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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKU, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1934. By VICTOR BRIDGES 3) BrSOfSIS: Ntcholo., hoe been acquitted of the of hit former seiael triend u. horne, but Aide indications thin the publio doee not aoret wtth th verdict, lite coueln. Sir Sevmovt hae euaoeeted that Ntchola leavi the conntrv. end Nicholae ha turtouelu denounced htm. Now. al ter a dinner nlone, Nlchnla is walking down a lonetu road to hi etuitto when a hoaree voice f coate htm. Chapter Eight TWO MESSAGES JHBLIMEYI" the, role ax VJ claimed. "Strike me dead If II ain't Mr. Trench!" Out of the gloom a tattered but familiar figure lurched Into view. I waa Bob Hlcka. a genial old derell who hung about outside the nelc boring pub. and whom 1 aame'.ln, employed to fetch me a taxi, "Hello, Bob." 1 aald. "Waiting 1. welcome me home?" "Lorluvual you could 'are knocked me down with a feather, you could)" He thrust out a grimy paw. "If you don't mind, guv'nor, I'd be proud to . shake you're 'and." We exchanged grips. "Thanks Bob," I said. "It's nice to -now thai somebody's pleased to see one." . "Pleased I Why, when the noos come along this arternoon, 1 wa that there glad 1 could 'a' turned a bleedln' cartwheel. If It 'adn't been close on openln' time 1 don't know aa 'ow I'd 'a' carried on." I searched In my pocket and die covered a shilling. "You look a bll shaky even now." I aald. "Perhaps you'd feel better after you'd drunk my health." . ' He took the coin and spat on It explosively. "Gawd bless yer, guv' nor! It's a fair treat to see yon back again, an' I only 'ope the party as done tbe dirty on yer will get It In the blinkln' neck. Flnchln' a gen tleman like you. and tryln' to make out aa 'e goes about corpsln' folk Never 'eard such blarsted foolish ness!" I laughed. "How have you been getting on out here?" I Inquired. "Anything exciting happened while I've been away?" He tilted back his cap and scratched his head. "Nothln' special, guv'nor. Old 'Arrv, the noospaper seller, 'e's gorn. Runned over by a bus In Camden Town last Sunday and I did 'ear tell that the stoodlo next door to your'a been tooked by s Ialdy." "What sort of a lady?" I Inquired. "I ain't seen 'er meselt. It was the bloke at the milk shop as told me." "Well. It can't be helped," I aald "As long as she doesn't play the pi ano I dare say we shall bit II off all right." I paused "By the way. Bob.' I added, "If you're around In the morning you might give me a look up about nine. I'll probably want you to do some shopping for me." "Right you are, guvnor. I'll be there." He shambled off Into the dusk, and continuing my Journey up the hill, j arrived at the narrow passage whlcb led to my retreat. I was Just turning the corner when a diminutive tele graph boy appeared from the oppo site direction. "Beg pardon, air," he Inquired, "hut does this 'appen to be Queen Studios?" "Yes," I said, "who are you look ing for?" "Name o" Trench." "Thau me," I replied ungrammati cally. He produced a buff envelop which he thrust Into my band, and wishing me good night, sauntered off with surprising trustfulness. nUSHINO open the gate In the fence, I found everything In complete darkness. The next door building showed no sign of Hie, and concluding that my new neighbor had not yet taken up her residence. I unlocked my own front door and switched on the electrlo light The first thing that met my eyes waa a note lying on the hall floor. When 1 picked It up I saw that II had been sent by special messenger. The envelop was addressed In typewriting, and wondering who was In such a hurry to get In touch with me, 1 walked on Into the studio. Ever sine my arrest the place, had of course, been In the hands of the police. It was obvious, by what had coma out at the trial that they must have ransacked my belongings from top to bottom In the hope ol discovering further evidence against me. but of this laudable activity there seemed at flrit sight to be practically no trace. Except for a neatly arranged pile of letters on the desk everything appeared to be exactly as I had left It Even the timetable In which I bad looked up my train to Bright-J .infsea that fateful morning wtw still lying on the table a mute, bill uot uneloquent witness to tbe truth fulness of my defense, 1 glanced up the stairs that led to my bedroom. Tbe door waa shut, and without troubling to explore any further for the moment, J walked over to the desk. A brief examination of my cor reapondence .howed that It consist ed entirely of demands for money. Every tradesman 1 owed seemed to have taken the opportunity of pre senting hla bill, hoping apparently that. In the event of my being con temned to death, I should employ ny remaining leisure In settling up iy accounts. Dropping the whole lot Into tbe astepaper basket, I silt open the jlegram. It bad been dispatched ii-om Dover, and at the sight of the signature my heart gave a quick lump. Just got In here and seen eve. nlng pajer million congratulations tl ret we'va hoard or should have been back before comlna up 1st tonight will be round early to morrow cheerio Jerry With an exclamation of delight I crumpled the message Into a ball ind tossed It across tbe studio. That Jerry was home and actually on his way to London was In truth the moat welcome news I could possibly have received, i I FELT as If Providence had sud denly answered an unspoken prayer, and hardly able to credit my good fortune, I turned to examine the letter whlcb I hsd picked up In the hall. It waa dated from Tresham House, Cornhlll, and ran as follows SIR WILLIAM AVON A SONS. LTD BNQtNEBSlKO SFXCIAUBTS. PRIVATE AND CONflDCNTIAI. Pbar His, I think It very possible that we may be In a position to render each other a mutual service, which would be of considerable benefit to both of us. The matter, however. Is one wblcb, 1 fsncy. you will agree with me could be better discussed personally. If -ou will ring me up here tomorrow mornina 1 shall be pleased to make an appointment with you at any time convenient to yourself. 1 have taken the pre caution of sending a duplicate copy of this letter to the onlces of your solicitor, as I am anxious to aet Into communication with vou at tbe earliest possible opportunity. Yours fslthfully, WlLLUU AVON. For a moment or ao I stood staring at the typewritten words In puzzled astonishment. Like every other newspaper reader 1 had, of course, heard of Sir William Avon. 1 knew that In addition to being one of the foremost engineering contractors In the world, he was also a man ol enormous wealth, but what uls ob ject could be In seeking sn Interview with me I was utterly at a loss to Imagine. Waa It. I wondered. In any way connected with Osborne? That the dead man had been mixed up In some queer and sinister business J had no doubt whatever. His obvious nervousness and bis attempt to ar range a plan for escaping secretly to the Continent both pointer' to the same conclusion, but that such a dis tinguished and Important person as Sir Wlllam could be Implicated In the same mystery was too startling a theory to be readily accepted I waa ou tbe point of reading the letter through for a aecond time, when, considerably to my surprise, I heard a ring at the front door bell. The aound Indeed was so unexpected that 1 gave an Involuntary sirrt. Who on earth could It be? I had confided my plana to nobody except Mr. Cresswell, and. surely, It It were one of my friends who had come round to congratulate me on my ac quittal, he would at least have taken the trouble to ring me up first In order to make certain that I waa back at the studio. The bell trilled again, and putting down the letter I went out Into the hall and Jerked back the latch. Two men were atandlng outside one of them a tall bearded figure In gold spectacles, and the other shorter and clean shaven, with a soft bat pulled forward over hla forohead. As far as I could remember I bad never seen: either of them before In my life. I It was the taller man who spoke first. "Good evening," he ssld In a, slightly foreign accent. "Am I ad-i dressing Mr. Nicholas Trench?" "You are," I admitted. "My name," be went on, "la Stall-. man. 1 must apologize for disturbing yotrat this hour, but 1 have Just come Into possession of a certain piece of Information whlcb 1 think you ought to be acquainted with at once. If you can spare us a tew mlnules I assur you It will be to your ad vantage." (Copvrtoal. IIS), Fenn ruMli.Mnj Co.) Tomorrow, a mysterious voice Intsrferes with a murder. SQUABBLE RELIEF METHOD SALEM, Ore. Dec. 5 fAP) Gov ernor Julias li. Meier law yeaterday turned over to federal relief authori ties the question aa to whether or not tat liquor fundi, now used for regu lar relief caeee, could be diverted this month to Multnomah county for Indigent relief there. The action followed the board of control meeting here when Multno mah county representative appeared and requested 167,000 from etate liquor revenues for the care of those unable to work. The governor Indi cated at the meeting that federal ap proval of any diversion of the funds would be needed If Multnomah coun ty received Its request. Meter held that issuance of certifi cates would "establish a dangerous precedent," because other counties might attempt a like move. "As gov ernor of Oregon X do not Intend that there shall be any raid on our relief fund," he stated. At this point State Treasurer Ruius Hoi man interposed and aald he un derstood the government had already ruled on whether unemployment re lief fund couldbe used for the care of Indigents. Meier replied, "anyway, there Isn't anything before this board to vote on." "Yea there Is," Holman returned, "I have already Introduced a resolu tfon providing that certificates of In debtedness ahall be sold to meet the Indigent relief situation in Multno mah county." "X haven't seen any such resolu tion," stated the governor, "and there isn't anything in the record." "Things I suggest oou't go in the record," Holman retorted. "That probably Is a good thing," Meier replied. D ! Oram, all persons over IS years of age, with the exception of house wives, would pay 1 per cent of their i earnings Into a compulsory old age i Insurance fund. To be eligible, a ! person would have to be past 00 years j of age and to have lived continuously in Oregon for at le.st IS years. The labor commissioner estimated that oresent earnings would make it possible for a beneficiary to receive 60 a month. A commission would administer the act. Under his pro posal the maximum monthly pay ment to the Insurance fund would be tl6. SALEM, Dee. B ( AP) Charles H Gram, state laor commitunoner, will ask the county Judges of Oregon at their annual convention in Portland December 18, to consider a legisla tive bill which he proposed, providing for compuisory old age Insurance, Gram Indicated yesterday. The commissioner stated 60 per cent of the county Judges already had signified their approval of his proposed legislation. Under the plan worked out by STATE HOSPITAL HAS GREATEST POPULATION SALEM, Ore Dec. S. (AP) A new high for population at the state hos pital here was reached yesterday. Dr. R. E. Lee Stetner, superintendent, an nounced. Patients being treated reached a total of 2,676, not Includ ing Eastern Oregon hospital Inmates. The historical acuppernong vine, which Sir Walter Raleigh's first col onlste found on Roanoke Island, Is atlll there. SNAPSHOTS OF A MAN MA nirr A CHRISTMAS LIST bt gluyas wiu.uhq GlDYAS - DfClDK TTj BE FORSHftKOCP WIS YEAR AND WRITE DOWN EWCfLV WHfvT HPS S01M6T& avt everyone tor oxst BE6INS Willi WIFE . COHCEN TRATK OS WMftT TO SlVE HER PRlHTS CHRISTMAS , 1134 ' NEATLY AT TOP OF PAPER REMEMBER SHESP6KE OF SDMI THlrJ6 iMfrlE SUMMER TrlWfUE WANTED. WOHDERS WHERE THfcVU 60 MtVf SOMMER WRrTtS DOWK'HANDKECCHIEfS" AHD CROSSES If Out. ADDS HEAVY SHADtKG To LETTERIK6 frf -fro fr PAPER. Wishes he could Thihv what she said she wanted. draws a picture of santa ciaus whkh he thinks not half bat WftERS COME, COME, HE'S 6ETtlN NOWHERE , AMD PUT'S DOWN NAMES OF H1EWCHL HE HASTo-rSiVE PRESENTS COMCENTRATE&. AT EHD OF TEN MINUTES FlNDS PAPER cwered with varioos pEsierft, BLOCK LETTERIN6, AND PICTURES. MURMURS HE'LL PROUAMV Think of S6mehn6 tomorroiJ, CR0MPIE5 PAPER UP, AND 60ES TO READ THE NEWSPAPER. (Oopvrlgtt, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate. Int.) AIM FOR NORTHWEST PORTLAND, Ore.. Dee. S. (AP) Aa the first mova t brine about uniform e grading rules for Ore Ron, Washington and Idabo. a meet ing of the Oregon egg grading com mltte has bwn called for neat Fri day by A. K. Tully of tha Oregon de partment of agriculture, tdsho In terests will meet December Ifl. Uniform egg grading and regula tions for tha Industry In tha three ststes has long been discussed. Sotlet Claims tlllder Record MOSCOW (UP) What Is said to ba a world'a enduranca record for two-seater gilders was estsbllshed recently at the Soviet glider Insti tute at Koktebel. Pilots Oavrlsh and 8hemletlev In an 8H-S type of glid er succeeded In remaining aloU for 17 hours. AFTER HOUR'S DRIVE PORTLAND. Dec. 5 (API In an attempt to rotitid up art available . law-breskera. city p.Mice here are In- ! augurattng an "sfler-hours'' drive, i "Persons who csnivt give satlslso- i tory explsnstlons for being on down- ' town streeta at lute hours will ba placed !n Jsll on after-hours charges ; and will have to explain It to the Judges." ssld Captain rTank Ervln. ; new commsnder of the second night relief. 1 . S. t lag Slolen DALLAS, Tel. (UPl-Somethlng unusual In the way of burglary was reported to the Dallas police by Dep uty United RtAtes Marshal T. R Ooss. The perplexed deputy .trt an American flag was stolen from Ju.Ve William Hawieya bench In tha fed eral courtroom. 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