The word ' And when the other did not an kled, touched her arm. “ Don’t ever kitchen, her eyes were troubled. wonder about a fisherman,” he "Mrs. Priddy says Earl knows all swer, Tope said: "Adam, turn out urged. "You can’t rely on them about it,” she confessed. "He saw hi« pockets!” any more than you can on trout in the dead man up at Uncle Amasa’s VICTORY BONDS! Now’i the time to buy them (TO BE CONTINUED) T H K STOKY T H I S F A B : Adam Bruce, F B I operator, on a trip to his old home, ran into his previous boss, Inspector Tope and Mrs. Tope. U r sent them out to an auto ra m p operated by Bee Dewatn. L a t er that night Tope phoned Bruce, asking him to come at once and bring State Trooper Quill. The body of a man. who Mrs. Tope thought was Ledforge, head ol New England utilities, had been lound. A ear believed to have been stolen and used In the murder was found In the quarries. Tope expressed belief that Mrs. Kell was dead In the car. while her husband, form er employee of Hoi- dom. had walked away. Iloldont was lo cated in hospital, Ledforge in New York. SMITH BROS. COUGH DROPS * Simply Delicious CORN FLAKES Acid Indigestion V W V W W W W , VICKS V A T R O -N Q L NERVOUS TENSION DIONNE'QUINTS* COUGHSn’ COLDS MUSTfROLE S C O T T S E M U L S IO N c/QHren moments wm , freshK EvereadY Batteries Black Leaf40 That Nagging Backache D oans P ills
