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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.
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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." I
Ace Dies In Crash
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb.
30, (AP) Squadron Leader Malcolm
MacOregor, world war ace and fre
quent competitor In long distance
flying races, was killed at Welling
ton's airport today when his plane
crashed In attempting to land In a
gale.
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OAKLAND. M. Frtv 30 (AP
Th forbirt1n romance of an 0k
land hlch arhonl firl and a young
woolen mill owrwr rnoM here to
day, a mediril examiner aald. In what
appeared to be a aulolde part.
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bodlea of Fthel Kenlnton. 15, mleelng
alnce Feb. 7, and Freeman Young. 37,
formerly of Penarook, N. H.. -re
found In an automoMie in a ftarae
on the farm of Mr. Alda Goodwin,
where Young boarded. A rubber hoe
attached to the exhaviM pipe filtered
a window of the car.
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deatha were ratieed by tarbon mon
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