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PXGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBTJyE, lEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAT, SEPTEMBER 8, 3933. Ike- HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD BYNOPBIB; Colli BetrUt. vriicr, at last had picked up tht trail ot the Uak, ctar at Veto York'e undcruurld, the Maek Ai threatenrtt Coltn'e lift; now, by luck, Colin tlniia himntlt, dieriuitrd en Clarkie Lunn, a orook, admitted into on ot the itaek'e own gang. Ha learn from Buck O'liara, tn command at Colln'a group, that tha pang will b ueed apainat tha Cana dian rum runner uho Wat reevon tibla tor vreeking tha Uaek'a huga rounterteiting plant an tha SC. Law ranee,. Buck does not know that Colin taut tha fight on tha St. iMwrance, and reecued Joo Li aarre, ana of tha Uaek'e men, in tha hone that ha would prove vae ful. But he did not, and Colin had been forced to leava hint. Chapter IT SURPRISE FOR DOLLAIRE 'T'HH torm, though still hesitant. lent as threatening ai erer. The banked clouds, with no sign ot moon or stars, were like a dead black cell log overhead. There was a slight sea on, hot not enough to Impede prog' ress the boat was making near to thirty knots. To port and to starboard, one on lther side, were the dark shapes ot two other boats, running without lights, and mostly discernible by reason ot the flying spray flung from their hows as they cleared through the water. Colin stood In tha shelter ot the minute that passed, bringing the end that much nearer, be liked It less. This wheelhouse sgalnst which he leaned was steel, bullet-proof out ot compliment to th marksmanship ot any revenue boat that might at any time be Inquisitive enough and In considerate enough to stags a pur suit A rum-running craft like those others to port and starboard. Ahead, somt There beyond the It mile limit, lay Dollalre's schooner, the Alouelte. The aim was to repay Dollalre In his own coin, only In this ease neither Dollalre nor any one of bis men would escape. A mas sacreand the men down there In the cabin, Angering sub-machine guns, had licked their Hps and blas phemed In glee at the thought ot It! There had beeL no thought of put ting Dollalre on the spot at Splnelll's last night That would hare been, It now seemed, neither subtle enough nor. In retribution, adequate enough to quench the Mask's thirst for re venge. Benny Malone and Harry the Lynx had been detailed there, not to watch Dollalre, but as bodyguards for Helmle Schwann and Hclmle Schwarm had been there to bait the trap that would write a gory finis to the careers of Dollalre and his entire crew. Colin stood In tha shelter of tha wheelhouse. wheelhouse out of the sweep ot the wind the only superstructure that the craft possessed. There was a small cabin aft below deck where some seven or eight men. were gath ered several of whom had been en gaged In assembling a number of sub-machine guns, whils the rest, with blasphemous and obscene com ments, looked on. It had been stuffy and hot In tho cabin and something about It, a foulness not merely of fetid air, had driven him on deck. His face was hard and set He was In a situation that revolted him In every fiber of bis being, that turned his heart sick with dread but from which there was no escape. As Benny Malone had said: "You got the okay today. You said you wanted It Well, you're In. You're on the payroll now." It was quite true. He had asked for It and be had got It Where had he expoctod Clnrkle Lunn to draw the llnoT Nowhere It he bar bored any hope of running down the Mask! Well, the end justified the means, didn't It? His hands tight ened, clenrbed. He was not so sura. For the moment he was mentally oft balance. Tonight It was murder and pillage at thought of which his soul retched. And tonight he was sailing under the Mask's colors, one ot Buck O'Mara's mob, one of those that Reddy had termed the "little mur der organisation" that the Mask al ways kept on tap. 'T'HEY, Buck O'Mara, Benny Ma- lone, and himself, had picked up a waiting car a block away from the Wine Press, and had driven to some where on Long Island just where, lie did not know. There a small army of men had embarked, and these three fast motor cruisers had put to ea. That had been considerably less than an hour ago, but In that time, iboth through the talk that had gone on around blm, and because Buck O'Mara, once well started on his way, had been more communicative, lie had acquired a very sure and cer tain knowledge ot what was afoot. He did not like It and with every TTEIMIE SCHWARM, haggling patiently and craftily, had at last agreed to Dollalre's greedy and somewhat exorbitant price tor the Alouette's cargo; and Dollalre bad fixed a rendezvous given Helmle Schwarm a position out here where the schooner would be waiting at ten o'clock tonight the position that Buck O'Mara In turn had handed on to Klengell, Smudge Kll rea, and Oeordle Napp, the skippers of the three boats that wore speed ing abreast of one . another now In eager haste to keep the last rendez vous that Dollalre would ever make. It must be almost ten o'clock now. At the speed the boats were travel ing, It could not take long for them to roach their objective unless the Alouette was at some considerable distance up or down tbe coast from the point of their departure which was not likely. Colin drew his band across his forehead. It came awoy wet not with spray. The other two boats, carrying Helmle Schwann's experi enced rum runners, were to look after the disposal of the Alouette's cargo and the schooner Itself; this boat that be was on carried tha Mark's murder squad, ot which he was one, with Buck O'Mara In com mand. Tha businesslike, snub-nosed au tomatic with which he had been supplied bulged In his pocket The job of Buck O'Mara's mob had noth ing to do with the disposal of the cargo their Job was merely to put Dollalre and all his crew on the spot and then return to shore. Hideous even If It were by ray of retaliation! Dollalre, suspecting nothing. would be taken by surprise, and he and his men mowed down. And he, Colin, must appear to take an active part In the killings. There was no way out ot that No bullet ot his, of course, would find Its mark any where; but it he were caught at that sort ot thing, or the slightest suspicion was aroused that ha was playing a passive ro'le, his life would not be worth a second's purchase. A hideous dilemma! (Copyright, 19J.1, Frank t. Packard) Temerrow, Colin It olvsn Ml first aitlgnmsnt. Tenn School Holt Vp. HARRISBUftQ, Pa. (UP) Average dally attendance In Pennsylvania schools has tncressed 30 per cent to 1,758,000 in 10 yesrs, according to the department of Instruction. Net enrollment increased more than 14 per cent In the same period, from 1.703.000 pupils In 1033 to 1,017,000 in lS2.i tale Hen's Did flood Job. HARRISBtma. Ps. (UP) The 10,133 laying hens kept on state In stitution ohleken lots provided 1, 773,834 rg?s for Inmates of the In stitutions last year, the department of welfare reported. The average production for the year was 175 ri per bird, s compared with 165 eggs for the previous season. LETS PULL TOGETHER SALEM, Ore., Sept. 8. (UP) Peo ple who use a vacuum clesner should not wesr psjamaa in so doing, It was interred here txiay. A vacuum cleaner In operation at the borne of Earl Downing of Westflr. Lane county, drew up a match head, a report to the fire marshal's office revealed. The match ignited, burn ing the cleaner bag and damaging a pair of pajamas. Insurance covered the loss of (33.33. Tbe report didn't come right out, however, and clearly indicate whether the pajsmss were "in trsnslt." Cleaning and Pressing, the Csmelo serves you rignt. Free delivery. Tel. 1200. Memtwrs N R.A. Ruth Luy Dsnce Studio. Sparta BMg., now open. Tel. 1545-J-2. C. E. Rose for Elnertas. ELECT NEW LEADER CHICAGO. Sept ( (UP) Joseph Zook, San Francisco Industrialist, was elected president last night of the new Montgomery Ward stockholders' seoclstlon. t Soon immedlstely Issued a stste ment In which he declsred thst the company's loss for ths 13-month pe riod ending January 31. 1933. totaled 3 507.000. or S3, 820.318 25 more then the "so-called operstlng loss reported and thus actually were practically the aame as In the previous 13-month period, regsrdlese of sny chsnges la bookkeeping methods." HEBRON, Ken (UP) Recognis ing the need for readjustment of educstlonsl costs in depression times, the sdrr'nlstrstton of Hebron college here have snnounced that all teat books will be provided studente free of coat. Some fees have been low ered and others eliminated entirely. S'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE IVE, yS-Auu 1 S NAILt vjit-h TVPS SlT Ci-U"T5, ru' tie -tM-PfUKiiD fo A tH . 1SBLirTt I VJIHlYYaSlT f, Ji lev fOepyrtrttt IMS, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) . jM, SUBURBAN HEIGHTS Br GLUYAS WILLIAMS 9-8 "THE RETURN Of THE LAPPETS "FROM THEIR VACATION LATE ONE EVENING CAUSED QUITE A SfiR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEV HAD LETT THE HEV OF THEIR HOUSE WITH FRED PERILS', WHO HAD H1PDEN IT IN SOME SAFE PLACE AND HAD COM PLETELY T0R60TTEN WHERE HE HAD PUT IT (Copyright 1833, by Ths Ben gyndlcste, Inc.) WlLLIAHS TAILSPIN TOMMY Down But Not Out! By GLENN CIIAFTIN and UAL FORRESI jf AOPEt-t'lt Kl-e-JF 8u-ZQO''rV MSXICO Gemote feeaevoc? 4v' yot srvotto see i BOUND TO WIN-Shoot The Works! 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