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PAGE ETflUT MTSPFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFQRD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1933. Outrageous Fortune Chapter 4T DANGEROUS STORY CAROLINE shut her eyes. Bhe felt odd and light, like a soap-bubble that Is Just going to fly away. When she opened them again, the inspector was sitting at the writing- table. He had a sheet of paper be fore him and a pen In his hand. Jim was Bitting oppoelte to him, and Major Anderson was standing with his back to the mantelpiece. He was frowning as Caroline opened her eyes. He said. "Before you make a statement I bad better tell you that Mr. Van Berg la expected to recover con- eclousness any time during the next few hours." The Inspector was full of disap proval. The law had been compiled with; Mr. Randal had been warned If he ran his bead Into a noose, so much the worse for him. and so much the better for the law. Major Anderson's frown deep ened. He had known Jim Randal since he a eight years old. He had dined at Hale Place four times year for fifteen ye&rs. He wasn't going to hare Jim Randal bucketed Into making a statement without knowing what he was up against. "One moment. Inspector," he said. "Now, Randal you say you want to make a statement. Before yon do o I think you ought to know that I aw Mrs. Van Berg this morning. "Yes?" "She saya that on the night of the sixth of August (he cams down be tween eleven and twelve o'clock to get a book. She heard voices In the study, and she now says that she recognized one of them as yours, "Yes," said Jim "I was there. I think you had better let me make my statement. There really Isn't any time to lose. Meanwhile let me tell you that the man who shot Elmer Van Berg and lifted the emeralds Is Jim or Jimmy Rlddell, and I left blm twenty minutes ago having an Inter view with bis wife up at St, Leon ard's Tower. Here's'hls description. nve-foot-e!ght or so slim wiry two teeth missing In front long nose long chin palish between thirty and thirty-five " "Jimmy the Eel!" said the In spector. . ' "Well, you'd better look quickly or he'll get away. His wife's maiden name was Nesta Williams. Sbe'a a cousin of the housekeeper at Pack ham Hall, and she's living with a brother, Tom Williams, at Happlcot, Sandrlngham Drive, Ledllngton End." The atmosphere In the room had changed. "Jimmy the Eoll" Bald the Inspec tor under his breath. Then, "We'd better get hold of him. Exusa me, sir. ne miea tne teiepnone and spoke into it. Jim struck In. "His origins ldc w to get to Glasgow, lie low there tor a bit, and Chen get abroad. But I think he's more likely to hang around here mow you 11 see why presently.1 The Inspector nodded and went Kn with his Instructions. Presently (he nung up the receiver. "Now, Randal," said Major Ander- on. "Well," said Jim, "I landed at Liv erpool on the first of July but In wou've been taking an Interest In ve, 1 expect you know that. I was In the wreck of the Alice Arden on August eighth, and until about half an hour ago I hadn't the remotest idea of what had happened between those two dates" He paused, and landed, "with one exception." I A WAVE of excitement swept over Caroline. Th color rushed to her cheeks. i "Look here," said Jim, "can I tell fthla my own wayT I'll sign a formal statement afterwards If you want tns to, but I'd Ilka to tsll It to you first just aa It happened. Can I do that?" "Yes," said Major Anderson. l"Carry on." "Well then, I understand that I !was taken to the Elston cottage hos pital, where I kept on repeating the ame of Jim, or Jimmy Rlddell. They weren't sure at Brat whether jl was saying Rlddell or Randal, so Ithey sent out a message with both litamea. Next day Mrs. Rlddell foiled up. Identified me as her husband, nd carried me off. "Now I come to what I do remem ber. I woke up next day In a pep feotly strongs room. A perfectly strange young woman came In and iasmred me that my name was Jim my Rlddell, and that she waa my wife. I couldnt seoiradlct her, bs cause as far aa having any memory was concerned I might have been a new-born baby. "The only thing I remembered and I didn't know whether I was re membering it or not was someone holding up a string of square green stones under a bright light, "And there was a fog, and a voles talking In the fog talking about the emeralds and Jimmy Rlddell. It wor ried me to death, beoause I couldn't make out whether It wss my own voles or not." He paused. Major Anderson said, "This Is a most extraordinary story, Randal." Jim went on again. "I'll cut It as short as I oan, but you've got to understand the sort of stats I wss In. Nesta Rlddell said we'd been married on the 26th of July at the Grove Registry office In London, and she told ma that I had shot Elmer Van Berg and stolen eight very valuable emeralds on the night of the 6th of August. 8he wanted to know what I had dona with the emeralds. Bhe said I waa on the Alice Arden because I was on my way to Glasgow. She said I'd hid den the emeralds before I went, and she wanted to know where they were." MAJOR ANDERSON took a sten forward. "Really, Randal I dont know whether you hadn't better see a doc tor. This Is the moat extraordinary story!" Jim Randal laughed. "I know It sounds extraordinary, but I'm perfectly sane. I'd like to go on If I may." He went on. "Bits of my memory were coming back. It waa like seeing pictures I could see myself drinking with El mer Van Berg. I knew that I called him Elmer, and that his wife's nams was Susie. And when I remembered all that. I got the wind up, because It seemed as It I must have done It and there were my finger-prints on the glass I'd used. 'My one Idea was to get ont of Ledllngton. Well, I started out across country without any Idea of where I was going. The most dam nlng thing was that Nesta Rlddell really did think I'd got the emeraldu there was no mistake about that. "To out a long story short, I went to Hals Place, and when I got there I remembered my name and who ! was. In fact I remembered every thing except the time between the drat of July and the 13th of August which was when I waked up at Happlcot." The Inspector made a note of the dates. "I got Into the house and I stayed there. You oan understand that I wanted time. I made up my mind to wait for a week and see what happened. I knew I was exposing myself to suspicion, but I decided to wait." Jim went on speaking. "During the Urns I was at Hals Place the house wss twice entered. There's a room there called the Blue Room. The burglar came straight to this room on both occasions, The first tlma he charged me and got away. The sscond tlms he got what he had come for the emeralds." 'What?" said Major Anderson. They were hidden In the Blue Room. Ha got away with them, and caught the last train into Ledllng ton, and I Just missed It I came on in the morning and watched for Mrs. Rlddell. . 'I watched the road all day. In the evening Miss Leigh met me. She had her car, and thanks to her I waa able to follow Mrs. Rlddell when ske came ont. She had taken her brother's motorcycle. Ws followed her to St Leonard's Tower. Miss Leigh remained In the Held, and I went on to the ruins. I overheard an Interview be tween Mrs. Rlddell and ttra man. They quarrelled. She had parked the money shs had brought him some where, and absolutely refused to hand It over unless hs showed her the emeralds. In the end he gave way. They were on one aids of the Tower, and I waa on the other, with one of those narrow silts between us. He atruck a match, and there were the emeralds dangling about a yard away from me." He paused. "Well?" said Major Anderson. "I grabbed them." He dived Into a pocket and flung a glittering heap of green and pearl upon the Inspector s foolscap. There they are!" he said. (CevvrlcM, nil, . B. Ul-plnMH Oo.) In tns nxt ohapUr the poll r. main unoonvlncsd by Jim's uls. URGES! FAMILY 8EDAUA. Mo., Nov. 18. (UP) The troubled affairs of Missouri's largest family reached a climax to day when It was announced that Mrs. James Murry was expecting the birth of her 20th child. The 43-year-old mother collapsed here today at an Inquest held over the death of her eldest son, Alford, 27, who committed suicide last week. Three other sons bad been held for questioning in connection with the death, but they were released after their 6-year-old brother, Ray, told officers he had seen Alfred shoot himself, James Murray, father of the rec-ord-Aoldlng family ' and the only member who has had work. 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