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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1932. Gamblers Throw BYN0P818: Jerry Calhoun' re turn by plan to Aehwood't (rop ieal Uland. with Btevene working a machine gun, mutt rout the ganoetere attacking Aehwood'e houee, Jerry, Hmory and Steven have been opposed to Aehwood, toko kidnaped Nanoy Wentwortk. nolo Ml wife, and severe men. But they help him against hit rebelling gang. Chapter 3T A MY8TERIOU8 LETTER FIB hidden machine-gun became silent. The ground In front ot the house eemed magically cleared ot run Ding men. The plane dived at the tree be hind which the second machine-gun bad been. mounted. Asbwood rose, slipped his hot lutomatlo Into bis shoulder holster Ind stretched, glancing about the room. Then the hard lines reap peared In bis face as he glanced to ward the far end ot the room. Emory, getting to bis feet, saw Al fred, the faithful little steward, ly ing motionless. Asbwood limped across the room, looked down Into the lifeless face lor a long moment and turned away. "Let's pass out a round ot grog, ashle," suggested Emory. "I think we're earned It" Stevens pushed his well-scraped plate aside with a sigh ot complete contentment ' He grinned comfortably at Nancy, who looked adorable In her bor rowed cook's costume. Then he wandered to the door of the wrecked living room and sur veyed tbe scene of desolation. In the reaction from the battle, It bad been easy to forget the splintered walls. "Glad I wasn't here last night" be observed Judiciously. "See you later." "There," declared Jerry thought fully, "goes a real man." - "He's bad more fun the past few lays," stated Ashwood, smiling, "than he's had In ten years." "If you'll excuse me," said Emory, rising, "I'm going to find a desk and write a letter." "I'll ease out and see If the boys bave cleaned up properly," decided the cripple. "Want to come along, yon two?" He looked at Mallory and Martin so meaningly that they started, guiltily, from their chairs and followed him precipitately. .Then, suddenly, Mallory returned. "Here," be said to Nancy,' "give these to the minister. Don't let him thank us." "Look at these," she murmured and passed them to Jerry. They were two checks for (25,000 each, drawn simply to tbe order ot "Dr. Tltberlngton's church." One was signed by Mallory, the other by Martin. "The fight last night seems to bare restored Mallory to something like normal," observed Jerry. "If it has done as much for Hamilton, we'll have a lot to be thankful for." "Tbe minister has Anally agreed," aid Nancy, "that It Hamilton wakes up In bis right mind, nobody Is to tell him about Williams and the guard. Their deaths will be ex plained as part of the general tight last night" Jerry fell silent his tboughts wandering. In another few hours they would be on their way back to elvllliatloq.' In another week, per haps, thla glorious girl would be back on Broadway, eharmlng tbe hearts ot audiences. "And now, young man, you are go ing to help me with the dishes," she Informed him, her eyes sparkling at bis moody countenance. ' Jerry carried a pile of dishes Into the kitchen. "How dare you put them Into the water without scraping them! It's going to take me some time to train you, but I'll do It yet!" He grasped her roughly by both shoulders. "What did you mean by that!" be demanded. "You men are so awkward," she parried, not meeting his eyes. "Now you Ilston," said Jerry. "Isn't this whole business bard enougb for me without your Joking about It? You know I love you, so wby try to plague me with Itl You know that I worship you, your mar vellous eyes, your ssucy little nose, reur klssable lips and my God you laugh at mel" . A soft slender hand crept np to hla mouth and pressed hard against It with surprising strength. "J erry, you're so dumb I" He sputtered and shook his head, trying to speak. "Are you really," she asked softly, her clear eyes meeting hla at last "going to cast me off and divorce met" He stared Incredulously at her, un BY BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 91. VP) Pour Butte men were asphyxiated Sat day by accumulated sewer gas In an excavation. One of the deed was a tire department captain. Tnree other fire men were overcome but physicians said they will live. ' The dead: Simon Brhan. 64, a captain of the Butte fire department; Patrick Mc Intee, 73, and his two sons, Ed Mc Intee, 33, and Eugene Mclntee, 38. A basement was. being dug under a garage In the rear ot the elder Mc Intw's house, The Mclm had used dynamite In excavating. The blast was believed to bav shattered an old sewer pipe. able, not daring to believe bis ears. "You're a beastl" Her voice shook a little. "Married two whole days and you haven't kissed me once!" He reached for ber hungrily and If bis bard-muscled arms all but broke ber back, she made no com plaint But, of course, she couldn't Her lips were sealed. At length. It may hare been Ave minutes later or an hour, Nancy Wentworth Calhoun pushed her bus band away and straightened her hair. "One more kiss I" ' "Not until you return with another load of dishes." He grumbled, but hastened Into the dining room. Just as he was scooping up an armful ot plates and cups bis eye tell upon a large square envelope. Upon Us face was bis own name In large, scrawling letters. Anxious to return to Nancy, he grabbed a handful ot plates and raced to tbe kitchen. Thumbing open the en velope flap, he withdrew the en closure and stared, puzzled, at Emory's familiar handwriting. "What's tbe matter, Jorry!" Nancy was alarmed at his expres sion. "Here, you read It to me." He thrust the letter Into her hsnd. "Dear old top," she read, "It's al most time to shove off for New York aLd, eventually, Boston. But I can't stick It "I'm a restless bird ot passage, a changeling child In a family to whom there Is no world beyond Bea con Hill. I crave new scenes and new doings. It would never occur to me to fade out of the picture with out you except that I know what you are too goofy to realize that you are going to itay married. "Bo, old man, after these many years, we've arrived at the parting ot the ways which comes Inevitably when a girl makes a trio out ot a duo. You and Nancy. A great pair, old man I You'll settle down, worry about your golf game and become peevish when the chauffeur clashes the gears. "Between pals, distance does not count We'll drift together, old son, from time to time. I'll drop In on you, put my muddy feet On your mahogany desk and tell you how I got my tan and my touch of malaria. And you'll tell me how your tailor fusses about your respectable bulge. You'll be sorry for me and I'll be sorry for you. And maybe, In all your conventional happiness, you'll envy me Just a little. You'll smell the smell ot burned oil and exhaust gas and you'll remember tbe kick back ot a gat against your palm and you'll wonder where I am and what I'm doing. But as tbe old olichd goes, you can't have everything. "Remember, Jerry, bow we'd roll the dice when we faced a difficult decision? Gambler's throw, one roll? We.ll, I've rolled 'em and I'm Joining up with Ashwood- for a bit of a whirl somewhere. Next to you, he's the gamest little fighting cock I've ever known. Unlike you he has no future. In which, he resembles me,' so we'll share together what ever old Lady Luck has In mind tor us. "You're an ornery cuss, Jerry You light too hard and too often. You're an easy-going guy, but you're hell on skates when you gel riled. And It's pretty tough to have to shove off without you, "Llstou: we're swiping the speed boat Ashle and L With a couple ot hours' leeway, we'll be off In the amphibian and you won't be able to catch us In the monoplane. Give us a break If you can. It you can't, we'll make a race ot It "Slap Stove on the back for me and tell him that so tar as his eon science la concerned, he can sleep In his little house amid the pecan trees with the assurance that Asb wood won't operate again In tht U. S. A. Elsewhere who knowsl Maybe we'll roll the dice again! "Best regards. See you again sometime. Until then, happy land ings. Emory. "P. S. Kiss Nanoy for met If 1 hadn't lammed away, I'd have done It myself." 'The last part ot the letter soundi Interesting," said a voice from thf doorway. Nancy and Jerry wheeled around to face Stevens. The girl passed him the letter. He read II slowly. 'How long bave they been gone?" he asked very quietly. 'I haven't any Idea," confessed Jerry. 'Botter give 'em a couple ot hours more, then. No sense In loading the dice on 'em," Stevens said. "It's 'Gambler's Throw. t -, (Coyyrloftr, tM Press) Yt-K, TUB END - G. PASS SLAYER PLEADS GUILTY OR ANTS PASS, Ore. Aug. 33 (JP) Milton Wiley, 38, of Grants Pais pleaded guilty In circuit oourt here today to a charge ot second degree murder In connection with the death ot shooting ot John Simeon, 61, also of CJrants Paaa. Iroult Judge H. D. Norton poetponed the passing of sen tence until Monday morning. Simeon was fatally shot at the Os car Pryor camp 8n Cove creek near here Aug. 10. Wiley, who police said readily admitted the ahootlng, at first said he acted In self defense. In court this afternoon be said he shot In a fit of anger. Life Imprisonment la this state's penalty for second degree murder, ALBANY GIRL IS ATM VICTIM ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 22. (ff) Struggling free from & mus of drift wood and debris where she bad been left for dead, Ina Rom, a, daughter of Mrs. R. A. 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Ct OOT MLT TAKe CAR- OH J lt)J' Klrt lfW 9fm"' 0b" PntuB njtftw trty4 J Police said Welch admitted plan ning a criminal assault on the young girl and that Wfcen shewcreamed as he tried to choke her he struck her over tbe head with a club, stabbed her with a poclcetknlfe, then dragged her unconscious to a slough where he hid her body In the driftwood. i Ina and her sister, Anna, 11, bad been swimming at Bryant Park and were on their way to a sand bar when they met Welch, whom they both knew. Ina told police Welch askd ber to help him find a purse, and then attacked her when they were alone. Closing In On The Raid! COME ON.VOU i tfTWO! STICK LPOSS OP THIS if ir i. ii Trip For The Cloning 1ACTY WWTOO r t a i mm i i i -IN-LAW HELD IN POISON PLOT McMINNVILLE, Ore, Aug. 22. (APJ Police disclosed this after noon that Roy Reevers, 37, of Mc Mlnvllle, la in county Jail on a charge of attempted murder In con nection with an attempt to poison Bandits! 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