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1 PA'OE F.TGHT MEDFOBD MATE TRIBUTE, MEPTOKD, OREGON", TUESDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1936. fM The Wrong Murderer & By HUGH CLEVELY 8YNOPS18: Terenae Mahony ha$ eome home from lour year (n China only to have hie old friend Billy Rose seriously injured while the two of them were on their way into the country from London. Thinking he ie dying Hoe con lessee that he is one of a dopekid napping gang and that Ambrose Laweon it leader. Mahony back in town i made euriov by a fancy drtae costume tent Roe for wear at the Cinema Ball. Knowing an attempt may be made to kidnap Elsa Little, movie ttar, Mahony da terminee to offend the ball and wear the costume. Chapter Threa CALL ON ELQA TERENCE'S next tstlon, after changing his Quaitera, was to buy himself a car. He had returned frcm China with a sum of nearly fifteen hundred pounds, and he spent three hundred ol this on a second band but tremendously fast sports car, which he bought with a guaran tee that it would do eighty-five. If h W l W AT JK fly V affair that shocking. Obviously he waa driving very recklessly." This remark merely confirmed the opinion which Mahony had formed instantly thai Little was a pom pous old tool. He turned to Elsa. "1 suppose you're going to the Cinema Ball tonight?" be remarked. "Yes." she answered. "Though J don't want to a bit, after that horri ble acc'.dent. Billy Host, waa to have been In our party, you know. I tried to get out of going, but Mr. Lawson saH It would be silly, and the com pany I work for wouldn't hear of my not going." "Lawson was right," put In Little Importantly. "Young Ross was no relation of yours, and the public have paid a guinea each tor tlckeu to the dance, expecting to see you and other stars there, and you have no right to disappoint them. I don'i wonder that the company Insisted on your going." "Are you going with Lawson?" asked Mahony. At that Little raised his eyebrows slightly. But Elsa answered with out hesitation. "A man named Fordham Is calling ror me, and we're lolnlng Mr. Law son's party at the Albert Hall. Arc you going?" No," answered Mahonj untruth fully. He paused. "Who and what exactly Is Law .sr r L , 'it ' -S i S -if Transferring his possessions and buying the car took blm until nearly three In the afternoon. At half past three he called at the house In Chel sea, where Elsa Little lived with her uncle. He bad only met Else twice In his life, and was aware that be hnd had no encouragement to call. That did not worry him. He had never suffered from shyness. Vincent Litis, Elsa's uncle, greet ed him politely, but with an air of surprise, as If he were rather at a loss to account for the reason for . his call. He spent a great deal ot his time In being frigidly polite to young men with ambitions to see Elsa. Elsa also seemed surprised, but sot displeased, to see him. In spite ot her recent sensational rise to stardom In the film world, she had remained unspoiled and natural, that was part of her charm. Mahony could east!) understand how she had risen so quickly. Though small and childish-looking, trine was an air ot great health and vitality about her; she radiated per sonality Her hair was very fair anu silky, and fell In glossy waves on either side ot her forehead, fram ing the delicious oval ot her face. Her eyes were a vivid blue, the jbluest Mahony had ever seen; her nose was slightly turned up, giving her a rather Impudent expression: her small mouth was delightful. She bad a lovely friendly smile that crinkled the corners of her eyes a little, and caused the hearts of Im pressionable young men to melt within them. "How nice of you to call," she eald.''Vou'll slay to tea. won't you?" VINCENT LITTLE frowned, and cleared his throat slightly. Ha did not want Mahony to stay to tea. Ha disapproved ot the manner In which Elsa became friendly with young men without making the leas' enquiry Into their wealth or social position. While be was proud ot Elsa's rise to stardom, ha doploted the tact that her association with the Aim world brought her Into con tact with a groat number of people who had never played polo or hunt ed In their Uvea. BUll, as Mahony was staying to tea, he supposed he ought to talk to him. "Let me see," he egan rather patronizingly. "You're a friend of young Ross, aren't yout A shocking I' 1st . 1 , "You're going to the cinema ball tonight?" son?" be asked. "Where does hi come from?" Elsa's ' uncle looked slight!) shocked. "Lawson's a friend of ours a vet. good friend," he ssld roprovlnglj "He's sn absolute Aral class chap." "Really," said Mahony. He turned to Elsa. "You like him, do you?" be asked AT THAT question old Little's eyebrows went up about ball an Inch. Evidently he thought the question highly Impertinent. Thai did not disturb Mahonv. He wanted Information, and h did not care a hoot It old Little's eyebrows wenl right up through the celling. Elsa hesitated, laughed, and shrugged her shoulders slightly. "Well, yes, I think he's all right He's rather an extraordinary man you know, terribly clover. There doesn't seem to be anything that he can't do. He speaks about toui lan guages, and he's good at sports, and he'r a marvelous musician." She hesitated again. "I don't tblnk 1 altogether rave about blm," she said Judicially. "Bu he's been very nice to us." "Nonsense, Elsa; you shouldn say things Ilka that; you know yn like him," put In her uncle In rather annoyed tone. "Everyo likes Lawson. He's most popular The door of the room opened. "Did 1 hear my name mentioned' atked a voice from the doorway. A tall man of about forty stood 01 the threshold. He was itrlklngh good-looking. His hair was dark with a central parting: his eyes were dark, with a slight up wild slant to them; his features were clear-cut and keen; bis lips, slightly parted In a smile, revealed i glimpse ot sin gularly white and perfect teeth. His clothes were beautifully cut and he wore them with an air ot dls Unction. For a moment he stood quite still in the Joorway, almosi in the manner ot an actor wtv pauses for a moment, after his first entrance on to the stage, In order u give the applause time to subside. "I found the front door unlockod so I walked In." he said. "Of course. That's all right, my dear chap; we're very glad to see you, Let's see, you've met er. . . ." fCopyrlsat. list. Huo Cltvtlu) Two dangerous antogonlsta bit to, tomorrow, with their wits. IN MEDFORD KEEP STEADY INCREASE Building permits for the month of September showed continuation of the rlM that has marked the building situation In Mwiford for most of the 103 year, with a total of 117,708. as compared to lft.095 for September, t036, and f7119 for September of The laKTAt single classification waa 1 13.000 to be spent on five new residences. A permit was granted Dr. W. G. Bishop to construct a denco and garage at 3303 UlUcrest road at a cost of $6000. H. C, Gold smith was granted a S3000 permit to build a residence and garufi at 1610 East Main street, ind Herman L. Ekerson wss issued a permit to build a home and garage at 43 Grovel and avenue st a cost of S000. Helen Dixon, B2(i Wwt Tenth stjeet, will build a residence at a cost of tlOOO. and Arthur L. Brown will build a residence at 843 vt 13th street at a cost of 1000. Repairs to residences accounted for $3B25 of the total, most of that amount to go for reahingllng snd minor repairs, as well as tor fire dam age. Only 8S0 of the tottU is to go for repair to business houses, and there were no permits Issued for con struction of business property during the month. The Atlanta Crarkers, winners oi the 1038 pennant in the Southern Association, held first p?iue through out the season. BANODN, Oct. 6. (AF) Sight seers from all sect tons of the state drove through here Sunday to view the result of last week's disastrous forest fires. ' Cars were allowed ta travel over designated route. Although Saturday night's rains eased off a bit Sunday, the outlook for continued wet weather was good. Hundreds of CCO workers continued to patrol the fire lines and build pro tective trails, . ; Big and Lit (for Little) Durham, South Carolina footballers, are twins. Both won four letters In each of three sports In high school; Football, bas ketball and track. Use Mall Tribune want ads. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HDC For further proof address tlx author, tedostag a stamped euwlope tor reply. Rep;. TJ, S. Pat. OIL - f?eTuRNtf ftPUNT 110 1 YfrKPSTO ft - tte fiamilhrt, WW Off rrhmttPT& UN-SOUND fllSlNESS EKTERPRrSK, WHICH WcKE UXfvffJ IN FftMoTe OfiCES Or VinuftM HfiNttf wetfeerr- ATTMAGSOFI, IboKfrte SrteKESpEftRlbH tfOL IN ft PROf&SGIOMrU COMPANY ftFTfcf? HMlNfi ' te&RHED it im 3 Hours,.. Wl3H6WftRecO0MlZBPftSTFlB OREbTEsC TRbGSDlkN OFHlsTiMBf -frgktKjjflftceitliinf- SattoefcQGETR&irte, 5llil (MV HUPS0N WEf?S COMfbSEP" ft II St. VS. rz? The Coy Tragedian. Born on September 13, 1791, st 1 Shrewsbury, England, William Henry 1 West Betty made his first hppea ranee on the atago at the age of 11 In an English version of Voltaire's "Zaire. Chosen a short time later for the role of Hamlet with a professional company, the youthful actor learned bis part, the longest In the play, tn the astounding time of three hours. So successful was his performance that overnight be becamo acclaimed as one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his time. Attracting huge crowds wherever ho played, it wns necessary to call out troops for tho preservation of order when Betty nppeared at Covent Gardens. Honors and rtohea were showered i upon "the boy wonder of the stage." Recognized by critics as the world's greatest living tragedian, Betty was presented to the Queen by George III himself. On one occasion the prime minister, William Pitt, adjourned the house of commons so the . members might be on time to witness Betty's portrayal of Hamlet. Retiring at 17 for an education at Christ's college, Cambridge, Betty sought to renew his stage career four years later. Strange as It seems, he was a complete failure. He again retired to apend the rest of his days living comfortably on the huge for tune he had made as a boy "Wild Cat" Origin. During the early 1880's, unscrupu- inPou$k Heft. M . 0-6-lt lous American bankers set up banks in undeveloped regions of the coun try, almost uninhabited except for wUd- teasts. Called "wild cat banks" because of this, their operators Issued notes on them and foisted these off on the unsuspecting public In exchange for cash and sound bank notes. Few of the notes were ever redeemed fur sel dom did any of them find their way baefcto the remote regions where they were issued. 3-Gauge Railway. In the years before the standardiza tion of American equipment, many of the railroads were built to accommo date three different gauges of trains. Such was the Delaware & Hudson railroad. rrrrnoN eErsitAM-fofcEfriERMW SKte THEWS fc0T1b&K ACKPfNrl mu somebody HOMIrJME SWEBOPt1 YtfArfe EWEC-fArVfl-V ft SOMEONE fo K0MIHWE HIM. SllENCI Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS ) The mmyer wto-THm IS.WHOElSEPOfriEV -frtlKK IrlE-r CM HAVE TOR CrWfilH BW HIM eihVXS OUNP BEUI6 EREU1LY AS VOICE itf WE Slffi MURMURS, THOOEV! DEMANDS WHo'S HE ' BE&f VIAYER, WHO Si5 AU. friE 60YS OUfFOR PRACfiCf , WHO frllMKS UP All 1rlE PJ.RY5 ? HE DOES SLOVAK. inJiuiprfelQ-; MAXES WZt EKlfl MtrfiON OF DlS61)5f A5 SOMEONE S0fc6EST5 BUD BEMI5 FOR fA?- RFR.1K 16 DEMAND TOR A V01E BY SPVlKS 1HERE ISNffeOIHSIbBEAVOIt HI& IS 66IM6 fo BE : UKAKlMOUi. WArfS iJEFIArW-Y FOR. AMVONEIbCoMEOW ANW MAHE A VERS0NA1 MftT fER.OPtt'. NO ONE SOW IN6,DECIARS HIMSUr ELECTED (0owrrlght,!18M, by The Ball Syndicate; Int.) S MATTER POP- By 0. M. PAYNB I JWCUTOli J loNT l'Lt. tell vnj yj&acuM Z. , J ' ( K-wow A won TuS I, (OapTrigBt, 198, ty Tin B.11 BrmUesU, Tja.) TAILSPIN TOMMY The Third and Final Warning! By HAL FORREST! HC PHAtlTOM FOKKCR HAS RETUBflED FOR ANOTHER GHOSTLY VISIT TO THRCE-POinT AIRDROME- BUT THIS Tint A TRAP HAS BEEM LAID TO CAPTURE IT. IM A SECLUDED CCRMER Of THE FIELD. TOntlT SITS IM HIS PLAriE... READY FOR FLIGHT. .UMKN0VN TO TOnriT, AtlOTHER fast pi aiie MAnnED BY A DEPARTflEnT ' inSPECTOR. IS VAITIMG lin THE AUXILIARY HELD ACROSS THE HIGHWAY ' fToMrlY ... AN D SKEETS QUICKLY PURSUE THE PHAhTOM FOKKER UNAWARE THAT INSPECTOR! 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