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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. Rom, Albany, Saturday
told pollco of a brutal attack. Her
story led to the arrest of Dean Welch,
17, Albany high school student.
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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.
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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
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Mrs. W. A. Yocum, hla mother-in-law,
at her farm near B alia ton last Sun
day. The formal charge was filed after
a week of secret investigation, the of
ficers said. Reeves pleaded not guilty
today and was held to the Yamhill
county grand Jury,
Mrs. Yocum and Lee Janeway, her
farm laborer, noticed a bitter taste to
their coffee and cereal last Sunday
momlng, and discarded the food. A
dog that ate some of the cereal died
20 minutes later.
. Phone 542. We u naul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
HECOVEBED Kiel 7 THANK'S,, NO HTHE TREASURE'S J
WHEM 1 DROPPED!. GIG FEET. l NOriser6B 1 B MINE t fVS M ?T hi
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SOVIET PLANNING
DEATH OF CHURCH
VATICAN CITT, Aug. 33. UP)
Oaservatore Bomano, the Vatican
newspaper, aald today it had learned
on excellent authority that the gov
ernment of Soviet Russia had Issued a
secret decree ordering "liquidation"
01 afl cnurche. t we end ot M33. .
"The Boisevi
paper, "have decided to give effect
tn thfr disbolical
as soon a. hum""-
plan, elaborated down to the last de
tail, for a name -kbw w6.w.
"According to this decree an
churches, chapels and houses of pray
er rnuat be completely 'liquidated'
not later than Dec. 31. 1933. After
that date provisional rules will be
made for a number of houses of pray
er which will be tolerated for a cer
tain period.
Pender and body repairing. Prices
right. Brill Sheet Metal Works.
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