PAOE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFOKl), OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1932.
TAILSPIN TOMMY Theft Of The Padmini Diamond!
By tiLKNN CHAFF
and UAL fOBBC
fBOY CRAZ
BrXOPSIR: Uoney and beauty
mean little to Hope Hoe, recently
made Mr. Dale, since her lather
oppoeee her runaway marriage.
She ha not heard from Dickey
Dale, hrr hueband, elnce Mr. Rose
turned him away Irom the houee.
Her father hat vren Dickey pri
vately, and Injured htm severely
in a light.
Chapter 20
' A DREADFUL MI8TAKE
HOPE la her room talking to
her father whenever ha came.
Listening to blm, face averted,
silent, unprotestlng.
Waiting and waiting and waiting
until tired little lines crept around
the blue eyes, and a wistful droop
around her mouth. Waited, with
Sassy In nor lap, as she wrote letter
after letter whole sheaves of them
to Dickey.
These letters she gave to Goody,
who bad put In an embarrassed ap
pearance the second morning, bring
ing Hope news of Mama Ross's dan
gerous heart attack and her linger
ing Illness. The more questions
Goody asked and Hope left unan
swered, the more resentful and awk
ward the older girl became.
For once Goody found herself the
favorite of the household. For once
she was sought by her father for
support and assistance. And Goody
gloried in her new Importance. She
herself was thoroughly convinced of
the madness of Hopo's escapade and
felt no guilt In corroborating her
father's lie about Dickey's non-appearance.
Not a word did Goody
breathe of the scene that had taken
place In the billiard room the,nlght
after the wedding. Never once did
she whisper to Hope that Dickey
was hurt no one knew how badly
and was lying In his grandmother's
bouse under a doctor's cere.
In Mama Ross's sick room, Goody
had stood by the bed (conscious of
ber father's broad back as he stood
staring unseelngly out of the win
dow, and keeping his avorted face
from the two women who were
plotting) and gravely, sincerely
given an oath to her Invalid mother
that she would nevor mention the
episode to Hope or anyone else.
Ooody meant well whon she gavo
this dramatle promlso, and Goody
was one whose religion It was to
keep a promise ai any cost. She
never dreamed ber father half bated
them both for drawing the knot
tighter around Hope's disillusion
ment. How could she guess? She
couldn't see the half sneer on his
face, or the look of disgust and re
sentment In his tired, hurt eyes.
, , , She was concentrating upon
Mama's urgent, balf-hysterlcal prat
tlo. . . .
And each lettor that Hope en
trusted to her sister with tearful
pleadings that she post It right
away, Goody brought dutifully to
her father. Never dreaming that be
halt despised her for carrying out
bis orders and keeping his secret so
nobly, so elaborately, so sancti
moniously. Greater even than that were
Goody's glories those days. Not
only was she her mother's unfail
ing staff of comfort, but Goody was
the general supply-house of Infor
mation for all of Hope's gang as
they phoned the house.
It was Goody who effected the
final triumph In the breaking of
Hope's spirit. Papa Ross, feeling
that he had done his share, refused
actively to Indulge In the gorgeous
dram wheh Mama Ross was enact
ing with her superb "heart attack."
When, after eight days of waiting
to hear an answer to her many let
ters, Hope had to face herself and
admit that Dickey couldn't have
cared for her or suroly he'd make
some effort to come to her, wire
her, phone her, or speak to her, the
child caved In completely.
Great was the sorrow, the weep
ing and the moaning that went on
In Hope's room. I'lllow cases wet
with tears, bedspread stained with
backing sobs, dresses, blouses, pa
jamas ruined from continual sob
bing. Hope faced the downfall of
pride, of trust, of taltb In love of
complete disillusionment. Faced the
fact that she had been an Idiot, an
Infatuated fool, a cheap and easy
mark! Realised that all they said
was true! Dickey hat been drink
ing; she had only known him a tew
months she had lot him waits off
and have his own way without a
murmur)
When finally Hcpe permitted
Ooody to lead her to Mama Ross'a
darkened and lncen(ed bedroom,
she went with some dim under
standing of the name Mama was
playing. Lying there, weak and
trail, begging her child to "come
back to her." Instinctively she
knew It wa( a part, well acted. And
yet. Mama did look 111; and the
marks ot suffering and torture were
plain to be seen In ber faded gray
eyes.
JAILED HIJACKERS
TOLSDO. Ore., March S3. (API
With ball placed at sisoo eac on
three sepal ate charges. Paul Remaley.
Sidney carrtck and Bert Chapman,
all of Portland, await action by the
Lincoln county grand Jury In con
nection with Sunday's Jail delivery
and the hl-Jacking ot liquor held
In the Jail here as evidence against
three alleged liquor runners.
The Portland men were charged
with burglary, defacing a public
building and with aiding and exist
ing prisoners to escape. The grand
Jury will meet April JS.
Rtai t-.ian oi Imuraace Leave (
K (loue Stum Jut,
Beside Mama Ross's bed Hop
knelt, her arms stealing around
Mama's neck, and ber head bent In
weeping It out on Mama's shoulder.
-"He didn't love me," sobbed
Hope, grateful for the soothlni
strokes of Mama's hand on her hair.
"He didn't love me, Mama."
(Which Is one way, ot course, ol
saying "I'm sorry 1 hurt you. Mama,
and I waa all wrong.")
Papa Ross stole Into the bedroom
later and sat by the bed-side wltb
Hope on bis lap. In low tones th
three talked, after having banished
Gondy at Hope's request
Then, quite dry-eyed, Hope sat at
Mama's desk and wrote the words
Papa dictated dryly, weightily:
"Dear Dickey:
"I want you to know It was all a
dreadful mistake. I can see that
now. I know you see It, too. I
never want to see you again. Pleass
respect my wishes In this regard.
"Hope."
This, written wobbly, In Mama's
brilliant blue Ink, waa dutifully fold
ed, addressed, sealod and handed to
Papa. One letter ot Hope's that
was really due for mailing A letter
that would be taken out of the en
velope addressed to Virginia and
put In another addressed to tbe
home ot Dickey's grandmother, un
der whose care be still lay. .. .
A week late' Hope set sail wltb
her father, who was slated tor a six
weeks' trip through Europe on busi
ness. Upon tbelr return they
Joined Goody, Mama and Cbaille
Rand and his folks at Bar Harbor,
Maine.
Hope vat chauged. Anyone
could see that. Everf Hope herself
realised that. Short ot temper.
Cold. Sharp, and eager for excite
ment. Tireless and ceaseless In ber
pursuit of pleasure. Tart and sar
castic In her recital ot her runaway
marrlagel Talking of It quite with
out se!t-consclousncB( every time
she was faced wltb tbe sheer neces
sity of talking of It, as youth faced
youth, and old friends regarded one
too kindly, too curiously, or too
sympathetically. Talked a little too
glibly about ber marriage. But on!&
when it was necessary 1 Neveronce
did she talk of It in private. Not
to Mama, to Ooody, nor even to
Judy Hunt, "her grandest friend In
the world." Only July and Rusty
seemed to understand somehow
. . . Tholrs were the only eyes she
avoided.
Hope had loft off thinking about
ber marriage. Scorning the thought
ot a man who had so betrayed her.
Trembling with rage at the whole
male outfit, and bent with vicious
determination to make them all suf
fer for what one had done to ber.
Yet despite her bitterness, Hope
kept Sassy by her side. Nursed and
petted and ted the white cat as If It
were a baby. And If any llvlrfg
thing beard the Innermost secrets
or knew of the woak moments of
heartaches and loneliness. Sassy
learned Hope's hidden grief and the
true meaning to her new brittle and
unfeeling hautour. Sassy learned
the aecret and kept It well.
Back In town, Hope learned from
her father that the annulment suit
he had Died was coming up on the
calendar at the State Supreme
Court late in September. Hope was
not required to appear. There was
no ploadlng, no chance of Interfer
ence; for the annulment of a mar
rlage ot Infants Is not a discre
tionary matter, but an automatic
procedure, Even It she wished.
Hope could not have opposed It.
Even, she mused, had she and
Dickey faslstod they wanted to be
married, they would have bad no
rolcel All thnt counted In the world
ot law on such mattors ot Infantile
love, was Papa Ross. Papa and
Papa's lawyer, and one thousand
dollars. It was a funny day. A
day that broke hnr heart
On the night that her annulment
came through, Hope let her gay and
defiant banner slump Into the mud
of defeat. Try as she might, she
simply could not face the huge party
that was being given at Charlie
Rand's. She pleaded forgiveness
from the passive Goody, and phoned
Rusty, who was to escort her, and
made explanations; pleading a
headache with those at home, and
shut hersolt into her room.
From that night onward Hope
was grown up. Bravely she faced
her circle
Restless, moody, Hope had a dif
ficult battle to fight, and as long as
people left her alone she fought It
superbly. But no longer would she
entor Into "Installment bargains"
about drinking, and Papa Ross did
not press his point. Papa Ross had
less and less opportunity to press
his points with his blonde and blue
eyed youug rebel.
(Copyright, rtro'e Perktne)
Hope Itarnt wMt Oichty thinks
shout har, In the next Installment.
But how n she at hlmt
F
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COAST INADEQUATE
OAKD1NKR. Ore. Marrh 3S. (API
Twenly-tcmr-hour ferry service at
Cone BAy. Umpque, SluMaw, Alaea
and Yequtna bay will be requested
of the state highway rommiftsion
by the Olegon CoaM Highway asso
ciation. Tills was decided at a meeting ot
tha aaaoclatlon hrre Sunday. The
nest meeting will be held at Flor
ence April 114.
The anaoclatlnn namrd a com
mittee to co-oprat . with curry
county officials In arranging for the
brlriKe dedication May 38 and com
bining with It official announcement
of the ojxnlug of the Oregon coast
highway trom Astoria W the Calt
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