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
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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
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