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PAOT! TTTN" MTDFOTtT) yr.KTT, TRTmrSTF,. MTDFOTm OTtECiO'N. RTXDAT, T)FrFrBF.Tf 11. IfWS THE ARMY POST MURDERS 'By Virginia Hanson' The Characters Katlierlne Cornish, mytelt, ufl- ftiiifl Elizabeth on a mld-uejlern Army post. Ellubelh. Colonel WrlohCj daughter. Adam Drew, a friend. Teiterdayi I Jlnd the bullet imbedded in a pillar. Chapter 10 In Official Charge FOR a moment I thought Mrs. x Flower had something to show me. But instead she began to chat ter again. "You know what keeps running through my head? It must be an old song, or something, about the shooting of Anne Carewe. Isn't that funny? But you know I'm kind of psychic that way. I seem to know things. But the oddest thing it keeps running through my mind. About how the lady who shot her and pinched her poke was the lady whose name was Lou. Where do you suppose I could get i thing like that, unless it was a sort of spiritual revelation? After what we were saying awhile ago, too " I felt dazed. "What do you mean?" "Oh, don't you know? Well, I forgot, you're not very well ac quainted here, are you? I mean, her name is Louella, of course, but nobody calls her that. It wouldn't fit, somehow. Everybody iust calls her Lou." "Who are you talking about?" I demanded. "Why, Lou Orpington, of course. Who else?" I caught sight of Adam entering the club and I felt like a giddy passenger when the merry-go-round pegins to slow up. Things began to look more sane, mv eaui- librium was restored. He came straight across to where we were standing, acknowledged Mrs. r lower s presence, said quick ly to me: "I'm questioning every one before they go home I'll taife you first," and stood aside to let me precede him. In the reading room, behind closed doors, he lowered his voice confidentially. "What I really wanted was to ask if you would take notes. Do you know shorthand?" "Enough to get by. But look, Adam . . ." and 1 launched into an account of Charlie's disappear ance. He stopped me midway. "I took him back to quarters and put him to bed. He'll keep for a while. But before you say any thing more I should warn you that I am in ofTicial charge of the in vestigation. One of the things I've been doing was to put a call through to Corps Area Headquar ters for instructions. You see. In the absence of Colonel Wright, Anne's father, Major Carewe, is in command. I am next in rank. "I broke the news to Major Ca rewe." He looked slightly sick at the memory, but continued evenly. "Naturally he's too broken up to take charge. So the honors are mine. . . . Now was there anything you wanted to tell me?" I relnted faithfully all that hod occurred since wo separated, ex cept for my disposal of Charlie's gun and my unwarranted intru sion into Elizabeth's affairs. He listened intently, his small bright eyes the intense blue of a Bunsen - burner flame between their short white lashes, while I repeated Mrs. Flower's maunder lnns about Lou Orpingto i. "It seemed quite clear that she wanted it in the record that Mrs. Orpington was alone on the ver anda at the time the shot was fired And this afternoon at the polo came she more than hinted that Barney has been seen around the Orpington quarters entirely too much, with Cnnt.iin Orpington away In camp. At least that was the way it sounded to me. She mav not have meant a thing bv It she says the most awful thines so in nocently that you wonder if she knows what it's all about." "I know. Amazing woman. Sometimes I think hoi wits are dim. Ottier times I'm not so sure. Her husbnnd nlavs a remarkably fine gamp of bridge, but half the time she doesn't hother to follow suit. Insists on playing too. Don't see how he puts up with it." Mistaken? "OH, and when you came In she ' was reciting some nonsense about a psychic hunch a song she said kept running through her head annul the lady whose name was Lou. ..." I repeated a. much as I could remember of it. Adam's strong white teeth showed for an instant in a grin. "The Shooting of Dan Mc Grew.' " he said. "That's like her." Then the grin faded. "The Shoot ing nf Anne Carewe." he said soft ly and stared at me with puzzled cyV'. , "you know, Kay. that's damn funny. . . . And the lariv that's known as Lou. She is keen to put it on Lou Orpington." OLD AGE INSURANCE EXTENSION WILL BE URGED BV COUNCIL WASHINGTON. Per. 10 - (AIM---Tl'.rt Of'S-i! sit-iirlty ndvivirv mum-H nil; tt-ci mm'Mitl to connresp and thp piTMtirtit tli'.s wrrk-en.l rarly rxtm non rf thf ftMlrr.il old ItwiruK m Ui nt Icml 3.600 000 more Pn.bi.it' they niwo wtU Advocate j :!n:ii!'? hiMr-.uK'o payment Jnn u : t IP to. l!:Strn J ol Jnmtnry 1, tins. 'Ilier-- liitonti nt were rtls'l. Ml by tntnniiPtt pethotn today lint lrfom th council m t i p-tmplrtf- pinna f r i i ' in : t :, ' r 1 t -.rliy pro tfuu. u.uiifc in , ic lltHittl lines. "You don't think she did It her self? Mrs. Flower, I mean." He did not answer at once. "She's got queer eyes. I suppose she might be crazy." Then he shrugged it away. "But what's the use of speculating? What we've got to do is find evidence." "Oh! That reminds me. I found the bullet." "The bullet? You mean the car tridge case the ejected shell," he corrected me kindly. "Where is it? Have you got it? Can you show me where it was?" "Not the shell, the bullet," I re peated patiently. "And it's just where I found it imbedded in one of those pillars that support the balcony." Adam rose to his full height and looked down at me with the most astonished expression I had ever seen on his bland face. "You must be mistaken. Or else it's been there for a long time." "But but it's in plain sight, and the wood it plowed through is bright, like freshly split kindling. Why must I be mistaken?" There was growing excitement in his eyes. He took one long step toward the door. Come and show me." he com manded. "I'm not doubting your word you know what you saw. But it's something I hadn't count ed on. You see, the bullet that shot Anne Carewe is still lodged in the wound. They were nrobine for it when I left the hospital." After looking at the hnllet Adam put me behind the heavy curtains of the stairway that led from the reading room to the bal cony, where I could see and hear without being seen. Enough light filtered down from above to illu minate the brief, inexpert notes 1 was taking. Adam allowed two couples to go home. Next came the Wheelers, mother and son. The mere words Mrs. Wheelei used were trivial, but the satisfied malice that was visible on her granite-hard, tight-mouthed face would have enraged a plaster saint. Adam grew laboriously po lite. Crude Innuendoes IT SEEMED this was no more than she had expected. A girl of such low principles as Anne Carewe one could only be grate ful for one's foresight in keeping clear of entanglements. It was clearly a mother's duty to protect an innocent boy this last with a triumphant side glance at her thirty-year-old son. My glance followed hers and lingered. I forgot to listen to her crude innuendoes, focusing instead sharply on the figure of the young man, trying to analyze the hun gry, bafilcd look on his narrow face. He was intensely excited: his agate-gray eyes were too bright, he was breathing too fast. "You understand, of course, Ma jor Drew, that we will be happy to help in any way possible." his mother was saying largely. "But, as you know, we keep ourselves to ourselves and are very careful never to be involved in the ugly intrigues that constantly occur ori a post. One knows, of course, pure ly from observation, that the young woman was justly disliked in more than one quarter. One is scarcely surprised." She paused to shrug her heefv shoulders and seemed to become aware for the first time that Adam was standing very still, staring past her right ear. with no expres sion whatever on his normally animated face. With something of an eitort she returned to the at tack. 'As I sav. mv son and I are among the few who ran be of no assistance to you. You will no doubt find many whose move ments will require investigation. He and I were together through out the entire evening. I can as sure you he was entirely without motive or opportunity for the shooting. And I must insist on tak ing him home. He is very high strung. This has been an ordeal." hhc came to a full stop, and Adam executed a stiff little how. It would have been funny, except for the fury in his eyes. "Oltite so." he observed polHlv. He maneuvered her to the door. where she balked. She had been saving something for this moment her parting shot. She produced it with a depreciating wave of thirls, jeweled hands. "1 hnve lust remembered nos- sihly of no value, but one never knows, does one? It must have been two or three weeks ago that 1 met Miss Larewe coming away from the colonel's quarters. She smiled and made some light re mark, hut one could see that she had been crying. . . ." What response she had expected of Adam I do not know. "One moment. Wheeler," he said Impassively. "I'd like von to an swer a question or two." For a moment I thought she was coming hack into the room, but Ailum did not seem aware of her intention. He closed the door quite firmly in her face. rCnpyrlpM. I.V1S. Virginia ffniisoit) Tomorrow! Questions and answers. No rec.iiimienriatlnna for ohuulnjjt the limit-line reserve system, tar net of much Republican erttlclum, ner In prospect. Nor was there any tUt lihood the recent months of political dtft-UAAlon f old ne prnM.Mu would bring nny official u creation for up ward revision o( p.ivments. Thu tbn council' program In cer tain to be under heavy firit in con- Rrew. Both Kepuhllcnns and advo I rates of btpijer pensions have nerved j notice ihey intend to put up a stiff jt rue vie for their own Idea, on pro i vt'linc for Amrrlon seed, I The council In expected to conv plete it wnrtt either Sstnrdav yr ' Sunday. After con s rem meet i j m- uary Mr. R.nvwvr'.t may rnd up A me,sac;e urKlmj adoption of the rec ommendations. WINDOW OLAha-w sell window tins and will replace oui crimen windows reaS'inabH I'howurtdie Cat net Works ...... ..... nosing titiu m loo ut to C.M illy Adi U l.Ju p ui. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof iddress the author, Inclosing aUmped envelop tor reply. Reg. U. S. Pat OS. QN'hRMll Cedartown (Ga.) caught 5 Forward PA$$ES AND IHTSRCtPfBO b OTHERS i IN TH $AMB GAME fa Rome, OcHl, CoA?o$m AT lf... BRINKS f 5 GALLONS Of WATER f DfW. One-Armed Pub Catcher Loss of his left arm did not deter Edward Barrett, star halfback of Odartown (Go.) high school, from Actively pursuing his football career at that school in i030. In the 1028 season Barrett proved his stellar qualities by scoring 33 touchdowns with the Cedartown var sity. He performed well In 1929, but early In 1930 Barrett lost his left arm. Yet he was back In lineup that fall. Strange as It seems. Barrett proved to be an exceptional pass rocelver F I LOS ANGELES. Dec. 10. (AP) A Jury was selected shortly before noon today to try Martin Snyder for at tempted murder and kidnaping In connection with the shooting of Myrl TAILSPIN TOMMY Heading iJ mi conscious, 3keeter bring; the amphibiam out of the pcweb. divs just in tine Rut the will to SLttP IS PULLING AT HIS BRAIN, WITH A THOUSAND INVISIBLE PINGEBi IN ANOTHER MIHUTB HC WILL 06 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, WHILE THE P1LOTLESS CRAI-T WILL CRASH INTO THE SEAI UOOENLY TWO HANDS U6HAB SKEETER'S SHOULDERS . . AND JERRY SHRILLS., no BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER nu WCHL GLAD TO IT'S ALL THE NEBBS Wo? FOX . V VWOUV.DMT VVOU'O MORE CARFFUL. fO0 TWE ACTUAL STEALING TlfySvA MOW WHAT "TO DO AlF VOU DlOKTT HAVE ( WHILE HIS WIFE KEPT VOU AT )l IYrS P 1 WITHOUT VOL) g-s SOMEOME TO DEPEMD' ("THE AVJCOMOM IMM DAMCIMG, v . y (--ttU AMD THIS BELL&OV, MATS, f RTTr- C jr T1 r" 1 WAS W(S rr I h-TT S mo) iii mMm? trimly CoM CONRfM? poputir tnusic composer. IZ-I0-3Q with hlfi one right arm. When Cedartown played Rome on October 31 he caught five forward passes and topped off his perform ance by intercepting six opponents' passes In the same garnet Traveling Flag As far North and South as man ha ever been, and a high In the stratosphere, and as deep in the ocean as oxplorers have penetrated thero hAve gone flags of the National Geographic Society. On May 9, 1926. a flag of the so Alderman, pianist of Ruth Etttng, accompanist of Snyder's blues-singing former wLfe. Immediately It was agreed to ad journ the trial until Monday, when It was expected. Snyder would find not only his former wife but his daughter by another marriage, Edith, fighting for his conviction. The Jury selected to try Snyder on the six felony counts was com posed of six men and six women. In the struggle to get a "fear proof" Jury, the defense exercised six of til ten peremptory challenges and the prosecution five. for a Crash! Can't Find 'Eml fm&fl&litjS.ll l ftH p. TMS WOgHT-SM-l NAVY flOTtft. AS THE ANGRV JIPPEM3 STRODE FROM THE FARMHOUSE, JASON SEEMED PARALYZED WITH ASTONISHMENT-THEN HE STUMBLED Tin TUP TCI CDunue- IN? THE 1 imu.1 nnj MLL UrSLl t WHEN I TOLD HIM I'D MADE TUIC nCAi iiflii n II tlC LL DC KNOW OFF - NM10HM- HfvS m C&RRISD To SoTH FtoLB- MP I.0WMT fblHfc EVER RESCHEP By MAN ciety was flown over the north pole by Admiral E. Byrd. On November 29, 1929, another flag was flown over the south pole by Admiral Byrd. A third flag was taken to an alti tude of 72,395 feet on November 11, 1935. during the stratosphere flight from North Dakota sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the army air corps. On August 15. 1934, a fourth so ciety flag was lowered to a depth of 3028 feet In the Atlantic ocean off Bermuda during the record dive of Dr. William Beebe and Otis Barton. Alderman was wounded In the ab domen In the presence of Miss Ettlng and Miss Snyder In the pianist's Hollywood Hills home last October 15. Snyder also is accused of kid naping and violation of the state gun laws. DR. A. J. LOEFFLER Physician and Surgeon 206 Fluhrer Bldg., Medford. Office hours: 10-12. 2-6. Tel. Office 606 Res. 1787. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. " - " a shower of Glass falls upon skeets, and his first reaction 13 that they have crashed into the sea! jBuT WITH THE 3MI I CKinb SOUND COME S A SUDOEfl RUSH OF AlR, WHCH SEEMS TO REVIVE HIM. .THEN TO HIS EARS COMES THE SCREAMING PLEA OF JERRY VSAY THE DOC A1NT WELL. TELL HIM n 0ASON JONES CALLED FROM FARM, WILL YOU 7 IT'S IMPORTANT TELL HIM- SUBURBAN HEIGHTS FRfD PERLEV 60f PREffV WORKED UP WHEW 0M ACCOJNf OF VISITIKG RELATIVES HE PUT HIS CAR iiO ERNIE" PLOMER'S DOUBLE SRRR6E FOR Tv)E NISHT.AMD NEtf M0RN1K6, Wllfl SOME IMPORTANT ODf-OF-ToWhl CAlIS To MAKE.DISCOVEftEP THAT ERNIE HAD TAKEN AM TRA1VJ To TOWN, WlTri TrtE KEV (Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) tfL-Q MATTEB POt 3 T?ow't L et ! n (A If I j """ " L6VEL. OFF I ' WeLe OriMA -a- . .. Zj LEVEL OPF CRASH j U S0SH, I'VE BEEN ALL OVER E 1 GOOD HEAVENS! 1 "sse THE PLACE AN' THERE'S gC THEY'RE GONE I NARY A SIGN 0' BEN OR JpT HERE'S A NOTE I fe gBRjARy us-jygj s2JJj1!Sjj ..BHBSBSaSBSSHiSSSSSSSaSHBMMMSllSM fM J? ' g ' " 'VPS. IT WM MATH 1AIU(M THEY PASSED THE "Dl AMOKlD' TO ...HE HID IT I M THEIR CAR. AMD THOSE TWO CROOKS VMHO LEFT WITHOUT PAVIM THEIR HOTVl Rill I 5T0LE THE GLASS DlAMOMD UUT OF THfc. CAR. a. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 7 Bv 0 M PAVNE By HAL FORRES" By EDWIN ALO! ' Bv SOt. HES" snrr A3 A MATTER OF FACT. WE UAT CVCTtL. TO THE RIGHT OF US, WU 1U THE LEFT OF US WFll ttlP POOLED 'EM. Viktsi NU Wh.LI ALWAYS , rrr it- . a
