PAv"E TWO
MKTIFOUn MAT! . TRIRHNK. EPFORH. OREGON', FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1936.
CI
The Wrong Murderer
By HUGH CLEVELV
SYNOPSIS! (ulul ol trapping
rsreiiee Uahony into an admxeeion
that he hail murdered Vincent Lit
Its. at he had expected Insprclot
Kennedy hat heard a lairly con
vlnrliip iferilot l Inclined to
give Terence rope oiirf Terence it
perteotinq n plan to capture and
convict the real murderer who te
Ambrose Lawevn head ot a kid
nnvpino and dupe Huff Vote Ken
nedy another detective and Ua
fcojii are on their way to a vacant
haute where Itulh Ktaeet Iriend ot
. ilnhrmy't is lildina Trytna to help
Terence. Ruth hae oot hereell into
trouble.
Chapter 36
EMPTY HOUSE
4 AHONY was filled with forebod
11 Inf. Number 618 BL John's
Wood Road wai the bouse wbere b
bad lift Ltwson'i orookt tied op
Would Ruth be there when he and
Inspector Kennedy arrived?
In a quarter of an hour they bad
arrlred, bad aprung up the etepa
and found the (runt door slightly
open. They wont In; the bouse vat
ilenL
Inspector Kennedy Sashed his
lectrlo torch In front of him The
first room they entered was the
drawing-room In wblcb Mahony bad
left the two bound crooks. On toe
Boor were pieces of the rope wblcb
Mahony had used to tie tbe two men
The rope had been cut.
Inspector Kennedy examined It.
frowning. Sergeant Dawklns uttered
and eicluuiatiou and siuuped and
picked something up from a corner
-Hallo!" he said. "This looks as
though ahe'a been here."
He held out a woman's bag.
The bag wns Kutn's; thu contents
proved that, Uut neither Kutn nor
anybody else was In tbe nuuse.
"1 wonder what's happeued to
kerf" aald Inspector Kennedy In a
worried tone. "Han you any Ideas
n the subject, Mabnnyr
For a moment Uahony did not an
war. His heart was full ut fear foi
Ruth. So far as hs could see. only
one thing could have happened to
ner.
. "I'm afraid she's fallen Into the
bands of tbe dope and kidnapping
gang." be aald In a low voice.
inspector Kennedy nodded.
"Have you any Idea wbere they
aould have taken herr be aaked.
"None at all," answered .Mahony
There was a pause. Then the in
spector aaked another question.
"Where doee Lawson come Into all
this' What Is the meaning of that
reference to him In ber letter?"
"He's the head of the dope and
kidnapping gang," answered Ma
hony briefly.
"What Ambrose LawiooT" as
claimed the Inspector In an amated
mice. "Have you any proof of your
statement?"
"Not a scrap," answered Mahony
"If you accused him. he'd only laugh
In your face. But after you'd left the
house he'd make arrangements to
have you quietly murdered. Think
this over. I told Bsssett I was pretty
sure Lawson was the buad of the
gang. I told Lee-Ramsden that I'd
told Gannett Lee-Ramsden I mined I
Itely told Lawson. Within about an
hour of Lee-Kamsden telephoning
Lawson this morning Raasrlt's house
was attacked by armed gunmen
Doesn't that strike you as peculiar?"
"Very peculiar," agreed Inspector
Kennedy dryly.
He was silent for a lime, thinking
Mahony's statement surprised him
but be wae not altogether dlsln
dined to believe It. Inspector Ken
nedy looked at Mahony very keenly
"I'm not going to keep you any
longer now. Mahony." he aald In a
slow, meaning voice. "I eipeci you'll
have a lot to do tonight. Uut I'm
letting you go on the condition thn
yon report at my offlce at the Yard
at ten In the morning, and tell me It
you have any newa of Miss Fraser
la that a bargain?"
Mahony perfectly understood thst
the Inspector was giving him a
chance to try to rescue Ruth. He
did not blame the Inspector for the
condition attached to that chance.
"That's a bargain," he said curtly
"Good luck to you," eald Inspector
Kennedy.
At Marlborough Road Station hi
rang her up. .
"This Is Terence Mahony speak
Ing." he said. "Tbe police decided to
let me go after all, thanks to the
word you put In for me at our In
tervlew. I want to know If you'll do
something for me?"
"Of course." she answered She
was eager to do something to try
to make up tor tbe barm abe had
done.
'I want to speak to Mr. Lawson to
night." went on Mahony. "Could you
ring hlro up and ask him to come
round and see you about eleven-
thirty? Uut don't tell hlra I want to
speak to him, or he won't come.'
"Well . . I'll do It If I can. but 1
don't know whether I shall be able
to get bold of Mr. Lawson." an
swered Ulsa. "He told me be was go
ing out tonight, to some club tbe
Golden something or other. I'm ter
ribly sorry. Though. If I ring up hie
bouse, perhaps hla butler will be able
to tell me where he'a gone."
Bo Lawson had gone to the Golden
Centipede. A thrill of exultation ran
through Mahony.
Never mind." he aald. "I'll see
aim some other lime."
With that he rang off. left the
station, and look a taxi to his lodg
ings.
He spent twenty minutes at his
lodgings disguising himself accord
Ing to tbe directions whlcb had been
given to blm by the assistant at
Clark rord's. He spent Uve minutes
carefully rubbing out the name on
the Golden Centipede membership
cards which bs bad taken from the
two crooks that afternoon, and writ
Ing In another name. Then he set
out for hla appointment with his
gang.
I yiTH that Mahony left the house
When he had gone Sergeant
Dawklns spoke to Inspector Kon
nedy.
"What do you reckon he'll do, sir?"
he asked.
The Inspector shook bis head.
"I don't know. Something protty
drastic If I'm any Judge of character
1 shouldn't be surprised If somebody
(eta hurt tonight."
But Lawson would probably not be
easy to catch: he would be guarded
Mahony amllcd grimly; be bad
thought of a way of catching blm
Else, bad played one pan tonight:
now she could play another. But she
need not know she waa playing It,
A T half past eleven he met them.
as arranged, In a little quiet
square not far from Jermyn Street
Tbey arrived lo two care, tbe drat
car containing two men 'id evening
dress, and the three huge battles of
champagne wblcb Mahony had or
dered, the uther car containing the
remaining four men clad In tbelr
rough seagoing clothes Mahony
gave them all careful directions and
tney started for the Golden Centl
pede Club.
The Golden Centipede bsd two en
trances, a front entrance In the
courtyard, and a tradesmen'! en
trance In a quiet alley at the back ol
the club. The car containing Ma
bony, the two men In evenin. rir...
and the biggest of the four other
men, drove to the front entrance
The second car drove to the back en
trance.
Inside the front entrance
flight of stairs, whlcb wound up
wards to a landing on which were
sltuatod the men's and women's
cloak-rooms. At tbe entrance to tbe
mens cloak-room aat a large, unl
lurmeo commissionaire to see that
non-members, unaccompanied by
members, did not enter tbe club
From tbe landing another fllnhi ot
stairs led upwards to the dance room
and cocktail bar.
Mahony and the two men In
nlng dross, clutching their lerolioams
of champaign, mounted the steps
that led up to the first landing In a
soiiiewnai uncertain manner: they
had the appearance of being rather
drunk. The commissionaire frowned
slightly; he stepped forward to
challenge them.
"Are you a membor. sir?" he de
manded, "Sure I'm a m-member." replied
Mahony thickly. "Here'sb card."
He pulled out bis faked member
ship card, held It In front ol tbe com
mlsslonalre. and thrust It Into his
pocket again.
"Drought a couple of frlendab long
for a drink" went on Mabonv mi
emnly. "My blrtbday. Have to pay
entransb fee ana atgn book. I sup
poae? I'ay It for me. tbere'ah good
fellow Here you are."
He thrust a couple of pound note.
Into the commissionaire's hand.'
-very good, elr," be said.
Mahony and hla companions went
on up the stairs towards the dance
floor. From the bottom of tbe stairs,
by the front entrance, a voice balled
the commissionaire.
"01. matel"
At the bottom of the stairs stood
large, rough-looking unshaven
man. The commissionaire waa in.
dlgnant. With an air of Immense
dignity he descended the aialre
wot dyou want?' he demanded
'This ain't do place for the likes of
you. You op lu"
Arf a minute, matey." he said In
a conciliatory tone. "Just eve a good
ioo at tms.-
As the commissionaire bant for
ward, a flat came upwaid, taking
him fairly undor the chin The com
mlsslonalre slumped forward uneon.
aclous.
fCopirrtoM ItU Huch Olevely)
Siveral paopla, Monday, asl very, .
Very sleepy.
CIVILIZED LIFE
PERILS FUTURE
OF HOTTENTOTS
CAPE TOWN (UP) The fate of
the former hunter and warrior race
of Hotbmtots, now overwhelmed by
civilization. Is described In an offic
ial report made by a commission ap
points to Investigate conditions In
eoutnweat Afr.ca.
While most of the native In this
territory were found to be contended,
the commission wroto about the Hot
tentot a follows:
"In the olden days, when the Hot
tentot could roam i hunters or ea
warriors over the hue desert-like
country, which they knew so inti
mately, they were a power In the
land. Now, however, that they have
to live and earn their living in that
country under olvillaed ndlUona
they are out of their elei, jnt and
pathetically belplesa.
"Under I!., present circumstances,
unless they have the sympathetic
and Intelligent help of the white
man, thy have a dismal future be
fore them."
The commission elao described
how 5.000 bushmen of southwest
Arr:oa. a wild but Intereettii peo
ple with a remarkable primitive
culture of their own, have refused
to bow to civilization and have re
treated Into the Kalahari deeert to
make a livlty where other races
would perish.
Travel to Lown Volcanic nnttontl
park Increased 47 per ceut In 10.14.
Onions and irsrllc were eAO!!shed
articles of food In ancient Egypt.
OLD CYCLE USED
FOR FALSE TEETH
WOMBWELU Eng. (tjP) False
teeth made from an old motorcycle
crank case are the crowning cllnuM
of a dental experimentation by Albert
Orwln, road worker living In the vil
lage of Jump, near here.
. First, Orwln tried his Ingenuity on
the knuckle bone of a leg of mutton
but the bone was not big jugn.
Then he t;l;d using a billiard ball
which, however, had the same defect,
the diameter being only two and a
half Inches.
Success came when he melted down
the aluminum from the crank ease o:
the old motorcycle. The melted
aluminum was run Into an "Impres
sion" which he had taken himself.
Even so, this set Is only for every
day use.
On Sundays his smile reveal a
"perfect" set made from tbe alumi
num screw tope of old thermos flasks.
The Stringope parrot of Australia
la unable to fly and burrows In tho
ground for a home.
FIGHTING SPIRIT
STRANGE AC IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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The Floating Tomb.
'Jinx ship," was the muttered com
ment of aallora on hand when the
Oreat Eastern, monster ship of ths
10th century, stuck on Its Iron slip
ways during Its first attempted
launching Into the Thames river
and Jinx ship aho waa destined to be.
. With a grosa tonnage bt 18,914 and
displacement of 27.384 tons, the super
ship of It day had cabin accommo
dations for 4,000 pasjong-rs. the same
number the Queen Mary oarrlca to
day I It la estimator: that undor war
time necessity, the Orent Eastern
could have carried 10,000 troops!
Dut back to the "Jinx." Strange ns
It aeems, tho ship carried a corpse,
on every trip ahe ever took, for a
workman bad been trapped In her
huge hull during tbe but.dlng. Un
known to anyone, he died there and
his body was not discovered until the
ship waa scrapped. Carrying such a
cargo, It Is easy to visualize In the
mlnda of auperstltloua seamen the
cause for the ship's strangely Ill-fated
career.
When she stuck on her launching
slipways, the "Jonah" commenced.
Three months It took to finally get
the ship Into the water after that,
and the strain the delay cauaed on
the mind of her designer, Isambard
Kingdom Bruno, brought on hla
leath ten days after the first onglne
trials. The company who had financ
ed her construction waa forced Into
liquidation through the expense of
the delay and the added money that
had to be spent on her launching. '
For a ahort time all went well. The
Great Eastern crossed tho Atlantlo in
the then record time of 13 knots per
hour in June. 1880. A year later ahe
almost foundered of Cape Clear, Ire
land, causing heavy damage to her
self and serious Injury to many of
her passengers, a complete financial
failure aa a passenger and freight
ship, she waa chartered to lay an
Atlantlo cable In 1889. Even In this
menial Job she waa a failure, for the
cable broke.
In 1873 ahe was sold for one twenty
eighth of the (4,600,000 It bad coat
to build her. In 1887, the Oreat
Eastern was scrapped for Junk.
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By HAL FORREST
AS TOMMY
....AND
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OPENED THf
DOOR TO
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THt CHIEF-,
MOE, THE:
MECHANIC,
STUMBLED
INTO THE
ROOM AT
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HE SAIP I WAS RlPPIN'
out HE MUST 'WE
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