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fETForcn mail tribune, medford. onEGoy, sitxday, October 10, 1937
the dark ships
TRAY SERVICE
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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BY HULBERT FOOTMC
iiVOWiS. JVeili. a young Ind
eral agent, finds hit beloved
Janet, a gun and Prescott Fan
nine's freshly shot body locked In
a cabin on Fanning's yacht at
Absalom's Harbor. Neill hides her
nearby inr a disused liner, then
join Mark Bonniger, local in
vestigator. When Weill learnt
Janet didn't shoot the flashy
iwindler, he suspects Queer little
. Eysler, who hated Fanning. Also
on hand are Kettering, a Balti
more lawyer, and Ira Buckless,
a tough who trails Neill. While
Bonniger leads a search of the
dark ships, Weill breaks away,
gets Janet and they dodge the
searchers. Neill rejoins Bonniger,
Chapter 31
Trouble On The Yacht
THE search of the four ships was
completed about midnight, and
Bonniger grimly conceded defeat.
That he was not satisfied became
clear when he left six deputies be
hind him to co-operate with Bick
er men in watching the decks
until morning. The rest of the
party started for the skiffs.
Kettering as usual was at hand
to put in his oar. "There's always
some darn fool who raises an
alarm," he said. "That guy was see-
In n tWinna at ninktl"
Bonniger disregarded this. !
So Janet had been saved. But for '
how long? Neill couldn t afford to
relax at all. He suddenly realized
ne was pretty nearly dead beat I
mere was a moment when he
and Kettering stood together on
tne piatrorm at the foot of the lad
der waiting to get in a skiff. Ket
tering said softly:
"Congratulations, Wheatleyl I
don t know just how you worked
It, but it was neat!"
Neill said: "You're talking In
riddles tonight, Mr. Kettering."
"Don't be afraid." he laughed.-
Tin not going to give you away."
New was not so sure of that
They got in the skiff.
Back in the village, Bonniger
asked Neill into his mom to have a
drink before turning in.
Bonniger had one of the better
rooms on the secotid floor of the
hotel. He threw off his coat and
vest and went to the window with
t "Woof!" of satisfaction. Bonni
ger's stern air, Neill had learned,
was onlv to warn off fools and
bores. When you were alone with
him. If he liked you, he could be
come very human.
"Grand air down on this point,"
he said. "Orand for sleepingl"
"You don't let anything get
under your skin," said Neill en
viously. "Life Is too short for that," said
Bonniger. "I was drafted for. this
work. I'm doing my best with what
poor wits the Lord gave me. and
when I meet with.a trifling setback
I'm not going to let It cast me
down. This case is a fascinating
oroblem. I have nil the lines in
tiv hand. I shan't fail to land my
.Ish."
The Beer Isn't Drunk
"T0 you still think there is some
body on the ships?" asked
Neill offhandedly.
"If there is, it's a good place for
them to be," said Bonniger with a
dry smile. 1 can put my hands on
them easily."
This had the effect of a challenge
to Nelll. Oh, I don't knowl he
thought He said nothing.
Bonniger looked at him full.
"You seem pretty well tuckered
out," he said. "You shouldn't take
til this so hard."
Neill wished that he wouldn't
sound the friend W note. He was
letting to like the man too much.
Oh, it isn't the case." he said light
ly. "That's a welcome distraction.
. . . I've got private troubles."
Neill offhandedly.
"Woman trouble, I reckon. Al
ways la at your age."
"Well . . . yes," said Neill with a
wry smile.
"Lord! I have Known what that
was in my time," said Bonniger
smiling. "I'm thankful it's over.
Really a man gets the best out of
women after he has passed 45. It
may not be flattering, but they
have confidence In you then: they
open their dear little hearts to you.
I have three nieces up the county
who keep me young. You must
come up and meet them when this
Is over.
"Thanks," said Neill, "but my
hands are pretty full in that line.
"Well, anyhow let's order up
some beer and drink to them."
"That would be fine."
However, the beer was not des
tined to be drunk.
Forsythe had hist been sent off
to the yacht to relieve Constable
Mattingly who had been on guard
since six Suddenly through the
window they heard Forsythe's
deep voice hailing ihe shore.
"Ho! Sergpant Wilson!"
Wilson answered from the store
next door. "Hello?"
"Come out here, sir, and bring
Mr. uonniger. '
"All right."
The Yacht Guard Gone
INSTANTLY Bonniger was the
stern public officer again. He
snatched up his coat and he and
Neill ran downstairs. They met
Wilson coming from the store.
Some of the villagers had been
aroused by the constable's hail,
and heads were sticking out of the
bedroom windows here and there
As they went out on the wharf,
Virgil Longcope came running
down the hill behind the store,
sliDDins his suspenders over his
'shoulders. He called to them to
wait for him.
Virgil's clerk, young Trueman,
was on the wharf. "Gosh! I hope
there ain't nothing wrong out
there," he said. "If there Is, reckon
it's my fault."
"What do you mean?" asked
Bonniger. "Come along with us."
Trueman explained while Wil
son plied the oars. "About nine
o'clock fellow called up and asked
for Sergeant Wilson. I said he
wouldn't be back until late. So the
fellow he said he was Constable
Pcnnorth stationed at King's
Green, 20 miles up the road."
"Was it Pennorth's voice?"
"I don't know the man."
"Go ahead."
"Well, this fellow said he was
Pennorth. he said a man driving
up the county from Cove Point had
stopped by to say that as he come
tmtwsmi
vmi vr, ii'f
"I'm not going to give
you away," said Kettering.
around a turn in the Cove Point
road he seen a couple jump out ol
the road into the bushes. And the
girl had a pink dress and a black
wrap on. Pennorth he said thai
Wilson had ordered him not on any
account to leave the King's Green
section, and he wanted to know
what to do. well, i tried a dozen
times to get Wilson on the
phone . . ."
"The phone Is In Captain Bick-
el's cabin and we were searching
the snips, put in Wilson.
"So I think I'll go out to the
vnrht and tell Mnttinfflv. Maltinff-
ly and me, we talked it over and
he said he d better ock ud the
yacht and go up to the Cove road
on his motor-bike. He was all ex
cited at the thought of nabbing
that pairsinglehanded."
"I dare say!" said Wilson dryly.
"So I came ashore and at 10
o'clock I shut up the store and
went home," Trueman went on. "1
cnllcd up the ships every little
while to tell you, but there was
no answer, and then . . . well, I
reckon I fell asleep."
As they drew near the yacht,
Forsythe said from the deck:
"Mattingly is gone."
"We know it," answered Wilson.
"What then?"
"The yacht has been ransacked
from stem to stern, sir."
"Hn!" said Bonniger.
"You seem to be pleased about
It," said Wilson sorely.
"I suspected our man was not far
away, and now I know it."
(Cetyrttkt, JW, h hmtfrl ffttw)
Nelll finds himself In a tl(bt place,
tomorrow.
GIN-SIP DEATH
UMMETT. Irtt.ro. Oct ft (API
Audio Jumti Robnett. 31, Knniui
City. Kas, was charged with murrter
today In the gin-ptrlp hnntliii of
Annr jtan Phlpp. 13-yrnr old rlghth
gmd rtixlrnt of Kmmctt.
The girl n klllcrl during ft wild
party on a bleak hilltop 50 mil
oorlb of thlt. ouUuvcirrn Idaho
town rurwlay nllit.
Robnrtt, Deputy Shnrlff Vnnrf
Jone reported, haulM the Rlrl'i nude
body In his car to a nmrby ranch
and reported Mlu Hhlpp aht her
aelf after wounding him
"Instead of the gli) inft:i nlm
And then JUllU Herwsli, beiitvt
Roonett killed her and then attempt
ed aulclde," aald Uem County Prose
cutor Thomas Y. O will lam.
The youth wa under gun in a
BoiAe hospital, Buffering from a
wound In the cheat.
A coroner Jury decided the girl
wa slain.
SEARCH RIVER BANKS
FOR SUICIDE'S BODY
VANCOUVER, lluh, Oct B.
(? Officers searched the Colum
bia river hanks fptltlrsvly for the
body of Arthur Kar' linrmley, SO.
o( .Multnomah, Ore. following the
tlmllnr of - man's leather coat am)
an apparent sulclile note on Inter
slate hrlilno last lilKlit.
Tho note, pollco somnant Barry
Hacuse sal I. was ad Irensod to "K'n
ma and Ju.inlta" ami signed "Iiul
I v." It read:
"It no use. You're better off
witUout mo,"
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Drpsflrn Porcelain
It la not often that man's lust for
gold plays a part In the creation of
s beautiful piece of art. Yet Dresden
porcelain resulted from such a mo
tive, together with the creator's fear
for his lire.
In early 18th-century Europe. Jo-
hann Frledrlch Bottger, alchemist to
Augustus II, king of Saxony, claimed
he held the socret of transmutation
of base metals Into gold. His patron
enthusiastically supplied him with
funds to carry out his scheme. How
over. BottRor met repeated failures In
his attempt to create wealth. Au
gustus lost, patience with him and
threatened his llto if he did not
produce something of value.
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In desperation. Bottger took the
advice of an able chemist, von
Tschirnhaus, and turned his efforts
toward the creation of a porcelain
that would rival in beauty the finest
Importations from China. In 1707
Bottger scored a success that re
established him In the favor of the
court by creating a fine red stone
ware that took a bright polish. It
became popular under the name
"Bottger ware."
Two years later Bottger succeeded
In obtaining kaolin, the porcelain
clay used by the Chinese, from Aue
and Coldltz. So highly did Augustus
value this new porcelain, almost
transparent In Its beautiful delicacy,
that Bottger was held a virtual pris
oner to prevent the manufacturing
process from becoming known. Bott
ger turned to liquor and died a
drunkard in 1719. having given the
world Its first "Dresden porcelain"
Instead of synthetic gold.
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what the doctor ordered." The word
"tabloid" was coined and copyrighted
by the London firm of Burroughs,
Welcome and Company to fit a type
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Monday: The Messagn From Garcia!
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
SETS ALL-TIME HIGH
CORVALUS, Oct. 1AP A new
all-tlmo record for enrollment waB
set at Oregon State College today
with the tola! passing the 4,000
mark.
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Heads Catholic Schools
PORTLAND, Oct. 9. (AP) The
Rev. William S. Scqndlon became
superintendent of schools In the
Catholic archdiocese of Portland
today. He Is a member of the facul
ty of the University of Portland
and will succeed the Kev. Warren
A. Waltt, who retired because of
III health.
Justice Honored By K P.
SALEM, Oct. 8. (AP) Justice
Harry H. Belt of the State Supreme
court Is recipient of a 25-year vet
eran's jewel piesenle. by Marmlon
Lods,e. KnlKhta of Pythiaa, of Dal
las The presentation was by Leif
S. Finseth. past grand chancellor,
.iho presided In 1!I2 when Judge
Pell wns Initiated.
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