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PAGE FOURTEEN" MEDFORD MATL TRTBUNE, rF.'DFORD, OKTCiOy. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9, ' 193ft ' PRACTICE By GLUYAS WILLIAM fl The Wrong Murderer I P By HIGH CtEVELY 1 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pa. Off. f UYKOrBtR: Bitty ROBS, think ing ho was dying, oon!ssed to his best friend Terence ilahony that he was a member ot a dove and kidnapping gang headed by the t 'generally respected Ambrose Lav : ,. son. Ross cldcd that the gang pro .. posed to kidnap Elsa Little, Aim star, at the Cinema ball. Terence has gone to the ball in Ross' dis guise; Elsa has been duly kid napped and drugged. A'oto Terence is holding the kidnappers, dressed as monks, at bay iolth his revolver. One of the monks has tried to dis tract Terence's attention by point ing at something behind the deter mined young man uiith the revolver. ' Chapter Six HOME AGAIN. ALMOST In the tame movement the man dropped tideways to the , tround and shot up one (oot in a lightning kick at Mabony'a pistol ...arm. '-. "At hlmt All ol you!" he shouted. '' The trick did not work. Mahony ' had seen it bofore. He did not look t back over bis shoulder. He moved bis right arm very slightly, so that -' that kick missed It, and stepped 'swiftly sideways, avoiding a haphaz ard blow from another of the monks. ' Then be leaned forward slightly ' from the waist and brought the bar : rel of bis pistol crashing down on his second opponent's head. The man dropned to the ground and lay (till. . - "That's what you get for think- swered Lawson. "Look here, I'm coming along to see you right away; there's something funny about this. When you've heard what 1 have to say you must decide whether to call In the police." Ten minutes later he arrived at the bouse. His usual appearance of smiling good bumor bad left him; he bad a worried, agitated look. Mr, Little showed him Into the study. "What .Is all this?" he asked, "Where's Elsa?" Lawson made a gesture of bewil derment. ''That's the whole point; where Is she?" he replied. "She was missing at midnight when the film stars wero Introduced, and we've searched the whole Albert Hall for ber and can't find ber. The representatives of her company are. furious about It But she knew perfectly well she had to be there at midnight; I can't Imagine she would be missing purposely."' He paused. "I don't like It," be went on. "Mul- grave says that the last he saw of her she was being carried off by a party of black monks. He thought It was just a rag, but he's not so sure now. Vou see, wa've tried to And those black monks, and we can't find tbem either. Of course, Itiriny be Just a rag, but as I say, I don't like It Wltb all tbeae kidnapping cases-that . w M TWsMBmrw-mssnmsmm-jm'.mmw.wmwmmww Terence stopped the car to look at Elsa. , Ing," observed Mahony. "Anothor - move from any of you and 1 shall shoot." II is voles was curt and business : like. No ono doubted that ho meant exactly wlmt he said; no one olse ' moved. Mahony bent forward, seized tbe brown monk by tbe collar, and kicked him up to bis feet .;, "Turn round. Stand with your ,; backs to me," he ordered sharply. ) ,.Thoy obeyed. "Now walk away from me. If any ' man tries to turn or tikoa his hands down before be reaches tbe end of tbe yard, I shall drop him," he said. '4 . They walked away from him. When they wero about twenty paces from the car, Mahony sprang Into -the driving seat, pressed tbe self- starter, and let in tbe olutcb. He re versed tbe car neatly out of the ard ' Into the roadway, eprogcrt the first forward speed, and was off. For about five minutes be drove aimlessly awav from the yard, not minding much where be went. Then he stopped the car and climbed Into the back to look at Ela. Her eyes wore still closed, but her breathing waa even and her pulse was reistilar. Home was the place for her, he de elded. Afler a night's sleep she would probably bo nil right He got back Into the driving-sent and headed the enr In the dlrccllon of the Littles' bouse In Chelsea. rpHE Littles' house In Chelsea wss . quite a nice little place. It was quaint It photographed well. The windows were leaded and the out side wall was covered with Ivy. Wo men seeing it for the first tlm ex claimed: "What a dear lltllo houso!" For those reasons the rent wns eiy high. There was, however no room in U for servants to sleep In, and tho cook and parlor maid the Utiles empioyrd had rooms ont. Therefore when the telephone rang shortly after mid night Mr. Little had to get up and answer it himself. Tbe caller was Lawson. mid his voire sounded very worried. "Is Elsa there?" he nuked. "Klsa!" Mr. Little was astonished, "No, of course not. Sho's at the Albert Hall. Isn't she?' "No, apparently she Isn't, an- have been. occurring lntely. . , ." "Kidnapping . . . 1" ' Mil: LITTLE'S tone wns utterly borror-slricken. Ills largo eyes, always rather prominent bulged quite alarmingly. ".But . . you can't mean . . , you don't suggest that my niece has bees kidnapped!" A look of slightly amused con tompt came Into Lawson's eyes. Evidently this stupid old sahib was under the Impression that bis own relatives ought by some mysterious law of Nature, to be Immune from the attentions of low-caste people like kidnappers. "I don't know wbat has happened, be said. "That's why I enmo along to consult you about tbe advisability of calling In the police. Whether Ulna's neon kidnapped or uot, I think she ought to be found at once." "But this . . . this Is outrageous," exclaimed Mr. Little. 'Of course we must ring up the police. What a fool I was not to listen to young Rnss't warning." "Rosa's warning!" echoed Lawson In a startled tone. "What do you mean?" "Why. he warned me that some body wns planning to kidnap Elsa somebody I trusted implicitly," an sworcd Mr. Little. "lie wouldn't tell me who It was. Naturally I didn't be llevo him. 1 shall ring up the police at once." He went to the telephone and raised the receiver. Uiwsou stood still, watching him. biting his Mp slightly. So ltoss line becu blabbing, had he. Luckily he hadn't told Little very much. Hut had be told Mahony anything? In answer to Mr. Little's call, he wns told thnt a policeman would bt sent to tho house right awny. As he wns replacing the receiver the front door bell rang. The two men looked at ona au other. The sntno thought wns In botb their minds; whocoukl this be. Law son Hiked his lips, which suddenly felt dry. "1 should answer It," bo snld. "I'cr Laps It's Klsa." (Copyright 1)11. Hugh Clsvely) Monday the Llttl't charming hoiia it tiifiltd bv murdsr. APPLE MARKET BEST STATiSTiCS INDICATE IN YEARS PORTLAND. Oct. 0. Ti One ot the moat promising apple ninrkcU over a long period of yours appear In prospect this ecaon for Oregon. Washington and Idnlio, tlie Orrgun Journal Mild today. An Improved export condition and uencrni lncrenwd demand has taken up moftt or the apple output. In rinding moet of the, cro;s of Inde pendent orchards of the h.tand Em plre and wtllunctte valley, the newr. paper Bald. Most of Hood River's l3fl crop wn i declared already under contract. y ;lilefly to export distributor. . Even tho C grades, wunlly tho center of controversy, arc sold. WKl.LESI.KY, Mam., Oct. 0. (rT) Crelghton J. Hill, an editor of Bab acn'B reports, adverted tod a: "statis tics indicate that Rooscve.lt will be le-elected." Hill U!d the 33rd nnuiiul national tmslneM conference under ihc mis pioea of the Bnrunu Statistical Insti tute, "that only a sprvlacular hurst l speed on the part of Republicans can prevent a Rocwvelt victory This upt Is of course possible. It U not probable." I.rtt Vl.ler IHe ISTANBUL.. Turkey, Oct. I). TfWfiK PHShn, DA. liut ri!nd vliMer of the Ottoman empire, died today. I 1 MT ,t IS t . US- i.l.B i t- fM.' i' VMM VtrU DofMcfit Irtcas. J?.:Jw iv. - - i s- mm - M.- - CriUVVfW, round shnp efvc fares of-fre Bo f Man Inc3s, trie re&pjiKD hom&s mw. lApiTubviU- PU. lrn?p.3. rKCslUT:NlS,BNV HHr5 ftH IQ. OPI57-. Chairnmker by trade, WUllam Marcy Tweed deserted his occupation In la vor or politics when he waa elected an alderman of the Kcw York .city council In 1652. Advancing with rapid strldea he be came successively a United States congressman, chairman of the New York board of supervisors, school commissioner and state senator. Tweed's appointment as deputy street commissioner In 1601 marked the birth of the famous Tammany Ring's real power. Actually heading the department, behind hla title of deputy, ha raised the city payroll enormously, giving all hlgh-salarlert jobs to his political allies and dis charging all employees who rafused to co-operate In a systematic looting of tho city's treasury. "Boss" Tweed's greatest single theft of funds proved to be his undoing. With original plans calling for an expenditure of $250,000 to be used In building a county courthouse, more than 33 times that amount was re ported as having been spent, leaving tho structure still uncompleted! A secret account of the misappro priation of money Involved In this deal waa kept in the auditor's office. Miik In a copy of It, one of the dx- : i ALWAVS U CARRY , , WRIGrLEV's 'No fax1 notorious feuYort , ' OtTitK5cTio)o? ft - county court House. .Trtf)T0RI6lNhl.WCAl.V.ED ' for RHefcrewnuRg of . 11 CverAiRfirtirwive- NOT COMPlETZD ice's clerks turned' It over to the city's district attorney. Tweed was brought to trial on the evidence In 1873 and sentenced to 12 years' Im prisonment, coupled with a heavy fine. Winning a reversal of sentence In 1875 he was Imprisoned pending trial on several civil suits, with his ball set at the huge sum of $3,000,000. Tweed escaped and fled to Spain In the same year but was captured and brought back to Icew York on a war ship. Again committed to Ludlow street Jail, he died there in 1878. Authorities have credited him with having engineered the theft of $200, 000,000 during his reign as New York's political bossl . WRIGLEY'SW Th PERFECT GUM .MogjjwMa iini. r'iai 1 1 u ill i WArrtS-fOKMOWHoW IrlEVEXPK-flbHAVEA ftAM WHEH NOBODY SHOWS UP FOR TRACtfCT on -Time . 5ENM SCMtfSfOlfcU. POPfeE RUSSELl AND ED DiSSaZERIbHURRV UP . HE HIMSELF SHOOf'S WflOSS 0 EflRL MOE : nfS, WHOSE WO-fHER, W SEEMS, WOU'f LEY HIM ?M BECAUSE OF A COLD 60E5 OVER 1b EtflAlrl fo EARL'S MofHER "frlAfl FOOtBAa JS 600D fOR. COLDS ANDPiEASECAHt EARL PRAtflCE JiEfiJRNS WrfHOOf EARL 10 FlKD THAT EDDIE AMD HE SCOOf SErtfF&RHiM ARE Slilt M,5S)M6 AND ArlOl'MErVPLAVER HAS 60NE HOME . . FINDS EDDIE AMD SCOlIf EDD)E'5 NEW BlCyfcLE, AND ORDERS ,fHEM1b1HEF00f8ALL FIELD 6EfSTEAM MORE'OR LESS 0&E1rlER At LAsf AND STRAPS ON HEAD" 6UARD READV FOR WORK IS HAILED FROM HoMril COME FINISH CLEANING. fHE CEILPR AfOriCE, AKD J06S HOME IN VERY POOR. SPIRIT'S (Oopyrlght, 1936, by Ths heXl gynJIests, Inc.) 10-5" wSSSrS S MATTER POP By 0. M. PAYNB T jGr Vmv hm. miVl t f Tf wngM, IMS, ly Tt Bn mdlet, h,t .) ji, TAILSPIN TOMMY Revenge . . . "From the Grave!" By HAL FORREST . OHET PHANTOM FOKKER ELUDED TOMMY AMD SKEETER .... AMD A FAST DEPARTMEPIT PLAtlE ARMED WITH MACHIME GUMS, 'BY THROWING OUT A SMOKE SCREEM--AMD VANISHIMG IT IS MOW THE rOLLOVIMG DAY... 3633 (RUSTY SAID THE WARNIMr, ICAME FROM COUMT If ABSURD yori hocht. . r.liMPossiftLE. 1 shot jlL:Vvori H0CHT D0VM im rwri its in rnMMLL ,jume u, i9iry 77 WsSm fERHAPS. 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