ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 311 94 1 .
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BY BETTY WALLACE SSTSS.'Si.
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YESTERDAY: Paul parks on "No, he's not dead, He's nad a
n byroad, after Martha tells! nasty knock on the head,
him of Suzanne's threat to go to ; though-."
Bill. Paul admits he is in love j a woman told her, Rontly,
with Martha, but has kept it so-1 "There's an ambulance coming."
cret, because he is Bill's friend, j she tried to lead the girl away.
He demands that she come back y,)U can't do anything Doi.'l
to the office, give up this killing )0ok."
work. Martha refuses, asks to j The shi-m whine of a siren fill
go home. Paul slams the car j (.( (,e air. Always, afterwards,
into guar, duels out on t- tlu ; ilr sound of a siren was to bunt;
highway. A car speeds toward ; ,a(;k D jUaitlia Marshall that
Ihem. There is a crash! j hour of horror; the white stretch-
er onto which they lilted -Paul's
AFTER THE ACCIDENT ! prostrate body; the grave face of
CHAPTEK X1I-: Jibe- ambulance surgeon; the
When Martha Marshall open- voices of men and the sharp corn
ed 'her eyes, at lust, she was y. imands of , the trooper.
Ing1 on someone's coal in the She was to recall the eiumpl-
road. A man was bending over ed ruin of what had been Paul
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
hor. ' A strange man, w)th fright
ened eyes, like burned-out holes
in his face.
"Arc you all right now?" he
asked huskily.
new car: and the shattered head
lights and bashedin radiator of
that other car. She was to re
member how glass littered the
road, and crunched under her
"I'm- fine Memory -came I feet: how her cheek slung, and
flooding over her. People, magi- j blood came away on the hand
callv auncarlng from -nowhere, kerchief someone gave her.
were milling around her. They snc wanted to ride to the hos
pital in the ambulance with Paul
They wouldn't let her The man
who had first bent over her help-
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take you. Your bruises and
scrnlches belter be looked over,
too."
must have stopped their cars on
the highway, she thought vague
ly. When the crush came . . .
She became aware, then, that rd her into a black sedan.
there was .a slinging on her
cheek. One arm was numb. She
lifted her head, ,and the man
bent .quickly and slid his arm
under her shoulder. Her - head
wus spinning. Tint she could sit
up. She said, "I'm all right.
Nothing broken."
The man looked down at her
lug. Jler stockings were torn, and
there was blood. But Martha
touched the spot and told him,
"A scratch. See?" She moved her
legs, und then she was clinging
to him, to stand. The faces of
people, the moving lights from
electric torches, the beams from
parked cars, all made a re-Ming
pinwheel before her eyes.
"Paul? I.s he all right?"
Wordlesslv. the man turned
bis head. Martha saw then the
little groun around snmelhin"'
on the ground. Horror welled
up Inside her. Site tried to go
toward them.
"Don't," the man said. "Walt."
With Major Hoople
FGAD, LEAsioER, WHERE PID VOU2 THIS CAT'S A
IJCT THAT RAPACIOUS ALLEV -if uVUV MOT.X CHAMP-wa-VOL) OUGUTA!
, NET THAT RAPACIOUS ALLEV -f WHV MOT,
; PANTHER ? - SUR.ELV WE HAVE i MAJOR i
ENOUGH SPECIMENS OP WE'VE GOT A
JUNGLE FAUNA HEREABOUTS Yl BIRD, A GORILLA
WITHOUT ADDING A r-?ORTWO, A RMlNOC
TIGER To THE t-' y--y EROS . AMD A
COLLECTIOM J. ;?L COUPLE OP COv'OTES.'
WHV NOT COMPLETE
, AH The picture with
GARBAGE -CAM
PUMA?
CHAMP-VOU OU6WTA
SEE TH' FIGHT HE PUT
L)P SCRATCHED AT
IvvE LIKE A BUZZ SAW.'
ALL WE NEEDS IS A
DUNKING IN THE
BATHTUB HE'S
A LITTLE SOILED
FROM BEIN' IN
BAD COMPANV
BAD
COMPANY,
IF YOU
ASK US
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But in the. hospital, after alnR awuy ou, thcl.ei on tha( back Roosevelt Asks More
don't . Money for WPA Needs
queS'
WASHINGTON, Jan.
But -""she" couldn't "wait; She
walked; shakily, scarcely know
ing she walked, to where they
were bending over Paul. "Is he
dead?" she asked learfullv. "is
lie dead?"
A state trooper straightened.
scant going over, they paid little
attention to her. It was Paul, j Thp stranger said, "I
swiftly taken into the emergency, t)ink slR,.s qui, u) to
room, over wnom uiey wumi-u. tions."
. ........... .w t." - - - i marina uiuiiki'h mm 101- uo iai'I I'resident Koosovelt yes
too. She had to cal Eugene, slv j hl, nad dom und he uattl,(, her : terdav asked congress to provide
hud to tell him what had hap , s1()Uldel., Go to bed. There's an additional $.i75,0()0,000 to op
pened. The man who ook her to nothlnR to worry about." c rate the work projects admtir.-
the hospital was kind. Suppose shc coud h(,a. ,lim lamnf, .,, ; st,.atlon !rom March 1 to June
we sit here and wait until we KuK(.m, as ghe un(R,saed sIowJ ;). He also requested that the
find out about him. lben you:,,,,.. .,,., sh fn,mri ...... i,l;i-k i limiimir.n ,,n .n,ii,,n, ..r .....
can telephone and I "take y0" and blue, and there was a nasty ' lief funds on defense pro eels
home." He was a middle-aged wc,( on h(,r njp j,,,,. ,.i(,m b(1 inn.e.lsP, f,.om 95,000,00!)
person, and his concern for ncTjwug scl-a.h(,( an( bruised under to 50,000,000.
touched Martha. j(nn,. ihev'd oainled it with1 WPA u-a niven S')7a f;:,0 0011
Don't bother about mi", , , liiisnilal" Till' mimir cave i bv thi. lasl mnfiis In m.nil lin.
please. ;hor back the image of a pale, ; til March 1. The president ac-
"I want to. A man 1 H''wl .big-eyed girl with an angry ; companied his request by a l.s
saw belore went to a ot ot trou- scl.alcn un hL,r ch(,(,k and . ,,. r,.om th(, budget bureau
ble for me. In an accWIcnt once, , . . . , We.nilv. she slinoed which s:,id Hint the s.7S nun non
I meet here on that day and "at
I that time I will submit my resignation."
I "I'm not going to run again,"
, i.lV.nn ...I.I,.,! nn ,,!.. ,L.m..,.
led the possibility that a dead
lock might develop in choosing
I his successor, necessitating his
staying on the job.
High School Activities
Related at Rotary Meet
Details of three Important
Roseburg high school activities
were told members of the Rose
burg Rotary club and their guests
at the regular weekly club lunch
eon yesterday by the heads of
those school projects. Lou Brit
ton, editor of the Orange R, week
ly school paper, described the pub
licat'on and explained its busi
ness management.
Florence Hamilton, editor ol
the school annual, the Umpqua,
for this year, fold of the work of
publishing the annual.
Sam Shoemaker, Jr., chief ol
the Warrior Guards, school ser
vice organization, detailed the
work of the guards.
The program was directed by
Ed Bryant, student Rotarian for
the past semester.- It was his lait
meeting with the .club and he
gave a brief talk;on school activi
ties, with specific Information on
the subject of debate.
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and I'm paying it back." " was j jnlo bed.' Her head 'was' bang
SKATING
Wed., Sat. and Sunday
at the
RAINBOW RINK
WINCHESTER
then that she saw the scar which
reached from. his ear along .his
throat and down Into his collar,
ing cruelly.
Hill she must have slept. Sh"
Shc touched her stinging cheek . , h s, , , ,,. ,x.
a sickening fear washed ,,austl,d ean si,.,.,,, f,,,'- it
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over her. "I 1 might have been
disfigured," she thought swiftly.
"Oh, how lucky I was! How
lucky!"
Hut Paul? Had he been lucky?
was
long . past breakfast time- she
could hear Genie and Sis shout
ing outside her window- when
she woke.
Eugene was home. "Had to
T'nere was a jigiu nann over ner ,. ,, h(, sllU, mnttoi-uT-factly
cnnst.iconsiriciing nci- lungs so ,,()np (av m()1.p sn.t
that she couldn t brealhe. Tight . ..
the hospital
or und tighter, as the minutes n ,
l..n,l ... 1 otlll tut nnn f.'inwi lilt ..
..... .... ... about Paul?"
jot the closed uoor 01 tne emuig-, ,,Y(al ,,(,.s a mn :
uncy 1 110111. She remembered Helen. "She
The man signaled a nurse andmusl ,, w,..i,,rt a,OU your not
s,.oke to her. She wen away, to ,., lasl , , ...
come back with something in a, , sl,m , bv ,
giiis 1111 1.1.1111111. 1 'i iin nun. 11
will help you."
Martha pushed It away. "I I
don't need anything." Just then.'
a doctor came out of the emerg I
encv room, and she ran toward '
together with a small balance on
hand, would provide work for
about 22 per cent of the' estimoi-'
ed unemployed until June 30. ' j
Martin Will Resign as j
National GOP Chairman
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.
1 API - Representative Joseph W.
Martin. Jr., of Massachusetts an-'!
npunved yesterday that he, plan-
ned to resign as chairman of the '
republican national committee
on .March 2-1. . . . 1
He said Ihe cnmmillee would '
him. "How is he? What is it .
I.s Is he going to be all right?"
"He's suffering from coiu-us
slon," said the doctor. "Not
severe, I think. And be has a
broken collar bone." He added
l,..il.- "A ,.ll,,. I,, i.-l.i,.. w
I broken requires merely a strap
I rune:. The natieiit usuallv walks
around in one piece. And In
concussion, 1 (eel suit
off by morning."
She wanled to see Paul. "I
think inn." said the doctor. "P
you don't want to slay here ov
ernight, gelling over the shock
you've had, you'd better go home
and go straight to lied."
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She prolesteil, bill II was no
i use. The kindly stranger drove!
her home. It was he who e-
plained lo lOugenc what had bap-
pencil. I
Eugene was stunned, almost
angry. "For God's sake, Martha.
whal on earth were you two do-:
nurse.
"Don't tell her about this!"
"Think I'm crazy?" He turned
lo go. "Are you hungry? I've got
some coffee."
"I'll be out in a minute. 1 .want
to see Paul as soon as I can,
too."
"Sure. Hut he's all right." And
then he said, standing there in
the doorway. "Hill called up here
last night while you were out.
Marlba."
"lie diil" From camp?" liegrot
gnawed al her. "If I'd only
.. (iviiinu. . ... n.-v.-i ..- m,.n wit.,
will pass,an(, .lM hjs W1,n-, havo hap
pened. Why in Hie world iliiln I
1 In let me know be meant t.i
. plume!"
Eugene cleared bis throat.
; "Matter of fact, he was kinda
: surprised when I told him Elliott
1 had driven over here. And he
'said he'd gotten some kind of
pass right alter inspection ims
morning he'd leave camp. To
spend llie weekend with you."
"Martha's eyes Hew to Eu
gene's. "You mean he's on his
way -now?"
"Yes." said Eugene. That's
what I mean Can't take over .1
couple of hours from camp ou
the train, it's nearly 12 now."
"( Hi. my lace! And and he'd
want lo see Paul . . ."
Her thoughts raced. Out of the
hack ot her mind, blotting out
Hie joy and anticipation, there
1 came a sudden iiurslum. Jl; n
1 Suzanne managed to ;;ce Hi!! al
,cainp already? Was that why
jlie was coming here, sn imev
, pecledly, anil so immediately al;
el Paul's arrival''
(To be continued 1
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