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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON". MONDAY. MARCH 2. 1936.
NTERFERENCE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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SYHOP8IBT Franht Derwent
and lobby Jones are driving up to
London from the Baeelngton'
ffrench place in Hampehtre. Bobbv
ia diagulaed na Hawkina, Frankte'e
chauffeur, thle rusa being part of
their attempt to oaten the man U)ho
puahed a lelloo they believe viae
the explorer Alan Caretalre over a
cliff in Walee-to hie death. Of the
two auaper.te eo far Roger Baeeing-ton-ffrench
and Dr. Sioholaon,
Frnnkle ie inclined to favor the teflon.-!.
He rune a drug cure near the
Baaelngton-ffrench novae.
Chapter 24
FREDERICK 8PRAQGE
THEY drove to Brook Street.
1 Frankle rang th- ueli and wai
admitted, Bobby remaining outside.
Presently Frankle opened the door
again and beckoned bim In.
"There's one otber thing I for
got to tell you." said Frankle. Jn
the 16th, the day you were poisoned,
Basslngton-ffrencb was at Stiver
ley, but Nicholson was away sup
posedly at a conference In London.
And bis car Is a dark-blue Talbot."
"And he has access to morphia,"
laid Bobby.
"It's not exactly evidence, I sup
pose," said Bobby, "but It fits In
nicely."
Frankle went to a side table and
returned with a telephone directory.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm looking up the name Riving
ton." She turned pages rapidly.
"A. Hivington ft Sons, builders.
B. A. C. Rlvlngton, dental surgeon.
D. Rlvlngton, Shooter's Hill I
tblnk not Miss Florn.ce Rlvlngton.
Col. H. Rlvlngton, D.S.O. that's
more like It Tlte Street, Chelsea."
She continued her search.
"There's M. R. Rlvlngton, Onslow
Square. And there's a William Rlv
lngton at Hampstead. I think On
slow Square and Tlte Street are the
most likely ones. The Rlvlngtons,
Bobby, have got to be seen without
delay."
"I think you're right"
Frankle reflected for minute or
two. "I think," she said, "that you'll
have to go. Do you fee! you could
be the Junior partner of a solicitor's
Arm?"
"That seems a most gentlemanly
rflle," said Bobby. "I was afraid you
might tblnk of something much
worse than that"
She left the room and returned
with a card.
"Mr. Frederick Spragge," she
said, banding it to Bobby. "You are
a young member of the firm of
Spragge, Spragge, Jenklnson and
Spragge of Bloomsbury Square."
"Did you Invent that Arm.
Frankle?"
"Certainly not. They're Father's
solicitors."
"What about clothes? Shall I
.ring up Badger to bring some
along?"
Frankle looked doubtful. "I think,
myself, that we'd better raid Fath
er's wardrobe. His clothes won't lit
you too badly."
A quarter of an hour later, Bobby,
attired In a morning coat and
striped trousers 0( exquisitely cor
rect cut and passible (It stood sur
veying himself in Lord Marching
ton's pier glass.,
"CUPPOSINO," said Bobby, paus
J ing on the doorstep, "that Mr. M.
R. Rlvlngton of Onslow Square la
himself a solicitor? That would be
a blow."
"You'd better try the Tlte Street
colonel first," said Frankle. "He
won't know snythln about solici
tors." Accordingly Bobby took a laxt to
Tlte Street. Colonel Rlvlngton was
out Mrs. Rlvlngton, however, was
st home. Bobby delivered over to
the smart parlormaid his card on
which he had written "From Messrs.
Spragge, Spragge, Jenklnson ft
Spragge. Very urgent
The card and Lord Marchlngton'e
clothes produced their effect upon
the parlormaid. He was shown Into
a beautifully and expensively fur
nlshed drawing-room, and presently
Mrs. Rlvlngton, beautifully and ex
pensively dressed and made up,
came into the room.
"I must apologize for troubling
you, Mrs. Rlvlngtou," said Bobby.
"But the mstter was rather urgent
and we wished to avoid the delay
of letters.
Mrs. Rlvlngton was clearly a
woman of more looks than brains,
who accepted things as they were
presented to her.
"Oh, do sit down," she said. "I
got the telephone message Just now
from your office saying that you
were on your way here.
Bobby mentally applauded Fran
kle for this lsst.mlnute flash of brll
llance. He sat down and endeavored
to look legal.
"It Is about our client, Mr. Alan
Carstalrs," he said.
DORMANT SPRAY
FOR PEAR PESTS
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Th Ut dormant pry tppllcttlot
for th? control of rb, rut mir.
hliftter mlt and Ban Jnoe wait aliould
h made noon, according to C. B
Corrty, aMltUnt county ont.
I'm 12 gallons of liquid llm sul
phur to 100 gallons of spray. pvr ap
pta. add 1 pint of nicotine aulfate
to control rosy apple aphta,
This U the moat ImporUnt sprav
In the control of pear soab. The buds
are now In the right condition for
spraying i&4 will remain so until tne
"Oh, yes?"
"He may have mentioned that we
were acting for him."
"Did he now? I believe he did,"
said Mrs. Rlvlngton, opening very
large blue eyes. She was clearly ol
a suggestible type. "But of course
I know about you. You acted for
Dolly Maltravera, didn't you, when
she shot that dreadful dressmaker
man? I suppose you know all the
details?"
"We know a lot that never comes
Into court," he said, smiling.
"Ob, I suppose you must" Mrs.
Rlvlngton looked at hi -. enviously.
"Tell me, did she really I mean
was she dressed aa that woman
said?"
"The story was contradicted In
court," said Bobby colemnly. He
slightly dropped the corner of bis
eyelid.
"Oh, I see," breathed Mrs. Rlv
lngton, enraptured.
"About Mr. Carstalrs," said Bob
by, feeling that he bad now estab
lished friendly relations and could
get on with his Job. "He left Eng
land very suddenly, as perhaps you
know?"
Mrs. Rlvlngton shook her head.
Has he left England? I didn't
know. We haven't seen blm for
some time."
Did he tell you hrw long he ex- 1
pected to be over here?"
He said he might be here for a
week or two, or it might be six
months or a year."
"Where was he staying?"
"At the Savoy."
"And you saw hjm last when?"
"Ob, about three weeks r a
month ago. I can't remember."
"You took him dowr. to Staverley
one day?"
Of course 1 I believe that's the
last time we saw him. He rang up
to know when be could sea us. He'd
Just arrived In London, and Hubert
was very put out. because we were
going up to Scotland the next day.
and we were going down to Staver
ley to lunch and that night dining
out with some dreadful people that
we couldn't get out of, and he
wanted to see Carstalrs because he
liked him so much, and so I laid,
'My dear, let's take him down to
tbe Basslngton-ffrenches with us.
They won't mind.' And we did. And,
of course, they didn't." She came
breathlessly to a pause.
Did be tell you nl reasons tor
being in England?" asked Bobby.
"No. Did he have any? Oh, yes,
I know. We thought It waa some
thing to do with that millionaire
man, that friend of his, who had
such a tragic death. Some doctor
told him he bad cancer, and he
killed himself. A very wicked thing
for a doctor to do, don't you 'hlnk
so? And they're ofte quite wrong.
Our doctor said the otber day that
my little girl had measles, and It
turned out to be a sort of heat rash.
I told Hubert I should change him."
IGNORING Mrs Rivlngton's
1 treatment of doctora as though
they were library books, Bobby re
turned to tbe point
"Did Mr. Carstalrs know the lias-slngton-ffrenches
?"
"Oh, no. But I think he liked them.
Though he was very queer and
moody on the way back. I suppose
something that had been said must
have upset blm. He's a Canadian,
you know, and I often think Cana
dians sre so touchy."
"You don't know what it wss that
upset him?"
"I haven't the least Idea. Tbe sil
liest things do It sometimes, don't
they?"
"Did he take any walks In the
neighborhood?" asked Bobby.
"Oh, no. What a very odd. Idea!"
She stared at blm.
Bobby tried again. "Was there a
party? Did he meet any of the neigh
bors? "No, It was Just ourselves and
them. But It's odd your saying
that"
"Yes," said Bobby eagerly, as shs
paused.
"Because he asked a most fright
ful lot of questions about some peo
ple who lived near there."
"Do you remember tbe name?"
"No, I don't It wasn't anyone
very Interesting some doctor or
other."
"Dr. Nicholson?"
"I believe that waa the name. He
wanted to know all about him and
his wife and when they came there
all sorts of things. It seemed so
odd when he didn't know them, and
he wasn't a bit a curious man as a
rule. But of course, pet haps he wss
only making conversation and
couldn't tblnk of anything to say.
One does do things like that some
times." (OfW,ll JMJ-.IJJS, At ilia CarUHa)
Prsnkls Interrupts vtry dis
turbing testis, tomorrow.
bloMom cutT Is fxpoftfri. After thtt
trwre will be dtngrr of sprej Injury.
If cool rainy weather foilowa this
sprsylng, It will be neorury to epray
sm In the 'pre-plnk' and 'pint'
sure for scab control, sn pounds of
wettshta sulfur to 100 gallons of wat
er le recommended for theee sprays.
Burning and russeting sre apt to re
sult If liquid lime sulfur Is UK-d on
pears that late.
Three gallons liquid lime sulfur to
100 gallons applied In the 'pre-plns.'
and J', gsllona In the 'plna' U the!
beet control for apple ecab.
On apples where -sb It not a tu
tor, an oil aprey containing eo-
tusl oil In the late dormejit period j
Is cheaper than lime sulfur and win
oontrol roey apple aphis and Ju Jo
scale If lime sulfur sprays sre to be
used on apples after blossoming. It
la necessary to use th dormant lime
sulfur or, under certain aeather con
ditions, sulfur shock my reeult,
Copies of the lP:te epple and per
spray program are sellable at the
county agent's office.
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