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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. Is In a
Kansas City hospital with a fractur
ed skull, suffered in an accident on
Vie railroad hi which he was employed.
W.C. T. U. TO DRIVE
ON DRINK HABIT
EVAN8TON, 111.. Nov. IS. (AP) The
W. C. T. D. snnounced today part of
its plan for a drive on what Is de
scribed as "the drink habit and the
drink traffic."
It includes, a statement from the
organization said, "the mobilization
of its entire national force In 35
regional conferences, to be called in
strategic cities from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and from the Canadian
boundary to the Rio Grande river,"
at dates not yet determined.
Among the objectives of the drive,
the statement said, "is to expose the
so-called 'Rockefeller report," as con
tained In the book, 'Toward Liquor
Control," as an unscientific effort to
gild the liquor traffic and an excuse
for increased drinking, under the
dangerous formula of 'true temper-
S'MATTER POP
By C. M. PAYNE
REPEAL OBJECTIVE
PORTLAND, Nov. IS (API Repeal
of the so-called "$tn marriage" lsw
and the statute requiring male ap
plicants for mintage licenses to sub
mit to physical examination, will be
sought by county clerks end record
ers of Oregon.
The sssoelatlon of county officials,
meeting In "iclr 91st annual con
vention TueM. ly voted to request of
ths legislature that the two laws be
repealed "until such time ss the state
of Washing tor passes similar laws.'
nesting coses can be reduced, for
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Schmldll, 1S 18S2.
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