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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, TirEDFORI). OREGON'. THT7RSDAY. MARCH 19..193S
tryopsis: Botha jone 4
Frank Dertcent have been lured
to a lonely cottage, bound, and
threatened utth death by a man
they believe le Dr. Niaholeon. They
eileo believe Niaholeon murdered
Alan Carelaire, and had a hand in
other devilment. But now they
learn that the man who ha$ been
talking to them ae the doctor le
really their friend Roper Baeeing-ton-ffrench,
who viae their firtt eve-
?ect. Juet ae they are facing the
act that In a little while they die,
the stuttering Badger drove into
their prison through the ekyllght.
Chapter 3(
THE TABLES TURN
"THE roice of Badger roue plain
tlrely. "W-w-what are we going to do
gait!" be Inquired.
"We're going to take np a com
fortable position behind till door.'
aid Bobby. "And when our friend
returns you and I are going to glre
htm the surprise of ble life. How
about It, BadgerT Are you game?"
"Oh, abaolutelyl"
"As for you, Frankie, when you
kear his step you'd better get back
onto your chair. He'll see you as
soon as be opens the door and will
eome In without any suspicion."
"All right." said Frankie. "And
race you and Badger bare got him
town I'll Join In and bite his ankles
er something."
"That's the true womanly spirit,"
aid Bobby approvingly. Now, let's
ill sit close together on the floor
here an bear all about things. I want
to know what miracle brought Bad
ger through that skylight just In
the nick of time."
"Well, you s s-ee," said Badger,
"after you w-w-went off, I got Into
a bit of a m-m-mess."
He pauaed. Gradually the story
was extracted a tale of liabilities,
creditors, and bailiffs a typical
Badger catastrophe. Bobby bad
(one off leaving no address, only
- saying that be was driving the
Bentley down to Staverley. So to
Starerley came Badger.
"I thought p-p-p-perbaps you
n-m-m-mlght be able to let me hare
f-f-flver," he explained.
Badger had no wish to endanger
Bobby's mysterious enterprises, but
he was of the opinion that a car
like tie green Bentley would not be
difficult toflnd In a place the site of
Staverley. As a matter of fact he
came across the car before he got
to Staverley, for It was standing
outside a pub empty.
"S-s-so I thought," went on Bad
ger, "that I d give you a little s-s-s-surprise,
don't you know? There
were some r-r-rugs and things In
the b-b-back and nobody about. I
g-g-got In and p-p-p-pulled (hem
over me. I thought I'd give you the
s-s-surprlae of your life."
What actually happened waa that
a chauffeur In green livery had
merged from the pub and that
Badger, peering from his place of
concealment, was thunderstruck to
perceive that thla chauffeur waa
not Bobby. He had an Idea that the
face was In soma way familiar to
him but couldn't place the man. The
stranger got Into the car and drove
off.
BADGER waa In a predicament.
He did not know wbat to do
next. Explanations and apologies
were difficult, and In any case It Is
not easy to explain to someone who
Is driving a car at alxty miles an
hour. Badger decided to He low
and sneak out of the car when It
topped.
The car finally reached Its desti
nation Tudor Collage. The chauf
feur drove It Into the garage and left
It there, but on going out be shut
the garage doora. Badger waa a
prisoner. There waa a small win
dow at one aide of the garage and
through this, about half an hour
later. Badger had observed
Frankle's approach, her whistle and
her admission Into the house.
The whole business puttied Bad
ger greatly. He began to suspect
that something was wrong. At any
rate be determined to have a look
round for himself and see what It
was all about
With the help of some tools lying
about In the garage be succeeded
In picking the lock of the garage
door and set out on a tour of In
spection. The windows on the
ground floor were all shuttered, but
he thought that by getting onto the
roof he might manage to have a
look Into some of the upper win
' dows.
The roof presented no difficulties.
There wss a convenient pipe run
ning up the garage, and from the
garage roof to the roof of the cot
tage waa an easy climb. In the
course of his prowling Partner hsd
eome upan the skylight. Nature
and Badger's weight had done the
rest.
SALEM INDICTED
DELAY PLEADING
SALEM, Ore.. March 10. (API Clr
oult Court Judge U H. MrMahen
granted a 10-day eitenalon of time
In which to enter pleas to the 19
men Indicted by the grind Jury In
connection with the Marlon county
gambling probe.
Defense attornrya requested the ex.
tension, and attorneys lor the state
agreed, when the nifn were arraigned
fn circuit court tnmy.
Included among the 3D men In
dicted were Chief of Police Prink A.
Mlnto and Detective-Sergeant Orey
Coffey. Both were charged with neg
lecting to enforce gambling liwi and
with malfeasance In office. A third
Indictment against Coffey charged
fcM itb. pUbetv.
Bobby drew a long breath as the
narrative came to an end.
"All the same," be said reverent
ly, "you are a miracle a singularly
beautiful miracle! But for you. Bad
ger, my lad. Frankie and 1 would
have been little corpses In about
an hoar's time."
He gave Badger a condensed ac
count of the activities of himself
and Frankie. Towards the end, he
broke off.
"Someone's coming. Get to your
post, Frankie. Now then, thla Is
where our play-acting Basslngton
ffrench gets the surprise of his life."
Frankie arrange herself In a de
pressed attitude on the broken
chair. Badger and Bobby stood
ready behind the door.
The steps came np the stairs, a
line of candle-light showed under
neath the door. The key was put in
the lock and turned, the door awung
open. The light of the candle dis
closed Frankie drooping dejectedly
on her chair. Their Jailor stepped
through the doorway.
Then, Joyously, Bsdger and Bor-
by sprang.
The proceedings were short and
decisive. Taken utterly by surprise.
the man was knocked down, the
candle flew wide and waa retrieved
by Frankie, and a few seconds later
the three friends stood looking
down with malicious pleaaura at a
figure securely bound with the same
ropes that bad previously secured
two of them.
"Good-evening, Mr. Basslngton
drench," said Bobby, and If the ex
ultation In his voice was a little'
crude, who shall blame him 7 "It's
a nice night for the funeral."
THE man on the floor stared up
at them. His plnce-nei had
flown of? and so had bla hat The
face was the pleasant, slightly va
cuous face of Roger Baaslngton
ffrencb. He spoke In his own agreeable
tenor voice, lta note that of pleasant
soliloquy.
Very Interesting," be said. "I
really knew quite well tbat no man
tied up aa you were could have
thrown a boot through that sky'
light An Interesting light on the
limitations of the brain." ,
As nobody spoke, be went on still
in tnejame reflective voice.
So, after all, you've won the
round. Most unexpected and ex
tremely regrettable. I thought I'd
got you all tooled nicely."
"So you had," said Frankie. "You
forged that letter from Bobby, I
suppose?"
1 have a talent that way," said
Roger modestly.
"And Bobby?"
"I knew he'd gone to the Orange.
I waa Just behind him there when
he retreated after rather clumsily
falling off a tree. I let the hubbub
die down and then got him neatly
on the back of the neck with a
sandbag. All I had to do waa to
carry him out to where my car waa
waiting, shove him In the dickey
and drive him here. I waa at home
again before morning."
"And Molra?" demanded Bobby
"Did you entice her away some
how?" Roger chuckled. The question
seemed to amuse him. "Forgery Is a
very useful art my dear Jones,"
he aald.
"You awlne," said Bobby.
"Why did you pretend to be Dr.
Nicholson T Frankie aaked.
"Why did I now?" Roger aeemed
to be asking the question of him
self. "Partly. I think, the fun of
seeing whether 1 could spoof you
both. You were so very sure that
poor old Nicholson was In It up to
the neck."
"And really." aald Frankie slow
ly. "he was quite Innocent?"
"As a child unborn," said Roger
"But he did ma a good turn. He
drew my attention to that accident
of yours. That and another incident
made me realise that you mightn't
be quite the Innocent young thing
you aeemed to be. And then I was
atandlng by you when yon tele
phoned one morning and 1 heard
yourchauffeur'a voice say'Frankle.' "
"There's one thing yon must tell
me." said Frankie. "I've been driven
nearly mad with curiosity. Who li
Evans?"
"Oh!" said Baaslngton-ffrench.
"So you don't know that?"
He laughed and laughed again.
"That's rather amusing," he said.
"It shows what a too' one ran be."
"Meaning ns?" asked Frankie.
"No." said Roger. "In this case,
meaning me. Do you know. If you
don't know who Evans ts, I don't
think I shall tell you. I'll keep that
to myself as my wn little secret"
fCetrneh Hll-nft, At.l O'Ulie)
Monday,
drugged.
Metre turns us
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SAM FRANCISCO. Mireh 10 T"i
The department of commerce reported
today Imports of douglaa fir and west
ern hemlock from Canada amounted
to 8,133,907 board feet In January
and February thla year. The Importa
for the like itD momhe amounted to
only taanoo board feet.
The Importa came under the new
Canadian treaty which places a quota
on the Import, and t duty of S3 nr
1.000 feet, compared with St under
the old rate. Imports amounted to II 7
per cent of the quota. Under the old
rate 77.64.000 teet were Imported
last year.
Chief importa came through the
Dakota. Duluth and Washington cus
toms duUlcu
WILL HELP FUTURE
IMPROVEMENT PLANS
SALEM, Ore., March Is. (AP) ly
H. Baidocic, state highway engineer.
announced plana for a complete rural
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highway planning survey In Oregon,
to be atarted April 1, at a complete
coat of S30O.0O0.
All but 150.000 of the cost will be
sustained by the federal government.
Baldock aald. Approximately 330 men
were expected to be employed.
Baldock aald the survey waa plan
ned to accomplish the following ma
jor objectives:
To record the present state of all
parte of the selected mileage In re
spect to traffic use and service and
to Indicate the amount, kind and
cost of further Improvements neces
sary to reach full service use.
author, Inclosing a stamped envelope
Hassim, the Arab
NXANW I TME. BOV5 VJERE USHERED TO A SUMPTUOUS 1 POK. MOT UWc OUR. WjU I f-OW, THS. H0RR1BLE, i
M fl v UtTE OW AM upper floor AND HASSIM, I W8,TORS-HE FEARS TriEV SHALL EtTo.Ti iTTSSr I TcRR BLE, GUASTLV
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F i5V TVAOUQHT ME HAP- I AMP WHEN HASSIM DOES MOT I
LUV Am rHY SHOULD tMEVX HATES- 1 ; ' jT. : . W '
To select an Integrated highway
system to Include al! roada to be Im
proved In the next 30 years, with pri
ority of Improvement.
To budget operations or a consid
erable future period and to indicate
sources from which necessary funds
ion nignway development can be ob.
talntd and to relate these expendi
tures to benefits conferred.
By JOHN HIX
for reply. Reg. U. & Pat Off.
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