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PAGE SIX MEDTOrcD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFOni), OREGON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1938. . The Character . Hufo stern, handiome author. living on the French Riviera. Archie Lnmideo. mytel, fu ao't friend. Ottllie Willi, a oeautlul Amer ican heirest. yesterday: The police (tipped off by Geiet) eearch the chalet, but Dunning eavee me by taking the gun and Bve'e letter. Later we tell Ottille that the murdered plri ira her stater. Chapter 17 Ottilie'i Story "I KNEW it." Ottilie laid at last, In a ..at. exore&sionleas voice. "I've been sure (or a long time mat something terrible would happen to her. That's why I was scared to ask you. Tell me about It, please, And so 1 told her the story of Eve Monet's death, though with certain reservations, (or I did not speak of the letter, nor of the startling events of that morning ana me part tne ubiquitous Mr. Dunning had played in them. "I ought to warn you. though. I fin ished, "that the police here are convinced I had something to do with your sister s murder. You see. I can't give anv reasonable ex planation as to why she spoke to tne. She smiled at that, a pathetic little twist of the lips. "I could tell them the reason right off. There was a man that Melanie liked a lot 1 guecs she would have mar ried him, only he was killed In an aeroplane crash last vear and you're the living Image of him. She was in trouble or some sort, and she felt she could trust you. She clinched her hands. "You're expecting me to do some weep ing. she added, "but I've been steeling myself to face something of this sort, these last three months, and 1 won t crack ud - not vet awhile." She looked from one to the other of us. You ve teen so frank, and so wonderfully kind. I owe you some sort of exnlanat on. and the best way is to tell vou iust how it happened. My sister, for the oast Vear or so. had been act ing as secretary to my uncle, and last February she complained of feeling poorly and arranged to go and stay with a school-friend in banta Barbara. Six weeks passed. and her letters all said what a good time she was having and how she wasn't ready to come home yet awhile and then one day I had a short note announcing her safe ar rival, itiat was such a queer thing that I took a plane to California, and when I arrived I found she had never been to Santa Barbara at all. She'd left a lot of letters with her friends tc be mailed at regular Intervals only, you see. the first one had got sort of mis placed "A Hugo was eyeing her closely, and even as he called a hovering waiter and ordered champagne cocktails, his gaza never left her face. "And the sequel?" he prompted. "Finding that vour s s ter was not at Santa Barbara, what did you do then?' "Why," she said uncertainly, "the obvious thing. I flew back to New York, told my uncle what had happened, and we started to try and And her. In his position it was easy for him to make private In quiries, and we soon discovered that she had sailed for Plymouth two days after she left home. She was traveling under her own name, and we traced her as far as London, but there" she spread out her hands "the trail was lost. My uncle asked Scotland Yard to help, and when they drew a blank we appealed to the S&reti. but the trouble was we jouldn't risk a scandal, with my uncle's position. It all had to be done so secretly." Who Will Be Next?' ND Just whj," said Hugo quietly, "did vou expect a scandal?" "It was natural, wasn't it?" she retorted. "A youn& girl, the niece of a man like my uncle, leaves home for no reason, comes to Eu rope, vanishes! If 1 had had my way. I'd have let rip tried all ways to find her radio, the pa pers, everything but my uncle couldn't think only of himself. He was putting through a big deal and he had to think of his business as sociates." "And what did the Silreti do?" I asked. "The Silreti she answered, after six months, reported that they had a clue. An unnamed girl, answering to my sister's descrip tion, had been seen at Deauville with a man called Vladimir Ra kovsky, but thev lost track of them both, and when they (ound him again, in Italy, he was alone and denied ever having seen her. It was then that my uncle decided to send Pat O'Donnell across to look for her. We had known him a long time. He was working for an agency whose head was a friend of ours. He was kind and trust worthy." She broke off and sipped thirst ily at her cocktail. "I should have . explained." she went on, "that last f.ill my uncle decided to come to the Riviera this summer for a short vacation. He had engaged rooms for us all at Cap d'Antibes. and we were to .lave sailed the first week in August; but then we suddenly got a cable from Pat, saying: 'On the trail. Come at once,' and we came a week earlier than we had meant. We got here two days ago and have been wait ing news from him ever since. I can't think" her Hp suddenly trembled "why he doesn't get in touch with us." "Ottilie," 1 said hurriedly, "you've taken a big knock now you must face a lesser one. O'Don nell was the second man to leave the casino last night. He was shot down trying to catch vour sister's murderer." She gasped, and everv atom of color drained Irom her face. "Pat too?" she said tonelesslv. "First Melanie. then him. Who will be the next?" "To answer that." said Hufo quietly, "it would be a consider able help if you would explain iust why your sister left home and what vou know of the three men she was associating with." tor an instant she was silent obviousl lighting for self-control; men she looked ld at him calmlv. "I don't understand you." she said. "I've told you how it happened. I can't do more." Hugo stood up abruptly. "In that case, he said, and though his voice was level I could hear that he was very angry, "there's no more to be said. If vou will tell me where you left vour car. I will bring It round for vou. You know." he added reflectively, "you are a very foolish young woman You have no reason to distrust me. You know who I am. and I have kept very little back from vou." She caught him up quickly. "Then vou nave kept something back?" "Certainly," he answered grave ly. "And I am very glad of it, for 1 shall now use that something to bargain with vou. Miss Wills, we are no disinterested spectators. We are both of us, my friend and I. as deeply Involved as you are - he because .vour sister came to him frtf- katn t k.. I I t,-ij, auu i uctause i Knew O'Donnell. But if you refuse It put your car as on tne table. 1 certainly see no reason why we should tell you the contents of vour sister's letter." Reunion T ETTERI" she cried. "What let 1 tor?" 'The letter she wrote to Lums- den here, shortly before her death, but which he only received yes terday afternoon. There are some queer items of information in it. She speaks of something 'they' propose to do to a mysterious 'he' on . certain date; she begs Lums den tr warn this unknown 'he' and persuade him to gc back home." He broke off. eyeing her keenly. "Does that date interest vou. Miss Wills, and the other rletnil thai 1 naven t mentioned? She stared up at nin., wide-eyed, piteous. "I can t fight any longer," she said wildly. "I must see thai letter. I'll tell you everything." "But not tust vet," I put In quickly. From where 1 sat, I faced the promenade, and at that mo ment I had seen, threading its way through the pine boles towardi us. a squat, podgy figure in white trousers and lavender shirt "Baron Stahl's on the wav to break up tne party. She caught her breath at that but before she had time to speak, the fat man stood beside our table, a most unpleasant smile creasini his swarthv face. "Mi.u Wills!" h said, and bowed ierkily. "I am so happy that I find youl Your uncle, he is so disturbed! He look every where for vou he not find vou nowhere, he ask everyone In the hotel. You come back ,with ma now no?" Hugo turned slowlv and faced the other. Baron, he said softlv. "vou ar. rive in the nick of tir.ie Miss Willi has just accepted an invitation to have tea with my sister at our villa n Cannes, and we were debating how to let her uncle know her whereabouts. If you will give him a messaee we shall be most grate ful." Ottilie Wills was very silent as I drove her back to Cannes in her long, white roadster. Hugo kept the Hispano a comfortable twenty yards ahead of us. and from time to time I saw her eyes resting on the back of his head with a curi ous, reflective scrutiny. "I asked you to take me along," she confided, "because I don't dare to be alone at the moment Be sides. I find that friend of yours a trifle terrifying. He's brilliant, of course, and terribly good-looking, out mere s something relentless about him. When A't're talking, I feel that I've got to be fighting the whole time to hold my own." I, too, had the feeling that be tween her and Hugo a spiritual battle was Imminent, the clash of two dominating personalities. ine gates of the Chalet stood open. As we crossed the hall the ound of voices drifted from the ving-room and mv heart sank. for that reasonant bass could come from only one larynx that I knew, and I did not fancy that Hugo was at all in the mood for another en counter with Mr Dunning. Sure enough, as I opened the door, the gentleman himself came into view, reclining as before in Hugo's favorite chair, with Ada, primly upright on her tabouret. aeslcte mm. "Well. Mr. Stern." he drawled. In his big, booming voice, "the wanderer has returned as vou see." He broke off, staring, and in that moment there was a sudden move ment beside me. "Cuthhert!" cried Ottilie Willi. CuthherL have vou heard wht they've done to her?" and in a flash she was across the room and had thrown herself Into his arms, sob bing as If her heart would break. tCorvHoM Jfja Ham Bnllmnrab) Tomorrowi We mike a bargain. STATE A.F.L ASKS FAIR DEAL PACT POItTLAND, 8pt. 19. (AP) The Stale Prdtmiton of Labor advtard all group to Join today In a "naner propram of fair dealing'" to encourage Industrial pcawt. A statement Imu1 by the executive barrt through n f.. Mfkrann, who iirrrtel the lat Rn T. Oeborne an xecutlYf ec.eMr), Inviud ottwr In terests to confer on a program for economic jrtahillty, "No group can long pnwper at the expense of other groups or at the ex pense of the gf-nernl public." the Mate read. "Agriculture. Industry and com merce should be meshed Into a smooth-running machine In which each element tcr forma Ita part. Thli condition can be achieved only by each group adopting an attitude of mutual undrrMandtng and a wlillng nm to consider the right and claim of other group. "Labor stands committed to a pol icy of negotiation and eonrinintion before revert to any art which may tnrnip lh free motion of the eco nomic and luuiutnal mucum.' STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Rex. rj, 8. Pit Oft 1 l yzZfr f I f BOOK SHELVES By GLUYAS WILLIAMS HU6 6oPHERTur1L&' of the i(rgace5 Florida .nti QUIRUN H Mhti For a short. PISTANCf ,sr. m i i mm DrV" famous IN b MVS SHOOTING 'Hiiiii''ULL hM'fh 1 1 ii i ii ii I Haas iffM -Wr- IpSl? Ipnnr m ran. hffm) UNWITTINGLY NftMED Tl4E NEW YoRKfiAVfc WlTHTrilS COMMENT, 70N6EeiN6Tri5MPLfty hX WASHINGTON... Trte HhtAt 4fUCK. 4 mck' -fte Bsms FAMILY (Coleoptera) Contains lSo,ooo known species "IJead fcye" Carver Wild pigeons. In the 1870's. were beginning to make their disappear ance throughout North America, rhe scarcity resulted tn agitation ngnlnst pigeon shooting as a sport. Consequently, artificial birds were manufactured to satisfy the needs of such sharpshooters as Dr. W. P Carver, of New Haven. Connecticut, who advertised himself aa "World Champion Rifle Shot." Another of the early target gun men to adopt the new, artificial glass ball pigeons was Captain Adam Bo- gardus. win broke 1.000 of them hj one hotir 41 minutes In an exhibi tion In New York in March, 1877. "Doc" Carver rose to the heights of sportsmanship and challenged Bo gardtw to one of history's strangest shooting matches, fs wanted tu break 10.000 bolls n day for six days straight. B tardus evidently thought this was too much: he declined "Doc" Carver's offer. Carver, however, went ahead and turned the trick. 3lxty thousand gloss balls shattered before the blasts of his shotgun In six con secutive days iiij C..-.v a shoulder was black and blus for days. (Hants Named Strange as It seems, a President named a baseball club the New York Olnnts. When the New York club vis ited Washington In the 1890's, Presi dent Benjamin Harrison was on hand to greet the men. Awed by their size, Harrison ex claimed. "My! They're all Otantsl Since that date the team has been known as the Giants: Tomorrow: Do polar bears live at both poles? E BUI OUTDOOR TOILETS The works progress administration office hero today announced resump tion of thfi'constructlon of sanitary outdoor toilets In Jackson and Jose phine counties where the flush type of toilet is not available. The pro ject Is being supervised by I. D. Compton. All labor Is provided without cost In the erection of the sanitary toi lets. The residrnt pays only for the materials. The materials are pur chased At local lumber yards through the WPA and because of quantity, standardized purchases the cost Is somewhat lower than would be the case if individual residents bought the materials themselves, Mr. Comp ton said. Average cost per unit is about $23 to the home or fatm owner, he stated. Anyone Interested may make ar rangements for the installation by telephoning Mr. Compton or C. D. Ties, resident engineer, at the WPA office heu, Me-dford 1253. 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