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fcXGE TWELVE MEDFORD' MUE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, "1932. Nothing JB by Patricia Venture Wentworth f BYNOPSIBt Van Wtart, 4nuf- lloating with Ferdinand F ranch th disappearance of J or vie Weare, )her husband, again runt against ta stone wo II. She has learned only .that Rosamund Care to and Robert (.Leonard, both of chom would gain by Jervie death, each have) I pood aUM$. Fear for Jervit' w '4orture Han. Chapter 40 v J WAN 18 LEFT ALON " SAM had braced herself against tha posslbla ringing of the tele thons bell ao long aba had loat veeount cf 'Ime. It might have been bait as hour, or three boura that (ha bad been pacing anseelngly Crora end to end of the great draw Ing room at Weare ahe had eren persuaded herself that If the tele phone did ring. It must be Jervls on tbe other end. . A prolonged and acute strain such is Nsn was undergoing baa the ef fect of etching out thoughts, fixing them as frost does a landscape ometlmea, with an unnatural rigid ity. Tbe thoughta tended to sep arate from each other, and might bob up anywhere. Nan had walked perhaps fifty times from the door to the table, from the table to the window, from the window to ihe table, and from the table back to the door, when ahe became aware of such an Impres sion among her frozen thoughts. wood table, and a large Illuminated text banging over the mantelpiece, Nan bad been made to feel an alien and an Intruder. The rery china dogs, whlta poo dles with baskets In their mouths, bad gazed at her aloofly from either end of the mantelshelf. The old faahloned wall-clock had a disap proving tick. Here she could meet Mrs. Hellish upon neutral ground. This was Jerrls' room. Alfred went away, and presently cams back again. Mrs. Hellish bad Just stepped out "I would like to see her when she comes In." Nan went back to her pacing. At elx o'clock the telephone bell rang with a startling loudness and sot her heart thumping. Bhe was by the door. Bhe turned, ran back, and picked up the receiver. "Wbo'a therein "Ferdinands "Yes?" j "Look here, Nan, there's some thing I want to folio up. I'm leav ing In a hired car. It mayn't be anything at all, but I feel bound to follow It up." "What ia It?" "It doesn't amount to much. There'a a new garage the far side of Croyston. Well, the man says a little black car stopped to All up at seven o'clock Wednesday morn- k Nan rana tha hall. Than aha tupnarf Inwinl tha Iaai - At first her awareness of It was vague and inattentive, but gradual ly her attention began to tocua It self. It puttied her, and, her atten tion once focussed, she felt a slight relief in having something definite to. think about Tha Impression was that of Mrs. Hellish looking at ber with eyes like windows with the blinds pulled down. Bhe bad asked Mrs. Melllsh .whether she bad seen or heard any thing between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Mrs. Melllsh bad aald no. ' The very tons of that dry "No, ma'am" beat at Nan'a ears. She had sked Mrs. Melllsh to find out whether the maids had seen or beard anything; and It waa while Mrs. Melllsh waa out of the room that tha Impression bad been made a slammed door, eyea with the Hinds drawn down something to bide, Mrs. Melllsh came back, and reported that nobody bad noticed anything. Between two and balf-paat seven Jerrls had walked out of the house. No one had seen or heard him go no one had aeen anything no oue had heard anything. Then why had Mrs. Melllsh slammed ber door and pulled down her blinds? The Im pression that ahe had done ao waa clearer now than It had been at the time. The Ice bad aet and donned It sharply. Nan walked quickly to the hearth, and rang the belL. Then aha faced round towarda the door and waited until Alfred appeared. "Will yon ask Mrs. Melllsh to 'come and speak to me here, please." Bhe would see Mrs. Melllsh here. In the housekeeper's room, with Its photographlo enlargements of Mra. IMelllsh'a husband and Mrs. Mel jllsh's respected awl respectable par ents, with Mrs. Molllsh's sweet grass workbci and Mrs. Melllsh's hot- -"ti alsum on a email rose- lng. Re was about because ha was doing a Job on his own car. He saya there were two men In the car, and from tha description one of them might be Jervls, but It's very vague. "It was the other man who did the talking. Ha waa tbe driver, and he'd red hair, ao It oughtn't to be hard to trace him. He talked about going to New York, ao I'm off look ing tor him. Don't you worry." Nan felt dazed and weak. The receiver waa heavy in ber hand. She said. "Jervls hasn't a small black car." "The car waa the other man's he waa driving. They may have met by appointment or Jervls might simply be getting a lift or It mayn't have been Jervls at all. The garage man only said, 'a gentleman with black hair.' That's about all be no ticed hia first name Isn't Sher lock." Ferdinand rang off, and Nan be gan walking up and down again. She walked for a long while, and then sat down by the window and let time flow past her like a sluggish stream, so alow that though It moved, the movement was Imper ceptible. ' At seven the dressing-bell rang, and Alfred came In. He hovered tor a moment by the door and then came nearer. Mrs. Melllsh had missed her bus from Croyston and would It be convenient for Mra. Weare to aee her after dinner? Nan aald, "Yes It doesn't mat ter," and Alfred withdrew. When the dinner-bell rang, she realised that ahe had not changed. She went upstairs, washed her hands, and came down again, to sit alone at the big table In the dining room and take a spoonful from each dish that waa offered to her. (CopyrtpM, JJt, LlpplnrottJ Nan putt Mrs. Mslllsh ' on tha grill, tomorrow, with rsmarkabla raaulta. BARED AT TRIAL JAOJC90NVTU FIft., Oct. 7. (JT) William Robert, a convict who mi-t-d In Sunbeam prison c&mp at the Mm Arthur Mntllefert died, related today at the murder trial of two former guarda how Maltleftrt, naked, had been locked In a sweat bo i, hit arm confined by a heavy barrel placed over fcta body and fastened from the shoulders by boards and atrapa. MalUefert waa allowed to walk about the prison camp yard all that day but at night "he waa placed In the sweat bo i, barrel and all the convict testified. 'The next day." continued Roberts, "It waa raining. The box waa open ad and the barrel waa rolled out MalUefert rolled over but waa allowed to rtKht hlnuelf." That day MalUefert gnawed his said, and Jumped tha fence. Re was captured. The defendants. Aolomon Higgle botham and George W. Courson, lis tened lntntly as the convict pro ceeded with hla story. "I heard HlRRlnbotham aay that he would rather kill MalUefert than eat1 Roberta continued. Douglas County Asks R. F. C. Loan R08EBURO, Ore., Oct. 7. Application for a loan of $35,000 to provide relief during the coming win ter Is being made by Dour la county to the reconstruction finance cor poration. County Judge W. 8. KamU ton stated here. The money, he saya. would ne used Tor the emergency road employment program and for food relief. The county agreea to repay the loan from collection of de linquent tAxea, t EUGENE, Ore., Oct. tOPOrt gon'a hope of victory over University of Washington In Saturday's game at Portland underwent a setback to day when It waa learned that Stan ley Koatka, 2 00 -pound halfback, will probably watch tha gam from the bench. Kostka, who scored Oregon's only touchdown against Santa Clara last Saturday, and who made 120 yards from acrlmmage, suffered a dislo cated shoulder In acrlmmaga yester day. Prink CaHtecn, coach, aald today Kostka'a shoulder la falling to re spond rapidly to treatment and he fears the big ball carrier may be out of the game entirely. In that case St is expected Leigh ton Qee will team with Mark Temple at the halfback positions. BAROMETER RETURNS TO BASIS OF DAILY CORVAlilS, Ore., Oct. T. (P) The return of the Barometer, Oregon State college atudent newspaper, to a dally basis waa announced In to day's issue, following a week during which It appeared only every other day. i EL DORADO, Ark., Oct. T. (IP) Z. M. Jackson started shaving Marvin Albrltton, but recalled his customer had been. spreading gossip about him. so tha prosecution charges, and slash ed his throat from ear to ear. Albrltton died and now Jackson Is on trial for mu.der. The case went to the Jury last night but the ver dict has not been reached. The barber tells a different atory. He testified Albrltton refused to pay him for the shave and attacked him with a bottle, and the razor slashing was done merely In self-defense. Be correctly corseted by ETHELWYN B. HOFFMANN'S , Blxth A Holly streets Dairymen Plan Finance Study SAN PRANCISC, Oct. 7. 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