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PAGE SIXTEEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORU. OREGOX. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934. By VICTOR BRIDGES arxuPBis: Kichoiae Trench retuna home alter heino acquitted of the chnrae of murdering hie former echool friend Oeliorne to find a mysterious letter Irom 'r VllHam Avon aaktna lor an ap potutment. Then two ttranttera nrrtva and threaten him with death it he doea not deliver to them a paper thcu May he hae stolen Irom Osborne. But aa they threaten him a young woman's voice it heard fih'onino the police, and the men cave, tilcholae remembers the younff woman aa a spectator at M" trial; ahe also has come for the mysterious paper, eho telle him. Chapter 10 ' CURIOUS STORY "rvO you know who I am?" the girl - asked. I shook my head. "I haven't vhe slightest Idea. "I naw you In court, sitting In tho gallery. I wondered then why you were so Interested In the case." "My name," she said "is O'Brien Molly O'Brien. Does that suggest anything to you J" I reflected. "Only a taint Idea that you might possibly be Irish." "I am Desmond O'Brien's daugh ter." There was another pause. "I'm sorry," I said, "but I'm still com pletely In the dark." Her blue eyes were fastened upon mine with a passionate Intentness. "You are telling me the truth? You swear it?" "He had always been delicate and the doctor thought that the warm climate would suit him better. He was rery clever at everything to do with engineering, and he brought out quite a lot of small patents which he sold to different companies. But all tho time, though no one knew anything about It, be was working secretly at this Invention. "He was trying to And a metal which would be lighter and stronger than anything known now. It took him nearly twelve years, but at last, one evening this spring, he came back from the laboratory and told me that he had done It. He was very excited and he looked dread fully tired. , "He sat up talking to me about It till nearly midnight, and next morn ing when I went Into his room to see how he was, I found that he had died in his sleep." Her voice faltered. "The doctor said that his heart had Just stopped beating." "It must have been a dreadful shock," I said sympathetically. "Were you all alone? Wasn't your mother with you?" SHE shook her head. "My mother had been dead for three or tour years. Wo were quite by ourselves, except for two oltKcolored servants. Father didn't seem to have mam I '.ft - . 7 IF ? ; t':"i fervid Kk . "I should Ilka to know where you came from." "I give you my word of honor that I've never heard of either of you." An almost inaudible sigh escaped my visitor, and for the first time the1 ghost of a smile flickered round the corner of her lips. "It seems funny that I should be questioning you; it ought to be the other woy about." "Oh, thore's no hurry," I protest ed. "Won't you sit down and have a cigaret? At the present moment that's the only hospitality I can run to." She seated herself in the chair which I had pulled forward, and leaning back against the arm of the sofa I producod my case. "I'm not Inquisitive, as a rule," I continued, "but I should rather like to know where you came from, and how you managed to get into my bedroom." She hesitated. "Mr. Tronch," she said almost desperately, "will you- will you listen to the whole truth? 1 can't explain why 1 nrn here un less I tell you everything." "I shall be most Interested," 1 assured her. SIUC accepted one of my clgarets. and having lit it, sat tor a mo ment looking down at the little curl ing trnll of smoke, "Tho paper." she said slowly, "which thoso two men wanted to steal from you belonged to my father. Ho w rote it out tho night be fore he died. It's the complete for ula for a new metal, and there are people In the world people Inlerest ed In that kind of thingwho would give you almost any sum of money you liked to ask for II." Sir William Avon's letter, which was still lying on the desk, flashod hack suddenly Into my mlud. and I whistled softly. "My sainted nuntl" I muttered "Why that . . .?" I checked myself. "Go on," 1 said encouragingly. "Tell me all ahont your father. What was he, and did he Invent this metal him self?" "Father wns an engineer in Dub lin to start with. He went out to America about twenty years ago. and at drat, after he married mother, he used to work for a big firm In Chicago. Then when he had taved a little money, he gave that up and we moved down south to New Orleans. frlencU: ho bated strnugers and the only porson he ever asked to the house was his assistant at the la. boratory, "He was a young Englishman, Mr Trench, just about your own age, and his name . , ," she drew In a quick breath "his namq was John Osborne." There was a pause. "Really!" I said. "This is becoming distinctly thrilling." "He didn't call himself Osborne out there. He went under the name of John Oliver." "How on earth did you father run across him?' I asked. "They met In the train one day coming down from New York. Father was taken 111 and Osborne helped him and looked aftor him. He said that he was trying to And work, and as he seemed to know some thing about chemistry and engineer ing father offered him a Job In the laboratory. Ho turned out to be very useful, and before long he became a Sort of confidential assistant. He was the only man In the place who knew anything definite about father's secret." "And It was he," I said quietly, "who stole the formula?" She. nodded. "Father had written It out and locked It up In the safe at his otjeo. When I went to look for It two days later It had disappeared. Osborne had gone too. I don't know how he got away In a car by night I supposo anyhow, nobody had soen him leave, and although In qulrles wero made all over tho country the police were never able to find the smallest trace of him. He had Just vanished and the formula with him." "Well, whoever bashed his head In hris my thorough sympathy." 1 ob served. "If anyone did ms a dirty trick like thnt I'd search the world until I ran the swine to earth." "That," she said In her soft voice, "Is exactly what I made up my mind to do." (Copyright, Ml, PfuH PuMIjMwa Co.; Tomorrow, Molly continues htr surloua itory. LEAVE FOR Till IN ARMY RANKS All Soviet Males Born in 1912 Called to Colors Will Receive Propaganda Shots With Drill in Arms By JOHKPH H. BAIRD l'n It ed I'refcf Staff Correspondent MOSCOW. (UP) Throughout the length and breadth of the Soviet Un ion then day thousands of young men are leaving the farms and fac tories to exchange their "clvles" for the long, khaki tunics and peaked, starred caps of the Red army. They are hurrying to recruiting stations in answer to a summons from Commissar of War Klementt Voronhllov to all Soviet males born In 1012. Each year a new class com posed of boys, who have passed their aist birthday, ts called to the colors to replace men who are being mus tered out after their required period of service. Intensive Training For two years, if the boys elect to Join the Red army: for three years. If they choose the air corps; and for four years if thoy enlist In the Red navy, the recruits will receive an In tensive military, scholastic and polit ical education. Then, finally, they re enter civilian life, they are supposed to be not only good finldiers, but ar dent defenders of communist ideal-1 oy. . . . . . Perhaps no army in the world U' subjected to such Intensive political propaganda as the troops of this so cialistic state. And, whether thjy are right or wrong, the fact remains that the Red soldier invariably leaves the army profoundly convinced that his country, in comparison with all capi talistic nations, la Indeed the work ers' Paradise. Political Training Necessary Such Intensive 'political training Is more essential hero than In most na tions, for the communist dictator ship must have a body of loyal troops who can be relied upon not only to repel Invasions, but also to subdue counter-revolutionary movements at home. True, each year that passes makes the likelihood of counter-revolution more remote. But the com munists have not forgotten the ner vous years when it was a constant threat. Upon receiving his call to duty, the 1033 recruit puts aside his worth ing clothes, dons his best suit and, after being honored and entertained by his comrades In farm or factory, reports to the recruiting station. . First, he reports to a teacher who sounds out his education. Then he is examined physically. If he is round fit for the army, he usually is ; proud. For, with Ha population of' 160,000,000 persons, the Soviet Un-1 ion cannot afford to train all and ! only the b:st are selectsd. Then, for the peasant boy or factory worker, ! the Red army opens ip an exciting new world of travel, study and ad-1 venture. fKE WORLD AT ITS WORST -4 Mother, Son Apart 29 Years Reunited CHELSEA. Mass. (UP) An aged mother and her con were United here recently after 29 years. j Twenty-nine years ago, George ! Katz, now of Seattle, Wash., left Russia for the United States. 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