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PXGTC ETGHT METyFOTOD MAIL TRTBWE, MEDFOftD, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20. 193f? M The Wrong Murderer 8YN0PB1S: Terence Uahony has rescued Elsa Little and Ruth Prater from Ambrose Laujson's gang of kidnappers. The dlffloutty about exposing Lawson is that Ter ence cannot prove anything; more to his annoyance, he knows Law eon murdered Elsa's uncle, qnd vet he finds himself suspected, lie ie being questioned by Inspector Ken nedy. and to add to his discom fiture, he ilnds that Elsa herself 6 lievee him guilty. Lntoeon is smug ly watching the prooeeding. Chapter 15 RUTH AGAIN rHERE was another brief pause. Elsa had been growing restless during this process ot questions and answers. It seemed to her to be a flagrant Injustice that Mahony should be standing there so very much alive, and with such an un worrled air, when he hd Just killed her uncle. He was guilty; he ought to be made to suffer for It, and the sooner the better. "What are you wasting time for7" she demanded wildly. "You know he did it Why don't you take him to prison?" Her vindlctlveness stung Mahony again. "Miss Little," be said very ear nestly, "I swear on my honor that I did not kill your uncle. Won't you try to believe me?"' It was unlike Mahony to speak In that fashion. He was not tba kind of man who went about swearing things on bis honor. But be wished desperately to convince Elsa that be was Innocent. He did not convince her. His out burst only seemed to her to be evl dence of his consummate hypoc risy. "Honor!" she exclaimed scorn fully. "What does a oreatura like you know of honor? Do you think 1 don't realize that all the things you told the Inspector about your move ments last night were lies? I know It was your voice 1 heard In the study last night when my uncle was killed. I know you were there and that you killed blm." "I tell you I didn't kill him." said Mahony vehemently. There was nothing he could do. He shrugged bis shoulders slightly. What was the good of going on arguing? Lawson turned aside and busied himself lighting a clgareL He had savored this last bit of by-play wltb all the enjoyment of a connoisseur ot the theater enjoying a well-acted scene from an amusing play. The Inspector was frowning slightly. As yet he had not quite made up his mind what be was go ing to do. He rather thought that be was going to detain Mahony on sus picion. He waa Just about to put these Intentions into effect when the door ot the room opened, and the maid's' voice announced: , "Miss Frasor to see you, Miss." Ruth Fraser entered the room. RUTH'S sudden appearance Is quite easily accounted for. She awakened late that morning after a good sleep, and her break fast was brought to ber In bed. While she was breakfasting, ber guardian- entered her room to see ber. "Good morning, my dear," he said. "I just looked In to remind you that you'd better Ox up your story about staying with an old school friend pretty quickly. As loon as you've done It 1 must Inform the police that you have returned. "I'll do it now," said Ruth. There was a telephone by her bed side, and she lifted tbe receiver and called a number In Sussex. The number she rang belonged to a girl named Anne Dowson, with whom she had been at school. Anne was a wild, occentrlo, good-natured girl, jwho lived In a tiny cottage on the edge of nowhere and painted land scapes for a living. "Hallo. Anne," said Ruth. "Look here, old hag, If anybody asks, can you tell tbom that I've been staying with you for the lost three or four days? Do you mind?" "Deo-llghted, I'm shore," replied Anne. "Dut If anybody does want to ask. they'll bave to do it pretty quickly, because I'm off to Berlin for a show of pictures today, i don't suppose you'll mind 'JiaU though." "That's grand." said Ruth. "Thanks ever so much, Anne. How are the landscapes going these days?" "They've gone," answered Anne, who had rather a literal mind. "They wont a fortnight ago. The show starts tomorrow." "Oh, you're going to a show of your own pictures, are you?" said Ruth. "That's good. But what I real ly meant was, bow Is art going? Are you selling lots of stuff, and making a heap of money?" "I'm housed It I know," answered Anne. "Incidentally, I -an hear my hlrod car stopping outside. So I must fly. Good-bye, my pet. Be care ful." BOY SHOT IN CHEST MeMlNNVlLLE. Ore , Oct. 30. Eupne Fox Snyder. 13, ni.ot In the ehet miring a phr.iMnt hunting trip ywtterdsy, lit In a riou rendition but probably will recover, hospital t tewlants Mid today. The boy wm nccompanyliig hla f tlipr, Eupne Snyder, and Wllmon Mnft:i. The latter two Mid the youth Imd dropped a little behind them v hen they heard him hout and Itxk c around to him running out of the brush with a wound in hia ones' It was believed the youth waa pok ing In the brush with the butt of hi gun when It rtihRrgrd. New York ranks first of the 48 at&tea in mauuXtctuxlutf, By HUGH CLEVELY Ruth bung up tbe receiver, laugh ing. Anne was quite mad, but a ter ribly good sort. She was glad she had fixed that up all right She told her guardian what she bad arranged, and went on with her breakfast. Tbe previous night she bad been much too tired to bother much about tbe whys and where fores of things; her only curiosity had been about the Identity ot her rescuer. This morning, after a good sleep, that curiosity was Intensified, and added to It was a curiosity about the rest of the story. Mysterious things bad been happening to her. Not many girls ot her age had bad such adventures. The one fly In tbe ointment of her bliss was tbe fact that she did not know her rescuer's name. That did not suit her at all. One thing she had to work on that he had been friendly, with Billy Ross. In that case, other friends of Billy would probably know him. Elsa Little, for Instance, , would . probably know blm; there was not much about Billy that she didn't know. Ruth de cided to go to see Elsa, describe Mahony to her, and try to find out who be was. After breakfast she drove round to Elsa's house In ber big cream colored sports car. The maid who admitted her knew her as a frequent visitor, and showed ber at once Into tbe drawing-room, where Elsa, Ma hony, Lawson, and the two detec tives were assembled. For . a moment she was aston ished; she had not expected to find all these people present But her astonishment was swallowed by her delight in meeting Mahony there. "TTALLO, Elsa," she said. She Ii turned to Mahony and smiled; her eyes sparkled with mischief. "Hallo," she said casually, "fancy meeting you." : Inwardly she was purring wltb glee. Mahony had said that they would not meet; sbe had been quite determined to prove blm wrong; and by the most Incredible good luck sbe had succeeded first shot. She could not resist the temptation to rub it In a little. Sbe looked at him, smiling. He had no answering smile tor her. Nor had Elsa, Then, for the first time, she perceived that somewhere something was definitely wrong. Her glance travelled round the sol emn circle ot the people In tbe room. Lawson was staring at her wltb an expression of tbe utmost bewil derment on his face, is If he could hardly believe that she was real. Nobody bad yet told blm ot her res cue from the house near Watford; her presence In the room was his first intimation of It "What's the matter with all ot you?" she asked. "Why are you all looking at me as It I'd come out without any clothes on? What's wrong?" For a moment nobody answered. Then Inspector Kennedy repllod to her, "I'm sorry to have to tell you tbat Mr. Little, Miss Little's uncle, waa murdered last night." "Murderedl" Ruth was horrified. "How . . . bow dreadful. Elsa . . . I'm terribly sorry to hear It Is there anything I can do? Have they . have they caught tbe man who did It?" Elsa made a little feature wltb ber band Indicating Mabony. That man did It," she answered stonily, "He came In here late last night and stabbed my uncle In the back." I ... I don't believe It" said Rutb Instsntly. "Ha couldn't have done1 It He was with me nearly all last night" Everyone except Mahony stared at her In a shocked fashion. Ma bony scowled ferociously at her Was this fool girl, be wondered go tng to spill all the blasted beans, when he had particularly asked her to keep her mouth shut? Rutb guessed what he was think ing; she went on hastily; He came down Into the country. In bis car. to fetch me from my trlend's cottage. I've been staying with a friend named Anne Dowson In a cottage near Harfield. In Sus sex. 1 asked him If he'd come down and give me a lift back to town, and he came." I am Inspector Kennedy, of the Criminal Investigation Department and I am Investigating tbe murder of Mr. Little," said Inspector Ken nedy. "May I ask your name?" My name is Ruth Fraser." an. swered rfuth. Aren't you tbe girl who bss been missing from borne tor several days?" h went on. "Yes," she admitted. "But that was all a false alarm." (Copyright tt Hugh Clevely) Temporarily, tomorrow, the ,itu tlon esse fv Malwny. IN REVENGE BATTLE ADD18 ABABA, Oct. SO (?) Italy todsy completed a "muss re-prlMl'- Against Ethiopian Irregular who lut July ambushed and killed so fscit aviators In western vl lega province. Thirty Italian bombing and trtru port planea, carrying 400 men armed with rltlea ant machine guns, land ed at Lekenitl. dlnpatrhes to Addis AbAha reported, and engaged Irregu lar troops In a fierce battle during which th- natives suffered heavy casualties. Buddy Eheen arise at S ,30 m. dally to spend a half hour on a golf driving range before he checii In at the studio. YOUTH KILLED IN BUOErTE. Oct. 20. (AP) A 70 foot crash In a home constructed glider ccet the life of Harold Miller, 17. of Springfield, at the Springfield airport Sunday afternoon. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX JTor further proof d dress the author, tncloaing sv stamped envelope for reply. . Reg. TJ. 8. Pat Oft f .1 im viuvimrri frorn-Hieftpncfi c viJ cm SU&K HtlUaWU SrssAOstss, Ik. Sweetest of tho Sweet Used tn Jnpnn under the namo "Shlso" as a sweetening agont in meat substances, aipha-perllla-aldox- lms la derived from the essential oils of the plant, Perllla nanklnsensls. The a vera go person can detect a sweet taste In s substance containing one part of alpha-perllla-aldoxlme where It would require 4000 parts of cane sugar or eight parts of saccharin to be detected, according to Albert P. Blake Mee, director of the department of genetics, Carnegie Institution. Long IstAnd, N. Y. TAILSPIN TOMMY The Phantom Tunes In! lllAUL TO GET THE TWO RADIO OPERATORS OUT OF THEIR OFFICE AND THEM COMTACTCD THE PHAMTOrl FOKKER. MEANWHILE, THE OPERATORS ARE GR0VIMG MERVOUS.... BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER VOU'RE DISCHARGED? AUO JUCT FOR.TALKIU6 TO ME T 5 : ' 1 THE NEBBS Good Advice jt, i lMpv,! VOO W6M SCOPE WM ' L .TrTAHV TIME YOu", f,SF. ID L-FLT r-Ot- W )C XC 1 1 . .... ,r-. 11 t -.s- x ACW A. a, A , CT C? w. M V fiiP, Jnn no y "' T'ri.- . VIT-S mime awj VM S-nTnr Mf.c-i , (""Jt. C-.V"5'T Miller, who bad been making flights along with several other youths, crashed after the gUder had failed to release the. two rope, being Jerked back to tbe ground after at taining a 70 foot altitude. The acci dent occurred at o'dook. Miller waa taken to a hospital, where he died two hours later due to a fractured skull, physicians said. Several flights had been made dur ing the afternoon, and .the relesee hook tor the tow rope bad operated satisfactorily. DlOHoTMfiKE OrlJ5ftf4V, otwtdtm M wore The Royal Fur The wearing of furs first became popularly stylish in England during the 18th century. Henry VIII. for some reason resenting the sight of furs on commoners. Issued a royal decree that no one outside of the royal family waa to wear black furs. Henry later ordered tbat no one below the rank of a viscount might wear sables and no person with an income of leas than $700 per year waa to be allowed to wear marten. The flirt Sons' "Oh Susanna!" the theme sonij of Ben's News! nrHE CHIEF MUST BE ) (SlMCE THIS PHAMTOrA I'rTsATISFIED YOU'Re""! II ,1 iMfS"'"' '""'ii I!'d URING " THE "fcl IIFvERY WELL THr? "ill GO.NG BATTY WkER SCARE HIT RcOUMT VON HOCHT.i 1 MWT WORLD WAR , li WAR IS STILL ON J CHASING US OUT.. ) ItHE FIELD. ..EVERY Kl HAVE YOUR...1 A HlpSjfSE CAPTAIN PAUL1? LlSTEM .. I'LL TELL ) When we've cot to) Vjsody on. it is insignia... m glad 1 Mv smith?., i do )i f you where we: 1 THAT 'S VJHAT THE TUMMY iAD, AM' THERE VWAA SMUWU'OWL CUTHBEW 2SS.U6PICIOU; SEQDl HEP. AIL 7- V MQ.POTT75 j fit V AS NOJt?S,VCX) WRE LUCKY NOJRE IW RAT GNAWS TOT'S FOOT IN PORTLAND RESIDENCE PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30. (VP) Screams of 11 -months-old Rosa Marie Flares led to the discovery of a huge rat In her crib and slashes and per forations on the baby's right foot. The rat escaped. The child was treated at the police hospital. Tilly Loscb rehearses her dances In the center of a circle of full-length mirrors to check her work from every angle. IKjg ni tmti I TiVaWWW-ssfV aVti-CI .HmW Piprtft-PeRiieift-ftwoxiMe t5f,000lMW the 1936 Republican campaign and one of the most popular pieces of music ever written by sn American composer, was composed by Stephen Collins Foster while a clerk In hie brother's office in Cincinnati, Twenty years old at the time, the composer little visualized how suc cessful his simple ditty was to be come. Presenting It as an out-and-out gift to W. C. Peters, his old music teacher, Poster promptly forgot it. , Peters cleared, a profit of $10,000 on j the gift. Tomorrow: Exploding Trws! TUTTLE -GAY.iNlE BEEKJ OF WM RIGHT AL0U0- ' DRESSING JUNIOR ftus Wirt HEll DRESS JUKlOR FOR HER, AMP STRIPES BRISKLY1 IK1i5 NOSSERV finds fHcir -fo straighten mutters soccztvs at last and holds rom- -tries -fc hold him, jow- OUT HE'LL HAVE To TAKE ROMPERS OfT PERS UP FOR JUKlOR Ibfjpr1 A6AIN", IOR EUDW& HIM BY WHICH PROVES DIFFICULT, JUMlOR JUNIOR BElN6 MUCH MORE UlttRESltP CRAWUK6 under bed. MAVIK6 SUDDENLY 60NE "TlCKLISH . IX B0UHON6 OM H BED CALUj WEARILY fo WIFE WD BETTER CDMCfRV IQ-I5 S MATTER POP ( SOU f V TrtH.MAV T pay v. rers-.H (Copyright, law, tyTiB.ngnlUMttoc) t' fL-j BUT DOU'T YOU WORRY. PERCY YOU CAU 60 TO VJORK FOR I'LL PAY VOU A MUCH Ai (ORPHAUAGE QD-MAYRE MORE, TOO.' lill 6E1S HW OUT OFNlfcHfOfiTHES AND IMTb OrlDEKWEAU WITHOUT ANVTR60B15. 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