PXGE FOmrTEES
JIEDFOTiD MAIL" TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDXT, SEPTEMBER I, 1933.
Ikz. HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
.4.. . UliH HOWttt, ,!!-
trrii writer, ia acouring Haw York
dietmeed aa Clarkia l.unn.a crook,
'or a trara ot the Uaak. The Uaak
ia ctar ot tha underworld, and ba
aidea haa threatened Coltn'a Ufa.
Butuh Connal haa tipped Colin off
to tha fact that Captain Dollalre,
rum runner who raided tha Uaek'a
counterfeiting plant on tha Bi.
Lawrence Wm, ia tn New York. at
Splnelll'a night club. A auppoaadly
drunk man at Spinelli'a bar haa
deecrlbed Dollaira and Beimia
Schwarm, to whom Dollaira hopee
to aell a cargo of rum. Ilia "drunk"
ia ona of Butch'a mot.
Chsptsr tl
ENTER HEIMIC
rTHM bsjkD ni bick. Hs
grinned at Colin u tha "drunk"
lurched awajr.
"What's hli nmr aaked Colin,
"Peter K. MacBrlde." The bar
keep'i grin broadened. "Didn't he
wish card on yon?"
Colin snook his head.
"No. Have I been neglected?"
, "We sweep 'cm up of the floor In
the morning," confided the barkeep
wu.n a laugh. "He carries a pocket
ful around with him. But he's all
right Then he's sober. Got a bit of
money, so ther say retired or
something."
"Well, I think I'll blow smiled
Colin. "When be comes back tell
him I had a telephone call."
He swung away from the bar, left
the room, and began to make his
way downstairs. Feter K. MacBrlde,
whatever hla real name might be,
was obriously one of Batch's "In
side" men a "feeder" for the gang.
And MacBrlde'a warning was ring
ing in nis ears.
How much, or how little, Mac
Brlde already knew, or whether the
man had only "sensed" something
in tne air, mattered little. That, In
MacBrlde'a words, bell would bust
loose here before the night was
oyer, was exactly what be, Colin,
was expecting and he was quite
sure In bis own mind that he could
bare told MacBrlde why!
His own plans? He bad none ex
eept to watch Dollaira and be guld
ed by circumstances. Dollaira was
tha bait. Hls,.Colln's, Job was to see
who snatched at ltl
Colin reached tha entrance to the
dance ball and paused for a mo
ment In the doorway amongst what
seemed tha erer-present knot of
people who stood there peering In.
A "turn" was on. Ha bad seen It
before. A girl was covering the floor
with prodigious leaps and bounds
but very little covered the girl. Spl-
nelll called It his psychlo dance.
COLIN'S eyes roamed around the
room and cams to rest almost
Immediately on Kelmls Schwann,
whom ha Identified without hsslts
tlon from MacBrlde'a description,
At the table beside the boots baron
was a stocky, powerfully built,
black. haired man Dollaira, of
course.
. They were sitting, as MacBrlde
bad said, In ona of tha "stalls" near
tha door, a bottle ot champagne be
tween them. Colin smiled crypti
cally. Splnelll never overlooked a
bat that meant a little extra profit
Tha "stalls" were nothing more
than ratled-oft spaces on a slightly
raised platform that waa built
around three sides ot the room, bnt
they possessed comfortable lounge
chairs and tba view was better, so
why should not a small fee be
charged for their use? Splnelll
charged It, But they were popular.
Most ot them were occupied tonight.
Colin moved forward Into the
room. Ha contented himself with a
table on the floor level not tar from
tha boosa baron's stall ha could
watch Dollaira, not only unobtru
sively, but much better from bere
than from a stall.
Again his eyes roamed around the
room. The tables, three deep, that
separated the space reserved for
dancing from tha stalls were fairly
well occupied too. Splnelll would be
able to declare a dividend tonlghtl
He ordered a bottle ot wine, and
sipped It leisurely. Applause greeted
aeveral suggestive numbera on Spl
aelll's programme. Colin saw little
ct them. The minutes and the quarter-hours
slipped by. Helmle
(Schwann and Dollaira bad become
little uproarious, though not offen
sively 10.
Had the deal been perfected? Had
Helmle Schwarm become the owner
of a choice cargo from St. Pierre
and Mlquelon? It mattered little.
They were attacking another bottle
ot champagne. Helmle Schwarm
bad paid tor It from a huge wad ot
bills that ha had wrenched, because
ot Us bulk, with no little difficulty
from bis pocket.
"pHB Dutchman's combination of
straw hair, brilliant red tie, and
Inch-square checked suit ot light
(awn as a color scheme struck a dis
tinctly bilious note. Dollalrt,
swarthy, beetle-browed, narrow
eyed, with thin, hard lips and pro
truding Jaw, was the reverse of be
ing prepossessing.
And then, as he watched the two,
a line point of ethics sroee In Colln's
mind to trouble him. Believing that
Dollaira was in Immediate danger,
had he any right to sit here and not
warn tha man? Mentally be began
to debate the pros and cons.
What could he say to Dollalre?
Kothlng definite but enough, say,
to cause Dollalre to take alarm and
5 ,riL
a d
Stalls i x Gf
His own plsns? He hsd none.
leave the place, Well, what thon? If
the Mask had Dollaira under sur
veillance here, Dollalre would be no
better oft outside than In,
Dollalre had gratuitously thrown
hla hat Into tha ring. He had de
stroyed one of the Mask's pet
schemes, and had murdered at least
two for Laxarra might still be
alive of the Mask's men. It Colin
know the Mask at all, Dollalre,
whether he were put on the spot
here or elsewhere, was a doomed
man from the night he had rnlded
the club on the Cascade River.
Dollalre was a callous, cold
blooded murdorer boasting his
prowess. One's finer Instincts re
volted even at the thought ot his ex
istence. Warn Dollalre? It the Mask
or any ot his men were here to see,
then Clarkte Lunn might ns well
never have been created. He had
not come bere to warn Dollalre; he
had come here to watch the Mask
play his hand. -
There were Germalne, himself,
their future, his own life at stake.
Ethlcsl Ills lips tightened. Was It
sthlcs to fling all that aside on the
chance of being able to accomplish
what, at tha utmost, could be na
more than a postponement ot the In
evltable showdown between the
Mask and Dollalre?
Suppose he were writing It? An
grily he sought to fling tha sudden
intrusion aside but It persisted.
One always had to Justify the hero's
actions. Would tha hero bo Justified
In the readers' eyes It he stood pat
ndor these circumstances?
"By Qod." Colin stated fiercely to
himself, "I'd write It that way, any
how!"
A waiter stood at his elbow.
"Pardon me, sir. There's a couple
of gentlemen over tuoro that would
like you to Join them."
tCtpyrtght, tts, Frank L. Packard)
Tomorrow. Colin moots an ok.
eotdlngly dangaroua formar as-aualntanco.
7 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
KILLED IN DOLOMITES
TTiENTO. Italy, Brpt. 1. (API
8veu mountain climbers were killed
ytwterday and Tuesday In the Italian
Dolomites, according co reports reach
ing here today. Five were Germans,
ona of tfiem a woman, one waa
Catch, and the other an Italian
priest.
4
A boy burglar, caught at Port
Wayne, Ind., confeeaMt to attempt
ing to bake blH-ulu In one ot the
homos he burglartred.
let!? pull,
together
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KLAMATH PALLS, . Ore.. Sept. 1.
CP) The Weetern Pine association
adjourned here yesterday afternoon In
complete harmony with the national
lumber cod recently adopted at
Washington.
The action brought to an end a
two-day convention of 350 lumber
representative from ' 13 western
states.
Opposition to regulation for the
allocation and control of production
disappeared today as revjsed articles
of the association were presented to
revamp administrative clauses. Both
large and email operators reached an
agreement.
The new provisions permit a more
complete representation of smaller
operators and proposes the establish
ment of four district offices within
the western pine division.
Location of the offices were to be
at San Francisco, . Klamath . Palls.
Spokane and Albuquerque. Each dis
trict will have It own board of di
rector. A water-power grist mill at Grand
Rapids, O., on the Mm me river, ts
00 year old.
4 ,
Fifteen plowpolnt were found In
a pine stump on one Mississippi
farm.
CCC SUPPLY BIDS
Word has been received at the
Chamber of Commerce here from the
district C. C C. quartermaster at
Eugene, requesting firms In MedloM y
snd vicinity to make bids on matt'
rial for the camps. The bids will
be on lumber, hardware, roofing pa
per, mlilwork and plumbing sup
plies. Anyone Interested In making
bids Is requested to get In touch
with the Medlord Chamber of Com
merce. J
S'MATTER POP-
By C. M. PAYNE
0 AM HOW M)7Hl M Vlkl ENTC
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SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
9-1
WHFN tril? NEIGHBORHOOD BOVS LOST THEIR.
BALL UNDER tHE LAPPEtS' VERANDA , FRED PFRLEV.
WHO FEEL HE POES IHlNtSS BEfTtR THAN ANVONE ELSE,
TOOK CHARGE OF 6EfflM6 If OUT WI1H HIS 60J.F fLUB, AND
SUCCEEDED IM POKING If COMPLETELY OUT OF" REACH.
iCoDvrinht, 193S. by The Bell Syndicate, lor-)
TAILSPIN TOMMY Isabella's Challenge To The Enemy!
Bv GLENN CHAFFtN
and HAL FORKtSI
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BOUND TO WIN What Will Silver Do?
By EDWIN ALGER
DOST EVEWONE IN UOOT 0MI
HOLLOW TL1RMEO OLiT. IT
TO GREET JONATHAN! AND V.OTTA
THE LITTLE HAMLET WAS DOING ITS
BEST TO SHOW BEN AND JONATHAN
THAT THERE WERE NO HARD FEELINGS !
FOLKS, I SURe?Mft ',,"t T'",ev w" HB"0 S
W DIO VCHJ TRIED TO, 3liO&H OH SHUCKS, BEmTI DONTT KNOW HE 0D(s)T ? NOVvl.THATsW HADNfT VJE
j UNRUMPLE 1 BUT I DONIT THINK R! HE CAINTT STOP I BUT HE SURE SERIOUS! LIKE ASNOT HBETTERTRV eSAE
OLD DOL1& HI SUCCEEDeD--HE IT'I v EM FROM A v5 SORE ABOUT THAT OLD COOT WLL SO WTO STOP HIM ?
E SILVER'S H SEEMS ANFULL."V fl ti MARRVIN' THE fS SOMETHING ON A RAMPAGE AM' I SHOULDN'T WE: ffliKii
I FEATHERS, S ANSW HESA'VS J TWO OF'EM IS S HE DIDN'T THEN WE'LLSES SOME A TELLLOTTA iW
iBENf. HE WONT LETLOTTA W', OFAGE WHAT'S I EVEN COME- i REAL, AND
rVCTA TEIRrr TJBE
THE NEBBS The Speculator
By SOL HESS
TMERE5 A GOV WMO CAMS OOVJW MERE.
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STOCKS OR G.RAINJ ARE GOIKJG UP
OR DOWU- AMVT1-IINJG, ELSE
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A SAMBLER.
UPTS BACK IKJ THE MARKET- HE FORGOT AL.I-
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AR OOT" OP HIS FDRTUWE UMTIL. IT tWAS AS PLAT"
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WAS TLie TELEPHONE
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManu
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