MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, AfEDFORI), OREGON. TUESDAY. MARCH 10. 1936.
HYttOPBItl; Although Roger
Baaainotonfjrench hat oliarfrf
himtetf in Frankit Deruient't mind
of eueplclon in the murder of Alan
Contain, Dr. Nicholton hat not.
Nout Roger! brother. Henry Batt-ington-ffrench.
hat oonttnttd to 00
to Or. Hichotton't drug curt for
treatment, and Roger and Frankit
have tried to pertuade Henrift vHt
Sylvia that thit would not be quilt
the thing, without explaining their
tutpicton. And the hat refuted to
chanae the plan, and left them, Ob
viouelu In a huff.
p OGKR looked at Frankls. "This
1 Is n bit awkward," ha sat4.
"Very awkward Indeed."
"Once Sylvia haa made her mind
ip she can be obstinate u the
lovll."
"What are we going to doT"
They eat down again on the garden
leat and went Into the matter care
tully. Roger agreed with Frankle
that to tell the whole atory to Sylvia
would be a mistake. The belt plan,
In bis opinion, would be to tackle
the doctor. '
"But what are you going to aay
izactly?"
"I don't know that I shall say much
but I shall hint a good deal. At any
rate, I agree with you about one
and Dr. Nicholson came hurrying
along the terrace.
"Here's the Doctor," said Sylvia.
"He's Just come. Haa baa anything
happened to Henry?"
Then she saw the sprawling figure
and uttered a cry.
Rogers stepped quickly out again
through the window, and Dr. Nichol
son thrust Sylvia Into his arms.
"Take ber away," he said briefly.
"Look after ber. Give her some
brandy It she'll take It. Don't let
her see more than you can help."
He himself stepped through the win
dow and Joined Frankle.
He shook bis bead slowly. "This
Is a tragic business." be said. "Poor
fellow. So he felt he couldn't face
the music. Too bad. Too bad."
He bent over the body, then
straightened himself up again.
"Nothing to be done. Death must
have been Instantaneous. I wonder
If be wrote something first. They
usually do."
Frankle advanced till she stood
beside them. A piece of paper with
a few scrawled words on it, evl.
dently freshly written, lay at Bas-slngton-ffrench'a
elbow. Their pur
port was clear enough.
f feel this lo the het way out
Henry IJaeelngton-ffrench had
written). This fatal habit has taken
too areat a hold on me for me to
fight It now. Want to do the best I
Roger struck the glass a heavy blow.
thing Henry mustn't go to the
Orange. Even If we come right out In
the open, we've got to stop that"
"We give the whole show away If
we do." Frankle reminded him.
"1 know. That's why we've got to
try everything else first. Curse Syl
via, why must she turn obstinate
Just at this minute f" .
"It shows the power of the man,'
Frankle said.
"Yob. You know, It Inclines ma to
believe that, evidence or no evi
dence, you may be right about him
after all What's that?"
They both sprang up.
"It sounded .like a shot," said
Frankle. "From the house."
They looked at each other, then
raced towards the building. Tbey
went in by the French window of the
drawing-room and passed through
Into the hall. Sylvia Basslngton
ffrench was standing there, her face
white as paper.
"Did you heart" she said. "It was
a shot from Henry's study."
She swayed, and Roger put an
arm around her to steady ber.
Frankle went to the study door and
turned the handle.
"It's locked," she said.
"The window." said Roger.
He deposited Sylvia, who was In a
hnlf-falntlng condition, on a conve
nient settee and raced out again
through the drawing-room, Frankle
on his heels.
They went round the bouse till
they came to the study window.
It was closed but they put their
faces close to the glass and peered
In. The sun was sotting and there
was not much llsht but they could
aee plainly enough.
HENRY BASSINOTON
ffrench was lying sprawled out
across his desk. There wss a bullet
wound plainly visible In his temple,
ind a rovolver lny on the floor whore
It hnd dropped from his hand.
"He's shot himself," said Frankle.
"How ghnstly. . . ."
"Stand bark a little," said Roger.
'I'm going to break the window."
He wrapped his hand In his coat
and struck the pane of glass a heavy
blow that shattered It. Roger picked
out the plrres carefully, then he and
Frankle stepped Into the room. As
they did so, Mrs. tlassington ffrench
can for Sylvia Sylvia and Tommy.
Ood bleHR you both, my donra.
Forgive me.
Frankle felt a lump rise In her
throat.
"We mustn't touch anything,"
said Dr. Nicholson. "There will have
to be an Inquest, of course. We must
ring up the police." .
In obedience to bis geature
Frankle went towards the d o o r.
Then she stopped.
"The key's not In the lock," she
said.
"NoT Perhaps It's In his pocket."
He knelt down, investigating deli
cately. From the dead man's coat
pocket he drew out a key. He tried It
In' the lock nnd It fitted. Together
they passed out Into the hall. Dr.
Nicholson went straight to the tele
phone. Frankle, her knees shaking under
her, felt suddenly sick.
pnANKIK rang up Hobby about an
hour later.
"Is that Hawkins? Hullo Bobby
have you heard what has happen
ed? You have? Quick, we must meet
somewhere. Early to-morrow morn
ing would be best, I think. I'll stroll
out before breakfast. Say eight
o'clock the ennto place we mot to
day."
She rang off as Bobby uttered his
third respectful "Yes. your lady
ship," tor the beneflt of any curious
ears.
Hobby arrived at the rondoivous
first, but Frankle did not keep him
waiting long. She looked pale and
upset.
"Hullo, Bobby, Isn't It awful? I
wasn't able to sleep last night." '
"I haven't heard ony details," said
Bobby. "Just that Mr. Basslngton
ffrench had shot himself. That's
right, 1 suppose?"
Yes. Sylvia had been talking to
him persuading him to agree to
course of treatment, and he had
said he would. Afterwards. 1 sup
pose his courage must have failed
him. He went Into his study, locked
the door, wrote a few words on a
sheet of paper and and shot him
self. Hobby, It's too ghastly. It's It's
grim."
nn"rf '.' 's. .fit Ck'itt)
Bobble end Frankle. tomorrow,
make plena to deel with the Cay
mans In London.
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tv "numine" nf Ms newrat
picture, reached here today amid re
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would comment
(The Bltnt;hrtl correspondent ol
the Renter's British newe agency
reported that Misa Uoddard announc
..d the engagement, hut that the date
nf the wedding had not been sell.
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(API It's cosily -irn policemen
fulled to sp.vnr In municipnl court
here lo testify an wltnrws. F nr .'
thru, fn'lert to show up In iiuot
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SEATTLE. March 10. (AP) Dr. E.
L. Holt, Portia run pnyslclan, was at a
loss today to establish a- motive for
the suicide of his son, Robert O.
Holt, 23, University of Washington
pre medic student.
The youth used his knowledge of
medicine to mix his own death po
tion early yesterday. He left a non
oommunlcatlve note for his rooming
house landlady, asking her to notify
the coroner and Dr. H- H. Dixon of
Portland so Dixon would Inform his
parents.
Dr. Holt said too much studying
and lack of exercise mlyht have
caused his son to take his life.
On Soup Diet
CHICAGO, March 10 (AP) Two
young men heia up Micnael Lozzlo.
Michael had no money. Annoyed, one
hit him. Later Michael felt for hit
50 set of bridge work. It was miss
ing. Unable to find It In a cirefuJ
search of the vicinity, he appealed
to the police and prepared for a soup
diet.
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Bonneville Goes Ahead
BONNEVILLE, March (AJ)
Weather gave a go-ahead algr.nl U; I
the $43,500,000 Bonneville dam pow-,
er and Irrigation project today. The '
cold of previous weeks had slowed '
up progress on the huge project but!
Improved weather conditions In the '
past few days brought resumption 1
of full-time construction work.
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
My personal attention given to all
watch repairs, factory style workman
ship, reasonably priced and thorough
ly trusranteen. Jno. W Johnson.
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Ohio, and they were abundant In
Wisconsin. As the frontier moved
westward, the badgers were driven be
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of Minnesota, badgers are not found
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