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PAGT5 FOUR MEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1937. the dark shifts SUBURBAN HBCm By GLUT AS WlLLLUttT STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOmTHIX Pm tfm proof id Uo intbor, teelotl&f a tfuipo4'BTlopa tor wly. B V. t- Pat Ot. V HULBKRT FOOTMCI SYNOPSIS: Nein. a rtolut voting federal agtm, comes to Baltimore to spend a week's va cation with hi girl But they Quarrel. Janet, who it tall, attrac tive and independent, retuee to break her dinner-party date with Preicott Fannlno Anorilv Nell! says Tannine ie "too old" or Janet; "he pena too much money; he'e too slide." Janet, ad mite ehe'e been warned aaainrt him, Icnoive little about him. Both leeved, thev part and Weill fete out to prove Fannin; ( crook. He Indj the hotel manager Janet cited ae Fannino1! c'oee friend. He eae Futnino ie "a mere acquaintance Chapter Two The Gray Little Man "T.TOW long has Fanning been TI around?" Neil asked. "1 couldn't tell you exactly. Some weeks," said Mr. Bromley. "What brought him here?" "He likes the town. Looking for little place in the Green Spring valley. I've got a place out there, and that's how I got acquainted with him. But it didn't suit him." "Who introduced him In Balti more? Who vouches for him?" " 'Deed, I don't remember. Fan ning is the sort of man you just see around. ... Do you know any thing queer about him?" "No indeed," said Neill. "1 was Just trying to find out something about his standing.'.' "Well, don't ask me." "Is he a man you would trust?" "I don't trust any man," said Mr. Bromley grinning. Neill saw that there was noth ing to be had here. "Where does Fanning hang out?" he asked. "He's a devil to womenl" Eyster exclaimed. lord Baltimore hotel." Thii hotel was further down town and Neill took a taxi. He sat down in the lobby and looked around. It came to him that the bellboys of a hotel generally have a low-down on the guests, and he beckoned to a lad in a bob-tailed Jacket who was passing. "Fetch me a couple of Eden Per fectoes, will you? The cigar stand was not more than 15 feet away, but Neill knew that bellboys never resent a guest who refuses to wait on himself. The cigars were brought and the boy generously tipped. He held a lighted match, and Neill detained him in talk. "Do you know a guest here tailed Prescott Fanning?" "Mr. Fanning? Sure do, boss. He's in 1410, one of the best suites In the house. Mr. Fanning's a real gentleman, he is." "What's his business?" "Don't seem to have any. Just inloys hisself." ''Does he get much mall?" "Not at the hotel." "Come on," said NeiU per suasively. "Loosen up." What s your gran; asxea tne boy with a sharp looK. Oh, put me iown as a nosey In dividual with a big heart." "Well, Mr. Fanning's been a good friend to me and I ain't affoinii to ... " "I could be a better friend if you gave me any real information about him." The boy grinned at him as much is to say: 'Trove it I" "Always happy to oblige," he laid. "But I can't tell you what I don't know. Mr. Fannim carries a wad of new money in his wallet an inch thick. He plays the races, and his bar bill's pretty near a hundred a week. He appears to know everybody in town. He talks a lot out ne never tens running. Just loshes." "A bellboy's hero?" said Neill. "You said it, misterl I wish they was more like him. . . . Sorry, I got to beat it. I'm not allowed to stand and talk. NeiU let hlmsgo. Tragedy In Ills Eyea AN odd-looking man sidled up t to Neill from behind. A skin ny little fellow, gray as a badger; ON CROPS CALLED BISMARCK, N. D.. Bept. 6. (UP) Oov. William Langer by procieme tlon today banned seizure ot crope by creditors where thli year's pro duction would tall to sustain the (rower and bis family until another harvest. In prohlbltlnn such aeliurre. tan- f r termed adverse farm conditions In the elate during the pan lew years "a public calamity and not the fault of debtors." To allow creditors to aeln the farmer's only means ot maintenance Linger said, "would leave the grower destitute, disturbing, public peace, .health ana welfare," gray hair, gray skin, gray lips. He wore a wrinkled gray suit too, as if for protective coloring. It was impossible to guess his age. He would have been completely in significant i.id it not been for hii eyes Neill had ever seen. He looked like a lost soul; yet his colorless lips were twisted, in a grin. "Pardon me, sir," he said with a fawning air. "But I couldn't help overhearing part of your conver sation Just now." "So what?" said Neill. He felt that he ought to ae sorry for the man but he only felt repulsion. "I heard you asking tha boy about Prescott Fanning." Neill pricked up his ears. "Do you know him?" The gray man moistened his llpt like a cat "Yes," he said slowly. "I may say , . . that I know him." "Sit down," said Neill. "Have a smoke?" "That looks too big and strong for me," said the gray man with a sidelong look at the cigar. "If you will excuse me, I prefer my pipe." "Smoke up," said NeilL While the little man was busy filling his pipe, Neill studied him. A new type. Not criminal, yet somehow repulsive. Neill won dered if every man who has been through hell becomes repulsive to his luckier fellows. "You may call me Eyster," ht said. "David Eyster." "I'm Walter Patton," said Neill. He was glad that Eyster did not offer to shake hands. His gray paws looked like r dead man s. "Do you know Fanning?" asked Eyster. . "No." "Are you anxious to meet him?" "No. But I want to And out about him. . . What are your rela tions with him?" "I have no relations with him." Eyster grinned. "He doesn't know me, butl know him." "Well, tell me," said Neill. "what sort of fellow is he?" "What is your purpose In ask ing?" said Eyster cautiously. Til tell vou." said Neill. A young fellow that I know has been going arouna witn mm, ana i sus spect Fanning's a bad influence." Eyster laughed noiselessly. "A bad influence?" he said. "That's putting it mildly. . . I assume that it is really a young woman you are talking about. Fanning has no use for young men." Neill let it go at that A spasm of hatred convulsed Eyster s gray face. "He's a devil to women," lie exclaimed with an odd breathlessness. "A devtll A devill" Chapter And Verse KJEILL turned hard inside, think- ' lng of the danger to Janet At the same time he exulted a lime, because he had been proved right No harm had come to Janet yet and now he could show herl Give me chapter and verse, he said eaderlv. "Give me some concrete evidence to show, and it will save a woman. But Eyster only grlnnea and shook his head. "These are things I can't tell a stranger." "Why did you approach me?" Eyster was silent. Neill felt that he must use cau tion In dealing with this half cracked soul. "Where is your home, Mr. Eyster?" he asked In order to get on safer ground. "I have no home." "No home?" "I Just go from hotel to hotel." "Isn't that rather expensive?" "I have enough money for my needs." "What's your business?" "I have no business." "What brought you to Balti more?" "Fanning." (CrtriiU. IHt, h BtlttH r) Nrlll strikes np an aeqnlirtaaee with Fanntnr, tomorrow. OF NANKINO. Sept. 6 ( API Foreign military obervera today attributed to a German military mtsston a ma)or shara of the credit for China's thua far firm realatanoa to Japan in tha pi went conniU The mlMlon conaUta of five gen ernls, headed by Baron Alexander von Falkenpauflen. who helped Oermany keep the all tea at bay through much of the World war. and a hundred oth er Oerman army officer ranging in rank from captain to colonel. The German experts have pnt several yrara in China m military In structors, and work band in baud f tit Mnl JF K&N HP & WHOP W'jj;,J&ftX& ; In Honor of tha Cur Tha Russian and Japanese dogs of war again strain at their leashes. Whether or sot tha Soviet Republic will dare to pick up the threads 'of war with Japan that snapped off In Ignominious defeat for Russia in 1005 under the regime of the cear is question that la expected to re oelve an early answer. Ignominious defeat for Russia It was, culminating In the almost com plete annihilation of the Second and Third Russian Pacific squadrons In the Battle of Tsushma. Under woe fully poor, If not craven leadership, the supposedly far superior Russian fleet, composed of 88 ships, was bee ten In one of the most decisive naval battles of history. Twenty of It ships were sun It, five captured with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, of whom von Falkenhausen la a close friend. Parol Returned -ROSEBURO, Ore.. Sept. 8. (API- Paul Brock man, alias Ralph Gear hart, parolee from the Oregon state penitentiary, was sentenced In cir cuit court here today to three years TATXSPIN TOMMY Tommy Tommy learned through the president op the insurance COMPANY, THAT THE LIFE OF MRS. HORACE BKNTLY HAD BEEN INSURED WITH THAT'COMCERN IN FAVOR OF HER HUSBAND. TOMMYS SUBSEQUENT QUESTIOMirie SURPRISES THE EXECUTIVE . . . BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER THE NEBBS Go Blow PAPPW. VM SETTiM' kltODA. FOnjD OF BRUCE ARDLEV - VOU TV4INJK I OUSUTA. MA.RRY" S LiZn IT wweWsl mebbe n' my ftun.tMU-'TH& J rviwefte' wtYoMik TwtReA IT" fuawtDWJTHfe Ve thm j 3 ITTi I THBf I OURWEO FOOL VWOULOM'T ICVJOW ) ' HCt f rT UPt CAM'T ,z I ALAOM.SOW-HOVy'O BiaO-HE:'9 j r S V" fXI 1 1UU " ,- CJKEW VlClOKnttEY ttFEClEP WOUM? OCCUR ON 1&e &m ftztfvite MmosT MtRelX Pesmte iNmrnuHsmyf and the rest managed to escape. The Japanese lost only three torpedo boats. Strange as it seems, so con fident of victory were the Russians that they purposely delayed thelt departure for the battle one day so that the great victory they expect ed could start on the anniversary oi the csar's coronation, May 36, 190d. Worked To Death ' The life span of a honeybee de pends almost entirely on the amount of work It does. Newly hatched bees are covered with long, golden hair, within about four weeks of work most , of the hair Is worn off and the bees' wlnga show signs of tatter and tear, eventually get ting so bad they become incapable of sustaining flight. Bees hatched In the state prison after pleading guilty to charge of larceny In a dwelling. Jobless Lawyer Travels SALEM. Sept. 8. ,V) Relph Camp bell, attorney for the Oregon un employment compensation Insurance commission, expects to leave here soon for Wisconsin, where he will Speaks Bluntly I One Starter! DO KrOOUJ MUCM ABOUTy MIM 'SUPPOSE MRS BE '"tlyS 0 E ATHW-, I -g,f ' fH IINIF? TMft dc'F gi 'ACi'0 v (TMm L .. In the late fall when there Is little "field work" to be done usually live through the entire winter. Checker Champ From 1910 through 1934, Newell Banks, of Detroit, reigned supreme In American professional checkers. He lost the title to Asa Long, ot Toledo, when a new style of play was Introduced, known as the "three move" restriction. Durlntr an exhibition In- Chicago 1033. Banks performed the amazing feat of playing 140 games. Taking 145 minutes, winning . 133 and drawing seven. His average move took one second I Tomorrow: Where Are Coffin Splinters Used As Scarecrows? confer with the unemployment com penaatlon Insurance officials of that state. Serve creamed chicken between biscuit halvea aa the main course for the bride olub luncheon. Add coffee, a aalad. a hot bread and some simple dessert such as gin gerbread or doughnuts. NCUR VIOTWEH AMD ME KKIOUUED OTUER. 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