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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOURTEEN MEDFORr) MATL TTlfRHN F), METYPOTCn, OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1938. l..-.ffTT.rlly MAX Chapter 41 The Hostage THE moke filled my eye, smart ing, stinging, blinding, so that I marveled how Hugo could hold the car on the road, but on we hurtled, right Into the red heart of the inferno, and suddenly, as the whole world around seemed filled with a single sheet of scream ing, searing name, I saw him wrench at the wheel and swing it round; as we swerved violently to the right, I felt that we were climbing again, and at the same moment a giant flaming pine fell crashing across the road we had lust left. I saw that Noah More was lean ing forward, gripping Hugo's inouiaer ana poinun aneaa wun a bony finger. He was screaming out curses, umines to go faster still. thrill threats of what he would do to Geiss when we found him. The uncanny voice poured forth In a erazed monotone, and 1 shuddered Involuntarily, for it seemed that It needed only this, the realization that a lunatic sat beside me. to add the final touch of horror. The unseen track grew steadily rougher, and the Hispano was bumping wildly from side to side; but I had a faint, growing sus picion that the smoke was thin ning. I could see the scorched and blackened hillsides on either hand, with only a fiery thread here and there to show that devastation still lingered, holding its hand. I glanced up, saw the night sky above us necked with stars and the moon riding clear, and ripped the coverings from my (ace. "BIB HtlUUKIll B1IU u I spoke, Hugo pulled up mir.'. .u. .. 1. 1 " T Bn abruptly. We had come to another set of eross-roads. The madman at my side pointed to the right-hand, steeper path. Up and up we climbed, bumping and skidding, through a darkness of trees: and then we came out on the crest of the ridge, and before us lay a nar row, wedge-shaped valley, with the track running down, like a thin black ribbon through rough Melds, to a dark huddle at tne doi tom that I guessed to be a building. But now we were back in the track of the fire. Th valley was till untouched, but there was a scarlet light at tho head of it, the hot wind struck once more against my cheek, and I heard again the horrid roaring noise. The glow strengthened as I watched, and Fleuriot realized it at the same in stant Hugo gave a wild huzza. "We're in time!" he yelled, but the ether, his anxious eyes fixed on that red horizon, muttered under his breath: "Only just, my friend, only Just!" Down into the valley we shot, rocketing and ricocheting from unseen boulders, while the lunatic at my side screamed and chattered, and Dunning, beside Hugo, took something from his pocket that I guessed to be a gun and carefully looked it over. The Inn was a big shadowy place, and as we pulled up at the entrance, where rotting gates hung open from the massive pillars, I had a sudden cold fear that once again we were too late nd our quarry had gone. The Knife WE climbed out painfully, and as we stood for a moment hesi tating, Fleuriot laid a hand on Dunning's arm. "You have a gun?" he asked sharply. "Wait here, then, and keep an eye on this poor crea ture. It is your business to see that no one breaks away through this gate." He turned to Hugo. "You, my friend, will similarly guard the door of the main building, while you and I, Monsieur Archee, will encircle it, making contact at the farther side." He added on a warning note: "But no noise, you understand! No calling to Made moiselle OUillo, even II you should lee her. When we have made our inspection, we will return here, all three, to arrange our campaign." He turned away, and Hugo and I padded softly at his heels across the great yard, to the lowering walls of the farmstead itself. Here Hugo halted obediently at the door under its overhanging lintel, and Fleuriot turned noiselessly right and 1 left, feeling my way along the rough stonework to the angle of the building. As I rounded it, the red glow from the weal struck my face, and I saw that the wall ahead of me was cut by a couple of windows, both heavily shuttered; but though I tried them gingerly, one after the other, they were securely fastened from the inside, and no gleam of light showed. I crept on, feeling my way, round the second corner In the rear of the house and halted abruptly, holding my breath, for Fleuriot was mere Deiore me, crouched with his eye to the ledge of another window He signed sharply to me to be careful, as I tiptoed forward and knelt beside him. I looked, setting my eye to the crack between the bottom of the shutter and the crumbling stone work and bit bark an exclamation. It was a big room that I stared Into, the farmhouse kitchen by the look of it, but it was bare and unfurnished now. Indescribably AS NAPLES, Oct. St. (AP ltlj proudly welcomed today 10000 re turning Itnlttin legionnilreji who Joined the liiauryenta In the Spanish civil war In tecrecy a year and a half ao. Kit y; Vttturlo Kmanuds, Crown Prince Umberto. Foreign Minister Count Clnno and cheering throng greeted the vrtfmna. Crowtli malted for hour alone the avenue marked out for ft parade twfnn the king and other dlfrnltarle. Blarkshlrt militiaman and worker's battalion turned out to march with the returning lelonnalrea, whoee prtwnce In flpnln went unmcntloned by hljrlj FViaclntJi lor many weeka arter thev had Joined in urgent forcea. ClutuM time forIiQ Lata to Claa mi Mm U 1J0 p. u. :i if i i i. n SALTM ARSH dirty, and lit only by a ling!, candle. Ottilie sat there propped against the wall, deathly pale, eyes closed, a crimson handker chief bound across her mouth. Shi was still wearing the dark blue Eajamas in which I had last seen or, but now they were torn and dusty, and her wrist and ankles were bbund with heavy rope. For an lntnnt I thought that she Wai dead, and a wild rush of fury seized me, so that I would nave torn me shutters apart to reach the wild beast who had done it. but Fleuriot seemed to sense my Impulse, for he caught my arm with a steely grip. At the same moment I saw her open her eyes suddenly and look at the man before her, and I knew that she was very much alive, for never have I seen such a look of defiant rage on any hu man face. Geiss was perched on an up turned packing-case staring at her in his turn, with his blank opaque eyes, while slowly, between his long fingers, he turned something flat and shining that I realized with an uncontrollable shudder to be a razor-sharp palette knife. It was a dreadful sight, made all the more ghastly bv the complete silence that enveloped it I saw the girl's eyes shift from his face to the knife and back to his face again, out she never blenched, and I took off my hat to her for the bravest creature I had ever known. And then suddenly Geiss spoke, and his voice seemed suddenly to break the spell that held us. Mf LUe For Yours' "yOU know," he said, "It was t I very clever idea of mine to bring you with me, for I do not think they will find us here for long time, and when they do. with this sharp blade across your throat they will think a long time before they shoot, and during that time I shall be able to make terms with them my life for yours." Fleuriot touched my shoulder softly. "It is timel" he whispered. "We must move quickly." But the words died on his lips and he sprang to his feet with something between a groan and a sob, for on that instant, from the night shad ows that ringed us, came the sound of a cracked, shrill voice raised in song. "Noah More was a funny chnu, for he lived until he died. . . . The man Inside the room heard It too, and like a flash he was on his feet glaring round him like a wild beast. With one swift spring he was beside the prostrate girl, slashing with his knife at the cords that bound her ankles. "They are here! he muttered. So soon thev are here!" and he dragged her, helpless, to her feet and thrust her 4n front or mm, facing the door in the opposit- wall. The sins ne voice had seemed to come from the othet side of the house, but as I waited, suddenly there came a pause, and next in stant it echoed again, startlingly near, from somewhere lust round the corner or the building. "And you'll hear no more of poor Noah More," it sang, "for poor Noah More's no more!" Geiss heard it too, for he swung I ....if,.. nninM tUm iHJn dragging the girl after him, and holding Tier once more against his breast the cruel blbde across her throat. I leaped to my feet thrust my fingers between the slit in the heavy shutters, and pulled with all my strength. "Be quick!" 1 heard Fleuriot'i anxious voice behind me. As I tugged and strained, my head seemed bursting, and I could feel the muscles In my back crack ing under the effort; but suddenly the shutters gave, with a rending crack of breaking wood, and as they swung open I saw Geiss standing motionless, a bare two yards away from me, peering out over the girl's shoulder with eyes fhat looked blind and yet were filled with a dreadful expectancy. "Youl" he said, and gave a sud den shrill cackle. "It is always you but this time, I think, I have the better of it Her life against mine, my young friend! I go free and you take ber back to our poor Hugo is It a bargain?" I hesitated, my gaze fixed, shud dering, on the thin, sharp steel that lay across Oltilie's golden throat. Fleuriot had vanished, and I guessed that he was afraid the sight of him might startle the crea ture inside into hasty action. F.verything, I thought hopelessly, hung on me and on the next words I spoke and then, as I waited, tongue-tied, I knew that I was wrong and that everything hung on something very different, for the door behind Geiss was slowly opening, and as I looked, I saw Hugo's face, hard and dangerous, peer cautiously round It. Hugo leaped forward, hurling the whole weight of his hundred and ninety-six pounds full on the other's back, while at the same time one sinewy hand caught at the wrist that held the knife. Ottilie. suddenly freed, stag gered sideways, as th two wres tling bodies crashed together to the floor. A sudden wind blew the candle out and left the room in darkness. (CupyripM. fll. Jfo SnlrmartM Conelurird tomorrow. Loans On Prunes Due In Few Days AAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 i,p n. F. Baker, (trneral manager of the Prune Credit Corp., aald today he eipected release of the federal , 74 ft. 000 loan to the pntne Indiiatry In a few daya. The Iran waa arranged through the Commodity Credit Corp. aotne time ago, to finance at ore Re of the big 1936 crop and prevent the glut of the market. Aa aoon aa a few remaining de tail are clearrd, linker aald. the Prune Credit Corp. will begin re oelvlmt prunet from grower and making loan on the deltrered fn.lt. (tuna Mttlrn. PALEM, Oct. 91. Ai s&nveral gun were atolen in a burglary of a Mon mouth hardware a tore laat night. Sheriff T. B Hooker of Polk county aald today. Cigarette and candy were atolen from the aupoly kept at the Oak Knoll olf court in Full cuuulf. JOSEPHINE REGISTRY SHOWS GAIN OF 475 GRANTS PASS, Oct. 21. (JP) Josephine county registration In creased 476 Totem since the 1930 S 'MATTER PCtt ' Bv C M PAYNE I 7f ffl J Klr VAvtfVB 60EVR6l)ND AWroUHD F06M LWtil KNEES BEGIN WEPHEW CLR$PlK6 HIM tf6rl1iY flolMP WINDPIPE C 1 "HHS 7 , "g ""Ms wee windpipe 5t he can breathe, he- trees himsei and suggests iheV stop, nephews fr ( AtTE. JJ ff S -Dura I Ol - MEvCm&R)K6H!Hri6HfR AMSHM)Titt FOR OKlLV REPLY BE1W6 1b SHOUfGiDpVAP" AND PUI Ly lP " Cf t RESUMES WEARY TlOP AROUND ROOM, NEPHEW ALWt,E)CHAUSrEP,5UMP5 NEPHEW V '. A TfSwiLttl ly 3 e2( -K -& '(Wti fiJlNSMTEMPTSfoSEtHIMPOWN.BVaUltH- INto 1tAR5 OWSIN6 HIS MOTHER fO HAKE CRACKS jhuffigren lljl tlOr' cil about 6rown men ?layinsroo6HlVuiiihchiureu 4 "ifr-Jrf V t (Copyright, "M, T The Bell ByndiciU, Inc.) H I . " TAILSPIN TOMMY Is that a Threat? By HAL FORREST . i " lCii -C-' 1 THINK EVEROME HEBE 'ANO SO I AM THATiS GBEAT! 'EXCUSE ME.V OFCOURSBl BUT ' PjS I O V VILI- asoee with Authorized by the A 1 k no tommy please, brims him bock vell, smith, wou VI V I ,s...v ...mr.w-:ESV YOU, COLONEL! J WAR DEPARTMENT ff WILL BE GLAOL WHILE I SO I HERE) rVSi GOT (WON.. BUT YOU fitt Mj V f 13 M.-'-?m'- yp y to ask you TOJwA(!-5sr-3r y f and tell, something' to , haven1!- beat us FTM jf- i1 Vc-7 BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER-Meeting g$$gr I NOT INTERESTEDLY i fl WHY, YEAH-TI Sgge I NAME VOUR PRICE, I 111. SURE I II J DR. KILEY! I'VE I SEE J T SEE IT fkl I rrT- Ti it- iis-M ir-tj I LJ vi 1 At- r I Kdlaw MOkAM I 10 vi 1 nc muNcrj ti ipmi ill U III 1 Vtri fftA, C" V THE NEBBS Well Now, What's WOU raFBE is the CAMOOS BLUE' 8D DIAMOMO RIVALED OUL.V IM BRILLIAWCE ESV TME 5UKJ rn5E.LF . -CMAJEO BY STEVE., RODV KJEBS 0 A?-? inVKRriCKMKNT 4 x ? i I' falfAfti s v ' .-f . ' 7i ?sA-7! ' f POT YOU COMPLAIN '-f!sJlt i MJf3 ( vouVe Simply oot) when i do. tmp r:wr t Ja to cor down on s remember how f I? Jm I THE FOOP BILLS, f ( YOU HATED THAT I I II s' J 1 71 BETTY. J MARGARINE election. County Clerk F. L. Coon's report released today showed. The 1038 total Is 8,727. , Republicans gained 153 for a total of 4,004. Democrats Increased 868 for a total of 8.Q28. Miscellaneous parties dropped from 341 to 107. Adjourned! It All Abont7 WOMElST.OBie, I'M MOT tflDOiKie TV4AT BROTWE.I?. OP VIIKJE. A. DliVMOMD COOLDNJT LIPT WiTW TWEEZERS NOU GOTTA , LJSE ICE TOJGS Radium Gift PORTLAND, Oct. 31. (AP) Trus tees of the Eleanor Feake estate an nounced a $1500 cash, gift to the university of Oregon medical school today for the purchase of radium to treat charity patients. WELL, CLOSE IT 1 SOFTLY... FROM THE OUTSIDE - OI2UT kinui JlPPEMijg; AMD ITS AS THE WEAVEKIS DAV AMD ME MO PLANA S AS AK4 11 11 II I I 7S.. ((Vrprrirt. 1KW, by Th B11 Irnilf . Im.) 1 "mo raw mm- - t- vim; 1 " 1 jOOO-pucingr pipes A margarine vnnid have to be miroeuhinly good to fool a food expert like Mrs. Fisher with more than 15 wan' experi ence. That's what Alkurtt did in an actual taste test! Timt and again this "Giiest-Qiiafity" Margarine has baffled food authorities. There's nidtnet that your family will enjoy this spread! And how Allsweet will help the food budget! Taste Allsweet on hot vegetables, toast, hot cakes. Use it in cooking, baking. Discover how you can sart money by using this pure, wholesome, all-American product! Get a pound of delicious Allsweet this very day at your food dealer V HORSEBACK RIDE I TUC Enni I 1 r&M uiut , ..... -. " " ' ' I HIS PILLS ANALYZED AND FINO OUT WHAT S IN X C r THEM I'LL DO ITl ) ' BLUE AS Osj A PRETTY SAWS ITVS GOT AS CLEAM ANJGEL'S DREAM S",PW Of" 053 to detect test with higher-priced ITS THE f ALLSweerA I BWKn bKKtHL) BETTY... Y "T. tu.tVdo. X 1 SAVES LOTS OP MONEY, 7 . , rv1fe LOOK HOW YOUVE CUT WILY?? I AND ALLSWEET IS SO ,tI f "WE F00" BILLS ) 1 ' DELICIOUS NOBODY EVER f !' JT- THIS MONTH. , , ' "LING THICK ON GUESSES VOURE , rJTZT?ffl!77'7-. HOwt V00 BREAD AND HOT economizing. rggi-J-i yjCi A PoiTf f& cakes-.-gaveme ) -rS, ' LITT CJli lZAJ . . J fHf I S MY BIGGEST Zr prro . (OopjrifOt, UH, by Th BU Brniittla, lac) gee, you sot F not K" " HARD-BOILED, H BEN, DR. 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