Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, December 21, 1940, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTHE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON SERIAL STORY DUDE COLLEGE BY OREN ARNOLD C0PYRI8HT. t40, fcA SERVICE. INC .i DTFH XXII . r-rif rfeeolv hurt, told ill t once 41184 he w,s SfS endles. worrying "JLiu had teemed o fine, fo JfTair with him and charm Kthal, that he just couldn't "Jinn her being in love with a 'fffle Andre Girardeau. Andre TiwtfM a Play00' of a type eSmon: Wes could hardly Jjftit Ronnie had been taken - shall demand the truth my- ,, Wesley """ Bjpper this evening. Where characteristic action, he K, immediately out of town in gdlSan. Hi. car incident- n, was in much better shape SS5 It had been on his original 2? fa this direction; its rattles S, sone its motor tuned care S, and it body really attractive new paint. He hoped Ron t, would notice it. Another car was parked at the pjynj R ranch home when he ftere so Wes knew instantly y he wouldn't be able to ask jtonnle his poim-uimin, yuwuwi. Hit idea naa own w uc"u Z If she really did love Andre Girardeau, and to beg of her to to-well, he naan i piannea quae Jut far, but he did hope to inter im with her "engagement" as jounced by the New York col ggnist He wished he might tell Bonnie of Andre's meetings with lma Montoya, but that wouldn't Ktm diplomatic. He'd have to think of something else. Ihe Hocking R living room a fcrge hall beautifully done in log leims and Indian rugs and west em furniture was gay with music and laughter. Shyness halt id Wes for a moment at the thres- u.u hut hnth Mr. Bauev and Ronnie saw him. A' moment later htwas In the midst of seven Pueb b U. co-eds, lovely girls all, who mre bantering him as the only tlljible male present to dance Kith them. Six guests had driven jut to visit Ronnie, with no dates tonight because of school ruling. The talk was too rapid for Wes. Temporarily he slipped back, into his old defensive "Quite so," and maeea," and such poor con versational phases until Teeny Travers. a cuts ha tx. ;: grabbed him and literally forced .....i j"WDuggmg. uood snort at heart. Wh trioj if .... he showed some talent if Jitter- uug srep can De called such and presently was actually enjoying himself. No normal man can long remain unhappy amid seven viva cious girls. Finally Ronnie Bailey herself internintert t ...... j others who had pre-empted Wes. n., G,?(SI yu girls are ter rible!" she declarp hrlshii., nn. York came to see me not you!" inai merely intensified the rivalry. And hum mt, ,. spirits even more. The strange, ueukiiuui sumwant of feminine attention and annrnual tio whelmine to him anrf Viofnr a-m he found himself doing and saying uungs ne wouw never have dreamed hlmsolf for plain old fun they created new nance steps, iney chimed in with radio music and chorused the songs, stopping to improvise new words when they cared to. They cracked jokes and laughed inordi nately. Thev even revive ihB m game of "handies" whereby you ao cuie imitations with fingers and hands, and Wp Mmcaif n-n, ed the cleverest of all. In short, an outsider looking In would surely have taken Dr. Woodrow Weslev Ynrk Ph n - for a dignified instructor in arc- naeoiogy out as some lively mem ber of the luninr nr pnin- nlao b young collegian very popular with uje co-eas. Harmless and lmnmmtihi at ( was, this hour represented the mgnesi gooa time Wesley York had ever known. At about 10 Mr. Bailey himself came through, smiled benignly and talked a bit before climbing to his upstairs room and ffnlno- riiiHfullv in WaA Youth, said Mr.' -Bailey, is for pleasure, out an older fellow touched with indigestion must have his rest. Hilarity inside the Rocking R ranch mansion fitted the plans of SIDE GLANCES another individual perfectly. This individual. a nmm.. -j ed to man's clothes, drove out to- , , rancn WIU n" about 10 o clock. Car lisht. t.. i off and their car parked on the "fu pain, neaaed back- toward town, less than half a mil from the building. "There is the rM.n, man said, "and there the hangars. NO mOOnlisht tn hnlk. ,.. v.. just enough glow from the iurc. uu nave your pistol?" ;CerUinly, answered she. "All right. Remember now first at the northeast corner be hind the sahuaro cactus plant. Feel for the fuse. T.iuht. it ,m glow no more than a cigaret for minutes or so, then it will touch the nreriarAri matapini u... ry then to the rear corner and re peat, ine ruse there ends at the largest rock that protudes, under the tweediana vino. T.ioKt kntv. and come directly back to the car. mere wui De ample time. "Do not run.' -ith.r sntna coming, lest you arouse suspicion. " you meet any one merely say 'Hello' and go on by. Make your voice deep. Of course, in emer gency, your gun is" "I understand," said the woman. "I am not a fool. Ann rfnn't fail at your end, either, for this may be uur oniy cnance. Wesley York, nlavincr hi. num accompaniment on the Baily grand piano, roared out "The Branding Song" with a truly impressive baritone. The seven girls made a semi-circle around him, linked arm on shoulders. "Oooooo, Doc-tor York!" gushed Teeny Travers, in appreciation. "You do sing beautifully, Wes," Ronica declared. "Do it again and we'll try it with you, hunh?" They did three stanzas and were elated, and because range songs were a new exnerienr tn mnt nf the dude college girls here, they sang every one Wesley could re member "Hnms Dn th Panoo" and "Cielito Lindo" and "My Fi esta song'' and "LoweU of the Dos S Ranch" and "Nuevo Mexico" and snatches of manv another. Then because the mood struck mm, wes swung into the haunt ingly beautiful music of "Pueblo Min." tVtA lintvarcitv1 nw inns with its weird minor thumm-boom thumm-boom harkffronnH of In dian tom-toms and its quick chor us alive with yip-yip shoutings ana castenets. The vouner nnnl wDr o n. grossed in their pleasure that they were insensitive to anything else for n Inner whll hitt am "I3V1a Mio" ended some of the girls were rnhhinff thpir vir Twn had hn smnklntf .toarpte uHfh nn nntliA a n i .w ,,w.bu taken. But all at once Wesley cougned. "Good lord!" he exclaimed "Thp rnnm'jt full nf mnlrAt" Thfiv all tltmprf atarinff. mn- tioniess lor an enaiess moment, Thrnilffh thptr aiTpnf ramn an unmistakable crackling, and sooty smoke wnu-red under a doorway into the room as if blown by strong lorce. Ronica s hand Jerked up in a gesture oi oeiense. "Oh!" she crien out. "Wes! Oh, h-h, Wesley!" no De voniinuea; , ' "And I thought Td get out of running a tractor on my ' old man's farm by joining the army! A TRUE LOW COST HOME I!'T7 rr IT te often difficult to place an " " shaped house on the average low-cost lot because " restricted lot frontage. Only JUrequently do we find a de j?n such as this, which com ww an interesting: exterior "'o a minimum dimension Wch will permit it to be ac Jmmodated on a plot of 50-' wt street dimension. An attractiye feature Is the usually large bay which pro ves space for the dnnlng ta-bl- STien built without a base ?ent it will be necessary to at some type of circulating Bater to the central chimney. Jfw further infennatkm 7 National Lumber Mann JWturers Association, 13 3 7 iwtleut Avenue, Washing & mm! iwfer to Desiu AT ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE, Dec. 20 (Spe cial) The Enterprise Commun ity club will meet at the playshed next Saturday night at 8 o'clock I for the regular meeting. Roy Stephens (and Bert Beaver I will have charge of the program I and Delia Feulner and Verena I Beaver the refreshments which will be candy and nuts. Miss Betty Funkhauser planned the school Christmas program for Thursday evening. School closed Friday evening for a week's vaca tion which Miss Funkhauser ex pects to spend with her parents! in Astoria. There are about 30,000 nudisti In England. They are known as members of the Sun and Air Bath ing association. i 'fV I tJLJV"g!'?1 -BcTTBoo I Ifjf0 I 'HO 0' I 4 r.''i-y-.v,t iA WHEN NEXT TOO HEAR frera t, i rkrtdmin th Hflwiil football atr will be trying for major leaine berth. A first baa, man who iwato a long bU, Chrlsbnan It sought by the Yankeei, Tigers, Indiana and Cardinal!. Bis brother, Mirk, haa pliyed in tne uuieia ior n iig- HW Lk ORPHAN ANNIE Feed the Brute By rfAROLD GRAY I fMJijW.'ll -'"nr ff-Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaj VHWKaS'aa i i ( 1 SUREST THING OH. MR. AND YTAH T OH, ITS JUST SAM, GHFS MV f THATS RIGHT, ULPf ; 'l BUT THERE'S A V SO WHAT? VOO KNOW. ANNIE- j MRS. SLAGG, ANDTHERES I TH PRE6SER - HE'S MOMMY I BILLY AND O. K, ' LOT OP PEOPLE IN 11 THEYRE ALL I BUT ME BUSTTN' 5 WHO TOOK A GUY IN I O. K. ANO PEG AN'MflBOOYl NO DECENT ANN- THERe-WHATLL W FRIENDS O' i IN TO SUPPER i MH IN-THEYRE THERE AND I SHFS UTTLE BILLYS KIN EVER I PERSON WIU. F YOU THEY THINK? I A MINE YOU'RE Q LIKE THIS WHO 1 LITTLE BILLYHS A DAME- I MAMA SUES SWELL- TAKE ME I EVER TRY 6WfS0- MKJHTG1T . LVX A FRIEND O' 1 ARE ALL THOSE I GRANDPARENTS- w A ISNT SHE, BILLY? AWAY FROM I TO--CMON- ig ,' RECOGNIZED! MINE TOO. j k FOLKS-? B. ni 'V . HER AGAIN. I LETS GO MVm(r j p j t ' j POPEYE Now Showing "WITH SOUND EFFECtT" Monday By E. C. SEGAR WELL. BWTEN ME HAJCMESl THfe 'paaai lwe B6EM WALKIM' J W YvAIT A MlNKItT B? VEH. THgM4 VjQtCE D AlMT THE VW NE COME THE sSjgMgg FOR FFTEEM MlNMtTS ) STOP'. 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