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MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1939.
by Frances
YESTERDAY i Tuck and Bunny
go through th woods to the log
on which Duncan and Bunny
were tilting when they taw the
creeping man. A gray ihell hair
pin is lyinj there Mre. Devoe's.
Chapter 43
Death Walk The Night
T ATER on that afternoon, the
heat and low-hanging clouds
resolved themselves into rain,
which fell at first gently, then
gathered force and became a ven
lohlB deluee. Bv eleven o'clock at
night there were pools of water
landing on tne roaas ana pains,
and tne wind was loaning me irec
tops and branches fiercely.
Two verv uncomfortable police
officers stood among the trees at
the back of the Forresters' garden,
their hat brims turned down to
shed the water, their raincoats
dripping.
"It's a filthy night," Hall growled.
"If I was this murdherln' divil
that's abroad," Donovan said un
der his breath, "I'd choose this
night for me dirty work. Ye can
scarcely see yer hand afore yer
face.
"That wind makes a hell of a
row.
"It does that. Do ye hear the wee
dog, Hall? The new pup Forrester
gave the kid last week? He's been
whlnin' fer the last half hour.
I'm wonderin" if there's anythin'
wrong now over at the Deanes .
I'm wonderin' why the kid doesn't
take him into his sleepin' tent
there and keep mm quiet.
"The kid's not sleeping out to'
nlBht surelv!"
Donovan laughed under his
breath. "He Is that. He gets no ram
thorn In the lee nf the house. He s
a bold lad, that." He buttoned his
coat tighter to nis mroat. i Kue
rM hnttpr hp lpnvin' again, he said.
"It won't do to be away from the
front of the house long, ye never
can tell." He started off cautiouslv
toward the shadow of Miss Lissey s
hedee, then turned and came Dae.
"D'ye thing one of us better have
a look at the kid, now?" he asked.
"Ye'll remember . . . there's been
no owls hootln in tne darn lonigni,
Hall?"
"It's too wet. But go If you like
Til slide around to the front of the
house, while you keep your eye
peeled here at the back.
They separated, Donovan mov
ing noiselessly along the path to
ward me lUHIies Uttnv (are. "on
going toward Miss Lissey's hedge
again. It nao oeen agreea upun
that they would not risk their dis
closure by crossing the open
stretches of the garden, although
there was little fear of disclosure
on such a night as this.
Hall made his circle of the hedge,
went in at the Forresters' front
gate, tried their front door softly;
went on around to the sun porch,
and tried that. Locked. The win
dows on the ground floor were shut
tight, and he peered up at the sec
ond story; none open tonight. The
kitchen door was locked too, and
he encountered nothing, heard
nothing to make him suspicious.
The little doz at the Deanes' was
whining louder now he caught
the sounds between gusts of wind.
He reached the function of
the paths again, at the back of
the garden, glanced over toward
Deanes', and caught the flash of
Donovan's light inside the tent.
Instantly he strode down the path
and into the garden; He lifted the
flap of the tent.
Donovan was bending over the
pallet In the corner, his arm under
the shoulders of the boy who lay
there. He looked up as Hall en
tered. "Get his father quick, Hall,
and a doctor," he said bitterly. "It's
got the lad now. He's barely livln'."
'Gasl
HALL did not stop for questions,
but obeyed Instantly. He rang
the Deane door-bell furiously,
rattled nt the door, and banged on
it. In a few minutes a light flashed
on and through the glass he saw
Mr. Deane, his bathrobe caught up
hastily, coming hurriedly down
the stairs.
The door opened. "What "
Mr. Deane began.
"Phone your doctor quick," Hall
commanded. "Your boy's been
hurt."
Mr. Deane scuttled to the tele
phone without another word.
Hall ran back to the little tent,
and was immediately followed by
Mrs. Deane, her hair in two braids,
her nightgown soaked through
Instantly. Donovan was attempt
ing to force whiskey from his
emergency flask between the boy's
teth, and not succeeding.
Mrs. Deane stared at Gordon.
"What's happened?" she whis
pered. "My boy hurt?"
"We'll have to get him Inside,"
Donovan snid gently. "If you'll go
ahead and show me his bed,
ma'am. He's had a sad blow on his
head, but he's still living, the Lord
be praised."
They got the boy Inside, and into
bed before the doctor came; it was
not until then that either man was
able to leave. The whole proceed
ing had not taken more than (If teen
minutes, but Hall fairly ran back
to the Forrester house with Don
ovan at his heels.
Donovan was cold with rage.
"I'd break avery bone in his body
wid me own two hands, if I could
ft him!" he muttered to himself.
"The the "
"What's worrying me," said
Hall, is, has anything happened
here while we were away, Don
Miss Rule Named
Music Instructor
At Normal School
Southern Oregon College of
Education, Ashland, Dec. 26.
(Spl.) Miss Elizabeth Sophia
Rule, of Springfield, Illinois,
has been secured to handle the
music position formerly held by
Miss Lucie Landcn, who has
been granted a year's leave of
absence, according to Dr. Walter
Rcdford, president of the col'
lege. Miss Rule holds a harmony
diploma and a violin certificate
Shelley Wees
ovan? Try the doors and windows,
eh?"
They met at the front of the
house. "As far as I can see there's
not a thing wrong," Hall said. "But,
by the Lord Harry, we don't dare
take any chances. I'm going to get
them up."
He stepped to the door and
pressed the door-bell. They heard
:t ring in the interior of the house.
Silence. He pressed it again, a long
loud peal. Nothing stirred.
"Put your shoulder to that door,
Donovan," Hall said suddenly.
"We're going in."
The two men lunged against the
door together. It was strong. Hall
pressed the door-bell again and
again as they threw themselves at
the heavy barrier, but there was
still no evidence of life within.
"I don't like this," Donovan
gasped. "Come on now, here goes!
It's crackin' man."
One panel went in with a smash.
Donovan reached in and turned
the key. They stepped into the
little hall and Hall groped for his
flash-light.
It was Donovan who reached out
and opened the door into the living
room, and almost immediately put
his arm out to hold the other man
back. "For the love of God, don't
strike a match," he swore. "It's
gas."
"Gasl"
It poured out through the door
in a flood.
"The windows, quick!"
They ran around the house
smashing the glass with their
clubs, and came again to the open
door. Donovan whipped off his wet
hat, and held i. before his face.
Hall followed suit.
"It's the first turn to the left,"
Hall said, and they dashed up the
stairs,
'Are They Dead?'
AT the top, Hall jerked open the
bedroom doors while Donovan
raced for the door to the sleeping
porch, unlocked it, and flung it
open. A welcome gust of wind
came in and blew through to the
windows in the west bedroom that
Hall opened. Each man gulped at
the fresh air, and then turned
again to the work in hand.
Michael and Tuck, from the beds
In that west room, were carried
down first, carried down and laid
on the wet grass in the rain, while
the men went back. "There's a girl
I don't know where she sleeps
and a maid," Hall said, and it was
the work of but a few moments to
find them and carry them out.
"Are they dead? Donovan de
manded. "I don't know. They're not mov
ing. The doctor's still here, thank
the Lord."
They were not dead, although
another few minutes would have
been too much for Tuck. The
Deane's house was turned into a
hospital that r.ight, with Mr. Deane
running about in bewilderment
and Mrs. Deane hanging distract
edly over her son, whose head was
now swathed in bandages.
Charlotte Jean revived first, and
Bunny next. Michael was very
sick, but he recovered quickly.
He listened to Hall's tale, lying
back on his pillow, without a
word, until he heard of the attack
on Gordon. Then he swung his
feet around to the floor, his head
in his hands.
"We've got to do something
quick," he muttered. "Gordon! It's
madness, it's insanity."
"It's too big for us," Donovan
said ashamedly. "You were all near
done tor tonight, Mr. rorrester.
It's a devil we're up against, that's
what It Is."
It was not until morning that
they discovered how it had been
done. In the gray dawn Donovan
covered his face again, and went
down to the basement, to discover
the gas In the furnace turned full
on. But he could not stay to in
vestigate then; he turned it off, and
went back outside while It cleared
out of 4he house. But later they
discovered that the pipe leading
from the furnace to the chimney
had been disconnected, and so the
gas, turned on but not lit, went up
the heat pipes and so all through
the house. And thev found, also.
a long heavy cord tied to the fur
nace lever, tne gas control lever;
a cord which went up across the
furnace, lay along the top of a pipe,
and had the end dangling just
below one of the basement win
dows. Hall examined It closely. "That
end was on the other side of the
window last night," he said. "See?
There's this little corner of glass
broken out. He had it ready in ad
vance, and the string through all
he had to do was sneak In here for
a second and pull it."
"But when did he make all these
preparations?" Michael demanded.
Hall shook his head. "How long
since you had that furnace lit?"
"We've never had it lit since w
came."
"There you are, then. It might
have been fixed like this for
weeks."
"No. I wos down here about a
week after we moved in looking
for some beads my wife dropped.
It wasn't there then."
"Jt wouldn't take a man mors
than five minutes."
Michael turned awav. "It might
have been done at that Sunday
party " he said wearily. "The day
Miss Lissey was murdered."
He went directly to the tele
phone and called his father. "Have
them issue a warrant for Duncan
Murchison's arrest, will you, dad?"
he said. "We can't take' any mora
chances."
Continued Monde,
from Millikan Conservatory.
She was awarded a Uachclor of
Music degree from Illinois Wcs-
Icyan and earned her Muster of
Music degree from Northwest
ern University.
Miss Rule will have chaw
of -Instrumental music in the
college and act as conductor of
the college orchestra. She will
also conduct violin clnsscs and
supervise music in the Lincoln
Training School.
Closing time for T'io Late to ClM.
!fy Adi Is 1 .30 p m
Use Mill Ttlbune want ad.
On the
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until the close comes at 6 a. m.
January 1, 1940, on the Pacific
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MBC, the Orange bowl on
WABC-CBS and the Sugar bowl
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Tonight: Europe, WABC-CBS
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tor further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Reg. U. S. Pat Oft.
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QUEEN OF THE SEAS
When in 1530 a girl was born Jo the famous Irish O'Malley elan of sea rovers, her
father. Dubhara O'Malley, chieftain of Umhaill Uachtrach Ui Mhaille, decided that she too
would follow the sea. Consequenty. Grace took an active part in the Elizabethan wars, com
manding a considerable fleet which made many forays against British shipping and coast
settlements.
In 1577 Grace was captured by the Earl of Desmond and held captive for a time: later
she went on with her naval expeditions. Innumerable legends, few substantiated, have
sprung up about her. She did, however, die in poverty.
Tomorrow: Canada's Part in the Civil Warl
Bishop Arrives
Portland, Dec. 26. (IP)
Riehnn Titus Lowe of the Meth
odist church's Minneapolis jur
isdiction, flew here yesterday
to officiate at the wedding of
his daughter Jane and Howard
Emmett Nealond, Portland.
Eighth Transfusion
Hollywood, Dec. 26. VP)
Diving champion Georgia Cole
man, ill of a liver complaint,
received her eighth blood trans
fusion in recent weeks last
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condition.
Freighter Disabled
San Francisco, Dec. 26. VP)
The Dutch freighter Sala-
watin, helpless with engines out
of commission, proceeded slow
ly toward San Francisco today
in tow of the coast guard cutter
Shawnee.
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