MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFQRD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JTTNTE 26, 1935.
PSGE EIGHT
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
E OF GIRLS
EXCUSES
HYNOPSIB: AUMtm Rede C(i..
Ouy Lumley are in tove. Ouy ia alao
explaining eome contradiction i
the etory he told Allaon about him
acl. And thia atory pointa to the
fact that Daphne Sumere, mho ia
about to marry Aliaon'e father, ia
the woman who polaoned the hue
band tuat ahead of Mr Rede Ouy
una a practicing physician on the
Jtivlera and caught Daphne in the
murder almnet.
Chapter ZS
POISON PEN
fTT7ELL," Guy went on, "about a
' 'month later. 1 began to And my
practice vanishing. Patients who bad
been seeing me every day wrote and
said they felt they'd Ilka another
doctor; people 1 met began to look
at me In a (unny sort ol way, and 1
found myself being cut In tbe street.
"1 stood It as long as 1 could and
then 1 got hold of a man 1 knew
quite well and asked him what bad
happened. He told me that there
was a most scurrilous story going
round about me and a young Ameri
can girl called Trevor who had dis
appeared. "1 went to the French police, of
course; they tracked the tale borne
to some anonymous letters which
bad been sent to my patients. But.
though they did their best, tbey
couldn't trace the writer. And that
wasn't the worst! I was asked to
leave the club.
"My dear!" Alison's eyes were full
of sympathy. "How awful for you!"
"Not too nice was It?" be con
curred. "Anyway, 1 soon saw that 1
wasn't getting a living any more; 1
couldn't even sell my practice for a
fifth of tbe aum 1 gave. 1 bad to
clear out 1 came borne here to Eng
land and 1 put Scotland Yard on to
tracing tbe letters. But by then tbe
trail was cold and they failed. An
old friend of mine, Dundas, let me
stop with him and help a bit in re
turn for my board and I'd one con
solation, anyway; 1 was doing good
work again, where It was needed."
He waa silent for a few seconds,
looking straight out before blm. His
clear, light eyea came down slowly
and rested on her face.
"You know, I'm not sorry, now! 1
mean, that It happened." He was
smiling at her. "If It badn't, I'd be
out there now!"
"Rather a big price to pay!" said
Alison.
"Not too big." .
"Not?"
"No! Not a bit I didn't know that
anyone could be as much In love as
I am with you!" .
"Are you?" She knew It, yet was
pining to bear him say so.
"You know 1 am. Utterly. Wben
X thought I'd lost you, yesterday. I
went nearly crazy."
"So did 1." It was half a whlspor.
"Directly the door shut 1 was sorry.
I wanted to tear after you down tbe
streot.
"Did you?"
"Mmm ..."
The clock struck the bait hour.
A very fat man with a scowl snd a
rolled newspaper, waiting for his
lunch, glowered Impatiently at the
two who sat at tbe corner table.
He muttered grumpily, "Indecent.
I call It!" and looked at his watch.
A young clerk, looking for a tree
cbalr, caught at the back of one by
Alison's table, looked down, raised
bin eyebrows and went elsewhere
wearing a very wide grin.
Totally unconscious that anyone
bad even looked at them, Guy and
Alison drifted back Into their Inter
rupted conversation.
" rOU begin to see how it was?"
1 "1 think so," she said. "But I
don't quite understand where tbe
bouse at Warley came in."
"I'll tell you that In a minute.
More coffee? No? A clgarot? Don't
you? Just aa well? We shan't be
able to afford It!"
Alison turned so bright a pink that
it clashed with the red ribbon on her
bat
"Be quiet! Someone'U hear you!"
"Let 'em." snld Guy briefly. "What
was 1 saying? Oh. yes. Warley. It
was like this. I'd given up sll hope
of finding out who'd sent those let
ters, though 1 felt pretty certain in
my own mind that It was this wo
man, I told you about I didn't know
anyone else who would hate me
enough.
"Then one day 1 was putting
through a phone call at that little
restaurant where we went In Soho
It's run by a patient of mine and
I often go there when 1 saw those
two at th very next table. The wo
man and the fellow she got mixed up
with In France the gigolo."
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OPEN BY JULY 1
Superintendent David H. Ctntield
of Crater Lk national park, who
hu returned from a few days spent
at the lafcf, preparatory to movtne
there for the ummer, announced
that Ahovellrm the mow from the
trail to the water' edge hu begun,
and will probably be completed by
July 1. at which time boat Wflce
will commence. The trail to fl'.nnott
Memorial Is now open, he aald, and
park naturalists are buy Installing
parapet display cases In thli acinic
vmtit?e point.
The rim road is open for a quarter
mile to the north aide at Cloudi'ap
Superintendent Canfield reported,
afldinjir that for the benefit of tour
ing who are uninformed, the eiat
entrance road from The Dalle-Cll-fornla
highway la now open to Km
Note h , sit ua td on the lake rt m
whence cars must backtrack to the
Lost Creek junction In order to pro
ceed to park headquarters and the
What waa be like?" Alison brokt
In.
"The man? Dark, Spanlsh-looklm
that's why I asked you the othei
day."
She asked breathlessly, "What
was bis name?"
"Called himself de Gouy she was
a Mrs. Poynter."
"Daphne Poynter?"
"Yes. How do you know?"
"I'll tell you later, said Alison.
"Go on!"
"Well, anyway, they were having
a most awful row. One could hear
'em half across tbe restaurant She
was calling blm every name under
the sun because he hadn't married
ber after ber husband's death. He
waa a nasty bit of work and ha sim
ply sat and shrugged bis shoulders
and sneered and told her that, if she
wanted blm she'd better get some
money.
"He told ber that It she hadn't
been a fool, abe'd have known about
her husband having an annuity. She
was obviously dreadfully In love
with the fellow and halt off ber bead
and 1 rather hoped she might say
something that would give ma a
clue. Unfortunately, she looked up
and aaw me.
"She went about as white as that
menu and shut up as If she'd lost
her tongue and 1 aaw the man look
round at me. Then a waiter came up
and told me that be'd put through
my call and that Dundaa was on the
telephone and wben J got back
they'd both gone. But for that 1
might have followed them. That
was about six weeks ago. And 1
beard nothing more at all until tbe
other night, tbe night that 1 met
you."
" A BOUT six o'clock that evening,
1 was In tbe surgery and 1 got t
phone call. 1 couldn't place the
voice at all. It might have been a
man's or a woman's, it bad a sort of
whistling sound In It as If tbe person
bad got aathma."
"Talking through a comb," sug
gested Alison.
"1 badn't tbought of that! You're
probably right," be agreed. "Any
way, the person said that If 1 waa
at tbe Croft House, Warley, Sus
sex, at. eleven-thirty, punctually,
that night, 1 would meet tbe writer
of the anonymoua letters.
"So 1 left London that night di
rectly I was done with my last case,
got down Just before eleven and
parked my car right up on tbe
downs. Tben 1 walked down to tbe
bouse aa quietly as 1 could, found a
good spot Just across the road and
lay down to wait You see, 1 guessed
the person'd turn up to wait for me,
since the bouse looked empty and
I meant to have a look at 'em first.
But then I saw a light moving Inside
the house "
"My light!"
"Yes. So 1 started to get Into the
garden and Investigate, wben I saw
someone climbing In through the
open window. So I tbought it'd be a
good Idea to climb In too, and sur
prise 'em, aa they'd be expecting me
to arrive by the door. Anyway, I got
In and the next thing I knew was
your hand In my face and a terrlflc
yell."
Alison look at him curiously. "But
why didn't you tell me right off? 1
mean your name and why you were
there?"
"Because 1 was such a complete
and utterly blind fool that 1 thought
that you might have something to
do with it!"
"With the anonymous letters?"
"Yes. Or the telephone call. 1 felt
In my bones that you were telling
me the truth, ot course, but well,
I didn't know whst they were play
ing at, and 1 didn't mean to be
caught That's why I couldn't tell
you I'd a car and take you Into War
ley and that's the reason 1 wanted
you to wait upstairs. 1 didn't mean
them to catch us together. You see,
those letters bed practically ac
cused me of causing the Trevor girl
to disappear and 1 tbought they
might be trying It again. I tell you,
1 was a blind fool!"
' "Not a bit," contradicted Alison.
"1 think It waa rather natural after
what you'd been through."
"Not to anyone who'd seen you,"
retorted Guy. "1 ought to have
known but anyway, that's what I
did think. So when you were In bed
1 went through all the drawers In
that desk, to see If I could And out
who owned the bouse."
(Copyright, 19SS, Evelyn U. Winch)
Atlion and Guy begin, tomorrow,
a raco aoalnit timo.
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WASHINGTON. June 38 (API-
President Roosevelt today signed the
navy appropriation bill providing
record peace-time fund for naval
construction.
The t4fl0.0OO.000 bill carried among
other things an appropriation for
starting: 34 new warships and tor
purchasing M5 airplanes. Of the
planes. 383 are for replacement and
373 for outright increases in the
naval air strength In line with the
navy's plan to have 3000 planes by
1943,
The sum available for construc
tion of new warships waa cut from
t39.380.000, as asked by the navy
department, to t30.fl9O.O00. Assurance
was given by the department that
the reduction would not delay inau
guration of the construction of the
new ve.tels. the total coat of which
waa estimated at tl07.437.0OO.
"KICKER NICK"
Undergarments that fit at
Etiwlwya B. aotI.ni.nni
AS
George M. Roberta, prominent at
torney of Medford, wa yesterday
nominated by 110 laywers In .seven
counties for governor of the state
bar association. The nominating pe
tition, besides gaining Impetus In
this county, was supported In Linn.
Josephine, Marlon, Benton, Lane and
Clatsop counties.
More names were contained In the
petition than any other papers filed
to date. There are three governors
In each congressional district, and
election to the office is considered a
signal honor. Elections will be held
some time in the near future.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. (AP)
Pan-American Airways will start
weekly flights from Alameda airport to
Manila the last week In September
or the early part of October, V. E.
Chenea, general traffic manager of
the company, Indicated here today.
Chenea, who has Just returned
from a. 25,000-mlle Inspection tour of
company lines in North and South
America, said one 44 -passenger Mar
tin plane will arrive In about 30 days
for the first Honolulu teat flight.
Phone 542. We'll haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
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THE BUNGLE FAMILY Worry
Such cr-u6t! This dizzg Count
ranniiw me with those trick
whiskers while hinting
nartrord Uakdal?
helped Oliie and
Uus Qet mg
drag suit
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PEORIA, m.. June 28.fTjp Oer
ald Thompson, 2o-year-oid confessed
sex slayer of Mildred Hallmark, ati
tractive cafe hostess, waa accused of
similar attacks today by a score oX
Peoria girls whose names were re
corded In hie "love diary."
State's Attorney E. V. Champion
Is to go before the reconvened May
grand Jury tomorrow to seek a mur
der Indictment against the youth,
held under heavy guard In a secret
Jail to circumvent lynch threats by
aroused townsfolk.
Champion said he would demand
the death penalty In a speedy trial.
The girl, whose names will be
withheld, described how Thompson
lured, them to the lonely cemetery
ravine, where Miss Hallmark's bruised
body was found a week ago, and
told how he used an arm lock to
overcome them.
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GeorrV BunAJe,
Also. I don't like his S.
whiskers. All the time
T . . t.:--j .l .
don't bellow so
loudly.
i was expiamino aDoui
ous and Ullie
his papers, I
as if I was
talking to
somebodg
hiding in a
haystack
1U CHARGE
ASTORIA, Ore., June 26. (AP)
District Attorney Willis West today
announced he would file first degree
murder charges against, Jas, Stookes.
51, waterfront restaurant proprietor,
following the death of Chris Paulsen.
39, as a result of a shooting affray In
Stookes' eating house yesterday.
West also said no Inquest would be
held.
Officers said Stookes has declined
to state what he and Paulsen had
been arguing about prior to the shoot
ing but that he claims he shot In
self defense.
Paulsen was shot In the head three
times.
Both men are aatd by police to
have recorda of convictions on liquor
charges.
Dsa Mall Tribune want ad a.
Oh why
worry
about such
taking
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felt
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STAIRS, IWDFR 08DERS
fb TAKE A BMh
6 Told it Will BE
PLEfKV Hof BY "frit?
-TiME HE HA6 UN
DRESSED Our first consideration J Listen
snouio oe to rina uinej not forct
oerore sne ines
-cjet that. ..the law says,
((Punish V riu','fy, but
to strucsile
into my
twts ciood
Qpwns.
yc
1 M?jjJ
CPUS, OUT SlEEFdUY'
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STAIRS cAUlhfe HE'D FCR- POT W THE STOPPER , AND
60TTEN -THE BUSTER OS HIS HE SIWO&ES If WILL
HEEL, HE COfcHTWlb TAKE KEEP HIM UP TOO LATE "TO
A BATH WITH -THAT, 0D6HT HE? WAV ANOTHER VS f(0W,
TfcREWTS SAY'ONSENSEi" VVONT IT?
(Copyright, l"93g. by Tht Btll Bymlkii Inc.)
Jo, kindly let us
What isxi will all
that the law..
aws in the war H
after Ollie ..a oerfect
44...cU into myyr'??? our Mr. Whiskers'
V9 protect tfie
v-jr'nocent.
and takes
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INTO BBTHROOr?
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By C. M. Payne
By Hal Forrest
By So Hesl
By Harry J. Tuthill
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Don't fret! I'll find Gus
I'll also have Hartford
Joddle up here so I can
him for "the
papers.
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