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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1933. Ik. HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD . . Colin 0uft!' pixifi;- to deliver an Important fetter to Jot Laearre, who llvee in a mveterioue "club" on the north ehore of the Gult ot St. Lawrence, tanglte him tn a dangeroue plot. Be ooee to ash Anatolo Bouchard to guide him overland to the "club" and overheora a eonvereotion whieh eontlrme hie euepioion that the club U a de ot thievee and inform htm that a eeeond gang of euflaut, under a man named Dollalre. plane to hl-jack it thte eame night. Two Dollalre men, itotduo and Larocque, declare Dollaire hae too many men for the force ot It at the club. Chapter 20 IN THE MUD OU may not be too mDy," he aid deeply. "It U only In the wood! that they are children. They will light like the devil and they are veil armed. And, besides, they are looking for yon. Yes'. And before they ever saw me. Don't forget . that!" Colin Instinctively leaned for ward at though In concert with Laroeque and Bolduc. Laroeque and . Bolduo bad throat their bodlea for ward over tbe table, ataring at Bouchard. "What do yon meant" they de manded In chorua. Bouchard laid a significant Anger ' along his nose. "I will tell yon," he said; "but another little drink, eh?" "No!" decreed Laroeque with a forceful oath. "Ton hare had nought" "Zut!" complained Bouchard. "What Is the use ot bringing a bot tle? Is it to look at? But I will tell you just the same. Listen! Someone In St. Pierre has talked too much. That Is sure. One of the big power boats takes the stuff from the club here over to the Gaspd coast every two or three weeks, though some times It goes every week, and one of the gang Is left there with It. "Where he goes from there and what he does with It, I don't know; but it takes always maybe a week before he comes back. Yon see? Well, a few days ago, the boat brought back one of them, a man named Joe Lazarre, and he said that one ot their agents had told blm that a fellow called Dollalre, who was a big bootlegger and a smart crook, waa certain It would pay to make a little visit to the club. "When Lararra told the story at the club they laughed at him. But since they saw me, I do not think they have laughed at all. They know It Is not the police, or they would sot be there now; but as it Is, I tell you again, it Is only In tbe woods that they are children, and they will fight like hell I" "Goodl" grunted Laroeque. "Well, If we are not too many we are enoughl All right, we will go now and wait for Dollalre, and you will come along, too, Bouchard. But first, Bolduo, you and I will see what Is In the bottle, and perhaps we may even let Bouchard have " Colin waited for no more. He turned, retreated noiselessly from the shack, regained tbe wagon track, and, once satisfied that he was tar enough away so that his footsteps could not be heard, broke Into a run. Halfway back to the vil lage he missed the track again in the pitch blackness as he had done on the way out, but Instead ot mere ly going In over a boot top. Be pitched headlong into the marshy ground, covering himself thorough ly with mud and water. Dripping, he picked himself up. He was In a state! and humanly enough he wore again. HB went on once more but more circumspectly this time. Loisrre must be warned. There waa only one way, ot course, to get to the club now, and that was by boat, se cretly. Cod knew' what the after math ot tonight was going to be! A schooner full of thugs! A dead Lazarre was disaster. A live Laiarre, backed by Reddy's let ter, should be grateful more amen able to an alliance. Meanwhile he already had an ally, Germaine! He was going now to ask Germaine to lend him her boat. But what were those "thousands" that Bouchard talked about, and what was His mind worked on, ignoring time and distance, until auddenly be was standing In front of the Tremblay home. There was a lamp burning In the living room. It was early yet, ot course, and it was quite possible that Germaine was till expecting him. He sn.lled wryly at the thought of the appearance he presented, as he mounted the steps WASHtNOTOH, Aug. 10. (AP) The O. 8. destroyer Taylor today was AsJj2A There's No Guesswork in Tribune to the veranda and piled the old fashioned knocker on the front door. Germaine herself opened the door and stared for an Instant In amaze ment, then burst Into a merry peal ot laughter which she aa suddenly checked. "Oh, Fm sorry!" aha exclaimed contritely. "But yon do look a sight! What on earth has happened to you?" "Ia anyone about?" he asked. "No," she assured blm, "not a soul except Antoinette and Jacques, but they're at the back ot the house. So come In." "Not like this!' he said. "I couldn't sit down without ruining tbe furniture, yon know! I have Joet come from Bouchard's shack." "Bouchard!" Her hand reached out Impulsively and soiled Itself hopelessly on his muddy sleeve. "Too bad!" he said remorsefully. "Now see what I have done!" "What does It matter?" Her voice was all anxiety now. "Something has happened. What la It? Tell mel" "Beastly clumsy ot me," he ex plained. "I missed my footing on the way back, and took a nose dive Into the marsh. Bouchard is In the other camp. I came to ask yon to lend me your boat." "Tell me!" she Insisted. "Of course!" said Colin. "I was going to anyway.. Ton remember those two fellows who landed from the Belle Fleur thla afternoon?'! Yes." 'Well, their room Is next to mine at the hotel and I heard them talk ing In there this evening. They be long to a bootlegging outfit, -or worse, that Is captained by a man named Dollalre. This Dollalre has found out that the club Is a camou flage for a bunch ot orooks engaged In some profitable racket, and be sees no reason why he shouldn't muscle In and help himself to the profits! And tonight Is the night. When I went out there Just now to see Bouchard, I found those two men with him. Bouchard Is the man they shot at and were looking for at the club yesterday. In short, Bouch ard Is Dollalre'a spy." OH!" she said tensely. "Yes go on!" "I overheard enough to know that In another hour or so Dollalre will be off the cape with a schooner. He will pick up these men here, get Bouchard's report and then the club. I can't afford to let anything happen to Lazarre, as you know. He must be warned, and there Is only one way by boat. So may I have yours?" "You may," she said promptly, 'and what Is more, I'll run it for you. I suppose we should start at once, shouldn't we?" For a moment Colin stared at her blankly, then his Jaws damped. Ger maine at the club tonight! She did not realize, of course, what It might mean. That's very good of you, but you don't start at all," he said firmly. This Is a one-man Job." . "I don't see why," she pouted. "I was dragged In by the hair ot the head, you know, yesterday, the way you said it always happened in your stories, so why can't I be again? I'd love to be a heroine." But that would mean," he chal lenged, "that you would have to fall In love with the hero and the hero with you." "Not at all!" she retorted serene ly. "Don't yon think It would be something at last really original In a story If they didn't?" 'Well, that's an Idea, ot course," he admitted with a smile; then se riously: "But this Isn't a story I'm writing, and so far as you are con cerned you are henceforth definitely out of it. Quite apart from what might happen down there tonight. If you were ever suspected, they wouldn't have any more mercy on you than they bad on" be checked himself "would have on anybody else. This Is my Job, and tonight particularly, as I told yon. It la a one-man Job. "I am not going to drag anybody else Into this and least ot all yon. Bouchard would hare been along In the capacity of a mercenary, aa it were, and his blood would have been on his own head. As It Is now, all I've got to do Is sit and smoke and steer a boat, and well, you un derstand" "It would seem then, that I m not to go," she observed. "It would," he returned grimly. (Copyright, 113$, rrank L. pochard) Temerrew, Colin goss voyaging Into danger. ordered to leave Havana harbor. Acting Secretary Phillip said mes sages from Ambassador Welles In Ha vana Indicated that conditions thru- out Cuba are quieting down In very encouraging manner and the presence of warship la Havana har bor was no longer necessary to lend moral aupport to the Cuban government. I SPEED NECESSARY PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 19. (API Promptness In filing application for S'MATTER POP SAMLET) F SALT VAATET2. -An'. 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These applications, to be filed either by organizations or heads of mu nicipalities, must be placed with the advisory board In each state. "President Roosevelt declared he wante4 a million men at work, by October 1," Dana sold. "This means mm ww i si fcoWM T-H.TC6.E jVj, Jose Plays Cat To Tommy's Mouse! that time Is of the greatest Import ance, so these projects can be given Immediate consideration. Engineers to the state advisory boards have been instructed to move tn as rap Idly ss possible. Bold, Murdock d Co eanners ot the Monarch brand Bortlett peara. will be represented t Medford this season by Myron Root. By C. M. PAYNE iZtgu" 'lSm. ' BAGHDAD, Irag. Aug. 19 (JPi The killing of more than COO Assyrian flAMMOCK SWINCING ShlrWj Sift W HAMMOCK MUKOV ikks cookie While HofHfR (5 HAVIN& YEA OM FRJEMCS VfcRAKBA BORED ISTJEU6HirPltFrfP frWT HAMMOCK, SWUK6 6EWi-Y, MAKE5 A tOUD C8EAKIN6 SOUND Christiana in conflict with tbe Kurds and the Iraq forces In northern Iraq, has climaxed an International altua tlon in which Great Britain, oa the former mandatory power over Iraq, has been moved to take a band. A total of 816 bodies hsve been found st the village of Slmel and 500 more were discovered tn different places in the vicinity of Doguk, fol fls-srBY,sw&- IH6 rUWKXK EMP 10 ENP HASP EKCOfcH HE CAH MAKE If frtOMP AfcAmSf SItSOf H00SE WtTH Slf(lN6 StiU. OJM51H6 MoWER SflYS FOR PrrVs SAKE SIT DOWN IN 1HE HAMMOCK, HO U) CAN TrlEY -CALK WTfH HIM MWIN6 SwrKOISE. OBEYS Fiw-fcirfswito'tf)e OtftER WAV, HAMMOCK MAKES HO NOISE. 6& 60IH6 HIGHER. AN'D HI6HEH A. B. C. Cii lowing Kurdls raids on Assyrian communities. EVERETT, Wash, Aug. 19. 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