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MEDFOED MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1933.
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BYNOftilB: Curt has returned
to Edmonton from the tub-Arctlo
with the idea ot taking a new and
very good iob. Hut A. K. ttarlin,
hit former chief in the Royal
Mounted and father ot Hoealte
UarUn, whom he some day expects
to marry, beat him to undertake
one final' man hunt tor Igor Kar
akhan. international crook. Curt
agrees, and goes to Vancouver,
where he finite that Karakhan had
known a Ctrl named Helen tlathif
eon. He arranges to take Helen to
dinner, hoping to get eome inlorma
from her. Then they go for a canoe
ride in the nark.
Chapter Seven
FAINT TRAIL
A T the first ot their talk Curt tried
to find out what lay behind Bald
win' attempt to shield Helen that
afternoon. He discovered that Bald
win took her out frequently to dlu
ner or a show, In fact kept rather
steady company with her. That was
all be learned, but be was satisfied
there was something more, some
thing which be could uncover eas
ily enough when be wanted to.
Deftly leading the toplo from
Baldwin to Baldwin's work, he cas
ually mentioned the Karakhan cue
and got her started talking about
It Almost Immediately he discov
ered that she had loved the Russian
passionately and still loved him.
She knew about the huge swindle
he had worked, but with a woman's
As gently as an Inquisitor could. Curt went on.
loyalty she forgave It She knew he
bad callously thrown her aside he
bad done so even before be fled, and
bad taken up with another girl In
Victoria; but sbe forgave tbat too.
If she bad had the slightest knowl
edge of where be was, she would
(have flown to him In an Instant
For such loyalty to be wasted on
a vicious wolf seemed to Curt a real
tragedy. To judge by similar affairs
Ir. tbe Russian's career, the man had
soma undonlable and strong power
with women.
As gently as an Inquisitor could,
he went on with bis probing. He
found out that the continued blgb
tension ot Karakhan's game bad
wearied blm; that during hla last
three months In Vancouver be bad
fished a lot In the Strait by way of
recreation, and bad gone week-end'
log up the coast
On these trips he bad used a
plan. He owned none himself, but
obartered one privately. Though a
pilot went along. Karakhan usually
handled the controls himself. He
lew very competently. Miss Mathle-
on said, ,
C CRT'S pulse quickened at this In
formation about the plan Jaunts.
He was working on tbe theory that
Karakban had escaped by air. Train
or auto was entirely too publlo for
so shrewd a criminal, and be would
hardly have taken ship away when
a wireless flash could have inter
cepted him In mid-ocean and caught
him dead to rights.
But a plan was swift; It took to
the trackless sky; In two hops a
man could Jump clear across tbe
continent Tbn Silent 8quad had
found out about his nights but bad
set them down as ordinary business
trips. Plainly they were not tbat.
This news that he was keenly Inter
eitod In the air and a flyer himself
strongly bolstered np the theory
that be bad made his get-away In a
plane.
After taking Helen Matbleson
home, he Jotted down the Informa
tion she had given him, then bur
rled out to the Marlln residence and
planned his nexi steps.
The following day he Interviewed
several of Karakhan's acquaint
ances and throe prominent aviators
of the city. They could tell him al
most nothing of value, and be
Phoenix Endeavor
Needs Rooms For
Conclave Visitors
PHEONIX. Nov. 33. (Spl.) Pres.
byterlan church here will be host
to Vie Crater Lake Christian Endea
vor convention December 1, 3 and 8.
Delegates will be here from all
towm or the union, from Aahland to
Grants Pass, and entertainment la
to bo on the Harvard plan, the fur
nishing of bed and breakfast to the
delegates.
Anyone In the community having
an ultra room and caring to take
a delegate la aaked to get In touch
with either C. C. Hartley, or Mrs.
Ralph Peterson. If any one has
room whlcb they are willing to do
nate snr", do not wish to furnlVt
breakfast, breakfait will be taken
care of In other ways, their help
will be appreciated, too,
IMim A14 Society, will bay cbinj
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turned to Helen Mathlesou again,
taking her out that evening on a
long motor-canoe trip In the Strait.
It was she who Innocently gave him
the little broken bits ot Information
and the stray trlvIM details that be
pieced together Into the story of
Karakhan' escape.
The following morning he walked
In on Baldwin and Sergeant Holden.
"Here In Vancouver," be Informed
them, "there Is, or was, a young fly.
er called Jim Gunnar. He bad an am
phibian ot bis own, and be kept It
at the airport. He and Karakhan
went up together two or three timet
a week, and Karakban used his ship
exclusively. While I'm working on
amthor lead, I wish you'd Investi
gate, him, Holden. and get all the
Information yon can."
Holden left on the assignment.
Late that afternoon be returned,
bringing dismal news. Young Gun
nar, be reported, had bought a new
six-place plane last October and
started freelancing up the Alaskan
coast
Just a month ago he bad smacked
bp In a pea-soup fog at Baranoft
Island. A whaling boat bad taken
blm to a hospital at Novonesky, a
little town dating from the Russian
occupation of the Paciflo North
west; but he bad died without re
gaining consciousness.
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THE report was a blow to Curt It
Karakhan really had escaped by
plane, young Gunnar was the logical
person to have taken him. Now Gun
nar was dead, and tbe Information
he might have given was forever
lost
"What was be doing on tbe six
teenth and seventeenth of last Sep
tember, Holden?"
. "On the sixteenth his tblp was
housed at ths airport On the seven
teenth he cleared for Nanalmo. It
was a stormy foggy day. No other
planes cleared and none came In."
"Did he take a passenger?!
"No. I'm sure ot that because the
airport manager checks on ships.
We're to close to the border tbat
they hare to be strict with Inspec
tions. He oleared by himself."
Baldwin looked relieved. The facta
which Curt had dug up about young
Gunnar bad made him uneasy, but
now his confidence flowed back.
"Did you check on him arriving at
Nanalmo, Holden?" Curt persisted.
"I phoned 'em, but they don't keep
records there, and they have too
many planes In and out to remem
ber any particular one."
"How much gas did he take on
here?"
Holden glanced at a paper,
"Elgbty-flv gallon."
Curt toyed with a letter knit.
Baldwin felt sympathetic Tenny
son was failing. At least this trail,
to which he bad evidently pinned a
lot ot hope, was proving a complete
dud.
About this matter ot Gunnar
clearing by himself," Curt said pres
ently, and bis measured roasonlng
Jolted Baldwin out of his complac
ency, "be could easily enough have
picked Karakhan op. somewhere
out In the Strait As for bis going
to Nanalmo, he never went there at
all and never Intended to. He lied.
That plane ot bis, on floats, could
Just barely get off wtth elgbty-flvs
gallons of gas. Nanalmo Is only six
ty mile from br. Would a pilot
ever tank up to capacity for a forty-
nv mlnutt hop? you can bank on
It be was planning a flight of seven
or eight hours."
(Oopyrlght. int. TCiniam B. Uoieery,
Curt Itarnt, tomorrow, something
of groat Importaneo.
of serving the other meals, the of
ficers aupper on Friday night, the
lunch and banquet on Saturday.
MILL CODE RESTRAINER
HEARING SET DEC. 18
PORTLAND, Nov. 35 (AP) The
demand of the Willamette Valley
Litmoer company of Dallas tor a
permanent Injunction restraining
'.ie NRA lumber code authority from
Imposing production restrictions,
will be heard In federal court her
Monday, Dec. IB.
EAGLES INVITED TO
VAN ZANDT MEETING
It waa announced today by the
Veteran of Foreign Ware that all
member of F. o. K., No. Host, are In
vited to attend the meeting at the
erntory at t o'clock tonight to wel
come Commander-in-Chief Jamea K.
Van Candt of too Vetaraus of For
eign War.
FOR CRATER HIGHWAY
According to word received from
Stat Highway Engineer R. H. Bal-
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POTTS
divorce: case
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dock, the itata highway commUtlon
ftaa Instructed Maintenance Engi
neer J. N. Bishop to erect snow
stakes on the Crater Lake highway
above Union Creek, It waa reported
by chamber of commerce officials
today.
Owing to the difficulty experienced
I ant year In opening the road, the
local chamber of commerce request
ed the highway oommlulon to erect
Guessing About Brownie's Past!
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snow stakes this year and the de
sired results were obtained.
Attempt will be made in west
Texaa to eradicate the prickly pear
with injections of polaon into the
root.
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A pontoon bridge at Calcutta. In
dia, the largest in the world, la to be
replaced by a cantilever bridge cost
ing $8,300,000.
By C. M. PAYNE
S. P. DETECTIVE TRAIN
The "snanzy" looking red engine
running down the Southern Pacific
THE MAN UPSTAIRS
18 JUST TJROPPntS Off 1b SLEEP
WHEN HE HEARS FAKHLV UP-
stwRS sARf rod bed
m ALMOST D0ZEP OFF WHEN
A MUFFLED CRV CDMES FROM
MAN UPStfURS THAT HE CArtf
FIND HrS PAJAMAS
HEARS HIM OPEN WlKDOW AMP
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called a boy up ini
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two call's to
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girls herb im towm-
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tracks yesterday, attracting ths at
tention of many people, was a "de
tector car," to say the railroad offi
cials. And It was here on a very
Important mlaalntn. that of Insuring
aafety to railway passengers. The
cars, by means of magnetlo current,
detect defects In rails.
When a defect, Interior or exterior,
Is struck, the car instantly ,atopa,
and Investigation 1 followed by re
cioses tVEs firmly1, deier
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MEDwray
HEARS A SCORRVMS OFFSET
AS THE MAW WIFE OOfHS
search, vtfrfl oca&cm. am
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GcTflH6 COID
MAH UPSTAIRS PRESEKTW DEODK
HE'S (SOT "TOO MUCH FRESH AIR AND
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HE'S OUST OtVfOROW&
wis wife svl-via. 010
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HE SAVE WER.'JSOO
TO RELEASE WIM AOD
I FEEL MIGHTY SOIUrV
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tmimg fer
THEPHOMt
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pair. J. A. Ooets was In charge ot
operation and was accompanied by .
B. C. Harris, road master. -
Beef cattle will be 'swapped" with
the Amarlllo, Tel., community kit
chen for gracing privileges on water
department land.
Heating costs can be reduced. For
complete heating service call Art
SchmldU, 4181662.
By GLUYA3 WILLIAMS
B ROUSED W afrffER Oi Tl&ft
ABOVE AS MAN URSftlRS, INTMsr
IN6 OFF TROUSERS; SPILLS
OAPttSt 00f OF POCKET
BE6WS 1b DRfcWSE BtrfCOMEi
WIDE AnAWE WHEN MAN, IN
WIKDW6 ALARM CLOCK, 0
DEWftaV SE6 if OFF
SILEKCE AT LAST, BOfCWJf 6ff
to SLEEP. 'LIES, WrfH VENOM
W HIS HEART, U51ENIN6 TO
MAN UPSTAIRS SN0R1N6
PEACEFULLY
By GLENN CUAFFIJt
and UAL fOBBSBS
By EDWIN ALGER
By SOL HESS
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By George McManuc
VE.S- HE GAVE ME
THIS EYE WHCM
I ASKE.O HIM TO
PAY For THEM-