PAGE 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
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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.
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STROLLS OlK .1b KrfCHErl'
WHERE WIFE IS VlViN6
AROUND, AND ASK$ IS
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DO To HaP ?
SES SAUCEPAN DOWH,
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with Hap from wife
LOCATES "far. PLATES '
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WHV DlDM'Y SHE TEU.
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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