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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1933.
Ike- HIDDEN DOOR
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
BYXOPSJB: Captain Dollairt, of
the rum schooner Alouette, hi
jacked and wrecked the tit. Lauj
renoe river counterfeiting plant of
the Uaek, S'euj York underworld
mar. To avenge the Uaek three men
fuel have gone aboard the Alouette
90 Long ieland to murder the ereuj
e)nd captain, and with the help of
their pang, to eteal the liquor. One
is Buck O'Mara, the Maek'e lieu
tenant; another Benny Ualone,
Songster, and the third the famous
writer, Colin Hewitt, disguised as
Olarkle Lunn, crook. Colin is track
ing down the Uaek, tcho aleo is
Sacking down Colin. Dollaire sud
mly deolaree the money offered tor
the flguor te counterfeit and covers
his would'be murderers with his
ttstot.
Chapter 40
MURDER AFLOAT
T-vOLLAIRE wa rocklni on hit
feet, hit face waa contorted, hli
neetle browi a. straight line, hie Jaw
outtbruit, hie yes like black, lu
minous pinpoint! glinting through
narrowed lid!.
"Sol" he flung out through
twisted llpi. "Yon think you fool
me aonie more, eh? Ton think you
make a monkey of Dollaire? So! I
ee the whole business now. Tou are
frlendi with those fellow! at the
Riviere dea Cascades, eh? and that
Helmle Schwann la a rati
"You come here to laugh at Dol
laire, and steal hli cargo, eh? But
a gun on ua, so I'll come aerosa. That
money'! phony all right, and we
had It In for yon for what you did
to lome of our boyi down the river,
but you're not so hot eren now, Yoa
don't get out of this unless I lay ao
but, as It standi, if yon want a rain
check on your own life I'll give it
to you now, and we'll call It all off
tor tonight
"A shot 11 red down here'll mean
Just one thing. It'll be the signal my
mob li waiting for to come aboard
and clean you np. If any of ua three
go out, you'll go out too. Don't Ud
yourself about that. But we're will
ing to walk out of her to the boats
with onr hand! np and puih off.
What do yon say? I'm not bluffing.
I'm showing you my cards face np
on the table. A royal straight flush,
Dollaire. Take a look at It!"
Colln'a brain was In riot as Dol
laire stood there glaring, licking
hungrily now at hli lips. Would
Buck O'Mara get away with this?
Buck O'Mara was lying, of course
not as to what would follow on the
heel! of a shot being fired down
here, for that was true, but as to the
bargain he waa offering Dollaire.
He had not the slightest Intention
of keeping his share of that bargain,
even It Dollaire agreed he was
merely seising upon what aeemed
to offer the only chance to escape
hi 'r ..
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"You think you make a monkey of Dollaire?"
you do sot know Dollaire. No! I
will show you what Dollaire does
to" he broke Into a torrent of vile
French epithets "skunks like youl"
Buck O'Mara shrugged hlr should
den as Dollaire, with pointed gun,
backed to the oompanlonway.
"You're all wet, Dollaire," he said
as patiently aa though he were talk
lng to a refractory child. "I don't
know what you're yapping about.
' Better put that rod down, and come
back here and talk It over."
Dollaire had backed nearly to the
top ' ot the companlonway. He
laughed now In a low, ugly way as,
halting, he patted his revolver wlUi
hli free band.
"I talk with this now," he Jeered
through working lips. "Maybe once
you go to church, eh? Maybe you
remember some little prayer, eh?
Well, for me, I do not think about
that any more, but I have the good
heart I give you one minute, and
then I count sot that nice fresh
money but one, two, three dead on
the floor."
Dollaire meant It ot that there
(was no doubt In Colln'i mind. Dol
laire was In a maniacal rage and
; bollalre had the drop on them. Well,
Jt waa merely what Buck O'Mara
fcad Intended to do to Dollaire!
THE end? Colin waa consoloui ot
strange mingling aensatlona and
thoughts rushing In a flood upon him
that be could not analyse. Bewilder
ment? Fear? Numbed resignation?
He saw Qermalne and she smiled
wistfully at him.
Be was alive, full of vitality at
this Instant what would death be
like the next? The musile ot Dol
lalre'a revolver was like a magnet
from which one's eyes oould sot be
Iragged away. Would one both aee
the flash and hear the report? Which
St the two, light or sound, traveled
the faster? Was there
Ua heard Buck O'Mara speaking
again but there waa something
aharp. Imperative In O'Mara's voice
now:
"Listen to me, Dollaire. You've got
from the Immediate perH la which
he himself stood.
N
O MATTER what happened here
In the cabin, neither Dollaire
nor one ot his crew would escape
tonight. That was certain. But
would Dollaire fall for this? It
meant his, Colln's, life, too. Would
Dollaire
"Bah!" Jerked out Dollaire. "I
take a look and I laugh. It Is like
the money, your cards they come
from the same place! You got some
boya on them boats, and they come
out to fight, and steal my Alouette,
eh? Well, me, I got big crew that
tight plenty good. I show youl I
finish with yon first When I shoot
that Is the signal, eh? Well, my fel
lows they hear that quick, too. So"
he grinned ferociously "I give that
signal like this!"
There was a flash and the roar ot
the report In the confined space
dinned In Colln's ears. He was con
scious that Buck O'Mara, anticipat
ing the shot by a spilt second, had
flung himself out ot his chair to the
floor.
But neither Benny Malone nor
himself bad been so prescient An
other crash another report What
sounded like a deep sigh came from
Benny Malone. Seconds that aeemed
to span eternltyl Dollaire, like aome
great ape, waa crouched there on the
topmost atep ot the oompanlonway,
still firing down Into the lighted
cabin,
There waa one chance, only one.
Colin flung himself from the settee.
leaped for the low-hung lamp that
was scarcely two yarda away, and
brought It amaahlng down, a shat
tered thing npon the table.
The cabin was In darkness.
"Good boy!" Buck O'Mara's voice
called out and from the floor earns
the flash now ot Buck O'Mara's gun.
But the companlonway was empty
now. The slam of the cabin door pro
claimed the fnot that Dollaire was
gone.
(Copyright, ISM, Fran 1. Pachord)
Tomorrow sets the end of ens
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Ullee Kill Honey Bees
BOMS, Idaho yp) Heavy mortality
cT honey beee on she Minidoka Irri
tation project In Idaho was traced by
(be government experiment station to
a wild lily commonly known u
"death eamas," wbtoh la declared to
be also poisonous to sheep and soms
Umee cattle.
Swimmer Finished Second,
FORT WORTH. Te. (UP) Com
petition -waa not keen enough for
Babe Dlllard, young feminine swim
mtng star, In her own sex. so she
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in the annual city swimming meet.
She finished only a few Inches behind
the masculine winner In the 400-yard
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Tolo
TOLO. Sept. 13 (8pl.) Mrs. Al
Stevens visited in Oold Rill recently
with her daughter. Mrs. Josle Force,
an4 family,
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Tracy and their
daughters, Ernestine and Arlene, and
Iris Oaye Rush attended the i-L pic
nic Labor day.
School opened Monday with an
enrollment of lfl pupils.
Harry Hamor'a left eye was pain
fully Injured recently when a piece
of wall plaster fell on him. necessi
tating a stitch In the syebaU. He
U under the care of Dr. Thayer In
Medford.
A fire In the "horse shoe" which
had gained enslderable headway waa
brought under control by Copco and
government employee Labor day.
Copco Is repairing the river bridge
at Oold Ray dam.
8. S. Tula underwent a minor op
eration on his throat Wednesday. It
Is hoped this will help In Improving
his general health, which has been
poor for some time.
Mrs. Vera Rlchman of Upper Ev
ans oroek visited her mother. Mrs.
Qrace Kathan, and family recently.
Fishing at Diamond Lake this week
are Johuny and Edythe Bohnert. Carl
and Ruth Hover of Central Point.
They pjan to kipper trout for winter
use while there.
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California has more airports and
landing fields than any other state,
31.
Golf Ball 103 Years Old.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (UP) Geo,
C. Paris Isn't Scotch, but he has a
goll ball that Is reputed to be 103
years old. The ball, fore-runner of
the modern ball, has a leather cover
and la stuffed with feather. 8ucn
balls were used until 1848, when the
Qutta percha ball made Its appear
ance. A good drive would carry It
from ISO to 185 yards. It wss said.
Blow Killed Boxing Referee.
WALLACE. Idaho (UP) A blow On
the larynx by one of the boxers In a
bout he waa refereelng caused the
death of George L. Kleptnger, 34. The
blow caused a general Infection that
resulted In death.
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vice-president of the United States,
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