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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, JIEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, JUXE 19, 1934. CtHwuLvx. at MOCKING HOUSE bt AOrot . J lll unable to Weitfi,. tranoer Mho, iclth a policeman, taae killed In Pierre Dureene'e house, he at leaet hoe eome "leade." One is that at the time Ellen Becker, a servant, left the Dufreenee' employ Mr. ana Ure. Duresne had a quarrel, An other ie that there woe something etranpe about Ellen'e leaving, and a third is that Danaahy, the chnut feur, hae recently been seen with a lartie amount of money in hie pock't. Chapter 41 PUZZLING AMBUSH DONAGHT auddenly recapture his jaunty manner. "Certainly I've got a big roll ol bills, a regular man's size stake. "What of it? There wasn't any money missing, was there? I didn't win It on the horses. That's Just a yarn I pitched to nosey John, to makes his eyes pop. This Is money I've saved up from my wages and I'm not trusting It to any hank. Now, It you want to count It, or write down the numbers, or look (or fingerprints on it. It's all right with me." Harper waved aside the mocking ly offered wallet "So you carry your bard-earned savings around with you, yet you borrow small sums of money from your fellow servants to tide you over to the next pay day? ' must say I like the horse story better, Donaghyr This time the chauffeur's temper blew up. "I don't give a damn what you like or don't like, he sputtered, "It's my business. . It you think you've got anything on me, go ahead and make the pinch. You can't bluff ma and you're not going to bang anything on me, either, by hanging around the kitchen and wheedling gossip out of the help. "Put the screws to the servants, make 'em Jump through hoops when you crack the whip. Ask anything, we've got to answer. But I haven't beard you making any noises like that upstairs. Try badgering them and see what you getl" Donaghy went on, unheeding, 'There are lots of things you don't know about, Mr. Sergeant of Deteo- tlres, for all your snooping. I'll give you a couple of hot tips and dare you to do something about it. "You can't question Mrs. Du fresne because her face Is all wrapped up in bandages. Question her, hell, you oan't even get into the room. Well, she can talk, be cause I beard ber talking to the doctor, and talking plenty. "Here's another! Mr. Dufresne hasn't been near her since she came back to this bouse last night. Is be staying ovt, or is he being kept out? It you can spare a little time from the butler, the chauffeur, and tbe cook you might look Into a tew things like that, going on right under your nose." ' Harper got down from the table. "Donagby, I'm running this case In my own way. Right now we're dis cussing your psrt and I'm going to tell you what I think, In plain words, it's tor your own good. - "I am convinced you hold the key evidence In this case, because you know who that dead man was and why be cams Here. If you have1 accepted a bribe tor your silence, or levied blackmail on the strength of that knowledge, I warn you that you're playing with dynamite. "Both those murders were treach erous, cold-blooded affairs. There 'may have been a strong reason be hind tbe first killing but Officer Ham ill was murdered tor one rea son, and only one he knew the killer's Identity. Any one who will kill, and kill again to cover the first crime, can keep right on killing so long as there Is danger of discov ery." jrrWB dark blue limousine with the I -l blue and gold seal of the city blazoned on the door slipped swiftly past the snow bsnks that lined the country road. Harper and Lafferty had gone over the scene 'of Dufresne's am bush of the day before with extreme care and with the help of Officer Watson, to whom Dufresne had Drst reported the affair. And they had found exactly nothing whatever. No cars had been seen, no trains bad passed that could have served the hidden gunman, and all traces of his hiding place had been hidden, It they existed at all, by the snow. "It looks as If we're up against an Invisible man," Lafferty re marked. "Make It plural," returned Har per with a sharp look. "The sniper vanishes In a few minutes In the midst of a bare, flat country. But be must have been back In the city almost as soon as Dufresne, who drove like mad. "And then a stIU smarter man murdered the sniper, and escaped from Dufresne's house without leav ing a track In the snow. Either it's .BY WALTER C. BROWN. magic, or someone's been dragging red herrings across the snow." "You mean some of our clues have been planted?" "Exactly. By the way, you haven't told me bow you made out at Mrs. Morlock's." ' "Well, Mrs. Dufresne's alibi Is Just as strong as ber unsupported word. Here is tbe situation, Steve. Dufresne called up his wife about 4:30 and told her about the ambush. He said be was safe, was staying in the Austerlitt for the night, and that there was a police guard. "She seemed greatly upset by tbe news, complained of a nervous bead ache, begged oC attendance at Mrs. Morlock's dinner party and imme diately retired to her room. "About Sve o'clock the maid left a tray outside ber door. When she passed a little later It bad been taken In. The point Is that no one actually saw Mrs. Dufresne from five o'clock until the maid went up to announce that Doyle was asking to see ber. "Dinner was served at seven and while they were dining one of the chauffeurs gave the alarm about the Ore In the garage. The telephone wires were strung at the back of tbe garage and the 'phones went dead right after they'd called the Fire Department Naturally, the whole house was In an uproar, but what Mrs. Dufresne did no one In the house seems to know." "'pHAT wouldn't take any prise as an alibi, would It?" Harper asked quietly. "I always thought that when a murder was planned the murderer usually turned up armed with the best alibi not the worst. It's almost a law of criminal nature. Now who, would you say, had the very best alibi In this case?" Lafferty groaned. "Sherlock Holmes Is In again." Harper continued with a. sly smile, as though he had been an swered, "You're quite right, Steve. Dufresne and Andrews. And what portions of our evidence have been most troublesome to place?" "Personally," Lafferty said, "I could get along better It I knew nothing of the case that dated prior to sundown yesterday. That fellow buying the disguise months ago, the crank letters, the ambush, those damned things make everything dlszler." "Right again, Jack. And why? Be cause those three events should be links In a sequence, the logical out come of which would have been Dufresne's death I That's why I've felt so uneasy about the letters something tells me tbey were not written by our dead man." Lafferty nodded. "I see. The let ters furnished Dufresne with his alibi. It the letters are 'phoney,' then the alibi I get your drift. Where's our next stop, tho Auster litt?" "Not yet. First we have to nay a little social call on the mysterious housemaid, Ellen Becker." Harper took a slip of paper from his vest pocket. "Ellen llvej at 1221 West Magnolia Street. I don't think we're expected and I doubt It we'll be welcome. ; . 'Harris foun . her In a little over an hour," he told Lafferty. "That youngster will make his mark. He's got a nose for the scent as sharp as a beagle's." 'Do you expect her to cut and run?" "If she knows something, that's very likely. I'll be Interested to see her reaction when she finds out who we are." The police car threaded Its way through the city lanes until the driver pulled up at the opening of a narrow street. "Here you are. Sergeant," he announced. The '. tectlves got out and Harris emerged at once from a tobacco shop on the corner and Joined them. "Any sign of aotlvlty?" Harper , asked. "I think so," Harris reported. "Miss Becker haa been railed to the 'phone In that store twice. There's a booth, so I couldn't bear what she said, but she looked excited." "Good enough. Walt here for us," Harper directed, and he and Laf ferty turned Into the narrow street, solidly lined with neat, but small, two-story houses. They mounted the low step'i at 1221 and pulled the old-fashioned bell. They had a wait before the door opened about a foot and a middle aged woman with Iron-gray balr looked out at them suspiciously. Harper greeted her politely. "W would Ilk to see Mies Ellen Becker." "She's not at home," the woman answered brusquely. (Copvrioht, mi, by Walter C. Brown) The mysterious Ellen Backer Is put on the "spot," tomorrow. FIRST COVER SPRAY FOR SECOND BROOD OF The first cover spray for control of second brood codling moth worms should be completed on all varieties of pears and applea by June 97, ac cord Ins to the advice of L. o. dent ner, entomologist of the Southern Oregon experiment station, and L. P. Wilcox, county agent. Um powdered arsenate of lead, three pounds to one hundred gallons of water. If spider mite Injured leaves are noticed prior to the appli cation of this spray, a combination summer oil emulsion arsenate of lead solution may be used, this control!- 10 CRATER LAKE NATION AI PARK, Ore (Special.) Naturalist services will be rnderway at Crater Lake July 1, offering numerous guided nature trips, caravans, lectures and com munity house programs, Acting Park Naturalist Warren O. Moody, an nounced this week. A highly trained staff of natural ists will contribute to this Important feautre for park visitors who fully understand and appreciate the scenes of rare beauty found In the park. These men rere carefully selected on the basis of specialized training and a number of them are members of college faculties, thus providing the public with the highest type person nel possible. Called back to national park ser vices In Washington, D. C, last year, the poet i ion so efficiently held the past three years by Park Naturalist D. S. Llbby, Is being filled this sea son by Warren G. Moody of Fresno. Calif., a veteran of numerous seasons with the national park service. The latter Is a, graduate of Stanford Uni versity and Is an Instructor of science with the Fresno high school faculty. Remaining members of the staff are: Dr. Carl Swartzlow, Columbia, Mo., Instructor of geology in the Un iversity of Missouri; Prof. Worren D. Smith, head of the department of geology, University of Oregon, and author of many geologic treatises; Russell Andrews, Klamath Falls, Stanford University graduate, mem ber of Klamath high school faculty, administrative assistant to the act ing park naturalist. Craig Thomas, Fresno, Calif., zoologist and mu sician; Dr. Elmer I. Applegate, cu rator, Dudly Herbarium, Stanford University, botanist: Stanley Brode, member of Pendleton high school faculty, biologist; Prof, Ernest O, Moll, Eugene, Ore., member of Uni versity of Oregon faculty, botanist and ornothologtst; Prof. Hugh Waes che. member of Virginia Polytechnic school faculty, geologist; Berry Campbell, John Hopkins University, zoologist specializing In mammals. THE DALLES. Ore., June 19. (AP) Helen Conley, 18, a graduate of the Tygh Valley high school near here this spring, was instantly killed early Sunday when a car In which she was riding with three youths from The Dalles overturned on a highway curve while the party was return'ng from a dance at Tygh valley, pari Spauldlng, musician, was driving. All kinds of legal blanks for sale, for rent, no hunting, no trespassing and other cards for sale at Commercial Printing Dept. of Mall Tribune. Wfrom those standard) Ps,, GASOLINE PUMPS Wt, where we (Set our 2 DIFFICULT DECISIONS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS f t - , , r 6-? Wffrt VdOR TlM&ER POISED To RlKfc VflUR. VI0L1M-TEACHER'S BELL THE TIRE ENGINE 60ES BV THE END Or THE SfRE.tr, OH BUSINESS, BEWf (Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ! 'MATTER POP Ft?" i ' T5 IT E. Ol TouZ By 0. M. Paynt By Eal Forrest log the mite infestation as well as I codling moth worms. I ThA ivimhlntilnn inr.t nuM h I as follows: One and one-quarter gal I BRINGING UP FATHER Ions medium summer oil emulsion, j plus two pounds of powdered arse-j nate of lead, plus on-half pound , spreader to the one hundred gsllons of water. , To data apples and pears generslly throughout the county are compare lively clean of worm Injury. This, i however, should not be grounds for: growers to relent on their spray pro- I gram from now on. The battle lei only one-half won with the heaviest! fighting yet to be done. Apply the I sprays as called tor, with as much I thoroughness as has been exhibited i so far thta season, and at harvest time a worm-free crop will be youri reward. j Phone MS We'll hsul away youi .-efuse Cut Sanitary Service.. j t k-.u'-W "w! r Mat's Y ..., rx tsitb. o Tfeu. fAV. JU6T vajc'ul j-AvE v J f Me. A T, -r t oVis ) t"1-) iu vara i L, wvm )W tc toop w, . . ji TAELSPIN TOMMY Tiio District Attorney la Interested I Pejr SUT-U1E ALREADY ?jfe?THE NlfiHT ,EFOR.E tOHAT? 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