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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTTNE, MEDFOKI). OREGON, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1934. ran Gordon by .IEA.XXE KOWMAX SYXOPMB: Marian Caead u itill unable to pereuade Lon, her hueband, to quit Ihe employ of Mc8wain. the contractor, although ehe finally hat managed to put Lon on hie guard. Nor hae llartan been able to get the evidence from Mas Hamlin that will control Mc&watn. Now ehe and Lon are at the police etation, where they had been called after a car had crathed into the Wakl automobile, the Watte being alrnat the only peoyle itonan Aaree truet. She helievee the dam ape wae done deliberately bv He, Swcin'e Kanaka eervant, Bhe te telephoning Bamltn, Chapter 45 MORE MYSTERY 'tin, HAMLIN, please," Marian J-'J-Bald to the Oakmere hotel operator. "Mr. Hamlin checked out about an hour ago," replied the operator. "Did he leave a forwarding ad' dresi?" asked Marian, a note ot con sternation In her voice. "I'm eorry, be didn't." replied the operator. Marian turned from the telephone. What could she do now? What chance had ehe ot reaching Hondon, without Hamlin to confirm her tory? And time was precious; she realized with growing anxiety that A had never heen as precious. "I telephoned Hamlin," she con fided to Lon as tbev drove home. "I Intended making an engagement with htm, but be baa lett bis hotel ind did not leave a forwarding ad' tress." . "Thank you for telling me," re turned Lon. "Ton seem pretty low ibout It Did seeing him mean that much to you?" i "Yes," Marian answered, "It did. (Vithout him to help me I can't do what 1 had so hoped to do. I'm afraid It will be too late now, when and If 1 can locate blm. "Lon," sbe turned to blm Impul sively, "I'm so dreadfully afraid UcSwaln will strike at you now, I mean, within the next few hours. I've never asked anything ot you before, and now I'm going to. Lon, vlll you quit McSwaln. right away?" "It may mean a penitentiary sen tence, Ian." he answered. "I don't believe It, not for a first offense wltb restitution and If you itay It may mean something far worse. Lon, won't you do this for ne?" Lon's answer surprised Marian. Eager as she was to have him tree tt the East Braios High School building and what It had come to represent to ber. she wasn't pre pared for his ready consent. "I'll quit tomorrow night, Ian," he promised, "If you'll promise to say nothing more about It tonight." , Marian said nothing more. Neither slept well and when Lon started away In the morning be seemed loath to go. After breakfast they sat before the Are. neither talking. Lon put bis arms about her, as It be were convinced he waa fac ing a long separation from her. "I wish I could go with you, Lon," she said In reply to his request that be drive In to town and stay with Anne tbat day, "but I'm afraid If I leave the house Hamlin might tele phone." "Wouldn't he know enough to call the Steeles?" U naked, and she noticed the Jealous note bad entire ly disappeared from his voice. "I'm afraid not" "And this Information you're after la so Important to you?" be con tinued. "Yes." "You don't feel you can tell me?" die persisted. , "I'll tell you tonight, after you've quit McSwaln," she promised. tUT she didn't tell him that night, - simply because she didn't see blm. That day, the longest Marian had ver experienced, crawled along moment by moment May Wakl tele phoned early to say that the bead .of Wakl had many pains and would be mind if they atayed at borne? Marian eagerly assured her tbat sbe wanted Wakl to take the best care possible ot himself. As she had confided to Lon the previous night, "it Wakl had been killed I would have felt like his murderer." She was afraid to work In the garden tor fear the telephone would ring and stop before sbe reached It; afraid to telephone Anne, or any one whom she dared to talk with, tor fear Hamlin, or John King might be trying to reach ber. And then, to top It all, was the gradually growing conviction that McSwaln was planning some way of keeping her from reaching Hondon with the Information If she got It. She wondered If be hsd reached Hamlin, then decided he hadn't toi the operator bad said ha had "checked out," Perhaps he had sensed the seriousness of the situ ation and decided to hide out where M o 8 w a 1 n couldn't reach him, though that wasn't the wsy she would have thought he would act, "I'll drive In to see King In the morning." she decided. "Lon won't be working and be can go with me. Perhaps now he'll listen to my ex planation and believe me and to gether we can work for bis protec tion." Somewhat satisfied, she curled up on the divan wltb a book. She would read i page or two, then atop to think, "tomorrow we can start over again, Lon and I," or, "It would be nice to drive back to Cleveland, tor the winter." The day passed slowly, she gave up trying to read and tried to write letters, but she couldn't write of what was on ber mind and nothing else seemed Important She bad dinner preparations under way early In the afternoon, tben sat watching the clock anxious ly. Five, and then five-thirty; Lon stopped work -.t five-thirty. He might be a little lata tonight, quit, ting. She wondered If McSwaln waa still In town after what he had learned the previous night, and whether he bad appeared at tbs building. At five-thirty tbe telephone rang and sbe flew to answer It "Ian," came Lon's voice, "I'm going to be quite late. Will you promise me to lock all tbe doors and windows and pull tbe blinds?" "They're already fixed," she an swered. "You know It growa dark so early these days. Lon, can you tell me why you're going to be late?" - "Not over the telephone, dear, but don't worry. I'll be all right It will probably be nine or ten before 1 ar rive there. If It's later, don't let It bother you." "Lon, did you do what you prom '!?" aba asked, eagerly as though tbe answer would stifle her fears. "Yes." "How did tbey take It?" "I don't know, yet," he answered. "Well honey, be a good girl until I come home. 1 wish there was some one around there you could call to come In and stay with you." "I'll be all right Lon, be careful, yourself." SHE barely tasted her dinner, tried to talk to Hero, who seemed restless and uneasy, but found her voice sounded hollow In the lonely house. Soon Anne and the doctor would live out there. But no, not until Lon could build a bouse tor them. She turned on the radio, tbe musla Intensified her nervousness, wltb tbe blatant mualo going on sbe felt she could not listen to the night noises outside tbe house. She built up the hearth fire and sat shivering with nervousness be fore It Had hours ever moved aa slowly before? Would nine or ten never arrive? It she ever closed ber arms about Lon again she waa sure she would never let blm go. She wondered If other women felt this tierce protectlveness tor their men? Did little May Wakl? Eight-thirty. She began thinking ot the Wakls, ot the little man's love of his car. He was like a child with a treasured toy which couldn't be replaced by even a liner one. She thought of ber conversation with Lon. His understanding when he had said he would attempt to assemble parte of the old car. Nine o'clock what waa It he had said about buying blm a new one? She tried to recall his words . . , something about buying him a brand new one If It wasn't that he didn't want to. . . . Marian sat up on the divas, alert Why hadn't she realised what he waa saying the previous night? He had said. "It It didn't mean leaving you without available cash." What had he meant by that? Was he nlannlng to go away? The shrill bell ot the telephone checked her questioning snd she darted to answer. 'Red Pepper?" came the familiar voice of the Dlslrlct Attorney, across the wire. "What is tt?" she cried In alsrm. "Is It Lon?" "He's all right," ber friend has tened to assure her, "perfectly safe. vie were Just worried about you. Ian, are you sure you have every thing locked tight around tbe house? And hare you a gun handy?" tCetmtil, lt!t. tt leee temeel Tomorrow, Marian faces a gun. TEACH EFFECT OF ALCOHOL SALEM. Nor. 2 op. Tha OrevM textbook commlaaion yetrday adopt ed books in health education and in hiflti vhool chemistry for ua in ttv vhool of the atat outald Portla-.d. for the next atx Tr, Char lea A Howard, auperlntendent of public ! miction announced her today. In the aeleetlon of health boona. careful consideration waa given tt the Inclusion of adequata treatment of the effect of alcohol on tha hu man vtem, Howwrd raid. STATE OFFICIAL FIGURES IN GOVERNOR VOTE SALEM, Nov. 31. (JPi Chirlea H Martin, Democrat, received a plur ality of 31,158 over Peter Zlmmif nun, Independent, for th office of governor at the recent general elec tion, aocordlng to complete official return In thla contest tabulated by the secretary of at at today. The tabulation showed that Martin received a total of 11C677 rotes as compeared with 89,519 for Zlmmer nan, and 86,939' tor Joe E. Dunne, the Republican nominee. Harry J. Correll, communist candidate, receiv ed 1,478 -votes, -while Azram M. Sil verman, Independent, polled 1.370 votes. Hank E. Wtri. Independent, who unofficially -withdrew from the race a week prior to the election, re celved 838 votes. In the first congressional district the vote was as follows: James W. Mott, Republican, 87,386; R. R. Turner, Democrat, 61,473; Em mett W. Oulley, Independent. 13,983; S. Richards. 8.288. The vote for congressmen In the second district was: Walter M. Pierce. Democrat, 29.321; Jay H. Upton, Re publican, 31,355; O. D. Teel, Social ist, 1,034. Returns for other offices filed at the general election were being can vassed by the state department to. day, but It la not likely that the tab ulatlon will be completed before Thursday or Friday. IL QUITS IN FAVOR FOE VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 21. 0D In a sudden strategic move that sur prised the city, Wes Brown, 28. Re publican nominee for mayor, today announced he had withdrawn from the race to support the Democratic nominee. Brown, an Insurance agent who three years ago was graduated from the University of Washington, de clared he had decided to withdraw In order to concentrate on opposi tion to John P. Klgglna, mayor for many years, who was defeated by Brown for the Republican nomina tion. Klgglns Is now making an In tensive campaign on a "write-in" basis. Ed Hamilton' Is . the Democrailc nominee for mayor. The antl-Kigglna forces had expressed fear that with the felld divided among Brown, Ham ilton and Klgglns, the former mayr might be successful with his "wri'e In" campaign. This led to Brown removing himself from the race. The city general election will bd held December 1, and at the same time the voters will ballot on whether to establish a commission form of government. If this la done the may or who la elected December 1 will serve only until another election has been held for the purpose of naming a mayor and three paid commissioners. WRECK BEER JOINT IN FAMILY QUARREL SEATTLE, Nov. 31. (UP) H. J. Wllman and wife virtuslly wrecked their own beer parlor, burling at each other steins, bottles, a peanut mi dline and other equipment, . police charged. Both were taken to a hos pital, seriously hurt. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cat I lnet Works. BOW TIE By GLUT AS WILLIAMS PUfs ON VERY1 NEW TOLEDO. 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