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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1932.
IH Nothing Venture
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by Patricia Wentworlh
trtiOPSIS: tor the fcond
Hmo If an drsama her mlfflnff Aus
band, Jervie Weare, it lying on
vet ilonN. Bht bravet a fierce
etorm to look tor him in the ein
itter houtt of Robert Leonard, In
a cave almott beneath her feet
Uet Jervie. weak from esvoeure,
thattered bv the knowledge that
Rotamund Oarenj, to whom he
once viae engaged, kae plven him
food and at the tame time atked
huge raneom tron him.
Chapter 41
HMOINANO NETURNt
fUS sterol hov&nf about hr
I w-s, Ku fca walked, bait was
Uuor mu( ik bouse. 8ha tried
:u of tba kitchen door. It
art.
attaueiitvj in tba black silence ot
tin rcwa, ske iraa atartled by the
uiiut aouod o( a telephone belL
It ru aot In the kitchen; ah
grop! 'ard tba aonnd. She waa
la a Mageway.
Bbc baked behind ber; the
JiMMH wat In a yellow twilight
(bat rigidly grew brighter. She
fttraud a door across the passage
Lire tb room on which the bell
as urging, and (lipped through,
Nas esw Robert Leonard turn
ItatU the Norn across the passage,
.carwuUr carrying a kerosene
teat. The rlaglng atopped. Through
the sraek left between the door
amd tilf jamb Nan heard an angry
cJboa, an Interchange ot
two the bad no picture ot Rosa-
.awna. vatrled by the storm and
the temi i nuent high tide, urgently
demauMMic that Leonard take Jer
Tie htto the cellar,
Leonard said: "Don't be a tool,"
then "Anything else?"
Nan waited tor nothing more. She
kad seen a dim light In tba kitchen
It came from an open door In a
tar corner. She slipped back down
the passage, down the brick steps
Into the cellar. In the diddle of
the cellar was a barrel upon which
etood a lighted candle, and In the
corner there was the raised lid of
a trap door.
The Inner conviction that had
brought Nan to this cellar did not
desert her now. She took her
flashlight from her pocket, and
without "hesitation plunged through
the trap door. She was to weary
from her battle with the storm that
' her hand shook a little. She walked
rapidly down the alight slope; the
path grew steeper, and she came to
leol the nearlng presence ot the
aea.
A sharp turn to the right, and
Nan saw about five yards away,
Jerrls lying aa she had seen him
tie In her dream.
At the aame moment Jerrle
opened bis eyes and, pulling on the
bar, sat up. He saw, not Rosa
mund, but one ot those dreams
which come out ot the darkness
and the silence. Bit wrist waa
bound to the bar with a handker
chief. He fumbled at the knot,
and Nan went down on her knees
and put her hands on his and held
them fast
He aald, "Nan!" and she said,
"Jerrls!" and all at once It wasn't
a dream any longer.
"Nan I" he aald. "Nanl" And
Nan put up her face, and ha kissed
her through the bars with a des
perate straining towards life, and
lore, and happiness, and all those
other everyday things which were
In jeopardy.
Then the black swell lifted again
and washed right over the sill.
Nan caught at the padlock with
both hands.
"It's no use," said Jervls "he's
taken the key." Then, quickly,
"How did you come here?"
"I don't know," said Nan. "I
earns. I saw you In a dream." She
edded after a moment, "There's a
atorm."
"It's driving the tide. What Is it
.-thunder, or wind?"
"Both."
"We must get out of hero," said
Jervls. "You must get out and got
help. You're not shut in?"
"No."
"Then you must get hold of the
chauffeur. Leonard's armed. Is he
In the house?"
"Yes telephoning. Ha eame up
out of the passage and left the door
open."
"You must go."
She leaned towards arm, and
they kissed again.
He said, "I'll be all rlsjht I can
hold on to the bars." And then
without a word she ran from him
round the bend.
As she came to the atepa which
, led to the straight paved end ot the
passage, she caught her brfeath in
a gasp of relief. The trap waa still,
open, and a faint candle-light
showed.
And then all at once there wat
something wrong. The light was
brighter It wat too bright for can
dlelight. Nan atood stock still and
stared at the open trap. It was
about a dozen yards away. A broad
yellow beam was coming through
it, and suddenly there was a man's
foot In a heavy boot on the top
most step. Robert Leonard waa
coming down.
Nan turned and ran wildly down
the steps and along the black pas
sage with her bands stretched out
In front of her at If to ward the
darknesa from her face. She turned
the bend, lighted her torch, and
ran back to Jervls.
"He's coming!" the cried, and
fearfully flashed the torch about
the space. There was a cleft, wide
enough for her to atand In. Leon
ard came up.
"You're spoiling my rest, you
know," Leonard said to Jervls.
"Rosamund just rang up"
"Good of her," remarked Jervls.
"Her wishes are my law. I've
come to give you your last chance
for a half million dollars." He
dangled the key to the grill behind
which Jervls lay. "With the tide
like this It's cheap."
Nan slipped, blundered horrified
out of her narrow shelter. Leon
ard atarted, and the lamp fell from
his hand. There was a sudden
flare ot burning oil, and the two of
them were running back up the
passage. Nan ran for her lite for
Jervls' life. If she only could throw
herself beneath the edge ot the
trap before he flung it down!
, It waa hopeless. The door
tlammed, the darkness reminded
Nan that aha still had her torch.
3houldera sagging, she made her
way back to Jervls.'
Jervls said, "He caught you?"
"Yes I fell."
"He hasn't hurt you?"
"No. He's shut me In."
He held her close and kissed
her. Nothing mattered. The wa
ter rose, and would have lifted them
It they had not held to the bars.
Strange and cold, to have bars be
tween them.
"Why did you marry me. Nan?"
said Jervls.
"Didn't you know?"
"No. I thought. , . . Why Md
you?"
Nan trembled. Hit arm was cold
and stiff, but It held her close.
'I loved you so much."
'Then? You loved me then?"
'Yes. And then when you came
In that day and aald that Rosa
mund had thrown you over I
couldn't bear It"
'Nan Nanl I'm not worth it
I've been a beast to you. But I do
love you now."
The cold wash ot the water
shook them.
Nan" aald Jervls. "Ton
mustn't stay here."
Nan pressed closer.
"Nan darling you mustn't Oo
back up the passage. I may have
to awlm for It"
A sudden movement of the whole
flood thniBt Jervls hard against the
bars and almost took Nan out ot
his arms. It dragged back again,
and he was put to it to keep his
feet
I can't go," said Nan. "I'm not
afraid it you hold me."
That surging lift ot the tide came
again. They clung together, and
felt the ban between them strain
with the force ot the water. And
then with the backward pull some
thing bard whipped about Nan's
left ankle and clung there. She
pulled herself tree of Jervls and
stooped down Into the water.
And then she felt a chain. Her
fingers closed on It and abe came
up laughing and crying, and thrust
It Into the beam ot the torch tor
Jervls to tee. Eighteen Inches ot
bright chain, and a email bright
key.
"He dropped It with the lamp,"
said Jervls. He turned the key In
the lock. The surge of water flung
them forward with the gelo; they
splashed precariously to shallow
water, to the dry passage. Nan had
lost her torch, but they did not
miss It Their minds were Illum
ined by something brighter than
electricity.
It teemed a long time until they
reached the trap. Jervls couldn't
lift It
"Have to wait (or someone," aald
he, too happy to care.
Will anybody comeT" aaked
Nan.
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Ferdinand Francis Interrupts a
ourlous tableau, Monday, In Leon,
erd'a house.
AT WHEEL OF CAR
8AWM, Ore., Oct. 17. (jp Al
fred Burkhart ot Portland, 98, com
mander of World War poat No. 607,
Veterani of Foreign Ware, died of
heart failure Saturday while he waa
being rushed to a hospital here.
Burkhart collapsed from a heart at'
tack three miles north of Woodburn
at 1 p. m. aa he was driving south
with Ms family and friends to In
augurate a new veterans' pott at In
dependence.
The car went Into the ditch and
overturned but the occupants were
only brulaed. A paaelng truck pl-.ked
Burkhart up and hurried him to Sa
lem but tie died before he reached
a local hospital.
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Dealraole houses always In first
elais oondltion for rent lease or sale.
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T REPEAL
HYDE PAHJC, K. T.. Oct. 17, ;n
A disposition to deal favorably with
republican Independent In the sen'
ate who aupport the national demo
cratic ticket, waa outlined by Senator
Roblnaon of Arkansas, the democrat
lo leader, today at the Hyde Park
home ot Franklin D. Hooscvelt.
Talking In the large drawing room
of the Roosevelt home ahortly before
he went picnicking with Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt. Robinson aald ha believed
the national platform made necessary
prompt modification of the Volstead
act. and that he would Join In co
operating to that end. .
GARNER TOUR OF
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HEW YORK, Oct. 17. (p) Dem
ocratic ohleftanj, dealrou ot further
campaigning by Speaker John N. Gar
ner, awaited today decision from the
vice procidentia! nominee on a pro
posed tour of the wet.
Saying their deilrea bad been en
hanced by the reception of the apeak
er'a addreu laat night, the atrate
glta have urged the nominee to head
west through the corn belt to the Pa
cific coast.
Before the speaker returned to
Washington, close aaaoclatee revealed
be expressed doubt as to the necessity
of such a tour.
SHOE REPAIR.IN08 lower prices.
Men's rubber half-soles, 85c; men's
rubber heels, 40c; women's rubber
heels, 35c; women's half-soles and
heels, 00c. 41 So. Front St.
Broken windows glased by Trow
bridge Cabinet Work.
CUT RATE OPERA
CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (P) With
overalls or swallowtails admissible as
you like, and In an auditorium capa
ble of seating 30,000 Chicago opened
Saturday its winter season ot grand
opera at admission prices of from 65
cents to M 20.
The presentation was Aids, and the
scene the Chicago atadlum. where
boxing championships have been won.
a president nominated, wild vest
shows presented, and hockey gamea
played.
Jail Flooded
BREMRRTON, Wash., Oct. 17.
AP) "Tank" was the light natrj
for the Jail In Vie unfinished Kit
sap county courthouse at Port Orch
ard today. Prisoners moved to up
per bunks during a downpour ot
rain last night and today either
stayed In bed or made their way
around the tank over tables and
chairs.
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