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PJGE ETGHT rEDFOTlD ftfA IL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1937 the dark ships STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Beg. TJ. 8. Pat Oft SUBURBAN HEIGHTS oy GLUT AS WILLIAMS V HUtBKRT reOTNCR 7 1 Balleti Fly IT WAS now about 8:30 and ilnct Mai yland doei not use daylight aavlng tune, perfectly dark. The blond young man was not visible in the (treat outaide. There were no taxlcabi entiling In thli part of town, and Neill regretted that he had not told his driver to wait. However, he taw a taxicab standing at the curb across the street about hundred yards towards town, fronaoiy the taxi used by the blond young man. Neill crossed over. The back of the cab was empty. "Will you take me Into townt' he asked the driver. "Sorry, mister. I've got a fare.' "Where is he?" "Can't tell you that He paid me 10 wail. "I'll nay double fare." "Can't do it, after taking his money. He's got my name and numoer. "He won't say anything," Neill laughed. "He can't afford to." "So you say. But I ain't gonna nsK my jod. Neill returned across the atreet. There was a trolley line, but no car was In sight He walked slow ly back and forth as if waiting lor a car, Dut tn reality trying to spy out where his trailer was niaden. It was a quiet neighborhood. Across the road where the taxi waited, there was a high bank not yet built upon. On Neiil'i side the uttie nouses and occasional stores were lighted up, but there was nobody moving on the sidewalk. ai tne corner a newly-opened street dipped down steeply and was swauowed in tne oarK. Neill found his man nartlv hid den behind a syringa bush at the side of a house on the corner. "Good evening," he said pleasantly. -ftvening," mummed tne man huskily. He was trying to disguise his voice. Neill had a sense that he had heard it before. Perhaps me oionaineo nair, tne asny cheeks, the spectacles, also con stituted a disguise. Impossible to tell in the darkness. "Nice night" said NelH No answer. "How often do these blame trol ley cars run?" "Don't know. Tm a stranger in the neighborhood." The young man's voice was lhaky. He was evidently laboring under a powerful excitement However, Neill apprehended no special danger to himself. The taxicab was almost directly across the street, and Heinrlch's with its beer drinkers not a hundred yards away, Neill aimed to quiet him by adopting a friendly air. 'You Know Too Much' "UAVE a cigarette?" he asked. "Don't use them." "Gosh! I didn't think that there was a fellow of your age in the country man t smoxe em. No answer. ' "Maybe you prefer a pipe?" No answer. "I thought from the way you were standing here that you be longed in the neighorhood." . The young man'a voice began to break. "Is It any business of yours?" Neill looked at him steadily. "Well, yes, since you ask me. You've been following me around ever since I arrived in town this afternoon. Also this morning. Naturally I'm curious. What's the Idea?" The young man made an effort to get a grip on himself. "You're mistaken, fellow. I never saw you before until this minute." "Come off," said Neill good naturedly. "That's your taxi wait ing across the street "Wrong again, fellow." "What's the use of stalling?" aid Neill. "I've had my eye on you for five hours past In the Belvedere I heard you sending the plain-clothes men off on a wild goose chase. Good comedy. . . ," The young man's voice broke completely. "Damn youl . . ." he cried. "Damn you . . . you know too muchl" He whipped out a gun and fired at Neill point-blank. Neill saw the movement coming, and dropped in time. Bent almost double, he ran down the steep side street into the enveloping dark ness. The man Bred again, and a third time, but his aim was wild. He came charging after Neill. As In a dream, Neill heard a shout from the taxi driver and the sounds of other people roused by the shots. Then silence. They were afraid to follow. The street was only half a block long. It ran out on a kind of waste land where the earth from exca vations had been dumped, making Irregular hummocks all around. Rubbish was heaped everywhere and It was impossible to run. Neill swerved sharply to the left and dropped behind a hummock hop ing that the man would run by. But when his pursuer came to the broken ground, he stopped, gun in hand, looking around and listening. He was only half a doien paces away and Neill could see .gainst the starry aajr fTeiil gUy drew out his own gu.i, but he was resolved not to shoot the man if It could ba avoided. He could hear the mur mur of the crowd gathering at the top of the street Neill tried to edge a little further away under cover of the dark. The man heard him and fired again. Neill ran for some yards in s zig zag course and dropped again. The man had him pretty well placed now, and came creeping towards him, close to the ground. Neill figured that he would have either two or four shots left in his mag azine. "Here I am," Neill said, to draw his Are again. But he only kept creeping closer. From far away Neill heard the sound of a clanging gong, rapidly drawing near. Somebody had phoned for the police. A new anxiety attacked him, for he couldn't afford to face an investi gation, even though he was the innocent victim. ' The police car stopped at the head of the street. The crowd be gan to move down slowly. Neil arose and ran again. The man fol lowed without attempting to shoot neill could near nis hoarse breath ing. Neill collided with an invis ible wire fence, and was flung back on tne ground, rne man was almost on him. There was no help for it now. Rolling over, Neill took aim at his lea and fired. The man stumbled forward and, falling almost within Neill's reach, lay there sroanine. The eun had flown out of his hand. ' Barbed Wire Helps TEILL ran on as fast as he could down the hill, parallel with the fence. The nolice were now spreading over the hummockv ground. They had flashlights. They were moving cautiously. A wild anxiety lent Neill speed and sure- ness. If he were taken, everything would be wrecked. Just as he was beginning to see light ahead. The oolice heard him running and began to spread down hill to cut him off. Neill put his hands on a lence post end, vaulting clear of the wire, ran straight away. His pursuers were less nimble In getting over the fence. He heard them cursing as their uniforms caught on the barbs, and he gained on them. He then had the notion of doubling and creeping back towards the fence, lower down. He wormed his way down hill close to the fence until he was stopped by a stream at the bottom. Meanwhile the police were searching the onen ground above. He climbed the fence again and. making his way upstream for a short distance, came to a group of dark buildings, a mill of some sort There was a dam over the stream with a footway. He crossed it, and sirucK into a road that climbed the hill on the other side. Soon he was among the streets of another floor quarter of the town. Abso utely quiet over here. Across the little valley he could see the flash lights moving back and forth like fireflies. He kept straight on until he had risen out of the slums into a better quarter. Upon coming to a wide suburban road, he turned into it heading towards town. Presently a taxicab came bowling along, having delivered a fare in the suburbs. Neill hailed it and, sink ing DacK in tne seat thanked God tor his luck. He changed taxis once on the way into town to baffle possible pursuers. He was still in some anxiety because he could not tell what the wounded man might sav to the police. Not the truth, any how. To be on the safe side, he kept away from his usual haunts and made no attempt to communi cate with Mattingly who was still waiting for him at the mldtown garage. In a drugstore on North avenue Neill took possession of a booth. and started phoning. From the vel- low pages ot the phone book it was easy to establish that the only banana importer in Baltimore who ran his own ships was one A. Lana.ua. Neill called him up at his home, and -n Italian-American voice answered. It was Mr. Lanas sa himself. After giving him an agreeable spiel, Neill asked him who his lawyer was. The voice turned wary. "What! I got all kinds of lawyers." "Well, who are they?" "No Information given over the phone. Come and see me in the morning." He hung up. This was a setback, but not a fatal one. Neill had other leads to follow. He did more telephoning and a satisfied grin began to spread over his face. The last number he called was that given htm by Johnny Tingstrom, the taxi-driver who had once shown himself his friend. He was obliged to wait beside the booth until Johnny came In from a trip ana called him. Hit. h Kmlttrl fM-,) Neill teti a ahork when he re turns Is ID Abraham Lincoln, tomorrow. rTcwrvnwcrt iK.UKiwwwritwrt i Oflftt CMfORHlPi OSTEOPATHIC (ml flXPifioN FOR 17 ycftre?-. 4 UMPIRE SPENceR, WHll WfWINS ft PlKeR OUT. -Ifcnkakee fcFekln. SOVIET REIVES IE MOSCOW, Oct. .. (API lsral Veltrr, Soviet comnilMmr for foreign trade, removed from office today and M, P. Smirnoff wai chosen by the central executive committee to uroeed him. Veltter, the eighth member of the Soviet union council of people' com mlMara removed within a year, re cently had been attacked for 'rotten' conditions In Soviet retail srde. Yeaterday Sergei Sudln. acting So viet cotnmlKMr of foreign tratfe, wan removed from hla post. Fxeftidon of nine loral nr.vui- of the Zhlobin dutrict la the Wiut Ruaala republic wm reported by a Minsk newspaper. MARCOLA MILL FIRE EYED BY OFFICIALS EUGENE. Oft. IB 1VTV-SUto po lice fin" tmittl0iitrira miihImm p,,in. of the aioo.000 pineher Lumber com pany mill whim burned Saturday. The plant, three mllea north nf Marcola. had not been operated since the previous nlht. owners said. Offlrlata said the mill, with ii.liv cutting capacity of about 13J.000 le. proviarn employment for approxima tely na men. r'lOirrmnn Lost ROCKAWAY, Oct It - - The coaat guard searched ruttlcMly to day for Ralph Scott of Oarlbal II who hat been miming at eea aim Sun- flay afternoon , e Ifl-vwr i.i.i wuh iol put out la a nrw lS,0Ai funini boat. MOST VAUfoei ftlfl-WftRlNS AMIMftUlNTHEWflaD- PNMBPmeRA 5ED3UG Named for a Bedbug. For as little as aio.oon von miht be able to pick yourself un a chin chilla coat, but It would bo a real bargain. A first clmu. run inrh chinchilla coat costs around S30.000. Yet, strange as It seems, the little rodents that supply the fur for these rather high-priced wind breaker. Ha. rive their name from that of the lowly bedbug. It la taken from the Spanish word "chlnche." because of a certain odor given off by the chin chilla similar to that of the bedbug. do rare la tne chinchilla that only one chinchilla coat, consisting of about 140 pelts. Is made In several years. Tho animal's only natural habitat Is high In the Andes of Chile and Peru, but for the post few years a successful chinchilla farm has been conducted In Inglewood, Cal., by M. F. Chapman. First to successfully transport the delicate rodent to the United States alive. Mr. Chapman now has 1.350 of them, ared from the dozen he Imported from South Amer ica. Chinchillas sell for $.1,200 a breeding pair and their pelts arc worth from 200 up. Bedridden Editor. Since 1018. Dr. C. B. Rowlingson of Los Angeles has lain In bed, able U move only his hands and arms. Yet, for 17 of the le years In which he haa been bedridden, Dr. Rowllngson has held the post of secretary and treasurer of a largo medical society, the California Osteopathic associa tion, and has been editor of the or ganization's monthly publication. Several Ingenious contraptions, rig ged up at his bedside, have made It possible for the Invalid to carry on hla work. Among them la a reading mirror, allowing him to read In com fort from a prone position: a micro phone for speaking to members of the household wherever they are in the house, and a portablo recording instrument for taking dictation, mounted on a metal arm that swings over his bed. MRS. PRLEh, WHO ENTERTAINED THE CLUB LECfORER AT LUNCHEON, GOT HER TblHE MEEHN6 ALMOST AN HOUR LftTE, BECAUSE WHEN If CAME f)ME "TO DRIVE HER OVER She found ihaY fred had -told the men to come ft the ckimmev and she couldn't seffhe car out of the sarafce U)luiAr7S (Copyright, 1987, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) S 'MATTER POf By 0. M PAYNE Bridegroom Speeds To Football Game PULLMAN. Oct. 19 (API Joe Slen ko. Washington Rtnta tenlrtr nnri gar half, back, got to the clubhouso juai in iimo suiuraay to ct Into his suit for tho contest against the Uni versity Of Washlncton. Ha hnri kw reason for his delay he waa Retting married in Colfax to Miss Barbara Cahoun, of Olymplq, Hla brltlo u in the stands when he caught a pass In the first quarter which paved the way for the Cougars' lone touchdown. Governor To Speak CORVALLI8, Oct. 18. (AP) Oov ernor Charles H. Martin will be the principal speaker at the annual ban quet of the Oregon Reclamation con gress which meets at Portland Fri day and Saturday. October 31 and 22. His topic will be "Stole Development nnd Reclamation." YOUNG BEAVER FOUND ENJOYING CITY LIFE PORTLAND, Oct. 19. ;p( Portland residents are convinced the animal kingdom falla to recognize the exis tence of a big city. Recently a cougar raided pig peas near the westelde city limits. Yester day Mrs. R. R. Renner found a young mountain beaver making himself at home on her lawn. TAILSPIN T0MMY- -Tommy and Betty Compare Their Discoveries! glt2j aOopyrirtt. 1037, by The B.U Byadrj By HAL FORRES' BEN WEBSTER'S CAREED Conference By EDWIN ALQEB BETTY I IT WAS HIS S l KV at 7- ' ) THIS SCRAP BOOK Y&53 M GET IT i MARTI M 13 AUTO THAT MADE THE ) S .J? SM3 ' I B "wiTri0" fSZ '3 FILLED WITH KHKH BEnTLY HE T iwck Ano i found KiPW' bJmtlv H M' X V S1MILAR CUPPIMf 4"15f about wa Taw,c ) lXLJr V .. SfrfcM Pg?006", V?yl&V talemt to destroy - t- Z2A , JZuMnkmM uT?i rXrl UTTLE MOVJEV, AM0 MR. 6RA8BEP. j 601W6 TO UPStT OUR HAWS (hELP 'tlX I L XHE DEBBS-ForgWe nnd Forget WEV, BRUCE. SOU -p LL-1 'IM SORRV I EVER NCiice 02 1 JMT1 C? Vfli oM Y 1 DMT BEUEVE "N , , A ( N'CE SOOD MAM-. 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