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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 19, 1929 "PAGE NINE" i J ( NAOTIR of MON BY ROY VICKERS CHAPTER X There was really no comment to make. Kelt on might perhaps liave waited until he came back from Macedonia. But when yon came to think of it, why should he? The halt million had been paid brer to enable him to marry Shirley, not to enable blm to suc ceed inMacedonia. In spite of what he conceived to be his clear reasoning about him self and Shirley, It Rave Mau an odd pang, to read the public an nouncement that she was to be tho wife of another. "I shall get used to It. I sup pose they'll marry this year, as oon as he pets back. Why should they wait?" There came an intense longing to see Shirley, whfch he fought down. It bo paid a formal call, on Mrs. Sibley on account of hay ing dined with her, she would laugh. He could not go specifi cally to congratulate Shirley on tier engagement. He could think of no colorable excue. It seemed enormously difficult to find an excuse for seeiiig Shir ley. He spent the greater part of the night trying to think of one. About dau he remembered that he alway? rode in the Park bo- fore break f?..-t. He was waiting near the Fifth Avenue gate long before any r!dr appeared. Kventually he saw her coming, and. with in r diblf nhyness. drew bark. She eailoped past without toeing him. But he was content, H had wantnl only to see her and- he hiifl peon her, It whs a fine morning of early t!i uearne?A of Shirley in the Summer. Hp lingered, forgetting knnwleflgp that for him she was r-ii!ved beyond 'the stars. All thought of her had become the v;i;u dram oi a dream. "Hullo Alan!" The dream of Shirly was shat tered by the vibrant reality. She had reined in her restless thor oughbred, he answered each uiver of its body so tliat the two of them seemed a single creation of shimmering light. Shirley, radi ant with physical, vital young wo manhood, was not of the stuff with him? Probably the only placo in Europe he knows any- imn aoot is the Riviera thought Alan. "I shall hav to girt him a hint or two this morn ing." He would hare to go through the business of congratulating Kelton, presumably. la the event some hours later, be managed the congratulations quit easily. Kelton made It easy by the effusiveness of hli greet ing, for he had -norret wholly lost the sensation of reprlere. Thanka. thanks, old man. And I say, isn't It amazing! I had no idea you knew her at all. Your name happened to crop up -I for get how. She said you had always been her best friend. When she said that she hadn't the faintest Idea how true her words were, and of course you would not have wished me to tell her." Alan winced but the other did not notice it. "Quite so! No sense in telling her." She has grown up since I've been away. I saw her in the Row this morning. She looks very fit. By the way, she told me that you are to be married at the end of June." "Yes. Pretty quick work, eh, Brennaway? But there was no sense in our hanging about. We both agreed about that. For one thing, I don't mind telling you that Mrs. Sibley is none too pleas ed. She had other ideas for Shirley and, of course, I am nothing. She was very charming but resigned. "And " he went on "I'm none too sure about the resigna tia. Mind you, Hrennaway, I like lien the better for taking that at titude. Hut as Shirley's mind is quite made up well the sooner we are married the less risk there is of having to put up with the Ingenuity of a match-making auntie." Alan nodded, waiting for the other. "What about Macedonia?" Kelton shifted In his chair. "Yes. I've been thinking about that. What sort of a hole is it?" Pretty rough," answered Alan. beforead he ?een her so iusol-eutly-A-so physically alive as at that moment. "Congratulations!" he exclaim ed. "But I expect you're sick of lie-iring that by now." It was quite easy to tpeak like that with Shirley whirling around, trying vainly to keep her horse stii!, enjoying its restlessness. "Thanks awfully you are a eport. We are going to be mar ried at the end if June. I'm sor ry there's n holding Daphne this Uiorning. Come and Bee me soon." she was away. Alan stared af er her. How splendidly sane .Shirley was! She could make it ridiculous to mourn even the loss of her. Her happiness might be his tragedy, but It waa impossible to think like that in her presence. On the way back to the club, he had leisure to consider her vords. "We are to be" married at the ead of June." KeltOn was surely Jeing very optimistic If he imag ined that he could go to Mace donia, negotiate with the govern ment and get back within six .weeks. Or was he mad enough to thinkthat he could take Shirley know." "I wouldn't worry about it, if I were you," he said more gently. "I can understand that you are feeling a bit shaken.' We'll talk about it again in a day or two. Since I saw you last, I've done a bit of ferreting, and I'm more than, ever convinced that it is a long way from being the wild cat scneme you thought it. In fact, in many respects It's not ai wild as the job I went to In Mexico. Kelton brightened considerably. "May we leave it, then, that I talk it over with Shirley and come and look yon up Then I've cot our plans fixed?" Alan agreed. He moved towards the door but Kelton intercepted him. "Brennaway, there s lust one thing I I hardly like to ask it's darned cheek on my part, but in view of what yon have done to me and what you are to me will yon be my best man?" Alan stiffened. "I'd like to very much, but I'm afraid I'd be a failure. I'm a fear ful tick at anything ceremonious. Thanka for asking me but let me off. old man." As he left the office he remind ed himself again that he had put up the money for no other purpose man tnat Kelton should marry Shirley. What, then was there to be Irritable about? In the week that followed. Alan heard nothing directly from Kel ton. The case against Randon was called almost at once. The plain tiff withdrew from the action without claiming damages, after the defendant's counsel had made speech of groveling apology. The Macedonian enterprise slip ped Into the background of Alan's mind or rather was forcibly thrust there by the words of a dis tinguished nerve specialist. "There's nothing fundamentally wrong with you. You're simply suffering from nervous debllty. You've been overstraining your powers for several years. You want at least three months of complete laziness. (To be continued tomorrow) KIEM REPORTS Hi MACLEAY, Dec 18 Friends of Mrs. Jennie Farr who was a resident of Macleay a few years ago will be sorry to hear of her Illness and are hoping she will soon recover. Ida Martin of Salem, is visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Larond V. Hack ett tor an Indefinite time. Ralph Walling is visiting his Aunt and Uncle at Rockaway, where he will do some fishing and hunting. , Mrs. Clarence Bollng and Mrs. Cruthers were guests at the "Har vest Home." 8ome sewing was done, afterwards tea was served at a late hour. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hisel and family are again living on their place near Macleay. A very fine program Is being worked on by the children of the I Witiel school in charge of Estella Lipoid. Mr. and Mrs. Lenord E. Hack ett, of Salem were tho afternoon and evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larond V. Hackett. Anne Engbrecht, who is a stu dent of the Aumsville high school, has been absent from school last week on account of her mother's illness. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell M. Lam bert and son Lawrence were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lam bert 6unday. A number of the Macleay peo ple attended the play given at the Aumsville high school Friday evening. The title of the play was "A Prairie Rose." Wilbur Pursley and brother of Kelso Washington, attended the program given at the Rickey school house. DIES AT DALLAS DALLAS, Dec. 18 Mrs. Ella J. Hlmes. mother of William and E. J. Hinfes of Dallas, died at her home "on Mill street, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Himes has been more or less of an invalid for a number of years. Funeral Ar rangements have not yet been made. MACLEAY GRANGE III STALLS 0FFICEFI3 MACLEAY. Dec. 18 Macleap Grange met In regular meeting on Friday evening. . Installation of officers was the main feature of business, which was done by Mrs. V. Lambert's installation team which consisted of: Mrs. Ves Lambert of Stayton; Mrs. Arthur Edwards of Surprise Grange of Turner; Mrs. A. B. Weisner of North Howell; Mrs. Tate of Stayton: Mrs. Farris of Turner and Ethel Fletcher of Sa lem. A number of visitors were guests for the evening coming from Salem. Turner, Stayton. North Howell and many other granges. Judge McMahbn was present with a very good talk, which was enjoyed by all. Mr. McDonald of Salem also gave a good encour aging talk. Mrs. Paul Silky sang two Solos. Mrs. A. Bowen gave two clerer readings. Macleay Grange received nine new members, which wili take the wprk In January, 150. A Christmas banqnet la plan ned for December 20th, for all members of Macleay Grange. i !E Two Stores and - s n Garage at Scio Are Robbed SCIO, Dec. 13-Sunday night . some one entered the Associated ' " store, the Red and White store and' Bartus garage. The safe and cash register of the Associated store was opened . and about 860 cash stolen. Tbo " damage done In the Red ad White store was small. Only mall amount of change was tak- en. Oil was taken from the gar age. The garage was entered by the side door leading to the alley. County Sheriff Shelton and his deputy were here Monday morn- ; lng taking finger prints from tho safe. As yet no clue has been t found. Utah's turkey production for , 1929 was three times as large as that of 1928. "TELLING TOMMY" ji By P1M THE VILLAGE OF ttMY3 CHRISTMAS! TOMMY, BECAUSE 50 MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE BUSY THE YEAR ROUND MAKING CHRISTMAS TOYS. IT-1 a seem fiURH8CH6 BE IK WREMBERG.ONE OF THE QUMNTEST CITIES IN GERMrttY,IS REGARDED AS THE NURSERY OF GERMAN ART AND THE CRADLE OF GERMAN POETRY. HERE IN IWO.PFTIR HEMLEIN IttYIffl tD Y1ATCHES, FIRST KNOWN A5 NUREMBERG EGGST Mr.... v- MMHQ ROIY Off IK on rmmt 'hjurr AHta" a no 'ewmn w urru umsAuovtajHttmi) JJJuREMBERG FOR HUNDRED5 OF YEARS tIAS BEEN THE CENTER OF THE 6ERMAN TOY-MAKING STOTRY, ESPECIALLY THE FAMOdS JlN SOtDIERS.AN&aCRY MND OF TOY MADE OF V1000 OR METAL. MUCH OF THE WORK IS DONE IN HOMES WHERE SOMETIMES FOUR GENERATIONS BUSY FIH6ERS MAKE READY SANTAS PACK. ng Fntum Sjn4Kat, Ik, Great Britain ri(Ma niinit WHAT MAKES YOU THIMK MUREMBERG FOLKS 5TM1D AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS RIM TOY MAKING r Bit , YiELl.THEY GET PAID IN G00DKAKXS, DON'T THEY? 11-19 PIM POLLY AND HER PALS "The Eclipse of Cousin Carrie By CLIFF STERRETTj that dfeams are made of. Never V'And in the summer time at any rate no pla e at all for a woman. It presents too many risks. You certainly couldn't take your wife with you." "And you could hardly count on getting anything done out there between now and the end of June." continued Alan. "No probably not," said Kel ton thoughtfully. "It would be a week or two before I could start in any case. I shall have to settle this Randon libel business. By the way, we've bad a reply this morn ing. He's taken it all back." "Of course. He hadn't a leg to stand on," said Alan and waited pointedly. 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