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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.
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AGREED ON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.
agreement between the
(AP) An
automobile
Industry and tha N. R. A. upon the
"open shop" provision of the Indus
try coda tu reached today, with
spokesmen for the manufacturer ac
cepting a modification propoMd by
Robert W. Lea, deputy administrator.
The change, which officials Indi
cated represented tne views of Hugh
S Johnson, the administrator, was(
the first modification of the "coI-
lectlre bargaining" labor clause of the
industrial act which hsa been writ
ten in cooperation with the tt. R. A,
Missing.
PORTLAND. Aug. 18. (AP) Police
were today asked to eearch for Ar-
thur 8. Blanchard, 45, for years ao
omploye of the Mountain States Pow
er company at Albany. Hla wife said
he bad been missing since 7:15 p. m.
Saturday.
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