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MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKI), OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1933.
Outrageous Fortune
SYSOPS1S: Carotin I I
leave her coutin, Jim Randal, hid
ing in Hal Plaot, hi boyhood
home, uhil the got to London to
look up tieeta Riddell't marriage
record. Keeta eaye Jim I her hue
band, that he etole the famou Van
Berg emerald, and ehot B Inter
Van Berg, Jim' memory is gone,
feral tor liaehe from the paet.
One thing he recall i drinking
with Van Berg; now Caroline
Irarn from a woman on the tram
that the police are taking finger
printa from the glae. Caroline
follow the woman from th train,
and learn Van Berg kept a book
containing ail hi friend' finger
print. But, eaye Mr. Rodger,
on page wat torn out.
Chapter IT
DIRK TRUTH
X IKS. RODGERS watched Caro
lina tarn awar and begin to go
dowa the hllL Then ehe took a step
towards the itlle, but almost In the
Bet of taking It aha swung about
like a boat when the current catches
It She called,
"Mtaa Caroline! Miss Caroline!
And Carolina came back. She
didn't want to ooma back, but aha
came.
"I mustn't raise mf train," ahe
aald.
"There's time," said Mrs. Rodger,
and took her by the aleera.
Caroline turned cold with dread
ot what she was going to hear.
"Mies Caroline " said Mrs. Rod'
gers.
Caroline's eyes besought her.
"My dear, you'd best know and ha'
done with It, That torn out page '
"Oh, no!" said Caroline. "No!"
"You'd best know It, my dear.
Mrs. Henry'a no 'Inter, and It's what
he seen with her own eyes. She
took pertlckler notice, because there
wasn't no name signed on that
pajre."
"No name?"
"No name, my dear nothing but
the Anger-prints and two great big
initials getting on (or a couple of
Inchea high. She took pertlckler
'notice, and when tha book was
found pushed down behind the book-
ease like I told you, aha took a look
at It, and that there Identical page
was gone. I a'pose I didn't ought to
tell you what the Initials was, but
what'a the good of baking tha bread
if you don't take It out of the oven!"
Caroline tried to pull her aleere
away, but she couldn't speak. Mrs.
Rodgers' roice boomed In her ears.
"Mra. Henry won't talk unless
ahe's asked, and It's not for ma to
say whether she'll be asked or no,
tut If so be she Is, ahe'a bound to
tell the truth not that ahe or any
one else around these parts 'ud want
.to get a young gentleman-that was
well Ukod, and his family respected,
into trouble.
"But there' a name that 'as been
mentioned, and Mrs. Henry's own
nephew Willi Bowman, that's
been his caddy at golf many and
many a time afore ha went off to
foreign parts Willie seen him In
the drive getting on for midnight,
and hasn't told no one, only his aunt
and me.
" 'And what were you doing, WU
dle?' she aays, and ot course he
ladn't got a word to lay, ah know
ing same as everyone else that he's
carrying on with that nighty piece,
Gladys Garrett, down at the Cricket.
' er's Arms."
Carolina's head swam. Through a
Jumbled whirl ot Irrelevant anecdote
something horrible advanced upon
her. She wanted to run away, but
ahe couldn't
Mrs. Rodgers dropped her voice to
'a penetrating whisper.
"It waa Mr. Jim Randal as Willie
,een and the Initials on the tore
lout page waa J. R."
Caroline'a mouth made a Bound
less "Oh I" There was no sound, be
cause she did not seem to hare any
tjroath. She pulled away from- Mra.
Rodgers and ran down the hill, as If
by running she could get away from
Jlm'a name.
THE clock of St Mary Magda-
lene's church struck half-past
twelve aa Carolina turned Into
Grove Road. The things that Mrs.
Rodger bad told her were all
locked away la a dark secret cup
board at the back of her mind. She
wasn't going to let herself look at
them or think about them until she
and Jim could look at them together.
What she had got to do now was
to be sensible and practical and
businesslike. She bad to prove from
the entry In the register that It
wasn't Jim who had married that
horrible Ncsta woman on July S6th.
It stood to reason that It wasn't Jim,
but she had got (o prove It
Well, one glance at the register
would do that bocause she would
know Jim's writing anywhere, and
aha was quite sura that tha entry
wouldn't b in Jim' writing.
Pcappooae Asks Pork
SALEM, Oct. 33. (AP The Scap
poose drainage district in Columbia
oounty today filed completed applica
tions for the federal loan of I3J0,
000 which It la seeking from the
Reconstruction finance corporal Id n.
NOW IS THE
TO BUY
She found th offlc quite easily.
Aa elderly clerk Inquired her busi
ness. He had a pale plump face,
and reminded her of one of those
Hah which flap slowly to and fro be
hind th plat glass ot an aquarium,
The light In the offlc waa almost
as opaque as water, and ha had th
pal unwinking star ot a fish. He
bad a vole that matched, high and
weak.
"Fleas may I sea an entry In th
register? It' a marriage on th
twenty-fifth of July."
"Laatr
Caroline did not take bis meaning.;
She looked at him with bewildered
eyes.
"Pleas may I sea th register of,
marriages for th twenty-fifth of
July?"
"Last July?"
"Yes oh yea." 1
She stood and waited. She wasn't!
afraid; she kept insisting on thati
There was nothing to be afraid'
about there couldn't be. She was1
going to see Jim Rid dell's signa
ture, and It would be the signature
of a atranger. There wasn't th very
slightest possible doubt about that
She aaw the clerk turn the page
ot the register big, stiff page thick
with the names ot men and women
who had gone adventuring Into mar
riage through this drab back door.
Perhaps If you loved someon very
much, you wouldn't notice the lino
leum and the smell of disinfectant '
"Here you are," aald the clerk In
hla high weak voice. He stood aside
and pointed at the left-hand page of
the open book.
Caroline, a little dazed, looked
down at the names. She saw Nesta'a
name first "Nosta Williams, spin
ster." And then "James Rlddell,
bachelor." It wasn't Jlm'a writing
of course It wasn't What odd writ
ing it was like a child's. No, it
wasn't A child wrote round hand.
This was more like shaky print
She looked up with a puzzled
frown.
"What funny writing!"
"What?" eald tha clerk. "Oh, that J
Written with his left hand, that waa,
on account ot having hla right arm
in a sling motor-bicycle accident
I think he said."
CAROLINE'S heart Jumped; she
dldn'tqulteknowwhy.Jimhadn't
got his arm in a sling. Jim hadn't
had- an accident Jim hadn't writ
ten that signature. Why didn't ahe
feel all happy and triumphant? Why
didn't she even feel relief? Why did
she feel a It there was something
horrid just round the next comer?
Tha clerk waa speaking, and she
tried to give him her attention.
"If you want a oertlfled copy. It
will be Are shillings."
Carolina flamed. A cony ot this
abominable llel She made her voice
gentle and polite with a terrible ef
fort '
"No, thank you."
Th flame died down. She felt
businesslike and rather tired. Jim
Rlddell's address was given aa 14
Saracen Row. Neata Williams' as S
Grove Road. His father's nam waa
James Rlddell too: her father's
nam was Thomas Williams. She
wrote down both the addresses and
asked to be directed to Saracen
Row.
"Third to the left, second to the
right, and third to the left again,"
said the clerk.
Caroline turned back at the door.
"Do you remember this Mr. Rld
dell could you describe him?"
The clerk's pale, prominent eyes
looked at her without Intelligence.
"He had his arm In a sling."
"Oh, can't you tell ma what ha
looked like?"
Why," aald the clerk, "we get
them coming In all day. I shouldn't
remember about his arm It It wasn't
for the writing aald he'd never
signed his name with hla left hand
before, and you can see what aa
awkward Job he mad ot It If It
wasn't for that I wouldn't remember
him."
"You cant remember at alt Not
whether he was dark or fair, or
short or tall?"
No, miss, I can't and you might
take that to mean that there wasn't
anything very much to remember..
You take my meaning? I might har
remembered red hair, or a squint or
handy legs, or anything over air
foot or under five, so you may tak'
It he waa Just on of th average
lot and as I said before, they keep
on coming in. What with births, mar
rlages and deaths, they keep coming
In all day, and after a bit yon stop
taking notice."
Caroline went out feeling very
much discouraged.
(Copyright. IIJ1, J. B. llppineott Co.)
Tomorrow, OsreHne ohoofce
Nflta's part.
Five copies were mailed to Washing
ton, while one was filed with C. .
strlcklin. secretary of the reclama
tion commission.
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Scouts Report Repeat Sure
Before December Ban
For Saloon Held Impera
tive Promise Recalled.
Br BYRON PRICE
Chief of Bureau, the Associated
Preu, Washington
Among tha memoranda, awaiting
President Rooaevelfa attention, once
he gets a moment from the dizzy
activities of economic reconstruc
tion, la one asking an old, old ques
tion: "What about liquor control?"
Administration scouts reported a
long time back that repeal of prohi
bition would be completed by De
cember. Mora Imminent problems,
however, shouldered temporarily out
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of consideration the question of what
should follow repeal. Now the presi
dent la coming under Increasing pres
sure to make some decisions.
Should the old Internal revenue
met hods of dealing with a licensed
liquor traffic be continued or should
congress be asked to pass new legis
lation Immediately It la convened In
January? Many changes are sug
gested. And what about the saloon? At
Its Chicago convention the Demo
cratic party rather ' suggested that
waa a matter for the states, but It
also declared that states should take
action against a return of tha old
order.
Mr. Roosevelt la the leader of the
party making that declaration, and
he will be urged from many direc
tions to make an immediate appeal
for fulfillment of the platform.
The more administration officials
examine the subject the plainer It
becomes that a significant new phase
of struggle over the liquor problem
is just ahead and that the contro
versy will be packed with political
dynamite.
Lucky Coincidence
General Johnson's recent Illness
waa real rather than doplomatlc, al
though by coincidence It had Its
diplomatic aspect. His absence flat
tened out NRA activities so com
pletely that for the first time in
weeks news waa scarce. That fitted
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In exactly with administration Ideas
of shifting the spotlight tor the mo
ment to Mr. Roosevelt's credit expan
sion activities.
There Is a very good reason why
officials close to the White House
have given away no secrets about
the president's currency reforn plana.
They Just don't know. In every con
ference Mr. Roosevelt has been full
of questions, but this la one subject
on which he has kept hla opinion al
most entirely to himself.
Take Your Choice
Republican close harmony aa re
corded In one day's headlines: For
mer Senate Leader Watson urges Re
publicans to oppose Roosevelt poli
cies. Former War Secretary Hurley
urges Republicans to support the
NRA. Present Senate Leader McNary
urges Republicans to keep quiet and
watch and wait.
Not all the worries about party
solidarity are on the Republican side.
Administration offlcala grow very
serious when they contemplate the
currency debate which seems Inevi
table at the January session of con
gress. Will It be humanly possible
to draw up a policy that will go far
enough to satisfy Senator Elmer
Thomas and not too far to satisfy
Senator Carter Glass?
Comparing Views
One thing to be remembered about
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uesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation
the New York mayoralty attustlon:
Tammany is Interested primarily In
city politics, secondly In New York
state politics. Administration poli
ticians are interested primarily In
national politics, secondarily In atate
politics. It is at Albany that these
two interests overlap, and It Is to
ward state control that the ejes of
Washington will be directed If and
when Washington openly Intervenes.
GOLD PURCHASE
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(By the Associated Press.)
The announcement of President
Roosevelt that the United Stages
would go Into the market for the
purchase of gold was Interpreted In
some foreign capitals aa an Indica
tion that America had decided upon
stabilization on a sound money basis.
League of Nations circles viewed it
as a move toward a stabilized cur
rency, some of them commenting that
a rise In prices would make the pay
ment of fixed charges easier.
Paris observers saw a virtual sta
bilization In the plan, one of them
describing It as a rejection of Infla
tion with "an inflationary bubble
broken."
FIGHTING SPIRIT
OPPONENTS 60 THR0l)6H
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STOPS To REMOVE MUD
CWEFUUt' FROM CLEATS
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UMJ.IAMS
Their seventh annual benefit dance
baa been announced by the 4-L local
of the Owen-Oregon Lumber 8alea
company, for Thursday night of this
week, and arrangements are being
made for a festive affair,
The dance will be held at the Arm
ory and money realized will be added
to the regular relief fund of the com
pany, which has been In operation for
many years.
Music for dancing will be played
by the Lumberjacks' slx-plece orches
tra. Dancing will begin at 8:30 and
will continue until the crowd Is ready
V stop.
This benefit dance has become one
anticipated each year by dance fans,
who are sure of another big evening
of fun, which will at the same time
enable them to aid a self-supporting
relief project.
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Addition of 2.000 acres to the
hop acreage of Oregon provided a
market for more than 12,000 trellis
poles.
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FORESTER CHIEF
FALLS 10 DEATH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. ()
Major R. Y. Stuart, chief forester of
the natHmal forest service, fell to his
death early today from a window on
the seventh floor of the downtown
building housing national headquar
ters of the service.
Stuart was 60 years old. He was
born in Cumberland county. Pa., and
was a graduate of both Dickinson col
lege and Yale. With the exception of
two years In France with the A. B.
P., he spent his majority in the forest
service. He was cited by General
Pershing for his wax service.
An inquest is to be held into his
death. His body was found about 7
o'clock, apparently shortly after he
fell. 4
Montana's "tax moratorium" law,
enacted by the 1933 legislative as
sembly, was declared unconstitu
tional by the state supreme court.
Montana farmers have been warn
ed that unless extensive grasshop
per control is practiced there will
be a serious Infestation in 1034.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
IN TiflCE
SUMS UPTbUNE
with clenched 515
and scowling Fiercely
forR HIS PLACE IN LINE
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FONENfS COME Tf)R006H
tor. 10 ymid sain.
And 50 on
By GLENN CHAKHN
and UAL FOKKESI
By EDWIN ALGER