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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEPPORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. JUKE 25, 1940.
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By
HI O" HANSON
A VICIOUS KILLER WALKS A MID. WESTERN ARMY POST
IN THIS THRILLING SERIAL OF MYSTERY AND LOVE
A'
Chapter Oni
Morning Bids -
QUAIL, followed by
brood of little ones,
scurried across the
bridle path ahead
of us and disap
peared in a thicket of scrub
oak. Adam's black mare danced
and toued her graceful bead,
jingling her bit In a purely fem
inine flutter. Birdi were begin
ning to call brightly back and
forth anent the state of the Au
gust morning.
We were early enough to apy
en a dew-fpangled world that
was like a late reveler, caught
out bv davlieht In an hour's
time the landscape would have
changed Into green glngnam, ana
the air that waa now cool and
carbonated would have gone
warm and flat.
I glanced aidewaya at Adam,
his lung loose-jointed figure at
ease in the saddle aa nowhere
else, hia eyes and skin aa fresh
and cool aa the varnished DerfeC'
tion of hia khaki breeches and
shirt, and reflected with a certain
Inner amusement that almost
anything can be fun when you do
tt with someone you like.
I shifted alightly In the saddle
' ana ne lumea wun grin.
"Stilt?
"No. Just flattened. Like when
the butcher brings the side of his
cleaver down on a piece or ten'
derloin."
"You'll toughen. This la only
the third day.
I groaned. "I haven't used these
muscles since 1 gave up puuing
my foot in my mouth. Don't you
think I ought to sort of, well, rest
Up for a few days?
Worst thing in the world. Now
look. Miss Cornish, it you 11 per
mit me to call you by your last
name after only a year's ac
quaintance, I And that for a young
women you have qualities. You
laugh at my jokes, you bow to my
aiiurin ristf4nrt Mt Amaeinrl
"Oh. Major Drewl"
. "you don't talk all the time,
end in spite of that flaming
thatch you re not hard to look at
I might aay more except that I
don't want you to get ideas and
take the first plane to Hollywood
not at least until I get trans
ferred nearer the Coast than the
shores of Lake Michigan. How
ever "
"Ah! The sugar-coating melts.
OJ. Bnnrn.nU U Mill
' However, the Idea that any
young woman who isn't at home
on the back of a horse should take
up residence, even for two weeks,
en a cavalry post of the United
biates Army
"I knew it Next thing you'll
be saying that any nice cirl
would have known enough to go
home Instead of moving into
rooms at the club when the lady
who invited her got an unexpect
ed chance to drive to West Point
to see her son.
"Don't be silly. You know the
lady wouldn't have taken her
chance if you hf, said you were
going back to Chicago. Besides,
how could you go home when
you've loaned your apartment to
mat penniless pair of honeymoon
ersT And if Colonel and Mrs.
Pennant approve your staying at
me ciuo.you may oe sure no one
else will disapprove. They would
have invited you there except
that Jeffs fiancee Is coming."
Dlsiylng Moment
"VOU comfort me. Then It's
only my preference for forms
of locomotion other than the
equine that you decry. Well, Dob
bin and I will try to remedy that
We're getting along all right for
the moment If you could see
your way clear to walk the five
miles out and back "
"Only the first and last miles.
s !
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Adam was telling the sumac bush to come out of there and drop whatever it had in
its hands.
bin the roan, normally a placid 1 close to him because of another
he said firmly, but his dazzling
blue eyes, between their brush of
short white lashes, were friendly
and approving.
"What a man of principle! I've
always thought" I added pensive
ly, "that people who rise with the
sun are a little touched in the
head."
"That's because you belong to
the International order of aour-puss-before-Breakfast."
"How do you know that?" I de
manded. "You have no secrets from me,"
he said darkly. "Right new your
stomach feels like an old tin can
that'a been run over by a ten-ton
.truck. You're miles up on the
highest hor. and the hardest
saddle ever devised by man or
nature, the muscles ol your thighs
have ague and toothache. But in
spite of these sundry slight dis
comfort you can t keep the cor
ners of your mouth down."
Our eyes caught for a dizzying
moment; then the mare, true to
her sex. chose that moment to
discover a scrap of paper a atone's
throw away and bolt for her life
down the bridle path. They had
disappeared around a curve be
fore old Dobbin the roan awoke
to our situation and started in
pursuit at an unalarmed, lumber
ing trot
This was the crisis I had been
dreading. I sawed at the reins,
knowing In advance that It was
no use. Dobin was a gregarious
brute. He intended to rejoin his
companion; and whether or not I
cared to come along was a matter
of complete indifference to him.
But not to me. The instinct of
self-preservation la as old aa life
itself.
It speaks well for the power of
mind over mere matter that I was
able during those crucial seconds
to recall a few of Adam'a Datient
directions and. in clumsy despera
tion, to put tne tneory into prac
tice; for suddenly everything
clicked and we swept trium
phantly around the curve.
Adam had checked the mare
and was waiting. I called to him
jubilantly as we passed.
Look. Adam! Hrs trotting and
my teeth aren t falling out or
anything. I'm posting!"
uood work! he said heartily.
And, being a man of principle,
had to add, "Watch your elbows."
it was at this moment that Dob-
animal, lost aight of the fact that
he was responsible for a dumb
female who didn't know how to
ride, and gave way to nerves.
If you've ever had a horse shy
with you when you were posting
to the trot you know that it can
be unsettling both mentally and
physically. I had a little trouble
deciding which was the proper
siue on wnicn imormauy 10 ois
mount and while I waa hesitat
ing Adam rode up beside me and
offered his arm in courtly fashion,
and I was not backward about ac
cepting it It was a good arm and
its steel muscles did not relax un
til Dobbin and I had reached a
better understanding and decided
to rest a bit after our juggling act.
"What a time to start truckin',"
I commented bitterly and, if it
must be admitted, with some
shortness of breath. I might have
said more I had every intention
of saying more but Adam's atti
tude silenced me. He was looking
away from me toward the bush
from which the roan had shied.
And suddenly his hand was on the
roan's checkrein.
Plump. Little Man
VET down," he said in a low.
J imperative voice. "On the
ground stay behind your horse."
He was a one for changing his
mind. A minute ago he had gone
to some trouble to keep me on
that horse. But when I tried to
point out the inconsistency he cut
me short
"Quickly!" he ordered.
There was enough of the lash
of authority in the last word to
send me tobogganing down the
steep side of the roan. But as the
ground stung my feet I turned
and stared across the saddle.
Adam's big service automatic
was no longer in its holster. It
was pointing at the sumac bush,
and lie was telling the sumac bush
to come out of there and to drop
whatever It had in its hands. He
waa telling it that he would count
five; and he was beginning to
count
I counted also, under my
breath, because I knew when he
got to fire something was going
to nanpen ana 1 wanted to be pre
pared. Dobbin the roan was being
very patient and well behaved for
tne moment which was a verv
good tiling, for I had to stand
bush that was pushing against
my back. As soon as I thought of
that bush I got a little uneasy,
and at the count of three I looked
over my shoulder and investi
gated it; but it seemed to be only
a bush. So I edged back into it a
little, because if the big roan had
shied once, without any apparent
reason, what would he do when
that gun went off?
But at the count of four Adam's
bush began to come to life. Its
leaves and branches were agi
tated aa if by a stiff breeze, a
voice made sounds of orotest and
a face rose into vi A face
which normally must .iave been
like that of a sober baby. A
round, pink and white face with
a snub nose and aerious eyes. A
face that was having rather a
time trying to express, all in one
tableau, terror, despair and an
guished refusal.
"Out" said Adam crisply. "And
drop what you're holding.
The solemn eyes dwelt on the
barrel of the automatic. A groan
escaped the tortured mouth.
"Fine," said Adam, and a fren
zied form leaped clear of the su
mac bush. No not quite clear. It
bore with it shrubbery; a great
sheaf of branches hugged to its
midsection like a playfully mod
est Pan.
He was a plump little man; his
pink and white skin, which nor
mally would have done credit to
any schoolgirl, looked as if he had
rolled in a brier patch. The source
of his distress was plain to see.
He wore no clothes.
Adam was still telling him to
drop what he had in his hands. I
looked my surprise. I had never
expected Adam of lacking tact
"Drop that stuff, you fool," he
was saying.
The little man's color bright
ened, if that were possible. Sweat
beaded his brow. He hugged
tighter the armful of branches.
"Sir, I'm the new chaplain," he
stammered. "I arrived late last
night I beg of you I'll explain
everything.
Adam said, " I m trying to help
you. If you know what's good for
vnu you'll rirnn that armful nf
foliage. It's Thus dii-ersiloba.
Poison oak to you.
Te be cenUnaea
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name of an uncounted person.
Salem Centennial Boosters
Here On Air Tour Leave
for K. F. Via Crater Lake
Gov. Charles A. Sprague
didn't hesitate a moment when
he was asked today to give a
good reason why the people of
Medford should leave this beau
tiful city to go to Salem to help
celebrate the capital city's 100th
birthday July 31 to August 4.
"Soldiers of Salem helped to
fight and win the Battle of Table
Rock and to attain the enduring
peace with the Indians that was
consummated in the Treaty of
Table Rock," the governor re
plied. As he spoke at Medford
municipal airport he pointed
eloquently to the nearby Table
Rock on whose shelf-like top the
very peace treaty he referred to
was signed those many years
ago.
"Ever since then," Governor
Sprague continued, "the Rogue
River valley has had peace."
Half Hour Visit
Thus did Governor Sprague
indicate that the people of the
Rogue valley could express their
appreciation of the Salem sol
diers' valor by attending the
Salem centennial in large num
bers. On an air tour of the state to
call attention to the centennial.
Governor Sprague and his party
paid Medford a half-hour visit
at the airport this morning. The
group arrived from Eugene and
left for Klamath Falls with a
flight over Crater lake Included
in the Itinerary.
With the governor were Earl
Snell, secretary of state, W. W
Chadwick, mayor of Salem, Irl
S. McSherry, manager of the
centennial commission, E. H
Bingenheimer, president bf the
Salem Chamber of Commerce,
Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, president
of Willamette university, Jerrold
Owen, publicity chairman, C. K
Logan of the Capital Journal and
Stephen C. Mergler. city editor
of the Statesman, Salem.
Greeted by Officials
the visiting delegation was
greeted by officials of the city,
county and Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce. A num
ber of private citizens also met
the visitors and the half hour
was spent in Informal discus
sion. Most of the travellers were
attired in fancy shirts to give
the centennial a pioneer western
atmosphere. A spirit of Jovially
prevailed during the visit here.
The group travelled in a ten-
passenger Boeing plane, donated
for the tour by United Air Lines.
Pilot was W. Thornberg. Miss
Mary Lewis was stewardess. A.
M. Nelson, travelling passenger
agent, was aboard as host.
The tour started this morning
from Salem and was to Include.
besides Eugene. Medford and
Klamath Falls, Bend. Pendleton
and Portland.
TO
FACE FORGERY CHARGE
Robert Horner, charged with
alleged Issuance of spurious
checks, was brought back from
San Luis Obispo, Cal., yester
day by Sheriff .Syd I. Brown,
and Is held In the county jail,
awaiting disposition of the
charges. Horner is alleged to
have issued eight spurious
checks in 1938. to which the
name of G. F. Horner and
George F. Horner were signed.
He was recently arrested in the
California city and held for
Jackson county authorities.
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In Art Exhibit At
Swem'g Gift Shop
A group of original etchings
of southern Oregon, northern
California and desert landscape
subjects by Melville T. Wire of
Ashland are being shown with
the Associated Artists' group of
prints at Swem's Gift Shop.
The etchings have the ap
proval of high artistic author
ity In Oregon and elsewhere.
In a personal letter to Mr. Wire,
Aline Kistier, foremost Ameri
can authority on prints, highly
praised his etching of "The De
serted Barn," on the old Cava
naugh place near Gold Hill.
Mr. Wire is a member of the
Oregon Society of Artists and
of the Oregon chapter of the
American Artists Professional
league.
The six prints now on exhi
bition at Swem's are: "The
Deserted Barn," on the old Cav
anaugh place; "Redwoods in a
Pasture," near Crescent City;
"Beached for Repairs," boats at j
Crescent City; "Back from the!
Beach," at Pebble Beach, Cres-.
cent City; "High Desert," and;
"Frederick Butte," the last two
made in eastern Oregon.
Weather
Northern California: Gener-'
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day, but cloudy or fog on coast
night afid morning; little change
in temperature; moderate north
west wind off coast. '
I the coming crop, and will do
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FOR PEAR CROP
In an order Issued yesterday i
in circuit court, Elmer T. Hull .
was named receiver of the pear
crop now growing on the Brook-!
hurst Orchards. Tne action was
taken following the hearing of
testimony in the ui; of the
Reter Fruit company against
Winston T. Doi-gherty and wife, 1
W. 'T. Dougherty. H. C. Foster.
M. O. Winkle, R. M. Cook and
D. M. Middlebusher. heard be
fore Circuit Judge Norton last ,
week. Appointment of a re
ceiver was sought, among other .
things. I
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