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& Gamblers Throw
J& , by Fudiacz L. AdinuL.
fiK.VOPffa? Jerry Calhoun triee
to etart hie airplane engine under
the machine gun lire of gangetere
who are carrying axeay hie wife,
Nancy. Btevene, a detective, holde
the gang off. The gangstcre have
revolted from their leader. Aeh
wood, who hae kidnaped Nancu.
Emory hae come with Jerry to -reecue
her.
Chapter 33
BEHIND THE BARRICADES
A GUST ot flame belched crimson
from the slowly revolving mo
tor. Ah, she'd make It! No. Churn
ing, churning, every second drag
ging Itself Into an Infinity ot time.
Stevens' gun still barked. Another
bullet and another raked the cabin.
Again a ball of flaming gat bal
looned from the exhauBt stack.
Then the engine roared, backfired,
missed and suddenly burst into full
throated, rbytbmlo lite, causing the
plane to vibrate In evsry Inch of her
fabric
Stevens' figure appeared in the
doorway. In the darkness over bis
shoulder, guna stabbed the night
with their vicious points ot scarlet
Jerry, trembling with eagerness to
push forward on the throttle,
watched the old man hesitate, turn
back and fire a full clip ot cart,
ridges. Then carefully closing and
latching the cabin door, the detec
tive took bla seat.
The great monoplane rolled for
ward over the bard-packed shell.
Then she was free, an earth-borne
monster no longer, but a Joyous,
throbbing, bird-like thing hurtling
through the air,
1 Stevens' steady foreflngor pointed
slightly to the left Jerry banked
over to follow a faint red line of ex
haust Are. As he straightened out
again, he glanced down and back
ward toward the house. From a row
of windows on the east end ot the
low building tiny pinpoints of flame
flickered from the guns ot the be
sieged. From three sides came an
swering flashes.
The exhaust flames of the amphib
ian were clearly visible now, and
Jerry knew that he was gaining,
slowly but steadily, upon the north-ward-speeding
plane. Stevens held
his beloved machine gun. He squint
ed ahead at the fleeing plane.
! "How long?" he Inquired tersely.
"I haven't any Idea," confessed
Jerry. "They don't know yet that
we're following them. When they
see us they'll give her full throttle.
;We're fairly evenly matched In
speed. Maybe fifteen minutes. May
.be two hours. Have to wait till we
'see how much speed they have.'
"Ashle, old bean. It won't be long
now!" Emory Battles' amoke-be-
grlmed lace broke Into a wide-
mouthed grin as he rolled over on
his side and looked at the man who
shared the shelter ot the up-ended
living room' table.
The cripple ducked behind the
heavy shield just as It vibrated un
der the sharp smack of a bullet His
lined face was drawn with fatigue,
' )ut the dancing light in his blue
yes was undimmed as he roturaed
the other's smile.
"One would think, my dilettante
friend, that you looked forward with
pleasure to dying." His drawling
voice had lost nothing of Us mock
ing brilliance. He reached tor a
olgarette from Emory's case. "From
where I lie," he puffed, "It looks at
though we would be able to hold
them oft about thirty more minutes
at the longest, and then only If we
are able to continue keeping them
from passing to the rear ot the
house and surrounding us."
"They may all have sunstroke
within the next thirty minutes I" re
torted the other, squinting cautious
ly over the top for a brief glance to
ward the hangar which. In the first
faint pastel tints ot the dawn, looked
strangely peaceful In comparison
with the wrecked living room be
hind him. A bullet snapped by and
he dropped his head unceremonious
ly. "You picked out some pretty fair
sharpshooters when you organlted
your mob, Ashle," he declared rue
fully. "As ye sow, so shall ye" pro
nounced a resonant voice from the
center ot the room.
, "Please, please, Dr. Tltherlng
ton I" Interrupted the cripple.
"Spare us, on a warm morning like
thlal It I hear lust one more such
Quotation. I shall troth at the mouth
and biie somebody!"
Alfred eat up behind the over
turned couch.
The steward's face was ghastly
pale. His left arm, roughly bandaged
In torn sheeting, showed as a great
splotch of crimson against the back
ground ot his white service JackeL
A aeml-clrcle ot empty clips was
mute evidence to the fact innt he
LIFE LOSS HEAVY
MARSEILLES. Prance, Aug. 17
(AP) Twenty-two men are fetrM to
have drowned In the reported (ink
ing of a fast dispatch beet In the
air mall service to South America on
Saturday.
The veuel was en route from NaUI.
Brazil, to Dakar, Senegal, when she
ran Into a storm.
. LONDON, Aug. 17. (AP) A mes
sage to Lloyd's today from Tokyo snld
nineteen llvee were lost when the
steamer Hldcmsru collided with the
Mlchtukumaru on the Inland sea this
morning. The Nlchliukunuru sank
shortly afterward.
had been a bulwark of strength dar
ing the long night's siege.
Martin, as usual, was silent
Propped on one elbow behind a
parapet ot chairs at the northwest
corner window, he Angered his auto
matlc lovingly.
Emory, sipping bis liquor slowly.
gazed across the room at the
strange, silent man with something
like wonder In bit eyes. Who could
bave thought that that taciturn,
prosalo little real estate promoter
would bave had his bright moment-
of cold-blooded, death-defying cour
age? Two hours before, Emory had
watched, amazed, as Martin had
vaulted out ot his window, sprinted
across fifty feet ot bullet-swept sand
and retrieved an automatic dropped
by a dead attacker.
"Tired of being shot at without
being able to shoot back!" he had
explained grimly to Emory, who had
raced across the room, leaned out
of the window, and whisked him
back Into the relative security of
the barricades.
And Mallory. There was another
study in psychology. He had burst
out ot his room cold-sober, and at
the first massed attack upon the
house he had been quietly efficient,
Bring steadily, accurately, as though
shooting at clay pigeons on a range.
Oh, yes, It had been a merry little
nlghtl Perhaps ot them all, Dr.
Tltherlngton had been the outstand
ing hero. A man of peace, unable
to bave secured one ot the all-too-few
automatics had he wanted It,
the minister had stood sentry-go
over the two corridors leading to
the two rear winga to make sure
that none of the gangsters bad suc
ceeded In slipping between the
house and either beach for s, flank
attack. He had done bis duty
throughout the long night
But most of all, It was the minis
ter's tender which over Hamilton
which had Inspired even the grudg
ing admiration of the cynical Ash
wood. ,
Still tied with the bonds that
Stevens had wound round him, Ham
ilton lay In a coma from which he
had emerged In wild delirium when
the lighting had reached a crisis.
Yet through It all, Dr. Tltherlngton
bad soothed him with never-flagging
patience, crawling over to him at
frequent Intervals to see It he atlll
slept and It the barricade ot furni
ture and mattresses still sheltered
him from stray bullets.
"How much ammunition left?"
called the cripple. "Alfred?"
"Only two clips, sir."
"Martin?"
"Four clips."
"Good. Mallory?"
"Three."
"And Battles baa two'. That makes
fourteen. I have three myselt Sev
enteen In all. We'll bave to go easy
from now on. Don't shoot unless
you are positive you can-drop your
man."
vWhy don't Calhoun and Stevens
come back?" grumbled Mallory.
"With a plane and a machine-gun
they could run the blighters off the
Island." ' '
"Are you asking me riddles?" de
manded Emory, Irritated.
For the past three hours he had
tormented himself with the. same
question. He had hoard hla mono
plane take off after the amphlhlan.
Something In the reckless surge of
Its engine had hold him that Jerry
was at the controls. Having seen
Stevens run down the hall after
Jerry, he assumed that the two
were together In the plane. He knew
that Nancy was not In the house,
What had happened to her, hd did
not know. Nor did he know why
Jerry had gone flying away In tbe
night when bla presence would have
addod to much, to the atrength ot
the besieged forces In the house.
It had not occurred to blm to
question Jerry's motives. Jerry's
safety wat the only thing that wor
ried him.
But no, that reckless, screaming
toom ot the monoplane had been
with Jerry's band on the stick. And
once In the air, Jerry would be safe.
If Von Rlchthofen's red-nosed cir
cus hadn't been able to bring him
down at St Quentln, certnlnly be
was In no danger now.
Emory, his eyea just over the
chipped edge ot the table, gated
steadily -toward the hangar. Five
men stood talking In the palm
grove, just out of pistol range. At
he watched them, curious, he taw
two ot them pick up a machine-gun
and tripod and walk In a wide cir
cle toward the easterly aide of the
house. Then, just within range, they
mounted the gun and lay down In
the aawgrass.
(Copyright, Dial Preee)
Jsrry's plsns eamn within firing
ring of tn onoter hydropUn,
tomorrow, but "It't no UM killing
ths flirl," SUvsns wye.
NEAR '31 TOTAL
SALEM, Aug. 17 (AD The toUl
number of Automobile lletiw ImuM
tor the new year reached Ifl7.5a4 up
to Saturday night, not including mall
ord?n not completed, It vaa
liounced by the secretary ot atate to
day. This la M.WOfl leu than were
Issued at the same time a year ago.
Total receipt ot license platea up
to Friday night were 4.lo7,8tH, as
compared to 95.404,141 at the corre'
ponding date In 19.11. Licence bus!
new was atlll good, the motor vehicle
department aald today,
Oraves Jewelry
Shop, one block
aorxtx ot postollioe.
Ffeon iavS-Wj
MEDFOPiD MAIL
ENANT FARMERS
HOUSTON. Tex.. Aug. 17. (API-
Tenant farmers were the principal
sufferers ot the hurricane whtcb
swept southern coastal Texu Satur
day night and Sunday, taking at
least 36 lives.
Reltef workers estimated more than
TAILSPIN TOMMY
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ON i-- W'CMfT Trc SIGNAL TO THE
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ARE YOU A ! 3URS AS I'M O' WA.MOIN' WELL, THERE?) InO, OP COURSE NOT f "I I wait A MIMUTB , JONKTHftNlN soH .THAT's II Y IT'LL. EE AFTER.
6URE YOU H6RE, BEN T HE t-OOHED j CERTAINL J I THE OLD GOVT DODGED I DON'T STftRT 6HOOTINO UNTfL 1 RIGHT! ) DARK SO LETS BUILD V
SAW ') LKE A RAGOEDY OLD ISN'T ) BftCK A SOON ftS HE SOMEBODY STARTS SHOOTING 'BIG FEET' V A FIRE TO SHOVM HIM
SOMEBODY IBIRD WITH HEAPS O' ANYONE j 6AW ME ! BEN. H.1- BET AT US - WE'VE BEEN ANAY Fl5oMl IS ON THE ( WHERE WE ARE-- AND
I JONATHAN? I WHITE WHISKERS WAVIN'V THERE ! I IT'S W. O. H. H1SSEL.F T I CAMP FORTHREE DAYS "BIG FEET' I WAY, AIN'T 1 LETS COOK SUPPER I
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BRINGING UP FATHER
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TRIBUTE, MEDFORD,
1000 peraona were destitute. Emer- '
gency stations continued the treat
ment of the Injured, estimated by
station ate nd ants variously from 200
up and In most cases requiring only
first aid.
Tn Red Cross and Houston relief
societies furnished food and other
necessities. The government ordered
the coast guard cutter Unalga from
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to aid In relief
worlc.
Agricultural authorities said the
damage to crops would run Into mil
lions, with cotton and rice estimated
to be damaged to the extent of 92,-000.000.
A New Kind Of "Movie!"
Calls For A Count
HECES A COPV
OP The Budle l womder
HSW INTERVIEW
.WITH THAT REPOBTHI
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. -TTd Mark Rtx U. S. Pil. OSi(
So That's The Way It
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OREGON. TTEDXESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (AP) A
telegram from Daniel A. Poling, chair
man of the allied forces for prohibi
tion, expressing belief that President
Hoover's election would safeguard
"some of the gains made under the
S ..wwew a eepeeseTvrArve op
The BU$3 CALLED
IME&B AT LOSBLBI LODQEi ,HB FOUKJD
) HIM &ETTISJ& HIMSELF Pt-MSICALLV FIT
( FOR THE. STBEfiJVOUS CAMPAfGU HB S
A&OUT TO EfJTElfZ
CHOPPIKJ& DCMJKJ A
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. VT BARK AhJD
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CENTLtMEM, DONT BE DKCEIVEO BY THI
CAMDIOATE.rR.JICCS). WHAT THIClTY
WEEO 15 AN IWTELLICEMT FAIFW1MDEO
PtRSjOM. OWt WHO WILL HAVE THE
INTCHESTr.
ART.
18th amendment1" was made public
today at the white House.
"I march with you," the telegram
concluded.
The message aald: "Tour speech
of acceptance Is a document of states
manship. It Is clear-cut and cou
rageous. "I disagree with aome ot your con
clusions, but believe your re-election
will safeguard some of the gains made
under the I8th amendment, will de
feat naked repeal, will preserve the
principle of federal control ot a na
tional problem and will be a long
step toward answering one of the na
tion's greatest social questions."
OtJ CAUDDATE
ISJTO HE USAS
THEE.. AFTER hJUMEGOUS
HB. GOT THROUGH THE
SAT DOWKJ EXHAUSTED
AhJD IT WASST
BEFORE US FDUfJDOur
.HE WAS At-WAVS EX- , ,
U5TSD MEUTAL.LY...
WS. DOMT WANT A VJEAK. FAT-HEAO. A
MAN ,WHO l AFRAVO OF Hl WIFE. WHO
DOESMT EVtN OARE TO THINK fOR
HIM-iELF. IFOLI OON'T INTEND TO VOTe
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (AP) Paul
8. Willis, president of the Associated
Grocery Manufacturers of America,
told a luncheon meeting ot the asso
ciation of manufacturers representa
tives of New York today that a defi
LS JMAT DO VO(J TWIKJK OF THAT HE
DiM ED WITH M6, TOOK A HANJDFUL.
far OP CIGARS AMD 1 THOOSWT HE WAS MV
&Z FRlENJD 1 WHAT I'LL TELL THE MeTGUVy
WHO COMES 1 AW IMTERVIEVL
" yKwe cAKi PrawTVT-Low the poikjT rT"31-
fin n zj?22La EDLEiFsif
ju J mhtx ,f,V'. ,,-
WHERE
CAM YOU
find one:?
LOTTA
VOTES, AT LEAST
"VOL! SHOULD
WANT A MAM.
WHO lTHS
MASTER O''
Hl"i HOME.
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8n
nite Improvement In business and a
return of confidence and courage
among business men are noticeable
throughout the United States.
Willis has completed a survey of
trade conditions which took him to
most of the country's Industrial cen
ters. "Talks with leaders of the grocery
business," he said, "have convjneed
me that the nation's economic Uls are
lessening, that there la. In fact, a de
cided upturn in the situation."
August special. Three loads IB-la.
slabs for 18 75. Med. Fuel Co. TeL
831.
By OLENN L'HAFFIN
anil HAL FORK EST
By EDWIN ALGER
By SOL HESS
By BUD FISHER
By George McManus
THAT REMINOS'
ME. MY WIFE
TOLO ME TO BE
HOMS AT TWO
O'CLOCK.
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