Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 17, 1933, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPS"OE ETOHT MEDPORD MXTL TRIBUNE, rEDFORD, OEEGOy, THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 17, 1933. 7y MIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK U PACKARD - ... - -fjitS: Colin Bewitt jervmint Tremblau. on their wo io deliver a myMterloue Utter thu at been entrusted to Oolin tor ' Latarre, art caught In the jog and overhear a conversation which tell them that the "club" to which then vert going U a den of thtevel . con nected with the Uaek, New York killer whom Coltn it trying to brim to fuetice. They turn book, but ' Colin to determined to find Letnr,,. Be aleo hoe discovered that he ie t love with Oermaine. Chapter U THE TWO VI8ITOR8 pOUN sat up In bad with a (tan, - consclons at tha same time both of rolees and that hs had overslept himself. Ha had flnng hlmsalt down on tha bed after aupper solely with tha Idea ol relaxing a little whtl be fore itrolllng over to ipend an hour or two with Germalna, and then, later, to pay a surreptitious visit to this Anatole Bouchard of whom she bad spoken. It was dark now. The voices came from the next room through Ma dame Frenier's flimsy partition. Two men speaking In French. He knew who they ware. They had arrived on the Belle Fleur late that afternoon. Madame Trenler had In troduced them to him at the hotel Larocque and Boldus, their names were. They had coma over from Gaspe, they said, to catch the Bona venture, which was due tomorrow, and were going up the coast to Sev an Islands. A brawny-looking pair. They war talking In low tones, bnt area low tonea in tha Hotel du Canada were little less than a broad east throughout the entire establish ment. "Sac re noml" exclaimed a gruff voice. 11 tell you, I do not like It It waa to be tonight If hs discovered anything at that devilish club, but all afternoon there baa been no sign of him. He should have been here. What do you think, eh?" Another voice answered Boldue'a pbvlonsly. "How do I know what to think I" returned Boldne irritably, "It Is one of two things, He has become afraid aid baa run away with tha money Sollalre paid him In advance in which ease Oollalra will silt his throat for him If he ever finds him again! or else ba haa been caught down there at tha club." Colln's bed was against tba par tition that separated tha two rooms -and so, too, now was Colln's ear. It waa plain the man these two were talking about was the spy at whom Laiarre had taken a pot shot yes terday. But what waa It all about? It was clear that these men were not police who were trying to round up the club. The police did not slit tha throats of their stool pigeons or, at least, they weren't supposed tot "It Is that of which I am afraid that be has been oaught," Larocque responded with an oath. "They will make blm talk. A man talks eh when they begin to gouge his eyes outr "Baal" exclaimed Bolduc What can ha talk about? He knowa noth ing excapt that he haa been well paid to find out what be can." "Damnation!" swore Larocque. "But that la enough, isn't it? They t111 be on their guard." "tjAHI Bolduo spat out again. D "And auppose they are? They will not know what to expect, and wa will be too many for them, any way. That was a bad night for them two weeks ago when Dollalra put In at the club to sell some of the whisky we had on board. Two of tha crowd there were swell erooka that were pointed out to Dollalra In a night club the last time he waa in New York selling a cargo. "So when he got back on board, Dollalra lays his linger along bis nose, and says, 'Vollal They are not there to fish salmon, those rascals! And times are poor with us. Even the fish do not bite In this depres sion. Let us aea about this Innocent club and help ourselves.' " "Jnst because you wars with Dol lalra that night is no reason why you should repeat the same story a bun dred times," complained Larocque aourly. "What are we going to do now? Take one mora look to see It maybe be has come back?" "But, yes I" Colin could almost see the assertive shrug of Bolduo's shoulders. "Dollalra will not have the schooner off the cape for another two hours, and In any case he will wait for us. Run along!" - Tha door of tha adjoining opened ana closeu. footsteps .-limped down the stairs. Colin stared into tha darkness. He was thinking fast now. It was clear enoujh that thia Dollalra waa the head of a bootlegging outfit of which this precloas pair were a part. And what waa obviously in the wind now waa a sort of bl-jacklng expedition. He could have looked on with utter complacency, not to say applause, bad it not been tor Laiarre. There would be a fight and It would not ba a bloodless one. Dol lalra had evidently coma prepared. A choice crowd aboard that schoon er, beyond questlonl It would proba bly result in a shambles. Well, the world would not miss the passing of any one of them, except that there waa Laiarre. He could not afford to risk any thing happening to Laiarre. He must warn Lazarre. That waa Imperative. The fog last night had lifted Just after midnight, and Germalna and ha had returned to Cap a l'Orage without further mishap. He had had the whole day-ln which to talk to Bouchard, but caution, perhaps an exaggerated caution, had prompted him to wait until darkness had set In. But ha wished now, In view of what ha had Just heard, that he had gone during the day. Ha would have known now what to do be would have known whether or not be cared to trust Bouchard In tha first place; and, aeoondly, whether or not Bou chard would ba willing to act aa guide. If tha trip overland were feasible. It had, apart from tha element of time, one Incalculable advantage over a boat it oould ba done much mora secretly. HE STRUCK the match now and looked at hie watch. Halt-past eight Not so badl He had thought it much later than that It would take him, say, halt an hour all told to reach Bouchard's shack and have a talk with tha man. There waa time enough. If everything sized up all right he and Bouchard would be off at once, and ba would have to make his peace later with Germalna for not keeping hla appointment with her this evening. If, on tha other hand, Bouchard, for whatever reason, did not fit Into the picture, that waa another matter and another way must be found. There was always the possibility, of course, that Bouchard might not even be at home But one thing at a time. He swung himself off the bed, paused to slip an extra box of cart ridges into his pocket went down the stairs, and out into the street It was inky black. Cap a l'Orage boasted no street lamps, and there was as yet no moon. But the lighted windows of the scattered houses marked the way. At the end of the street remembering his walk with Qermalne, he turned Into what was no more than a wagon track that led through a stretch of sparse timber-land. Hera the going was not so good. The track waa full of ruts and full of holes, whleb in turn were filled with water. He could see practically nothing at all. The land here was marshy, and, besides. It had rained heavily during the past few days, so that once, verging from the track, be went In over bis boot tops and swore heartily. There was nearly half a mile of It; but finally, as hs rounded a sharp turn In tha wagon track, he saw a light glimmering through an open window no more than a tew yards away. , There waa no doubt about it be ing Bouchard's shack,' because no one else lived out this way; at least It was the only dwelling, or pretense to a dwelling, that he bad seen on his walk with Germalna that day; and there was no doubt but that Bouchard was at borne bis tears on that score were set at rest And then abruptly ha halted. R waa a warm, muggy night which accounted tor tha open window. Bouchard waa at home undoubtedly, but Bouchard was not alone. Volcos, speaking In French, floated out to him on the night air. He could not bear what was said from where ha stood, but his muscles tensed sud denly, seemingly of their own ac cord. There was something familiar about two of those voices. (Copyright, l3t, Frank L. Packard) Colin dlaeevert a duewreus al liance, Monday REQUJi RELIEF WASHINGTON . Aug. 17. (AP) A steady decrease In the number of needy families receiving public aid i ed In the country In May and 4,15,. was shown today In the first official . 338 ApM- rpcumviuo ui muH, Bug local funds for relief totaled e6e cneckup by the federal . emergency relief administration and was noted by Barry L. Hopkins, the adminis trator, as "very encouraging." The report showed 8.746,367 fam ilies received relief in .June. Hop kins said ttils would, ihow around 15,000.000 persona were being assist- 191,630 In June, compared with S70, 323.606 in May and 172,651,929 In April. Sheets of copper one twenty-tnou-santh of an Inch thick can be manu factured. . MUST TAKE REST PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. IT. (AP) -Effective Immediately Portland po licemen will take a "vacation" with out pay one day a week for the rest uf the fiscal year. By unanimous vote the council ap proved an ordinance proposed by Mayor Joseph K. Carson, providing for eueh leave. Carson said "If It were possible to make tt mandatory on those who are advanced in age or no? qualified to give efficient po lice wvlce. to retire, this would not be necessary. "This vacation -system must ba put Inio effect or the alternative must be Invoked of laying off 35 of the lounger and more active men." The hundredth anniversary of The) Christian Index, Baptist church pub lication, will be celebrated at At lanta In September. . S'MATTER POP- CHAvJH-t-ET mouse. ffow Muc4 DlU -lou -pw j By C. M. PAYNE INCREASE IN PAY USSOTO, Cel., Aug. 17. (AP) -Apparently climaxing the strike of 9,000 fruit pickers In the huge or chards of the California Packing Corporation at Tuttle and Atwater, Wlllard Orlftln, manager, today an nounced the orchards would be re opened on an Increased pay scale Be did not annonuoe the amount. OrtfCn'a statement followed a pre vious announcement that the com pany would let ite fruit rot before meeting the demands of the strikers tor SO oente an hour for picking. The workers previously have been paid 17)4 cents an hour for a ten-hour day. BURSTING EMERY WHEEL KILLS TOOL DRESSER W-'?' ceu-r i h-.Kj Ml Ho u TrCEi""-! ' ' I I l""", 'V-k-try,! m IT J nrr-, THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUT A3 WILLIAMS IN A SUDDEN TiT OF NERvES ' YOUR WIFE INSISTS ON MEASURING ' , BEFORE CR0S5IN6 THE BRIDGE - 6uMS -17 (Copyrlgti, lftM, by The Ba sneata, fas.) ' ." WHUMi TAILSPI NTOMMY Pirate Life Had Its Seamy Side By OLEMN CHATFUk aaa ual rossesz TH0&6 01.0 PIBATCS MUST HA.V6. HAD TOUBA.eE TO TJSVE POft SUNKEN TRFA11IOF ullTMOUT DIVING APPARATUS MORE COURAGE. THAN JUDGMENT, APPARENTLY" TWO Of THE PlRATtS iocoevlco by hoks- lOlTH lOeiSHTS TD CARRY THEM ,TO THE oOTTun OF thi SHALUOtO BAV 1 AND TE ORDEKED We? CKEtO TO COT TreT ROPES , LEAVAS TH DIVERS TO IE TW$ IS ON "TIME VOU AWS COINS TO uo&e -your HEAO.MV CAP'N SZttOCrf& THIS'l HAL FQ8fli&f ISSSSSt.-- tT AS M6COROEO THAT BOUND TO WIN The Warrior Carries On! By EDWIN ALGER LOOK.LOTTA' THfT DAVMG AIM-t HAD MO PROPep. REST, BUT HE'S Altvhl-V To SO 60ME PLACc THE NEBBS The Old Alibi QENBRATj GRANT PARK. Calif., Aug. 17. (UP) August Wyaa. BS, San Pranclsoo tool dresser employed In a convict camp, was killed late yesterday when an emery wheel burst Into pieces. His body waa riddled by the flying slugs. we're w 'Q V ( what's jafl A"? THE sMfc S,(MATTeR? MjSfr ' am n 'tt sk. rrwm i i t DECLARE THAT DAVMG'6 WPr vou to POLLER IMT iW GRACIOUS , iSS'- ER ; MAYBE BEN'S iT jfW' WtUr-l rm I CAINT help fT.GALTI A1N4T GOINJ' To LET VOU DO T NOW AlNTT A GOIM TO IjfBUT, MOTHER TOLLWJER WujnnC i STANAO FER NO FOOUSHNESS.l 3 THINK OP HOVJ 71 3 WOOr. g LOTTAT IT'LL BE NIGHT A WONOERFUU BRIAR, S. I h woof 'j czi,.S7rx y. : cji- iii h 'Pa. . r nt n-1- i iv 1 VMOOF.') THROUGH THESE HERE M INJURED, BUT HWjW WPSkTn'Mh A J MOUNTAINS AFTER NO 1 CARFWINS ON! mrtilitt Mlfe jO By SOL HESS 1R.E SAV VWWV OOM'T TH6V (SET SOME ME.U) VAll WETTIW& OKi THEIR NAllslDOVA7Sf-A BAT COULO PLV TWROUSH THAT STUPf THC GOT OM THERE MOw IKJ the dav time whexi E CAWT E( L f I I IV X MM." II t t f7 s push THATSOUST OKI "THERE POR LOOKS . VOU CAUT KEEP Hiosourroes oot- THeT MEASURE THE HESH OP NOUR oCRfcEKJ 1KJ THE 8PRIM& AUU BEFORE THE CHILOREAV GET TOO C.IS. THEY eTMTHI "1 J. N 1 JJISU THE CISH ' I I IMC . 1. UfCSJ t II MTHISJK ASMAPPIMG. VGET BETTER 1 ii -om r- i a . v - VAJELL, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A LIGHT SEASON! THIS WEAR. I F- THERE WAS A LOT OF" POLkS WERE THEV VWOULDM'T GIVE ALL THEIR ATTEWTIOMy TO VOU (OsmliM.lSSt.'brTCa r 1 iMjitJST 'wELL,A.MT.rN WAST WG MV D01KJ. SAME I TW'THERE are I TH.KJGT.AMD I kmow) V aL fTsS THERE AlKiTAWV f Id SneVM TnSa Hut tD.IM 6mm BRINGING UP FATHER I? EREftTHE I TRMM i ,C" "T - MA.GOIE l '(JrX J OM-NOW TO VVsLj DROP THE ? il And mi ai"S To ae on thc STATIOM PLATFORM AND HE VJ1LU DROP A LETTER EXPLAINING DETAIL?. ABOUT WHAT we INTKNO LOOK-OUT, . L MOTHER- DADDY 4AY TO ftENO OP A PILOT A HS RLlNMINO THE PLANt HIMSELP AND OUVT FOUND OUT HE OONT KNOW HOW TO LAND By George McManua I? THE 81 ft FOOL.- OH-MY j ixti he: An- I There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation