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AIKUKOUD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUI). OREGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1936.
fil'Au'sitf. Aithcuoh neither te
pofftU-s Mm 1A fanned and hanii'
gome chap Bobby Jonee found dy
ing at the toot of a cliff actually
teas murdered, both Uobby and
Frankie are determined to investi
gate one !. Bassinaton-ffrenc n,
who appeared at the ecene ot the
"crime" very opportunely. Besidee.
Bomebody has tried to murder
Bobbv with an overdose ot mor-
Shia. and he resents that tact. Per
ape the two event Interlock.
Frankie must da the ten work,
since Bobby is stiR in the hospital
Chapter IS
LORD MARCHINGTON
FRANKIE lost no time In setting to
fturk. 8be attacked ber father
that same evening.
"Father." she said, "do you know
any Basslngton-ffrencbes?"
Lord Marcblngton, who was read
ing a political article, did not quite
take In the question. "It's not the
French so much as the Americans."
he said severely. "All this tomfool
ery and Conferences wasting the
nation's time and money"
Frankie abstracted her mind until
Lord Marchlngton. running like a
railway train along an accustomed
line, came as It were to a halt at -i
station,
"The Basslngton-ffrenches," re
peated Frankie.
"What about 'em?" asked Lord
Marchlngton.
Frankie didn't know what about
them. She made a statement, know
ing well enough that her father en
loyed contradicting.
"They're a Yorkshire family,
iren't they?"
"Nonsense Hampshire. ' There's
the Shropshire branch, of course,
"Father," she asked, "do you know
any Basslngton-ffrenches?"
That's right," said Frankie.
"He was making Inquiries alou.
various small properties with view
to purchase. He was obliged to re
turn to town the nen day so could
not view many of the houses, but 1
understand he Is In no great burry.
Since be left, one or two suitable
properties have come into the mar
ket, and 1 aave sent blm on partlcu
lars but have bad no reply."
"Did you write to London or to
the er country address?" Inquired
Frankie,
"Let me see now." He called to a
Junior clerk. "Frank, Mr. Basslng'
ton-ffrench's address."
"Roger Basslngton-ffrench, Esq..
Merroway Court, Staverley, Hants."
said the lunlor clerk glibly.
"Ah!" said Frankie. "Then It
wasn't my Mr. Basslngton-ffrencb
This must be his cousin. I thought II
was odd bis being here and not look
lng me up."
QUITE so quite so," said Mr
Owen intelligently.
"Let me see, It must have been
the Wednesday he came to see you.'
"That's right Just before slz-thlr
ty. We close at six-thirty I remem
ber particularly because It was the
day when that sad accident bap
pened Man tell over the cliff. Mr
Basslngton-ffrencb had c t o a 1 1 y
stayed by the body till the pollci
. HL V ... if I
1 1
nd then there's the Irish lot. Which
are your friends?"
"I'm uot sure," said Frankie, ac
cepting the Implication of friend
ship with several unknown people
"Not sure? What do you mean?
Tou must be sure."
"People drift about so, now
adays," said 'rankle.
"Drift drift that's about all they
do do. In my day we asked people.
Then one knew where one was fel
low said he was the Hampshire
branch very well, your grand
mother married my second cousin
It made link."
"It must have been too sweet,"
aid Frankie. "But there really Isn't
time tor genealogical and geograph
ical research nowadays."
"No you've no time nowadays for
anything but drinking these poison
ous cocktails." Lord Marcblngton
gave a sudden yelp or pain as he
moved hie gouty leg which some free
Imbibing of the family port had not
Improved.
"Are they well off?" asked
Frankie. .
"The Baas lng ton -ffrenchesl
Couldn't say. The Shropshire lot
have been bard hit. I believe. Death
duties and one thing or another. One
of the Hampshire ones married an
heiress. An American woman."
"One of them was down here the
other day," said Frankie. "Looking
(or a house, I believe."
"Funny Idea. What should any
one want with a house down here?"
That, thought Frankie, waa the
question.
rS THE following day she walked
" Into the office of Messrs. Wheel
r A Owen, House and Estate
Agents.
Mr. Owen Llmaelf sprang up to re
ceive her. Frankie gave blm a gra
clous smile end dropped Into s chair
"And what ran we have the pleat
ore of doing for you. Lady Frances?
Tou don't want to sell the Castle. 1
suppose. Ha. ha!" Mr. Owen laughed
at bis own wit
"1 wish we could." said Frankie
"No. as a matter of fact I believe a
friend of mine was down here the
other day a Mr Basslngton-ffrench
He was looklni for a aouss."
"Ah. yes. Indeed! I remember the
tame perfectly. Two small fa."
camn. He looked quite upset whet
be came In here. Very aad tragedy
that and high time something wai
done about that hit of path. The
Town Council have been criticised
very freely, I can tell you. Lady
Francea. Most dangerous. Why we
haven't ha-' more accldenta than we
have, 1 can't Imagine."
"Extraordinary," said Frankie.
She left the office In a thoughtful
mood. As Uobby bad prophesied,
all Mr. Basslngton (Trench's action!
seemed clear and above-board. He
was one of the Hampshire Basslng
tontfrenches. he had given bli
proper address, he had actually men
tloned bis part In the tragedy to the
house agent
Was It possible that after all, Mr
Basslnton-ffrencb waa the complete
ly Innocent person he seemed?
Frankie had a qualm of doubt
Then she refuted It.
"No," she said to herself. "A man
who wanta to buy a little place would
either get here earlier in the day, or
else stay over the next day. You
wouldn't go Into a house agent's at
slx thlrty in the evening and go up
to London the following day. Why
make the Journey at all? Wby not
write?"
No, she decided, Basslngton-
ffrencb was the guilty party.
Her next call was the police sta
tion.
Inspector Williams was an old ac
quaintance, having succeeded In
tracking down a maid with a false
reference who had absconded with
some ot ("rankles Jewelry,
"Oood afternoon, Inspector."
"Good afternoon, your ladyship.
Nothing wrong, 1 hope?"
"Not as yet but I'm thinking of
holding up a hank soon because I'm
getting so short of money."
The Inspector gave a rumbling
laugh In acknowledgement of this
witticism.
As a matter of fact I've coma to
ask questions out of sheer curiosity,"
said Frankie.
"Is that so, Lsdy Frances?"
"Now do tell me this, Inspector
thst man who fell over the cliff only
had one photograph on him, didn't
ho? Somebody tcld me three!"
IC.-tvirH mili-St. A flee Chrulle)
The Inspector, tomorrow, proves
a willing ourco.
TREATY REDUCES
COST OF LIQUORS
OLVMPIA. PVb. 18 tAP The
tste liquor control board today re
duced priori of liquor on those brand
affected by the reciprocal trade trraty
with Canada, which reduced duties
on liquor 60 per cent. Some reduc
tion amounted to $1 10 a quart,
The new price Hat Issued today In
cluded the reductions made on sev
era! brand effective on Jauuary 1.
The board aald tha new price on
Canadian and Imported Scotch liquor
and blend were a direct result of the
trade treaty.
Blend liquor, the board aald. lutual
y haa for ita bane liquor imported
from cnda.
Th new prlae Hit, Uowtver, cwiltd.
some Increases In the Imported cham
pnftnea and rum.
The smallest decrease In price wa
five rent, an example being Ken'
tuck; Triumph, a domestic blend, tha
pint aire being reduced from 85 to
80 cent. ScRRram- V. O. In the quart
was cut from (4.50 to 3 40.
TOWNSEND PLAN
HELD VISIONARY
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. (JP, The
Townsend old age pension plan n
described as "one of the most vis
ionary and Impossible schemes ever
presented for public acceptance" by
tbe annual report of the Csxnegl
foundation for the advancement of
teaching, published today.
"The Townsend bill most hopeless
and alluring of the proposals that
t.ave been put forward for old age
pension originated with a well
meaning man whose Intentions were
good," comment the report.
It warn the net effect of the plan
"would be to cut down the expendi
ture of the mass of the people by
about the same amount that the ex
pendltures of the beneficiaries were
Increased. The re-port adds:
"In no other civilized country, ex- i
cept In the United States, would It
be possible for a wild and reckless '
measure, like the Townsend plan, to
receive the support of the governor j
and legislature of a great state, or be I
offered In a bill before the national
congress." ;
. .
8ALEM. Feb. 18. (AP) Ben R.
Llftln, The Dalles publisher, filed his
declaration with the secretary of
state today of candidacy for the Ore-'
gon delegation to the Republican na-'.
tlonal convention from the state at
lsree.
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by GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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Francis Scott Koy was a lawyer and
a poet but never a. musician. He
played no musical Instrument, he wa
not a singer, and some students of
his life havo found evidence that he
was tone deaf. He wrote the words
for the "Star Spangled Banner," but
the music came from an old English
song.
Called "Demon" by the ancient Ara
bians, the star Algol shines brightly
for 59 hours, then dims slowly to
about one-third of Its normal light,
and regains full brilliance Strain In 10
hours, then shines brightly ealn for
snother 59 hours. This periodic vari
ation of light occurs every 68 hours
and 49 minutes.
Its variation of light was first re
corded by Montanart In 1669, but the
fact that Its name means "demon"
In Arabic suggests that 'the Arabians
had also noticed and wondered at Its
strange behavior. The star remained
a mystery unexplained for more than
a century, until 1752, when Ooodrlcke
proposed the theory that It was caus
ed by a dark sister star eclipsing the
bright one. This was proven beyond
MrNacitht 3rn4MU. tt.
reasonable doubt by H. C. Vogel.
Algol, which Is 140 times as bright
as our sun and four and a third times
as heavy, has a dark companion star
comparatively close to Itonly 10,
2000.000 kilometers away. These two
stars revolve about each other every
69 hotirs so that one eclipses the
other. When the dark star comes In
front of the bright star the light Is
cut down to about a third Its normal
brightness.
CRISIS IN FAMILY UfE WHErt JUNIOR'S
HEWW SWEATER , WMVlOUf WHICH HE MAV POSI
tively not so skmin6, 15 found fo be in fhe spare
room where a nap is being, enjoyed by aun effie,
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IrlS ' . (Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
'MATTER POP
By C M. PAYNE
Tomorrow: The Unbroken Bank at
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AUTO SHOW PROFITS
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concet-slon, operated by their avixtt-
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Rles.
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beside the Lsdy Lions who cooper-1
eted to mke It t complete succeis-t
mere: Deck's Bakery, PnUler's Islry
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Rntxtie Hlver Meet company, snd Vsl
entlne cste, to whom the lnere
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