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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&
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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
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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
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"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.
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