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.
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