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PAGE SDC MEDFORD MATL TRTBUXE. MEDFORD, OREGON-, MONDAY. MAY 13, 1935. liIMYIKlSS SYNOPSIS: Alison Rede has re turned from school in Switterland to meet her father at a house he t supposed to have taken outside London. But the house is dark and deserted; while washing up after her tourney Alison is horrified to see a hairless lacs peering at her. Bh slams the door.and the intruder slithers aieav. But her eleetrio torrh is going dead- 8hs derides to tnT4 a break tor ths outside door. Chapter Two NEW DANGER COMIN'Q In. exploring this empty house tor any sign at her father. Alison had passed two pairs of stairs. One leading off the long pas sage which ran straight from the front ball, was evidently the front stairs to the bedrooms: the other, cut off by a baize door, came down outside the pantry door and ran di rectly outside the bathroom. An upper baize door with a spring to It cut this part of the house off from the front part, too. Those last three faint creaks had seemed to come from the front passage. Could she creep down these backstairs un seen and gain the window and the roadT Safer, perhaps, to slip down the Ivy unleBS, guessing her inten tion, he had gone to wait down thore In the dark road! Snatching at her courage, Alison released the door. Cautiously, trem bling, she opening It a little way and -7w She became contcloui of poo rod out. The fnlnt glow of the torch showed her an empty passage, & white bedroom door, a tiny square of window with the rain pouring down It and the far baize door, shut. The wny was clcarl For no more than a second she lis tened, broatliloBs, but now It seemed is If the whole bouse held Its breath too. There was no sound at all, even the mice were still. And there was the Btalrway, close at hand, dark but mpty. Alison ran. She had roach od the turn of the italrs when the torch wont out. The black dark seemed to hit her, knocking out her breath; It was llko going blind. But hor hand tightened on the stnlr-rall and she wont on. running, two steps at a time. She suffered, In ttiose few seconds, the most primitive of all emotions a fear fine-drawn to the point of bat tle. In which ovory nerve and mus cle Is strained to the utmost, ready to fight. Her foot found the lower passage level with a Jerk that hurt. pRKAK! Pit-a-pat A ihln spear of light cut the darkness ahead, showing her the half-glass pantry door on hor right, the lower balto door ahead a beam of light split by the bnnlsters above. It was coming running along the bathroom passage chasing her down the stairs! Alison made a dart. The pantry door was not quite shut, tt gave; a loose hoard creaked as she sprang through and the beam of light over head went off abruptly. She slammed the door violently; throwing herself against It, sho foil for a key and found none; she stretched up hor right arm towards the wall to brace herself to take the strain. Sho renrhod up her hand with nil four fliiKers and the thumb spread and found them pressing flat against a man's face! Her nerve broke. In the recoil she screamed a hide ous, shrill, bubbling shriek which rose and echoed wildly through the POP PRODI! ON 24 HOURS' NOTICE AnOAPO 8 A NT A ELENA EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA l'P) --Tt f liner etlll Ia s lady, but she tin do vp loped sn Amonninn complex ;nv Kipling wrote Midden under the lux urious swimniititf p.o snd thin cvtict new firnre Line ships aim devs u the firiiii. gaunt platform tor inch rlle Other w.ir fittinc in this ship, anj her sl?rrs of the American oieroha"! muiiir, tmke them fr more rapwble of defending themselvra than were the ha-Mily-converted merchantman of lf17 Within 24 bours. accord in, to Cup tain W U Prengel. commanding the fntH Elena could be comer led Into ft ia-zudiabie iuxUiaij exuleu . C f -wxr&i ft house as she fumbled for the dooi handle In a crazy effort to escape. A scream cut sharply at Its hlghesl point as a man's band closed expert ly upon her face, the thumb and fore finger pinching her nostrils shul while the palm blocked her mouth. Alison gave a gurgle and tainted. "That's better. . . ." She became conscious of a ven firm arm holding her tight, of rough tweed scraping her cheek and th rapid beating of her own heart "Oh!" She tried to sit up. The flickering blue bead of light came from a lan tern that was standing on the floor; by It she could see In faint outline an enamelled table under the win dow, a bunch of dirty brooms, all tied together, leaning drunkcnly against a sink. MEMOtlT came back and she gave a gasp. Shrinking, she writhed from the arms wblch held ber and slid free on hands and knees. Whirl ing round found herself looking np Into a pair of bright and quizzical blue eyes. "All right?" A pair of broad, tweed covered shoulders,' large friendly features, pleasantly red-tunned, dark hair thai grew crisply off a wide forehead, keen eyes light as a bucket of sea water this was no grisly ghost but a firm arm, holding her. a mero man, reassuringly human and alive! Alison drew a deep sigh of re lief and grew exceedingly Indignant "What exactly do you think you're doing?" It Is net easy to show dignity on al fours but she did ber best. Ho coutitercd with an Innocent "What Is going on hero?" "Considering you tried to klU me" "I didn't!" "You tried to choke mo!" 'Only to etop you yelling!" "You'd absolutely no right te frighten me like that!" She struggled to hor foot. She waa still hot and punting with rnge. Her round, childish face waB flushed, hoi dark grey eyes sparkled with anger, although her soft mouth trembled and her kneos felt like warm wax. "What're you doing hero any way r she demanded; charged him tlercelj with "You must'vo climbed In through that window!" "I did." Ho was standing, too. now smiling at her. "So did you for that matter!" "That's got nothing to do with It,' said Alison haughtily. Ho had nlci tooth when he Biniled and two attrao ttvo dents beside his chin. "Do you always come In that waj and then rush round screaming? Ills voice was deep and tinged wltb suppressed laughter. "I didn't rush." she began, thei changed her mind. No use bandymj words particularly as he was get ting the best of the exchange. She turned purposefully to the door. "Whore are you going?" Quickly. "To ring tho police!" She wrenched the door open. Tin lantern went out with a snap and ths black dark closed on her like a swung curtain. "Oh!" Involuntarily she gave a cry, clutching at (ho man. "All right. I'm here." Ills arm closed firmly round her. "But listen. You're not going through that door till you tell mo what's up." 'Copyright, I99i, Evelyn U- Winch Alison does little In American navy ysrds on both coau's ere the six-Inch (tuns, ready to Install on the fore and aft. plat form ftrrrd ashore too. are the nnn-air.-r;ift gun for the mounts on the bridge dtsk. That 1 the slate of neadincM of the lady -liners. Nearly al! deck offl-.-ei of this ship are naval rewer v lata. The speedy metvhantmcnt are un r::iorei lint ships of thl cla.v. con structed under the latest rwwy super vision, are divided Into a series "f watertight compartments. tv!n; the hulls hlKh torpedo resistance. It is diffiSutt to conceive this ra ! clous liner, with her lare ports and 1 mam ventilator which fit h.-r for j Topical service. twomln; a sea j onrt-ltne nmn-o'-war overnight But it Is only her peacetime self that pile ! the Interconstal trade lanes Her pan- oplle of war are stored In naval de pots, like a uniform In mothball The f.i-'t that American shipping men deplore Is that our merchant marine, while mvond In size to Brit ain's, is fifth m s-.x'ed and eighth In ae smor.n t !iom of ni her mari time pt'A'evs de!c;o;u 1X)U'j1o K Nuts for join next ipuiy. I UNIFIES PLANS E INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UP) Unt flcatlon of promotional work of va rious state and national organiza tions in the Disciple of Christ church will become effective July 1, C. O. Hawley, director, has an nounced. Principal national organizations and groups of 30 states have agreed to participate. Previously, promo tional work waa carried on Individ ually. The unification hss no effect on the administrative work, Hawley pointed out, but will prove more ef ficient and effective In promotional activities. It will eliminate certain competition inevitable under a plan of individual collection. National organization Joining the movement are the United Christian Missionary society, the pension fund, the board of extension, board of edu cation, board of temperance and wel fare, and the Association for Chris tian Union. The administrative body of the unified promotional organization will be known as the central committee of the co-operative council. Members are A. E. Cory, Indian apolis; Mrs. Ora Leigh Shepherd. Indianapolis; Roy O. Ross, Indian apolis; James M. Cook, Cleveland, and John M. Booth, Indianapolis. The Rev. L. N. B. Wells. Dallas. Tex., Is chairman of the co-operative P-MATTER "OP- " By C. M. 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DIDN'T EVEN 5EE AAE-BEH YOU ABOUT NEVER J THEY'RE LW3 TO YOU BUT J. -wHECATTLE J---rTT-fT ' M U . 1 : iTrTTTTTT- -J-r7 r7rTTfTTpEi-S-BX' ' NOW ABOUT YOU. DIO ALL THE CHINMINl' WITH LOCOMOTIVE. EVEN ) WITH AAY HELP YOURE NOT Ti THE NEBBS Queen Emnm" ' " ! ' , '.i'V '' ' - ' ,2 BySolHoss f WELL, QUEENJ OF TH 1 AInJt MO OUEe.Nj',l 7 ALL THIS MOISG Cnuv rv-,lT -42f V . POT 5 AkjD PAW3, 15EE ( OP NJOTWiM'-i OMLV 1 ACOOMD Nee.iOEuJSPAPE W arVil WAS A MOI& ACTOR M : '- (YCU BE.&SI HOB-MOe'Si'OG LLSOT A tiOB.THars I MESJ CAMERA MElO ? OUST -o A MrwiF iVV WME.M VOO THOOSUT VOU UJ4SJT. V;- -: V UJITW WISM 60CierV AT mORE tHAM SOMeI BECAUSE PEOPLE SOT OOU6W Tc-ma ' snu uGT 600M AS VOU THOU6WT - LEAST SHE VISITED VOUft VPEOPUS CAM SAVjl 1 KIEV EC GOT THAT MLCH 'y '"pTV VOO WAS . VOU UJASAO'T .' e-;' : PJVITOIOE V, ROOM r" -.-rJiJ V PUBLICITV AMD I'M AMOV S noiior -"' O i THE DiSPt ' THE BUNGLE FAMILY Yesterdays What, a rvry to uou on llv 'IATCR. YH0 ArrirkRi P 0T(VRTVN.L1 IN Thit A TRiV:CL ISLANf CVTLC. FIRST KLEW ACRE'S TMl (MINK'l ES' TA1 H HEN Pfw"i VVA-J I CARMNo 10 WIVE THE FAM.1.Y nun Ixy.w ' L, - council, and Mrs. H. L. McKlnnon. Enid, Ok la., U vice-chairman. Under the new plan, all money for work of the various organizations will be collected by the unified group and apportioned to the Individual organizations. E OKMULKEE, Okla. (UP) C. E. 8 Cutler, former state pardon and pa role officer, believes that if more children would attend Sunday school there would be much less crime. Cutler, of Oklahoma City, In n addren here, recalled the difficulty of children to attend Sunday school during the territorial days of Okla homa. "When I was boy I was forced many times to stay at home because of bad weather, or impassable roads. strjiJn l Motlwr. ir . 50 ?tnvt O HAB.TfORP OAKPALE -rRCNT LINE 5E TiThES OF hi? PAST TWO ftt"H fFt.;v. 'iR-.T Even In bad weather we had to wear great boots which had fresn tallo on them and heavy brass caps on the toes. "No matter how urgent the farm duties were on Sunday, if we could get sway from the farm at all. we went to Sunday school, not because our parents wanted us to, but be cause It was a part of our weekly life. "The sources of culture were the home, the church, snd the district school, and these institutions molded the ch-acter for the population of tne early cities," Cutler said. He pointed out that less than two per cent of the people of the world are attending Sunday school. Youths Itiillt Mot or led SUPERIOR. Wis. (UP) Philip Johnson and James Lund, local youths, attached the motor from a miniature automobile to their home- made bobsled to achieve a speed of 25 miles an hour. MOVED DENTAL OPFTCE Dr. W. C Thompson Is now located at Room 313 Liberty Bldg. 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