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MEDFORD UATC TRIBUNE, "MEDFORD, OREGON, 5IOND1T, SEPTEMBER 11, 1933.
Ike. HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
IYNOPU8! Alter aeeke el trail
ing through the Sew York under
world dipuied a darkle Lunn. o
crook, Colin Hewitt find himtell,
by a lucky chance, a member ot one
of the gang who matter i th
llatk. And it loot the tlatk Colin
wa tearchtng tor, becauee it wa
th Maek mho had threatened the
author Vie. With Buck O'Mara,
head of the gang, and Benny Ua
lone, Colin Jut ha boarded the
echooncr of one Dollatre, rum run
ner, who ie to be vui on the epot,
Rot a nice tttuatlon or a reepect
able vriter, Colin mueee a Buck
begin to eveak.
Chapter
DOLLAIRE'8 TRICK
BUCK O'MARA was shaking hands
with aomeona and then Colin
heard him speak:
"I'm Buck O'Mara. Helmle aent
me. You're Dollalre, of couree. Glad
to know you."
"MoT Sure, I'm Dollalre!" There
was a tinge ot boaetfnlness In the
other's rolce. "So Helmle, he's not
here, eh? He said maybe he'd come
out."
"Helmle out here!"fiuck O'Mara
laughed derisively. "He must hare
been corned to the toes It be said
that He doesn't take any chances ot
getting his teet wet, or getting pep
pered by the revenue men any more.
He don't have to. Helmle'a big bust'
ness now and nothing else."
"Well, me," said Dollalre, "I don1
give a damn about that But maybe
he sent something else besides you.
eh? That was the bargain. What you
call It? spot cash before a case
he's go over tba side. Yes?"
. "I've got It here." Buck O'Mara
patted his pocket "I suppose you'll
. want to count It If you do, we'd bet
ter go down to your cabin, badn'l
we? You can't count It in the dark.
"You bet you I want to count It"
Dollalre asserted bluntly, "Do you
think, me, I am foolish? Helmle,
maybe he Is all right, but the money,
she Is talk."
"Got your fingers crossed, .eh?"
Buck O'Mara Inquired Jestingly
"Well, lead on. We're wasting time.
The boya'U probably have to make
more than one trip tonight to land
everything that Helmle said you told
, him was aboard. And, say, Dollalre,
that goes the other' way too we're
counting the cases aa we get them
Fair enough, eh?"
"That part she's all right"
(runted Dollalre. "Come on I"
. Dollalre, followed by Buck O'Mara
with Benny Malone and Colls trail
Ing behind, led the way aft
Benny Malone's elbow prodded
Colln's side.
"Keep your rod handy," whispered
Benny Malone. "You're going to see
something, Clarkle, take It from me
you're going to see that big stiff
down on his knees and the sweat
pouring out of him like he was a
hydrant And when they hear a shot
from the cabin the boys'll pllo
aboard and mop up the rost."
But the sweat at the momont was
on Colln's brow not on Dollalre's,
In the darkness be wiped It away
with a sweep of his sleeve. His feet
seemed unsteady perhaps It was
the rise and fall of the deck as the
vessel rode the swells.
The ehatterlng voices around him
became the screams and yells and
shrieks of doomed men the forms
he saw lining the rail and the fig
ures that flitted here and thoro
about the deck were but wraiths re
turned to gibber and haunt the
chooner, which once, In tholr
earthly existence, bad been their
feabltat
AND there was no single thing
that he could do, no warning he
could give that would bare any ef
fect other than to precipitate the
ilmpendlng holocaust and bring
about his own destruction as well,
"That goes by me!" Unbelievably
It waa his own voice speaking cal
lously with even a Jeer In It "It's
coming to him. Isn't It?"
"Clarkle," said Benny Malone
open-heartedly, "you're the real
goods. I wish you and me had met
up before. Now watch your atep, or
.you'll bust your neck."
The advice was not Ill-timed. The
descent to the cabin was by way ot
a short steep, ladder-like compan
jlonway. Colin, bringing up the rear,
negotiated It and stood In the
cabin Itself.
Ho flung a swift, comprehensive
glance, around him.
The cabin was not elaborate, nor
was It large. Running fore and aft a
ibunk was on one side, a settee ot
isorts, with torn covoring, on the
lother. A swinging oil lamp, lighted,
ihung low over a table In the center.
A small sate stood against the after
bulkhead.
There were two chairs, on on
each side of the table and, flanking
the companlonway, a locker, whose
top appeared to be a catch-all for
everything from nautical instru
ments and charts to bottles and
glasses.
Dollalre waved his hand toward
tb locker. -
"Help yourselves," he Invited with
a grin; "and then you tell Heimle
how many bottles he can make out
of one, with the kick she's atill
there! By garl Me, sometimes I
think I will do that like you fellows
before I leave St Pierre."
"Thanks!" said Buck O'Mara
and, pouring out a still portion,
downed it at a gulp.
Benny Malone did likewise.
The bottle was steady in Colln's
hand as he poured for himself.
Queer! They were going to kill Dol
lalre In hero. And his, Colln's, hand
was steady. The Dory three-Angers
was like so much water.
Dollalre took one ot the chairs.
Buck O'Mara took the other, facing
Dollalre across the table. Colin,
obedient to a nudge, slumped down
beside Benny Malone on the settee
behind Buck O'Mara. Benny Ma.
lone'a hand was thrust negligently
into the side pocket ot his coat. Dol
lalre was In full view from tbe set
tee. ,Buck O'Mara tossed a rubber
banded pile ot crisp new bills down
on the table in front of Dollalre.
"Hero's the dough," he said. "Go
ahead and count It."
Dollalre reached for tbe money
greedily, ripped off the rubber band,
and began to count He counted la
boriously, steadily, wetting bis fore
finger on his tpngue. At the end he
snapped the rubber band back Into
place around the bills.
"Sho's right " he announced. "And
Helmle, he's all right, too. I put
this In the safe. Yes? Then we all
have another little drink, eh?"
"I'm glad you're satisfied" there
was a purr In Buck O'Mara's voice.
"We wouldn't like you to fool when
you're sitting In with our outfit that
we'd hold anything out on you, or
that you're not getting all that's
coming to you."
""Sure. I'm .satisfy," grinned Dol
lalre as he stood up, moved over to
the safe and swung Its door open,
"Sure, I'm satisfy! I'm satisfy" he
swung suddenly around, a revolver
In his hand, his fnce working with
fury, his voice a snarl "I'm satisfy,
by God, It la a trick. You move one '
of you three and I shoot. This
money I got lots like this. I know
where she come from. She's counterfeit"
0 one moved.
The metamor
phosis had been dynamic, almost
Instantaneous. In the fraction ot a
second, Dollalre, the condemned, had
become Dollalre, the executioner.
Dollalre, behind that ugly, unwaver
ing muszlo, held the whip hand
and Dollalre would not have the
slightest qualm about uslpg It
And then Buck O'Mara spoke. .
"Aw, snap out of It!" he retorted
coolly, contemptuously. "You sound
like you'd got a leak In your dome
covor. It you think thoro's anything
phony about that dough, slip It back
to me quick, boy, tor, say, I can use
It, believe me. Counterfeit hell) It's
so good It's worth a rake-off where
you come from anyhow. What's the
matter with you? Have you gone
craiy or what?"
It was an about face and Colin,
listening, as he stared at the re
volver mtusle In Dollalro'e hand, did
not need to be told that Buck
O'Mara had no other chance, no
other play to make. Counterfeit
monoyl So that was It, It seemed
as though he could soe again Dol
lalre's attack upon the club. It
seomed as though he could hear,
from out of nowhere, the Mask's
burst ot laughter as he had con
ceived this Ironto bit ot by-play.
But now? Buck O'Mara perhaps
had not expected that tbe spurious
money would be recognised at once,
and possibly not at all, in which lat
ter case he bad obviously Intended
to taunt Dollalre with It in the end.
On th .other hand, should Dol
lalre recognlie It of his own accord,
O'Mara had undoubtedly expected
some sign ot the fact and had In
tended to act accordingly the mo
ment the sign came. Buck could not
have guosscd Dollalre's cunning, or
have anticipated th lightning
change that came as he turned back
to the room from the sate.
There was Dollalre's gun, and
there sat hla three visitors.
(Copyright, 13tt, Frank L, Packard)
Tomorrow action eomos aboard
the Alouette.
Nudity No Crime
ALLBOAN. Mich. Bept. U (AP
Warrants charging 99 persona with
Indecent exposure in connection with
th operation ot a nudlit colony near
)r were dismissed today and new
warrants charging only Mr. and Mrs.
Fred O. Ring with the same otteruw
as proprietors of the colony were
substituted.
SOUTH POLE TRIP
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 11.
ijp) when Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd tail from Boa ton September
35 on Hla second expedition Into the
Antarctic a full blooded Indian will
be Included In hla party.
The Indian, who may be the first
of hla race to aee the south pole, la
chieftain of the Winnebago tribe of
cl i left an of the Winnebago tribe ot
Iowa, whose name wae r commerced
by Columbia University. A graduate of
Carllale Indian school, Lebanon Val
ley college, and Penn State, Chief
Wlnneshelk la a lecturer, a chemist,
and metallurglay, a Boy Scout offi
cial, the author of two books on
scouting, and an accomplished musi
cian. He spent the summer playing In
an Indian band on a local amusement
pJeiv
TOLEDO FIREBOYS
DO UNIQUE JOBS
TOLEDO. Ore.. Sept. 11 AP) Fire
men of th local department have
discovered a new use tor their pump
ing engine during tbe past week,
other than that of pumping water
onto tires. The newest use la still the
pumping of water, but under entirely
different circumstances.
Earlier in the week, the department
was' oalled out and pumped water
from the top of a building. The wat
er, from a recent rain, was three teet
deep snd was threatening the col
lapse of the building roof.
yesterday, another call came. Thl
time it was the ocean-going tug. th
Mtrene ol Vancouver, Waah., 'which,
was in danger of sinking. The engln
pulled onto the dock and after hose
were attached pumped the vessel dry
enough so that her own pump could
be used.
S'MATTER POP
By C. M. PAYNE
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KEY TROUBLE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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COSES A5 SftRtS SEARCHES POCKETS TSR
FOR OTV. WIFE CANY BE- TRDHf POOR RE
MEMBER W1E1HER SHE
LOCKED BEDROOM WTrf
VStt. GOES BBCKT5SEE
II
SHOWS "CO SEMP OUKlOR
BACK WrM 1HE KEV,
SHE MUST" HAVE IT
10N6RRr6EftR6UMENl'
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BITTER, Wirf OWMIN6
SHE HF6W SEEN THE KEY
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IK60UMOR HALFWAY WllH
KEY, WHICH WIFE HAS 4CLSY
REMEMBERED HE6ftE HER
10 KEEP IN HER &A6
5TRU66I.es FOR TEN MUJ- RUSHES BACK To CAR
ures win key1 calukg wdd 6Rief
this is the 6ara6E kptI
WHERE'S The fight one?
(Copyright, 1933, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
RETURNS Wlfrl CORRECT
KEY AND OPENS DOOR,
SHE JU&T REMEMBERED SHE
DID LOCK THAT WINDOW
TAILSPIN TOMMY Isabella Is Defiant!
By GLENN CHAFFTN
and UAL FORRESX
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By EDWIN ALGER
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French Whet Ylrtd
PARIS. Sept. U. (AP) The iecond
cciuecuttve bumper French wheat
crop wu offlclAlly estimated today
by the ministry of agriculture at
341.000.000 biuhtli, ThU teavee an
expected turpi u of 30.000.000 buahela I
of which the ministry hope to ex
port 7.240.000.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
The Guv that vjrote
"HOME- ?WEET HOME'
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