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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.
' S MATTER POP ' : : By 0. M. Payne
" v i i II I nw(e.w 1et p I'll jtay )" y xA ew'u. ' ) ( I I )
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