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. ')
Delegates to the 16tb annual conven
tion of the National Co-operative MUkl
Products' federation, were home-x
ward bound today, after having di
rected a study be made of the coun
try's monetsry system with a view to
returning the dollar to pre-war pur
chasing power. All officers were re
elected. The president la Harry,
Hartke of Covington, Ky.
Wilson To Attend
Masonic Meeting
Mayor I. M. Wilson left today for
Salem, where he will attend the meet
ing of Orand Lodge trustees of the
Masonic order. He will continue from
Balem to Reedsport for another Ma
sonic meeting and will be Joined there
by Oeorge Alden, Fred Strang and
Antone Schoepen of this city. The
J9ur will return to ajediord eunda,
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