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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1932.
Nothing Venture
by Patricia Wenlworth
BTNOPSlg: The dramatic mind
of Ferdinand Francis grasps at
ones from Nan's story the posst
btlity that Robert Leonard has
made a third attempt on the Ule
of Nan's husband, Jcrvis Wears,
by weakening the bridge that al
tnosf plunged Nan and Jervie to
death the day before. Ferdinand
worms out of Nan the further fact
that it was her self-saerifteing at
tempt to protect Jervie that put
her in danger, Ferdinand inspects
the bridge.
Chapter It
P. P. MAKES A POINT
'T'HEY lunched next day with the
- jeueneya. janet rang up ana
Invited them In a caaual. Inconse
quent manner. She aald Basher was
dying to meet Nan.
8ne extended her original Invita
tion to Include Ferdinand, and
finished np bj hoping that they
wouldn't be poisoned, because abe
bad a new cook and Basher aald
ahe had a Lucrezla Borgia sort of
look about her.
The heat held. After a time their
road lav along the low cliffs. The
blue of the sky and the blue of the
ea swam together In a trembling
base. The car was an open one. The
aun flooded down upon them, and
there was no breeie but what tbey
made themselves.
They skimmed down a steep hill
and tore up the other side. Nan felt
exactly as It she were In an elevator;
but there was something exhila
rating about It too. She laughed as
they raced at the hill, and Jervls
looked sideways at her and smiled.
"Nice view here."
The road was on the edge of the
cliff. The sea was blue beneath
them; the water sparkled In the sun.
"Bad bit of road on that hill, F.
T. Quite like old tlmesl I can't get
anyone to do anything about It, and
what It'll be like after another win
ter, Lord knows." He turned to Nan.
"That's your friend Leonard's chick
en farm."
Nan sat up straight. She saw
a green Held dotted with hen-houses,
and a neglected garden that had
grown rieht up to the walls of an
tAS stone house. The whole place
looked nncared for.
"What a frightful placet" ahe
laid.
Jervls laughed.
"A bit untldyl It'a been empty
for ever 10 long. I must say he
doesn't seem In a hurry to get things
straight."
"It's a hateful house," said Nan,
looking at It. "I'm not surprised It
was empty a long time I shouldn't
think anyone would want to live
there ever."
Jervls slowed down as they went
past. '
"It belonged to a famous smuggler
called Old Foxy Flxon. He lived
about a hundred years ago, and
after his grandson died people said
the place was haunted,', and nobody
would live there. It's still called
Old Foxy Flxon's bouse. It belongs
to the Tetterleys, and I expect tbey
were very glad to get It let"
A bare quarter of a mile farther
on they turned in at the Tetterleys'
gate.
Basher, alias George Tetterley,
proved to be a massive, silent
person. He had kind eyes, and a
ridiculously soft voice which he
used as little as possible. Janet
Tetterley talked enough for bait a
dozen.
Rosamund did not appear until
lunch bad been announced, when
ahe strolled In looking exquisitely
oool.
"Robert's going to be late. Some
thing's the matter with that car of
his. It Just got ns here and no more.
He'a tinkering with it down at the
garage. I say the Junk-heap's the
only cur. The brute nearly killed us
yesterday, and I've told him I'm not
going out In her again."
Leonard came In bait way through
lunch. He looked hot, and explained
that he hadn't been able to get his
oar going. Nan had been placed be
tween him and her host She had,
therefore, an empty chair on one
side of ber for the first twenty min
utes or so.
George Tetterley made one re
mark about the weather, and an
other about the crops. Before, after,
and between these remarks he ate
his lunch. Oddly enough. Nan did
not find this silence unpleasant He
looked at her kindly and seemed to
take It for granted that they should
both lliton to the flow of conversa
tion from the rest of the party. He
smiled appreciatively once or twice,
frowned when his wife produced
a piece of unploasant gossip about
a neighbor, and did more than
LEAPS 10 DEATH
HOLLYWOOD, Oal, Sept.
(AP) Tne young blonde woman who
leaped to her death from top of a
glgantlo "H," part of a 60-foot high
Illuminated sign In the Hollywood
hill, waa Identified today at Lillian
Mlllloent ("Peg") Bntwlatle. New
York stage actreat, graduate of the
Theatre Oulld, who had failed to find
recognition In the movies here.
The body wat found yeatrday at
the foot of the tlgn. The girl appar
ently .had been dead a hours. She
left a note aaylng: "I'm afraid I'm a
coward. I am sorry for everything.
If I had done this long ago It would
have saved a lot of pain."
A workmen's ladder which had
been used at the sign provided the
actress her means of reaching her
Imping point.
Phone 843. We'll haul away your
refuse. City Banltary service.
Broken windows glased By Trow
(uidai phlnt Work
Justice to the efforts of the sew
cook.
When Robert Leonard took the
empty chair beside her. Nan would
have preferred a more conversa
tional neighbor on her other side.
In desperation she leaned towards
her host and said,
"Mrs. Tetterley said you used to
know my father's people."
He nodded and aald,
"Long ago."
"Will you tell me about tbeml
They quarrelled with him about
his marriage, and I've neverseet
any of them."
"Haven't seen them for years,"
said he, "twenty years. Used to stay
there when I was a young fellow
very kind to me and all that"
"My father had a sister," said
Nan. "I'm called after her."
"Yes," said Mr. Tetterley, "that's
why I thoughfyou belonged to the
family. She wasn't Anne, you know;
she was Nan christened Nan."
"So am L" said Nan. "Am I Uki
her?"
"Yes," said George Tetterley
"very." His face and his voice wen
quite expressionless,
"Do tell me about her. Ia ah
alive?"
He shook his head.
"Did she marry?"
"Yes quite a good chap."
From the other side of the tablt
came Ferdinand's voice:
"When I was in Mexico In 'S(
. . . ." He proceeded to tell a llvelj
story of an encounter with I
guerilla band. The name of Pedro
Ramlres emerged from It It ap
peared that Ferdinand bad been
uncommonly lucky to have escaped
the undeslred role of providing n
tertalnment for a temporarily Idle
band. "They'd got a really high
class show all fixed up, with me foi
the star performer. There waa a
Maseppa turn, with me for Mazeppa,
and the worst-tempered broncho In
the bunch for the Wild Horse of tht
Ukraine."
"Did yon do Mazeppa?" Inter
rupted Janet Tetterley.
Well," said Ferdinand, Ignoring
her, "this Is a very Instructive tale
one of the mother's-knee kind, on
the text of 'If yon do a good turn,
It'll come back to roost' I'd done my
good turn eight years before and
forgotten all aboit It I'm not go
ing to tell you what It was, because
I've got a modest disposition, but
Just when those bright boys were
going to get going with their quick
shooters, that good turn came home
to roost"
"You're not talllnr us how vou
got away," aald Mrs? Tetterley.
Pardon me, Mrs. Tetterley, that
Is what I am doing." He paused and
looked around the table.
George was smiling ; Rosamund
Carow lighting a cigarette wltb an
air of calm detachment; Jervls
well, JuBt Jervls; Janet Tetterley
faintly bored at the digression:
Robert Leonard In the act of lift
ing a tumbler to 1)1 b Hps; and Nan
an eager child waiting for the end
of the story.
My 'good turn was a man called
Hermann ElBenthal."
Robert Leonard's glass continued
Its upward way. He drank as If be
waa thirsty and set It down.
Ferdinand was looking at Janet
Tetterley. But those glancing eyes
of bis certainly had the faculty of
being able to see two things at once.
He had most certainly seen the
knuckles whiten on Robert Leon
ard's broad red hand. Ferdinand
Judged that the glass It was hold
ing had missed becoming a casualty
by a fairly narrow margin. He
finished his atory.
"Hermann Elsenthal remembered
the good turn which F. F. had for
gotten. He had the guerilla chlel
In- his pocket And If you've ever
been all trussed up and ready to
take the floor as a high-class target
you'll know Just how glad I waa to
see Hermann. I tell you he'd got
Pedro Ramlres eating out of his
baud. Well, I've often thought It
would be Interesting to know what
the bait waa."
Ferdinand's bright brown eyes
went past Robert Leonard to Nan.
Perhaps they were looking for some
thing as they passed. Perhaps the;
found what thoy were looking for.
"Your husband wasn't with me
that time, Mrs. Jervls," he said, "or
I'd have put the whole thing down
to bis luck. He's the sort that falls
on his foot, yoa know."
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STUDY OFFERED
Announcement was made today that
the University of Oregon extension
division will offer In MM ford a course
In modern European drama, providing
a sufficient number enroll. Profea
sor Arthur 0. Taylor will be the In
structor.
The course, to be conducted one
evening per week at a time best
suited to the group, will count two
term hours of regular university
credit. Tuition will be tR. the an
nouncement states, with the first
meeting to be called during the week
of September 2(J.
Professor Taylor, who la offering
the course, Is Just finishing his doc
torate at the University of Southern
California, and has studied special
courses under prominent men who
are well educated on this subject.
P. W. Bartlett. Medford's Taxider
mist and Furrier, has opened shop,
43 So. Central St.. Craterlan Bldg
Prices on all taxidermist and fur
work groatly seduced,
' EYES
F
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Official Inspection of the "terrible
situation" In Med ford wu started
this morning by a gentleman In a
good looking gray suit, who smoked
his pipe, while posing as "Inspector
extraordinary" and sighed deeply In
punctuation of his conclusion,
"there's nothing we can do about It,"
after calling at several local stores.
His visitation was reported about
noon by several members of "Don't
Quote Me. Inc.", rapidly becoming
one of Medford's largest associations.
The figure, although Inconspicu
ously and appropriately attired, at
tracted the attention of a modern
Pled Piper of Hamlin and had numer
ous shopkeepers trailing after him,
several steps behind ( as he went the
round of stores.
"Don't bother me", he Informed
one store proprietor as he strode Into
the shop, "I'm here on Inspection.1
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Forthwith he continued to the back,
the front, the sides of the shop, star
ing at all with disgust and the ex
clamation, "lent it terrible 1"
Leaving the shop he called, "Come
herel" The proprietor followed.
"Look down the street," the gray
suited man demanded.
Expecting to see anything from a
parade of elephants to machine gun
warfare, the proprietor responded,
only to behold the usual number of
shoppers.
"Look up the street," the Inspector
added with equal spirit. Again the
proprietor responded, only to greet
the same familiar view of Main street.
"Terrible, isn't It?" the Inspector
repeated.
"What's the solution." asked the
proprietor In hopes of sounding a
clue to the mystery.
"That, my friend. Is a big question.
If I could answer It I would be paid
a million dollars." With that the
Inspector strode down the street to
repeat the performance at other shops,
where he added, "I'm Just going to
Inspect the stores this time. I was
going to Inspect the pears. But there's
no use." Futility sounded through
each tone of his voice. "I'll Just go
back to San Francisco and sit In my
chair and rock." The situation can
care for Itself."
The gray suited figure moved on
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down the street, leaving several local
citizens with Jaws set at a 45 degree
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High Court Backs
Reciprocal Wills
SALEM, Sept. 21. (AP) Reciprocal
wills made by man end wife where
one accepts the benefits of the other
are enforceable contracts, the Oregon
supreme court held today In the case
Involving the will of George J. Moore,
appealed from Marlon county. The
opinion by Justice H. H. Belt upheld
the late Judge Gale S. Hill. The case
Involves an estate estimated up to
70.000.
Ex-Marine Chief
Seriously Injured
LEXINOTON, Va., Sept. 20. (P
Major-General John A. Lejeune, 65.
superintendent of Virginia Military
Institute, was In a serious condition
today as a result of injuries suf
fered In a fall while walking down
an embankment on the campus. His
skull waa fractured and his left arm
broken.
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Desirable bouses always In first
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Straub Funeral
This Afternoon
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 71. (AP) Fu
neral service for Dr. John Straub, 81,
dean emeritus of men at the Univer
sity of Oregon, will be held at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon In the
Music building on the university
campus. The Rev. Milton 8. Weber,
pastor of Central Presbyterian church,
and D. E. V. Stivers, formerly pastor
of the First Christian church, will
conduct the services.
Willamette Shows
Registration Drop
SALEM, Sept. 31. (p) First day
registrations at Willamette university
yesterday totaled 413, a decrease of
105 over the initial registration last
year. . Many more are expected to
register soon aa S10 registration cards
were taken out yesterday. Classes a re
starting today.
Few Fat Lambs In
Southern Oregon
CORVALLIS, Ore., Sept. ai (AP)
Scarcity of choice fat lambs In
southern Oregon and firming prices
for ewe stock are shown In the weekly
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western lamb report review Isued here
today. Sales of choice stuff In south
ern Oregon sre mostly at a to $4.25.
Northeastern Idaho reports fat lambs
4 to 14 35 per hundredweight.
Whitney Backs
Bonus Payment
GARDEN CITY, N. Sept. 31.
(AP) Cornelius Whitney, democratic
candidate for the house seat now
held by his personal friend, Robert L.
Bacon, today urged Immediate pay
ment of the soldiers' bonus, taking a
view directly opposite to that of
Bacon, who is seeking re-election.
Grape Juice Plant
Running Full Blast
ERIE, Pa., Sept. 21. (AP) Officials
of the Welch Grape Juice company
today announced that 'Its plant at
Northeast, near here. Is operating day
and night with a force of 400 per
sons, mostly women. The official
attributed the full time operations to
Increasing orders.
Dee's Place, formerly Mac's Barbe
cue, between Central Point and Med
ford Specializing in Spanish Dishes
and Sandwiches. Esther Downing.
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Mayor Blamed In
Strike Tragedy
SOUTH RIVER, N. J., Sept. 31. (AP)
The four men who serve with Mayor
James B. Armstrong on the borough
council, in a ststement today blamed
him for bringing to the borough the
40 private detectives whose presence
precipitated a riot that cost the Ufa
of a nine-year-old boy. Walter Rojefc.
Navy Will Spend
Ten Million Soon
WASHINGTON, Sept. 31. ()
The navy today announced plans for
a 110.000,000 construction program
authorized by the relief act passed
by congress to aid the employment
situation.
Kerrs Live In Eugene.
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 31. 7P)
Chancellor and Mrs. W. J. Kerr hav
established residence In Eugene. They
will occupy the home of the latsj
Mrs. Prince I. Campbell until the
president's residence Is vacated by
Dr. and Mrs. A. B- Hall.
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