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vAGti eight; U H.l - The Secret of: Mohawk Pond ;-.By Natalie Sumner Lincoln ' , , Chapter 1 , YEW-LODGE t3AVT clouds, massed .toward 1 the north ..west, deopened Hie blackness ot the Mny nlglit and ' brought added ' concern lo Peggy Prescott as She drove her car along the rough coun try" road leading Irom Milton to Kast Cornwall.' fit ;was her-" Brat motor trip through that part of- Connecticut and the mountain scenery from Danbury northward had made her forgetful of the hours sue had spent behind the steering wheel in her frantic baste to reach her destina tion. . . 'She did not need to refer to a clause In her uncle's Willi a memo randum ot which reposed in her suitcase, to remember the condi tions attached to her Inheritance of his not Inconsiderable fortune. ". . . provided the said Margaret Prescott take pp lier residence in tew Lodge ofl, the bonks of Mo hawk Pondj HtcHfleld county, Con necticut, between! the hours of 1 a. in. and mldnigtit bt the lGlh day ot May. following my death, with but her servants and her personal ef fects: to come only by motor, nnd Stealing down Into the dining. .o remain at Yew Lodge for a day and a month, never absenting her self therefrom tor more than one hour during either the day or the ulght within that specified period ot time. , "It the conditions herein set forth are not carried out to the letter, all bequests to tho snld Margaret Prescott are to go Instead to my deceased wife's nephew, Jamlason Sinclair, lleutcnaul-commander, United Slates navy." . Notice ot the probate of her un cle's will and Its contents so far aa It concerned her, reached Peggy in San Francisco on the eve ot her ' sailing for Manila to Join her rather nnd mother. Col. and Mrs. John Prescott. She promptly canceled her passage on the artry transport and, wllh bor mother's colored maid, Julia, caught tho first train ou her arrival In New York that morning of May 111 by tbe ex oculor ot Herbert Prcscott's will, she had uceu provided with a live passenger .coupe that- she. mlsht comply with her uncle's stipulation that she "come only by motor" to Yew Lodge.- . As the shadows deepened, she approached her future home. The hoadXghls played on the front door of what she surmised was her .'uncle's late residence. Taking n key, from her handbag, she opened liie. front door leaving' Julia seated Ju. the car. Peggy t'oolt ' several hesitant steps forwn'iU srter a glimpse o! tho Interior which revealed lur 'liifthlngs dial denoted taste and comfort. Then suddenly she spied Ilia shadowy figure of a man In tbe jopm. , .(.''.J ' MAIIHISII.I.I'-H. Kian.e. Nov. Is. -MP Four peupli. woro licllevi-d today to liovo met death In a crash" Saturday -off the f'umli-un coast of the n-Kiilnr innll plane over Hie .MHreellUa-Tunla rout-. It was the third plane to be Wrecked In the .Mediterranean In the hint 10 days. Wreckage of ' tho plane wn.i picked up yesterday und Identi fied but there wai no trace of the lone passenger, pilot, mechanic. And radio operator. The plane left here at 10 a, m Saturday. A radio H. O. f. wns heard nn hour later, followed by silence. Classified advertising gets result. ' Jit h It iSIWt N' ft' if h i-J, 1 ,,XA' i, V v r" ' " V v i, (f , -T , - J "Is this Yew Lodge?" nho naked eagerly after recovering from, her momentary frlsht. A resptiotful how answered her. "Then you nra expecting mo Miss Proscutt?" ... Another bow. She called to Julia to come in and again addressed the sllem llgure. . "Did Mr. Chase nollfy you of my coming?" she Inquired. ' Once more the llgure bowed, then glided to I he left and held hack tho drawn portleren across a doorway, evidently expecting her lo pass through it. Without hesitation she started in that direction. She had almost reached the door when her high heels slipped on the polished floor. Her out-Hung hand reached the wall, thereby saving a moiy fall. Accidentally her fingers preti?tl au electric wall button nnd several lights went on in fiont of her and she saw that she faced a dining room. The table was set Tor four per sons. The chair at the head or the table was drawn back and Hie llgure waited respectfully. fr her to occupy It. Peggy sat down, i dint ing to a tall goblet by. her plate, olio glanced up. .. "U'ati-( pipusp" slie said, and room, Peggy lifted the lid of the caught a glimpse ot swarthy skin and glowing eyes before the figure withdrew. A seeond later a large silver soup tureen was placed In front of her. "Miss Peggy, whar Is "yo'?" Julln's hail came from the living room. "f ain-waiting tor dinner.'. ' And at the words Julius comely yellow face brightened. "Go out In the kitchen. Julia, and ask Uncle Herbert's servant where the garage Is located nnd I will drive the car around tucre."- J u I la started wllh alerrlty for the door to which her mistress pointed. "Miss Peggy, dear, Ihar ain't no light:" then, as a surprised ejacula tion escaped Peggy :."L'onio un' see to' yo'se'f, honey." Peggy was nt her side In a sec ond. "Fee! on the wall and Im-i t o a light switch." she suggested, run ning her own lingers up nnd down just bcyoud the door Jamb. Julia, however,' touched 'the switch II rst nud they found tluln selves In a largo pantry; Irom it they went Into the larger kllcbeu Kxccpt for themselves the rooms were descried. Swiftly they made a canvnss ot the entire tirst lloor, and returned to tho dining room. Returning lo the llrst Hour, they went outside and made quirk work of closing t'.ie car windows and lui-klug tho doors. Neither lingered lb the living room on regaining II, and without mentioning their mutual d'iro to cat something, trudged upsialrs. "Here's the linen oloscl, Julia." Pi'KS.v said. ".Make up tho beds while I loliphnnn Mr. Chase." , A braurli telephone was In a cor-tli-r ot 111 ci KiHery clusa at hand HOLLIS SWINGLE AIDS COLLEGE PUBLICATION OltKtlllN HTATK -lll.l.i:tiR. Colvallls. Nov. IS. (Upcclnl.) Mol lis Swingle, .Mcdford. u Junior in vocational tvlucnllon at . Oregon Stale colli'm-. has been ii)iiottiud a writer for the college iiiinual, the ! leaver. The lleaver is a 450-puuc book r published each year ..by -iludcnl-H i w ho have show n outstanding ability 1 in Journalism. MlNiny Man Injured. KAI.K.M. tire.. Nov. ts. 1T. Tbmiab his condition Is m-rluy.. Waller Scnlt of Albany will prob ably recover from Injurlo re ceived Saturday When Ihe coupe In which he and two other Al bany men were rldlnie was ntru.-k' ry n Pickwick singe at Huhhnrd. John (terry ami (leorge linger wol-o bruised nnd Scott recelvM a fractured skull. MTCPFORD MAtL and Peggy lost lio time In gelling, the Cornwall telephone exchange. "Hollo, operator," siie called as the exchange answered. "This Is thirty-eight ring live. Miss Pres cott spenklng, from Yew Lodge; Mohawk Pond. " Please record rhls call as coining from here at 10:1ft. eastern standard time Have you done that? Thanks. Now put me through for. New York city Mr. Philander Chase, Spring 326." It was 10 minutes later that a masculine voice answered. "Hello. Mr. Chase: I am here At Yew loilgo."'' ' Peggy's tone was low but every word .was distinct. "The lime is recorded at the Cornwcll(telephone exchange, so that you ran substan tiate my slatement officially for your court records. "Any excitement, did you ask?" she hesitated "I took the wrong road and got lost: that's all. Good night," nnd she rang off. " Not until Julia was aileep In the small maid's room next to hers did Peggy permit her thoughts to turn back to her .entrance Into her un cle's home hers now, by right ot Inheritance, provided she carried out Uncle Herbert's' stipulations. And why shouldn't she? : She sat on the edge of her 'm and ran her band through her curly hair. Was the man hJ hud taken soup turein-ra. pistol lay Inside. tor her uncle's butler but a figment ot her imagination? Mr. Chafe had said nothing ot a caretaker, un: surely one must have been left on the place, e . Not to reside there perhaps, bin possibly have quarters outside the Lodge In the garage, or n nearby farmhouse. ' To leave such n borne unguarded seemed lnrredihlo even If It was located in an Inaccessible and II 1 1 lo known part ot the sover eign state ot Connecticut. No. It was entirely feasible that she had encountered a caretaker, who, for unknown reasons, had de parted as quickly and mysteriously as possible. Hut why disappear? And how? She rose nud slipped nn a L'itno no. Walking softly so ns not to nwnken Jirlln,1 she turned on the lights ot the living room from the switch on tho second floor nnd sought tho dining room, lighting it thoroughly Hist. Kvcrythlng there was Just as she had left It: even tho chair she bad sat In vas puslied back from the table as It was when she rose In husto to limit for the servant. Going over to the chair, she stared at tho covered soup tureen In front other plate. I.Ike Iho china on the tablo a film of dust was discernible on it. Very gingerly Peggy lined the cover and glnueed lu the. tureen. ....... lunldu lay a cocked aiilomallc pistol. (VowhM I Attitlctoii n:id Co) Who (s thii t'lent myitertout servant vvho vanished 7 Continue th toff tomorrow whan Ptoay finds mt)r poz&lmQ qutsfiont abaut her urtcis's estate. DOROTHY EADS TAKES PART IN NOISE FEST : ' UNIVKKSITY OK (II1HOOS'. Kuiiene, Nov. I (Special.) Dor othy Knds of Mcdford waa one of Ihe women named to aid In havin ' tbe uilcndnnce of co-eds at the . ntliH parade, Friday ulght, Novem ber 1 ". The women lined the sidewalks ' on both sides of Willamette street. I between Seventh anil I'lghth ave nucs. and hclpct make the noise parade, big texture of the pre-Ore-gon-o. S. 0. football rally a suc cess. . . t. A hick town Is a place where the rnr parked in front of tho i fire hydrant lielonaa to tho bank' ri's wlte..,. l , ; Willamette valley horticulturist!) : have demonstrated that at leant three varieties of figs ran be grown , In Washington. TftlBtTNE, MEDFOTflV -J-UJil -'- J-T- J' IlltllU-l THE HYNOPSIS: Flit ailraore, con-, "vlnctd Her dramatic plan to reunite , Hit-bum and Kax.wltl, suefeeo. , furnishes a. sudden, but allKbtful 1 surprls for Pete Anbelnl by ask lm him to marry her. Pete, naturally elated, finally manatees a stumbling acceptance ft nd Xlita haft completed her prog-ram. The . Anal not I llay waiting In tho wines, receives a shock in tbe announce ment of Itltft's Injury, but walks on the fttnse without a glance at the .understudy he expects will donee. Suddenly he becomes aware that It 'is Barbara, whirling through th lino I tep of the -lNew Yorker," then niching off-stage as deafening applause signalizes her tremendoiu uccesa, -. - . . t . . ...'.,,; Chapter 4$ ' ANOTHER CELEBRATION THE final curtain left no .doubt as to "The Knave of Jail's" tri umph. The audience rose and liter ally cheered. Flowers, baskets of the choicest ot them, were hoisted onto the stage. A riot of a first night. - . ' , ' ' '- . Somehow Ray found himself.' In the front row, bowing to the audi ence. Rita, was there, too, limping slightly, waving her hands and throwing out kisses. And Pete.- ' The curtain finally down, tbe company was scattering, but (till Ray lingered,- standing scowling down Into tbe dead footlights. He could think of nothing except that he had seen Barbara, before .his very eyes danclng.on tha stage! Success the 100th 'night o Ray'i Rita had stayed behind, too, for some reason. - Turning suddenly towards her, Ray cried aloud: "Am I going mad, Rita, or was It actually. Barbara dancing, the ew, Yorker?" - , n, ;. , , .... - She came towards him. and for got to limp. . "Yes Ray, It was Barbara." "But how? How could she be do ing the New Yorker your dance?" , "I taugh,t It to. her." . He stared at her. Incredulously. "Yost taught It to her? But why? Why should she have done lit". .. "Because she wanted to prove that she's at one with you nowIn everything." ' 1 His eyes were swimming. ' ' ' "You're not fooling me, Rita... but, of oonrse.'you couldn't be. But why should she want to with the divorce Impending?" "Shea not going through wllh It. Go to her, Ray. She's down In my dressing room."-- He sodded and turned drunk'enly to go. But, halt way to the wlnga he stopped, came back to her. "I'm a swine, Rite, I havon't been thinking of you you, to whom I owe everything." She laughed throatlly a very creditable laugh. "Forget It, Ray, I'm going to be true to my type and nmrry Pete" He looked at her In amasemeiit. "You're going to marry Pete Aji lie'.m?" -- "Sure. I'vo-got the chance." ' "1 I suppose It's all right If If you trout to marry him, Rltai"'- He was gone, gono to Barbara. Rita felt limp suddenly, lifeless and oh, so terrlbl" tired'. Presently she herself turned to go. Then It was that she knew Pete was stand ing behind her. 'Geutl.V he had put an' arm around her waist. ' " "Rila you' little sport,-you. I'll do everything everything that lies lt a man's power to sco that you don't regret having done this. I'll oven make you forget It..." Suddenly It had occiirrod to her that he might; ' . i. . The Golden Dollar club was cele brating the 100th performance ot "Tho Knave ot Jan." with Hay as Its guest ot honor. When, after the show, tho young composer came in with a langhlng. radiant wife upon his arm, the Whole club rose, so to peak, oa tiptoe. How tl-y appli-.id-otll low.the cheered' it LUXURY BEWARE THE COUGH FROM COLDS THAT HANG ON , Cougha from colds nwr tti to - liotift. trouble You.' can Mop them. Dow with Crcoaiulsion, an c.nuUiftcd ,rrrostc that Is plraunt to take. ! OeoRtulsioa' it a mcuUcal discovery; with iwo-loM ection; it soethes and: , ketli the lafUoird ftmabr jnr .141 J jo-) 'kibin iierin gtywih, , . .'...', 1 I 0( al knonu dtUMcreisotc U rcf- (uyiited t hie'i. medical authorities : 'A. one f.ij R'cafJI Ijealins 4 jcncitie' rf Vouglu firm culifl tni wonchlel 'irtiutions. CrrwtiulUon tonWlBs n Mstiou- to crexwtt, -her-beU (.' FOR THE COUGH FROM CREOMUL5ION OftflftOyroXD'AY; NOVEMBER lO !- ' U III , ", M i ! 1 HUSBAND ' What a night that was for Bar bara! What fun to come down those steps with her dear Ray be side her. Then, when sb came Into the supper room and saw the waiter,- Rlcardo, running towards her, Incredulous surprise on his face, how delicious It was. to whis per the truth In his ear.- : . t ' Rlcardo, It appeared, was happy, too. He had but recently heard from his girl la the sunny south of Italy. She was coming across to Join him! What' a dear good world It could be! '. On the little platform!, Bill Foster, looking plumper than . 'ever, was waving his baton gallyi'ln their di rection. The next moment he gave the sign for tbe boys to strike up some ot the tunes from "The Knave ot Jazz"; tunes being whistled all over the town. .... The manager led them over to the special table reserved for them. Beside Barbara's place was it huge corsage of orchids with cerise, black and gold streamers. Written on a white card were the words, "From Ray's pals In the band." "How dear of them," she mur mured, tears thick In her lashes, "how Incredibly dear." ' BUI Foster joined their table In one of tbe Intervals. "Reminds me ot that night at the Savoy," he said with a grin. -"Then revue and liappiness for . Barbara, I remember your saying that you weren't interested In your hus band's music. Changed your mind somewhat since then, eh?" Ha winked knowingly and good humor-tdly.- " . ' '""'' ' " -- Barbara Unshed. ' ' : ' ; "Of course I've chauged It," she sold quickly, "It's a wonderful thrill just to b the write of somo one as famous as Itay." ' Her eyes met Ray's and they smiled In Complete understanding. Every now and then couples, pro fuse in congratulations, would stop by their table. Ray was too new at' 'the game not to get a decided thrill out of It alU Sren'Mr. Vande refer Landon ' happened, just' hap pen tjfl, to be there. "(Veil, Ray, guess you're hot, thinking ot coming back Into, my' office, eh?" ''"''. " ' " ' ' He nudged the young man In the, ribs as, chuckling, he passed oit. It. occurred to him, as he puffed ou his Inevitable cigar,- that U was pleasant to be connected, even through marriage, with a young man ot Ray's undeniable promise. It was towards the end of the evening that Bill said to the boys: "Now, fellows, as a sort of Ail! d I.ang Syno, let's giro 'em some of Ray's bid tunes. 'Tiro ones we used to play hero In tho club.: He spoke, to the manager nnd the lights wore lowered. ' "I,ct her go, fellows, wllh Ihe GrlevliV Bines."'" ' - " ' " Barbara started and murmured, clutching Ray by tho sleeve: "I've heard this before, some where. I don't know' why, but it hurts m...." ' ' Ray nodded vaguely, almost as though ho hadn't heard her. For he was suddenly obsessed by the Idea that a girl was dancing before him. a tall handsome girl with the face- of a Madonna. Suddenly he was aware of a queer ache of lone liness and, for a brief fe-w minutes, he wrs back with Rita In the HHlc apartment, planning nnd dreaming for JMt such n night ns this. '' ' Barbara's warm little hand crept Into his. "Dreariilng. Ray? You looked so far away you frightened me." He started and. as his eyes rested on his wife's face, adoring her soft loveliness, the ghost of Rita's mem- ory gave a laughing, cheeky littlr bow. and danced away Into obllvlc fCeinHjU. ! PrrjsJ 4-t u ., M . .1. :. 1. ..1,L I V.. I tl. Clements wuivu wwiiw aim . ingaaird membrane and atop the . b ritation, while the creosote goea on to the stomach, is absorbed into the blood, attack the. seal of the. titrable and chocks tlte growth el I he. germs. CrconioUion i guaranteed ntuUc torf in tbe treatment of cough item colds, hronrhitis and minor iorms of bronchUl lirilsiioits, end 1 cicrllrnt for buiMing upuihe Btsteas ttt-l colds Ihr Bu. JJIonejr rclwdcd rbiw(-r .1 J . i : .. . uvull ! n - In limn. COLDS THAT HANG OH ftft I I it) US, -I- 7viu,M. tw 1929'. TIIK 'OW.NKU'8 N.1MK. , Uy Mary Gnilmm IIoiukt, The owner of tho house now canm. along:, ti Li-fats," lie Khouted In a hearty -f ... -Y . . fiiwhlmi. gy thought he was j u a t an nouncing to him- Hclf ihh fact that! they had arrived, hut the Little; Black Clock said ha was so fond of 9 i) e e d and doing everything in a. hurry and saving time every where that he said "Ciue.sts"jjust f as any one else would have .uid "Hello Guests." or addressed, them by their names. "CJlud you've been looking around,' lie said. Ho was a fine looking man, but ho looked as thojjgh he couldn't keen still very long. -'Had enough to eat?" he added.! They nodded quickly. They felt they shouldn't spend too much. time in speaking.' t "Glad you got. here before to-j morrow. I'm going around the j world tomorrow may be gonci several days maybe:-a week or so. "Just back from a little hop to the l'aclf tor-Ocean. 'r 1 live near the Atlantic. and I thought I'd have a change of air. "A good bit of. traffic around he cities or I'd have made it. nnd back more quickly than 1 did. However, I didn't make bad time!" The children could hardly kec! from, laughing aloud. I'eggy tried to think of the time she had been ill in bed with measles and John tried to think of the time ho had' had- mumps so their minds - frould ' .turn to sadder things, Hj?' '' But 'they didn't have much luck. However, tho owner didn't seem to notleo. He was rushing off. "What is his name?" Johni asked. ., ''He calls himself 'Keeplng-lp-1 With-Tho-Timcs'," the Little, lilack Clock answered. Tomorrow 'Xo veil i her AViiuI Norma Shearer, in Fox Craterian Show Uayurd Veiller's "The Trial of Mal"i' Dugan' brings Xoraiu Shear er to the Craterian theater today. When the famous tttnge melo itrania, went Into, tho movies. It went in style, wlih Veiller In nt-tomlanco- to see tllut tho right actors played .it nnd tho correct dialogue illuminated their actions. The choteo-of Miss' Shearer to pluy 3(mih. Tree, , otherwise . Mary Uuf.-:nvot the "Kollles," accused of kniflng.hcr protector and forced to l'O lulu ilotails ot' her. past on the witness stand; can be laid to h,im. So' also with Lewis Stono j as Mary's, defense attorney and H, U.--Vui ncr. stiigo nnd screen I veteran, as tho wolfish trose- cutor. : Itaymond 1-lackett will oe seen nnd beard ns Jimmy. This In, the first, time Miss Shearer has spoken on tbe screen. . ; VKKNOXIA jJP) : The .county court authorised nn appropriation of $1500 for a survey of the road fr-Vn the cost fork of 'the N"ahal-:m river at Plttsburgh'to- Apiary. 'Married Life Not i Worth While Blame Wives' "Nerves' "Weak nerves, "said a New York doc tor recently, "in my estimation wreck inoro happily married lives than any plltcr. cause.' . ., . , , . , ... 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