Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 20, 1929, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextJ .'.klw6hh!.!wATtTRTnXEK6T?1V ' "rinkfioSr, i'imiuy, iMcKMWoij 'jo;' nig. PAOTC FIVE v The Secret of Mohawk Pond By Natalie Sumner Lincoln RYN0P8I8! Veto Tragedy con front Peggy whtn learns from Philander Chase that the bulk of the estate lor which the hat endured misery and faced death and disgrace 1 ephemeral. A million dollar e worth of secur ities Herbert Prescott had placed in a eaie deposit box it missing and Chase corroborates Peoou'e prowina belief that her uncle was mad. Yew Lodge alone rem aim end Chase urges her to come to A'ew York to aid the search tor the securities. The only clew is a Up of paper found in the box, on which was scrawled a Biblical quotation. , - t . , Chapter Is. :JI THE LUCKY BAG. ITHIN a few minutes Peggy bad regained her aeK-contml . It' and, tbankful no one had been pres ent to witness ber breakdown, she dried her eyes, dabbed on more powder to cover the tear stains and at back in ber cbair. After all, she still bad much to be thankful for, even It her uncle's large fortune bad dwindled to Yew Lodge, Its contents and Its sur rounding property. Philander Chase's comments on the furniture and paintings had indicated that tbe belongings within the house I were of real and perhaps commer- clal value. No, Instead of being I unset. 8hA tlAft AVArv rpnann tn faol elated. . Peggy's spirits eoared high as tbe Inevitable reaction set In; she was of too buoyant and happy a tem perament to remain long downcast. Why should she worry? Never before bad she owned any thing more valuable than a dia mond brooch and, as affairs stood. It Uncle Herbert was found to have been Insane, such property as be had, would go to her father, and. If tbe will stood, then sbe would Inherit, provided sbe carried out the stipulations therein. She bent forward and consulted the calendar on tbe desk but 13 days remained to tbe 17th ot June. An unlucky . number perhaps! Peggy's determination to remain at Yew Lodge for that lengtb ot time grew adamantine; nothing should budge her; the detectives could come to ber, and her exercise here alter would be an bour's constitu tional around tbe bouse, witb Julia timing her. She would leave no loophole for the courts to award Yew Lodge to Comm. Jamleson Sinclair sbe was commencing to loatbe the man, even bis name was growing obnox ious. With her . arms resting on the desk, Peggy did some figuring; 8h bad just enough ready cash to meet current expenses for the monthT provided sbe Included the $20 gold piece sbe had tound In the old Bible two nights before. Tbe goldpiece again brought to mind the Bible and Its three under scored passages. ' No need to look at the pages again she could re cite them blindfolded: " 'Good news from a far coun try,' " she repeated, aloud. " 'Fret not thyself because of evil doers.' 'When thou bast found It, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.' " The disjointed phrases, when run together Into sentences, made sense. Peggy sat up. Was her too vivid Imagination playing ber false, was sbe attaching too much im portance to this message "from a far country"? And, strange as It seemed, the completed message, as she recited it, seemed most appropriate to her situation. Evil men, Edgar Stan ton, for Instance, had "fretted" ber, to put It mildly: her "expectation" of a large inheritance had been summarily "cut off" by the news that ber uncle's negotiable secur ities were missing. But It those quotations applied to her did not the passage, "When thou bast found It, then there shall be a reward," bold an even deeper significance? Suppose it related to the missing securities? Suppose ber uncle himself had removed the securities and brought them to Yew Lodge and secreted tbem In some secret hiding place? Electrified by the thought, she sp-ang to her feet. If Herbert Prescott bad gone dait on religion, what more likely than that he bad used tbose passages to cloak the biding Place ot his wealth? - Sbe paused with her hand on tbe two Bibles; sbe bad already gone over them again and again and bad found no more black arrows on the margins ot any page. Perhaps It she could locate the missing pages from the big Bible, there might be some Indication TELEGRAPH GIFT ORDER! F Taking ndvuntngo of the hew Klft . . order liolim fi-Hturecl thin yi-nr., the Medforrt offlca of the Western Union" Ti-lPRraph om ntiny In rushed ly jredfnnl people sending- out orili'rs to friends and sr-latlvrs. The orders can bo Kent anywhere In the United States and arc aroocl until used- or nmy be de posited itt a bank until needed. A. D. Collier, local manager, explain rd todav. They are redeemable at face value on Identification at any Western Union office. A telegram of bent Wlnhen for Christmas la sent free of charge with the gift order. The dlsplay wlndows of the local office have been tastily decorated for the Christmas holidays and are at tracting considerable atten 1 1 o n from passers-hy. Gold Hill. Old Rhoten mine lo lled seven inllea- from thin, city will be reopened. J some hint. She r.r.d Obadlo'j Evans had found the oook In tbe basement In the padlocked room; why not, therefore. Investigate that room more thoroughly? .' Tbe thought appealed anil Pecey searched in one of Hie smaller drawers of tbe desk which she kept locked; sbe bad placed tbe fey there, carefully. marked. '. Locating It with. several others, she went, to get her electric torch., But at tbe cellar stairs she' . hesitated: Julia bad not returned and she was alorfe In the bouse. For a inoiuent doubt assailed her.1 then, with a characteristic toss ot ber. head, .sbe ran down the stairs. Placing her torch where the light would play directly on the door, she thrust the key Into the pad lock. It would not turp. Surprised, she tried Inserting' It upside down, but that did not work either. Much perturbed she withdrew the key and examined the tag at tached to It "Bedroom door in basement," so read ber wrltlnE.' Had she been sucb a fool as to attach tbe tag to tbe wrong key? Swiftly she tried tbe other bouse keys; none fitted. Baffled, Peggy looked mors closely at the padlock, and Its fresh condition caught ber attention. Tbe padlock, as she recalled it. had been rusty; even the locksmith had spoken ot it. Then bow came tills new padlock on tbe door? Peggy stood upright, thinking. thinking yes, she had gone up stairs leaving Obadlah Evans to close and lock the bedroom door. He might have given ber the wrong key before leaving. Sbe opened ber band and held tbe long thin steel key under ber torch; the marks made by the tile ot the locksmith as be fitted It to the padlock were plain upon It. No, decidedly the key was the same but tbe padlock; that bad been changed. By whom?f Obadlah Evans had had the opportunity, but what motive, would have Inspired him to thus bar her from tbe room? Shaking a puzzled head, Peggy moved slowly about the cellar, us ing her flashlight on every object. Perhaps she might find the right key dropped by Obadlah: not real izing his loss, he might have given her one ot his farmers nse pad locks far more frequently than city dwellers. Under- tbe windows toward the pond side stood several boxes; the upper one, a slat fruit box con verted into a packing case, held books, and through the slats Peggy made out a larger volume lying under six- or more paperback novels. - Suppose it was anotber Bible? Spilling out the - novels, she clutched the big volume and has tened back to the living room, first stopping to get a dustcloth out of the pantry. Layers' ot dust cov ered tbe book, and some of it, as she used ber cloth with more vigor than discretion, got up her nose and in her eyes, half blinding ber. Discarding the cloth she propped the book on the desk and opened Its pages only to burst out laugh ing. Us highly glazed paper and halt-tone Illustrations ot young men In uniform were far removed from the contents ot ancient copies ot the Holy Bible. Peggy turned to the leather cover its ornamental gold letter ing supplied the title The Lucky Bag. She bad before her a copy ot tbe class book issued yearly by the graduating class of midshipmen ot the Naval Academy at Annap olis. Peggy had seen Us counterpart. The Howitzer the West Pointers' class book, often, but never before bad she examined a copy ot The Lucky Bag, and she spared a mo ment to read a number of the bio graphical sketches under tbe photo graphs ot tbe middles. Toward the back the book opened naturally at a well-thuinblcd page and she looked Into tbe eyes of a handsome young midshipman top captain, to Judge by the Insignia on his uniform. But Peggy had no eyes tor any thing but tbe face younger by 15 years or more, the halt-tone was an Indisputable likeness ot Jim her Jim Obadiah Evan's Jim. Peggy looked at the name cen tered beneath the picture and ber Jaw dropped Jamlesf.n Sinclair. Unable to believe her senses she continued to stare at tbe printed page of The Lucky Bag. (CovtirtgM, D. 4pp'e!oit Co.) New liht Is thrown on h murder of Edgar Stanton in to morrow's Installment. FORMER SARDINE CREEK COUPLE PROUD PARENTS HA UOIN1-: CllEKK,- ore., - Doe. 2i. (Hpl.) Announcements wore received here last week of the birth of an -eit:ht-pound Hirl, Florence May, to Mr. Hml .Mr. Itobert Starrs at Pacific rirove. Oil., Dm-emour 3rd. The parent nro both wtll known here. Mr. Htftrnn being the eldest grandson of Mrs. Kva New ton, and Mrs. Htnrna wu former! Florence Miller, daughter of Curtis Mille.-. and both have many frlenJs antl relatives here who Join In ex tending congratulation!". PR0V0LT SCHOOL TO HAVE WEEK HOLIDAY WILLIAMS CREEK. Ore., Dee. 20. (Hpl.) The I'rovolt srhool will have a program and Christmas tree at the Community hall. The teacher. Mr. Edna Smith, will leave for her home nt I'lne vllle, Oregon for the Jiollday. They will have nl one week's mention. - - , GRUNDY TAKES - 1 - ' " JJ Associated Press Photo After three hours of harsh discussion over his right to a seat In the United States senate. Joseph R, Grundy (right) of Pennsylvania t advanced to the rostrum and took the oath of office. He is shown with Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania before entering the senate chamber. -: Lincoln's Old Chair Brings $2400 Letter on Slavery Worth S7800 NEW YOKK, Dor. 1!0. &) Tht , old black walnut rocking chair in which President Abraham Lincoln j sat when he was shot by John i Wilkes Uooth In Ford's theater, Washinttfon, April 14, 18(5, wan sold at auction last niht for $2. 400. The purchaser was I. Sack, a dealer of New York -and Boston. Worn and stained with the life- blood of the CJreat ICmaneiimtor, the red damask upholstered rocker j was the property of Mrs. ntanchei Chapman Kurd, descendant of John' Ziegfeld Revue Is Now at Craterian ZicBfeld's "CItorifying the Amer ican GliT' is now playing at the Fox Craterian theater in all the gorgeous splendor that ono would expect from any production, stage j or screen, bearing th& magic nam 3 ; of Florenz Ziegfeld, , -... Witn many of Its spectacle, scenes reproduced in full colors , by . the , improved Technicolor process, with . scores of stunningly beautiful girU In tho singing and dancing ensem bles, with lavish settings, with com edy, drama- and -a, heart-gripping story, this moving t panorama of womanly pulchritude moves acros the at I-talking silverscreen in a continual parade of highly absorb ing amusement. In a special revue sro,ne a show within tho big show audiences are treated to the inimitable perform ances of Kddio Cantor, who ap pears in a hilarious skit: Helen Morgan, who sings a typical blues song; and Hudy Vallce, who croons in the best Yallee manner, accom panied by his band. Buster and Tige Radio Favorites Since I luster flrnvvn and bis iok. TIko, made their tppcarance in the Itmwuhilt Fontlllcs program several weeks ago, this clever pair has won a vast audience. Tige has a bark that Is almost as expressive ns The human tongue. It' expresses Joy. excite ment, sorrow, fear. According to the Hootery. local Ituster Drown and lirownbilt re-, tallers. Muster attempts to make a hero of Tige by staging a supposed burglary and then having Tige recover the loots. Hut ho doesn't plan well enough, and no instead of Tige becoming a hero Ituster gets "In bad," ns usual. The nrnwnh.lt Foot II tM each Friday evening bring, besides Ilus ter nnd Tice, the highlights of entertainment features from the newest shows, and clever novelty acts over KFHC, at tt p. m. Timber .Sold. POKTLANU Ore., Dee. 20. (P) Timber holdings In Clatsop and Tillamook counties have been sold by the Hammond humbev com pany to the Markham-(allw com pany of , Aberdeen, Wash- The transact Inn Involved mote than $o00.0(M It was said. ; Find Girl's Body HOANOKK, Vn Dm-. 20. (P) Tho lioily of Kiciln Holt, IS-ypnr-olil HcliiMilKlrl, inlHsliiK for thn prist week, wns round by ('loyd county nfH-rrs Inst night hhidnn honptith a"tllo of Iokh on I if Tit mountain, IX miles south of Itnanoko. A hpavy cord was drawn tlKhtly about her throat. ... v ' , PORTLAND, Or.. Due. SO. IP, D. W. Dixon, arraigned today on a charge of asHauhiiitf a govern ment employe engaxed in protect Inir the-iiatinnal forests, was fined 150 when fte jrfPaded nolo conten dere. Kxtew lr-'EU TIiimv " WASHINGTON. Icr. it.(P) The holme toilny paaHed ' a' ft-nte Mil to t unl 4I time (or the coniitriirt.on of" a hrlli;e across the Columbia river between Lonsrvlew. Wih . nni JUlnter Ore., to Juno l. i3'y ' - '--. -v" Klamath Falls. Weyerhaeuser company's mill, under construction four miles west of here, will start operations In January. 1Mn, SEAT IN SENATE T. Kord, owner of Kord'H theater. Lincoln's famous letter of De cember 30, IXiil, to the editor of the New York Times, on the slav ery question, was sold for $7,800 to Dr. A. S. W. llosenbuch of New York and Philadelphia. The letter was owned by Henry J. Kaymond. Dr. ltosenhach also bid in an original rouh draft of portions of Washington Irvhm's Knickerbock er's HIMory of New York for $4, 100, and Kdpar Alien Poe's letter Klvirip; bis reasons for leaving Or,; ham's Magazine, for $3,000. Rialto Will Show I 'The Bachelor Girl' i iTho love story or a modern eco nomically Independent girl and a handsome egotistical youth will be told on tho screen of the Fox Kialto theater tomowow with nou anccs of direction and acting amid attractive Beltings. It is "The Ilachelor Girl," with Jacqueline Logan and William Collier. Jr.. :n the featured roles. Thelma Todd nnd Kdwnrd Jlcarn ably interpret minor roles. , , Tho dialogue has been reproduc ed well and tho musical synchron ization Ih charming and extremely melodious. . As an added attraction Saturday the Itialto will show tho all-talking Jungle mystery, "The King of Che Kongo," and also the final chapter of "Tho Ace of Scotlan 1 Yard." Why Pedestrians Worry ATLANTA (A3) Pedestrians here at least know how much It Is going to cost them If their joints stiffen at the wrong moment. , A statisti cian finds tbflt the average auto accident victim here pays $175 for anatomical repairs. PITTSFIKLI). Mass. (UP Talk about killing two birds with one stone. Henry Hart, of New Marlborough recently killed two wildcats with a single, rifle hullel, The calH worn fighting over a rab bit whnn Hart fired from ambush. WEAKNESS LEFT; STRENGTH CAME "I don't know what In the world I would have done without Hargon the way this medicine overcame my troubles was simply remark able, t MUS. .(AMI'S A. nilOWX "I h"meitearti-d r.9 mile north of l-Mtilfinlon. Alberta. Cjiniidii, f.ir a number of year, and I'll tell you If hard work for n woman alone in keep up and prove a claim of ISO ncrcn, Mm hnlfeve thHt wiim the berlnnltiK of my bad health. For four years I suffered with ittomar-h trouble. n nhlKgtnh liver and conrtfpiition and I Whk so weak and rundown I didn't know what whw o;n to become of me. Th"n I flirted Haraon. my weaknefn nave wav to wonderful new strength anil every trafp of indlKeatlon left me. .Hnricon I'lll. overcame my consti pation, Mtlmulftteii niy liver to neallhv action, and I am so .tronit and well I hardly know myself for the mime person." Mrs. JameH A. Hrown, It. F. I, No. X, Hentlle, M-iKill DrilK t' Atci'llta. 1 U'Nl.'lJpTMI. m ? ""j f - r tyi Screen jfe ' fc " Hollywood Ity Itnhhlii Coons HOLLYWOOD lludy Vallee. that softly crooning favorite child of fortune, really works for a liv ing, believe it or not. He c o n s I dcrti his Hollywood so journ, to in a k e his first talkie, something like a vacation, w bile most of lirond way's pets who hie t h e m s elves hither for thut purpose arc ap palled at first by the rather strcn-j mms exactions of studio production schedules. j I tn t Ittidy has; something worse, to a n t 1 c 1 p ate Kudy Yiilloo. when he returns east, after completing 'The Vaga bond Lover." Here is a fair ap proximation of his schedule then: Hi is to play four show's n day1 at the Paramount, New York, with' five on Sundays. After that he' and the "Connecticut Yankees" chasp over to a niuht club to play more, giving the flappers who I haven't the price of cover charge a chance to listen In by the radio ' whtrh made Kudy famous. The mornings (If any), they; spend rehearsing, figuring out new song arrangements, and ltudy him-hi-If confers with music publishers about new tunes. Once a week they all traipse over to make phonograph recordings. ln-be-tween-tlnios Ittidy must take care of mall and other personal and business matters, with tho aid of his secretary. Fan mail from New York's flap-1 pers keeps mounting and Rudy. , who seemingly has a practical and 1 not badly turned head. In spite of i all his popularity. Is reaping his bay before the sun wanes. Is Ho "Itoinnntlc?" Valte, by tho way, presents a peculiar paradox. He Is, In most feminine minds among his fans, romance personified. Yet he does not look, the part, and knows hoi doesn't.. Looking squarely In the I camera, lie can novnr worry John Gilbert. His profile is better, but! even so Harry more need feel no j alarm. Rudy will never look thej part of a "romantlt! lover." Rudy1 he con f esses, won Id very m uch like to look the part. ! What Vallee is Is a very cloaji-j cut, confident young fellow, not j unaware that, however It came to; pass, he possesses great rharm fori an, Important half1 of tho theater-1 going population, find determined tq.cupttallze on that good fortune J w tiJUQ, It lasts. , And oven tho most spiteful men lictfeMboulH, whether they like Kudy personally, have been heard to admit that they enjoy his sing ing; nnd the tinraui-ous Jazx of his orchestra. At Kamloni. ljupe veic., now lucuuoi.inK In Florida, is to play that Spanish wife of tho blind Irish bard in j "Jtlind Ruftery" , . . with Donald Novis, one of radio's contributions to the talkies, playing opposite . , FrlUl Rldcoway Is the- only wo man in "Three Godfathers" . . while Gary Cooper has no nwect heart In "Medals.". RKDMOND. J:-fferson county wheat growers are rejoicing ov; the rain because a number of fields have hern seeded that could ".lot hnvn iron because of the drouth. 666 Is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It Is the most speedy remedy known. This ad Good for 50t? on each $5 Purchase Shop at the Picture Shop i "Southern Oregon's Best 227 W. 6th Near Post Office Electrotherapy Cnlropractle Dr. H. P. Coleman Tenth Successful Year In Medford Treatments by Appointment Natural Methods Food Science Medford Center Bldg. Phone 965 WE DEVELOP Films Free WEST SIDE PHARMACY TOUR REXALIa STORE Open Sundays and Iveninp All the Tim. Phone J7 for FURNITURE REPAIRING j UPHOLSTERING, REFINI8HINO FRANK HOWARD , 119 West Main 8tret wtwmamm TOMORROW IS POSITIVELY The Last Day OF Steward's -$25 Store Closiag. We Must Close Our Doors Saturday Night Just Look at These Final Close Out Prices Every piece of merchandise must go. So we have slashed prices regardless of the original cost to us. DRESSES $3.95 This group includes' values up In 18.!)"); all i'all and winter styles and nialerials. Another Group of Better DRESSES $7.95 2 for $10.00 Think of it Only $2.0.1 extra and you get another dress, in eludiny wool, silk and jersey. HATS Values to 12.9."). Your choice, while thev last, $1.00 A Beautiful Group of 50 Dresses d a qC That formerly sold at Adricnnc's, up to 40.50. P I jL including velvet ensembles, crepes and satins, Fall M A and Winter styles. These are most unusual values. g for $25.00 Closing out price Lingerie Including dance seis, teddies, slips, bloom- ers. Values to 2.0."). Closing out price $1.50 Your .choice While to 3.0."), going at THESE BARGAINS WON'T LAST COME EARLY TOMORROW Values Values find a want. Hosiery Wesleott Mode Model Hosiery, 'parked in V I.- A wMo ,. of shades $1.00 2 pairs $1.75 D pairs $2.50 - they last House dresses, 103 NORTH CENTRAL AVE. 7a Out COATS $5.00 to $:5;.00:' Sizes 14 to 52" to 25.00. You will surely coat here that you will A Beautiful Selection of COATS $14.95 Luxuriously fur-t rimmed, lined and unlined and of the late fall and winter materials. Values 1o 2!)..r0. RAINCOATS "While our lot lasts, going at $3.95 Lingerie And Night Gowns Crepe de chine Ted- dies, dance sets. Val-. lies to 1.00 $2.50 values $1.00