MEDFORD MXTE TRTBTTNTE, 'MTCDFORT), OKEGOS, "WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST 9, 1933.
TAOE SIX
Ike- MIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
BYNOPMBt Oolln Hewitt, writ"
et detective fiction, has piunged
himself (nlo ens of hf own plot:
Before Reddy Turner was killed by
the Mask, underworld esar, tn
Colln's apartment, Colin promised
Reddy to deliver m mysterious let
ter lor Urn. Colin woe trapped by
one o the Mask's ktllere tn Rcddifs
room when he went for the latter,
but escaped. He reade the note ac
companying the letter he is to de
liver, and learns that the sealed
envelope is to bs given to Joe La
sarre, who lives en th. north ehore
of the Quit of fit. Laterence near a
town called Cap a VOrags. toearre
is an employee ot the Mask, so the
letter must bs delivered secretly,
Colin decides to leave at once, part
ly to evade the Uask, who is on his
trail.
Chapter 11
UNDER COVER
THE winch clattered. A boxed ra
dio came up from the Bonaven
. ture's bold and waa swung out Into
the nub-noed, broad-beamed pow
er boat that thumped against the
teamer'a hull, and that was already
loaded, one might Imagine, beyond
the capacity ot even two ot her kind.
And yet, it seemed, there wat
always room for something more
. another barrel or two ot flour, an
other drum ot gasoline or oil, a bale
ot this or a case ot that
Lastly there would be the mall
bag. But the mall bag was not usu
ally either bulky or heavy. Jt gen
erally seemed to hare an emaciated
and delected look about It as thougn
conscious Its poverty-stricken state
would not even enable It to dole out
bo much as a lotter apiece to that
little cluster of houses on the shore
there.
Colin, leaning over the coastal
steamer's rail, watched the scene
as he bad watched a similar one
many times before, always with un
flagging interest.
His mini harked back over the
four days and a halt since he bad
left Quebec. Not that a great dis
tance In actual mileage had been
covered, as the time consumed
might Imply; but there had been In
numerable stops like this one, for
the Bonaventure was the liaison be
tween the lone Tillages on the coast
and the source of supplies and ne-
. cessitlee which came from Montreal
and Quebec,
He nodded thoughtfully to him
self. He had gone ashore frequent
ly, walked through the Tillages,
. talked with the people, and had come
to admire them for their courage,
their faith, and their simple phi
losophy of life under conditions that
were so often those of obvious hard
ship and in his heart to pity them
'for, what seemed to him, their pro
found loneliness and Isolation. A
queer, strange, new country to him,
so near to civilisation, and yet so
immeasurably far awayl It was
The boat alongside, fair down to
her gunwales, cast off. A figure In
the bow, nondoscrlpt in dress, one
arm wrapped around the plunging
mast, waved his cap and shouted In
farewell; another . figure In the
atern, nursing his sputtering engine
and half hidden by the heterogene
ous pile ot cargo that surrounded
him, did the same. There came a
short, barked order from the bridge.
The Bonaventure was on her way
again. ,
And the next port ot call was Cap
k l'Orage.
A few hours from now this after
noon. Colin swung away from the
rail and began to pace up and down
the deck. Cap & l'Orago Storm
Cape. He had wondered often
enough It there were anything sig
nificant In the name tor him?
On the face ot it, it all looked
simple enough to deliver a letter
to one known as Joe Laiarre at Cap
a l'Orage, that was all. But It wasn't
all, Granting the delivery of tbe let
terwhat thenT What was he, Co
lin, to do? Go back to New York,
take up his normal life again?
IT wouldn't last very longl The
Mask, as witness Reddy's end, did
not delay attentions of that sort un
duly. As It stood now, Colin Hewitt,
so far as the Mask was concerned,
had well, vanished. He had loft no
trace behind him, no trail to follow;
he was confident ot that. And to
make assurance doubly sure, he was
no longer even the "Routh" of the
hotel register. His name now was
Howard Donald Howard, Ho
smiled wryly. How many names had
the Mask? He was running the Mask
a close second I
All very well! But to reeume his
life as Colin Hewitt In New York
as mattera now stood? Morely sul
clde! What to do, then? So much de
pended on Laxarro on Lasarre'a
attitude. What was in that letter?
Why had Reddy laid so much stress
upon It? What would Laiarre do?
Roddy had stated that Laiarre
was working for the Mask and be
lieved that tbe Mask had "Inter
MEDFORD MENTIONED
IN SCIENCE MONITOR
MsdfoM received publicity tn the
August 1st edition ot the Christian
Bclen: Monitor, It waa announced
by chamber of commerce officials to
day. A box on page a headed "Ore
jflSCL THI NATION
ests" ot some sort on the coast
here. Had there been something be
tween Reddy and Lazarre that
would cause the latter to swerve in
his allegiance to the Mask due to
Reddy'a murder? If so, that seemed
to indicate the way out for him, Co
lin a clue to the Mask's Identity
through Laiarre, though at the
same time being careful to protect
Laiarre. That latter, as a rider, was
taeltlr embodied In his, Colln's,
promise to Reddy.
But If, through Laiarre, he could
... . .in. in the. Mask's Identity!
A savage lust welled up In Colln's
souL There was a neavy acore 10
..Hi Ha had seen Reddy shot
down as casually as one might swat
a fly on a window pane, ana nis own
world was shattered, his own life
dependent now on matching his
wits to win against the Mask. What
a story It would have made! He
would have gloried in It But damn
It, thla was no story It was stark
actuality!
We!!, his solution, so far as that
end of the problem was Involved,
seemed to have worked out satisfac
torily up to now. He was here on a
bit of a holiday, that was all want
ed to see something ot the north
coast and, later, Labrador, and later
still, Newfoundland perhaps. Whore
the spirit led. Some salmon-fishing,
too, though he understood that most
of the rivers were privately owned
but that could be had anyway in
Newfoundland.
He had merely elected to make
Cap a l'Orago his first stop because
h,hi hAAn Informed that was one
of the few places well down on the
coast where anything In the way ot
boarding-house or noiei accommo
dation was to be obtained. A good
reason!
And, from what be had seen in
vi unnta athnrA. hA mentally con
gratulated himself that Reddy bad
Indicated Cap a l'Orage as a starting
point no matter how primitive the
accommodation there might prove
to be!
ALL -this was perfectly logical,
perfectly natural. He alone at
moments bad thrown side glances
at his own story simply because,
of course, he alone knew that he had
something to conceal As a matter
ot fact no one had dreamed ot ques
tioning his story. Ho had unhesitat
ingly been accepted at his own face
value.
His glance traveled up and down
the dock a composite picture the
tourists making a holiday cruise to
Newfoundland and back; pulp men
and timber cruisers bound for vari
ous points; the casual passengers.
local inhabitants mostly, and wnoie
families ot these sometimes, that
kept getting on and off, paying visits
or perhaps migrating from one place
to another.
A queer potpourri! The rough-and-ready
rubbing shoulders with
the more Immaculately groomed In
hearty camaraderie. He knew al
most everyone on board. The lack
ot restraint had been delightful.
There were always tales of the early
days on the coast by the oldtlmers.
Sometimes In English, sometimes
In French,
And always there were eager
listeners. Excursions ashore when
tbe Bonaventure waa dlscbarging
for an hour or more; a laughing,
drenched party often enough when
there was no wharf and there was
a bit ot a soa on. A Jolly, carefroe
crowd. A vague smile crossed hit
lips. He was the only one on boar&
bent on tracking down a murderer!
Oh, yes! He had fitted Into his own
little niche perfectly. He had no
doubt of that. In one particular per
haps too perfectly! He was Mr,
Howard Mr. Donald Howard, a
broker from Boston. There wore mo
ments when he Infinitely proforred
his own name not for any eupho
nious reason!
Hor deck chair was unoccupied.
Had been tor the last hour. Perhaps
she had gone below to pack. Per
haps he would better do the same.
In a few hours the Bonaventure
would dock at Cap a l'Orage. The
purser had told him they were tho
only two leaving the ship there. She,
like everyone else, had accopted him
at face value. Well, did he wish she
hadn't? Damn!
He went down to his cabin, grinned
not humorously at the blatant a
sortment ot fishing paraphernalia
he had acquired and would prob
ably never use and then proceeded
to pack his bags.
But as his hands worked, so did
his mind. Oermalne Trembler.
Mademoiselle Oermalne Trenblay.
Gormalne. Well, what afcoit her?
What did he know about hart
It waa surprising what b knew
about her!
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Colin talks, tomorreyp, wtlh a-i
Important youna pereon.
gon Groups Save Science Timber
Land" contained a story of the ef
fort which the Medlord Chamber or
Commerce has put forward to pre
serve the foresu lining the Crater
Lake National Pork blgbway.
Real estate or Insurant leave It
to Jones. Phone 6D9.
T
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-Adjustment of foreign war debt
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There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation
to itlmulaU export trade In farm
products waa advocated here today
by Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agri
culture, before a maaa meeting of
MlMlaslppl delta farmers.
"If we want to sell farm product!
abroad In somewhat near the old
quantities, then we shall have to
change our minds about the debts,"
Secretary Wallace said. "If we are
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No Visitors!
ONE ANOTHER.
BEN INTO THB
THE BOUT IN
No Fish?
SERVE RSW
OOJT HAVE TO
WERE FOR
BACK HOM
going to Insist on payment of the
debts, we shall have to abandon all
hope of a healthy export trade in
farm products for a long time to
Broken windows glazed by Trow
bridge Cabinet Works.
Auto glass, plate and shatter-proof.
Brill Metal Works.
By C. M. PAYNE
Bell gyndlcst., loe ) . vjftj
llTTERL UNABLE TO TALM , BEN AND
JONATHAN STARED IN AMAXEMENiT AT
AS 3EPP PIKE RUDELY PUSHeD
BARS ROOM AND SUPPED
PLACE OUTSlDe
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DESERTED WIFE .
SLAYS RIJIOREN
ELECTRA, Texas, Aug. 9 (AP)
Deserted by her husband and finding
DIVERSION
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"nothing for us but death," Urs. J.
H. Gordon, 31, last night cut the
throats ot her two children, Wynell,
8, and Ellen Beth, 9, and then killed
herself with the same razor. Mrs. L.
O. Johns, a neighbor, found the
bodies today.
. A note Mra. Gordon had written to
her husband said: "I know ot noth
lng for us tut death. I love you
dearly. Myrtle."
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himself on his waV With
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ROOSEVELT DISCUSSES
MONETARY PROBLEM
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 9. (AP)
President Roosevelt discussed the do
mestic and international monetary
problem In a significant conference
today with bis experts, but the meet
lng was officially described as unre
lated either to stabilization ot the
dollar or Inflation.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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LAKE SO HE CAN SEE TflE SPLASH
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STONES
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EXHAUSTED. GOES ON CRYING
QOIETLY, WHICH IS WHAT HE
WAKTEP To pO ANYWAY'
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By George McManua