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The Wrong Murderer
8Y.iHSlS: Lee-ttamaden hud
- hired Ambrose hawtton and hi
gang of kidnappers to make away
with Ruth Fraaer. who la Lee
Romatlen'a word. Terence Mahony
" relcaaed Ruth, ftotruuer and Ruth
hoa tried to rcpap hint bp providing
a falae alibi for Terence in the mat
tar of a murder Terence did not
'commit. Ruth and Terence are eau
Ing lunch tolth Lee-ftamaden. find
In hta oulaa of perturbed guardian
hee-IlnmBden ie extracting valu
able Information tor the use of htm
aelf and Laweou.
Chapter 19
FALSE AT HEART
A FTBR coffee had been served,
Lee-Ramsden took Mahony up
to the study for s cigar, leaving
Ruth In the drawing-room. There
Lee-Ramsden'a manner changed, be
came altogether serious.
"This Is a nasty business, Ma
hony, a very nasty business," he
said. "I may seem rather casual
about It, but I hate my ward being
mixed up In It. You were a friend of
young Ross, weren't you?"
"Yes," admitted Mahony.
"And Ross pretended to be a
friend of Lawson. Actually he hated
him hated and feared him. 1 don't
go about with my eyes shut, and I've
noticed the way Ross looked at Law
son when he thought nobody was
watching him."
It was absolute lies, of course; he
had noticed nothing of the kind: but
he spoke very convincingly, Mahony
was conscious of a new respect for
the old man.
"A charming fellow, Lawson,"
continued Lee-Ramsden. "So hand
some and cultured. And also, If I'm
any Judge of men, one of the most
unprincipled blackguards In crea
tion. He seems to have been bob
bing up a good deal in this matter
last night and this morning, doosn't
heT"
. He pausod. ' ' '
"Won't you tell me the whole
story?" he asked. "I'll' help you If
jl can. My ward Is a very good rea
son why I should help you. 1 might
easily be useful; I'm not altogether
without brains, and even Influence."
Again It was superbly acted; the
old man appeared quite sincere, Ma
bony was quite won over. He told
Lee-Ramsden the whole story. At
the end of tbe story Lee-Ramsden's
face was very stern.
"Those follows must be crushed,"
ho said. "Utterly stamped out. Hang
ing's a damned sight too good for
them. I'm wlUi you, Mahony. to the
last Inch."
He held out his hand. Mahony
took it. It was then that, for the Drat
time, Mahony noticed the curious
shape of Lee-Ramsden's hands.
AFTJSK Muhony had gone, Lee
Ramsdon laughed. There was
till an air of amusement about him
when Mulllns entered later In tho
afternoon with his tea.
"What did you think of youc; Ma
bony, Mulllns?" he nskod.
"A very ordinary young man, If I
may say so, sir," replied Mulllns.
Lee-Ramsden shook his head.
"On the contrary, Mulllns, a very
extraordinary young man," said Lee
Ramsden. "He has both brains and
guts. I like him. And that's a great
pity, because I'm afraid he's going
to die young. Do you know what he
told me?"
"No sir," said Mulllns.
"Ha 'old me," said Lee-Ramsden
In a shocked tone, "that the foul
gang who kidnapped Miss Ruth
meant to make her a drug addict, so
that when they roleased hor, she,
and Incidentally hor money, would
till be entirely under their control.
Isn't that dreadful?"
"Er ... yes. sir," said Mulllns. He
hardly seemed to know how to an
swer. Lee Ramsden laughed.
"Don't be a hypocrite, ' Mulllns:
the only dreadful part of the scheme
from our point of view Is that It did
not succeed," he said genially.
"What will be really dreadful will
be It I lose control of Ruth' money
when she's twenty-one. But I don't
Intend to. Mulllns; 1 don't Intend to."
AFTER leuvlng Lee-Ramsden's
house, Mahony took the Under
ground to Nottlng Hill Oate Station,
and began to walk back to his lodg
ings. About ten yards from the sta
tion entrance a man hurrying along
the pavement bumped Into him
somewhat roughly,
"Sorry," said the man.
Ha paused for a moment, looking
at Mahony curiously.
"Isn't your name Mahony?" he
asked. "Terence Mahony?"
CALIFORNIA RED
El CENTRO. Calif., Oct. 34. (AP)
Esco Richardson, communist congres
sional candidate, returned to Los An
gara today after a crowd of 300 per
orw had drHggfd him from in front
of a radio microphone, here IaM night
and peltrd him with rotten fgga and
fruit.
Forming quickly about the radio
station at the hour act for Richard
son' addreM, the crowd pulled a
awltch, cutting him off the air aa he
began to talk, and then escorted him
to a vacant lot nearby.
There members ordered him to
make his peecV. hut how'.M him
down and forced him to go to the
rUrci station ana board, train.
By HUGH CLEVELY
"Yes," answered Mahony. "What
about It?" He did not feel In the
mood to chat to strangers.
"My name's Mllson," said the
stranger. "Andrew Mllson. Don't you
remember me?"
"No," answered Mahony. To the
best of his knowledge he had never
seen the man before In his life.
"I met you a couplt of years' ago.
In the Shanghai Bar," said Mllson
confidently. "At that time I believe
you were special correspondent In
China for an American newspaper
the Chicago Leader."
That information was correct.
Two years previously Mahony had
done newspaper work for an Ameri
can paper. He had also quite fre
quently been in the Shanghai Bar.
"I saw another chap from China
"Isn't your name Mahony?"
the other duy, too," went on Mllson.
"Kosoff you know him, didn't you?
Ho's over here now on a visit. Very
well dressed and prosperous. He In
troduced me to his partner, a man
named Mulgravo."
Mtilgrnve was the man whom Ma
hony had held up at the pistol point
to find out where Until was Im
prisoned. And Kosoff had mnde hta
living In China hy exporting dope.
Mahony began to bo Interested In
Mllsnn's conversation.
"When did you see Kosoff?" nskoil
Mahony.
"About four days ago. Ha looked
so prosperous that I tried to touch
him for a fiver. 1 didn't expect to get
It, of course. I was novor so sur
prised In my life as when Kosoff ac
tuolly gavo It to mo. Ho also told
me that If I was down on my luck
and not too particular, he know a
placo where I could got a Job!"
Mllson laughod.
"Well, I am down on my lin k, and
I've never been very particular as
a matter of fact, I had to leave China
rather suddenly but tliore are some
Jobs that 1 do draw the line at, and
Kosoff's aro among thorn. Ho had a
chat with Mulgrave about me, and
Mulgrave gave mo a note of Intro
duction." ''The Job was dope peddling, I sup
pose?" suggested Mahony.
Mllson nodded.
"Kosoff was quite frank about It.
Ho knows I'm a public school man,
Hint I've got a pretty tough record
In China, and that tho English police
don't know me, and those aro th
qualifications he wanted. I took tho
noto and thanked him because of tho
money, hut thoro's nothing doing."
(Copyright, int. Huah clevelp)
Mahony buys th not from Mil.
on. tomorrow.
ON AUTO PEW
SALEM, Oct. 34 (API The words
"Buest of Orefion" will he used on
all non-resident permits for out-of
state cars during 1037. Secretary of
State Earl Snetl enld In announcing
a departure from t-le usual formal
permits required hy law.
The wording oh the more demo
cratic sttrker w MiwreMed by
Aaron Frank of Portland, and the
neat design adopted was drawn by
George Stephens, an employe nf the
secrotary of state's office. They will
be Issued shortly to the M nonresi
dent registrars In the state.
T:io cinntte w'i mailt- to "eo-oper
ate In every wuy possible to make
visitors to Oregon welcome," Suell
said.
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John P. Coyne, chairman of the
board of trustees of the International
union of operating engineers, unless
builders of the federal reclamation
project meet union demands for
recognition and a pay increase. -
Coyne said the International or
ganization had given consent to em
ployes of Mason, Walsh, Atlknson &
Kier company, the contractors, "to
strike when and if they see fit."
Elect amat Ion officials' said such a
walkout would virtually shut down
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days of tfce Spanish conquest the
Azteos and Maya both used the cocoa
bean as their monetary standard. Yet
the Aztecs had tremendotis hoards of
gold.
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"This building cost but little
money but much work, without which
life affords no satisfying kick." This
statement, crudely enrvod into h
board which served somewhat aa a
cornerstone on "Flotsam Castle," ex
pressed the philosophy of the man
who built the queer structure
Strange as it seems, every piece of
wood and stone that went Into the
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the big $60,000,000 Columbia river
project, although operating engineers
are few in number In comparison
with other workers. ,
Flour Subsidy Price
PORTLAND. Oct. 24. ( AP) U. S.
Department of Agriculture reported
the flour subsidy price Saturday at
160 per bbl., unchanged from Friday.
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up on the California coast oy the
sea. Even the stove and other fur
nishings In the dwelling were "gifts
or tne Pacific.
Some years ago the beachcombing
architect was forced to leave his odd
dwelling when It was torn down to
make wey for modern Improvements
"Honk" Derivation
Ancient Saxons and Germans first,
used beech wood to write on. by
scratching symbols Into them. The
Anglo-Saxon word for beech was
boc. later changed to Its present form
to mean "book."
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