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MEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, .TUNE 2, 1938
i
CTAHOuUoOJE,
BY PHOEBE ATWOOO TAYLOR
The Slot. . uanomet it
aroujed when its citizens art
caricatured in the post office
mural. The next night, the artist's
wife, unscrupulous Marina.
Lome, is murdered. Her lister,
Pamela Frye, what knife (tilled
Marina, appeals to Asey Mayo,
Cape Cod detective. Down by his
wharf she tells him she found
$56,000 worth of ambergris on the
beach which Marina tried to
claim. Later Pam discovered Ma
rina dead in the garage and hid
the ambergris. As Pam is about to
disclose where she hid it, Asey
covers her mouth. Someone very
near, smoking Turkish tobacco,
has been waiting to hear just
that.
Chapter Five
False Scent
"yESSIR," Asey continued
blandly, "alter all you been
through today, Pam, I should
think your trip over would've
been about the last straw. Say, you
got a match? I thought I had a
pocketful, but this old pipe's run
through 'em all."
He removed his hand from her
mouth.
for a minute -nd .hen were
abruptly silent.
Something nearby crackled. No,
it was only his imagination. No, it
wasn't either. Something ome
ne was moving in the shadow
.( those tall pines at the foot of the
.Hiding.
Casually, Asey turned his head
and stared, but his eyes couldn't
Penetrate those deep shadows.
Probably the fellow was crawling
n hands and knees through the
:'ilck quiet layers of pine needles,
creened by the beachplum bushes
hat fringed the shore.
It was a physical effort to check
his impulse to start out in pursuit.
If only, Asey thought, he were
alone! Somehow he'd get the fel
low. But there was the girl to con
sider, and other little items, oo.
This fellow could fee them, ut
they couldn't see him. He vaj
probably armed. Asey had nothing
more vicious at hand than a clam
hoe and a pair of oars. If the fellow
wanted to take a pot shot at Pa
mela Frye, there was nothing to
stop him. If he suspected that they
knew of his presence, Asey de
cided, Pam was the logical person
to pot shot at
Nearly a quarter ot an hour
passed oeiore tney neara tne
sound of a car starting.
"No lights?" Pam asked.
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Cops," Pam said. "Exit with handcuffs."
"I've got a new flap of "em some
where on me," Pam said, slightly
dazed at the natural and familiar
sound of her own voice. "Wait'll I
fish around."
"When I ask," Asey whispered
In her ear, "where's the ambergris,
you be real reluctant It's in your
house? Then you say, it's in the
wonds behind the garage. Act upl
Thanks," he added aloud as she
gave him the matches. "Now, Pam,
efore we do anything else, we'd
better settle up the ambergris part
wnere a you nme ill
"Do do I have to tell you?"
Pam asked.
Asey announced with some
firmness that he was sure he was
as safe a person as she was like to
find. "An' certain," he said, "I'm
sure the clam dreener ain't goin' to
town an' spread the tidin's.
"Oh, I didn't mean tr insinuate
anything about you," Pam said
hurriedly, noting Asey's grin and
his nod of approval at her acting.
"I'm sure enough about you. It s
just well, after what I've gone
through, I sort of hate to tell any
one." "Uh-huh," Asey said, "but we
got to get to it real soon. I s'pose
you took it over to your house,
didn't you?"-
"No,1' she said, "that's .the last
place to keep anything safely. We
nave hideous rats, vou know. I
didn't dare take it there. I wheeled
it in the barrow out to the woods,
about halfway between the garage
and our place. There's an old sum
mer house there, filled with trash
that never gets taken to the dump.
There was an old linoleum rug. I
set it on that," it was easy to ro
mance, she found, once you got
started, "and then covered it, and
put things around it. No one's gone
near that summer house for 30
years, except a vast family of
skunks that live then,. I knew
they'd take care of the rat problem
for me. I don't know from experi
ence if rats like amberpris. but our
rats eat anything, and there's no
reason to suppose they wouldn't
eat ambergris if they got the
chance."
Someone Was .Moving
"T SEE," Asey said. "Well, we'll go
after that directly. But first off,
we got a mighty heap of thinkin'
an plannin' to be done. You sit
'.here, please, while I brood some."
He closed his eyes and listened.
A soft wind murmured in the
Jail pines nearby and little waves
lapped at the wharf piles. Beyond,
on the outside 'icach, the" surf
boomed dully. V ivhlppoorwill
called olaintiveiy 'rom his or
chard. Two dogs yelped furiously
"He don't practically need 'em
on the road," Asey said. "Not here
abouts. He'll put 'em on when he
comes to the curve see? At that
speed, he'll be hob-nobbin' with
the'summer house skunks in about
seven minutes flat or else the an-
fels'll be measurin' him for a harp,
hope for his sake that he knows
the road."
Copsl
" A HEN'T you going to follow
whyn't you go after him
while he was here? Who is he? Did
he hear us? Who is he?" The ques
tions tumbled over each other.
"Offhand," Asey stood up, "he's
the feller that killed your sister.
That's my guess. I didn't go for
him, 'cause 1 felt you wanted to
live to enjoy your ambergris for
tune. Pam, this is very enlighten
in', this is come on. Let's wander
up to the house "
"Did Sister tell someone, d'you
suppose? Did he hear us? What'll
we do now?"
"Sure he heard," Asey said,
shouldering his oars. "Sound car
ries real nice on the water. I guess,
Pam, I'll collect an arsenal, an' go
prowl round except there's this
problem of you. If you come, that
means subjectin' you to the cops
An' if this feller finds the summer
house bare an' void of ambergris,
he's going to track vou down an'
choke the truth out of you. It's bet
ter that you stick here with me
An' better that the cops don't get
wait Wait up "
Thev stoDoed at the
landing.
"What" Pam asksd Hlnmnllv
"now?"
"Listen" Asav nM "fn...
Hear? Several of 'em, an" bein'
driven at a pace go's to endanger.
See the lights now? Comin' to my
iiuuse
"Cops," Pam said. "Cops. Exit
Miss Frye, with gyves or hand
cuffs. Anyway, you've heard the
truth, and you're one up there go
the brakes, they're stopping in
front of your house. Thanks, Asey,
you"
"Wait," Asey said, "I keep won
derin' why you've got tc be carted
off when you'll be such a nice
drawin' card for this lad oh drat,
I left a note for Syl stuck in mv
door, sayin' I'd be in the Mary B
or at the wharf here they come!
Pam. how much rpirit vou not
left?1'
"Practically none," she told him
truthfully.
(CetyntH. mi, .. Stw4 Tt,U')
Will the police arrest rem? Con
tinued tomorrow
TO LAST REWARD
KLAMATH FALLS, June a T
Funeral services rill be held here
tomorrow for Adam Schortgen, W.
who first rode Into Klamath county
on horseback In the spring of 18B9
Schort7cu had dreams of becoming
a cattle king when he first surveyed
the lush Klamath basin, but when
the first herd he trld to Import 1id
en route, he turned to other tnter
esu. At one time he was simultaneously
Justice of the peace, a poolhall Op
tra tor, a saloon keeper, Si blaKmlth
an undertaker, a sanely stjre owrer,
coffin maker and v i.& dojt:r.
He held a fcatf amen public oJUccs,
ran a stjiga Una and flat boat freight
service and helped to build the btg
Weyerhaeuser mill here. For many
years he kept the San Francisco mar
ket supplied with wild (tame birds
from the Klamath lake marshes.
The Grange
rioM mil Grunge
Oold Htll H. E. club met May 94
with 1 members present. Members
voted to buy tablecloths, also paint
for tables. Business meeting fal
lowed by program in honor of Memo
rial fey In charge of Madge Ross
and Evelyn Novae as follows:
Sng, by all; readings. Evelyn N
vac; Mig. by all, solo, Be'ulah Na
than; flower gue?s!ng contest, Pau
line Tysud and Nellie Winn choos
inn side.. Prtre uon ty Winn M
Hrlrer.l.ir.rnta wrM by Marl
Ct'.rlsienscn and Nellie Winn, Came
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Career of Stephens
Strange as It seems, the man who
served aa vice-president of the Con
federate States of America during
the Civil war lived to serve In the
United States senate!
He was Alexander Hamilton Steph
ens, a man of courageous Ideals.
Born a Georgian In 1813, Stephens
was the grandson - of Alexander
Stephens, a brave revolutionary gen
eral who fought under Washington
In the French and Indian war.
From 1836 to 1841 Stephens was a
member of the Georgia state legis
lature and In 1843 was elected to
congress on a general ticket. While
ever loyal to the South aa well os
the ntalon, Stephens opposed the
strong "Southern Right" movement
that threatened to result In ceses
Ion In 1850.
When General Scott, Whig nomi
nee for president, refused to approve
the compromise of 1850, Stephens,
along with other prominent Southern
Whigs, In 1853 withdrew his support,
breaking up the Whig party In the
South. Stephens, strange as It
seems, then oast his vote for Daniel
Webster after the latter had died I
Always on opponent of secession,
Stephens acquiesced when Georgia,
withdrew from the Union. He threw
In with the South strongly, and in
1863 was elected vice-president of
the Confederacy.
Stephens engaged In several ef
forts at reconciliation between the
North and South and finally, dis
couraged, left Richmond and re
turned to his Georgia home. There
be was arrested by federals In 1865
and Imprisoned In Boston for several
months. He was later released on
his own parole.
In 1866 Stephens was elected to
the U. S. senate but waa refused a
seat because of reconstruction con
troversy. Then In 1874, he succeeded
In Joining the lower house of con
gress where he remained until 1882.
resigning to become governor of
Georgia.
Stephens, having served his coun
try aa best he knew from both sides
of the Civil war, died In Atlanta In
March, 1883. Always In poor health,
he never weighed over 90 pounds.
Tomorrow': Farm
Couldn't Farm!
Adviser Who
serving committee June 14, and Lil
lian Autenrelth and Marie Ohrls
tenaen for program.
Jackson County Pomona drill team
put on the fifth degree In Frultdale
Orange hall for nine Josephine
county members end one Gold Hill
Member May 31. They certainly do
the work well and much credit is
given them. Refreshments served to
about 100 members at close of the
meeting.
AUTO MAGNATES MUST
APPEAR BEFORE COURT
SOUTH BEND. Ind., June 2.
(AP) Federal Judge Thomas W.
Slick ruled today that fifty auto
mobile industry executives named
In anti-trust law indictments re
turned last Friday must appear per
sonally In court here for arraign
ment. A number are expected to appear
within the next 10 days to post
bonds for S2.500 each.
U. S. District Attorney James R.
Fleming at Fort Wayne said the
defendants have until June 38 to
enter pleas.
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