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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940. by Franc! ShalUy Woes- Chapter 50 Happy Ending! TUCK put her hand out and patted his. "Never mind Mi chael," she aaid softly. "It was a new experience. I'll sell it to a movie company some day, and make all our fortunes." But her lips were dry again at that terrible memory, Michael's face was grim. He. didn't answer, Duncan broke the silence. "What about the hat?" he inquired. - Michael stirred and drew a deep breath. "That hat?" he repeated. "Oh, yes. I was forgetting. Well, that was a dead give-away. I don't know how Miss Lissey knew it was . there. I suspect that knowing Mc Bain was the man with the barrow, she went snooping as usual, bless ner poor old heart And she saw that hat at McBain's. I rather think he had carried it home with him that night from Murchison's, think ing it was his own, which he Frobably hadn't worn at all. think he saw Duncan go out that night, leaving only Marie and Dr. Murchison in the house: then, later, he saw her slip out to meet Uevoe. or course, he knew about that affair, although grobably not all the truth. But ordon informs me that they were in the habit of meeting late at night alter tne froiessor was In bed. McBain would have seen them, and wouid have known they were out of the way that night So he went into the study quietly and struck the fatal blow a harder blow than he intended. Your brother put his hand ud to his head dazedlv . . . reached out and grasped the paper lying on tne desk ana tore it a Diece of it fell into the drawer . . . the piece we found later with the pipe, tie caught Tuck s astonished fiance. "I found it. rather." he am ended. "I didn't show it to you. It had blood stains on It. "Michael," Bunny said crisply, "what about the time element? Miss Lissey said it was two o'clock In the morning when she saw that barrow on tne patnr "I know, I don't suppose the blow was struck so late. Possibly McBain left Murchison drugged, and lying in the shadow of the hedge until he dared take him to the boat. In the meantime he re moved all traces of the struggle from the study. Mrs. Murchison discovered nothing to warn her of tne truth." He frowned. I said that business about the hat was a dead give-away. What I meant was this. Nobody had been at the Mc Bain house that nicht, Mrs. McBain said, except Miss Lissey. Now, we Know mat miss Liissey nad Deen away from the campus all evening at a party down town. So that was an untruth. I am convinced that Mrs. McBain feared the truth. I think she mentioned the hat to him earlier, and he destroyed it. When 1 asHea lor it, and it was missing, she was sure. She has been in a state of collapse ever since, you Know. "I'm awfully sorry for her," Bunny murmured unhappily. Duncan stirred. "I'm sorry for ner too, no said. ane s a very line woman. My brother . . , that was one of the reasons he was going away , . , You see, he couldn't stand it . , . his own unhappiness and his quarrel witn ner husband and , you can see . . ." ho flushed. Michael made patterns on the tablecloth. "I see," he said quietly. "Michael," Bunny said for the tnira time, "1 want to know , . , Questions And Answers fF COURSE you do," he said v soothingly. "I realize that. But Just a minute . . . Duncan, you were threatening to kill Jarcd Ue voe, weren t you, II the woman you supposed to be your sister-in-law didn't give him up?" "Yes." "Exactly. Well, please don't Judge our police force or dad by the conduct of that inquest the other day. I suppose you realize that the thing was more or less railroaded? "I got It," Duncan said ruefully, "That's what was making me so angry." Sorry," Michael replied. "It couldn't be helped. We had to do it that way. By the way there's one thing more; what exactly did Miss Lissey say to you that Sunday af ternoon? She told us just a moment before she died that this thing would spoil your life for you; was sne laDoring under some mistaken Idea ... . Duncan flushed aealn. as he al ways did when any mention was made of the tangled domestic af fairs of his brother. "She said," he replied slowly, "tnat Uevoe and Mane were carrying on scandal ously. She knew l.iey'd been slio- ping out on Edgar for months, and she was determined that something must be done. She thought . . . well, you're right, she thought I was in love with Marie too. She'd heard me threatening to kill Devoe, you see, and she didn't think that was lust the way to no about it. She wanted Marie to be driven off the campus and if I didn't do it she was coins to, and she was con vlnced that such action would bring mo into a most unpleasant puDucuy ana cause me to be a is Prison Camp Cook Grilled In Murder Fort Towson, Okla., Jan. 3. (IP) A prison camp cook was arrested today for questioning concerning the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rogers and their 4 year old son. Dean, whose charred bodies were found In the ashes of their farm home Sunday night. County Attorney Norman Norton said the arrest followed discovery of footprints of two men near the burned home. Yul. Trtt Fir Spokane, Jan. 3. VP) Fire which started from, a candle near a Christmas tree caused $1,000 damage today in the cha pel of the House of the Good Shepherd here. charged here. That's what she meant. It would have been rotten if she'd been right . . . but I have al ways hated Mane, lie nnisnea tensely. "Thanks." said Michael. "That's the way I doped it out." "And now it's my turn," said Tuck firmly. "Michael, do you re member what you said to Bunny about Duncan, days and days ago? When vou told her that she mustn't even be decent to him? Not speak to him? What did you mean? Be cause obviously you have nothing against him now. Bunny under stood you the other night when you took her to see him, but I didn't" "Do you remember exactly what I said, Bunny?" Bunnv smiled. "Yes. You said If I knew as much about this case as you were absolutely sure of, I'd never speak to Duncan again." "That s it Don t you see, iuckT Duncan, you know, was doing a bit of sleuthing on his own. If Mc Bain thought we had joined forces, if Duncan were always hanging about here, he'd be in very grave danger. He was already in danger. That's why wo had him arrested when we saw how desperate Mc Bain was getting. He wasn't safe for a moment from our clever friend." "But why didn't you tell us? We could have pretended we didn't need to make him feel like a worm of the dust" "You couldn't have pretended," Michael leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose; "you have a very nice face but it's as open as a clock. Don't look so bitter. That's a com pliment And Bunny's no actress. Anyway you trusted McBain and he could see it That was a safe- guard. I'd have had to tell you to eware of him, and he'd have got it. Too big a risk. If I could keep you all hating each other it was much safer." Duncan looked across at Michael. "I haven't said 'Thank you' proper ly," he said quietly. "I don't seem to be able to. Perhaps Edgar will when ... he gets better. He's my only brother. You know how 1 feel." i Romance SOMETHING In his voice made Tuck bite her lip and swallow hard. Since that dreadful night the tears seemed very near the brim ming point. Duncan went on. "You know," he said more light ly, "I never could figure how you got untied and got at that ... at Mc Bain, just as you did. It sounded impossible to me. So last night I dropped a knife into my pocket got one of the boys to tie me to a ring in the gym and twisted about trying to get loose. It took a long time, but I did it. I was tied only with heavy cord. Those broad bands of bandage certainly must have been the very devil to cut." Michael's jaw tightened. "They were," he said grimly. "It took a million years and then my wrists were numb. I had to wait for the blood to get to them, standing there watching him, afraid he'd notice what I'd done. The binding about the ankles wasn't so bad, crouched there as I was; but the awful part was getting the knife out of my pocket without rattling coins , . . and getting the thing open with cramped fingers." "It sounds like part of a night mare," Bunny said with a shudder. Duncan drew a deep breath and straightened In his chair. He looked across at liunny, and the blue eyes held the gray ones for a long mo ment. "Oh, dear," Tuck sighed. "To think it has come to this. All the mystery dissipated as . , . what was it you said, Michael? As the dew fleeth before tho coming of the sun, and I said after, which is right There's nothing left but the love part, and that's so overdone nowadays." She propped her round elbows on the table and brushed the honey-colored curls out of her big brown eyes. She fell silent, musing. Agamemnon came Into the room majestically. He put his paws up on Michael's chair and his chin was duly tickled and his whiskers pulled. He got down and stalked over to Tuck. Charlotte Jean came in for the empty plates. As she put her hand down in front of Tuck the sun gleamed for an Instant on a great fiink pearl whose near-authentic uster almost put to shame the sparkle in her eyes as Tuck looked up. Tuck gasped. "Why, Charlotte Jean Soamesl Isn't that an engage ment ring?" "Yes'm, Mrs. Forrester," Char lotte Jean said with a fiery blush. "Ain't it beautiful?" "My sainted shoe buttons." Mi chael looked at the ring. "Higgins has wonderful taste. Congratula tions, Charlotte Jean. Best wishes and all that, but I hope you decide not to get married for twenty-five years." "On, Mr. Forrester, don't say that, sir. And it ain-t Higgins after all, sir." "Not Higgins?" Tuck said In be wilderment. "Then who . . , who on earth is it?" Charlotte Jean blushed again and straightened the silver. "1 owe it all to you," she said. "It's Dono van, Mrs. Forrester, ma'am. Mr. Hall was married." . THE ENtt Rescue 22 From Swedish Vessel Stockholm, Jan. 3.' IP) It was learned today that the Swedish steamer Lars Magnus Rozclll, 1,955 tons, sank off the east coast of England several days ago. Most of the 22 crewmen were saved by a Norwegian steamer. The fate of the rest was unde termined. German Crew Rescued Trondhclm, Norway, Jan. 3. (P) The Norwegian passen ger liner Queen Maud rescued the entire crew of 3(1 from the 8.000-ton German steamer Johann Schulte Inst night. The Johann Schulte lost her pro peller Monday and scut an SOS. On the RADIO CHAINS STATIONS Where to rind Them on the Dial: KF.X, Portland, 1180; KFI. 610, Los Ansrlri; KOA, 1470, Spokane; KOO, 100, 8an FrantlKo; KUW. 620, Portland; KJH, no, Beattle; KNX, 1050. Los Angeles; KOA, 830, Denver; KOIN, 010, Portland; KO.MO, 9J8,Hraillei KI'O, 630, Nan rranclaro; KM., 1180. Halt Lake. Wednesday 5:00 Prank and Archie. KJR; Sunset Shadows, KOO; Waring' Orch., KPO, KOW, KFI. 5:30 Kelsey's Orch, KPO; We Present, KOO. KJR. 6:00 Star Theater, KBL, KOIN. KNX; Radio Oulld, KOMO; Musical Soiree, KFI. KOW; Safety First, KPO. 6:30 Horse and Buggy Days, KOO; Hollywood Playhouse, KPO, KFI, KOW. 7:00 Miller's Orch.. KNX. KBI! KOIN; Kyser's Program, KPO. KOW, KFI; Shield's Orch., KOO, KJR, HEX. 7:30 Burns and Allen, KNX KOIN, KBL. 8:00 Warliw!,i Orch., KPO; John Amos nj Presents, KOO, KJR, KEX; And Andy, KNX, KOIN, KSL. 8:Ifl I Love a Mystery, KOW, KFI; Lum and Abner, KNX. KOIN. KPO, KSL. THE STAIRS TO BED 9IWM5 FoR BEP, SfOPPlMo OH 3fWR5 AS USUAL 1bW-EM FOR StttK6uPAUfUEL0ri6ER ASSURES MOTHER, WhO HAS ASKP ABoUT HI5 PTO4RESS, fritf HE IS OM HIS WAV, AMD TRIES 1b EWftlCAte XS fHA'C HAS SLIPPEP frtWHtefl RAIUN6 (Rwleanad by Tha Hell grMlcMe, InO TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy THE NEBBS $300,000 Worth VvELL.vwUAT ARE 1 WOUR PLANS, FOR .eve. r THATT J TH, BABYtaffiffiftirilE HERE.. IN TH& f PRICTION EXISTS BETWEEN 3 I THW'S WHY WeWbEF'OR.E NE AN TOM 5 GOT SOUTH PACIFIC I THESE NATIONS THAT MAV MUST WORK M WA R. TO F-LY OVER. TH -PHpjiP IS AN ISLAND, S LEAD TQ 5ER10US FAST TO SUPPLY Yl BREAKS OCEAN TO ELVANIAA 'fCZT; TEN TIMES THE, J COMPLICATIONS.' r LVANIA X OUUH H-"STWHEESJlwt&P SIZE OF HAWAII.' lF? BORA ARIA HAS ) MILITARY SHIPS CHIEF' ELVANIA, ANYWAY.P'Kr DIVIDED BY TWO iy V BEEN IMPORTING S BEFORE : 3f NI.w JCTVH MS nations t'-T-yym I planes, prom. Vi i rirT-i ir jl ll jl BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER "M'Gosh, How the Money Rolls Inl" By EDWIN ALGER mnnfU IT ZxJlMW2" JW DONAN OFTHE l-,iV0U DEAUH" ,N PEANUTS Tu7un A WMAT?) 2 "T 7 L WHO?j tAHO SEA OIL OR REAL JACK, MISTER?" flf 3!Let J SUSHER? A HUNDRED V V' COMPANY- JIM WELL. ..TO MAKE A IONS SAWCKOVEftSl f BV TWO HUNDRED? I CRANE PUTS ME W STOW SHORT, I SELL THB 1 l WELL, I SASHAY UP TO I WISE TO HIM AN' ) LOT AH' HE PARTS WITH J " TFH 8:30 Sketch. KNX, KSL, KOIN: Quiz Program, KOO. KJR. KEX; Avalon Time, KPO, KFI, KGW. 8:00 Al Pearce. KNX, KSL. KOIN: Fred Allen. KPO, KOW. KFI; Be yond Reasonable Doubt, KOO, KEX, KJR. 6:30 Noble's Orch., KOO, KEX; News, KJR. 10:00 Martin's Orch.. KOO, KEX; News; KNX, KSL; News Reporter. KPO. KFI. KOW; News. KOIN. 10:30 Heldt'a Orch., KOO, KJR, KEX; Ravazza's Orch., KPO, KFI. KOW. 11:00 Cray's Orch.. KOIN, . KSL; Nottingham's Orch., KPO, KFI; This Moving World, KEX, KJR; News, KOO. KOW. Thursday. 5:00 Rhythm Factory. KPO, KOW; Frank and Archie, KJR; Aurandt's Orch.. KOIN. 6:30 Strings at Sundown. KGO, KEX. KJR; Army Band. KPO, K '.W. 6:00 Major Bowes. KEX. KOIN. KSL; Oood News of 1040. KPO. KFI. KOW. 6:30 Town Meeting, KOO, KEX, KJR. 7:00 Workshop, KOIN; Music HaU, KPO, KFI. 7:30 JSporU Huddle, KNX. KOIN: Wyman, KOO; News, KSL. 8:00 Fred Waring, KPO, KOW. KFI: Morgan's Orch.. KEX: Aloha Land, KOO; Amos and Andy. KNX, KSL, KOIN. 8:15 Duchln'a Orch., KNX: Mor gan's Orch., KOO; I Love a Mystery. KPO, KOW. KFI. 8:30 Symphony Hour, KPO, KOW, TEUS HIMSELF Irlftf AteAWr1 TJIDN'f 6ftV MOW HE WAS 1b 60 UP, AMP 1fclE5 CRAWLING UPOH HANDS AMD KrJEfc BACKWARDS fiCfS J.E6 Ol)f AND "fplES 1b TDLL HIMSELF REST" OF WWr" AL0N6 eAWl&f , BUT" FlHCB HIMSELF &m PdWK IK51EAP OF UP, AHP LAKPS IN A HEAP ftf FoW OF SfAlf?S Knows the Answerl of Blues IN FANNY, 1 GOT ANW A KFI; Ask-It-Baaket. KNX. KOIN KSL; Radio Oulld. KOO. 9:00 Strange As It Seems, KNX, KSL, KOIN; Sketch, KOO, KEX, ; KJR. . 8:S0 Tboae We Lore, KPO, KFI. KOW; Owen's Orch., KSL; Auld's Orch.. KOW; Heldt's Orch.. KOO: Operetta Series, KNX, KOIN: News, KJR. 10:00 News Reporter, KPO, KFI; Foster's Orch., KOO, News, KSL. KOIN, KNX; KOIN. 10:15 Noble's Orch.. KOW; cert Hall, KPO; Deutach's KOIN. 10:30 Ravazz&'s Orch., KPO, KFI; Nottingham's Orch., KEX; Ted Flo-Rlto, KSL, KNX. tl:00 Martin's Orch., KPO, This Moving World, KEX, Oray's Orch., KSL, KOIN; KGO, KNX. KOW. KOW, KJR; News, Con Orch.. KOW, KOO, KOIN, KFI: KJR; News, Radio Highlights By Associated Press - (Pacific Standard Time) New York, Jan. 3. The Dies committee investigation of un- American activities and wheth er it should be continued will be discussed at this week'i America's Town Meeting on WJZ-NBC at 6:30 p.m. tomor row. In a half-hour broadcast, just By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 6oe5 back To roof or sfAws ANP WORKS HIS WWr UP AL0N6 RMUtte WlfriOOf-foUCHIrte TbOKO SfrWS HEARS FAIrlER WMBUHS IN TO ACfiOHj AW WASTES NO MORE TiME UllCUAfiS "V PRESENT STATE OF MIWO I DON'T THINK. I'D BETTER INDULGE IN NEW NEARS EVE WHOOPIEJT MIGHT ARTIFICIALLY STIMULATE. MY PEELINGS FOR. THE WHILE BUT 1. ORE AO PACING THE NEW YEAR, WITH NOT CNLV--sr BUT SUFPER- jnC BODY, announced for WEAF-NBC at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow "A Century of American Journalism," a drama, will be presented in the 100th anniversary celebration of the Memphis (Tenn.) Commerc ial Appeal. Tonight: Europe WABC CBS 5:55, 8; MBS 6, 6:15; WEAF-NBC-East 8. W ABC-CBS 7:15 Leo Press STRANGE For further proof address mi HORN 81ACK &HCt 1H6 bTH CBNTURi" fOR PClNolftKcN AS wives ey TH CRUf A0IN6 KNIfiHfe Of JoHM 9 Tsm. In, U L PmL OR All rtffcli rwjrri 3F'i J frundbtJ New ' BtWKM'ckMj, as ' i IN ROCK" C3ved 'k nature 2-f South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania CENTURIES OF MOURNING Sole relic of the old native costume of Malta is the strange black headdress, known as the "Faldetta," still worn today by Maltese women as a tokon of their sham for being taken as wives by the Knights of St. John during the Crusades. DETOUR TOWN Because citizens of Dallas, N, C were afraid that railroad whistles might keep them awake at night, they sacrificed the chance of becoming a leading industrial town. When railroad surveys were being made, Dallas was a large city. But the town fathers voted against the "nuisance" of a railroad, so the line was detoured three miles south to a hamlet known as Gastonia. Today Gastonia is the largest combed yarn center in the world and Dallas is a hamletl Tomorrow: Soldier of For luno. "F yOU THINK BECAUSE Ut- XJUK r-UULISKMC33 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME IN DRY DOCK NEW YEAR'S EVE NOlAE GOT ONE MORE. GUESS COM1MG yr- man on "Legislative Program of CIO." Thursday: Europe NBC 5 A.M.; WABC-CBS 5 a.m., 3:30 p.m. Tom Cat Is Hero Portland, Jan. 3. (P) A huge torn cat, "Trapper," holds a position of honor at Mrs. Lela R. Simpkins' home. A neighbor AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. S. Pat Oft j x m a m m wt, , mum m IF -OU KNEW MY WHOLE 1 errORY PEOUXPS YOU NOULDNT I BLAME MF SO MUCH - OFFERED 9300,000 FOR THE J-TV investigated the cat's frantic pawing at a window and dis covered a forgotten electric iron had started a fire. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 3. (JP) Two sailors were asphyxi ated and 24 others overcome to day by fumes aboard the freighter American Robin at the Lehigh Valley railroad docks. KEPT BftliftS, N.C,noh BECOMING AN iMPofffoNT MlHI&WN CmzeNS COMPLAINED Cf Trie tioitt, 4oTrif RAI U?oAd WAS routed 3 $oUW WHERE AToWN oF 2&,poo J5PRANO HP By HAL FORREST By SOL HES? I WAS 300,000 II 1 I DOLLARS ..J
