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PAGE FOURTEEN BEDFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEIBER 21, 1934. of P P Tt trl Bo pli t" toi it! ri In By VICTOR BRIDCES RYNOFSIR: Nieholae Trench and Sir William Avor. have ex changed information concerning the miaeinp formula for a nrw metal, oriofnally ttolcn from Holly O'Brien, daunhter of the inventor, after her father1 death. John . Osborne was the thief: he tcae murdered and Wivk tone aectieed of the deed and acquitted. With Jerry Mordaunt, Holly and Nick are determined to find the formula. Sir William Killing to help. Chapter !i SINISTER VOICE r SAT back and regarded Sir WU Ham with Interest. For a baronet ind a highly respected leader of British Industry Sir William was ertainly a curious mixture. "Well, we know where we are now, anyhow," 1 remarked. "Per aaps you're right In what you proph isy, but I take it that In the mean lime you're no objection to our mak ing a few investigations on our own iccount." "You must please yourselves. If rou are prepared to run the risk and If you think you have the smallest chance of success, go ahead by all means. Have you any definite idea as to where you propose to start?" There was a faint suggestion ef Irony In his voice which gave me the impression that be attached very little Importance to our pro jected efforts. to think It over, I am not sure that it wouldn't be the wiser plan. Ton will Impress upon them, of course, the necessity for absoluta discre tion." "They'll keep their mouths shut1 all right," I assured him. A clock on the mantelpiece chimed out the hour, and with a sur prised glance, Sir William consulted his watch. "Three o'clock," he exclaimed, pushing back his chair. "I didn't realise It was as late as that." He rose to his feet. "I have to attend a meeting in the City at half-past so I am afraid I must be making a start If you're coming In the same direction perhaps I can give you a lift?" "I've arranged to meet my friends at the Milan," I said. "If you could drop me there ..." "Why, of course. We pass the door." PRESSING the electrle bell, he led the way through the sitting room to the outer hall, where the man-servant was waiting to present us with our hats. Preceding us along the corridor, the same polite func tlonary then rang for the elevator an additional attention to which, I presume, a millionaire employe! is automatically entitled. I must confess that, as I stepped gww.,ue.-i...ie.i f v . 1 fA Vv I dropped onto the luxuriously cushioned seat. "The first thing I want to do," I said, "Is to see the place where Os borne worked. I should like to have a chat with those people who looked after him. If he talked to them at all It's quite possible they might be able to give us some useful Information." He shook his head. "I am afraid there's nothing to be learned tbero. My secretary, who certainly Isn't lacking In Intelligence, has visited the farm and questioned them close ly. I need hardly add that we have also searched the factory from top to bottom." "I fully expected It," I said. "All the same, Just for my own personal satisfaction, I should prefer to have a prowl around myself." TTE smiled tolerantly. "There will be no difficulty about arrang ing that. I can give you a note to the farmer and his wife Qowlland their name Is and I will also send you the keys, which you can return to me when you have finished with them. We have to keep everything locked up because, as a matter of fact, there are still one or two cases ot high explosives down In the cel lars." "What's the name of the place?" I Inquired: "and how does oue get to It?" "It's called Hambrldge Ferry. The easiest way Is to go to East minster. Anyone will direct you from there." I pulled out my pocket book and scribbled down Jerry's name and address. "This Is where I'm staying at present," I said. "If you'll lot me have the keys and the note some time tomorrow, I'll run down there straight away." I handed him the slip of paper. "There's Just one other point," I ontlnued- "It would make things a lot simpler It I could pass on what you've told me to Jnrry and Miss O'Brlep.. Yon see thoy both know about my visit ..." "And I take It that they sre both waiting anxiously to hear the re sult." He blew out a ring of smoke end contemplated It reflectively. "Well, on the whole, now I come Inside, I was in a distinctly elated mood. The knowledge I had ac quired, it It did not enable me to prove my Innocence to the world, at least provided a promising starting, point from which to commence our researches. I had a queer unreasoning con viction that somewhere or other down in those lonely Essex marshes; lay a clue to the mystery of Os borne's death. Jerry, as I was well aware, knew that particular district Inside out. Pottering about the East Coast In a small sailing boat was ono of his favorite hobbles, and as far ss that part of the work was concerned, there was no one alive who was better qualified to assist me lu ferreting out the truth. The elevator came to a halt, and escorted by a uniformed attendant, Sir William and 1 advanced In a stately procession towards the re volving glass door. Outside stood a magnificent limousine. A chauffeur I with a rug over his ann was await- i lug our arrival, and I was on the very point ot taking my seat when I heard a romark which made every muscle In my body suddenly stiffen. ' "How do you do. Sir William? It Is quite a long time since I had the pleasure of meeting you." I Jerked my head around, scarce ly able to believe my eara. Two paces away from mo a tall, clean shaven, middle-aged man, dressed In a smartly out grey suit, was shak ing hands with my companion. Whether he had seen me or not ) couldn't say. Gone was the beard, and gone were the gold-rlmmed spectaclos, but the voice beyond all question was the voice ot Mr. Stell man. It Is amnslng to me that I dldn'l make a tool ot mysolf. I think 1 must have acted Instinctively. Anyhow before I realized what I was dolus 1 had brushed past the chauffeur, who with examplary politeness wat holding open the door, and dropped onto the luxuriously cushioned seat (Copyright. l.J. Penn rwt!liln Ce.) Nlek learns, tomorrow, mother name lor the man who wanted tt murder him. I WASHINGTON. Ic 31, (,7i r ford Batm, kper of t!i nation'.? public rnrmlM Al Capon and the rest Mid today dm ore better prl on guBTrla than men. fto enthuatastlc la Batea. direct rr of the federal prison bureau, about the ability of trained (wIm poll don to truck, down their quarry that he plena to nrnd ft aqund to Alcatrer penitentiary In Ctiltforr.la, where Cv pone. Or A. (Machlrw Oun) Kelly and others are dolii time. "We have et;ht of the do nme." Bairn aaid, "and they are doing aplen dldly. Their power of eisht. me'l and hearing are far better than thje of man. "Thoy are trained to knock the men they are after down hut not to hu-t him. They aeem to be free from emotion. In that the are dlfffii.t J.qa oocUio.jyclA.v mwkoobb, Oku., Deo. . (tv) The federal grand Jury for eaatem Oklahoma indicted 11 men today In mall fraud charge filed after Invea tijjut.on of a aoheme in whtvh the Modern Woodmen of America s mulcted of WW .000. Ten of those accused had been ar te t-d . roMofftc ln pec tore aald the al leged fraud ring was about to collect ifi.ooo more from the concern when II operations were detected. It wm alleged that a Hiitf obtained double-indemnity poll ."lea by bavin member Inauied under flctltloua naniea, and thet the policy holder were later reported killed in Imatn ary accident. PORTLAND HOTELS 10 SEEK PERMITS FOR BRINK SALES PORTLAND, Dec. 31. m The discovery that up-tat hotel iren are little concerned whether or not they ere eventually permitted to a all liquor "by the drink, has led Poit land Innkeeper to the conclusion that 1 the Knox law Ut amended to permit by-the-glass Ml, they are th one who muat make the presenta tion to the legislature. 8o, next month, a group of Portland hotel men, appearing simply as "bust nca men," will approach the legis lature with a proposal. When the Oregon State Hotel asso ciation met here recently the Port lander found they could arouse little Interest among; the out-of-towner tn the llquor-by-the -drink question. The executive committee of the associa tion, however, adopted a resolution setting forth the position of the or ganization. ThU resolution oommended the liquor commission for It work an3 then mentioned, that "a large part of the public which desires alcohoMc beverages In leas than bottle quan tities create a public demand which, under present law, can only be sup plied by Illicit traffic: hence tue numerous speakeasies that honeycomb our metropolitan center tn utter dis regard of Ib-w." "The result," the statement con tended, "Is lawlessness, disregard of law, loss of revenue for the state and destruction of legitimate business." The hotel men suggested an amend ment legalizing sale of alcoholic bev erages "by legitimate and responsible agencies for consumption on the premise, granting to the commission full power to regulate, supervise, con trol and to Issue or revoke any or all permit therefor." COUNTflERKlfOR IN ELECTION RULES PORTLAND, Dec. 31 P) E. B. Casteel of Umatilla county was elect ed president of the Association of County Clerk and .Recorders of Ore gon, at the conclusion ol their 32nd annual convention here Wednesday. R. M. Russell of Line was named vice-president, and Mae K. Short of Klamath, e ere tory-treasurer. The group recommended changing the date of the regular primary elec tion from May to September; elim ination of th law permitting Indc- j pendent candidate to be named by j an assembly of 100 voters; statute ' requiring Independents to pay same fee a other candidate; droppUy voter from list only after he hJ& i filled to vote for four year In a general election, Instead of failure to vote during two-year period. T. L. Phtppa, Wasco county Judge wa re-elected president of the county j Judges and commissioners association Wednesday ntght. Judge D. O, Wood- j worth of Linn was re-elected Tico pre&ldent, and Commissioner W. A. ' Allan of Yamhill wa elected secre- tary-treasurer, succeeding Comm'a- j aloner J. E. Smith of Marion. j SUBURBAN HEIGHTS Wore Both Teams Letter. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (UP) When Mllllgan and Teachers' college played a football game here Thanks giving Day, and Invited all previous lettermcn to be guests at the field. Leslie T. Hart, editor of the Johnson City Chronicle and Staff News, solved a problem by attending and wearing the letters of BOTH schools, from each of which he had won them. Every tuberculosis Christmas S'a; sale la a recovery campaign. - By CLUYAS WILLIAMS SU)Vft UJIUIAC7S r1 J rnilw T-n MVifr-t A-rt NEARLY HAP HIS EfiRb FR0S1 -BlffBJ WHEN , COMIKS HONE WrfH HIS WIFE'S CHRIS-fMAS PRESENf, HE TCDND THE BACK - J)0OR 1.0CKET? AMD AT THE FftONT VbCSR, STAR-fiNC TO Sftf S00P-&YE, OWE OF THOSE W0ME1 who on pepar1ure keep thinkins of thlkss thw wanted to say (Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, me. Kt-jt.! 8 MATTER POP Rv C M Paynq ( Vow, VJElfiTwiwi KVlOW fiUMTIW j VJUZ. AWOTrlft'R onb "-ecuml So Lout ,Ta Vv A 11 (f-A10 r loune. (Se-TTiKi'.MTo'Tj TAILSPIN TOMMY A Timely Interruption! hWiaSir ijstVih (Copyright, 1934, Sy The B.n Bjmdicsn. 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