HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928.
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Green River recently to be sawed.
It was hollow and inhabited by a
30-Inch, 33-pound catfish.
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Dr. Long is visiting Southley Downs,
to which he Is conducted by Ahmad
Dan, an Oriental. There he meets Mr.
Southley. whom a detective friend, Al
exander Pierce, had told him to watch,
and his son Ernest Southley, Mr. Hay
ward and his son Vilas, and then Jose
phine Southley, whom he had seen faint
on the train. Josephine tells him the
story of Southley Downs and Ha ghost,
which is not the ghost of a human being
but of a tiger.
Dr. Long has a quarrrel with Vilas
Hayward over JoseDhine. and finds that
the Haywards have a strange authority
over the Bouthleys. He ia ordered to
leave Southley Dewns. The rain pre
vents him leaving at once. Dr. Long
and Ernest go out on the road in the
rain looking for the tracks of a tiger
that Ernest Bays are there.
They find the tracks. Later Ernest
and Dr. Long see a prowling creature
in the hall of Southley Downs. This
frightens the elder Hayward, who also
sees it. Ernest begins to feel that Ah
mad Das Is perpetrating some aevmry.
The elder Hayward Is later found
dead, his neck broken as if by a giant's
blow.
The coroner and police arrive In or
der to investigate.
Because of the murder, Dr. Long must
remain at Southley Downs. All the
persons there are questioned by Inapec
tor Freeman.
Dr. Long becomes Jealous of the love
he believes to exist between Vilas Hay
ward and Josephine. During the course
of investigations of the crime Dr. Long
becomes suspicious of a man named
Rnbln. He determines to watch him.
Robin turns out to be Alexander
Pierce, the detective.
Alexander Pierce and Inspector Free
man discuss the crime. Dr. Long feels
that his visit at Southley Downs is
coming to an end, and regrets leaving
the habitat of the girl for whom he
feels he has a hopeless love.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
It was after nine when I saw the
flash of a lantern across the water.
Thin clouds were in the sky, and
the moon had not yet risen. The
whole wilderness world was blotted
out by the shadow, and the soft
light over the water brought a queer
flood of thoughts. I welcomed its
approach. At the moment it seem
ed the only reminder that life still
existed about this great, bleak es
tate of the Southleys. Without It,
It might have seemed a realm of
death, where human beings never
came. And besides, the great Alex
ander Pierce was returning from
his expedition, and I did not know
but that this gleam across the
wastes was the breaking of the
light of truth In the darkness.
I heard a step behind me. It was
Inspector Freeman.
"I see he's coming just at the
time he promised," he said with a
note of wonder.
The boat drew up to the shore,
and the colored men got out to
make it fast The lantern light
was dim, and I could not see plainly.
It seemed to me that something
was huddled in the bottom of the
boat something rather large but
I couldn't see what It was because
a rubber tarpaulin had been thrown
over It. But I did see Alexander's
face. He held the lantern up to
look at us, and it showed his fea
tures plainly. He seemed curiously
intent.
We walked up the path, and three
shadows made black streaks across
the light that the lantern threw.
They were of the three Southleys,
who had come out of the house to
meet us. They also seemed grave,
determined. Something gleamed In
the old man's hand. As Alexander
held the lantern high, I saw what
it was. It was a pistol.
"What's this?" Alexander asked.
"Vilas pistol," Southley replied.
"You told me to get It"
"How did you do It withojit arous
ing suspicion?"
"Took It from the drawer In the
library table. He keeps It there in
the daytime. Usually carries it at
night Ernest and I left him with
the excuse that we had to talk to
some of the colored laborers at their
cottages. Josephine just slipped
away."
Alexander turned to Ernest "How
about the candles?"
"Two burning in Hie library. All
the others have been misplaced, as
you directed."
"And the servants?"
"No one in the house but Ahmad."
The Inspector suddenly gasped.
"But I tell you that Isn't safe,'' he
cried. "He'll get away. Alexander,
you promised to keep watch out
for him. He'll be gone when wo
get to the house."
"I promised I'd see that he didn't
run away," Alexander answered
wearily. "He'll be there when we
come. Don't fear, Inspector." He
turned to the others. "Then every
thing Is ready. Miss Southley if
you will go with inspector Free
man. His arm is strong and his
aim sure. Southley, you and Ernest
can take the south windows. You,
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Long, will be an unprejudiced wit
ness. But you've got to know how
to walk silently."
"I know how. I've stalked deer
in the West."
"Good. Then you'll come with
me. Anw now out goes the light."
He lifted the lantern and turned
down the wick. Then he blew out
the flame. Of course I understood.
In our present position at the base
of the hill, it would not be visible
from the windows of the house. It
would be visible as we approached
the house.
And Just as the shadows fell a
hand touched mine. It was a warm
hand, and soft, and the fingers
rested a single fluttering instant in
my palm. It was a little hand, too,
and I had In a single Instant of
never-to-be-forgotten knowledge of
its power to soothe and hold, and
a tenderness beyond all reckoning.
And I knew whose hand it was.
"Maybe you can understand after
this," she whispered. "Perhaps you
won't condemn me so."
Then like a squad deploying in
battle, we started climbing up the
slope of the hill.
We soon left the others in the
darkness. Alexander and I crept to
the postern door.
"One sound will spoil the play,"
he whispered to me in the instant
that we waited at its threshold.
"Keep your ears and eyes open."
Then we crept through into the
little hall. The door into the library
was open, but scarcely any light
came through. So deep was the
shadow that Alexander was at once
Invisible.
We lay down on the opposite
sides of the hall, so that we could
look through into the library. But
we left the passage open, as Alex
ander had Instructed. The reason
was simply that he thought the man
we had come to watch might want
to make an escape through the
doorway, and it would have spoiled
the plan for him to see us on the
way out Lying close to the walls,
it was likely he wouldn't pass us by.
But after one glance through the
doorway I felt sure that no such
attempt would be made. The dark
ness of the hillside where Hayward
had died would, in this man's mind,
seem more terrible than the room
itself.
The library at Southley Downs
was tremendously long. It had
rows of windows at one end, and
the other opened into the hall. The
tapestries and furnishings were
rather dark, after the manner of
Victorian libraries. At one side was
built the great fireplace, now cheer
less and cold. There were rather
many curtains that wavered when
the wind blew. The wind was blow
ing now. We could feel it, damp
and strange from the marsh, against
our faces.
When I say that Vilas Hayward
sat alone I do not mean that there
were no other occupants In the
room. There was one other, and
it is true that at first I didn't see
him at all. He kept at the very
edge of the candlelight, and he
moved so softly, so unobtrusively
that it was very easy to Ignore his
presence. It was Ahmad Das.
A white face is always compara
tively visible in dim light. That
Is why soldiers going on to No
Man's Land at night darkened their
faces with lamp-black. But Ahmad's
face was naturally dark, and It
blurred in our sight Sometimes I
saw the whites of his eyes when
the candlelight shone on them.
Vilas Hayward was not trying to
read; and the fact that the light
was too dim for easy reading had
nothing really to do with it He
was watching Ahmad Das out of
the corner of his eyes.
The lighting effect was one In
which a great artist would have re
joiced. It was yellow and dim, of
course; and perhaps it had a quality
of unreality. The atmosphere of
candles at any time is distinctly
medieval. Then there was the gra
dation of shadows dusky close to
the fireplace, but shading off to a
deep, intense black. The light from
the two candles met at the very
extremities, leaving a dusky path
between. Vilas' head and shoulders
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cast a distinct shadow on the wall,
blurred, however", by the effect of a
candle across the room. The shad
ow thrown by Ahmad was some
thing gliding and dusky and dim
against the curtains of the win
dows.
(Continued next week.)
UNUSUAL
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New York, July 25. (Autocaster)
t-onceman uavia Lenahan, a
rookie, shouted after a speeding
"Stop or II shoot!"
The auto sped on.
Lenahan drew his revolver and
fired one shot His aim was poor,
and he wounded himself in the leg.
An ambulance took him to the hos
pital. Real Yankee Chicken Puffs
Cglsretteg
Winsted, Ct, July 25. (Autocas
ter) A white leghorn pullet owned
by Louis Cordano, of Danbury
Quarter, has taken to smoking after
the modern feminine fashion. -
When a lighted cigarette is
thrown to the ground, this pullet
rushes over, picks It up in her beak
and proudly begins smoking it,
strutting through the barnyard.
The pullet smokes all brands.
So far none of the companies have
tried to get a testimonial from the
pullet, but she has hope!
Fish Lives in Log
Owensboro, Ky., July 25. (Auto-
caster) A huge log was pulled from
parked on Main street here was at
tracting considerable attention. It
had a Hoover plate in the front and
an Al Smith plate in the rear.
The man In the machine, asked
why the plates were not for the
same candidate, explained that he
favored Hoover while his wife was
a Smith booster.
So, to keep peace in the family,
it had been agreed to have both
candidates represented on the car.
Boy of 12 Saves Fourth Life
Washington, July 25. Autocaster)
Walter Johnson, 12, made his
fourth rescue in three years when
ne saved a man from drowning in
the Anacostia River.
POLLTRYMEN SEE FUTURE
FAR MORE ENCOURAGING
The largest crowd ever to attend
the annual poultrymen's convention
at Oregon State Agricultural col
lege compared reports from Oregon
and Washington and agreed that In
both states the low point in the in
dustry has been passed, though the
aay wnen slip-shod methods or
small volume of business will make
money is also passed if it were ever
here. Bad markets have squeezed
out the "in and outers" leaving the
situation better for the skilled
breeders and egg men.
Market possibilities for large
white light-yolked eggs are bright,
but not for poorer grades. A total
of 281 men and women registered,
and stayed for two days of educa
tional program, exhibits and dem
onstrations. M. S. Shrock, Milwau
kle, was elected president and F. L.
Knowlton, Corvallis, secretary-treas
urer. A straw-vote taken on the
national election turned out four to
one for Hoover.
Johnnv Kilhftllft. former wnrM'e
featherweight boxing champion, has
gone into politics. He's evidently
tired of the gentle arts!
No careful reader of the big city
newspapers can help concluding
that Cupid has swapped his arrow
for a revolver.
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