PIGE ETOIIT
.TpfEDFORD MAIL' TTtEBTJNE, MEDFOTtD, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1933.
Outrageous Fortune
SYNOPSIS! Caroline lotah re
turne from a frvitlesa day in Lon
don searching for eomething that
will help her covin, Jim Randal,
out of a moat unpleasant f ituation.
Bha flnda Patau Ann, with whom
aha uvea, mooning over a vlait from
Robert Arbuthnot. Patau wondara,
among other thinga, whether Rob
art meant to propose. And both
Caroline and Patau wonder what
lay behind Robert's cautious -
?uiriea about Jim. and hit euggea
ton that theu trice care not to be
Involved In a aoandal. There is,
for inalance, the picture of Jim
that disappeared from Susie Van
Berg'a room iuat after the Van
Berg emeralda were atolen end
BXmer Van Berg was shot.
Chapter It
t-ftlGHT IN THE NIGHT
rTpRT how ahe would, Carolina
A could see no way ot getting to
Halo Place before Patsy Ann and
ttaa village wera In bed and asleep.
People In Tillage hare terribly
sharp eyes and a superhuman fac-
ulty for putting two and two to
gether even when they don't really
exist
As lor Patsy Ann, she had got
over being peevad and was affection
ate, clinging and conversational to
the last degree. She sat up till
eleven o'clock talking about Robert.
This was tha main theme, bnt It
proved to be prollflo in aide shoots,
auch as, would It be tactful to In
sist upon new curtains and chair-
covers In tha drawing-room the
existing onea having been Installed
by Robert's mother at a period when
maroon plush was considered the
last word In elegance.
Before falling asleep Patsy had
decided on namoa for two children.
boy and a girl, to ba called re
spectively Robert Lancelot and
Patsy Elaine. In spite of tha fact
that Bhe and Robert were dark, both
these children were to have golden
curls and eyes ot forget-me-not blue.
In her dreams they hovered, smiling.
Carolina passed through the vil
lage and up the drive to Hala Place
In the pitch dark. There waa no moon
tonight; a thick haze covered the
whole sky, and tha air waa heavy
with damp. If aha had not known
every step of the way, she might
have lost herself a dozen times.
She came round tha house and
felt her way through tha yard to the
back door. Bha did not mind the
dark loneliness of the drive, but as
she came near the house. Its silence
and Its emptiness came to meet
her. She felt cold and rather fright
ened. She turned the handle of the back
door and pushed It open. The dark
ness ot the passage lay before her
like the darkness ot a cave. She
stood on the threshold and called
Into the darkness softly.
Mlm "
There wasn't any answer. What
was she going to do It ha didn't
answer? He might be somewhere
deep in the old house he might be
asleep he might have gone away.
No, he wouldn't have gone away,
because he had promised.
She called again, and heard the
silence smother his name. The real
ly dreadful thought that she might
have to wander through tha dark
house looking for him turned her
perfectly cold. Thora wera cock
roaches. There were probably mice.
There might easily be spiders. It
waa a grim business. A furry thing
might run across one's foot One
might tread on something that
squelched.
CHB called once more, and no one
answered her. Sha waa a most
perfect tool not to have brought a
torch. There was nothing for It but
to go on.
She felt her way to tha kitchen,
set down the basket sha warcarry
lng, and went on until her out
stretched hands touched the green
balzo door that shut off the ser
vant!' wing. On tha other side of
It she stood listening and searching
tha darkness.
Sha was in tha hall, with tha stair
case going up on her right and be
yond It a door leading Into the drawing-room.
On this side two doors,
one Into the dining-room and the
other Into the library. Both ot these
doora wera locked on the outside,
She crossed tha hall and tried the
drawing-room door. That too was
locked.
She had her foot on tha bottom
step ot tha atalrs, when suddenly
away above her In the darkness a
door banged. There was tha mo
mentary flash of a torch. Just a sharp
stab ot light and then the sound ot
someone running.
Carolina shrank back against the
newel. The distant door that had
banged was wrenched open. Jim
called out The running teet came
down tha stair and nassed her.
There waa a sound ot panting
breath.
A'k Bridge Approval.
(ALEM, Oct. 96. (AP) 'Approval
of the fire proposed Oregon coast
highway bridges before the final
check of the plana la completed was
asked by Representative James W.
Moit In a telegram to Federal Public
Works Admlnl-tretor R. L, tckes.
NOW IS THE
TO BUY
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Tha torch stabbed again. Sha
made out tha black outline ot a
man's hand and arm, and a vague
something that was head and shoul
ders. Then ha was gone through tha
balsa door, and with a rush of air
and swishing sound Jim had slid
tha banisters, jumped elear, and
was attar him. It all rather took har
breath away. Spiders, cockroaches
and mica aha had been prepared
for, bst not a game of devll-m-the-dark.
Bha aat down on tha stairs and
waited for Jim to coma back. Bha
Jhad to wait for what seamed Ilka
a long time. Tha silence settled
round har. Tha darkness was Ilka
a thick impenetrable curtain. Tha
air of tha house waa eold and dead.
Carolina couldn't make up her
mind which would ba worst to hear
soma terrifying sound, or to go on
hearing nothing. After a little sha
began to think sha would rather
hear something anything. The
alienee seemed to ba stopping her
ears, and tha black dark pressing
against her eyeballs.
Then alter a long time sha heard;
Jim coming back footetepa In the
passage and the swing of tha balsa
door. Then he was crossing the hail,
walking quickly and (Irmly like a
man who knows his way. He was
actually passing her before she stood
up and said,
"Jim "
Hla startled "Caroline!" cams
from less than a yard away. Then
his hand touched her face, and ahe
gave an odd little cry. It was Ilka a
game of devll-ln-the-dark.
CAROLINE! Where did yon
spring fromf"
She caught him by tha arm, hold
ing him tight
Why didn't you wait for me? If a
tha horrldest thing I've aver done
in my life, coming Into an empty,
pitchy house like this."
It wasn't emptV' said Jim a lit
tle grimly.
That made It worse." Har voice
reached traglo deptha. "I sort of
strung myself up to bear spiders
and cockroaches and things, but I
didn't, bargain tor people plunging
down the stairs at ma in the dark."
"Were you thereT" -
"I waa hare and ha nearly
knocked me down," declared Care
line quite untruthfully.
Jim spoke quickly.
"You didn't see him when he put
the torch on?"
"Only his hand, Jim who waa ItT"
"I wish I knew. Look here, corns
upstairs we needn't talk in the
dark I've found some candles."
I ve brought you some and
things to eat. The basket's In tha
kitchen."
They brought it and oama back
through tha hall and up tha stairs,
Jim put his arm round her at the
top and guided her along the right-
hand oorrldor; then to the left two
steps down, a little way along, and
three ateps up. A door atood open.
Jim let go ot Caroline, struck a
match, and lighted a candle In a tall
white candlestick. The light toll
yellow and soft upon a queer room
panelled with oak. It had five tall,
narrow windows and a deep alcove
which contained an old four-post bed
with a heavy valance ot blue
damask. The windows ' were shut
tered and had curtains ot the same
damask as the bed hangings. The
fireplace, waa on the right ot tha
door. It had a deep brick hearth.
On the shelt above It stood tha
candle.
Jim shut tha door.
"Come and sit down. I've locked
the back door, so ws shan't bare
any mora visitors."
There were no chairs In tha room.
They aat side by side on the bed
and looked at one another.
Moonlight can only show a ghast
ly Image. It la Ilka memory; It aeta
one aching for reality. In tha candle
light Caroline looked warm, and soft
and young. Her eyes wera bright
and her cheeka Ilka damask roses.!
Jim could hava kissed her tor being
so aweatly alive. She began to apeak
with a rush ot words.
Who was hel Why did he comet
Tell ma all about It"
"He came In through tha back
door, I'd left It open for you, and I'd
gons down to the kitchen to wait for1
you. Well, I heard the door, and of
course I thought It was you, but
before I had time to call out ha
switched on his torch and tha light
just caught his hand. I got back be
hind tha kitchen door In a hurry,
and he went on down tha passage
and Into tha hall."
(CopurlgM, IHJ, J. B. UrtmmH Oo.)
Monday, the mesa deepens sreuni
Jim and Caroline.
(SALEM, Or.. Oct. M. (AP) Peter I
Bauer, St, of Portland, and two oth
er men charged with stealing 34
bales of hops, were arrested today.
tne sheriff's office stated. The hops.
valued at 17000, disappeared from I
the Jim McKay warehouse at St. Paul I
the night of October 11.
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yet.
At Forka, 00 mile weat of Porf An
geles, It haa poured "Mallard and
canvaabacka" in other word, ducka.
A pea aoup fog laf within eight
feet of the ground. A big flock of
ducka, evidently flying low to escape
the fog, started winging their way
through the main street o the town.
Merchants and business men start
Three-Point Honor At
Sifc
ed a shotgun bombardment, many
times anooting blind at the quacks
which could bo heard a few feet over
head. ' After about 100 rounds of ammu
nition had been turned loose, 30 Mal
lards and can van backs were scattered
along the atreet.
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labor department In September's av
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423,000 manufacturing and non-manufacturing
Industries,
The wages ran AM cents an hour
while the hours per week dropped
from 88 fl to 84. 1. Secretary Per
kins attrlbues both changes to NRA.
"The changes in wage rates do not
necessarily represen an Increase In
average wekly earnings of woken, but
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