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Newspaper Page TextPA'OE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUD. OREGON, MONDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1931. By VICTOR BRIDGES krurd JoRn Oehome, apparently, elole the formula for a new ana valuable metal. Nicholae Trench, iuet acquitted of the murder, learnt from Uolly O'Brien, daugh ter of the inventor of the formula, that Oebnrne himeelf had etolen the formula from Uolly'e father, Molly aleo hae eaved Ntcholae from two foreigners who had come to hie etudto demanding the uolo vltaus formula by pretending to call the police, Nicholas and Uolly are talking in the former'e etudio. Chapter 12 THE 8YNDICATE T STARED at the girl for a moment, without ipeaklns. "To Judge br appearances," 1 aald finally, "It looks to me as If our friend Oi borne had been chattering." "He may have known Dtmltrl and be may have told him something. Perhaps they had arranged to work together, and then, at the last mo ment, when father died , . .?" "That must be It," I cut In. "Os borne saw his chance and suddenly decided that If be were going to be a thief there was no point In sharing the plunder. I'm not surprised that the other lad was a trifle annoyed. He probably by Jove! yes now one comes to think of It that would explain everything!" "How do you mean?" "Put yourself In Osborne's place. Supposing you'd played a dirty trick on a man like Dlmltri, and somehow or other you found out that he'd managed to get on your track. What would you do what would anyone do?" "Run away," she said. "Exactly. And If somebody hadn scattered Osborne's brains orer the hearth-rug . . .?" I stopped. "But let's finish your story." "There's not much more to tell. I'd already made up my mind that you were innocent, and I wasn't go ing to stop In there and see you tor tured. I was waiting until Dlmltri turned his back to me. Directly he did 1 meant to shoot him. and then I suddenly caught sight of the tele ' phone by your bed, and that gars me the Idea of pretending to ring up the police. "I didn't even go near It as a matter of tact. I atopped Just where I was, and If Dlmltri had come up stairs as he wanted to, I should havo fired at him as soon as he opened the door. With a man of hla kind there was nothing else to do." "I entirely agree with you," I said, "but, taking it all round, perhaps we're better off aa we are." I got up, and walking slowly across the room, stood for a moment looking ( down Into the empty stove. "I'm not much of a hand at thank ing people," I began; "It always em barrasses me, but . . ," "Plcasel" Bhe rose too. "I don't want you to thank me. I only want you to belloye that all I're told you Is absolutely true. I know It sounds ..." "Of course I believe you," I Inter rupted. "It's much too Impossible a yarn for anyone to Invent, and, be sides, a girl like you doesn't tell lies." I began to laugh quietly. "I'm thinking of Jerry," I explained. "He'll be absolutely all over this." She looked a trifle bewildered. "Who's Jerry?" she asked. ""II, I forgot you didn't know him." I came back to where she was standing. "Jerry's a rather particular pal of mine. Hla full and proper name's Sir Jerrold Mordaunt we were up at Cambridge togother the same time that Osborue was there. I got a wire from him this evening to say that he'd Just ar rived back In England and that he'd be round here first thing tomorrow." "Rut" she hesitated "do you propose to tell him about about to night?" "Why not?" I demanded. "He'll Jump at the chance of coming in with us. He's always on the look out for some fresh excitement this will be a lot more amusing than potting snipe on a Dalmatian Is Isnd." "Then you do mean to help m?" "Of course. Why, bang It all, we must work together. We're practi cally In the same boat. You want to find the man who's got your form ula and I want to find the man who killed Osborne. Then there's the question of common or garden grati tude. After what you've done for me I couldn't possibly let you down. Besides, though I'm not quite so passionately fond of trouble as Jerry Is, a Job of this sort does rather appeal to my boyish fancy." With a faint sigh my visitor sank down main In her chair. "I thought 1 was right," she murmured contentedly. "We'll make a kind of triple al liance of It," I went on, "like the three musketeers you and I and Jerry. We can call ourselves the A. D. Syndicate; that will do either for Antl-Dlmltrl or Assassination Detec tives." She laughed softly." There's on thing I absolutely Insist on. You've seen the sort of people we've got to deal with and I'm not going to let you run all this risk and danger for nothing. If we do get the form ula you and your friend will each have to have share In It." "Ob, that's nonsense," I protested. "Jerry's disgustingly rich already: It would be positively Indecent to offer blm any more." "And you?" "Money means nothing to a sculp tor," I explained. "He lives entirely . on the Joy of his art." Her lips set In a mutinous line. "In that case I shan't have anything more to do with either of you." "Well, of course, It you're going to be obstinate ..." I paused. "Look here, let's meet each other balf-way. It we get this bit of paper back for you, and it turns out to be as valua ble as you think, you shall contribute towards the expenses of my trial and buy Jerry a new car. How does that appeal to you?" She shook ber bead. "I think It's very unfair. All the same, It's no use arguing about It now." "Profoundly true," I agreed. "The first thing we've got to decide Is what we're going to do next It's not unlikely that by this time Mr. Dl mltri and his whiskered pel have tumbled to your bluff. If they're watching the studio and they don't see any police turn up ..." "yOU think you think they mlghl come back?" ' "I wouldn't put it beyond them. Persistent-looking gent, that blight er Stellman. I wonder what bis real name Is." "He sounded to me as If he was a Russian or a Pole. I've met Russians In America who spoke very like that." ' . "Well, he's a nasty bit of work anyhow," I observed, "I should hate him to And out that It waa you who bad messed up his arrangements." "He Is bound to guess that," she said calmly. "We can't work to gether without the other side know ing It." "No," I admitted, "I suppose not, but it's, your going back all alone to that empty studio that I don't like. If they should ti ke It Into their beads ..." I pulled up short as a brilliant Inspiration suddenly struck me. "If It comes to that," I continued, "why on earth need you go back? Why not stop here until It's daylight?" "Hore!" She gave an almost im perceptible start. "Yes, why not? It would be mad ness to risk more trouble Just tor the sake of a mere silly convention Besides, as far as that goes. It's all perfectly proper , and respectable. You can sleep In my bedroom and I'll curl up on the sofa. Even Mrs. Grundy herself ..." "Oh, I'm not stupid about that sort of thing. I wouldn't mind stay ing here; In fact, I should feel a lot less frightened It I did; what wor ries me Is the Idea of turning yon out of your own room. Wh shouldn't I have the sofa? I am sure you must want a good night's sleep after what you've been through to day." "I aball sleep considerably bet ter," I said, "If I know that you're safely locked In there. As for my being, comfortable well, you needn't bother about that. Com pared with a prison bed It will bs aDsolute luxury." Her blue eyes scanned my face. "It's queer how different people are," she said slowly. "I wonder why Ood makes some of them like you and others like Osborne and Dl mltri." I bowed. "It's a question." I said, that has been much debuted. And talking of Dlmltri." I went on. "how do you feel about lending me that revolver of yours Just for the nlghtl No one can disturb you unless the? come through the studio first." "Of course you must have It." She handed it to me without hesl tatlon, and slipping It Into tnj pocket, I glanced at my watch Close on half past ten," I observed Would you like to turn In now, oi "Yes, I think perhaps It would bt best." She rose from her chair. "I don't feel up to much more tonlghl and we shall hare lots of time foi talking In the morning." (Copyright. If J I. Venn TwMlsMtiff Ca.i Nicholas find things I BrlgMtr in th morning. E HERD OF BUFFALO HARDIN, Montana.. -(UP) Inspired per ha pa, by success of It famous ex- perlmnt with tin porting reindeer herds for the American Eskimo, the government Intends to launch a sim ilar program on the Crow Indian res ervation. Superintendent Robert Yellowtall full-blooded Crow leader, believes a similar eiperlment with buffalo may work out beneficially for the Crows. Yellowtall said he has been prom' lsed by the government 60 head of buffalo cows and two buffalo bulls from the Yellowstone Park herd. The park bison would be trans planted to the Big Horn Canyon range on the reservation, and In time, Yellowtall hopes, the bison will multiply sufficiently to take care of a large portion of the Crows' food and clothing problems, just as the reindeer have for the Eskimo. Paradoxically, before the white man invaded their domain, the Crows subsisted almost entirely on buffalo meat, wild herbs and used the bison skin for clothing. If the scheme works, history again will re peat" Itself. U. S. TO ATTEIV1PT HALT IK FIRE NEW STRAITSVILLE, O. (UP) The famous burning coal mines or New Straitsville will be surveyed by the federal government, Rep. Mell O. ' Underwood of New Lexjngton, O.. haa announced In Washington. The mine fire here has approached the new $80,000 high school. The street directly In front of the build lng has caved In, endangering the structure's foundation Itself. Thou sands of dollar wortn of highway throughout two counties have been destroyed. The fire has been burn ing fifty years. Underwood, In requesting the sur vey, said coal engineers had told him there are 16.000.000 tons of excel lent coal In the bu.nlng areas, rep resenting a potential value of $60. .000,000. The fire now covers ap proximately 3000 acres in Hock lug and Perry counties. Perry A. Fellows, director of Jed cral work relief projects, told Un derwood a corps of engineers would be sent to the area at once with the object of extinguishing the fire. GEORGETOWN, British Oulana, Dec, 10. (AP) The story of S far mers, treed for three days and nights by five hungry Jaguars in an ugly mood, has reached here today from the upper reaches of the De.merera river, alter their rescue by a search ing party. ASTORIA RESENTS ROSE CITY MOVE ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 10. (AP) De mands for retaliatory action were mBde today by Indigent Astoria citi zens who learned the Portland cham ber of commerce directors planned active opposition tc the proposed construction of a bridge here across the Columbia river. The Portland chamber directors named Amadee Smith to appear at a hearing In Washington. D. C-. No vember 18 and protest against the proposed public works- administra tion for the loan. Arrangements have been made to have a large delegation of Astoria ns" meet with directors and members of the Portland chamber at Portland Monday. Meanwhile hundreds of pro test letters and telegrams were being sent by local business men to Port land parties. THE FIDGETS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS IS-fnKEK BV MMUER. 1b IK-fURE ON " NWtv'E LIFE IN "THE FAR EA6T" ftTTHE CHURCH PARLORS -ft asks ih clear carrVi VOICE WHfvf IS "fHE MAN SRVIN6 ? MOTHER HAS 1UV aUIEfS HIM BE6IN5 TO SaUIRM AND SIT6 STILL FOR A MINU1E WR166LE 1RVIN6 fO Pick THEH BE6IN& TO WRI66LE CAP UP OFF FLOOR-HOTri- A6Alr) AMD ASK CAN HE ER "TEllA HIM TO TAKE HI5 COAT OFF, HE'S SVf STiLV. TOO HOT Takes coat off, and SlfS SWIN6IH6 LEfeS AND KNOCKING HEELS T06ETHER UNTIL MOTHER MnKK HIM STOP IZ-I6 CLIMBS OP ON 5EVfTo SEE IF THERE ARE ANV OTHER BOVS HERE WRI66LES AND SQOlRMS SITS UP AND BESlNS lb TRVIN6 VARIOUS P0S1- ASK AT INTERVALS HOW TiONS TO SEE IF TrtEV SOON Win T BE OVER, ARE fOMFoRTAftLE ALTERNATE WITH CAN HE HAVE A DRINK OF WATER'? I (Copyright, 1934. by The Ball Syndicate, Inc ) 8 MATTER POP wf-Uw tie. E-TS Bv C M. Payne GREAT LAKES WRECK SANrl8KY. O (UP, Mrs Mar Caret Campbell Gordon. New York, at 00, known as the only woman derp-sea diver In the country, be lieves she has found the wreck ot the schooner New Brunswick, which sank In Lake Erie off Point Pelee In 18M, canning a valuable cargo ol oak snd witlnut logs. Mrs. (trxKlman an id she would at tempt aeon to salvage the long sunken cargo, made more valuable, -he explained, by reason of Its long under water seasoning. 8he belleveit the carg.i worth between 1350 000 and foo, 000. Lake men bellevt that If salvage of the New Brunswick s rargo is succjMful afnrri will brein tor valu anlf liquor and other cargo- hcieved to He on i he Uke bottom hrtneen Fui-Ui-Bsj an4 Monroe, Uicfc, .F.D.R IN PEON! WASHINGTON. IX 10. (APt Mrs. rranklln D- Roosevelt, gay In Rumanian peasant roatumt of c.rec and red embroidered on white. w- hoMfss Saturday to merrr makr uesta of the first White House cos tume party. Th e East room , fres h 1 y re -d o ne. glittered anew In eotd-and-crystal splendor for the feminine supple ment to the wml-annua' dinner of the "stag" gridiron clul The hus bandi were at the nen-npaper cele bration but Mrs. Roosevelt saw to It that the wives were not lonely. Hoke HritiU heatnten ARLINGTON. Ore. 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