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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 17, 1935.
SYNOPSIS: A telesram, sup
pnsedly from her father, has tent
Alison Rede scurryina to meet him
at a house in the country, lie is
not there, and Alison sees a hor
rible person from whom she runs
in terror. She runs into a muoh leas
horrible person, however, ufto helps
her search the house. They find
nothing. Alison thinks it very queer
that her father, about to re-marry,
should take such a shabby house
anyway.
Chapter Sli
DOUBT
"B
DT all the doors were locked!
Alison said.
"True." replied the stranger. "Bat
ha may have left by the pantry win
dow while we were down In the cel
lar." Alison smiled.
"You know, you're an extraordl
narlly comforting person!"
"Good! Then let's assume that lit
tle Herbert's gone. What about get
ting ourselves some coffee?"
"I'll go and see It I can And some,"
agreed Alison.
"Come on, then."
Her shaken self-respect was still
ore. She looked at him and said
Quickly: "You needn't come. I'm all
right now, honestly."
"I know you are but I'd rather.""
She gave way meekly, a little sur
prised at yielding, for she was by no
- :-
wK v, t4
"It's not working," Atlion said.
, moans a meek person; but there was
a note of authority Id his voice which
was not easily defied. A search of
the kitchen yielded one smull crust
of stale broad which had been sam
pled and rejected by mice, an assort
ment of empty gin bottles and a
strong smell of cheese. The oil-stove
was empty and the only kettle bad a
large hole In the bottom.
"Nothing doing." His laughter had
a happy, friendly ring to It but now
be drew no answering smile from
ber, for Alison was looking at the
. big white clock upon the wall.
"It's past twelve. . .
"I shouldn't worry he argued.
Your father's probably hung up on
the road."
"He'd have let me know." Alison
was positive on that point
"How could he? These country tel
' igrapb offices shut early."
"He could have telephoned."
He admitted that by his silence.
After a moment's thought said:
"Look here, where does your father
live I mean as a rule? Couldn't we
get through to blm?"
They went Into the drawing room,
where a telephone stood on a wide
kneebole desk. Alison, dialing O.
thought that she had never seen
quite such uninteresting furniture
as thore was In this bouse. Even
this piece, quite good In shape, with
Its double row of deep drawors, was
spoilt by being made In a cheap I in I
tatlnn of old oak.
'THERB was no ringing tone. She
pressed down the rest and tried
once more; a dead line.
"It's not working." Sbe put down
the receiver slowly, staring at the
young man with wide and troubled
eyes.
"Urn," He looked sgain at her anx
lous face and suggested: "He msy
have wired to put you off, you know
or tell you that he couldn't get here
and the post office couldn't have de
livered the ni os no Re. . . ."
"That's true!" She seized on the
stray hope.
"Your father's probably peacefully
asleep by now, thinking you've had
bis wire," he said, as they went back
down the kitchen passage.
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NEW YORK (UP) This springs
fold mining nuui to Mn&kt, sirdy
undr way. will be a rush of ma
chines rather than of men. accord
ing to the National Machine Build
ers' association. Great quantities of
heavy mining equipment capable of
working much low grade ore that
only mechanical precision tn meth
ods of extraction make unable, now
are being shipped on order prompt
ed by the current price of sas an
ounce for gold. Thee machines make
It possible to work with profit old
claims and mines heretofore disre
garded. Giant dredges, drills and other
mining equipment are being taken
to Alaska by steamer, placed in air
planes and flown Into the interior.
au4 tod&f a maa cog oovet grouua
"I hadn't thought of that," she ad
mitted. And with a smile, "You know
you are truly a comforting person!"
"My Job!"
"What do you do then?" She was
curious to know; she could not quite
place blm. But he did not seem to
hear and before she could repeat the
question be said: "By the way. It
might be a sound Idea to tell me your
name."
"Rede. Alison Rede."
"Mine's Guy Westurn." There
was a pause between the two words
as If be bad hesitated to tell her and
sbe looked at him with sudden curi
osity. "Do you live down here?"
"Why?"
"I only wondered," explained All
son, "whether I could telephone from
your house."
"1 haven't one. I'm only staying
the night at Warley." He spoke ab
sently as though he was puzzling
over a problem.
"Warley? But" she stopped. He
had certainly said quite distinctly
that he had come out for a stroll but
Warley was at least six miles away
and on a pouring wet night
HE HAD looked at her sharply and
must have guessed ber thought,
for he said, "I like walking In the
rain."
"Six miles!"
"1 know. I wasn't thinking. I I
walked farther than 1 meant." Catch
ing the sudden doubt In the girl's
eyes he added: "1 wanted to look at
this house I'm an architect, you
see. and there's some Idea of buying
the site so I thought I'd take a look
at It"
"By lantern light?" Alison thrust
shrewdly.
"You don't believe me?"
"I'm afraid 1 don't!"
"Then how's this" He was
watching her with a rather queer. In
tent look now. "I came down to bur
gle this house"
"You're a burglar?"
"Professionally; though I vary It
occasionally with a little murder and
writing anonymous letters, or black
mail" "I don't believe It!" His voice, his
clear eyes, his honest, blunt, large
features made It absurd.
"You don't? You know, you're hard
to please!" He gave a broad, engag
ing grin. "I give you your choice of
two perfectly good atorles and you
won't accept either!"
"What are you really?"
"Serlousl)? 1 told you 1 am an
architect I'm staying down at War
ley for the night and strayed up here
because I happened to be thinking
rather deeply. How's that?"
"All right!" She laughed. "I must
believe you! But what are we going
to do about It? 1 mean, we can't stay
here all night, can we?"
"I'm not going to leave you here
alone." be objected.
"I'm not staying. I'm going to And
the nearest house and get on the tele
phone." "At past midnight? You'll never
get anyone to wake up. Beside, we're
miles up on the Downs here."
"Well. I'll walk Into Warley then."
"Six ml let at miculght In that?"
He pointed to the window where the
rain was beating steadily. "You'd
end up with pneumonia."
"1 shouldn't. Anyway. I'd rather "
She could not put Into words that
deep, uncomfortable conviction that
something must be far wrong.
f Copyright. I93S, Evelyn it Winch)
Alitor dltoovttrt omthlng nw
about the halrlAii man Monday
In two hours that would have taken
six months In the old days. Thus,
more gold territory Is being opened
up. In addition, ground which has
been worked over can be worked, over
again with the new machines, since
the high price of gold and the re
markable methods of mechanical ex
traction of the metal Justify it.
I'nlverMty Hans Knitting
BOSTON (UP) There'll he no
more "knitting one, pearling one"
In Boston University's cIbas rooms.
After the profewors complained that
the knitting students distracted at
tention from their lectures, notice
was posted reading: "Absolutely no
knitting will be permitted In class
rooms."
Repairs lllrtt-les lu Bed
WILSON. N. C. (UP, Although his
back Is paralyred and he has been
bed-ridden for eight years. Eddie
Williams. 25. Is happy and busy. A
large board on his bed serves as a
work bench. There he repairs bicycles,
makes tovs. a-.id de "little odd Jobs'"
for the neighbor
LJm rrihuuo waul adj.
RENEWAL OF ALL
IS REQUIRE
Every motor vehicle operator In
Oregon should have a new driver's
license In his wallet by June 30. for
after that date the secretary of state
has promised an active campaign to
eliminate unlicensed drivers from the
streets and highways., according to
the Oregon State Motor association.
All operators' permits, regardless
of how recently they were Issued.
expire on June 30 as a result of leg
islative action taken tn March, 1933.
Even those carrying 1936 as expira
tion date must be renewed now. Re
newals and new licenses are expect
ed to total 425,000, each carrying a
fee of $1.
The secretary of stste's enforce
ment campaign will be in the inter
ests of both safety and revenue to
the state, the motor association
pointed out.
With a few exceptions, no person
previously licensed In Oregon will be
required to take an examination for
a renewal. The new permit may be
obtained by filling out accurately
one of the renewal application blanks
already distributed to various agen
cies throughout the state.
Persons required to take the exam
ination Include applicants who the
secretary of state believes might not
be qualified to hold an operator's
license. According to law. any per
son over the age of 70 years, or any
person who has never been licensed
S-MATTER POP
TAILSPIN TOMMY Dolores
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BEEN SENTENCED
TO EE SHOT BY
EL LIBERATOR -
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XX3 LORES,
DAUGHTER, OF
EL PRESIDENT
IS BEING TAKEN
BY HER REBEL.
ABDUCTOR. TO
THE GARRISON
AT EL FFLI Z. ,
COMMANDED BV
General Gomez.
FEDERALIST
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
( BEEN ON MANY ANVv
WILD 6009E CHASE
IN ME LIFE, BUT THIS
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OH, HELLO, MISS RAML05E.
1 WANJT TO TELL yOU 1
turoujikjg a
partv por.
the; bridal
coople amd
tme3r. fathers
i'ujwo ARE lirAY
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TO SESOME
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THE BUNDLE FAMILY Versus the Bungles
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gou later
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misuse, i aomnj
I rMir ir ikiii rr 1 s
let me Crl L,
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as an operator In Oregon must make
application directly to an authorized
examiner of operators and chauffeurs.
A new motor vehicle operator's man
ual will be Issued.
A schedule, showing where sn ex
aminer can be located, may be ob
tained from any chief of police,
county sheriff, member of the state
police, or by writing to the secre
tary of state at Salem. Traveling ex
aminers will cover 60 cities and
towns throughout the state.
Pursuant to a law passed by the
last legislature, persons may make
application for operators' and chauf
feurs' permits without going to the
Inconvenience and expense of having
their signature acknowledged by a
notary public or other person "au
thorized to administer oaths.
All new licenses will be effective
for two years. They will carry June
30, 1937, as expiration date.
Slenderize with Spencer Individual
ly Designed Corsets. Matson Jeanne
467.
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Be correctly corseted In
sn Artist Model by
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.
Leans of Gonmez's Treachery!
W5Z
SHOT T'tSjBaV.jj.ij. s
The Warning!
mksMM
WELL IT AAAY LEAD TO
SOMETHING IF WJE RE
LUCKY EWOUGH TO
FINO AMY ONE OF1
THOSE THREE OEAP
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KWEU) VCU UIP?
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Vyosepnir, itvne
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SALEM. Ore. (UP) The traffic
death rate hae been increasing faster
than motor vehicle registrations, dis
proving the claim that more cars
on the road are to blame for the
accident toll, according to the ope
rators' division of Secretary of State
Snell's office.
"As long as we are having acci
dents we are having violations of
the rules of safety." a statement by
the motor vehicle division said. "Far
too many motorists believe that kill
ing Is a part of motoring and there
is nothing to do but watch It grow.
Violations of the rules of safety are
without any supporting reason. They
simply represent someone's blunder."
Home portrait of family group
and children at Special Prices
Shangle Studio Phone 1308-
Vhat.diddinii arixind this
ic-lanj and leaving to roor
1 Mrenseiefs worven und-
the eije of a scamp like
vf'..-i5
oy Hal Forrest
r J!!"411""" "AVE A&KED ' ENORITA DOLORES-VOUFl .tf OROERUV I n""
: Sli iK3 jPl??PC"UeM "TO BR.1N& PAORE MAY 6TILL BE MY FSIENO "SKf ? WATER.1."
- V5r!l fv0lJ HERE, MV v AF1ER AM EL 4' PROWTOI-THE '
- WV 3-SVVI S-FAIR DOLORES.' tSS)0S PRES1DENTE-- f SeSuRITA HAS
command -TwSfS - u yyvNflT' hr V&w f, At
these- dr fiW(Y7' n i2iw! Jr"v i:i'7$M&A ML
77T OM THE TRAlCX il i) " WELL,LUVCe ALL RIGHT, BuA T
jt I Or 30METHIN3, V V J I HERE'9 j I WHAT ARE SOU Y S
k it BRWXRaE f J ,1 jV NuwiycK yv i CJO N TO DO KtfUS . ,v 7I , r
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DOMKJA ALL A STAWD -. HOuJ EVCLUSIVEnoui?. EX-WOSSftlOD I . DONMA . EVENJ WEMT TO MY
MORUIIIfi SAW IS T ? DO AMY OF AMBROSE AMR UPnMLV , WP AMD TRIEID TO MAKF
X I a' V A B,Dy? VJtTW THE. UVDERSTAMDlWiS V ,NJ WELL, IF SWE SETSTO
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SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
FRED TERLW FOUND THE UPKEEP OF
HIS (SARA6E 50 EXPENSIVE , 0WlN, 16 HIS
WIFE'S HABl-f OF 1WIN6 fo BACK OUf Wlfri
-The car m low speed ahead, that he
SAVED MONEY" BY REM0DELIN6 if ONl
A fWO-WAV BftSlS
(Copyright, 1935, by Tht Btll Syndicate, Inc )
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oh. weeks r-5"" heart less V, colonel , chief.
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adp. -T! Fe' w cjn he Lvr' '( I II
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THE "SHARP CRACK.
AUSWER HE LOST NO TIME AFTER. THAT.
We thoudjil maube J Yes.thaM Tommyrot! These natives
ne was sort orjr I m
stake mu life
capiurea Dg
wrn ne
tne ritives
returns ne u
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
Williams
By C. M. Payne
By Edwin Alger
OF A RIFLE WA LUKE 'S
By Sol P"esi
By Harry J. luthill
sjre J waildn t harm a flu. I
know those Bundles..,
a narum-scirum lot.
Oi Jcsexme.whg
C-V.l'. tn rr.rrr;.
h I into that'
tr.
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