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PART! TE1S
MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTSTE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 193G.
SYNOPSIS: Franks varuun
fu fta. ta(7.f a fake accident at
the gateway ct Uerroway Court in
order to be oarried nid. And ehe
wante to get ineide becauee a man
named Baeeingtan ffreneh livee
there, end Frankte euepeete him
of pushing a man over o cliff and
of attempting the lite of her friend.
Bobby Jonee. with an overaoee ol
morphia. Frankie hoc been received
well, and now the houeehold U
awaiting George Arbuthnot'e lake
domination, George being en ad
vtmturoue d oot or friend of
frankie'e.
Chapter 1'.
MEAN TRICK
""EORQE, darling, thli won't
blight your eareer. will Itr'
frankle asXed. "They won't strlka
yon off tb register, or whatever
It la. will they?"
"Probably," sail George gloomily.
"That la, If It ever cornea out"
"It won't," aald Frankle. "Don't
worry, George. I shan't let you
down." She added thoughtfully,
"You did It very well. I've never
hoard you talk eo much before."
George ilgbed. He looked at bli
watch. "I ahall glre my examina
tion another three mlnutea," he
aald.
"Wnat, about the car?"
"I'll arrange with a garage to haye
that cleared up."
"George," aald Frankle, "you're
been an angel. I don't know why
you did It"
"No more do I," aald George.
"Damn fool thing to do."
He nodded to her.
"Bye-bye. Enjoy yourself."
"I wonder If I shall," said Frankte.
She was thinking of that cool im
personal rolce with the alight Ameri
can accent
George went In search of the own
er of It, whom he found waiting for
him in the drawing-room.
"Well." be said abruptly. 'Tin
glad to say It's not ao bad aa I
feared. Concussion Tery alight and
already passing off. Ehe onght to
stay quietly where so la for a day
or so, though." He paused. "She
seema to be a Lady Frances Der
went." "Oh, fancy I" said Mrs. Basslngton
ffreneh. "Then I know soma cousins
of hers, the Draycotta. quite well."
"I don't know If U'a Inconvenient
for you to have her here." aald
George, "But if she could stay wbera
aba was tor a day or two" Here
George paused.
"Oh, of course. That will be quite
all right Dr ?"
"Arbuthnot By the way, I'll see
to the car business. I shall be pass
ing a garage."
"Thank you very much, Dr. Ar
buthnot How very lucky you hap
pened to be passlngl I suppose a
doctor ought to aee ber to-morrow
Just to see she's getting on all
right"
"Don't think It's necessary," said
George. "All she needs la quiet"
"I see. But her people ought to
know."
'I'll attend to that," aald George.
"XI'ELL bore I am, thought
' ' Frankle. "Safely In the enemy'a
camp. Now it's up to me."
There was a tap on the door and
Mrs. Banslngton-ffrench entered.
Frankle raised herself a little on
ber pillows.
"I'm so frightfully sorry," she
said in a taint voice. "Causing you
all thla bother."
"Nonsense," said Mrs. Baiting-ton-ffrencn.
Frankle heard anew
that cool, attractive, drawling voice
with a slight American accent, and
remembered that Lord Marchlngton
had aald that one of the Hampshire
Rassington-ffrenchee had married
an American heiress. "Dr. Arbuth
not says you will be quite all right
in a day or two If you Just keep
quiet."
"Ho seems nice," she said. "He
was very kind."
"He seemed a most capable young
man." said Mra. Bssslngton-ffrencb.
"It wss very fortunate that ha Just
happened to be passing."
"Yes, wasn't It?"
"But you mustn't talk," continued
her hostess. "I'll send my maid along
with soma things for you and then
she ran get you properly into bed."
"It'a frightfully kind of you."
"Not at all."
Frankle felt a momentary qualm
as the olhcr woman withdrew.
"A nice kind creature," she said
to herself. "And beautifully unsus
pecting." For the first time she felt that
he was playing a mean trick on
her hostess.
"Oh. well," thought Frankle, "I'vs
got to go through wllh It now. But
I wish she hadn't been so nice about
It"
She spent a dull afternoon and
evening lying In her darkened room.
Mrs. Ilasslngton-ffrencn looked In
onre of twlra to see how she was,
but she did not slay.
The nett day. however, Frankle
POISONS FAMILY
TO GAIN REVENGE
HAMMN. W. Va.. Feb. 79. fAP)
A fatuity of elgiU lay crltK-llT 111
froin poisoning ttvlsr in a hill coun
tr: lionie. their lllnewt brought on
hv whst pnvrvvitor VV R. iMmron
a:d a M-year old dsughier'a
'inM.illou lor a e!iatlsrment.
thuuron vald Gladys Dillon admit
tea mixing poison wllh the flour
her mother umvI in haktiin bread
He said h'- told him she Intended
Oit to pi);w)n I t moflirr.
Tiit pioeecutor said tdis Dlllou,
admitted the daylight and ex
pressed a dealre for company and
ber hostess came and sat with her
for some time. They discovered
many common acquaintances and
friends, and by the end of that day
Frankle felt with a guilty qualm,
that they had become friends.
Mrs. Basslngton-ffrench referred
several tlmea to her husband and to
her small boy. Tommy. She seemed
a simple woman, deeply attached to
her home: yet for some reaaon or
other Frankte fancied that aha was
not quite happy. There was an anx
lona expression In ber eyes some
times that did not argue a mind at
peace with Itself,
On the third dsy Frankle got up
and was Introduced to the master
of the house.
He was a big man, heavlly-Jowel-ed,
with a kindly but rather ab
stracted air. He seemed to spend a
good deal of hla time ahut up In bli
study. Yet Frankle Judged blm to be
very fond of his wife, though Inter
eating himself very little In her con
cerns. Tommy, the small boy, was seven,
and a healthy, mischievous chl'd
Sylvia Basslngton-ffrench obvlousl)
adored him.
"It's so nice down here," said
Frankle with a sigh. She waa lying
out on a long chair In the garden
"I don't know whether It'a the bant
on the bead, or what It Is, but I Jusl
don't feel I want to move. I'd like
to He here for days and days."
"Well, do." said Sylvia Basslng
ton-ffrench In her calm, Incurloui
tones. "No, really, I mean It Don'l
hurry back to town. You aee." she
went on, "It's a great pleasure tc
me to have you here. You're sc
bright and amusing. It quite cheen
me up."
"So she needs cheering op,'
flashed across Frankle's mind. At
the same time she felt aBhamed o:
herself.
"I feel we roally hare become
friends," continued the other ,wpm
an.
F
HANKIE felt still more ashamed
It was a mean thing aha was do
Ing mean mean mean. Shf
would give It upl Go back to town
Her hostess went on. "It won't be
too dull here. To-morrow mj
brothor-ln-law Is coming back. You'll
like blm, I'm sure. Everyone likes
Roger."
"He Uvea with you?"
"Off and on. He'a a restless crea
ture. He calls himself the ne'er-do
well of the family, and perhaps It'i
true In a way. He never sticks to a
Job for long In fact I don't believe
he's ever done any real work In hie
life. But some people Just are like
that especially In old families. And
they're usually people with a great
charm of manner. Roger la wonder
fully sympathetic I don't know what
I should have done without him thli
Spring when Tommy was 111."
"What was the matter with Tom
my?"
"He had a bad tall from the swing
It must hare been tied on to a rotter
branch, and the branch gave way
Roger waa very much upset because
he was swinging the child at the
time you know, giving hlmhlgi:
onea such as children love. We
thought at first Tommy's spine wat
hurt, but It turned out to be a ver
alight injury and he'a quite all right
now."
"He certainly looks it," sale
Frankle, smiling, as she heard fain
yells and whoops In the distance
"I know. He seems In porfoct con
dltlon. It's such a relief. He'a hat
bad luck In accidents. He was near);
drowned last winter."
"Was he really?" said Frankle
thoughtfully.
8ha no longer meditated return
lng to town. The feeling of guilt hat
abated. Accidents! Did Roger Ras
slngton-ffrencb speclallie in accl
dents, she wondered.
8ho said : "If you're aure you meat
It, I'd love to stay a little longer. But
won't your hushnnd mind my but
ting In like this?"
"Ilonry?" Mrs. Basslngton
(trench's lips curled In a atrange ex
presslon. "No. Henry won't mind
Henry never minds anything now
adays."
Frankle looked at her curiously
"If she knew me belter she'd tell
me something," she thought to her
self. "1 believe there are lots of odd
things going on In this household."
Henry Rasslnglon-ffrench Joined
them for tea. and Frankle stucllrd
him closely. There was certainly
something odd about the man. Ills
type was an obvious one a Jovial,
sport-loving, simple country gentle
man. But such a man ought not to sit
twitching nervously, his nerves obvi
ously on edge.
(CtfitH IS.'J.JJ.Js. ,,,.!, Ch.iuu)
Fr.nhl. m.tti Aog.r Baiilngton
Wrinch to-morrow.
40. arobably will not rrv"oer. Mrs. i
Dt Ion. 3(1. and six children ranging
tn aie from 3 to 13. are in a tertous I
condition.
Tliey were found In their moun
tain cabin three miles from the htU
village of Huhbal and brought to
home there. A doctor said It would J
be Impossible to move the stricken 1
fsmlly to a hospital.
Damron said Hsds wax arre-'ed
Itei-atiKa ahe was tha only one wno I
did not partake of the poisoned
bread. He added:
"It srema the ulrl had left home 1
v. ithout permission, and her mother
punished her by confining her to
thi home, (the aaid In her cot.flon
she '.is snit:-)- with her mother an.i
fully Intended to all Iher.
' ClUds brtke down and crtea
when 1 taid her now uric lati.p;
wr-s.
'.She said. "I didn't mean to hurt
him. Just mamma'.
In Mall Irlbaut mu sua.
OUENDALE. Calif., Feb. S3. (AP)
Dr. Francis E. Towns nd today
urged elimination of the "Amerloan
system of dual party government."
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN MX
For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat Ot
A ROP6. J ifl I
Strange as It seems, General Robert
E. Isee wu offered the command of
both the great American armies that
opposed each other In the Civil war.
When It appeared that actual wnr
would soon brealc out between the
North and the South, President Lin
coln, through a spokesman, offered
Lee command of the armies of the
North. Lee declined.
Though opposed to secession nnd
deprecating war, I could take no part
In an Invasion of the southern suites"
he later explained.
At that time Lee did not know that
he would lead the Southern armies.
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BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Escnpc I
THE RAFT ' UP THERE tN THAT ' ft! 7 I'VE GOT THE RAFT-V 17$ VmHAT HAPPtNEoTlVl TELL tul$ Tvi&RE 60E TW6 CA6W NOW, ANDSg
M CLUMP OF , BEW I L-JJ? R 'LL HAVE IT THERE Jti l Jtl TO THE 6W3 LU3, LATER, CRIP- '0 HAVE 60U.YJVTH T IF IT HADN'T W
ft CAM CONTROL THES5 TWO W 'M A NUTE "nfit WT BEN ? WEt) BETTER I BEEN FORTHE6E BOVS-l'VE SURELY
OOROUOH AND READV,AMD Jfcjf BJWri SFJ GET AWAY g GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO SHOW MV W
St -Sllli ffer
THE NEBB3 What Will the Harvest Be?
I "RUDY, IS ITT' AOUr II .-f BET IT 15 i 1 lUOULDO V ( KJE&B, VOL) VS. BEEW A. PDOE 1
V APSOUT ELUK.K3 TWIS y .( A OOOBLE-CROSSivjo touiutj;. i. . IT AMD 1M T&UisJ(3 SOU THAT f
r A nWro WIM. V lOOULD-OT" LIVE !SJ THE V BUS1KJESS - A KAPoy l.,pE FOR .
JC-"T -T I , P5TJSAME VOORLO WTH MiM.iF ,v -Z-MWMAT?VJeLL,f- "
i i nc nvj - wis r-"-v.vw is ttr . . , n i . - . ii i ' w v . f i
Dr. Townsend, originator of the
old age penalon plan bearing his
name, said In an Interview that re
gardless of whether bis plsn Is
sdopted, the "more than 7,000 Town
send clubs In the United states" will
be used In attack on the existing
patty organization.
In ite place Dr. Townaend advo
cated a return to the "town meet
ings" of early American days, otter
ing his clubs aa the basis of such
a government.
"The two party system In not de
' "Ui iwi huo Nnfftu wirrt(?w
RftlLROAP RUNS rfefRAIrSON
THE UcPT 'vwt- int
R16HT-OF-WAV..I
fi SI
He served aa one of five southern
generals until, In 1866, he was made
commander-in-chief.
The California condor, a bird rare
enough to be protected by stringent
game laws, builds Its nest high on
cllffsldes above the homes of any
other bird or animal. It nests In
places so remote that condor eggs are
very rare and worth about $760. The
nuu-gln of profit la small, however.
lor six mourns in jan ana a v.uu line
awaits anyone who even disturbs &
condor's nest.
French and Dutch Intorwu built
Not Intoreste in Politics I
mocracy, and never waa,"
Townsend.
Woman Gtren Damages
AflTOBlA, Ore. Feb. 23. (AP) A I
circuit court Jury here award! Lu- j
cile Anderson of Portland 48,320 aa
a result of an auto accident south
of here last April. Defendant waa
Edward Fenlon of Portland. The
plaintiff alleged ahe Incurred la
Juries.
Use Mull Tribune want ads.
Commartdw-in-Chiefofihe
Confede&fe tomie,
COMMAND Or TM6
of-.Secivii.WAR
-$e conoop, uves mane
TflAN AMY OWa? CrTEATURE.,
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Irtftl UJHV-XS UXT9 nrsu
some of America's early railroads, and
English engineers put them Into op
eration. Following the custom of
their country, the Englishmen ran
the trains on the left side where
double tracking was used. Although
this has largely been changed to right
hand operation now, there are still
lines on the Chicago and Northwest
ern and the New York Central where
the old system Is used. Both systeiu
have their advantages and to
change from one to the other would
entail enormous expense.
Tomorrow: Fatal Friday the Thlr-trcnih.
miiss
SEATING ARRANGEMENTS
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POlM HUSBAND RErVSR1'0$
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AND REST
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