Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1941)
CONSLKiri j vrirc k WALLACE KS. rou crazy?" B ute. WWie w- ,,15 - h d K rtood there, wrow I a . w away f t bear .", ,n In hart " ; ,- Mr' ht she wouldn km you, THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE, OREGON CTTlrM. 1M1. NBA Strrlee. Ine. WIS Su- arm i dread- ana Su- frnnl i furiously, iruw'' ago! stay I .Li AiA PJL didn't she? Eihirn Why doesn't she fcirflum. did 8he Lyou,'aer he went &hBm,her,1en- rAfs your fault, Bill Kou've been blind- don't you know what Z where she's going? "1 pull the wool over ,.you let her make a fsWk of you before the Tu her, I told her how j She promised to stay cm Paul! And now what my up here and she tilled him!" fcne!" Jlarttia coma dco' r.ger. one imh w Erl's side, her own legs be quiet, you're up not responsible for . vins!" The sight stunned face, the deep nad conic uu, at w.v. lis mouth so sudden niortHn "Ynu know there's never been any- n raUl ana nie. iuu n.Hat vou're savinff on her shoulders, "Don't," stopped i. She crumpled. Bgauist mm her 1 hne, I're fcu're lich Inf I fed It kween Eounds ' inanoj , voice. t once fee for EL, ihe truth' h at c - nil don didn't i,t Eik we'd til said f Paul's ' ln'1 be a r as crazy, nst him. Paul ordered curtly, r what, vnii naid Im- 7or what? For i.q t i.fAJ vas a ghastly fail- ice sne covered ner hands and wailed, n't hp anffrv with mean to go to better go, Mar heavily. voice was husky, i damn fool! Su- upsei. xneres not word of truth in it Martha and I never Bill!" "Come on, Martha," Bill re peated inexorably. i, i . :.i t. i .1. lie wau&ea out wiuiuui a uuck- 1 1 mitfcnut - uiiM-f) Willi B.11VJ, ""MVH, " the man who had been his friend for so many years, ncipiessiy, h tiAart likat a stnn inside her. Martha went with him. There was nothing else w ao. She telt stiff and cold, weary with a weariness that dimmed even thought Suzanne had threatened this, and now she had done it With a few impassioned words in a searing moment she had already regretted Suzanne had brought the whole world tumbling down around their ears. It would bring her no nearer to Paul. And it had driven a wedge, cruel and all but insurmountable, between , Martha . Marshall and the man she loved. She remembered, as Bill led her to the car, Paul Elliott's voices aying, "Have I ever tried to make love to you? Bill's my friend, he trusts me . . ." It was all ruined, now. What Paul had tried to save, the friend ship he had valued, the whole delicate and precarious structure which alone had sheltered them gone. Because Suzanne's ungov ernable jealousy had had its way, at last. Bill was starting the car when she remembered Helen. "We we must see Helen." "Not now." Suddenly the numbness left her. "Bill," she whispered. "Bill, you've got to listen to me. You can't go on, with those poisonous words in your mind. Let me ex plain. Let me tell you " "Explain?" How cold his tone was! "What is there to explain?" "Bill," she said desperately, catching at his sleeve. "Bill, please, listen to me. Everything she said was wrong. It wasn't like that at all. -She didn't want Paul to take me out, she didn't vant him to come up to the apartment, because she wanted to go with him alone. Don't you un derstand? "She's in love with him, crazy with it. You know she's always been in love with him and tie he isn't with her. And when he was nice to me when he jvA tried to keep me from being lone some she imagined things. She came to me, told me that people were talking. I never told you, Bill. I didn't want to worry you." "Worry me!" he said bitterly. "That's rich, that is." "Darling, don't. Listen. I'm trying so hard to explain. You must believe me. There was nothing nothing " SIDE GLANCES , riTnrr I They were still parked at the curb in front of the hospital. People passed, glance at them. But they were unaware, as ob livious as if there were no one else in all the world but them selves. Bill, his eyes dark wells of pain, gripped the steering wheel until his knuckles went white. "Are you trying to tell me, Martha, that that Paul never never made love to you?" "Never!" she swore. "Oh, dar ling, never! Do you think I'd let him? He was Just a friend just your friend" "My friend! You were engaged to him when I met you! You were wearing his diamond. I never could afford a diamond, I could n't afford a lot of things. He lent you his car to come up and see me. The car I bought wasn't good enough." "But, Bill, you know that meant nothing the car" She fought off the hysteria which was making her talk too fast, too shrilly. She turned squarely on the seat, lift ing her eyes proudly to his. "Look at me, Bill. I have nothing to hide. Nothing! I swear to you, Paul never did a single thing, never said a single thing, he couldn't have done or said if you were there!" Something deep inside her throbbed with the truth, with the memory of Paul's voice saying he loved her. But it had been only once. For that one time, must she be crucified this way? With everything in her, with all the strength of her love, with all the. hope of his faith in her, she was willing her husband to believe. "Bill, if there'd been anything sly or secret between us, do you think Paul and I would have been such fools as to be seen together openly? Don't you think we'd have tried to meet secretly not to let anyone know?" Bill Marshall shook his head like a man in a daze. "I don't know what to think. I've always loved you so. I never dreamed " "Oh, darling, darling, there was nothing to dream about!" She put her arms around his neck. "Bill, if I cared for Paul, could I pretend like this with you?" For a heartbeat, cold fear clutched at her. Was Bill stif fening? His face was drawn. Would he reach up and tear away her clinging arms? Then, with a little cry, she felt his arms tighten. Relief, sharp ana unutterable, drove her fear away. "Bill! Bill, darling!" "Oh, Martha!" His arms were fierce, glad, suddenly asserting their possession once more. His mouth came down warm against her own. Lone and hard, he kissed her. A kiss that went on and on, a kiss that was like a vow, compounded of love and faith renewed and fleeting doubts dispelled. "Forgive me for even asking " he begged humbly. "I should have known it couldn't be true. Not you! Oh, Martha, you're so sweet, so real, how did I dare But when a man's away from his wife when you've had nothing but letters and memories " She caressed his lean cheek with the palm of her hand. "Hush, darling. Let's never, never speak of it again. Let s forget it ever happened." But it came to her, Sunday night, as she took Bill to his train, that forgetting wasn't so simple a matter as that. For, as they sat together in the quiet station. Bill took her two hands in his. "I want you to promise me something, Martha. "What is it?" "I want you to resign from Air Transport. Suzanne was wrong but one thing she said was true. People are bound to talk. I I think it'll be better if you don't see Paul again, Martha, promise me you'll stay here with Helen and Eugene. Promise me you'll stay until I get out of the Army." (To Be Continued) UTILE ORPHAN ANNE His Best Friend By HAR6LD GRA PHEENr!Z!ZZT tffifflcj HIMr Wl OATT eO4AT? 60 MOW MAYM UWWtrT H6 13 BROKElT , ." I WARBUCMS ALL M RAQSI f dOY MS PROM J I I CAN DO EOMETMN POft HIM" I HEX GOT BRAIDS !,!VE HA! HA! I AM' SO WEAK HE , J VOU I TW HOT SQOATl HE 6AVEO) H I CHEf f WCHE6 NEVER MADC A I . H7a JTHETJL NO. I FALLS ON HIS FACE! ( KNEW I MY UEE-COORSE. IT WAS f APPEARS I HEEL OUTA HIM BETWEEN L BE ON TOP AGAIN-- I ANVIL" I OUST LIKE A BUMl I WM, I ANNtCASKEO HtM TO. TO I QUYS UKB HIM AM Mf jR? .WTTH WHgt ,HSaOT VOUSEE ktJI rz&g? lost L"stfys cJ v . gj POPEYE Now Showing "ON THE WRONG END OF A LASSO." Tomorrow "TEN BABY FINGERS," By E. C. SEGAR lWeL!?f, V1 eonrfortaMe apartment in the r- uuu khow -wnen tney re weu on i: EASILY TAMED Recent experiments show that rhinoceros quickly becomes tame and gentle in captivity, even thougk it may be full grown when captured. CARRIED OWN SPICES Fashionable gentlemen of the 17th century carried spices in their pockets, ever ready for use in flavoring food or drink. During October, 1940, 8,880,709 automotive pneumatic casings were shipped. Of this number 140,028 were exported. V 1 n i) 1 o ft c n v$ Q D iAnRsT PICTURE TO RFACH THE tlXITED STATES showine Admiral rtdi.j ' new American mkui.J.r rnw. ainra his arrival at Vichy. This ., Berlin. xhnu- ht .i.h -ih m.mIi.I Hanri Petain. French chief Airiuot lI'V Flandin. French foreign minister, left. High honorg were c- f LSEN. MISTER- fgOU HEARD RI6HT! THAT'S 1 I AINT NO THIEF, BUT I I V DOKfT CO AWAV, ffTHA!6 NEU.O WA. V. 7 BECAUSE WOURE COIN', VI DID I HEAR VA. sfgffes? HOSS AND I 6Wj SAM RETURMM' MER J TRAMGCR, SOU'RS I i MISTER, BUT WA 0U6' i TO A MECKIM' PARTW JM L CALL ME 55ll3fgLyOU 6T6AL HIM Egl HORSH.WICH I TOUN" aTTIM' A. FREE RIDE J CALLED ME A CROOK Wg WITH ME- HOS'b- "pK a THIEF -MgiS- 'iSP LOST IN THE D&SER J .INTO TOWN JAW NOW VA WANTS THIEVES ALWKWS T Jls pffgJg " Bg Secret Aeat Z-t Bx Robert Storm XT VOU 4V AN MTHEK TUT WAIT, TO WSS tV. 'Vf AUW-Y-y tlJV'N. S LI BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES They're Off WWHOOT &(XM6 OOOO I 6EAT Vt0 , BvfT. To '.TVS. UTTLfc I V4T t vt. VOtWT TO f lflEu. wooem iwtwe. owatw." ctRTMVi vwRTy oor MO By MARTIN THUS VT VSN I HER. I 1 VTTt MtfeT I WXK &r MVCS '. I sotK, '. . 1 e,wtvT . jpg I tAVMLXV l VfmmA ryw WASH TUBBS Amazing Information By CRANE HECeH WHAT KAPPCNeO, !.. Ot G THE 4AB0TEURS, NIKOIA6, HAD KA6 MAKE A PATE WITH MP. PQIMKWATER'S iKRETARV. ON OUR WAV TO A MOVIE, WE STOPPED AT HAR. !9IMCWArtR' HOME WHtte 4H6 DELIVERED 40MB DOCUMENTS ' POSTTV MOU I THOU6HT 1 AW HER COME OUT. 1 BUT IMSTEAU.MR.DHINKWATEKU CnK VULUEU QUI OF THE PRIME, Ho BUTLER SAID ID BETTER ou HOME THAT SHE'D 60ME BACK TO THE PLANT WITH MR URINiC WATER LATER THAT MHT, VJKOLM WARNED MB V KEEP MV MOUTH SHUT, BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO THE OVIRL, AND I MI6HT BE IMPLICATED TW LATESIAREVOU WAS THAT VERY THIS IS EXTREMELY IM- BMnHklT till, I IB BCy<e HER DEATH WASN TJPIS COVIERED UNTIL. TWO DAYS LATER. : f BUT 1 KNEW Tl ssiBcRK-as p I - - - tB4J 1 I CftNlfc OUii ptXfUiaB fc( .11 S I IT e-r-tt II C&E Ut . - UlMH 1 HH IAUI V aTb .C K fNi UPSTAIRS IN HIS :t - . it t fy nop A Demonstratton By V. T. HAMLIN mmmmmm:imMmmmfwty.,e:2xt.s!!.!.: -m am., i rve ' i f akjo uoj I'll put owe op nn-i-wnraT FIKIDlMa HIS PLAWe SURHOUMDED lVur5 JUVT BGWPM- V201 WHAT IT TAKES, ( MV LITTLE WITHO-BOMBS IM- , I GRSAT CAESARfS B BY A ROMAKlPWROL,a.OCAR 5T'SiJ-r WATCH THAT HLTr TO ACTIOtJ JUST 'JC iRfUKJD I yf I oHOST- Ma I BOOM PROCEEDS TO MAKS A f ffieJ 505 WT L OA THE HILL. r I OUT TH6 IMPRESSIOW ' (fl Tc 7 & sstfj " . i-ia com, w i OUR BOARDING HOUSE - with - MAJOR HOOPLE THAT WASON LOOKS VEHV MUCH LIKE JASON'6 vuvAND THOSE BOTTLES Age? y ire wwc ohmnu THfi oioy ''?yyy vt - OH, THESE ? WHV, Tj PlCllM' TUCGI1 I ID TS A ME AT THE TbRC VOUNS S IN ALLEYS TO TAKE ) JC I WONDER, f" ( MANj WHERE 7 HOME TD MV ter"Y SHOOSH.' ) r( lFwit.. ? rr' OlOX) SET Ll UNCUS- JZZ' VOU ajfcarywCT J. THSCT WA&OJ HE'S A "7 INPERNM.A COe SAW HER COMIMG AND ORWTEO THE BOV- OUT OUR WAY By WILLIAMS I DOM'T SEE WHY VOU BECAUSE I HAVE MV ' HAPTA. BUTT IN ON OUR A OBDEB.S I'M A COOr ' I ABMV CAMP AM' MAKE 1 PORAL--HE MADE ME TJO KITCHEM POLICE SOME OP THE MOTHERS BECUZ. OUR CAPTIM CORPORALS FOR. A SEMT WORD OVER , REASOM .' BV THE WAY, I WHUT BUSINESS IS IT I f WHAT'S A SOLDIER'S J OP MOTHERS TO BE V BED TIME F BUTTlW INTO OUR. j ' " 1 uyvu ius arnvBat
