Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1933)
tXGE FOURTKEST SnTDFORTJ MATE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSITAY, NOTEilBER 9, 1933. Outrageous Fortune EiMa. SYXOPSMt llafor Jindtrton.th Chief Conetablt, it making inqutrtet of Carotin about Jim Randal, her eoutin who hat beoomt tangled in the mystery of tht Van Berg tmeraldt and tht thooting of their owner. Juet at Carolina tellt tht Conetablt tht hat heard nothing from Jim, Jim telephone!. Bhe make him underetand tht wilt mot him that night without "tip Ting off" Mafor Anderion. Caroline nowt Jim had nothing to do ieith inhlno the emerald, but until hit memory returns, proving it it a dif ficult matter. Chapter 41 TRAILINO NE8TA I TIM RAKOAL went Into tht ltHmrr, " but h did sot stay thert lone He did sot ren ask for tht tile which h bid com there to look at The past and what had happened In the past vu nothing like to Im portent as the present and what was likely to happen la the Immediate future. He eat down on one of the stiff upright chairs, shut his eyes, and went over what Mln had told him. Nesta had come down In the small hours at the summons of a handful of gravel thrown up against her window. She had been away tor something over an hour, had come back, and then Immediately gone out again as far aa the gate, bring' lng with her something, presumably money. Mln had then heard her aay "It's U I've got," and something about keeping money In the house; after which the man said a lot of things ehe didn't hear, and one that she did. She heard him eay, "Don't be late." What he made of It was this Keeta had given the fellow all the money she'd got In the house, and waa under an agreement to meet him next day with more. If he was right, Nesta would be drawing money out of the bank tome time during the day. Some time after that she would meet the fellow. And when that meeting took place. It , would be greatly to hie own ad' Tantago It be could contrite to make an unobstruelre third. Be had to keep an eye on Nesta RtddeU'a movements. Meanwhile he was going to risk a telephone call to Caroline. From now on she had got to keep right out of the busi ness. She had got to be told that. and that he had left Hale Place. He croesed over to the north side at the square, went Into the !nt of fice, and rang np Haietury West. When Caroline's voice came to him after that long strange pause, bis heart jumped. He said what he had come there to say, and heard Caroline say "Walt." She eald It twice. What waa the matter? Was It because be had said good-bye that her voice was stiff and dead? He said, "I mustn't wait. Don't worry." He was a tool to hare eald that, because the thought of Caroline worrying ailed him with an Insen sate desire to go to her. "Where are yon ringing np fromt" He told her. He said, "I can't stop." His hand made a movement to re place the receiver, when Quick and warm there came to his ear a rush ef quite unintelligible words. He wasn't to forget that he was coming to Jenny Ross treasnre hunt They wouldn't begin while It was light "so we'd better meet about nine." He heard her laugh and say, "I ean't stop either I've got a visitor. I'll be at the end of Neata'a road I can't remember Its name at nine o'clock. Will that be all rlghtr HE left the post office, reached the High Street by way of Market Street, and walked out to Isling ton End. It was all vary well to say that he had got to keep an eye on Nesta Rid dell, but how was It going to be done? Sandrlngham Drive offered about aa much cover aa a parade ground. There was tht Kosy Kor aer Kafe at the near end of the ' drive. But the bother waa that the beastly road had two ends. If he watted for Nesta at one end, she'd be bound to go out by the other. It all depended where she waa go ing to meet the fellow. It It was In Ledllngton, she would pass the Kosy Korner Kate, but It It was some where out In the country, the would come out on to the main road at the lower end of Sandrlngham Drive. He passed tht War Memorial, and presently tht Kosy Korner Kafa. If there was a point on the main road from which ha could see both ends ot Sandrlngham Drive, things were colng to be a little easier. The drive Olrl Campos Cops Rule school. NORTON, Meat (UP) Twenty elrl "campus coin." equipped with whistles and Nirtwi, enforce the "keep off the grass" rule at Whoa ton college. Bven the faculty members nave to obey them. Negro, H ho Raced Hone, Dead. rmiOHSWTJ o. (UP) Beeent death of Joseph Smith, 70-year-old ixsrro, recalls tht day a quarter cen tury ago when he astonished the sporting blades by running a ten' NOW IS THE TO DUY wasn't very long, to ht had hopes, Another minute mors and tht hopes were Justified. Tor a dls tance of flvt or tlx yards It was possible to sea both turnings. These ive or six yards covered tht lower gate and part ot tht shrubbery ot ont of those large out-of-date house which have been abandoned before the encroaching tide of bungalows and villas. The drive was green with moss, the garden a mere tangle. Be tween It and the road ran a low brick wall topped by an undipped; hedge. The whole place had a deso-, late, unvlslted look. 71m nnahit MMII the. nfj with' some difficulty and walked lo.J Nothing could have suited him bat-; ter. There were halt a doien places where laurels, laurustlnns, lllas and yew crowded np to the nnkempt ooago, K3U wuera am cuuiu Buwu, and see without being seen. He bad not to wait very long. Im about halt an honr Neaia RIddell walked briskly past tbe Kosy Kor ner and proceeded In the Ledllngton direction. He had only to keep one turning behind her and follow on. In point ot fact she never looked round, but walked briskly Into tbe town, where she tntered the Lon don County and Westminster Bank. Jim went Into a tobacco shop on the other side of the High Street, bought a paper, and unfolding It, kept a watch upon the door ot the bank. AFTER about Ire minutes Nesta came out. She stood for an In stant on the pavement, and then gave him the fright of his Ufa by crossing tht road. A newspaper held wlda open makes a good screen. There was a moment's suspense, and then be saw from under the lower edge ot his paper six Inches ot bright blue skirt and eight or nine Inches ot rather light stocking ending In flimsy Imi tation leather ahoa go np the two worn steps of the bake shop next door. He waa so near that he could hear her rather strident volet ask ing for milk chocolate.. Hamoved farther down the street. and presently she came ont and walked back along the way by which she bad come, and at the same brisk pace. He watched Nesta disappear round the curve of Sandrlngham Drive and went back to bis shrub bery. The day passed with Intolerable slowness. It did not rain, but tbe olouds hung low and the air was full ot damp. In bla own mind he felt Quite sure that Nesta would not meet the ")tn until It was dark. He could have wished that they were In December Instead ot August, tor even on a gloomy day like tbls it would not be dark until after nine. And Carolina was coming here at nine o'clock. He had tried to atop her, and she wouldn't be stopped. He fell Into thoughts of Caroline which were angry. Impatient, tender, and passionately aelf-accuslng. He had had ne business to let her get mixed tip In this affair at alL Even If he were not Nesta Rlddell'a husband, he waa very definitely un der suspicion of attempted murder, and beyond all question he bad been In possession ot stolen property. He didn't believe that he waa Nesta Rlddell's husband; he be lieved It less than ever since his talk with Mln. But be could not prove that he was not Jim RIddell unless and until the gap In his memory closed up and gave him back the lost weeks between the first ot July and the fifteenth ol August. He might during those weeks have masqueraded aa Jim RIddell, and, as Jim RIddell, have married Nesta Williams, but he didn't be lieve It It retted on Neata'a word, and, quite frankly, he didn't think Neata'a word was worth a tinker's damn. On the other hand, the Van Berg affair In some sort corroborated Nesta's atatements. That didn't de pend on Neata'a word. He himself remembered drinking with Elmer on the night that he was shot He remembered seeing tbt emeralds In Elmer's band. And, most damning ot all, he had found them In hli own house In a secret Mdlng-place known only to Caroline and himself. Men had been hanged on slighter evidence than this. Caroline mustn't come within a thousand miles of It He went oa thinking about Caro line. (Copyright, (111, J. p. T.ipplnoott 0.l Caroline hsars, Menrfay, tern Words ot the oroattit Importance, mtle race with a horse and winning. The race waa from Urlehavltle to New Philadelphia, and legend has It that the horn waa all In a lather at the end of the course, while Smith barely was winded. Pine Ixtfi Barfed to Tears. wmniArl, Mich. (UP) Whit pine lotta burled so years ao In sand on the beach of a nearby lake were unearthed recently and found to be sound. They wlU be used for building material. TIME EVERYWHERE LblMiLliliJ AGE LIMIT LIFTED BT CIVIL SERVICE WASHINGTON, Nov. (AP) The prohibiten sgalnat employing stenog S'MATTER POP- TAILSPIN TOMMY 3 one TtJO ujczxs t?7XAS toe eoci. M? 7T . "IF" y5- Mr d)uisY3ewK J I OVB.T4 sd,T y gpt- faJiZj ( - B BOUND TO WIN Nothing Doing! rHI-e, VOLS? GRAB A CAS AhiO TwS HAVE SVD BEnT OH, PLEASE DO, TReAoW VOLT LU HAVE TOWJVuL READ TT, "" " GET DOWNTOTHG'BETSV DUGAT- WM VMEBSTER If f CAPTAIN COLLINS THrS, i HURRYSON-VvEM BUT XMNOT X t t WEBSTeR-HE'S A BOV WHO'S A JliA 6BCONO CUASS I WILL tJEVER TORSIVE I ORESSM MINUTES trT ) LEAVE THIS ll PASSBNGER--GNe HINt xinm --g WHIPPLE WAMT L Me I DONT J WD MrC-raX SWP R?R V THIS TO READ THEN lW-V-yT,5 ME TOTrTV Trie ,fl DELIVER THIS wl COME (Wv &rM I I ANVBODV T 1 BRING HINl BACK rrM. S1R! STEERAGE? nf J MESSAGE JK& 1 WITH )J 7&3ikt)m$ VMV PASSAGE I V HERfH WITH YOU7 yf7 7ffasa.! llmr-ir rr , rV 1 iw- Tln. I Me J FW Wf .WS'lSI PAID 1 Jk rn ra max rmmp mim e musai 1 I ' I J t- rVi A UVT-t-Mt fsiS5!5.i 5? . S I l-UVr. 3 SI I. I 13 L1al Hi It I 11 THE NEBBS Mrs. Shylock SOL HESS f Hat-t-O . 8VU.V. I'M ? II RIGHT. AM8V, THEREA If jS .m- Jl h ""CT 3 I COMIKJd OVER AkJO M kJQ ( ISrO'T MUCH TO TALK f f OOUGH-K- I IP VJtS CAkT COME. TO AKJ ' A.60UTjJUST TAKE TWS I 'TT I .SOME BODY'S COMlMG TO My WOySE- I ASREBM6MT ABOUT PADLOCK OP P VOOR POCKET- SK. rN. oA.V u J VRj I 'r BRINGING UP FATHER ' By George McManu$' fi-MwH'M ) 111 . I I HOT DOG- II f TRA-LA- sgr-wmats 111 0 jovr thrilled- 1 HI-DE-HO- LA-LA- 527 .Sv rJ Our Som emert 1 TO-OAV-VE.'S- I I .... J trS I HFOURTICKETS . L" J TVII?) AFTER MOOM " sffTST-S f I HERE.-' 1 TOR THE rooT- BALL V 2rr v c ' i h O itsL'n. TJ-V-ST mi came this J ' II S-B ? v.ti9 A sl afternoon: j ' WmL Hillfc 6 There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation rapher and typists for government servlcs who sre more than 40 years old was luted today by the civil service commission snd the sge limit raised to 03, Federal agencies are to be urged not to discriminate against appli cants because of age. In amending Vie recently adopted rule, the commission extended until November 30 the date for receiving over - rieV mK comin'J An' Arr-e.T 4im " was -tie. fie. ATI w'Tdi -House. r VJlTr r- jOopvaat. It Never Rains But It J applications from stenographers and typists between 40 snd M. Tbls wss done, the announcement said, "In view of the present unem ployment situation." REVERE. Mass. (UP) Charley Anderson, "king" of the Greater Bos ton beachcombera, earns s comfort able living salvaging coins and Jew elry lost by aumir.er bathers. By C. M. PAYNE 5 133, j The Bell BpiJIeate, tffc Pour! NUBntBER, Cel., Nov. 0.(8pl.) The second anniversary of driving SNAPSHOTS OF A BOY AVOIDING A TEA PARTY com IN BACKDOOR lb 6Ef H15 ToCTBhlU RE M.IZES, FROM CHATTER, -H-W MOTHER IS miHb A TEA PWflY FEEIS AT LAST ITS SAFE TO MOVE A6rM,ASm gR SAV6 SHE MOST HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN Hi THIrKlN6 SHE HEARD HIM (Oopyri-tt, the golden spike, hlch connected 313 miles of railroad built by '.I t Great Northern and Western Pacific railroads at the time their lines were extended through northern (Superi or) California, will be celebrated at Ntibleber. In aasen county, the night of November 11, at the Northern hotel, by tjie launching of the new local Nubleber chamber of commerce, with a banquet commemorating thla BCtfeTrTERTS S-ff WK6fR OF H& BM6 SNARED IN TO SFfV HOW-tjO-VW-tX) TO THE lADl4 TIPTOES UPSTAIRS FRIEZES Rt6lD, Mown? ouis IS THAT VtW ?" 6f3 m fOOTBALl AMD 5foRfS CAWiOOSLV KWN TROPS FOOTBALL IN QM 51ERNAH0N AS MOTHER SUDPEIM APPEARS Itf D00KWAV, EXLFIIMW6 'WHV. WILVUrO !h 1838, by The Bell BywHcste, Ik J) auspicious event. The railroads havt trcu:it new development sctlvlty to . this section of Lassen county. Se. era prominent officials representing the railroads, the press, county snd state officials, Industrial and com merclal representatives will be pres. ent. Puel Oil delivered the modern way. Call 316. Esda Transfer. By GLPTAS WILLIAMS AS REMAINS IMMOVABLE. ww-yUm. heaps mother remark SHE'D LIKE THEM 1b SEE WHAT A BI6 BOV Hf HAS tftCDYfe RECOVERS HIMSELF, SCOOT? UP FOOTBALL Wti) MUMBUN6 SDMETHIN6 ABOWFEUOWA WAiflKfJ FOR Hlttj PASRES 1HR0U6H TOWWAY tOK rKtEPOtl I I M By GLENN CHAFFU. and UAL FOKItL'Sfl By EDWIN ALGER 1 . OA' 4) yfAa.
