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alised th a t th e post m ark of Palm
S prlnga would bo stam p ed on the
envelope. H er place of concealm en t
would be dlacloned.
Now Go On W ith the Story
tr a s tin g th em w ith th e g lam o u r of
playing tra g ic ro les, sh e felt h e rse lf
en to m bed.
T h en th e su m m er h eat began and
grew so fierce th a t h e r em p lo y er and
h is fam ily went to th e seash o re.
She sp e n t m uch th o u g h t upon the
le tte r hom e th a t sh e had not yet
w ritten , th a t sh e m ust w rite If e v e r
sh e w ere to go hom e again. T he
w hole p u rp o se of th is long, long
Journey in to lo n elin ess w as to he ab le
to w rite th a t le tte r ; and It had not
yet gone.
E very tim e sh e m ade th e begin
ing h er h an d s flinched frozn th e lying
pen. But one n ig h t In a fra n tic fit
of h istro u lc enthusiioxii sh e d ash ed
off h er fable, sealed It in an envelope,
and d ro p p ed It a fte r d a rk In th e m all
box.
lh trlln g M am ma and P ap a:
How can I w rite th e te rrib le new s?
1 can h ard ly b ear to th in k of It. let
alone w rite about it. B ut my d a rlin g
hu sb an d p assed aw ay in th e d e se rt.
I can n o t w rite you th e p a rtic u la rs
now, for I am too u g ila te d and grief
stric k e n and I do n o t w ant to h a r ­
row you w ith d etails. I know your
poor h e a rts will a ch e for me. hut I
beg you not to feel It too deeply, hi
cau se 1 am try in g to be brave. And
I rem em b er w hat you ta u g h t me.
th a t th e Ixird g lv eth and th e Ixird
ta k e th aw ay. . . .
I c a n n o t w rite
you m o re now. I am in no need of
m oney and 1 will com e hom e w hen
I get a little stro n g e r. All the lo w
in th e w orld from your loving Mem
A fter sh e had slipped th e le tte r
irrev o cab ly in to th e m ail box she r e ­
* Estimated Budget for the
Town of Springfield for 1930
Close-up of in d iv id u als w ere ta k e n ,
th e m o st s trik in g ty p es oeing se le c t-j
ed and coached to e x p ress c rise s of
feelin g ; “ You go m ad and b abble,
old m an, w ill y ou? . . . You. m iss,
•
S p rin g field . O regon, O cto b er 22. 1929.
w ill you fall b ack in y o u r m o th e r s
B udget c o m m itte e m et a t City H all a t 7:20 I’ M. T u esd ay , O ctober 22nd.
a rm s— you be m o th er, w ill you. m iss 1929. W. P. T yson elected C h airm an and
E. W heaton. S e c re ta ry . All
and c a tc h h e r — you a re to die. you m em b ers of th e c o m m ittee p re se n t. T he follow ing is th e b u d get e s tim a te of
know ; ju s t ro ll jo u r eyes b ack and e I p e n d jtu re s an(j re c e ip ts for th e Tow n of S p rin g field for th e y e a r 1920.
gigh an d sin k in to a heap. A nd you, 1 S T R E E T IM PR O V E M E N T:
m o th er, w rin g y o u r h a n d s an d b e a t
L u m b er ..................................................
$ 50.00
y o u r b re a s t an d w ail. You u n d e r­
400.00
L ab o r. Man an d team , 12 m onthg
h a n d — O rie n ta l stu ff, eh ? . . .
200.00
C ru sh ed ro ck .............. .........................
A nd I'd lik e som ebody Just to look
C em en t alley cro ssin g s ..................
50.00
op to h eav en a n d p ray for m ercy —
200.00
C u ttin g w eeds ......................................
to m eb o d y w ith big ey es— You. o v er
S u rv ey in g s tr e e ts ....................... .....
75.00
th ere— will ypu s te p out,
Oh, it s
250.00
C lean in g s tr e e ts .................................
Mrs. W oodville, is n 't it? I m e t you
100.00
E q u ip m en t and su p p lies ............—
th is m o rn in g .
H e re 's y o u r ch an ce.
S ew er pipes ..........................................
75 00
Do th is fo r m e lik e a good g irl, and
250.00
In c id en tals ..................... .......................
give y o u rself to it.
Look up to
h e a v e n ; if th e sun b rin g s te a r s to
$1750.00
y o u r eyes all rig h t, but le t th em > om> p o n f g D E P A R T M E N T :
from you r soul, d ear, If you can. You
$1800.00
C hief of P olice a t $150.00 p er m o n th , 12 m onths.
see, you h av e seen y o u r people dying
O ne n ig h t w atch m an a t $105.00 p er m o n th , 12 m o n th s 1260.00
like flies a b o u t you, from fam in e and
.............
.. 205.00
E x tra h elp , su p p lies and ex p en ses .
h a rd sh ip . You look an d say, O God,
you don’t m ean for us to die in th is
$2265.00
useless to rtu re , do you, d e a r G od?
F IR E D E P A R T M E N T .
T ak e m y life an d le t th e se o th e rs
F ire C hief a t $140.00 p er m o n th , 12 m o n th s ................... $1680 00
live. W o n 't you. d e a r G od?"
T ire s for fire tru c k
100 00
Mem stood th ro b b in g from h ead to
Soda and acid ..........
50.00
foot w ith e m b a rra ss m e n t and w ith a
O ne raid o ..................
66.00
S tran g e ru s h of alie n m oods.
T he
One m ask ..................
25 00
tie rc e ey es of th e d ire c to r b u rn in g
E x tra help .................
JOO.OO
th ro u g h h is g lasses, th e cu rio u s in ­
’ l0 00
L au n d ry .......................
stig a tio n in his voice, th e p lea to do
S
up
p
lies
......................
50.00
w ell fo r him , q u ick en ed h e r pulse.
T elep h o n e ..................
24 00
F o lg er took h e r by th e arm and
m u rm u red :
$2104.00
“Now d ear! L et y u r h o e a rt b re a k ! |
900.00
Look aro u n d an d see y o u r dying R EC O R D ER S SA LA RY .....................................................................
TREASURER'S
SALARY
.........................................................
180.00
people. T h a t’s your fa th e r o v er th e re , ;
..................... ............................ ......................
240.00
g asping h is life out. Y our m o th er lies A T T O R N E Y ’S F E E S
dead back th e r e ; you’ve covered h e r L IG H T S AND W A T E R :
L ight«: M ountain S ta te s P o w er C om pany. L ig h ts fo r
poor body w ith san d to k e e p th e
s tre e ts an d public bu ild in g s, 12 m o n th s
$1850.00
Jackals from it. Can you do it? W ill
W
a
te
r;
M
ountain
S
ta
te
s
P
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w
er
Co.
F
ire
h
y
d
ra
n
ts,
you? T h a t's rig h t. Look round now
s tre e t sp rin k lin g , p ublic buildings, 12 m o n th s .... 1150 00
and le t y o u rself g o !”
She fe lt h e rs e lf b ew itch ed , b e­
$3000 00
n u m b ed , y et m y stically aliv e to a
th o u s a n d tra g e d ie s. H er ey es rolled S T R E E T CLEA N IN G AND FL U SH IN G :
Man and team , 12 m onths a t $115.00 p er m o n th ............
$1380.00
aro u n d th e s ta rin g th ro n g , and m ade
out Tom H olby gazin g dow n a t h er TO W N LIBRARY:
S erv ices, re n t, wood, su p p lies an d e x p e n se s......................
$643.00
from h is cam el an d p o u rin g sy m p a­
$
125.00
ANNUAL
CLEANUP
..................................................................
th y from h is ow n soul in to hers.
1140.34
T h en sh e flu n g h e r head from side EM ERGENCY FU N D .............................................................................
to sid e in a to rm e n t of woe, c a s t h e r IN T E R E S T ON BONDED IN D E B T ED N E SS:
G en eral Im p ro v em en t, F irst Issu e $35,000.00 ..,.........
$2100.00
head back , an d h eav ed h e r big ey es
G en eral Im p ro v em en t, Second Issu e $25,000.00 .............. 2100 00
up in to th e c ru el b ra z ie r of th e sk ies,
R efu n d in g B onds, Due 1932, $35,000.00
2450.00
seem ed to se e God p eerin g dow n
R efu n d in g B onds, Due 1944, $50,000.00
3000.00
on th e little m u ltitu d e , an d m oved
Im p ro v em en t B onds, 1926 Issue, $2981.00 .
178.86
h e r lips In su p p licatio n .
Í43.04
Im p ro v em en t B onds, 1927 Issue, $9050.56
S h e fe lt th e w ords an d th e anguish
Im provem ent. B onds, 1928 Issu e, $13,000.00
780.00
w rin g in g h e r th ro a t, an d th e te a rs
Bond S inking Fund .....................................
7000.00
cam e th ro b b in g from hep ey es, ran
sh in in g Into h e r m o u th , and she
$18,151.90
sw allow ed th em an d found th em b it­
G ross E stim a te d E x p en d itu res ............................................
$32,879.24
te rs w e e t w ith an e x u lta tio n of agony
T h e re w as su ch a w ierd re a lity In A N T IC IPA TE D R E V E N U E S :
L icenses, Pool an d B llliurd H alls, e tc ............................... $ 180.00
h e r g rief th a t th e d ire c to r’s g lasses
F in es, 12 m o n th s ........................................................................... 1800.00
w e re b lu rred w ith h is own te a r s ; th e
R oad F u n d s, 12 m o n th s ............................................................ 2000.00
c a m e ra m en w ere g ulping h ard .
As h e r u p w ard s ta re ag ain e n ­
$3980.00
c o u n te re d Tom H olby’s ey es sh e saw
$28,899.24
th a t te a r s w ere d rip p in g from h is T o tal N et E x p e n d itu re s .....................................................................
T h e Com m on C ouncil, sittin g as a lev y in g b o ard , will m e e t on T u esd ay ,
la sh e s and th a t b is m o u th w as q u iv e r­
in g T h e sight, of h is te a r s s e n t N o v em b er 12th, 1929, a t th e City H all In S p rin g field a t th e ho u r of 7:30 P.M.
th ro u g h h e r a s tra n g e p an g of t r i ­ w h ere and w hen an y an d all ta x p a y e rs of th e Tow n of S p rin g field sh all be
u m p h a n t sy m p ath y , and she b ro k e h e a rd In fav o r of o r a g a in s t such proposed tax lev y o r an y p a rt th ereo f.
W. P. TY SO N , C h airm an of th e B udget C om m ittee.
down sobbing, w ould h av e fallen In ,
MOTHERS* CLUB HEARS
PAPERS AT M EETING
T he reg u lar sem i m onthly m eeting
of th e M others' Btudy club w as held
Monday evening a t the hom e of Mi ■
W N. Dow T w o p ap ers w ere pre-
s,'litisi d u rin g th e w a n in g by Mrs
T he m o u n ta in s hud a beckoning
Mrs
Lloyd
I lent y F im diem and
look alw ay s, and on th is aftern o o n ,
T hom pson, and re fre sh m e n ts w ero
w hen a clouded sky gave a little
served by the h o stess
s h e lte r from th e sun she set out to
M em bers p resen t at th e m eeting
obey an Im pulse to clim b as far as
Included M csdaines Levi N eel, W aller
h er s tre n g th would lak e her.
G o ssler,
H enry
Fuiiiliein.
Floyd
T hom pson. I.a w re n in M offatl. Allen
T he ex e rtio n of clim bing w as m ore
K afoiiry. l arso n W right, and W ('
th an Mem had barg ain ed for
T he
ste e p s th a t had looked so inviting
H ebhan
D uring h er Illness Mem received a
T h e next m eeting will he held mi
from a d is ta n c e w ere ragged and fo r­
bidding. T h e
b u rn t alm ond
tnoun le tte r from lx«vu lx>malre, saying that N ovem ber 4. w ith
Mrs
taxw reueo
ta in s w ere hot and sharp-islge gild she hml Just seen In an old paper M ortalt at her hom e on D i l i and I)
Irons to h e r feet.
T h e aim t im e i) pm .(graph ileesei thing Mrs Woisl stre e ts .
blazing fo rth and seem ed to spinal) «H ies fall from th e m ountain and lo r
upon h er a yellow hoi m ass of m etal m lrio uloiis escap e from d e a th Leva
R e tu rn s F ro m H o s p ita l
and rolled o v er h er sh o u ld ers In ex p ressed the utm ost sym patli« mol
Mrs
II E Mioxey and her baby
i
hoped
th
at
h
er
beuuty
w
as
not
m
ar
b listerin g Ingots.
sun, Jatiie i N'ui limn, who wa horn at
red. Silt» a d d e d ;
A sto n e rolled u n d er h er foot and
the I’u iiflc ( In 1st Ian h o sp ital In Eu
shook h e r from h er balance
S he 1 ' lint If It has. you can still find
gene mi F riday, O ctober 11, w ere re
so
m
eth
in
g
to
do
In
th
e
movie*
l
i
e
w avered, clu tch ed at n o th in g , w hirl
leased from th e h o sp ital on Monday,
ed. stru c k , bounded from th e hard given up trying to he an a c tre s s and :
and a te now at th e ir hom e In th li
rock, an d fell fell, and th en n tak en a position In the laboratory I
pro jectio n room , co rre c tin g tlo- film s city.
sm ash in g blow, b lack n e ss, all« nee.
A young Indian gtrl c h asin g h er It's cool and dark and In terestin g I
s tra y pony about th e san d had seen th in k I eaii gi't you a place if you II MAN SO NERVOUS GETS
SORE W HEN SPOKEN TO
T h e re 's no excuse for a
Mem stu m b le, th en fa ll; had heurd conic h ere
"It actu a lly Irrita te d me to havu
th e th u m p of the body on th e sa n d ; ' w om an of your ed u catio n and cliurm
anyone tulk to me. I w as so nerv
had run to th e n e a re st house and told w asting your sw e e tn e ss on the d e se rt ous Vlnol elided t i l l s and I feet
Do com e!
I've sent my Hire«' I w onderful now ."- Wm Fahy.
w hat she had seen
Mem w as tak en a ir
hom e T h e village d o cto r did all that ch ild ren out to th e ir u n c le 's ranch j Vlnol Is a com pound of Iron,
You could live h e re will) me anil inv p h o sp h ates, coil l l v .r peptone, etc
his skill could do
Tin v e r' F IR S T hottie m ak es you
T hough sh e had n ev er ilnri'd to frien d s "
sleep b e tte r and have a IIIG a p p e ­
T
he
th
o
u
g
h
t
of
w
orking
In
the
«lark
uni!
knew
tite . N ervous, easily tired people
visit him . he knew of bee.
W hen alle wus und cool wus a hint of I'urudlse Io i a re su rp rise d how QUICK th e Iron,
h e r 11s n widow
p hosphati s, e t c , give new life and
stro n g on.nigh to bo talk ed to Ile pie- Mem.
pep
Vlnol ta s te s delicious
K '-lel’t
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K
fo
r
bud
new
s
pareil h e r
D rug S tore
“ Am I to be c rlp p toil for lire?" she
cried
“ No," he sighed. "You w lll b ear
Hut you
no m ark s of your accid en t
will not but your o th e r ho|>es and
e x p e c ta tio n s— will not be reullleil.
S he w as dazed und be wus t i m i d ,
»C0TLANQ
and he had som e difficu lty in m a k ­
ing her u n d e rsta n d Ills bad n ew s; th a t
OREGON^
she would not be a m other.
S he bore th is b lo w w ith u fo rtitu d e
ihut su rp rise d him
I X S h o w s In O n« — $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 P rem iu m * t / ,
• • • •
Still. It would not m u tter. She was
a widow now In Hie m inds of h er
people and sh e could go hack to them
and face th e fu tu re in calm
R em em b er S teddon, a p re tty , un cau g h t h e r and d raw n h er Into h er
•o p h is tic a te d g irl, is th e d a u g h te r of a rm s, k issin g h e r an d w h isp erin g
a kindly but n arro w m inded m in iste r -w o n d e rfu l! W o n d erfu l!"
In
a sm all, m id w estern town.
H er
S he felt a h an d on h e r a rm and
fa th e r,
Rev. D octor S teddon, v iolently op­ w as d raw n from L e v a 's a rm s in to a
po sed to w hat he co n sid ers “ w orldly m an 's. H er sh o u ld ers w ere squeezed
th in g s." acc e p ts m otion p ic tu re s as h ard by big h an d s an d she h e ard a
the cause fo r m uch of th e evil of th e voice th a t id en tified h e r c a p to r as
p re s e n t
d ay .
T ro u b led
w ith
a
th e d ire c to r. He w as say in g :
cough. R em em b er goes to see
Dr. B reth erlck , an eld erly p h y si­
"God b less you! T h a t w as real
cian w ho is asto n ish e d to find h er stuff- Y ou're a good g irl! T h e real
In a bad p lig h t. P re s se d by th e
doctor. R em em b er ad m its h e r u n fo r­ th in g !"
I T h en she began to laugh and
tu n a te a ffa ir w ith
Elwood F aran b y , a poor boy. son choke, b ecam e an u tt e r fool.
of th e tow n sot. As R em em ber and
T h is w as h er firs t e x p erien ce or
Dr. B re th tric k d iscu ss th e problem ,
th
e
p assio n of m im icry. S h e w as as
a telep h o n e m essag e b rin g s th e new s
th a t Elw ood h a s been k idden in an ash am ed a s g lo rified , as d rain ed as
accid en t.
Dr. B re th e ric k p ersu ad es ex u lta n t, as if a god had seised h e r
R em em b er to go W est, h e r cough and em b raced h e r fiercely fo r a m o­
se rv in g as a p lau sib le excuse. U n­ m en t, th en left h e r ach in g , an e m b e r
ab le to b e a r th e se c re t any longer.
R em em ber goes to h e r m o th er and in th e ash es.
T he d ire c to r w as alre a d y callin g
confesses.
H e r m o th er a g re e s w ith th e plan I th e m ob to th e n ex t ta sk . S he could
(In
of th e doctor. Mem leav es tow n meet's
not h elp glan cin g at Tom H olby. H is
th e tra in M em accid en tally
T om H olbv. m ovie s ta r, tra v e lin g cam el w as m oving off w ith th e
w ith R ob in a T eele. lead in g lady of crow d, bu t he tu rn e d b ack to gaze at
th e m ovies, w ho a re th e cy n o su re of jje r
w as n o dding his head in
all eyes.
T h e tra in com es to a n ap p ro v al an d he ra ise d h is h and in
a b ru p t h a lt, a d is a s te r h aiv n g been
a sa lu te of profound resp ect.
b et o u t and w alk about.
• • •
n arro w ly avoided, and th e p a sse n g e rs
At T ucson Mem m eets Dr. G al­
M em 's sin had led h e r to tht> edge
b ra ith , a p a sto r, w ho know s h e r
,
,
fa th e r. She m iscalls Tom H olby Mr. , of p arad ise, and th e n d raw n h er
W oodville' in o rd e r to m ake h e r back by th e hair.
fancied s u ito r seem m ore real. W hile
S he w as doom ed to spend a c e r­
th e G a lb raith s a re aw ay, she w rites
in c re a sin g h eav in ess.
th em as w ell as h e r p a re n ts tl.a t she tain tim e in
h a s m a rrie d Mr. W oodville' an d th a t and th en to die o r to go ab o u t w ith
th ey a re to live in Y um a for w hich a n am eless child h o ld in g on to h e r
p lace she buys a tic k e t.
hand, and an ch o rin g h e r to o b scu rity
A rriv in g th e re sh e falls in w ith th e
S he found a p lace as m aid In th e
m ovie com p an y of Tom Holby. Tom
in s ists th a t sh e becom e a n e x tra and hom e of a sto re k e e p e r a t such w ages
is m ost co rd ial to h er.
S he finds as h e could afford. S h e began th e
h e rs e lf in th e m ovie gam e.
sordid ro u tin e of h e r ta s k s , but. co n ­
w as a young widow nam ed Duck unit
h er boy T erry .
Mrs. Duck took In
w ashing.
T he hoy T e rry w as of th e Ariel
breed.
Ills fancy g ird led the e arth
In forty m in u tes
He m im icked the
b ird s and a n im a ls and often covered
his m o th er w ith confusion by Iniltui
log h er c lie n ts w ith uncuftny skill
O nce the child eaught cold In all
th a t h eat and Mein sin by his tied
sid e
th ro u g h
sev eral
sm o th erin g
n ig h ts, while th e hack broken m o th er
slep t.
Mem ex ercised lo r skill In
m ilking up little d ra m a s to w hile the
long n ig h ts aw ay and to keep the
w akeful i h lld 's m ind from Ills cough
21. 1929
Oct. 2 6 -Nov. Z
17th A n n u a l fcapoeaUon cotnhinoe l ’uro fire d Uvootcxk $h«*wi Pot $t««ck
Show , D a iry . M a tu if jctu rc ra ' and L on J Product« Showej bhoof? H kow i A n x r t*
can N.»tts>n«l P on S h nw , N a tio n a l W o o l Shut»; In d tiatrial Cap* Mil 'm f c m '
and t»irU ' C lu b W o r k Cahibttai O rr g o n P o u ltry and Pot ¡H it.li hhn w j and
wortd-ron«»woe«1 llo re o ahow . M ilU un a o f d o lla r* w o rth o f I l ««I ¿«»a i/a ir y
C attle, l i o r w e . Shoe?. H u | i . G oat» an d Poaoo oahtbited uedoe una ro o f.
P o rtla n d . L >regoa. O c t. 2 6 N o t . X. ^ a duood l araa all 1 n
And now Mem wits w iak and w oe­
begone, ut th e bottom of the cliff ol
life. She had n ev er clim bed very fur.
hut she had fallen far enough to give
b o th body and soul an alm ost fatu l
shock
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