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.PIGB FOURTEEN MEDFORD HAIL TRIBTJNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDST, JUNE 22, 193. v DM" MOCKING HOUSE BY WALTER C. BROWN UPS1B! At last, thtxgt are trcuking Sergeant Harper's vxty in hie investigation of the two mtir dere at Pierre Dufreen&e house, fie has exposed the lact that both Mr. and Urs. Dufreene are paying Ellen Becker, a former maid o . theirs, to keep quiet about some . notes demanding a rendezvous, and he hat broken Pierre Duresnes eupposedly air tight alibi. Chapter 44 MRS. DUPRESNE THE dark blue limousine pulled up outside No. 84 Powhatan Ter race. It was only a little past seren o'clock, but the darkness was a ad vanced aa though the night were houra old. Through the twin cylin ders of light (rom the headlights fluttered the vagrant snowllakes that heralded the sequel to the storm ot the preceding day. The air was creepy with chill. "Walt here for me, no matter how long," Harper instructed the driver. Ee opened the door and entered. There was no one in sight and no sound of activity anywhere. He walked down the hall, unlocked the breakfast-room door, and turned on the wall lights. Whenever he re turned to this locked room, he had a foellng that someone had been there In the Interim looking over the "exhibits." He had that feeling now, atrongly, but could discover no evldenco to substantiate It. Dropping bis hat and overcoat on chair, he went to the fireplace. Sore enough, there was the brass urn In a corner ot the hearth, ex- actly as Ellen Becker had described It Harper pulled it forward and ' handful by handful sifted the sand, Having made sure that nothing was bidden there now, be poured the white sand back Into the urn, smoothed It down, and returned It to lta place. Harper went to the door and looked out Into the hall. He waited, hearing a quiet footstep. The butler appeared, saw the silent mure watching, and came to him. ; "Where Is every one, Andrewsl" ''They are at dinner, sir." He indi cated a door farther down the ball. rAna Mrs. uurresner- i Mrs. Dufresne la having dinner fn her own room. Did yon wish to speak to anyone r I "Not yet, Andrews. Later In the evening will do just as welL Is Doughy aboutt" 1 "I'm sorry, sir. He asked Mr. Du fresne for the evening off. ''What time will he be back?" "Eleven-thirty, at the latest That Is the rule ot the bouse. The detective went back Into the breakfast-room, took up Mrs. Du Cresne's stained slippers, locked the door behind him, and went quietly up the stairs. Still quietly, he rapped Dn the door of Mrs. Dutresne's room. Without any preliminary sound the door was opened a foot or to and Miss Burkett's red head gleamed in the opening. Sergeant Harper pushed against the door gently but firmly and In sorted himself through the opening. "You can't come In here," protested the watch-dog supplied by the hos tile Dr. Ulrica. "Not" queried Harper, smilingly, already inside. Over the nurse's shoulder ha saw the mistress ot the house seated in a deep armchair. "Good evening, Mrs. Dufresne. For give my Intrusion, but it is Impera tive that I speak with you now." MRS. DUFRESNE was resting very comfortably in her chair, her teat on a stool, a book open on her lap, and a soft blue lounging robe covering her. Dr. Ulrica's blindages hid the right side ot her face. The detective turned to the nnrse. "I wish to talk with Mrs. Dufresne privately. If you will please leave us I'll ring when I've finished." The red-headed woman looked at her patient in Inquiry. "But I have orders to stay here," she objected. "Dr. Ulrlch told me "Never mind what Dr. Ulrlch told you" ; "Go, Miss Burkett" There was so denying the authority in that quiet voice from the armchair. Preceded by a colli "May ir Harper pushed up a ohalr to face the still figure. "I hope your Injury la responding to treatment Mrs, Du fresne I understood from Dr. Ulrlch that you would have to keep to a liquid diet for a tew days." Mrs. Dufresne ignored the subtle exposure She reached out her hand toward the stand at her elbow. On it were a writing pad, and a pencil. She picked up the latter. "Let us put an end to these little Actions, please," he said, quietly. "If you can bold conversation with Dr. Ulrlch, you can talk to me. It Is Kittens RlMl on rtotl -mack Msris- Rlrtrs. $1 r i . j TSTs.ii bi.k iV I 03 M vi " I" 1L, Cs.e I SOOTH WINDSOR. Conn. (UP) LBWI8TON. Ms. (UP) It coats 11 1 I 'l Vj5 Jl Tt. t s M Ott 1 I V -f '' l' A w- Hf.J Whon th mother of four nswborn to ride In Lwlton 'BlscK Mnrls" ! ' 11 II I - 1 I 1 II 1 I I kltwns tell Tlotlm of a "hit snd whether you nnt to or not. The ; BBINQINQ DP FATHER By QeoreB McManiU nin" driver. Mrs. Robert Lobrtell pur- police department hs bought a new " 1 , 1 1 1 1 : 11 i i III f I m "TT" "" ' I j chased a nursing bottle and took patrol wagon and the fee has been I .. ' ,'t.li)l-i?)X?Sp.,t4.. VA-IERP, i? HE ? HA MV I'LL SAV iO- HE . 1 , ,, over the duties of rearing the or-1 levied to cover It cost. The 1 Is , rJVtSCMA I WONDER IF HE SONBEEN CALLED FOUR W feTEMOrtri APHER hIrquT phans. The idea wa, a success. added to th. defendant, fine. 1 . I SEE IF J'Sm I HA"b BEEN Mg VET? J ?N ? dTsTANCE PHONIES- t WANT TO HER OUT i P fe wL tffT time we bad an understanding abu certain matters." "What do you want, Mr. Ha. pert" ahe asked In a muffled volu. for the surgical dressing cover.c one corner ot her mouth. "I want the truth about eertr.. Incidents, Mrs. Dufresne, and oni. you can supply that," Harper an swered. "There Is no use beatln, about the bush. We have found otu a great many things from uti source and another, some things wt do not yet understand fully, but tin; case has definitely moved from th. backstairs to the upstairs, to put jl bluntly." Sylvia Dufresne flinched. "Mrs. Dufresne, who was tbe man who was murdered in the breakfast- roomf What was bis name, and what brought him to this house, not once, but many tlmest I believe you can tell met" "I don't know," the lady faltered, not challenging her questioner. The detective's brows went up. "Where did you go when you left Mrs. Morlock's house last night?" Tbe hands tightened so that tbe knuckles sbone taut and white "Who told you I loft Mrs. Mor locks?" she gasped. For anawer, the detective posed the stained slippers on the side ta ble. "These are the shoes you won last night, Mrs. Dufrosne. The show that you walked a consider able distance through the snow. Bui that Is not all. We bave an eye- wit nesa who will testify that you icfi Mrs. Morlock's house." SYLVIA DUFRESNE was silent, but the one wholly visible eyi was wide with apprehension. "Would you not ratber explali tblnga to me here, quietly, than at swer these same questions in i courtroom!" Harper asked. "Pe1 haps yon will realize what I mea' when I tell you that I talked wit Ellen Becker thla afternoon. Sb told us everything." Still tbe wide-eyed silence, a though the Sergeant ot Detective had exercised a hypnotic spell ovc. her. "Believe me, Mrs. Dufresne, yoi should have realized that tbe trutl could not be suppressed long b: bribery. Ellen Becker took th money, but ahe has told her ator) Donaghy, apparently, has en cashed in on this, and I have n doubt he can be made to talk ai readily aa the girl." "Josepht" Mrs. Dufresne mur mured. "Yes, Joseph Donaghy," Harpci repeated. "Not to mince words, Mrs Dufresne, It will be charged tlm you held secret rendezvous with tbi man wbo was killed." Sylvia Dutreane cried out at that and put her band over bor face, bu the detective went on remorselest ly, "We have been told there wen a numDer or jealous quarrels be tween you and Mr. Dufresne am that he openly charged you wltl Infidelity. At the time he atated the: he would never give you a divorce "It baa been remarked that evei since this affair reached lta cllmai Mr. Dufresne has avoided your pres once. It will be Intimated that you entered into a plot to kill your hus band and that In a quarrel subse quent to the attem'pt on his lite yon killed this other man. We are certain that Officer Ham- Ill was admitted to this house by some one be recognized as belong ing here and waa tben ahot down. Yon have my word that as the evidence now standa it will make a strong circumstantial case. You will be amazed to see how much ot our evidence will fit Into that theory. "I have studied these facts and suspect a different story, but If you will not confide In me I sball have to act on Ellen Beckor's teCmony. I ask you once again to tell me the truth about last night" Then her voice came. "No no I have nothing to say. To you or any one. Not even if you arrest me. Yon must do aa yon like. But please please don't question met" The tears rolled silently down her cheek, but she would not give way to audible distress. Harper rose. "I- am very sorry, be said, reaching for the bell. The nurse responded to the tinkling call aa the detective picked up the slip pers. "Miss Burkett I make you ac countable for Mrs. Dufresne's safe ty. She is not to have possession ot any article with which she might Inflict an Injury to heraolt or others. That lccludoa anything with a point ed or cutting edge. You will also see to It that all visitors are barred from this room until farther notice. Those are official Instructions." (Copyright. tti. bu Walter O. Broumi ..Kssa:"m 1 1 1 bis boss ji vj i I rriK&iiS . vh w- yj nm- r k- " CCC DEATH RATE L A law mortality rata for the Med- ford CCC district has been recorded during the pant year, figures receiv ed from the district headquarters to day show, with only three deaths within this section since establishing of the headquarters In May, 1833, Last summer there were 14 camps, with about 3800 men In the district, during the winter there were 2000 men, and now, with the district en larged to Include 20 camps and a headquarters detachment of about 200 men, there are an approximate ,4200 men on duty In this area. The most recent death. In the CCC, was John F. Joblonskl, 10-year old Chicago youth, who died last Sunday from Injuries suffered when he dived Into the Rogue river, at a shallow spot. He wae stationed at Camp Band Banger station. His body was ship ped east Wedneeday, for burial. On October B, last year, John J. Novotney, 22, an enrolls with the Lake of the Woods company, from Streater, 111., was fatally Injured at the Cold Springs spike camp about forty miles from Klamath Palls, by a falling tree. The other death In the district, waa Kirk M. Sheldon, World war veteran, who died at the Boseburg hospital on November 23, 1933, from car buncles. According to figures released by In surance companies, the mortality rate, for the average aged Junior S 'MATTER POP BEN WEBSTER'S OAREER THE NEBBS The Way Out TO COMe BftCK a,ioo we OVER TWE HOTEL. AMD WATER. BUSINESS BUT BUOV ISNJ'T WEES1 rod TWC itDEA. -HE VUWJTS TO Be TWtE. BlS BOSS MIMSELP. W tW A U TUT- T-4AT5 -tm E f X'T --r-oT.-PcT.! -rial AvJrf 1 K5P rir A A-r3uwcf- x-tv T,v, Js I X 53 IX. 9 ft-"?- if '"V J9l ICatXeU VH. liT- Wll IW I (OeprrlgK 19S4. ty Tas BU Syndleata, fae.) J TAILiJi'iN TOlViMV The Case Looks HopelesBl. - . ' OTrTFINSE ZsinP SAV3TO- HOUD HE DISAPPEARED V SjSIBiiMB MEANWHILE "" HHH COURT HOUJS6 PRINT THEOR.Y E (e"1"' ABOUT THIS FELLER, ? MONTHS ASO-THAT 2lsPpi WHAT ARE. A .WM- was a eu&T, AF ifeg! bolts-vTh" sort of lets wm jllilll they sonna ? Wfflm T', HEY? - fesssP.: SREASE-dONK J V OUT UM-l IOONDER-5 ffV'ttWiW V, oa UilTH V WM V, j V 1 J TT HU9H, BRIARStE-V "t b' BR1AR.VOU OLD LUMP OF Y f WE DON'T WANT TO 1 tam I V-OVE, I DONT KNOW WHAT 1 II AWAKEN DAVE OR Jt8fl H TP DO WITHOUT YOU I ! i r enrolle, would be 7.G1 persona per thousand, each year. Juniors include young men between the ages of IB and 29. COLLEGES KEEP SALEM, Ore. (UP) All Oregon In stitutions of higher learning finished Some Disturbing Thoughts MOVJJ . I DOMT WAWT r Mmi..7-'..ihiEz: I I'LL RACE YOU DOWN ) 7 HlO?Rll KID TO COME BACK HERE I ijij 1 DOWT UAKJT TO OWM -rwvr soMEsooy else OObS OF AlsJO HES tham eses tt, W- THE CHICKEN! ST1U. CARRVlSJG, AROJWD, the achool year with expenditures well under those budgeted, an audit Just completed by the state depart ment showed today. Eijx-udlturts were; Estimated Actual j General board .. 147,837 s 111,080; O. 8. C. 1,702,305 1,593,641 i U. of O 983,394 882,809 Medical School . 364,716 328,109 Monmouth Nor... 185,017 174,01s! Ashland Nor 80.147 74.013 La Orande Nor.- 92,788 88,133 Total 13,015,398 t3,253,101 THAT THAT KID A PLA.CE HELP r-W istwe i FkcSHEWi THAT PUT IS :i ir , , i'l J1,! IS'SS-V a. DEUCE, f lMANASeR?LETCWIMATTEODyi MISS ALL. THE L W fit i ("R I'rW--- 'I"-' to all thcw?- r-r V wa 'i'.i rr i i hi rni nn!C i anPDTifi ikjg a v. -t.-. i ij i Li ipiiiw. n-n i SUBURBAN HEIGHTS I JUL v jry . ... xU1 3-VL SBSlL 1 WONDER WHAT CAP"N TO. LENDING THAT rAN NIGHT-LUKE IS RIGHT WHOEVER IT IS LIVING FISHTOWN SURE DOESN'T LIKE. VISITORS MISWr HAVE HELPED Mt PocKeTBOOk BUT HE. U UN STAMOIM6 1 tUAS ANJ -U ACE AROUNJO HEpE ONJTtl- HE AMOTWER SPOT ON Mfc. ALlriOLJ6H THE WOMEN OF THE ND6HBORH0OD ARE IKDI&KANT THAT A Ble ADVERTISING) SIGN BOARD was pot Op oh The VacaMT lot on the CORKER , THE Stf AU. BOYS ARE JUBiUKf AT SEtflKG A SWELL BACK -STOP AT LAST TOR THEIR. DIAMOND (OopTriflit, 1934, rflailtll iyndleaW, be.) IKE WA3 UP 1 FCAP'N IKE ASHORE AT , TVE 5EEN BECAUSE ALONE IN TRV TO KEEP IT QU1ET- BE ABLE ujiiiiiniu - V 5A.-V; FATHER OF A GREAT SOM . I'VE 30T A. SOOD IDEA CUE HAVE MO &U5IKJESS p BREAK UO A FAMILV.UJHArS) " ITHE MATTER. WITH OPEKJIMG. AN J BREAK UO A FAMItY.UJHArS THE MATTER. UOITH OPEKJIMG AN OPPICE IKJ THE CITV UJtTM MANIASER?- LET TO ALL "THE ADVERT I AMD By GLUYAS WILLIAMS . UhUIANJS By 0. M. PayncJ By Hal Forresfl By Edwin AlgeB DOESN'T KNOW w whatT lE'LL 1 -I'LL I JT THAT miiiiiiiiin sr SO AAAVBE HE' TO TELL ABOUT IN THE MORNING By Sol Hesl NOLVVSiL GOT AJ 1 IDEA .A THIMKITS A GOOD ONE', LEM THE VOL) CANJ'T MISS ALL, THE T1M5 tea i
