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"PAGE TWELVE MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORT), OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938. Mm mm M UstTnivm mho im uii NEVER MIND THE LADY faE by David Garth or nurotor Tern lem.n met Allaire Weet in the Iroplcs, and Al laire eaved Terry'e V.le by ehooting a uative. But there viae a mtoundcr etcndino; when Terry looked Al lalre up, in WviMnoton. the meet ing wa not a auroras, and tt u:ae britf. Now George For. attneh4 in the tropical city of the ehootlno, hat returned to Waehinoton on bueinetm. hae tried to find Allaire, u hom he lovee, and hae found in eteed a very tricky man named LaMarr ai the West home. LaMarr demande a tew worde with Fot. VOa. regarded him keenly. LaMarr - seemea rerj sure ok nimseu. Knew all the trlcka of mannera. could dance divinely, and talk vivid ly of (ar countries and big game hunta at early dawn that must haT Intrigued Nell Weat, but Al laire bad never had any use for him. "Well, let's have It," he said. "What'a onyour mind, Mr. LaMarr?" The other waved a band. "This Is hardly the place may I have the honor to call?" "What's the matter with right now?" LaMarr shrugged. "Nothing. But let us go where we won't be disturbed." He seemed to know his way around the house. He took Fox down stairs to the little reception room with the brasshound clock. They sat down and LaMarr took a clgaret out of a long sliver case and then placed the case at Fox's elbow with a polite nod. "Mr. Fox," he said, lighting up and leaning back in a clnid of smoke, "I have come across something that might cause some unpleasantness snd notoriety If It should be pub lished abroad." Fox aald nothing. "You do not know of what I speak perhaps?" LaMarr queried. "Not exactly," said Fox. "Begin at the beginning." "Ah yes." LaMarr nodded, and smoked for a minute in silence. Fox wondered what nationality ha was. There was a lot of English in him and some French and Spanish too. Might have been aomebody once he'd been educated at an American or English university, that was a cinch. "Mr. Fox," he said suddenly, "did you notice anything unusual the night of the Legation Club Polo Ball given under the auspices of your Embassy?" The attache waa suddenly alert. "I don't think so," he said calmly. . "Remarkable," mused LaMarr. "I would have thought you had. Well, Mr. Fox, I wouldn't have noticed any thing either except that I came out on the verandah late that evening to smoke, to look at the stars, to wait for a friend perhaps," he smiled lazily, "and I heard Novaes, your Embassy runner, chattering with the carriage drivers. "Ho had driven to the Roslna B with the beautiful Befiorlta West. The good Novaes waa very curious why the beautiful Befiorlta wanted to go to the docks at night. I, too, waa curious. Strange, I thought. What business could bring Miss West to the docks nt Roslna B?" He nodded at Fox. "Interesting, 4o yon not think? The ways of women are strsnge, are they not?" Fox nodded slowly. He had to pick bis way carefully here. "Strange," be agreed. "Well, what bout It?" 'The polo party left," LaMarr con tinued, "rather ahead of their sched ulethe tear of revolution perhaps and yet I was Inlerested tn why a lady like Miss West should go to the docks. There must hare been something very attractive there to have drawn a lady of her tastes and refinement. Ferhapa I too would en Joy It. I was at loose ends. I Investi gated." TTB PAUSED and Inhaled deeply on bis clgaret. Fox sat very still. The man reminded hlra of a hand- aome powerful cat lastly pawing a ball of yarn with sheathed claws. . "And what do you think, Mr. Fox? What do you think I discovered?" "A few ships, for one thing," has arded Fox. . LaMarr bent forward. "This must remain a secret be tween us," he said deeply, "on your honor as a gentleman. A man bad been shot on Ihe docks that night, Mr. Fox. Shot by a woman for whom the police were even then searching. He lingered at death's door for a few days and then died. The lady, Mr. Fox, had committed murder!" Something chased up and down George Fox's spine. This was a new one on ti Im. lie hadn't known lllldes nad died. He'd meant to follow Ihe case, but ho'd been so busy at the Embassy he hadn't had a chance. And, anyhow, getting Allaire of! had been all that mattered. "Murder," repoated LaMarr, look AS SCREEN ACTOR; SILENT ON ROMANCE NEW YORK. Jn. 10. ,Pi Dow las Fairbanks Sr.. la through aciluj and has "nothing to My" about hi r, porlrd romance with Ldy Ashley it Fn-rlnnd. "I'm a producer from no- on." imc former "Uon Juan" of the fc..r.er! Ckplalnrd In announcing ha will not act attain. - Arriving last night from Europe on the AqulUnla. Fairbanks was aiked about his marital plans. "I have nothing to say a?ut that." he replied. The M-year old aclor, who uaed am iw iwt mvu mini tm iao NtVt. MJND fMI IAOT NIVU MIM9 IM UWl MCVfi HMO TMI UT ing at htm Intently, "Is an ugly word, Mr. Fox. The story would have Its elementa of Interest. Why then did this American society girl kill Luis Hllder, the shipping boss?" "Hold up, LaMarr," Fox ordered peremptorily. "You don't know that she did." "Ah." said LaMarr, "but who Is to prove she didn't? Who Is to prove facta wrong? Vou were there per haps? Perhaps you will ssy that you ahot blm yourself with the true gal lantry of the young man who shields hla lady? Oh, the story opens tre mendous possibilities. It must not get out. Oh, no, It must not." "Who'd be interested in a story like that?" LaMarr shrugged. "I have reason to believe Oat In certain ijuarLors It would be worth ten thousand dollars. Murder under atrange circumstances Is always In triguing. Ia Is not so?" Why did he keep stressing that murder part of it? It was a dirty word. What a break I The trouble was, Fox thought grimly, that Allaire wouldn't deny anything she bad done that night, but she'd be too proud to go Into details. . Then what? sensational head lines In yellow Journals, graphic drawings In scandal sheets, pictures of Allaire and her home, of Steve Perry and the rest of that crowd, stories of her brief stormy affairs. . And who was to prove she d shot la self-defense, fill In the chinks be tween the facts? Where was Wlllett? Ducking bullets In Proplonolre prob ably. What a surprise party this was. LAMARR'S eyes had been fixed on hint steadily. "I think you agree that it Is best nothing be said," he remarked softly. s It not so, Mr. Fox? "I'd hate to see any lady embar rassed, If that's what you mean." "Quite so. Particularly a lady with the social background of' he stopped, smiling deprecstorlly. "But I must not be Indiscreet beyond the bounds of comprehension. Let us ssy no more about It." He waved a hand. "Mr. Fox, I find myself In a very embarrassing position, flna dally" Fox drew a breath. Now It was coming. He'd spotted it long ago.' 'certain Investments have turned out badly." He shook hit head sadly. "But you are not Inter ested In that, of course?" "My sympathy," said Fox, watch Ing hlra like a hawk. "Ah your sympathy." LaMart stnred fixedly at the glowing tip ol his clgaret. "Mr. Fox, I need thirty thousand dollara. I need tt Immedi ately. You don't know who would arrange a loan for me perhaps?" "That's a lot of money." "Not such a aiim considering thi interests Involved, Fox said nothing for a moment There wasn't much of the diploma! In his handsome faco as ho looked at LaMarr, but there was a certain hunching to the shoulders thai hinted at action some time In the very near future. LaMarr seemed to sense that. He laughed. "Nothing unpleasant, please, Mr. Fox,". be said calmly. "I can be un pleasant too which Is one reason I have no country Just now. I merely ask you to arrange a loan for me you refuse?" "I refuse," said Fox grimly. LaMarr sighed and arose. There was a queer air of triumph about blm that Fox couldn't quite fathom. The attach had the Idea that La Marr hadn't cared particularly whether he "arranged the loan" or not. LaMarr had wanted aomethlug else and whatover It was, Fox had a atrange feeling that he'd got It "Ah, well, no matter, Mr. Fox. I will look elsewhere. It you do not care to accommodate nie, porhaps Mr. West will be moro amenable. Uood day." "Just a minute," said Fox. "Get this, LaMarr, I don'. Intend to let you get away with anything queer. Understand?" "You threaten?" said LaMarr, pained. "A diplomat now, really, Mr. Fox." Ha bowed and left Fox lit a clga ret and tried to relax. It waa aa pretty a set-up tor a little blackmail as he'd ever Been. Allaire would probably have told LaMarr to go to the devil, but Kay ; and Nell West would submit to a shakedown. So would Steve Perry j probably. And Fox himself hated the I Idea of seeing the girl he loved sirencl over countless yellow sheets, her motives misconstrued, stamped for life by purple pons. (Copyright, till by Dai (J Oarlh) Terry Wlllett taktl an Import ttnt ltp, Montfay. to amare movie avwll.iwea with his athletic feats, said he would spend the next sis months producing a new motion picture In tsllfornla snd thins. It will be the story of Marco Polo. '.nMllcval evplorer and adventurer, he Mid. adding that he has spent year. In research for It. Fairbanks sprnl the last erenlnj on the ship as host to a dozen guests Including Lupe Vflrr. motion picture mt tress, snd Johnny Wctaamuller. her husband. Fairbanks said hit son. Doudlss. Jr.. Is "dome verr w.ll In London," where he Is a film a.-tor. rioneer Merchant III... POBTU.'.ND. Jan. 10. ,4' MoKlnlfy Mltohell. 78. long-tun. merchant on the northwests produce and grain exchange, died here yesterday. He was born In Oregon City and lived later at Oerrala. He wu the lint r.uload slilpprr of potaluea and onion into Trios from Gervaia. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor farther proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply, Reg. V. 8. Pat Oft O. iSwZfr. . . "SUN "S. ,.- . , u? T0 3 reef, 'WV vN?v .J I xJ ill jrW UNP6R CocX.mf.MJ rWJm -j. w.' Wtfeft affile san mh v ' w - - v mvwm N080PJ worn ffo mm tw comb from or If ptfgsz- Four groat European and African rivers empty Into the Mediterranean Ma. which Ilea, almost landlocked. betwecu thoae two continents. The Nile. Ebro, Po and Rhone ell flow , Into the sea but In spite of thla the ; Mediterranean would dry up If It were i not for the Influx of water from the f Atlantic ocean post the Rock: of Olb- ml tar. Strange as it seems, the sun evaporates three times as much water from the Mediterranean every day s is supplied to tt by rivers. Mysteriously, but punctual to the day, great flocks of swallows annually tao up their residence at the famous old fiiiii Juan Caplntro.no mission at San Juan Caplntmno, California, on each March 10, which Is St. Joseph's day. And Just as mysteriously they leovj the mlMilon each October 24, San Juen'a day. Where they come from and where they go are mysteries atlhough It Is known that awnllow sometimes fall dead on the docks of vessels In in id -ocean. Ramon Yorba, who has lived at the mission since he wns elfiht years old. has seen them come and go for 09 yenr and hi pn rents before him, he relotes, watched the swallows make their mysterious annual arrlvel aaid departure. The annual arrlvel of the swallows TAILSPIN TOMMY Paul Is We lSTV 4 CO Ofr tOUEZtO BY A Gone fkom rue "iscamo a th Sky"-- a ao v a GLAfWAer of cLotas. A T S-POINT 2222. BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER SSZ7E tMSTVE 11 W0HRIE.O ACauTTOO$e5 M iCi?5 feS'i-Sx k1-- furOTA smcpai v . 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Ism: birds begin a concerted drive against flocks of swifts already there, forcing the swifts out of their homes. Each year when the swallows leave In the fall, the swifts return to remain un til the swallows come again. Tomorrow: lila Lewis, Life Saver. THEATER 'BANK NIGHT' PROTESTED BY PASTORS ARKANSAS CITY, Km., Jan 10. lAP) Arkansaa city ministers start ed a campaign today agairit a Sun day "bank night" In a local theater. The ministers, complaining the fea- I lure interfered with church attend ance, asked City Attorney Tom i PrliiRlo tor a ruling on legality of the prize drawing. PERFECT GUMr ? tttf &Cf A r Km g " ?UER.Y TO ALL ATLANTIC! C sa-5;j ?7'Z-- , . A., (-no w finnnri ano pacific airdromes- L m DIFFICULT DECISIONS 1-3- (Copyright S'MATTER POP AFTER -fAKINfi ON CHAlM OFF, THE OTHER ONE JAMS IRRESISTI&W, AND VOL) DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO DRIVE WlfH ONE CHAIN, PUT THE FIRST OWE BACK OrJ, OR GIVE UP USING THE CAR ENTIRELY 11136, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By GLUYAS WILLIAMS', By C M. PAYNE By HAL FORRESX By EDWIN ALGER By SOL HESS J
