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Newspaper Page TextPXGE SIX MEDFOTtD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFOTtD, OREOON. MONDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1933. 1 he Characters Arcble Lumiden, miiet, vlt Uor to tht French Riviera. Bent Geiu, muter mind be hind a murder plot. Venner, one of Cettt't coned tratet in crime. Yeiterdi?! Wt take OHIIle from Gels' itudio. A yacht will be available for Geiu'f get-away, ihould the plan fail Chapter 29 f A Warning TINNER laid a wrinkled, trenv V blini hand on mv wrist, and looked sharply about him. The servant Amedee had retired, but the big black dog had settled him self with a grunt of satisfaction at my feet, looking up at us through sleepy, hall-closed eyes. "Lock the door," he said sharp ly. "No, not that one, ye fool, the outer one and leave the other open. We'll soon know then if anyone s trying to overhear ua." I did as he bade me. "And think, if you don't mind, sir," said I, with a vivid recollection of the events of the morning, "we'll have this side-window closed, too. And I suited the action to the word. He waited till I had reseated my self and then leaned forward, lowering his tone. "Young man, he said, "before I say what I have to say, I want you to remember that I'm your friend, and I should be sorry very sorry indeed if anything should happen to you; but you ve got to be frank with me. Tell me, what do you know of t,ve Monet I stiffened. "Why do you want to know?" "Because," said he, "I know that the police suspect you killed her." The cards were on the table with a vengeance, but I had to play my own hand with circum spection. "Look here, sir," I an swered, "I don't know what right you have to question me, but I ve nothing to conceal. Until that morning on the Carlton terrace I had never seen or heard of Eve Monet in my life before. Geiss took me up the wrong way, when I told him I didn't know her from Eve, but if he hadn't made him self so objectionable I'd have dis illusioned him right away. As it was, I played up to him, and It was then that he mentioned you and two fellows called Stahl and Ra kovsky as being friends of hers." "Of course," I added thought fully, "since I've discovered that the police suspect me of her mur der, I've naturally taken a certain interest in the case, and I'd like Very much to hear what you. per onally, know about her, sir, and why you think anyone should . want to kill her." He pondered that "Weill" he said at last, "hercs the way of it I met the girl for the first time at Le louquet inu spring. Baron Stahl introduced us. "She went to Paris and I called on her there. She would walk be side my chair in the Bois in the mornings; she would come to my apartment and read to me when my eyes were tired. Yes" he sighed again, with a catch of the breath "she had a good heartl But when Rakovsky came to see me one day and found her there, he got a shock. We had, you see, the three of us, been engaged in a financial transaction in which cer tain other people had lost some money, and he had got the idea into his head that this girl was a py employed by them. It was, of course, nothing that we need be ashamed of, but there it wasl He aid she was a spy, and I wanted no unpleasantness, so I let her go." "Naturally," I agreed. "And you never saw her again?" He shook his head. "Never," he aid. "I missed her very much, but I never saw her again, and now (he's dead." I couldn't tell whether to believe that he had known nothing before hand of the murder, but his next words seemed to confirm the sup position, neart Attack "lyhTN the police cama here to question me, after her death. I could tell them nothing more than I have told you, but the whole affair upset me extremely, and that Is what I want to speak to you about I am convinced, young man, that as long as you stay here you will be in danger. I know these French police If they do not suc ceed in finding the real murderer, they will do their best to pin the crime on some innocent person." He paused and looked at me keenly, but I kept my face as blank as a turnip. "Meaning me?" I suggested mildly, and he nodded, as if relieved. "Exactly. I would even go so far as to say that if they cannot Im plicate you, they would not hesi tate to arrange your death, In such a way as to suggest suicide." I whistled, or It seemed time to be expressing a little Innocent amazement "Great Seoul You don't mean they'd go to that length?" "I do indeed," he assured me solemnly. "And that is why I have sent for you. It is essential that you get away at once, but you would find It difficult to arrange It yourself. I am willing to help vou. I will advance you money and lend you my private car, which will run you across the frontier tonight Once In Genoa, you can take a boat for any port you like." "I sec," I answered slowly, "and I'm very much obliged to you. Mr. Venner, but the trouble is, I can't accept your offer. The difficulty 10RTHWEST SFFKS TILLiONS OF PI PORTLAND, Oct. S AP) Ncurly i 15,000.000 In funds of the Public Vorks Ariminifttrntlon wrrc nought by ,icithvo5t rmiinmnltlrp, m the clir l f'-ptmbrr 30. rcaloniil PWA hrt--pifTfr Mid today. Tht UrgMt amount, f30,M,13, is that I've made a pact with my self not to clear out until the busi ness is settled and my name is cleared." 'That's absurd," he retorted sharply, "but I'm not going to hava my wishes put aside In this man ner." He glared at me, a febrile flush spotting each hollow cheek bone. "I won't be checked like this," he went on excitedly. "I tell you, I dislike it very much when people I know meet with violent deaths. It keeps me awake at night, and I am too ill to be upset. I nave myself to consider, and I have been very seriously unwell ever since poor little Eve was murdered. If anvthinff haDDened to you, so soon after, why, I might not survive it!" "And I nrobablv shouldn't either!" I commented dryly as I got to my feet "I'm sorry, Mr. Venner, but I can't do it Here 1 Bill ailU ilG.a - O. aj. W1UUKU course you're perfectly at liberty to turn me out of your hotel. The tragedy wouldn't touch you quite so nearly then." He glared at me. lmpotently furious, and 1 saw his bony chest begin to rise in great convulsive heaves. "My heartl" he gasped. 'Quickly get me the drops on my bed-tablel" I stared about me and saw a door in the opposite wall that I guessed must lead to the bedroom. When I pushed it open I found, directly facing me, a narrow, white-painted bed, with a small table by the head-board. I snatched up the little bottle that stood on it, seized the water-carafe and glass and dashed back to the sitting-room. The old man was leaning back with closed eyes, lighting lor breath, but as I approached he looked up at me. "Five drops, no more," he gasped, and I measured out the dose and poured it down his throat The effect was magical. In a bare couple of minutes the troubled breathing grew easier. 'That'- hattar " ha hicnaraJ But vou see how it Is? I must not be upset, for the consequences arc very serious. Anyway, we will talk about it later, when I have rested." I was about to agree with him. when suddenly he sat bolt upright. "What was that?" he gasped. "I heard a sound in the bedroom." A Killer I DIDN'T hear a thing," I told 1 him, but he waved me aside. "Go and look quickly; on tha balcony!" And to quiet him 1 re turned to the bedroom. Nothing stirred. The barely furnished room was emDtv and the shutters were closed, opened them and stepped out, realizing (or the first time that while his sitting.room balctny had no communication with any other, this window opened on a wide upper terrace that ran the whole length of the house above the portico. I came back to the sitting-room. "Not a soul to be seen, I an nounced cheerfully, and was re lieved to see that he had regained control of himself. "Very well," he said testily. 'That will do lor tonight. I will see you In the morning, and in the meantime will you very kindly tell Amed6e I am ready for bed? I took my way down the stair case, moved by a queer sort of pity for the old scoundrel, though there was no getting away from the fact that the main cause of his aversion to my sudden demise was the effect it would have on his own health. A man was sitting be hind the office counter, immersed in a newspaper, and I paused to de liver the old man's message. As I did so, he looked up sharply, and I saw a pale, flatfish face, with queer, light eyes, set slanting un der invisible brows, and topped with a halo of waving, tow-col ored hair. There was something familiar in the sight some memory that it stirred In the recesses o( my brain. Hello, said I, where have I seen you beore?" and next mo ment could have bitten my tongue out for it was the pale-faced lad who had quitted the Caves des Muettes In company with Baron Stahl the night before. "I have never seen Monsieur before," he answered, with a thick- ish, guttural accent that told me he was no Frenchman. What part of the world do vou come from?" I asked, trying to In dicate a harmless. Idle curiosity, but he shook his head. "I come from Paris, monsieur," he told me. His voice was of a piece with the rest of him, flat, toneless, completely without char acter. "From Paris?" I echoed. "But you weren't born there, I'll swear. Hold on a minute; I'll have a guess. Somewhere east of Vienna: Ser bia? Rumania? I've got It Slo vakia!" I had spoken without thinking, but as I finished I saw him stiffen slightly. His small pale eyes re treated behind the pasty lids, be coming mere dangerous slits. 1 had hit the nail on the head, that was evident, and it was still more evident that It had alarmed him, but for the life of me I couldn't see why; and then a sudden memory came, of Dunning a big, booming voice telling a strange story, ol a Czechoslovak statesman shot down In cold blood as he left the opera-house In Prague. I knew in that Instant, without the shadow of a doubt, that the killer o Dr. Radltch stood be(ore me. staring at me inimically with those dan gerous, slittcd eyes. (Copyright. I91S. i(t gnttmarth) Tomorrow: Murder at nliht wap. rfqurMed In 3flfl appllcntloni Irom Wn-hlnuton, which propoerd project hnvln a vnluo of f.MV3l3. 540. of tin nunilHT, 73 application for lllDHll ;totl hmo b.Tn opprovrd, Orrswi n-ki'd tor r 046,776 tor 178 project hnvtnii vnluc of aH.SdJ. 8.10. ol which lit tor 907 ,M3 hv bren approved. 1 Ittrrnllrr Hhriit Hollll WANHINOTON. Oct. 3 (API The Agriculture department announC'Ml to lt(i llherrtllrd wheiU lo.ui reaulnlionn deflKll-d to alio- (nrniT to obtain bfll-fit of -.heM ,iiein:u;n on I'lfri protein n:rl and hluh quality dur um HfU STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tar further proof addreaa the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Bee. U. 8. Pat Off. VslfTri SQUARE ToPSf ToftMi WEVBNOW, Vftb rtfv5 ONW OHO, WW OVER .300 TMRIM6 tflS 13 iEhRS IN 1HE " HTMINTHEFlRtf. WORLD vERItt VS. 7 v Ft FRENCH FOREIGN LE6ION ftMOIrte IAFMSTTE &CAPRUZ PURiM6Trfe WoRW Wftfc WAS M7HA BAYONET, M RecoVCRED; Wfo $HoT POWN IN FLhM&j mWOZV UNISJUREP; THEN M KILLED WHEN TtiRovlN PROM A HORG&I (HovetnterilW) Bowers from The pa& ffttt Pink oriental loM&tv;, UVBK 9W 7CfK& UW, WERE RECENTW MftPEIb QRCW IN CHlCfsfiO... PRY MfcNCrtURlftN Lf)KE &E0... jMcNjwtM Vtmicau. inc. - tat n m -hi Fj&sr rs.Tf i -t n K-m.wjiCfjga l i Paul PaTdkn Paul Javelka went to Franc from his home In Connecticut In October, 1914, nd Immediately Joined the French Foreign Legion. Ho aerved with hla regiment of In fantry In an attack on tho Germans north of Arraa and on June 16. 1016. Pavelka received a bayonet wound In tha leg during the bitter ho nd -to-hand fighting near Oivenchy. In December. 1015. Pavelka trans ferred to the French aviation serv ice. In AugUKt. 1016. he enlisted with the Escadrllle Lafayette. While the Escadrllle waa at Verdun, Pavelkas plane was ftred over the German line, but he managed to bring the blazing ship down safely tn a swamp. At his own request, Pavelka was transferred to the Salonlca Front In the following December There, after three years of fighting as an Infan tryman and an aviator, he was killed when a horse he was riding fell on him. 0-3-3Q Lotus Seeds ( More than 200 hundred years ago. seeds from pink Oriental lotus plant In a Manchurlan lake detached and drifted to the bottom. The lake dried up. but the seeds lay there, imbedded In a peat stratum. Recently Ohga. Japanese botanist of note, discovered the seeds. Three specimens were sent to the Field Mu seum In Chicago. There they were treated with sulphuric acid to soften the hard shell which had preserved the living embryo within for so long. Placed in water, the seeds germin ated within a week and are now dc veloplng into adult planta. Tomorrow: Mow do hnby crocodiles get out of their shells? A SPECIAL DAY j CHICAGO, Oct. 3. (AP) The Na j tlonal Grandmothers club In Its first annual convention today selected the first Sunday in October that's to morrow as "grandmother's day." Mrs. Joh Wesley Qray of Chicago, grandmother of two. prominent club woman and "grandma secretary" of the club. In explaining the objective said: "The Idea of honoring grandmother with her special day Is not Just to do homage to the dear sweet soul sitting in a chimney corner, but to make the world recognize grand mothers as a social force out to dis pel the Idea that grandmotherhood puts a woman on the shelf." The club, which now has about 150 charter members enrolled throughout the nation, grew out of a unit In the Illinois Business and Professional Women's club. Freak Klnnmtli Went her. KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 3. (AP) A weather year with Its share of oddities ended here last night. Rain from September 1. 1037, to April 1, 1038, totaled 16.08 inches, a 52-year record, but from April 1 to September 30 pniy 1.64 Inches fell, the least since 1929. PARTING GUESTS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS HOPfFUUy EP6ES TtR WARD IN CHWR A GUESTS SflVfrlEVREAL WMUSf 8E60IW6 TWSES ON EPSEOF CHAIR, 6R0ArJWS IW- w&roiv, m wire ur&s SEmESBAfKRVlNS fO WOK KEA5EP AS 60EST5 SAY WEU, JDSt HAlFHOURlAfERSlKSft1 MAKE ANOTHER HOVE. 5PRIH65 0 Of OF CHAIR. WlFE INSISTS IT'SYOO EAW.YnRfHEMf0 6O AWP APPEAIS lb HIM fo BACK HER UP WHICH HEHAS0-D0 6VES15 SE-fllE BACK AfeftN rf fHEiR NET MOVE fo 60, Ar"f IrlfERMlNABlE JUMPS UP AND HAS WR 6 OOP "BYES CL05S5 WRAPS OUT BEFORE THEY CRN CHANGE TrtEH? MINDS POOR ON fHEMjAND HAS WORDS WITH HIS WIFE (Copyright, 1938, by Th BH gftuHettt, Inc.) 10-1 S'MATTEB POI Bv 0 M PAYNB Closing time for rro Late to cla sir; Ads 18 1 :30 p m. IqTiI MS 'Po'P LOO WED AT ' f7f ' TJen I LOOrfE'sJ J jl ME LIWEITVJAS Mt A & J) LtrTH rrej TAILSP1N TOMMY Victory Means Death I By HAL FORRESTJ LMBI ?NOOT LOST HIS NEOVE, fcfAS HE TRIED TO FORCE TOM MY is SHIP TOCBA3H AGAINST A PYLON, A3 BOTH SHIPS WERE BAMKED fOB. THE TURM . A3 THE COMET SKI DO ED WILDLY TO AVOID THE SHARP BAMK OB THE MEBCUH TOMMY GAINED THE LEAD AMD PLASHED PAST THE 6RANOSTAND AT 400 M. R w. AS AQMY OPPIC6RS VATCH, IMPRESSED! WW.'! XfVffVMmHtRYi WELL, GENERAL, X Cjftr-vF (jSV2! what do you V ' irJiSOr ' think Op thc v 3fi S THREE-POINT ) -T V fiL. lMWfiSJ! t bad, colon el krStSl vXiTirrVTl L HAL(-! but the- KPilN5SWI'(U Vtof?, COMET SEEMS TO ,) rprWtk 61 be cqmins along1 x irr v i THE COMET HAS V WHY, DONT YOU SEE, SKEETER? JUST CAUGHT YOOH'1 HPEfl BETTY- IP TOMMY WINS THIS ) UP WITH THE THE COMET I LOU! RACE. THEY WILL KILL MERCURY, POLKS I PASSES WHA, . HIM I QUICK! (v V T WE MUST ' wis paper, hk mopel pians of douulas o s.t plane BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER "By Sundown Tonightl Ey EDWIN ALGEE T WELL, V0UNG MAN, HAVE V00 1 I F I'M SORRV PROF. ADIT, T I IT BOTH! AND NOW T J I CONaUOtD TO HELP OR TO I I BUT I JUST CANT Tell f 'l I I GO AHEAD AND ,, f WHAT?!! 1 H HINDER THE GOVERNMENT? OR, I VOL) HOW WE GET SUCH If CAN'T If ARREST ME IF YOU Y00 I IN WORDS VCU MIGHT BETTER I BIG EGGS AND RAISE J OR I 7 WANT TO! -r-55! REFUSE? I . 1 UNDERSTAND, ARE VOU 60IN6 Jn I SUCH 8S CHICKENS A WON'T? 1 V J P-V j 21 CP TURKEYS -y OH, NO, YOUNG MAN, I'LL NOT ARREST YOU- I'VE HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH LAW VIOLATORS, BUT BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN TONIGHT THE BRACELETS WILL BE ON YOU! GOOD DAY, BEN THE NEBBS Maybe You'll Be Happy, Too Bv SOI rlESS n n COMF1 TO TUlMK. OFNViy'-?L..-i II 'l -TWA. I I l f U 1 M 1 L.lwAJV.Vl noiwv MtW. WED BE n W'V OsK.SuSLj , pT7SS IT 6E SWELL IP YOU H CW! LOOKS A LOT LJ4V ( COULD MA.t2.Ry HEPJ. 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