Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 15, 1935, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEIT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TTEDNESDAT, MAY 15, 1935. SYNOPSIS! Alison Rede has come to England from Switzerland in reeponse to a telegram from her father asking her to meet him at a house in the country. But he it not there, and the houee ie dark and de serted While washing up by the light of her pocket torch ehe te frightened by a ghostly intruder: ehe rune downstairs, and ie stopped by a rather personable young man. She and the young man are eearch ing the houee. Chapter Tour CRASH! j'TpHBY eiplored a Itting room, I rather pleasantly furDlshed In 'bine and dust-brown, but empty. A second, uglier room, with orange 'cretonnes, led off the sitting-room back into the ball. A drawing room beyond con tained nothing more terrible than some Victorian engravings and Be nares brass and took them back Into the kitchen which, with red flag stones smelling of soft soap and old corner cupboards scrubbed white, was by far the most cheerful part of the house. "Not a sign of a spook!" "What about upstalrsT" "We'll try down here first" "That only leads Into the cellar," protested Alison "May's well be thorough, though." Ihe fancied that be gave her a quick, turned them all on; the cellars changed In a twinkling from ghost haunted caverns of gloom and mys tery to mere storerooms, lined with cobwebs and disgraceful dust Gain ing the kitchen steps again, he turned the key In the door. "There! If your frlend'a down there he'll have to exit by tbe walls. Where now?" "Would It be an awful bother to look upstairs? 1 mean, before you go?" she asked shyly. "I'm not gen erally such a fool but " "It'd be no bother at all. But I'm not going till your father comes." She did not even try to conceal her relief. "That's awfully good ot you." "Not a bit" He said It warmly. Bo warmly that It embarrassed them both, and he was quick to add, "What about some light on the situa tion?" "Let's turn them all on," agreed Alison. SITTING rooms, hall, kitchen, pantry, even cupboards they switched every bulb on and left them all blazing. The front door was locked and every window shut ex cept the pantry, which they fas tened, too. The bedrooms seemed to be fur nished without exception in thi & it' at J " ' A largs gray rat d.nea uoiween Alison's rest. frowning look, as she hung back. "What's the matter?" ' "Supposing he's behind us and locks the door?" Tbe young man took a step back and dragged the cellar key out of the lock. "Thore." He swung the lantern, letting Its beams fall on a larder with long atone shelves, a very modern beat ing stove and a recess which bad once been a baking oven. Very old, the cellars ran tbe whole length of the house; a chain ot amall. black, wlndowless rooms cut oft from one another by close, wooden gratings and full ot black alarming corners, empty but for the peeling plaster and a smell of mice At the farthest end a coal cellar to the right held a foot of coal dust a storeroom, on the left, contained helves with half a dozen rotting apples; a narrower central room ended In a dark, deep recess under the front stairs. Here two broken deck chairs, a hallow heap ot straw, a small pack lng case up-ended and a great roll of new linoleum threw uncomfort able shadows. BUT though they swung tbe light there was no sign of either man or ghost. "Ah!" Tbe young man stooped auddenly. "What?" Alison asked breathless. "Main switch, lighting. Half a seo- ond " "Oh I" The cry burst from her before she eould stop It He jumped back so swiftly that before the sound was out be was beside her, ready. Bang! Tbe tall roll ot linoleum bad bean rocking, now It fell straight back with a tremendous crash Into tbe recess under the stairs, sending a chain of echoes through cellnrs be hind. At tbe same Instant from the prostrate linoleum, a large gray rat darted with a flash of plnk-wcbbed paws and naked tall, plumb between Alison's feet and Into the dark coal cellar, where It vanished. Her companion laughed cheerful ly. "For a moment 1 thought we had him. didn't you? Rut I think we'll leave the lights on, Just for luck." There were three switches and he cheapest fashion with old Iron and brass bedsteads, lumpy woolen mat tresses, worn white paint and faded wallpapors; In one front room lay Alison's suit-case, open, as she bad left It when she went to wash and brush up. What an age It soemed since sbe had knelt there, nervously bum ming, to unpack her brush and sponge bag! Peorlng under the bed, Into cup boards, behind the curtains be re ported "Nut heie," and they went on to the bathroom. Alison could not re press a shiver as she peered In; then she caught sight of her own face. "D'you mind waiting Just a mo ment, while 1 got my powder?" she asked, very conscious of a nose that shone. . "I'll wait out here." Yet she hurried. To be alone In the bathroom brought back too vivid ly the horror of that gray faco. al though he was whistling loudly, cheerily, as he strolled about tbe passages. An understanding person, she de cided, who guossed how sbe felt and was deliberately letting ber know that be was close at hand. Some cold water splashed Into her face, a comb ran quickly through her hair, that glinted with gold lights, a touch of cream betwoen her dark eyebrows and thick lashes to hide the last trace of tears. Then, with powder, coral rouge and coral lipstick she was ready. Feollng definitely better!" she announced. He had lighted a pipe and was leaning back against the wall re signedly as she came out and as he straightened up she bad an Impres slon that those startllngly light eyes of his swept ovor her approving. You certainly look happier." If 1 may say so. 1 think you need a cup of hot coffee more. What about trying to make some?" There Isn't any- 1 looked for food and couldn't see any," said Alison. "Hut If your father " He stopped short Alison said nothing. The same thought had struck ber. (Copyright. I9SS. Evelyn U. trtncA; Alison, tomorrow, tries to pusxl. out her father's ouriout actions. BITE OF RATTLER FATAL FOR LAD LODI, Cfillf.. May 15. AP Th venomous bite of rmtlMnnkc to day claimed the life of never. -year-old Robert Howell, son of Mr. and Mr. Oeorfte Howell, Lodi. The child waa bitten while on a picnic with hla parent near LoomW Sunday. He waa unaware of the ncci. dent until a companion saw the reptile and warned tl.e family. They tried to locate a physician in the vicinity, but were unr.ucoeiwi'ul and meantime, rhysiolan here nald, the polaon took deadly effect. Doctors worked over the lad more than 30 hours before he succumbed. , Ou MoJJ Tribune want a da. 1 PAN FRANCISCO. Mv 1ft. (AP Thomas J. Mtxmey. mio preparedness Osy bombing prisoner, wim drilled a writ of rmbe.v corpus Tuesday by the tMc dUtrtvt court of sprals. Mooney can now take' his Hunt for fieedom a tain to the California su preme court on sppeal in the habeas corpus procftMUuf. tvilowiiw rtvom- j mendatlon made in a recent rulm of ...o r:-n court of the United States. Judee D. A. Cw!v,n disputed in the district court's opinion todnv. hold l na na believed Mooney entitled to release. " - - Use Mall Tribune want adj. FOUR CHILDREN SAFE AFTER LOSING SCHOOL OUTING PARTY TRAIL ALBANY, Ore.. May 18. (AP) Four children, footeore a-nd exhausted after having wandered almlewiy for seven houra over the mountain trail on Cleveland Rock. 4000-foot outpost of the Cascade range, were sleeping happily today after their rescue by a large BearchlnR party. During the cold night they had plodded over & six mile area. The youngest of the group or three glrla and a boy was 8 years old. Late yesterday the four became separated from a group of other chil dren on a walking trip with their teachers. They took the wrong trail in descending the mountain. Dark ness had overtaken them before they realized their danger. As soon ae the teachers discovered the four were missing a call waa sent out to police and nearby ranchea. At 3 a. m. today a party headed by Sheriff Herbert Shelton and State Trooper T. R. Rodman found the children who had wandered into a farmyard. The four were Dora Bellamy, Delma Middlestadt, and Viola and Keith E ben berg. The state capltol of Georgia in At lanta, built about 60 years ago. has Just been given Its first exterior cleaning by FERA workers. Home portrait of family groups and children at Special Prices Shangle Studio Phone 1308 WILL CELEBRATE Extensive plans are being made for a five-day Fourth of July celebra tion in Mt. Shasta City, Catf.. July 3. 4, 6. 6 and 7, offering a pro gram filled with Interesting events, reports from there said todayi Located at the base of Mt. Shasta. 100 miles from Medford. the scene of the celebration Is within easy driving distance, and will undoubt edly attract quite a large delegation of southern Oregon visitors. In addition to celebration events, numerous scenic and other attrfic tlons s u r r u n d the picturesque mountain town. Including the veorld's largest fish hatchery, which In turn has the oldest living two-headed trout, now six years old. Race horse stables there boast of horse-flesh valued at hundreda of thousands of dollars. IP' Members of Rotary club met for their regular noon luncheon at the Hotel Medford Tuesday, and were en tertained by musical selections spon sored by Lee Bishop and Invited by Mrs. Anne Purucker of the Baldwin Piano shop. There were two presentation on the plano-acoordlon. one by Mr. Wheat ley, and one by Mr. Thompson. Gene vieve Brown rendered two vocal se lection, and Mrs. Purucker and Mr. Wheatley entertained with a piano duet. Arrangemente were made for the Rotary-Klwanls bridge tournament to be held at the Hotel Jackson on May 27, and It was decided to hold a Ro tary ladies-night the first two weeks of June. Max Pierce and W. H. Fluhrer were guests. JUNIOR LEAGUE PITCHER ' " M-a. 1t1V ft fmUm tsmitmitiStttf wSuwii J. (5 (Copyright 1688, by Th. B.I1 Syndicate. I.) I S-MATTER POP ' " -r7 3 By C. M. Payne 7 ISut ieAiLV, maw, sT .-..v -rp xl IFF7" 7" c 3 I I . . 1 1 ' E V ' COME, LG.-TS V' re. 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