RCGE EIGHT
rEDFOUD rATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937.
the dark ships
INK RACE
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
BY HULBKRT POOTHE
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SYNOPSIS: Weill, young
federal agnt, fin&t hit beloved
Janet, a pun and Preicott Fan
nina't reshlv fhot body locked in
a cabin on Fanning yacht at
Absalom' Harbor, Mi. Nelll
hldet her nearby In a dleueed
liner, then joint Mark Bonnlaer,
local investigator. Neill (earne
Janet didn't thoot the fiathy
ttvindler but haj to find out uho
did to save her. He eutpeete queer
little Eyiter, who hated Fanning,
and Fanning' ex bodyguard,
Jra BuckleM. He dlitrueti Ket
tering, a lawyer down from fial
Umort to flih. The yacht i ran
eacked and Bonniger question
Buckle, who telle Neill' con
nection with Fanning.
Chapter 34
Eyster Can Lie
THIS fellow's story only con
fuses the issue," Bonniger said
.lowly. "He claims not to know the
girl, and certainly the girl that the
crew have described would never
have fallen for that brute!"
There was a silence. Kettering
looked from one man to another.
"Well I'll be on my way," he said
heartily. "Got to get some sleep."
He left them. When they were
lone, Bonniger said, without
looking directly at Neill:
"I took a shine to you right at
the start, Neill. Your offer to help
me out seemed so friendly. I said
to myself: This lad has the mak
ings bf a first-rate criminologist.
He's cool and he's keen."
Neill had dreaded this moment.
Bonniger was such a good fellow
and a gentleman. When he spoke
In this friendly way, Neill had an
overpowering desire to blurt out
the whole truth. But he couldn't
betray Janet. "Certainly is nice of
you to say so," he muttered.
"Have you anything to ray to
me?" Bonniger fooled with a pen
cil. "Why, no," Neill said, assuming
a look of surprise.
"If you were interested In this
around to the front, Neill detained
the constable by giving him a de
tailed description of the man.
While they waited, Bonniger
and Neill discussed other aspects
of the case. The old friendly feel
ing had gone.
Eyster sidled into the room with
his insinuating grin. "You want
me, Mr. Bonniger?"
"Sit down," said Bonniger. "How
long have you been in Absalom's?"
"Since noon on Tuesday."
"How did you come here?"
"By taxicab from Baltimore."
He went on to tell the same tale
he had related to Neill.
"Can you give me the name of
the driver or his license number
or the name of the cab company?"
"Impossible, Mr. Bonniger. I
never noticed.",
"What have you been doing
since you got here?"
"Just tapering off. Ain't touched
a drop in two days now."
Bonniger indicated Neill. "When
did you first meet Mr. Wheatley?"
"He come on the bus Tuesday
Evening. We got talking later and
asked him up to my room to
crack the last bottle. We sat there
drinking and chinning until this
lad fell asleep in his chair. He
couldn't take it. So I finished the
bottle and then I woke him up and
put him in his own bed."
Neill thought grimly: This guy
is a better liar than I am.
"What time was this?"
"Something after two."
"All right Much obliged."
Eyster went out with his head
over his shoulder and his eyes
darting inquisitively from face to
face. He wanted to hear more.
Bonniger rose and flung his pen
cil on the desk. "Let's go to bed."
he said. Neill perceived that Eystei
had overdone it. He was too obvi
ously the glib and ready liar.
Watchers In The Night
TIRED as he vas, it was impos
sible for Neill to sleeD. He
dropped in a chair to dope things
out. It was clear that Bonniger
did not intend to l?t Ihr situation
Neill dropped in a chair to dope things out.
girl and Fanning wronged you,
you could tell me that"
"Sure, I could tell youl But
there's nothing in itl"
"All right! . . . You came down
on the bus, arriving here at 7:45
on Tuesday', you said."
"That's right"
"What did you do? Eat dinner?"
"No. 1 had eaten in town. I reg
istered at Wickess and sat down
on the store porch to listen to the
village gossip."
"Who was there?"
"How can I tell you, Mark? It
was dark and they were all
strangers to me. There was one
fellow I remember, whom they
addressed as Jake."
"Jake Loker. . , , How long did
you stay there?"
"Not long. Half an hour. Three
Quarters maybe."
"Then where did you go?"
Eyster For An Alibi
THAT question brought Neill
right up against it He thought
of the crouching figure outside the
window, and his ofTers of friend
ship. "Have you noticed a guy
called Eyster who hangs around?
"Sure."
"Well, I struck up a kind of
friendship with him.
"He doesn't seem to be a very
attractive sort of man."
"Perhaps not. But I was alone.
We got to talking and afterwards
he Invited me up to his room for
a drink. So we sat drinking and
chewing the fat."
"What did you talk about?"
"Good Lord, Mark! What do
men talk about when they re
drinking? We just made a noise.
I was with him until I went to
bed.
Bonniger, still avoiding Neill's
eye. called a constable and told
him to see if he could find Eyster.
To give Eyster time enough to get
ride. HLs suspicions were thor
oughly aroused. Morning was sura
to bring a showdown.
Well, there was only one way
to meet a showdown, and that was
to anticipate it He and Janet must
make a break to get away. Capture
was almost certain. Nevertheless
they must risk it.
As soon as he hnd come to this
conclusion, Neill felt better. He
set to work to gather together his
lew belongings.
Ten minutes later he started
down the stairs. It wns past two
o'clock and the excitement had
subsided. Nothing was to be heard
except snores in various keys
coming through the flimsy doors
as he passed. No lights were on.
It wns not customary to lock the
hotel doors nt night. Neill paused
Inside the front door to take a
prospect before venturing out.
Across the road there was a Ailing
station under a canopy and a street
light overhead. Neill studied the
gasoline pumps. It was a natural
hiding place. Sure enough, while
ha watched a head stuck out. It
bore the cap of a state constable.
Neill felt his way softly back
through the long dining room and
through the swing door into the
kitchen. The kitchen had windows
on three sides. He looked through
first one. then another. There were
so many hiding-places outride
sheds, fences it was impossible tc
tell if the door was being watched
Neill tried the expedient of rat
tling the door handle. Instantly the
top of a head appeared around
the corner of a shed.
He went back upstairs with a
hard grin. The decision had been
taken out of his hnnds. What must
come, must come.
(Cetr'ilH. Itl. h HtltiH rlr)
Rurklru' rnllttt It proved, Nelll'i
shakm, tomorrow.
MPS SEE INSURANCE
IN FASCIST SUPPORT
TOKYO, Oct. IS. ) The newt,
paper Yomlurl laid editorially today
that Japan's newly won aupport from
Oermany and Italy In her undeclared
war agalnat china would be auffl
clent ' It the worat comet to worat "
In an exhauellve preview of all poa
Inllltlet, the paper aald the United
States and the League of Nations
which hare beun to dance to Oreat
Britain's tune," might try financial
and economic sanctions "but Japan
need not fear at Its trade with Eu
rope could continue thrmwrh Oermany
and Italy.
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Dae Uati ItlbuM want ada.
IN VOYAGE UP ROGUE
OOLD BKACII. Ore., Oct. 13. (AP)
Governor Martin nought first hand
Information on tti reported deatnic
Hon of tlah life by "mining mud'' tn
a bout trip up the Rojiuerlver yester
day. The party Included mrmbera of the
flah and name rommla!onj and min
ing board. Senator Slrayer of Baker.
R. K. Carter, and Coot and Curry
County Judge A. H. Boloe. They
spent the night at the A. T. Jer
glna lodge, 40 milea up the rogue.
WINDOW (It.ASS We tell window
glaat ana will rrpltre oui nroken
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old-timeliisftlieatjHeim
Rfeseat Italn rinnr
Wettest spot under the American
flag la the summit of S, 290-foot
Mount Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii,
where 450 tnchea of rain is a good
yearly .overage.
Bocauae of the region's Inaccess
ibility, measurements are taken only
once a year. For this reason, the U. 8.
Weather Bureau Installed there In
1020 what standa as the world's larg
est rain gauge, with a capacity of
900 Inches, or large enough to hold a
good two yeara' supply of rnlnfaU
A curious feature of this Instru
ment Is It basic design, the reverse
of the ordinary rain gauges. Most such
Instruments are designed with an
open, funnel-shaped mouth leading
Into a narrow tube. In the Mount
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Walalealo gauge, however, the area
of this opening Is but one-tenth that
of the Inside area of the container, so
that the reading must be multiplied
by ten to obtain a true record.
An ordinary rain gauge built with
an opening and container of one
square Inch In area, by comparison,
would have to stand 75 feet high to
record the same amount of rain this
giant Instrument can handle.
Movie Veteran
BacK In 1908 the "good old days"
when Hollywood had a law against
driving a herd of sheep down the
middle of Hollywood Boulevard Col
onel .Sellg, pioneer motion picture
producer, moved his studio to Los
Angeles to shoot some water scenes
for "The Count of Monte Cristo." He
located the Sellg studio behind a
Chinese laundry at Eighth and Hill
streets and, In 1009. set out to make
the first complete picture ever pro
duced In California "The Power of
the Sultan."
A newcomer to the Infant Industry
was one Hobart Bosworth, a Broad
way actor who was recuperating "out
West" from a period of Illness. Bos
worth accepted an offer to play In
this picture and received $125 for
two days work, a large sum In those
days.
Bosworth later wrote, directed and
starred In "The Sea Wolf," and has
appeared In 825 pictures to date. He
la now working In his 52flth, at 70
years of age.
Name Indian Forest it.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (AP)
Secretary Ickes appointed Lee Muck.
Spokane, Wash., today as director ot
forestry for the Indian service. Muck.
veto rim of the Indian service for
estry division, had been acting di
rector since the resignation ot Rob
ert Marshall five months ago.
Need Marble Workers.
SALEM. Oct. 13. (JPf Marble
workers are more In demand now
than at any time In recent years. D.
D, Dotson, manager of the Btate em
ployment office hero reported. Dot
son hnd received orders for a half
dozen marble setters during the past
48 hours.
Jolt Drunk Driver.
SALEM, Oct. 13. (fl) Alton D.
Hurley, convicted of driving an auto
mobile while Intoxicated, yesterday
was fined $250 and sentenced to
serve a term of 30 das In Jail, by
City Recorder Pattlson of West Salem.
Mrs. June Cooley, arrested with Hur
ley on a similar charge, was fined
100 and sentenced to 30 days in Jail.
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STARTS ADDRESSING BirT HAS 1b 60 OVER IFT
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DOWN HARD, WHICH MAKES FEN CATCH IN PAPER
JIN MIDDLE OF NAME OF CHY, PEN 60ES
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