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MEHFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON7. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1940.
Casual Slauoht
By VIRGINIA HANSON Cf-
YCSTEKUA. Kay arranget to
sleep with felicia, then aoet to
her old room to pack tor an early
departure. Jeff is there, holding
Sandra'e shorthand notebook
vhieh teas missing thai moraine.
He lays he it trying to find some
thing Sandra wrote and, put it in
talt place.
Chapter 38
The Vanishing Notebook
TJOW did you get here? I de
1 manded.
"Walked out." he whispered
back, grinning sardonically. "Sent
the sentry for a tray and the
darn fool left the door unlocked."
locked."
"Well, you're walking right
back in." I told him grimly. "Of
all the fool stunts! Climb out that
bedroom window on the side and
wait for me in Adam's car. Here's
the key to the garage celL And
keep an eye out for the sentry
long the back row."
He did not argue with me.
Maybe he thought if I knew as
much as Sandra I might be equal
ly dangerous. At any rate, he de
parted informally by the window,
and I had just started into the
bedroom to latch the screen after
bim when Felicia came in.
"Anything I can do?" she uked.
I pretended I was coming out
of the bedroom insteed of going
in.
"No, thanks. I've been sorting
my papers and just remembered
something I left at the Pennants,"
I said, inventing hastily. "I'd bet
ter go for it right now, before
they go to bed. I'll take Adam's
ear."
What if she should offer to go
with me? I held my breath, but
she didn't I opened the door and
held it for her, then I turned off
the light and went out, closing
the door behind me."
"Guess I'll get eut of this gir
dle," she said with a yawn. "I'll
Probably read for a while, but if
m asleep when you come In,
your bed is the one farthest from
the door. And for gosh sake
don't creep in quietly unless you
want me to wake up and scream
my head off!"
Jeff was sitting dutifully In the
ear. I backed it out and turned
it down the row toward the hos
pital. "For a girl, you've got guts,"
he observed presently. "How do
you know I'm not a murderer?"
"I don't know it. I hope for
Julia's sake you're not. But walk
ing out of the prison ward tonight
Isn't going to make matters look
any better for you."
"If Dan had put me In arrest
(n quarters I would have stayed
there," -he said resentfully. "I
guess he really thinks I killed
her. It's funny how few people
will keep on believing In you
when things look black. Sandra
certainly acted as if she thought
I killed Ivan. But if she did why
did she marry me?"
"Now you're asking something.
You said awhile ago that it wasn t
for love. There aren't many rea
sons for a woman marrying a
man she doesn't love, and you can
sum them up in one word gain."
"But what would she gain
through me? I haven't anything
but my pay, and she was pretty
well fixed financially. At least she
ought to hav been. Ynu don't
spend twenty thousand dollars in
a couple of years not without
having something to show for it."
Painful Subject
" JEFF! You don't suppose she
"Itambled it away on the mar-
"No. She doesn't know a stock
from a bond." .
"But did she ever tell you how
It was Invested, or how much in
come she has?"
"Not me. I wouldn't have lis
tened. I didn't want anvthing to
do with it. If my father wanted
her to have it "
He stopped, but not before bit
terness had crept into his voice
again.
I hesitated for a moment, but
something made me pursue the
painful subject.
"Julia tells me your father left
you a house in Memphis and your
great-grandfather's farm in the
Orarka."
"The Memphis house is so
heavily mortgaged even the bank
won't take it over. And the
Orark property mavbe vou don't
know it, but land up there isn't
worth the paper the deed is writ
ten on. I pay the taxt-s on it for
sentimental reasons. The old gen.
tleman loved it, and Julia and I
had fun there when we were
kids. There's another nice little
trait of Sandra's: she never even
saw the place, v,it she was plenty
ore when she fnund out that I've
willed it to Julia. You'd think
ahe'd be satisfied "
"Wait a minute." I said, my
breath coming a little uneven. I
slowed the car to a crawl. "Are
you sure that property is worth
less?" "No doubt about It nothing
but rocks and hills. Why?'"
"But is there anvthing Sandra
nuRiii ne gji noia oi mai vou
uiari i Know a railroad, or some
project like Bmilder Dam. or
oil Oh. I don't know snvthing
about real estate, but mightn't
there be some rrason for Sandra
to think it was valuable?"
"You don't dam a brook." he
ssid. He sounded grimly amused.
"Neither do you build railroads
where there's no place to go. And
British to Ferry
Planes Over Sea
Lot Angeles, Aug. 7. i.-Tl
Captains Donald C. T. Bennett
and Robert Humphrey Page of
the British royal air force are
here to complete rlans for fly
ing California-built warplanes
from Canada to England.
They said it would be neces
sary to install extra furl tanks
in some of the ships, which will
be "ferried'' across the Atlantic
by English and Canadian pilots
ers
there's no oil in those parla inn
I ever heard of. But as far as
Sandra is concerned, maybe
you've got something. That girl
was the most credulous fool I've
ever encountered. She could be
lieve anything. If she was any
kin to us I'd say she got it from
the old gentleman himself. He
swore until the day he died that
there was silver on the place. He
kept sending ssmples to be as
sayed and tearing up the reports
when they came "
His voice trailed off.
"And if Sandra had ever heard
that story she would hava be
lieved it?6 I asked tensely.
"She might, I suppose. Even
Father liked to toy with the idea,
though he knew better. He al
ways said he'd go back when he
was retired and spend a little
money proving to his own satis
faction that there was nothing
there. Maybe he talked to Sandra
at the last maybe he got to be
lieving it himself. Anyway, she
and I quarreled about it when
we were first engaged, and almost
as soon as she got here last week
she was at me again to change
my will. I didn't think even she
would be that cheap."
"Did you change it?"
"No. Why should I? Julia has
never known anything about it,
but I intend her to have the place
if anything happens to me. Then,
when Sandra practically accused
me of killing Ivan, I told her that
finished things, as far as I was
concerned. I'd married her, but I
didn't propose to pay any more
for her silence. She ran to you to
make it appear, I suppose, that
the breach was of her making.
And it was part of her spite to go
to the reception with a black eye.
Kay, I swear I didn't even know
she had it until right there on the
front walk when she took off that
scarf thing she was wearing.
'Just Bluffingr
"CHE was shut in the bedroom
J with a headache when I came
home at noon, and after duty she
was still in there. She had laid
my things out in the silting room,
so after dinner I dressed in there
and got out. I never had a good
look at her or I wouldn't hava let
her go a step.
"I felt like blacking the other
eye when I got her home. That
was when she told me it wouldn't
do me any good to kill her. After
she went off to your room I
looked through everything she
had, because I thought if she was
leaving anything written down in
those rooms that nosey hostess
or one of the orderlies would be
into it. But I didn't And anything.
That's why I thought about the
shorthand notebook. Only I can't
read shorthand, so I wasn't any
better off when I found it. Can
you? Do you know what was in
It?"
"Just some dictation I gave her.
That's all, as far as I know. I can
read it fairly well, if it's Gregg.
But I haven't looked at it I'll see
when I get back. But I think she
was just bluffing, don't you?"
"God knows. It doesn't pay to
take chances with people like
her."
The prison ward was on the
ground floor of the west wing. At
Jeff's suggestion, I parked by the
side entrance, got out and went
in.
The sentry was sitting in front
of the door to the ward, his face
as white as chalk. He jumped a
foot when I hissed at him and
came at me with his hand on the
butt of his automatic.
"You haven't reported Lleuten
ant Tack missing?" I whispered,
and I thought the man was going
to faint "It's all right, sentry,
he's out In the car. We were hop
Ing he could get back without
anyone knowing."
The enlisted man took his hand
off the gun and brought out a
handkerchief with which to mop
his brow. He became suddenly
garrulous, in a strained whisper.
"Listen, I just missed him, see?
I come back with that tray, and
the room was dark, and he had
rolled a blanket up on the bed, so
I think he's asleep, see? Then I
get to thinking about me leaving
that door unlocked, and about
two minutes ago I reaches In and
turns on the light. Lady. I'm in
the lieutenant's troop. I was go
ing to wait to report it until I
seen the Officer of the Guard
comin' down the hall. He's due
any time now. Lady, I sure am
glad you bning him back!''
I saw Jeff safely behind that
door, locked this time, then I
drove back to the club. It must be
nearly ten o'clock, and I still hsd
my packing to do, and that short
hand notebook to inspect.
The rejected manuscript was
on the seat beside me. I had found
myself still treasuring its ham
pering shape when I followed
Jeff out to the garage. I had clung
to it unconsciously, as I had to
my pocketbook, while all the
time my mind was on other
things.
I put the car in the garage, col
lected manuscript and pocket
book, locked tie garage, and
went back to my rooms. It did
not occur to me to be frightened
a second time. My mind was on
the shorthand notebook. I was
thinking ironically that I had
practically pledged mvself to
keep a secret that I had broad
cast a couple of hours ago.
But when I turned on the light
and went to look for it, the short
hand notebook was gone,
Te be centinord
Hop Sale Quota
184,662 Dales
Portland. Aug. 7. i.-Pl The
national hop control board esti
mated the Oregon, Washington
and California hop production
today at 35.000 pounds or ITS,
000 bales.
The board adopted a recom
mendution by the secretary of
agriculture to establish this
year's salable quantity under
the new federal marketlnff
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Grants Pass, Aug. 7. VP)
Four wera injured in the worst
of a aeries of automobile acci
dents Tuesday. Rosie L. Rector,
19, suffered a broken collar
bone and three others were less
severely hurt when Jay L. Rec
tor failed to signal a turn and
was struck from behind by
Hubert DevTolf, who hud no
license, state police charged in
Justice court.
One-armed William Gardella
of Oakland, Cal., took his hand
from the steering wheel to light
a cigarette on a Pacific high
way curve north of here and
clmbed unhurt with one pas
senger out of the resulting
wreck at the base of a tree.
D. H. Ferry of-Rotjue River
left the road to avoid a col
lision with another car, but
struck the rear ends of two
other machines. They were
dismantled vehicles in a wreck
ing yard.
Presidents James Monroe and
John Tyler both were buried at
Richmond, Va.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
8-81
FIASJ A WarfRISS WHO irTMEDUXTEW PS"
APPEARS IX ANOTHER fXRecflOtJ
tPf m RE6UIAR WAITRESS 4
RE601AS WAMKESS COMES AMD I06KS, SOS
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WIRE TAPPING VOTED
AS DEFENSE MEASURE
Washington. Aug. 7. (4
Legislation authorizing the jus
tice department to tap wires in
making investigations of sabot
age, treason, espionnge and se
ditious conspiracy was passed
today by the house and sent to
the senate.
The measure carried a clause
which asserted that information
riKtainAt hv u'ir.tannina rti 1 1 H
not be used except in the spe-
cified, named investigations.
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Winner of a national penmanship award, 14-year-old Edward Higgins was born without
arms. To overcome his handicap, Edward trained his toes to do iha work of fingers. He can
whittle, drive nails, remove bottle caps and, in fact, do almost anything you could name.
Last May Edward attained the highest honor in his graduating class, excelling in reading,
writing, arithmetic, history, geography. English, spelling and art.
Tomorrow: Horace Greeley's Surprise.
THREE GUARDSMEN DIE
AS TRUCK OVERTURNS
Alexandria, La., Aug. 7. HP)
Three National Guardsmen at
tached to Company I. medical
detachment, 142nd infantry of
Gainesville, Tex., were killed
early today in the overturning
of an army water truck.
The dead were: Private Ken
neth Simms, Corporal John L.
Arnett and Private Bill J. Goodman.
Card of Thanks.
We wUh to expretu our sincere ap
preciation for the kindness and sm
pathy and also te beautiful floral
offerings, durlryr our recent bereave
ment Clsrence Miller, Lloyd. Prank
and Jim Parker.
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Rangoon. Burma. Aug. 7. (T)
An official announcement to
day said traffic had been re
sumed over the Burma road to
j China for goods not prohibited
by the British-Japanese agree
ment closing the road to war
supplies for China.
The road had been closed en
tirely while control arrange,
ments were worked out.
Sicily, Italian possession near
est to Malta, is 60 miles distant.
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