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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 11. 1940
Casual Slauaht
'By VIRGINIA HANSON -Cf-
MAY: Kay flndt tht
.j tgain and deciphert
Sandra' message "Kay, Read
Lover' m Return." Asurng her
self that the apartment it empty
the tart t to read the: manu
. tcript. Then, through a mirror,
the teet that the doorknob if
turning.
Chapter 41
Time Stands Still
had lorgotttn to latch that
bedroom screen!
My senses came back to me. I
reached a wildly trembling hand
to the light bulb of the lamp op.
the table and turned it until
darkness fell like a heavy curtain.
Then I slid out of my chair and
down on all fours under the table.
The chair teetered for an instant
a I released my weight from it,
then it crashed heavily to the
floor.
I heard the door flung open
against it, the clatter of metal on
the polished floor and the muffled
thud of a falling body a thud
made sickening and horrifying by
the lack of any vocal accompani
ment of grunts or curses. Only
that silent, moving presence
quietly disentangling itself from
the fallen chair and preparing to
stalk me.
If I could reach the corridor
' door 1
I began to crawl toward It,
hoping my seme of direction
would not fail me. praying that
my shaking arms and legs would
support me, fighting a stupefying
terror at the knowledge that I
was shut in with bandras mur
derer. Silence now. I might have been
lone in the room. I held my
Dream for fear it would betray
me and my heartbeats ahook my
whole body. Then, almost simul
taneously, there were two sounds
the faint creak of a board in
the corridor, and the scratching of
maicn wnnin tne room.
Not two yards from me a imall
flame licked the darkness, show
ing me a white hand and a face
that was black and blank except
for two malevolent eyes. It was
then that I lost all control and
creamed.
The flame described an arc In
the air and went out. In the same
Instant steel hands were at my
throat in a lunging attack that
threw me violently backward, and
my head was being beaten with
dogged, diabolic intent against
the hard, bare floor.
I heard the doorknob rattle and
the drive of a body against the
locked door. Then a bomb ex
ploded in my head and I heard
nothing more.
Back To Stay
I WENT places for a while. The
screaming wind between the
worlds caught me up and whirled
me past Mars, past the flaming
outer planets, and there aban
doned me to the long plunge back
to earth. Time stood still while
I dove through space until I
brought up quivering, with day
light striking me like a flying an
vil between the eyes.
An involuntary groan ahattered
tny skull into a thousand pieces,
then I felt hands on my shoulders
forcing me back and down, and I
found that I still had a little fight
left in me.
"Hold it!" said a startled, fa
miliar voice. My shoulders were
pinned down, my arms pinioned.
The shooting pains began to sub
side. Gradually it came to me that
there was a pillow under my tor
tured head, and that the voice
was telling me that I was all
right.
I opened my eves a wary slit
end iiw Adam's face, ludicrously
concerned, close to mine. I saw
other things, too blank, unfa
miliar walls, a screen in front of
a window. The air smelled anti
septic. I began to draw conclusions,
and to remember. It was coming
back to me that turning door
knob, the awful stalking in the
dark.
"Kay, don't you know me?" he
was asking anxiously.
There must be something I
ought to tell him while this mo
ment of sanity lasted.
"Lover's Return." I whispered
"Yes, dear. I'm back. Back to
atay." There was a catch in his
voice. He put his cheek, rough
and unshaven, against mine.
He was being very dense. And
my head hurt.
"Not you," I mumured crossly.
He sat ud and said "What?" in
uch a funny voice that I had to
pry my eyes open and submit to
the torture of foc-UMnff them sn I
could see him. Jiis thick while I smuen. men me surgeon aeuv
lashes were rayed as if with blond i r'd his opinion that I was in my
mascara. The puflv blue circles right mind and had nothing to
under his eves were the nnlv color orry about. X-rays taken Hur
on his face anywhere. His expres-1 mg the night showed no frac
aion of miserv was obscurely sat- ttire: my coma had probably been
isfVing. I waited a moment before due ninety per cent to shock. I
I dispelled it. should remain In bed for a few
"Manuscript." I said at last. I days to give any mild concussion
"Oh, that!'' he dismissed it with time to subside,
a wave of hia hand and continued I They went away, and I partook
to look at me with such brooding 'sparingly of a modest lunch. Aft
nxiety that I grew restive. lerward I slept In my dared men-
"You look as if vou'd been trv- ' tal state I had no curiosity about
trg to drink New York drv."' I the night's events. It w as easier
observed, and closed mv "eves , to lie there, safe and thankful,
again on the fireworks that long thinking of nothing but my aches
ipeech had set off. j and pains and the blessing of be-
"You're no msearine cover i '"l alive,
yourself," he said absently. ' Te bs continued
.1 ,
DRAFT OPPOSITION
Boston, Aug. 10. T h e
Massachusetts Federation of La
bor by a 259 to 8 vote, crushed
today a resolution opposing con
scriptlon of American men for
national defense.
The action was taken after
Harry A. Russell, chairman ff
the resolutions committee, in op
posing the measure. averted
that the attitude on conscription
of tht Moscow government In
Russia and that of communists
ers
He got up from the edge of the
bed, and when I stole a glance it
him presently he wu pacing tht
floor.
"Don't go so far away," I laid,
in I voice that instated on fading
to a whisper.
He came back then and took
my hand between both of his.
"I'm still icared." he said husk
ily. "You've been unconsciout
for eight hours. Your eyes were
open and staring and you didn't
, seem to breathe. They said you'd
I be all right, but
I've been
. here all night. I swore I'd never
leave you again if-
Tears welled into his eyes.
"Don't please don't," I begged
It wasn't your fault. And I feel
quite well, really."
But he went on as if I had not
spoken.
"I knew what a fool I'd been
when I read about Sandra in the
afternoon papers. I was in Penn
Station waiting for a train that
would have brought me here thil
afternoon. I went to Mitchel Field
instead and found an army pilot
to fly me out here. And then I
was too late. They were carrying
you out to the ambulance when
my taxi pulled up. They thought
at first your skull was fractured
that mop of hair was all that
saved you"
"You can tell your redheaded
grandchildren that," I murmured.
He tried to laugh, but it wasn't
a very successful effort.
A nurse came in then and took
my pulse and my temperature
and engaged in a brief argument
with Adam in which he lost, of
course.
He stood by the bed for a mo
ment, looking down at me intent
ly as if to assure himself that I
was really there.
"Go to sleep," he said huskily,
then vanished through the door
the nurse was pointedly holding
open.
No Curiosity
IATER In the morning Captain
Jones came in with a atrange
gray-haired officer whom I had
never seen. He proved to be the
senior surgeon, just returned
from leave. He was friendly and
reassuring as he felt gently of my
aching head, examined my eyes
and asked me what seemed ridic
ulous questions until I remem
bered that they do that to foot
ball players who have been
knocked out.
Mv neck was stiff, too. and for
a moment I couldn't think why
until I remembered those steel
hands.
The lenior surgeon nodded
when I told him about it, but
when he spoke it was across me,
to Captain Jonca.
"Take a look at these bruises,"
he said dryly. "Nothing phony
about them." Captain Jones, 1
saw with surprise, was very red
"And you might read that chap
ter on Malingering' in rordi
Military Medirnl Atministration.
Not that you'll find much applica
tion for it In peacetime," he add
ed more tolerantly, "but it's in
teresting reading. Surprising tc
what lengths peonlo will so to
fake a disability. He says, if I re
member correctly, that a coppet
penny, bound on with a cloth
soaked In vinegar, leaves a very
fair imitation of a bruise "
It was about then that I began
to get the drift of the conversa
tion. You re talking about Sandra
aren't you?" I demanded, and
then remembered something. "Sc
that was why she got the vinegai
from the mess hall and the tow
el Felicia said looked as if Jerl
had been polishing brass with
it
The surgeon looked at me
sharply.
"Any Idea why she should
want to fake a black eye?" he
asked.
"Yes. Oh yes. To take out I
grudge on Jeff. I'm glad I found
that out. I don't feel so sorrv fot
her now. She had potentialities
didn't she?"
"She had Indeed." He paused,
looked from Captain Jones to me
in aome embarrassment. "Of
course I was only teasing tht
captain here for not having dis
covered the fake when he first
examined the body. Anyone
might have overlooked it. Matter
of fact, he's had a good bit on hit
mind this past fortnight. Three
violent deaths, and his wife very
ill in Chicago. She's all right now,
I'm glad to sav, and the mother
of a fine boy. The scamp arrived
ahead of schedule, otherwise 1
wouldn't have been on leave "
I congratulated the captain and
saw that he looked nicer when he
in the United States were at
wide variance.
He told the delegates that It
was "the distinct policy of the
Moscow government to favor
conscription." while "the policy
of the communist party In
America ii against conscrip
tion." "Think that over." he said.
"Let's not kid ourselves.
"I don't want history to say
that the American labor move
ment stymied and hindered the
defense of democracy."
lsvsn. an American Indian, once
dfllvered a short, sitter tee.-h thai
hi been rated at tht stt top a
a umpl. of eloquent?
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CHILD REFUGEE
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Indianapolis, Aug. 10. P
Homer Chaillaux. director of
Americanism of the American
Legion, disapproves of proposals
to provide asylum for refugee
children from England in the
United States.
"A lot of us have fallen for
that tommyrot the poor little
kiddies of Europe, he told the
national convention of the Mili
tary Order of the Purple Heart
last night.
"In the first place, we have
2,000,000 boyt and girls of our
own who are Juvenile delin
quents for economic and social
reasons. Let'i solve that problem
first.
"But that'i not the most Im
portant reason. Just a few nun-
dred of these children are from
good English families. These are
the ones who are being publi
cized. The rest are refugee chil
dren of the loyalist group in
Spain, who were driven from
that country because their par
ents were communists."
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
this libewltes his hak'ds
but makes it almost im
possible 0 WALK
PUTs BFLt BHiVOfV AND
RtSieNS HIMSELF To
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AS QUICVlV fr FoSSlBLE
FOR SHOOTING 10 IN
EFFORT TO GET AUTO
Florence, Ariz., Aug. 10. JP
Nonchalant Robert Burgunder
went to his death in the lethal
gas chamber Friday with a con
fession on his lips.
As he was being strapped to
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Under Pierce,
PENTOMLV ONE DM &
HI-SIERM IN1HS UNlTffl$lM&-
HlS LAST
feWte INAUGURATE IN CUBU
DOC DONCR
When six months old, "Wee Death Valley Scolty" fought and killed a Boston bull terrier, but
tried to save its life by giving a blood transfusion. To atone for his fight. Miss Floy Appleby,
his owner, has allowed him to give 27 other transfusions to dogs in need of blood, resulting in
the saving of ?S dog lives.
ONE-DAY VICE-PRESIDENT
Forced by 111 health to go to Cuba immediately after his lection. Vice-President William
Rufus King was permitted to take oath cf office there by special act of congress. He died
the day after returning to the United States. April 18, 1853.
MONDAY: Gamblers' Church.
"t i-mtt ettmj 1 v - I I is DIVERT XUIPICiOm ' TUNV 1M momm.v I
Ithe wooden seat In the little
! white execution chamber of the
j Arizona penitentiary. Burgund
' er. son of a former county prose
I cutor in Seattle, chewing gum
I all the while, said:
I "I admit the killings. I never
tried to defend myself."
Then the steel door was slam
bned and the cyanide pellets
dropped into a container of acid
at the feet of the 23-year-old for
mer college orator. As the wisps
of blue fumes lifted upward.
Burgunder" breathed deeply
without the convulsions of most
executed men he died at 5:10
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entrance into the death cham
Iber. I The youth was convicted of
I killing E. B. Peterson, who with
I Ellis M. Koury. was shot to
'death in the desert near here
April 29. 1939.
Puppet Assassinated
Shanghai, Aug. 9 JP Ma
You-Feng, described as a lieu
tenant of Wang China-Wei, head
of the Japanese-dominated Nan
king regime, was shot to death
tonight in the international set
tlemnt by an assassin who
escaped.
by JOHN MX
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