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MEDFORD MATL TRTBTTNHE, MET1FORD,. OREO-OX1; RTJXTftY. OCTOBET? 16. 1f)3R LEAGUE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS f THE NEIGHBORHOOD STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, Inclotln. a stamped envelope for reply. Be. V. .8. Pat. OS. I f By M AX S A L T M A R S H The Character -Hugo Stern, handiomt author, Hvtnp on th French Riviera. Archie Lumsden, mv'el, Mm friend. Ottllle W1IU, beautiul Ameri ean heiresi. TenUrdxy: Ottilie and I get oat dt Gciss't villa. Later the disap pear!. Chapter 40 The Zero Hour DUNNING lifted large, white hand. "Just a minute. There are a few points to consider before we take any hasty step, and the first and most important is the safety of Virgoe Wills. We have firetty good authority for believ ng that this day will see the at tempt on his life, and we know his death is the stake these gentlemen are playing for. Our first duty is w aiicnu tu 111s aaiGM. hi nun. I'm happy to say, he is ignorant of his niece's disappearance, and I warn vou that I shall resist, by force it need be, any attempt to alarm him about tier, bee Here, son," he continued on a softer note, "If you o to the police about Ot- tilie's vanishing, you'll have the wnoie circus, complete witn ele phants, dashing around here to in terrogate him. Before you know whore you are, the old man'll be out scouring the town for her. and how. in the name of all that's holy, are we going to keep an eye on him in the sort of free-for-all frolic that'll be filling the streets shortly?" He was right, and 1 knew it but nevertheless my whole soul recoiled from the thought of leav ing the girl to her fate. Minx she might be. but there was a charm, a courage, an innate hon esty about her that made the thought of leaving her to Geiss completely unthinkable.Therefore, when Hugo spoke, I had already ranged myself mentally and physi cally on his side. "I can't do it," he said, and his voice was tired. "You're right. Dunning, according to your lights but you see, I love her and I've got to nave a shot at finding her." "I never suspected that You go out and look for your girl, and take Archie along to help you. I'd come myself If I could, out you know how it is. I'll have my handr full, but there's two or three of my men hanging around this locality to help me. and I guess we'll win out" Hugo threw him a swift grate ful glance. "I won't forget that Dunning." he said. "The sooner we find her, the sooner we'll be back to give you a hand. Archie, are you ready?" "Champing at the bit to be gone" I retorted, much relieved, but even as I turned to follow him, I halted, stopped short in my tracks by the sight of a tall, rugged flRure emerging from the lift. It was Virgoe Wills himself, and at sight of us he reclined his gray head in dignified salutation and came Luwdrus us. "Good morning, gentlemen," he stiiu. 11 yuu are waning 10 see me, you are most welcome, but if bv any chance you have a date with Ottilie, I fear you'll be disap pointed. Cassandra tells me she's reeling poorly this morning." "Now. if that isn't too badl" said' Dunning with a spurious hearti ness. "Here's Mr. Stern come with an invitation to you and Miss Ot tilie to spend the next two-three days with him and his sister at their chalet." The old man bowed gravely. "We are much obliged to you. Mr. Stern." he said, "but Ottilie, as you have 'ust heard, is keeping her room " He broke off sharply, for another voice had sounded at his elbow, a fat oily voice that 1 knew on!" too well. "But no. monsleurl" It said. "You are mistaken. Mademoiselle Ot tilie, she is already out, enjoying the braderie Just one little mo ment ago I meet her, and she ask me to come and tell vou to loin her!" I swung round and saw, with a mixture of stupefaction and dis may, the squat, obese figure of Baron Stahl standing at my elbow For a moment we all stared at him In a dazed silence: then Hugo spoke. 'That's a liel" he said sharply "Miss Wills is in hr room, suffer ing from n headnche." 'It's Come At Last "PHE old man looked from one to ' the other of us. knitting his shacgV brows. For a moment. It seemed, ho almost suspected that something was wrong and then, as his eve lighted on Hugo, his face cleared I knew nnlv tnn well what he was thinking lere was vet one more of his nieces vic tims, fealous that she had chosen another escort to show her round .the f:iir. Well." he said slowly. "I guess the Baron should know what he's talking about. Mr. Stern, you'll find Ottilie's made that way sud den decisions and imnulsive ac tions, hut she doesn't mean a mite of harm. If she wants me. though. I imagine I'd better be getting along Where did vou say she was waitinc. Baron? In the main street'" "In the main street, yesl" the mall, fat man assented with a triumphant glance at us "1 take vou there right away, no?" But now It was Running's turn to pro tect "See here. Mr.Wills." he drawled, "there's a crush out there bv now. It's scarcely the kind of spot L ELK li FFPNFR. CVt IS. (AP)--Frnnk C. Mrircl wmt hunting tor Wi nri(r the Ditch rrvck Mtun and sect n.'it'lh Hilled a line bull rlk "I hat would have teen swell except that the elk senson wm c It wed. He notified state Police Officer V f F,iwiri iiiid iiTift C. J D I ll- m.u. ao tuiuci the meat over to for Miss Ottllle to be wandering around in. Why not let Mr. Stern and Mr. Lumsden here go along and bring her back? "Cuthbert." Virgoe Wills said dryly, "you're well-meaning, but you're not so bright as you'd like to De rneres noming in me una of innocent fun that's going on out there tc offend Ottilie. Lead the way. Baron," and with that he turned and stumped firmly out to the terrace. We stood there, three angry, helpless men. Dunning's face was very anxious, and in the silence I heard him mutter, half to himself: "It's come it's come at last" "Leave it to me," said I, for an idea had struck me. I sprinted after the two receding figures. Mr. wins, i saia, a trine oremn lessly. "You won't mind if we come along with you? My friend Stern is rather anxious to have a word with your niece." He halted, fixing his wise, shrewd old eyes on me. "Mr. Lumsden, quite a numbei of young men have been anxious to have a word with Ottilie in the past, and most times the result oi that word has been a heart-ache for them and a scalp in the war belt for her. I like your friend and a man of his age takes a hurt harder." "Mr. Wills," I answered soberly, lowering my voice to meet his, "hasn't it occurred to vou that one day Ottilie might get tired of scalp collecting I mean, prefer to ac- uire one permanent specimen and iscard the others? Hugo's a fine chap. You wouldn't find a better nephew-in-law anywhere." ''Does Ottilie like him that much?" And when I nodded, "Well, well," he said thought fully, "that takes a considerable weight off my mind, for he looks as if he -could handle her." He turned to Hugo and Dunning and halted tentatively a few feet away. "Gentlemen," he called genially, "string right along behind us, if you wish; and you. Baron, you won't mind joining them? Mr. Lumsden and I have certain mat ters of importance to discuss." The Baron swallowed hard, gave me one swift malevolent look, and turned, with a deferential bow, back to where the others waited. I lira tfrQtiflarf In enn that HlltfA Knd Dunning automatically formed up on either side or him, Unking their arms in his in the friendliest way imaginable, and I was still more pleased that the -M man had chosen me as his companion, for I was by a long way the biggest of the three and would therefore make the best shield for him when trouble started. And that trouble would shortly start I had not the smallest doubt Completely Unaware AS WE turned from the sun glare of the front into a nar row side-street thronged with straying merrymakers, I saw that my friend the Arab carpet-seller had fallen into place between us and the other three. A second later two liusky-looking sailors emerged from an alley and strolled on lust ahead of us. Dunning's reinforce ments were rolling up, and it was a considerable relief to my mind But the work of both advance and rear-guard was becoming com plicated, for with every step w took the crowd thickened, and at the entrance to the main street we stopned dead, brought up short by an impassable wall of jostling, laughing, singing humanity. The old man made a rueful grimace. "I'm afraid Cuthbert was right at that." he admitted. 'This is no place for Ottilie. but now we're here, we'd best go find her. Which way. Baron?" he shouted over his shoulder, and the fat man pointed a sluhbv finger, shriek- raoe Wills dripped my arm with one sinevvv hand and nil stick with the other. "Come on, son!" said he. "Get a move on!" and dragged me unwillingly into the thick of the press. The crowd was keeping a sem blance of order even in its merry making for down one side of the street a solid mass traveled stol idly westward, while the other half headed equally determinedly east The sailors were still ahead, but divided from us now by a solid sea of heads, and when 1 Rlanced over my shoulder all I saw of the carpet-seller was the top of a red tarboosh, while of the other three no trace remained. There was nothing for it but to let myself be borne onward, keeping a sharp look-out for any face I knew. It was a quetr frame of mind that I wasi in. resigned, fatalistic, and yet acutely watchful; and vet, when the thing happened, it caught mo completely unaware. As we stood lammed behind and before by the press of people, suddenly, in the queer, haphazard way of crowds, a tiny space opened before us, and across it cringing and sid ling, came a gangling, dust-colored figure that I knew. The wretched creature whistled shrilly From the milling crowd of people ahead there sprang a sec ond figure, thin, stringv, with a flying mop of low-colored hair, and In Its hand I saw something short black, and dradly. pointed straight at Virgoe's Wills' heart. 1 sprang forward, trying to throw myself in front of the old man. hut there were strong hands ftrippinp my arms, holding m ack I struggled wildly, waiting for the sickening report the wisp of smoke that would herald death, and in that instant, which seemed to hold eternity, something els happened CnpyHpfct fM lfi Sttttmnrtht Tomorrow. Looking for Ottlllo. the relief commit toe. Inc'.dentnllv, they fur warded news of the mi.vtnke to t;i rtate gnmr commlMon, 1m-im I ive "nw.M CUSMINO. Okln lp Clv.t li'stlrm Ima token the "wow" out Of Indian pow-wow.v m Kdcsr t. Pricker of ( ihu.tf. Fricker recently rr turned from n redskin "lencue of Nut ion."" eomem:rn nt Perkins, as serted that tiiivMiien tire not no:ns in much for war paint nnd totns hnwk any mrr Phone M J We'll haul Wiy your refuse City tfansury Senior. Lc SUll Tribune Want AU. - WAS SEVERAL 7IMES KrWRHT STOMACH MAC. ftffdC PU.tWI.LllklAFOZTlLT. naiimfrdofta Camaue, hKe pen i in itYiN6 ilHTiL IT4 PROM BEYOND THE ENO HlHPMl mm onihekfancf 0fK04. Blackberry Interlude Strategically Important to the south during the Civil war waa the closing of the Mississippi river to Union boats. Early In 1863 steps were taken to fortify vlcksburg, MtMlsslppl. For more than a year Vlcksburg with stood attack of the Union troops: attempts to skirt the town by canals were unavailing because of floods. A ironm-ftl tuutault on Ma 33. 1863, headed by Oeneral Grant, brought no benefit and only inereaaea me casualties. Union losses totaled 503 dead, 3.S50 wounded, and 147 miss E DETROIT, Oct. 15. (AP) The United Automobile Workera revealed today that It waa preparing to Inten sify Ita campaign to unionize em TAILSPIN TOMMY The Police TflAPPED old house by the gangsters, whom he believes have killed his pal, tommy, skeeteo, wild with qriep amd rage, decides to wipe out the gunmen, he has voundeo Two of THE THUGS AMD WHILE OEftRV guards these, skeets commands that the third armed killeb come down the stairs. BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER THE NEBBS-Yei, Ye, Go On I 1 POLKS li ALL KlCRH-WILLe is wojoectiMe SO Y'GAVE 'EM THE JLs ', 7"ZI fT OH.eoy, TT BUT THAT ISN'T O f U,CI 1 ' m.icp WT YES THE jPpem CHICKENS I fes Tl SUNSHINE PELLETS ',' U OH, SOV, U ALL-GET DR. KILEV T I HE TOOK HAVE Iv-' f,r.u7u 111 ARE APT TO BECOME QUITE I J&T r.l WITHOUT THE SUNSHINE. P'"" ' QW BOV 1 TO TELL VOU I ANOTHER EXYE JIJ DWARFED AND MUCH, MUCHrFTV SI f- EH, DOC? tr-il PRECISELY K A:il THE REST-) . I INGREDIENT f y7$ (TOO TOUSH FOR THE y-' h;v ' pj m 3ft Wm0 . i i3Y " i HACTEDlb PERMIT nllMBNii ftenc$ CP wm tng. The Confederate loss was not more than 500. The result of his attack: convlncrd Orant that only a siege would be ef fective In taking Vtcksburg. A 15 mlle line was thrown around the fort from Haines' bluff to Warrenton, not more than 800 yards from the Con federate line. Thus the matter stood for several weeks; casualties on each side ran from 10 to 100 every day. Hunger began to tell on the Confederates; their men were weakening. Then the Union troops were stricken byi ram pant stomach and Intestinal ail ment. ployes In all plants or the Ford Motor company. Ford Is the only major automobile manufacturing company which has not signed a contract with the Com mittee for Industrial Organization af filiate. Back before the 1837 sit-down strikes In the automotive industry. Homer Martin, UAW International president, said the union's ultimate goal was the signing of contracts with all manufacturers of motor cars, parts and accessories. Arrive I IN THE Reverse Action I OPPOSE. SOU KMOW WHO TWIS 1 a DM . li M " ,A Mis A 3 fiT "V mrT..r..yyAi m mmu. ntn sarussTa . -., 7 II- TUU DOMT COME DCVffl.VW jn , am) I fSCrnf- i I T. Sl VK BE A CIVIL WAR BOIN3 ON ' PEACEFUL-LIKE IN THREE Vj jX 1 I is rr-(d ' JWA 9-? ' 1 tfe?QrV'V IN THERE! I ' I OOMT XXiOW.) MVSTEtllOUS PURIMELRJ v UTZ.IE - f.-s MOJL r ' j V..V1 baftack, INIE& THhN bO 5ECONP$ ftM&Lfl?1H60reNINflKlCK0fP fa buowinb Mowreffevfo$coR6, Win pbck n woo wtrwrr TOUCHPOWNf wit- Camp doctors prescribed a plentiful diet of fresh fruit for the men. and as blackberries were plentiful In the region, the soldiers fell to picking and eating them. In many places the berries grew thickest between the two lines. Strange as It seem, truces were de clared on occasions so that' both Union and Confederate soldiers might go out and pick berries without get ting shot. These Interludes were with out antagonism or bloodshed. On July 4. 1863. Confederate Gen eral Pemberton gave up the Vlcksburg tort and the long siege ended. Attempts of the union to pass out literature outside the main Ford plant In suburbnn Dearborn were re buffed and the consequent Injury of UAW members formed. In part, the basis of charges the UAW filed against the company with the na tional labor relations board. WINDOW GLASS We sell window ctla&s and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Thowbrtdge Cab inet Works. 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