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MEDFOBD MATE TRIBUTE, MEPTOKD, OREGON", TUESDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1936.
fM The Wrong Murderer
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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
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fly
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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