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JIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1933.
7 HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
SYNOPSIS I A fog driuee CoHn
BtKitt and Oermaine Tremblay
oehore ipAil oho ie taking him to
try to deliver a myeterioue letter
to an equally myeterioue man
named Joe Laearre. vho may be at
a etill more myetertoue Hehing club
near Cap 6 VOrage, Oermaine'e
home. They hear two men talking
in the tog and learn that the "club''
ie a den of thievee and that La
enrre ie one of them. Colin ie in
terror of the Uaek, Lawarre'e em
ployer, and hae used an aline. How
he deeidee to tell Qermaine the
truth about himeelf.
Chapter IT
GERMAINE'S PROMISE
"VyO?" Germain Inquired softly.
"And do von alwaya go armed T
It li rather obvloui that thli club
here la very far removed from the
Innocent paradise of sportsmen that
1 It pretends to be! What are you?
A detectlre?"
"Oh, Lord, no!" Ha forced
laugh. "But I've created a lot of
them rather moldy ones, I'm afraid,
I'm Colin Hewitt. I writ books.'
"I know the name," ahe aald, "and
I suppose, to be really true to form,
I ought to aay that I have read and
lored every book you have ever writ-
ton, and"
"Don't!" he groaned.
"I won't," ah aiiured him calmly.
"I admit I hare never read even one
of them."
"You wouldn't," he stated confi
dently. "I don't write the aort of
tuff that would appeal to you. Just
thrillers as bloodthirsty and aa hor
ribly creepy as possible, of course,
l'ie never written a love story, for
Instance, In my life.
"Oh! Andwhynotr
"Because I can't," he confessed,
"There has to be a girl because the
dear publishers Insist on It, but the
best I can do Is most awfully uncon
vincing I Just have to drag her In
by the hair of the head.
He heard her laugh ripple under
her breath.
'"Just Ilk I've been dragged In
ionignt7"
"Well r yes, In a way," he
stammered. "But this Isn't a story.1
"Nevertheless, I rather like it
' being dragged In by the hair of the
bead so far," she confided. "But
why ,thls sudden theddlng of your
oioaic, Mr. Hewitt or should I say,
Mr. Howard?"
"I see you haven't Judged me
harshly offhand," he said, grate-
fully.
"Judgment reserved," ah an
swered. "I asked you a question.
"Because," he said earnestly, "I
want to exact a promise from you
that, for the Urn being at least, you
won't say anything about wha.t has
happened tonight,"
"isn't that a very strange re
quest?" Her voice whs suddenly se
rious. "I don't understand."
"I want to tell you a little story,
he said quietly. "Do you mind? I
will be Just aa brief aa I can."
"I am listening," she Invited.
The minute passed many of
them. The story did not lend Itself
to brevity. There waa too much to
tell, so many sidelights, If ahe was
to understand. And so he told her of
Annie, and French Pete and the
Mask, and Reddy Turner' murder.
Everything except his promise to
Reddy, and the actual purpose of
nls visit to Butch Connal'i room.
"AND so you see," he jnded, "why
at present I am a man without
a home and without a name. That
brings us to tonight. I haven't said
anything ao tar about Laiarre; but
t have reason to hope that I can get
him to help me pick up the Mask's
trail. That's why I asked for your
promise."
"Yon have my promise," she said
Imply.
And somehow In the darkness
their hands met. She did not draw
here away. And for a moment they
aat thus In silence. He was not
tongue-tied now he waa lighting
to hold back the rush of words that
were on his lips. He could not bring
her Intimately Into his lite as mat
ters stood. It would not be fair to
her If he found that she cared. It
would only be Inviting her Into dan
ger of the ugliest kind.
Hla hand tightened warmly over
hers and then released It.
"That'a ripping of you!" he said.
"I don't need to tell you that the
club. In Its own parlance, will be
taken for a ride In Jui course and
the road won't b any the smoother
because of the delay."
"What do you think they are do
ing there?" ahe asked.
"I haven't the faintest Idea," he
aald.
"But Laxarre?" she questioned. "I
don't understand about Laxarre. You
haven't told me who be 1b, or now
you knew he was down here."
"No," he said frankly; "I haven't
And I am afraid that la on of the
things that I am not at liberty to
tell you. Personally, I do not see
any reason now why you should not
know, but I gave my word and I
have no choice other than to keep
It. I'm not throwing cold water, am
I?"
"Oh, no!" she declared emphati
cally. "Of course you're notl I can
quite understand. But there Is one
question I dopant to ask. You said
you hoped to get Laxarre to help
you to pick up the Mask's trail.
You remember that on of those
two men Just said something about
W. P.? That was what was on the
card you found In the pocket of the
man you fought with In Reddy Tur
ner's old room, wasn't it?"
"You go up bead," he applauded.
"Well, that pretty definitely
proves that the club here Is one ol
the Mask's enterprises, doesn't It?"
she demanded. "And therefor that
Laxarra la on of tha Mask's men
How can you expect help from
him?"
"That'a the only other thing I
can't explain to you," he said, "ex
cept to say that I am armed with an
approach to Laxarre which ma;
mean everything or nothing. I dc
not know any mora than you dc
what it's worth until I have tallied
with him."
"This whol thing Is terrible!'
she exclaimed. "It is almost impos
sible to believe that a flend such ai
yon have pictured the Mask to ha
exists as a human being."
Colin laughed shortly.
"TTB exists all right Witness Mr
11 Howard. But let'a not talk
about him for a moment. There's
a question or two I'd like to ask you.
Tell me all' you can about tha club
Itself."
"I can't tell you very much," she
said. "I've seen It, of course, bul
only from a dlstancs when I've been
out in my boat. It looks very nice,
and father says it Is very comfort
ably fitted up inside with electric
light and"
"Electrio light!" Colin Interrupted
quickly. "That'a lntorestlngl Thai
means they've got a power plant ol
soma sort. I suppose they've bar
nessed up the rlvor a bit."
"I suppose so," she said, "though
I don't know very much about such
tblngs. But there are some falls
right beside the clubhouse, and I
don't imagine It would be a very
difficult thing to do."
"You mean It's what on would
expect? All the creature comforts.
Mr. Waldrow Konniston wouldn't
be without them, of course. We!!, Is
there anything olse you can tell
me?"
No," she replied thoughtfully; "I
don't think so. I have already told
you that no one from the club evei
comes near Cap a l'Orage, s6 I havi
no persdhal knowledge of them."
I see," he said and fell silent
for a moment. How best to mak
oontact with Lazarro? "Look here,'
he said abruptly, "I know there art
no roads out of Cap a l'Orage, bul
there Is nothing to provuht one from
going qycrland to the club Is thero?"
wot If you have the agility of i
mountain goat and are aa expert
woodsman," she answered laugh
Ingly. "You would cut the time Ie
half too, for I don't suppose, as tin
crow flies. It would be mora thai
three and a halt miles from the vll
Iago to the club."
That's also Interesting," he said
"As far as agility Is concerned, 1
think I would be nroDared to take
a chance; but as for the other quail
ncatlon well, perhaps you know
someone who could supply It?"
She thought for an Instant.
"The beat man In the village al
that sort of thing." she said, "is an
old timber cruiser named Anatole
Bouchard. Ha speaks vory good
English too, but"
"Bouchard?" be broke In. "what
sort of a man Is he? Is he to be
trusted?"
"It you paid him enough to make
It worth his whllo."
Her hand roached put. He felt her
fingers close tensely on hla arm. .
"Why all those questions about
going overland to the club?" ahe
asked. "You heard what those two
men said. I I am afraid. What do
you Intend to do?"
"Not a thing." he laughed disarm
Ingly, "except to arrange a llttls
private Interview with Monsieur
Joe Laiarre."
CopyrlgM. 11I. frank t. Pochard)
Colin ttumblts Info a ntw plot
nd a new denaer. tamitrr,i
DEER IN DEATH LEAP
TO ESCAPE COUGAR
HOOD RIVKR, Aug. 16. (AP) Be.
Ileved to have been pursued by a
cougar, a four-point, 170-pound deer
leaped to It death over a 300-foot
preclplo near Mitchell Point tunnel
on the Columbia River highway.
WIFE ACQUITTED OF
POISONING HUSBAND
SALEM, Mus., Aug. Id. (AP
Jraate B. Coatttlo today was acquit
ted of the polaon slaying of her hus
band, Fire Captain William J. Cos
tello of Peabody.
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NATION
APPLE GROWERS
SPOKANE. Wtuh.. Aug 18. (AP)
Pacific northwest fruitgrowers who
borrowed $2,162,821 to finance pro
duction of tha 1932 apple crop have
repaid every cent borrowed, Joel Fer
ris, chairman of the loan agency of
the R. P. C. here, aald today.
The repayment of the 1832 loans,
Ferris said, brings to about 16,500,000
the repayments of 9,500.000 advanc
ed by the R. F. C. In this district.
The 1832 apple loans were made
through six local credit corporations
at Wenatchee, Yakima. Hood River
and Payette to finance 608 growers
who produoed 5,452,630 boxes of
fruit.
The repayment announcement was
made on the eve of the retirement of
John I. Tut tie aa manager of the
agency here. He will be succeeded
tomorrow by Walter Ferguson of
Rockford. Wash.
CAPONE TO FACE
CHTflAGO. Aug. 16. (AP) A writ
i directing the federal government to
produce Al Capone In criminal court
here August 29 for trial on charges of
racket conspiracy was Issued today by
Chief Justice John J. PrystaUkl.
Federal authorities have Indicated
they would abide by the writ. Capone
is serving an 11 year sentence in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta for
Income tax fraud.
Capone had been Indicted with 34
co-defendants, an alderman, attor
neys, union chiefs, trade association
organizers, and gangsters, on charges V
they collected tribute from legitimate
business through terroristic tactics
maintained by their associations,
unions and thugs.
Reld, Murdock & Co., cannon ot
the Monarch brand Bartlett pears,
will be represented at Medio rd this)
season by Myron Root.
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