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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFOItU. OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1935. PAGE TWELVE MIVM MM nit Uot WW MWP M LUT m I I M IAV MVU MIMO U NEVER MIND THE LADY IBB; by David Garth fHf LABT MM KM M IA MM IMllAPT . 0"SI: Terry Wlllett fh ,focl.- to bt lure ihtptu.;: 0 equipment which the iuliv pov ernvient hae been delaying lor weeke at tnet pete aboard the boat. But Allaire Weet. wham he luet hat met at the nmbaeey ball, over l.ikce him and together they eon . tinue on irhat may be a dangeroue mijaiun. Terry givee Allaire hit automatic: he trlle the bote. Htl dee, to put the treioht aboard tn etontly. Allaire i dellahted itith Terry pure eteel, gerfeetly rear leee. Chapter Nine HOT SPOT ONCE, long ago, Allaire bad known Stsve Perry, one of the greatest "Number Twos" in the polo world, whole father's factories made mil llona while be made goals at Rane lagh, Hurllngham, Meadowbroolc, Cannes, She was supposed to be engaged to blm or was she? 8be remem bered denying something or other somewhere or other. And George Fox, tbe attache, and Ray West, unconcernedly shaking bands with LaMarr right before bis wife's eyes. Other faces jammed through her mind and were gone In tbe shadows of leaping flares, the dark-skinned faces of men who spoke in queerly oft tones, and looked at her while they worked all a part of the sud den blind swing she had taken from a gleaming road. Tbey were bringing out tbe Na tional Coffee Company freight now. There It was, Terry Wlllett! The tall young man surveyed it thoughtfully. "Perhaps," came Hildei' faintly Ironfo tones, "you would prefer to give the order yourself for their lift log. Beflor " Terry released ber arm then to run a tentative hand over one of the large crates. "It may be so, but I don't trust you any further than I can see you, Hildei." He pushed at the crate, tilted It a little. Hlldes watched him as a pa tient busband watches a flighty wife buying a new bat. ' "Huh," muttered Wlllett. He seized an Iron pick from a silently Impas sive stevedore and pried up a board. "One moment," Hlldes grabbing bis arm, the noise of tbe crane sud denly ceasing, "you have already de layed me too long, Seflor." "Get away," Terry told him. "It's tny freight and I've waited bo long (or it I could damn near swallow it. I'm taking a look " The other stepped back, smiling Terry didn't care. This stuff was too all-important He yanked up another board with a rasping screecb and examined tbe contents, while tbe light from a nearby flare swept across his face. A great many crumpled news papers, a few carelessly wrapped Iron bara a bell of a lot like sblnlng teel dredging blades, wasn't It? Hll- dec was too affable, and the box too oueerly light. His eyes glanced quickly at the ether freight on tbe dock. He grabbed bold of a huge cumbersome crate that three men would have had trouble lifting and felt it swing under bis heave. Light! all tbla tuff was so damned strangely light. Dummy frelghtl Operations had ceased all around blm. Dummy freight to lit the bills of lading for government authorities at Proplon Ire. A long moment of silence, and then be nodded casually at tbe girl. "Ever seen 'em getting a ship ready to do some gun running?" ha Inquired. "Take a look and Imagine George Fox s embarrassment" "I think," Hlldes said with a aleepy mile, "you should not have said that Seflor " And suddenly hs knew he houldn't have. Not for himself so much as for a girl whom be had adopted into the whole scheme of things. He scratched his armpit, and then as If to get at it more effectively, lid els hand under bis coat. Then. Md only then, did be remember he had given her the thlug that made 11 men equal on the docks at Ro alna B. 'T'HE smell of swamp wss hot and pernieatlnir -like a reptile tsked in tho sun lt the mud and slime of the river bottom encrusting Its scales, a dull ever-present scent that stayed with the senses a shocking scene stays with the mind. A tall man stood In the doorway of a niakethlrt little hut. his throat open to the Medean tarrspes of the pot, his lips cracked and dry. There was a heavy revolver banging on his belt, and one band rested on Ita butt as with the olli?r he slowlv, me chanically rubbed the throbbing brow beneath hla helmet. from time to time he blinked away the sweat that stung bis eyes, eyes ' that In the handsome bearded face ! were suspiciously glaring and bloodshot He seemed to be listen ing, waiting, while he watched the i last rays of tbe sun stab a tropical ', sky with slashes of scarlet and gold, a benediction of beauty after, tbe vicious heat of an Interminable day. Slanting raya fell across a dredg ing machine that extended from a reinforced bank out Into the river on pontoons. It looked like a forlorn and deserted Idea that bad perished after Its conception while tbe muddy water mocked Its futility. And tbe tall man surveyed It. smiling wryly. " 'Sunset and evenl.ig star,' " be murmured. "Terry" Neither sunset nor evening star, but in the lights of burning flares Terence Wlllett leaned against a packing case on a tensely waiting dock and felt hla impatience begin ning to anap Into fury. Hlldes was quite comfortable. He hadn't failed to notice how Ineffec tually the American had dropped hla hand from tbe Inside of bis coat. He stuck a clgaret between bis lips and held it In the very middle of bis mouth. He looked like a fat Buddba with a lollypop stick. "So, Seflor?" be breathed. "What," Inquired Allaire, "goes forward? Or am 1 too yonng to bear disgraceful language?" . 8b was quite calm and uncon cerned. Wlllett looked at her briefly "The minute things start popping, ' he said In a low tone, "run, kid, and don't forget your handbag." TT was only tben that she remem- bered the flat deadly weapon she carried. The same queer little chill she bad received when he'd first given It to her swept swiftly over her now. Tbe qualltlea of debonair bumor and cheerful recklessness In him that bad attracted her were falling away before the same grim hardness of the weapon In her In nocuous vanity bag. Wlllett never tried to reason out the Fates. In a crisis he acted la the same way he lived blinding apeed backed by whipcord muscles and a aemaphorlc brain. He didn't wait tor Hildei he reached out and grabbed him by the lapel. "Listen, you lousy Splg," be said grimly, "you can run guns Into Pro plonolre harbor till kingdom come tor all I care, but yon're not knifing my Job any more. "I'm leaving here now and coming back tomorrow. If my freight Is aboard your hide's aafe; if It Isn't I'll see that tbla ablp la Interned plenty fast. Now, bave you got that, you tenth son of a bald-headed pole cat?" Hlldes' face was purple. Tho clgaret hung from his lower Hp and the pouch under bis chin shook like Jelly. Hlldes spat out a gasping curse of the waterfront, the dives, the dark places of alley cats and slat terns, hurled wltb all the venom of which a rudely shaken waterfront dignitary was capable. And then the girl saw somebody get "locked" a most terrlflo piston like drive from a man with deadly hands and auddenly mere Ileal mouth. Tho sharp fleshy crack weak ened her knees and brought the sound of distant drums to her ears. Wlllett looked down at the pole axed Hlldes without a trace of emo tion on bla face. Tbe shipping boil rose on an elbow, then to a knee. His hand went slowly back to hll head as If to clear Lis brow. "Say that again," Terry Invited, "and I'll break your neck. Vou'rs not talking to one of your thick headed stevedores." He turned quickly to the girl and found her staring past blm with slowly widening eyes. Her evenlns bag fell opened at ber feet and something auddenly roared from her band, a detonation that rani out over tbe flare-lit quiet of Ro slna B. He Jerked around. Hlldes was still on one knee, bui he was swaying back and forth ai though he were rocking a child t sleep. Then he rolled over like elow-motlon plctnre of a harpooned whale and something that gleamei metallically fell out of hla rlghl sleeve. "Clod!" Wlllett muttered. "Close." The girl mad no effort to move: tbe breath that caught in her throat was faintly audible. Wlllett took thi weapon from her limp band and con fronted the paralysed loading gang a moment ICooyrleht, HJJ, by David Bartht Diplomatic eomplkilleni O.ora fox tomorrow. wsrry E morrow. ftMrvts wre equipped with Stun ford play to furn-nh opposition In wrlmmKf . AI 0. OF 0. FEB. 6 rUOENE. Ore., Dec. 31. ,AP) Dr. Clarence Valentine Bayer will be for mally Inaugurated an president of the University of Oregon, February 6. The oommlttee on arrangement announced the Inauguration would climax an all-day session of repre aenb&tlvee of other colleges and uni versities, faculty and student of the universities, and cltlzena of Oregon. ! Dr. Boyer 'became the university's sixth president when he took up the i actual work April 16. 1934. after aerv j Ing as acting president since January 15, 1834. Dr. Arnold B. Hall was ; president of Oregon before Dr. Boyer. ! President Boyer carre to the uni versity In 1926 as head of the English department. He Is a Princeton grad uate and was on the University of Illlnola faculty 16 years. The committee in charge of the ln aut?urfttton Includes Dr. H. O. Town urnd. Dr. John P- Bovard and Dr. Ray Bowen. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet Works Business Men To j Sub For Carriers 1 ASHEVILLE. N. C Dec. 31. (AP) The old practice of "leaving some thing for the carrier boy" on Chrlat rr.nA I a under aTolnr variations here tnls year. Carrier boys of the Times ' dt cades ago, some of them now prom- ' lrent business men and one of them the chief of police, will take up their btffs again Monday and assume full ci large of street sales the proceeds tj go to todays somewhat more curriers. I CHRISTMAS DELIVERY XMA8 PHOTOS Holiday Specials Now! PEASLEYS Opposite Holly Theatre STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor farther proof address the anthor, inclosing- a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ..8. Pat 08. W -y A TrtROU6rt fT 4v AmmMyMmfat W I l: -LM v v i wy;,,; .i . v I l w W& OMlY of THE. WFFefteNT DALLAfl. Te.. Deo. 21 (API Cosa Matty Bell t s new plays he (rsf Ms Southern Methodist Mustangs for use ntEAlnst Stanfnr-i In the Rose Bowl battle nre beginning to clU-k but that he still Is worrifd about the defense. "I know we ran t stop Stanford's powerhouse attack bv ordinary rr.fano." ssld tl Mustangs' mentor e.fier watching the ponies In snappy cienine snd rtefnnMve drills yester day. ,-l Rfill im not totally satisfied tost the wbv ue have the situation properly dlagnohed and there are go- : lng to he many anxious moments for; Uf until the gstue Is over." j r-'fedihc up hi praruef . Bell an- j Bounced acruinnsge fur today and to Christmas Carol Ruined By Blast DOrKlE CITT. Ku. De 31 -(Apt 'Sll-nt Night. Holy Night," csroied IV) SunnyMde u hool pupils. "All it calm" The run tar exploded. ' All Is bright" Strat showered the slntiers. Everybody ran. no one was hurt, and the children had a holiday while the turns- ai repaired. Within tho range of sound, from the lowest tone to the highest, thero nre lout flO.OOO notes. Each note result from a different rate of vlbrn turn, in nitric 12 noUs are em ployed In each octave, and generally no mora than five octaves are used a total of 60 notes. The violin, for all its variety of music, uses only about 40 notes, and the exceptional human voire thnt rnnges two and a half octaves employs but 30 notes. Between the lowest nnd the high- eet of a piano's 88 keya are thou sands of note-, which the piano does not piny; the same la true for voice or violin. Ellis Islnnd te the outgoing stop ping point for aliens much more than It Is an Incoming stopping point. Very few aliens iwtering the country are detailed at the Island, but many who leave must stop there. In a typical recent year, about 31.000 J aliens entered New York, and only about a thousand of them were de tained at Ellis Island for examina tion. During the same year more than 19,000 aliens were detained at Ellis laland before being deported. Moat aliens entering the country aro examined by American officials at the port from which they leave, thus avoiding the necessity of depor tntlon In cane the subject is deemed undesirable. Tomorrow: The Other North Star. 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