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MAIL TRTEUTTE. MEEFORD, OREGON". SUNDAY, OCTOBER IS. 193R The Wrong Murderer By HUGH CLEVElV SYNOPSIS: Terence Mahony hat rescued two gir from Ambrose Dawson's gnnq of kidnappers the sumo night. When he took visa Lit tie, the film star, to hor home he vn fortunately made himself a suspeot is the murder of her uuole. And now he has left Ruth fraser at the home of her guardian, Lee-Iiamsden, and departed without telling her who he is. And Lee-ftamsden tells Ruth that the police will never believe the story she has told. Aim 0 her experience. Chapter 13 THREAT FROM LAWSON LEE-RAMSDEN rose from bis chair. "Why not tell them the old etory that you went to stay with an old school (rlend and forgot to let ui know you were going," he suggest- , ed. "Then they won't have to pre tend to be busy Investigating a lot ol kidnappers who, they will be quite sure, don't exist. I don't sup pose tor a moment the police will believe the story ot the old school friend, but at least It will relieve them of further responsibility, and it will look much better In the news papers than that ridiculous kidnap ping story." "Perhaps you're right," the re plied. "I'll tell the old school friend etory If you think that will cause , less fuss. Now I'm going to bed. Good night, Uncle Gerald." She always called blm uncle, though be was not her uncle. But ed, put the car away In a lex" i garage he bad rented In a nearby mews, and entered the house where he lodged. He wakened fairly early In the morning, and during breakfast be studied the morning papers. Noth ing was In them about the murder of Vincent Little. After breakfast he rang up the hospital to which Ross bad been taken to enquire about him. Ross was still alive and still uncon scious; he might remain uncon scious for several days. The doctors did not know yet whether he would live or not. Mahony decided that It would be best to leave the next move to his enemies. He wondered what form that move would take. Lawson could hardly tell the police that he, Mahony, had been In the Little's house when Mr. Little was mur dered, and he thought It extremely unlikely that Elsa could have recog nized him. Nevertheless ' his enemies, not knowing what be knew about them, would be pretty sure to make some move against him tor their own pro tection. In the meantime it might not be a bad Idea to have a bit of a look round. When be had finished bis second clgaret, he consulted the telephone directory and looked up r .... . ' :. t . i Lif"'fr "-'''iiitMiiiiiKii'lliiiffl ettWm sis . , ,v , cyi is & . i sr Mulling feared Lee-Ramsden with a mortal terror. he had been her dead father's best friend. "Good night, my dear," said Lee itnmHilen.' "And next time you're thinking ot going oft tor a day or two Just let me know. 1 shan't ask where you'ro going. But I shan't ' start the police hunting for you." Ruth did not answer; she went to bed. After she had gone Lee-Rams-don remained for a tow mlnutoa loaning back against the mantel piece with his bands In the pockets of bis silk dressing-gown. The but ler entered to remove the things . from the dining-room table. Leo Ramsden glanced at blm. "Well, Mulllns, this is a surprise, Isn't It?" be obsorved cheerfully. "lndoed it Is, sir." replied Mulllns. He had an uneasy air. "Our friend Lawson seems rather to have made a mess of thlpgs somehow," went on Lee-Ramsden. "I wonder who Hint young man was who fetched my ward back. You didn't see him, by any chance, did you 7" "No, sir. Ho drove away before I had the door open," answered Mul llns. "That's a pity. A great pity," said Lee-Ramsden, and his voice became more gonial and cheerful than ever. Hut a little pulse was beating str"unly In his forehead. "A great plly," he re'poated. "Bo cause we shall have to find out who ha Is snd deal with hlra before we can do anything more about Miss Rulh. And In two months' time she will lis twenty-one. Which does not give us a great deal ot time, does it, Mulllns?" "No, sir." said Mulllns. "Tlmo cnoiiRh, though, I hope," said Lco llnmaden. Mullina picked un the trav and hurried from Ihe room as though anxious in get out of It as quickly as possible. He was frightened. For twenty-five years he had served Hint large afTnble, cynical, plenum ninnuered man, Ueralil Lee-Raniailen. He worshipped Lco Ramsden; he would have done any thing at his command; and at the same lime, he feared him wllh a mortal terror. FT Kit leaving Ruth Fraser, Ma ' hony returned to Nottlng Hill Gale, whore bis rooms were situat- Lawson'a homo address. Then be set off, on foot, in the direction ot Lawson'a house. AS lurk would have it, at the end of the street In which Lawson lived he mot Lawson himself. Both men stopped. For a moment they eyed one another warily, like strnngo dogs meeting, their hackles bristling. Then Lawson smiled. "Good morning. Mahony," he re marked. "And what are you doing in this part of the world?" "Walking," answered Mahony. "Do you mind?" "Not at all," said Lawson. "Walk as much as you Mko, my dear follow, while you have the chance. Vou may not have the opportunity of walking very much longer." Ho paused. "I'm just going to call on Miss Llttlo," ho went on blandly. "You've formed a habit of dropping In at her house, I believe. Why not come along too." There was a kind of Insolont challenge in his tone; he seemed to be daring Mnhony to come. Ma hony was Irritated. He took up Lawson'a challenge. "That's quite an idea. I will come along wllh-you to see Miss Little," he said. At tho aniiie time he wondered nbout tho object of Lawson's Invi latlon. Why should Lawson Invite him to come along and see Elsa Llttlo? "What hnve yon been doing to your Hp?" he asked. "It looks as It you ran Into something." Lawson Ignored that "Good. I'm sure Miss Little will be glad to see you afler you so gal lantly roscucd her last night," h snld In a mocking tone. "Unfortu nately, though, she doesn't appear 10 know that It was you who res vned her. I should tell her it I were ou." That was plain speaking enough M ihony smiled. "Does she know that It was you .'. ho murdered her uncle?" he ankett "No. Fortunately she doesn't -;.ow that either. You can tell her :hat too, If you like. Here comes s : ixl. I suggest that we take It." They entered the taxi. Copyright jsj. :iugh Clevely) Tomorrow, Mahony rldet straight into a trap. E E he Mid. "The problem la to keep them out of bus! new." WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. yV Pinna (or a rertoublcvt r:tu aaltwt ns root lea nSUc into the United stales from the Orient were outlined here today by J. Wnlter Doylu. Hono lulu fUMoni roileolor. alter confer-r.-v with treasury offirlald, The coast 'tinrcl. he Mid, U tend-, 3 .three last, mimll boat to Hawnll j ejpe with Minim jlera of rum. The .ilw bout will Increase the fleet there fa '.'Ven cr.iH and Doyle predicted the urn no! ling centering about the Island noon would be blocked en tirely. "One of two :;if.)-.ui .i pi urn r iv at Honolulu Jil:fiuty haa been mashed and the other it afraid to operate," Smaller Dailies Make Big Growth In Recent Years CHICAGO, Oct. 17. (API -Uephen Doll. dit.,r of the Janes Ule (Win , Daily 0rette declared today "nothiryi in the h'.atoiy of any development, exrp perhaps the radio and automobile, has compared with the growth of the dally newspaper In th city of from 5000 to 35,900 In the lat two decades." peakln at tho 3:iid annual convention of The Audit lureau of circulations, Bols ?a.d mechanical marvels and expansion of pre association report had oi abkd the small city paper to trov M'Tn!ht 'from a )ay -.o n.i.hv nnnfiood,' Declares Device Will Locate Ore D. 8. Luper ot Medford hu what Le declares to be the first scientific Instrument In southern Oregon for detecting ore bodies and metal ob jects hidden beneath the surface of the earth. e He describee the machine as & metalascope, with a transmitter radi ating waves to underground metal and a receiver to pick up tho waves as they are reflected back. He said that he has recently located ore veins underground as well as mineral ob jects which had been burled. He Is now willing to use the Instrument to locate missing ore veins or b'urled treasure, he stated. Plan Pheasant Ftrm. ONTRAIO, Ore., Oct. 17. George K, Aiken, state game com missioner, . said today that a state pheasant farm probably will be lo cated here In the future. Land for the farm has been purchased. Be correctly corseted in an Artist Model by Ethel wm B Hoffmann. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX for farther proof tddreM (bet utkor. tndoetpg a stamped envelope for rwpir tfej- V S- Pat. OC 5 iriefwfisTdrfilhwwfe . T lH ll r ofGuarthmote ' Pem.) ll mm ink - I0-I7- Maryland Engineer Engineer on locomotives of the B. O. Railroad' for over half a cen tury, strange as It seems William C. Hand did little actual traveling. Though he ran up a total mileage of more than 2.000.000 miles, a dis tance equal to approximately 60 trips around the earth. Hand took nearly 14.000 trips to do It. At least seven eights of the miles he clicked off on the rails were confined to the state of Maryland. His chlof run was be tween Washington and Cumberland Seldom did his trips take him farther out of Maryland than the natlon'e capital. Engineer Hand conies from a truly MrNtatht Srinu. tec. on frte miiMcRe mv oo 1,750, 000 Mll&SlM WW (T EtfEFTHS THROUGH ife hrltbers were employed by the B. & O. for a combined total of 40 years and his father was an engineer with the company for 50. Retired In 1928. William "Old Bill" Hand decided to really do a bit of traveling. He recently returned from a trip to Florida. Mr. Hand la now 81 years old. Mouth nrrather A- member of the Steganopodes family, the gannet nharea pecularl tles of that group, common to no other birds. Examinations of embryo and very young gannets show a tiny passage wirougn me oeaic inat micht possibly rnilrond -minded family. Two of his lie used for breathing but on the old er birds even this slight sign of a nostril is plugged up. Another distinction of the Stegan opodes family Is the' fact that all their toes on each foot are united by a common web. On all other birds the inner or hind toe, when present. Is free. High scorer Now a Lieutenant-Colonel In the U. S. army, P. B. Terrel scored 28 touchdowns and 41 conversions In 1000 with the Swnrthmore team. At that time touchdowns counted only rive points. Under the present system of six points for a touchdown, Terrel's total would have eclipsed Jim Thorpe's all-time one-season record of 108 points by eleven. HD BROTHER By GLUYAS WILLIAMS V Rl)VH 6rK5 f lELD WHERE BI6B0V6 RRETWIK6 fa6 RXJfBfiU. MD SHOWS CAN HE Vlftf? iSfoiDBVOl.'PER. fcRDlHER HPS li0 SMfiU. 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