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SrEDFORD MAIL TRTBUXE. MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, .TUNE 19, 3935.
SYSOP8I8: Alison Rede has
apologized to her future stepmother
for doubting the latter' statement
that Alison's friend, Quy W eat urn,
it renltu Quy Lumley, a physician
of Humous habits. Guy's name is
Lumley; Alison still loves him, al
though she will not see him again.
Now she has learned from the
newspaper that a murder had been
done in the lonely Sussex house
where she was rescud from a dan
gerous situation by Guy. And the
house belongs to Daphne Sumers,
thei if o man Alison's father is to
Chapter S3
DAPHNE INTERFERES
GUY had lied when he told her
that his name was Westurn, that
he was an architect had he lied
i bout the car aa wellT Had the
whole story of his stroll past the
house been made up, and had his
car been parked all the time a few
hundred yards from the house? The
car which could have taken them
both into Warley. .
Now that she looked back, Alison
remembered too clearly that he had
been very anxious that she should
not walk to Warley and tell her
itory to the police.
Slowly, painfully, she recalled
each Incident of their strange meet
ing. With her suspicions awake, she
could see that his tale of a midnight
stroll on a wet night was pitifully
thin.
But why bad he lied? Why hadn't
be said right out that his car was
at hand, only a few yards away?
Was It because he was afraid that
she might give him away?
And now, all In a rush, came back
details to reinforce her fears. The
telephone he had shown no sur
prise when she got no answer! Had
he himself cut off the telephone?
She recalled that they had gone
at Ms suggestion to the drawing
room; she bad sat waiting at the
desk while she dialled and bad let
her eyes stray down It, thinking that
It was ugly. But surely the drawers
had been shut then? And Guy him
self had grown red when he told her
about the burglary!
He himself, only yesterday, had
said that he had stopped her cry In
case someone should hear On his
own confession, then he had known
that there was someone else In the
house, before she told him of her
fright! And he had been afraid that
other person might know that he
was In the house!
True, they had searched together
but not all the house. There had
been a moment when she was In the
bathroom alone and Gny bad gone
up to the attic.
True, he had put Gaffs on her bed
to gunrd her through the night; she
had thought that particularly nice
of htm, to be so anxious for her safe
ty and comfort. But suppose that
.ho was only anxious to see that she
did not move without his knowledge,
spy on what he was doing below? ,
"What've you got there?"
Alison Jerked round - to find
Daphne looking over her shoulder.
For a moment she thought that
Daphne was laughing but the glint,
If there was a glint In those dark
eyes, vanished at once.
"You've seen this?'
Daphne nodded.
"Oh, yes. Bob showed me before
dinner. He was going to tell you but
I wouldn't let him. Rather ghastly,
Isn't It? I mean, to happen In one's
own house. At least, It Isn't mine
now, thank Heaven! As I was saying
to your father, It's a good thing 1
completed the sale and had their
check."
DAPHNE was chattering light
heartedly now. "Lucky for me
that the poor creature didn't get
found a little earlier before the sale
was signed, or they might have
barked out."
"Rather awful for the people who
found It," said Alison slowly.
"Oh, I don't knowl An old house
ought to have a ghost!" chaffed
Daphne. "If It had happened before
they took It over, I mlght've charged
thorn extra for a ghost!"
But Alison could not even pretend
to lnugh.
"They seem to think It happened
on the 25th."
"The night you were there ?"
Daphne's eyes were very quick as
they darted at her and returned to
the paper. "My dear! You don't
think?"
"I'm sure he was the man I saw
In the house."
"My dear!" Daphne seemed al
moat excited.
"Bob! Come hero! Alison seems
to think that the man they've found
dead lv my house was the one she
saw 'Vere."
"Nonsense! Are you sure?" Roh
ert did not look pleased.
"He was probably some tramp
who was camping out In the house,"
put In Daphne swiftly.
TO VETS
SALEM. June 10 ( AP Oovemor
Martin today called upon the people
of Oregon to "Join wholeheartedly
and entiiuslRMlcftlly," In celebration
of the laat farewell encampment of
the Orand Army of the Republic in
Orrpon to be held at Portland June
19. 'JO and 31.
In his public statement to the clti-r-ena
of the rtate the executive de
clare! "we muat make thla last en
campment a glowing page In the
history of the department of Oregon.
Grand Army of the Republic. A atate
wide dlaplay of our country's flag
is the mojit patriotic grftture I could
commenn to honor th noldlcr of
the Civil War. m
"By iheir devotion, ihey ornugtu
Into bcinf a new aaUon. united
But Alison spoke to her father.
"Do you think I ought to go to the
police?"
Robert was troubled now, rubbing
his chin.
"I suppose you ought to," ha ad
mitted. "If you're absolutely cer
tain." "I can't be certain, of course,
Alison admitted, "but It sounds like
It the description, I mean."
"I suppose you must go to the
police," admitted her father glumly.
"Bob!"
It was Daphne who cut in quickly;
she looked almost angry as she faced
him. "Bob, you're mad!"
"What'd you mean?" He looked
up, startled.
"You can't serrously suggest that
the child should get herself mixed
up in a case like this?"
"But she is mixed up in It!"
"I know. But you can't want her
to attend the inquest and tell the
whole world, all the papers, that she
spent the night at Warley with
man!"
Alison gave a little gasp. Roberl
said crossly "Really, Daphne "
But Mrs. Sumers stood her ground.
"Don't you see that Is just what
people would think? We know hei
story's true but who in the world
would believe It was, when the pub
Ho had done with It?" She drew I
deep breath, scolded. "I could al
most be angry with you, Bob, foi
suggesting It!"
But for once Redo was obstinate
"This Is a murder case, Dnphna
You can't monkey with evidence la
a murder. It Alison knows anything,
she ought to say so."
"But we don't know she does!
They haven't found out everything
yet," argued Mrs. Sumers. "Why
they aren't even certain what date
the poor man was killed."
"-pHEY say the night of the 25th."
-L Alison's voice was toneless.
"They say they want to see a man
whoso car was near the house that
night," corrected Daphne sharply.
"They don't say it happened that
night. It couldn't have. Why, the
body was found in the cellar and the
removers were In there next day tak
ing out my furniture."
"Were they?" It was a cry ol
sheer relief that broke from Alison.
Daphne looked at her curiously.
"Yes."
"That's true," agreed Robert.
Daphne drove home her ad van
tage.
'I think at least we might wait,"
she pleaded plaintively now. "If you
won't consider the child. Bob, you
might consider me! If there's an in
quest and Alison was called we
should have to wait here in England,
it'd upset all our plans."
"I don't see why." Alison was al
most cheerful again.
"Of course It would. My dear girl,
we couldn't leave you here alone
to face that!" Daphne sounded
shocked. "No. If you Insist on her
going to the police, Bob, there's noth
ing for It. We must put off our wed
ding. But I do think It'd be more
sensible to wait a little wMIe, any
way, and see what happens. She
can't tell them anything except that
she saw this man in the house and
someone else may come forward to
identify him without lotting Alison's
name get mixed up In It at all!"
Robert bont and kissed her fondly.
"You know, you're always right,"
he said. "She's marvelous Isn't she,
Alison? Such a lot of sense tucked
Into that little head!"
Alison laughed and agroed. She
would have laughed at anything,
agreed with anyone at (hnt moment,
she was so filled with relief. What
ever motive Guy had had for his lies.
It was not that one! At least he had
not been responsible for that grim,
grcy facrd man's death.
"Look here, we ought to be getting
on." Robert put down his coffee cup,
fussily consulting his watch, al
though It was barely a quarter to
eight and the piny did not start until
elght-flfteen. "If there's one thing I
hate more than another, It's coming
In after the curtain's gone up Run
and get on your coat. Alison. Wher
have you left yours?"
"In the tolephone room." Daphne
went out first, graceful In the long,
sweeping lines of her dress; Alison
ran upstairs glad of the momentary
escape from the two below.
Her short white cape and powdei
wore ready; she was coming down
again, had reached the last bend of
the stairs, when a voice checked hei
and made her stand still.
'I must see her. Please take hei
my card."
"But Miss Rede's Junt going on I
to the theatre, sir."
(Copyright, 1935, Evelyn if. Winch)
Allien wring a conftatlon from
hr caller, tomorrow.
In spirit and ready for the progress
and the trials of the coming years.
In honoring them we pay tribute to
the greatness of the American people
and the soundness of that govern
ment they died to preserve."
EXAMS SLATED FOR
CONDITIONED PUPILS
Examination for eieht-h Rrnde pu
pils who were conditioned In the
May examinations, will be held at
the court house June 3h and '29 from
9 a.m to 3 p m. according to an
nouncement today by the county
school superintendent's office.
All conditioned pupils who wtan
to take the teats nmy come to the
court house on either of the days
mentioned, the superintendent said
Be correctly corseted in
an Artist Model by
filheiftya B. HoXImann,
STATE!' STAFF
WILL BE REDUCED
Director Announces State
Will Be Divided Into 11
Districts With Resident
Inspectors Each Section
EUGENE, Ore., June 19. (API-Announcement
of scvcM changes 1 the
state department of agriculture, ef
fective July 1, was made here Tues
day by Solon T. White, director of
agriculture, who came here to address
the Eugene Rotary Club.
The principle changes will be di
vision of the state Into 11 districts
with a resident Inspector in each dis
trict, and elimination of several mem
bers of the department staff anj re
r.ppolntment of the older members,
ho. In addition to other UuMc.i. will
fill the resident Inspector portion
for the districts, he said.
Meriffird Headquarter.
Districts were announced as fol
lows: Clatsop. Columbia. Tillamook
and Washington, headquarters at
Hlllaboro; Yamhill, Polk, Benton and
Lincoln, headquarters at Corvalll,
Linn and Lane, except coast strip ol
Lane, EuKcne headquarters; Douglass,
Coos and coast strip or .Lane, head
quarters at Marahfleld; Josephine and
Jackson, headquarters at Medford;
S-MATTER POP
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HAS A PLAN
OF HIS OIjON
to end the
revolution .
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tommy is still
a prisoner in
the hands of
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IN A SURPRISE
ATTACK UPOf-vl
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OF THE TRAITOR
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Clackamas and Marlon, headquarters
at Salem; Hood River, Wasco, Jeffer
son, Sherman. Gilliam, Morrow and
Wheeler, headquarters at Hood River;
Umatilla, Wallowa and Union, head
quarters at Milton; Grant, Baker,
Malheur, headquarters at Ontario;
Deschutes, Crook, Harney, Lake and
Klamath, headquarters In Klamath
Palls; Portland and Oregon City wilt
be under the supervision of a branch
office In Portland.
Avoids Duplication.
Mr. White said the changes were
being made to avoid duplication end
to save taxpayers' money. Under the
new plan, resident Inspectors will
take care of all work In the districts.
Including check on sanitation in
stores, restaurants, butcher shops:
taking samples of food; Inspecting
dairies, checking trucks for peddlers
licenses, egg grading and other du
ties. He did not name men for the va
rious districts and gave out no names
of appotnteea to the various posi
tions. This would be done later he
said.
County Agent R. O. Fowler of Jack
son county, In commenting today on
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the above announcement by State
Director White, declared he believed
the plan to avoid duplication and
thereby achieve economy, an excellent
one. Mr. Fowler was loath to dis
cuss Just what effect the new set-up
would have in this district until more
detailed Information had been received.
RETAIL SHOE MEN FOR
!E0F
PORTLAND. June 19. (AP) C. J.
Pessemter of Tacoma, Wash., was
elected president of the Northwest
Shoe Retailers' convention at the ses
sion here yesterday, t. A. McDowell
of Albany, was named vice president
and George King of Salem, treasurer.
The association's 1937 convention
Ib to be held with the National Shoe
Retailers' and Manufacturers' group
In Los Angeles,
A resolution passed yesterday urged
the observance of provisions of the
NRA code.
THE BIB
1EU5 WiFE HE'lL BE PUfflN6
THE BIB ON WHILE SHE
IS 6EfTlN6 HIS 5UPPER
BABY1 filRNS SO as fo WaTch
father Who circles chair
IRVING fo 5Ef WHERE HE
CAN flE STRINGS, BfiBV
TURNING WHH HIM
' 6fARf5 YM6 If, BABY" TUlK6
BIB OUf OF HANDS SO AS 1b
LOOK M TrtE PICTURE EMBROIDERED
ON if
BABV' TiRES OF MERRV-SO".
ROUND BHD STOPS , SUDDENlV
tWltffc fo SLIDE iWDER-friE.
fRPtV OF HI6H CHAIR
(Copyright, 1938, by Tin Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
RfC APrtJRES BI8 SRiH6S
AriD BE&lHS OtfER. A6ftlfJ
father finally catches him
IN A QDIEfJflOMENT ArODfiES
BIB IN AHRRD KNOf WHICH
Wll-LfAKE 20 MINUTES 10 UNDO
By C. M. Payne
By Hal Forrest
viva ro powder', viva
SKEE-TA1R.!
By Sol Hess