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JIEDFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, ilEDFOKU. OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1934.
By VICTOR BRIDCES
l BYNOPSI. j Trench,
Holly O'Briev , . if Mordaunt
' are trying to ,..iver a formula
vortk milloitit iciie hat been
ttolen from Molly by John Otborne,
niter the diath of her father. 0
borne hat been murdered and Nick
jutt hat been acquitted of that deed.
But varinut tinttter interettt be
tteve Nick hat the formula, never
theleet, and thett threaten the Itvet
of the three alliet. Nick hat gone
to have lunch with Sir William
Avon, the Jamout chemical enai
' neer.
ChspUr K
SIR WILLIAM'S STORY
T THINK we may as well hare
j lunch straight away," Sir Wll-
'11am continued. "Personally I pre
fer a glass ot sherry, but perhaps I
am a trifle old-fashioned.'
"As far as sherry's concerned," I
replied, "I suffer from the same mis
fortune."
"Come alone then." He shep
herded me through a second door
Into the adjoining room, where
email round table was already laid
for two. In the centre was a silver
bowl filled with fragrant red roses,
while on a handsome Jacobean side
board stood an encouraging array
of bottlea and decanters.
' I began to feel that notwithstand
ing bis somewhat masterful appear
.ance Sir William and I would get
Along together excellently.
i He talked away pleaaantly enough
jwhlle we were being helped to
grouse and French salad, but It was
not until the manservant had left
-ji that he made any approach to the
'subject ot bis letter. Then, putting
down the glass of claret which he
Ibad been sipping, be stared at me
cross the roses.
"Do you know why I have asked
you here?" be inquired bluntly.
; "I can only think of two reasons,"
J replied. "One Is that yon are In-
tereated In murder trials, and the
joiner ..." I paused.
I "Well?"
! "The other is that you are Inter
ested In something else."
j "I wonder," he said slowly, 1f
(yon will be offended at my speaking
Iplalnly."
"Not In the least," I assured him.
! "When I wrote you that letter, I
had Just finished reading a verbatim
report of your trial. It had left me
In some doubt, but on the whole I
was Inclined to think that yon were
guilty. Since meeting you, however,
il have changed my opinion. I always
jtrust may own Judgment of men,
iand I am convinced now that the
'Jury were right."
"I had nothing to do with Os
borne's deatb," I said, "nothing what
ever." "So I believe, and I apologize for
,my mlatake."
j I laughed a trifle mirthlessly.
i "There's no necessity for that. Quite
ia number of distinguished peoplo
seem to have come to the same con
clusion."
"Now In your own mind," be went
en, "apart from anything that was
brouK'ut out at the trial, have you
the least suspicion why Osborne
was murdered?"
I looked him squarely In tbe face.
"Tes," I said. "While he was In
America he got hold of a very valu
able Invention. No doubt several
people knew about It, and I Imagine
that one of them bumped him off in
order to steal the secret."
HIS expression remained quite un
altered. "There was no sugges
tion ot tbls In your defence."
"I bad no evidence," I explained.
"Since then one or two things have
happened which have helped to open
my eyes."
i "I should be extremely Interested
o hear what they are."
"And I should be extremely Inter
ested," I retorted, "to hear how they
concern you."
"Well, that seems a very legiti
mate curiosity." He fingered his
wins glass thoughtfully. "Suppose
we mske a bargain. Mr. Trench. 1
am perfectly willing to lay my cards
on the table provided you will be
equally candid with me. For differ
ent reasons we are both anxious to
'get to the bottom of this mystery.
'As It happens I can supply a good
deel ot Information about Osborne,
but there are certain gaps in my
knowledge which It is quite possible
that you may be able to fill In. If
you agree with my suggestion I
have an idea th.t - may be ot
considerable assistance to each
other."
I reflected rapidly. I no longer felt
any doubt that Sir William bad been
negotiating for the Invention, and
that In all probability he was tbe
man whom Molly had seen with Os
borne at Aubrey's restaurant
In that case he Lil certain);
clear up a number of points on which
I was badly in need of enlighten
ment, but would It be aafe, at tbe
present stage ot affairs, to take him
wholly and unreservedly Into my
confidence?
After all the formula belonged to
Molly, not to me, and until I had had
a chance ot consulting with her. . . .
I looked up and saw the shadow of
a smile lurking round the corner ot
his lips.
"Tou are quite right to be cau
tious," he observed. "At the same
time I assure you that my offer is
entirely straightforward."
"I don't really doubt It," I repllel.
"The trouble is that I am not a free
agent. What I happen to have found
out concerns other people as well
as myself. Until I know where you
stand In the matter, I'm not sure
bow much I am entitled to tell you.'
He remained silent for a moment.
"Very well," be said at last. "II
that's the position I am prepared to
take the first step. I only make one
stipulation. Nothing I say In thl:
room Is to be repeated outside."
I contented myself with a nod.
"It was early In June," he began
"that I first got In touch with Ot
borne. He camelo my offices In the
City. He described himself as an In
ventor, and he claimed to have die
covered a process for manufactur
Ing a metal which, both from an en
glneering and a commercial point of
view, would be an Immense Im
provement upon aluminium. I need
hardly say that I am quite used to
this type of visitor, and that as a
rule they turn out to be either luna
tics or frauds.
SBORNE, however, seemed to
come into a different category.'
He pledged himself, provided I'
would give him tbe necessary facili
ties, to produce a specimen of the,
metal for experimental purposes. I'
could submit tbls to any test I;
pleased, and If the results proved to
be satisfactory, he offered to sell
me the Invention outright for twen
ty thousand pounds."
Sir William picked np his half
empty glass, and slowly finished off
Its contents.
'It was at that point," he con
tinued, "that I began to have my
doubts. Unless there was something
wrong with the business why should
a man be willing to part with a se
cret ot this value tor what he must
know to be an absurdly Inadequate
sum? Granted that his claims were
genuine he could ask practically
what he liked.
"There were only two conceivable
explanations firstly that the whole
thing was a fraud, and secondly that
our friend Mr. Osborne had got hold
of something which from a legal
point of view was not strictly speak
ing his own property. In business,
however, one can't afford to be too
particular. If such a process was on
the market, It was highly Important,
not only to my firm but also to this
country, that we should get It Into
our bands before It was offered to
anyone else.
The matter waa tar too urgent to
hesitate aboutk I told Osborne that
he should have all the facilities he
wanted, and that If be could substan
tiate his claim I would not only pay
htm the twenty thousand pounds he
asked, but that as long as we were
the sols manufacturers he should be
entitled to a fair percentage of the
profits.
"Without some such arrangements
there waa obviously nothing to stop
him from going abroad and selling
his secret In half a dozen different
countries.
'The first step was to find a suit
able place In which he could work.
As It happens we have an old fac
tory down on the Essex msrshes
which we used during the wsr for
manufacturing a certain type of high
explosive bomb.
'It's a desolate sort ot place Just
a large empty building on tbe bank
of a creek np behind the Maplln
Sands, and three or four miles away
from the nearest village.
"Osborne's demands were not
very elsborate, however, and since
absolute secrecy was the Important
consideration, decided that the best
plan would be to send him down
there and fit him up with ' hat he
wanted. I made arrangeni for
him to board with a man d his
wife, who have a farm close y.
"He went away the first week In
July, and before tbe end of the
month he wrote and Informed us
that tbe stuff was ready tor Inspec
tion." tCoryrieht. IIS), renn ruMUMit Co )
Tomorrow," Nloholss' turn for
. unburdening semis.
FAITHS FELLOWSHIP
SECOND GATHERING
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UNIVERSITY OP OREOON, EU
GENE. (8pl.) New atudenU who
have not yet entered an lnstlutttlon
of higher education, and student
who for tome reason have not at
tended during the fall, will not only
be welcome at the University of Ore
gon at the beginning of the winter
term January 2, but will find a wide
variety of courses In which to reg
ister. It waa announced here today
by Dr. O. V. Boyer, university pres
ident. Work at the university for a long
time has been on the quarter sys
tem, and although some courses are
continuous starting In the fall, stu
dents will have no difficulty either
starting In the winter or spring or
picking up after dropping a term or
more. It waa pointed out. Also, by
taking work In summer session or
by correspondence or extension. It Is
easily possible to pick up time lost
and graduate with the regular classes
Dr. Boyer states.
The university, In line with pro
gressive Institution! throughout the
United States, has arranged courses
the first two years so that the stu-,
dent get a broad background for 1
specialization later, and new classes
In practically every field will open
at the beginning of the term.
Students win find courses In which
they may enter January 2 in English,
Germanic languages , Greek. Latin,
French Spanish, business adminis
tration, education, home economics,1
sic, physical education, biological and
physical science, botany, zoology ,
journalism, law, military science, mu
mat hematics, physics, social science,
economics, geography, history, phil
osophy, psychology, religion and so
ciology. Some opportunities for student to
obtain employment to aid them In fi
nancing their education will also
open at the beginning of the winter
term. It Is stated. Some of the more
than 200 students obtaining work
under the FERA grant from the fed
eral government will complete their
courses, while others will be Ineligible
due to scholarship requirements or
other causes. These vacancies will
be assigned to itudents deemed most
worthy, and applications may be
made now to Ml as Janet Smith, em
ployment secretary.
Lost Grid Game and Dog.
PHILADELPHIA .-( UP - Shorty aftv
losing the football game to the Co
lumbia Lions, the University of Pa
football team lost Its little dach
shund mascot. The animal, named
Mane, escaped from his owner, Wil
liam Bishop, and waa killed by an
automobile.
KILTIE-BAND PEDES
HERE FRIDAY EN
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
The Ashland American Legion Kil
tie band will parade In Med ford Fri
day evening at 7 o'clock as a special
feature of the showing that night at ;
tha Oriental Gardens of the old stage
"meller drammer," Ten Nights In a
Barroom." The band will be garbed
In their new uniform recently re- j
ceiveo irom scotiana.
According to Chairman Morris j
mlttee in charge of the show, those
attending are Invited to wear cos
tumes dating back to the nineties, if
they so desire.
Needy to Get Oregon Apples.
PORTLAND, Ore. (UP) Forty.
five carloads of Oregon apples for
distribution to thousands of needy j
families on relief rolU throughout
the United Statea will be shipped
to various parts of tae country by
the Federal Relief Administration,
It was announced, here today.
7 r
ThE ONEfoT doubY That assails you
WHEN VuU'tfE FINISHED WRAPPING V0UR
PRESENT , Ytfftf THERE IS ONE
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8 'MATTER FOP
Bv C M. Payne
LONDON (UP) A second lntr
national congress of the World Fel
lowship of Faiths, to continue the
work Initiated by the first congresa
In the United Stat last year, will
meet In London In June. 1MB, It waa
announced.
Spiritual lenders of all reltglona
and faiths rrom America. Europe.
Africa, Asia and Auntralaaia, will be
Invited, "to deepen the sense of fel
lowship between them and to create
a better undemtandlng of each oth
er's point of view."
Herbert Hoover and Mlsa Jane Ad
da ma were prenldente of the first
congriM. The Maharaja Gaekwer of
Barodft 1 lQter national president.
Bishop Francis J. MoConnell la the j
American national chairman, Hanoi i
Stephen 8. Wise. Dr. 8. Parkes Cad
man, Col. Patrick Callahan, and Prof.
B. R. A. Seligman are American na
ttonaJ vice chairmen. .
The oongreAS will debate "what '.
should be the Supreme Ideal at which
mankind should elm, and how the
world can attain to that inner peace
and contentment of soul which Is of
so much mora lmnortance thin Tnem
! conceived of as mere absence of war.
j The delegates will also be asked
to suggest "a sol ut ton of one mm
,m-orld problem Freedom, aa endan-
igered b hyper-natlonallsm. racial
prejudice, religious Intolerance and.
class domination."
1 1g ht nurned 5 Year.
FORT WORTH. Tea (UP) An
electric V bulb has burned con
tinuously for 29 years In the hallway
between the uce and dressing
looms at the Palace theater hero
Hie bulb Nia never bten turned off
and the only times it ceased to sh.ne
was when the city pov.r was turn:-:
off.
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