Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 26, 1932, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIS MEDFOTtD MXIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1932. g Nothing Venture oy rairicta n chiudi w BYNOPBIB: Van etrun! oo I from oblivion to find her Ana emia's bloody head in her lap. Jervte' ear hat turned over on the edge of a cliff iuet after then had dropped Robert Leonard at ht III lootctno farm only a thort while oiler Boeamund Carete, Jervte former fianeie, hat dropped a hint - about bringing Jervle bad luck. Ferdinand worke leverlehly to bring Jervle back to eoiwclous neee. Chapter SO WHAT CAU8ED THE SMASH NAN wept wildly over the body of tier husband. For a long mo Bent Jenrli wai still. Nan aearched feverishly tor her own handkerchief, not to dry her tears, but to wipe away the salt water that ran over Jervls' face aa Ferdinand worked over him. Before aha found the handker chief Jervls muttered something unintelligible, opened hie eyes, put bis hand to hla head, and aat up. He frowned at Nan, and said, "What are you crying fort Are jou hurt?" The teara ran down Nan's face. They ran Into the corneri of her mouth and tasted salt; they ran down on to her neck and trickled away under her dress. She didn't want them to run down like that, but they just came. And she oouldn't And her handkerchief. She complained about It out loud. ' "I can't find my handkerchief." The last word was split In two by a choking sob. It was a devastating depth of misery to be sitting crying In the dust, with Jervls scowling at her, and not to be able to find a handkerchief. "Is that why you're crying?" said Jervls. "I thought you were dead!" said Nan; and as she said It Ferdinand's band came orer ber shoulder with clean folded handkerchief. Jervls looked at her with gloomy dissatisfaction. What was she get ting at? It would he a very good thing for her It he was dead, be cause she would be free and quite well provided for. It was ridiculous to cry about It. But she had been crying. The wet on his cheek was blood, but the wet on hla head wasn't Had aha been orylng all ever hla halrt Ha had got as far as this, when Ferdinand addressed him. "Anything broken T" "Broken!" he said. Then he scrambled on to hla feet. "What made that damned wheel come off?" He stood staring at the car, with her three wheels In the air and her hood hitched up on the parapet Her last drunken lurch had carried half of It away. The atones had gone down Into the sea. "If I hadn't yanked her round a bit she'd have gone too," aald Jervls. Ferdinand agreed. "That la so," he said soberly. "It was an extraordinarily bad mo ment!" But no one waa much the worse. Jervls had a scratch on the cheek and a bump on the back of the head. Nan had the feeling that she had made a fool of herself. Ferdi nand had a pair of trousera which would never be the same again. And the car had a broken windshield, a buckled fender, and a badly dented hood negligible Injuries when con trasted with what might have been. A tow car came out from Croys ton, retrieving the missing wheel at the bottom of the hill. Three dusty and disreputable people walked back to the Tetterleys' to use the telephone and wash. Leonard, who was emerging from hen-house, saw them pass. He did not think that they had seen him. He stepped back Into the house. Presently he saw Walters, the Weare chauffeur, drive past In the big town car, and a little after that again he watched him return with Jervls, Nan, and Ferdinand. When the fruit was on the table after dinner, and the servants had left the room. Nan leaned back In her chair and said, "Why did that wheel come off?" "I don't know," aald Jervls. ''Walters aweara he went orer the wheel-nut with a wrench only yes terdaybut then of course he'd be bound to say that" Ferdinand picked up a grape, looked at It and bit It neatly In half. "How long's he been here?" "Fifteen years." "Methodical chap?" Jervls nodded. "Rut the wheel oame off," he laid. "A wrench can be used for loos ening nuts as well as for tightening them up." "What do you meant" "Hasn't It struck you that you've been having rather a lot of acci dents lately?" "What do you mean by that?" Ferdinand took another grape. "That you're having too many accidents. They make me ask why." "What uccldenta have I had?" said Jervls In a challenging voice. Ferdinand finished a grape. He pushed one of the aeeds up on the rim of his plate. "That's number one," he said. He pushed up a second seed. "Two." Then two more, and finished count ing, "Three four." "What are you playing at F.F.?" Ferdinand prodded the first aeed with the point of his frult-knlfe. "This one's way back In the mists of antiquity, but I think It's Impor tant You get the back of your head stove In, and you're left drowning In a pool with the tide coming up and Robert Leonard Is seen going away from the spot" Jervls flung up his head with a Jerk. "What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about that accident yon had ten years ago, when yon were left to drown." Nan watched them with her steady eyes. 'i "Left to drown?" said Jervls. "By Robert Leonard." "What are you saying F.F.?" "He was seen leaving the spot" "Who was?" "Robert Leonard." "Seen? By whomt" "By a very credible witness." Jervls hit the table with his hand. "Witness? What witness? Where have you been getting all this balderdash?" Ferdinand bit another grape In half and proceeded to remove the seeds. "Well, I'm not naming my wit ness Just now, but as I romomber, Robert Leonard skipped out of the country while you were still uncon scious. It might be worth while ask ing yourself whether he wasn't afraid you might have seen some thing before he knocked you out" Jerria pushed back his chair. "I think everyone's gone crasy about Leonard I" he said angrily. "Yes?" said Ferdinand. "We'll leave that and come down to the present day. How many accidents have you had this last week or so?" "One," said Jervls. Ferdinand shook his head mourn fully. "You've had three accidents thl week, and you're lucky to be alive.1 "Three?" "A taxi knocked you down after Mrs. Jervls had heard Robert Leonard offering a tail-driver money for a Job that was going to risk landing blm In prison." "Why don't you call her Nan?" said Jervls irrelevantly. "Do call me Nan," she said. "That's nice 01 you." He turned back to Jervls. "And then we coma to your broken bridge " "Good Lord, F.F.I You oan't put that on Leonard I" "Well, I'm afraid I can't But I knew a man called Elsenthal who Invented stuff that could turn wood rotten In anything from alx to twenty-four hours It went on look ing all right until you put a weight on It and then it crumbled and splintered away like an old stump that's been left rotting In the ground. "Elsenthal's dead. Last I heard of him he was back of the Madalena with an Amerlran and bye and by the American came down the river alone, I never met him. He called himself Brown. He had a chin that stuck out and a head some few slses too big for the ordinary bat and that's Just about all I could find out' about him. It'a not very much, but there's none of It that doesn't fit Robert Leonard. "That's as tar aa I've got up to date, but If you were looking at Robert when I was talking about Elsenthal at lunch, you may hare noticed that he min t deriving any rery keen pleasure from my re marks." "What an Imagination you're got F.F.I" Ferdinand shook his head. "Imagination rotl" ha said. (Copyright, Jill, Upplneolt) Psrdlnsnd offsre evtdsno sbout mo E CURE IS CLAIMED Curd atsfVetnced lor encephalo uyellpals, form of par&lyali, which bu been attacking and killing nura eroua horse in Jackson county, was reported to the Mail Tribune Satur day by Mm. Roy Stanley, who ob tained the prescription from Califor nia stockmen. The stockmen stated that the dlaeaae waa curbed in their state and many horses saved when given soda or nitre or both. In giving nitre, Mrs. Stanley said, the prescription calls for three table spoons full a day. The eoda pre scription for half a package three times a day. Many farmers, whose animals were in the advanced stages of the disease, she said gave both remedlea and the horses recovered. HELD DETRIMENT WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. (p) Less government regulation of rail roads waa postponed Saturday to the chamber of commerce of the United State aa part of a new national' transportation policy designed to strengthen the carriers' economic foundation. A special committee, under the chairmanship of F. O. Dlllard, of Sherman, Texas, made the recom mendation. , It waa ordered by the directorate to be submitted to a ref erendum of the chamber's member ship. Desirable houses always In first class condition for rent, lease or sale Call 105. LEGION WILL SELECT Annual election of offloers of Med ford Poet No. 15 of the American Legion will take place thia evening at the Armory. Several candidates for the leading offices have already been named and other nominations will be in order tonight, Just preced tng the election. Every local Leg ionnaire 1 requested to be on hand to ballot for hla favorite candidates and to hear toe report of the stata and national conventions by the Medford delegates. Horace Bromley and Carl Teng wald will report on their actlvltlea ; during the convention, Intended to promote better feeling among south, ern Oregon veterans. Real Estate or Insurance Leave n) to Jonea Phone 798. TAILSPIN TOMMY Sighted But Not Rescued! BJ ULfcN.N L'HAFFIN and HAL FOUUtS! but will Jervls ballsve It V Monday, Meteorological Report September it), 1M. Forecast. Medford and vicinity: Tonight and Tuesday fair: moderate temperature. Oregon: Fair tonight and Tuesday, but foggy on coast; moderate tem perature. Local Data. Lowest temperature thl morning, 40 degrees. Temperature a year ago today: Highest, at: lowest, 43. Boise Chicago . Denver Be Des Molnea . M Eureka 88 Preano - 04 Helena 60 Los Angeles 79 Marshtleld . 03 MEDFORD 78 New York 88 Phoenix 04 Portland Reno M 48 68 38 60 44 43 63 73 88 60 M .10 T. T. wefts viceo 0rV SSvrTO UrVDtCt. " THAT SAW r TEIUN6 MS f J THEM AVS IF ITS SAFE FOR. A i V- -"HH h BOUND TO WIN Jonathan's Disappointment By EDWIN ALGER VOU? THIS VJHOLETRIP HAS BEEM JINKED FROM START TO FINISH? I SHOilLD'VS CALLED T jvti-ttKB .TVJ Caftv. rT'. CLEAR .Mil t i 0xro i , ui. OfaOTt 0'6 VMS CIM 6ET CjMI YN H- LU1C rNrcr. i tTft rzrV RorK "TO THE GOOD OLD FARM A F7-X&T A Wt w-r,. WILL- 7 ! I tmKffmfjLiW wvvfKvm wia&m .rr'v-'" "pw?. vhssbsh m arkvou 3?for goodness w nope t cmtireo w WfiUll.l V, U miHIRTeeNTHT tr- w. I I'ffls. w '.'AW l WlH! ' V7v'oiwrsj f yy V"""o: S'MATTER POP A Subtle Approach By C. M. PAYNE THE NEBBS And On The Other Hand 71 By SOL HESS VAJE. ARE EWOORSISJG. MEBQ BECAUSE WE ARE. TIRED OP THESE PROFESSIONAL. POLITICIANS, WMO PROMISE AWO DO MOT FULFIU- AKIO WE BtUEVE KJCOO TO BE A MAM OP STERLt KJS CHARACTER mSU PR1MCIPLE AWO UMOUESnOJEO OMESTV KSS? OUST A MOMENT. PEE VAJEE.'Wsl A ), V . P51T OOVAJNJ ANJD LISTENJ TOEgl H - i .TMIS ARTICLE I'M ABOUT "T&d 'A. 1 . TO READ. . Ji IT: 77 7 - ' T ' r M - ' CVljV (Copr'tM. Il br TIm Bill Symlltiu. ne. Tm! Mitt ',,. 11. 1. Pit. ot VVC-( V Clear Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear 76 68 .03 Clear Total precipitation since September 1, 1933. 0 inches. Relative humidity at 1 p. m. yes terday, 33; 8 a. m. today, 73, Sunset today, 6:03 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, 0:04 a. m. Sunset tomorrow, 6:00 p. m. Observations Taken it I a a, 120 Meridian Time. n u i if BJrr Wf tmmt M H Cloudf Rceeburg 70 43 Salt Lake 76 63 San rranclaco.... 84 66 Seattle 60 48 Spokane .- . 73 40 Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Canning Tuesday At C. Pt. Grange Hall CENTRAL POINT, Sept. 36. (Spl.) 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