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PXGE TEN MEDFORP iniE TRTBTTyE, arEDFORD, QKEfiOX, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1920. (GiOILID BlULILEirS by Charles GBootK A ....SYNOPSIS! Forced by strong clrcamNUuulal evidence pointing to Jerry Outlet m Uie h layer of his father, Lucy, hla fUinca;. loyally comes to his defence, Hho chal leaffen tho police Uieorkvi and In ctacra Luther MAcXair, famous re tired detective, to investigate the Klnylnjr. - Her uncle, John Feeble, to awakened early In tlte mornlnfc by u prowler In Ms den. He irrap Il with the Intruder but the lat ter Mties Just before MacNaU unexpectedly enter) tho room. Pee bles reveal that the bunrlur tried to stitU the famous Alex Peterson revolver loaded with gold bullet a weafKm ilial Ima beoouic roi'sic vlnusly linked with the murder of Andrew Offden. . ! 7- CITAPTIOR 10. ' A Drop of Mood. "Where t tho revolver?" Mae Nali rtemanrted. "I think 1 am lying on It." I aid. A metallic object wan prowlng Into the smi.H of my hack. '.'Mere It Ik. The racal hod it levoled on mo when 1 hit him with tho golf club. Ho. dropped It and uned hu own gun on you." . . MaeKalr looked tho plBtol over. "Quoer he should have known you had it." ' I nodded. "It's just another of the many qucrrneHKOH wo have to 'explain. I'm glad you happened along. You'd hotter stay for break-1 fast. If It hadn't boon for Lucy" j patting her hand and being klnned in return "nnd you nnrt Mrs. Mof fit. I'd be pnat caring nhout break faalR." ' t leal of the value of circumstantial evidence, too." "But you shouldn't be," he In formed me bluntly. "It's generally dependable Unfortunately; circum stuntfal evidence Is subject to hu man Interpretation. Coincidence Is the biggest maggot In the circum stantial cheese. . . Make allowances for coincidence and you'll get along nleely with circumstantial evidence. I ahull still look for a man with a scratch, 1'eeblen," MacNalr tore u ricrun of blotting paper from my desk pad, absorbed the drop of blood and placed the scrap In an envelope, which ho pocketed. When I had dismissed Mm. Mof flt and .Lucy had brought mo my dressing-gown, T picked up the I gold-mounted revolvor. . I ejected tho cartridges into my palm. It was my intention lo extract ine powder from thorn, as I am averse to keeping more than one loaded weapon in tho house, but MacNalr Objected. " ; "1 wanted a pistol expert to go over tho - revolver and tho cart ridges. An expert may ho able to give us somo hint as to where they came from. Never mind reloading tho revolver." "How stupid of me!" I cried. ' "I nevor thought of getting an expert to look at them." An ( handed him the revolver nnd tlio cartridges, ono of- the lat ter caught my eye and I drew It sharply hack. .,.,- "Hello!" I exclaimed. "This cart ridge has been tampered with." - I dug the bullet nut with a Jnck knjfo and looked for the priwder. wCuick starting, snappy pickup7 .aays CONSER, of Medford Driving a Pontiac coupe, Elder Censer, of Medford, has fonnd that Associated GoeoUne gives him the raulu that he wishes in a mo tor fuel. - "Quick starting, snappy pickup and 'More Miles to the Gallon' are features that are very evident . In this splendid product" he writes. "I am pleased to state that in my experience with different motor fuels 1 find Associated Gas oline far superior in quality." Drive in at the red, green and cream station and fill up with this finer motor find. Associated Gas oline Is a clean fuel, refiued to In sure complete combustion and to minim he carbon formation and i crank case dilution. ' Associated Gasoline starts easily, -responds eagerly to the throttle at all speeds and gives amazingly long mileage, . Eft - ilVt For eighteen weary months the in trepid captains, Lews and Clark, fought their westward way from the Missouri through a primitive wilderness and along the Columbia River to the then-forbidding waters of the blue Pacific. . Romantic bha of western history such aa this are revealed in the Associated Oil Company radio program, "Roads to Romance." Listen In each Wednesday even. Ing, 8 to 8:30 p. m, on stations KPO San Francisco; KGO-Oakland; KFI.Loa Angeles; KOW-Portland; KOMO-Seanie; KHQ-Spokane. ASSdDOATTffiDD (GASflDlLQE 25C . . a bad devil. "Jerry." "Jorryl" I.tioy echoed. (Copyright, 1029, Wm. Morrow Co.) A iiicnkoko out of tlio post what (lom It mean? a. clvw in Ogilon'a mnnlt-r? Anutlu-r thrlllliifr epLsotlo tomorrow. .. 1 ' Xlmlnr the gold bullet a iiichhuro out of tile pntit. "No, thanks," ho declined. "It's pearly dawn. I want to have a look around the Ogden groundn before Deacon and his men menu thinga up. That woh my object In getting there at thla ungodly hour. 'Evi dence evaporates. Got on the Job arly,' la one of the maxima of my ' profession. : There'a 'another' I'm ' fond tif, too. 'Htick 'to your Job until It's finished.' " Ho grinned mirthlessly. "There, Peeblosl I've taught you how to be a succesnftil deteotives In two lessons. Wrlto 'cm down." Thoy helped mo Into a chair. The window, I saw, had boon neatly cut with a diamond near the bolt. Mrn. Mofflt appeared, properly ftklrtcd and carrying wntor, hot and rold, and a dish of warm olive oil. "I'll do H," I.ucy offered, when I had drunk. '. . "Miss Iucy," my house keeper whiaperod, "you nro In your nighty." "Of course I am. Uncle John Is in his pyjamas." : "Lucy," I Interrupted dryly, "you might get mo my dressing sown.". She gave mn a llttlo gay-sad smile and tripped out of tho room. Lucy Insists Mrs. Mofflt is so mod est that she bathes herself In the dark. I called Polyandrla. Rhe sprang onto my knens nnd while Mrs. Mof flt pursued here ministrations. I turned her upside down and ex amined her claws. On tho middle claw of the right front foot I found what I was looking for. Mrs. Mofflt handed me a Ions nnd I bent It on the claw. When I finally looked tip MacNalr was watching mo iron ically. "Well?" ho queried. I ohimklcd. "There's a drop of blood on one of Polyandrla's c'nws. Who got between the rascal's legs and mine and scratched him. You had bettor look for a mnn with a scratch, MncN'olr." "Not bad," he said curtly. "An other demonstration of my con tention that one should get on the Job early. A few minutes later you wouldn't have found It." He peer ed through the lens. "The scratch will be on an exposed part of the man's body," he went on, "or his garments would have cleansed the claw as the eat drew It hack." "An exoollent point!" I remark ed. "It hadn't occurred to mo. Our task Is again simplified; wo look for a man with a scratch on an exposed pnrt of his body." "Hardly as simple as that," Mac Ifalr drawled. "What do you moan?" I exclulm ed, struck by his tone. "I mean if we wore to find a man with a scratch on, say, his wrist. It wouldn't necessarily follow thnt he'd killed Andrew Ogden. At this, MacNalr pulled up his right Bleeve and revealed n red welt two Inches long on the under aide of the wrist. "Whet do you say to that?" ho chuckled. ' "Good Lord!" I exclaimed. "How did you get It?" "Coming through the window just now. You must trim that rose of yours, Peehlon." "Oh," 1 said In -abashed tones. ."J'm sorry. I've always been aki'p- There was none. Instead, T saw what wus evidently a wud of paper and I poked at It with a pin, it cunie out reluctantly .'"A .message, Uncle John!" Lucy crlod oostatlcujly- ... v , When I had -got tho scrap of pa per nprend out. on the desk it looked us if Lucy was right. It wus dirty and brittle and had been torn off .the top edgo of 'a aews paper a .very' old newspaper and thero was scaroely legible writing in indelible pencil on It. A date line was pnrtly decipherable and, to my astonishment, I made out; Torrlillty, Monday, July , , 1800. "Torrltllty!" I gasped. ' . "Eighteen ninety-six," , MacNalr muttered. . "Tho writing. Undo John read It!" Lucy whispered. , And. with tho aid of the' lens I did so. . . "'.-. . dono for, Alex. Dil lon got me . , skunk, but I ... a bullet ... him, some where. Good-b .. . . old scout. You did . . . best for me. I've TO RESUME LAKE CREEK STORE AID , TatAKE CREEK, Ore., May fl. (Special.) Mrs.-L. IT. Wyant, who Has been quite ill during the pant week, itt considerably improved, and la able to help with the store and poHtofflre work attain. . Mrs. H. I. Griiwom has aluo been ill and In not much better at thla wrltlnif. Ted Hoefft and family nre mov ing back on tho ranch, after spenrt InK the winter in Modford where their son Lyle has boen attending school. John Short of 'the Foots creek country, who reconlly purchased tho O. A. , loli ranch, haa been movlnjr farm implements and some household KC-ndH out to hl new ranch. The family will move out later. itarry Tonn spent Sunday with hlH pareniH. Mr, nnd Mrs. H. U Tonn. Other guests were Venita Anderson and Juanita Griffith of Medford and Gerald Ward of Eagle Point, and Clyde Grlssom. Mrs. tt, 3. Grlasom and daughter Joyce are quite 111 with measles. Mrs. Cecllo Abbott was calling at the C. R. Moore home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Mooro-were among Medford shoppers Saturday. They brought their three grand children, "William, Evelyn and Jewel Abbott, home with them to spend the summer. : Marvin and Wallace Ragsdale of Chemult and Ray RagKdale of Med ford Bpont Sunday with their moth er, Mrs. E. R. Jones. Other guests at tho Junes homo were . Misses Gladys Cowrien, Juanita Stone and Lola Porter. . . T. I. Ragsdale and family of Itorkeloy, Cal.( are expected to ar rive here, soon to spend tho sum mer, at the Hagfidale home. - . GET PERCENTAGE PORTLAND, Ore.. 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