Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, June 10, 1948 lege and trying to be ■ reporter. And Tom, spending more and more of his time with her until Anne, with her own need for him so strong had, in her disappointment and in- ability to guess what was wrong be tween them, provoked that scene which could not be made up. FICTION CORNER MESSAGE FOR THELMA By ROBERT ARTHUR s note said that he would T OM' come at 11 tor his things. By r * before the elevator could reach her floor. It didn't stop, after all. But the fear of being caught there by Tom's arrival stayed with her until she was outside and hurrying across to Washington Square. Only when she reached the small park did she slow ' her pace, She found a bench in the cool Then, I sunshine and sat down. watching the placid pigeons, the screeching children on skates, the mothers pushing carriages and the old men playing checkers, she tried to keep her thoughts turned from what was happening. But it wasn't possible. Why? The question persisted in 10:30 ‘Anne had packed all of his personal belongings into the three pigskin bags and the wardrobe trunk, which she dragged empty Into the foyer of the apartment and filled there. Tom was never punc­ tual. He might come half an hour early or half an hour late, and she wanted to have everything ready in time so that she could be out when he canie. She did not linger over the pack­ ing or allow herself to feel anything, even when she put the set of cuff links and studs which had been her wedding gift to him and the silver- mounted military brushes she had asking itself. What went wrong? given him on their first—and only Why didn't it work out? —anniversary into the last bag. She'd known it wouldn't be easy. 1 wonder if anyone else in New A sports writer, Tom often had to York uses military brushes, she caught herself thinking. I never knew any other man who did. A brief mental picture came to her of Tom before the mirror, making a determined effort with the brushes to force his sandy hair to stay in place. Then as quickly as it had come she banished it. Surgical operations should be neat and clean. Even if it was something you were cutting out of your heart you musn't linger over it. So now he was taking away hla tilings • • • i ’ ’ I C lassified D epartm ent ftiiP h illip r RABBITS & SKINS FOR SALE A l \ T I.1V E It UIIIITM « il.i h p , rail bit akin«, hid es, w ool, m ohair, cus c a r s, Ilv« p ou ltry, R u h r • C om pany, 935 B. W. F ron t, P ortlan d . O regon. R ir m o iB A T o a ■ q u ir m w T •M »<«■» Hal«’« \ .s»»rklcr. Ilo io u I o «*U«* im , bottl» coolcrv. rench In boxen M»»t gmm »». Anne looked at her wrist watch. I Kvi rythllitf In rrfrlu»’» fit Inn PortlauQ In the turmoil of her thoughts, more Special Delivery Letter: R e frig e ra tio n Co., 1516 N E K lll- M ISCELLANEOUS In g sw o rth , P ortland , O regon. Ph. than an hour had passed. She rose Bear Eric Johnston: TR (1644. You could have knocked me over DONKKY KLiU>, Boon»«, lxtrtuhln m ill und thankfully started back toward xlodw I build fu rn l*h all tool», the apartment. Tom certaiply with a gangster scenario when 1 FARMS AND RANCHES labor und oohm I ru ction ■tret on c o n ­ would have come and gone by now. , read in the paper thut you were not tra« t ,<•!• i w in bull i on youi i >• UAHTBXM W A IH IW O TO N a n y w h e re b a y or co n tr a ct work Anyway it was over. She could only chairman of the National Con­ sprinkler h »ir.n . .1 »« i . t with W rite P.O. B o i UIH, P h on e 1013, KB ference on Family Life in America ii it p m h <1 grastlM I dw« llliiUF start rebuilding her life somehow. D rain, Ore. T ractor, tuitar. »ombln»» a ll ma« At least, she was thinking as she i but that at its Washington meeting c h ln c ry . T h iiia IN T E M N A T 1O N A L BLUCTHXO KAY COLE CO put her key into the door, she had ! you made an impassioned speech F1MC1BB 21120 M ockerfelter M ain MB calling on everybody to rully and We are fa c to r y dlM trlhutora for thia kept her emotions in control. Bverett, Washington po|>ulur fe n c e r for W unhlnffton, Nor* fight for the protection of Amer­ Then she opened the door. And j th e m Idaho and W catern »»»«icmi. •' \ T T I . I: It A N'< ’ll In Nt« '.•n t < • unt M any m odel*, b u ttery typ e ami 11 U all thought fled. He had not left. ican family life and to keep the Cheap. Bun acre». c u ltiv a te d , 30(1 volt A I no In M iih ito ia und partu nmr«» cou ld be On o ile d III way. His trunk and bags were still there, young on the right paths. This was P rom p t rep air a e rv lre w ith fu c to ry flood c lln in te nil,« front»»«* on because I was under the impression purta. If nb d«uler In your c ity , and he was standing beside them. It«. - w r i t leukt ??<» p. r i « c i .< Owner w r i t e ttfl you were also the top man in the O. T iffa n y , Cadonla, W ash in g to n . IN T E R N A T IO N A L K LSC T R IO “Anne,” Tom said, as woodenly movie industry, the one fellow in S K IV U S CO, NTOCK mid buy ranch, f iv e rnllra she closed the door behind her, the country in a swell position to 1033 O live W ay, f l e a t t l e 3. W ueh. aouth ll< .•!'"• i Jot f i t ( i .Md i holding to the knob for support. protect the home and to keep the IV'hi a Tut lor gravin g 71 A under hurry : hurry : hurry : ditch ........ I ni l . I'li.'i»« <1 Boe “Anne!” kids from getting too many films H 0 w ork e x tr a Incom e, g r o w in g m uah- 353, A rlin gton , O regon. routiix In baaem ent. W e sh ow you He took a step toward her. His blueprinting murder und crime Just how. l.n rgu dem and Frco sh ir t HO ACHKN Im proved farm !.«nd n m r voice was rough with urgency. She techniques. But this must be some er sp a w n I'n itcn rd for d etail». J. J. CllctiMboir \ o biilbliiik . B7.B0U XL BJdelda, G la d sto n e 4, O regon. other Johnston and I am glad I 1, B ox 354. N orth Band. W aeh. realized the mistake. I hate to go i W ATCH, clo ck and je w elr y o f a ll I ’ ii A. « t o ’lh iit wuiidy garden eull, kin d s rep aired , In s u re alt mull Mt. off half-cocked. tra . i .>apb< rrlea; • rm« V iew J e w e lr y , K rnle Ja en a , S u lta n , _ • _ hoiino w ith bath. wlr»«t for elec, W a sh in g to n . rung«- S m all «Tr» k, I ml to bench. Well, your fine speech certainly I ■ " D .tti W h ltr h c A il, K t. I. D >x 12. SO I.A IR 1IEAT P U M P N ehalem . O regon. roused me and when you told the W O R LD 'S F IN E S T Tak ea b eat from th e ground or A N l‘< > U T K W A p .i r u d l e e H u n tin g, delegates front all over the coun­ w ater. Air c o n d itio n in g lo o t in g A ftrtliliig lu .ir by. 32‘) ucren «»a c u l t i ­ try in a straight from the shoul­ c o o lin g ycur around. Ordi r y o u r s vation . io«i morw caally cl«ared . 3” now . M fg hv e der talk that the protection of the In perm anent buy, rent In crop. Naw N O R T H W E S T H E A T IN G . Inc. log*, pub h . wood K unnlng w ater to American home was a paramount 1944 N. L om bard, P ortlan d , Ore, I ■ . . i ; ii r 1.1 -1 • .1 ' l i rri. * Issue of the day I felt like cheer­ MU 094» gard«*n, llvr»tn ck , m ach in ery, tool», Ilo g h o ija r , d i l t k« n houne, tool »lied, ing- A irplane T ire s, U nused. T u b es, w h ee ls, root collar, t«-nc<-d und cro ee-fm » « «1. __ • bearin g«, aplndlea. For harveati-ra, 3 m llee from ator«* and depot. A Im plem ent«, lo w b o ls. Fr<« p i c t u r e pint" hard to hi nt for >V,»0 M. B. You appealed to the National W o r ld '« l a r g e s t N tock A IR P L A N E M ortenson , C ocolalla, Idaho. Conference on American Family T IR E CO M PA NY. D B P T . 54, BOX 1396, M ERCED , C A L IF O R N IA . C1IICKHN FARM 3 A. c lo s e In, bee. Life to find ways to help the family II \ . broader, 1 ; . b b i < rate.« strengthegi Itself and you stirred 45-FT. HAI..MON and tu n a boat, La- K t. ,' i l a i i i s . C h ry sle r ito y a l m arine Hu» 3, B ox 11, S ilv er to n , O regon. fathers and mothers everywhere by d ir ec tio n fin d er und « le d g. ur If your deep interest. In terested c a ll A l's 1‘lnre or w rite 8 0 0 .A STO<*K HAN'«’It on h ig h w a y , Only when the three bags were standing beside the trunk, in their scuffed sturdiness, strangely re­ minding her of Tom, did she have B o x 353, T oled o, O regon. time to feel the emptiness within < le c tr lc lin . hulldliiKM, wi ll, crcru T rum an F ra n ts, K oute 8, B oa 390, her. As if, in emptying the closet There is no greater threat to the H ILLM A N Jl:< » S i l :< TI-.II w e ll .io n O hehaile, W ash in gton . 6” & k" t o o ls Hodge truck, ga» .v and bureau of his things, she had American home and to the future e le c tr ic w elder« G race Crum , R t. 3, taken something from inside herself T h e D a llee , Ore. of this nation than the present C A N A D IA N F A M M t W rite Si fw I MEK IN - and packed it too. F O R M A TIO N ao fern, ••tU«tn«al uppwteelllM. alarming crime trend among chil­ OW N Y O U ll" w h o le sa le d istr ib u tin g F*»t¡I» kull*. Mcat.tubly prlr»<1. (’. F. C«a»- dren. In one day the papers car­ and s e r v ic e bualne««. W hy w ork for wall, Ceeedlee I ' m IB c M all««/. rax»La»»r, li c To escape the curious numbness o th ers, l.nrgu p r o fits fo r y o u r « c lf ried the story of three 12-year-olds which gripped her, she turned swift­ y e a r arou n d P ro te cte d terrlto r BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPOR. who waylaid and shot a citizen in W rite H IN S O N CO M PA NY, RICH ly and went for her hat and coat. M OND, IN D IA N A . the back: of a half dozen school In getting them from the closet be­ W E L L EST. largo grocery cem b. g e n . Swift panic assailed her as she heard the elevator begin its hum­ children who riddled a teacher's H A V E clea n and unbroken e g g s nil •r a l sto r e and m eat m ark et on In ­ side the front door she saw the ming rise. He mustn't find her here. She left the message unfinished te r sta te A te Ib-er, W lno lies. F u lly the tim e. B u ild th e new Itue layln home with bullets from Win­ large pad which hung there where «quipped Mod fix tu r e Bee W il­ n e sts, en«y to build. Heml for plum and hurriedly fled. chesters, and of an 11-year-old child Thelma, the maid, could not help liam B. Creitx, A ttorn ey a t law , 815 11.00. A lb ert R ue, B eaver, W aeh. S.W . Y a m h ill. BB 0183, P ortlan d . Ore. seeing it both on arriving and leav­ be away for several days, some­ tried to turn, tried to open the door “shot by six boys who mistook him HELP WANTED ing. Thelma was a good worker, times even for weeks. And the time to flee, but his hands caught her. for a member of a rival gang.” F O R S A L E 500 f r e e s ln g lo c k e r* all rented. In firep ro o f b u ild in g u n ­ Men nntl w om en a g e n t« . I'nrt or fu ll but forgetful. “Thelma—Please de­ when he was gone was just a series “Anne, we've been fools. Or at der in year lease P rice JII.OuO In- tim e. K lectrlo h.onu and h ea lth up Where do the kids get such frost refrigerator," said last Thurs­ of empty days and nights in which least I have. I need you. I know ' e lu d in g f ix tu r e - and equlptn>-nl W. piiance Vary high grail« produt S. Van Anken. Broker, C oq uille, Ore. w ith m any u«es und herded In e v er y day's note, reminding her that this she missed him so much the sense it. I never stopped knowing it. * Ideas? The Idea of getting armed hom e. E ach «ala len ds to an oth er to the teeth and doing some was Saturday, and Thelma would do of his absence was almost a physi­ It was just that—you didn't seem A ttr a c tiv e eotntn. Good deni for crew VACATION' IIV TH E 14I.UB P A C IFIC AMONG T ill? E V E R G R E E N S M od­ bumping off is not natural to any no marketing for the weekend un­ cal ache. manager H o lly w o o d L lq u e flsr , Inc to need me.” ern C om m u nity K itchen, p icn ic A 4965 E a g le R ock B ir d , L o t A n g ele s child and It is not taught in any less told. But Thelma might be •’Didn't need you, Tom?” In sur­ catnp grou n d s T railer parkin g, c a b ­ 41, CaUf. But she'd known how it would be, ins, oil equipped Ideal met up for home, Mr. Johnston. Everybody gone before Anne returned, and — and knowing, had accepted the job prise she ceased her blind efforts large groups, d u b s , fa m ily r e u n ­ W A N T E D — E xp erien ced com b in ation Is with you in your realization of ions. e tc Clui im lng, fish in g , c r a b ­ Anne hesitated. Then, do every­ of making their marriage work. to release herself, to look up at lab oratory - X - r a y technician if bing. b. I>< oiub ln g W rit« tu Ocean the despair and sorrow felt m a le ), p r iv a te p h y«lclan '« o f f ic e 5 thing just as always, she told her­ She had never fretted or wept when him in astonishment. "But I do. ) Park T o n rist Cam p, O cean P ark, d ay w eek. C r ed en tia ls fir s t letter I’ve always needed you. The times 1 «round American firesides as W aahlngton. A d d re.a B ox 195, E llv erto n . Ore. self. If you let go now, it’ll just Tom had to be away. She'd kissed such things go on and we are so him goodby lightly and welcomed when you were away—” hurt worse and longer. WANiTIjD— ltegln teri-d and u n d rrgrad . G ROCERY sto ro and aervlce sta tio n glad you see the situation so And then, without warning, the on m ain h ig h w a y w ith 2 » / I 0 acr»« u a te s num e«. 5-d.iy w eek. Kingl- She slipped into her coat, forced him back in the same spirit. She tears came. It was the first time 5-rooiA m odern liv in g q u arters. Goon clearly. under 35. Addr< «« Su pt. H azel H aw hadn't clung to him when he left h u n tin g anil fish in g |2 ) e o 0 o a • — kina. M em orial H o sp ita l, H o lliste r herself to put on her hat with care. she ever had let him see her cry. m onth g r o -s I’r b - • JlloOOOi) Ad- OaUf. or fussed over him when he re­ Then she took up the pencil that d ress Ben J. Hottdek. R o u te 3, B oa Will you forward a copy of your Men hated weepy women, but when 300, K lam ath P a lls, O regon. was tied to the pad by a red string turned. Men hated that. LIVESTOCK the tears were over, something cold speech to tie Eric Johnston who and tried to think what she would She had never let him guess the and dead inside her had been has that big job in Hollywood and SM A LL h otel, n u llab le for co u p le to T w o v e ry good regl«ttr<-ly priced bread, milk, coffee, she thought. her when he was away on an as­ She dried her eyes on Tom’s to protect the fireside and keep the J . O. SW A N SO N , R t. 6, Box 500, JEW ELRY G IFT s t o r e . H e a t l o c a ­ Soup maybe. I don't know. I don't signment, lest it make him feel handkerchief and held her lips up kids from learning criminal ways? ▼ anconvsr, W ash . P h o n s 31P31. tion d o w n to w n 1,0« A n g ele s |I2,&(KI care what I eat. Yours truly guilty for leaving her alone so tor his kiss. And she knew then, R otlrln g o w n er . 636 S. O Uys, L os REAL ESTATE—MISC. A n g ele s 14, C alif. Elmer. Her fingers were curiously stiff much. And she’d kept her job, somehow, what he meant. She had P.S.—Where do you speak next FOR S A L E - G ood Incom « prop erty on MAX, W O M A N o r p a r t y to fin a n c e as she wrote carefully, in neat capi­ writing store copy, not because she made their marriage a thing light m e on u tun.i anil sultnon tr o lle r for m ain St. In a good pay roll tow n and could you arrange to get the tals: NEEDED. She underscored liked or needed it but because it and gay—fcnd it had been too light, p ercen tage or sh a r e s B o x X, Bar B o x 131, I m i u t t t , Id aho. helped fill the days of waiting when other Eric on the same platform? V iew , Ore. too gay. With her casual goodbys the word, drew a line after it, then * • e l-’t IR HA LE . ii 11. < N orth and her bright welcomes she had had just begun to write down the he was away. and m k t . ml. ■. C urlew Lake, ab ou t 90 c u ltiv a te d , M O D ERN gr< o f Lebanon on H w y. 20. by ow ner. b alan ce good p astu re, sp rin g«, so m e But she hadn’t let the job come hid her emotions too well. That Real Estate Opportunities items she wanted Thelma to buy P.O. B ox 58, L ebanon , Ore. tlfnber. 2(0 acre« 5 m ile« S o u th w est when she heard the elevator begin between her and the home she was men hate emotion had been her ARE YOU A VET?—Did you fight tow n , h as nbout *00 thounand feet SICKNESS forcM u* to s e l l n o o t . r u sa w tim ber. T ow n prop erty, 2 good trying to make for him. With the guiding principle. its humming rise. for your country? Come to Larceny court, 4 d ou ble unit», 2 s in g le u n its, D u p lex d w e llin g s, eurr.ln gs near 20% Heights and fight for an unwarped 3 c o tta g e s, nil have sh o w e rs, to ile ts But a good marriage has Sold se p a r a te ly , nr nil for 134,000.00 Swift panic assailed her. It was help of Thelma and much fore­ and equipped w ith ga s, a ll n ic e ly R. JO N E S, B ox 583. R epnbU c, W ash . door. These homes offered at $10,- depths. A woman must feel early, but it might be Tom. He thought, she had kept it running fu r n ish ed ; a la rg e r esid en ce, acre 000 are worth every other dollar of needed; but so must a man, too. good ground. For q u ick s a le $20,000, □ E S T IN T H E W E ST mustn’t find her here. To see him so smoothly the mechanics of $15,000 dw n. T erm s on bal . or $ 1 9 - T o u r ist C ou rts, A p ts and H om es. housekeeping never had obtruded it. All ready to step into if you have In avoiding one extreme she had again, not knowing even now what M yrdal Co., R e a lto r s, 133 N orth H ig ­ 000 ca sh . B o x 141, L o n g B ea ch , W n. a fast eye for weak floors and open gone to another. it was that had gone wrong, would upon the time they did have togeth­ g in s, M isso u la , M ontana. AI TO '*r»i'i;'r: on 99W, yearly mt be more than she could face. Her er. And yet — Tom tried, in awkward sentences, trapdoors. Bring your own plumb­ Incom e $6000. * u n its and lo v e ly DOGS, CATS. PETS. ETC. She still could not analyze it. Why to explain. Tried to tell her about ing and have fun. carefully maintained self-possession new home. E lec bent In hatne and 2 u n its hal. oil heat. $41,500 In- W H ITE COLLIES, b eau tifu l Puppi« probably would go in a flood of Tom gradually had become dissatis­ the blonde Marion, whose need for c lt n l.s fu r n itu r e , linen. *tc even In C o llb -« . ped igreed W ill ship. SACRIFICE—Country home; I I W Colored tears and with it the last remnant fied and restless. Had taken to his help and advice had almost hom e. $25.onn financed. Ill h e a lth IL L E Y 'S W H IT E CO LLIE FARM ftT ces s e |,. H n tc h c r o ft A g e n c y , M c­ of her pride, all that she had left, making excuses for staying away made him think that he—But he paid $18,000 for this and will sell : R t. 1 C o lv ille , W ash. M in n ville, O regon. would be stripped from her. She even when he was not on an as­ didn't have to explain. She under­ for $36,000 to a fast buyer and a > CO LLIE P U P P IE S . ALL AGES 'R l e a s t : L o n g e s t a b l i s h e d o . . , . t h ile and sa b le. One black, w h ite dropped the pencil, leaving the note signment. stood all he said, and more. Only slow thinker. Not much to look at ! W trim and grocery. W ell equip ped, d oin g m in g«. On« A u str a lia n S h ep ­ for Thelma barely begun, ran out Then had come the blonde girt when he finished was she bewil­ but it was built at a time when good b u sin e ss. L ocated In b u sy herd. C h estn u t sa d d le m are. Hnfe N orih C en tral W a sh in g to n tow n nails were used. the door and down the fire stairs Marion something, fresh out of col- dered. for ch ild ren , Frnnl- E n g le r t, B ox 344, flood deni for righ t person. If In- R t. 1, F ern d a le, W a sh in g to n . t-r . St. I w rite P.O. B ox 351, O knn. “If you hadn't let me know, i ognn. W ash . C O M E TO HOKNSWOGGLE I RITTANY s i ' A M L l . s \n though,” Tom said then, his square, fin e st b reed in g. M rs. C. S. M cC ul­ ACRES! The Gyppem Holding nicely ugly features twisted in a PLANTS AND SEEDS loch . R t. 1, B o x 520, S p rin g V alley, CaUf. grin that was tight with the know- | corporation; we sell it and you POTTAGE P A ID ’ hold It. These are the novelty ledge of how close their escape had r o P -N O T C H K pringer pup- front Held MAIL ORDER SPECIAL homes of the year; no stairways; and sh o w w in n in g lln< ■ A.K C. R eg- been, “if you hadn’t put it where i CamslL'as 8" to 18”, $1.00 ea. it’s all done by ladders. The ce- ■ l-tered . A d elin z M lnulch, M rk llteo. or 8 P la n ts, 8 v a r ie tie s fo r 88.98 I couldn't miss it—” W ash. A zaleas e v er g r se n s o u t o í 2' ." p o ts But she was able to still the ques- 1 ment we are pouring on these 7 v a r ie tie s a ll for 53.43 jobs will guarantee you an excit­ MACHINERY A za lea s 8 to8 ', 6 v a r ie tie s. 63.90 tion on her lips before it was P o s t O f f ic e M noy O rders P le a s* ing outdoor life for years, $25,000, spoken. For she saw the direction Gray m arin e D le«els, quad« or tw in«, SEETHALER NURSERY with only two walls missing. e x c cond. Lea . 1635 D e la w a re S t .’ of his look, and followed it to see 9335 N. H odgo A ve. P ortla n d 3, Or*. B erk eley , C a lif. B E r k e le y 7-8285-W — • — the message for Thelma which she : R SALE ?. u c a t ., r e c e n t l y