PA'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,
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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. IC. 10 (AP,
Mac Hoke of Pendleton was elect f
president of the Eastern Ottgv
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t ion SMuM . rcmllf t
prrhbljr well be neat jcaie met tin
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