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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.OREGOX. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1936
.OCKED DOOR
By GLUYA5 WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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BYNOPSIS: FraukU Dmml U
determined that a chop named
Baeeingtoi-ffrench vnthta another
ehay. Identified ae Alexander
Pritchard. over a citff to hit death.
With the connivance ot Bobby
Jonee. her friend, ehe ha faked on
accident and hoe gotten hereelf into
the home of Henry Bateington
drench, hhe tearnt from Henry1
trite that Roger, whom Frankie
ttieperle. vrtll be along thorlly. And
now ehe ie vorried becaueo Henry
Baeeington-tJrench teem to be too
nervout and txeitabl ot timet.
Chsptar IS
ENTER ROGER
MOT that Henry ni always like
l that Latar that aranlng-, at din-
Bar, ba showed out la gulta a new
llnht Ha joked, laughed, told ato-
riea. and waa, for a man of hit ablll-
tlea, quite brilliant. Too brilliant,
Frank la fait The brilliance waa Just
aa unnatural and out of character.
"Ha baa auch queer eyes," ehe
thought. "Thar frighten ma a little."
And yet surely the did not suspect
Henry Baaslngton-lfrench of any
thing? It waa bis brother, not he,
who bad been In Marcbbolt on that
fatal day.
Aa tor the brother, Frankie looked
forward to aealng him with eager
Interest. According to ber and to
Bobby, tbe man was a murderer. She
was going to meet a murderer face
to face.
She felt momentarily nerrous. Yet,
after all, how could be guessT How
could be, In any way. connect ber
with a successfully accomplished
crime?
"You're making a bogy for your
self out of notbing," sba reflected.
Roger Basslngton Branch arrived
Just before tea on the following af
ternoon. Frankie did not meat him
till tea-time. Sha waa still aupposed
to "rest" in the afternoon.
Wben she came out onto the lawn
where tea waa laid. 8ylla aald. smil
ing: "Here la our Invalid. This Is
my brother-in-law Lady Francea
Derwent."
Frankie aaw a tall, slender young
man of something over thirty with
Terr pleasant eyas. Although sha
could see what Bobby meant by say
ing he ought to hare a monocle and
, a toothbrush moustache, she herself
waa mora Inclined to notice the In
tense blue of bis eyes. They shook
handa.
Ha said: "I've been hearing all
about the way you tried to break
down the park wall."
"I'll admit," aald Frankie. "that
I'm the world's worst driver. But I
was driving an awful old rattletrap.
My own car waa laid up, and I bought
a cheap one second-hand."
"She waa rescued from the ruins
by a very good-looking young doe
tor." said Sylvia.
"He waa rather sweet," agreed
Frankie.
Tommy arrived at this moment
and flung himself upon bis uncle
wltn squeaks ot Joy.
"Have yon brought me a Hornby
train? You aald you would. You said
yon would!"
"Oh, Tommy, you mustn't ask for
things!" said Sylvia.
"That'a all right, Sylvia. It was a
promise. I've got your train all right,
old man." Ha looked casually at bla
elater-in-law. "Isn't Henry coming to
tear'
"I don't think so." A constrained
note was in her voice. "Ha Isn't feel
ing awfully well today, I Imagine."
Then she aald Impulsively, "Ob,
Roger, I'm glad you're back I"
Ha put hla hand on her arm for
a minute. "That'a all right, Sylvia,
old girl."
After tea, Roger played trains with
bis nepbew. Frankie watched them,
her mind In a turmoil. Surely this
wasn't tbe sort ot man to push peo
ple over cliffs! This charming young
man couldn't be a cold-blooded mur
derer! But then shs and Bobby must
have been wrong all along. Wrong,
that Is, about thla part ot It.
She felt aura now tbat It wasn't
Passlngton-ffrench who bad pushed
Prllchard orer the cliff.
Then who was It? 8he waa still
eonvlnced ba bad been pushed over.
Who had dona It? And who had put
the morphia In Bobby's beer?
With the thought ot morphia sud
denly the explanation ot Henry Baa-alngton-tfrench's
peculiar eyes came
to her, with their pin point pupils.
Waa Henry Bamlngton ffrenrh a
drug (lend?
CTKANtlELY enough, she received
coutlrmatlon of this theory no
later than the following day, and ft
came from Roger.
They had been playing a single at
tennis against each other and, sit
ting afterwards sipping Iced drinks,
had been talking about varloua In
different subjects.
A pause had fallen while these
thoughts were passing through
Krankle's mind. It was broken by
0
OAM P ROND (ftp! ) Enrollee
Parlt NAMlrod, member of comptny
353. CCC, Cmp Ann, Ore., hu
been plaord on deUched tterrloe with
company Camp Rnd, and will
be employed by the Sltkljrou national
foreM as a ln painter. He will be
stationed itt the oranta PaM aide
camp, opmted by Camp Rand.
Five men from Illinois, who have
been stationed av Camp Rand, were
railed home to accept Joh taat weeit.
Tney are Albert R. Churnoy, Brtirard
M. Kumar, Joseph L. Pellino Dean
W. Woolsey snd Robert K. Schubert
peter CShiiiia ment home when he
received word ot UUwas In his family.
Roger apeaklng this tlma In an en
tirely different tone of voice.
"Lady Frances, I'm going to do a
rather peculiar thing. Ive known
yon less than twenty-four hours, but
I feel Instinctively that you're th
one person I can ask advice from."
"Advice?" said Frankie surprised.
"Yea. I can't make up my mind
between two different courses of ac
tion." Ha paused. Ha waa leaning
forward, swinging a racquet between
bla knees, a light frown on his fore
bead. He looked worried and upset
"It's about my brother. Lady
Frances."
"Year'
"He la taking drugs. I am aura
ot It"
"What makes you think so?" asked
Frankie.
"Everything. Hla appearance. His
extraordinary cbangea of mood. And
have you noticed bis eyes? Tbe pu
pils are Ilka pinpoints."
"I had noticed that," admitted
Frankie. "What do you think It is?"
"Morphia or some form of opium.
"Has It been going on for longr'
"I data the beginning of It from
abaut alx months ago. 1 remember
tbat be complained of sleeplessness
a good deal. How he first came tc
take the stuff I don't know, but J
think It must bava begun soon after
then."
"How does he get hold of It?" In
quired Frankie practically.
I tblnk It comes to blm by post.
Have you noticed tbat be Is par
ticularly nervous and Irritable some
days at tea-time?"
Yes, I have."
I suspect that tbat la when he
baa finished up bis supply and U
waiting tor more. Then, after alx
o'clock post baa come, be goea Into
hla atudy and emergea for dinner In
quite a different mood."
Frankla nodded. She remembered
tbat unnatural brilliance ot conver
sation sometimes at dinner.
But where doea the aupply coma
from?" sba asked.
Ah, that I don't know. No reputa
ble doctor would give It to him.
There are, 1 auppose, various aourcea
where one could get It In London
by paying a big price."
FRANKIE nodded thoughtfully.
"Why exactly are you telling me
this?" she asked.
"Because 1 don't know what to do
about Sylvia," he said simply.
You think she doesn't know?"
'Of course she doesn't know.
Ought I to tell her?"
It's very difficult "
It Is difficult That'a why I
thought you might be able to help
ma. Sylvia haa taken a great fancy
to you. She doesn't cars much for
any ot the people round about but
ahe liked you at once, she tells me.
What ought 1 to do, Lady Frances?
By telling ber, I shall add a great
burden to her life."
If she knew, she might have soma
Influence," suggested Frankie.
I doubt it When it's a case of
drug-taking, nobody, even the near
est and dearest has any Influence."
"That'a rather a hopeless attitude.
Isn't It?"
It's a fact There are ways, of
course. If Henry would only consent
to go In tor a cure there's a place
actually near here. Run by a Dr.
Nicholson."
But he'd never consent, would
he?"
He might. You can catch a
morphia-taker in a mood ot extrava
gant remorse sometimes when he'd
do anything to cure "himself. I'm In
clined to think that Henry might be
got to that frame of mind more easi
ly It he thought Sylvia didn't know
if her knowing were held over blm
aa a kind of threat. It the curs were
successful they'd call It 'nerves.' of
course aha would never need to
know."
Would he have to go away tor tha
cure?"
The place I mean Is about three
miles from here, the other side ot
the village. It's run by a Canadian,
Dr. Nicholson. A very clever man,
I believe. And fortunate!) Henry
likes him. Hush here comes
Sylvia "
Mrs. Basslngton-ffrench Joined
them, observing, "Hsre you been
very energetic?"
'Three sets," said Frankie. "And
I waa beaten every tlma."
"You play a very good game," aald
Roger.
I'm terribly laty about tennis,"
said Sylvia. "We must ask the Nich
olsons over one dsy. She's very fond
of a game. Why what Is Itr Shs
had caught tha glance tha other two
had exchanged.
"Nothing only I Just happened ti
be talking about tha Nicholsons U
Lady Frances."
(Ceffi'i IMJ-JJ-J. telle Ct.uK,)
Franhlt takta a tricky bull by the
horns, tomorrow.
Clarence A. Wlrtc, Camp Rand, wo
recently underwent an opevatlon for
appendicitis st a Medfoni hospital.
Is recovering according to word re
ceived here. Floyd C. ftmith. who is
In the U. S. Vetersnv' hoapltal at
Rose burg, ts recowrlr from an at
tack of pneumonia,
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FvilloKlns trsdltlon that cut j
brk to ID'Jfl there will N Bln 1
this year a solemn world-wide no
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March 10 to It.
to participate In this norens. ,
It Is ntfcesisry only to send one's
Intentions to 8lnt Joseph's Shrine. '
Cot-des-Ne!(res, Montresl, whera
they will be plnced before the
ststijta of Saint Joteph durlna the
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On Friday, December 13, last year,
Arthur D. West, climbed 13 stops to
the top of the scaffold at San Quen- j
tin penitentiary, California, to pay j
) with his life for a murder that he 1
had committed. Just 13 minutes after !
j the trap was sprung, Went was de-1
Iclared dead. !
The strange aequenc eof 13's and
( Fridays that ran througn hla crime
f and conviction began on a Friday :n
' October, 1934. when West killed a
fellow soldier. A Jury found blm
guilty of first degree murder re
, tuiing the verdicts on Friday. A
week, later, on Friday, he waa sen
' tenced to die the execution waa or
j dered to take place on the third Pri
: day in April, 1038. Weet'e attorney
appealed, but on Friday, September
27, the supreme court of the etate
j denied the appeal. West waa resen
tenced to hang on Friday, December
18. This sentence waa carried out.
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