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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, JIEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1935.
ENBfflS
Chapter 46
EXPLANATION
iwpHAN'K Goi you'rt afe!
Alison looked around to tee
Guy In the doorway. She gave a
ob and ran Into bli arm.
A little man with a itlff crop of
bright red hair waa behind Guy and
now he moved torward looking at
the dog.
"WHt'i happened here?" he
asked, and hie eyes rested on
Daphne.
She stood aa If frozen In the spot
where she had made her last effort,
but now she forced her mouth Into a
mile.
"Nothing. The dog'a bad a fit or
aomethlng."
"Dog's been poisoned!" It was the
maid Prcedy who gave that Informa
tion. "1 don't know what's going on.
I was engaged to take charge of a
mental case but It seems to me!"
She ended with a most expressive
anIS which included most of the
people present.
Orlce touched the dog with his
foot.
"Dead all right," he confirmed.
Then to Daphne, "Mrs. Poynter?"
"Yes!" She was cool again now.
"1 want a word with you."
"I'm sorry, I'm Just leaving for
abroad. Couldn't you write? 1 don't
want to miss my boat."
"I'm afraid you'll have to miss It,"
aid Inspector Grlce. "I've some
questions to ask you."
"Alison." Robert ' touched his
daughter's shoulder gently. Her face
was burled In Guy'a chest. "Come
on."
He did not look back as he went
out
Alison, holding Guy'a band fol
lowed.
Robert made room for them both
In the car without a word. He told
the chauffeur to get Mra. Burner's
luggage off the ear and then ordered
blm to take them home.
The man, wooden-faced, saluted,
bnt Alison thought she caugbt a
gleam of curiosity and satisfaction
aa he obeyed.
They sat silent, Guy holding All
son's hand, until the car stopped In
Chester Square. Only by the fierce
pressure of his hand against hers,
did Guy show bis feelings, for they
were both conscious of Robert Rede's
grey, baggard face and haunted
yes.
As they got out, be said gruffly,
Tou'd better come in."
They followed blm Into tbe li
brary. He crossed slowly to the fire, stood
taring Into It; said without turn
ing, "Alison, my dear, I'm sorry "
"Darling, don'tl You couldn't help
It " She clung to him. "Don't,
please ..."
Holding her In his arms) he
looked at Guy, who stood awkwardly
Just Inside the door.
"Don't go. 1 want to hear your end
of the story. I've been a damned
old fool!" The words came out
alowly and bitterly. He looked down
at Alison's head and added with a
wry smile, "Besides, 1 understand
you want to talk to me about some
thing quite different?"
Alison raised her head; Guy
questioning. She
her tears and
looked at her,
amlled through
nodded.
"If I may, sir," mid Ony eagerly.
"Oh, you may!" said Robert.
"Looks ss It 1 wasn't at to take care
of Alison, anyway!"
Alison stopped bis self-reproaches
with a kiss.
' T5UT It wss Detective Inspector
" Grlce who had the last word on
the subject. Guy brought him 'round
at nine o'clock that night to hear
Alison's own story, and receive her
thanks.
A fatherly little man when off
duty, he seemed quite moved and
kept repeating. "You'd a narrow es
cape! I don't mind saying It, tnslde
this room a very narrow escape!
She meant those chocolates tor you,
there's no doubt about thai!"
"Can you get her on It?" asked
Guy anxiously.
But Grlce shook his bead.
"I'm afraid not. sir. There's no
evidence to prove It You and 1
may know It, but that won't do for
a Jury. We may still get her on
those letters, of course."
"Can you prove she wrote them?"
cried Alison eagerly, and her band
went out to squeeze Guy's that lay
by ber side.
Again Grlce shook bis head.
"She's too clever tor that When
we found that letter In the dead
man's pocket It .was addressed to
you, by the way. Miss Rede, for It
bad 'to A. R.' on It and It waa to
warn you against Doctor Lumley,
here, no doubt to make him out
guilty! When 1 saw that letter. I
thought I had tbe person who'd sent
them all of course until I taw the
body." Grlce paused artistically,
gathering their eyes.
Alison, teeing that It waa ex
pected of her, asked dutifully, "Why
until you taw It?"
"When 1 had seen the body, I knew
he didn't do much writing." Grlce
smiled, relishing bit grim Joke. "I
daresay he could use those hands of
his all right for some things but
not for holding a pen! You see, sir,
he was a " leper a sort of living
corpse at you might say!"
"A leper!" Alison shuddered.
"Good Lord!" Guy waa last
thocked than Interested in the medi
cal fact. "Rare to get a case to tar
gone aa that In England."
"Ah, but he wasn't English," ex
plained Grlce.
"You've identified him then?"
cried Guy.
"Yes. sir. This evening. He's a
Colombian subject and over here
without a passport, to he's prob
ably a crook -nam of Manuel
Gompet."
"Gomp?"
They both cried out together., star
ing at one another.
"Do you thlnk-"
"Brother 'Tjr eomethlng," agreed
Guy. "That'd be how Mn. Sumen
got hold of him."
"You know him?- demanded Grlce.
"I we both know on Gompet
The Spanish gigolo who was Mrs.
Poynter's friend," explained Guy.
"But go on. This Is getting Interest
ing." ""pHERE'S not much mora to
tell you," said Grloa. "He died
that night you were there, all right,
for the cleaning woman cleared out
the recess under the stairs that af
ternoon, and whoever moved that
linoleum did It between the time that
you and Miss Rede left the bouse
and the time the remover's men
finished, for after that the house
keys were at the agents. And It
wasn't any light Job. elthar. pulling
It oft the dead man. We'ra having
It tried for finger prlnta, so per
haps wo may learn something. If
we can prova that Mra. Burner's
touched that roll It means she
must've been Into the cellar that
day the removers were there and
then." Grlce ended grimly, "the'll
have to explain why she made false
statements to tie police, and why ahe
didn't notify ut of the body In her
cellar! I think she'll find that awk
ward." "What'Il happen to her?" asked All.
son.
"Nothing, I'm afraid," said Grlce
with a algh. "If we could prove the
truth, if we could prove that
she sent you down there with
that false telegram and bad this
leper chap waiting to do you In,
and that she sent Dr. Lumley here
down with the pretty little notion
that he'd be accused of your murder
well, there'd be something to talk
about. If we could even prove that
she meant to do you In with those
chocolates. Miss Rede, so that tbe
money left to you'd go to your
father and through him to her well,
then we'd have her properly, but as
things are"
He sighed.
But Alison was not thinking of
Daphne.
"Then It meant you won't get
cleared?" the said to Guy. "1 mean,
about those letters?"
"I'm afraid not. Does It make any
difference to you?" b asked.
She laughed softly, a laugh of pure
happiness.
"You know It doesn't!"
"Now that your father's giving me
a fresh start well I'm going to
forget It, live It down." i
Grlce stood up.
"Don't you worry, sir," he prom
ised. "Mra Sumers won't trouble
you again. She't had a fright! She
left tor Spain by air this afternoon."
But be added regretfully, "A pity!
A little banging would have done
her a whole world of good!"
But when he had gone, when she
and Guy were alone. Alison sate In
bit arms, whispered, "Do you know,
I'm glad Daphne's got away. 1 could
almost bless her! But tor her"
"But for her we'd never have
met?"
"Yes!"
Tbey smiled at one another with
that complete trust in the strange
ways of Providence which only
happy lovers know.
(Copyright. 1931, ffiuljm If. tVmcHJ
THE END
B1 ,517 FOR COUNTY
FROM AUTO
8ALEM, July 5 (AP) DifJburbe
mfnts to count leu of half of the ut
UTory Jl.600.000 annually from ihf
motor vehicle fund, vu md by the
state department today. The figure
was aet by the 10.13 legislature ba.vcd
upon the dlRburnement made In 1B;U
Of th aeoo.OGO aent out Multno
mah unty will receive 301.781.
Other count Jrp Include Baker H J
705; Benton 14 730; DouglB ',7.
767; Jackion :M.17; Joaephlne '.,10.
099; Klamath 2B.H80. Une
Marlon ri.697; polk I12.4&3 Uma
tilla $22,039; and Union aia.Mt).
WALLA WALA Wanh. July 5
(AP) Charles B. Nye. 87. who spent
nearly a half century w tha harnesa
and saddlery bust new '.iere, and prior
to coming here in had engaged
In buamefis at The n!lcj. Ore., died
today.
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WILL ROGERS LEADS
NG
STAMfORD, Tex.. July 6. (APV
Will Roger, the Sage of Claremore,
Okla., led the grand parade of cow
bant to hoaree ahouta of "Ride 'em.
cofftxiy." at the cowboys' reunion
here Thursday. .
Right at home with the sun-arorch-ed
cowboys of west Texas. Rogers
the center of attraction. Record
smashing crowds flooded the town.
Thousands Jammed the reunion
grounds Tor the morning; celebration
Last niKht they danced
MAR8HFIELD, Ore, July S (AT)
Barge were being towej to the
side of the freighter A M Baxter,
aground in the harbor here, so that
part of heavy cargo of lumber
could be removed and the ship float
ed at high tide this afternoon
Thr. Baxter went aground In Coo
bay at 3 a. m. yesterday. Attempts
to pull the lihip frw yesterday after
noon were futile.
FOR CMTC VACATION;
REST OF OREGON SHY
VANCOUVER. Wart... July 6. AP)
A month 'a "vacation" at the govern
ment'! expense aeema to have little
attraction for youthful Americana of
Oregon and Washington.
With the citizens' military train
lng camp, scheduled to open a four
weeks' course Friday, officers said to
day only 508 applications had been
received. They estimated that the
number of el tables possible to chose
from this number will be far ahort
of this year's quota of 480. Last year's
quota, was only 330.
, Multnomah county, it was declared
haa produced but 191 applicants. Its
quota, la 2A3. Any youth from the
Age of 17 to 24 may apply. Expenses
of traveling to and from the camp
are paid by the government. Com
pletion of & four-year course at the
C M. T. C. qualifies outstanding stu
dents for commissions In the orga
nized reserve corps.
Captain Carl Y. TengwaJd of the
National Guard here stated this after
noon that the quota for Jackson
county vu 10 men. Twelve appli
cations were submitted, and one ap
plicant waa rejected for physical de
fects. That gives this district a per
centage of over 100. ,
The captain .said that tf the quota
from this district la raised, it will be
an easy matter to get more appli
cants, but that tha move would have
to be made soon, since each man at
tending the camp must receive three
vaccine shots before leaving.
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DECREASES FOR GIRLS
TEACHERS MEET TOLD
DENVER, July 5. (AP) Five
thousand teachers were told today
marriage opportunities for girls ol
this country are gowlng scarcer and
that suicides and divorces are on
the increase.
Dorothy C. Stratton, dean of wo
men at Purdue university, speaking
before the National Education asso
ciation, made a plea that girls be
given as many opportunities for eco
nomic help after their school years
as boya.
"Every girl prepares for the dual
role of a vocation and marriage,"
she told a general session of the
N. E. A. convention. "If she can't
find a Job. she possibly turns to
marriage as a solution of her problems.
"What a fine foundation for fu
ture happiness in the home. Even
marriage opportunities are not what
they once were."
Declaring suicide and divorce rates
are going up. Dean Stratton said:
"That means we are not learning to
get along any better with one another."
FOUR FISHERMEN DROWN
WHEN SHIP CATCHES FIRE
VANCOUVER. B. C, July B.-(AP)
Pour membera of the crew of the
Vancouver fishing boat Bantry Bay
were drowned and three others Buf
fered painful burns when the boat
caught fire off Wood Bay relief camp
near Half Moon bay, about 40 miles
north of here, the British Columbia
provincial police were advised today.
DAWN OF THE FOURTH
gy GLUYAS WILLIAMS.
LANSING, Mich. (UP) The mod
ern fisherman la Insuring himself of
future good luck by filing a record
of the fish he takes from the Michi
gan streams and lakes with the con
servation department. More than 6,
000 cards have been receU'ed already
this season from fishermen record
ing their catches.
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