TFTORD-'WATL'TRTBUNB.'MEnTORn. OREGON,--SUNDAY,-OCTOBER 11. 1936
The Wrong Murderer
By HUGH CLEVELV
tiYNOI'ftia: Terence Mahony hae
. learned that an attempt ie to be
made to kidnap Elea Little, film
star, at the Vlnwna Ball. Terence
knows that Ambrone Laweon, re
epected friend 0 the Littlee. in be
hind the plot. Su he oaee to the ball,
loine In the kidnavpina through a
clever ruse, and then tvrne on the
kldnappere and reeouee Elaa. Mean
while Laweon hoe announced Elea'a
dieappearance to Ur, Little, and
Little hae called the police. A knock
Is heard at the Little door.
Ohapter-jeven
MURDER
fit. LITTLE left the room. Law-
ton waited. Hit dark eyes were
flowing, aud bis fists were tightly
clenched. All nil muscles wen taut
with suspense. From Inside the
study h heard the front door open.
Mahony's voice sounded In the halL
"I've brought Miss "Jttle home.
She's unconscious. But 1 don't think
there's much wrong with her."
Lawson'i. tensed muscles relaxed.
Now he knew the worn In the ball
he heard Mr, Little's roles, boarje
and Indignant.
"What does this mean? What bare
yon been doing to uerf Etsal . . .
Elsal . . . What's the matter with
her? Has she been h urt J"
Through the slightly open door
way Lawson could see a black
garbed monk In the ball, with Elsa
In his arms. 80 tbat was what Ma
taony bad done pretended to be one
of bis own men. In tbat case he bad
probably carried out this business
(Ingle-banded. And tf so, there was
hope for him yet.
He glanced around him quickly.
Hanging over the mantelpiece was a
mall, sharp-pointed, ornamental
dagger. He picked It np and
crouched against the wall of the
room. Just Inside the doorway.
Mahony saw the light In the study
and dismay. Then bor mourn opened
wide; she was about to shriek.
jVTAHONY sprang forward, grabbed
her two wrists, atd shook her
slightly.
"No, stop It; you're not to," he
sail In a commanding voice. "Shriek
Ins won't help."
She did not shriek. She did nol
oven struggle.
"Let me go," she said.
Malion let go her wrlstB, and she
rose from the sofa .ind dropped to
bor knees by her uncle'r side. She
still bad r. dazed air. Over her
uncle's body she looked at Mabony
"You . . . you've killed htm," sbe
said In a low voice.
"No I haven't," begar Mahony.
"I
Again there was the sound of a
car drawing up outside the house.
Mahony broke off bis speech abrupt
1), cursing himself for a fool. What
the devil was the jod of hanging
about trying to explain things? His
only sensible course of action would
be to get away as quickly as pot
iltle. Elsa would certainly remember
baving been kidnapped by a masked
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CORN AND WHEAT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (API The
department of agriculture reported
today the corn crop, severely datn-
nited thin year by the drought, would
be 1.609,362,000 bushels, as Indicated
by conditions October 1, and an
nounced the preliminary estimate of
all wheat production as BS7.233.000
bushels. , .
While coming too late to benefit
many of this year's crops, rains dur
ing September Increased th prospec
tive potato crop by 10,000,000 bushels
and. the corn., crop., by ..61,000.000
bushels.
Production of other crops as Indi
ca'd by October 1 conditions, was
announced. Including pears, 33,038,-1
000. Last year 33,036,000 ' bushels.
Apples, 104,943,000. Last: year, 167,
563,000 bushels.
AUTORLA, Oct. 10, fAP) Walter
nauuo. Seaside, suffered amputation
of his right leg at a hospital here to
day alter an accident at the M. .
legging camp Thursday In which
tractor crashed Into a stump, crush
Ing his foot.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS I
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til mads for the study door,
"She was kidnapped by your
friend Lawson," ha tald grimly. "I
managed to get her away from bis
tougbt. Now for heaven's sal.e stop
quawklng; pull yourself together
and try to be useful."
He thrust- open the -tudy door
with bis foot, entered the room, and
crossed to & small tofa. He did not
tea Lawson crouched against the
walL Mr, Little entered almost im
mediately behind htm.
"Lawson I" be exclaimed In an In
credulous tune. "Lawson I I don't be
lieve. His voice died away abruptly In a
choking gurgle as Lawton't knife
slid neatly Into hit hat.k below the
ihuiilder blade, piercing to the heart.
AtlONY heard Mr. Little gasp as
. I he was laying Elsa down on the
sofa. Ha turued quickly, Just In time
to tea the back of a tall figure van
lablng through the doorway. The
door slammeo to at Mr. Little, al
ready dead, tubsldsd In a heap on
the floor.
Mahony (tapped quickly forward
r l bent over Mr Little. The hilt of
the knife (ticking out of hit back
made clear what had Upponed. The
front door of the bouso slammed.
From outside came the sound of a
ear engine accelerating. The sound
faded.
Mabony withdrew a knife from
Mr. Little's back, found some brandy,
and tried to revive him. But a couple
of minutes effort showed him that
It waa useless, and be abandoned
lbs attempt and pauseu to consider
What bis next move should be.
Again the front doorbell rang
shrilly.
"Ob, damn!" said Mabony, aud
vent to the window and looked out
On the front doorstep stood t
policeman.
from the tofa came a long, ahud
daring sigh. Elsa moved slightly;
be stretched out ber arms In the
manner of one awaking from aleop
and opened her eyes wide. The
sound of a movement from Mahony
eaused her to look In his direction.
As yet she bad not fully recovered
frum the effect of the drug; the had
a dated, sleepy look. Her blue eyes,
wide open, stared at Mahony's
masked, cowled figure wltb a bewil
dered question In them. Sbe hardly
seemed to know where she was, or
how the got there.
The front door-bell rang again.
Insistently. Elsa lookeu away from
Mahony towards .he door. Her
glance encountered the still, ghsstly
form of her ancle lying stretched
out near the daor. Tbo knife,
bloodied up to the hilt, waa by him
on the carpet
She shrank back; her eyes opened
wider; her hand went to her mouth
in an Instinctive gesture of horror
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"Lawsonl"
Little exclaimed
credulously.
In-
man dressed as a rnoni.. He bluisell
was masked and dressed as a monk.
and her jncle was murdcrtd. II
would be Impossible to explalc hli
presence In the room and clear him
self of a charge of murder wllhoul
telling all he knew about Billy ltoss.
And even it be told all he knew
about ltoss. there was a good chance
that he would not be believed, tor be
bad no proofs of his stoiy.
The front door-bell began ringing
again Mabony wasted no more time
arguing with Elsa. Ho ran across
the room, wiped the dagger quickly
on his robe, opened the door,
crossed the hall qtilcKly, and opened
.ne tront door of the bouse.
ju mo ironi door-sie.. stood a
constable Another man had lust 10I
out of a car and wat mounting the
steps 10 me tront door to Join him.
uy tne light that streamed from
the open door. Mahony recognized
me now arrival as Lawson.
nnnoi sain Sanson In a sur.
prised voice. "Who are you? And
where t Miss Llltlef"
mis intention onviously was to
protend that he knew nothing ol
Elsa's deliverance from the kldnsp-
pers or or ner uncle s murder.
fCotreat. int. Huah Clevelv)
Impaelor Kimntriy tifers chsrgt
or tho Llttts cs, tomorrow.
ALL RETAIL LINES
NEW YOIIK, Oct. 0,-(AP1-Th
broadnoM of cnnsumi-r demand for
practically all or merchandise
featured rr-tsll dltr!bution this wccK,
Dun k BriKltr.t ,id today in the
weekly review.
"Althnitot, I
" f'-'-viu wribKiy-- xne
t.ijfncy mid, 'wholesale trim's d:l not
equal Hie previous week't showiug.
"Industrial opemtiona In ihe on
Mlmer dlrlslont assumed a Quicker
"iiirienieni weather and rising
temperattims slackened the actvoncel
in some districts," .he review inld,
nut the Increase over the previous
wevka sliOTlug mimed trom II to 7
lernt."
perceninwe incrcimes orer II 36 In
the major ttecMrnphical arena Includ
ed. Pncllic c.innt. ill to 30.
Infant Killed In
Automobile Crash
I PENDLETON, CV(. 10.-(AP) Jnckle
Lrroy lngalls, nged 3 months, son
of Mr, and Mrs. Kn1e.1t lngalls ;f
Adams, was Instantly killed In an
automobile m-cldcnt last nllit near
Adnma In which the father unllered
serious injuries to his buck nn imul.
' "1 production srhrduim nf i tiers and the mother sustained ri,n.
(iursble goods sere get ,Prt , an . hip hrenk In the right arm and pain
effort to catch Up on mount no nacr-' ful bruljes.
1
I Mr. end Mrs. IiiiiaHa were return-
try was estimated at 13 u is percent ! the cm.ntrv wlini'th- car .truek L.
aneaa 01 me lanw week in mi. ' gravel and turned ovur.
logs."
Retail trade throughout llu couh-
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3$3r of fuel. AR REQUiREP tl a. 3i HeviVorH Yankees,
vft? ewe mive in tat. Jk My is, m. .
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Septnugeiuirliiii Life (luard
Strango as It seems, Jonas Burch-
sin. a great grandfather, has saved
more than one person from drownlmj
for every year of his life. Today, at
78, lie can still put most of tho
youngsters in his communltv to
snome In both swimming and diving
Since 1031 head Ufa aunrd t the
Blair municipal swimming pool, Mr.
Burcham looks with prldo noon hla
long career of water rescue work in
which he has saved over 100 persons.
His greatest feat In this lino oc
curred In 1008 when, as Blair's chlot
of police, ho BtHged a single-handed
rescue of seven Boy Scouts. caUKht
In a trensherous undcrcum lit of the
Elkhorn river. -
Naming tbe Teddy Bear
"Mother of tho teddy bear," Mar
garet 8tl(f, a crippled Oerinan dress
maker, devised the toy In 1888 from
left-over materials. Imported as a
"rag bear" to the United States In
1603, It was rccolved with open arms
by the nation's children.
Lster In the same year a news dls
petch from Smedes, Miss., gave a hu
morous account of how Theodore
"Teddy" Roosevelt, engaged on a
hunting trip In tho locality, had in-
"iw " snoot a small bear, captured
and brought Into the president's
camp for that purpose. Inspired by
the story, Clifford K. Berryman, well
known newspoper artist, drew a car
loon labelled, "Drawing the Line tn
Mississippi," showing Roosevelt with
uplifted arm refusing to kill a small
bear attached to a rope.
80 similar in appearance waa the
cartoon's bear and the recently In
troduced "rag bear" that the two be
came popularly associated. Linked
with the president's nickname, the
toy soon camo to be known as the
teddy bear.
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