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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
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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.
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out Cuba are quieting down In
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bor was no longer necessary to lend
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loans under the federal publio works
sot was urged todsy by Marshall N.
Dans, regional adviser for Oregon,
Washington, Montana and Idaho.
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
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that time Is of the greatest Import
ance, so these projects can be given
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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.
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has climaxed an International altua
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former mandatory power over Iraq,
has been moved to take a band.
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Spokane wss selected for the 193
convention of the Washington depart
ment of the American Legion and Bd
ward Brigham, Newport, was chosen
state commander at closing session
of the convention here todsy.
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