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MEDFORD MATT. TRTBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1940.
Gasual Slauakt
By VIRGINIA HANSON
jugi
:ers
YESTIRDAY: Kay Is knocked
unconscious and awakes in the
hospital to find Adam by her
aide. Ha iweari ha trill never
leave her again. Kay learnt that
Sandra's black eye was achieved
by a copper penny bound on
vith cloth aoaJced In vinegar.
Chapter 42
Visitor
I WOKE about the middle of the
afternoon feeling as if my head
were a vast unfinished building
from which a thousand hammer
ing workmen had just taken their
unlamented departure. I stirred a
little on my pillow. The head was
ore, definitely. Bqt that heaven
ly vacancy was reassuring.
Miml and Julia arrived about
four bearing flowers and a basket
of fruit that should have gone up
the gangplank of the Normandie.
I wondered if it was for ammuni
tion. "I'm not proud of myself," Julia
aid abruptly. She looked as if
she had not slept, but her
smudged eyes shone like the ones
in her mother's picture. "I never
dreamed you'd go back to the
club. I was so wrapped up in my
self I couldn't spare a thought for
how you must feel. And I owe
you everything." A tear over
flowed one eye and she dashed it
impatiently away. "Jed's told me
the whole thing. I'm so hap
py" Her voice broke, so she
tried again. "I'm so happy "
Her face screwed up and a
Niagara of tears cascaded down
her cheeks.
"Oh hell!" she muttered. 'Til
wait in the car."
Mopping her face, ah ducked
eut of the room.
I looked desperately to the four
corners or the room, hoping that
someone nurse, doctor anyone,
would save me from this moment
lone with Mimi. It wasn't fair,
after last night's shock. I ought to
be protected from this sort of
thing
But no one came; and present
ly, when she had finished arrang
ing a vase of flowers and brought
it to the bedside table, I bad to
face her.
I was going to ask her to for
give me, but what I saw stopped
me. Her eyes looked dazzled, and
she was all warm and light as if
the sun were shining on her. She
set the vase of flowers down and
took my hand. She felt vibrant
o full of happiness that ah was
radio-active with it
"Kay, I was wrong about Dan,"
ahe said in a hushed, marveling
voice. "Last night I found I could
tell him everything. It must have
been that talking to you had made
it easier. And, Kay, he was won
derful, even when I confessed
how jealous I've been. He said it
was all his fault, and he told me
something he would never men
tion before. About how he felt
when his flrst wife died how he
blamed himself, and swore he
would never marry again. But I
needed him; and ha loved me I
believe that now. Only he
couldn't forget that he was re
sponsible for the death of Julia's
mother. At least that's the way
he looks at it. And he couldn t
bear the thought of anything hap
pening to me. Can you undcr
atand what a difference It makes,
knowing that?"
I made some meaningless an
swer which I'm sure she did not
hear. She was as untouchable as
a valuable pearl wrapped around
with cotton wool. I was glad for
her. but I envied her a little.
After she had gone I thought
about Colonel Pennant with grati
tude and increased respect. It had
never occurred to me that he
would not give me away. The
more I pondered the more my ad
miration grew. That man would
be Chief of Stall somedav. He
could take it as well as dish It
out!
Cl-Man
AND then I thought no one's
telling me what happened
last nisht. They think I'm not
well enough to know. That means
it's bad. Maybe someone else got
hurt; maybe the murderer got
away after all, got away with the
manuscript and its costly secret.
Maybe maybe they caught the
murderer and when I find out it's
going to hurt.
I had a vision then of Gerald's
eyes, no longer warm and friend
ly, or cold and alert; but beaten,
terror ridden. A horrible vision.
Mv heart rebelled against it.
Whatever he had done I hoped
they had not caught him. If they
had well, I didn't want to know
It I wouldn t ask I wouldn t lis
ten.
The nurse came In, smirking a
little.
"A gentleman to see you," ahe
said brightly, bhe wasn't a pad
looking girl, and 1 noticed that
ahe spent more time straighten
ing her own hair and cap then
ahe did in making me present
able. -But I didn't care. It would
only be the colonel or Jf IT or the
chaplain. Or Adam. And he had
already seen me at my worst.
But it wasn't any of them. I
stared at the vision in the door
way, and my first reaction was
one of tremendous relief.
"Then they didn't catch you!"
J exclaimed, and stopped, horri
fied at what I had said. I should
have been frightened, too, but I
wasn't There was something re
assuring about those fringed gray
eyes. They stared at me blankly
for a moment. Then he came over
to the bed and looked down at
me.
"What did you sayT" he asked
grimly. But he didn't wait for me
to think up an answer. "So that's
why I couldn't keep a finger on
you Look here, young lady,
if you go around accusing peo
ple so freely I don't wonder you
get yourself strangled and bat
tered "
"Hush!" I Interrupted desper
ately. "I'd forgotten about that.
I mean, I hadn't thought about
you in connection with it. I I
beg your pardon," I went on in
adequately. "You wouldn't have
done that "
The more I talked the more
floored I felt I was not exactlv
making myself clear. But I saw
a aort of grim amusement in
Gerald's eyes.
"You mean I might kill some
one but I would never batter a
lady's head on the floor," he in
terpreted. "Well, that's not a bad
character analysis. I admit I've
never done the latter."
The nurse tittered. He turned
and gave her a very fishy look.
The missing monocle was prac
tically visible for a moment To
my immense satisfaction she ap
peared to recall that she had
other duties and withdrew.
And then the implication of
what he had just said made its
way to my biunted understand
ing. I looked into his eyes and saw
the cold steel there, but I was not
afraid. In that instant of revela
tion I saw that he could be piti
less but not unprincipled; that he
could be ruthless, but never in
the service of himself.
"You must think I'm a fool," I
said, feeling my face grow hot
"You're what are you? Intelli
gence?" "Department of Justice. I
thought you knew, of course. I'm
the one who's a fool. I took it for
? ranted, that night at Fieldstone
nn, when you made veiled refer
ences to my masquerade, that
Adam had told you before tie left
That was why he felt safe to go,
of course. He thought I'd be able
to look after you. I can't say I'm
very proud of myself "
The Randly Case
"70TJ mean Adam knew, all
I along?" I demanded indig
nantly. "Not at first. I found out he's
only been here since July, so I
told him, the night we found
Ivan. No one else knew, not even
Colonel Pennant until after San
dra was killed, tie asked for a
federal man to investigate, and as
I was already here, I identified
myself. I came originally for
quite another purpose. Suppose I
tell you a story."
He drew up a chair, offered ma
a cigarette which I decided to
chance, and, aitting with the easy
poise of a man who is never com
pletely oil guard, began to talk.
"You already know parts of the
story. You read about it in the
newspapers, and Adam says he
discussed it with you at the beach
party. I'll begin at the beginning
and tell you what the papers
never knew.
"In June the Randlv child was
stolen a little golden-haired girl,
me oniy granucniid ol a man
who. in his lifetime, has made
many millions and many enemies.
1 was one ol the operatives who
worked on the case. Disguised as
the Randly butler an old Cock
ney who has been with them for
thirty-five years I delivered the
ransom in person a few hours be
fore the child was returned. I
met the kidnaper, talked to him
in the dark of a deserted side
road about twenty miles from
here. I didn't hear his voice he
spoke only In whispers. I dared
not kill him as I would have liked
to do. But I did take a dreadful
chance. I flashed a light in his
fare."
"You might have been killed!"
I protested.
"He wasn't likely to risk a shot
and remember, I was a bent old
man. No, the chance I took was in
risking the child's life. I gambled
on his being masked, which he
proved to be. He must have felt
perfectly safe. Until long after
ward, when he remembered hil
instinctive gesture of self-protection.
He put out his hand to cover
the beam of light and his hands
were bare. I had wiped the flash
light clean. He left a beautiful set
of prints."
That was clever!"
"But usele.. The fingerprints
were not on file. He took the ran
som and the child was returned
unharmed. And somehow he gave
us the slip. So we hsd to begin
again."
"Rut what did you have to (a
on?"
"About what we ujually have
the ransom note, the numbers
of the hills and the victim's own
story. As soon as the little girl
was over her fright I made friends
with her and got her to tell me
everything she could remember.
It was uphill work. She's only
five. She may have been kept
drugged a good bit of the time,
and at no time could she see very
well. I got to the bottom of that
before I was through, but In the
meantime she remembered one
thing that was to be our only real
clue. She said that where they
kept her, somebody blew a horn.
Te be aenunuec
POSTPONE
financial hardship on school dis
tricts to install the new glass,
Any buses operating during
the past school year do not now
have to make the installation,
but all new bum will have to
be equipped with the shatter
proof glass.
Salem, Aug. 1 2 . lT) Public
Utilities Commissioner Ormond
R. Bean postponed Friday an
order under which he had re
quired all school buses to have
shatter proof glass by next
month.
The order was postponed af
ter county school superintend
ent protested it would work a I
German Bonds Eyed.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. (Tl
The securities aid exchange
commission office here said to
day It hai "received reports of
soliciting literature'' regarding
the proposed sale of $1000 tier
man bonds and that "the mat
ter ha bent referred to Vah
Intton."
On the Radio Chains
(TA1ION
mere to find Taos aa the Dial:
HIX. Unit, Portland; III. (40.
bos Angela; SUA, 1470. Spokane
KUO. luo, (aa rranrlera;
ISO, Portland: SUM, ). nenllle;
tLSX. lose. u Anirieti kOa aje
Denver; Vol.. t. Portland:
KOMO ttt Hraille: KPU. tUl Han
frani-lam; KM., mo, Salt Int.
Reporter. KPO. KOW: Dancing with
Clancy. KOO. KJR. KEX.
10:30 Duehlne Orch.. KOO. KEX.
KJR: Kent's Orch.. KSL, KNX. KOIN.
11:00 Blltmor Boys. KPO. Paul
Carson. KEX: Rou Songs. KOIN,
KSL; Neva, KOO, KOW, KNX.
Monday
i:0C Forecast. KSL. KNX, KOIN:
Quia Program, KPO, KOW; Oreen
Hornet KOO, KEX. KJR.
I :0 Martin's Music, KOO, KJR.
KEX.
o:00 News. KNX: Hour. KPO.
KOW; Violinist. KOO: Lorobardo's
Orch.. KNX. KOIN, KSL.
:30 Burnt and Allen. KPO, KOW;
Blondle, KNX, KSL. KOIN: Adven
ture In Reading, KOO, KEX.
7:00 Amos and Andy, KNX, KOIN,
KSL; rred Waring, KPO, KOW:
Three Bongs, KOO, KEX.
1 :30 W ashtngton Merry-Oo-Round,
KOO, KEX, KJR: Where and
When, KPO, KOW; News, KNX. KSL,
KOIN.
1:00 Show Boat, KPO. KOW: Pass
ing Parade, KOO; Kemps Orch..
KOIN.
8:30 Hawthorne House. KPO,
KOW; King's Orch.. KOIN. KSL,
KNX; Prlml. KEX. KJR.
00 Paul Sullivan. KSL, KNX.
KOIN: Little Ol' Hollywood. KEX;
Clatatca for Today. KPO, KOW.
:30 Clsnea Orch., KOO, KEX;
Lofner'a Orch., KNX. KOIN.
10:00 Crosby's Orcb.. KNX. KSL:
fueaay.
:0O Marimba Band, KPO, KOW;
Exposition Band. KOO. KEX, KJR.
30 Kent'a Orch.. KOIN; Musical
Revue. KPO. KOW: Pun With the
Revuere. KOO, KEX. KJR.
6:00 Boxing Bout, KEX. KJR:
Dorset's Orch.. KPO, KOW; Aloha
Land. KOO; Miller's Orch., KOIN.
KNX. KSL.
:30 Eaiy Ares, KGO, KJR, KEX;
Dog House. KPO. KOW; Newt of the
War. KNX. KOIN. KSL.
7:00 Amoa and Andy, KNX, KOIN,
KSL: Information Please, KOO. KEX,
KJR: Pred Waring, KPO, KOW.
7:30 Black Velvet, KOO. KEX.
KJR; Johnny Presents, KPO; Mc
Creery't Orch.. KNX. KOIN.
i:00 We, the People. KNX. KOIN,
KSL: Musical Americana. KPO, KOW;
Sporta Newt. KOO.
3:30 Battle of the Sexes, KPO.
KOW; Professor Quia, KEX, KOIN.
KSL.
0:00 Paul Sullivan. KNX. KOIN.
KSL: Symphony Orch., KPO. KOW.
8:30 Scott's Orch.. KOW.
10:00 Reporter, KPO, KOW; Cros
by's Orch.. KNX, KSL.
10:30 Young't Orch.. KOO. KEX:
Piiml Orch., KOW; National Defense.
KPO: King a Orch , KNX. KSL. KOIN
11:00 Nottingham'! Orch.. KPO;
Onranlat, KEX: Busses Orch.. KSL.
KOIN; News. KOO. KOW. KNX.
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press
(Time is Pacific Standard)
Tonight: Europe, CBS 4:53,
6:30 east; WJZ-NBC 6; MBS 6;
NBC 8.
MBS-chaln: 7:15, Rep. J. W.
McCormack on "Housing and
Defense."
Tuesday: CBS-chain, 21S,
army war games, Maj. nay
Perkins.
Short waves: HAT4, Budapest
3:35, songs and dance; GSD,
GSC, London, 4:30, Britain
Speaks: DJL, DJD, DXB, Ber
lin, 5:30, Lord Haw Haw; GSC,
London, 6:30, radio newsreel.
PHONE SUBSCRIBERS
OF APPLEGATE AREA
NEAR1NG NORMALCY
Big Applegate, July 12.
(Spl) From the midst of a
merry mix-up in adjusting them
selves to use of the new dial
telephone system, Applegate
people are emerging confident
the new system will be satis
factory. The telephones have
been in operation here since the
cut-over to the new system in
End of Honeymoon.
Spokane, Aug. 12. (P) Vio
lent death ended a two-day-old
marriage today for Stephen
Evanoff, 24, a mechanic, when
he plunged from the fifth floor
of a flour mill plant, tore
through the top of a sheet iron
shed and was killed on a con
crete platform below. ,
Salem, Aug. 12. ijf) State
Fair Director Leo Spitzbart said
today he had invited Wendell
Willkie, Republican president
ial nominee, to attend the fair,
opening September 2.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
THE 6ARDEN PARTY WITri MUSIC AT THE
COMMUNITY' CLUB RE5ULTED IK SOME BAD
CASES Of" EAR. STRAIN. BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS
HAD TO TURN UP THEIR RADI05 TO HEAR THEN ABOVE THE 5IN6ER,
WHO HAD To PUT ON STEAKl To BE HEARD ABOVE THE RADIOS,
AND ftn On N A VJFRV If OU.S CIRC F
frrrart1 bf Thu BpH ffrnilrHf. Inr.
SlOY)e,
Medford and Jacksonville Satur
day, August 3.
Considerable difficulty was
experienced in making mechan
ical adjustments in the Copper
district until linesmen from
Medford arrived and removed
the obstacles. The dials there
have succeeded against odds,
there being 19 subscribers on
one line and the remote local
ity necessitating batteries for
telephones more than 20 miles
from Jacksonville. During the
first few days after the cut-over,
eavesdropping brought serious
hindrance. Little Applegate reg
ion reports absolute satisfaction
with the new system.
Ruch and lower Applegate
subscribers expect to obtain
first class service In a short
time. A one-wire line there
closely follows the new high
power electric line through tha
community, and the resulting
induction noise makes talking
impossible at present It is un
derstood that the California
Oregon Power company will
correct this by adding another
telephone wire for a metallic
circuit. A few other telephone
in that district are hampered
with faulty installation, which
soon will be corrected.
Weather
Northern California: Fair to
night and Tuesday; fog on tha
coast; not quite so warm over
the interior today; moderate
northwest wind off coast.
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Sin paid dividends In the ISSO's, but the city fathers of Jacksonville. Ore., saw to It
that the profits went to a worthy cause. Strange as it seems, one night's receipts from
Jacksonville's gambling houses were used to build a church in 1854 the first Protestant
church west of the Rocky mountains.
Tomorrow: Adelina Patti's Success.
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