PXGE 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
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TILLiONS OF PI
PORTLAND, Oct. S AP) Ncurly
i 15,000.000 In funds of the Public
Vorks Ariminifttrntlon wrrc nought by
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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