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IMEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTNE, MDFOTCD, OREOON'. ETTNTVAY, NOVEJHBER 22. 1936
The Wrong Murderer
By HUGH CLEVELY
' arnoPBIS! Although Inspector
Kennedy euapecta Terence Mahony
0 Vincent Little's murder Ken
nedy la giving Terence a aporting
chance to catch the man he knowa
ia guilty 'Ambrose Lawaon. And
Lawaon htia twisted Elaa Little'a
plan to help Mahony into a trap to
oatoh him and kill him. But Law
aon flnda an unexpected obstacle,
which ia that Elan instate on ootng
to the fateful rendetvoue with
Lawaon and lie anna of supposedly
benevolent kidnappere. who oaten
T aiblit only want to get Terence out
0 the oountry.
Chapter 48
NEW PLAN
ITTHEHEVER, . thought Lawson,
that houso was situated, Ma
bony was not going to leave It alive.
possible, he had Intended to kill
Mahony, dispose of bis body quietly,
and then pretend to Elsa that be bad
been captured, placed unharmed
aboard a small steamer bound tor
South America, and would be looked
after when he arrlvd there, Now that
plan was completely spoiled by
Elsa's stubborn Insistence on being
present at Mahony's capture herself.
A slight, devilish smile touched
the corners of Lawaon's lips. It had
occurred to him that perhaps, after
all. It would not be a bad thing If
Elsa were to go to that house. Cor-
He came straight to the object of Ills
visit. ,
"Look here, Lawson, I want to
know what the devil you think
you've been up to," be said bluntly.
"So far as I can see. you've bungled
things absolutely hopelessly."
"In what way?" asked Lawson.
"In every way," replied Lee
Ramsden. "You know perfectly well
how I'm situated. In seven weeks'
time from now. Ruth cornea Into con
trol of her money, That means my
ruin. We agreed together on a plan
which would enable me to retain con
trol of the money. You were to
kidnap Ruth, make her Into a dope
addict, and then return her to her
home."
"And a very good Idea It was, too,"
put In Lawson. "She'd have been In
control of her money, but yo"'d have
been In control of ber, and every
thing would have been very comfort
able for everyone."
His manner was cool and Indiffer
ent; he had the air of a man with
not a care In the world. Actually, he
was feeling far from Indifferent to
the failure of his schemes: bis airy
manner was assumed to hide his
own chagrin.
"YTOTJ bungled that scheme," said
Lee-Ramsdon harshly, "You let
that man Mahony get the girl away
from you."
"kali
Mahony was to have been placed aboard a small steamer.
talnly she would witness his treach
ery, but what of ItJ What would that
matter?
Lawson's smile broadened; a hard
gleam came Into his narrow eyes. He
was a vain man, and liked to Imagine
himself the oentral and Important
figure in dramatic situations. The
situation which he was now planning
for the following night In that lonely
house on Clapham Common pleased
him greatly.
Mahony had once saved Bias from
being kidnapped by him. Well, Ma
hony should see him kldnnp ICtsa
and be powerless to Interfere. Elsa
bad been trying to dlscovor ber
uncle's murderer. She should learn
the Identity of that murderer from
the murdoror's own lips.
He Imagined himself triumphant,
with Elsa and Mahony both helpless
In his bands, Already In his mind ho
was savoring Ulna's white-faced, ter
rified horror and Mahony's despair
Ing, Impotent rage. Mahony he
would kill, there nnd then, with his
own hands. .
- But Elsa he would not kill. She
should be taken away and held
prisoner until she was a hopeless
and Incurable slave of the drug
habit Then he would release ber.
knowing that, as her only means of
procuring the drug she craved, he
held her In a captivity more secure.
than any prison.
tTE turned from the window and
" looked at Elsa, smiling, but
now his smile wan friendly and good
natured.
"So you want to be In at the death
eh, he remarked liehtly. "I think
It's unwise, but, of course, If you
really Insist . . .'
He made a llltlo gosluro as If to
Indicate that with him Her wishes
came first In all things.
"You'd better go to the nnuse first
on your own," he wont on. "I'll make
my arrangements and close In on the
house after you've entered."
Elsa departed, well satisfied with
her evenings work. Boon after she
had gone, Lawson had another vis!
tor.
"Mr. Lee-Ramsden to see you, sir,"
announced the butler.
"Show blm In." said Lawson,
Lee-Hnmsden was In a very bad
temper. Tor once his customary
'iiavlty had almost doserted him
"That was unfortunate," admitted
Lawson. "But I haven't Onlshed with
Mr, Mahony yot. What are you
worrying about? There's still an
other seven weeks to go. A lot can
happen In soven weeks."
"Quite a lot has happened In the
last weok," retorted Lee-Ramsden
angrily, "And most of It has been to
your disadvantage. You told me days
ago you hadn't finished wllb Mahony
yeu It seems to me that the boot Is
on tho other foot that he hasn't
finished with you. ,
Why, you damned Incompetent
bungler, every lima you've come up
against that man he's bested you.
And look at the position now. Hall
your tamo crooks have doserted you,
The police are after Ruth, and most
likely they'll catch her, If they catch
her, they may send her to prison: In
any case they'll detain her for a time.
"In either case she'll come Into
her money when she's twenty-one,
and she'll be after my blood. You
know porfoctly well that once any
smart lawyer starts Investigating
ber affairs It will mean about five
years tor me. And that Is what will
happen; there's no way of stopping
It."
He banged his fist down suddenly
on the table.
"Understand this, you pitiful,
cheap charlatan!" he shouted. "If 1
am ruined. I'll take good care that
you won't get off scot-free, I know
enough about you to ensure that
you'll get a heavier sentence than I
shall, and I'll see that you get It
And once you're In prison, the police
msy find out a thing or two more
about you than I can tell them, and
then you'll hang."
Lawson listened, leaning back
against the mantelpiece In a casual
attitude. Ills face urd gone slightly
paler, but his expression was cold
and disdainful. Actually he was sur
prised that a man of Lee Ramaden'i
normally cool temperament should
have so far lost control of himself;
he failed to take Into account the
nerve strain under which the old
man had been living during the last
week.
But, though he concealed It, n
was furious at the Insults Leo
Ramsden had hurled at him.
(Copirlnht l.tt Huoh Clevtly)
I Tns two men mctl in a dssth
1 struggle, tomorrow.
BEFORE BIER OF
VALUE'S EX-WIFE
SANTA MONICA. Cal Nov. 31.
(UP) rvath struck a final dramatic
blow today In tho tragic career, of
fav Wbb VallM, ctlvowd wife of
croonar Rudy Vallwi, Atrtkln down
h aunt an she Ard Into Fay cum
coffin in a crowded funeral chapel.
Mi&B Winifred Webb, middle-aged
plnater alater of Kay' father, col
lapsed and fell dend beside the bier,
throwing into confusion the thou
nda who were filing past the cnket
tot ft ftn&l glimpse of J'y lying with
head at a floral pillow aent by Rudy
from New York.
Mm Webb atood txw!da the coffin
ahakln with aoba, then turned and
collapsed, She died In the amis of
Fay'a father, Clarence E. Webb, for
mer Aauta Monica police chlel, who
aaw hi wife aa well aa hi daughter
d!t during the. laat few months.
Webb carried hta attr'a bodv Into
another room and attempted rtlfl.
clal reuiicltaMoi.. but a doctor pro
nounced her dead.
Word of the new tragedy paused In
a hunhed whisper through a crowd of
aeveral thouwnd Jamming the t.apel
and spuing out Into the street and
It w with healtant tp that the
lonr. alnle file resumed It alow pa
aie by the blar,
Soon after, in deference to Capt.
Webb, the honor r;wt of Santa
Monica policemen carved a parage
through the crowd ant carries the
body of Rudy Vallee'a former wife to
Woodland cemetery for Burial.
Uee Mtul Tribune want ada.
WATCH IN APPLE
WBNATCHEE, Wash., Nov. 21
(UP) DoreU Bledler today waa under
sentence to IA years at Monroe re
formatory because a deputy sheriff
accidentally picked up an apple from
a table In Bledler 's room.'
The apple contained a watch which
Bledler admitted he stole and hid
there after digging a hole In the bot
tom large enough to bide the watch.
The deputy sheriff said he went to
the suspect's room on a "hunch"
and was Invited to search. Judge W.
O. Parr sentenced Bledler to the re
formatory, i
LIVER FLUKE CONTROL
BEGUN BY R. F. CHASEi
'PRAIRIE CITY, Ore., Nov. 31. !
(AP) R. F. Chase of Medford. work
ing under a 16,000 WPA allotment, '
began the supervision of a liver ;
fluke control program In this area.
Twenty men were employed. Ranch
ers said the liver fluXe took a heavy
toll of sheep.
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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that got away laut year It will be even
bigger than you said It wna or at
least bigger than It was. Strange as
It seems, regardless of age, flah never
stop growing until they die. After
they attain maturity the rate of
growth In nearly all species alows
down considerably. In very old
spoolmens, the rate of growth Is
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might be said that all living things
continue to grow until death since
new colls are constantly replacing old
onea. ft has been estimated that
human beings have an entirely new
body about once every seven years,
all cells present at the beginning of
this period being replaced by new
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definitely established however, it Is
believed by some scientists that cer
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nerve cells and skeletal muscles are
composed of the same cells through
out the llfo of a human.
Tie Teoin
Meeting the Granger high school
team, September 37. 1936, White
8 wan started compiling one of the
strangest score records ever made In
football when they tied their oppo
nents 7-7. In their next game, Octo
ber 11. a 13-13 tie game waa nliiyed
UtNanifal I radical. Im
against Toppenlsh. A game' against
W a pa to brought a scoreless- tie, a
return match with Granger was play
ed to a scoreless tie on November 1,
and another game against Wopato,
played November 6, ended without
either team scoring five consecutive
ties In all I
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By 0. M. PAYNE
2-County High School
Strange aa It seems. Rex Kelly,
Yoakum high school's Spanish teach
er sits at his desk In Lavaca county
end teaches pupils In DeWItt county.
The county line runs through his
classroom between the students and
himself,
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