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pjQj TEN lU.m It.L jJ..a..i-LJ Ai.i..Lu.u, mtuivt yxvv . LZ TSSS " ENEMMffflKISS SYNOPSIS: Last night Aliaon Jtede had thought her father' a tail vre (o meet her at Croft House, Sussex, a tragedy. She had been horribly frightened, had been res cued by Guy West urn, and hid slept the night with Guy'a bull dog to guard her. No if, with the break fast Guy ha found in front of her, Aliaon ia less excited. But Guy anya no one in the neighborhood aeema to know anything about her fa ther'a having taken Croft house. And the house in not the tort of jlace her father woum oe ineiy to :ake. Chapter Kind GAFFE AGAIN ,TUT If father'd Just taken the I house?" aBked Alison. "Down here In the country?" Guy laughed. "Good Lord, yen I Every cne'd know. They're frightfully in quisitive In all these little places. Uo. I've another Idea. There may be jtwo Warleys. Croft House Isn't an luncommon name, you know." "The telegram 1 got said Warley. iSussex," Insisted Alison. "Even then. There are three fWoodfords and several Stokes In England the foreign telegraph of flee may"ve got the county wrong." They might do that." admitted Alison. "It certainly sounds more likely." I don't want to hurry you, he looked at Alison's emptying plate, ("but If we've both made a mistake. the sooner we're out of this the bet- iter. We don't want anybody to turn up." "I'm done." Alison hurriedly drank her tea and finished a bit of toast, "Halt past nlnel I'd no Idea It was so late." "1 didn't want to wake you. You were so dead tired. If you're really done, I'll go and start the car." "What about all this?" Alison looked doubtfully at the remains of the meal. "Shouldn't worry," he advised. rWe can't afford to be found here. And they'll find a new teapot and kettle In return for washing up!"v She laughed. "All right. I'll run 'and get my luggage It you'll stnrt the car. Can you run me Into War ley 7" "1 thought If you'd care to 1 could Iron you up to London. You did say lLondon?" His tone was still casual but now he certainly avoided All ion's eyes. You're sure It's not too much trouble?" Her own voice was stud!- lously careless; she did not look at him. Not a bit. Good! I'll go and start rehe car." Not a single word that any third person could object to, yet Alison stood rather still while his light. quick footsteps went down the long passage to the hall. She felt most unreasonably glad that ho had asked If he might take her up to London and her oyes bad a starry light In tbem as they rested on UafTe. After all. If there had boon any thing funny, would be deliberately choose to take her to her father's bouse? Ho easy to part at the Btatlon, o easy to leave things there. There was a small, demure smile on Alison's Hps as she went up the atalrs to collect bor suitcase. 'Ready? Let me have that. Is this all?" He took the case from her bands. "That and my trunk In the porch. I'll Just see I've left nothing about." ! VET as she ran back through the 1 bouse, Alison was not looking for any possession; she wanted to Imprint freshly on her mind the pic ture of that house. To glance by 'daylight at the pantry where they bad met In such a queer fashion, to peep Into the drawing room where tbe desk stood with Its broken draw era halt open: to run back Into the kitchen whore they had sat at break fast, seeing him again smiling at her with the frying pan In his band. She .did not admit It to herself, made excuses even In her own mind. . "I'll just see that all the lights are off." With Gaffe at her heels, she wont down the seven stone steps that led to tbe cellar; bow grisly It bad felt last night, with tbe stable lantern casting Its dull yellowish beam down those steps! Turning the key, she peeped In and saw all the lights Inside wore atlll on, blazing, but the cellar hold no horror for nor now. She ran through and turned the main switch down, half ashamed of her own ter rors, and lost In the picture of (he two of them exploring. Bbe was on her way back when a low, unpleasant growl behind her made bor atop. "GaUel Come on. Oaffe!" The big dog did not answer. He was standing a few feet away star ing Intently back Into the darkness, all four feet rigid, tall bristling, ears pricked and teeth bared. "Gaffe!" Alison stamped her foot. Y FOR LETHAL GAS CANON CITY. Colo . May (APt Leonard BelonglA, 24. (trmned munlerer and former Mln nesota convict. volunttferrd today u lose two weeks of life o he can 11c In k trtnln ntfi-nllnn nrit neck with i "my pals." the pacbeco brother, also wnrenced to death for a slaying. "There Is no use wasting that ex tra chnlr." Bclonpa Raid to Warden Roy Beat. He reVenrd to the thw chairs in Colorndo'a lethal gns clmm br, two of which are scheduled to be occupied by the Pnchecos. Junn and Louis, when the room la tilled l;li drc.-l!y p?- y 11 1 Warden Best snid the rriiuot ian- ; not be grand because execution! Tbe dog looked back at ber but did not relax and as be turned back to the cellar she could see tbe hair along his back rising stiffly as though there were some enemy, In visible, In the darkness beyond. In spite of herself, a sense of some thing creepy, terrible, hidden there, returned; she ran forward and caught at the dog's collar, lugging at him, but he was heavy and be would not move, resisting ber wltb all his weight. It's a rat," Alison told berself, remembering the one which bad run from the linoleum last night But a dog chases rats, snlffB at tbem; be does not stand rigidly glaring and growling. Gaffe, come on!" A sudden spasm of fear shook Alison as she, too, stared wltb straining eyes into the dark; was It imagination or was there something pale over there, be hind the fallen roll of linoleum In the far recess? Her band tightened on tbe bull dog's collar. Suddenly he wrenched free, raced past ber and away up the cellar steps, with Alison pelting be hind. She slammed tbe door to, turned the key, and fled breathless ly to Hud berself charging straight Into Guy Westurn. "Where on earth hav(e you been? I've been hunting for you every where." He seemed upset, was star Ing down at ber frowning. "Good Lord, you're white as a sheetl What's happened?" GAFFE was leaping up at him, nuzzling his band; Alison, ashamed now of her fear and rather hurt at bis brusque words, said shortly, "Nothing, I went down to turn the lights oil and Gaffe wouldn't come back." "We ought to be getting on. There'll be people about If we wait much longer," he said. "Look here, would you like to stop and telephone to your father?" "If It wouldn't take too long?" The car was a small and rather ancient two-seater, painted dark blue and wltb Alison's luggage stowed In the rumble there was no room for Gaffe. "Sorry! This Is a bachelor car. Gaffe and 1 generally travel alone. Can you manage blm like that?" The bulldog was heavy but Alison, one arm round blm. said cheerfully "Good Heavens, yes." Gaffe's owner, she noticed, drove well; fast but with a sure touch that gave her conltdence at once. You drlvo a lot?" she guessed as they ran down the road up which she had come in the hired car last night; seen by daylight a gray road winding between chalk pits and the high rounded downs. "Yes. Ono has to In my job." He took the big swinging curve with beautiful precision as the needle mounted. "1 suppose so. An architect has to rush about looking at places," agreed Alison. "What? Oh! Yes. . . ." For a mo ment be seemed confused. "Yes. I get about the country a good deal." "1 don't think I've ever met an nrchltect." said Alison naively. "Is It an amuBlng job?" "Sometlmos." "What kind of things do you build 1 mean mostly?" "Oh, bouses and schools and things." ho answered vaguely. "I say, that looks like the main road down there." But Alison was gazing back at the bouse they had left, tucked In Its hollow In the downs. "I'm horribly Ignorant about ar chitecture," she confessed. "I know that was an old house, of course, hut I've not a notlpn whnt period It belongs to." He did not seem at all anxious to talk shop, for he answered unen thuslastlcaly "Yes It was old all right." "What was It? Queen Anne?" she eskod. "Tudor." She looked at him In some sur prise. Said, "I thought all Tudor bouses were L shaped and bad dia mond windows?" "Oh! Yos, But not In this part of the world." Ho braked rather sharp ly. "1 sny. can you look out for an AA box? We ought to get on the telephone. Your father may be wor rying." But (he road, good as the surface was, was not even second class; It ran now botween wide wheattlelds, the rough stubble gleaming faintly with the autumn frost, now branch ing out and up over the sweep of the down without even a sign of farm or village. "I'm not too sure which la the nearest box," be admitted. fCopyriom. IJ, Kidyn II trinrft; Allton questions Quy Westurn, tomorrow. TEARFUL IIMf PORTLAND. Or. May 23 (API A trsrful plea of cuilty to a churRe of mans at iir a 100-gIlon still near Ttijnrd whs rnlcrtNl before Federal i J,l,' lper hec yrstrrdny by pretty Irfiif Hartzoll. Chnrlen Frnntt and William Henry Roberts. Jointly lninted with her. also plead guilty. lnHoiitlii(t he would pronounce a Jail sentence for Mrs. HartzeU. the Judnf allowed her until June 3 to visit her huati'Mid, who la reported to be seriously ill In the state tubercu losis hoj.pl fal at Walla Walla; Waah. er farm credit Mil. loiiija death tuner calls lor execution the week of June iq. ir-mvrWDT nr A TT TTJrRTTVT? MTT.TYmRn PrnV TH I ! WRTI AY AlAV 93 lOSS E UNION IN RIOTED PORTLAND, May 23. (AP) Art Shearer, longshoreman on trial on a charge of felonious riot, today testi fied the disturbance at the Colum bia River longshoremen' hall last August was not staged by members of the International Longshoremen's Ass'n. Shearer was the first of the 32 members of the I. L. A. indicted lol lowing the fatal shooting of James Connor at the Columbia River's as sociation headquarters, to face trial In connection with the Incident. Shearer told of going to the hall with three other members of the I. L. A. to advise the Columbia group It had been voted In as a member of the International organization. He said that they were not admitted to the hall, and were preparing to leave when several men drove up In a car. all assertedly carrying clubs. FARM CREDIT WRANGLE IS SETTLED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, May 23. (Al The house today adopted unanimous ly a conference report settling differ ences with the senate over the Wheel r farm credit bill. Senate approval will send the measure to the White House. It will reduce Interest on farm credit ad BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER THE NEBBS Mischief Maker S-MATTER POP 7 ' ' By C i Payna ( najell, I 3&ci.Aee.! JF f -p0l ) f III Spsk A I 5NifF- ArA v I -CTn vZMMJy vji j$ . y l"11- lt f t!Ji . (Copyright. 1838. by r.t Bill gyndlette. nc ) . TAILSPIN TOMMY A Loyal Feredalist! - . - - . .. . .... By Hal Forrest SOMEZ. AND ON TH6 ffidW SWrTT "TO COLONEL. WOff W MKPTC I'V Z&vl i?1 VirN V HIS COMMAND LORANZCKS 'V jKlW, ATOuW i iMi?WTJ iT J, DESERTED THE. SL W liM' EMPMEWtJ. MW l WpMIWH VV , FEDERAL CAUSE SrjMfi $ AWm 1 THERE I ds$-JjHt If If Iw&lNLfe ,sJLM VWt V & AU ALLEGIANCE TO W?(l ,if JfhH J s4lFE--JTvv CmMWfl KT JV-f T4Wi MkAA" A ir "i EC LIBERATOR, Md 1 rPmfA It WjIWM Wfr 1 3: m- W'l WCM VHERE TO BEGIN, BUT V A " THV5 POOR "5TEER. v fell.1! LOCOMOTIVE S 6UPK)6E0 W VNAS ONE OF THE HERO - ) t TO K U61NG HIS HERD OF (a k NOTHING HERE (TW0l)6H "J ll gTTTAAnT CATTLE TO 6MU0flLE )J - t73i KeWED,BR1AR,I5 ' jbTS. wUJi mBMSUi iWHMJ Md 1 WMmtm mmmrm? siwi ummsz XV-IMIOV SIRL. MECET5 .90 j 7 Z' VJMT RlSMT HAVE VOU N. f TOOK PROM NOLH. WUSBAIOD IM Y PR i I 70 GOLE TOR THIS IMD A SOL- CAME WITH SMITMERSAMD -IK MOMEV V? C?L,L 1 FCRVOUMELFWODADVISE -fV P U 4 i I MIM TO PLAV FOROUTTDMSP 7!! r J"-TC - WIS S0SPEODER5 A-OD "W k I fia'h'. I M Ka 'I I I ' s!rt ' " (OamH MMt tr n Ml inMi. L THE BUNGLE FAMIL Speaking of Hardware OooJ ofc) Hjitford! AiAiV.j ! about you Calmly walkin up to Serro and OMbbmd that n bio Mnnon f' out of his hand ra ministration loans from 4 per cent to 3 per cent for the year ending July 1, 1936, and fix them at 4 per cent for the year after that. LUMBERMEN'S LEADER SUBMITS RESIGNATION SEATTLE, May 22. fAP) W. B. Nettleton, Seattle lumber executive and president of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, submitted his resignation to the board of trus tees today, saying he did not believe the association should have as its leader now a lumberman "with a strike on bis hands." He requested that the resignation become effective as soon as the board can act uoon It. MANN ACT VIOLATOR GIVEN 3-YEAR TERM SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 23. (AP) Lee M. Case, 31, today was sen tenced to three years In a federal penitentiary for transporting Mary Gray from Crescent City, Cal., to Klamath Palls, Ore., for Immoral purposes. The case was heard by Federal Judge Harold Louderback. OHIO GOVERNOR REPJIGS ON HOPKINS CHARGES COLUMBUS. O., May 23. (AP) Governor Martin L. Davey announced today he hap withdrawn a warrant charging Federal Relief Administra tor Harry L. Hopkins with criminal libel. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace, your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet Works. Homo portrait of family groupr and children at Special Prices Shangle Studio Phone 1308 Nothing Learned Sierra V Pistol V S Oh lies. now I Piloting Chcs to this i?Und ::MmM) mwil mkmf r-n irri ou stu CJ fLsi too. ' . , rv ram- : m START WILD RUSH TO LOS ANGELES, May 23. (AP) Hundreds of persona started a wild stampede to the harbor district to day after an underground lake, said by Fire Chief Ralph Scott to consist of pure gasoline, was discovered. The rush was started when persona found that by digging shallow wells at Anaheim road and Badger avenue in the Wilmington district they could ball out gasoline In bucket. Scott said the gasoline was bub bling up to the surface of the soil where fissures occurred permitting the liquid to rise. "The tire hazard due to the pres ence of the gasoline la enormous and acute," aald Chief Scott. He left for the district to lay down strict firs regulations. GRANT LAND COUNTIES SALEM. May 23. (AP) The exe cutive committee of the county courts of the 18 counties In Oregon In which O & C land grant proper ties are located was In conference with Governor Martin here late Wed nesday. Disposition of the property to the federal government was re ported as the subject of the con ference. Judge Victor P. Moses of Benton county is chairman of the commit tee. kOopTTlfbl, 109&, Ward 1 took ' Oh trwl was nothing. I f merely happened to be on hand and ready for a bit lofadventure. when .- i- the chief -vu -.-. i decided i lo hoo -3 r -Jj WJs " i;) " or- ---fr I' ll-ll liLASS Ul- WAltK u',"1"""'' " " j I a WKD 1b 6Ef A 6LASS 0? WMtR fOR WJNf MA TILDA ANp BE SURE 0 Hi rf PUN COID 6E6 rJOREP WAtfitfe AND AMUSES HIMSELF MMKG 5-fREW ALTER -KMELV VERV SMALL AKD IfEW BIS, 5PLA5rrlK6 HIMSELF IIBERAUV PC A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF TrrE ANIAAAL FAtLEO TO REVEAL ANYTVilNa THAT AM6HT EVEN BE CONSIDERED A CLEW - bj TiA Bl IndtcAW ls. And arrive in the 1 J don't deserve much nick of time to rescue Jf credit for that, colonel. Peflflu and her mother ' VJVe faced fiuns before by QrabhmiJ i &nd rather enjoij that fiun f - ""T"! it. now ar.d ." T W If PttCHK PArKW. MCfH- AF1ER SOME YrtOOfcVrf Ef? CAUS -TO 6A DEMISES MtoTriER MEW CHAIR 0 SfANP OH IF HE CAHV REACH fHE 61R6&ES OP, Which if more HAZftRPOOS AJD MOCH MORE fUN FIUS 1A$S,BEIK& CftREWL 1b 6Ef if BRIMFUL' CARRIE'S If IrJ, IARSF AMOUNTS SL0SHIK& 0lR Af EWRV SfEP (C-t-Trlght. 1938, by The Btll Syndicate, Inc.) ARE OU FINISMEO BEEFN f HOW ABOUT CALUN IT A DAY I wish I could feel that way about spears fthal a Ui -ill it is to be Cjigced with I then one off them. Whooie1; ii t : : -rurr rvoLV tminJC tuat u iOc li.nll , MAP OF" DiSCOMTEWT IS I I SOMEBODV ELSE'S MISEFeV.7 ILL SFT P;PNJ . . I r p ----- S-Z3 TURNS OH WftfER MP WAlft TOR If 0 RUK COID STOPS 1b PAT D06 IN LWIW&-R00M DOORMW SPIU1K6 REST" OF WATER. AUNT MATILDA DECIDES SHE ISN'T -fVtiRStV ffSHJSOy. 3 OA I? S 4 OV BSDrillAJ- EL COHDOQ- VAS sharp yes scoespwe o'ea. Bv Edwin Al;er., OKAY, LUI4E- VJELL 60 BACK. TO THE RANCH mm- By Sol Hesl SO AWEAO- BUT UJWEM VOO'E TTlMS, EVSM TELL. ME ABOUT 1T l Mi&HT MOT, tooTice: r 1'M SO DULL By Harry J. Tnthill frankly. Ive been afra'd of spears ener since one night in H-ncd wnen i pot too tarahead or my men and ran Pyinto a tribe that carried two A-;"-. j.''i.i.r spears '-r- V - Laciece. 1 o
