Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 03, 1937, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextKTOT! TEN" rEDF0T7T) "NfATTi TRTBTTXE, rEBFORT). CRFOrtV, 'SUNDAY." OCTOBER 3, 1937 By GLUYAS WILLIAMS the dark ships NEW PEAL STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author, Inclostng. stamped envelope for reply. Bee- V. . Fat Off. BY HULBCRT FOOTHER SYNOPSIS: Abducted from Balfimor on Preicott Fanning'! yacht, Janet geti word to Weill, a voting ederai agent who loves her. He dashes to Absalom's Har bor, baarde the yacht and finds, in a locked cabin, fanning ehot dead and Janet in a taint, a pun . betide her. N till hides her nearby n a disused liner, then joint Mark Bonnlger, keen local in vestigator, to keep tab on devel opments. Despite Janet's dit auoicat, Weill thinks she shot Fan ning until he finds proof a man . mas hiding in a closet on the yacht. Then he suspects queer lit tle Eyeter, uiho 'hated Fanning. Alto In the picture are Kettering, a Baltimore lawyer down to fish, and a huge tough who hat been trailing Weill. Chapter 29 Sly Little Eynter ITTHEN they went ashore, Neill, moving through the crowd, never ceased looking for a man six feet tall weighing considerably mora than 200 pounds. He would be a roughly-dressed, unwashed jellow, and he had an impediment that caused him to breathe noisilv. Once he heard him speak, Neill would know him. The day's mail had just been dis tributed and everybody was im-' mcrsed in the newspapers. The .many columns on the "yacht mur der" and the spread of photo graphs gave the villagers the pleasant feeling of having become famous overnight Bonniger went back to his work In the office, and Neill entered the hotel. He took a look into his own room on the top floor and found, as he expected, that it had been entered in his absence. He had ar ranged the few articles he had bought for himself, so that he would know If they were moved. He had locked the door on leaving, but the lock was of the cheapest ort and he would not have been I to go out and nail a taxi and tell him Absalom's. Seemed like a good place to sober up, see?" This was obviously an invention and Neill disregarded it. "How did you learn so quick that Fanning was here?" he asked. , Eyster looked Innocent and sly. "I didn't know Fanning was here till I got here." "Remarkable coincidence." "Yeah," said Eyster, "just as re markable as you coming on the bus that afternoon." Neill lauehed. "But vou said vou had made arrangements to follow Fanning." un, x was juai lauung Dig men. Neill tried another line. "You seem to like me, Eyster." "I do, I do," he said quickly and it seemed to be genuine. "You're a dandy fellow, Wheatleyl Keen as a whip! I'd do anything for you." wnyr saia mem. Eyster turned sly aeain. "I suesi you Know mat, ne saia. I swear I don V Don't vou remember what 1 told you in the hotel?" "You just said you were talking big." I mean before that ... I told you what my purpose in life was. Well . . . you carried it out." Neill stared at him, wondering if he had heard right. Eyster's lips curled back. "I've only got one thing against you, Wheatley you killed him too quick. He didn't even see it com ing. If it was me, I would have strung him up by his thumbs and tortured him slow. You know, gone back to it again and again. Godl wouldn't it have been sweet to see the look in his eyes when I come back to him!" Neill asked himself If this was madness or part of a deep game that the little man was playing. Eyster's face fell. "But what could a poor shrimp like me do? I was afraid of him. I was afraid even to let him see me. I had to have a big fellow like you to do the job for me; a strong fellow, and I J (L The villagers felt they had become famous overnight. surprised to learn that the same key would open all the doors. It was no great matter, because there was nothing in the room that could petray nim. He knocked on the door of num ber IS adjoining. No answer. The door was locked. He knocked again una a sieepy voice asKca: "Who is it?" "Wheatley." "Oh, ioul 1 said the voire with a pleased note, and bare feet pat lered to the door. Fvxtpr in hi i,ni4n.ln(hai kibi,. faced and wasted, looked like the caricature ot a man. His hair was (landing on end. Having admitted Neill, he hopped back into the bed and pulled the sheet over his legs. "Certainly was friendly of you to top in," ne said. "Well, I owe you something," aid Neill. He took a seat at the foot of the bed. 'That's a nasty bruise you got," remarked Evster. "Well, I feel thankful that I am here at all." "That's rightl That's right!" There was a pause. Each was waiting for the other tc speak. 'Good Place To Sober tip' ptNALLY Neill said offhanded- "When did you get down to Kb alom's?" Eyster saw through It, and grinned. "Noon on Tuesday. "How did you come?" "Bv tnxicab." "Taxicabl That must have let you back somthlng." 'Twenty dollars. It was too much, but 1 was tight" "Tight?" "Fact is, I was tight off and on all the time I was in Baltimore." Eyster went on. grinning. "Didn't you notice it? Tuesday morning I near a guy talking about Absa lom's Point what good air it was down here and good fishing and 11. and I was lust drunk enough afraid of nothing. . . . Let me feel your muscle, Wheatley." "Ah! the hell with it!" growled Neill. He was thrown back into confusion again. The psychology of the sly, lying, tormented little man balllcd him. Good Tickings Aboard "T WISH I could do something to show my appreciation," Eyster went on. I reckon you want money. Young fellows always want money. And mine's about gone. Not that It matters to me. But I haven't anything to give vou." "Don't want it, muttered Neill. "Did ynu pick up anything on the yacht?" he asked eagerly. "Not a thing." 'There oiiBht to have been irood pickings aboard. Fanning pulled off some kind of a dirty deal in Baltimore, and naturally if ha was making his getaway or. the yacht you'd think he'd carry the pro ceeds with him. Somebody else thought so, too." Neill fixed him with h s irlsnr. "Do you know who that somebody was?" he asked. A look of fright came Into Evs ter s face and his eyes shifted away. "No," he said. You re not plnvinc the nnrt of a friend now." said Neill. Evster broke into a flood of rt. nlnls and protestations and Nnill saw that he could get nothing out of him by direct questioning. He made believe to fall for the sug gestion of the loot. If I knew what Fanning had been doing In Baltimore, I might get a line oh It." "I can't hcln vou there " a.iM Evster. "I couldn't follow his finan cial operations. Hut yon cm give me some clue. can't ynu? Think back." ICeyrittl. tt'7, t, K,:ft f.t-) Neill rail, on a rich old lady Baltimore, tomorrow. In BE ROAD IB LONGEVITY BELGRADE (AP) Brrad, brnns. tud clxfrm may b the road to long evity. Pawl BUkup. & young Cwch doctor who hat. upent two years ntudytnR t he reasons tor t he long It its of jvtvanta and snrphrrdt of ft Balkan district, came to the preliminary con r'.iminn It had to do with uniform o wt t ha t for jwnrrat lorui im to have been especially suited to the people. In moat raAca, bread and beam were the moat Important foods. Little meat waa eatn, and then only in winter. Cbaeae was found to be an im portant Item, but little milk man consumed, and that moatly sour. Vegetnblea, especially peppers, toma toes, and onions, are eaten raw. Fruit a and fata are avoided. Eighty per cent of the cama studied used alcohol, but In moderation. Maps Of Spain In Increased Demand PAKMt-(AP) The civil war has boomed the market here for maps of Spain. One which formerly sold for 3ft crnta now orlniis from IM) cent to 1. IValrra ssk M for an up-to-date map ot Madrid. The de ma nd Is greater than the supply. Before the non-intervention com mlttee tried to Isolate the war, vol unteers en mite to ffpain storked up with mans In ran. There has ben no letup In the demand among news paper readers. VS. PBfWOM-tUB bMKTfilft &OX1MS CHAMPIONSHIP Of KW ZZiW-PW W KNOCKING OUT tf-MSN JNA MGL NIGHT eY KNOCKING OUT 5 HA MQHTf Hew? 3 world championships g ill mcKhwhIHifE PEPPER cowe ftfoMTrte ZAMePlAHT ?m NIGRUM-. RIPEN 1146 m. IN asm Nevada, lHthK ftf IUep WERE PlVORCSSf ifo UliT(-Uts:.rin DCnU. dspritiA ttesr Cbveiidale, C3l., ttm ft Notfg UK h 6feftM&0fT Wrli5ll& Bob FltZKlmmons Still men enough at 52 to fight a sU-round draw with K. O. Sweeney at Philadelphia in 1914, Robert L. Fltzslmmona Uinted out a ring career of 34 yews. English born he atarted fighting ax an amateur in New Zea land In 1880. Winning his first tour nament by stopping four men In a single night with knock-out blows. Pltz' did even better than that In the following year when he knocked out five men in one night. Spurred to turning professional by hla phenomenal amateur showing. Fltzslmmons piled up a totul of 14 more knock-out victories In New Zea- lnnd before he left for the United States. A lSth-round knock-out over Jack Dompwy, in "Nonpnrlel," In 1801, won him hla first world's cham pionship, the middleweight crown. Six yearn later, at 34, he won the world's heavyweight championship by drop ping Corbett in 14 rounds, thus be coming the oldest man ever to win the title. Holding the championship for two years, he lost it to Jeffries when he was knocked out In the 11th stanza. But "Fighting Bob" still wasn't through with world honors. On No vember 4, 1903. he outpointed light heavyweight champion George Gard ner for a 20-round decision and hung on to the title until 1905 when Philadelphia Jack O'Brien floored him In San Francisco. In 1918, four years niter his lust, flpht, Fitralmmons died. Marrluge vs. Divorce Strange as It seems, more marriages are performed in Reno, Nevada, the so-called "divorce city," than are dis solved. In 1935 Reno marriage to taled 6054 as against 3088 divorces. In 1936 the odds In favor of marriage were even higher. There were 7602 marriages to 3001 divorces. Pepper If allowed to ripen, the fruit of the pepper plant, piper nigrum, changes from green to red to yellow. To save Its pungency, however, the fruit Is usually harvested at the first sign of ripening and then dried. White pepper Is prepared from dried black pepper by sonklng the fruit In water and rubbing off the dried, fleshy covering. England Fulfills 600-Year Pledge EDINBURGH (AP) England fin ally has fulfilled a pledge made to Scotland six centuries ago. The asalstnnt keeper of the London public record office has returned nine documents which should have been returned under the treaty of North ampton In 1328. They Include: The marriage contract between Eric. King of Norway, and Margaret, daughter of Alexander III, King of Scots; and Papal .bulla recognizing the Independence of Scotland from England In ecclesiastical matters. Use Mall Tribune want ads. Canada leads the world In the transportation of freight by air. In tho last year, commercial transport companies operating chiefly in the mining areas of the north carried 22.947.000 pounds of freight consist ing largely of machinery, fuel oil and supplied? Use Mali Tribune want ads. JrfhfKS DEAllHct Wrtl NEW COMES 0l)f Wlfrt 0UE UFf CtfER. REMARKS IrlW'S FONMV, HE"f00K OUT "fHH JOKER AND ERA CARD flR&.WIMPU LOOKS WHfR HAKD AND DI&DVEJ& "THERE WA ABUNK CARD IK "fef DECK SHUFFLES AND DEALS OVER, comb 0ltf ONE CARD SHOPf ( feJ&- PKP6 "THE MI5S1H6 CARP ON TLOOR WHERE MRS. WIMPLE, IK COlWiHe, DROPPED If SHUFFLES AND DEALS A6AIM, C0M1N6 OOf VlifrS 1W0 CARDS OlER V-tt discovers .i&ker and blank CARD HAD 6W MIED JrJlb W AfeAlN .'lEARA "THEM op ?-27 CUY R16HY, At LEAS! UriflL MRS. 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