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r -, PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 16. 1935. jux I juii SYNOPSIS: Alison Rede has gone to a country houss outside London to meal her father, ostenei bly at his request. But the house tt deserted, and Alison is suddenly confronted by a horrible creature tctth a head like a skull. She runs from him, and Is stopped by o per sonable young man, with whom she iuet has searched the house. They have found nothing but the light switch, however, and that they turn on, Alison cannot under' stand why there are not, at least, servants in the house if her father intended to meet her there. Chapter Five ABOUT MR. REDE BUT then the whole thing wa$ to , odd I Wh' J Hor father had Hret written j tut that he meant to leave Lon don and look tor a house in the 'country, he had sketched an outline lot the klrd ot place he wanted: had ;mentloued Oxfordshire as a likely spot, since bis fiancee, Mrs. Sumers, wanted to hunt. A golf course not more than a few miles off, some rough shooting, a good tennis court, gardens, nothing too large but room enough to put np Alison's friends she bad read that part of the letter with a smile, for it was like her father to want every thing and want it Just sol In the very first few moments in side this house, she had thought It si W' .V, 1 - o "3 "w-4iW The chauffeur objected lining that be should take any thing quite so small, so dingy and ihahhlly furnished, for Robert Rode, If not rich tn the sense ot millions, was comfortably wealthy and All son's home In London was big, well rurnlshed and well-run. Travel, good hotels, a'good cook and a good school for bis only child her father had never stluted him self In any of these ways and Alison bad wondered as she flashed her torch Into room after room whether this lonely little old house up on the Bussex Downs bad been chosen for bim by the stepmotherto-be whom she had nevor met. If so, she thought, her father would be terribly disappointed! lie bad always been fussy ahout details and by no stretch ot Imagination could the girl conceive his liking this bouse or coming here to picnic In It all alono. Very odd; yet the tolograra that she had received only a tow min utes before leaving ber school In Lausanne had been perfectly clear. "fiANNOT meet you as arranged. Come direct the Croft House, Warley. Sussex, not later than eleven. If I Am lato. watt there for me. Father." Alison wished now that she had kept the wire Instead of tearing It up. Her boat did not get Into Dover until eight; by catching the very next train, she reached Warley by 10:35. The chauffeur of the cor which she hired at the station did not know her father's name but seemed to know the houso quite well, and spoko of It ns having been sold re cently; but the man had mnde rather a funs over the six-mile drive so late nt nlRht and had dumped All son's luggage In the porch sullenly, without waiting to s?e her Inside the house before he started up and drove away. All very Strang and very disturb ing. Out then she had boon dis turbed too by the news contolned In ber father's long letter, which had come two days before that cryptic telegram. Engaged to a widow whom be bad met out in the south of France, the most charming, the most sympa thetic person be had ever met! A DIN WILLAMETTE VALLEY SALEM. May 16 ( AP) What the Willamette valley nt'Pds Is 'a new day." C. E Williamson of Albany told a group of 200 vnllev rodents at a meeting of the Orrnter Wilismrtte Valley association here last night. "We nerd to break down self inli ne;; we need to become neighbors and to work unitedly for the Improve ment of our great state." Williamson continued. "We must Increase the number of men In Oregon engaged in wealth-creating work. We can cut up our farms Into smaller trat-ts and make the land more productive than It has been In the past." Insect pests that attack forest trea In large numbers are a great help to Uie spread ol foreal fires. lonely Deiug like muiselr, he was longing to meet Alison, who would be sure to love her ten pages ol bis neat, sloping hand bubbling over with his new found love. Alison had felt rather ashamed ot not sbarlng his delight. She had genuinely tried to feel pleased but It was too difficult. Tbey had been so happy together; she and her fa ther, In the holidays, bad had such fun! The thougbt ot this third per son made her afraid. What would Mrs. Sumers be like) Would she understand their small Jokes, their hobbles, the deep love between them or would she try to cut In? A widow might mean anything forty fifty perhaps twentyl Her father gave her no Inkling. Alison, tolling herself that she was belns selfish, bad tried to write back warmly, and had failed. They bad planned so much together for this year when she left school and now? She had ended by sending t telegram ot congratulation. A SERIOUS and thoughtful girl older than her age, although ( retrousse nose and round, child like face made her look younger, shf had spent thirty-six apprehensive hours traveling from Switzerland to Dover, determined that whatevei 1 Nisi'4 i ' 1 to the lonely drive. she herself felt, she would not let It show or cloud ber father's happi ness. After all, If she did not tike bei stepmother. It would be easy to get a Job; with the allowance which her fathor gave ber stie could afford to do unpaid work for charity. She bad worked herself up to a point when her love for ber father bad swallowed every other feeling when, dismounting In the darkness and the rain, she bad stood In the porcb of this house, ringing the bell. And now. "It's funny." In those two woidf she framed all ber doubts of the telegram, bis letter and this queer arrival. Hor father, who bad always been so careful, even fussy, for her safety! The man beside hor had been watching ber face anxiously and now be said quickly, "Uy the way, I looked up In the attic while you were In tho bath. If your friend the beauty champion's up there he must be hid lug tn tho water tank and laying up enough pneumonia to keep him quiet for months." "I don't understand It," Alison was frowning. "Ho must be hiding somowhere tn the house. . . ." "Assuming that you really saw him." "Oh, 1 did! He kept shoving against the door, trying to get In! Besides I couldn't have Imagined anything so so beastly!" The young man frowned, "Hm. Well, he's not In this house now. We've been over every Inch ol It, haven't wo?" "Y yes. . . ." "Well then, obviously, he's gone. You'll admit that." Ho was arguing with her fears gently, an one reasons with a child. "Yes. Hut 1 saw him." Tho young man's eyes twinkled. "You passed out, you know, for about two minutes and 1 was pretty busy bringing you round. You also let out a yell that was enough to scare the dead. Sorry, but you know what 1 mean. Don't you think your friend may've taken the hint and cleared ?' Copyright, i..!3, ffifljytt 1. Wtnth) Alison doubt i, rescuer. tomorrow, htr WOOL MOHAIR DEALER LICENSING PROPOSED WASHINGTON. Mav 1 (API The fsrm administration announced today hearings will be held Ftsrtlng July 3 on a proposed il ce n se for dealers In wool and mohair, to w come effective January 1. HUtV The license would be deMgned sole ly for supervising- trade practices and selling charges and would provide for an advisory committee composed of five Rrowermembcrs elected by pro duction districts and four draler memhers chosen at a general election. Secretary Wallace would appoint n admlnlstr.it or and the farm admin istration would hear :i! :iitnit ration costs. f ac MtUl Inbuuo aut ada. $2.25 DIVIDEND NEW YORK. May la. (AP) The American Telephone ie Telegraph Co. today authorized the usual quarterly dividend of $2.25 on the capital stock. The distribution will amount to near ly 42.0O0.OOO. TYi dividend Is payable July 15 to stock of record June 13. While the company's Income his continued Insufficient to meet the requirements for the $9 annua divi dend, financial quarters had been reasonably confident that the regu lar payments would be ordered. This expectation rested upon the com pany's steady gain In new telephones Installed during the past year. In harmony with the general recovery trend. For the quarter ended March 31 net income waa $30,097,288. equivalent to $1.61 a share, this compared with $32,992,340 or $1.77 a share In tha first quarter last year. Increased la bor and operating costs counteracted a considerable part of the gain tr business. CHIEF CLERK OUSTED BY GAME COMMISSION PORTLAND. Ore., May 16- (UP) Harvey Moreland, chief clerk for the Oregon game commission for 17 years, was removed at a secret meet ing. Commissioner Lew Wallace re vealed today. Wallace said the dismissal waa no reflection on Morelanrt'a service, but the commission decided to employ a chief clerk familiar with a new ac counting nydtem now being installed. Heg Mama Buncle.) Hey.1? are at niaht in mu house aw; 1 8 1 MATTER nnp " T " : rrr ' ' eL, by TbtMI SrinUn Inc.) W TAILSPIN TOMM if Sentenced to Death! Ey Hal forest a&NOR TOMKtNS, I AM HAN CVJKAT DO VOU THINK fYY fvo'R.6. COUNTRYMEN IOEEL. 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VY' ' H WA HARD TIME TO SET DOUJW HERESAV IT'S rn.,.,r-rv TUP U IHfiTP TP A M TT V AV U. I J? Salem Chain Mail Exchange Closed By Police Order SALEM. May 16. (AP) A "mu tual chain letter exchange" which opened here yesterday ran headon Into the police department and was forced to cloae after sales had been made to only a few custom ers. Three long lines of would-be customers had gathered before the building aa Chief of Police Frank A. Mlnto arrived and closed the ahop on the basis he "considered It a lottery." A algn reading "le gal holiday. If open, Wednesday 1 p. m." was posted on the door by the proprietor. District Attorney William H. Trlndle backed up the chief by declaring, "there'll he none of these outfits open In Salem if I have anything to nay." BAPTISTS OF OREGON SELECT NEW LEADERS PENDLETON, Ore., May 16. (AP) Dr. H. J. Maulbetiic-h. Portland, today was elected president of the Oregon counsel of Baptist men at the an nual convention here. Dr. Maulbetsch !a the retiring president of the Ore gon Baptist association. The Rev. Fred Greene. Milton, waa chosen president of the Baptist Min isters' association. Mrs. H. M. Sherwood, Portland, was re-elected president of the Baptist women's state society. x n Pierre K. F. LEGISLATOR KLAMATH FALLS, May 16. (AP) Henry Semon, prominent Klamath j county farmer and Democrat, was ! appointed today to succeed himself ; as state representative from Klamath : county. The three members of the county court acted unanimously. Semon, chairman of the house ways and means committee, was dls- qualified recently by a ruling of the ! attorney general. The legislator made himself eligible for selection by re ; signing his position as member of the state board of agriculture. Tlils Is his second term In the house. COURT UNSCRAMBLES SCRAMBLED SCRAMS LOS ANGELES. May 16. (UP) Whenever Egbert Scram got the urge to scram, he scrammed and he got the urge about twice a month, Mrs. Irene Scram testified today In di vorce hearing. She said that scramb led the Scrams' domestic bliss, so Judge Parker Wood unscrambled them. 'TRIGAMY' JUSTIFIES ANNULING MARRIAGE LOS ANGELES. May 16. (UP) Mrs. Mable Johns sought annulment of her marriage to Vernon Johns on the grounds he already had two other wives, and was serving a term In San Quentln prison for having them. "Trigamy. eh?" Judge Leon R. Yank wich aald. "Annulment granted. He's only a bigamist now." We7 Ah im 4 Whdt ! You, l Drop that W I've V h,i dnother)Ch Ward J, gun Ivan Cot jt, ) relVw with f Alive? J ry chief- uoii? t ' A x -A r mm- CHAIR CLIMBING "1.15 JUNIOR NO, HE CWf 6Ef UP IN HIS LAP , DADDY WANT'S 0 RCftD HIS NEW BOOK. sees jjxior down md re- "fiJRNS -CO BOOK. 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