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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TKLBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1935. Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS Htvm mjk6 na uot wrvta mind mj udy HfVII MM THf LADT N.'VU MIND IM1 UkOT SURPRISE PRESENT NEVER MIND THE LADY STRANGE . AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tar further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. . Reg. U. S. Pat Oft. NIVII MJNO IHf LAOT Wl'll MJNO THf UOY NIVU MtMO TNI Usy by David Garth NIVtl MINO FMI IAOY NIVII MINO TMI ULOT NIVU MINO mi UOT SYNOPSIS! Terry Willett ktu come down the ecummy Palva river to Proplor.oire to tee what he can do to hurry a shipment ot needed equipment tor the engineering fob he and hie father are eupervietng. Th unttntile native government is. he suepecte playing trirke with him Drake ol the National CoCee Company triee to help, but can do Utile. Terry ie a tauah ynungeter, vho usually takee what he iraitff. M-hen he wante it. ChaDUj Two ADVENTURE "pERRY had been around. Nearlnj twenty-eight, he had before he waa twenty encircled moat of the globe. He had seen native gangs aweat their hearts out to raise a railroad trestle In the Andes. His life he'd once entrusted to a battered Ford car. fleeing across a desert three Jumps and a wheeie ahead of a yell ing throng of marauding Riffs In Morocco. He bad witnessed the death of bis father's best friend and one of the most able and undaunted englneera that ever battled the lorces of Na ture to a standstill, Sam Cotton, knifed by a hent-and drink-maddened peon In Mexico. Terry Willett lounged at the bar, And to begin with, as Is most logical that he, like everything else, should have a beginning, he was born In China, It had been Cotton's death that shocked tight-mouthed, rangy Law rence Willett Into the man he had been before Vio Willett had smiled and died, while a Chinese maidser vant rose from her knees with a email bundle ot humanity that Its father could not see. He became the maestro for his son waving the baton of forgetful ness of a mass of auburn batr, a pair ot One grey-green eyes, a light laugh, by spurning an executive's chair and leaving behlna him bridges, dama, and roads In all parts ot the world, but never Memory. How could be, when the boy who kept pace with him had Vic's reddish-golden hair and her eyes! And then Sam Colton had been sent back to the Slates tor burial. The friend of both, a second fathor to Torry. "Terry," Lawrence Willett aald abruptly, "let's go home." But It waa too late. Terry had rolled a clgarot and stuck It between thin even Hps, "Home?" be said Ironically, his lean tanned fnce darkening. "You can head for the Statea If you want to, Dad. but I'm going to stick arcund and see that the louse who knlfod Sam gets all that's coming to him." And he had. That hnd been five years ago. Vic I THE "Collseo" wss crowded to night. Terry Willett lounged at the bar and moodily surveyed his surroundings, a clttnrot drooping from a comer ot his n.outh. one hand idly toying with a glass before him. The place lett him cold. The men there were a conglomeration of tor elgners. natives, tailors, and touith rawboned fellows from the engine rooms of the ships In the harbor, dnnclng. drinking, singing lustily, while a women orchestra played from a balcony overlooking the floor and scores of other women circu lated around among the tables, dodg ing away from grasping hands, smil ing at Insults. FORESTRY BODY EYES 0-C GRANT PORTLAND, TVo. 13. Ti Mem. bera of the Wcnern Forestry and ConAwvnllon aaeoriation considered the Oregon tnrt California Unci mnt aJfuation today following preltmtn nrv MMinni yesterday during which committee were chow n n-nd the president's report prv nested. The Itrt m!oih were given over principally to an explanation of the government's Intereel In the lumber and ki7ftini? Industry, presented by Chief Few-ester Ferdinand A fltlcox m response to questions of the presi dent of tlie wclt!on. O, P. Jewell of Coeur d'AIene. Idaho. filleox Mid the government did not Intend to enter the Indu-V-ry "unless private interest fall to protect pub lic l-UK'.e&U.' The crowd left him alone. After ose or two had approached blin, the) realized the tall hard figure at the bar was there to drink and nothlns else. Proplonoire liquor helped to speed the time to' his departure. He felt like getting royally plas tered, but that wouldn't be so good Ot course. It would be nice to fade Into oblivion and wake up lust before the Dutch steamer cleared for the capital he wouldn't have to stand here and think how his father had looked when he left. The scene stayed with him even yet the tall man at the water's edge beside the launch arguing with him, ordering him to get action from the coffee company's head office In the capital, the sun rising behind that Jungle world, bis father's eyes Sure, Dad waa the boss, but It bad been bard to leava him there at that leaden river with the sulky Chalkla all around him. Abruptly be had another drink. Speed up time, try to forget this in action. Again, he dallied with the Idea of getting drunk. No, might get Into a tangle with the police and end up being held Incommunicado tor three days like the time he and Bucky Corrlgan bad landed in Jail after that All Saint's Day riot In Juarez. Grand fight that. He wondered what had happened to Corrlgan. Hadn't seen him for a year not since that PonteclUes-Junrez road Job. A MAN came In from the street wobbling a little. Terry looked at him dispassionately. Odds that he'd fall down the flight of stain from the door. As soon as he saw thai the newcomer waa either Engllab or American he called all beta off. No sense wishing hard luck to fellow like that. The man 'gave an absurd Impres sion of youth why? God knows He didn't look young, his hair wai tossed and rumpled, hla lie pulled loose from bis throat, hla none-too-clean white ducks were bunched and bunched about bis form. Maybe it was his queer triumphant grin as he successfully completed the descent of the stalra; maybe he'd wagered on the chance ot breaking his neck too. That grin started Ter ry wondering. Something clicked In bis brain that brief-appearing grin seemed familiar. But who could grlu In Proplo noire? he disappeared Into the crowd and Terry forgot about him. Minutes passed. Others came In. He had another drink and wished something would happen. The music seemed to be getting louder and fun. nler. The hum of conversation, the walling of the current singer, the tread ot feet, the clouds of smoke swirled about his head. He decided to get out of there and Into the cool night air. And then there waa the sound ot a shuffle ot feet, loud voices raised In altercation, and the sound ot a body hitting the floor. Terry put off his departure to clamber on top of the bar and view with Interested eyes the source of the disturbance. A heavy, drunken Portuguese had lurched against the table of the man with the familiar grin. Even as Terry saw him rising to his feet and remonstrating with the Portuguese he tumbled around In his mind for a clue to thst elusive Identity But now the Portuguese had slapped him and Terry abruptly quit fum bling. (Copyright. IJJI. by David Qarthl Trry nit, tomorrow, an old eaiislnUnoo. OFF 34 A bu?nt-out cable in the Mrdfnrd aub-atatlon of the California Orion Power company cauc1 a 34-minute interruption in el-trlc acrvire in the c.ty end surrounding nr Timirday. The power wnt off at LIT p m and was rrtorfs1 at I:M by aw.trhir.ji to a spar cable. The burned-out cable la to be re paired an aoon sa possible, tha re aerve cable being tiiiahle meanwhtle. S. C Jon, actinic dlvt.ilnn uiinanr I asld The trouble waa rmwd when j hint from the csbie prochicwl a gas I prejtMire that blrw oil out of a duct j Lvk of oil cauaed the cable to burn iout, Mr. Jonee explained The break in eervice cmiM-d a delay la gt-ltlu Uu Mali I.'ibuue out. llYirLs2 ' -wiiiiama. rSfc ' UFOT r raw ' 1 ) rW n f famous hieorion, i &p(&mt& CALLED "TT"L S.i f 1 jS-J it mge. 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Preacott used this method of writ ing so that he could work in the dark, aavirg hla eyes. It was by this style of writing that he produced hla "Con quest ot Mexico" and "Conquest of Peru. Tomorrow: Barknard Eclipse. TAILSPIN TOMMY Hope Revived! $A$'TTR Vr AINT VOBXiri- AT W (, '& TH NEXT :77MB IT'S TH' VAVY JOBL PM MMGaXtr J,0lr0V JS? SmW Cvf OCEAN-I'M GONNA TURNED 3AC ' Tol TmtSM fi- R Sd j position- ' 1 IPrT m - 1 UN7ll ggg "m sr0e. W BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Disappointment By EDWIN ALGER. WURRVING TO THE OFFICE OP BOON AND I VZ? I - I f-T HEM AREWaH PECtfe THV 19 SOMtl 1 ' ' MZS- -iQUIOOS, UTUE CRIP TOLD BEN HOW THE f IJU6T WANT ONE. J BOON AND L DISTANCE AWAY FROM HEAH gg'S JMALL BOY WTW THE CXX HAD BEEN HIRED 0) CHANCE TO 6ET BACK pj I K BV NOW, GENT6-THEY H07 ( THEYVE DARN' AN I WA IX f THAT fctA AU. CRP- &22f? ?AEiSt ' LlJ A fttQV CRIP- TO -WIS.TOO! 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(AP) Scarlet fever claimed 14 lives In Oregon the first 11 months of this year, the state board of health re ported today. Fatalities from this disease have lncrrnstd steadily since 1932 when they numbered seven. Btxty-three new cases of scarlet fever were re ported laet week. The skins of Australia's kosls, or ."native bear," are imported Into Eng land for the manufacture of articles requiring a cheap, durable fur. mi Rfl)RrJS TROM SH0PPW6 Trip Wrfa mother's Pres ent 65fEHfftfiOUSLV HfD DEN UNDER COAT taxes im torn sifter, FATHER ArJD AOhiT EM, All. T0-ED6ED TO SECRECr1, IN TO SEE HIS PRESENT SlliVAS , UlltLAr?S II- S'MATTER POP- W0 ( NO,6Ht! WOTT? VJELL, PT3UTZ6LA12S f M a II MArfg. 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