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
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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.
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Engineer on locomotives of the B.
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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
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out of Maryland than the natlon'e
capital.
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Retired In 1928. William "Old Bill"
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traveling. He recently returned from
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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
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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.
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