MBDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFORD, OREOON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1938.
PAGE SIX
i'be Characters
Hugo Stem, handsome author,
living on th French Riviera
Archie Lamiden, miiel. hit
friend.
Oltllle Willi, beautiful Ameri
can helreu.
testerday: The dog Lulu saves
Vlrooe (Villi' lilt bv killing Ml
master's murderer. There it still
no lion of Ottllle.
Chapter 42
Kidnapped!
IVE lunched, which is to ay that
" Dunning and 1 gulped down
some mouthfuls ol food while
Hugo sat. refusing everything.
Then Dunning suggested inquiring
at the various gas stations on the
roads out of town, to bear If they
had seen the yellow car pass, and
though it was. a forlorn hope, any
action was better than nothing, so
for a couple of hours V7 scoured
the dusty countryside, all to no
Purpose, ine tsiereis werss iuu
urning bravely, but for the mo
ment such a small event as a con
flagration held no interest for me.
and Anally, just as dusk was fall
ing, we pulled up again on the
main square.
Across the crowded promenade
pulling up outside the Grand Ho
tel, was a shabby Renault with
dust thick upon it A stocky, middling-sized
man descended from
it and started to climb the steps
of the hotel, but before he had
, reached the door, 1 was across the
promenade and gripping mm oy
uie snouiaer. .
"Fleuriot! l said. . "You re a
sleht for sore eves!"
He swune round and his face
lighted at sight of me. "Tientl" he
answered warmiy. mere is a imu
matter of a wager to b'e settled be
tween us, a wager connected with
the word 'Ammirii: You were
riehL mv friend, he added. tap
pint me in a friendly way on the
shoulder, "but I could wish you
had been a trifle more explicit, for
you see, when I got there, tne bird
he had flown!"
I stared at him stupidly. "What
bird? 1 echoed, ana ne shook nis
head, gently reproving.
"Do not priten'l you did not
know. The chasseur, of coursel 1
guessed, naturally, that the word
must be a street name in one of the
older towns, and I made a lucky
decision in trying Antibes first, but
It .took me some little time to lo
cate the street, for it is now re
named. I discovered it at last, how
ever!" he finished triumphantly.
"And more, I found the house it
self, the former dwelling of the
armourer who gave it its name. So
I added to myself certain of the
local police, and between us we
. Drone down tne aoor.
"Goshl" I said wistfully. "1 wish
I'd been there!"
"And I. too." he assented Dolite-
ly "With your weight, we had
needed three policemen the less
but I digress! The ground floor was
empty, but I ascended to the first
story, even to that upper room
where the old printing press
stands." He paused, nodding his
head solemnly. There It stood, the
whole equipment for that interest
ing little astrological magazine.
We had received inquiries at the
Sflrete about this strange publica
tion, notably from the Dunning
Agency of New York."
I know all about that 1 made
em. I'm Dunning," said the big
man hollowly.
"But now I found proof positive
that Monsieur Rene Gelss was the
author notes, proof-corrections,
unfinished sketches, what you like.
You knew this. Monsieur Lums
den!" he added accusingly.
Help!1
"VfE guessed it," 1 corrected him,
' "but we hadn't a shred of
proof. Go on, man, go onl"
"Hiding in an attic under the
eaves, I discovered a woman, a
Negress, who said she was In
charge ot the hoa.e."
"B'atma," I said as he paused,
and he flashed me a swift re
proachful look. "You see, you
know all. Monsieur Lumsden. This
Fatma I questioned, and she told
me what I suspected. The chasseur
had inSaed sheltered there for two
days, but that very morning he had
left, for where do you think? For
no less a place than the villa of a
certain Monsieur Vladimir Ri
kovsky In Italy."
"And you believed her?" said
Hiiro hoarsely.
The other shrugged expressive
ly "1 believed her. yes, for I had
no reason to do otherwise, and her
story was circumstantial Also. I
had other things to gc on. as you
shall hear So to Monsieur Rakov
sky I went, but when 1 arrived,
it was to And I had been on what
you call a wild-duck hunt Our
friend was not there he never
had been there, and Monsieur Ra
kovsky was a very indignant man
at the mere suggestion that he
might have been thcrel So back to
Cannes 1 came, like tht game-dog
who has lost the game!"
"Too bad!" I said mechanically,
for there was something in his
-runner that told he still had a sur
prise or two tucked away up his
sl ve "Look here, Fleuriot, i
added, "this other evidence that
. convinrea vou you were on the
right trail what was it?"
('Ahl" said he, on a long-drawn
sigh, and his eyes, sharply intel
ligent searched each of our faces
in turn. "It was such a little thing,
PHYSICIANS LIS!
BETTER HOSPITALS
Tin- AmcTimn CoIIcrc of Surgeons
tocHy announced IU 3 1st inmwl ilt
of tvttpitiii which It hM fully and
prnviRimiftily npprovrd.
Thr liospi'ni lttHt ait principally
In iiir United Bute mid Cumuli. . p
prnvl Ik ttlven after ytematlc per
sonal survevf nd thr prornrlmr nl
ft.v trfrtrrnfMon from vnm
ouicee), Mvuluid tfO tbt Ul.
a mere scrap oi i-. -cealed
under the pruning uiess,
and yet to me, it said a great deal!"
And with that he fumbled in hL
pocket and drew out a crumpled
sheet of soiled paper, presenting
it with a flourish for our inspec
tion. 1 took it, unfolding it dazedly,
while Hugo and Dunning craned
their heads over my shoulder to
read, and there I saw, scrawled in
red chalk, in crude -apitala an inch
high, the words: "They are taking
me to Italy. Helpl Ottilie Wills!"
"And she wasn't there?" said
Dunning, in a queer, hushed voice
The man from Marseille gave
him a sharp, quizzical look. "It is
correct then, that Miss Wills has
disappeared?" he demanded, and
at the others hopeless gesture of
assent he nodded slowly. "So?
Then 1 will answer you. Not only
was Miss Wills not there, mon ami,
but she had never been there if
by 'there' you mean the villa of
Monsieur rlakovsky. She has not
been taken into Italy, and 1 telj you
this with my hand on my heart
for two hours of my precious time
were spent in questioning the
frontier guards to determine that
fact"
He stopped, with a sigh ot sheer
weariness. "I am very tired. May
I suggest that we adjourn to the
lounge?"
We filed after him into the big,
empty room and sent a waiter
scurrying for refreshment "And
now, messieurs, ' said Fleuriot
quietly, "1 think that you have a
great deal to tell me, but first let
me make my own position clear.
I had already heard, as I have told
you, of the Inquiries made by Mon
sieur Dunning here and others as
to the authorship of Le Grimoire
astrotogique inquiries which we
had not unfortunately, been able
to answer. 1 knew that a plot
against the life of Monsieur Virgoe
Wills was suspected,but I tell you
frankly that I thought the idea
fantastic, and neither we of the
Surete nor the local police were
unduly disturbed when Monsieur
Wills and his niece arrived here.
When, however, I saw this note, I
realized that the idea of the young
lady's abduction was not as fan
tastic as it might otherwise have
appeared, and I realized too that
Monsieur Rene Geiss was in some
way implicated."
'West, Not East'
HE paused to sip appreciatively
from his glass. "It is not so hard
to be wise after the event!" ho
admitted with a wry little smile,
"But me, I felt a spiritual indiges
tion at the knowledge that was
suddenly heaped upon my plate,
for, from the fact that the chasseur
had been hiding in that house. I
deduced thbt there was a Connec
tion between this Wills affair and
the murder of Monsieur Venner,
and more, that you, Monsieur
Lumsden, had been in possession
of this information for some time,
but had not thought fit to inform
me!"
I shifted uneasily. "Let's not go
into that now," 1 suggested
"You'll find I had good enough
reasons when the time comes to
spill them."
He waved his hand magnani
mously. "I've heard of the i egret
table attempt on Monsieur Wills'
life and the not so regrettable fate
of the assassin. Now T see that the
disappearance of Miss Wills is a
very serious matter. You believe,
do you not that Monsieur Geiss
has abducted her? My friends, you
shall tell me all you know, and
th'T we must act and act quickly."
"This will be news to the lot of
you," Hugo said. "Whether Ottilie
has been abducted or not one
thing is certain. She didn't write
this letterl First it's printed in
lipstick."
Fleuriot grinned. "The classic
method for ladies in distress who
have no pencil."
"Just so," assented Hugo dryly
"But I think you will admit thai,
ladles are not in the habit of car
rying an assortment of lipstick
around with them. 1 happen to
know that Miss Wills uses what I
believe is known as carmine
whereas this letter, you will note
is printed with an orange stick."
Fleuriot rapped out an oath ana
sprang to his feet "You are sure of
this. Monsieur Stern?" he de
manded sharply.
Hugo swung round on me. "Ar
chie, you saw that Negress the
other night what shade of lip
stick would you say she used?"
1 cast my mind DacK to that bi
zarre scene under the night sky.
"Orange it was!" 1 admitted, and
he gave a short triumphant laugh.
'Tfou see? It was the Negress
who wrote this letter, and she
wrote it under dictation with the
sole object of making us believe
that Ottilie had been in Antibes
and was been carried even farther
east into Italy" He broke off,
studying our intent faces. "Gentle
men," he finished, "there's only
one possible explanation for that
maneuver Ottilie never was in
Antibes. and if we want to And her,
we must look, not east but west.
Fleuriot struck his forehead.
"West, that Includes the whole of
France!"
"Steady on, man!" said 1. "That
car of Gclss's should be easy to
trace, and if Ottilic's gone with
him unwillingly he couldn't well
shift her Into a train."
"The carl" he echoed. "Imbecile
that I ami If the car is on the road
it shall be found!" And he ran like
a two-year-old to the private tele
phone in the managers office
(CopyrtcM ttSU Ufim Siltmarthi
Mondtvt On the lra.lL
"Tr.it hoftpitn, which conform to
all the requirement 1 on tn which
the patient can place, the utmost Im
plicit conflilenre." iwld ft reload
from the collcRe. "That factor U Sti
1 tar If an Important first step toward
recovery.-'
"A hiph ttcnein) tuiiltt) average i
one of the grcateat aaet a commun
ity can have." the collene. releaae con
eluded. "Qood hospitals help to
I maintain It. lt'a support them."
COMMONWEALTH BACKS
BOURBON CANDIDATES
PORTLAND, Oct, IB .. The
"f-ann rom"Vtvv'altb Kerteri "m at
it auuual cuuuuLun unutt u
doraed tU Democratic candidate for
tat and federal office with one
exception and called on President
Root eve It to run for a third term
In the absence of another "progres
siva" Democratic leader,
Alex Barry, candidate for the abort
term to the U. 8. senate, was the
only Republican endorsed.
PAINT IS DONATED FOR
JACKSONVILLE CHURCH
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 18. (8pM
Thanks to generous donors, the old
Methodist church has received two
coats of white paint, the work oe-
lng done by Walter Anderson. The
firms, each of which donated one
gallon of paint, were: Pittsburgh
Paint Co., Pick Hardware, Big tliifB
Lumber Co., Lamport, Hubbard Bros.,
Porter Lumber Co., Medford Lumber
Co., Hansen Hardware, Montgomery
Ward, Eckerson Paint company, aud
the Woods Lumber Co. Townsfolk as
well as countless others to whom the
church Is a shrine, greatly appreciate
these gifts, .
S 'MATTER POl
Wyi -SOCrfY .
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TO CLEAN CEMETERY
BEAGLE, Oct. 18. (Spl.) Antloch
community haa set aside Friday, Oc
tober 31. for clean-up day In the
Antloch cemetery. There will be an
all day meeting with a basket lunch
at noon. 'An Invitation If extended to
those Interested who live out side
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served to help with the lunch.
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