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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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BIG PARTY CAMPAIGNS
WASHINGTON, .Sept. 13. P) The
Democratic national committee re
ported to the clerk of the house to
for a Orack-Upl
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and appearing to the naked eye as
one are called double stars.
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constellation Lyra, Is actually a
"double-double." or two double stars
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persons with exceptional eyesight can
see even two stars tn this group.
Tomorrow: The Skating thrillers.
day It received contributions total
ing $120,011 from June 1 to Septem
ber 1. This brought Its receipts far
the first eight months of 1938 to
S563.374.
Last week the Republican national
committee reported receipts of $788.
185 for the January 1-September I
period.
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