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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936.
BYSOPSlSr Frankle Dencent
not to ture Roger Battlngton
ffrench murdered the man tdenti
fied at Alexander Pritchard at the
vat when the ttagtd an "accident"
icith the help ot hobby Jonet, and
tecured admittance to the Batting-ton-ffreneh
country houte. Bhe it
convinced alto that the victim't
real name wat Alan Carttaire, al
though that remaint to be proved.
Meanwhile the name of a Dr. Ntch
olton, a Canadian running a drug
cre nearby, hat entered the equa
tlon. Chapter 20
DR. NICHOLSON
rRANKIB Attacked Sylvia the fol
lowing morning. She etartel by
asking carelessly:
''What was that man's name yon
mentioned last nlghtT Alan Car-
talrs. was It? 1 feei sure I re heard
that name before."
"I dare say you have. He' rather
a celebrity In bla way, I believe. He'a
a Canadian a naturalist -and big-
game hunter and explorer. I don't
really know him. Some trlenda of
ours, the Rlvlngtons, brought him
down here one day tor lunch. A very
attractive man big and bronzed
and nice blue eyes.
"I was sure I'd heard ot him."
"He'd never been over to this
country before, I believe. Last year
he went a tour through Africa with
that millionaire man, John Savage
the one who thought he had can-
eer and killed himself In that tragic
way. Carstalrs has been all over the
world. East Africa, South America
simply everywhere, I believe."
"Sounds a nice adventurous per
son," said Frankle.
"Oh, he was. Distinctly attrac
tive."
"Funny his being so like the
man who fell over the cliff at March-
bolt," said Frankle.
"I wonder if everyone has a
double."
They compared Instances, but
. Frankle was careful to make no fur
ther references to Alan Carstalrs.
In her own mind she was quite con
vinced that the victim of the cliff
tragedy at Marchbolt had been Alan
Carstalrs. He fulfilled all the con
ditions. He had no Intimate friends
or relations in this country, and his
disappearance was unlikely to be
noticed for some time.
Very good then. The next step
was to learn more about Alan Car
stalrs. His connection with the Bas-elngton-ffrenchs
seemed to have
been ot the slightest He had been
brought down there quite by ch .ce
by friends. What was tbe name?
Rivlngton. Frankle stored It In her
memory for future use.
"I don't want to be poisoned or
knocked on the head," thought
Frankle with a grimace. "They were
ready enough to bump off Bobby
for practically nothing at all"
Her thoughts flew oft at a tangent
to that tantalizing phrase that had
started the whole business. Evans!
Who was Evans? Where did Evans
lit In?
"A dope gang," decided Frankle.
, Perhaps some relative ot Caratalrs
was being victimized, and he had
determined to bust It up. Evans may
have been one ot the gang who had
retired and gone to Wales to live.
Caratalrs had bribed Evans to give
the others away, and Evans had con
sented and Carstalrs went there to
see him, and someone followed him
and killed him.
Was that somebody Roger Bas
slngton ffrench? It seemed very un
likely. The Caymans, now, were far
more what Frankle imagined a gang
'of dope-smugglers would be likely
to be. '
'pHAt evening Dr. Ncholson and
his wife were expected to dinner.
Frankle was Untitling dressing when
she heard their car drive up to the
front door. Her window faced their
way, and she looked out.
A tail man was Just alighting
from the driver's seat of a dark
blue Talbot.
Frankle withdrew her head
thoughtfully.
Carstalrs had been a Canadian.
Dr. Nicholson was a Canadian. And
Dr. Nicholson had a dark-blue Tal
bot. Dr. Nicholson was a big man with
a manner that suggested great re
serves of power. Ills speech was
slow, and on the whole he said very
little, but he contrived somehow to
make every word sound significant
He wore strong glasses, and behind
them his very pale blue eyes glit
tered reflectively.
Ills wife was a slender creature
of perhaps twenty-seven, pretty, In
deed beautiful. She seemed, Frankle
thought, slightly nervous and chat
tered rather feverishly as though to
conceal the tact.
"You had sn accident. I hear, Lady
Frances." said Pr. Nicholson as he
took his seat beside her at the din
ner table.
CHEMAWA, Or.. PVb. afl. (AP)
Tha beat of tom-tomi. oama and war
dancra executed In tribal contume
ushered In the two-day celebration
of th flflfh anntvwraary of Chemiwa
Inrllnn school here yesterday.
Moie than 2!o alumni and former
turtfnU were gathered here for the
bluest celebration Chemawa had iwr
wltnrnsed.
Alumni vlui'.ora were guests of the
whoal and atipt. Paul T. Jarkaon at
dinner laat nlRht. preceding the stu
dent' pronrnm featured by two play
depicting Indian legend, life and cua
tom. 'Emotion" Perfume by Vim)
Chany, a favorite of movie etara. At
Touag'a Dai Co., Mala tud Ceausl.i
Frankle explained the catastro
phe. "That was too bad," he said, as
she finished, having perhaps made a
more detailed story of it than
seemed strictly' necessary. "But you
seem to have made a very good re
covery." "We won't admit she's cured yet.
We're keeping her with us," said
Sylvia.
The Doctor's gaze went to Sylvia.
Something like a very faint smile
came to his lips, but passed almost
Immediately.
"I should keep her with yon as
long as possible," be said gravely,
Frankle was sitting between her
host and Dr, Nicholson. Henry
Basslngtontfrench was decidedly
moody to-night. His bands twitched,
he ate next to nothing, and he took
no part In the conversation.
Mrs. Nicholson, opposite, had a
difficult time with him, and turned
to Roger with obvious relief. She
talked to htm In a desultory fash
ion, but Frankle noticed that her
eyes were never long absent from
her husband's face.
Dr. Nicholson was talking about
life In the country. "Do you know
what a culture Is, Lady Frances?"
"Do you mean book-learning?"
asked Frankle, rather puzzled.
"No, no. I was referring to germa
They develop, you know. In specially
prepared serum. The country. Lady
Frances Is a little like that There
Is time, and space, and Infinite leis
uresuitable conditions, you see,
for development"
"Do you mean bad things?" asked
Frankle.
"That depends, Lady Frances, on
the kind ot germ cultivated."
Idiotic conversation, thought
Frankle. Why should It make you
feel creepy? Yet It did! She said
flippantly, "I expect I'm developing
all sorts ot dark qualities."
TTE looked at her and said calm
n ly: "OH, no, I don't think, so,
Lady Frances. I think you would
always be on the side of law and
order."
Was there a faint emphasis on the
word law?
Suddenly, across the table Mrs.
Nicholson said, "My buaband prides
himself on summing up character."
Dr. Nicholson nodded his head
gently. "Quite right, Molra. Little
things Interest me." He turned to
Frankle again. "I had beard of your
accident, you know. One thing aboul
It Intrigued me very much.
"Yes?" said Frankle, her heart
beating suddenly.
"The doctor who was paaslng. The
one who brought you In here."
"Yea?"
"He must have had a curious
character to turn his car before
going to the rescue."
"I don't understand."
"Of course not You were uncon
scious. But young Reeves, the mes
senger boy, came from Staverley on
his bicycle, and no car passed him.
Yet he comes round the corner,
finds 'the smaah, and the doctor's
car pointing the same way he was
going towards London.
"You see the point? Tbe Doctor
did not come from the direction ol
Staverley, so he muat have come
the other way, down the hill. But
in that case, his, car should have
been pointing toward Staverley. But
It wasn't Therefore he must have
turned It."
"Unless he had come from Staver
ley some time before," said Frankle.
"Then his car would have been
standing there as,ou came down
the hill. Was It?"
"I don't remember," said Frankle.
"1 don't think so."
"You sound like a detective, Jas
per," said Mrs. Nicholson. "And all
about nothing at all."
"Little things Interest me," said
Nicholson. He turned to his bostesi
and Frankle drew a breath ot relief.
Why had he catechized her like
that? How had be found out all
about the accident? "Little things
Interest me," he had said. Was that
all there was to It? Frankle re
membered the dark-blue Talbot and
the tact that Carstalrs had been a
Canadian. It seemed to her that Dr.
Nicholson was a sinister man.
She kept out of his way after din
ner, attaching herself to the gentle,
fragile Mrs. Nicholson. She noticed
that all the time Mrs. Nicholson's
eyes still wstched her husband. Was
It love, Frankle wondered, or fear?
"Well," said Roger after they bad
gone, "what do you think of out
Dr. Nicholson? A very forceful per
sonallty, hasn't he?"
"I'm like Sylvia," ssld Frankle
"1 don't think 1 like him very much
1 like her better."
l!) JS-3S. Alttke Cl'ilHe)
Prinkl Mnda in urgt nt msisage,
tomorrow, to Bobby.
1M.0V1E STAR'S CHILD
hoixvwood, mi , rh a api
Pellet jiiaM tu mnlntAinfd tiy
it tin hom o! Virginia Bruc, evrern
aetrwi. wtio J-ymr-old dughtr.
Svin Ann OIllM-rt, was trportM
thrarnd with klrtnuping.
Cllxlvs Hn. Mm wrltrr and Mlna
Bnwt's pfrnonal rrprNwntntlvc. told
drtrrtiirM n unldf nlltlrd woman
had w-artiM hr th Mnndf player
and her child mP In "giralfr dan
ger and muat b notified."
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HtXusttt Syndlcm, 1m.
With the exception of the sun and
moon, Venus la the brightest object
that we see In the sky. Tet, strange
as It seems, we do not see Venus
best when it is brightest, or nearest
us, or farthest from the sun In the
sky.
When Venus la nearest us It Is
not at lta brightest, and we can see
but- a crescent of It, lik the new
moon. When the planet presents a
fully Illuminated side to the earth,
as the full moon. It is not at its
best because when it Is so far from
the earth the size of It Is dwarfed.
When It Is farthest from the sun
It Is not at Its brightest. We see
Venus beet In an intermediate posi
tion, when It appears to be a well
lllumlnated thick crescent.
Thomas Fuller, seventeenth cen
tury English hlstdrlan, had one or
the most remarkable memories on
record. He could repeat flOO uncon
nected words In order after hearing
them twice, and could reclt a like
list of 600 strange names upon hear
ing them two or three times. He
could also drive through London and
back again over the samo route, and
then remember each sign he saw
on the streets during the trip.
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His method of writing was even
more astounding. Fuller usually
wrote by setting down a list of
words In a column along the left
hand side of the paper. Then he
would go back to the beginning
and fill out each line without mak
ing a change.
One of the strangest cemeteries
Is. that of the Hupl Indians at
Acoma, New Mexico, where the burial
ground was built on solid rock. Dirt
had to be carried up from the low
lands with which to bury the dead.
Tomorrow:
and Sudden Escape.'
Phone 542. We ll haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
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