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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1932.
Nothing Venture j
by Patricia Wenlworth
tYNOPBIB: Ferdinand Francie
draw a net ot ctrcumata.ttial evi
dence about Robert Leonard, con
necting him Kith the myrteriou
eeriee ot "aecidente" which have
threatened Jervie Weare'e lie.
Jervie stubbornly refueee to doubt
Leonard, and demande that Ferdl
nand prove a motive. Ferdinand
dramatically aeterte that Leonard
echemee to eecure the Weare ee
tate through Roeamund Carets,
Jervie' treacheroue former fiancee.
Chapter II
JERVIS GETS A JOLT
THERE you have It," (aid Ferdi
nand. He swung round In bis
ibalr and addressed Nan:
"Haven't 1 given him Leonard's
motive?" be aBked ber.
Nan slowly got to ber feet. She
stood with one band Just touching
the table and looked across tbe
gripes and oranges at the two men.
Her eyes snapped and her voice
Was vibrant with tension:
"Jervls won't listen to either of
ns. He doesn't want to bear any
thing against Leonard. Perhaps
be really thinks yon loosened the
wheel so we'd all die together. Or
I do you think I bad a wrencb In
my pocketbook this afternoon,
Jervls?
"Somebody's trying to kill you.
If It's not Leonard then It must be
Ferdinand or L Don't you know
there's something between Leonard
and Rosamundf I don't know what
it Is but I've known It wss some
thing since the other night at the
hotel.
"Why didn't Rosamund marry
youT She wouldn't tell, would she?
You should have asked Robert
Leonard."
She stopped speaking, bending
over the table wltb her flashing eyes
on Jervls. Suddenly he flung out of
bis ohalr, strode to tbe door, and
opened It. Then be stood back, hold
ing It conventionally.
Nan went out with ber head up,
and a burning rose In each of ber
cheeks.
Jervls came back to tbe table.
"We'd better shift out of here,
or Monk will be coming In. Come
Into the study."
, He did not speak until tbey were
hut In together. Tben be walked
to tbe window, wnlcb was open
towards the sunset, frowned at the
Iblue and golden sky without seeing
Bt, turned round, and said,
"What's beblnd all this?"
Ferdinand sat on tbe arm of a
ahaboy leather ebalr.
"Robert," be replied succinctly.
"Damn Robert!"
"Well, that's not my business."
"Look here, F. F. " He broke
vott. "There are tblngs I can't say,
even to you." He walked to the end
of the room and back again. "That
business ten years ago you say
Leonard was seen coming from the
place where I'd fallen?"
"Well, I didn't say fallen. It's my
belief be laid you out."
"And left me to drown T
"You've said It"
"What grounds have you"
"I'm going to tell you, because I
think It's about time you knew."
"How long have you known?"
"For about a week."
"Well, what is It?"
"It's a very curious tblng. The
ehl!1 r:io saved your life by .' old'
lng you up In that pool when you
Tvere unconscious well, sbe Just
'happened to have seen Robert com
ing away after he'd laid you out."
"What did she see?"
"She saw you go around behind
the rocks, and she saw Robert come
down tbe cliff close beside her. He
didn't see her. He went after you.
and by and by sbe saw him again
walking away. That's wby she knew
his back view when she eaw It again
It's peculiar, you know, the way
be walks with that big bead of his
pushed forward. He went up tbe
meit path on to the cliff, and when
i the got worried about your not
looming back, she went behind the
.rocks and found you lying In the
.pool with a bole In the back of
iyour bead."
"This Is very convincing ten
.years atterl" Jervls laughed.
eould make np a better yarn than
that 1! I'd ten years to do It lnl
"There's no one making np a
lyarn."
"Why didn't sbe say all this at
the time?"
"She was down at Oroyston with
aome kind of an aunt, and they were
leaving that afternoon. Sbe was
late for the train and soaked
through, and the aunt punished ber.
And when they got back to where
tbey lived, tbe poor child was in a
fever end sick for weeks."
"And you met ber again?"
"Last week."
Jervls paused. The room filled
with silence. Ferdinand did not
break It. Ha kept bis bright
dancing eyes on Jervls' face and
saw the color rise In It to tbe roots
ot the black balr.
Jervls said, "Nonsense!" sharply.
"Have It your own way."
"What are you talking about?"
"Nan," said Mr. Francis.
Jervls made a step towards him.
"If you're fooling"
"I'm not"
"Nan!" said Jervls. "You mean
It was Nan?"
"I recognized ber at once. When
I saw the scar on ber arm, that
clinched It I've told you about
that before. She'd cut herself
pretty well to tbe bone holding
your bead off tbe rocks every time
a wave came Into that pool. It
was ber arm or your head. And
she made It her arm every time.
There was bound to be a scar, and
when I saw that scar on your
wife's arm at the Luxe, I thought
I'd stumbled upon a very pretty
romance."
Jervls stood for a moment wltb
a perfectly blank face. Behind It
his mind, like a shuttered room,
was being violently shaken as It
by an earthquake. His thoughts slid
together, collided, broke.
With a violent effort be turned
about and walked to the window.
The sun was gone; a kind ot gold
en bsse tinged the dusk. There
was no wind at all; each tree and
bush stood np dark and solemn
without the slightest' movement
The whole scene might have been
painted on glass. Tbe contrast be
tween Its stillness and tbe turbu
lent confusion of his thoughts gave
him a sense of being In some re
mote and unfamiliar place.
He did not know bow long be
stood there. Tbe gold went out of
tbe air and left It yet more gravely
still. A very faint green light came
from the horizon. This too faded.
An Impalpable stream ot darkness
flowed between him and all tbe
world.
Suddenly he crossed to tbe door
and switched on the light The
room had been quite dark, As the
light came on, the windows seemed
to recede. All the shades and de
grees ot the outside darkness
vanished. The straight crimson
curtains framed blank, black win
dows. Ferdinand bad not moved. He
was sitting on the arm of one of
the big cbalrs with bis bands In
bis pockets.
"You're sure It was Nan?"
"Quite," F. F. answered.
"She told you so?"
"No, she did not I recognized
her. And then, when we were at
dinner, I told the story of the
pjucky kid who saved your life, and
I watched her. I could see she
didn't want you to know. I'm an In
quisitive man and, though I'd like
to get to the bottom of wby you
didn't know and why she dldnt
want you to know, I haven't got
to the bottom of It yet" Those
bright' yellcw-hrown eyes of bis
twinkled with questions. He
crossed one leg over the other and
leaned sideways against the back
of the chair. "Well?" he said.
Jervls stood by tbe jamb ot the
door. He looked at a bare, blank
window and spoke.
"Did she know when sbe mar
ried me?"
Ferdinand twinkled more notice
ably. "What do you think?"
Jervls made a gesture. There
was no expression on bis face.
"Why not ask her?" suggested
Ferdinand.
"I'm asking you," said Jervls.
"You soem to be well behind the
scenes. Did she know when she
married me or did she find out
afterwards?"
"Know? Ot course sbe knewl
Wby do you suppose she married
you?"
Jervls set his Jaw and was
silent
"Better ask hart" said Ferdi
nand with a short laugh.
Jervls turned abruptly, flung
open the door, and went out Ferdi
nand watched him with a quizzical
smile. He went Impetuously
through ths hall and out at tba
front door, shutting It bard behind
him.
(Copyright, nil, tlpplnroll)
A nocturnal vitltor, tomorrow,
brines ttrror to Nan.
HOMEWITHDEER
According to Game Warden F4
Walker of the atate police depart
ment, there are plenty of deer In
Jackaoa county and plenty of hunt
ers. The rraaon more have not been
killed, according to Walker, la because
th deer are "too foxy." The war
den aaya that according to a check
made by hi department, the deer
slaylnga to date have run about one
deer to every 13 hunters.
Warden Walker says the dry state
of the timber la another factor In
favor of the deer, who with acute
hearing and noses can detect the ap
proach of a hunter for half a mile.
A general rain would Improve hunt
ing conditions, Warden Walker saya.
He saya the woods are full of deer
tracks, and the claim there U a
shortage of deer la not founded on
facta.
Start Highway
Work, Oak Grove
MILWAUK1E, Ore., Sept. 28.
Forma for concrete work on the atate
highway near Oak Orov were started
Monday. At present only a few men
are working, but a larger crew will
be added next week, Stanley Scott,
foreman, said.
PAL IN ADVENTURE
Robert Edmonds ot Tlgard, Ore., Is
at the Allen (Nash) hotel, and de
sires to meet a man who wants to go
to Alaska, and trap and mine, and
"get rich." Edmonds would like to
meet anybody wbo would like to t&Jte
such s chance. Ho says he has min
ing property near Anchorage, with
good cabins and a railroad hard by.
Edmonds, an Alaska "sourdough"
of the old school, says he went back
to West Virginia and engaged In
business, but encountered hard luck.
He Is now anxious to get a partner,
and go back to Alaska. He says If
his partner doesn't know how to trap
or mine he will teach him.
Edmonds has one condition the
partner "must be single, as we dont
want any woman trailing along la
tbe road "
Cave-In Kills Two
High School Boys
MILTON, Ore., Sept. S7. (AP)
Fred Rauachaulb, Jr., 14, and George
Vincent, 15, McLaughlin Union High
school students, were killed In the
collapse of a cave In which they were
digging near Ferndale station. They
were smothered.
G. 0. P. IN SENATE
BY APPOINTMENT
DENVER, Sept. 38. F) The Dem
ocrats outnumber Republicans by one
today in the United States senate,
with the appointment of Welter Wal
ker, Grand Junction newspaper pub
lisher, to that body to fill a va
cancy caused by tbe death of Sena
tor Charles W. Waterman.
On the roster of the upper house
now are 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans
and one Farmer-Labor member.
Appointment 01 Walker by Oov
ernor William H. Adams yesterday
was not unexpected, but Colorado
political circles were still uncertain
today whether the recently retired
ehalrman of the Democratic state
central committee would serve In the
lame duck session of congress, which
convenes In December, or whether he
will serve only until a successor to
Waterman, is chosen at the general
election. November 8. Waterman's
term expires March 4.
Colorado election laws make no
provision for the nomination of can
didates In circumstances of this na
ture. Oovernor Adams said he hss
received widely varying advice on the
matter. He declared his appointment
was made to fill the vacancy as pro
vided by the law and that the term
ot office la for others to determine.
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