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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1934.
By VICTOR BRIDGES
BYNUPSItt: Ntcholae Trench,
Jerry Uordaunt and Holly O'Brien
ere about to eail down to a de
eerted factory on the gtiej marehee
to took tor tnlormation about a
formula worth million which hat
been etolen from Uolly. Thev are
dlecueetna vlane in llolly'e hotel
room when Jerry catchee a waiter
llatentna. They tear he te in the
eervlce of Peter Orloff unecruau
loue ftueeian aleo trying to And the
formula, and Nick arranaee with
a pane boy at itolly'e hotel to watch
rhino tor him.
I ., AS by no meant nappy in my
mind, ai I mounted the stairs and
let myself into the flat The light
was burning in the ball, and tbrougb
the open door opposite I eaugbt
sight of a tray set out In readiness
on the dining-room table.
1 took It from this that Dawson
bad retired to rest, and deciding that
1 might as well avail myself of bis
forethought, 1 mixed a drink and
carried It Into my own room.
Although it was my third day at
liberty, the novelty of being back
once more amongst civilised sur
roundings bad not yet completely
worn oft Compared with my Wands
worth cell, this pleasantly furnished
room, with Us soft carpet and white
sheepskin ruga, seemed Indeed the
acme of luxurious comfort
1 gave an appreciative grunt, and
depositing my glass on the club fen
der, sank down Into the big easy
arm-cbalr which stood In front of
the fireplace.
With a final cigaret to aid my re
flections, 1 sat staring at the empty
(rate. Before my eyes floated a kind
of tantalizing vision of Molly which,
much to my annoyance, refused to
materialize into a really satisfac
tory portrait
All 1 could visualize at a time was
some little detached and fascinating
memory of Mr the forget-me-not
blue of her eyes, the glint of the sun
on her balr, or the delicious provoca
tive tut at the corner of her lips
when her face broke Into a smile.
It was an alluring occupation try
ing to piece together these elusive
glimpses, and the minutes slipped
away with surprising rapidity. 1 got
quite a shock indeed when, on hap
pening to glance up at the clock on
the mantelpiece, I suddenly discov
ered that It was a quarter past
twelve a fact which at the next
moment Big Ben obligingly con
firmed. .
"Go to bed," 1 said to myself
sternly. "Go to bed and stop maun
dering. You've only known the girl
for three days, and besides tbat
she's already In love with Jerry."
1 1 bent forward to unlace my shoes,
and as 1 did so, the sharp trill of sh
electric bell ran; out somewhere In
tbe back regions. The sound was so
unexpected that I gave an involun
tary start
"Now who in blazes Is that?" I
ejaculated.
. An instinct of Impending danger
swept through me, and scrambling
to my feet I glanced hastily round
tbe room. The only useful looking
object that met my eye was a heavy
old-fashioned brass pistol, suspend
ed above the dressing-table by way
of sn ornament 1 took It down and.
tiptoeing quickly across the room,
opened the door.
- At precisely the same moment
Dawson made his appearance. He
emerged silently from his own quar
ters, clad in a long blue dressing-gown.
He was wearing carpel
slippers, and his usually sleek hair
was a trifle dishevelled, but In-spite
of these drawbacks he still present
ed an atmosphere of complete com
posure. 1T70ULD you like me to sscer
tain who It Is, slrt" he In
quired, stepping forward.
I checked him with a gesture.
"I'm going to find out tor myself,"
I replied.
I advanced to tbe door, holding
my pistol by the barrel, and bend
ing down lifted up the flap of the
letter-box.
"Who's that?" I asked.
"Me. sir," came a voice. "Jimmy
Fox."
My heart gave a sudden Jump, but
by a tremendous effort I managed
to keep steady.
"All right, Dawson," I said. "You
can go back to bed. It's only a boy
from the boiel with a message for
me."
"Very good, sir." His glance trav
elled dispassionately towards the
pistol. "It -ou should hsppen to
want me. sir, V'rhaps you will press
the bell."
I undid the chain, and wrenching
round tbe key, flung open the door.
In front of me stood the small figure
ot my protege in bis Milan livery.
He bad no cap on, his face was
streaked with rain and dirt and he
was breathing loudly In short hur
ried gasps.
1 caught blm by the arm and
pulled him Inside.
"What's the matter?" I demanded.
"The young lady I" he pauted.
"She's gone, sir they've took 'er
away!"
1 felt at If a pack of ice haJ been
suddenly thrust down Inside my
waistcoat.
"Walt a moment," 1 managed to
Jerk out "Get your breath before
you try to talk." 1 dragged forward
the neare". chair, "Sit quite still for
a tew seconds, tben tell me exactly
what's happened."
1 stepped across to close the front
door, and switching on the ball light,
came back to vhere 1 had left him.
"Now, Jimmy," 1 said.
"It tras Just about 'alf past ten,
jlr. I'd slipped downstairs to wasb
me 'ands, and there was two of the
staff waiters talkln'. One was tellln'
the other that the lady In Number
elgbty-sls had suddenly come over
very III, and that they were takln'
her away quiet, so as no one should
know nothing about It
"When 1 'eard that sir, I thought
of what you'd told me. I 'opped out
quick, and by a bit of luck I run
straight into one of tbe maids whc
works on that floor. 'Yes, It's quite
true.' sbe says when I asks 'er.
'Flossie' that's one ot the other
girls, sir 'Flossie 'eard tbe bell
ring, and wbec sbe goes up there
was tbe poor lady lying on the floor.
" 'By the mercy o' God.' she says,
'there 'appened to be a doctor sleep
In' In tbe next room. Tbey calls 'Ira
In, and as soon as he'd bad a look at
'er, he says she must be took off
to the 'onpltal quick for an opera
tion. Offered to drive 'er there In
bis own car. They're bringing 'er
down now, by the back staircase,'
she says, 'so as -ot to upset the oth
er visitors.' "
HE 8TOPPED for bret'.h, and
with the back of his band wiped
the moisture from off bis torebead.
"Well, sir, after what you'd said
yesterday, I reckoned there might
be something wrong. I'll 'ave a look
anyway. I thinks to meself. so with
out saying nothln' to nobody 1 slips
out by the side entrance.
"When I got round to the back
there they was Just llttln' tbe young
lady Into the car. It come to me then
all of a sudden, sir. that If this 'ere
was a put up Job you'd be wantln' to
know where they'd took her to.
"1 hadn't much time to think
properly, sir, but I see a taxi bloke
on the other side of the road, and 1
nips straight across to 'lm. 'You tol
ler that car,' I says, 'and don't you
let 'lm give you the slip. Stick to 'lm
tight' I says, 'and there's Ave bob
for yourself when be pulls up.' "
He paused again to repeat the
same operation.
"Go on, Jimmy," I said hoarsely.
"It wasn't 'alf a chase, sir wot
you might call a reg'lar bloomln' cir
cus. Right through the West End 'e
went, down Oxford Street and up
past Paddlngton. I ain't been In that
part o' London, not much, and aflc
a bit I 'adn't a notion where 'e was
takln' us.
"My bloke stuck to Mm good aud
proper though. At last 'e whips
sharp round a corner, and Just for a
moment 1 thought as 'ow wo'd lost
lm. Instead ot follorln' like as you'd
expect, my bloke goes straight on
past the turnln'. and then pulls up
sudden under a lamp-post
'It's all right, sonny,' e says.
when I Jumps out 'That's a blind
alley that Is. 'E ll 'ave to stop there
whether 'e likes It or not 'Sides.' 'e
says, 'I've 'ad enough of this game
I 'are. I done the Job for yer, and
w you brass up same as you prom
ised.' "
Half a tick, Jimmy," I Interrupt
ed. "Were you out of sight of the
car while all this was happening?"
He nodded. "Ten or twelve yards
along the road, sir. The fare was
three and ten pence by the clock,
but wanting to get oft quick, I bungs
'lm a ten shilling note outer the
money you'd give me, and legs It
back to where they'd turned off.
"I spots 'em all Hunt, soon as I
shove me Vd around the corner.
It' was on' a little short street with
kinder builder's yard plsce this
end of It. Past that there was Just a
couple o' mouldy lookln' houses all
by 'emselves sn' opposite o' them
some ratlin's an' bushes."
tCor"
-hi. IJJ, renn rM'':i Co.)
Mondsy, Nick and Jimmy ruth
Into danger.
COLUMBUS. O.. i 98 .(API
Ploughing through a tampered witch,
according to Pollc Chief rrM Kunrit.
Pennsylvftnlfc pAMenger train No. 614
criuhed Into a string of empty ran
here Thurtvlay killing two railroad
men and muting Injuries to a arore
of other persona.
Kngtneer H. 8. Bearh of Mount Ver
non died In his cab when It over
turned aftr tha crsnh. A. B. Ecklea
of Cleveland, road foreman of en
gine, was tha other man killed.
"W ara posltlva that someone tsm
pered with tha switch, said Police
Chief Fred Kundt. Ha ordered fin
gerprints taken.
ttadtos !-. or 'adioa nw. tha? w-ti
trvtii oeet whan wa gal throutft
SALEM. Ore. nee. 23 (VPl Di
rector of Agrlailtm Mux Oehlhsr
aweirted today In hi report for the
first three, years of operation of the
Mate ani-lcultursl department that
Oregon leads alt states in atandardl
ration of Ita fruits and vegetables.
Ninety-one per cent of all fruits
and vegetables shipped out of Ore
gon now comply with standards
adopted by the department, the re
port said. ElghtV'two per cent of all
carload fruit and vegetable shipment
In three years, comprising 33,7flt
cars, were given the department's
certificate, of qiriltty. Only 14 grade
reversals were iier!rn rv1 on ar
rivals Bicjvjm -new huu old- n.-i m
PROMISED RELIEF
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. AP
Relief for slnua Infection sufferers
without tha misery of mechanl.al
treatment was predicted today In a
new method developed by Dr. A. P.
Krueper of the University of Califor
nia. Dr. Krueger said he believed the
method will work generally except
In trouble developed by actual phy
sical obstructions In the sinus, which
can only be removed by the knife.
His treatment, available In general
practice, makes use of agents ex
tracted from the patient's own bac
teria. A commercial preparation also
la being compounded, but In not as
particularly successful as the Indi
vidual preparation, he said.
The Krueger method, developed In
association with Dr. F. C. Cracaw
of Oakland, Involves use of protoi:
and carbo-hydrate extracts obtain:
from the Infecting organisms and ad
ministered through the arm and by
placement In the sinus. Dr. Kruegc:
said treatment extending over 10 t
14 weeks has resulted tn definite Im
provement or apparent cure In many
cases. No 111 effects have been noted.
Good Solid Year
For Business Is
Fords Prophecy
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 28, (API
A "good, solid year for business"
was predicted today bv Henry
Ford, appearing at a luncheon for
a group of newspaper men In con
nection with the first showing of
his 1935 model.
"Everybody la hopeful and ev
erybody ftas right to be," said
the motor manufacturer In an In
ttrvlew preceding the luncheon.
"It will be no such booming year
as 1920, when everybody was turn
ing somersaults, but l' will be .
pood solid year for business."
Han't .Mltsed Vote In 12 Years
POPLAR BLUFF. Ark. (UP
John P. Baumgardner, 92, whose first
vote In 1861 was for Abraham Lin
coln for president, has not missed
casting his ballot In a general elec
tion lor 72 years. In the recent elec
tion, Judges moved a booth to his
automobtle-outslde the precinct head
quarters so he could vote.
DELAYED BY FOG
NEW YORK. Dec. 28. API The
. New York Times and the North Amer
ican Newspaper Alliance In copy
right dispatches aaid today a pro
' Jected flteht across Antarctica by
i Lincoln Ellsworth had been prevent-
ed by clouds hanging low over Snow
Hill Island, In the Weniell sea.
I Ellsworth, the dispatches from the
! Island said. Is anxiously welting for
! the weather to clear In order to make
the flight.
(Dispatches from Wellington, N.
7j., yesterday said Ellsworth, along
with Brent Balchen, had successful
ly made the hop of about 2300 miles
across Antarctica from Deception
Island to the Bay of Whales, where
the Byrd expedition Is encamped.)
In a radio conversation with the
United States the Byrd expedition
reported Thursday night it had re
ceived no word from Ellsworth con
cerning the flight.
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