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BEDFORD MAIL THIBUXE, MEDFORD, OREO ON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1932.
M Nothing Venture
Y by Patricia Wenlworth
BYKOP'ISr Kan Is eeaWnrei
the man she eaw lurking near tht
Wear country home during the
etorm viae Robeit Leonard and
that hie presence mean danger
for her husband. She knouit Jer
vis would ridicule the idea, Ae
Han and Jervie approach the deep
tidal pully next morning Bran.
Jervie dog, becomee agitated and
refuses to enter the bridge. Jer
vie tries to force the dog aeroee
but Wan. sensing something is
wrong, iumps on the bridge to
block her hueband. Then there
is terrifying crash.
Chapter 20
A SERIOUS QUARREL
NAN did not hear the crack of
breaking timber, because It
was lost In the roar of the fall, but
he felt the shuddering Jar of it
The bridge eeemed to be wrenched
beneath her.
She did hear Jervls' about,
ehe felt hla graap like an Iron
clamp apon her shoulder. She
thought ahe acreamed, and the
pray and the foam and the cold
came np upon her face, and her
hands, and her breast. She swung
giddily aboTe the torrent, and there
was notblng between her and the
pool below a long, long way be
low. The bridge waa gone every
thing was gone. She awung gid
dily, a frightful noise In her ears,
and the water waiting for her. She
bad no thought for why ahe did
not fall. She awung to and fro. It
was all a contusion, like the broken
bits of a dream.
And then suddenly sbe came
shuddering out of the dream, to
hear Jorrls' yolce above her:
"Can you lift your arm?"
The aound of the words had
reached her before, but not their
sense. She made a alow, weak
effort to raise her right arm, but
something clamped It down.
Then Jervls' voice again:
"Your left arm."
one mw, reacnea np, ana teit
him grasp her wrist Then she
was being drawn up, slowly, dread
fully slowly, while the noise of
the falling, churning water seemed
to be right Inside her bead. She'
didn't seem able to think. The mo
ment went on Interminably.
Then sbe felt a scraping sensa
tion across her ahoulders and back,
and the feel of something solid be
neath her. Something went round
and round In her head. She gasped
and struggled to sit up. She felt
as If ahe had been wrenched In
two. She got up on her knees pant
ing. The middle of the bridge was
gone. A yard away the broken
Umbers atuck out over empty
pace. On her left Jervls was get
ting to his feet Bran pressed
against her and licked her cheek.
She caught him about the neck and
struggled up.
"Are you all right?"
- She nodded, holding Bran tight
And added In a flutterlnr voice
that was much less audible tban
she meant It to .be, -"What
happened!"
Jervls said harshly, -;'The bridge
broke."
1 She said, "I went down."
He threw her a curloua look, It
was almost as It he accused her
in angry look.
"You might have been killed."
"You aved me."
"I grabbed your shoulder. We
came down together."
Nan's heart . contracted, She
might have pulled him over ahe
might so easily have pulled him
over. The words said themselves
aloud:
"I might have pulled you overt"
Jervls stood there frowning.
"You very nearly did. If I hadn't
come down full length before the
bridge actually fell, we should both
have gone with It As It wae, I
managed to hang on, and old Bran
took hold of my coat and pulled
for all be was worth. I got a good
thandful of your dress, and thank
goodness the stuff was strong!"
"Was It a long timet It felt very
long."
"No. I couldn't have held you for
more than a moment I aald 'Put
sp your arm,' and I got hold of
It; but if It hadn't been tor Bran,
1 dont think ' could have got you
P"
At the aound of his name Bran
thrust his head under his master's
hand, jerking It up. Nan felt an
nvy of him. He had saved them
both, and he could say bow glad
be was. Sbe oouldn't It came over
her how strangely they were stand
ing here, speaking cold conven
tional sentences on the ragged
dgea of death.
She. turned from the broken
bridge and began to move stiffly
down the path. Her kneee shook
a little, and before she had taken
halt a dosen steps Jervls' hand waa
on her arm.
RUSSIAN SLAYER
OF
DIES BENEATH AXE
PARIS, France, Sept 14. (AP)
Prance exacted the supreme penalty
today for the slaying of her vener
ible president. Paul Doumer, by exe
silting on the guillotine Dr. Paul
Oorguloff, Russian physician, who
ihot him May 6.
Oorguloft wae executed at 5:M a.
ae he muttered almost Incom
prehensible reterencee to Ala "Idea."
He was accompanied to the ecaf
told by Pather Olllett, a priest of
the Greek church. The priest kissed
bun Just before the guards fastened
blm on the block under the knife.
Daws wee Just breaking. The pro-
"Ifou're a bit sbaky."
"A little. It'a nothing."
They came out of the trees, but
instead of climbing the alope they
followed the easier gradient of the
path. The sound of the fall re
ceded. After walking silently foi
some time Jervls burst out with a
sudden,
"I can't understand It"
Nan wondered if be felt the ac
cusing leap of her pulses.
"He did It," she said.
Jervls stopped dead and swung
her round to face him.
"What's that?"
He still held her by the elbow,
and his grasp felt rough and strong.
"He did It"
"What are you talking aboutr
"The bridge."
'You've got to say what you
mean!"
"Yes I aaw him."
"What do you mean? Whom did
you aee."
"Robert Leonard."
He let go of her so suddenly that
she felt as If he had pushed her
away. There waa an angry color
under his dark skin.
"We've got to have this out!
You've got to say what you mean I"
"Yes, Jervls. I woke up In the
night something waked me I
don't know what It was. Then I
heard Bran downstairs."
"You heard Bran?" with angry
suspicion, '
"He waa walking up and down
and whining. I went to the top of
the stairs and called him. He came
Into my room with me, and we both
looked out of the window. He wae
very excited. I thought It was be
cause there was a storm coming
up."
"You seem to think he's a Pek
inese I He doesn't mind storms."
"I know he doesn't It wasn't the
storm he was minding."
"No I suppose It was Leonard I"
Nothing could have been more In
credulous than hla voice; his eyes
hold a hint of fierce amusement
Nan lifted her bead.
"Yes. Bran Is cleverer than you
are he knows when there's danger
he wouldn't go on to the bridge."
Jervls laughed angrily.
"Well he was minding Leonard?
And then, I suppose, you both saw
hlra!"
"I did. I don't know If Bran did.
I don't think he goes by seeing
he's got something else."
"You saw Leonard?"
"Yes, I did."
"Where?"
"Where the path goes Into the
trees."
Jervls laughed again.'
"From your window 1 In the mid
dle ot the night I"
"Yes I did. The moon went In.
and there wae a flash ot lightning.
I could see everything very clearly,
and I saw Robert Leonard. I did
aee him."
Jervls' manner changed; It be
came colder and lost Its rough
edge,
"I'm afraid ycu have rather an
obsession about Leonard. I hope
you won't go about saying this sort
of thing to anyone else It might
get you Into trouble. You see, It's
quite Impossible that you could
nave recognised him at that die.
ance by a flash of lightning."
i am recognise him," aald Nan,
She began to walk on towards
the house. Jervls came up wltb
her.
A man you've seen once!" ht
said In a taunting tone.
I ve seen him more than once
and I should know him wherevei
I aaw him."
He gave an angry lerk of thi
ahoulder and walked on In silence
The path entered a thicket and
presently cama out upon the lawn.
Just before they came to the houss
Jervls spoke again.
What have you got against Leo
nard?"
She looked at him with a dlreol
simplicity.
"He wants to kill you."
Jervls was startled clean out m
hla angry Impatience.
You t-ii't possibly mean a thlni
like thai!
I do mean It"
You can't! I don't like the man
but It's a perfectly foul thing to
say about anyone without proof."
Nan looked away. There was a
note ot appeal In his voice that
weakened her. She took a step
towards the house.
'You've no proof," said Jervls.
She looked back over her
shoulder for an Instant
"The bridge fell." she sail
She went Into the house.
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Nan stands by htr guns tomer
row, although li means defying
the man ahe ievaa.
cedure moved swiftly. Only 40 sec
onds after Oorguloff stepped down
from the prison van hla head rolled
Into the basket. Only a email crowd
saw the execution.
When ,he wae awakened In his cell,
Oorguloft muttered prayers In Rus
slan and then began to talk about
bis "Idea."
"X am neither a royalist nor a com
munist," he said. "1 die for my Idea.
I hope my child (which Is still un
born) will be a boy end I hope he
wont be a communist 1 asked par
don of everybody."
During the mass of the Oreek
church which preceded hla execution,
Oorguloff continued praying and be
gan mt'ln to talk ot his "Idea."
"I die for Ruisla," he said. "I die
for my Idea. I pardon everybody."
KLAMATH FAUa work of exca
vation on ll.ooo.ooo-gallon reeervlor
at Moore Park, started.
,
REXDSPORT Mr, and Mrs. Jtck
Connelly eold Umpqua Hotel to Mra.
0. L. Wllhelm of cottage Drove.
SALEM Blda opened recently for
boiler for Oregon state penitentiary.
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Mr. and Mra. DIUworth of Prospect
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wylle
Jones onSunday.
Mies Esther Holdrldge was the guest
of Mr. and Mra. Tuttle at Table Rock
several daya this week.
Mr, and Mra. Harrell of Eugene and
Mrs. Cbaae Hedges of South Bend,
Ind., were guests of Rev. and Mrs.
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Mr. Ira Coughman and eon, lealle,
were dinner guests of Jack Morris
Priday.
The ladlee of the M. B. church gave
a ahower at the borne ot Mra. Prank
Holdrldge on Tuesday honoring Mrs.
Wayne Holdrldge, whp received many
beautiful gifts.
Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Johnson of Cor
vallla, with whom their grandson,
Lyndal Newbry, has been ependlng
the past month, brought him ae far
aa Roseburg the flrat of the week,
where hla parent. Mr, and Mrs. Earl
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T. Newbry. met them and brought
their son home.
A. E. Walker feU off ot a ladder
while picking pears tor Hewbrys and
was quite severely hurt.
Dorothea Borf waa an overnight
guest ot Dorothy Mathea on Tuesday.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Ed
munson entertained at dinner for Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Arthur and daughter
of Klamath Palls and Mr. B)U Murray
of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kellng and
children of Klamath Palls spent the
day Sunday with Mrs. Sue Clayton. -
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Mr. and Mrs. Prank Sorrel of Kerby,
Ore, have been the house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skeeters, have
returned to their home. .
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Allmlck, who
have been spending the summer on
their ranch on Anderson creek have
returned to their home In Talent for
the children to enter school.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams and Mr.
Adams' mother of Los Angeles, were
week-end guests of their cousin, Mrs.
Rudy Connor snd Mr. Connor en route
to Portland on a motor trip.
Mr. Charles Campbell came In from
Yreka to visit hla family over the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Adamson and
grandson, Charles Badger ot Medford,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Crawford on Sunday.
Dr. and Mra. Miller and Mra. Roa
coe Conklln, nee Marie Miller, left
on Saturday for Mra. Conklln's home
at Ontario, Ore, by motor. '
Mra. Chase Gardner and Mrs. Pred
Morse attended the recreational school
at Central Point.
The Talent teachers will be found
at the following addresses this year:
Mr. and Mra. Ralph Southwlck will 4
occupy the Lacy house on Wagner
ave.: Miss Dorothy Baughman, Miss
Esther Spangenberg and Miss Opal
McLarnan at Jay rerrui s, ana
Helen Shipley. Mise Edna Wisely and
Miia Plov Young will have an apart-
ment at J. R. Webster's. ;
HUBBARD New pump tor city
water works Installed.
ONTARIO New stage service start
ed between here and Bend over John
Day highway.
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