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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORI). OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1936.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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3 m m jggffig
sy.VOHSIB; Lady Frances Der
went has bought an old car, and is
lijm.'itffiff o smash it aoainMt the
wall of lleirovay Court, pretend
injury, and thus gain admission to
the home ) Basstngton-ffrench.
l.ndy trantea thinks Bassinoton
ffrench had something to do with a
certain mysterious murder, and
with an equally inexplicable at
tempt on Bobby Jones' life. Bobby
Is helping ielth the "accident," as
is George Arbuthnot, a d"'-"-friend
ol Frankie's.
Chapter 19
8UCCE88
'I'M made up pale, explained
Frankie. "Ready for the con
cussion. You don't want me to be
carried Into the bouse blooming
with health."
"How wonderful women are!"
said Bobby appreciatively. "You
look exactly like a sick monkey."
"I think you're very rude," said
Frankie. "Now then 1 shall go and
prospect at the gale Into Merroway
Court, it's Just this side of the bulge.
There's no lodge fortunately. When
George waves his handkerchief and
I wave mine, you start her off."
"Right," said Bobby. "I'll stay on
tbe running board to guide her until
the pace gets too hot and then I'll
Jump off."
"Don't hurt youiself," said
Frankie anxiously.
"1 shall be extremely careful not
to. It would complicate matters to
have a real accident on the spot of
the faked one."
"Well, start off, George," said
Frankie.
George nodded, Jumped Into the
second car and ran slowly down the
hill. Bobby and Frankie stood look
ing after blm.
"You'll look after yourself, won't
you. Frankie?" said Bobby with sud
den gruffnesa. "I mean don't go do
ing an j thing foolish."
"I shall be all right. Most circum
spect. By the way, I don't think I'd
hotter write to you direct. I'll write
to George or my maid or someone
or other to pass on to you."
"I wonder If George Is going to
be a success In bis profession?"
"Why shouldn't he?"
"Well, he doesn't seem to have ac
quired a chatty bedside manner
yet."
"I expect that will come," said
Frankie. "I'd better be going now.
I'll let you know when I want you
to come down with the Bentley."
. "I'll get busy with, the moustache.
So long, Frankie."
They looked at each other for a
moment and then Frankie nodded
and began to walk down the hill.
George bad turned the car and
then backed It round the bulge.
FRANKIE disappeared (or a mo
ment, then reappeared In the
road waving a handkerchief. A seo
ond handkerchief waved from the
bottom of the road at the turn.
Bobby put the car Into third gear,
then standing on the footboard he
released tbe brake. The car moved
grudgingly forward Impeded by be
ing In gear. The slope, however, was
sufficiently steep. The engine start
ed. The car gathered way. Bobby
steadied the steering wheel. At the
last possible moment he Jumped off.
The car went on down the hill and
'crashed Into tbe wall with consid
erable force. All was well tbe acci
dent has taken place successfully.
Bobby saw Frankie run quickly to
the scene of the crime and plop
down amid the wreckage. George In
his car came round the corner and
pulled up.
With a sigh Bobby mounted his
motorcycte and rode away In the
direction of London.
At tho scene of the accident
things were busy.
"Shall I roll about In the road a
bit?" asked Frankie. "To get my
self dusty."
"You might as well," said George.
"Here, give me your hat."
He took It and Inflicted a terrlftc
dent on It. Frankie gave a fslnt
anguished cry.
"That's the concussion," explained
George. "Now then, lie doggo Just
whero you are. I think I heard a bi
cycle bell."
Sure enough, at that moment, a
boy of about seventeen came whis
tling round the corner. He stopped
at once, delighted with the pleasura
ble spectacle that met his eyes.
"Ooer!" be ejaculated, " 'as there
been an accident?"
"No." said George sarcastically.
"The young lady ran her car Into
the wall on purpose."
Accepting, as be was meant to do,
this remark as Irony rather than the
slmplo truth which It was, the boy
aid with relish, "Looks bad, don't
he? Is she dead?"
"Not yet." said George. "Sbt must
he taken somewhere at once. I'm a
loctor. What's this place In here?"
PIN BALL LICENSE
FIXED IN ASHLAND
AMI LAND. Keb. 31. (Spt ) The
A hi i n d city council, unanimously
accepting tin auHeentlon of a upeelal
committee, Tuesday nlftht rlampe-1
down on plnball jtamea In the city
limits by Mtnriithg an annual licence
fee on each machine. Theatra, carl
pwnm. bt lll.i rd hall, ard bowling
alley were also affected bv the move
In placing the fees, the council
pointed out that the move was miule
not only for the purpose of raising
revenue, but to enable the city fath
rrs to keep an eve en auh equip
ment An annual fee of ftM) wa
piitctvl on all machines using 10 or
lesi balls, with the fee to be lh
yemly f-.r I... -,;. iYlfi ovr 10
bell.
Ill lltUllll i. In t.'.c lew on rt,-li
machine, es-h distributor will be
called upon to pay a let of 1100 year-
"Merroway Court. Belongs to Mr.
Basslngton-ffrench. He's a J.D., ha
Is."
"She must be carried there at
once," said George authoritatively.
"Here, leavo your bicycle, and lend
me a hand."
ONLY too willing, tbe boy propped
bis bicycle against the wall and
came to assist. Between them George
and tbe boy carried Frankie up th)
drive to a pleasant, old-fashioned-looking
manor house.
Their approach had been ob
served, tor an elderly butler came
out to meet tbem.
"There's been an accident," aald
George curtly. "Is there a room I
can carry this lady Into? She must
be attended to at once."
The butler went back Into tbe ball
fa.rt
i
'She must be taken somewhere at
once."
In a fluntorod way. George and the
boy followed him up closoly, still
carrying the limp body of Frankie
The butler bad go,ie Into a room on
the left and from tl.ere a woman
emerged. She was tall, with red hair,
and about thirty years of age. Hor
oyes were a light, clear blue.
She dealt with the situation
quickly.
"Thero Is a spare bedroom on the
ground floor," she said. "Will you
bring her In there? Ought I to tele
phone for a doctor?"
"I am a doctor," oxplalncd George.
"I wns pnsslng In my cor and saw
the accident occur."
"Oh! How very fortunate. Come
this way, will you?"
She showed them the way Into a
pleasant bedroom with windows giv
ing on tho garden.
"Is she badly hurt?' she Inquired.
"I can't tell yot."
Mrs. l)assltigton-nrench took the
hint and retired. The boy accompa
nied her and launched out Into a de
scription of the accident aa though
he had been an actual witness of It.
"linn smack Into the wall, she
did. Car's all smashed up. There she
wns lying on the ground with her
hat all dinted In. The gentleman he
was pnsslng In his car " He pro
ceeded ad lib. till got rid of with a
half-crown.
Meanwhile Franklt and George
wore conversing In careful whispers.
rirtrnti mt-)-si. HisiU Ct.utisi
Qeorgt svsdti s hot spot, to
morrow. ly rKsrillPM or whether hs has one
mat-hlti or many. pnvlMon Is slao
msde tltat the mnchlnrs he limited
to five rent piny, ffnd children under
lfi will he prohthlted from plsylng
them.
Cousins United By
Musical Laughter
MACXN, OS . FVb. 31. (-pi The
mitAli-sl ItiUKh of Mrs. trf'wui Hsrper
served to unite her with a cousin she
hadn't seen In 3S years.
Mrs. llirixr Intiched aloud aa sh
rrir In s troln with a friend, fleveral
srstA swity s womnn rtse quickly,
lonkrd lomd snd rrcvnlred ths
hivny one m her klnswonirtn.
SETTLEMENTAVERTS
MEXICO S. P. STRIKE
MKXICO CITY. FVb. 31.
A ittrike iwheiuiei to start at mxm
nn the H'UHhf rn Tarlfic iilway ot
MrtuM waa called off early txlay
when employe and offlcisla of the
company re Ached an aureement on
the avmnnd of ihe workTa.
The term of the dftnpnient re
nt InnnftUately dlscloaed.
QfyO ft
Work, according to the scientific
point of view, Is done when a force
acta against resistance to produce mo
tion in ft body. When you lift some
thing you produce motion In a body
whatever you lift) against a resistance-
(gravity). But when you hold
something stationary overhead you
do no work because you produce no
motion, despite the fact that the pull
of gravity Is acting on the body that
you are holding.
Work is done when yoi lift a fea
ther; no work Is done when you hold
a heavy weight overhead. Likewise
bridge piling does no work In up
porting the bridge, a table leg does
no work In supporting the table.
Probably the two moat confusing
geographic names In the United States
are the state of Washington and
Washington, District of Columbia.
Strange as It seems, the state was so
named to avoid confusion with the
nation's capital. When "Columbia"
was proposed as the name for the
new state, this name was overruled
on the ground that a state called
Columbia would be confused with the
federal District of Columbia. So they
named the state Washington Instead,
and ever since then people have been
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getting the state and the ca.pl tal city
mixed up.
Strange as it seems, Hal Styles'
championship as the fastest talking
human la a result of his Inability at
one time to speak at all. During a
trip In Arctic waters, Styles suffered
a mysterious malady which rendered
him voiceless, when he recovered he
became especially interested in voice,
and developed his until he can speak
450 words a minute.
Tomorrow: Left -Handed
In many districts of Texas and
Oklahoma, the 1035 pecan crop was
the largest in years.
WRIG LEY'S,
Tri PERFECT GUMr
FRft) Ft-RU-V WAS PREflV MORfiFlED Hf riE
ANNUAL MEETING OF -THE COUNTRY CLU8 WHEN
HE ROSE -TO REAP HIS "TREASURER'S REPOFtf ANP
DISCOVERED 1rW OWllfe 15 HIS WIFE'S rWjN&
TOH MS fUXEPO fO BE PRESSEP THAI' AFTERNOON
n.WAS NO L0N6ER IN PI5 POCKE'f
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By C M. PAYNE
By HAL FORREST
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