PAGE TWELVE
JIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1932.
! Gamblers Throw
i "to
BYXOPSIB: Jerry Calhoun and
Btevent are trying to end an air
plans chat by attacking the hv
drovlane in which aanoatert art
carrying off Jerry'e wile, Nancy.
The reel ol the gang it In rebel
lion againet Ue leader. Athwood,
and it attacking him and the per
sons he Ij holding lor raneom.
Chapter 35
"HAPPY LANDINGS"
THE amphibian appeared to float
up to meet them.
Jerry, leaning forward In his aeat,
.1.. .ta..t-ln wllh hnlf.
nrtliuucu mo (aiisoici suif i..." ......
slosed eyes. Ho must miss that up
per wing by Inches only. The tracer
bullets trom below were sweeping
the monoplane from wing tip to
wing tip as Luccl's gunner kept bis
finger clasped tight on bis trigger.
Down, down. Funny, how long
such a short dive could takel The
tracer bullets annoyed him. They
seemed to stretch like a taut string
between his own eyes and the other
fellow's gun. He wondered vaguely
why he hadn't been riddled with
lead. The luminous dial of i be alti
meter suddenly disappeared from
the Instrument board. Something
else, loo, bad disintegrated, as the
gangster's bullets crashed through
the panel. Ho couldn't stop to see
what It was. No time for anything
but to dire as close to that upper
wing as he could. Must give good
old Steve a fair target. Then be
became awa.-a of a new sound, a
continued tac-tac-tae as of a steel
riveter at work. It was Steve. Atta
boy, Steve.
The long, upper wing of the am
phibian seeinod to leap up at the
bow of the plunging monoplane.
Jerry pulled back desperately, won
dering if be bad-waited too long.
As the nose lit'.ed he listened for the
crash that would mean the end of
everything. Steve was straighten
ing up, pulling bis gun barrel out of
tbe panel. Jerry's brecth whistled
between his .Ight shut teeth. They
were cleari Missed a collision by
tractions of an Inch,
"Get It 7" h demanded.
"I dunno. Usually do." It was all
of a night's work to die detective.
The monoplane was flying level
again. Jerry banked hard over to
return to the attack. Tbe dark bulk
ot tbe other ship became visible.
Tbe pilot slappe- his companion on
the back.
"Look I" he shouted, "they're glid
ing!" The amphibian, ber exhausts
streaming flame, was gliding In a
long, tbin quarter-turn, ber pilot on
Tlously trying to reach the sandy
beach of the : alnland. Jerry meas
ured tbe distance with bis eye. Yes.
they might make 1U Ha must beat
them to It. With his own engine
full on, be, too, swung toward shore
In a terrlflo power-dive, hoping
against hope that be wouW And the
beach suitable for a landing.
Jerry dived past the slowly-gilding
ahlp. With his own mighty en
gine wide )jin lbs monoplane was
eoverlng two feet to tbe amphibi
an's one. Down, down, with the
wind whistling through the struts,
tbe entire fabrlo vibrating to the
banshee shriek of tbe motor. There
was no time to drag the beacb to find
out whether the aand was bard or
soft It didn't matter. He closod
the throttle and pivoted the plane
around on her wing tip. As tbe fat
balloon tires struck the sand tbe
heavy ship lurched and faltered.
Jerry braced himself, thinking that
be was about to dig In and turn
over. Then sho rolled heavily to a
atop.
Jerry leaped to the sand before
Stevens had opened the door on the
other aide. The amphibian had Just
landed on the water, forty or fifty
feet trom shore and wis now drift
ing In toward the bead under the
forward momentum of Its glide.
With engine dead and its crew si
lent It looked like a black ghost
hip In the .fh:
Jerry, In a cold sweat of Impa
tience could not wait for hor to
reach the beach. He waded out Into
the dark ate, his bands Itching to
wrap themselves iround Luccl's
throat.
"One shot out of thrt gun," came
Stevens' calm voice from the beach,
"and I'll give you the work."
There waa no reply. The plane,
Its forward way almost lost, was
Inching steadily toward the shore.
The water was now up to Jerry's
waist
"Throw your machine-gun over
board." The detective's voice car
rled far acrosa the still water. "1
want to hear It splash."
Still that eerie silence hung over
everything. Jerry felt a tingle run
through every nerve end. The air
aeemed full oi static electricity, like
the breathless moment between a
sharp flash ot lightning and the re
sultant clap ot thunder. He pi'i'uil
Oklahoma Officers
To Halt Mine War
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok!., Aug. 10.
-AP) Approximately 30 state ope
ratives, headed by C. A. Burns, super
intendent of the bureau of criminal
Identification, were sent to the Le
flore county coal mine strike area by
Governor Murray today.- Burns said
the officers would aea that peace Is
preserved throughout the county.
Shouse to Lead
Drive for Rum
WASHINGTON, Aug". !, (AP)
Jouett flhouae has been setf-d by
the association against the prohibi
tion amendment to lead what ths
chairman of Its executive comml'tee
calls a drive "to bring about promptly
the ratification of the new amend
ment which congress will submit."
Fender and body repairing. Prices
right, Brill Sheet Meu Works,
by Eu&La-Lt L. AcUiAn.
ahead through the water then, at
restraint gone, plunged forward anc
began to swim with a powerful
crawl stroke. Somewhere in thai
drifting black sblp was Nancy. He
had told her Luccl should not hart
her. Once he put his two baods or
that guy nothing In tht world could
break bis bold. A dozen more feel
and he'd be lile to clamber aboard.
They bad macblne-guns and auto
matics, but he did not care.
A vivid sneet ot flame from the
amphlblau't bow split tbe darkness
over bis bead. It was Instant), re
flected In a slabbing Are from tbt
shore. The air seemed filled with
twanging buliets.and the sound ol
crackling wo-ni. The reverberatloni
from the machine-gun Are died
away Into slUnce, utter and abso
lute. Jerry's groping hand found a wel
strut. He Jerked himself out of tbt
water and scrambled up the slip
pery side of the drifting plane. He
swung a drlpf. ug foot over the cock
pit wall. There was only one dark
face there. He reacbed for it wltb
clutching bauds.
"I give up!" the man screamed
It was not Luccl's voice.
His fingers met at the man's
throat. His thumbs clamped down,
pressing deep lr.to yielding flesh.
The man staggered back. Jerrj
stepped after him, stumbled oi
something soft and lost bis grip
There was a heavy splash. Tbi
other man hac Jumped overboard
Jerry could boar tbe sound ot bli
strokes as be swam toward shore
Frenzledly Jerry looked for Luccl
He heard Stevens' voice.
"Whore's Luccl?"
The swimming man answered.
"On the floor ot the cockpit, bin
and Sam. Yoj got 'em both."
"Another 1160,000 shot to bell,'
mourned Stevens. "Money goes aw
ful quick arornd here."
Jerry clattered down the twe
steps Into the darkness of the com
modious compartment within ths
fuselage.
"la that you, Jerry?" Nancy's
voice was brave.
"Yes," he said briefly, choking
back the rush ot words that came
to bis lips. What use to try to keep
bla thoughts away from ber, to try
to Ignore Jer very existence? He
had loved her ever since he had
first looked Into ber eyes, candid
and level as a boy's, back there on
the Merrick ruad. He clenched his
teeth to prevent himself from telling
her while sli. waited so silently for
him to And her there in the Inky
darkness.- His wife! That spoiled
It all, for had be not promisee to
have It annulled) How coull he tell
ber that he loved her now, when her
heart would be warm with gratitude
toward him? And when they were
hack In New York she would be
Nancy Wentwor'h, not the helpless,
frightened little girl of the tropics,
but the self-reliant, light-hearted
musical comedy star.
His groping hands touched hers.
They were Icy cold .and clutched
his own convulsively.'
"Nancy," be whispered, "are yon
all right?"
There was a momsnt of silence.
"Yes, Jerry," she replied calmly.
"Except that my ankles are bound
and I am tied to this seat."
Ills skillful bands untied tbs
knots iiud unsnapped the safety
buckle. He could feel her breath
on his cheek as he bent over ber
to help her to ber feet.' She would
never know the struggle he was
making to keep himself trom soli,
lng ber In his arras and smothering
that glorious rsd mouth with bis
kisses. His wife! What a Joke!
"What are you laughing at?" she
demanded.
"I'm not laughing," he snapped
shortly, "Let's get ashore."
Emory Angered his trigger Im
patiently as he watched men scut
tle from the shelter of one palm to
that ot the next, always working
closer and closer to tbe house. Dr.
Tltberlngton, looking absurdly un
dignified, crept across the littered
floor of the living room and placed
a tall glass beside the elbow of each
ot the defenders.
"Happy landings, Ashis," Emory
nodded, catching the cripple's eye.
Ashwood's face was transformed.
No longer mocking and cynical. It
waa wiped clear of Its hard lines
and aeemed twenty years younger,
"Cheerio, old top, here's to ths
nsxt wart" Ashwood drank deep.
Emory stared over tbe barricade.
The attackers were making their
way forward with Infinite caution,
taking advantage ot every tree
trunk, every clump of palmetto and
sawgrass.
(Copyright, Dial Preet)
Ths mob atts.Bks. tomorrow anal
tht bttiaoed mtm Miton dssptrats
ly tor Jerry's plsnt.
Siskiyou Firehvg
Is Lodged in Jail
PORIT.AND, Aug. IB. (AP) Ken
neth Olson, arrested on a charge ot
setting tire In the Siskiyou national
forest, was brought to Portland yes
terday by Cal Weill, deputy United
States marshal, from Klamath Palls.
He was lodged In the county Jail
here in lieu of S100 ball.
Investigate Death
Of Sheepherder
PENDLETON, Ore, Aug. It ( AP)
County officers today continued
their Investigation of the death of a
man Identified as Fred Steel, enter
prise sheep herder, whose body wss
found yesterday In a weed patch near
the Pendleton gun club grounds. The
top of his head had been shot sway
and a high-power rifle was clutched
In his bands,
NECK BROKEN BY
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BURNS, Ore., Aug. 19. (AP)
GeoruB Hlbbard, 19, ton of Dr. L. E.
Hlbbard, member of the state game
commission, waa In a critical condi
tion today from a neck fracture suf
fered last night when he dtved into
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land physician, flew to Burns today
In a chartered plane to attend the
youth, and operated at once. Young
Hlbbard was paralyzed from the neck
down, - He was swimming In a water
filled gravel pit and dived from a
spring hoard 20 feet high, aiming for
deep water. He struck In water about
three feet deep.
August special. Three loads 16-tn.
labs for $6-76. Med. Fuel Co. Tel.
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DYNAMITE TRAP
, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 10 (AP)
A charge of dynamite which Rock
Island railroad officials said they be
lieved was Intended to wreck their
fast "Calif ornlan" en route from
Memphis, exploded as an unscheduled
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freight tran passed a spot about 300
yards east of th North Little Rock
passenger station at 12:15 A. M. to
day. The blast tore out a piece of rail
two or three feet long and blew the
pilot off the locomotive of the freight,
which, however,' was not derailed.
When needing duplicating sales
books, flat-packs or fan-fold cash
register forms, ledger sheets
for bookkeeping machines or
any other kind of printing,
don't order from out-or-town firms
and pay more. Phone 75 and one of
our representatives will call.
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State Prunes to
Jobless Mouths
SALEM, Aug. 19. (AP) Orchard
properties which should yield from
25 to 30 tons of prunes this fall could
be turned over to state relief or
ganizations to a:d unemployed. It waa
suggested In a letter received last
night by Governor Julius L. Meier
from Jerrold Owen, secretary of the
state bonus commission, properties
mentioned are now owned by the
stat through the World War Vet
erans' State Aid commission.
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Blaze Destroys
Hotel At Union
LA GRANDE, Ore., Aug. 19. (AP)
The Centennial hotel, a two-story
wooden structure at Union also oc
cupied by a restaurant and two bar
ber shops, was burning today with
Indications It would be destroyed.
The La Grande fire department aent
one truck to Union and latest re
ports were that the blaze would b
confined to the hotel, wnich Is lo
cated In one of the main business
blocks of the town.
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