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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBCINE, MEDFOTID, OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1938.
Octagon Howe,
HIDING
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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(Copyright, 1838, 07 Ths Bell BjniioU, las.)
BY PHOEBE ATWOOO TAYLOR
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Chapter 46
They've Got Him Cold'
"I S'POSE you could find someone
J willin to sit, an' go through the
entire population of this town an'
the surroundin' countryside," Asey
went on, "an' find out where every
man, chick an' child was from
around seven-fifteen that's about
when Carveth first lost track of
Roddy. Thought he'd just gone out
on the terrace. Anyway, from seven-fifteen,
on for the next half or
three-quarters of an hour( An'
even if you narrowed it down to
seven - thirty to eight, you'd still
have a lot of ground to cover."
"Seven - thirty to eight," Mrs.
Carr said reflectively. "Dear me,
how hard it is to remember things,
even six hours later. Let's see I
was up trying to amuse Aaron, and
getting radio programs for him on
that strange battery set. Tim went
to the village for cigarettes we
were running short. Peg went with
him to get her car she left It up
town last night, you know, and
they did all sorts of things to it, in
that riot. Poured beer into the
crank case, or the gas tank, or
something. Pam was making
lelly-"
"What?"
"Yes, I thought It was a little
too much, myself. But she said the
currants wouldn't be any good to
morrow and after all the work she
crashed through and filled In the
blank spaces."
Asey grinned. "After," he said,
"the gold mine give out. Uh-huh.
Wonder how she'll explain her
speed in cashin' that check, an' the
delay in tellin' about it. Prob'ly
she'll bring in her pasture, an' how
it dawned on her that Roddy didn't
want to buy it, he was just payin'
hush money. I see. So Roddy killed
Marina, an' Lome's the outraged
husband."
"You haven't heard It all," Cum
mings said. "On Friday night, Ma
rina went to a party. It began be
fore that artist left, the one she
was going to pose for when he
came back. Marina'd got this pos
ing job, and she was tickled to
death, and did more than her share
of drinking I said she'd been
drinking a lot, after I looked at
her later that night. And Roddy
breezed into this party a little after
eight. Didn't stay more than half
an hour, but while he was there,
he and Marina had a fight. She
wanted him to do something for
her, and he said he wouldn't and
she said he would, and that he'd
better, or words to that effect I'm
just giving you the barest outline."
Sure Of Two Things
ASEY nodded. Translated, It
meant that Marina had some
thing on Roddy that would force
mm inio siaging ine amueiiius
holdup on herself and Pam,
' U jam
tt 1111 dkmMtm.
"And what," Pam asked, "has gone and happened now?"
went to in getting them, she was
n't going to nave them go to waste
isn't New England amazing,
Asey? It makes me feel I'm so plas
tic, and useless, and futile, and in
effective. I probably am. Anyway,
Pam made jelly. I suppose it at
least had the virtue of taking her
mind off things and particularly
the ambergris. I do feel so badly
about thatl"
"So." Ascv said, "do I. That's an.
other item on my list. I got to find
that."
"Find it? But my dear man, it
was burned up Pam said it was!"
"Wait," Asey said. "1 think I hear
the doc it should be him. He was
comin' right over from Roddy's."
Cumminfjs came Into the kitch
en. "They didn't even think of Jen
nings, Asey," he said. "They pulled
a fast one. And the hell of it is,
they've got him cold. On ice."
'The Outraged Husband'
DR. CUMMINGS was bitterly
disappointed with Asey's reac
tions to his bombshell of news.
The man didn't seem at all dis
concerted, ile didn't ask who, or
how. He just nodded interestedly
and pulled out that damned pipe.
"Well," the doctor said finally,
"fay something!"
"I'm thinkin'," Asey returned,
"Lome must of got back from
Roddy's about seven-thirty-flve. or
seven-forty. Just in time for Jen
nings to spank him. Who saw
him?"
"The Hepplewhites." Cummings
sounded very annoyed. "They have
the place next to Roddy's you
know? Yes, yes. probably you do
. know, probably you have dinner
with them on alternate Tuesdays.
Asey, how do you get to know
things, anyway?
"An' t h e Hepplewhites seen
Lome?"
"They did. and so did their aged
grandmother. She watched him
edge through the woods "
"Didn't she," Asey interrupted,
"say 'slink'?"
Cummings drew a long breath.
"Sometimes, Asey, you infuriate
me to the point of utter speechless
ness. Anyway, the Hepplewhites
reported when they heard about
Roddy. Someone else saw his car
parked by the lane."
"Lome has an alibi for Marina's
death," Asey said.
"Yes, but Hanson's figured it all
out. Roddy killed Marina. Hanson's
been working on that aiiRle all
along, it seems. After the news of
Roddy leaked out, Nettie Hobbs
whether he wanted to or not. He
was convinced that a holdup had
been Marina's plan.
"Marina left around nine
thirty," the doctor said, "and Han
son figures that Roddy came back
over here to the garage, waited
till she came, and got her. There
you are. They say that Roddy was
sore at her taking that posing job,
and that he'd found out she was
playing around with someone else
Hanson has it all worked out.
Plenty of motive, plenty of oppor
tunity Roddy didn't like Pam, so
he used her knife. It all figures out
very nicely."
"What's Hanson's notion of the
plane crash?"
"Just like yours. He's been over
and talked with that pilot, too!"
"And what," Pam said, as she
came into the kitchen, "has gone
and happened now? Something
has. I can tell by your faces."
She blinked when Mrs. Carr told
her.
"Oh!" she said. "I I can't be
lieve it! Roddy and Jack? Asey
is that so? Does oh, of course! I!
means there's no hope left at al!
for the ambergris to turn up, now'
Doesn't it?"
"It's a damned shame about that
Pam," Cummings said. "I'm awful
ly sorry about it. I'd sort of hoped
that with the mural, and this place
what do the papers call it? The
Incredible Background to these
Startling Events well, I'd hoped
that Asey would delve into the in
credible background, and pick nr.
one clew from the mural, say, and
one from this place "
"You been readin' books," Asey
said gloomily, "That's youi
trouble "
"And then I thought." Cum
mings continued, "that he'd twitch
the ambergris out of thin air for
you. But well, it can't be helped.
I suppose. Coming home, Asey? I'll
drive you over."
"Yup." Asey said. "I guess so."
Over in his own home, he sat
down In the kitchen rocker and
lighted his pipe.
All this ripping and tearing
around he'd done since Friday, am!
where was he? The whole busmes'
had been just as headlong anr
breathless as a ride on a rollc
coaster and where was he now'
He was right smack back at th
entrance again.
There were lust two things ol
which he was certain: that Roddv
had not killed Marina, and that
Jack had not killed Roddy.
Asey thinks ibout clews, tomorrow.
FOR PROBE
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POUOHKEEPSIE. N. T., July 21.
AP Rp. Hamilton Flh. Jr.. (R..
N. V.t. Mid In an address last night
that tbe next cons rent "should in
1st upon ft thorough and Impartial
Investigation" of the Income tax and
Insurance activities of Jamea Roose
velt. Pish denied that he and the pres
ident's son sought Insurance Irom ft
utility company at contended in a
recent magazine (Saturday ffvenlnt,
Post) article.
Fish sought unsuccessfully two
years ago to have congress investi
gate James Roosevelt's Income tan
returns. Young Roosevelt Is his lath
t secretary.
NEW YORK. July 31 f API
Something new In broken Hol.ywood
romances was expressed by Clifford
Odets. playwright, when he returned
frcm London yesterday oboard tne
French liner ChampUln He ld hl
estrangement from Lutse Ralnr
could not be described as amicable.
He did not say they parted "th
best of friends"
To Mls Ralner's chaiye that he
had ft violent tempe Odeta replied:
"In the relationship with women alt
men have a violent tenuer "
American men. he uded. make tho
mistake of beln$ too romantic and
imrry only f:r U;ve. He U1 he pre-
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Maple-Lear Emblem
Because they once played an Im
portant military role for British
soldiers In the War of 1812, maple
leave were selected as the national
emblem of Canada.
When the English were fighting
the French In the north woods their
scarlet Jackets made an easy target
for the enemy. Consequently, they
silt their tunics and Inserted aprays
of maple leaves to camouflage them
selves, enabling them to advance un
der concealment.
Fifty years later the British gov
ernment placed the device of three
mnple leaves of the regimental color
of ft Canadian corps called the Prince
of Wales regiment.
The three mnplo leaves appear on
the arms of the provinces of Quebec
and Ontario, as well aa on that of
the Dominion of Canada, and It was
the badge of the Canadian forces
during the World war.
Church That Struck Oil
When, some 40 years ago, the
Methodist Community church of
Santa Fe Springs. Cat., located on
the site It still occupies today, little
did the good church fathers realize
they were standing over one of thu
world's richest oil pools.
Not until 1923, when oil was dis
covered In that area, was the value
of the property known. At first the
church elders were opposed to dis
turbing the sacred ground for com
mercial exploitation, but later they
consented to permit drilling.
Royalties began to flow In; the I
church's treasury Increased to fab
ulous sums for Its size. Today It
has no debt and a steady income
from the oil royalties speaks well for
Its future.
Pillow-Surfing
Looking for something new In the
way of beach sport, swimmers -at
Santa Monica, Cal., have found thrills
In riding the waves on pillow slips
They first wet them, then whirl
them around their heads to Inflate
them, A rubber band- Is slipped over
the end and the rude "surf-board"
Is good for several rides before the
air leaks out.
Tomorrow: The wolf that terror
ized a nation I
and EugHshmen who marry for convenience."
Votes No lloolug.
TOLEDO, O. (UP) The local
C.I.O. council, has voted to refrain
from "booing" Gov. Martin h. Davey
at future ma-ss meetings or rallies.
The Industrial unionists had "booed"
the governor In several meetings.
NAME NEW OFFICERS
ECONOMY
Withdrawal of Ralph O. Stephen
son as a stockholder In the Economy
Lumber company was announced t )-
day. Mr. Stephenson's stock has
been acquired by the Overmyer fam
ily, the announcement eald.
New officers were announced as
follows: Capt. O. L. Overmyer. presi
dent; Mrs. Overmyer, vice -president,
and G. A. Cottingham, secretary
treasurer. Mr. Stephenson will continue with
the company as sales manager, the
announcement stated.
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