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irEDFOKD MXTG TRn3TJN"E, rETVFORT), OREGON, MONDAY. AUGUST 14, 19S3.
7Ju. HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
bylji'SIH: Ocnniilnt Trtmblup
U taking Colin Ueuitt, my'teru
icriter, mm Cap a VQrane dovm
the north ehort of the Quit of Bl.
loicrenco to a llshinp elub where
Colin hopee to deliver a vtueteriotu
letter to Joe haxarre. Lainrre Is in
the pat of the Uaek, Seta Yorli
killer, whom Colin tears and hatee,
A hp nettled down, nnd in mabtarr
ehore, Oermaine's boot ticked a
rock, end Germain viae stunned.
Chapter 15
THE LANDING
COLIN leaped back to the stern ot
the boat.
'Germalne!" be cried cut In
alarm.
There wti no anawer.
He bent over her anxiously. She
mult bare been leaning forward and
In the act ot shutting off tbe power
when tbe Impact had flung her from
her seat and her heed had struck
some part ot the engine. She was
stunned, surely no more than that,
tor there was no sign ot any wound.
His common sense told him that It
could not be anything really serious
but common sense seemed sorry
comfort. He was In an agony of sus
pense. Tbe boat grounded on the beach.
He picked her up In his arms and
carried her ashore. Her face, so
close to his, resting on his shoulder,
was white, bloodless. It brough. fear
to him. Unreasoning tear because
surely there was no real cause for
(ear. Her hair brushed against his
cheek, somehow strangely urging
him to hold her closer stllL She was
no weight In his arms, and yet bis
arms trembled.
His eyes searched around him.
The beach was strewn with boul
ders and rocks, but beyond, perhaps
a hundred yards away, were trees,
already beginning to look ghostly
through the gray urtaln of fog. He
carried her across the beach, found
a patch ot award under the trees
Just at the edge ot the wooded land.
and laid her down.
' And now she stirred, opened her
eyes, stared at him blankly for a
moment and smiled.
''That's fine!" he exclaimed buoy
antly. "Your'a better. But Just He
till until I tie up the boat."
. Then be brought cushions a tar
paulln to lay upon the ground.
"Now," he demanded, "how's that,
. Utile ladyt"
"Perfect!" she unswered. "It Is
nice ot you and ao silly ot me."
"Silly!" he ejaculatel. "All my
fault! I should hare kept my eyea
open."
'Tor romethlng you couldn't seel"
' "Oh, well," he said I little lame
ly, "at least"
"Oh, well!" she Interrupted,
"That expresses It exactly. It
. coildn't be helped, and anyway
there's no real harm done. 1 pitched
headlong against the engine when
we struck, as you hare already
guessed, and I shall probably have
a headache which won't last." She
felt gingerly oror her hoad with her
hand. "Also a goose-egg which
won't last either."
"Stout fellow!" he applauded.
The fog was still thickening.
Colin could scarcely see the boat
now at tbe water's edge. Thank God
there was no cause tor gram con'
cern on her account, bu what to do
now? Suppose the fog lasted on
through the afternoon, the night
Interminably? He might get assist
ance from the jlub. If one struck
across overland, it couldn't be Tory
far away.
"Look here," he proposed, "from
what you said, tbls club can't be
more than a mile or so at most from
here by land, and I think I'd better
cut over there and ret some ot the
chaps to help out. You can't stay
here all night, you know."
CHE raised barself up on her el-
V bo.
. "You will do nothing of the sort!"
he stated with finality.
"And why not!" he asked.
"For a host ot reasons," she an-
awe.-ed. ''In the first place, I'm quite
all right, or, at least, I will be In
half an hour or so; and, if It becam
a Question ot going to the club.
could go wltb yo In the second
place, in this fog, we'd be lost In
the woods before we had gone
quarter of a mile. And In the third
place, wt are pertectl; all right aa
we are, no matter how long the fog
lasts. We are not eren going to be
aubjected to any hardships. There'!
a thermos bottle and a lunch basket
In the boat, you know."
It sounded logical. Undoubtedly
he was right.
"Still the skipper, I psrcslve." he
teasod.
She tudsud her head.
"You know the penalty for mu
tiny, don't you?"
"All right," he grinned; and then,
seriously: "But If we don't get back
within a reasonable time your fa
ther will be frightfully worried."
"No," sbe said calmly: "not a bit.
Father was brought up on the coast.
He knows eiactly what we will hare
done. So long as we get back before
be leaves for Gaspe. It will be all
right and we're sure to do that, for
this fog, of course, will delay the
Belle Fleur too."
"Splendid!" said Colin. He spread
one edge ot the tarpaulin oyer her
as a covering, and quite unneces
sarily rearranged the cushion under
her head. "In that case," he laughed,
"I shan't mind, from purely selfish
reasons. If the fog lasts on a bit."
Tbe fog did last unduly. Dark
ness came. In spite of her Insistence
that It was "nothing at all," the blow
on her head refused t be treated
quite so cavalierly, and she bad been
content to He where the was, drows
ing a good part of the time.
She was asleep now. But now It
was a wholly natural sleep. The
lunch basket and the thermos bot
tle, Just as evening had set In, had
worked wonders.
What time was It? Colin, sitting
on the ground beside her, fumbled
for his watch, and then replaced It
in bis pocket. It he struck a match
might awaken her. It must be
somewhere around ten o'clock.
A queer smile twisted his lips. The
last sort of complication he had ex
pected to encounter on this quest ol
his for one Joseph Lararre was
Germalne Tremblay. Like a story.
He knew now that he had written
her finally and for all time Into his
life.
HE realised now that, from tbe
moment he had mat her on tht
Bonaventure, he had subconsciously
known this would be so, but be bad
never questioned himself. And tbls
afternoon when be had carried her
from the boat, and sbe had lain
there In his arms white and uncon
scious, suddenly be bad known then,
too, that there never would be need
for questioning. He knew now that
everything that the world held for
him was vested In Germalne Trem-
blsy.
And she? He shook bis head. If
their companionship had come to
mean anything more to her than the
frank and open friendship which
she ottered, she bad shown no sign
ot It. But neither had he, tor that
matter. His hands clenched sud
denly. Over their picnic supper she
had asked some natural and Inno
cent questions about his life In Bos
ton-and he had Hod glibly.
But why go on with that? It had
been with him all atternoon and eve
ning. What good did It do to tell
himself again that the masquerade
was not ot his making, and that he
was no criminal? What could he say
to a girl about love, even If he dared
hope tLat she too might care, when
he himself was being bunted tor bis
life and could onlv be a source of
danger to her It he were discovered?
He shrugged his shoulders In vi
cious dismissal ot the subject He
thought of the boat and wished he
could at least jllmpso it. But be
tween the fog and the darkness he
could not see more then two or
three yards In front ot him. Perhaps
he couldn't have soen the boat any
way from where he sat even it there
were no fog.
He turned his bead sharply lis
tening. His ear had caught the
sound of movement somewhere in
the woods noar at hand. It came
nearer the crackle ot twigs and
underbrush. An animal of some sort,
probably. His Hps tUhtened a little.
Germalne was still asleep, and he
did not waken her. Why should he-
yet? His hand went Into hie pocket
and came out with the revolver, for
which he had bought a reserve sup
ply ot ammunition ta Quebec and
which had never left his person
since the night he had picked it up
In Butch Connal'a room.
And now the sounds died away
for an Instant then came again.
But this time It was the crunching
ot sand. Whatever it was, It waa
moving along the beach now. Not
tar away. But he could see nothing.
And then suddenly there came
what seemed like the thud ot a heavy
body falling on the sand, then a yell
ot pain, followed Instantly by a tor
rent of vita oaths in English.
(Copyright. 1931. Fronk L. Packard)
8udd-n danor thruati Ititlf upen
Colin nd Ocmalne, tomorrow.
II
OF
Owing to the activities necessary
In connection with the Legion's ama
teur boxing tournament, itartlng at
the Armory tonight, there will be no
meelng of Medford post of the Amer
ican Legion this evening, commander
L. C. Oarlock he announced.
The tournament will continue three
nlghta end aa there are a greet many
details requiring attention of Legion
naire it was decided to postpone the
meeting until next Monday. August
31.
Sams Valley Grain j
Yield Above ope,
SAMS VALLEY. Aug. 14 (Spl.) '
Prom all reports, eo far from, grain
growers In this section, the newly
threshed grain Is yielding above ex
pectations. Two exceptionally good
yields of wheat were reported by
Dick Straus and O. T. Wilson. The
former reports over 60 bushels to the
acre and Wilson over forty. These
were small tracts.
RIGID CONTROL FOR
PETROLEUM PLANNED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.
An Intimation the federal govern
ment would provide for rigid control
over oil production In the petroleum
vriao practice piB-n now Hearing com
pletion came today lrom Hugh 8.
Johnson, the Industrial administra
tor, whose aides are writing It.
Bandit Kirks Victim
GRACEVILLE. Minn.. Aug. 14. P)
Twelve nutimra an1 mn1nvM
J were forced to He on tbe floor today
as six bandits raided the First Na
tional bank of approximately as, 500.
One victim was kicked in the mouth
when he turned to see what was go
ing on.
Remembers Poem 80 Years.
ROCHESTER, N. H. (UP) At 80,
Mrs. Vienna Jewell recently won a
prise speaking contest by reciting a
piece memorized when she waa a
child of six.
AMERICAN TEACHER
WOUNDED IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 14. (A)
Raymond 8. White of Wlnfleld, Kan
sas, en American teacher of the
Smyrna International college, was
wounded In the foot last night by
Turkish gendarmes who mistook him
for an escaped brigand as he was
motoring at high speed from Oer
gama to Smyrna,
China Flood Horror
HANKOW, China. Aug. 14. (JP)
Further news of conditions In the
flood aiea of North Honan Province,
arriving from Chengchow tonight,
disclosed additional details of horrors
facing the seemingly doomed town
of Szcshol, about 60 miles west of
Chengchow.
S'MATTER POP-
STETTIN, Oermany, Aug. 14. (JF)
Chai-ged with remarking to drink
ing companions that Chancellor Hit
ltr was a Czech Jew, Thoursten
Johnson, an American sailor, was
sentenced today to six months Im
prisonment by an emergency court.
The American consul Is Investigating
the vse.
By C. M. PAYNE
-tAPPeNcVD, ESCETT
WA
(Copyright, 1933, by the Btll grniHest, I"' ) sM
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about 3 a.m., dropped off, and did nt
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