PXGH FOURTEEN
uPSIB: At Ik I yteholat
r ith hioul kilted John 0
bur.ie, the man Kick va acquitted
r,f havinf killed, himself. It viae
fftr hJtb(itri of Ifrt. (,'ou-llattd, anl
the husband just has shot himself,
hut still Sirk, Kith his partner.
JoIly (t'Hritn. Jerrv Mnrdaunt.
end Jimmy Pox. do not knout
inhere the valu.ible formula 0
borne hod stolen ts hidden. Mrt.
Gowlland confesses that her auj
Mnrf shot Osborne berauss Os
borne and the vers lover.
Chapter 44
THE FORMULA
"t DON'T know how my husband
knew about Osborne and me,"
lira. Gowlland went on, "unless he
y have found a letter which came
for me after after Jack went away.
Perhaps ha had been witching ua
all the time."
By a desperate effort she managed
to moisten her Hps. "My husband
went up to London went up by the
train. He was there for two daya aud
wben he came back he told me what
he had done. At first I didn't believe
him, but It was true oh, my God,
It was quite truel I thought he
would kill me too."
"Sometimes" once more she
'burled her face and sobbed broken
ly "sometimes I wish he had."
"You poor soul!" Molly bent over
;her and softly touched her hair. "I
'am so terribly sorry for you. It's
'dreadful to think what yon must
feare been through."
With aa lmpulslra gesture Mra.
-Gowlland caught hold of her hands.
"'Ob, you're good I don't know who
ijou are, but you're good and kind.
VSo one haa ever been kind to mi
Jcicept him."
I "I understand, too," I said, "and I
don't blame you In the least I am
nnly grateful to you for telling ns
the truth now."
Jerry stepped forward. "You hare
cleared up one great Injustice, Mrs.
Gowlland," he said quietly, "but
there's someone else you're wronged
besides Mr. Trench."
She stared np at him. "Someone
else?" she whispered.
He pointed to Molly. "There wore
ome papers which belong to Miss
O'Brien In Osborne's safe. He stole
them from from her fathor wben he
waa In America. They were taken
out of the house on the night that
he was murdered."
"Papers!" She sat np with a quick
gasp. 'Tea there were papers a
whole packet of them. He took them
away to make It look like a rob
bery." "What did he do with them?" Jer
ry rapped out the question like a pis
tol shot.
"He brought them back here to
show me. Thero was blood on them
Jack's blood. He wanted me to see
It."
She rose unsteadily, holding on to
the back of the chair. "They're over
there, in the bottom drawer of the
big chest. He used to take them out
every night andV look at them. He
waa mad, I tell you, mad mad."
Crossing the room In a couple of
swift strides, Jerry gave an Ineffec
tual tug at the tw6 handles.
"It's locked!" he exclaimed.
"Where'a the keyj"
She moved slowly towards the
sofa, turning back the blanket, bent
down over the stiff, sprawling object
beneath.
"Here It Is," she sail.
JZ WATCHED breathlessly while
' Jerry wrenched open the draw
r. For a moment he knelt there.
fumbling amongst Its contents:
then, suddenly Jumping to bis feet,
he swung round towards us.
In his hand waa a loosely wrapped
brown paper packet.
"Taka a look through these. Mol
ly," he said quietly.
He slipped off the covering as he
spoke, and half a dozen stained and
crumpled. documents tumbled out on
to the (able. The largest and most
conspicuous of them consisted of
two sheets of blue paper fastened
together by a brass clip, and with a
qnlck movement Molly snatched it
up from amongst the others.
"This Is It! This Is the formula!
Father described it to me. Ha
said . . ."
A low, startled cry rang
through the room, and we all throe
turned sharply towards the fa.
Mrs. Gowlland was standing liltc,
pale and rigid one hand stretched
out towards the open window.
"A face " she gasped, "out there
In the hushes! Look look!"
I spun round In a flash, but I was
Just too late. There was a quiver of
Vaoches, followed by a scuffling
AS PHONE OPERATOR
CLEVELAND (UPI Totally blind.!
Mr. Jowphine Enevrr operates the
busy telephone owitrhhonrd at the
Cleveland Society of Blind off Ire.
Though her real job Is home Instruc
tor for blind prrnn. teaching them
to read nratlle. type, sew and earn
money, she has been tilting in at the
switchboard job when workers had
to double up on duties.
"One burr tells me the call Is
eo mi tig In and a click or the shutter
tells me someone Is on the phone,"
Mr. Enever says.
"Dial avtm probably easier for
me to handle than th average sight
ed person, hecauv all i nred to know
la the number of finer holes and the
way the letters are placed.
Spent 10 renin In tampalin
JACKSON. O. (UP i Ed Dlcklns'
expense account as defeated candl
date for state representative; 30
ceuta.
By VICTOR BRIDGES
rush amongst the undergrowth, and
at the aame moment Jerry fired. In
the low-ceillngcd room the noise of
the report was deafening.
"Did you see him, Nick? It was
that swine from the Milan."
Springing towarda the hearth. 1
grabbed up Gowlland's gun and
Jerked open the breech. There was
an unused cartridge In the lefl
barrel.
"Are you sure!" I demandod.
"Quite. I'd know him again any
where." I atared out Into the shrubbery.
"Pity yon missed blm," I said. "He
Is off now to tell the others. We shall
bare the whole gang here In a min
ute." "Looka that way." Jerry glanced
round calmly, and then walking np
to the table, stuffed the remaining
papers Into bis pocket "Only one
thing to do," he continued. "We
must make a run for the boat, and
trust to luck."
Molly stepped forward. "Can't wa
taka Mrs. Gowlland with us7"
The white-faced 'woman shook her
head.
"I ahall stay here," she said
stonily.
Jerry held out the atlll smoking
revolver. "You take this, Nick, and
give me the gun. It's no use to yon
with that shoulder of yours." He
flung open the door. "Come along,
children time we were off."
With Molly between ua, we hur
ried along the dark passage and out
Into the narrow porch. It was only
a short distance to the beginning of
the path and, clicking forward the
catch of hla gun, Jerry, who had
paused one moment for a quick look
up and down, led the way forward
across the gravel.
IF I lire to be a hundred I shall
never forget that stretch of moon
lit path, or onr stumbling run
through the muddy and silent farm-
-ra.ru.
All my senses were keyed np to
their highest pitch by the deadly
and Imminent danger that surround
ed ns, but at the same time, as I
gripped my revolver and peered
anxiously into the shadows, a wild
and uncontrollable elation was
throbbing through my heart
At last the truth waa out at laet
the black cloud which had hung
over me so long waa shattered and
dispersed. I waa free now free to;
look the world in the face tree loj
marry Molly and take up my life and;
work where it had been broken off. I
The thought sang through my
mind like music, and the shrieking
of the wind as It whistled across the
desolate marsh made a brave and lit- j
ting accompaniment
We can't rush the last blt-not
In this'llght" Jerry had pulled up
again In front of the stile. I'll go
first because I know the path. Keep
an eye behind you, Nick, and If yon
see any trouble coming, sing out at
once."
Ten or twelve yards In the rear.
and with frequent backward glances
over my shoulder, I followed them
along the uneven track. I had at
haunting feeling that at any mo
ment half a dozen flgurea might
coma bursting through the hedge Is
hot-foot pursuit, but In the faint
moonlight that filtered down
through a veil of driving cloud, the
long line of black bushes remained
silent and unbroken.
All the same I was thankful
enough when I at last scrambled up
the gorse-clad slope and found my
self looking down on the friendly
little Seagull as aha lay bobbing
about at her anchor.
With the wind blowing strongly
against the Incoming tide the peaceful-looking
estuary we had left now
presented a very different appear
ance. What met my eyoa was a toss
ing sea of broken water stretching
away to the entrance, where a long,
curving swell of white-capped break
ers smashed s 'llenly against the
half-submerged bar.
It was not too encouraging a pros
pect and with an uneasy doubt ai
to how long it would be before we
could get away, I hurried down to
(tie dinghy. In which Molly and
Jimmy hsd already taken their,
nlaretL
"What do you make of It, Jerryfi
I asked.
"Not too bad," was the reply. "We'
can't start Just yet but there'll bel i
plenty of water In another hour. '
He Jerked his head towards the boat ,
rnmDio in ana i n snove ner on.
We can get as far as the Seagull, at
any rate." ;
(Coflirtoht, IJ. Pen Publishing Cojj
Monday, a rtca begins, .bjpft-j
SPEAR-OLD GIRL
CLEVELAND (UP) Six-yesr-old j
Virginia Welti ts only In kinder gar-1
ten now, but she may become a I
champion long - distance runner
when she grows up.
After .school one afternoon she
s Pi reared suddenly on the front porch
of her grandmothers home on the
west side and announced. "I'm goliiR
to slay for dinner " Hr praml mother.
Mrs. ,1. W. Kllms. said. "Fine, who
brought you from school?" Virginia
said she nslked.
Phe had run si! the way from her
school, more than two miles, in lew
than an hour. Her mother. Mrs. R.
C. Wahl, was Just ready to a.-k poliei
to look for Virginia when the grand
mother called to tell her of the Ut
ile giiTi sprint.
DOVBR. O- I UP I Dr. 8 B Mc-
: Unite, one of the oldest phytclnii
io this section, ai Ohio. U dead at 15
irEDFORD M ATL
WASHINGTON (UPI "Hair" of a
"sea serpent" discovered on the
beach of a smalt Island off the Pa
cific coaat In November, has been
Identified here aa the gill raker or
a basking shark-
Dr. Karl s. Myers, curator of fishes
at the National Museum. Is convneed
that the creature was a basking shark
although naturalists tailed to Identi
fy It with any known genua of sea
animal.
The "hair" consisted of strands of
fine material about a foot long. It
serves ss a fine sieve for the minute
plsnkton upon which the shark
feeds. No other fish boasts such an
arrangement.
The shark'a body applrently had
been sttranded on the beach several
days. It had lost Its fl&h-llke appear
ance and had assumed a serpent
like shape.
California fishermen. Dr. Myers
said, bring in two or three speci
mens of the fl&h each year and sell
to fertilizer companies.
The hair was forwarded to the
state department by the American
consul at Prince Rupert, British Col
umbia. National Museum officials pointed
out that this waa the first opportun
ity they had had to correctly Iden
tify an alleged sea serpent. They be
lieve that If most of the current sea
monsters were subjected to scientific
examinations, they would turn out
to be fairly familiar animals.
8 MATTER fOP
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TAILSPIN TOMMY The Plot That Failed 1 B, Hal Forrea
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f WBRC IN LUCK,AeAH,THeV SfllD 7HeB6V i I f THE ClRCO BOAT. YoH.TUKt! rT 1 1 1 TBLKIM ' TO TMd S' .
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WER VWAT TriOiE I HERE A COUPLE O' j J SHOWBOAT, I I CLOWN AND THE j o' HERE ABOUT BARLV THIS WORNIN - TALKING ft?
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BRING IN 0 UP FATHER B; fJeorge WcMaDnj
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MOTHER' WHY DON T too ' DID' TOUO 5WE WENT DOWN TOWN BOY' On, BOY' ,
TELL YOUR SlSTEiR WOW MEF? ME YESTERDAY A.MQ SOUGHT WAIT UNTIL. P.
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TRIBUyE, rFTDFORI).
30 YEARS ICE
FIRS! MO TAG
ISSUED BY STATE
SALEM. Ore. (CP) A framed
hand-written document on the wall
of the office of Carl D. Gabiielaon,
head of the motor vehicle division
under Secretary of State Earl Snell,
today revealed that the 30th anni
versary of the issuance of the first
automobile In the state will aoon be
at hand.
The plate went to Helmut W.
Thompson, Eugene, and he had to
wait more than two months after he
had applied to get tag No. 1.
Thompson wrote Secretary of State
F. I. Dunbar on March 13. 1906. that
hla automobile waa "an Oldsmoblle,
ten horsepower, single cylinder en
3.IM L.y yr cuarrve W15 boss op vouss A T 00 meam f DROPPeD opp OC j
ms XT ii. MWMJ74yMJ
OTSEGO. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. 1935,
gine light tonneau,
red."
It was May IS before his license
It was called certificate No. I
waa Issued.
On the same day other licenses
went out. the first receiving them
besides Thompson being: Dr. W. B.
Morse. Salem: George H Graves. Sa
lem; J. D- Matlock. Eugene; E. L. j
Remington, Wood burn: P. L. Cham- (
hers, Eugene; R. H- Robinson, Arllng- !
ton; Clinton J. Kurtz, Salem; P. A. '
Combs, Portland; George J. pearce. '
Salem; F- C Dixon. Grants Pass; and
Byron O. Mcculloch, Grants Pass.
Four of the cars were tiller-steered
Two were steam powered. tSlx of the '
mftitti -raa "rrmrvo fllrttmnhlliu " .
Others were Whites. Darracas, an
Auto-Car and an Orient, names no
longer known on automobile row.
The act of the 1905 legislature
vhlfh rtrnvlriof fnr 1tpnnginn aC
and the registration of their owners
was entitled "An act regulating au
tomobiles on country roads.'
The fee was $3. The same license
number could be kept for five years.
4
"There can be no conflict between
science and religion." Mussolini.
colored dark 1 nnnimniu irnnrrr Rv GLUYAS WILLI A Mi
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FRED PERLft' FoUND HIMSELF dorJSlDERABLV
EMBARRASSED THE OfrtER M0RHIK6 Wlfrt A 0-CART
HE DlWf KKOW WHJtf To DO Wrfri. HAVltfS CARRIED if
ABOARD 1HE 8:16 FOR A NEIGHBOR WHO At THE LASf
SECOKD HM? 1b CHASE HER ELUSIVE CHILD DOWN
THE S-rttflON PLATFORM AND SO MISSED THE
1 l . . t2MI
Bv 0 M Payne
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