Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, November 29, 1945
Doll House H aving
Toy Shelves Below
'T 'H E Christm as you made a dolJ
* house for little Susie or Betsy
will always stand out in your m em ­
ory. A pattern Riving a list of
OVERNIGHT ïS S ï
GUEST
i q B E N A M E S W IL L IA M «; s .
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IW N U ftA T U Ilis l
T H E S TO R Y T H l ’S E A R . A dam B ru cr.
F B I operato r. I n i per lo r Tope and M r *.
Tope m et In Ike M a in e w ood..
Tope
found a m an m urdered a l au lo r a m p
operated by Bee llr w a ln .
He w a i b e­
lieved lo be M r. I.edforge, bead of New
E ng land u U lllle t. le d fo rg e 'g frien d waa
found In b o ip lta l with bead In ju ries H U
rh au S e u r. K ell, waa found, ad m itted tb al
he bit Holdom on bead, upon H o ld o m 'i
o rd e ri.
Said h r did not know w here
M r i. K ell w a i Joe B ane, a u l i l a n t l>.A.,
returned w ith Holdom and Ir a r n r d from
handym an P rid dy that a w om an and m an
had been there at lim e of m u rd e r and
the m an wai ra ile d Rupe. w h lrh m ight
have been I.edfo rg e, a i h li nam e w a i
Rufus.
L U C K Y S L IP
Mrs. S m ith — O ur new neighbor
m ust be offended at som ething. She
h asn't been over to see me fo r sev­
e ra l days.
M r. S m ith —Be sure to find out
w hat It was and when she does
come over, we’ ll try it on h-ir again.
M r. E b e rly cam e out to meet
Adam saw W hitlock m ove ns
them, and rem em bered Adam , and
though to speak, knew w hat the o th ­
G ood P ro v id e r
said g ra v e ly : " I heard y o u r car.
Deacon—Is yo u r w ife dependent
S orry the gate was lo c k e d ."
He e r was about to say. It was e u rly
sm iled in fa in t m irth le ss fashion. F rid a y m orning, before she could on you?
have known that her b ro th e r had
R ustus—Yassuh! If Ah d o n 't go out
"M o re trouble. B ru ce ? "
"N o t fo r you, s ir ." A dam told not come home ns he plnnned, that an' g it de washin* fo her to do, she
h im ; and he introduced In sp e cto r M iss Ledforge had set these men done p lu m b sta rve to death.
B ut Tope touched
Tope, leaving it to Tope to e xp la in upon the tra il.
W h itlo ck’s arm , re s tra in in g h im ;
th e ir presence here.
Some Cut Up
Tope handed E b e rly th a t le tte r spoke h im s e lf instead.
H a rry —I thought you said your
"W e ll, m a 'a m , th a t's a ll r ig h t." dog was a bloodhound. He doesn't
fro m
Ledforge.
"M is s
D ewain
thought you'd want it . " he said. "A s And he added: " I w ant to leave M r. look lik e one to me.
He's expecting a
long as it's this afternoon M r. Led- W hitlock here.
J e rr y —Well, a ll I know is he gets
phone ca ll fro m M r. M yers. Can he
forge wants you to meet h im ."
Into fights a ll the tim e and comes
sta
y?
”
E b e rly reud the le tte r s w iftly ; he
home bleeding.
i. > • a r
" O f course," she nsstisKil h im ;
looked at Tope.
"M is s Dewain
m aterials, dimensions and printed
and then Tope was s a y in g * ood-by.
showed this to y o u ? "
"The Crains Ars Great Foods"
CH A PTE It X
window’s, doors, fireplace helps.
Look O ut
Outside, the old m an said c ris p ly :
ù es s ir ," Tope confessed; and
Th e house shown here has a n u m b er of
Jane— I thought th a t fellow you
special fe atu res th at m others as w ell as
He a d m itte d ;
M a tte r o f fact, I he said b rie fly . " M r. E b e rly. I don't "W h itlo c k , you and Beal stay here
K rllitgg • C orn K lakra bring you
Sinall g irls w ill ap p recia te. I t tits in a
And he were engaged to was a prom ising
thought there was tw o women in w ant to tr y to te ll you a ll th a t's t ill you hear fro m m e ."
nc«i ly a ll t hr p ro te c tiv r íim k J ele
■»‘ »•Inch space against the w a ll and has
young
law
yer.
added:
"Y
o
u
r
Job
is
to
see
th
a
t
noth­
menta » I (he nhole gtain deviai ed
there. I thought she said ‘R u th ,’ happened. I f I told you the story,
convenient shelves underneath fo r other
cast ni tal tu hum an cauti ilion .
Jean -That was Just the trouble.
you d th in k m ore about the ques­ ing happens to th a t old la d y ."
toys and books; and fo r the doll fa m ily ’s t ill E a rl here told me it was a man
He was alw ays prom ising.
"Happens to her? W hat—"
clothes. W hen the fro n t of the house lg and a w q m a n ."
tions you w ant to ask than about the
rem oved, th ere a re two spacious bed­
" I d o n 't look fo r a n y th in g ." Tope
questions I'm asking you. M in d if
Joe
took
both
men
in
his
c
a
r
back
room s. a la rg e liv in g room and a dining
Monkey Face
a d m itte d
" Y o u r being here w ill
1 d o n 't s ta rt e xp la in in g at a ll? "
room w ith re a lis tic view s into the kitchen to his home in N o rth Madderson.
She— E v e ry tim e I'm out w ith you
prevent.
B
u
t—you
s
ta
y
."
E b e rly was w hite and s till. "W h a t
and bath pasted on the back w all.
H ere were v ita l witnesses; he m eant
1 th in k of a g re a t man.
And he turned and w ith Adam by
to keep th e ir in fo rm a tio n to h im se lf is it you w ant to kn o w ? "
He— You fla tte r me. Who is he?
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his side strode tow ard the c a r W h it­
Why,
that
s
fin
e
,"
said
Tope
con­
fo
r
a
while.
Is 15 cents postpaid. Send request d ire c t
She— D arw in.
lock.
gaping
w
ith
bew
ilderm
ent,
tO!
tentedly
"Y o u know M r. L edforge
"A n d you stay h e re ." he d ire cte d
swung away to where Beni w nited
" D o n 't ta lk to anybody t i l l I come p re tty well, do n 't yo u ? "
C o lle g e F un
M R S . R E T II W Y E T H S P E A R S
" I 'm p robably his most in tim a te In the other machine.
fo r you, o r send fo r you. See?”
She— B ut I Just kissed him like a
Bedford H ill.
N ew V ork
A t the M ill. Bee and Mrs. Tope
brother.
He went back to the courthouse,
D ra w e r 10
Soapy Brush
were here to greet them. A fte r the
where P rin g le s till held his v ig il
He — Yeah. L ike a fra te rn ity
Enclose 15 cents fo r D o ll House
Place a sm a ll hand brush, b ristle
firs t m om ent. Bee caught A dam 's
b ro th e r!
o ve r H oldom . "H e 's been asleep
P a tte rn 273.
side up. in the soup dish. Keep the
arm . drew h im aside.
m ost of the tim e ." the d e te ctive re
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Happy Home
soap on top of the brush and when
ported. "Seems kind of dopey. D on't
"W h a t's happened?" she dem and­
Jones—How do you liv e now that
you need to use the brush it w ill a l­
say a w o rd .’
A dd ress-
ed softly. "W h e re have you been?"
y o u r w ife has le ft you?
ready be fu ll o f soup.
Lost in an im p enetrable fo re st.”
Joe nodded. “ 1’ ve got a hot t r a il. "
S m ith —M uch cheaper.
he assured her, chuckling. "W hen
he reported. "H a v e you heard any
It comes to g iv in g a m an d irections,
th in g fro m M a t? '
yo u 're a to ta l loss. W hat w ere you
"W h y, ye s,” P rin g le to ld h im
try in g to do, get rid o f us fo r good
"T h e y got th a t c a r out of the q u a r­
and all? We d id n ’ t find the lodge
ry . Telephoned fo r W ill B anion's
— Buy Your Planting Slock Now —
t ill d a y lig h t."
am bulance here a m inute ago. Mrs.
PURE C ROFT S T R A IN
K e ll w a s *in it.
D e a d ."
" I d io t ! "
she protested.
"Y o u
M .r too
Z —
-a --an
rra — —
B u lb la ta ---«
— 3"
a tlj
Joe nodded again, lo ftily . "N a tu
d id n 't listen! B ut it's hours since
935.00
( • d dlu
l t u n B u lb la t a
r a lly ,” he agreed. “ W ell, I 'l l run
S m a ll B u lb la ta
.......
—
—
— - • 17.50
d a ylig h t.
Where have you been
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3 In c h Y a a r lln ira .
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out there, take c h a rg e ."
since? And w hy did he b rin g M r.
85.00
4 In c h Y a a r lln ir a
"
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E berly here?
And w hat did you
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He made speed tow ard the quar
find out?”
ry.
Beyond D ew ain's M ill, in the
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' I f you catch cold raaily-becaoao
you lack all the natural A A D
" W e ll," he said, "w e called on
fro n t seat o f a c a r stopped at a fill­
A b . o l n t . t y M o D i r t o r S c ra p
P ° U" d
vitam ins and encrgy-buildfng
Miss Ledforge. I t was she who put
ing-station there, he saw Tope s it­
N O O R D E R S F O U L E S S T H A N «100.00
natural oils you nerd-you may
be amazed how Scott's Emulsion
W hitlock and Beal on th is thing, be­
tin g alone, his head bowed, a p p a r­
can help build energy, afam in a
G o ld B ea c h B ulb C o m p a n y
cause her b ro th e r w rote her th a t he
e n tly asleep. B ut Joe did not stop.
and rrejetance. T ry i t ! See why
many doctors recommend thin
was sick.”
He had no desire to share w ith this
rood-tasting, high energy, food
in te rlo p e r his discoveries now. . . .
tonic. Buy a t your druggist'a.
"B u t th a t doesn't m ake sense— ”
Insp e cto r Tope did not see Joe
She had no tim e to shape another
Dane pass b y; but the old man.
question. Tope was com ing tow ard
though
his eyes were closed, was
them , and he called to A dam :
r E A R - R O U N D T O N IC
not asleep. Yet he m ig h t have been
“ A ll rig h t, son! L e t’s g o !"
excused fo r being. He had slept not
He clim b e d in to the car. "W here
at a ll fo r m any hours.
to?” Adam asked, and Tope said in
When Bee, the nig h t before, took
a m ild im patience:
M rs. Tope aw ay to see her safe
"T h e q u a rry , m a n !"
abed. Tope led Adam up to the cab­
So Adam drove down the road
I tow ard R idgcom b. t ill he cam e to
in w here W hitlock and Beal were
housed, and knocked on the door.
that byw ay w hich led up Into the
W h itlo ck and Beal w ere s till awake
h ills where the q u a rrie s w ere; then
" I ta lke d w ith yo u r boss, b o y s ,"
turned aside and began the steep
Tope told them d ire c tly . "T a k e m y
clim b .
word fo r that? O r do you w ant to
Adam asked; "Y o u feel sure this
"H e w ill be here some tim e to d a y ."
get h im on the phone?”
is the Holdom c a r? "
W hitlock consulted Beal w ith a frie n d ." E b e rly glanced at Adam .
B ut Tope reported in an im p a ­
glance, and Tope added: " I know
" M r. B ruce has o f course told you tie n t tone: " I t 's bound to be! Go
who put you on this. C h a rle y told o f the bank's collapse. Ledforge se­ a long.”
m e He said you don’ t know .”
When they reached the ledge
c u ritie s were in la rg e p a rt respon­
"N o ,” W hitlock adm itte d .
sible.
B ut M r. L edforge had ad­ above the q u a rry . M a t C um berland
"C h a rle y gave me yo u r re p o rts up vised me against c a rry in g so m uch cam e to meet th e m ; beyond, Adam
to ye sterday m o rn in g , the last tim e o f his stuff. He believed in it h im ­ saw h a lf a dozen men engaged in
you called h im up. I ’ ll run through self. but p re fe rre d th a t I should not the task here under way. C um ber­
them i f you want, show you I know
c o m m it the bank so h eavily. I t was land said in slow bew ildered tones;
w hat I'm ta lk in g about.”
m y own decision, m y own responsi­
"Tope, K e ll told the tru th . O ur
FULL-STRENGTH! Fleischm anns fresh active Yeast start*
W h itlo ck surrendered. " W e 'll take b ilit y . "
dead m an ca n 't be Le d fo rg e ! T here's
y o u r w ord fo r i t . ” he said.
^
k , n g right away! All the strength of the yeast brings
Tope nodded. "K n o w his fa m ily , a s to ry in the New Y o rk papers to­
Tope nodded. " A ll rig h t. B u t the
out
all the flayorful goodness of your bread Be surer of
day
th
a
t
Ledforge
has
m
ade
a
com
­
do you?”
p a rty th a t put you on the jo b in the
p la in t to the governing co m m itte e
"M
is
s
Ledforge,
yes.
There
is
no
sweet
ta s te -lig h t te x tu re -fra g ra n t freshness
firs t place says you can q u it now.
o f the Stock Exchange about Hoi
B u t I need you, and M yers says one else.”
IF YOU BAKE AT HOME, insist on
"Y o u and he used to go fishing d o m .”
y o u 're to w o rk w ith me. O .K .? "
“ No. L edforge is n 't d e a d ," Tope
together
and
so
on?”
J-leischmann’s
full-strength, fresh ortice
W hitlock grinned. " I ’ ve heard a
"Y e s, and s till do. Fish and hunt. absently assented.
Yeast with the familiar yellow label De
lot about you. old man. G lad to
USE
A dam pressed closer, as in te n t as
watch you operate.
W hat is this O r som etim es ju s t come up here
pendable-A m erica’» favorite yeast
and rest fo r days on end.”
the D is tric t A tto rn e y to hear w hat
business, a n yw a y? ”
for over 70 years.
Tope looked around re fle ctive ly. the old m an's answ er w ould be; but
Tope fo r a m o m e n t did not an-
And he asked: “ M r. E b e rly, come Tope gave them no enlightenm ent.
| swer. Then he said h e a vily, h a lf
down to L e d fo rg e ’ s place w ith us. " I ’ ll know a lo t m ore tw o hours
| to h im s e lf: " I f it's w hat I th in k it
w ill you? I w ant to see M iss Led­ fro m no w ,” he said. " B u t t ill I'm
is it's about as bad a th in g as I
LIQUID, TABLET5, SALVE, NOSE DROPS'
forge, and I'd lik e to see that fish sure in m y own m in d , I'd ra th e r not
ever ran in to ." And he added g r im ­
pond o f his. I ’m a fisherm an m y ­ do any guessing." And he added re ­
USE ONLY A5 DIRECTED
ly : "U n le ss I'm cle a r off the tra c k ,
se lf.”
a ssu rin g ly: "B u t M at, i f I'm on the
there are three people dead a lre a d y
rig h t tra c k , w e 'll have a ll the d irty
"
C
e
rta
in
ly
,”
E
b
e
rly
agreed.
"
I
'
l
l
and if we do n 't w atch ourselves,
linen washed and hung out on the
m ore to come.
You boys come get some clothes o n ." He had come
He took the big
in slip p e rs and dressing-gown to lin e by to n ig h t.”
a lo n g ."
m an's a rm . “ Now com e on. L e t’ s
They set out in tw o cars, W h it­ greet them .
A t Tope's suggestion, they left see w hat th e y’re doing h e re ."
lock and his com rade tr a ilin g ; and
They turned along the ledge; and
E
b
e rly 's c a r here and w alked back
Tope said to A dam :
"G o to that lodge, son. I w ant to to the locked gate, roused W hitlock C um berland said: “ The newspapers
and Beal, sleeping w e a rily in th e ir have got the story. Tope. G ot re ­
see M r. E b e rly .”
A dam assented.
" H u r r y ? " he car. and so got under way. E b e rly p o rte rs on it. I looked fo r some of
told them they need not go through them to be up here before now .”
asked.
Tope stopped In his tracks. “ We
Tope shook his head. “ It's late R idgcom b.
a lre a d y ,” he pointed out. " H e 'll be
Sr>*rgM Aa fcf«, •.vwwd
“ T here's a back ro a d ," he ex­ d o n 't w ant th a t! Q u ill here?”
asleep, anyw ay. We ll have to wake plained, " th a t comes down past the
"O v e r y o n d e r," C um berland as­
him up: and w e're sta yin g w ith h im
fish pond. A locked gate, but I have sented; and Tope saw the trooper,
t ill d a ylig h t, so ta ke y o u r tim e ."
kneeling on the lip o f the ledge to
a ke y.”
promptly relieve coughs from
" R ig h t.” A dam assented. "See if
When th e ir rin g was answered. look down into the q u a rry p it below,
you can go to sleep. I ' l l tr y not to Tope asked fo r Ml. Ledforge.
and called to h im . Q u ili cam e to­
give you a bum py rid e .”
"H e 's expected this afternoon, w a rd th e m ; and Tope said q u ic k ly :
Great For Grownups, Too!
"Son, go down the road and keep
Yet w ith the best o f intentions on s ir ," the servant replied.
HUB OM
the re p o rte rs fro m com ing up here
"T hen M iss L e d fo rg e ? "
A dam s p a rt, that d riv e through the
—i f they find out w here we a re ."
n ig h t was s till an o rd e a l o f n a rro w
M iss Ledforge received them at
bad woods roads, missed turns and the
“ O ke ," Q u ill assented. “ I ran into
b re a kfa st-ta b le ;
and
Adam
consequent doublings and d iffic u l­ thought there was some shadow in them once a lre a d y to d a y ." And he
ties. It was past fo u r o'clock in the her eyes; yet she sm iled in a frie n d
reported: " I found the Holdom lim ­
m orning, and Adam was g rim ly l.v fashion, and spoke to Inspector ousine. Inspector.
N u m ber plates
cursing Bee D ew ain's idea o f d is ­ i Tope, re m e m b e rin g his c a ll two gone, but i t ’s the one, a ll rig h t. H id
tances and o f d ire c tio n before they days before.
in the woods T here's blood on the
cam e at last to a gate she had de­
floor ru g in the re a r s e a t."
He
“ M y b ro th e r hasn't come y e t,'
F o r Y o n T o Feel W ell
scrib e d —and found it locked.
A t she explained.
"H e w ill be here chuckled. “ I sent the re p o rte rs up
24 hours every d s y , 7 days every
Tope's d ire ctio n . W hitlock and Beal som etim e to d a y ."
there. They co u ld n't m ake anything
wer-k, never stopping, the kidneys filter
i slaved here w ith the cars w hile Tope
out of th a t.”
waste m a ile r from the blood.
Tope
said
slo
w
ly:
"W
hy.
that's
I f more people were aware of how the
and A dam went on. tru d g in g along what I hear. M iss L e d fo rg e .’’ And
Tope nodded.
"Y o u looked it
k id n e y * must constantly remove sur­
the w in d in g way Insensibly a g ra y he said: "W e 're fro m the M yers o ve r firs t? ”
plus lluid , cieess scida and other waste
m a ile r th a t ra n n o t s lay In the blood
lig h t cam e stealing through the Agency, you see."
“ N othing in it . "
w ith o u t In ju ry to health, there would
wood.
be better understanding of trSe the
“ Look at the to o ls? "
H
er
cheek
colored
fa
in
tly
"Oh.
whole system is upset when kidneys fail
; " D a y lig h t." said Tope.
"W e ll.
"N o . W h y? "
to function properly.
, w e've tim e e n o u g h !" And he asked: th a t absurd p ro c e e d in g !" she ex-
B urning, scanty or too frequent urina­
Tope
said: "T h e re was pi.
bly
claim
ed.
"
I
should
apologize
tio n soni.iim ee warns th a t som ething
fo
r
■ "A d a m , got y o u r g u n ? "
is wrong. You m ay aulTer nagging back­
. “h " « * .
blood and h a ir on one ot the
tro u b lin g y o u ." And she explained.
w Irlrnn
' * h n. in n h i m».« o
»
In
"Y e s
W hy?”
ache, headaches, dizziness, rheum atic
wrenches
Unless Holdom kept his
pains, g e llin g up a t nights, swelling.
I " K e ll m ay have brought some one “ I t was m y rid icu lo u s solicitude.
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W hy nut try fio oe's /•i.’isT You will
You see, m y b ro th e r w ro te last week hat on. B ut no m a tte r. D id you
up here th a t he d id n 't te ll us about,
be using a medicine recommended the
that he was ill. was com ing home s e e -th e g irl 1 sent you to see?"
coun try over. Z»oo«'e a tim u la ’ e the func­
i said Tope, and said no m ore Then F rid a y ." She hesitated. "H e never
tion of the kidneys and help them to
" N o t yet. T rie d tw ice, but there
know s-than five other widely offered rub-in» A fi/d
hush out poisonous waste fr >m the
they cam e to the lodge—low. sp ra w l-
took pro p e r care of h im s e lf; and w a sn 't anyone a t hom e.”
blood. T h ey contain nothing harm fu l.
Ben-Gay was especially developed for children
mg.
b
u
ilt
o
f
logs,
w
ith
an
outlook
to
G e t ( ’«Ma's tod ay. I ' m with confidence.
when he d id n 't come as he expect­
"W e ll, a fte r w e 're through here,
At e ll drug stores.
the west across the tum bled crests
ed. I was co n ce rn e d ." She laughed find her. see what she says, come
of d is ta n t wooded h ills lik e tossing
so ftly. "H e was so amused. when and te ll m e .” the old man d ire ct
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billow s. A c a r was parked by the
I told him w hat I had done. Told ed.
"T h in k you can hold the re
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| d oor; and door, and some w ir dows,
m e to—c a ll o ff m y dogs! So I tele- p o rte rs off o u r n e ck? "
were opon.
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p a in I ? FOR
mild C H
ben
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phoned M r. M y e rs ."
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