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MEDFORD MAIL TRTB17NE, MEDFOTtD, OREGON, TTEDXERBAY. JUNE 1. 1338
Octagon Mouse,
BY PHOEBE ATWOOO TAYLOR
The Story 80 Far: Quanomet U
aroused when its cllizeru are
caricatured In the poet oZBce -mural.
The next nloht, the oreWi
wife, unicrupulam Marina
Lorne, murdered. Her lister,
Pamela Frye, uihoie knte Wiled
Marina, appeals to Asey Mayo.
Cape Cod deteciiwe. She tells him
the ound $50,000 worth of am
bersrii on the ehore. Ater Pam
threw the lump bock into the ur,
Marina agreed to drive Pam and
the amberprii into Boston for
M.00O. But eumehoto Pam knew
Marina was planning to keep the
ambernris or herself.
Chapter Four
Mysterious Eavesdropper
"T DECIDED," Pam went on, "to
I get home as quickly as I could
and tell Father, and somebody else
I sort of decided on this boarder
named Carr who came today with
his grandmother. He's a teacher,
around 30, and an awfully decent
sort. I also wanted to get the stuff
to Boston, pronto."
"What did you tell Sister?"
"I said, as if in a burst of light,
that I'd get the boarders' dinner,
and then tell Fathei that I was
driving up to Boston with Mary
Kean. She has a flower shop and
often drives up U the florists' mar-
Ww'l f
boarder Into talcing the stuff to
Boston in his coupd. And I found a
note on the door, saying they'd
gone to a clambake, and the movies
later. Shall I pass over the dismal
hours till eleven o'clock?"
"What did you do? Whyn't you
snake the ambergris out of the ga
rage?" Asey demanded. 'I would
have. I "
"So would I, but, Asey. do you
know Aunt Nettie Hobbs? She
keeps the Woman's Exchange.
Sh3 came, Asey, to call. She
came as I finished reading the note
and was just starting for the
wheelbarrow. I could not get rid of
her. I have never been so mortally
rude to any living person. And she
stayed. I couldn't tell her, natural
ly. It'd be like inviting the world
to share my ambergris. I couldn't
leave her although I did, once,
around nine o'clock. I whipped
over to the garage and the am
bergis was still there. It was then
that I slid the garage doors off their
rollers I knew Sis couldn't get
'em on .lliout help. That was my
one and only hope, that Sister, in
her general greed, wouldn't tell
anyone. And Nettie stayed. She left
at ten-thirty. She told me, in part
ing, I didn't seem myself a bit.
Asey, can you figure Nettie's story
when this breaks? That alone'll
hang me. The second she disap
peared down the road, I grabbed
the barrow and legged it to the
garage. And there, on the floor
there was Sister. Staring up oh,
that that face, Asey!"
"And the ambergris?"
"It was there," Pam said. "There,
in the beach wagon. Just as we left
it. And I looked at it, and I looked
at her. And I thought of the things
she'd done. She broke Mother's
heart, Asey. Mother never got over
that well, I won't lo into it. She
took every cent Father had, literal
ly, when she first ran away frc-.i
town. She stole his first editions
the pride of his life, and pawnee'
them. But mostly the things she'd
done were things you couldn't pui
into figures. She did something tn
Father that he never got over.
Something to his ambition. Some
thing to his pride. The more 1
thought of what she'd done, the
well, I didn't feel sorry for what
had happened. That sounds inhu
manly hard. I suppose it is. Bui
little sister's had to live in the
dregs of what Marina left behind.
That's enough to make you a little
inhuman, I think. And the irony ol
it got me, too. he couldn't even
die, I thought, without a last P .)
ket, and I often go with nor, and
' Sister knows it. I said that in that
way Father wouldn't suspect a
thing. We could stifrt at eleven,
park in a garage, then go to Jorale
mon's early. She agreed very
quickly. Thought it was a peachy
idea. That convinced me she had
some plan afoot. But I figured, if
she wanted time to connive, I could
take the same time and thwart
her oonnivings. And I did want to
f;ct the ambergris to Boston and
nto someone rise's hands before
anvone got wind of it. Wasn't that
right?"
Asey hesitated. "Well. I don't
know. Myself I'd but I s'pose the
instant the news got around. Lord
knows how many claimants'd come
popnin' up."
"Kxactly, aj you said, It's not like
dealing in registered bonds. So. we
went to Sister's garage, and shifted
the ambergris from Roddy's beach
wagon into Sister's hers hasn't
soft tires and covered it with the
tarpaulin. Just as we finished, a
roadster drew up with horns blar
ing, and one of Roddy's pals leaned
out and yelled at her and asked
where she had gone with the beach
wagon, they wanted i,, and he had
Farbstein waiting for her, and
Farbslein was flying to New York
in half an hour with someone, and
didn't she want to see him. And at
that point, Marina could have
screamed."
"Why?" Asey demanded.
"Because all her life she's want
ed to model for Farbstein, more
than anything else. Her life ambi
tion. Apparently some of Roddy's
gang had collared l.im, and there
was her chance. There was Farb
stein. the unapproachable, and
there v:'s me, and there was the
ambergris. And the, . was the lad
In the rrathtcr. yelling at her to
Make up her mind. She did. She
rrahbed the rar keys, and said
'ie'd be back by eleven."
"Wh;, didn't you," Asey de
manded, "toke the ambergris?"
'Oh That Face'
"T CAN'T drive," Pam said simply.
1 "We never could alTord an
aulomobile. ; heat il home to tell
Father and talk with him. think
ing we might harry this amiable
staring up
blow at us for how could I taki
the ambergris then?"
You Did If
"I HOPE," said Asey, "that you
did, Pam, just the same."
"I did, because. I knew I'd never
have a chance to get it later. I took
it. Then 1 phoned the state cops.
We l.ad the phone put in again this
morning. We can only allord it
when we have boarders. I told the
cops to come to Octagon House,
then I dashed back to the garag
Jack Lome was there, in the most
terrific frenzy I ever saw. He
pointed his finger at me and said.
rYou did that. It's your knife' I
hadn't even noticed that before.
Asev. But ': tens my knife. 'You did
it!' Jack yelled. 'You were iealou
of her. always. It's your knife'
I've called the police and told then,
sol I've told them you're the mur
derer! "
Pam lighted another cigarette
"And when he said that word, mur
derer, all of a sudden I thought ol
you. I suppose I connected you with
murders. Anyway, i raced out oi
the garage, lie tried to toiiow me
but 1 tripped him. I cut through
the woods until I was so breath
less I had to stop. I was just behind
Chases'. I sneaked into their barn
and stole Billy Chase's bike, and
pedaled over here. I hid the
"Wait," Asey said softly, in het
ear. "What kind of cigarettes are
those you're smokin'? American?"
"Yes, have one? I hid"
Asey's hand went over her
mouth. "So you pedaled here, did
you? Quite a ride."
Pam listened in bewilderment
as Asey, his hand still covering her
mouth, casually chatted on about
her feat of bicycling over. He was
nifling the air, and automatically
Pam sniffed, too. She understood
then.
He had caught, before she had.
the whill of Turkish tobacco smokt
that meant that someone, verj
near, had been listening to even
word. That someone, very near
was waiting for her to tell where
she had hidden the ambergris.
KVff". ItfI. 'ietl Jtwted
li ram In danger? Don't mlM ti.
morrow's chapter.
COS! $3,265, SAYS
CONTRIBUTION LIST
SALEM, June 1. (API Campaign
contributions for Willis Mnhonry,
Democratic candidate lor U. S. sen
ator, totaled 3,a63.75. rxprnw" state
ments filed with the worvtary of
stnte fciiowrd today,,
Today was tho last day on which
campaign contributions could be re
ported. Candidates must report their
personal expenditures by next Sat
urday. Contributions for the Mahoney
campaign included: John D'Arey,
1331; Oeore K. Hit and W. J
Conrad- 1250 each: W. H. Trcce.
200 and the Willis Mahoney cam
paign committee, 1,314.
U. 8. Rep. Walter M. Pierce, U
Grande, spent nothing to win tht
Democratic rennomlnatlon.
State Sen. P. J. Stadelmsn gave
$100 for the campaign of Rufus C.
Hotmail. Kr publican U. S. senata
candidate, and H00 for Homer D.
Aimed. Republican nominee for con
gre5s in the third (Multnomah
county) district. The Annell for con
press committee spent 200.
State Sen. U. H. Balenttne spent
1pi to win the Republican nomin
ation tor congress In the second dis
trict. J.tE. Rr-unett. Portland city com
missioner, spent 1313 tor the cam
paign of Sam Brown, who lost the
Republican gubernatorial nomination
to Charles A. Sprague. Salem publisher.
COURT DELAYS ACTION
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Th supreme court announced today
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TABLE CLEARER By gluyas Williams !
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V . y iw, ! WH iasr'-W-'U ' . Rf WHW THE DISHES
ThtttZT Hotel IN1HS WORLD. bMIIIl: Mi- 'J, ll StSBfe (Copyrwt, ma, by Th. Bn tjia mo (,-,
IS BUILT Jtfo NCH$Ap0Vi liX f ) Off r SeTj s II 1
ri TriB 6ROUHD am ;f KVfA i piftf 8 matter poi bv o m paynb
ToticHee iit em urns j - f 1 Jral -SA fsw--
2. A year of 360 days. lf I WlSJS I
3. A period of 260 days. J r A if 11 1 V J "V
4. A lunar semester. jLm, lLfci W ftfek
5. Periods of nine days each. 'ffiffa'i Lxl I " 1 I 1 J1
There was also a Venus calendar fVVJj 1 W II ' iTlB
and other variations, according to I ' J?' VgjrtrX? Lry I V-s.0 A f J ' ulCy. ,
Maurice Ries, Maya authority of Tu- l c I Tf " sTJ. rW-STTftTvI 1 StfrXj
lane university. M Oti JivC s &t. ttwII-w k
For years a mystery to scientists H ftts tow 1 , Qv Jj -Vvy t
was the question: From what date v ynr Lyl jLd fcNTCO
did the Maya measure time? rhe - ... -
answer to this S.041.738 B. C was 1 Ki-a-r'-A "
found by Dr. Harmann Beyer, an as- tT ( -"r
soclate of Rles'. who discovered a key A",'"T tf V 1 3 E A-
hieroglyph which had been used as ( ( 7
a headstone on the grave of an Amer- ) iA 1 1
lenn archeologist. John O. Owens. J liVN R f 7 "N. I iOjC1".
who In 1893 died of fever while study- -e- K!BngM.TA T ' w-. ' ) V " LN.
L (Oopyriglit, 1938, by The Bell grJlet. h
fl WUXRF-A$ToRA,MYA
ThlllsT Hotel IN WE VioRlQ.
KMffjM NCH$A8om
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NO PART OF TH &WIDIHG
TotlCHSG We fflSWrW&f
Castle In the Air.
Strange as It seems, no part of the
Waldorf-Astoria, world's largest hotel,
touches the, sidewalks of New York
which "surround" Itl
In order to diminish traffic vlbrn-
tlon. engineers who designed the
structure laid plans to place It on
huge "stilts" sunk deep Into the
earth. These strong girders, cush
ioned on lead and asbestos, support
the Waldorf-Astoria about two Inches
above the sidewalk.
"Due to the fact that the New
York Central railroad tracks run un
der Park avenue," a hotel official
says, "tho traffic of trains below, if
the building touched the sidewalk,
would create vibration.
"Consequently, the foundations of
the Waldorf-Astoria are sunk yny be
low the road bed, and reso on lead
and asbestos cushions. This is to
kill any possible vibrations.
"The steel columns supporting the
building tand In the fashion of stilts
and clear the sidewalk for about a
couple of inches. It Is an amazing
fact that the expansion or contrac
tion of the steel caused by heat or
cold will vary one or two Inches
throughout the year."
Beginning nf Time.
Complicated but amazingly accurate
was tho calendar system of the anci
ent Mnya. Strange as It seems, they
used no less than five separate sys
tems of counting:
1. A year of 365 days, made up of
18 months of 20 days each, plus five
extra days, the latter being consid
ered very lucky.
Tomorrow
n deer!
that It had postponed until next
fall action on a petition filed by
Thomas J. Mooney, seeking freedom
from San Qtientln penitentiary where
ha la serving a life sentence for
complicity In the 1916 Preparedness
day parade bombing in San Francisco.
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The Chester pastor, who Is 48, was
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Wen 1 1 hy me m bers of t he Du t ch
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"1
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