Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1938)
PAOE TWO MTDFOKD MATT. TUTBfTNTl. MEDFOTCD. OI?EflON, FRIDAY. OCTOBET? 14, 1938. I B MAX SALTMARSH! The Characters Haro Stern, handsome author, living on the French Riviera. Archie Lnmiden, ml, Hu jo's friend. Ottllie Willi, beautiful Ameri can eireee. yesterday: Ceiu murders Hen rietta Adams, and Ottllie and 1 are lacked in the secret room. There we find the oun that (tilled O'Dm nelL Chapter 39 A Girl Vanishes- TOOK another look at the Inert body on the floor. Beside It was woman's handbag, and at sight ol it I knew in a flash Just what kind of a fool I hau. been. I snatched it up and tore it open. There were keys there, as 1 had known there would be; the big latchkey of the Chateau la Vague, the Yale of Geiss's front door, and smaller, queerly shaped bit of metal that I knew without telling would unlock our prison door ana let us free. 1 whooped with joy like a schoolboy and raced down the room to the tartner door. "Come on, Ottiliel" 1 yelled, and s she came, I fitted the key into the little hols and heard the wel come sound of the wards turning One minute later we were drag ging open the garden gate, staring Into an outer world that we had hardly dared hope to see again. The sun was high In the heavens, 1 rubbed my knuckles across my heavy lids, and as I did so, heard familiar voice. "May 1 ask," said Hugo dryly, "if this has been an li-night party? Or were you merely sleeping on tne eiiectsr The girl had been clinging, half dazed, to my arm, but at the sound of his voice she wrenched herself free and, running to him, flung herself on his breast, twining her arms round his neck. "It's you!" she sobbed. '"1 knew you'd come, but oh, I've been so frightened! Hugo. I was so terribly frightened!" He put his arms about her, awk wardly, like a man who is half afraid, and then suddenly strained tier to him and pressed his lips to her hair. "Dearest," he said, very low. "Dearest, you're safe now. You're raith me.1' 1 stood there with my hands In my pockets, feeling slightly resent ful, for, when all was said and done, it was I that had done the dirty work, and he was getting the thanks. But after a minute he raised his head and grinned at me in a shamefaced way. "Sorry, old man!" he said. "Un accustomed as I am to public love making, I forgot all about vou for the moment!" "Don't mind me!" 1 retorted bit terly. "Carry on as long as you like but when you're through, it might be as well to get Ottllie back to the hotel. Dunning must be throwing hysterics by now. ' He looked suddenly conscience stricken. "You're absolutely right!" he declared. "Actually, It's past eigni aireaay. uituie, my dear, we'll have to get a move on, but first, tell me how you got here and what you've been doing. If I hadn't run Into Fleuriot and heard that the last he'd seen of Archie was when he turned in a purposeful way up this street, I might have been searching for you till Dooms day. As it was, I was Just ponder ing the best way of brenking into the villa." "Fleuriot?" 1 echoed, startled "What had he been up to, I wonder." , "I don't know," said he, ''but his ear was inches thick with dust, and he looked as if he hadn't slept for a week. He asked me to tell you, though, that he would be calling your bluff shortly, whatever that may mean.'' "well," 1 said, "I'm ready when he is but taking it by and large, we've certainly had a full night, Ottille ond I. We both had the same Idea of breaking into Geiss's villa, and we met on his balcony. Fol lowing that, we witnessed Gelss murdering Henrietta Adams, and we've been locked in with her corpse for the rest of the night, but we did, at least, locate the missing gun." 'I Love Yon A Lot' "pHE Carlton terrace was empty 1 when we arrived. As we halted Just inside the door, Hugo turned to the girl and gently unlinked her arm. "Sweet," he said, "we re too dirty and disheveled to go through an other day without cleaning up. but there's obviously nothing wrong so far, or Dunning would be in evi dence. Will yoi. let him know you're safe, and tell him we'll be back as soon as we've had a bath and shave? After that I want you to promise not to stir from vour room until I give you leave." She looked at him, an I for a mo ment I saw a flat refusal trembling on her lips; then slowly her ex pression mftened, and a second time she reached up and kissed him softly. "You're a medieval relic, my precious." she murmured, "but you re terribly sweet and I love you quite a lot." "Hugo, I said, as we turned down the ramp to the deserted Crolsetle. "are you going to marry 'hat girl?" "If she'll have me," he answered elf-conscinusly. "She'll have you all right," 1 retorted, and added gloomily, "in more ways than you thinkl" He looked at me, itartled' and resentful, but made no protest, though his tone, when he spoke, was a trifle frigid. "I suppose," he suggested, "that the next thing is to notify the police about that woman's mur der?" "Well," 1 said cautiously, "it de-, pends what portion of the police you're referring to. If we report to the June d'instructton. he'll be obliged to hold his inquiry right away; u we ten me commwaire. he'll want to know how we broke into the villa, and may feel bound to arrest us for breaking and enter ing." "Fleuriot, then?" he suggested. "Fleuriot or no one," I agreed. The reception clerk at his hotel informed us that Fleuriot bad not been in all night "It is possible of course," he added, "that the gentle man has gone to view the confla gration!" "What conflagration?" 1 echoed stupidly, for the seemingly chronic condition of the Lsterels had for the moment slipped my memory. He raised a shocked eyebrow. "The cape!" he explained. "It is possible that Monsieur has not ob served? Villages are threatened, boats are standing by to take off the inhabitants of the coast towns, and troops have been rushed from Nice and even from Marseille to fight the fia.nes. It is a most inter esting spectacle." he added com placently, "but a pity that it should chance to coincide with the brade rie. It will be difficult for our visi tors to witness both." Back at Hugo's, I had almost for gotten the fire, when I saw a sight that halted me, gasping, in my track. The cape itself was invis ible, covered with a great pall of brown smoke that stretched half across the sky, but every other second a shower of fiery sparks would shoot upward, followed by a searing tongue of flame. An hour later we took the road again, and during that time the whole town seemed to have wak ened to excited life. The main road was crammed with jostling motor cars, carrying sightseers to the scene ol tne tire, ana through mom, demanding right ot way with shrieking horns, tore great lorries packed with troops, shirt-sleeved and stcel-helmeted and armed with pick and shovel to fight the flames 'Where Is She?' AS we wormed and twisted our way towards the Croisette. signs of the rival festivity began to emerge, r lags ana ouniing uuv tc-red gaily on all sides and when we came to the main street, it was to find it closed to traffic by a whitepainted barrier. Every shop had its stall outside, piled with a strange iumble of merchandise. The street was a seething mass of people, and as the wine-snops were doing a DrisK trade, 1 imagined it wouldn't be long before the fun became fast and furious; but the Croisette was still folded in an aristocratic emptiness, and when we entered tne canton lounge, it was to nna Dunning in solitary possession. He was haggard, crumpled, and unshaven, and I felt a momentary pang of compunction that we had dallied so long before joining him; but after all, I reflected, he had known for some considerable time that the girl was safe, and could have made his own toilet too, if he had wished. Even as the thought came to me though, his greeting dispelled It "Where is she?" he demanded sharply. "Holy smoke! I made sure you'd bring her along with you." I gasped. "What the devil do you mean? 1 demanded blankly. "We left her here a couple of hours back and told her to let you know she was safe and well." "She let mo know all right" the big man answered bleakly. "Sent me a note saying she was all right and would see me and tell me all the news as soon as she'd cleaned up. But no word came, and when I went to see her, I found she'd never got to her room; all that greeted me was Cassandra Chubb, running around like a demented thing. The only consolation I had was that Cassnndra'd had sense enough not to alarm the old man." tic broke on and wiped his wet forehead. "Gentlemen." he said solemnly, "Ottille Wills wrote me that lctlur, standing here in the vestibule, and stepped into the ele vator to go to her own room, but she never got there, and from that moment to tins, there s not a soul in the hotel that's seen her again. I've asked 'em all: hall-porter, who saw her come in with you; recep tion cierx, wno gave ner paper to write her note; elevator boy who saw her get out at her own floor: and not one has set eyes on her since. She didn't come down again. eitner ty tne elevator or the stairs, and short of having a room to room search of the two hundred and fifty apartments in this hotel, I'm at my wits' end. All I could hope for was that she might have slipped out by some back exit to loin you." "She may have done that" 1 said doubtfully, but Hugo broke in sharply. "Good God. man! She'd never do such a thing She promised me to stay in her room, and I'm not dis- Cosed to doubt her word She's een kidnapped, or worse, by that devil Geiss. what are we waiting for?" he finished harshly "Come on. Archie! We've got to see the fiolice and have the town combed or her." TffipHeM IMI. Hat SllrmaraSJ Tomorrow! Ready for the klUtni. PEACE FADES IN SETTLEMENT BAY CITY LABOR WAR KAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14 (API Outlook for MtMemfnt of the depart ment store strike and the warehouse shut-down ( discouraging to bard- Mayor Angelo J. Rossi's special com mittee of ten doggedly continued Its conferences, with another one sched uled for this sfternoon. Meyer Lewis. AFL representative, was reported on his wsy here from Houston, Tel., to aid peace effort. Conferences also continued today to eek a quick end to a strike In Seattle against two fiwayne and Hoyt vessels, the Point Lobos and Point Estero. Almon E. Roth, president of the Waterfront Employers association of the Pacific coast, said be would inalat on performance of contracts by all unions which have left the ship In support of the CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial association. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. 8 MATTER POT B,C M PAYNE n chocolate.) cirw mehTT5 Jaw C-A eWST"JJJF ria ")-" 1aM y The Boll Syndicate, he.) 1 SELF-FEEDER By GLUYA3 WILLIAMS ITyTT" OT"' JtP DECIDES E3 BIS EN0U6H 0 FEED Hlf)5El.F WM.E SHE'S BU5VIH THE KrfCHEN WMEWWELV DROPS 6W6H WBOORBRAUSEIf'S FUrJ 1b SEE If LAND TRIES To EAT HIS 6MEI WITH FlK6E1c3 M$1W Of SPOOS, EXPEKlMEitrTROUlNS N6f lERV SUCCESSFUL TRIES TO 6Ef SPOON BACK NEWRW UPSETTING CUMTO IN HIS EJTORf Tries liftws bowl to MOUTH, 6REMSfTft0lSBl BEING T6 FIND HIStfOUtH ffluforte IC-!? (Copyright, MM, by FINDS BUSINESS OFFEEDIrtfe HIM5E1T PRETiV TlRlKS AMD W LAP IWW NtYtHEK C0W1 IN TO SEE HOW HE'S SEfflNfS ON The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) TAILSPIN TOMMY Skeeter Isn't "Foolin' "1 By HAL FORREST working nsi tutor today. In the dispute which has clowd down more thnn 100 wnrfhoum, throwing a.AOO CIO mi Ion men out of work, hope of a quick pvace flared high, aputterix! and then dwindled, aa Paul C. Smith, newspaper execu tive mediator, announced wearily: "The two part lea appeared to m (after Wodnrininy conference x-paf ately with dtstunutor and union leaderai to be about a clone together aa the north and aouth polo." flmlth ald he would continue, to ahuttle trick and forth between the two aide., doping to get poeitlona nearer tcnethr ii a oint a-Mton scheduled for lata today. I In the department ator atnk, mm X Hi' I; Hi 'Hii-Vl! Reugvimg that 1-413 PAL, TOMr-tY, WAS BEEN KILLED BY THE TVs0 GUN MEN IN THE. OLO HOUSE., SKEETER PUSHES sJERRY TO 9APETY, AMD GRIMLY WAITS FOB THE ARMEO MEN AT THE BOTTOM OP THE STAIRWAY, THE PISTOL WHICH HE HAS TAKEN FROM THE CAPTIVE THUS HELD TS3HTIY IN HIS HAND . . TRAINED UP THE STARWAY BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Congratulations I Ry EDWIN ALQEB I WELL, PR0fi BULLYi BEN! I WAS IN f YEAH. HE WAS 6REAT ALL 1 I I AN' HE EViN T THAT'S RIGHT, RUSTY- I -THEY JUSTT WHAT?!!! WHV, "i I ADIT'S THE OTHER ROOM AND I RIGHT, BUT WHAT'S THE I II LETS HIM I I PREPARED THOSE AIN'T 60T I DOC KILEY AN1 BEN I 60NE- HEARD EVERY WORD I IDEA 0' TELUN' OUR SECRET I I TAKE A I PILLS, TOO, AND THEY'RE ff VITAMINS I WEBSTER! WOW! EK&5,!""r e .a.u..n . si yog T0Lp HIM-YOU I TO THAT GUV SO HE CAN TELL a J I BOTTLE 0 I EYACT DUPLICATES OF t IN 'EM ! 1 HAVE VOU TWO BIRDS P2-- "TT I I I WERE GR.EATJ J I THE JIPPEMS? WHAT'S A, ft kYOUR PILLS' I THE SUNSHINE PELLETS PUT ONE OVER ON J fT J J GREAT AB0UTT?J " 1 EXCEPT-j ' K!!!' Jf THE NEBB3-Sh.h-h.hl gQI this :2J '7uTr. ''J 'J-Z ah ,saw.b,ncxj , have woo WtoTZlSB- iSJl" ETfl COAST YZBS " WUMBL.E 5EKVAWT, Vm GLAD VOU ) f SOT IT ? W' Zi k312 'A .nTffg' llS CLEAR j iT"""1 -h KARI, HAS ARRtVED GOT HERE J 1 DlO OJ BRIMG cwaff 1W 1 "f 10-12. fj liiilif ! L " Artvfrtlafmont Artvfrtlwmmt AdvtrtlMment Advsrtlwment Advectlsement Advertisement I VQ "LOOKDSUST ASK I yV' n 1 I MOTHER TO START USING THAT II LI mill iinss Jrqrr I .r'' ff 1 I SWELL SPREAD1. ALLSWEfETT. I 1 THERE SHE IS...AL10 VV. II I AND YOU'LL GET A WHOLE lM SET up in A JiFFY. FLYER ORTMAN DEMONSTRATES THRILLING ALLSWEET OFFER 1 f i SET UP IN A JIFFY. s THE-DOUOLAS DC-3 LD I KEEN ABOUT) VOU JOB S066E5T1 HG "' Mothers! One of these sensationafplanes with each package of Allsweet-the"Guest.Quality"Margar!n iHsltutiin toys for the childrfn-these ready-to-sct-up model planes that you get with Allswect Margarine! And hat a "find" Allsweet is for thrifty homrmakerV A flavor 50 drltcaie. soir rtm many food experts hare jailed lo lillil from spuads that cost more. Try Allsweet on hot toast, vegetables, biscuits, and bread. Cook with this pure, wholesome, money-saving margarine. Allsweet is made of American vegetable oils scirr.:if,oally mixed with fresh, pas teurized skimmed milk. Get AUswecLas and an Earl Ortman fast-gliding model plane it your food store today. 1IT f
