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rEnFOTlT MATT, TRTBTTNT5, IfEDFOTtD, OREGON. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1938. PACE ETC! ITT ftlQ IUM IWJ Jj By MAX jAljMAHS; The Characters Hugo Stem, hand jam t author, living on the French Riviera. Archie Lumsden, myself. Hu BO'e friend. Bene Geln, a singularly un pleasant cartoonist. Yesterday! We trail Cells to a bathino place where we see an American heiress. Otiflle Willi, who looks Just like Eve Monet. Chapter 12 Another Penny TPHE girl stood In the doorway. looking down the room. She had stripped off her bathing-cap. loosing a mass of curling hair as tawny as a ripe chestnut and -sen thus the likeness to the dead Eve had lessened considerably. She came slowly towards the bar, her face th.ughtful. her dark eyes remote. It was obvious that something quite other than the im mediate question of dri.'.kk occu pied her mind, but as she halted a yard away from us. and the bar man hurried to mtet her, a sud den gay and charming smile lit her face. I caught ..iy breath again. The likeness, when it came, was almost pai if ul. "Grapefruit juice for me, please, Charles." she said. "And rye as usual for Mr. Wills, only go slow with the angostura this time." She ?aused, hesitating. "Perhaps, on he whole, I'd better mix it .ny elf." "Very please', MUs Wills." Charles agreed affably, and as he set the bottles on the counter be fore her the girl rolled up her sleeves in a workmanlike manner She was so near that the soft, creamy stuff brushed ny arm, and I stepped back n pace to make room tnr V,-- Am I Ju -A M -1 1 caught Hugo's wrist, fn the act of raising nis glass to his lips, and sent the best part of a d.-ink cas cading down his shirt He gave an angry grunt and . whipped out :.is handkerchief and in doing so he flicked from his pocket something which fell with a tinkle on the floor and rolled straight to the feet of the girl. She' had watched the accident with an amusei Impersonal little smile, out as she sighted the small brown object the smile faded, giv ing way to a look of sheer amaze ment She stooped, quick as a flash, and snatched it up. "Mv lucky cent-piece!" she said. "Now. how In the world dio. you come to pick it up? I .Udn't know I had lost it." "Neither did I," said Hugo dryly. He took a step forward so that thev were facing each other, and so tail was she that their eyes wen al most on a level, wide, soft dark ones staring into chilly blue. He held out his hand with un unmis takable request "Actually," said he, "it's my lucky cent. It was given me only this morning." The girl looked from him to the little coin lying on her open palm. "I could have sworn there wasn't another cent In the world bored that way, except" She paused and caught her breath, and a sec ond time her expression changed The rounded chin hardened, the red lips shut firmly. "Just a mlnuteshe said. "We'll look into thl- matter, Tf you please." . 'A Matter Of Life And Death' CHE snatched up he.' big beach bag, rummaged in its Interior, and drew out a smallei one of white kid. She felt in this and drew out with a look of surprise that was almost comical, what might have been the very twin of the coin that lay on the counter. "Well," she said, "isn't thatlhe queerest thing!" She looked up at Hugo with a shamefaced smile. "I'm terribly aorryl But you see there was some excuse. You'd never know them apart, except that mine is a little bit superior. You see. it has my name engraved on It one let ter on each of the Redskin's feath ers, but they're so small vou want a microscope to see." She picked up one coin, holding It agnlnst the light "Look!" she snlci. "There it Is." She stopped abruptly, and for an Instant stood Immovable, her eyes riveted on the coin In her hand. Then slowly she turned to us, and it seemed to me that everv tinge of color had been wined from her face. "Tell me." she said harshly. "This isn't a time for lok ing. Tell me at once where vou got this coin." Hugo gave her one long, slow look, then deliberately picked up the other one-cent piece and ex amined it "Ottilie Wills," he read out slowly, and then, half to himself: "Yes. you picked up the wrong coin. They're so alike vou didn't know your own " He straightened up and deliberately gave her back the coin he held, taking the other and thrusting it Into his own pork et. 'This one-cent piece. Miss Wills." he said, and as he spoke his eyes never left her face, "was the property of a young ladv named Eve Monet." She stared at him. her face show ing no sign of recognition at the name. "But where did vou get It?" he demanded. "Quickly, you've got to tell me! Don't vou under stand" her voice quivered and almost broke "it's a matter of life and death." They were so Intently engaged FOUR HELD IN PLOT 10 HIGH-GRADE SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. IS. Charlra Rich, U. 8. wen-t service agrnt, and But Mining Engineer F. Bongard diwMcwd today th axrcji of four mm In what they Mid was a 1760.000 ore hlgh-gnuilng confpiraey The suspects held In city prison here, were Identified as Elw.wl Orr 06. John Benlch, 49, George E. Fuller 30 and Frank Fuller, 20. The lnvestlRatora wild the prisoners were, sAeoriated In operating a cus tom mill near Plymouth in Amainr county. Orr and Bcnleh were arreted In Jackion and the Fuller brothers tn Plymouth. IX) I with each othei uiat neither had eyes for anything else, but I was standing facing the door, and in that instant I saw two silhouettes darken the glass. "Carefull" I whispered to riugu. ana he glanced up quickly. "Miss Wills." he said urgently, "we can't discuss this here. I'll tell you all you went to know about this coin. II you will meet me to morrow at " He hesitated. "Say on the beach at Juan-les-Pins at midday. Have you a car here?" She nodded. He gave a sho.t sigh of relief. "That's fine. May I suggest that you drive yourself and make a slight detour, to Insure that you're not being followed? And may I sug gest too that you don't mention this matter to your uncle or anyone else? Don't think I'm mad. he added with the ghost of a smile, "but this matter may be more seri ous than you think. "I don't think you're mad," she answered very low, her great dark eyes still on nis face. "Only I can know how serious this matter may be! Yes, surely. I'll be there. On t' . board-walk at twelve." "That's fine!" said Hugo again. K- looked over her shoulder: the door was opening and the tall form of Mr. Virgoe Wills filled the aper ture, with a smaller, stockier shape close behind him. "Come on, Archie." he said, "well be going."1 Letter From A Lady WE CLIMBED the stairway, crossed the upper floor, and came out Into the road. Hugo had said never a word, but as he started up the engine of the His pano he turned to me, and his face was very grave. "Archie." he said "I wish tomorrow's interview waf over. Take at look at that" and he tossed the one-cent piece lnt( my lap. I picked it up and scru tinized U, and there, finely scroller1 on the Indian's feathers, one lettei to each plume, 1 saw a name "Melanie Wills. I read out slowly and turned to him. "Hugo, whal the devil does this .nean?" "It means,' said he. "that to morrow I must tell that girl that her :ister has been foully mur dered." There was a long pause. I had known. In a sense, what he was going to say, but spoken baldly aloud it sounded infinitely more shocking. "And what of the Eve Monet name?" I aiked. He shook his head wearily. "1 can't tell. I can think of a dozen likely explanations. The Wills girls are well known in New York. I heard a lot about them while I was there, though I never met them. The old man is a bachelor and wealthy, even by American standards. These girls are or phanshis brother's children ai 1 he adopted them legally, I mean, as his co-heiresses and brought 'em up." We drove back to Cannes in si lence. Queer thoughts iostled In my brain: names that droned in sistently like angry bees. Ottilie wins, Melanie Wills if Hugo was right the uncanny likeness was well explained R.ne Geiss, Vir goe Wills: and t tain -hat sinister refrain: Venner, the banker. Vladimir Rakovsky, Baron Stahl. We found a corner table at the Carlton Bar and. while Hum set tled himself and hailed a passing waiter, I went inside to the office, for my money was running short and I w: ited to cash a traveler's check. When I told the man at the desk my nam. he raised his eyebrows. But, monsieur." said he, "there is a letter for you." I thanked him. Docketed the let ter, and transacted mv business, but as I halted in the entry I saw that my place at the table was al ready filled. Dr. Riquet sat there, talking eagerly to Hugo, and from the intent expression on my friend's fnce I indeed that he ikras hearing something interesting. It would be. I felt, injudicious, to say the least, to interrupt them so I perched myself on the stone balustrade of the rams and Dulled out the letter. It was addressed fully, in a big. flowing hand, to Mr Archibald Lumsden. I had never seen the writing before, and as 1 slit the envelope and pulled out the couple of flimsy sheets that it contained. I wondered who in the world my correspondent could be. And then, as I saw the signature at the foot of the page. I stiffened and a queer, pricklv chill stole over me. "Eve Monet." The words stared up at me, scrawled in that big, spreading hand, and for an instant it seemed that she was there be side me, a pale phantom, leaning on my shoulder. "Do you remci.iber me?" she wrote without preamble. "I spoke to you half an hour ago In the Carl, ton Bar. . am in dr. idful trouble. No one to turn to. I beo vou to help m .. Buy the Grimoire ntrrolnoiQue (L'Amouri is the old name) Look at the page 'or August You will see what I mean. August 30th is the day. Warn him if vou can Beg him tr go back home The Club des Suns Clubs meets at the Caves des Mucttes or the Ch6teau la Vague. I dare not write more You may not get this letter. If 1 am alive tomorrow 1 will ask for it hark Eve Monet.'' The short staccato sentences, the smudged, illegible scrawls, spoke only too plainly of the bitter urgency In which thev had been written. I' was a cry of despair, but It was also a call for help. tCopirioht. JPJS. Un9 8(tUmnrahf Monday: Another American. T LURE Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin, former Medford resident, was here todny a chairman of committee which is Making 120.000 cf the advertising di vision of the amte hVhway depart ment for a ntne-montha promotional tour of ths east. The committee, appointed by the realty board In Salem where Mrs Martin now resides, proposes to show seenle motim pictures of Ore so during the projtvird nvcrn tour In an rlfor to br!n? more to:ir;st mid nw capital to the .IMe. Mrs. M-utin has been conferring STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof addreee the author. Inclosing t stamped envelop (or reply; Sec V. S. Pat Off. Jstiofihefnmpsf stir in MZihe cqtistellsflon lunJa V rM.iunn :f.vv -urn "iV'- 5 ty!R OHC6 OPENED "lb PERMlT Hi is MMrAfcR to PASS 1Hr??U6rt - mom i Canal Swimmer Fifty miles long and capable of handling any ship afloat except the Normandle and the Queen Mary, the Panama canal la one of the greatost examples of modern engineering. Foreign governments pay on the average $10,000 to send a battleship through; England la reported to have paid In excess of $22,000 to send through the 42.100-ton battle cruiser H. M. S. Hood. While toll charges are based on tonnage, It actually costs the United States government more to send a with Medford business men to pro cure their support of the tour plan, AUGUST PLEASANT IN J'VILLE WEATHER BOOK JACKSONVILLE. Sept. 13. (Spl.) Mean temperature here during Au gust was 68.98 degrees, according to figures released by Emll Brltt, volun tary weather observer. Mean maxi mum temperature was 68.10; mean minimum was S1.77. TAILSPIN TOMMY Heading BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER $&&i-.f M0RNIM", 1 f CRATE A4X Hill -r THE NEBBS Good-Bye r WELL, I'M GLAO B PLACE . MOWER HAD BlG&EST ONE 15 L v,a, ,11-,,.. VXYt-T 71. KQMiE7 ssAQs T1, hSSi contrite?, PU BARRY-- faioft'tp or loufettofFraticQ, WMWIflCffUHIESS. DIP NoTRATB THe - 7 T I C.VJD UPf? NkMfc A N3 lo o ten i 'Ci UcKught SynOaav rowboat through the Panama canal than to send a battleship through, because the larger vessel displaces more water than the rowboat, per mitting the locks to be filled more quickly. Smallest toll ever exacted for a passage through the canal was 36 cents paid by Richard Halliburton, noted traveler, who swam the canal from one ocean to the other. Hallburton made special arrange ments with the governor of the Cana! Zone and accomplished the swim In 1928. Because of Halliburton's rela tively small displacement, it cost the The hottest day waa Aug. 3, when the mercury climbed to 03 degrees. Coldest day was the 14th at 40 de grees, precipitation was .03 Inches. Twenty-eight days were clear, three were partly cloudy. MONEY POURS IN FOR BIG PARTY CAMPAIGNS WASHINGTON, .Sept. 13. P) The Democratic national committee re ported to the clerk of the house to for a Orack-Upl First Order! MR. SAVTON- THE FIRST MORE, COMlN'l 3tif mi "Sfcitv - '.v-y-sc u I I oh, HEllOA1"""10!? FMIND GETTIN'THEMS NOT I ,.,T- rzTZ J. U nuw I 0 r rl n RWAYbOrVtUHWtTil I KUd Til f'-'-tm ULA TCirvJ llri II ROOMFOCOURr P nfihrl-lte-ihfh A zssa W JUMBO FS6S. 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