Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 29, 1937, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextfEDFO'RT) MAIL TRIBUNE. fEDFORD, OKEflQy. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1937 WHISTLER By GLUYAS WILLIAMS the dark ships STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof 'address th author, tselotfoc stamped enralopa for reply. Reg. XT. 8. Pat Off. BY HULBCRT FOOTHCR I .-i 7 Zfl . .. . 1U: When flashy Pres eott Fanning abduct Janet from . Baltimore on hit yacht, h gets word to Neill, a young federal agent who lovee her. Dashing to Absalom's Harbor, he boards the yacht and finds, in a locked cabin, Fanning ihot dead and Janet in a faint, a gun beiide her. Weill hidci her nearby in a diluted linev, then joint Mark fionnigcr, keen local investigator, to keep tab on development!. Returning from a trip to the ship, Weill is overpow ered by a husky brute who binds him, taping hit eyes and mouth, and carrlee him off. Chapter 31 A Brutal Grilling UHEN ha was ready, the man ' turned Neill over on hia face ana cut tne bonds on his wrists. He turned Neil) again and, smoth ering him under his full weiuht pulled his arms forward and tied them in front He tied a second rope to the first one and, standing Neill on his feet, started pulling on the other end drawing Neill 's armj above his head and higher until his feet began to leave the ground. He then fastened the rope, leaving Neill dangling, his toes jusi toucmng tne ground. The man then came close and, with his foul breath in Neill's face, started going through his pockets and through his clot1- to the skLi. He even unlaced h ots, and felt inside his socks .3 took out Neill's wallet. ( mined it and . put it back. This vas no ordinary robber. He was after some particu lar thing. When he failed to find It, he started low, savage cursing. "Where Is the stuff?" he mut tered. "You damn fooll" Neill said, knowing that meaningless grunts were the only sounds he could make. The tapes were pulled off his Hps. Neill instantly shouted with his full voice. The man laughed. "Shout your lungs out," he said. "There's no house in a mile." Neill shut his mouth. "Where's the stuff? . . , Come across or I'll kill you." "What stuff?" answered Neill. "I don't know what you're talking about." The man's reply was a blow that almost jerked Neill's arms out of their sockets. He spun around helplessly. "Where's the stuff?" growled the man. Neill knew he had been watched from the beginning. Evidently it was thought that he had secured something valuable on the yacht Some loot of Farming's. It was useless to protest that he didn't have it. He stalled for time. "Loose me and I'll talk to you about it." The man laughed. "What kind of a fool do you think I am?" "You can come with me and I'll take you to it," said Neill. "No, you don't! You tell me where it is and if I And it, I'll loose you. If I don't find it, I'll come back and kill you with my flstl" Burled Treasure XTEILL thought: If I had an hour, I' I could release myself. It's worth trying. He said: "Do you know the wooden beacon that tands on Absalom a Point?" "I've seen it." "I buried It near there." The man growled in pretended Indifference: "Which direction?" He's biting! Neill thought, and went on: "Stand with your back against the beacon and face the big locust that grows in the field. rune six lull steps toward tne tree, and dig in the sand. It's not buried deep. 1 didn't have time." The man was silent, and Neill held hinwlf tense for the outcome. "All right," he said at last "God help you if you're lying!" Neill relaxed. He pasted the tapes back on Neill's lips. They didn't stick so firmly this time. He then nulled himself up on deck and leaped to the shore. Neill heard his steps crunching away. Neill, blind, speechless and bound, took stock of his situation. Unnoticed by his captor, the rope had stretched somewhat and his feet were now planted firmly on the ground. The strain had loosen ed the bonds on his wrists also. He rubbed his mouth against his arm until he got rid of the loose tapes. His eyes were more firmly fastened shut, and he let them go tor ine present He maneuvered his hands until he got hold of the rope from above. It was a coarse hempen rope that afforded a good grip. With endless patient working, he drew himself up on it an Inch at a time. The cross-beam was only a foot or ao above his hands. He struck against It and after several failures was able to hook his Angers over It and hang there. Ho now caught the dangling rope between his upper arm ana his teeth and, holding it there, started gnawing. It seemed like a hopeless Job. Minutes passed be fore he could feel even one fibre parting between his teeth. Mean while nis strained fingers seemed to pass beyond his control. Mo mentarily, out of sheer exhaus tion, they threatened to lose their hold on the cross-beam. But life was sweet and Janet In finitely dear to him. The thought of her fate if anything happened to him kept his hands gripping the beam, kept his teeth grinding au tomatically. The rope fibers parted one by one. H - lost all count of time. He was only a chewing mechanism. TheTope, he thought, was about half chewed through when he heard his captor coming back. There was a heavy slide down the bank and footsteps on the shingle. A sickening feeling of rage and frustration filled Neill. All his fiains for nothing! He drew up his egs and let go the beam. The rope broke and he fell to the floor. But he was still helpless. He tore the tapes off his eyes and The blow made Neill spin around helplessly. pulled savagely with his teeth at the knots that bound his wrists. If he could only free himself so he could put up a fight! Too late! The man was climbing aboard. Rescued THE round eye of a flashlight blazed in the hatch overhead. It dazzled Neill and he could not see what was behind it. lie strug gled to throw himself out of reach of its rays, but could not "Good God! What hnnnened?" said a husky, uncertain voice. Ihis was not what Neill had ex pected. For an instant he was filled wan stupefaction, men a surge 01 joy. "Eiysler.'" he yelled. wnai snau 1 do; tne voice quh.'crcd. come down nere nuicK and un tie me!" shouted Neill. "I dassn tl I couldn t get out. An ugly suspicion arrested Neill's joy. Was the man playing with him? Were the two in ca hoots? "Let yourself drop," ho commanded. "You can see that it's less than 10 feet. I'll boost you out when you untie me. Quick!" tyster finally lowered himself over the edge of the hntrh and let go. Neill's spirits leaped up. He could have embraced the little man then. Five minutes later the two of them dropped to the shingle. Kys ter was snaking with nervousness. Weill turned to lane a iook at nis prison. It was an old Chesapeake pungy which had been abandoned on the beach. The masts were out of her. She was a complete wreck. Nrlll learns the name of the tpy la room 18. tomorrow. Absence Of Pants Excuse For Noise PORTLAND. Sept. J9(AP) Because they had the evidence. Ronald Lute end Edward Frederlrkson talked po lice out of enlnrrlnK an antl-nolee ordinance. The police found them In front of ft houe btowtng their iiiito mobile horn. They were pantalfw Borne ecoundrel. they explained, had stolen their pant while they went swimming after falling to catch an) fish, and they were trying to get their friend In the house to come to their aid. t:ritmitnr Ntlrrumhs. REDLANDS, Calif., Bept 39 (API Dr. W. Edward Kftffety, 51. acting president of the University of Red lands, author and widely-known church worker, died today of Injuries suffered In an miiomi)r srcident. . Cse tun Irioiuie want ads. Cooter Gets Deer With Bow, Arrow SALEM, Bept. 39 (API-Bow and arrow ha claimed Its second deer of the 1037 hunting sesfon and the suc reasliil huntsman was John E Cooler, federal farm placement officer lor Oregon. The etvond sporlemnn to bring down a deer with nnrlrnt arms, Cooter shot the loo-pound buck in Oram county at a distance of ao yards. To celebrate the feat, he gave a venison dinner here. Among the guests were Willis Miihoncy. Klam ath Falls, and Justice J. O. Unlit)' of the supreme court. li:ke Mrcurcleil. NEW YOHK Sept. ail. (API An earthquake of severe Intensity was recorded on the Fortlhnm unKcrsltv seismograph todsv. sn e-ttomted 11700 mites from New York - - Use Mail lrtbuiie want am. ILllzi W AND eecwise o? h pushcapit-- WHHIN lOttl w rN bo,0-vio Noveu mi ten bifrrte$r Wright I I flaw mm. mum. oi)T A STRIKEOUT twti Mfr India ttapolfe. AA$ STRUCK 0inZ73finfc A RBSULATION 9-tNNiNG GAMS , 3elfli6h 'School All Strikeouts. Only 30 time at bat were allowed to the Torrance high school bawball team In a 1031 game agalnnt Bell high school. In perhaps the most astounding pitching record ever made, Jimmy Crandall, no- a pitcher with the Indianapolis Indians, put over 37 strikeouts, allowed only one hit, and gave one base on balls. One man renched flrat base on an error. Jimmy la the son of Otis Crandal, old-time pitching great of the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. "E" Rook Without a Told that the letter "e" Is used five tlmew as much as any other let ter In the English language, 69-year-old Ernest Vincent Wright of the Soldier's Home at Sawtelle, Calif., decided to try his hand at writing without using any "e's." The result la his 60,100-word novel, "Oadsby Champion of Youth." To make sure he had not slipped up by using an "e" while writing his manuscript in longhand, he copied It on the typewriter after tying down the "e" key. Doomed by a Pushcart. With Paris mobs grow: .g more and more violent l their demonstrations for a revolution, members of the royal French family. Including the king and queen, soupht t- flee from Prance across the eastern frontier where royalist sympathizers held an army in readiness for .uir defense. In sight of their goal they were recognized, a pushcart was shoved across the narrow road to bar the way and the flight was halted. Re turned to Paris, the king and queen met death -inder the guillotine. "Eats" Ills Own Tall During the period when a tadpole becomes a frog, the tadcls's tall serves as the animal's supply of nourishment. It Is absorbed by the body In a process effected by certain elT'snts of the blood. Tom or row : W h a t Co u n t ry s E n 1 1 re Navy Was Sunk With Oiip Tori-edo? KLAMATH VALUATION HAS HEALTHY UPTURN KLAMATH PALLS, 8ept. 39. (AP) Klamath county's assessed valuation for the current year shows an in crease over the prevlois year for the ursi lime since 1930, according to the annual report sent to the state tax commission today by Charles Mack, county assessor. The total assessed valuation of property In 'the county, excluding utility assessments. Is 22.200,99'2. Last year It was 22, 164.210. An Increase of $463,330 on personal property more than offset decreasee through depreciation and cut over timber, the report showed. Both the 60th and 75th we rid In anniversaries are called "diamond weddings." Tloud Bids Opened PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (AP) W. H. Lynch, U. S. bureau of public roads district engineer, today said McNutt Brothers, Eugene, submitted a low bid of $103,201 for construc tion of a new section of the Colum bia River highway near Ruckel creek. Among the 16 bidders were E. C. Hall .company, Eugene, $117, 834.30. and CWford A. Dunn, Klam ath Palls, 1H28.520. 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