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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 1. 1936.
BYXOPBlBl frankie Dertmi
end Hobby Jonee have one too many
candidates Jor tho murderer of
Alexander Prttchardor Alan Car
etaire. ae Frankie te convinced that
the name te properly. One te toget
BfielnQton-flrench, who now eeeme
too trank and charming to have
done it. Another ie Dr. Nioholeon.
who rune a drug cure in the neigh
borhood, and eeeme very etrange.
Bohby. dleguteed ae Frankie'e
chauffeur, hae explored Ntcholeon'e
place, and found there a trtghtened
woman whoee face woe that on a
photograph in the dead man'e
pocket.
Chapter 23
CONSULTATION
" R. HAWKINS?"
A' A "Yes," Bald Bobby hll vole
lightly muffled owing to a large
mouthful of bacon and eggi.
"You're wanted on the telephone,
Bobby took a hasty gulp of coffee.
wiped hla mouth and roee. The tele
phone was in a email dark passage.
He took up the receiver.
"Hullo," aald Frankie'e voice.
"Hullo, Frankie," aald Bobby In
cautiously.
"This la Lady Frances Derwent
peaking," said the voice coldly. "Is
that Hawkins?"
"Ye, m'lady."
"I shall want the car at ten o'clock
to take me up to London.
"Very good, your ladyship." Bobby
replaced the receiver.
"When does one say 'my lady' and
when does one say 'your ladyship?'
he cogitated. "I ought to know, but
I don't It's the sort of thing that
will lead a real chauffeur or butler
to catch me out"
At the other end, Frankie hung up
the receiver and turned to Roger Bss-
Ington-ftrench.
"It's a nuisance," the observed
lightly, "to have to go up to London
today. All owing to Father's fuss."
"Still," said Roger, "you'll be back
this evening?"
"Oh, yee."
"I'd half thought of asking you If
you'd give me a lift to town," said
Roger carelessly.
Frankie paused for an Infinitesi
mal second before her answer
(lven with an apparent readiness.
"Why, of course," she said.
"But on second thought I don't
think 1 will go up to-day," went on
Roger, "Henry's looking even odder
than usual. Somehow 1 don't very
much like leaving Sylvia alone with
him."
"I know," said Frankie.
"Are you driving yourself?" asked
Roger casually as they moved away
from the telephone.
"Yes, but I shall take Hawklna.
I've got some shopping to do as well
and It's a nuisance It you're driving
yourself you can't leave the car
anywhere."
"Yes, of course."
He said no more, but when the car
came around, Bobby at the wheel
very stiff and correct of demeanor,
he came out on the doorstep to see
her off.
"Good-bye," said Frankie,
Under the circumstances she did
not think of holding out a hand, but
Roger took hers and held It a min
ute "You are coming back?" ha said
with curious Insistence.
- Frankie laughed. "Of course. I
only meant good-bye till this eve
ning." "Don't have any mora accidents."
"I'll let Hawkins drive If you like."
SHE sprang in beside Bobby, who
touched bis cap. The car moved
off down the drive, Roger still stand
ing on the steps looking after It
"Bobby," aald Frankie, "do you
think It possible that Roger might
fall for me?"
"Hae he?" Inquired Bobby.
"Well, I Just wondered."
"I eipect you know the symptoms
pretty well," said Bobby. But he
poke absently.
Frankie ehot him a glance. "Has
anything happened?" ehe asked
"Yes, It has. Frankls, I've found
the original ot the photograph!"
"You mean the one the one you
talked so much about the one that
was In the dead man's porket?"
"Yee."
"Bobbyl I've got a few things to
tell you, but nothing to this. Where
did you And her?"
Bobby Jerked his head back over
his shoulder. "In Dr. Nicholson's
nursing home."
"Tell me."
Carefully and meticulously Bobby
described the events ot the previous
night. Frankie listened breathlessly.
" Then we are on tn right track."
she said. "And Dr. Nicholson Is
tnlied up In all this! Bobby, I'm
if raid of that man."
"What Is he like?"
"Oh! big and forceful and he
watches you. Very Intently behind
rlasaea. And you feel be knows all
ibout you."
EATING, DRINKING
NEAR 1929 LEVEL;
BUSINESS GAINS
WASHINGTON, Feb, 29. AP A
continued upward movement of re
fit. I trarte on a foundation of 193ft
fain wa claimed for January today
In an of e aerlea of government
report.
The cnmmrrf department'! week.
survey of retail buslne. meanwhile.
Mid moat of th 33 cm pa onvereo
reported ft a mi in the week ended
Wednesday over the, name period laat
year, but no aubitantla) improve
ment over the preceding evca day
"When did yon meet him?"
"He came to dinner."
She described the dinner party
and Dr. Nicholson's Insistent dwell
ing on the details ot her "accident"
"I felt he was suspicious, she end'
ed up.
"It's certainly queer his going into
details like that" said Bobby. "What
do you think Is at the bottom ot all
this business, Frankie?"
"Well, I'm beginning to think that
your suggestion of a dope gang Isn't
auch a bad guess after all."
"With Dr. Nicholson u the head
of the gang?"
"Yes. This nursing home business
would be a very good cloak for that
sort of thing."
- "That seems plausible enough,"
agreed Bobby.
"I haven't told you yet about Hen
ry Basslngton-ffrench."
Bobby listened attentively to het
description of her host's Idiosyncra
cies. "His wire ooesn i suspectr-
i m sure sue ooesn u
What Is she like? Intelligent?"
I never thought exactly. No, I sup
pose she Isn't very. And yet In somt
ways she seems quite shrewd. A
frank, pleasant woman."
"And our Basslngton-ffrench?"
"There I'm puzzled," said Frank !
slowly. "Do you think, Bobby, that
Just possibly we might be all wrong
about him?"
"Nonsense!" said Bobby. "W
worked It all out and decided that
he must be the villain ot the piece."
Because of the photograph?"
Because ot the photograph." No
one else could have changed thai
photograph for the other."
I know," aald Frankie. "But that
one Incident Is all that we have
against him."
BOBBY looked at her coldly. "Did
you say that he had fallen for
you, or that you bad fallen tor him?"
he Inquired politely.
Frankie flushed. "Don't be so ab
aurd, Bobby. I just wondered It there
couldn't be some Innocent explana
tionthat's all."
I don't see that there can be,
Especially now that we've actually
found the girl In the neighborhood.
That seems to clinch matters. If
we only bad some Inkling as to who
the dead man was"
Oh, but 1 have. I'm nearly sure
that, the murdered man was some
body called Alan Caratalrs."
You know," said Bobby, "we re
ally are getting on. Let's spread out
our facts and see what sort ot Job
we can make ot It '
He pauaed for a moment and the
car slackened speed a though In
sympathy. - .
First we'll assume that you are
right about Alan Caratalrs. He cer
tainly fulfils the condltons. Alan Car-
stairs comes down to Staverly with
these people what did you say their
name was?"
"Rlvlngton. There's a possible
channel of Inquiry there. In fact I
think we ought to follow It up."
We will. Very well, Caratalrs.
comes down to Staverley with the
Rlvlngtona. Now, Is there anything
In that?"
You mean did he get them to
bring him down here deliberately?"
That's what I mean. Or waa It
Just a casual chance? Was he brought
down here by them, and did he then
come across the girl by accident Just
as 1 did? I presume he knew her be
fore or he wouldn't have had her
photograph on him."
The alternative being," said
Frankie thoughtfully, "that he waa
already on the track, of Nicholson
and hla gang." . .
And used the Rlvlngtone aa a
means ot getting to this part of the
world naturally?"
"That's quite a possible theory,"
said Frankie. "Ha may have been on
the track ot this gang."
"Or simply on the trifle of the
girl"
"The girl?"
"Yes. She may have been abducted.
He may have come over to England
to find her."
"Well, but If he had tracked her
down to Staverley why should he go
oft to Wales?"
Obviously, there's a lot we don't
know yet" said Bobby,
Evans." said Frankie thoughtful
ly. "We don't get any clues aa to
Evans."
They were both silent for a mo
ment or two. Then Frankie woke up
to her surroundings.
"My dear, we're actually at Putney
Hill. It seems like Are minutes.
Where are we going and what are
we doing?"
That's for you to say. I don't even
know why we've come up to town."
The Journey to town waa only an
excuse for getting a talk with you.
(Cftrvti mi ll-It. CtriM)
Tomorrow Bohby becomes an
th.r p.raon ontlrtly.
Another survey estimated total re
Uil naJea in 1035 were i33.00O.OOO,
ooo, ft u per cent increase, over
1034. Matl order houses, with an 1n
creaaa of VIS per cent tn the year,
and automotive dealer, with. 35 per
cent rise, reflected the largest gain.
The I93S Mlea were M per cent
of the 1030 figure, and the largeat
since 10.11. when retail trade waa 73
per cent of 1030. One group rea
taurant. eating and drinking place
reported a hiulnej equalling 00
per cent of the prosperity year's
peak.
Dulrar A glut or a Tn tte
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 30. vF) A
military court pronounced formal
death sentence today on Col. Dam y an
Veloheff ant. Major Cyrlt Stantaeff.
revnlutlontMs convicted of plotting
the aaMuwination of King Bona and
fomenting a rebellion.
5 00 RPBC1AL 910 00
Urea, Coat. Robe
miLWYN HOFFMANN
WANE PAST YEAR
WASHINGTON Feb. 29. (AP)
The Justice department reported to
day "a decrease of aerlous crimes
during the put three years."
Murders, assault, auto thefte and
robberlee all declined, according to
statistic compiled by the bureau ot
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
.For farther proof add res the author, inclosing a stamped enrelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat Off.
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PRAiNS INToTrtB .
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Although the Rnuian writer Tur-
genav knew the Russian language,
he rarely spoke It for bis aasoclatoa
were chiefly Oerman and French and,
further, It waa the cuetom of the
times for the aristocracy of Russia
not to apeak the language of the
land. Turgenev knew German and
French better than Russian.
Science and Ingenuity of man have
combined to make many an old
saying scientifically obsolete. "You
can't see through a brick wall" la
an old favorite, once true, but now
ll ', : ST- -(He RUtfR Or INPIA, foMli XV 4
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If &aWETWeo t SEEMS A& TV0U6H I OVvP.TWOR.PE,tUAT RINIMVA THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIMA ftwe VoTOR HAD AAEMTIOMED AAVN
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C(S-B-t .f5pT!3?P -W'lbA ' I ' MvTTO lOW ip ' DONE TUE RIGHT THINQ-J
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XOUB. TIMETgX V!h V &ETVOE.E.NJ THEM TWAT SHOULD I I dTartME 't C 1',?. 1 SMOULD
Investigation from reports of 71 big
cities' police departments.
Auto thefts dropped from 78,737
In 1S33 to 63.408 In 1038.
A "heartening" decrease In rob
beries was reported from 30,038 In
11,33 to 14.348 tn 1S3S.
Murders decreased . from 1778 in
1933 to 1488 In 1338. Aggravated as
sault dropped from 13.104 to 10.788.
while burglsrles declined from 87348
to 78,001. .
"Lsrcenles still predominate." the
report said, but show a amsir de
cline, from 181,328 in 1333 to 179,103
tn 1938.
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completely wrong. X-ray apparatus
permits vision through opaque ob
jects. With the aid of a periscope
you can see around a corner con
trary to the old saying.
Just to prove it possible, a sci
entist not long ago actually made
a silk purse out of a cow's ear. He
treated It with chemicals so aa to
make synthetic silk which he spun
Into a purse. Water can be used to
turn a mill wheel after It has run
by If you utilize power from the
mill to pump part of the water to
the upper pond. It la an Inefficient,
but nevertheless possible, process.
PANCHO
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CONFO&A1
Douglas Solon Not To
Seek Cong. Mott Seat
B06EBUBO. Feb. 29 ( Bute
Senator Walter S. Fisher ot Boeeburg,
who he been urged by lesdtng demo-
orate of the at&to to become a can-
dldate from the first congressional
district for the seat now held by
James W. Mott, stated he had Inform
ed party leaden by letter today of
hla decision not to enter the con
test. He will probably file hla can
didacy for reelection to hi present
seat in the state enat in a short
time.
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The chemist Is also able to make
smoke without fire by the use of
ammonia and hydrochloric add
not real smoke, but smokey enough.
Thornleas rosea have been developed
by the botanist, and modern manu
facture gets along admirably making
bricks without straw. Experimentally,
technicians In the laboratory have
actually grown hair on a watch
crystal and the same result could
be obtained If they chose a billiard
ball to contradict the old saying.
Tomorrow: The man Who Shunned
Knowledge.
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