Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 27, 1935, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWELVE BYSOPSlBt Ulton Rede ana ftuy Lumley at last hate straiaht ened out the tangle between them. They aleo have determined that Daphne tlumere. who u marrying Alison's father today, It the eame woman who ruined Uuv'e practice on the Kiviera. and kilted her for mer husband in the bargain- Ouy is iust flniehino his explanation of his presence in Daphne' vacant house busscx. Chapter 39 RACE "I REALLY meant to tell you the 1 whole truth that first time we lunched," eald Guy. "only you Bald aomethlng " "1 mentioned Daphne T" "Yes. Her name was Daphne Poynter. Bo 1 thought I'd go warily and find out a little more llrat about Mrs. Daphne Burners and whether Bke was the same woman before 1 said anything." Alison nodded. "I'd have told you, meant to tell you, the next time we met," he went on, "But when you I. Id me It was her bouse and how your lather met ber and tbat be was marrying her In six weeks, I saw suddenly why she might want me out of ber way. And 1 didn't want to frighten you." "Then you're pretty sure she Is tbat woman?" "Plumb certain." Alison1 pushed back her chair, stood up. The world was real again aod It had darkened suddenly. "But then," tbe words came In a scared whisper, "but then you think that she may mean to do the same thing again to my father!" "I'm afraid so. It she marries him." ' "But she la marrying father now, today, at one-thirty!" The bronze-faced clock over the archway of the stairs pointed to ten minutes to one. "Come on!" Ouy jumped to his feet aod fled towarda the stairs, dig ging In bla pockets as he ran. Tbe cashier said, "Your bill, slrT" But be threw a note down on the desk with out waiting for change. They raced up Southampton 8treet aod scrambled, breathless, Into tbe car. "Where'll ahe be?" "I don't know," admitted Alison. "He waa to fetch her from her flat, but I don't know when. Bbe mlgbt be there." "We'll try It first, anyway." He threw In the clutch and the car gathered speed down hill. Alison holding on tight aa the speedometer mounted and the light car rocked. aid, "I'm afraid father won't belleTe you!" "I'm not counting on that. I'm go ing to see her and bluff." A policeman's band was going out as Ouy tried to dodge between two 'buses travelling In opposite direc tions: he missed them both by land ing on the Island. He bit the centre post neatly, tried to back off and found his way blocked by a large blue arm. "Driving to the danger," said the policeman grimly. "I'll see your li cense, please." "Oh, please," Alison leaned for ward, "we didn't mean to do any thing wrong! But It's terribly ur gent. It's It's a matter of life and death!" Tbe policeman was sympathetic but unimpressed. "Sorry, miss. Ire got to do my duty. I'll see your Insurance, too, sir, please. . . ," He was a large policeman, even aa policemen go, and be waa leisure ly. T ISTEN, Ouy. I'll get a taxi and go on. I'll try and keep hor!" "No! You musn't go near her It's aot safe!" But DIs protest was lost. Alison was already out of the car and run ning to the pavement. "Plat'a number 13." sbe called back to him as, waving she hailed a taxi. Bbe waa getting Into It as Ouy leaped out and tried to follow. A ham-sized hand In a white glove fastened on his arm and dragged blm back. Ouy waa not a light weight. He gave a shove. Tbe policeman reeled, bis helmet did an undignified somer sault Into tbe road but be held on. With one word "Assaultl" he summed up the case and blew upon his whistle. Guy found blmsolf staring back over hla shoulder at a tail's tall lamp aa It vanished while two large policemen propelled him none too gently In the direction of the nearest police station. e Alison, In the taxi, bed seen none of these last events. Nine minutes past one! I Would ahe he In time? Not far to go but ASHLAND DRAFTS HEAVY PROGRAM FOR 4TH OF JULY ASHLAND, June 37. (Spl. PUn are complete for Ajhlnd' FVnirth of July program, according to H. L. C!.y comb, chairman of the genera com mittee. The day's fwtlvltlM wilt open At 0 a m. with bicycle, tricycle and roller lOcatlng racea on Mnln atreei. Imme diately afterwards the parade a ill atart, and acoordlng to re part-a , it will be one of Hie mitt Interesting pre rntwl In a aotjthern Oregon Fourth of July celebration In many yenrs. At 2:30 p m the 43 round of box ing will Mart In UV.Ua pur r.U card will u 111. z tl Ul CCC bo) the taxi-driver had no romantic urgt to hurry. .. As the taxi drew up, Alison tum bled out. Hue ran up one flight of atone steps, through a short, dark passage and down three more atepa to a little half-glass door set corner wise and marked lb brass "13." A slatternly-looking scrap of a maidservant answered tbe bell. "Mrs. Burners can't see no one now, she's packing." The maid stood In the crack of the door and held It tight. "But i must." Alison was desper ate. The maid shook her head. "If It's the installment people, ahe said you waa to come back tomor row and you can take . the atufr away." "It's nothing to do with money!" Alison almost walled. "I've come from Major Rede, who'a marrying Mrs. Burners!" "If you'd said tbat at first," grum bled the maid and opened the rest of the loor, letting Alison Into a nar row hall. "She's In there," said the maid, tipping a grimy thumb towarda tbe first door. Considering that thla In formation waa enough, she went dpwn the passage, leaving Alison to find her way In alone. Tbe door gave on the sitting room which sheuad seen once before, but It waa exceedingly untidy. A small wblte dog, a hillock of tissue paper and a trunk ocupled the middle of tbe floor and Daphne was on her knees trying to get a trunk shut. She did not look round. "TpTHEL, come and sit on this," she ordered. Alison sat dowa on the trunk; Daphne, her head bent, heaved. The lock clicked and she sat back on ber heela In triumph. Yes," said Alison. "It's me." "I see It Is!" Daphne rose, dusting down her dress. "You've changed your mind then?" "I've come to see you," said Alison. "I I've got to talk to you." "Ob?" Daphne reached out for a label, one of a pile which lay ad dressed on a low chair. "I'm afraid haven't time to listen now. I've got to be ready to go with your father In a quarter of an hour to the registry office. If you want to talk, why not come along with us?" Alison bsd come into tbe room feeling rather frightened but the cool tone of tbe woman, the remem brance of tbe fact that sbe was the centerpiece of Guy's story, made her forget her fear In a rush of anger. All right I'll come If you like." sbe Hung It at her. "but If you won't listen to me, I'll have to tell father, that'a all Mrs. Poynter." Tbe silence lasted while a person might count live; then Daphne put out ber band, took a clgaret from a packet which lay open on tbe chair and lit It alowly, looking steadily at Alison above the name. "I see!" she said. "Well, what do you want to soy?" "Only this." Alison faced her standing. 'I've found out all about you. 1 don't want to be beastly but you can either clear out now and leave a note tor father saying that It'a off, or 1 shall have to tell blm tbe truth. I'm not going on my own word either. I've got aomeone else to prove what I'm saying." Dr. Lumley, of coursel" Daphne gave a faint crow of laughter. Yes. Dr. Lumley." Alison, was not shaken now. She felt safe. He would be here at any minute tu back ber up and at all costs she must keep Daphne until then. "He knows all about you and the anonymous lettera that you wrote and every thing." Daphne drawled. "Everything? Be a little more explicit!" "All rlghtl" Involuntarily, Alison's eyes flew to tbe square plated clock the oval writing table. Una twelve . . . "It you want me to tell you. He knows that you murdered your husband, and that you hate him because be tried to stop you and tbat you wrote to all hla patlenta telling stories about him to get even." Somehow, somewhere, It was miss ing fire! As she spoke, Alison could see that Daphne was smiling; a tight-lipped, unkind smile. She said lly. "When you've quite finished repeating all these libels, peruana you'd let me speak? You don't know. 1 suppose, tbat you can get two yeara n Jail for repeating libels like that?" Alison did not believe it but even If it was true she did not mind. She was worked up now to a pitch when nothing mattered any more. tCopyrinht I9J1 gvetyn U xrlnrh, Alison It horrified at Diphne'e Inliter pln. tomorrow. In this district and la expected to attract many (mm southern Orpon and north (.ii California. The bathing beauty ftliow at Twin Plunges opena at 4:30. It la expected that there will be over 100 entr.es from all parta of Jnckaon. Klamath and Siskiyou count lea. Alio (n the afternoon will be porta for the children In Unhla park. The Shakespearean drama. Twelfth NUtht. will be presented at 8 p. nr. In the new Elizabethan theater. A beautiful fireworks display will be hown ImmetllHtely after the pray. The earn. rat, oand concert and other attraction will be run all day. Several dances will conclude the pro min. What, No Iliitleli1p? PORTI.AND. Oe, June 27 The Journal'! Washington corns pondimt today declared thM Atitmml Bryant, navy chief of nintf, had in formed Senator MVNary at Watthln,? ton that fleet training In the Pacific make It impossible to send a esel to Newport during the encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wura licit mouth. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,' MEDFORU, OREGON,' THURSDAY, JUXE 27, 1935. CAVES CUSTODIAN SPENDS YEARS IN STUDYING DEPTHS Late one afternoon in October, a long, lean horseman came orer a ridge In the Siskiyou mountain and drew rein before Che cabin door of Melvln Lewi, a district ranger In an untamed wilderness. Thla was many year ago, before smooth highways and motor cars cut down distance, and when farma were few and popu lation sparse. Tbe lone horseman had come many weary miles to report to Lewi pre paratory to taking over duties as cus todian et the Oregon Caves. It waa agreed that this man, Dtek Rowley, was to act as guide for the adventurous souls who dared the tor turous passageways of the caverns. In his spare time he was to Improve the openings started by nature so some rooms not now available even to the guide might be shown to the wondering eyes of men. The entrance Itself was low and twisting and would have to be enlarged so & man could walk upright through It. There were holes of almost bottom less depth, the position of which made extremely hazardous any attempt to go farther Into the caves. These would have to be covered or new passages found. On many evenings, after he had completed endeavors of the day- showing two or three ambitious hik ers through the caverns he would i S-MATTER POP FY VAt 17 VVIat'A ' f76E6MS To ME. H (ft- V . V, l",,'t . . KX. JSJ . yj 2. W jjpjgyf J (CopyrlKK 1935. ty The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) jl TAILS-IN XOMMif A menace For Tommy 1 By nai Forrest Bet us return &&l3 W-vT l1'-' i joset xMut hers, tc e shot S )S fi OF U)AR AT SANTOS L USfik ' yh. EaPtBNtXOO'. N 1 REBEL.--VUL LAM A ( J CAUENTS, REBEL. 5 WW ,,,-feV S Mi" 'I &rf? S TW 6 HAMS TH6. TOR RIO NORTH jllAi STRONGHOLD, U)HERE J Yl --T (4 ? EDGE! NOU3 IS S it AND PICK UP J sV- BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Ben'8 Fate . Bv Ewln Alger BRR TROTTEO AHEAD fifo BEN , LEADING I S Xf HUSH, BttlARSE,OR I H0LD ON TO XV. ' i'l iilli i II 1! i !' ' lli'lll'i' k'uMV WvW f I aaaaavKT'- LOCOMOTIVE'S HORSE , MADE TOR TWE RANCH V V M THEVU. HEAR YOU - A TUB, AVID VMWT K I ! Ijj liijl III I V WsWSoli SUDDENLY, BERDRE ENTERING THE DOOR , THE U' (. ILL aEE VJHAT j J?t4 ERE, OLO ii4feJ tt iB OLO AIREDALE POPPED SHORT BR VHE MATTER- JLU A FEUOW " jSK. PhrflS CIAMMYMOST HAVfc . jl THE NEBBS True Love Never Runs Smooth ' ' ( , SoHes! rVTRe f AMD POT SOME IM VOUR. IaD sSv COMTO LO MAM GRUMTLGV W1TM -TUAT FACE OrvlEl PeOWl ''h POCKET" PO TOMORdOLU AMD VM -TOUJM AJD EVEKV TME HISFACE FOR " STOC -,p WIS 1 l-T, riJt??h DO,T LOAWT To) ( ,P VOU DOT COME BACK M lSiU VC 71'S lI.M- BO AS CHILDISH AS MIS J VT.A WEAR. rOOTWlrOV FOR. A LUEEK.MV EVES INJlS AT OU. THE OWLY THIMC HE O BE CMEUJINJ6 OM A J VthEW WUVJO IT7 prom.. y V WLL GET A REST.' J s MOULD VUORRV VOU I5UJMEM RATTLE IT LOOKS LIKE I ifiVsy vou? Jr. VLtm-rssmootim' XTn-tdo much , spemt SOME FOOLISH DOU&i- jAiR TUBHJT GAS, r" "T"" THE BUNGLE FAMILY-Fac. To Face Trbfll take leaves In one pocket and can dles In another and explore some hitherto un traveled passage. He plac ed the leaves on the floor of the passage he was traveling, with the stems pointing the way from which he came. He laid a rock on each leaf to keep It In place. It was by this method that he located the more Interesting portions of the caverns. He found one huge room from a small hole that would admit only a candle tied to a stick. There are many levels In tbe caves, and so varying that ladders are re quired. At first he constructed wood en ladders, mode of tough saplings, 12 feet long, spliced with nails and rope. These wooden ladders lasted about four years, when Rowley made new ones to assure safety for the few vis itors. In course of trme steel lad ders were Installed. While Rowley had long been fa miliar with rock formations and min ing, the unusual formations In he caves puzzled him and he was un able to answer inquiries from visitors. One year Prof.. Alexander Wlnchell came to the caves to make a scientific survey for the government, and pro vided Rowley with the opportunity of learning more about cave geology. They spent many hours together. Rowley showed the scientist the out standing formations and the latter offered geologic explanations. Later, Rowley acquired knowledge from books. ' He learned that the caves began forming shortly after the laEt great glacial period, somewhere around .00,000 years ago and that once the mountain of limestone sheltering the caves waa at the bottom of the ocean until the earth crinkled and the lime stone ro?e from the ocean floor. He learned that the oldest and lcjst column In the caves, the Joining of a stalagmite and stalactite. Is around , 80.000 years old. ! He knows every crook and turn In the caverns and Is well acquainted with and bears a veritable kinship for the scores of formations with which he Is so familiar. While over a quarter of a century has passed since he arrived there on horseback, his enthusiasm for the caves has not dimmed. With new and Improved air trans port schedules along its entire length, the Pacific coast airway between Brit ish Columbia, Med ford and San Di ego today has the distinction of be ing the busiest north and south In ternational route In the world, ac cording to figures released today by United Air Lines, through L. G. De vaney, field manager here. Fallowing United' recent expan sion and speeding up program along the coast, Its planes are flying 13.316 miles a day, or 375,000 miles a month, registering more mileage than on any other north and south route In the country. Three dally round trips are flown between .Seattle. Medford and San Dtego. four daily intercity trips be tween Portland and Seattle and nine daily round trips between Los An geles, Oakland and San Francisco. One-fourth of all the dally mileage chalked , up on United .nationwide system is flown over the Pacific coast airway which, links practically every seaboard city of 100,000 population or over. Devaney pointed out that the route's present status Is proof of his company's determination to provide adequate travel facilities up and down tne pacific coast at all times. THE FAMILY ALBUM SOUP STROLLS OlK .1b KrfCHErl' WHERE WIFE IS VlViN6 AROUND, AND ASK$ IS THERE AHvYrtlNG HE CAM DO To HaP ? SES SAUCEPAN DOWH, 60ES INTO PANTW AND with Hap from wife LOCATES "far. PLATES ' js -Cold he cam pot 1E soop m ihe soup - PLATES AND ADVANCES CHEERILY "TOWARD SAUCE PftN fiPfttPS rf AND DROPS If A6AIM, 6R0AHIK& WHV DlDM'Y SHE TEU. HIM if WAS HOI" STARTS POURlrtG Irt SOUP, WIFE SHRIEKS SUDDENLY LOOKOUT", ?& DRIBBLING Of") . 7L00 FirtlSHES, REWARKIr6 HE MUST HAVE FILLED FIRST PLATES TOO FULL, "THERE'S NOME LEFf FOR THE LASfOME. WHAT HAD HE BETTER Do? (Copyright, 1935, by Tbe Bell gyndicate, Int.) By GLUYAS WILLIAMS WlrT HAWS HIM A HOLDER . PICKS CP SAUCEPAN AND ASKS, WHERE ARE HE P1HTES LEASES KrfcHEK HAST-J ILV, MURMURiHO HE WAS ONLV RIK& -fO HELP 610VA& By C. M. Payne