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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
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"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."
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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
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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. Five
years ago, Mrs. Sarah Katz crossed
from Russia to live with another son
in Buenor Aires, then after two years, i
came to Chelsea to live with a daugh- ;
ter, Mrs. Eugene Baizman. j
At the reunion, .Mrs. Katz failed
to recognize her son.
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with narrow openliiRS at eaoh end.
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receptacle was smashed to pieoea, but
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