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MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1939.
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by Frances Shelley Wees
. LSTERDAY; Thev open the
but iiulead ol diamond, find
psbblaf wrapped in paper, and
lo letters. Tuck diicooeri that
lArre art two klndi o paper,
bond ami newsprint. Sft dividei
the scraps into tiro piles.
Chapter 19
The Sundial
V 1ICHAEL tapped his right tem
" pie meditatively and fingered
the papers. Tuck put her hand
aver her eyes ad concentrated.
The District Attorney was listen
ing, his hand shading his eyes.
Michael picked up the larger
pile of papers and counted them
absently. "Eighteen," he muttered.
"Eighteen," Tuck echoed under
her breath.
The District Attorney bent for
ward suddenly and looked at Bun
ny. "It's a cool night," he told her.
"Strange how cool it gets of an
evening."
Tuck looked at him. She gasped.
"You've got it!" she said. Michael
raised his eyebrows. "Eighteen!"
ihe cried. "Eighteen, and there are
thirty all together. That leaves
twelve, Michael!"
"I have been led to believe so,"
he said gravely. "And ?"
Her eyes were shining. 'The
words fairly ring In my ears . . .
twelve of them, on a fine chain.
Don't you see, Michael? It is the
diamonds!
Michael looked down at the peb
bles incredulously. They ,ay all
together in a little heap on the
table, tie picKea one up, ana lin
gered it. "Damn!" he said fervent-
y,'Damn, Michael?" Bunny in
quired politely.
"We shouldn't have mixed them
Maybe the child's right. Maybe
twelve of them do mean something
. . . although they're certainly all
rocks together."
"Why are they wrapped up? I
don't get It.
"To keep 'em all nice and warm,
like the letters." he said soberly.
"Don't be a fool. Could he have
written a letter on the paper that
wrapped these pebbles, then torn
It all up into little bits nice timy
"What for?"
"How do I know?"
"There's no writing on the pa
per." "Those pencil marks. Maybe It s
ene word, in big thin letters. Torn
up. All the marks I found were on
the smooth paper. It means some
thing." "I think they kept the pebbles
to count the days by," Tuck said
moodily. "One for each day of the
,3ionth. If they sent each other five
pebbles it meant they would meet
on the fifth."
"Tut tut," said Michael. "Come
on with your pencil marks, Bun
ny. Her mind's wandering."
"Do you know," Bunny said sud
denly, looking up from the paper
in her hand, those lines go right
along the edge. If the paper were
torn exactly straight they wouldn't
how at all."
Michael stared at her. "Torn
along the mark, eh? Well, then
" '"Well then," Tuck repeated in
I choked little voice, "we can fit
them back together again the way
he tore them. Because if he tore
them on lines he must have meant
H
t .
John Forrester had left his
chair again, and stood at the desk.
He looked down at the twelve bits
of bond paper, pushed into a heap
by Michael's long restless fingers.
"It's a picture puzzle," he said
llowly.
"I never was good at puzzles,"
Michael said.
The puzzle was not easy to solve,
but time and patience did it at last.
On some of the papers pencilings
were not to be found even after
the most careful scrutiny; the con
equence was that no one knew
which side of those pieces should
go uppermost, and as all of the
its seemed to be of much the same
shape, roughly trianxular, for a
time it seemed as if they were
getting nowhere. But Tuck started
them on the right track when she
pushed to one side four pieces
which were less triangular and
more oblong than the others.
Shiny and Dull
"IT'S some sort of pattern," she
1 said absorbedlv. "Not just torn
any old way." She fingered the
four papers she had pushed aside.
She put them in a row next each
other, but they did not fit. She tried
making a jcniare with them one
t each side, but thev were not
wide r-nnuqh. Then, systematically,
she pirked up each of the other
eight pieces and fitted it. first one
side up and then the other, to
each of Ihe oblongs, until she
round where it belonged. That was
the correct procedure; and in a
short time the fitted pattern lay
uri'ire inrm.
The four obloncs. it seemert
radiated at right angles from a
common center, and between each
pair two lorn trianslM P'teH nm.
ly. The outer circmr.fi-rtr.ee of the
pattern was t rounded square and
the center was round lioie.
Turn !teii et ::. Hur.nv tapped
ibsentiy on th tub'.e-tup. Michael
pulled his ear.
There something about it that
looks wt of fainil
he mut
tered t M:ne'.. "Hal I'm hanged
If 1 gel ii Do you, ited? Mean any
thing to you?1'
TO
Sacramento, Dec. 1. i -T A
.S.I.'t'.WjfV cunt met for the con
.'. 'tutinn of 4.1 miles of new
.i.hvay and a concrete viaduct
I'l l King between Bass hill
; i.l YLrien s iinniil in Shasta
.int. was awarded today to
C;.-rifeM, Farrar & Carlin of
San Franrisco.
The pio.'ect is the first unit
in wc Mate's share of the re
alignment of the Pacific high
fciuuiid ShutU dam. Bids
John Forrester grunted unin
telligently. "Pebbles." Tuck murmured.
"Pebbles. Patterns."
"Is there any way," Bunny
asked suddenly, "of knowing
which pebbles were wrapped in
those pieces of paper, even if we
have mixed them; are they all just
alike or not?"
Michael looked at her approv
ingly and pushed the heap of peb
bles into a long row.
"TJjey aren't quite all alike,"
Tuck said dubiously. "Are they?
It seems to me some of them aren't
quite as shiny as the rest."
"Isn't it the way the light strikes
them, Tuck?"
"I don't know. Can you see it?"
"I don't think I can, not quite."
"I believe I can," Bunny said.
"That third one looks a littie mud
dy. Is that what you mean, Tuck?
Those on either side of it are black
and shiny."
"That's what I mean. Now . . .
Bunny, you watch and tell me if
I'm right. I'm going to move out
of line all the ones that look black
and shiny." She put her finger out
and went down the line slowly,
carefully, pushing here and there
a pebble out of line.
"There they are," she said, when
she had finished.
"You've got sixteen black ones,
and fourteen dull ones, Tuck,"
Bunny counted.
"Try it again," Michael said
with a queer note of excitement.
Tuck went down the line again.
"Here's one I'm not sure of," she
murmured. "It might be either."
She picked it up and scrutinized it
closely. "I believe it's a black one,
though."
She went on; and when the ex
periment was over, they had
eighteen black and shining peb
bles in one heap and twelve, a lit
tle duller in the other.
"Those are the pebbles that came
out of these pieces, then," Michael
said. "Now, what the devil gosh,
this is getting exciting."
Bunny shut her eyes tightly, and
leaned back in her chair. Tuck
wandered around the room, head
bent, in deep abstraction. Gordon
Deane's dog, next door, set up a
furious barking. Tuck stepped out
on the sun porch, and peered anx
iously about for Agamemnon.
The garden, white in the moon
light, lay before her.
The Pattern
SUDDENLY she called Michael
in a strange voice. "Look," she
said. "There it is! There it is, Mi
chael! Bunny!"
"What, tuck? wnere is ltr
"The pattern don't you see?
The pattern I I knew it was fa
miliar.
I don t see anything but the
sundial, Tuck ... is that the pat
tern? '
"No, don't be so stupid. That's
the hole! That's the thing that he
left out, the sundiall Those long
oblongs are the four paths, and
the triangles are the flower beds!"
Michael straightened up sudden
ly. "She's right, by George!"
"And he left out the sundial,"
Tuck said to herself. "He left out
the sundial."
"It made one piece too many.
Tuck."
"Umhm." She stared out at It,
white under the moonlight. "It's
very pretty," she said. "It's too bad
he left it out." Her eyes danced
suddenly, and she turned or. them.
Dont you see? she cried.
"Can't you guess?"
"I admit I can't." Michael shook
his head.
"Nor I, Tuck."
"That sundial . . . it's carved
out of something, sandstone or
something, I suppose. And around
the bottom is a row of round
stones; and around the top,
just at the edge of the face,
is another row of round stones . . .
only they're littler. Pebbles." She
ran Indoors and sized one of the
little dulled pebbles, to rub it
with a moistened finger.
"Whitewash," she said succinct
ly. "He couldn't wash all of It off."
Michael whooped suddenly. "If
you aren't the brightest girl!" he
said happily. "That's where they
are!"
"The diamonds, Michael?" asked
Bunny.
"I suppose It must be."
"Hadn't we better wait until
it's darker, Michael?"
"No."
"In a moment all four were
grouped about the sundial, staring
down at its calm face excitedly.
Tuck touched the row of pebbles
around the outside. "They are ex
actly the same size," she told
them.
"There are a hundred and forty
four of them," Michael murmured
after a moment. "I suppose that's
what gave the old bov hit idea.
It'll probably be every twelfth
pebble."
"But where do we start? Mi
chael. I think I should iust col
lapse if this turned out to be a
mistake! I couldn't bear it."
Michael touched a pebble slow
ly. "1 think this is the first one,
right at the top of the sundial,
he decided. He shook it with his
fingers; it was firm, although some
of the whitewash came off in his
hand. He took out his penknife and
thrust it underneath, and the peb
ble came out of its'setting easily.
Michael cut at it with his knife.
"Might." he said "That's no peb
ble. It's a lump of wax and here's
I the first diamond, mv dears.
I Continued Monday
for the division's second job
the building of a bridge across
the Sacramento river near Ant
lor, will be opened December 6
Yamhill to Abolish
j Unsafe Poor Farm
I Mi'Minnville, Dec. 1. i.-D
The Yamhill county poor farm,
criticized by the grand jury
' as "unsafe," will bo abolished
! January 1, the county budget
committee decided yesterday.
The committee transferred the
farm's 1040 appropriation to
the relief fund after it had been
Informed the majority of in
mates would be eligible for old
age assistant-? niul other forms
of public assistance.
On the
RADIO CHAINS
STATIONS
IVhere to Find Them on the DlaJ:
Hex. Portland. 1180: bil. wo.
Las Angeles; KGA. 1410, Spukant;
KUO. 7!lu. San rranclKo; Kutt
SiU. Portland: KJK, a 70. Seattle;
KNX, 1(15(1, Los Anrelea; KOA, HSU.
Denver: KOI.N. 840. Portland:
HOMO. 9i. Seattle: KPO, 030. Ban
frnnrlhco; KSL, 1180. Halt Lake.
Friday.
6:00 Frunk and Archie. KEX,
KJR; Mdofly Time, KPO; Don' nor
get, KUW, KFI. '
6:30 Etchings In ! Braaa. KOO,
KJR; KHsey'a Orch., KOW, KFI.
6:00 Plantation Party, KOO.
KEX, KJR; Wnltr. Time, KPO, KFI,
KOW; Prot. Quiz. KNX, KBI,. K UN.
8:30 First Nlgliter, KNX. ::HL,
KOIN; JessePa Vurlety Prognim,
KPO, KFI, KOW; Whoa In Town To
night. KOO: News. KJR.
7:00 Drama. KNX, , KOIN, KSL;
Lombardo'a Orch., KPO, KFI, KOW;
Boxing Bouts, KOO, KJR.
7:30 Behind he Headlines, KOW;
Young Man With a Band. KNX.
KSL; Boxing Bouts, KOO, KJR; Big
Town, KPO.
8:00 Fred Waring, KPO, KFI,
KOW; Amos and Andy, KNX. KOIN,
KSL: Buckaroos. KOO, KEX. KJR.
8:15 I Love a Mystery. KPO. KFI.
KOW; Lum and Abner, KNX, KOIN,
KSL.
BEDTIME STORY
11-17
PROMISES 1b REPP A
SfoRV 1b JiMOR Af BED
-TIME m BBIrfe CHKRILY
TRIES To SKIP, BUT JUNIOR,
WHO KNOWS THE STORVBV
HEART, CHECKS UP AND
MAKES Hlrl SO BACK AND
READ EACH OMISSION
TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Gets a Degrea
fob. me, ; I
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BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Tha
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8 :30 Miller's Orch.. KEX: Death
Vatley Days, KPO, KOW, KFI; John
ny Preaenta, KNX, KOIN, KSL; Aloha
Land. KOO.
8.00 Austin's Orch., KEX, KJR;
Nobel'i Orch., KPO; Kate smith.
KNX, KOIN.
8 :30 Muslcale, KOO, KEX: Uni
versity Explorer, KPO, KFI; News.
KJR.
10:00 Martin's Orch.. KOO, KJR,
KEX; News Reporter KPO. KFI,
KOW; Paul Sullivan. KNX, KSL;
News, KOIN.
10:30 Madrtguera Orch.. KPO,
KOW, KFI; McDonald's Orch., KOO,
KJR: Owens Orch.. KSL.
11:00 Nottlnxhams Orch.. KPO;
Orava Orch., KSL, KOIN: Thla Mov
ing World. KEX, KJR; News, KOO,
KNX, KOW.
Saturday
8:00 Fifth Quarter, KNX; Miller's
Orch., KOW; Organist. KOO; Master
Sings, KPO: News, KFI.
8:30 Drama. KPO, KFI. KOW;
Klng'a Orch., KNX, KOIN. KSL; QuUs
Program. KOO, KJR, KEX.
8:00 Aurandt'a Orch., KOIN: Obol
era Plays, KPO, KFI, KOW; Beyond
Reasonable Doubt, KOO, KJR, KEX.
8:30 Maurice's Music. KOO: Music
and American Youth, KPO, KOW;
Newa. KJR.
8:46 Saturday Night Serenade,
KNX, KSL, KOIN; This Moving
World, KOO.
7:00 Ooodman'a Orch., KPO, KPT,
KOW. -
7:30 Sports Huddle. KOIN. KNX:
Wbafa My Name, KPO. KFI, KOW.
8:00 Barn Dance, KPO, KFI,
WiSHfS HE HADN'T StlKftD
50 loNbAONE.AnfeRA
WHILE PAUSES IK THE HOPf
JlMOR H DROPPED OFF
VOICE FROM BED REPORTS
BRIGHTLY THAT HE ISH'f
A5LEEP. 60E5 0KI
AFTER A L0N6 WHILE,
STOPS, PEERS CL0SE1.V
AND DECID5Ti)E80V
15 ASLEEP AT LAST
CLOSES BOOK SOFTLY,
INCH BV INCH EASES HIM
SELF OUT OF CHAIR AND
TIPTOES ACROSS ROOM
(RMeuwd by Tb Br-11 PyndtmH-, tnM
YES . TOMMY' Wt'Rr
GOING TO OPEN UP
AIR. COLLEGE
AT THREE POINT
Fun' Begins!
THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION1.
STEPLOCK IS ON THE PLATFORM
THE CROWD IS TREMENDOUS,
BUT MOST OF THE FOLKS ARE
WAITING TO HEAR BALLINGER
STEPLOCK, ALREADY 15 MINUTES
BEVOND HIS TIME, DRONES ON...
AND, AW DEAR
FRIENDS, ELECTIONS
ARE NOT WON Br
EMPTY PROMISES
ft
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KOW; Symphony Orch., KEX. KJR;
Lelghton Orch.. KOIN, KNX.
8:30 Oang Buateri. KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Courtney's Orch.. KOO.
9:00 Olaen'a Orch.. KPO; Hit Pa
rade, KNX, KSL. KOIN; Drama, KOO,
KEX, KJR. KFI.
9 :30 Ravazza's Orch.. KOO, KEX;
Saunder'a Orch., KPO, KFI, KOW;
News. KJR.
10:00 Madrlguera'a Orch.. KOW;
Foster's Orch., KOO. KJR. KEX;
Concert Hall, KPO, KOIN. KFI, KNX.
10:30 Noble's Orch.. KOO. KJR:
Oray's Orch., KOIN, KNX: Martin's
Orch.. KPO, KOJV.
11 :00 Nottingham's Orch.. KPO,
KFI; Owen's Orch.. KOIN, KSL; Or
ganist, KEX; News, KOO, KOW,
KNX.
Lovely Weather
Proving Costly
Portland, Dec. 1. (P) C. P.
Osborne, general superintend
ent of the Portland General
Electric company, has a hard
time replying in the affirma
tive when people remark, "Isn't
this lovely weather we're hav
ing?" Lack of rain costs Vie com
pany between $3000 and $4000
daily to generate power by
steam. Streams near Portland
are so low it is virtually im
possible to produce power from
them, he said.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m.
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
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MORE PA6ES THESE ARE,
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BUT KISS HIM
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A PLILFS ) GOVERNMENT WANTS AUTHORITY WILL RATE THEM )( WHERE OUR. SCHOOL OP M TOMMY TO
SCHOOL ? J TO TRAIN THOUSANDS NATURALLY, THE COLL606S y f DO I QUICKLY AND G'T Mvou CHi(?
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PHONY HEROISM r GOINS I WHERE MY BUNCH KJKtef BEGlNNIN' TO AND WE'RE I ''-'' ?'
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Klamath Falls, Dec. 1. VP)
-Fire of uncertain origin roar
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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-frig BlooDHoUND
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CRIPPLED SKEETER
From six months in bed with an infected foot, Clayion "Red" Boardman, 12, of Augusta.
G., traveled to Tulsa, Okla.. in September, 1938, lo retain his national sub-junior skeet title by
breaking 95 out of 100 targets. Boardman this year also won the Georgia state junior skeet
championship, ihe 16-yard junior trap title of Georgia and the southeastern junior skeet and
trap crown.
BLOODHOUND CONVICTIONS
So accrurate is ihe scent of the bloodhound that It It the only dog whose identification
So accurate is the scent ourts of law. Four bloodhounds in the kennels of Captain V.
G. Mllikin, Kentucky, have more than 1,000 convictions to their credit. Strange as it seems,
"bloodhound", has no allusion lo their man-hunting abilities, but is a contraction of "blooded
hound."
TOMORROW: Napoleon's Paradoxl
T1
IS THAT SO? HE WAS
IN THIS hotel COOKING
-
up his power pills
BEFORE 1 KNEW IT-
iM clUST HUMORING
HIM TO oET HIM
OUT
ed through the store of Kay
Sugarman, pioneer Klamath
clothing merchant last night,
doing damage' variously esti
mated in excess of $20,000 to
stocks on hand for Christmas.
A n unexplained explosion
jarred the two-story building
shortly after the fire started,
hurling window glass across the
WmPRoWWIISoN-PRESIDENf
Of PRINCETON
UNWERSrtV
t.rt). i.tt iT
wnw wfTP nw g
A CLERGYMAN
INVALIDED
WITH AM INFECTED Foot
6d(oUXof BED To RETAIN Hl5
MTlONM. U8JUNt0RSKffl 'TlTlE
tcoRimqs out of ioo -
HUMORING HIM f GOING
TO KILLVOUR5ELP UOINGf
IT f" HE GOES OUT OF
HERE WITH EVERYTHING
Ht'i toUl INLLUUIMV3
HIM5ELF CH 1 QjU- NOW
TAKE VOUR PICKS
And pick
quick ;
street. The alarm was turned
in after the store was locked
for the night.
Fireman Scotty Robinson was
slightly injured by broken glass.
Radium is enormously expen
sive because it takes 14,000 tons
of ore to produce one ounce,
worth srUO.UOu.
FOR & MoHTHZ
By HAL FORREST
By SOL HESS
r WELL.SINCE I HAVESO
LITTLE CHOICE IN THE
MATTER. I'LL GET HIM OUT
AND KEEP NCU HERE..
1 lVt LIVED VsITH VOU 50
LONG NOW I PEAR iD
NE'ER BE WAPPY LIVING
1 C L-3, 4wuitiiKt.t1
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