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PGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TTEDXESDAY. MAT 22. 1935. Ed. Note: Because of a mix-up In this week's lnatoMments of the serial "Enemy's Kiss." chapter elRht, which should have appeared monday, U published today. Subsequent chapters Bill appear In their regular order. I merely a rather shabby bedroom which badly needed redecorating. She picked up her coat, put It on, SYNOPSIS: Alison Rede goes to a lonely house in Sussex to meet her father. But her father is not there; instead she is frightened by o horrible, hairless man, and res cued by a second stronger, who is pleasant and gives his name as Guy westurn. Ouy insists that she lock the bedroom door behind her and rest, with his dog Oafte to guard her. while he waits downstairs for her father or for the dawn. Chapter Eight THE INITIALS ALISON turned the key In the look; there were no blankets on the bed, and she did not undress but took off ber blouse and skirt, her shoes and stockings and piled all tour of the pillows In their grey ticking under her head. The room, small and squara was furnished In a strange, old-fashioned way, with heavy pieces of satlnwood all to match, and an engraving of Queen Victoria's coronation occupy' lng the place of honor ovar the man. telplece. I Alison, used to the fresh, modern rooms at school or to her own lux' .nrlous room In London found It queer, as she settled down under the coat as queer as the thought that he should be going to bed In strange bouse, with a strange dog by ber side and an unknown young man for ber sole company. Queer and, In spite ot ber mi 'iety for ber father, Just a little thrill ling. ... she had novcr bad any adventure 'before In her life; her days had had an ordered smoothness, almost dull- iness, and even ber travelling had been done in comfort, either with ber father or someone to meet her and to see her off. She wondered what her father would say to It wben he did come. And she thought of Guy Westurn with growing approval. He was nice; she liked the way ba spoke, the rather firm, deep re-Ice Irefreshlng after a year abroad and the excitable tones ot foreigners! Alison, curling sleepily down un der her thick cost, tbought "I do like him. Guy Westurn. Guy's nice. He looks like that somehow. Not like Bob or Charles not even Ilka Philip jor John Westurn. I wonder bow be spells It e, r, n, or u, r, n." She felt Gaffe's tall thump and put down a band to pat him; the big dog wriggled Ingratiatingly up, snug gling against ber and sweeping a !large red tonguo across ber band. Blinking down at him, Alison no ticed his collar and. In a spasm of jcurlostty, leaned over to read the 'brass tab. ' "Gaffe" then two initials and a telephone number. Only the initials were Q. L. Toe man who had left ber went slowly downstairs and through the empty bouse, listening Intently, looking Into every corner as he went. But there was no sound. He opened the drawing room door, walked across and drew the curtains, then iltilss at the desk, tried the top drawer of three. It was locked. Ha sighed. He took out a penknife, slid It In between the drawer and the desk, and began steadily and with an Increasing pressure, to force open the lock. A LISON woke with a start For a moment It seemed to her dazed mind that she was back In the train with the steady beat of wheels under ber ear. The nezt she met two Im ploring dark eyes flxod on her, and located the beating noise as the threshing ot Gaffe's thick tall on the bare boards. ' At the sleepy Invitation of her ez tended hand, the dog Jumped on the bed, wriggling delightedly and ask lng ber In the clear language which all nice dogs use to wake up and take some notice. Alison sat up. The rain had stopped; pale wintry sunlight was leaking through the wooden slats of the green blind and she had the lm prossion which sometimes comes Immediately on waking, that she had overslept. She glanced at her watch, then re membered that the glass had got broken on the Journey and that it had stopped. She slid out from under her coat. (cell Kg. a liitle stiff, drew up the blind and fllnglag open tbe window, looked out. Tbe blue haze of an autumn morn ing was Just lining: seen by day light the Croft House had dropped Iti mystery and had become lust a house set In a sloping garden, with four tine old trees glowing red snd gold on one side, a dismantled tennis court below and beyond a low fence, bleb green downs which rolled away tow a ills a valley. Kven the room, seen by daylight. Lad no ghostly corners but was opened the locked door and peeped out to be met by an overpowering! delicious scent. Until that minnta she had not realized how hungry she was or how good the smell of frying bacon could be. The passage was empty, she ran along It, through the baize door. Into the bathroom. Small and white, with sunlight playing on the chromium taps, it was hard to believe that aba had stood there In terror only a few hours ago. No grey horror lurked now In the glass as she splashed the clear, cold water on her face. I The road outside looked ordinary, macadamised and safe; the black; dark had given place to a green rise of downs crowned by a sweep of sky dotted with Hocculent clouds. To ber sleep-rested serves, the Idea of ghosts seemed palpably absurd. Wasbed, dressed and powdered, she followed tbe alluring scent of bacon Into the kitchen. "Hullo?" "Hullo. How on earth?" The oil-stove was burning; he was standing by It, trying-pan In hand. A shiny new kettle was singing on one flame, a rack of fresh toast browning on the otber, while tht deal table bad been set out neatly with plates and cups for two. "Hungry?" , "Starving!" He surveyed the arrangements complacently. "Not too bad r "Marvelous." Alison sniffed ap preciatively, "nut bow did you da it?" "VUITB simple. Early this morn. lng, as soon as it was light, 1 walked back into Warley and picked up my car; also the bacon, ate. I thought you'd better eat before you traveled." With a triumphant flour ish he laid a plate of eggs and bacon In front ot her, added a brown ter. pot and tin of milk. "How's that?" "Perfect!" Sitting opposite to her at the other end ot the deal table, he looked re freshingly normal. Just a large young man, rumpled dark hair, twinkling blue eyes and an unshaved. cbeerful face, Alison felt ashamed of the sus picions which she bad harbored tba night before. After all, be might have borrowed the collar or the dog! Sleep well?" Wonderfully" she assured him. "But I do feel a selfish brute. Ton must be horribly tired, I'm afraid." "Oh, I get a good many late nights one way and another," he said lightly. "I'd quite a peaceful one ac tually. No alarms ot any kind. And I think I've solved the mystery. "Oh? How?" "Going out this morning I found a long painter's ladder up against the roof. Your ghostly friend may bave climbed out through the attle skylight." 'But would Gaffe" "Not If he lurked up there until you'd s"ne to bed." "1 expect yjii've hit It" agreed Alison. "But I'm glad t didn't know that last night!" "Don't worry. Ho's miles away by this time. You probably frightened him more than he frightened yon. More tea?" He filled Alison's cup, bent to pat Gaffe as he added "Any way, one thing's sure. He wasn't a ghost." "Oh? Why?" She could not sea his face as be stooped but noticed a sudden red flush spreading above his tennis collar. "Because 1 found someone had been at the desk n the drawing- room. Have a look when you've fin ished breakfast I don't know If he's taken anything but he's certainly broken all the drawers open." borne poor wretch of a tramp," she suggested. "That's about It" he agreed. "By the way. there's been no word from your father." I can't understand It Alison frowned, wrinkling up ber little nose as she always did wben she was ap prehensive. "You don't think there can've been an accident?" "You'd have heard by now. As a matter of fact, there's been some sort ot mistake, for 1 asked a few ques tions In Warley. while 1 was shop ping, and no one there seems to hsra heard of Mr. Rede. They say that the people who lived here were called Graham and before that there was a very sick old man and his wife who called themselves Potter." Was there a slightly unnatural Inflection in that casual tone? (Copyright. Hit, gtwlyti If. Winch) Tomorrow, Qirfo adds axclu. AT STATE SALEM, May 22. (AP Oranrt I'Klgs and Rh"lciih a.wmbllfi h?Ut the center of the tage the second day of the annual convention of the Odd Fellow h?re Tuwwtiiy following tne opening ceremonies condutt a the mute, meet got under way. Eleven perwina were recipient of the decoration of chivalry at an Im press! v program last night by the department council and .tulips' auxil iaries. Those hrmoied for distinguished service included, Oeorgi W. Ilea ol Hertford. Pat;ltu(&ft UUUat adopted ht Junior Odd Tellows movement aa it objective for the new year. Nettle Clreenough of Portland tea installed president of the ladlea' auxiliary of the canton, succeeding Aneta Nicholson of Harrlsburg. Other officers elected by the auxiliary were Nettle Laporte of Eugene, vice-president, Mabel Gilbert of Bend, treas urer, snd Olga Towers of Newberg. secretary. The seeAlons of the grand lodge and Rebrkah assemblies will con tinue until Thursday night. Mra. Arthuh D. Hesa of thl city, awarded the decoration of chivalry at Sam. won the honor through airy In an Impressive ceremony at tl.e OQa Fellow Annual convention at Salem last night. The decoration, awarded upon th the recommendation of the Patriarch Militant. The citation is granted upon a bAAis ol consistent distinguished service, both witliin the Uie circle and in the community, Um <Ul TilbuAs want ada. FILM -STAR KEEPS FOR RETIREMENT By BOBBIN COONS. HOLLYWOOD.- (AP The movie colony la "home" to many of It stars, and there are many who own homes here. But for others who take ac count of the vagaries of fortune. Hollywood never can be a place to "settle down.' Ralph Bellamy belong In the lat ter group. He owns two homes, out the residence he and Mrs, Bellamy occupy In Beverly Hlllls la rented. Careers being what they are, he does not want to be one of the crowd that "hangs on" after Its day Is done. Hence his great Interest In the old farmhouse In Connecticut, now being renovated. The house In Palm Springs, on the desert, he considers an Investment In health, while "Our home In Connecticut." he says, "la an Investment In a graceful exit. It Is a place to go when Im through and my questionable value to pictures no longer Is. I want to be able to say to Hollywood, "Thanks. It's been fun, you've been very good to me and If you're ever east, look us upl" Bellamy came to Hollywood from New York. He had been broke, liv ing In a basement In Greenwich Vil lage, and unable to get a job of act ing. Being broke was no novelty to him, but this time the break In the clouds brought a shower of fortune. He .ot a stage role the kind of part, ho ,, ciuit .ny actor could shine In and immediately after the open ing he as swamped with offers, stage and screen. He accepted a mo vie offer, anl came west on borrowed money. His movie contract carried a 30 week guarantee, $660 a week. But when he arrived, the producer promptly began the contract with the 22-week lay-off period, no salary. He told Bellamy he had no screen personality and would not photo graph, but still ha ,voi.::;'t let the actor go out on hla own. Except for a small role In "The Secret Six" at M-O-M, for which he was loaned, Ralph waa Idle 22 weeks and broke His contract was then voided one day before he would bave begun drawing salary! In spite of which, Bellamy since has done very well. "Once," he Illustrates, "I turned down 18 roles In a row, because I didn't like them. Then all of a sud den the offers stopped coming. That was when I decided I had better get to work again." But some day, he anticipates the calls to work In pictures will become few and far between. That Is when the Bellamy household will pack up and move to Connecticut. SENATE FOR SUSPENSION OF MINE ASSESSMENTS WASHINGTON. 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