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PJHE EIGHT JEEDFOUD MAIL' TRIBUTE, MEDFOTtD, OREGON, THTTRSDAT, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933. IIul. HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD KryoPBltl ifter week at vandering about Sv York' un derworld diegulted a Clarkut Lnnn, a crooti, Colin Bewttt at lart hat com upon the trail of th Mak, hi quarry. Th Mam hat threatened volin't Ute: now Colin suddenly find himielt a member ot on of th ataek' gang, Benny Valon. tn a room behind a Httl Boat Bid tobooco thop.t insrruct ing him U th layout. B will work under a man known a Buek. on 0 th ttaek'e lieutenant. Bnny detcribe th "Win Pre," for merly a come-on fotnt tor slum-mine- parti, now bemff used Of headquarter by th Uaek, and tell of the owner of th Win JrM, KeopeUtein. Chapter ft PLEASANT PROSPECT "I F you taw anybody on th poroh," laid Benny Halone with a mali cious crln, "It was old Keppelsteln and nobody else, becauaa ha Urea there all by his lonesome, and he's too much ol a miser to let anyone else sit In one of his chairs without paying-for It!" Colin looked puttied. "You don't mean that he's In on "Him!" ejaculated Benny Halone. "Nix! He's as dirty a crook as there s in New York but he ain't our kind of crook. He'd slap a court order bn your (alee teeth If you owed him money. "Th only thine he's in on her la his rent and he eomes around to let It from Barney before breakfast the first of every month. Ha owns a tot of pioperty and la worth a lot of money, but nobody ever knew him to blow any of It eren on himself! 'Born day. If h lire long enough, lomebcxly'll bump him off. I'd take th ob on myself and anjoy It He put a widow and three kids that lived in a tenement he owns In the next block out on the street in a hell of a storm a oouple of days ago. What do you know about that? But," Benny Malone admitted grudgingly "ha makes a hot blind for nt here fnst the same." . "I get you," laughed Colin. "Bay, I feel like a kid at school putting bis band up. What else hare I got to learn T" "How to get In and how to get nt and that you're never to come her unless you're sent for," re turned Benny Malone. "And get that last good and hard, darkle! This tint any clubhouse, and there ain't tny losing done around here. "Mr. and Mrs. Barney are sup posed to be respectable. Beef Only , the big shots Uke Buck O'Mara and Helmle Schwann eome hers when they like, and sometimes when there's a big Job on one or two of them sleep here being the roomers I was telling you about that the Bar neys sometimes take In. "The rest of us aren't here more'n once a week, and sometimes not tor two or throe weeks only when we're wanted. And when you're wanted you'll get a card with W. P. en It and the hour, or else the same thing over the phone. Barry?" Colin licked his llpt greedily. "I'm sucking It In," he said. MTTELL, then," said Benny Melon, ' ' "listen to the last shout If you bare to show up here In daylight use the store, or else go down and ee It Solly's got your shoes mended yet Switch about, shuffle your cards seel , "If it's dark there's another way In. Duck Into the alleyway alongside here and then around Into the lane. There's a door there that opens off this lower hall. It's got a latch. Lift the latch and you'll find the head of a nail only It's a push button. Push It ones, wait a second, then push It twice two oulck ones and one of the Barneys will let you In. "There's another door there, a lit tle farther away from the alleyway, but don't monkey with that It leads to the back stairs, and the big shots jars the only ones that hare got keys to It There ain't anything else that" A form hulked suddenly In the doorway and a man came Into the room. Benny Malone, as master ot ceremonies, performed the introduc tion. Th man's name was Klengell At Intervals of some few minutes two mora men appeared stocky haps like the first with weather beaten faces. Again Bonny Malone went through the rites. The latest oomers answtred respectively to the names ot Smudge Rllrea and Oeor dte Napp. "Helmle Schwann's right-bandars," Benny Malone announced for Colln's benefit "Clarkle here la a new one. Any more to comet" PORTLAND, ore., Sept. ". (AP Th speedy response of a young boatswain and an elderly dock con struction superintendent averted jshet might have been a tragedy yes terday when one of th women tea tog th liner Oeneral Pershing off No on In particular being ad dressed, th man who had been In troduced as Smudge Kllrea an swered. "Nope!" be said. "Thraa of the Heet'll b all that's seeded. But Where's Buck?" "Her!" said role omrtiy from, th doorway. Colin looked up. A sandy-haired man. with thick, bushy, sandy eye brows, and a tight, determined mouth, met his gase and th mouth suddenly relaxed Into a not unpleas ant smile. "Hello, Clarkle," Buck O'Mara flung out "I hear you'r Joined up. We'll get to know each othar bet ter." He lookad around th room. "An set h? except that I harent heard from Helmle. Do any of yon know whether he's been In?" Benny Malone dragged from his pocket th snralop that Helmle Schwann had glren him. 'Helmle was-ber a little while ago," h said. "He told m he couldn't wait but that this was th dope you wanted and I was to giro it to you." Buck O'Mara tor the nrelopa open, attracted a sheet of paper, and studied the latter attentively for a full minute then he broke Into a grim laugh. "Soma boy, Helmle I" he ex olalmed. "It looks like the goods to ma but yon thro birds ought to know. What do you say?" He handed th sheet of paper to Smudge Kllrea, who studied It In turn, while Klengell and Oeordle Napp peered orer Kllrea's shoulder. "Okay by me," stated Smudge Kllrea tersoly. "A blind man could And It" "Sam hore," said Klengell. "Me too," said Oeordle Napp. "All right then," said Buck O'Mara briskly. "Soatterl The rest Is all fixed. We'll be right on your tails. And tomorrow night show up here around tan, you three I'll ba her and there'll be a out for yen to take to th hoys no matter what happens tonight" Th three left th room. rUCK O'MARA turned to Oolln. "Erer read the papers, Clarkle?" ha Inquired abruptly. "Part ot 'em," Colin admitted with a grin: "but I pass up the eye wash and the noise the menagerie that's In politic makes." "Brer read about a mob a tew weeks ago that waa doing a nice quiet little business down on the St Lawrenoe turning out the queer?" Colin a face was Instantly Intent 'Sure!" he said. "Everybody's read about that Somebody muscled In and put two ot 'em on the spot" Buck O'Mara barked out a laugh. "And then some!" he said thinly. "The papers don't know It alt Be sides the two, there was another on that got a hid full of lead and had a tough break between trying to get well and keeping under cover at th same tlm. And also there atnt any nice Uttle business down there any more." There was only on man that Buck O'Mara could be talking about Latarre. Latarr had pulled through and was alive, then! Colin rummaged for a match as he hung a fresh cigarette on his lip. He stared Inquiringly, a Uttle be wlldsredly, at Buck O'Mara. "I'm not sura I get you," he said. "What are you asking me It I'd read about that for?" Buck O'Mara laughed, but went on without answering. "This guy that almoat got the works happens to be a good friend of somebody Important around tyire, see? He knew all about that St Lawrence country, and a lot mora as well. And that Uttle buslnesa up there that was Important to this earns somebody." Buck borrowed a Ught Colin waa fascinated by Buck's cold, precise movements, and with hit own knowl edge ot what actually happened on the St Lawrence, had pieced to gether a far mora complete version of the story than Buck waa likely to tell him. So, these guys being friends, we took paint to find out who did it I thought you'd like to know that any one you ute your rod on tonight, and you'll have plenty ot ute tor It a only getting what he atked for. Come on, left go." (Oonright, till, Fran a. Pachar) Colln's esreer of "crime tek.ee hm on tho high an, mindly; fell from th deck her. Mrs. RusmU Amlth of Portland was waving goodbye to friends aboard just at the liner ws making ready to leave, ah lost her balance and plunged into the water several feet below, narrowly mining a string ot logs. 3. Moller, boatswain of the Oenmal Penning, and O. Reld, con- struotlon superintendent at the dock, plunged quickly to Mr. Smith's raecue. and shortly bed bar aboard th ship. 4 Broken windows glaaen by Trow ends cabinet works. NO FAT OF LAND FOR NEEDY FOLK WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (API Harry L. Hopkins, federal emergency S'MATTER POP TAILSPIN TOMMY BOUND TO WIN-Ben's Grand Idea! JONTHAN,VVE SOT A HUheCVtl YOU AND I HAVE BCTTH POUND OUT THRT THESE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE ARFt PRBTTV Bonn FOLKS AFTER AU- AND THAT TFTrTNS to do PROTECT IOTTR ,VfY THE NEBBS Who'. "3-Cwt''''K THAT'S gw YOUW. GUESTS JlJs.THAT OL.D rs t5YZg STTUAW frtisiY soaew vawo are: these people that i shouldN TtfS. ' -TVrJ A -ftM TsSSr .T MUpt1:"Ltt I G?AOEO UM I BE PROUD TD 8E.. PWOTOSRAPHED LU1TM ? ) ,E E1R JU. BE SLKA, LM TD V rtfOAER MS" 'UliEC1KftlrW A I, RUDOLPH MEBS. THE MAM, UJMO SIMGLE- . JVl BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManu. I suE8a n-i AuRkawT to so 1 1 iXa out two U . . ---axin I f ont-TTk you souta . n"l I -vvj-r , . .-,)t ' i my Kief r-nai nme. li.-C S.. tijWi memt ' kC 1 -'IL lii9-7" There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B, C. Circulation relief administrator, today told a press conference th "whole picture of th unemployment situation from top to bottom shows inadequate re lief. Releasing figure showing a drop of 63 per cent In the number of families depending on public relief and a decline of 10.8 per cent In the amount ot money spent in July compared with June, Hopkins said 5 j "j V- Copyright, 1933, by The Bell Syndicate, The.) The Treasure Ship It Who HffilF W6a, HERE'S THE OOPS : x VAMT To INS) ITeT YOU AND USTTA VJANT TO ) 6M,BLST HOVJ AM m2s&. &" MARRIED AND I 1 1 SOIN'TO DO IT fil THINK IT VJOLM-D BE I VMVTH BOTH THE I ffiS SVgeu. IF YOU INVITED 1 PREACHER AN' I f spr -l cvBKTMOUr irM hoot NUBTiCEtrvEncB l yvj nv yep ovmu hoiiom to e.e bbim'Sniped by s this meant "the peopl in need are not living off the fat of the land through relief." He added the government was "putting up from 65 to 60 per cent of th relief money now and If the "adequacy business" Is stepped up as It should be. Hi going to cost us a lot more money " T O. S. Rose for Elbertas. I By C. M. PAYNE Crippled jj 'oM ej I BAN PRANCIBCO. Sept. 7 (API Building permits In 66 Pacific coast LEA? Tl&fi tt& RraV MOM BP WtUflf, ft Etf BP HN HfibS POOR, MOTHER OAJM1K6 rf ISPf HMt S)fi BIN & BE rVKEt OPtf REttJV MAD, AMD DOKNT CARE WHO KrfOWBTf NO, YOU OONfT SET ME YET T INVITE THE NHOLE. TOWN TO L030NIE' PTHe MANSION FINISHED, OR NEARW FINISHED, HAvBTHE WEoDINoTHERE F IT ISNTT, HAVE fT AT THE FARM rrourvE sot the uceNee AND NE CAN SET PREACHER AT. HIUUolDEI 1 cities totaled 18.310,508 In August, a gain of 86.0 per cent over August last year. H. R. Baker & Co, report ed today. Seventeen cities recorded gains over botn August last year and July this year. Normally there Is a mod erate decline In building permits In August from July. The 36 leading cities Issued per mits totaling et,835,S38 In August, Wo CM A LMYU PRESSURE wwie, nttouv 6m way ia &0BS (OopyrlgH 1933, by the Bell Syndicate, Inej BEN WEBSTER! THAT'S THE MOST CONSTRUCTIVE EVER HPiD N DO IT I CL.L.G WE FOUta TUB Btf5T 6HINUIQ THEr EVEH MfcRrXD ItiL-V-Ol WH",AFttK TMS NEDOIr-V I MIGHT EVEN INVITE OL.D compared with IS.070,778 In July and 13.389,683 In August. 1933. " Cleaning and Pressing, the Camelo serves you right. Pree delivery. Tel. 1260. Members N-BJV. Phone 643. Well haul swsy your refuse. City Sanitary Service. See E. Rose for Elbert as. Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS CE15, OUSf SO MOTHER WW. taxti no nsr(M ROtBTEPS PiE AWTtf, GRANDMA PIEAD1N6, MOWER SflU- BE1N6 FIRW AND 50 WHEN MOTHER, RELEtWfte AT Lft&T, C0ME5 rM 10 PICK HIM OP, SOUrtD ASLEEP 9-7 By GLENN CBAFFDt and UAL FORRESI By EDWIN ALGER THOUGHT FER ME YOU YOUR VMHOL-H LIFE! 1L THESE HERE MOUNTAIN) SILVER IN TO EAT A PIECE O' CAKE 1, fulllli -tlA (Oopji By SOL HESS
