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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORI), OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1933.
. I By M A X5
jnapter 43
Forcat Fire
t CAUGHT up with Fleuriot )ust
as he reached the office.
"You'd better Inform your bu
reau that Geiss ii wanted for one
recent murder, as well as com
plicity in the others." said 1. perch
tag myself on the table at he
wrestled with the telephone. "He
bumped off Henrietta Adams last
night In his villa, and 1 saw him
do it
He gaped at me like a codfish,
receiver in hand. "And may one
ask if you hive any more of these
interesting details to communi
cate?" he demanded bitterly.
"Lots!" said 1. grinning down at
him, and added a short resume of
the events of the night before. "But
get on with your telephoning.
- man." I finished. 'The news will
keep, and Henrietta, poor soul,
can t run away, but Geiss can and
will."
Fifteen minutes later it was all
over. Instructions were being
flashed across the length ana
breadth of Prance to hold the yel
low car and its occupants. We met
in the hall, four worried, dis
gruntled men. "Where to look?"
asked Fleuriot, his round, red face
all creased and puckered with
anxiety. "I have done what I can.
executively. I have ordered the
detention of Monsieur le Baron
Stahl. as toon as he can be found.
and I do not think he can be far
away; my bureau is requesting the
Italian oolice to keep an eye on
the interesting Monsieur Vladimir
Rakovsky, and I have given In
structions for the villa of the mis
creant Geiss to be watched until I
have leisure to examine the corpse
of Mademoiselle Adams. It was in
the room where she lies, was it
not, that you discovered the gun
which may have killed the la
mented ODonnell? But what a
pity that you were not similarly
fortunate In finding the other gun
with which the poor little Monet
was shot, i nd the weapon wnicn
struck down Monsieur Vennerl"
He broKe off to laugh heartily. "I
make the ioke, that's all!"
"And a very funny joke too," I
commented dryly, "but In this case
you happen to nave nit trie nan
on the head. The gun which killed
Eve Monet is in the possession of
Mr. Dunning. There are no flnger-
Brints on it, but I can tell vou that
le man who fired the shot Is
Rakovsky s chauffeur. Hes dark,
medium-sized, with the first fin-
?er of his right hand missing As
or the weapon that killed Venner.
It's a serviceable kind of wrench,
and you'll find it, and the old
man's wallet, under the loose tile
outside my bedroom door in the
Chateau la Vague."
I jauacu lui a mutuant, w mvvi
to the full the almost ludicrous
astonishment that spread over his
face and even as I did so, a great
light dawned upon me. I sat down
heavily on the nearest chair.
"Merciful heavens!" I groaned
"Why didn't I think of it before?
The Club des Sans Clubs, manl
They meet in the cellars under the
chateau. Ten chance to one that s
where they ve taken Ottilie.
Fleuriot gaped at me. "This club.
I have never heard of It" he said
dazedly. "But then, it seems to me
I have heard of nothing. . . " But
before he could finish his com
plaint. Hugo had grippe' him bv
tne arm.
"You'll hear of a lot more be
fore this nieht is through." he re
torted grimly. "Come on. we're
going to the chateau."
Night was falling. The sinister
smoke-cloud had lifted, but to the
west the opal sky was flushed and
angry: we could not see the
doomed cape, but the wind that
blew strongly down upon us was
fiery, and I breathed a prayei for
any living thing that might be left
in the glowing furnace that was
once the Esterels.
Into Custody
THE gardens were dusky and de.
serted, and the only people
abroad besides ourselves appeared
to he a Dartv of half a dozen sail
ors strolling arm-in-arm a little
way ahead of us. I wasn't paying
much attention to them, out sud
denly there war a chorus of angry
shouts, and above the dark, cms
tered shapes, I saw ai arm shoot
high, and the hand at the end of
the arm held a glittering knire
On a swift ungovernable 1m
pulse I shook n.vself free of Fleu
riot's grasp and sprinted towards
the shouting, milling group.
In a counle of seconds I was
upon them and knocked down the
knife Instantly, they were run
ning for their lives, scattering Into
the darkness, all except one.
"Monsieur." said the voice of
Jean-Francois, slightly tremulous.
I thank vou from the heart, mat
knife was Intended for me.
I gasped, a gasp of sheer amaze
ment "And what the devil." laid
T "hsvii vnn hen tin to?"
He smiled up at me with simple
pride. "It .va the vacht. he ex
plained, "the Rendezvous! As
Monsieur Dunning will have told
you, I was able to obtain a post on
board her as cabin steward, and
when news came that she was to
be ready j sail Immediately. I
Indeed it mv duty to delay her. I
waited until the engineer was on
shore, and did a little work with
a wrench.
"And then?" said I
"Monsieur," he said simply, "1
fear that they suspected me, for
they knew I was no sailor: but
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Asks Appeal Time
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for Hurry Poo if. KUmnth Kalli th
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tut nuprcme court today for 00
city' ttme In which to tile their p
prnl. ,
Arthur H. Ronton, court clerk,
Mid Hmd.n C. BlACkmrr. Klamath
county district attorney, would op
pone the request, and that the court
probably would rule tomorrow on
tht application,
Poole la free on $5000 ball on a
uprcme court order.
WINDOW O LASS We sell mlndow
fflnaa mvl will repla-' your broken
rindoivn roaaonaOIy. Thowbrtdga Cab-
AjJ M. A W SHi
they did nothing. I think they wer
watching me, biding their time,
for when I asked leave to go on
shore, I was refused. 1 had seen
nothing of Monsieur le Baron since
yesterday evening, but tonight as
dusk fell, a small boat came up by
our bows, and with much secrecy
he crept on board. I could not hear
all that passed, but I gathered that
he will remain Hidden on me nen
dezvous until the small hours of
tomorrow morning, when a fisher-
boat will take him over to tne lies
de Lerins. This newt was so im
portant that I judged it my duty to
come on shore at all costs to re
port to Monsieur Dunning, but 1
was overtaken by these men, who.
under the guise cf friendship,
forced me to stroll along with
them. Two, who were unknown to
me, then started an argument the
excuse for the quarrel and the
knifing, you will understand and
had it not been for the arrival of
Monsieur, I should not be telling
this story."
"Fleuriot" I said, "did you heat
that?"
"Certainly. We will now, If 7011
please, Monsieur Stern, proceed in
your car to the police-station,
where I can make what arrange
ments are necessary."
At the police station Fleuriot re
vealed himself as a master of swift
action. Before I could realize what
was happening, order had oeen
given, police mobile, reinforced by
the local oendormerie. had piled
into two cars, and - couple of men
had wheeled out powerful-looking
motorcycles Into position be
hind the Hispano.
"It is possible we shall need ex
tra help at the chateau.", he ex
plained. We whizzed on U. the quay. Uni
formed men hurriedly scrambled
Into rowboats, while others trotted
silently along the jetty towards the
dark and silent Rendezvous and
I knew that it would not be long
before the yacht was encircled
and her obese owner In safe cus
tody. The Second Door j
"AND now," said Fleuriot, set-
tllng himself comfortably be
side me in the ton.ieai of the His
pano. "we will have the rest of the
story, If you please Monsieur
Lumsden: but we will begin at the
end and work backwards, for time
is short"
I did as he bad- me. collecting
my scattered thoughts and trying
to give him some coherent account
of what had been, taking it by and
large, the most hectic week ol
my life: but before I had got any
appreciable distance, the car
turned with a grinding of brakes
into the familiar empty lane, and
next minute we were pulling up
at the gates of the hotel.
The great building loomed be
fore us, shadowy, unlighted and
indescribably dreary. The next
minute I had led them through the
lounge and under the curtained
arch to the door with Its battered
poster: "Club des Sans Clubs."
The door was a heavy slab of
wood, solid an.l Immovable as the
house Itself. Fleuriot shook his
head.
"I do not like It," said he. "This
door has not been opened for a
long time see, the paint fills the
cracks and I fear there are bolts
on the other side. Skeleton keys
are useless against belts: Monsieui
Archee, is there no other en
trance?" "There is," 1 answered dubi
ously, "but 1 doubt if it will bi
any better than this. It Is undei
the arches below the terrace."
"Show us the other door."
led the way on across the sunk
en garden.
At the farthermost darkest end
was something that looked liki
wood, and as Dunning flashed hli
torch on it. I saw that It was in
deed a decaying, decrepit door. I'
did not seem possible that any liv
ing thing had passed through it ir
the last decade, but Fleuriot step
ping up to it. gave a sudden, stiflec
exclamation.
"We have It!" he whispered
"See, the lock has been freshlj
oiled and there are .10 cobwebs!"
He bent to his task, Insertlni
first one, then a second fantastit
implement in the rusted lock, anc
again, as the wards clicked. Huge
and I took a step backward anc
hurled ourselves against it
There was a cracking noise. I
crash of breaking wood, and next
minute we shot forward, spraw
ling, on to wet stone flags, with
Dunning at our heels and Fleuriot
close behind. I got up dazedly and
looked about me. to find that I wai
standing in r vast, vaulted place
lit only by a flickering lantern at
the far end At flrjt glance th
cellar seemed to be completelj
empty, and then suddenly 1 saw
crouched against the farther wall
a huddled, shuddering form.
In one bound I was across tht
floor and had him by the throat
"Noah More!" I said between mj
teeth. "Tell me, man, before 1
wring the life out of you when
has Geiss taken Miss Wi'is?"
His hands feebly plucked at my
in on his throat. He has taken
er ." he said, and swayed as I' he
would fall, "he has taken her tc
the Esterels to the Auberge an
Allouettes." And with the words
he fainted dead away In my hands.
I turned and looked through th
open door, out towards the wesl
where the crimson sky was shot
with darting flames, and as I did
so. I heard Hugo groan like a mar
in torment
ICopvqM ISSI. Ua SnltmnrtSI
Tomorrow Into lh fiery furrow.
Big Lady Jumps
To Death In Bay
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10-(D
An unidentified elderly woman, who
weighed more than 300 pound.,
leaped to her death today from a
deck of the ferryboat Tamalpaia a
it pawed oppoalte AlcatraB Inland
fedpral prlaon.
The bod? -f rcv,rred after bring
carried more than 2000 fret by a
strong tide.
ftttlem Plain Mrtrra
SALFM. Oct. ID. Tina flrat
move for the Installation of parkin t
meter In Salem wan made at the
city council meeting lt nUht hen
an ordinance hilt fr the nirpNw aa
Introduced pv the police cmmlttec,
Vie Mall Tribune Want Ada,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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The Cinderella Emperor
Stationed In the Aztec temple of
the great national war god as a
servant, Montezuma II, nephew of
Montezuma I and grandson of a
preceding emperor was busy one day
In 1502 sweeping the temple steps.
A messenger Interrupted him; he
had been elected to rule over the
mighty Aztec empire. In preference
over hie brothers because of hla su
perior qualifications both aa a sol
dier and aa a priest.
With becoming humility, Monte-
Kuma professed hla unfitness for the
PLANE MECHANICS TO
CAST STRIKE BALLOT
SEATTLE, Oct. 19. fP) A atrlke
vote will be taken Saturdny by the
members of Aeronautical Mechanics'
union 7S1 aa result of tVie union's
rejection last night of a wage pro
posal presented by the Boeing Air
plane company, I. A. Snndvlgen,
union business agent, said today.
The -union by a vote of 432 to
85. refused to accept the proposal,
the terms of which were not made
public.
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responsibility, but at last agreed to
assume the high office.
Montezuma conducted a series of
wars that greatly enlarged the Aztec
domain, and It waa he Cortez found
In power on arriving In Mexico In
1519.
Fearing an outbreak of the peo
ple, Cortez held Montezuma, aa a
hostage In the quarters of the Span
lards. When the Aztecs attacked the
Spanish, Montezuma waa asked to
quell them by speaking from the
wall. Instead, he was stoned to death
by his own people.
FOREMAN CHOPS FOOT
IN CCC DEMONSTRATION
BEND. Oct. 19. &) "This is how
It should be done," remarked Robert
Wakefield, forest service foreman,
u he awung an ax for CCC boys
at an accident-prevention demon
stration. The ax slipped from his grip and
gashed hla foot.
Hia troubles continued. While re
ceiving medical attention someone
stole a checkbook and 1150 from
hla automobile.
More Villainy 1
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WHATARS THE
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Non-freezing I-ake
Although fed almost constantly by
melting snow. Lake Tahoe, 627S feet
above aea level, never freezes over,
due to a natural system of vertical
circulation. On the floor of the
lake, the temperature remains con
stant at 4 degrees Centigrade. Ice
will not form ordinarily until the
temperature drops to 0 degrees Cen
tigrade, a situation which never pre
vails In this strange lake. '
Tomorrow: What waa the first land
added to the U. S. outside American
shores?
DISCOVER NEW PLOT
FOR BRAZIL TERROR
. RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 19. (fl)
The ministry ot justice today an
nounced discovery of , revolutlonaty
plot to assassinate "high authorities"
and establish a reign ot terror In
Brazil.
The two men now In prison on
changes or participating In the abor
tive fascist uprising My 11 were
aceised of being Involved In the near
plot.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
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