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METVFOftT) rAnTgrBUNE MEDFOHI). OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1933.
Outrageous Fortune
m .wn a, a; lurulins z,ttpa una
Xtttti RUtdell have quarreled over
the identity ot the man picked un
on the shore alter the wreck ot the
Alice Arden. Neeta hue identified
hin as her hueband, Jimmy Rid
den, a crook, and the man vho
etote the Vo Berg emeralds but
she doesn't mention the tatter to
Caroline, Caroline thinks the man
must be her mieslng cousin, Jim
Randal, Nesta will not let Coro
line eee the man, and the man can
not help, because he hae tort hte
memory, Nesta just has sent her
"husband" to bed.
Chapter II
TRIAL BY WATER
HEN the reat ot the hoiue bad
settled Into darkness and ali
enee, Nesta Riddell still sat on In the
parlor. She sat leaning forward with
her cheek propped on her hand and
'her eyes fixed.
It waa being difficult ha wai be
ing difficult. Would he he any easier
If sbe watted? Or was her best
chance now, before he had got back
bla strength ? Everything In her said
sow. She hadn't risked so much and
come so far to lose everything for
the want ot a little pluck.
The emeralds were halt hen. She
had risked as much for them as
Jimmy had. It Van Berg died, they'd
bring her in accessory after the tact.
She'd risked that, and she wasn't
going to be done out ot her price,
sot much she wasn't She'd have her
share ot those emeralds whatever
ehe had to do to get It.
It was a long time sow since the
footsteps overhead had ceased. For
little while there had been the
faint whisper of voices, but It was a
long time since they too bad died
away.
Sbe wondered If there waa any
thing in that stunt of old Caroline
Bussell's. It was whispered In the
Tillage that Caroline knew a good
many things that she hadn't any
right to know. People In Packham
said she bad a bold over Mr. Ent
whletle and could do what sbe liked
with him.
Suppose ahe had tried this stunt
of hera on him. Suppose sbe bad
gone Into bis room at the dead hour
of the nigbt, the hour between mid
night and tha first hour of the day,
slipping In on her stocking feet with
a bowl ot water in her band. You'd
have to tread like a cat and keep
yourself almost from breathlug so
as to know by the breathing of the
aleeplng man whether he were deep
enough asleep. Old Caroline always
walked quietly.
She gave you the creeps In broad
daylight the way abe'd coma on you
without the least sound, with her
neat upright figure and her prim
starched collar, her face that always
put Nosla In mind of a plump floured
scone, and her brown front that
sever had a hair out of plaoa. There
It was all nonsense, and creepy
nonsense at that. Only, If a man
could be got to talk like that In the
dead ot nlgbt with no power to bold
anything back ....
She sprang up auddenly and
looked at the clock between the
china cherubs. The hands stood at
half past twelve. Nesta kept her
yes fixed on tbem for a moment.
Then with a Jerk of the shoulders
she stooped, undid her shoes, and,
tapping out of them, went to the
door and opened It.
Thero was no light in the passage
or on the upper landing. The lino
leum was cold under her feet as sbe
went through Into the kitchen and
witched on the bulb In the celling.
MIN'S big mixing-bowl would be
about the right site. She
reached it down off the china shelf
and tilled It halt way at the tap. The
water had to be cold that waa what
old Caroline said. But how cold
: would It have to bet You could call
I anything cold water ao long at It
icame out ot the cold water tap.
This wasn't very cold no bite In
lit so to speak. Perhaps a drain out
jot the hot water tap wouldn't do It
lany harm, She let In a little and
: dipped her hand Into tha bowl.
Would that wake you np If you wore
asleepT Not If you were really fast.
Was It near enough cold to do the
.trick? You couldn't tell that till you
tried; and It was long odds that It
was nothing but a pack ot rnbblsb
anyhow.
In her heart ot hearts Nesta did
sot believe that It was rubbish.
At the kitchen door she hesitated,
and then put out the light. Now the
house was all dark and silent with
the warm, breathing silence ot
leep. Even the newest and rawest
of houses Is a haunted bouse In the
dead of night The bodies ot those
Klitftteln ComlnK
SOUTHAMPTON, Knglsnd, Oct. .
(AP) Professor Albert Einstein
aallM for New York tonight on the
liner Western Land with his wife,
who had embarked at Antwerp.
Csech Police Buy
PRAHA, CMchoslorakla, Oct. 7.
(AP) A nation-wide series ot raids
on the homes of Oerman national
soclallsta and Oerman nationalists
kept the polios busy today.
4oo.no rire Ixws
SCHUYLER, Neb., Oct, P. (UP)
NOW
wno u - tneid are unawam, but
their thoughts All the silence,
Nesta waa not thinking ot this,
but as she stood with ber hand on
the door of the room opposite tbs
kitchen, a little chlU just touched
ber and ber heart beat audibly. She
had the bowl In her left band, and
she had to keep It steady.
The door swung In and she fol
lowed It, taking three or four steps
forward and then standing still to
listen. The bedroom was on the left
the fireplace straight In front ot ,
her, the chest of drawers across tha i
corner, and the window on the right ,
She listened, and at first she could
hear nothing at all because of the .
drumming In ber ears. Then, after '
she bad stood there for a while, It
passed and sbe could distinguish hU
alow, deep breatblng. The window
was open and a light cool air came
In.
Nesta tnrned and closed the door
with a steady hand.
There should be a chair at the foot
of the bed. She frowned to find It
heaped with his discarded clothes.
When sbe had slid them oft on to the
Boor, she brought the chair fo the
bedside and set the bowl of water
down upon It
By this time she could see the out
line of the window and the black
Jutting corner of the chest' ol
drawers. The bed waa Just visible,
and when ehe bad looked a little
longer she could see that be lay
facing tbe window with his rlghl
arm clear of tbe bed-clothes.
SHE kneeled down by tbe bed and
reached for the bowl. The chali
waa too hlgb. It hampered ber, and
sbe pushed It away. Sbe could hold
the bowl in one band and have thi
other free. Yes, that was better.
She put out ber band and felt toi
his, bringing ber fingers down upon
his wrist by the slowest of degrees
It seemed as If an interminable time
passed before ber band lay on his,
and he had not moved. There was
something almost terrifying about
this contact I
His hand sraa heavy, Inert, and !
warm. It was warmer than ber own.
Sbe began to guide It very slowly
towards the edge of tbe bed, and all
the time she listened tor a change In
his deep, slow breathing.
Tbe change came with an extra-
ordinary suddenness. He cried out
and flung over towards ber, startling
her so much that sbe Jerked sharply
back, letting go of bis wrist and
slopping some of the water over on
to the floor. Her heart thumped hard, :
and through Its thumping she heard
him say In a rapid mutter, "Eight ot
thorn the finest In the world no
one knows "
After the first recoil she stayed
quite still. The mutter died. The
bowl of water became heavier and
heavier In her hand. He lay now
almost on his face, his loft arm un
der him and his right hanging over
the edge of the bed. His bronthlng
became alow and deep again. She let
the time go by. .
At last she put her band on his
and slowly, slowly brought tbe bowl
of water up to It This time her
fingers covered his. Hers touched
the water first And then almost Im
perceptibly their two hands sank
Into the bowl. He did not more. He
breathed In tbe same deep, slow
way. Hla hand was heavy and still.
She said, In a voice that was Jusl
not a whisper.
"Whore are the emeralds?"
And at once he stirred In his sleop.
His head moved on the pillow; his
hand moved In hers. He said, as If
repeating ber words,
"The emeralds?"
"Where are the emerulu .
There was the same -movement
again. Ha said, "No one knows."
"You know."
This time there was no movement
and no answer.
''You know where the emeralds
are "
He lay still and said, muttering,
"I know."
"Where are they?" She felt
fierce excitement, a fierce demand.
His band pulled on hers. She
forced her will, and felt that ha re
sisted it
"Where are they?"
He said, "No one knows but me.
The resistance hardened.
"Tell me where they are."
He wrenched his band from hers.
The water ran over the Up ot (hi
bowl Into her lap. Then, before shi
could recover herself, he reached
out and caught her by the throat
(Copyright, 111$, t, S, tlpplneott PeJ
Tomorrow, Notts Undo heraelf In
a serlatis situation.
A spectacular fire today destroyed
the Wells Abbott Nleman mill and
elevator here. First estimate plac
ed the losa at 400,000.
Afire At 8ra
ARCHANGEL, Russia, Oct.7.
(AP) Tha Norwegian ateamei Rotfi.
olid, bound from this port to Rot
terdam with- a cargo of lumber, j
caught fire tonight and waa sinking
In flames aeven miles off Murmansk.
Two ot the crew were lost but the
others were rescued by Soviet coast
guards.
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BARI. Italy, Oct. 9. (AP) A rac
ing car driven by a German, Oroeh,
turned over yesterday durrlng the
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Princess Piedmont cup race, killed
tour spectators and seriously injured
two other persona. Oroeh himself
waa gravely Injured.
This was the second serious racing
accident ,ln Italy within a month.
Three drl'vera were killed September
10 at Monca during the running of
the Grand Prix de Monza race in
which the American Whitney
Straight, finished fourth.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 9. VP) The battle
for the northweet conference football
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championship appeared today to be
another race between Whitman col
lege and Walla Walla and Colege ot
Puget Bound of Tacoma which nosed
out the Missionaries last year.
The Tacoma Loggers, defending
champions. Jumped into the running
last Friday when they whipped Al
bany college, 18 to 0, In the only con
ference struggle of the week. Whit
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Llnfleld college 7 and .
Two conference contests are on the
program for the coming week-end
with Willamette meeting C. P. 8. at
Tacoma Friday, and Pacific University
tangling with Llnfleld at MoMinn
vtlle. Ore.
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Stock Quiz Tangle
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. (AP)
A move to prolong the senate stock
market Investigation In order to
bring about Wall Street reforms,
even If Ferdinand Pecora should re
algn as counsel January 1, was in
augurated today by Senator Costl.
gan, of Colorado, a Democratle
member of tbe Inquiry committee.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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WHERE W PARTICULAR AND
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CARVES AMID SllENCE WHICH
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By GLENN CUAPFIN
and HAL FOKREST
By EDWIN ALGER
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