Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 18, 1933, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextFTGE TWELY3 SfEDFOKT) IIJTL TRIBUNE, arEPFORn, OREGON, FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 13, 1933. 7u. HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD .J srsopsin coii ntwin ienm fli-at that the St. Lawrence Hiver ''fiib" irftara he had expected to rfflitw a vxysterioue letter to Joe Latarre it really a den ot thiovet, one of the enterprise ot the Uatk, Keut York kilter vho hae threat enrd Colin'e Hfe. Lafarre it the ilatk't tool, but alto Colin'e only hope of deliverance. Now he learnt the "club" tt to bt M-iacked under a 170110 led by one Dollaire. He must varr Latarre and eoee to Bowhard't thaek to atk him to fniito him overland to he club, here he heare tamlliar voice. pOLIN moTcd forward again, but thli tlma cautious)?. And ajaln be baited. Ha was within earshot now. The window alll waa no mora than waist blgb, and, hidden In tha darkness himself, ba could aea plain ly Into tha laterlor of tha aback. LarocqueandBolduc! Bo Bouchard was the spy! Bouchard, though Colin bad never seen the fellow before, waa obviously tha third man aeated there at tha rough board table a big man, unshaven and unkempt. And Bouchard at the moment waa tilting a bottle to hla lips. "Thousands, I tell you I" Bouchard asserted, and thumped tha bottle on the table by way of empbasla. "Me, I am telling you, I saw 1L It la un torneath what tbey call their power nuao door was left open. After a little while 1 looked In. There was a light there, and the dynamo W'aa running, but I could not sea anyona Inside, ' "And then all at once a part of the floor lifted and a man's head waa coming up. It waa like be was riding on an elevator. I did not bava time to aea any mora than I bava told yon a few mlnutea ago but that la. enough, ebt Tha man saw me. Ha fired at me and I ran. "And pretty aoon they were all In tba wooda after me, but tbey were like puppy doga chasing tbolr own tails, I did not go tha way tbey thought I would go" Bouchard burst Into laughter again "I went back to the power house. But there were two men left there to keep guard. It waa no use staying there, so I said to myself, 'Anatole, you will go home' and get a little sleep." Bouchard paused, wet his Upa with hla tongue, and looked longing ly again at tha bottle. Larocque, re lenting, pushed It toward biro. '""pHE last one, you understandr ! be cautioned gruffly, "Thero will ba work to do tonight. Go on! What next?" ."Thanks, said Bouchard grate fully, aa ha helped himself to an other generoua swig. "Well, I got '' "Soon they ware all after ma," tald Bouchard. bouse where tha falls com over rou see eh! It la clever." "Huh!" observed Boldua sapient ly. "There Is a trapdoor, then. That Is easy." "No," said Bouchard, and tilted the bottlo again. "It la not so easy as all that. They are not children, those follows there except In tha woods." Ha laughed suddonly, uproariously, as ha onca mora wiped bla Hps. "There Is a atory about the children In the woods ebt" "Shut upl" exclaimed Larocque sharply. "Don't make so much nolae, and don't drink ao muchl How do you get down under tha power bouse?" Bouchard scrubbed at bla un shaven Jowl with dirty fingers. "It la that ot which I am going to tell you," ha answered with an un ruffled grin. "How do you get down underneath, eh? Well, tha floor la all cement. And It Is laid wltb grooves that make big squares you under stand? But this Is not for tha frost. No I It la to tool tha eya. It does not look Ilka there waa a part that waa aeparate from the rest. But 1 am tolling you that la tha way.lt Is. I do not know bow tt comes up and down." yiE'LL take cara of that!" de ' dared Larocque eontemptu busly. "We can blast the whole thing open now that w know. Go on, Bouchard, with tha rest of It How did you find this out?" Colin stirred noiselessly easing bis musclea. He shared Larocque'a lnipatlenco. Ha had heard a great deal but also very little. What were ' those thousands that Bouchard talked about what waa tha secret of this power house? Bouchard's little ratlike ayes were en the bottlo longingly, but It had been withdrawn from beyond his reach. "It was yesterday morning, before It was light," ha explained. "I waa watching. I saw someone go from tha club to tha power house. It Is enly a little way maybe thirty, for ty yards. I followed. Tb power- back here, and then that fog sot In. It was not gone until midnight. Then I went back to tha club, and stayed there and watched all day. So you see now, eh, why I was not here this afternoon?" "That's all right, now that w un derstand," Boldua conceded hearti ly. "Well, did you And out anything more?" "No," replied Bouchard with a throaty chuckle, "except that some ot them were lost for sura nearly all night, and that they do not soarch any mora now. But what I found out before then I bave not told you yet I have atolen close to the club at night, and I bava heard them talk. You betl Listen! The big boss Is a man they call the Mask." "Wa will sea who Is the boss when wa meet blm!" observed Larocque grimly. Bouchard shook his had. "You will not meot him," he stat ed with a abort laugh. "Ha h nover there. Ha Is always In New York. 1 have heard them talk a lot about him and I do not understand but they do not seem to know who he la themselves. That'a funny, eh? but It la true. And I have heard them talk a lot about what they call W. P, that la also In New York, but I do not understand about that either." "New York la a long way off," Larocque pointed out derisively. "What do wa care what It means? How many men have they got at the club?" "Ten," said Douchard laconically. . "Ho!" ejaculated Larocque face tiously. ''Then we aro too many I We ought to hare refused halt of those brave boya at St. Pierre and Mlque lon who wanted to Una their pock ets. Think ot It, Bolduc, when we coma to divide! W could swallow the club alive." But again Bouchard shook hli head. (Copyright, ItSS. Frank L. Packard) Colin taktt a dlv, tomorrow. LIVESTOCK CONFAB TO BE HELD SOON DENVER. Aug. It. (AP) F. E. Mollln, secretary of the American Livestock association, said today he xpects Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace to call a conference In Chicago won after August as between a com ailttee of livestock men and a group representing meat processors to work ut a marketing agreement. ROSEBURG SUSPECT ESCAPES EN ROUTE DENVER, All. 18. (AP Hnnrt ctiffed and c)i lined to n t)l, H. B. Ornhiim, a prisoner from Rofirburg, OrORon, nroute to Trxaa, broke ft hravy Iron bar Itut night And eftrnprd while hit gunrri wa out to lunch. Hit guard, Drtfrctlve H. C, lludion of Tyler, TexM, left the room to rnt lunch and when he came back 1 fi mlnutea later Graham had diap reared. jE3a THI NATION FOUL PLAY SEEN ROSEDURO. Ore.. Aug. .18 (AP) Th5 body of an unidentified man. apparently about 80 years of age, waa found in the Umpqua river -at Reeda port yeaterday, bearing evldencea of foul play, causing officers to make a further investigation today. Tli body waa found floating be side tne dock at the Winchester Bay Lumber Company mill. An examin ation by Coroner H. C. Steams and Dr. H. C. Eastland of Reedsport, re- vealed that the man's neck had been broken, but the body bore no fur ( ther signs of bruises or injuries, j There was a three foot length of I heavy wire on the right foot, Indlca ! ting that the body had broken loose j from a weight. It was apparent. Coroner Stearna I slated, that the body had been In I the awter about seven, or eight days. E AGREED ON WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. agreement between the (AP) An automobile Industry and tha N. 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