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PAGE EIHHT JfEDFOTiD MAIL TRTBTJNTE, MEDFORD. OREGON". THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936. - SYNOPSIS: Lady frames m went, otherwise known as Frankle. has finally gotten track of Baseing, ton-fjrench, the perfectly plausible nan ehs insists is connected with the death of one Alexander Pritch ard, and an attempt on Bobby Jone' life a well. 8he telle Bobby that he muet eell her a secondhand car which ehe will emaeh against the wall of Baeeington-prenoh'e house, and then pretend illness so that she will be taken into the place, Bhe is explaining to Bobby how George Arbuthnot, a young doctor, fits in. Chapter 15 FALSE MOUSTACHE ""iFOHGE, being conveniently near," went on Frankle, "(boats 1 am a doctor. Stand back arery body!" that la, It there' anybody to stand back. TP must take her Into that house. I mast bs able to make a thorough examination.' "I at.- carried to the best .spare room, the Basslngton-Srenches either sympathatlo or bitterly re listing; but In any case, George will overbear them. "George makes his examination and emerges with his verdict Hap pily, It Is not so serious aa he thought No bones broken, but danger of concussion. 1 must on no account be moved for two or three days. After that I shall be able to return to London. "And then George departs, and it's np to me to Ingratiate myself with the household." "And where do I come In?" "You don't" "But look here " "My dear child, do remember that Bassington-ffrench knows you. He doesn't know me from Adam. And I'm In a frightfully strong position because I've got a title. Yon see how useful that Is. I'm not Just a stray young womat gaining admis sion to the house for mysterious pur poses. I am an Carl's daughter and therefore highly respectable. And George is a real doctor, and every .thing Is quite above suspicion." "Oh, I suppose It's all right" said Bobby unhappily. "It's a remarkably well-planned scheme, I thlak " said Frankle with pride. "And I don't do anything at all?" asked Bobby. He still Colt Injured --much like a dog who has been un expectedly deprived of a bone. This, be felt was bis own particular crime and now ha waa being ousted. "Of course you do, darling. Yon grow a moustache." "Oh, I grow a moustache, do I?" "Yes. How long will it take?" "Two or three weeks, I expect" "Heavens! I'd no idea It was such a slow process. Can't you apeed It up?" "No. Why can't I wear a false one?" "They always look so false, and they twist or come off or smell of plrlt-guui Walt a minute, though 1 believe there li a kind you can gel stuck on hair by hair, so to speak, that absolutely defies detec tion. 1 expect a theatrical wlgmaker would do It tor you." "He'd probably think I waa try ing to escape from Justice." "It doesn't matter what he thinks." "Once I've got the moustache, what do I do?" "Put on a 'hauffeur'a uniform and drive the Bentley down to Staver ley." "Oh, I see." Bobby brightened. "You see my Idea is this." said Frankle. "Nobody looks at a chauf feur In the way they look at a per ion. In any case Bassington-ffrench only saw you tor a minute or two, and he must have been too rattled wondering It be could change the photographs In tlmo to look at you much. You wer. Just a young golf ing ass to him. "It 'n't like the Caymans, who sat opposite you and talked to you and who were deliberately trying to sum you up. I'd bet anything that aeelng you In chauffeur's uniform. Bassington-ffrench wouldn't recog nise you even without the mous tache. He might Just possibly think that your face romlndcd btm of somebody no more than that. And with the moustache It ought to be perfectly safe. "Now tell me, what do you think of the plrnf pOBUY turns-, It over In his mind. - "To teil you the truth. Frsnk le," he said generously, "I think it's pretty good." "In that csso," said Frsnkle brisk ly, "let's go and buy some cars. I lay, I think George has broken your bed." "It doesn't matter," said Bobby hospitably. "It a- never a particu larly good bed." They desceuded to the garage where a nervous-looking young man with a curious lack of chin and an igreeable smile greeted then with a vague haw-haw-haw. His general appearance was slightly marred by the fact that his eyes had a distinct disinclination to look In the same direction. "Hullo, Badger," said Bobby. "You remember Frankle, don't you?" . Badger clearly didn't but he said "Haw haw haw" again In an amia ble manner. "Last time I saw you", said Frankle, "you were head downward In the mud, and we had to pull yon out by the legs." "No, not really?" said Badger. "Why, that m-m must bave been "Quite right" said Frankle. "It was." "I always was a p-p-p-putrld r-r-r-rlder, said Badger. I s-s-s-stlll am," he added mournfully. "Frankle wants to buy a car," said Bobby. Two cars," said Frankle. "George has got to bave one too. He's crashed his at the moment" We can hire blm one," said Bobby. "Well, come and look at what we've got In s-s-s-stock," said Bad ger. "They look very smart," said Frankle, dazzled by lurid hues of scarlet and apple green. "They look all right" said Bobby darkly. Badger cast his partner a look ol reproach. "That Standard Is pretty much on Its last legs," mused Bobby. "Bui I think It would Just get you there. This one Is a bit too good for th( Job. She'll go at least two hundred before breaking down." "All right" said Frankle. "I'll bave the Standard." Badger drew hla colleague a llttli aside. "W-w-w-what do you thins shout p-p-p-prlce?" he murmured "Don't want to s-s-s-stlck a friend ol yours too much. T-t-t-ten pounds?' "Ten pounds Is all right" said Frankle, entering the discussion. 'I'll pay for It now." "Who Is she really?" asked Badgei In a loud whisper. Bobby whispered back. . "F-f-t-Srst time I ever knew any one with a t-t-tltle who c-c-c-ccild pay cash," said Badger with respect Bobby followed the other two out to the Bentley. When Is this business going t take place?" he demsnded. The sconer the better," said Frankle. "We thought to-morrow afternoon." Look here, can't I be there? I'll put on a beard It you like." Certainly not" said Frankle. "A beard would probably .ruin every thing by falling oft at the wroni moment But 1 don't see why you shouldn't be a motorcyclist -with a lot of cap and goggles. What do you think, George?" George Arbuthnot -spoke for tbi second time. '.'All right" he said. 'The more the merrier." His voice was even-more melan choly than before. THE rendezvoua tor the great ac cident party was fixed at a spot about a mile from Staverley village where the road to Staverley branched off from the main road to Andover. All three arrived there safely, though Frankle's Standard bad shown unmistakable signs of de crepitude at every hill. The time fixed had been one o'clock. "We don't want to be Interrupted when we're ataglng the thing," Frankle had said. "Hardly anything ever goes down this road, 1 should Imagine, but at lunch time we ought to be perfectly ssfe." They proceeded tor half a mile on the aide rosd and tben Frankle pointed out the place she bad se lected for the sccldent to take place. "It couldn't be better In my opin ion," she said. "Straight down thla hill, and then, as you see, the rosd gives a audden very sharp turn round that bulging bit of wall. The wall Is actually the wall of Merro way Court It we start the car and let It run down the hill It will crash straight Into the wall and something pretty drastic ought to happen to it." "I should say so," Bobby agreed. "But one of us ought to be on the lookout at the corner to be sure no body Is coming round It from the opposite direction." "Quite right" said Fi ankle. "We don't want to Involve anybody else In a mesa. George can lake his car down there and turn It as though he were coming from the other direc tion. Then when he waves a hand kerchief It will show that all li clear." "Y o u r ' e looking very pale Frankle," said Bobby anxiously "Are you sure you're all right?" tCetr"ll I'lt-Sitt, A fits CSrUtie) "Uneoniclout," Prsnkls tl ear. rltd Into Mer'QWAy Court Mondtv. n MAY GET PAROLE AALEM, Feb. 30. (AP) J e $ 9 Johnston. former Grant Paaa attor ney will b paroled from the atate penitentiary Mwrh 13. aubjert to ap proval or rejection of Governor Mar tin, mem he ra of the atate parole board announced. Ill requeet for parol aa vmn a ha nerved hi mini mum sentence vu granted at th recent rneetln of the board. Johnston was aentenced to eerve thre yrar on a char of larceny bt rmbeirlement. On March 13 he mill have aerved hla one-year minimum lentence. It waa repotted tha parole board rproved but four application out of 34 eligible for parole aa fr a mini mum ennoe were concerned. WOULD USE LASH ON WIFE BEATER PORTLAND. Ore., Fob. 2o-(Ap) Judge Donald E. Long, declaring the defendant deserved punishment at the now outlawed whipping poet, Im posed the maximum sentence on Caa- per Mlllttz. convicted today of tearing the clothes from hla wife and hla 17-year-old daughter and brutally beating them. Torn shreds of clothing and strands of hair from the heads of the victim were shown In evidence. Mllllts waa charged with drunkenness and dis orderly conduct. "If It were within my power I would personally recommend the de fendant be whipped publicly and then jailed," said Judge Long. "However. In obedience to court regulations. I sentence the defendant to serve six months In the county Jail and pay a fine of ftfiOO." 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