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PAGE FOUTl MTE'DFO'RT) MATL TRTBTTN'E, MWFO"RT, OREGON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1938. ROAD MAP gy, GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Keg. U. S. Pat Off. 73 By MAX SALTMARSH , -j any, 7 The Character Hug Bum. handsomt author, . living on th French Riviera. Archie Lomiden, mvel, Hu- : oo' friend. ' Ben Oelu. a tinoularly un :, pleasant eartooniet. Teeterdfty: Summoned to Palm j Beach by O'Oonnell, an Ameri can detective, Hugo and I lee ve I Monet murdered white the it tak ing part in a mannequin ihou). ' j ! Chapter Five Death Of A Red-Haired Man "THE Chief of Police pulled out notebook, and scribbled while Hugo wu (peaking. Hugo told him that the blonde girl had ap proached us at the Carlton Bar. also that Geiss had spoken to us bout her and mentioned the names of her friends. "Venner. the banker?" Thiers pondered. "Now. where navel heard that name before? No mat ter. It will come te me. Baron Stan! I know, of course the great financier. I fancy that he is stay, ing now at Cap d'Antibes. Vladi mir Rakovsky no. that one is un known to me. But one or other of them can doubtless tell us some' thing about the lirl." He paused again, surveying us. "There is nothing else?" ' Hugo shook his head, but I sat up in my chair. 'There's one point," I said. "You say the girl was murdered, which I presume means shot, and in that case the pistol must have been fitted with a silencer, otherwise everyone would have heard the explosion. I Know tne noise a silencer makes, and lust before the thins hap pened I heard -.uch a sound, that might very well have been the snot. Behind my back. . "And that is all. Monsieur?" "No," I said bluntly, "it isn't. As my friend has told you, I called for a doctor, and while I was doing so I saw two men leave the room hur riedly, one after the other. In fact,'' I added thoughtfully, "it looked to me as if one was pursu ing tne other. That is most Interesting," said the fat man, but with a certain lack of enthusiasm. "These men- Sow were they dressed? I shrugged. "In black trousers and white mess - jackets. They might have been waiters or guests. lor au t could tell." "But their faces?" he Insisted. "You could identify them again?" .no, l said, l couldn u They had their backs to me, and beyond the fact that one was medium sized and black - haired, and the other shorter and ginger-colored, I saw nothing to spot them by." I paused, .racking my brains for some deUil that might have es caped me, and a sudden memory came. "Hold on a minute," said I. I did notice a ginger-haired fel low, before the thine harjDened standing behind the tables across tne dance-nocr, signaling to some, one on our sidt- of the room." He pursed his lips, frowning thoughtfully. "And you think it might nave been the same man? Well, we can discovei if anyone left the building before orders were given to shut the doors. But meantime we will have Madame in." - He opened the outer door and gave a sharp order, and next mo ment a tall, handsome, middle aged woman, a trifle mannish looking in her tailored black satin suit, entered the room. She was pale and her mouth was grimly set, but otherwise she showed no sign of emotion. Thiers bowed. "You are Ma dame Lilli Stefan?" he inquired. The woman inclined her head si lently. "And this poor girl who has met so tragic an end she was one of your assistants?" A Holocaust? "CHE was one of my assistants, -J for this affair onlv." she anld In a deep, rich cont alto. "It wilw be best. 1 think, if I explain exactly how it happened. The girl Eve was not one of my regular manne quins. She was suggested to me last spring by Baron Stahl. I had. unfortunately, no opening at the time, but I took her address with the promise to nmpioy her when the occasion offered. Two days ago, when I was on the point of leaving for Cannes, one of my girls fell ill and I telephoned to this girl's apartment, 3 bis, rue President Ooumergue, near the Pare Mon ceau, ana finding that she was free, engaged her. Beyond that I know nothing!" "The Pare Monceaul" said the chief of police, pondering finger on Hp. "An expensive address, thatl And her real namt, modame?" Mme. Stefan shrugged. "1 know no more than you," she retorted. "Eve Monet was what she called herself." The fat man got ponderously to his feet "Madame, he said, with dignity, "I thank you." A uniformed gendarme stood In the doorway, the same that had departed on his errand a short time before. His sallow face was pearled with sweat: his beady eyes sparkled with the pleasurable an ticipation of one who bears star tling news, the points of his moustache quivered. "Monsieur le Commissaire!" he said excitedly, and stopped at sight of us. "One speaks? he demanded dubiously "Yea, yes!" said his superior testily, and he went on with a rush. "I nare demanded at the doors If any person was seen to leave the building just after the tragedy, and one has said to me that yes, wo men had been seen, one black- haired, the other red. They left hastily, one on the heels of the other, but there are many cars ranged outside, and the night is dark. It was not seen in what di rection they went I then demand ed of the chauffeurs if any car had been taken from the ranks and was told no. No taxi had been en gaged from among those waiting." He stopped and wiped his fore head with a gaudy cotton hand kerchief. "But as 1 returned, by chance I observed something in the shrubbery protruding from under a bush. I looked. It was a man's shoe. I looked farther, and behold, the body of a manl The red, Monsieur le Chef he lies there, shot through the heart!" He paused dramatically, looking from one to the other of us, an ac tor seeking applause, and he was not disappointed in his audience, Hugo whistled, I gasped, and the fat man swore, sharply and vi ciously, like the spit of a cat "Sacri bleu" he said. "But this ceases to be amusing. What have we here a holocaust?" "I should rather say the mur derer escaping, finding himself pursued, and making short work of his pursuer," suggested Hugo mildly. "Archie" he turned to me "that must have been the ginger-headed bloke you spotted." The chief of police gave him a quick stare. 'That is possible," he agreed. "Messieurs, I must ask you to accompany me to view the corpse the second corpse!" The casino opened on a square, the far end of which touched the sea-front. The building was edged by a thick fringe of shrubbery, bordered by a grass verge, and half-way alcng it I saw dimly, by the light flittering through cur tained windows, two motionless, uniformed figures standing on fluard. with a second group of on ookers halted Inquisitively a lit tle way off. Tery Interesting VfJE made our way towards them ' ' with a majestic, official slow ness that I found profound r irri tating, for every nerve in my body was tingling with the desire to see if I recognized the dead man, but at l.st we hal.ed, the dim, uni formed shapes melted to right and left, and the gendarme who had brought the tidings flashed a pow erful torch on something that lay on the dry earth. The chief of police bent over It Then he crooked a finger at me, and I, in turn, stepped forward, bent down, and looked. The man lay face-upwards on the ground. His sandy hair was tumbled, so that a lock fell across his forehead: his small, humorous face was pinched and drawn: his eyes were open, staring with a startled look at the night sky above him. "Yes," I said, straightening up. 'That's the fellow, poor devil, who was signaling across the room, and, for all I know he may be the one who skipped out after the shoot ing." A curious muffled exclamation broke from Hugo. "As God's above," he said softly, "it's O'Don r.elll" There was a moment's startled silence, then: "Sacre bleul" said the fat man, "he is known to you then, this unfortunate?" Hugo was a long time replying. He stood there looking down at the dead face with something in scrutable, something menacing In his expression. "He is known to me," he agreed at last "His name is O'Donnell. He is an American citizen, and I saw him last in the Ritz-Savoy Hotel In New York. I believe he was working as a bond-salesman. I know nothing of . his family or connections, but he was a nice fellow, and I asked him, if he was ever on this side, to look me up. Only this morning I heard that he had called at my villa while I was out, but what he's do ing over here I can't tell you." I noted, with some surprise, that he had omitted to mention O'Don nell 's real profession or the note that he had left, giving a rendez vous at Palm Beach. But as I rjon- dercd his possible reason for the omission, another thin; was forced on my notice. The chief of police was regarding him with a very curious expression. bo? he said slowly. 'This man was a friend of yours? He called on you this morning? And the girl, too she also spoke with you to day? Now, that is strange. That is " he hesitated for a word- very Interesting. "I agree with vou ." said Hueo dryly. 'Though intercsting's hard ly the word I would have chosen. Now, see here, Thiers. This has been a fairly full evening for my friend and myself. If you've no further use for us at the moment, we d be glad to go home to bed. Mr. Lumsden Is staying with me. and you can get us any time vou want In the morning." The fat man hesitated, looking from one to the other of us with a considering expression in his small, observant eyes. "No," he agreed at last. "It is true, there is no object in detaining you now. Monsieur Stern. I have much to do here." Monsieur Gelss will be In formed of the murder?" asked Hugo. Certainly, said the other, sur prised. "He was acquainted with the poor girl. I depend on him for information and for the rest he knows how to keep his mouth shut that one." Then, said Hugo casually, ai we turned away, "there will be no harm In my mentioning it to him if A-e chance to meet . . ." fCopvrtoM. UaM SttUmarth) Tomorrow Encounter with Gelia. HARRY C. EVANS, 84, PASSES IN HOQUIAM Harry C. Evens, M, for many yr.ira a realdent of Medford, paaafd aay August 34 at the home of hit oMm daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hansen. In Hoqulam, With. Mr. Erana left MM ford last March, soon after the drath of Die wife, Mra. Uu Evane. Left to mourn the passing of their father are three daughters and three eona, Mrs. Btrtha Hansen and Mrs. Ethel Scott, both of Hoqulam, Wash., and Mra. Eudora Bohi.art of central Point: Harry and Ernest of Hoqulam. and Russell of Klamsth rails. Also IS grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Interment was In the pioneer rem etery at Humptullps. Wash, where Mr. Evans took up a homestead in 1BB9. WINDOW IILASS Wa sell a-lndn 4lass and will replsre your oroken windows uuonaoly Trowbridge Cab inet WoiU. & f oUNOER CflHE 11.4. 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In 1825 he built o lifeboat with cork In the bow and stern and air chambers along the aides yet Its bottom was perforated like a sieve I He built a "knockdown" boat lo three aecelons; a hydrogen lifeboat, having copper tubes In Its Interior, filled with the ges; and a ilfe-launch for 75 persons. By 1841 all govern ment vessels and most merchant ships sailing from the port of New York were equipped with his life boats. Within four years his boats saved over 2500 Uvea. Soon the entire shipping world was using Francis lifeboats. He organized the American Shipwreck and Tumeno society out of which grew the United States Life Saving Service. One of Francis' most Important and far-reaching Inventions was a method of corrugating Iron and other metal plates for use In shipbuilding. To this development originally in tended to be used solely in building lifeboats ts credited the birth of Iron shipbuilding, one of the great est steps In naval architecture. Llon-Ketriever "Jerry" 9-year-old 210-pound Hon is the constant hunting compan ion of Ben Magavern of Brldgman, Michigan. Jerry will retrieve garni without harming It, Magavern says. Tomorrow: Where do boats with their legs? men row FARMER CHAMP KEEPS TITLE ANOTHER YEAR WALLA WALLA, Sept. 8. IP) Will Loney, world's champion larmer re tained hla title bucurday by excell ing In building a pig pen, harnessing a pair of horses and driving four of tne Animals -tnrough several maneu ver at the southeastern Washington fair. The three-man 4-H livestock Judg ing team from Umatilla county Ore., won first place tn that division. Rodeo Rained Out LONOVIEW, Sept. B (AP) The second day's show of the Longvlew Labor Day rodeo was rained out yes terday when a heavy thunderstorm caused the arena to become so slip pery It was unsafe for contestants or animals. Schooner Freed PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 6. (iP) The Whitney Olson, steam schooner, was pulled free by a tug Sunday af ter she went aground In Willamette slough. LOGS KILL FATHER OF SONS GRID CAPTAIN REEDSPORT Sept. 5. (ff) A cold deck of logs shifted yesterday ana killed Al Esselstrom. 49, at the Bal drldge Brothers logging camp on Smith river. His son, Al, wis captain of the Southern Oregon Norma. school football team at Asuland last season. The victim's widow and another son also survive. ASKS WIFT, WHO 15 IK CHAR6E or ROAD MAP, WHItH TCRK 1HE1AKE UP AHEAD HERE HAS "TO COME 10 A StOP BECAUSE WIFfc WAS BUSY 100KIK6 AT VIEW AK5 HAS 1b UNTolD MAP BEfoRT FiWDlK&-irlElRW.AC i i Having tone so she savs briskly fork lEfi , AND CAR 6ETS UNDER WAY a mile or two later cries 10 wah a miniiye. 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