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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORDMATL TRTBITNE, MEDFOKD,' QREGOX, TUESDAY, JUNE 14. 1936. Octagon Uou& BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR SUBURBAN HEIGHTS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof addreew the tuthor. Inclosing . a itaaped enrelope for reply. Re. V. .8. Pat Off. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS H hi 81 bl 8. V ft tn t tli ur Er dl W K In the Story So Fan Unscrupulous Marina Lome, ujhois husband's post otfc mural has aroused Quanomet. is murdered by a let handed biota rom her Mister1! knife. Pam Frye appeau to Asey Mayo, Cape Cod de tective, telling him she found 50,000 worth of ambergris which Marina tried to claim, and hid It after die covering the murder. Pam leaves Asey's house because an unknown person, who smokes Turkish tobacco, l trailing her to learn the where abouts of the ambergr'.s. Asey dis covers that agreeable Tim Carr, c boarder at the Frye's Octagon House, is left handed, smokes Turkish to- bacco, and hated Marina in New rorfc; wealthy Roddy Strut! smashed a new plane in the square; and gabby Nettle Hobbs swears Pam is the murderer. Chapter IS Nettle's Two Visitor! 'yOU He!" the woman said an 1 grily. "I lie? You mean, -jou lie!" Net tie embarked on a shrill tirade. "So," Asey said softly. "So!" He put down his paint :ans and looked critically at the ell. Its original brown had faded through the years to a particularly unpleasant shade of greyish-red, with which Asey was not prepared to cope. But whoever owned the building, Asey decided, should be glad to have anyone touch up those bare spots. Before Nettie finished her speech, Asey was standing on an empty packing case just beyond the window, energetically paint ing the ell with his nice green paint. "Are you quite through?" the woman asked rather wnarily. "I should think you would be. Now, before you get second wind, let me sum tilings up. 1 ve appealed to your family pride. After all, you're a relation of Pam's. I've ap- fealed to your common decency, ve appealed to everything any one can appeal to, and you're ada mant Now, I'm going to point out several items. In the first place, if you were actually in any position to view this murder if you really were in, or near, or outside the garage last night, and if you didn't stoD Pam from killing Marina does it occur to you that you're aid accessory after the fact? ' accessory after the fact? "How did I know she was going tor i just 'iouowca ner . "So you're following her now, are your tne woman interrupted. "In the original version, you sim ply sat in Octagon House and peered through the window and saw her run toward Lorries' ga rage. Little item there, by the way. ine only window from which you might possibly have seen in that direction, from the living room, is that awful thing of colored pur ple glass. And no one ever saw through that. Did that occur to you, Nettie? Becaust the police are shortly going to have it pointed out to mem. "You're trying to shield a mur derer!" Nettie yelled. "That's what! I wouldn't wonder if you weren't hiding Pam Frye! And what if I am a cousin of hers? I'm only a fifth cousin!" "Oyster Bay," Asey murmured, "versus Hyde Park. "And besides," Nettie went on, "I have a higher duty, I have. It's my duty to expose a murderer, even if she is a relation! Some laws Is higher than others. Blood may be thicker than water" "But not when you can pan gold out of the water? Isn't that it, Net tle? Oh, how you must have count ed on marrying Aaron Fryel" Whoever this woman was, Asey thought, she was playing Nettie like a banjo. "What about you?" Nettie re turned. "Didn't you expect to marry Jack Lome, until Marina took him away from you? Didn't you want io paint tnat mural in the post office, Peggy Boone?" Boone. Asey thought. Pam had aid something about modeling for someone namea uoone. 'You Vindictive Thing!' "F course I wanted to paint v that mural, Nettie. So did several hundred other people. But you're wandering from the Doint again. The point is, you didn t see ram rrye last nigtu. Because you aian t even iook out or the win. dow; or if you looked out of the regular windows, you couldn't possibly have seen the Lome ga rage. Or if you looked out of the purple glass window, you just plain couldn't have seen. That's the point You suspected nothing at the time, you suspected nothing when you left. By sheer chance you left your pocketbook and it's tne consensus that you never for got your pocketbook before. You usually have it gripped tightly to your capacious bosom. And when you realized what you'd popped into, you saw your chance to take a whack at Pam, and then you realized the gold in them thar hills. All right, Net'ie. But you've got your last nugget." "What do you mean? Where are you going?" Nettie sounded more annoyed than alarmed. As Jennie Mayo had remarked that morn ing, there was nothing - en loved much more than a fight. "I'm going, my little pickle lime to the cops. And to see some re porters I know. You actually don'i know a single thing about this murder, and very shortly the world will think about this mur der. and very shortly the world will know just what sort of filthy hoax you are. Whom the press makes, they can also break. 1 thought even the stupidest of fools had figured that out. And you, Net tie, are going to be broken. And I'm going to wield the first axe " "You vindictive thing, you!" "Yes, vindictive is the word for Peggy, came the prompt retort. "I'm one of the most viciously and violently vindictive neODie I han- pen to know. And I happen also to cherish Pam Frye. And for two cents I d slap out your teem and lump heavily on them. Goodbyl" uoodoy yourself! Nettie yelled. "And you wait till I tell the re porters what you've said and how you've threatened me! Threat ened! Wait'll they hear that, and then see how much good your lies'll do to shield Pam Frye!" When Peggy Boone came out to the yard, Asey was innocently stir ring paint in tne tar corner. "So she's having the store beau tided, is she?" Peggy Boone's cheeks were flaming and her eyes shot sparks. "Beautified by the ap plication of a coat of paint That's tne way tne news will report it this week. 'Our esteemed citizen. Nettie Hobbs, alias the Pickle Lime Lady, is beautifying her store by tne application or a coat ol paint! It sickens me!" 'Wa-el. Asey rather overdid his Cape drawl, "it needs paint." so does my house, and so, prob ably, does yours. But we don t yap packs of lies to the newspapers to get it doner "You seem sort of sore." "Sore? Do you think you evei saw a mad woman? Well, the mad dest woman you ever knew was a cooing doye compared to me. 1 could kill that stinker!" Keep Me Out Oi It' ASEY felt for his pipe, but thai was home, in his other coat, along with his driving license. Feeling a little thwarted, he sat down and considered. No appeals to Nettie Hobbs were going to get anyone anywhere, he decided. Peggy Boone might point out the discrepancies in Nettie's story till the cows came home. But Nettie had her story in first And Hanson would take as little notice of the window item as he had taken of Dr. Cummings' point about the left handedness. He personally might go in and see what he could do, but Peggy Boone had deftly and thoroughly covered every angle he could think of. Unless he were to ijo in and wave guns at Nettie, which would give her the unsurpassed oppor tunity to call for the press, and display Asey Mnyo in the very act of intimidating a star witness. In brief, Asey thought it might be simpler to move Gibraltar than to sway Nettie Hobbs at that point. He picked up his brushes and his paint cans. But before he left another visitor dropped in. Why, Mis-ter struttl" Nettle said, neatly identifying her caller. "Mis-ter btruttl Were you hurl last night when your plane crashed?" "Just banged a bit that's all. The other fellow took the beating He's got a broken leg and things. look, you re all mixed up in thu business of Marina, aren't you? Saw it happen, and such?" "I was right on the scene, Net tle said. "Right on the scene. Dc you want to read about it? Here are the papers, right here, and" i ve read em, noddy atruti said. "That's just It you know. You've been pretty decent aboul me, and I want to do the righl thing. Always thought you were a good sort, and all. Look, will this be all right? More where it camt from, if it isn't." "Oh, oh!" Nettie squealed. "Ain't it enough?" "Oh, but it's why yes." Nettie's voice changed suddenly. Realizing, no doubt, Asey thought, that there was more gold in the hills than she had ever dreamed of. "Why. yes, I guess so." "All I can spare right now," Roddy said. "But you know me. make things right. Just you keep up your story and keep me out of it that's all. Well, so long." "So long," Nettie said. "Oh if anyone gets curious about the check." Roddy hesitated, "just you say it's for your pasture , that I want for a landing field. 1 can give you cash" "This'll be all right," Nettie said. "Goodby, Mr. Strutt." A door banged. ' "Well," he heard Nettle's dazed murmur. "Well, we,U. Keep you out of it? I should say I would!" Asey nodded. He guessed so, too Picking up the can of green paint, he mounted the packing box again. A little beautiflcation, he felt was a small price to pay foi the enlightening details that we. t being wafted out of that ell room tCrrmt'. It II fWa jtwtf Tn'fl Whst Is Roddy's connection with the mysterjrr Continued tomorrow. FOR ALL AT E KLAMATH TALLS. June 14 (ffv O rangers from every county In Ore gon and nearly every community nid boosted registration for the ut con vention here well past the 1000 mark this afternoon. The number of vict ors is expected to reach 1600 by mid week. Convention machinery, however waa running smoothly. A. I. Morrison. In charge of housing. Mid hi vi m It tee was prepared to pro4e ic commodatloni of some sort t. rv convention visitor, the only dirfieUty being In meeting the demand for campground cabins. Many granger brought their own camping supplies, and tent city has iprung up on the southern fringe of Klamath Falls. Turn Over Capitol To State June 21 6 A I.EM. June IS, (AP Contrac tors will turn over Oregon's new 3.S'H).900 cap ltd to the state on June 3i when the capltol reconstruc tion commission meets here. Th building will be occupied July 1. departments using their pres ent furniture. New furniture will be dehivred in September. STUDENT CONFESSES PART IN BURGLARY SUOENE. June M. (AP EVn Davis, 20. Unlrtrlty of Oregon stu dent, has admitted complicity In a recent Eugene burglary. Sheriff C, A. 8warts said. Another student. Clar ence Sebastian, was arrested earlier last week at Sn Jose, Calif in w xsm mo Wf&fieofl!8B W&m.Philadelphia, , IS A PRoH&lONhlBlRDtmiCUR&l IfloUSftNOS Of PftRffoTS, ETC., UJKIMO LOUVS, U7KKCCUN0 DIETS i j AMD PERFORMING . .',. 1 Midi rh-r,L.w WW IMM mu''"' y .f -a if mm it " Jcoc?4e . FROM KMNIN6 WLAR&S WPRBsp Trie stole iMsiftTuKE. l 'KcMpMl phSSEP IN 187$.,. h Wiflrt n.ll.i.. jI r.. - . WWt l& MTHOJJTHMIN6 A PteSEpmif '.Or ,. . ' I A RECORD) -1137 ff&on- The Iflrd Doctor Twenty-one years ago Mrs. George Wl el and 's husband made her a pres ent of two pairs of canaries and started her off on the pleasant careur of a bird doctor, which she has fol lowed In her Philadelphia home ever since. What started as a hobby became a business for Mrst Wleland, when a few years after her husband gave bar the birds, he was forced to quit work because of an automobile accident. Mrs. Wleland styles hersell as a bird chiropodist," because her woik consists mainly of trimming birds' toenails to keep them from tripping In their cages and breaking their legs When such an accident occurs, alio answers hurry up calls at any hour of the day and late at night. With a tiny surgical kit, she speeds to the scene of the tragedy. To perform an amputation, Mrs. Wleland applies Iodine to cauterize the wound and render it senseless tt pain. She then anaesthlzes the bird with two drops of whiskey In water and snips off the leg. In about two weeks the bird Is "as good as new." Other duties of Philadelphia's bird doctor Include boarding birds whose owners go away on trips, scaling their legs; cutting off tumors, and curing colds. "Bird owners often transmit their own colds to their pets by allowing the birds to kiss them." says Mrs Wleland who used to be a practical nurse. . She always has at least 150 birds lr her home, and during the past 21 years has manicured and treated thou sands of them for varied disorders. Anti-Camel Law Nevada's legislators in 1876 were called upon to pass a law against camels running loose on the state highways. The unusual situation arose from the fact that several camels had es caped from a "Camel Corps" wh1.:b the U. S. government In 1850 s had attempted to Install on the western deserts. These were reported seen at various times and places in Arizona so a law, was passed to "eliminate" them. Tomorrow: How many ways ran "scissors". be spelled? connection with the same crime. S warts aald that Davis, when ar rested Friday, had part of the loot from a Eugene sporting goods store In hla possession. He Is held In the county Jail In lieu of 9500 ball. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken wlndowa reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet Works. 4076 WAGE BENEFITS , AWAITING COMMISSION SALEM, June 14. flj Only 4.07t claims for benefits are before the unemployment compensation commis sion, 1,081 having been filed inst week. More than $3,500,000 has heen djIU to unemployed workers since the law became effective January 1. The 308. 000 checks averaged $11.44. Another Horn SACRAMENTO, (Pj Articles of In corporation have been filed with tl-c secretary of state for Los Angeles Boosters, which, its directors an nounced, would work for the advan tage of Los Angeles and the welfare of its people. -fRMTIC IM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME -fO A COMPLETE STANDS-TiLY. WHFK FRED PERLEV AND TriE MAM ACROSS -THE STREET) BRCK1WG OUT OF "THEIR DRIVEWAVS WHILE VJMm 600D-BVE To THEIR WIVES, LOCKEP FEHDERS GLUYAS ' (Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, Int.) VARLIAMS 3 MATTER POI Bv 0 M PAYNE TAILSPIN TOMMY Wurtel Disappears! By HAL F0EREST N A TEST HOP, WITH THE NEW WURTEL PROPELLER, wrm.n id sumuElj TO INCREASE THE SPEED OP THE MERCUKr" AN ADDITIONAL THOUSAND REVS, TOMMY OPENED THE THROTTLE TO TWO HUNDRBO AND FORTY FIVE MILES PER ' HOUR . . WHEN AN INSTIMCTIVE WARNING PENETRATED HkS BRAIN.. SOMETHING WAS WRONG. . SOME UNSEEN FORCE WAS TELLING HIM TO LAMP THE SHIP liMAYBE'lTUUS f. AND PLAY ffl I A HUNCH, BUT I'Mp 174, SAFE I CLOCKED YOU, 5KIPPEK! YOU WERE PRACTICALLY STANDIN' still! ANYTHING WRONG f 'rusty, take that " a cfEi why. . he PROP OVER TO L 'SKEETS, WUZ HERE ) THE FACTORY AND tf WHERE'S 1 UUST A I -l PUT IT ON THE MISTER j MINUTE (V - C VURTEL?. AGO, BUT. 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