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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKI), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1933.
Outrageous Fortune
BYXOPSIS! Caroline Leigh lull
hat heard Susie Van Berg declare
that the hat routed the attempted
murder of Elmer Van tlcrg bv
mnkW Elmer iealout of Jim Ran
dal; friend of Susie, and the man
Caroline 'me. Jim it in hiding,
hit memory loet. beoaute evidence
teemt to point to hit hating thot
Elmer and elolen the tamout Van
Berg emeraldt. But Caroline kitoiol
ilm could not have done euch a
thing. She enoouraget Butte Van
Berg to continue her story.
Chapter IS
( MRS. VAN BERG'S STORY
'T MOST tell someone. It Just goes
I on and on In my head all the
time. I don't alee;, jou know."
"You can tell me I'm s&ie," aald
Caroline. And then as aoon aa the
bad aald It she had a revulsion ot
feeling. "No, dont tell mo don't!
Don't tell me anythlngl Because If
you did It, and they thought It was
Jim, I should have to tell them.
Susie shook her head again.
"It wasn't like that What did you
think? I didn't shoot Elmer I
didn't mean that Did yon think I
did?"
"I don't know. I didn't want you
to tell me anything you'd feel sorry
bout afterwards."
"I must tell someone," said Susie
piteously. "If I don't I'll go crazy."
She broke off with a start "Look
eut ot that door and sea there's no
tine listening!"
Caroline opened the floor and
looked out. There was no one In
light The contrast between the
room and the passage was extreme.
The air waa cold. Against an uncur
tained window about three yards
away the rain was beating. An Inky
cloud hung like a'curtaln across the,
sky. It was ao dark that the sun
might have set already.
She went back to the sofa and sat
down. .
"There's no one there."
And at once, without any prelimi
naries, Susie Van Berg eald: .
"Jim ahot Elmer." .
"No!" said Caroline. "K.' . :
"Jim shot him. It was my fault
I made Elmer Jealous. You know I
can't help flirting I'm made that
way. What did Elmer marry me for
if ha didn't like It? It made him
mad, and you know the way It Is
I liked making him mad. .But he
ought to have known there was noth
ing In it." - . . '
Caroline heard her voice, harsh
and unfamiliar.
"Wasn't there anything in It?"
"Only nonsense and Jim
wouldn't even play up to that He
thought a lot of Elmer, There was
an Invention they both thought a lot
ot. That'a what Jim came to see him
shout that night Did you know he
was here the night Elmer . was
hot?"
Carolina nodded. "What hap
pened?" :
"Did you read what I told the
police? I didn't tell any Has, but I
didn't tell all the truth. They'd have
arrested Jim straight away If I
had."
"What didn't you tell?" ',
"I told them I went downstalra to
get a book, and heard voices In the
study. I didn't toll them that It was
Urn's voice I heard."
"What did you hear?"
"They were quarrelling that'a
why I listened. I heard Elmer say,
I'm through with you!' And I hoard
Jim say, 'I'm damned K I'll be
spoken to like that!'"
"Was that all?"
"No, it waen't Jim said, You take
that back!' And then Elmer got up
I heard his chair scrape along the
Boor and he came towarda the door,
and I thought how angry he'd he If
he found me there and I ran away."
"Jim never shot Mr. Van Beig,"
aald Caroline. "Jim Isn't a thief. The
person who shot Mr. Van Berg is the
person who stole the emeralds."
SUSIE VAN BERO put her hand to
her head. She spoke In a weak,
extinguished voice.
"I don't mind about tha emoralds
shot Elmer. And I tore the page
with his Bnger-prlnta out ot Elmer's
book. I knew It the police found It
ithey would arrest him, ao I tore It
out" She eat bolt upright her
jhanda locked upon her knee. "I tore
lit out, but I didn't tear it up. Do you
Iknow where he Is? If you do, will
you tell him that?"
' f "That you tore it out?"
'' "Tell him I tore it out but I didn't
'tear it up. It Elmer geta better, I'll
tear It up, but if he doesn't" Her
lacked hands strained one against
the other; a line ot livid pallor
showed beyond the painted line of
her Upa. "It he doesn't If he dies
I'm coins to eivo those finier-D-lnts
to the police, and I'm going to swear I
that I heard Jim's voice and that I
heard him threaten Elmer."
Caroline fought the aharpest fear
she had ever known. What had real
ly happened In the library that
night?
She steadied herself. Susie Van
Berg had not moved. The patch ot
color on either cheek had spread a
little, aa a stain spreads In milk, j
Caroline said, "Why?" Then as
Susie went on staring at her she
made a quick movement "I don't I
understand. Why did you tear the
paite out?'
"To help Jim because It was my !
fault." j
"You won't have helped him very
much If you mean to tell the police
in the end." j
"Only If Elmer dies," said .Susie
with dry Hps. Her eyes stared past
Caroline at a picture of Elmer dead.
"Jim didn't shoot him."
"Yes he did. It -Elmer gets we)l,
he'll tell me what to do. That's .why '
I tore out'the page, 'and why 1' didn't,
tell the. police. But.if'hV.doesn'tget
well, I shall aajr that Jim'shoi him
'and that It waa-my. 'fault' f ;can.'t go
on likethls." TheVe'was a dVeadLul
finality about tbe'way she said It
Caroline- got; up-and.put,- on.-hei-'j
coau - . . .
."Are you going?" ;
."Yos," said Caroline: .
Quale drew- a' 'ong.slghl:'": ';realhH
ana turned ner neaa. . .
"Is it etui raining?" ' ..- , .
"I .expect ao It .'looked very
black.'.' ". .-'
Susie shuddered and stood up. '
"There's a storm. You can't go It
there's a storm."
"I'U.get'homs before It bresks,"
said Caroline.
' Now tbat she was on her feet she
wanted to b'e gone. Her head burned
with the heat of tlje room, and her
knees' were trembling. Outside, In
the wind and. the rain, It might be
easier 'to feel sure about Jim .She
said "Good-bye," and went out with
out touching Susie's hand,
AS soon as she had shut the door
he began to ?itn. She wanted
to get. rlgtjt away, &nd she had a
feeling that Susie might call her
back. She turned the corner, and
then' turned .'again. The passages
were very dark. 8he stopped run
ning and wondered if she had taken
the wrong turning.
' The house was old and rambling.
She had, a 'bewildered feeling ot
having lost her sense ot direction. A
sudden .flare ot lightning gave a
blinding' picture ot two corridors
meeting at the toot ot a narrow
stair. Darkness followed Immediate
ly, 'and one ot 'those poals of.thun.
der which 'sound like giant girders
being thrown down upon an Iron
roof. The noise' was .deafening.
Caroline shrank instinctively
away -from -the wlndpw,.-and found
herself six or. seven steps-, up the '
stair, 'holding to the' narrow baluster
and walling tor the horrible noise to .
stop.
When she opened her eyes, she
saw above her a very faint etreak ot
light There was a door a tew steps
up, and the light' came from under
It It waa Just a. thin pale streak, but
It meant that there waa someone. In
the room. Caroline bad a foellng that
someone else's company woqld be
pleasant Shd could, say uiat she had
lost her way in the passages. -
She went up to the level of- the
door, and as aha Ijfted her hand to
knock, tha light of another flash
flared up from behind her and below,
and a crash more violent than either
of the others followed. Urged by a
blind Instinct for shelter,. Carolina
opened the door. '
She was Inside the door and lean
ing against the Jamb with the door
shut beblnd her before the second
crack ot thunder came. She could
not have moved to save her life.. She
was In the room, but she coiild not
see It at '11, because a four-leafed
screen covered the door, one panel
being flat aa.lnst the wall on her
left while the other three fig-sagged
out from it at an angle.
Caroline had taken about three
steps, when, In the room on the'other
side ot the screen, someone spoke,
"Do you think Jt a going over?"
Caroline stood still Just where she
was. She had only heard.that voice
once before, but she would have
known It anywhere. It was Neata
Rlddell who had spoken.
rCoplrlfflf, HIS, J. B. Llppincolt Co.)
Tomorrow, Caroline wltneiets a
mysterious set-to.
E PLANS
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SALEM. Nov.
all five bridges
1 AP)--Plan for
for ttie Oregou coa&t
highway, are now in the hands of the
public works administration at Wash
ington, D. C. This Information was
contained In telegraphic communica
tion today from Senator Charles L.
McNary's office at the national cap
Itol. The telegram quoted Colonel Clark
deputy admlnatrator of the national
public works department, to the ef
fect that plans for the Slualaw and
Umpqua spans had Just been re
ceived. These were the last two sub
mitted, those of the Alsea, coos Bay
and Newport having been forwarded
previously. The request as to defi
nite information on the whereabouts
j of the bridge plans was made by
state highway officials.
Midget Photos, 3 for 10c. Pcasley
Studio, opp. Holly theater.
LOSE RAIL F
PORTLAND. Nov. 1. A
of K Is math Falls residents who
group
tnxee
years ago sued to regain money they
subscribed several years ago for pur
chase of rights of way and terminal
property for the Oregon. California
& Eastern railway, lost their cas in
federal court here Monday.
The court ruled that the citizens
had "made a contribution for the
purpose of building up the city, and
they must find their reward in Its
future prosperity and wealth."
The case was heard by Judge James
Alger Pee.
' Hunlest) Burled.
POItrLAND, Nov. 1. (AP) Fun
eral services were to be held here to
day at 2:30 p. m. for Millard F. Har
deaty. 64, reading clerk at the state
senate. He died at his home here
Sunday. Interment will be at Astoria.
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srve "VOO A DIVORCE .
' Pillow rrihtrrs 'Fined.
BtLVERTON, Nov. 1. (AP Th
n-inncr surtvrad with ths loser in this
(iRht. Oswald Psulson of Clstakanle
nd Walter Borkman of Kelao, Wash
were convicted ot "pillow fiRhllns''
In s local hostelry. Coat of tha de
stroyed bedding waa paid In pollca
court and tha men left town.
permanent waves that are soft and
lustrous. Call 737-J. Prevost's Beau
ty Bhop.
1 THOOSHT VCHJ W&IOTED TO SET A
DIVORCE ANJO THAT VOU LOVED MRS. SHCJLT7
THAT WOULD BE CHEAP YO(J GO SEE SVItV
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WA8HINQTON. No. 1. (AP
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of Monmouth, Orecron. toclny filed
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rommlMlon to ft report propmeti by 1
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