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PXGE EIGHT
MEDFOHD U'AJL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1932.
IS Nothing Venture
jb by Patricia Wentworlh
SYSCPS1S; Exhaustion otet
takes San Wears alter she ore
iirl. Hellish, her housekeeper, to
reveal that she saw Rosamund
L'areut leave Jervis' room at i
o'clock the morning Jervis dtsap
peared. Rosamund, Van tecle
sure, ie leagued with Robert Leon
erd against her husband, although
once engaged to hint. Perhaps
Jervis ts still in love tctth Rosa
mund. Has he gone with: herl
Chapter 4S
HORRIBLE AWAKENING
! JERVIS WEARS opened his eyea.
He might as well have kept them
(hut, because he could see nothing.
An even blackness with no shading
In It confronted him. He dropped
tils lids and slipped back Into a
vague halt consciousness.
I Presently he moved, threw out
n arm, and groaned. The sound ot
this groan was the first to reach his
ears since he had heard Rosamund
more beside him In the dark Just
before he leaned forward to put on
the lights of her car.
He heard his own groan, and
opened bis eyes again. He was still
In the dark. But where was Rosa
mund, and where was the car?
He sat up and felt his head.
There was a lump on the back of
It like a tennis-ball. His right leg
felt numb. He put down one band
gropingly, anrl touched stone. The
damp cold o'.' It roused him. He
.'.as one match left. He struck It
quickly, and It caught, the soft
damp wood sizzling as the yellow
flame took bold.
He saw wet black rock a drop
to what he thought was water and
bars. The match burnt bis fingers,
and he dropped It on the wet atone.
Jervis came with a tremendous
mental shock to the realization of
where he was. There was only one
place with a barred eiit to the sea,
and that was Old Foxy Flxon'a
Cellar? How In the world had he
got Into Old Foxy Flxon's Cellar?
Why, there weren't halt a dozen
people who knew of Its existence
Basher possibly Janet Tetterley.
Who else?
Himself, of course and Rosa
mund. The dark care filled with pic
tures. Rosamund on a Tlslt at four
teenand the very low tide which
bad sent tbem exploring along the
foot of the cliffs. That was when
they had found Old Foxy'a Cellar.
At first It looked like any other
little care; but It went on, gol
larger, and ended, for them. In a
sort of Iron portcullis with a gsti
In the middle of It, a gate that could
not be opened.
They had been Tery nearly drown
ed by the tide, but Basher had comi
to their rescue and made them
promise to hold their tongues about
He saw wet rooks, water and bars.
moved his leg. It was sot Injured;
it was only numb.
He scrambled up, and the dark
ness filled with rockots and pin
wheels. He bad to alt down again.
His mind cleared, momentarily.
Only a moment aso he bad beard
Rosamund more beside blm In the
darkness: He had leaned forward,
etai someone had knocked him out
I Who? That was the Question,
plnd why?
' He felt about him again. , . .
Atone. . . He got over on to his
jhands and knees and felt farther
'field. One groping hand passed
jroughened ridges and came down
Into a slimy hollow; the other, feel
ing ahead, went over a rounded
(dge and found nothing beyond it.
For a moment Jervis stayed like
that, his left hand slipping, and his
right over the edge of an unknown
drop. Then a sharp splinter ot rock
cut his knee, and halt Involuntarily
(he drew himself back into a sitting
position. What place wns this? A
dark place, and damp with the pas
sage of water.
With Lis mind awakenod to this,
bis ears caught a sound which had
not meant anything until n-ow,
-when he became aware that It had
seen present all the time. It wa.
the sound of water, of the sea.
Everything stood still In his mind
for a moment. Then the sound ot
the sea again. Ills hand wont down
nd toucbod the damp stone. He
put a finger to his mouth, and found
It salt The sound of the sea and
rock with a salt dampness upon It.
, The sea bad boon ovor this
ptone, and not so long ago.
' He began to feel In bis pocket
tor matches. There was a box In
his blazer pocket. He opened It gin
erly and found two matches. Per
haps his hand shook; perhaps the
first match wns rotten. It left a
luminous streak upon the roughened
(lde ot the box, and went out. There
the cave. He showed them the land
ward entrance and explained that
Foxy had used the place to store his
smuggled goods; had put up the
bars to keep out prying Customs
men.
Jervis sat with his palms cold
on the wet stone and recalled
Basher taking them Into Foxy'a
kitchen and down brick steps to a
cellar that was surprisingly dry
and warm Basher moving a barrel
and raising up a tremendous trap
door by the Iron ring In it him
self and Rosamund peering Into the
black uncertainties below.
Well, he was In Old Foxy'a Cellar
and what about It? It became
bltndlngly obvious that It was
Robert Leonard who had put blm
there, and that Rosamund bsd
shown him the way. The question
was, what did they want? And the
answer came pat In Ferdlnand'a
words Nan's words. "Who gets
Weare and the money It anything
happena to you?"
Rosamund got It. And Rosamund
knew about the cellar.
That cold anger gripped him
hard. It turned in on himself. He'd
bad warnings enough, and he had
refused to take them. The taxi ac
cident that hadn't been an accident.
The conveniently rotten bridge over
the ravine. The wheel that had
coma oft his car on the very hill
that wns over him now. Even that
old business ot ten years ago on
Croyston rocks. He believed now
that on each of these occa
sions Leonard had tried to murder
him. He bent his head and listened
Intently. That sound ot the sea,
which had been taint when first he
heard It, was faint no longer. He
could hear It quite plainly. With ton
upon ton ot weight hohlnd It, ths
tide was coming In.
(CopiHjM, mji, Uvvlneett)
Cm Jervis hold out against tfce, '
ddi that thraatin his lltit I
JOtO, P. I., Oct. 11. (AP) A
strong punltlrs expedition was organ
tied here today ss a mult of two
engagements between the Philippine
constabulary and the warlike native
mar os in which twelve militiamen
were officially reported killed, three
Bussing and many wounded,
Only two Morns were known to have self.
been killed, but constabulary officers
said probably more fell In the se
verest fighting in recent years in this
troublesome southern Philippine dis
trict. Among the slain constabulary
men was Lieut. Vincents Alegar, who
led the first expedition In an effort
to settle difficulties between two op
posing Morn factions,
i
Insurance Agent
Snuffs Own Life
OHEOON CITY, Oct. 11. (AP)
Adolf Zeellg, an Insurance salesman
of Portland, died In a hospital here
today from a bullet wound Inflicted
Friday. Officers said he shot him-
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. II. (API
Paul M. Calllootte left Portland by
automobile Sunday for San Prsnclsco. '
wbere he said he plans to plsce be
fore the grand Jury bis story that he
believes be plsyed an unwitting part
in the San Francisco preparedness
day parade bombing of 19ia.
Accompanying him was Iivtn Good
man, Portlsnd attorney representing
the Mooney Moulders' defense com
mittee, who was present at all open
inquiries of the Portland mountaln-
err's story conducted ny Captain
Charles Coff and Inspector Maher,
sent up here from San Prsnclsco
police headquarters.
Captain Ooff said at the end ot
nearly a week's investigation that be
was convinced Calllcotte ''was fo-jl-lng"
and that be waa a "publicity
bound."
Pender and body repairing. Prices
right. Brill Sheet Metal Works.
LI
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11. (AP) Citi
zen James J. Walker, welcomed home
with roses and ths strains of "Lover.
Come Back to Me," studied the Job
situation today.
Reports recurred that some time In
the near future he would take em
ployment wltb his friend, A. C. Blu
menthal, theatrical producer, who
once was said to have offered him
100,000 a year salary.
The former mayor, who resigned
during ouster proceedings snd sn-
nounced he would look to the people
for vindication, got a welcome jester,
day which recalled those he used to
give to visiting potentates and Chan
nel swimmers.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 11 (AP) I
Valdemar Udell, 89. vice-consul for
Sweden In the Oregon district, died
at his borne here Sunday frcm a heart
attack.
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