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.
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other steins, bottles, a peanut mi
dline and other equipment, . police
charged. Both were taken to a hos
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