PAOE SIX
MTCDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKI). OREGON". MONDAY. JANUARY 7. 1935
RYXOPSIS: The "Seaaull"
hoe dropped anchor off Hambnt,
uhere He paetcnoere have pone
try to tract a formula tcorth tr
Hone, vhich belonge to Moll
O'Brien, .to1ly ie aboard; eo off
yicholrre Trench, Jerry Mordaunt
en ' Jimmy Fox, a boy protiat of
hick'e. Alianed aaainet the tour
are the tnrrre of the unecrupuloue
Petrr Orloft. John Oeborne, irho
frit etole the formula from Molly.
rarltcd at llamhridge for a month,
and the "Seanull'e" pneeenrere hope
to learn eamcthlna from the people
xcho boarded him there.
Chapter 34
ARRIVAL
""THE farmer'! wife la probably an
I old ha of about ninety-two with
t wart on the end of her nose," Bald
Jerry.
"Thai's no reason why he
shouldn't be helpful," I proteated,
"00 long as we approach her tri
right way. I expect Avon'i secre
tary frightened her to death."
"Well, ynu shall have first go,"
aid he. "If that's no good I'll see
how my c; appeal works."
"But supposing she has nothing
to tell," persisted Molly. "What are
we going to do then?"
"Nick and I were talking It oyer
laat night. We decided that unless
something turns up here our best
plan will be to get Into touch with
A tod and let him know bow things
stand. He can pull any amount of
strings we can't, and he'll probably
Wa bowleg along briskly
f.nd some way of putting a stopper
on Mr. Orloff."
"I suppose you'ra right," agreed
Molly reluctantly, "though It would
be erer ao much nicer If we could
manage by ourselves"
Southend pier, with Its rapidly
paling lights, was by this time well
astern of us. We wore heading
north-eaat, and away on our left the
Essex coast lay desolate and grey In
the early morning light.
To seaward, the Maplln Sands
wore already covered by the rising
tide. Along their treacherous edge
a succession of big black conical
buoys dipped and swung amongst
the tossing water, while overhead
the gulls shrieked and circled aa
though resenting our Intrusion Into
their private hunting grounds.
Keeping well Inside, and taking
the precaution of sounding occasion
ally with the boathook, we bowled
long briskly In the fresh oft-shore
wind.
BE VON D Shoeburyness, with Us
two posts marking the meas
ured Admiralty mile, there waa lit
tie to be seen but a dreary expanse
of marshland. Now and then
clump of trees rose above the roof
of some Isolated farmhouse, but
their weather-beaten foliage, stand
Ing up against the sombre sky, only
seemed to Intensify the surrounding
desolation.
It waa an appropriate setting for
the queer and rather forlorn enter
prise upon which we were' em
barked.
We had covered about another
two miles when, with a sudden ges
ture, Jerry pointed towards a squat
circular-shaped object which had
just become vlalblo round a bend In
the coast.
"That's the powder factory,'1 he
announced, "That elegant-looking
place with the flat top; you'll see It
better as soon as we're past the
point."
Molly Jumped to her feet and we
both stared eagerly across the Inter
vening water.
"It will be a dead beat In," he
continued, "hut we've Just hit It off
nicely. There's a strong current, and
even If we do touch, the tide will
probably take us over."
"I shall be very annoyed If It
doesn't." I said. "I'm beginning to
want my breakfast."
We held on steadily until a small
red buoy, which apparently marked
th channel, bobbed past on our port
side, and then changing his course,
Jerry began to bear In towards the
shore.
As we approached nearer the en
trance came Into view a narrow
opening between two mud flats on
BAER WILL BATTLE
SOMETIME IN MARCH,
CH1CAOO. Jan. 7 -upi Msx Bar.
who believes fight funs should be
given frequent opportunities to wstrh
the heavyweight champion of th
world, haa surfed to terms for a 10
round, no-declelon tout In the Chi
cago stadium some time In March.
The champion's opponent probably
will be selected from among Strve
Hamas, Max Srhmellng, former title
holder. Art Leaky and Prlmo Camera,
from whom he won the crown las.
June. The title will not U. at stake
except In the event of a knockout.
WINDOW GLASS sell window
glans and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab
1A4 Wka.
v'CTOkmDCts AlMBERSTRACEl
each side of which the tide uas beat
Ing In a smother of dirty-looking
froth. It was an ugly enough place In
all conscience.
"Stand by for the Jib sheet,"
shouted Jerry.
As he spoke he thrust over the
tiller, and swinging round on the
other tack, we headed straight for
the center. There was a swirl of
broken water on both sides of us,
and a blinding Bhower of surf
splashed up into my face.
At the same Instant my foot trod
upon something soft, which, to
Judge by the protesting yelp Wat
followed, was evidently George.
Then the plunging deck suddenly
In the fresh breeze.
steadied Itself, and wiping the spray
from my eyes I stood up and took a
first survey of our new surround
Ings.
II rB were In a wide estuary,
' bounded on cither shore by
black and cheerless saltings. To the
south low-lying fields stretched
away Into the distance, with here
and there a few cattle cropping dili
gently at the long grass.
On the north bank stood the fac
tory a squat, hideous hulldlng shul
In behind a high barbed wire fence.
From an Iron gato In front, a rough
ly constructed track led down lo a
half-Bubmorgcd Jetty.
Broken barrels and scrnps of old
Iron lay about on the foreshore,
while a btinltcu tighter, with lti
bowa still jutting out of (he water,
rotted dismally In Its bed of slime.
The whole place had an air of un
utterable depression.
"Well, we've arrived,", remarked
Jerry. "What do you think of It now
you've seen It?"
"I'm beginning to sympathize
with Osborne," I said. "It I'd been
cooped up here for a month, I should
certainly feel llko going abroad."
"Oh, It's not so bad on a P.ne day,"
he objected. "Plenty of fresh air, no
tourists. . , ."
"Who lives there?" demanded
Molly, pointing to a cluster of trees
about half a mllo Inland. "It's a
house of somo sort; I can see smoke
coming from the chimneys."
"That's whore this farmer Josser
hangs out," Jerry replied. "A pretty
lonely spot It Is too. I walked over
to have a look nt It last time I was
here."
He camo round ami It, just In time
to avoid going aground and wo
started bark in the direction of the
Jetty.
"Where aro you going to He?" I
Inquired.
"Right In the middle, a little
higher up. There's n hard stretch
over there on the bank where wo!
can got ashore nt low water. When
the tide's out this rlaro Is a mere;
drain."
I crawled forward Into the bows,'
whore Jimmy was perched on the
fo'c'sle hatch, his round eyes alight
with Interest and excitement. Two
more short lacks brought us to our
destination, and nt a shout from
Jerry I let go tho chain.
Down came the malnsalt, smoth
ering Molly and (leorge In Its vol
uminous folds, and with a final
light-hearted buck the It 1 1 lo ;acht
snubbed Jauntily up to her anchor.
(Cf-pyriffht, t$S, Tenn Publishing Co.)
Tht iao"U'i erew catches ilflht
of a suspicion! t .ranger, in the
next chap'.ir.
A8HLASD RAILR6AD
VETERAN RETIRES
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A5H1.AND. Jan. 7 -(Spli-James
Thorns. re!dent of t!u v:t-
past 20 yrars. w.s retired on
January 1. lim, from service f.-r the
Southern INvifir Mllro.ul
Mr. Thomas ha.1 been einpM
with the ftouthe-n punt:.' tr tlie
past 44 years, first as a b:ikeniftn, but
for the lar;et rmrt ot t:ie time a
paaen,Tff court uc to vrk:ni out of
Dunsmulr duiing the entire time
CALL MUSIC TE AC HERS
TO TALK LEGISLATION
Member of t'ie Orvm M isle
Teacher" asAo.-istlon h. noti
fied that a ;w:ai meet'.!! '.iiis boon
called bv the as.v!,it!on nt the Cen
tral PuMt: l-.brarv In Port Janu
ary 10. fr th piirv".e ,if en 'rt"r
p;op-wt IrtTKUition !"i tie tvtte..
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SEATTLE (fipl.) Uniting mem
bers of a family in Vienna. Austria,
with others In Seattle, was the ex
tracurricular feat of a pear wrap on
a pear from either Washington or
Oregon. Now Jos. K'4Stler, 46 Haupt
strasse street, Vienna, will be hearing
shortly from his cousin, John Prab
oslaw Buchlnger of 8336 Empire way,
Seattle, and from several other rela
tive In this vicinity, after a lapse
of a great many years.
Mr. Kostter bought some pears in
Vienna, and th wrap advertised a
recipe book obtainable from the Oregon-Washington
pear Bureau, 609
aanJce building. Seattle. So Mr. Koat
ler wrote a long letter to the pear
bureau, giving the branches of the
family tree, together with old ad
dresses, and a plea that someone at
the pear bureau attempt to locate one
of the relatives.
Impressed by the break In the
routine of opening thousands of more
or leas uniform requests for the recipe
booklet from every corner of the globe,
one of the staff of the pear bureau
immediately took an Interest in this
rather unique request. A test letter
waa sent out, and as a result, Mr.
Buchlnger called at the office and
was handed trie letter from Vienna,
and a family reunion through the
medium of the malls Is on Its way.
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PURCHASE TODAY
ASHLAND, Jan. 7. 5pl.) Acting
upon the decisive expression of the
voters of Ashland at the Thursday
election, the city council has In
structed City Attorney Prank J. Van
Dyke to work out the contract for
the purchase of the Pompadour Min
eral Springs and complete negotia
tions before the option expires today.
This action was taken at the first
meeting of the year, In which .Mayor
T. S. Wiley pointed out the improve
ment made. In the various city de
partments during the past year and
expressed his hopes of what should
take place In the future.
The mayor pointed to such Im
: 1 II ! iiiiM w w -sw dm mm U eM B tJJ fa r R I R i I )
provements as the audit In the re- i
corder's office, the purchase of a new j
police car and the x-ray machine In
the Community hospital, the sound
ness of municipal finances, the SERA
Reeder dam project, the "splendid"
work of the police department, and
that only .7 per cent of bill owed
the city are listed as uncollected. Hr
stated that the police department
had made 90 arrest, collected 9832 m
fines, and had earned 1410.50 by Issu
ing temporary auto license. ,
Appointment of department heads
and council committees were en i
naunced with no changes being made
in the city appointive offices. De
partment head who remain in office
are: C P. Talent, chief of police;
C. J. Baughman, fire chief; prank
Davis, street department; Elmer Bie
gel, electric department; Earl Hosier,
water superintendent; O. M. Frost,
cemetery department, and Prank Van
Dyke, city attorney.
Millions of Pucks Flee Storm
SANDUSKY, Ohio (UP) Literally
millions of ducks swarmed over San
dusky Bay on Lake Erie on one day
recently, fleeing storms from the
north.
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LIGHT
IS PEEP IN UERV &K1TIN6 BOOK
WHCH MOtW CAUA HAS HE
tor uwimw m readies
MOfeER INSISTS HE'S H0R-fiH6
m Evte A WD RE0UEST6 HIM
fO MOVE NEARER THE WlNDW
5I6H5 OH. AU RIGHT; AKD
(ROPtS VAGUaY IN PlREC-fiorJ
OF LAMP
M0ftn REPEATS GDESfiOtf.
A5K6 UMAf DID SHE 6V ?
im All RlfcHf, AND MOES
BOOK RELUC-fANfLV FROM ONE
SIDE OF CHAIR TO THE OtliER
HAS FiKlSHED A CHAPTER WD
BE&OU -THE MEtf 6EfR HE
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By tiLUYAS WILLIAM
RETORft OH, YEWS 60f PtESft
or U6H, HECAK SEE FINE
MOTHER CAU& SHE'S SURE HE'S
SflLL SfRAWlNS HIS EVES, HE'D
BETTER piXfHE LI6Hf OH
SEffLft HIMSELF COMFORTABLY1,
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